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[narrator] tired of missing
out on record-breaking
bering sea gold prices?
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Looking for a mining claim
to call your own?
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Then come on up
to nome, alaska
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where we've got
more claims for sale
than we've had in years.
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Finally, all that chunky gold,
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acre after acre
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can be yours.
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Don't be left in a cloud
of gold dust.
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Demand is through the roof.
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So, act now while
supplies last.
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[kris] beggars cannot
be choosers.
So, I'm loving it.
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[shawn] our gold recovery
is gonna sky rocket.
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Can you guarantee it?
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If you'll throw
a half a million at it.
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[brad] shut your mouth!
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[kris] you shut
the [bleep] up. All you do
is sit in your truck.
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O mighty
and great ruler of the sea.
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[vernon] and see what
the bottom looks like.
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I don't see any cobble.
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The soviets are coming
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what's it looking like
down there?
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[daryl] there is hundreds
of pieces of gold
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[imitating drum roll]
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[zeke] shawn,
don't drop the sailboat.
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Oh, boy!
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[kris] four year plan
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is finally happening for me.
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And this is
the crowned achievement
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[people screaming]
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[narrator] nome, alaska
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is in the midst of a turf war.
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As gold prices continue
to hit all-time highs,
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dozens of the most
coveted claims
on the bering sea
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are suddenly up for sale
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sending potential profits
to new heights.
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Now, every miner is relying
on their own ingenuity
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to get a piece of the pie
and cash in.
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[waves splashing]
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[shawn] the price of gold
is sky rocketing.
It's kicking ass.
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Good time to own
some mining ground
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especially 2000 acres.
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[narrator] but
one mining titan
already has a claim
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everyone is after.
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[shawn] 2000 acres
of the best off shore ground
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it's gonna pay off.
It will be well worth it.
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[narrator] mr. Gold,
shawn pomrenke,
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has the richest claim in nome.
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A $1.6 million tomcod
under his control.
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[shawn] I had the opportunity
and I jumped on it.
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Now, I just got to
come up with enough gold
to pay for it all.
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I gotta get to work.
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[shawn] the summer is simple.
I'm taking over nome.
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I'm taking no prisoners.
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[shawn] I got
the christine rose
in the tomcod
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turning up gold
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to pay off what I owe.
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I gonna try buying out
the inland mine
from my old man.
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But that's nothing
compared to what
I'm trying to pull off.
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[shawn] I'm gonna
add in another
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6x16-foot sluice box.
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I pitched to dave young
that we should partner up
on the myrtle irene.
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I feel like I'm
the guy to make
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the myrtle irene reach
its full potential,
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but it's not gonna be easy.
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Dave's definitely interested
in the idea
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but he's not
fully convinced yet.
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What's going on, cody?
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[cody] making the plans up
for the myrtle?
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[shawn] mmm-hmm.
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Where's dave with all this?
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He doesn't want to put
any more money into it.
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He's got millions into it.
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Hopefully, dave signs off.
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[shawn] hopefully, dave sees
what I see here.
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It's a huge potential
of doing really good here.
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[cody] what do you wanna do
to this thing?
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I wanna tear it all into
a bunch of little pieces
and start over.
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I mean, we know, we've
been kicking ass with our
little tiny christine rose.
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You know, all the foundation
is there but it seems like
all the gear on it is...
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-Hodge-podged together.
-Uh-huh.
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[shawn] makes
a big difference on how
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productive the dredge will be
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and for the myrtle irene
being five times larger
than the christine rose
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it should produce
five times as much
but the way it was set up,
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it would never do that.
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I'm gonna add in
another sluice box.
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I like that idea.
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It's all about efficiency
of catching this fine gold is
what we need.
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[shawn] the key to mining
is efficiency.
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That's what I focus on
when I construct my dredges.
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The myrtle irene is
a big dredge,
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but it's not bringing in
the gold it should be.
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That's why I'm stepping in.
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It was hard for the operator
to see what was going on
in the wash plant.
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Without being able
to see what's going on
in the wash plant,
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you don't know how fast
to feed it
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and so, I'm going to have to
drop everything down.
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Then you'll be able to see
from the excavator right
into the plant.
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First step is to lower
the wash plant
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where the operator can see it
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and be able to
control it better.
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Second step is upgrading
the water system
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for higher pressure to wash
the gold out of the dirt.
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The third thing we're gonna do
is add a second sluice box.
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One to catch
all the chunky gold and one
to catch the fine gold.
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If I implement all three steps
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this means three or four times
more gold than
they have been getting.
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It's all a plan.
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[cody] I know, I like it man.
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Job security.
We get this thing going.
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We're going for
the next five years.
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It's a big project.
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[shawn] yeah and we don't have
a whole lot of time to do it.
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To redesign a whole dredge
and get it all done
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is a huge undertaking.
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But with the price
of gold where it's at...
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[clears throat]
yeah, it's higher than
I've ever seen it.
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Now we have the tomcod.
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It's a no-brainer.
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Redesigning the myrtle
is the key to absolute fortune
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I'm certain of that.
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Now, the only thing left to do
is convince dave.
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[cody] good luck
with your meeting.
Let me know how it goes.
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[shawn] yeah, I will.
Talk to you later cody.
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Go make some gold now.
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[narrator] shawn isn't
the only miner looking to
break new ground.
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Five miles east,
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far off the beaten path...
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You know, sometimes when
you have an acid trip
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where you feel like
you have been doing
the same thing
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for, like, multiple lifetimes?
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I feel like we've been
jacking up this boat
for multiple lifetimes now.
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[narrator] zeke tenhoff
and his crew
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are on the verge of taking
a trip to the dock
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with their one of a kind
sailboat dredge.
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It looks like the boat's
hitting in the cribbing.
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I don't see it that it's gonna
able to tip either way.
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It'll be good to go.
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Sounds good.
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[horn honking]
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[zeke] here comes don.
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If this sailboat dredge
works out, it would
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definitely be game changer
from everything I'm doing.
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I'll be able to sail
way out into the distance
to investigate claims
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where there might be a lot
of gold that nobody
has ever found before.
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I'll have an advantage that
absolutely no one else will.
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Now we just gotta get it down
to the water.
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Yeah!
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-Hell, yeah!
-Finally, I have the sailboat
out of my yard.
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It's been in my yard
for ten years.
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Thinking about it.
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Imagining.
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I'm still mid process.
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But it's nice to have it
out of my yard.
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[sam] I am a little
bit worried about it
bouncing off the back.
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[zeke] no, wait. Don't...
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Don't drive too fast
in front of the power line.
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[zeke groaning]
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-[crew laughing]
-[bleep]
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[zeke laughing]
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wow, dude!
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Yeah... Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Hell, yeah!
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[cheering]
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we got
the sail boat to the harbor.
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It's a big step.
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Yeah, we'll
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-thank you so much, don.
-Okay, no problem.
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Totally appreciate it.
You really helped us out here.
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Hope you make money, man.
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Yeah, that's the plan.
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[sam] the price of gold
is coming up about
$100 a day.
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I checked the price of gold
just now. I'm like...
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On the scroller
and it was like...
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-It went up again.
-It goes up every day.
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[zeke] I mean
the world economy--
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the price of gold
goes up every day.
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Every day.
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[stammers] we gotta
get some gold.
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I've been
really hustling to get
the sailboat dredge
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ready to get gold.
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Now, we just need to find
a crane to lift this boat up
and put it in the water
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and then we're ready to go.
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[zeke] I'm gonna go check
and see if he's back.
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And I know just
the guy to ask. I know
that he has a crane.
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It's sitting right over there.
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[zeke] this looks like
a huge project.
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[shawn] yeah another
big project.
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[zeke] dude, just makes
my head spin.
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-How you doing man?
-Doing real well.
How about yourself?
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-Good, good.
-Anyway, you wanna check out
my sailboat?
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-You got a sailboat?
-I got a sailboat, yeah.
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Yeah.
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-Have you ever
done any sailing?
-No, not much.
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Me neither.
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Zeke is building
a sailboat dredge
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but knows absolutely nothing
about sailing.
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That's zeke.
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[zeke] anyway,
here is the sailboat.
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I think it's gonna work.
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Everything is
in pretty good shape.
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But uh...
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I still have a lot
of question marks
about my design.
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I don't know how
it's gonna sit like
weight balance and everything
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I've never had this
in the water.
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Yeah, it's gonna be
the moment of truth for me
sitting it down in the water.
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[laughing]
it's a...I mean...
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I don't think anything
is gonna fall apart
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and I don't think
it's gonna sink.
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[chuckling]
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[shawn] what you gonna do?
Just back her in?
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No, I don't think
it's gonna...I don't...
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The trailer is not long enough
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-uh, I heard you
might have a crane.
-I do have a crane.
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Do you think your crane can
pick up this sailboat?
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All day long.
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[zeke] will you sling
my sailboat into the harbor?
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Yeah, I can probably do that.
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Nice. That's what I wanted
to hear.
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I'm checking specs
on the myrtle irene
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trying to figure out
what I can really do with her.
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Sure
it's time sensitive but there
is a code amongst us miners.
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Everybody helps
each other out.
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Unless, it's the kellys
and then they can rot
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but, zeke is trying to do
something really big
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so I respect that
and I'm gonna try
to help him out.
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-[zeke] you ever picked up
a sailboat before?
-Nope.
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I'm really stoked that shawn
is willing to take the time
to help out.
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He definitely gives me
a little bit of pause because
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shawn's never picked up
a sailboat with his crane
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and I'm not even certain,
the sailboat
is gonna float right.
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Let me know when you're
ready to drop it in.
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We'll throw it in for ya.
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-I'm stoked. Thank you.
I appreciate it.
-No problem.
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Okay, zeke.
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All right!
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Been a long time coming
and I can't say I'm not
a little bit nervous about it.
238
00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:12,097
Yeah, it's gonna be
the moment of truth for me
sitting it down in the water.
239
00:12:20,841 --> 00:12:23,842
[kris] the only way we're
making it to elim is with
the proper boat.
240
00:12:25,212 --> 00:12:27,445
So, this is it.
241
00:12:27,514 --> 00:12:31,449
Not exactly what I would call
custom accommodations, but
242
00:12:31,485 --> 00:12:34,619
beggars cannot be choosers
so I'm loving it.
243
00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:36,955
[narrator] as they prep
the vessel of their dreams,
244
00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,124
the kellys are thinking
outside the box.
245
00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:41,192
Way outside the box.
246
00:12:42,028 --> 00:12:44,729
120 miles east to elim
247
00:12:44,765 --> 00:12:48,366
where captain kris believes
a fortune is waiting.
248
00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:49,901
It's probably
the greatest adventure.
249
00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:52,937
People would have to pay to go
on this kind of adventure,
really you know
250
00:12:52,973 --> 00:12:55,373
it's like going
to climb mount everest.
251
00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:57,575
This stuff is similar to that,
except we're going down
252
00:12:57,611 --> 00:13:00,378
140-50 miles away from town
253
00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:02,680
to where no man
has gone before
254
00:13:02,716 --> 00:13:05,817
[bleep] we better change
the name of this boat
to the enterprise.
