15x02 - This Means w*r

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] Tonight,
the fight is on.

We're going to
w*r it looks like...

Kris is about ready
to get his a*s kicked.

[narrator] These miners are
in for the battle of their lives.

On the Bering Sea, a battle is
brewing between a heavyweight

and a scrappy challenger.

[Shawn speaking]

Kris Kelly [bleep] idiot.

[bleep] waste my
[bleep] time with

this stupid [bleep]

[Kelly] He's gonna mine
here, right where we're set up?

After I've done all this work,
finding the gold, he's out of his mind.

[Shawn] Kris Kelly and
tattoo face, they are gonna get

a rude awakening about who I am.

Here we go.

Yay!

[Kris] Our operator, James, has
permission to work on Tomcod.

We're gonna go
where the gold is.

I don't give a damn what
Shawn Pomrenke thinks about it.

This [bleep] stands right now.

You can't do this.

[bleep] I'm gonna knock you.

I can't hear you,
you stupid [bleep]

[bleep] knock you off.

You know, you think
you can raise your voice

[bleep] reach that
far, you [bleep] idiot.

Read the [bleep] regulation.

[Kris] You got to
[bleep] right next door.

You need to read
[bleep] regulations.

You baring regulation.

You [bleep]...

Read the [bleep] rules.

You're right next to us.

Read the [bleep]
rules, [bleep] idiot.

I got you
[indistinct] like that.

I did not do.

- I've got you on lot camera and video too.
- Pull your permit.

Get the [bleep]

Well, I can't hear
you, you [bleep]

Boop. [bleep]

Bo-boho.

Real [bleep] funny,
you stupid [bleep].

I'm gonna get your
permit pulled, you...

[Shawn] Take it [bleep]
You don't get that.

Read the rule.

[Kris] You read
'em. I was here first.

[Shawn] You don't
know how to read.

I was here [bleep] first.

[Shawn] You are digging.

Yes, we were.

You [bleep] come and mark our
spot and jump on us, you [bleep]

[Kris] You're a [bleep] liar.

You're gonna go down, Kris.

[Shawn] Let's do this.

[bleep] idiot.

They've come and marked
our spot and jump on us.

[bleep] stupid.

Shawn's just a hillbilly.

He's trying to tell
me about regulations.

You know, the guy just
goes way over there.

Hey, what the [bleep]
would he even know.

Yeah, baby.

[man speaking]

Okay.

[Shawn] Make that gold.

We're gonna keep going.

And no one's gonna stop us.

[bleep] so tired of that.

[bleep] Kris [bleep] telling.

[man 1 speaking]

[Shawn speaking]

[Kris] I see a lot of gold, big
chunky beads in and a lot of flour.

I don't know how much gold
we have, but I know we got gold.

I know we got gold.

Come on, baby. We got gold.

We're in it.

Yeah, they're out
of their element now.

They need to back off.

You're on my bouy.

I'll [bleep] sink that
b*tch in a heartbeat.

[man 2 speaking]

We'll just keep digging
and [bleep] or what?

I don't need this
[bleep] right now.

They think this is their ocean.

I don't think so.

I'm here to stay.

Go.

[man] Yeah.

Just back out of there.

Just don't...

Let's not [bleep],
[bleep] around here.

[man] So, I'll just...

[man speaking]

[Kris] They're leaving now.

[man 2] Yeah! Yeah!

- He just tried to throw his weight against us.
- Yeah.

And we're the [bleep]
wall you cannot smash.

You know, Shawn's
realized that his...

his [bleep] all-star team is
[bleep] half the team we got.

The Kris team rose and everybody
associated with it isn't afraid.

They tucked tail and ran.

That's what I like.

Watch them [bleep] retreat.

I put them back out
there on some sand.

I made it. Now no
one's gonna stop me.

Yeah. Some [bleep] up.

[man speaking]

Just pisses me off.

[Shawn] Bering Sea is no
place to be messing around

with heavy equipment.

I ain't putting my crew
or my equipment at risk.

I'm gonna work on getting
their authorization pulled.

But right now, I need to
concentrate on making gold.

I can't lose sight of that.

Kris Kelly and his
little excavator toy,

he'll be his own worst enemy.

Trust me.

I don't [bleep] need
this [bleep] right now.

I don't.

[bleep] stress the [bleep] out and
got enough [bleep] to worry about.

And little Willie's weasly a*s
and [bleep] Kris Kelly and Kevin.

Now, I might as well
finish this hole out

and then we'll
[bleep] step ahead.

I'm not gonna [bleep] worry
about these guys right now.

I want to punch
Kris Kelly in the face.

And spray him with
a little bit of mace.

[Kris] So, it's
over for the day.

I'm not saying we won the battle

because I'm sure something
will come from this later on.

But it's probably the beginning
of a very long [bleep] year.

[narrator] As a new day
dawns on the Bering Sea,

the battle moves from within the
fleet to a fight with Mother Nature.

In less than 24 hours, the
first major storm of the summer

will descend on Nome.

Forcing the miners off
the water until it passes.

So now it's imperative to cash in while
the window of opportunity remains open.

And in the harbor...

[Vernon] So, we're ready
to go do some judging.

[man] Oh, yeah.

[man 1] I'm ready.

[Vernon] All right.

[narrator] One captain is
looking to harvest his kingdom

while the getting's good.

[Vernon] Okay, I'm
gonna power into it.

Hold on to it. Don't
let it bite your hand.

Claim 56 of the
products claim in Nome.

And so far, this summer, we've
kept the winning streak going

that we started last season.

Okay, let it go.

I'm gunning for 300 ounces, which
quite honestly ought to be easy peasy.

You'll be first up.

So, you check all your
dive gear, I mean...

No, I was gonna
go do that right now.

I want you to do
it like, right now.

- Yeah.
- Before we get too far.

I've taken a little punch.

I don't have the same k*ller
team that I had last summer.

I've got Bryan Wilder back.

But I'm also gonna have
to rely on a crew member

who's tended for me a little bit
in the past but has never dove.

My objective today
is same as every day

to go out there
and get some gold.

Bryan has the last dive,
so now it's Max's turn.

So, we'll get him all tagged out

and put it in the water
here pretty damn quick.

The weather is about to be
turned over the next couple of days.

And so, we're gonna go out
there a little bit deeper on the claim.

We're here.

I'm gonna anchor up
and see how it hangs.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] Truth is, I'm a
little nervous about this.

I've got big plans
for this summer.

Basically, I want to even
the playing field with Shawn.

But in order for
that plan to work,

I need a little Max to get
acclimated to this job quick.

The gold is there
for the taking.