255
00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:13,825
[kris] this is almost
the perfect boat for my set up
256
00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:15,493
we have a sink which is great.
257
00:13:15,529 --> 00:13:16,995
We have a stove
which is awesome.
258
00:13:17,030 --> 00:13:18,830
We have somewhat
of a fridge which...
259
00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:21,065
Whatever.
260
00:13:23,036 --> 00:13:25,170
So, the boat is not
something you'll find
in the greek isles,
261
00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:27,672
but it's perfect for what
we're gonna try to pull off.
262
00:13:27,707 --> 00:13:29,274
It's got all
the equipment we need
263
00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:31,743
plus space to transport
our portable dredge
264
00:13:31,778 --> 00:13:35,079
and luckily I have
one of those. I built it
a couple summers ago.
265
00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:38,082
Trying to create
a dredge.
266
00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:40,151
Very small, very fast.
267
00:13:40,187 --> 00:13:42,520
[narrator] in a prior
failed effort to go up
the coast...
268
00:13:42,556 --> 00:13:43,988
[kris] hey, look how easy
it is.
269
00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:46,457
Andy can move it
with his hands.
270
00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:50,595
...Kris created
a small portable dredge
he dubbed "the sickle."
271
00:13:51,865 --> 00:13:54,532
sickle pound for pound is
a bad little mofo.
272
00:13:54,568 --> 00:13:56,167
Oh, there it is.
273
00:13:56,203 --> 00:13:59,771
[kris] it was crazy of me
to think that I was gonna take
that little vessel
274
00:13:59,806 --> 00:14:01,306
all the way to elim.
275
00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:04,742
With the norpac,
I'll easily get to elim
with that dredge.
276
00:14:04,778 --> 00:14:06,978
So, we gotta pull the sickle
out of storage right now
277
00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:08,713
but thank god
I over built everything.
278
00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:11,516
I know it's gonna be
turn key ready to go.
279
00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:13,985
[kris] let's look at
this [bleep]
280
00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:17,856
really, what I like
about it is is we haven't used
it in about two or three years
281
00:14:17,891 --> 00:14:21,426
and it's still
in great condition because
I made it, that's why.
282
00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:23,094
And this is what it's gonna
be like on the water.
283
00:14:23,496 --> 00:14:24,896
[exclaiming]
284
00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:27,966
-[kris] look at it.
It's stable.
-I know.
285
00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:29,334
-Let's grab it.
-Look at that.
286
00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:31,369
It's quality made
the first time.
287
00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:33,504
Grab that corner.
Andy'll grab the middle.
288
00:14:34,407 --> 00:14:36,674
[all groaning]
289
00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:40,178
[kris] the sickle is in
a great shape
but it still needs some tlc
290
00:14:40,213 --> 00:14:43,014
right now, all my money
is tied up with the norpac.
291
00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:45,550
So, I'm really gonna have
to macgyver this thing
to get it going.
292
00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:48,419
We gotta go to the car next,
grab some rope.
293
00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:49,487
I grabbed rope.
294
00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:51,055
-Okay.
-It's around here, somewhere.
295
00:14:51,091 --> 00:14:52,690
We gotta go get
a high pressure line.
296
00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:55,093
[kris] high pressure line
like eight feet long.
297
00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:57,528
Hopefully, we can make
this work, you know.
298
00:14:57,564 --> 00:15:00,064
[kris] really, you have
to have everything
dialed in 100%.
299
00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:03,167
We have one shot at this.
We can't go 130 miles away
300
00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:06,504
and then realize that we need
something small
that could stop everything.
301
00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:09,040
So, we need to get this
put together properly.
302
00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:10,942
We need to get this tested
in the ocean.
303
00:15:10,977 --> 00:15:12,710
We need to have
an actual strategy
304
00:15:12,746 --> 00:15:14,712
for getting it off the boat
and on the boat.
305
00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:17,949
Just put it there.
306
00:15:20,654 --> 00:15:21,519
[andy] wow!
307
00:15:22,656 --> 00:15:24,522
[kris] so far so good.
308
00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:26,090
-[brad] ready?
-[kris] that's
all ready to go.
309
00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:27,792
-[kris] that's
all ready to go.
-[brad] let's go. Andy!
310
00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:28,860
Ready to sluice.
311
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:32,297
[andy] hold on my leg.
312
00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:36,000
Be careful.
313
00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,804
Whoo! We're getting closer.
314
00:15:41,074 --> 00:15:42,941
[kris] we usually have those
little pontoons on there
315
00:15:42,976 --> 00:15:46,878
except andy gained another
100 pounds this winter
so we can't use them.
316
00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:48,546
The guy is just getting
so big.
317
00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:52,917
He better.
318
00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:57,722
Has he seen the show,
mutiny on the bounty?
319
00:16:00,694 --> 00:16:02,727
So, we got another thing
we got going on today.
320
00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:06,998
We got chris mccully
putting together
a real frankenstein operation.
321
00:16:08,702 --> 00:16:11,903
So, it's chris mccully
that's scooting me over trying
to get to elim this year.
322
00:16:11,938 --> 00:16:14,739
Now, I'm stuck in a bad deal
with dave mccully
323
00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:16,474
and there is nothing I can do.
324
00:16:16,509 --> 00:16:17,976
The only good thing
at this point
325
00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:19,744
that chris mccully is bringing
to the table is
326
00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:22,580
he's building a backup dredge
that we really need.
327
00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:24,015
[kris] how is it going
over here chris?
328
00:16:30,623 --> 00:16:32,757
Pretty much see
what my vision is now.
329
00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:34,892
I can, I can see your vision.
330
00:16:34,928 --> 00:16:36,194
[chris speaking]
331
00:16:38,031 --> 00:16:40,498
-[chuckles]
-[chris] and that's it.
332
00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:42,867
He's calling this frankenstein
mess of crap bones.
333
00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:46,304
It's basically a sluice box
that we can dangle over
the side of the boat...
334
00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:48,906
-Then we'll put it right on
the deck next to mine.
-Cool.
335
00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:51,309
Who knows if
it's even gonna work.
336
00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,011
It's definitely going
to be work in progress.
337
00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:57,515
So far so good.
338
00:16:57,550 --> 00:17:00,018
One stop closer to the mission
339
00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:02,320
he's got a lot of [bleep]
to do still. Let's keep going.
340
00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:05,857
[narrator] while kris preps
for an epic journey,
341
00:17:07,927 --> 00:17:09,127
on the other side of
the harbor...
342
00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,096
[vernon] all right,
good morning guys.
343
00:17:12,132 --> 00:17:13,464
...The dawn of
a new era
344
00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,000
is beginning for skipper
vernon adkison
345
00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:18,302
[vernon] let's have
a little conference here.
346
00:17:18,338 --> 00:17:21,239
Okay, I finally got my permit
on 56.
347
00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:22,407
Right on.
348
00:17:22,442 --> 00:17:24,976
So, we'll go out
and reconnoiter
to start out with.
349
00:17:25,578 --> 00:17:27,011
It's gonna require
350
00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:29,380
a bit of prospecting
351
00:17:29,416 --> 00:17:31,282
and then we'll pick a spot
352
00:17:32,118 --> 00:17:33,117
and go dredging.
353
00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:37,121
Throw it up.
354
00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,160
This is
a big day for me.
I'm not gonna lie.
355
00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:44,962
I've spent everything I've got
on 56.
356
00:17:44,998 --> 00:17:46,364
According
to my research,
357
00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,067
I think this is one of
the best claims in nome.
358
00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:50,701
It's loaded with gold.
359
00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:53,905
375 acres
360
00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:56,240
a thousand ounces an acre.
361
00:17:56,276 --> 00:18:00,378
Today is the day,
I find out if I'm right
362
00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:04,382
or if I'm off my rocker
which some people claim
I am from time to time.
363
00:18:05,018 --> 00:18:06,084
I can do a real mistake.
364
00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:16,394
Damn,
it always feels good
to shake off that dock dust.
365
00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:20,398
Right now, we gotta lay out
the perimeter of the claim.
366
00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:22,733
We'll get this thing
mapped out and dialed in
367
00:18:23,303 --> 00:18:24,435
so, we'll know exactly
368
00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:27,105
the nature of the beast.
369
00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:29,140
Today we're gonna use
some technology.
370
00:18:29,175 --> 00:18:31,042
I got a new underwater drone.
371
00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:33,111
I got three different corners
marked
372
00:18:33,146 --> 00:18:37,115
on the claim and we gotta do
some surveying of the bottom
373
00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,850
and see what we come up with.
374
00:18:38,885 --> 00:18:40,418
We'll use the hand line.
375
00:18:41,888 --> 00:18:43,354
Check the depth here
376
00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:45,323
at our northeast corner.
377
00:18:46,693 --> 00:18:47,558
Right there.
378
00:18:48,061 --> 00:18:49,093
Let me see.
379
00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:50,895
I think that's 15 feet.
380
00:18:50,930 --> 00:18:51,796
Fifteen feet.
381
00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:56,634
Okay, break out
the drone.
382
00:18:57,504 --> 00:18:59,036
Let's go down
and fly this thing.
383
00:19:02,175 --> 00:19:03,307
All right. Here we go.
384
00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:15,186
We've got visibility.
We got about five feet
of visibility.
385
00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:16,621
We know that for sure.
386
00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:20,491
What we're
looking for is cobble.
387
00:19:20,527 --> 00:19:22,894
Usually, that's where
the gold is.
388
00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:24,695
We don't want too much sand.
389
00:19:24,731 --> 00:19:29,233
If we get out there
and find out that this claim
is loaded with sand...
390
00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:33,671
Well, that might be good for
kindergarten sandbox but
it's not good for mining.
391
00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:44,582
[vernon] definitely, sand.
392
00:19:44,617 --> 00:19:46,517
I don't see any cobble.
393
00:19:46,553 --> 00:19:48,219
That looks like sand with
394
00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:51,489
just gentle ripples, I mean
395
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:52,456
ripples in it.
396
00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:55,459
[bryan] yeah, that's sand.
397
00:19:59,499 --> 00:20:01,232
I would not dive this spot.
398
00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:07,805
Northeast.
399
00:20:08,775 --> 00:20:10,675
Sand... Just, that right here.
400
00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:14,178
Yeah, we're taking notes
on our dinner plate.
401
00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:16,380
It's gonna be a treasure map
by the time we're done with it
402
00:20:16,416 --> 00:20:19,917
the whole secret
to our fortune is
on a paper plate.
403
00:20:19,953 --> 00:20:23,454
[vernon] no matter what claim,
there is gonna be places
where there is no gold
404
00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:25,990
and that's called prospecting.
405
00:20:26,025 --> 00:20:28,759
And it's disappointing,
but you gotta
keep prospecting
406
00:20:28,795 --> 00:20:30,995
until you hit the hot spots.
407
00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:34,665
Southeast corner.
Let me just pull over here
to the right a little bit
408
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:36,367
and we'll drop
the anchor right quick.
409
00:20:38,438 --> 00:20:40,805
Just gonna make
that bing, bang,
boom. Quick.