He just got to
learn how to snag it.

Let's go ahead and fire it
up and get him in the water.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] Okay, Max,
take your time going down.

Take your time going down.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] Diver in the water.

[Max] All right.
I'm at the bottom.

[Vernon] All right.

Yeah. Hey, Max.

That's the first time
you've been down.

How you making out?

[Max] I'm all right.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

Right now, our main thing is,

just be careful and
work back into it.

[Max] Yeah.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon speaking]

[Vernon] He's only has been
down a couple of minutes.

The material he's working.

Does not appear to
have been worked before.

We'll give him a chance to make a
cut and see if he's seeing any gold.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] The only
thing I can hope is that

we can make a withdrawal
from our royal gold bank

at the bottom of the Bering Sea.

[Emily] It's a new
dawn. It's a new day.

Making [bleep] happen.

[narrator] As the storm front
looms on the distant horizon...

[Emily speaking]

[narrator] Emily Riedel is hoping
for another round in the ring

before the Eroica's team
is forced off the water.

[Emily] Nice morning.

[man speaking]

[Emily] I'm building a family
and I'm also building a legacy.

I'm aiming for 250
ounces this summer,

and I need it because I depleted
my nest egg sitting out the winter.

Luckily, Rick landed on a great spot
day one, first time out in the water.

So, we started off strong.

So, I want to hit it hard
today before that storm rolls in.

[Rick speaking]

[Emily] Sounds good.

Hey, how's it going?

[Rick] I'll tell you what,
for visibility, this is perfect.

I mean, you couldn't
ask for better, really?

Whoo-oh. I know.

[Emily] Yup.

We're in.

Oh, yeah, baby.

[Rick] This is...
Money right here.

All that flower gold
is just amazing.

And it's all over
this little gravel stuff.

Heck yeah, buddy.

[Rick] I mean, I love it.

Oh-oh.

[Rick speaking]

[Emily] What's up?

Ah... [Rick speaking]

[Emily] Yeah. Let me
check. One second.

[Rick speaking]

Oh, no.

Rick's losing suction.

Something's up
with the pump motor.

Obviously, we can't mine for gold if the
pump motor is not functioning correctly.

If the pump motor's not running,
there's no way to suck up gold.

Um, I needed an awesome
day to day, and it's not going well.

Oh, it's [bleep]
It's really [bleep]

We're losing RPMs off the motor.

Oh, [bleep]

[Emily] Coming up?

[Rick] Yeah, I'm coming up.

I mean, there's nothing
I can do down here.

Yea, dude. This sucks.

[Emily] It's always
when we're on good gold

and the weather's perfect,
got to kind of get to work

and figure out what
the hell's going on.

[Emily speaking]

Go for it.

[Emily] Yeah, we'll look for
what's going on in the pump motor.

I can't fix it out here.

We're gonna pull the gear
up and bring the boat in.

And this whole day
is just gone to hell.

[Rick] Hopefully this
just a super simple fix.

But time is money.

We're... we're losing it right now
the weather could change like that.

This is the time that we
have to make our money.

[Emily] We're losing
thousands of dollars.

This is, like, insane.

[narrator] Back in Nome.

[Steve] Well, it's great
to be back in Nome.

Oh, man. Oh.

[narrator] The fleet's most
notorious nomad touches down.

[Steve] We got the wheeler
somewhere in the parking lot.

I forgot where it is.

Huh?

There it is.

Forgot about the windshield.

Look at that.

It's been raining inside it.

Oh, boy, pretty wet in there.

This thing's been
here for three months.

After the winter
season, I just left it.

Oh, that's 90 days, huh?

They give... they give you a break 'cause
they know it's a tough place to live.

Basically for me at this point,

it's just fighting
to survive up here.

Not only can't I
afford a dredge,

but I can't even afford a
windshield for my wheeler.

You know, hitting the
ground here in Nome,

the first thing you think about
is, you know, gold mining.

But I... I can't be gold mining
without a windshield in my...

in my side by side.

So, I'll find a
windshield and put it on.

That's the first thing I'm
gonna do here in Nome.

So, there you go.

So, the question is, what is the
best way for me to stay afloat.

And I think I've come up
with a pretty good plan.

I decided to mooch.

I decided to look for owners that
are looking for a little extra help.

Help is scarce up here,
so I should be good.

And I think I need to
scrounge up a windshield.

That little rat Vernon ripped
me off for the windshield.

I know he's got my
glass windshield here.

It should have come
with the wheeler,

when I stopped the
wheeler I should have had it.

I know the windshield's here.

It's where?

I made a fair and square deal

with Vernon for this
wheeler last summer.

How about five and a half?

How about eight?

I'll give you six
ounces of gold for it.

Thank you very much.

Whoo-oh.

But the big bugger, Vern, he
just forgot to throw in a windshield.

But I think if I just go
up to his scrap yard,

I'll find something
he won't miss it.

Might be in here.

I'm not gonna go into a lock
on it, but it looks not locked.

Vernon.

Nope.

No, Vernon, No windshield.

Look at this.

Treasure trove plywood.

Just sitting here rotting.

That guy got too much money.

There's some really
cool [bleep] around here.

I could use some of this stuff.

Oh. Oh.

Here's a box.

Oh, there it is.

The windshield.

Cool. I'm just gonna grab this.

Oh, man. Dry roads.

When I'm dreaming of dry rides.

Dream about a dry rides, no
mud in the face and the goggles.

[giggles]

And just like that,
I'm ready for summer.

I got to find a set of tools
and then put this thing on.

[laughs]

I thought it was gonna
be a great day today.

I thought we were gonna
keep pressing forward.

But my boat's down and
we're dead in the water.

[narrator] Miles away, a
storm may be gathering,

but on this morning a storm is
already raging upon our Reaper nation.

We're coming up to the boat
I'm steering a little bit here.

We'll see what's going on.

[Kris] So, I started off my
day at the crack of dawn.

James calls me right
off the bat and tells me

the Mistress is unable to mine.

Like this is day two and this
crap is already happening?

Going to see how bad it is.

[Kris] But it just
it's not working.

[bleep] It's gonna
be one of those days.

The secret arrangement
that I have with Kevin is,

he supplies most of the
money in the beginning,

but that's just
to get it started,

to get the equipment we need.

There are still payments
that need to be made,

and we have a big one coming up.

I'm worried about making my
payment at the end of the month

if we have to bring
our boat in today.

That's what I'm worried about.

We need 125,000 for the first
installment on most of this stuff.

Thank you.

[Kris] Which is, I don't
know, a lot of money.

[Steve speaking]

[man speaking]

- [man speaking]
- Yeah.