410
00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:43,708
Okay, that's two fathoms.
411
00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:44,976
Twenty-four feet of water.
412
00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,613
[bryan] well, first time
we saw sand.
413
00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:51,482
I got my fingers crossed.
I wanna see some cobble
down there.
414
00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:05,029
That looks like sand
to me.
415
00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:06,831
[bleep]
416
00:21:14,474 --> 00:21:16,974
[vernon] I've got
a lot of money invested in
this claim.
417
00:21:17,010 --> 00:21:20,711
It just wiped me out as far as
liquid cash is concerned
418
00:21:20,747 --> 00:21:25,449
and if I just keep seeing
sand, sand and more sand,
419
00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:27,285
I'll be busted
yet once again.
420
00:21:30,657 --> 00:21:34,091
I think we ought to make
our way out to
the southwest corner
421
00:21:34,127 --> 00:21:35,826
and see what
the bottom looks like.
422
00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:39,196
I got a feeling
the bed of gold is on
423
00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:41,832
the western end of it.
424
00:21:45,238 --> 00:21:46,771
We're here.
425
00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:49,974
-Put that camera down.
-Here we go. Going down.
426
00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:02,620
[dramatic music playing]
427
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:09,560
[vernon] here we go.
428
00:22:10,096 --> 00:22:11,095
[man] miles of cobble.
429
00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:13,030
[vernon] all right,
all right!
430
00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:16,200
-Hey, we got the cobble.
-[crew] all right.
431
00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,771
-[vernon] and the visibility
looks good.
-[man]yeah, pretty good.
432
00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:22,773
We got good vis
and good cobble.
433
00:22:24,143 --> 00:22:26,310
I've known about
this claim for years
434
00:22:26,346 --> 00:22:28,012
and it's one of
the richest ones in nome.
435
00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:30,247
375 acres
436
00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:32,049
and it belongs to me.
437
00:22:32,552 --> 00:22:33,818
So, uh...
438
00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:36,387
We're gonna get out there
and carry it up.
439
00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:38,089
We're gonna do it.
440
00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:51,235
[narrator] throughout nome,
the fight for turf is on
441
00:22:52,772 --> 00:22:53,537
and at the harbor...
442
00:22:58,277 --> 00:23:00,444
Let's go back in
the bearing sea?
443
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,080
All right, let's go mine
some gold.
444
00:23:03,116 --> 00:23:05,683
[narrator] emily riedel
is looking to get in
on the action.
445
00:23:06,853 --> 00:23:08,719
[emily] the ice is gone
which is great.
446
00:23:08,755 --> 00:23:10,421
Love having no ice around.
447
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,691
Love having
survivable temperatures.
448
00:23:14,861 --> 00:23:15,826
Good to be back on a boat.
449
00:23:16,462 --> 00:23:17,928
My goal this summer is
450
00:23:17,964 --> 00:23:21,065
to own a claim of my own.
Simple.
451
00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:22,767
There is six
452
00:23:22,802 --> 00:23:26,036
and I'm already starting
to research claims out east.
453
00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:29,673
But claims,
especially the good ones
454
00:23:29,709 --> 00:23:33,677
tend to be pretty expensive
so I'm gonna need
at least 75 ounces
455
00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:34,512
to purchase a lease.
456
00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:38,616
We ended the ice season
on a good spot.
457
00:23:38,651 --> 00:23:41,419
So, first thing I'm gonna
take my ten-inch
458
00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:45,289
to those coordinates
and pick up what's left there
and look for more.
459
00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:54,131
It's our first day out
in the 2020 gold
mining season.
460
00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:56,233
Price of gold
is 2,000 an ounce, so...
461
00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:57,701
We'll make it happen.
462
00:23:57,737 --> 00:23:59,503
I got my number one
guy daryl.
463
00:23:59,539 --> 00:24:01,338
He knows how
to find and follow gold.
464
00:24:01,374 --> 00:24:04,275
He knows how to read
the ground and hopefully
we can get on some nice g
465
00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:05,609
right off the bat.
466
00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:06,944
Couldn't ask for more
for today.
467
00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:11,449
Whether I do well or not
this season depends entirely
on my team.
468
00:24:11,484 --> 00:24:13,818
And I happen to have
469
00:24:13,853 --> 00:24:16,821
some of the best divers,
gold divers in the world
working on my boat.
470
00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:18,956
Daryl is coming back.
471
00:24:18,991 --> 00:24:21,625
Daryl is like my star diver.
He's always produced
a lot for the boat
472
00:24:21,661 --> 00:24:23,160
and I get bob hafner
473
00:24:23,196 --> 00:24:26,230
bob hafner is like
one of the founding fathers
of gold diving in nome
474
00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:29,633
so, if this season is going
to be a success,
it's because of them.
475
00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:39,043
We found this spot
during ice mining.
476
00:24:40,179 --> 00:24:42,246
Got some pretty sick gold
in the six-inch.
477
00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:44,782
So, daryl is gonna pick up
where he left off.
478
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,383
Hopefully, today we're gonna
make some money.
479
00:24:46,853 --> 00:24:48,586
[engine whirring]
480
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:51,255
you ready to get some?
481
00:24:51,791 --> 00:24:53,157
Pound it! Whoo!
482
00:25:03,903 --> 00:25:05,402
Hey, daryl.
483
00:25:05,438 --> 00:25:07,304
[over radio]
how is the visibility
down there?
484
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,375
[daryl] it's probably about
four or five feet.
485
00:25:11,410 --> 00:25:13,978
[emily] I'm gonna
give you a minute
to get your bearings.
486
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:19,183
[daryl] all right,
I'm looking for a...
A place to start
487
00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:20,217
okay-dokey.
488
00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:33,764
[emily] hey, so you
found some gold
down there?
489
00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:40,938
[daryl] oh, nothing yet.
490
00:25:51,017 --> 00:25:52,650
I haven't seen
any uh...
491
00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:55,819
Where it really
light things up.
492
00:25:59,158 --> 00:26:01,458
Daryl is down there
looking for something
493
00:26:01,494 --> 00:26:04,528
that's hot, you know,
it's uh...
494
00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:08,399
Things change,
the bottom changes as
the ice goes away so...
495
00:26:08,434 --> 00:26:11,902
I don't know. We'll keep
looking for the spot
we found over the winter.
496
00:26:11,938 --> 00:26:15,773
Sometimes, after
the ice pack moves out,
497
00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:18,943
the topography on
the ocean floor can change
498
00:26:18,978 --> 00:26:21,111
and it's important
to have people like daryl
499
00:26:21,147 --> 00:26:23,948
who really know how to read
the ground and prospect.
500
00:26:23,983 --> 00:26:24,882
He is a gold hound.
501
00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:28,352
So, I trust daryl
to pick up that hit streak.
502
00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:29,486
I just hope he can because
503
00:26:29,522 --> 00:26:31,288
we really need
to put ounces in
the box right away.
504
00:26:32,358 --> 00:26:34,224
[daryl] gotta find some
working ground.
505
00:26:35,895 --> 00:26:38,462
Okay, it's starting to, uh...
506
00:26:39,298 --> 00:26:40,097
Oh!
507
00:26:43,636 --> 00:26:44,668
There we go.
508
00:26:46,305 --> 00:26:49,807
There is hundreds
of pieces of gold
just right here.
509
00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:52,042
[emily] all right!
510
00:26:52,078 --> 00:26:56,146
[daryl] not even an inch
or two down. Bingo!
511
00:26:56,182 --> 00:26:59,783
Wow! That big gold sounds like
what we found during ice.
512
00:27:00,519 --> 00:27:02,653
Found some nice chunky stuff.
513
00:27:02,688 --> 00:27:04,555
[over radio]
is the gold chunky?
514
00:27:06,392 --> 00:27:08,258
[daryl] there is
lots of volume right here
515
00:27:09,495 --> 00:27:12,463
through the stone,
all through this material.
516
00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:14,098
[imitating drum roll]
517
00:27:15,568 --> 00:27:18,569
[daryl] yeah, we could
work this for several days.
518
00:27:18,604 --> 00:27:21,005
[emily squealing]
we're on it, baby!
Ow!
519
00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:24,041
[daryl] yeah, not so bad.
520
00:27:26,579 --> 00:27:29,580
We're making money.
Can't complain.
521
00:27:32,118 --> 00:27:35,185
It's a good day to be
a gold miner. Whoo!
522
00:27:35,221 --> 00:27:37,488
[narrator] while one riedel
gets on the gold,
523
00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:39,423
back on land...
524
00:27:44,196 --> 00:27:45,763
I think this road
goes to the nome river.
525
00:27:45,798 --> 00:27:47,364
I saw it up here.
526
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,833
But the river is way
far away here.
527
00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:51,735
I don't think it goes
down to the nome river.
528
00:27:51,771 --> 00:27:53,904
[narrator] the senior riedel
is on his way
529
00:27:53,939 --> 00:27:57,007
to owning his own claim
and mining operation.
530
00:27:57,043 --> 00:27:59,543
You know, I don't have to park
right on the river.
531
00:27:59,578 --> 00:28:02,813
As long as I find a place
that's hidden...
532
00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:05,783
[narrator] but for nome's
most notorious free spirit,
533
00:28:05,818 --> 00:28:08,686
that road is very, very long.
534
00:28:08,721 --> 00:28:10,854
I had this plan
coming to nome.
535
00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:12,423
Price is up,
536
00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:14,958
get some stuff from the dump
for free.
537
00:28:14,994 --> 00:28:17,494
I got the first part
of my plan taken care of.
538
00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:20,497
Now I gotta find a place
to live on the nome river,
539
00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:23,100
set my tent up for free,
540
00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:25,102
and then I gotta
look for work.
541
00:28:25,137 --> 00:28:26,837
I just can't find
the nome river,
542
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:28,105
it's somewhere around here.
543
00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,541
[tires screeching]
544
00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:31,642
hello.
545
00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:34,111
Okay, I'm not gonna
run off the road now.
546
00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:36,980
Don't worry about it.
[chuckles]
547
00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:38,549
the price of gold
is through the roof.
548
00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:40,350
There's claims available.
So, yeah.
549
00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:42,152
This is the best time
to be a gold miner.
550
00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:45,489
And I'm here again
to ride that gold horse.
551
00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:48,192
Whoa! Jiminy cripers.
552
00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:50,694
Man! I was hoping to find
a better trail than this.
553
00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:53,797
I don't know. Holy...
Hold it.
554
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:56,233
I can't afford to be here.
555
00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:58,068
But the price of gold,
556
00:28:58,104 --> 00:28:59,703
I can't afford not to be here.
557
00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:05,409
Woo-hoo.
558
00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:11,815
Yeah! Oh, yeah.
Free rent city, right here.
559
00:29:12,952 --> 00:29:14,918
Man, what a beautiful place.
560
00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:18,155
That's the river.
561
00:29:18,190 --> 00:29:21,391
Got a place to hide.
562
00:29:21,427 --> 00:29:24,328
This is it.
This is steve's oasis.
563
00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:26,363
This is where I'm setting up
shop for the summer.
564
00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:28,866
And it's not gonna
cost me a dime.
565
00:29:28,901 --> 00:29:30,901
[exclaims] oh! Oh!
566
00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:32,102
[grunts]
567
00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:34,204
[groans]
568
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:35,939
I just have to clear out
all this brush
569
00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:38,408
and assemble my abode.
570
00:29:41,514 --> 00:29:42,513
Whoo!
571
00:29:43,249 --> 00:29:46,049
My tent's 12 by 8 feet.
572
00:29:46,085 --> 00:29:46,984
So...
573
00:29:47,019 --> 00:29:49,052
I think I got
a pretty good space here.
574
00:29:49,088 --> 00:29:50,954
But I need some blocks,
575
00:29:50,990 --> 00:29:52,422
and then I'll put
pallets on it,
576
00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:53,624
level it up.
577
00:29:53,659 --> 00:29:56,460
And then I can
put my tent on it.
578
00:29:56,495 --> 00:29:58,962
Rent free is turning out to be
just a lot of hard work.
579
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,368
So I got a list of things
to do.
580
00:30:04,403 --> 00:30:05,736
I need some stuff.
581
00:30:08,607 --> 00:30:10,107
Zeke's place right here.
582
00:30:10,743 --> 00:30:13,644
Oh-ho-ho. Oh!
583
00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:17,281
Woo-hoo.
584
00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:18,649
-Perfect.
-[timber thuds]
585
00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:21,652
yeah. Nome is...
586
00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:25,155
Nome is about 500 miles away
587
00:30:25,191 --> 00:30:26,757
from the end
of the supply line.
588
00:30:26,792 --> 00:30:27,825
So...
589
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:31,128
You know,
if someone has something,
590
00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:32,496
and they're not using it,
591
00:30:33,132 --> 00:30:34,464
then it's okay to borrow it.
592
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,966
It's sort of...
593
00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:38,068
It's sort of an alaska thing,
to share.
594
00:30:42,274 --> 00:30:43,607
There we go.
595
00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:45,175
Okay, that's a load.
596
00:30:46,579 --> 00:30:48,178
I'll write him an iou.
597
00:30:48,214 --> 00:30:49,780
2x4s...
598
00:30:51,217 --> 00:30:53,116
And six blocks.
599
00:30:53,152 --> 00:30:55,853
Okay. Let's see...
600
00:30:58,324 --> 00:31:01,592
Uh-huh. Okay.
Thanks. We're out.
601
00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:08,065
Hello, and welcome to
another episode of secret...
602
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,167
Uh, gold mine...
What are we calling it?
603
00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:15,906
Today we're gonna talk about
604
00:31:15,941 --> 00:31:17,808
mining on a budget.
605
00:31:17,843 --> 00:31:19,343
Hot water system.
606
00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:22,112
You know, right here is
the hot water exchange system.
607
00:31:22,147 --> 00:31:24,581
We use the exhaust
of our engine
608
00:31:24,617 --> 00:31:26,116
to heat up the water
609
00:31:26,151 --> 00:31:27,417
that pumps down to the diver.
610
00:31:27,453 --> 00:31:28,652
All free.
611
00:31:28,687 --> 00:31:30,387
You know, a lot of people use
612
00:31:30,422 --> 00:31:32,990
other systems
to create hot water.
613
00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:35,158
Those burn about
two gallons an hour.
614
00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:37,661
So I save about
10 dollars an hour
615
00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:38,929
when I run this.
616
00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:41,031
That's the way it is.
617
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:43,300
In order for this
to work properly,
618
00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:45,936
you have to exchange the
copper coil every season.
619
00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:48,105
Can my lovely assistant
handle it?
620
00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:54,044
Yeah, I'm gonna close my eyes,
I'll be fine.
621
00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:56,046
You can't be a [bleep]
when you do this job.
622
00:31:56,081 --> 00:31:57,447
[screams]
623
00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:01,518
yeah, baby!
624
00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:03,520
Bam!
625
00:32:03,555 --> 00:32:05,856
The, uh, hot water system.
626
00:32:05,891 --> 00:32:07,891
[kris] so,
it's a pretty easy design.
627
00:32:07,927 --> 00:32:10,227
The bar in the center,
that's the exhaust.
628
00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,828
That's actually
pumping through.
629
00:32:11,864 --> 00:32:14,498
So you wrap the coil
around the exhaust,
630
00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:17,167
and then you have water
flowing through the coil.
631
00:32:17,202 --> 00:32:18,468
So, pound for pound,
632
00:32:18,504 --> 00:32:20,904
this is probably the best
[bleep] idea around.
633
00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:22,773
Oh, when you idle down
the engine,
634
00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:24,007
you get cold water.
635
00:32:26,211 --> 00:32:28,412
Well, don't be a [bleep],
you won't have a problem.
636
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:29,947
-[andy] oh, I don't...
-Okay, there you go.
637
00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:32,482
Next thing we're gonna do,
638
00:32:32,518 --> 00:32:34,618
we're gonna go get
another copper coil,
639
00:32:34,653 --> 00:32:36,153
and we're gonna
string it around,
640
00:32:36,188 --> 00:32:37,421
and then this is exactly...
641
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:39,056
We're trying to make this
look brand new.
642
00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:41,091
Bam! Copper coil.
643
00:32:43,028 --> 00:32:43,994
That's perfect.
644
00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:46,463
Shazamo!
645
00:32:46,498 --> 00:32:47,564
Free hot water.
646
00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:50,500
So now we have to
insert the coil...
647
00:32:50,536 --> 00:32:53,003
It's not fitting in
with those pipes.
648
00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:56,273
Okay, now we got to get this
[bleep] thing to fit in there.
649
00:32:56,909 --> 00:32:58,342
It needs finesse.
650
00:32:58,377 --> 00:32:59,810
-[andy] I got it, dude.
-Okay.
651
00:32:59,845 --> 00:33:01,645
That's exactly what I didn't
want to do.
652
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,612
[andy] shut up!
653
00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:03,647
No, mine was easier.
654
00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:06,249
[kris] I hope we didn't
kink that.
655
00:33:06,285 --> 00:33:07,551
Stop. It's not gonna work.
656
00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:10,854
I think the engine is gonna
blow up on me.
657
00:33:13,058 --> 00:33:15,058
Well, let's take that out.
658
00:33:15,094 --> 00:33:17,027
The editing team,
edit all that [bleep]
659
00:33:17,062 --> 00:33:18,028
out at the end.
660
00:33:20,265 --> 00:33:21,231
We're done.
661
00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:23,200
Now what we have to do
is weld this together.
662
00:33:23,235 --> 00:33:24,768
So that's pretty much
how you get
663
00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:27,104
free hot water
on demand forever,
664
00:33:27,139 --> 00:33:30,207
as long as you follow this
simple little process.
665
00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:32,709
Not that simple.
666
00:33:46,892 --> 00:33:48,325
Super big moment here
667
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:49,893
I've been anticipating.
668
00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:54,431
Getting ready to drop
zeke's sail boat in.
669
00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:56,133
Sail boat, dredge.
670
00:33:57,636 --> 00:34:00,537
Uh, not quite sure
what it is.
671
00:34:02,041 --> 00:34:03,573
[narrator]
after years of envisioning
672
00:34:03,609 --> 00:34:05,509
a trailblazing
sailboat dredge...
673
00:34:06,478 --> 00:34:08,512
I think we got
all the holes plugged.
674
00:34:08,547 --> 00:34:09,780
I'm pretty sure.
675
00:34:09,815 --> 00:34:13,050
...It's now sink or swim
for zeke tenhoff
676
00:34:13,085 --> 00:34:15,118
and the black swan.
677
00:34:15,154 --> 00:34:17,254
[zeke] I've put suction
dredges together before,
678
00:34:17,289 --> 00:34:19,256
but there's a lot of reasons
679
00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:21,191
why the way
I'm trying to do it
680
00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,293
might be kind of sketchy
and it's experimental.
681
00:34:23,328 --> 00:34:25,762
I'm not a, like,
maritime engineer
682
00:34:25,798 --> 00:34:27,330
or anything like that at all.
683
00:34:27,366 --> 00:34:30,333
I'm just a guy who has been
like bolting aluminum
684
00:34:30,369 --> 00:34:32,035
in dredge parks
onto the sailboat.
685
00:34:32,071 --> 00:34:34,204
So I've got to
cross my fingers
686
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:35,439
and hope for the best here.
687
00:34:36,942 --> 00:34:38,308
Been a lot of build up today.
688
00:34:38,343 --> 00:34:40,577
I've been working on this
sail boat for months.
689
00:34:40,612 --> 00:34:42,946
I can't say I'm not
a little bit...
690
00:34:42,981 --> 00:34:44,548
I have a little trepidation
691
00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:45,849
about how
it's all gonna hook up.
692
00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:48,385
Well, we're gonna see
if it even [bleep] picks it.
693
00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,987
It if picks it, it picks it.
If it don't, it don't.
694
00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:53,990
Whoa.
695
00:34:56,662 --> 00:34:59,229
[crane whirring]
696
00:35:02,134 --> 00:35:03,467
lift off.
697
00:35:07,573 --> 00:35:08,572
Hey.
698
00:35:09,208 --> 00:35:10,474
[zeke] keep it straight.
699
00:35:12,177 --> 00:35:13,343
Keep it straight.
700
00:35:16,215 --> 00:35:17,581
Little bit windy today.
701
00:35:20,319 --> 00:35:22,085
I have to hold on
to this rope.
702
00:35:24,089 --> 00:35:25,856
Super important.
703
00:35:25,891 --> 00:35:27,891
Otherwise the sailboat
is gonna go spinning around.
704
00:35:33,432 --> 00:35:35,799
Oh, boy. Oh, buddy.
705
00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:37,501
Shawn,
don't drop the sailboat.
706
00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:41,705
[zeke chuckles]
707
00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:43,173
[creaks]
708
00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:54,251
[whirring]
709
00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:02,159
[zeke] are we floating?
710
00:36:02,194 --> 00:36:03,527
You're floating.
711
00:36:03,562 --> 00:36:05,695
We are floating. Yeah!
712
00:36:05,731 --> 00:36:07,464
[laughs]
713
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,667
[all] yeah! Yeah!
714
00:36:10,702 --> 00:36:13,236
-[all exclaiming]
-yeah!
715
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:15,939
-Thank you, shawn.
-[shawn] yeah.
716
00:36:15,974 --> 00:36:19,075
You guys gonna check for leaks
before we unstrap it?
717
00:36:19,111 --> 00:36:20,777
[zeke] I can go
check for leaks.
718
00:36:24,082 --> 00:36:26,816
Oh, that's good. I was just
checking the water lines
719
00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:28,885
and seeing how we look
on the balance.
720
00:36:28,921 --> 00:36:30,220
It looks pretty good.
721
00:36:30,255 --> 00:36:33,290
We are this close
from going sailing.
722
00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:35,125
Very excited.
723
00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:39,262
Looks good. No obvious leaks
at this time.
724
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:41,665
All right.
Let's cut this thing lose
725
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:42,966
so I can get out of here.