I was standing right here and it
just leaned over and I was like...

You guys are the one that
[bleep] welded this sack [bleep].

The spuds are crucial
to operating this barge.

And right now, one of the spud
towers are cracking and twisting.

The welds aren't holding up.

And this tower has already
been an issue with Kevin and I.

This actually was a lot more
expensive than I thought it was gonna be.

Well, how much?

$40,000.

- I spent 40,000 on just this.
- No, we didn't.

Yeah, we did.

[Steve] 40,000?

The Mistress
doesn't have anchors.

That's what the spuds are for.

So, if the spuds
aren't working properly,

we can't keep the
boat on one spot.

In reality, we can't
mine if it's not fixed.

This was a $40,000 disaster
that you came up with.

[man speaking]

This isn't so.

So, the game plan was to waste
$40,000 is that our game plan?

[man speaking]

My thought is [bleep]
piece of [bleep]

my thought is we're gonna
reinforce it like a [bleep].

Put that half inch on top.

Put that other pulley in
and we're going back out.

That's my [bleep] thought.

I like that, let's do it.

I don't mean to get angry,
but I'm so [bleep] so stressed.

You have no idea.

[indistinct chatter]

And I don't mean to be stressed.

Fire up the thrust
master, please.

We're gonna make this work.

You know, we'll
make this work fast.

[Kris] We're going to the
dock to reweld the towers

so it's not so screwed up.

Hopefully the bad
weather coming.

We got to do it fast.

We're up against it.

We're on the ropes here.

Okay.

We're about to go back into the
harbor so we can fabricate this.

I'm sure it's not gonna
be done 100% correctly,

but I guarantee my fixes will
last for the rest of the season.

Turn into a [bleep] nightmare.

Bad juju.

[narrator] While the Mistress
heads in, back out on the Tomcod.

[Shawn] Oh, no, the
Mistress is broken.

[laughing]

[Shawn] Kris Kelly, he
wants to beat me so bad.

But the fact of the matter is, he
hasn't worked hard enough in his life

to get to where I'm at.

I mean, you got
to do [bleep] right,

you can't come jump
on people claims,

he wants to do [bleep] ill*gal
and be a [bleep] anything.

[bleep], man, he can
be a piece of [bleep]

but he ain't gonna do
it but [bleep] me over.

Doing this job is not easy.

I've been at this for decades.

I've been learning, studying,
figuring out how every ounce of gold

is gonna be earned and spent.

You can't just walk in here and think
you're gonna be a gold mogul overnight.

Not a chance.

Weather's good for now, but
we've got weather coming in,

so we got to put
some gold in the box.

Make some money.

We got all three
lots ran from it.

Myrtle Irene, Christine Rose.

And the Inland are firing
on all cylinders today.

We're having a party.

The only one that wasn't
really invited was Kris.

If brains were dynamite,

Kris Kelly wouldn't have
enough power to blow his nose.

Oh.

What up?

[man] He's doing and doing...

[Shawn] What happened?

[man speaking]

[Shawn] Bad problem
at even a worse time.

Belt on the shaker
plant snapped.

[man speaking]

[Shawn] The shaker is vital to
the offshore mining operation.

It separates all the oversize
rock from the ocean sediments

that we process.

Without it, we're screwed.

Quick, change it.

It'll go on easy.

Until we get a new belt
on the shaker, we're down.

Luckily, putting on a
new belt isn't a major deal,

and we have them on the boat.

Got a new belt on there.

[man speaking]

[bleep] go.

Popped it off.

Should be more on board.

There's another one there.

[man speaking]

Clear.

[man screaming]

[Shawn speaking]

[Shawn] Now with that first one.

Clear.

He is [bleep].

One more new one?

One more new one.

[Shawn] The tension
isn't tight enough,

so the belts keep
sliding off, snapping.

This is a delicate
art to get this right.

And this is our last belt.

If we don't get it
right, we're done.

They have to fire back up.

Barge.

It's not holding.

No, stop!

It wasn't meant to be.

You just got to
loosen these four bolts,

slide the motor fore back, put
a little more tension on the...

everything.

We're gonna make an adjustment.

Hopefully this does the trick.

We got one more day to
mine before the storm comes in,

kicks us off the
water for a while.

I got to keep this baby going.

It takes a lot of gold to
pay for this operation.

And if I don't get production
from the Myrtle today,

we're gonna be in a
seriously bad place.

Bering Sea gold gods,
please be on my side.

Giving it some [bleep].

Gold mining Juju.

[man] Go, boy.

[Shawn] Clear!

[man speaking]

[Shawn] Hell yeah.

Time to make some
money instead of spending.

Man, this material
looks really good.

And we can keep
everything up and running.

We'll have that gold
room burning and turning.

We're gonna get as many
hours on the box as we can.

You've got to make
hey while the sun shines.

Yeah. Hey, Max,
how you making out?

[Max] We've been...

[Max speaking]

[narrator] Looking to turn his
operation into one of Nome's

golden kingdoms, Vernon
Adkison is hoping his rookie diver

learns on the job, quick.

[Vernon] He's not seeing it.

There's great silt down there,

which would make
it hard to see gold.

Yeah, Yeah. Max, you're
not seeing it right now.

Just go ahead and start moving
around and do some prospecting.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] All right.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] Dammit.

Rough currents and deeper
water can easily rattle a diver,

particularly an
inexperienced one like Max.

It's not unusual
to get headaches

or even the bends in that
situation if you're not up to par.

[Max groaning]

[Vernon] Hey, Max,
you've got 3 hours, man.

Try and suit it up.

Why don't you come on up?

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] Needless to
say, I'm disappointed.

But I've just got to
get Bryan in there

and start getting
some friggin' gold.

All right. Come
up nice and slow.

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] Max had to come
up, we got a couple of hours in.

He had a headache.

It didn't sound like he was
onto really anything hot.

And so, let me go up here and
take a look at the damn GPS.

[Bryan speaking]

[Max speaking]

[Vernon] I think
we're out of it.

But we've got to reposition.

That's part of mining, you've got
to reposition every now and then.

You don't just drop the
anchor and stay there all day.

So, we're not all good gold,
we'll go look for another spot.

[bleep] Dammit.

I got a headache, too.

Anchor's off.

[Vernon] Okay.

This day is starting
to piss me off.

The new kid didn't
get on anything special.

And now the current is starting
to blow us off our hotspot.

We've got to try to reposition
and get back on the good stuff.

Plus, these winds are telling
me that there's a storm not far off.

I need every day to count.

And so far, this day has
not counted for squat.

Okay.

Fire it up again.

[Vernon] Bryan's gonna go down.