726
00:36:44,770 --> 00:36:48,572
[zeke] ladies and gentlemen,
I present to you
the black swan.
727
00:36:48,607 --> 00:36:51,074
It really feels great.
I've had this idea
728
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:53,210
kicking around in my head
for years now.
729
00:36:53,245 --> 00:36:55,178
Sail boat dredge, that's cool.
730
00:36:55,214 --> 00:36:57,113
So that's given me
a lot of motivation
731
00:36:57,149 --> 00:36:58,281
to just keep going with it.
732
00:36:58,317 --> 00:37:00,050
No matter like,
what the conclusion
ends up being.
733
00:37:00,085 --> 00:37:03,053
It's super cool to look out
of the...
734
00:37:03,956 --> 00:37:05,222
Look out
of the windows here.
735
00:37:05,257 --> 00:37:08,058
You can see water
instead of
tree tops and tundra.
736
00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:10,227
I had a lot of trepidation
over the years
737
00:37:10,262 --> 00:37:13,663
that I wouldn't be able to
hang a dredge off
the side of this boat.
738
00:37:13,699 --> 00:37:15,665
Because it would make
everything tip over too much.
739
00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:18,235
So I didn't do it for years.
Because I thought that would
740
00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:20,704
be a big problem.
And it's proving to be
not a problem at all.
741
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:25,842
We got the mast stood up here.
742
00:37:25,877 --> 00:37:27,711
I want to go
for a little boat ride.
743
00:37:28,714 --> 00:37:29,813
See how fast she goes.
744
00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:33,350
I know I have a lot
of work to do
745
00:37:33,418 --> 00:37:35,885
in order to get
all the dredging systems
to work right.
746
00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:38,588
[engine revving]
747
00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:40,824
but we gotta take it
for a little victory lap
748
00:37:40,859 --> 00:37:42,459
out of the harbor
and see how it feels.
749
00:37:42,494 --> 00:37:44,461
What! [laughs]
750
00:37:44,496 --> 00:37:46,796
dude, it's really fast.
[laughs]
751
00:37:47,566 --> 00:37:49,633
[all laughing and exclaiming]
752
00:37:54,106 --> 00:37:55,572
[narrator] two miles east...
753
00:37:59,845 --> 00:38:01,344
We're gonna do it.
754
00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:04,948
Went through all the trouble
while going through
the damn bidding process.
755
00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:07,017
[narrator] the moment of truth
has arrived
756
00:38:07,052 --> 00:38:08,652
for vernon adkison.
757
00:38:08,687 --> 00:38:10,153
[vernon] today,
we're out here,
758
00:38:10,188 --> 00:38:12,088
we're getting ready
to nail this claim down.
759
00:38:13,025 --> 00:38:13,857
Good show, guys.
760
00:38:14,826 --> 00:38:17,560
We're finally gonna get going
on 56.
761
00:38:17,596 --> 00:38:20,230
And I gotta admit,
I got some jitters today.
762
00:38:20,265 --> 00:38:21,498
I don't know for sure
763
00:38:21,533 --> 00:38:22,732
if there's really good
gold there.
764
00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:24,768
We're diving on a new claim.
765
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,536
A very expensive claim.
766
00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:31,941
But it looks like we found
a good spot with the drone,
767
00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:33,677
so I'm cautiously optimistic.
768
00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:36,713
Get to diving.
Bing, bang, boom.
769
00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:40,183
[narrator] today, the first
small step for vernon-kind...
770
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:43,687
Belongs to diver
gary simpson.
771
00:38:47,859 --> 00:38:49,492
[vernon] gary, do you read me?
772
00:38:49,528 --> 00:38:50,427
[gary] yeah.
773
00:38:50,996 --> 00:38:52,462
Just do it.
774
00:38:53,265 --> 00:38:54,464
[gary] all right.
775
00:38:56,702 --> 00:38:58,068
[vernon] okay, here he goes.
776
00:39:13,452 --> 00:39:15,385
[gary] all right, let's search
around here for a little bit,
777
00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:16,986
guys,
see where we're at.
778
00:39:17,756 --> 00:39:18,988
All right.
779
00:39:24,229 --> 00:39:26,029
[gary] actually,
I couldn't see much
with the drone.
780
00:39:26,064 --> 00:39:27,564
It still looked good.
781
00:39:27,599 --> 00:39:29,666
But being down here
it even looks better.
782
00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:32,469
All right.
783
00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:34,504
We're gonna make some
gold today, buddy.
784
00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:36,206
[gary] I'll start right here.
785
00:39:44,649 --> 00:39:46,483
This hasn't been worked
for a long time...
786
00:39:47,219 --> 00:39:48,218
If ever.
787
00:39:49,388 --> 00:39:51,321
Yeah, yeah.
It sure looks good to me.
788
00:39:51,356 --> 00:39:53,456
I mean, there's a lot of
marine growth on it.
789
00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:56,626
Looks like it's
tightly packed.
790
00:39:56,661 --> 00:39:59,062
I'm hoping we're on some
virgin ground here.
791
00:40:00,132 --> 00:40:01,931
Untouched ground,
792
00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:04,267
that's music
to a prospector's ear.
793
00:40:04,302 --> 00:40:06,069
There's been mining
all around nome
794
00:40:06,104 --> 00:40:07,604
for well over a century.
795
00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:11,141
And to find some ground
that has not been hit,
796
00:40:11,176 --> 00:40:13,176
we could be sitting
on top of a jackpot.
797
00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:16,413
Come to daddy.
You know what I'm saying?
798
00:40:20,685 --> 00:40:21,985
[gary speaking]
799
00:40:23,555 --> 00:40:25,188
big rocks, big gold.
800
00:40:25,891 --> 00:40:27,557
[gary] it's a little slower...
801
00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:28,858
Than normal.
802
00:40:31,263 --> 00:40:32,929
[gary speaking]
803
00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:41,838
yeah, it looks like
you might be getting
close to it now.
804
00:40:42,574 --> 00:40:44,174
[gary speaking]
805
00:40:46,344 --> 00:40:47,377
so...
806
00:41:00,692 --> 00:41:02,192
[vernon] all right.
807
00:41:02,227 --> 00:41:03,426
Seeing gold already?
808
00:41:04,229 --> 00:41:06,329
[gary] whoo! How's that?
809
00:41:06,364 --> 00:41:09,766
Wow. That's some
good looking material.
810
00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:11,634
[gary] do you see it?
Do you see it?
811
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:13,102
Yeah, yeah, I see it.
812
00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:15,338
[gary] I'm seeing the gold.
813
00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:19,075
Nature's going right on top
of the black silk layer.
814
00:41:19,110 --> 00:41:20,176
[vernon] all right.
Hammer it.
815
00:41:20,212 --> 00:41:22,078
[gary] yeah, yeah,
looking good.
816
00:41:23,582 --> 00:41:25,482
Now this is what
I'm talking about.
817
00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:26,950
This is a bull's-eye
and then some.
818
00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:28,751
Maybe we don't hit
the target every time,
819
00:41:28,787 --> 00:41:30,820
but when we do, yeah.
820
00:41:30,856 --> 00:41:32,422
It's yippee-ki-yay.
821
00:41:32,457 --> 00:41:34,657
This is what I've been
waiting for for years.
822
00:41:36,294 --> 00:41:38,394
We've taken the icing
off the cake.
823
00:41:38,430 --> 00:41:40,230
[gary] yeah.
824
00:41:40,265 --> 00:41:42,232
[vernon] you can tell from
the look of that cobble,
825
00:41:42,267 --> 00:41:45,034
it hasn't been disturbed.
826
00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:47,370
This is the first time
I've worked on 56.
827
00:41:47,405 --> 00:41:49,572
There's a lot of gold
laying right on top.
828
00:41:49,608 --> 00:41:51,508
This is damn good ground.
829
00:41:53,245 --> 00:41:54,911
We're gonna have
a nice day.
830
00:42:00,485 --> 00:42:04,254
[narrator] throughout nome,
the fleet is bringing
their a-game
831
00:42:04,289 --> 00:42:05,021
to the turf war.
832
00:42:06,591 --> 00:42:07,991
And on the water.
833
00:42:11,897 --> 00:42:15,532
[emily] back to work.
Just doing a little patch.
834
00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:17,667
[narrator]
emily and her a-team
835
00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:20,436
prep for the second half
of a mining double header.
836
00:42:20,472 --> 00:42:22,038
[emily]
bob's gonna be diving.
837
00:42:22,073 --> 00:42:23,973
He's a veteran
of this business.
838
00:42:24,009 --> 00:42:28,311
I mean, he's been diving
offshore, for like,
since the '80s.
839
00:42:28,346 --> 00:42:29,812
Always excited to go diving.
840
00:42:29,848 --> 00:42:32,115
[narrator] as veteran diver
bob hafner
841
00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:33,316
steps up to the plate.
842
00:42:33,351 --> 00:42:35,184
[emily] daryl got into
some nice chunky gold.
843
00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:36,553
He got a good dive in.
844
00:42:36,588 --> 00:42:39,122
Bob's great.
He knows the ground.
He knows what he's doing.
845
00:42:39,157 --> 00:42:40,423
Awesome attitude.
846
00:42:40,458 --> 00:42:42,525
And he's got
a lot of experience, so...
847
00:42:42,561 --> 00:42:44,894
Got a good team.
848
00:42:44,930 --> 00:42:46,629
[bob] water temperature
looks pretty good.
849
00:42:47,699 --> 00:42:48,531
Let's do this.
850
00:42:50,035 --> 00:42:51,634
[emily] daryl went down
for four hours
851
00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:52,802
and got on the pay streak.
852
00:42:52,837 --> 00:42:54,103
And we're making money.
853
00:42:54,139 --> 00:42:55,471
And bob's the next diver,
854
00:42:55,507 --> 00:42:57,607
and hopefully we can
keep this momentum up.
855
00:42:59,578 --> 00:43:00,677
Conditions are good
right now,
856
00:43:00,712 --> 00:43:02,545
but wind is
starting to pick up,
857
00:43:02,581 --> 00:43:03,780
current's starting to pick up,
858
00:43:03,815 --> 00:43:06,015
so hopefully we can stay
on the spot.
859
00:43:06,051 --> 00:43:07,984
Hey, bob, you got me on comms?
860
00:43:08,019 --> 00:43:09,419
[bob] yes.
861
00:43:33,578 --> 00:43:38,181
[emily] hey. Hey, bob,
first dive of the year.
How do you feel?
862
00:43:39,317 --> 00:43:40,249
[bob grunts]
863
00:44:10,015 --> 00:44:12,548
[emily] nice, that's awesome.
That's really good news.
864
00:44:14,452 --> 00:44:15,852
[bob speaking]
865
00:44:18,123 --> 00:44:21,257
[emily] strong currents
can really escalate
the danger for a diver.
866
00:44:21,292 --> 00:44:23,726
Veteran or not,
current's still gonna
mess with you.
867
00:44:23,762 --> 00:44:25,862
Like, as much experience
as bob has,
868
00:44:25,897 --> 00:44:27,463
like, once that current
gets going,
869
00:44:27,499 --> 00:44:30,166
like, he's not
a freaking superhero.
870
00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:32,969
But it's also important
to get a lot of nice
gold in the sluice box.
871
00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:35,238
So hopefully bob can hang out
through this.
872
00:44:35,807 --> 00:44:37,073
[bob speaking]
873
00:44:38,476 --> 00:44:39,308
[groans]
874
00:44:52,357 --> 00:44:55,892
if we need to call it
for current,
we can call it.
875
00:44:58,797 --> 00:45:00,763
[bob speaking]
876
00:45:10,075 --> 00:45:11,140
roger, sounds good.
877
00:45:13,445 --> 00:45:14,644
That current...
878
00:45:15,246 --> 00:45:16,079
It keeps on building,
879
00:45:16,114 --> 00:45:17,447
it keeps on picking up
down there.
880
00:45:17,482 --> 00:45:19,582
He's definitely
earning every ounce.
881
00:45:19,617 --> 00:45:21,317
It's gonna wear him out
eventually.
882
00:45:22,187 --> 00:45:23,586
[bob groans]
883
00:45:23,621 --> 00:45:25,221
we're not long,
but we're in the gold
884
00:45:25,256 --> 00:45:26,856
so we're gonna keep mining
as long as we can.
885
00:45:31,730 --> 00:45:32,862
[narrator] back in nome...
886
00:45:39,370 --> 00:45:41,771
Well, got my plans,
887
00:45:41,806 --> 00:45:43,372
time to go see the man.
888
00:45:44,943 --> 00:45:47,744
Either dave's gonna like it
or he won't.
889
00:45:49,748 --> 00:45:52,448
[narrator] mr. Gold is looking
to strike a deal
890
00:45:52,484 --> 00:45:53,950
with the competition.
891
00:45:53,985 --> 00:45:56,986
[shawn] right now,
dave's the only unknown.
892
00:45:57,021 --> 00:45:59,055
I know my design is solid,
893
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:00,356
but I don't know
if dave's gonna
894
00:46:00,391 --> 00:46:02,892
want to partner up with me
or tell me to take a hike.
895
00:46:02,927 --> 00:46:04,761
Hell, me might even
try to steal
896
00:46:04,796 --> 00:46:05,995
what I'm trying to
pitch to him.
897
00:46:06,030 --> 00:46:07,196
I guess we'll see.
898
00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:10,399
[horn honks]
899
00:46:13,438 --> 00:46:14,203
[young] what's up?
900
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:15,505
[shawn] how's it going, dave?
901
00:46:15,540 --> 00:46:17,373
Oh, you got them done, huh?
902
00:46:17,408 --> 00:46:18,941
-Yeah.
-Let's check them out.
903
00:46:20,445 --> 00:46:21,978
[shawn] I can see it
coming together.
904
00:46:23,181 --> 00:46:26,449
Chicken scratches but...
905
00:46:26,484 --> 00:46:30,419
Basically moving the plant
from where it's sitting here,
906
00:46:30,455 --> 00:46:32,421
putting it down
the center of the barge,
907
00:46:32,457 --> 00:46:34,223
dropping it, lowering it.
908
00:46:34,259 --> 00:46:35,391
What's this right here?
909
00:46:35,426 --> 00:46:37,093
[shawn] that's the feeder.
910
00:46:37,128 --> 00:46:39,195
-[young] shaker...
-[shawn] shaker.
911
00:46:39,230 --> 00:46:42,932
Rock chute, then this will be
another sluice box here.
912
00:46:42,967 --> 00:46:45,301
[young] this is a sluice?
What's this right here?
913
00:46:45,336 --> 00:46:48,037
[shawn]
that's another sluice box.
A secondary box.
914
00:46:48,072 --> 00:46:52,441
This is gonna look
really pretty through this
first sluice box.
915
00:46:52,477 --> 00:46:55,044
But then, whatever
doesn't get caught there,
916
00:46:55,079 --> 00:46:58,314
we'll catch it all through
in this secondary box.
917
00:46:58,349 --> 00:47:00,249
Looks complicated.
918
00:47:01,219 --> 00:47:04,253
It looks complicated,
but really it's not.
919
00:47:04,289 --> 00:47:07,156
Our gold recovery is going to
sky rocket.
920
00:47:09,294 --> 00:47:10,259
I don't know.
921
00:47:13,998 --> 00:47:15,398
I think we'll have a winner.
922
00:47:15,433 --> 00:47:18,234
I think we'll do, you know,
if I can keep up to you...
923
00:47:18,269 --> 00:47:20,269
Keep up with it the way
it's set up now,
924
00:47:20,305 --> 00:47:21,604
with the christine rose...
925
00:47:22,473 --> 00:47:24,040
Well, after we redo it.
926
00:47:24,075 --> 00:47:27,443
We should blow
the christine rose
out of the water.
927
00:47:27,478 --> 00:47:29,645
-We'd be--
-you sure it'll all fit?
928
00:47:30,481 --> 00:47:31,781
I'll make it fit.
929
00:47:33,251 --> 00:47:34,617
We got some good welders,
930
00:47:34,652 --> 00:47:35,985
they'll cut and chop
931
00:47:36,654 --> 00:47:38,087
and make it work.
932
00:47:38,122 --> 00:47:39,856
[young] I mean,
what's this gonna cost?
933
00:47:40,625 --> 00:47:41,858
Million? Half a million?
934
00:47:41,893 --> 00:47:43,893
I can't even tell.
It's looks expensive.
935
00:47:44,629 --> 00:47:46,495
-Looks expensive, but...
-[laughs]
936
00:47:46,531 --> 00:47:47,663
it is expensive.
937
00:47:47,699 --> 00:47:49,432
You know it's gonna...
It's gonna be [bleep]
938
00:47:49,467 --> 00:47:51,400
expensive, but you know what?
939
00:47:51,436 --> 00:47:53,736
In one week,
we'll make it all back.
940
00:47:53,771 --> 00:47:55,071
You think?
941
00:47:55,106 --> 00:47:57,306
-I...
-Can you guarantee it?
942
00:47:58,877 --> 00:48:00,443
I'm not gonna guarantee it.
943
00:48:00,478 --> 00:48:02,445
But I'll put my word on it.
944
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:04,480
-And I'll make--
-will you put
your money on it?
945
00:48:08,853 --> 00:48:10,086
You know...
946
00:48:10,788 --> 00:48:12,321
I'd be willing to do it.
947
00:48:12,357 --> 00:48:14,857
I've got millions
into this already.
948
00:48:14,893 --> 00:48:17,193
-And I'm not--
-with gold prices
the way they are,
949
00:48:17,228 --> 00:48:18,561
it'd be stupid
not to do it.
950
00:48:18,596 --> 00:48:20,897
No, I'm game, you know?
We gotta pick it up.
951
00:48:20,932 --> 00:48:22,932
You kicked their ass
last year
952
00:48:22,967 --> 00:48:25,001
and we got
a one-yard bucket.
953
00:48:25,036 --> 00:48:28,671
So I know we got some issues.
I just...
954
00:48:29,908 --> 00:48:31,774
You know, we have no money
to do this.
955
00:48:31,809 --> 00:48:33,676
You know,
if you have the money,
956
00:48:33,711 --> 00:48:36,579
if you'll throw
half a million at it...
957
00:48:39,050 --> 00:48:42,018
I think it's gonna cost
at least that, if not more.
958
00:48:43,488 --> 00:48:44,921
[shawn] the worst thing
I thought
959
00:48:44,956 --> 00:48:46,455
dave could say was "no."
960
00:48:46,491 --> 00:48:48,224
I didn't think he'd ask me
to pony up
961
00:48:48,259 --> 00:48:49,992
some of my own money
for this.
962
00:48:50,028 --> 00:48:52,595
I'm stretched a little thin
going into this,
963
00:48:52,630 --> 00:48:56,265
with the cost of the tomcod
and the inland mine.
964
00:48:56,334 --> 00:48:59,769
The myrtle irene is not
gonna be a cheap project.
965
00:48:59,804 --> 00:49:02,605
It may stretch me too thin.
It's a tough call.
966
00:49:06,811 --> 00:49:09,478
Well, I'll throw
350,000 at it.
967
00:49:14,652 --> 00:49:16,252
Okay.
968
00:49:16,287 --> 00:49:17,920
Well, write it up
and I'm in.
969
00:49:17,956 --> 00:49:19,088
Let's give it a shot.
970
00:49:19,123 --> 00:49:21,657
But you got...
You got three weeks.
971
00:49:21,693 --> 00:49:23,192
We'll be cutting it close
but...
972
00:49:25,330 --> 00:49:26,595
I think I can do it.
973
00:49:28,967 --> 00:49:31,167
I got the myrtle,
but it didn't come cheap.
974
00:49:31,202 --> 00:49:34,003
I gotta put in $350,000.
975
00:49:34,038 --> 00:49:35,938
And I have to do
in three weeks
976
00:49:35,974 --> 00:49:37,406
what they couldn't do
in years.
977
00:49:38,876 --> 00:49:40,943
I'm pretty much gonna get
half of everything
978
00:49:40,979 --> 00:49:42,678
we mine off the tomcod.
979
00:49:42,714 --> 00:49:45,548
So I'll get my money back
in no time if I pull it off.
980
00:49:45,583 --> 00:49:47,483
It's a big "if."
981
00:49:47,518 --> 00:49:50,052
you know, this is my
third time of refitting this.
982
00:49:50,088 --> 00:49:51,721
Just think about it.
983
00:49:51,756 --> 00:49:53,823
-It ain't been cheap.
-Well...
984
00:49:53,858 --> 00:49:56,859
You know what?
We're gonna make
all that money back
985
00:49:56,894 --> 00:49:57,893
and then some.
986
00:49:57,929 --> 00:49:59,395
-I hope.
-I know how to make gold.
987
00:49:59,430 --> 00:50:02,264
Okay. It's a deal.
Let's do it.
988
00:50:08,406 --> 00:50:09,405
[narrator] in nome...
989
00:50:16,614 --> 00:50:19,015
At arctic sea headquarters,
990
00:50:19,050 --> 00:50:20,416
[ken] how long we been
running that barge?
991
00:50:20,451 --> 00:50:21,617
-Five years?
-[young] four, five.
992
00:50:21,652 --> 00:50:22,852
[ken] five years, yeah.
993
00:50:22,887 --> 00:50:24,186
[young] there's not
too many people
994
00:50:24,222 --> 00:50:26,255
that can handle that thing.
995
00:50:26,290 --> 00:50:27,189
That's true.
996
00:50:27,225 --> 00:50:29,492
-It's a mammy.
-Yeah.
997
00:50:29,527 --> 00:50:32,728
[narrator] dave young and now
former captain ken kerr
998
00:50:32,764 --> 00:50:34,930
discuss the big shake-up
with the myrtle irene.
999
00:50:34,999 --> 00:50:36,766
Well, I'll tell ya...
1000
00:50:36,801 --> 00:50:38,901
Are you sure you're okay
with shawn running it?
1001
00:50:38,936 --> 00:50:40,202
Oh, I wouldn't...