Let the man take a look around,

pop some holes
spend an hour or two.

But I would like to get a little gold
in the box, if you know what I mean.

[Bryan speaking]

Slowly, Bryan.

Slowly.

[Bryan] Yeah. I just
got to go down slow.

Try to be equal out.

[Vernon] Bryan...

he got a habit of bleeding because
he won't properly clear his ears.

I've seen him with blood coming
out of his eyes and his ears.

Over a yard, equalize
and get comfortable.

[Bryan] All right.

[Vernon] I won't mess
with him right now,

but just give it a
couple of minutes,

we got some good weather here.

And we got to take
advantage of this opportunity.

I want to think
of gold in a box.

[narrator] Back at the harbor...

[Zeke] Time to get
out on the water.

Coughing.

Dude I got my summer working.

Got the boat all
gassed up, ready to go.

We'll go out and was
thinking about something else.

Um, I'm gonna go
out and I'm going to...

Yeah.

Well, yeah, I'm gonna
go out and my plan is to go

and map out a bunch
of underwater features.

Try to find some islands to cobble
out of the sand and hold them.

And that's my plan.

[narrator] This summer, mad scientist
Zeke Tenhoff has tied his hopes

and dreams to Mr. Gold
and the Tomcod claim.

[Zeke] Well, yeah, We're ready.

We're ready to roll. Let's go.

My brother and I have a
good deal going with Shawn.

He's letting us
mine out on Tomcod,

and we're leasing
the Havilah from him

and giving him a
percentage of that gold.

Let's get out there
and get after it.

- Let's make some money.
- [Kris] Yeah.

[Zeke] I'm gonna use my rig to
map out this untouched ground

in deeper water, and I'll
pass the info on to Gabe

who's getting the
Havilah ready for mining.

The problem is, I thought
that I could prospect on my own

with this little
dredge that I made,

but it's just like
proving too hard for me.

And I'm getting wiped
out and I need help.

So, I'm bringing
in an extra hand.

Oh-oh.

I'm a little late, but
I'm ready for the day.

I even brought paper towels.

Good morning, Zeke.

[Zeke] Good morning.

[Steve] Okay. Go ahead, Zeke.

First voyage of
the season for me.

[Zeke] I'm not entirely sure how
much Steve helped us last winter.

Pizza delivery.

[Zeke] But Steve wasn't a
hindrance for me, so that's good.

So, if you can
just keep that up,

I think it'll be great
having him out there.

All right.

I'm gonna start logging
some sonar charts here.

Good, I'm gonna like
just anchor up right here.

Yeah. Looks like a good spot.

All right.

Good to go.

[burping]

Oops.

Oh, I filled up the
wrong fuel tanks.

[producer speaking]

[Zeke] Trying to accelerate,
really add pressure to that tank,

so it drains out more.

But I don't think
it's worthwhile.

I think you've got too much gas in
your brain when you do that and it's bad.

I mean, the thing about getting
high on gas is you have to just like,

fight through it, you know.

I feel great.

Ooh.

Exxon.

[Zeke] Yeah. There we go.

Damn.

[Zeke speaking]

Will do.

[Steve] You're good to go.

[Zeke speaking]

[Steve] Roger that.

Focus on the
gold, not the noise.

[narrator] And now it's
time for another edition of,

Do you know your miner?

Steve Riedel has worked with
plenty of teams over the years.

- [man speaking]
- Cold means gold.

So, take that cold
and turn it into gold.

[narrator] But have
you ever asked yourself

what purpose does he
actually serve aboard a crew?

We do have coffee, don't we?

[narrator] Does Steve, A, prepare
the team for rough seas ahead?

[Steve Riedel] Ooh. Got
some good swells coming in.

Oh.

[barfing]

[Vernon] You okay, buddy?

[Vernon] No.

[narrator] B, serve
up high end cuisine.

Right in there.

It's heating up fast.

Oh, look at it. Go.

No one on the earth
like Steve Riedel.

Whoo!

[narrator] Or C,
always be at the ready.

[Vernon] What the
[bleep] you doing?

Steve, come on. Damn it.

What?

[narrator] And the
correct answer is...

honestly, we have no
idea what Steve does.

But whatever it is,
nobody does it better.

And so ends another edition
of "Do you know your miner?"

[man] Much better.

[narrator] In Nome, the
first major storm of summer

is set to strike by nightfall.

So, for the fleet, the fight
is on to gather the gold

before Mother Nature
knocks them out.

And out on the Bering Sea...

Box is running really nice,

seeing some color in there.

[narrator] Mr. Gold currently
has the Tomcod all to himself.

It doesn't look like
the Kellys are out here.

Oh, too bad.

Got every tentacle of
my operation running.

While Kris is
sitting at the dock,

that's what happens when you
bite off more than you can chew.

And believe me, that's
what that joker is doing.

Running a little
rinky dink dredge.

Doesn't set you up for the reality
of running an excavator barge.

That boy is in
way over his head.

That they're evaluating their
[bleep] decisions right now.

[laughs]

[narrator] Back at the dock...

[Kris] Here we sit.

Everybody else is
making money but us.

[Steve running]

[Kris] I just need this
[bleep] thing to pay me.

I'm getting you all kinds of
things that treat you good,

you [bleep] sack of [bleep]

Like everything's gonna
work out really good, dude.

[narrator] Kris Kelly is in the midst
of a stressful and costly pit stop.

[Kris] This has been
a [bleep] disaster.

We're stuck fixing the stupid
rigging on the spud tower.

Bad weather is gonna kick
our a*s in less than 24 hours.

And if that's not enough, 17
days to come up with $125,000,

that's a [bleep] feat.

I got to come up with a massive
payment at the end of the month

or basically the Mistress
can be repossessed.

So, you could say there's
a storm on the horizon.

It's called my life right now.

But it is what it
is at this point,

we need to make
good on our agreement.

And I'm trying.
I'm really trying.

You know, everybody in town
is probably laughing at me.

You know, it's... it's my first year
right now with this excavator barge.

A lot of people around
me sees me coming up

very fast in the
mining community,

and some people are a
little threatened by that.

They want to make sure
I don't get all the way.

I'm not gonna be laughed at.

You know, we're
gonna turn this around.

I like it.

Yeah, baby.

He's got the cap on the lattice.

We're about ready to go mining.

I'm so happy to
be done with this.

What it should have
been done in the first place.

But if this thing fails, this whole
boat's gonna be in the water.

I'm a little worried.

The tower is kind of fixed, but we
don't have a lot of time right now.

The storm is closing in on us.

So, it's like the tower
went in the corner.

It got patched up.

Now it's back in the ring,
ready to take a beating.

It's iffy, but I just keep thinking
about the payment coming due.

What do you think?

Should we take the risk?

My gut feeling says no.

But like, my desperation
says, [bleep] yeah.

If we don't take the chance,

we might be losing the
boat at the end of the month.

We can't. This is the
only way we can do it.

You know we can't be safe.

- Yup.
- Okay.

Well, that's what we're
gonna have to take the risk.

We'll... we'll take that
risk and make it happen.

All systems are go.

We got green across the board.

Time to get out there
and make some gold.

Get the [bleep] out of here.

[Kevin speaking]

[Kris] Tell them, Kevin.

[narrator] Two miles east...

- [Emily] Here we go.
- [Rick] Yeah.

[Emily] Yeah.

All right. Well, let's prime this
[bleep] and see what happens.

[narrator] With the clock at ticking before
a storm knocks them to the sidelines.

Emily Riedel is trying to get
her pump engine a-pumping

and the gold flowing ASAP.

[Emily] I think
it's the fuel issue.

So we replace with fuel filters.

Hopefully it's back.

We could make some money today.

I'm going for 250 ounces
this... this summer.

So, we've got to get
to mining right away.

I'm hoping that all the pump
motor needs is a fuel purge

and the change of filter.

If that's it, then we'll
get back on the gold

and we'll k*ll it
the rest of the day.

If there's a deeper issue with the
diesel motor than a fuel problem.

Then we're completely
screwed for it today.

Ready?

[Rick] Yeah. Hit it.

[Rick speaking]

[Emily] Whoo-hoo!

[Rick] So far, it's running.

[Emily] So, get back out there.

That's running fine may as well.

- All righty.
- All right.

- Hi-five.
- Hi-five.

Maybe this is my year.

Yesterday we crushed it, and
today we dodged a massive b*llet.

Yeah, we can get Rick
back onto the water,

get some gold in the box
and keep the train moving.

[Rick] Come see it's all good.

How is your suction?

[Rick speaking]

Yeah, dude. That's awesome.

[Rick speaking]

[Rick] Whoo!

[Emily] Are you in
some chunky stuff, Rick?

Like that...

nugget you found the other day?

[Rick speaking]

Sounds good, brother.

[Emily speaking]

With this stuff, we
cross our fingers.

[Rick speaking]

[Emily] We got some
weather coming in, so.

Gosh. I hope we make
some money today.

[narrator] 12 miles west...

[Steve Riedel] So, Zeke, for
our audience around the world,

millions looking on
daily basis for gold.

Are you finding any?

[Zeke] Yeah. It seems
like the cod is holding.

It's pretty consistent along
this whole line that I'm working.

[Zeke speaking]

Roger that.

[narrator] A new dynamic duo may
be forming on the mighty Tomcod claim.

[Zeke speaking]

[Zeke] Hey, Steve.

[Steve Riedel] Yo, Zeke.

[Zeke speaking]

You... you found a nugget?

- [Zeke] Yeah.
- [Zeke speaking]

Yeah, um, I... I like a...

I like a nugget that
looks like Africa.

[Zeke speaking]

Nice. I'll take it.

[Zeke speaking]

[Steve Riedel] Oh, that's nice.

That's huge.

Yeah!

That's my kind of gold
there, big old hunks of it.

Looks like Africa.

See you like that there.

Just like Africa. Just like it.

[Zeke] Man, that
is a nice nugget.

[Steve Riedel] It
is a nice one, man.

It's huge.

Like, I don't know how much
you think is gonna weigh,

quarter an ounce?

[Steve Riedel] I was
guessing about a quarter.

Maybe about quarter.

Actually it's quarter,
to a third maybe.

Cool.

If I'm in a place where
there's nugs like this.

There isn't really any
question that I stay in this place,

because there'll probably
be more nugs like this.

And if you hit a
couple of these today,

it really bumps up
your average, big time.

Cool. It's a nice one.

[Zeke] It's a fat nug.

This nug is the dankest
nug I have ever found.

And this spot is awesome.

I can't wait till we can
get the Havilah out here.

There could be dank nugs like
this hiding all around this whole area.

I'm gonna smash down
one of these sandwiches

I have and get back down
there as soon as possible.

There's a bunch
of gold around here.

It's great.

It's a good spot here.

It's the right call at
this point to get it tender

so I don't have to worry
about any of the stuff up top.

And I can focus on
staying on the bottom

and getting as
much gold as I can.

[Steve Riedel] You ready?

Okay, I'll fire it up. I'll get...
full volume on the pump.

We need a couple
more nuggets, man.

You know, maybe North
America or, you know, Eurasia.

You can find a Eurasia one.

That would be hot.

[Zeke] Okay. Steve.

Awesome.

[Steve Riedel laughs]

[Kris] Another day, another
dollar on the Bering Sea.

[narrator] With the patchwork
holding on the spud tower,

the Mistress looks to get in a few
licks before the oncoming storm.

[Kris] We're out here
on last stages warning,

we got a big storm coming in.

It's up to us today
to stay on the gold

and try to get as
much as we can.

Reaper Nation cannot be denied.

The spud tower turns into junk.

No problem. We fix it.

We're back out here mining,

which is really important because
we need a lot of gold to make

our first payment.

And I know we're
gonna be down for a bit

once this storm hits.

So, all that matters is
nothing else goes wrong today,

and we'll be fine.

[bleep] You hear that?

Oh, [bleep]

Oh, what the [bleep]
is going on now?

[man speaking]

[James speaking]

Well, that's not good.

[man speaking]

[James speaking]

[Kris speaking]

[man speaking]

[Kris speaking]

Okay.

[Jeremiah speaking]

[James] All right.

[man speaking]

[Jeremiah speaking]

[James] Cool.

[James speaking]

We don't have a bunch
of replacements for that?

[James speaking]

[Kris] So that stupid pin that keeps
the bucket from not falling off, fell off

and these idiots
don't have a spare.

So, we're gonna weld some random
piece in there and hope it works.

[Kris speaking]

Just k*ll me now.

Ghetto fabulous fix.

That's how it's
done on the ocean.

[Kris speaking]

[James speaking]

[Kris speaking]

We're good.

Should work.

Hopefully, if not, the bucket is
gonna fall off and it's gonna be epic.

Did you guys hear that [bleep]
Hope that we don't lose the bucket.

That bucket costs $10,000.

That bucket is what brings
gold from the bottom of the sea.

Without that bucket,
you idiot, there's no gold.

There's no Reaper Nation.

Maybe to that guy,
it's not a big deal.

But when you're an owner,
let me tell you, it sure is.