1002
00:50:40,238 --> 00:50:41,737
-Huh?
-I'm...
1003
00:50:41,773 --> 00:50:43,506
I'm very excited about...
1004
00:50:43,541 --> 00:50:45,174
[clears throat]
...Shawn running it.
1005
00:50:45,209 --> 00:50:45,975
Very excited.
1006
00:50:49,714 --> 00:50:51,680
[exclaims]
1007
00:50:51,716 --> 00:50:54,283
yeah! We're digging!
We're digging!
1008
00:50:54,318 --> 00:50:56,085
[narrator]
for several summers...
1009
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:57,420
[ken] hammer down.
1010
00:50:57,455 --> 00:50:59,288
...Ken kerr
piloted the myrtle.
1011
00:50:59,323 --> 00:51:01,390
[ken] the biggest rig in nome,
right here.
1012
00:51:03,594 --> 00:51:05,928
If we get a couple thousand
ounces this year...
1013
00:51:05,963 --> 00:51:07,763
Yeah, I think
a couple thousand ounces...
1014
00:51:07,799 --> 00:51:09,065
Would be pretty good.
1015
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:11,634
...Attempting to rewrite
the record books.
1016
00:51:12,136 --> 00:51:13,302
[man] 270...
1017
00:51:13,337 --> 00:51:15,404
Shawn, look out,
buddy, now.
1018
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:16,672
[exclaims]
1019
00:51:16,707 --> 00:51:18,441
[ken] I'm gonna have to get
shawn over here.
1020
00:51:18,476 --> 00:51:20,242
Show him what
a real excavator is.
1021
00:51:20,278 --> 00:51:21,677
We're gonna fight it out.
1022
00:51:21,712 --> 00:51:24,346
[narrator] while he and shawn
ran neck and neck,
1023
00:51:24,382 --> 00:51:26,215
exchanging the top spot.
1024
00:51:26,250 --> 00:51:27,850
No hard feelings?
1025
00:51:28,252 --> 00:51:29,251
Yeah.
1026
00:51:29,287 --> 00:51:31,854
-[man over radio]
mayday, mayday.
-[woman] no!
1027
00:51:31,889 --> 00:51:33,956
[narrator] the beast proved
too unwieldy
1028
00:51:33,991 --> 00:51:35,324
to live up to her potential.
1029
00:51:36,527 --> 00:51:39,028
I like the idea of shawn...
1030
00:51:39,063 --> 00:51:42,064
[narrator] now, it will be
shawn's turn at the helm.
1031
00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:44,666
You know, shawn's here,
he's here all year long.
1032
00:51:44,669 --> 00:51:47,002
When we're out of the water,
he can work on it.
1033
00:51:48,072 --> 00:51:49,038
Yeah.
1034
00:51:49,073 --> 00:51:51,474
You know,
he'll be there 24-7.
1035
00:51:51,509 --> 00:51:54,343
-You know? It's perfect.
-Yep.
1036
00:51:55,546 --> 00:51:57,379
What are you gonna do?
1037
00:51:57,415 --> 00:51:58,514
-You don't run the barge.
-Um...
1038
00:51:58,549 --> 00:52:01,250
I'm building those machines
called the golden goose.
1039
00:52:02,220 --> 00:52:05,588
-The trawlers?
-Yeah, the beach miners.
1040
00:52:05,623 --> 00:52:08,257
I'm ready to go out
on my own and...
1041
00:52:08,292 --> 00:52:10,092
And run a beach miner, baby.
1042
00:52:10,128 --> 00:52:13,062
I'm gonna go prospect
the beaches of nome
with a trawler.
1043
00:52:13,097 --> 00:52:14,964
Go find a mother lode
in nome.
1044
00:52:14,999 --> 00:52:16,832
I mean, god put a lot of gold
out here...
1045
00:52:16,868 --> 00:52:19,135
And I'm gonna go find it.
1046
00:52:19,170 --> 00:52:21,003
I hope you find it.
1047
00:52:21,038 --> 00:52:22,304
Then let's do it.
1048
00:52:22,340 --> 00:52:24,440
-Start on
the trawlers, brother.
-[laughs]
1049
00:52:24,475 --> 00:52:26,275
-get some gold this year.
-Yeah.
1050
00:52:31,082 --> 00:52:32,314
[narrator] on claim 56...
1051
00:52:38,756 --> 00:52:42,258
So, gary, all systems go.
How're you feeling down there?
1052
00:52:43,194 --> 00:52:44,627
[gary speaking]
1053
00:52:45,930 --> 00:52:47,329
all right.
1054
00:52:47,365 --> 00:52:49,532
The material
looks really good.
1055
00:52:49,567 --> 00:52:51,100
I think we're gonna do
okay today.
1056
00:52:53,938 --> 00:52:57,406
[narrator] vernon adkison's
lead diver gary simpson
1057
00:52:57,441 --> 00:52:58,741
is batting 1.000.
1058
00:53:01,579 --> 00:53:02,645
Hey, gary.
1059
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:04,647
You've been down
a few hours now.
1060
00:53:04,682 --> 00:53:05,948
Why don't you
come on up?
1061
00:53:05,983 --> 00:53:07,950
You did a hell
of a good job.
1062
00:53:07,985 --> 00:53:09,385
I think you put gold
in the box.
1063
00:53:10,254 --> 00:53:12,288
We'll send
the next man down.
1064
00:53:12,323 --> 00:53:14,423
[gary] all right, vernon.
I'm heading up.
1065
00:53:14,458 --> 00:53:15,658
Heading up now.
1066
00:53:19,263 --> 00:53:21,163
I got a new guy.
1067
00:53:21,199 --> 00:53:23,799
But they won't
stay new forever.
1068
00:53:24,769 --> 00:53:26,202
We'll put
another diver down,
1069
00:53:26,237 --> 00:53:28,103
get a couple more hours in,
1070
00:53:28,139 --> 00:53:30,072
get it up and running
full choke.
1071
00:53:30,541 --> 00:53:32,374
[gary speaking]
1072
00:53:32,410 --> 00:53:34,243
I'll tell you what?
I'm proud of gary.
1073
00:53:34,278 --> 00:53:37,012
He knocked it out of
the ballpark with this one.
1074
00:53:37,048 --> 00:53:40,549
And now we got
our new man bryan.
1075
00:53:40,585 --> 00:53:43,285
We'll just see if bryan
can keep up the momentum.
1076
00:53:43,321 --> 00:53:44,486
I don't know. It's been...
1077
00:53:44,522 --> 00:53:47,690
Looks like some deep
overburden over there.
1078
00:53:47,725 --> 00:53:50,059
So I might have to go down
and punch a few holes.
1079
00:53:51,495 --> 00:53:54,663
And they both
need to be producing
1080
00:53:54,699 --> 00:53:57,733
every day at a high level
to make this pay.
1081
00:53:59,937 --> 00:54:01,170
[water splashing]
1082
00:54:14,986 --> 00:54:17,353
yeah, hey, bryan.
How is it looking down there?
1083
00:54:19,190 --> 00:54:21,991
[bryan] yeah,
there's definitely a lot
of rocks down here.
1084
00:54:22,026 --> 00:54:24,026
I just want to punch off
a new little section
right here
1085
00:54:24,061 --> 00:54:24,960
and see what happens.
1086
00:54:27,531 --> 00:54:29,164
If you're not
seeing anything,
1087
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:31,567
then just keep on moving
around the boat.
1088
00:54:33,871 --> 00:54:35,337
[bryan]
oh, the clay is dropping.
1089
00:54:35,373 --> 00:54:36,305
It's dropping quick.
1090
00:54:37,842 --> 00:54:41,577
You may overburden
more cobble on top.
1091
00:54:41,612 --> 00:54:43,245
[bryan] yeah, I might have to
1092
00:54:43,281 --> 00:54:45,381
go back to that shallow clay
in a minute.
1093
00:54:46,550 --> 00:54:48,550
Yeah, yeah. If you're not
seeing it, keep moving.
1094
00:54:48,586 --> 00:54:49,385
[bryan] yeah.
1095
00:54:51,188 --> 00:54:53,789
[vernon] a lot of this game
is experience.
1096
00:54:53,824 --> 00:54:55,758
And gary had some experience.
1097
00:54:55,793 --> 00:54:58,527
He got down there,
he found some gold,
1098
00:54:58,562 --> 00:55:00,062
he got the ball rolling.
1099
00:55:00,097 --> 00:55:02,264
And now it's up to bryan
to get down there
1100
00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:03,532
and keep it rolling.
1101
00:55:03,567 --> 00:55:06,535
Sounds simple, but it is
easier said than done.
1102
00:55:07,772 --> 00:55:10,005
[bryan] there is
shallow clay on this side.
1103
00:55:10,041 --> 00:55:12,641
So I'm going to the right
right now.
1104
00:55:16,914 --> 00:55:18,881
Yeah, I can tell, over here,
it's a little bit darker.
1105
00:55:24,155 --> 00:55:26,255
The material looks excellent.
1106
00:55:26,891 --> 00:55:28,891
I'll go one more layer down.
1107
00:55:30,928 --> 00:55:32,928
See if I can find
some gold on it.
1108
00:55:36,033 --> 00:55:37,733
I see little flakes,
little tiny ones.
1109
00:55:39,470 --> 00:55:41,637
Yeah, that's all
a real good sign.
1110
00:55:42,873 --> 00:55:45,808
[bryan] oh, yeah.
This is good stuff
right here. Whoo!
1111
00:55:47,912 --> 00:55:50,012
All right.
That's what I want to hear.
1112
00:55:50,815 --> 00:55:52,614
[bryan speaking]
1113
00:55:52,650 --> 00:55:55,584
maybe number 56
will pay for itself.
1114
00:55:55,619 --> 00:55:57,920
[bryan] oh, hell,
look at this material!
1115
00:55:57,955 --> 00:56:00,622
-That has not been
worked before.
-[bryan] looks pretty good!
1116
00:56:01,625 --> 00:56:03,726
I think he just loves
to dredge.
1117
00:56:03,761 --> 00:56:05,828
He's one of those guys that
just loves to dredge.
1118
00:56:05,863 --> 00:56:07,830
I mean, he can't get
enough of it, you know.
1119
00:56:07,865 --> 00:56:09,131
He's really hooked bad.
1120
00:56:10,668 --> 00:56:12,568
[bryan speaking]
1121
00:56:14,972 --> 00:56:15,971
[vernon] well, I'll be damned.
1122
00:56:16,006 --> 00:56:17,973
Bryan is looking damn good.
1123
00:56:18,008 --> 00:56:20,008
Great gold, the first day.
1124
00:56:20,044 --> 00:56:22,177
Uh, I'm proud of bryan.
1125
00:56:22,213 --> 00:56:24,079
This might be my a-team.
1126
00:56:24,115 --> 00:56:27,249
All those people who were
doubting if I could get
on the gold...
1127
00:56:28,052 --> 00:56:31,019
Well, they can kiss
my gold rich ass.
1128
00:56:31,055 --> 00:56:33,889
Yeah. Suck it up, man.
So far, so good.
1129
00:56:36,060 --> 00:56:37,393
Keep charging.