[James speaking]

Obviously that [bleep] guy
doesn't understand the importance

of that bucket or something.

[James speaking]

[Kris] Yeah, baby.

We're back up and running.

Hopefully back on gold.

'Cause we need that gold.

Make that gold.

[narrator] 12 miles east...

[Emily] Hey, Ricardo.

How does the bottom look?

[Rick] Oh, it's
looking fantastic.

Em.

Whoo-h*!

[Rick speaking]

Yeah. Today we'll have
a nice cleanup for sure.

[narrator] After an
earlier engine snafu,

things are really starting
to suck for Emily Riedel.

In the very best of ways.

[Emily] It seems like
the suction is good.

I'll keep an eye
on it, we got a...

It seems to be back to normal.

This spot has some hot gold.

This is a perfect way
to start the season.

And we've got
a storm rolling in.

It's gonna shut us down
for a couple of days.

It's a gnarly one, but Rick's gonna
more than make up for that today.

This is the level I need my
operation to be running at all the time.

I want to build this
operation into an empire,

and I want to do it for
the future of my family.

And I am the Empress.

I am the Queen.

I'm gonna swap out with Alex.

He's like a total role changer to
have another captain in the boat.

Now it's like one of you
against the world now.

Now it's two of you
against the world.

So, hopefully we
made a lot of ounces.

Hello.

Now that we're back on gold, I'm
gonna have my better half take over.

And I'm gonna go get
the gold room set up.

Yo baby?

How are you?

Okay.

Yeah. Then we're gonna
get a lot of dive time in today.

I'm gonna have like
really solid hours for a...

for a tune up.

Yeah.

[Emily] In order to
ensure our growing empire,

um, my husband Alex is gonna
be out here learning the ropes

of the Eroica,
learning how to run it,

learning the ins and outs, and he's gonna
be taking the reins from time to time.

All right, love you, bunches.

Love you too.

I had asked my husband, Alex
to come out and take over for me.

It's really great thing
there, I highly recommend it.

I did this alone for a
long time and it was hard.

It's really, really hard.

It's just nice, you know, at least in
the hope that the dredge behaves itself

and we're able to
get really solid hours.

Another day, another drama.

[narrator] One mile east...

[Vernon] Hey, Bryan.

How are your ears?

[Bryan] Ears are good.

All right. Okay.

Real good.

[narrator] After his rookie
diver got knocked to the mat.

Vernon's hoping that
veteran diver Bryan Wilder

can still notch
a win on the day.

[Bryan speaking]

[Vernon] All right.

Keep at this for a while.

[Vernon speaking]

[man speaking]

Oh [bleep]

Hang on a minute.

We got a problem with your air.

[Bryan speaking]

[man speaking]

What?

[man speaking]

[Vernon] What the [bleep]?

Come up, Bryan. Come up.

Don't come up too
fast but we're losing air.

[Bryan speaking]

[Vernon] Freakin'
[bleep] dammit.

Dude, your air
compressor is messed up.

[man speaking]

[Vernon speaking]

[Vernon] Bryan was down there
in deep water and suddenly, boom,

he's not getting air.

We caught it pretty quickly,
but sometimes divers will panic

and they'll come up too fast.

The internal pressure
between the ear and the nose

can sometimes get out of whack.

And that's how you
blow out an eardrum.

[bleep]

[Bryan] I need the nose block.

The nose block came out.

[Vernon] Oh, [bleep]

We don't need to take that out.

Why... why is it taken out?

Oh, I took it out from Max.

Forgot to put it back in.

[Vernon] Oh, you
went down without it?

Forgot.

[Vernon] But don't
[bleep] around.

Do it right.

Otherwise, I'll be taking you
back up to the hospital again.

Bryan removed the
nose guard from the mask

which is a pretty
stupid thing to do.

And sure enough, he came up too
fast and the pressure was severe.

Last summer he was
bleeding out of his ears.

Now he's bleeding
out of his nose.

[Bryan] Just a little
bit. It's not that bad.

[Vernon] I feel bad that
he got hurt, but dammit,

these kinds of mistakes, they're
gonna break me if they continue.

I'll never get the 300 ounces.

I've got the storm
starting to blow in.

And as it is, I haven't made
enough for cab fare today.

First bad day in a long time.

[producer speaking]

No, I'm not [bleep] satisfied
with the [bleep] damn day.

We didn't get any
[bleep] gold in the box.

[Steve Riedel] Hey, we're getting
an occasional white cap up here.

Just so you know.

[Zeke speaking]

[narrator] As the clouds roll in
and the waves rise ever higher,

the time to throw in the
towel is fast approaching.

[Zeke speaking]

Okay.

Well, we've had a
fantastic day out here, man.

You can come up
and consider it a...

a successful day.

No problem.

[Zeke] Yeah.

[Zeke speaking]

[Steve Riedel]
Yeah, he's coming up.

I see Zeke. I see the light.

Zeke's light is coming up.

[Zeke] I'm bummed that the weather
is kicking us off the water already.

But I am really stoked
about today went.

Steve didn't let the boat sink
and he didn't let me drown.

So that's good.

And also, we know that this area
of Tomcod is just loaded with gold.

This is a perfect place
for the Havilah to start off.

We're gonna get her going
as soon as this storm blows out.

I'm increasingly optimistic about
a huge rebound this summer.

Perfect.

Free row.

Yeah. I'm kind of
anxious to get home.

I'm tired. It's been a long day.

I've been on the
water for 11 hours.



Hmm, that's $220.

Everything's running great.

And I'm glad.

I'm really glad that
I have some help.

You're the man, Zeke.

You're the manly man.
Man and a manly man.

[Zeke laughs]

[narrator] While the storm gathers
on the horizon, one mile east...

[Shawn speaking]

[man speaking]

[Shawn speaking]

- [Dave speaking]
- [man speaking]

There you got the, Myrtle.

Ooh.

[narrator] Mr. Gold's
business partner, Dave Young,

checks in on the
season's first haul.

First time out this year.

I'm ready to see what they
got in there and I can't wait.

Hopefully, it's
getting the gold.

We need it.

Go check out the box.

See if we have
any gold in there.

[Shawn] With this storm
about ready to shut us down,

we've got to make sure we
got solid looking gold in the box.

See anything down there?

[Shawn] That's what
Dave is looking for.

I don't want to look like
an idiot on the first trip out.

[Dave] Shawn, look at that.

My first nugget with Mr. Gold.

[laughing]

Thank you.

I mean, I'm gonna
keep that frame it.

Framing?

It's caked with gold.

Look at that.

Yeah!

I love it.

Love it when a
plan comes together.

Yeah.

[Shawn speaking]

Well the cleanup will tell the
story of how much is in here.

But it looks good.

Too bad we can't get a couple
more days before the storm, buddy.

[Shawn speaking]

[Dave] Mats are full.

[Shawn] Yeah, I think
we're gonna just boogie in.

Jack up the spuds and
we got weather coming in

and I'd rather get this gold safe to
the harbor, in the harbor in a pan,

in the safe and in the cash,

because I don't want to push it.

I've been around the
block enough times.

To know, when you
push it, when you call it.

Gold fever almost took the
ship down a few years ago.

Mayday, Mayday.

We're reading a
catastrophic tide failure.

[man] Captain Ken got greedy
and stayed out way too long.

Now he's having
trouble coming in.

It's not good.

[Shawn] You don't
build up an operation like

I got by making
uninformed decisions.

It takes experience.

You got to know
what you're doing.

If not, your whole operation along
with your excavator barge will end up

out in the bottom of the
ocean floor with the gold.

Back in the safety
of the harbor.

Got gold in the box.

Dave's happy.

I'm happy.

Everybody's happy.

They are kicking a*s,
Myrtle kicking a*s.

Kris Kelly is gonna
get his a*s kicked.

Good run.

It's time to clean some gold.

[narrator] As Mr. Gold
pulls up to the dock.

Back on Tomcod...

Weather is getting worse.

Wind is following the
same path as the waves

which is not good because
that means it's building.

[narrator] Despite the
worsening weather,

Reaper Nation's still
in the throes of mining.

Definitely getting [bleep] out.

It's starting to white cap.

[Kris speaking]

[James] But we kind of need
to push our luck a little bit.

We need to stick
it out a little longer.

We need the gold.

I thought you kind of see what
we're doing as far as gold goes.

You know, see if
it's worth fighting.

[Kris speaking]

[Kris] Test pans
are still looking great.

Pretty close to 100 colors.

[Kris speaking]

[Kris] It's tough
being the owner,

when you're the one
with everything on the line.

You're torn, you know,
pushing through the bad weather

'cause we need
money for the bills.

But this equipment
costs a lot of money.

And if I push too hard, it
could cost me even more.

[Steve speaking]

[Kris] It's all a balancing act and
the wrong decision will k*ll you.

And that's all on me.

[Kris speaking]

I'm gonna go with
luck of the Irish.

[James speaking]

[Kris] So we're
gonna keep going.

Is it the right call considering
everything I'm dealing with?

Yes, I think it is.

So, bottom line,
we need the gold.

So, there's no choice here.

We stay.

I have a huge payment to
make at the end of the month.

And we can't say we
were a bunch of [bleep]

that's why we didn't
make our money.

They know the only way I'm
gonna get gold is if I sit out here,



So, this boat has
to sit out here.

I think we should
live life on the edge.

[Vernon] How's
it looking, Bryan?

[Bryan] Pretty good.

[Vernon] Not bad, huh?

Yeah, well, you
know, considering.

[narrator] Despite
taking a few punches,

Vernon Adkison hoping
to hit the scoreboard

before the upcoming
storm shuts him down.

We had a compressor kick
out on us that cost us some time.

When Max went down,
he got a headache.

And then when you came up,
you were bleeding out the nose,

at least you weren't
bleeding out the ears.

Yeah. I know.

I'm not sure if we had 99 problems
today, but we were damn close.

Not what we wanted.

Not with this storm blowing in.

We'll see how we
do with its way out.

But something's telling me we're gonna
have to do some serious rebounding.

[Vernon] Well let's pour
it up and see what we got.

One ounce.

One and half.

Two.

Two-point-six two ounces
for a dive day with problems?

I'll take it.

Yeah.

[narrator] 2.6 ounces.

It's worth over $4000.

I'm trying to build a kingdom,
but with this much gold,

all I can do is maybe
buy a doormat for the gate.

It's not like, "Yippee-ki-yay

We're rich."

But we got enough to pay the
bills and keep us in the game.

Look, this isn't getting
us where we wanna be.

But Nome wasn't built in a day.

I'm confident that we
can get back out there

and have smooth dives from here
on out and get that 300 ounces.

I hope to hell we'll be able
to get back on that spot.

- Easy gold, but hard to hold.
- Yeah.

And like some
girls I used to know.

Tag it and bag it.

[narrator] On the
outskirts of Nome.

[Emily] We had
water in the filters.

We're gonna like bring it in
and then swap out the filters.

He ended up being right.

It's looking pretty good.

Yep.

[narrator] Despite a hiccup
with her pump engine,

Emily Riedel is hoping to keep
the honeymoon alive on claim 14.

Two days out, two
days on hot gold,

trying to build a legacy here.

And so far, so good.

We've got a storm rolling in, so we're
gonna have a chance to see how we did.

And the box looks really good.

I think we k*lled it.

Let's see how we did here.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four, five, six, eight, nine,





What a day!

All right.

- [man] Sweet.
- [Emily] Sweet.

[narrator] 20 ounces
is worth $36,000.

And the newlyweds are clearly
married to a sizzling pay streak.

- Yeah, that's some nice G, guys.
- [man] Yep.

We just... We just got to ask for
some mercy from the Bering Sea,

and we gotta keep
getting out there.

[man] It's longer.

Hopefully, that storm
blows over fast 'cause

we're on Hot G and I
wanna keep hitting it.

This is important.
This is critical.

This is about the long term.

And we've gotta get
that 250 ounces going.

It's not just gonna
magically appear.

It's gonna be a lot
of work this summer,

but I think we're positioned
perfectly to pull it off.

The ground is awesome.

We just get the Bering
Sea to cooperate a little bit.

Yes.

Absolutely.

[Emily] I'm feeling that.

Cool.

[narrator] Back out on the Bering
Sea as the storm creeps closer

one team is still on the water.

We're the only ones out here.

It's white capping a little bit.

We got a strong
wind from the west.

It is picking up.

Get [bleep] off on the horizon.

I'm just seeing
nothing but whitecaps,

and I'm gonna keep digging.

It's getting real dicey.

We're off to a late start and I
got a huge payment coming up.

That's why we're still out here.

Everyone else, even
precious Mr. Gold,

headed for cover.

Honestly, maybe they
were the smart ones.

Hey, let's just
pack up for the day.

Let's go.

[Kris speaking]

Yes, we can.

So I really like this location.

So we're gonna
drop the marker buoy.

Let's do this.

We're the last to go
back into the harbor.

Might as well just say [bleep]

Everything tells me
to go home anyways.

I'm kind of pissed.

I don't like to be
told what to do,

but when three things at
once are telling you what to do,

you gotta listen to someone.

Well, we got gold in the box
and everything is still in one piece.

Barely.

As an owner, I'm gonna
chalk this up to a huge win

and get the hell out of here.

We're gonna call it a day.

Do our clean out and
see actually what we got.

I hope to God our
cleanup is good.

We've gotta see
some [bleep] gold.

[Vernon] Thank you, dear.

[woman] You're welcome. Enjoy.

[sighs]

I'd like to check in on social
media every now and then.

I mean, they're not all trolls.

[narrator] And now another
episode of Social Hour with Vernon.

Why is all that black stuff in
your goal after you clean it?

I like it. That is awesome.

Hey, people who buy
gold, they don't care.

They melt it down.

They... I'd say
that they refine it.

You know, if I got time,
I'll clean it really good.

If I'm in a hurry, I don't
clean it that damn good.

I think that's as good
as we're gonna get.

Time for a beer.

The price is the same either
way, but thanks for asking.

Let's see what else
is going on here.

It looks like Vernon
has a lots of gold,

but that's only because he leaves
the iron and stuff in with the gold

to increase the weight.

The people that buy the
gold [bleep] about that.

I mean, if we got time
we super clean the gold.

So it looks nice and pretty
for everybody out there.

But I guarantee you the gold buyers
they don't give a crap about that.

It doesn't matter.

Price is the same.

Our job is to get out
there and make gold.

And sometimes we got other
things to do besides sit around

and pan gold and clean
gold, which takes hours.

[narrator] This has been another
episode of Social Hour with Vernon.

I mean, they let
the trolls run wild.

[Shawn] How's it looking?

[Dave] Gold's looking
good, I can tell you that.

I'm excited.

Check it out.

Weigh that sucker up.

This is the first cleanup of
the season for the Myrtle.

She's our heavy
hitter on the water.

After doing the box check
I'm expecting a home run.

I'm expecting to
see triple digits.

And we got Dave in
the stands cheering.

So the pressure is on.

[Dave] Ten, 20, 30, 40.

Forty-eight.

Forty-eight-nine.

- Little light.
- Little light, huh?

Gotta get it.

Gotta do a little better
than that, Shawn.

[narrator] 48.9 ounces is worth over
$88,000, far from Mr. Gold's hopes.

Yeah, 'cause that's, you know,
a little out over an ounce an hour.

We wanna be on three to
four ounces an hour easily.

We'll get there.
We'll get there.

We're gonna have some big
clean ups, I guarantee you.

Yeah, I hope, it gets better.

I was hoping we
had a 100 in there.

And what I seen that box lit
up the way it was, it's incredible.

Hopefully we can get
on a little better ground.

I think we need to move.

I don't know why
we come up so light.

Maybe I misjudged the ground.

I don't know.

But I do know one thing.

I'm aiming for 3000 ounces this
year, and this ain't gonna cut it.

Not by a long shot.

Now, with this big storm kicking us
off the water, it's only gonna get worse.

So I'm just gonna
have to push it harder.

We're gonna have some big days.

I'll tell you that, 'cause I know
there's some pockets out there

that haven't been hit and
we'll... we'll have 100...



Go get the dredge
ready to go again.

Go do it again.

You got a lot of
money on the line.

We gotta get it going.

It'll pick up.

[narrator] Across town.

So we're finishing up our
cleanup today on the Mistress.

Gonna see exactly
how much gold we're on.

And I'm really hoping
for 30 ounces today.

That would make
me so [bleep] happy.

Please. Pretty please.

This is a big day
for Reaper nation.

Maybe the most important
cleanout of my career.

It's the first cleanup as an
owner of my own operation.

I went for it this season.

To be on target and
make our payments,

we need at least 20 ounces to
make everything happen today.

But honestly, I'm
hoping for more like 30.

We're seeing a lot of gold
move into our little containers,

which is amazing 'cause we
need as much as we can get.

I'm nervous and excited
and waiting the anticipation

of the final, you
know, gold count.

Look, that area was hot.

Shawn was there, too.

We both fought over it.

A lot of blood, sweat
and tears went into this.

So that scale should be loaded.

It better be.

[man] Moment of
truth. Come on, baby.

[Kris] Okay, here it is.

What do we got?

[man speaking]

[Kris] Ten-point-four
seven ounces.

Damn.

[Kevin] This is tough.

[Kris] Man, it's terrible.

[narrator] This all is
worth about 18 grand.

For a suction dredge, not bad.

But for Kris and his
excavator barge, not good.

Which is a kick in the nuts
'cause that was like a little under

quarter ounce an hour.

So quarter once an hour.

And it's unacceptable.

I get that working my age,
you know, I get better than that.

[Kevin speaking]

I know... I know
you're getting worried.

I'm getting worried, too.

The test pans are
just flawed obviously.

You know, my problem is I'm not
underneath the water seeing the gold,

so I don't have [bleep]
have any clue what we're on.

So look, running an excavation
barge, running with the big dogs,

I thought it was
gonna be easier.

It wasn't.

Like I'm stressed beyond belief.

I may barely be able to stay
above water this summer.

We'll see.

All I can do is dust myself off and
have faith that it's gonna get better.

Like immediately.

Little bummed out after that.

I'm a little bummed, too.

But, you know, it's
a new operation.

We're learning, Kris.

I'm not... not throwing my hands up
and saying, "I give up." You know?

No. I'm just saying, look,
you know, literally my...

my six inch operation gets
more gold in this thing right now.

This is really... this
is embarrassing.

[Kris] Yeah, this
is embarrassing.

We gotta turn this around.

It'll get better.

- [Kevin] Yep.
- [Kris] It'll get better.

[Kevin] I'm hoping.
It can't get any worse.

[narrator] Shawn takes the early
lead, but it's still anyone's game.

Next dive on Bering Sea Gold...

Then giant storm surge coming.

It's like...

We gotta really take advantage
of this good weather window.

We're gonna send Rick down and
kind of see what we're working with.

We're going into a
bad weather situation,

but I know the
boat can handle it.

[Vernon] It's a last bridge
on the Cougar Rock Road.

[Bryan] You should
have said [bleep]

That take on your
life and your a*s.

[Zeke] Ready to go.

He's tried to do this before
with girlfriends I think.

It didn't work out.

Tenhoff.

Pretty excited to see what
these rocks and those got here.

We're gonna end up
snapping its spud cable.

What [bleep] We're spinning.

We gotta get out of here.

[Shawn] We're
on the right track.

The gold is just
unbelievably hot.

[Zeke speaking]

[Shawn] Yeah, baby!