1130
00:56:39,597 --> 00:56:43,999
[narrator] and now it's time
to flex your bsg brain muscles
with another edition of...
1131
00:56:44,769 --> 00:56:46,435
[narrator reading]
1132
00:56:48,773 --> 00:56:53,675
this isn't the first time
vernon's welcomed a new diver
named bryan to his team.
1133
00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:56,278
Throw the stern anchor.
1134
00:56:57,314 --> 00:56:58,747
[brian speaking]
1135
00:57:04,388 --> 00:57:06,255
I need some communication.
1136
00:57:06,290 --> 00:57:08,190
I mean, what's happening
with the radio?
1137
00:57:10,428 --> 00:57:12,327
[narrator] after brian
lost the walkie...
1138
00:57:13,764 --> 00:57:15,164
[vernon] come up here.
1139
00:57:15,199 --> 00:57:19,935
[narrator] did vernon, "a,"
console his new recruit,
1140
00:57:19,970 --> 00:57:24,606
"b" institute protocols
to make sure the misfortune
never occurs again,
1141
00:57:25,376 --> 00:57:28,477
or "c" lose his [bleep].
1142
00:57:28,512 --> 00:57:31,480
-[brian speaking]
-no, man.
I'm done with you, bryan.
1143
00:57:31,515 --> 00:57:34,850
When we get back,
pack your [bleep] and get off
the [bleep] boat.
1144
00:57:34,885 --> 00:57:35,884
[brian speaking]
1145
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,020
[bleep] right.
1146
00:57:38,355 --> 00:57:40,122
That's it.
1147
00:57:40,157 --> 00:57:44,259
[narrator] if you guessed
"c", congratulations.
You know your miner.
1148
00:57:44,295 --> 00:57:45,994
[canned audience applause]
1149
00:57:46,831 --> 00:57:47,963
[vernon] exactly.
1150
00:57:54,205 --> 00:57:56,472
See, how about
if we start out with
1151
00:57:57,842 --> 00:58:02,010
uh, heading west
and do a starboard tack.
1152
00:58:02,046 --> 00:58:03,679
[zeke] okay, sounds good.
1153
00:58:03,714 --> 00:58:07,616
Let's get around the bend
and then we'll just hoist
ye sails.
1154
00:58:07,651 --> 00:58:09,952
-[laughing]
-[zeke] hoist ye sails!
1155
00:58:09,987 --> 00:58:12,721
Dad, just keep in mind
that I really know
very little.
1156
00:58:12,756 --> 00:58:15,757
You're the, you're the, uh,
you're the sailing captain.
1157
00:58:15,793 --> 00:58:17,426
[narrator] for the first time
in years,
1158
00:58:17,461 --> 00:58:21,430
zeke tenhoff is back
on the bering sea
in a mining vessel.
1159
00:58:21,465 --> 00:58:25,901
And not just any old ship,
but in his groundbreaking
sailboat dredge,
1160
00:58:25,936 --> 00:58:27,536
the black swan.
1161
00:58:28,539 --> 00:58:32,074
Starboard's here,
port's over there.
1162
00:58:32,109 --> 00:58:34,409
All right, dad.
It's a good first start.
1163
00:58:34,445 --> 00:58:36,678
[sam] it's a good first start.
1164
00:58:36,714 --> 00:58:39,548
Before we even think about
going dredging in this boat,
1165
00:58:39,583 --> 00:58:43,285
I need to get a little primer
on how to sail,
1166
00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:46,388
because when it
comes to sailing,
I'm a complete newbie.
1167
00:58:46,423 --> 00:58:48,891
I do not know how to
sail a boat.
1168
00:58:48,926 --> 00:58:51,093
Beautiful day for a sail.
1169
00:58:51,128 --> 00:58:54,162
There is one of the
pressing matter we need
to attend to.
1170
00:58:54,198 --> 00:58:55,664
[accordion playing]
1171
00:58:58,769 --> 00:59:01,136
we got a little ceremony
written out to
1172
00:59:02,339 --> 00:59:04,773
appease poseidon
and the four wind gods
1173
00:59:04,808 --> 00:59:06,775
to grant us safe passage.
1174
00:59:06,810 --> 00:59:11,013
We got to purge the old name
from all of these records.
1175
00:59:12,182 --> 00:59:14,249
Super important.
Pressing the new name.
1176
00:59:14,285 --> 00:59:17,953
'cause the sea god
and poseidon and whatnot
interact with the gold gods.
1177
00:59:20,257 --> 00:59:21,056
Yeah.
1178
00:59:21,091 --> 00:59:23,492
I'm a super
superstitious person.
1179
00:59:23,527 --> 00:59:27,696
And it's potentially really
bad juju to rename the name
of a boat.
1180
00:59:27,731 --> 00:59:31,099
So we're gonna perform
a ceremony to appease
the gods of the deed.
1181
00:59:31,135 --> 00:59:34,369
It's a tradition anytime
you change a boat's name.
1182
00:59:34,405 --> 00:59:36,972
I mean, we need all the help
we can get if we're going
gold mining.
1183
00:59:37,007 --> 00:59:40,409
I mean, if there's
gods out there
that can be angered,
1184
00:59:40,444 --> 00:59:42,844
we need to do whatever we can
not to anger them.
1185
00:59:45,382 --> 00:59:46,748
[accordion playing]
1186
00:59:50,020 --> 00:59:53,255
"o mighty and great ruler
of the seas and oceans...
1187
00:59:53,290 --> 00:59:57,526
To whom all ships and we who
venture upon your vast domain
1188
00:59:57,561 --> 00:59:59,695
are required to pay homage.
1189
00:59:59,730 --> 01:00:01,997
I implore you
in your graciousness
1190
01:00:02,032 --> 01:00:06,234
to expunge for all time from
your records and recollection
1191
01:00:06,270 --> 01:00:08,170
the name lady o,
1192
01:00:08,205 --> 01:00:10,906
which has ceased to be
an entity in your kingdom.
1193
01:00:10,941 --> 01:00:15,777
As proof thereof, we submit
this ingot bearing her name.
1194
01:00:15,813 --> 01:00:17,412
To be corrupted
through your powers.
1195
01:00:17,448 --> 01:00:19,514
And forever be purged
from the sea."
1196
01:00:21,085 --> 01:00:22,250
drop.
1197
01:00:24,421 --> 01:00:28,724
"in grateful acknowledgment
of your munificence
and dispensation,
1198
01:00:28,759 --> 01:00:32,427
we offer these libations
to your majesty
and your court."
1199
01:00:33,430 --> 01:00:35,664
and you're going to pour
from east to west.
1200
01:00:38,102 --> 01:00:40,268
[accordion continues]
1201
01:00:44,842 --> 01:00:47,175
"I implore you
in your graciousness
1202
01:00:47,211 --> 01:00:50,746
to take unto your records
and recollection
1203
01:00:50,781 --> 01:00:53,048
this worthy vessel
1204
01:00:53,083 --> 01:00:57,753
hereafter and for all time
known as black swan."
1205
01:01:02,059 --> 01:01:03,492
let's celebrate.
1206
01:01:04,928 --> 01:01:06,828
[accordion continues]
1207
01:01:13,570 --> 01:01:15,837
the black swan and that's it.
1208
01:01:15,873 --> 01:01:16,838
That's it?
1209
01:01:22,246 --> 01:01:24,479
All right. [bleep]
ready to sail.
1210
01:01:24,515 --> 01:01:26,782
-Yeah.
-Whoo-hoo!
1211
01:01:26,817 --> 01:01:28,550
-[zeke] is it time
to hoist the sails?
-[lee] yeah.
1212
01:01:31,922 --> 01:01:33,722
[zeke laughing] yeah.
1213
01:01:36,627 --> 01:01:40,062
What we're doing right now
accomplishes a dream that I've
had for a really long time,
1214
01:01:40,097 --> 01:01:41,863
is to be able to have
a sea worthy boat that I can
1215
01:01:41,899 --> 01:01:44,366
go down the coast with. And...
1216
01:01:44,401 --> 01:01:47,502
I'm confident. I'm confident
to take this boat 50 miles
down the coast.
1217
01:01:49,773 --> 01:01:51,640
This is the best boat
that I've ever had.
1218
01:01:53,911 --> 01:01:55,277
[narrator] two miles east.
1219
01:02:04,688 --> 01:02:06,688
[bob grunting]
1220
01:02:07,758 --> 01:02:09,024
[bleep] damn it.
1221
01:02:10,427 --> 01:02:12,527
Hey, bob. What's it
looking like down there?
1222
01:02:13,931 --> 01:02:15,363
[bob speaking]
1223
01:02:15,399 --> 01:02:17,365
[grunting]
1224
01:02:19,036 --> 01:02:20,869
[narrator] three hours
into his dive,
1225
01:02:20,904 --> 01:02:23,605
the second half of emily's
dynamic duo,
1226
01:02:23,640 --> 01:02:27,275
bob hafner is still taking
a beating from the
ripping current.
1227
01:02:27,311 --> 01:02:28,744
[bob grunts]
1228
01:02:28,779 --> 01:02:31,813
you know, it's supposed to
start picking up here in the
next hour or so.
1229
01:02:33,383 --> 01:02:35,217
[bob] yes. It's picking up,
isn't it?
1230
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:38,286
[bob speaking]
1231
01:02:41,458 --> 01:02:43,024
yeah. Roger, roger.
1232
01:02:43,060 --> 01:02:45,060
So we wanna stay out
as long as possible.
1233
01:02:46,063 --> 01:02:47,162
[bob speaking]
1234
01:02:48,398 --> 01:02:50,065
[grunting]
1235
01:02:51,502 --> 01:02:53,001
[bleep] yeah.
1236
01:02:58,008 --> 01:02:59,975
If you're picking
right where
we left off,
1237
01:03:00,010 --> 01:03:03,345
then it's gonna be hot gold
from winter season.
1238
01:03:03,380 --> 01:03:06,148
I think this ground that
we're in right now is paying.
1239
01:03:07,317 --> 01:03:08,683
[bob grunts]
1240
01:03:09,553 --> 01:03:10,919
[emily] might be time
to call it.
1241
01:03:10,954 --> 01:03:13,722
Bob's been down there fighting
that current for a while.
1242
01:03:13,757 --> 01:03:16,057
He's been holding out.
He's been staying on the gold
but...
1243
01:03:16,093 --> 01:03:17,959
The current can
really mess with
your dive down there
1244
01:03:17,995 --> 01:03:20,262
and it's dangerous
for the diver.
1245
01:03:20,297 --> 01:03:22,664
Bob's tough but
the bering sea's
a lot tougher.
1246
01:03:26,603 --> 01:03:27,602
[bleep]
1247
01:03:29,439 --> 01:03:31,173
oh, I feel that current
pulling me around.
1248
01:03:32,309 --> 01:03:34,009
Can't keep the hose
on the cut.
1249
01:03:35,179 --> 01:03:36,645
[grunts]
1250
01:03:36,680 --> 01:03:39,447
mother nature might be making
this call for us.
1251
01:03:39,483 --> 01:03:40,715
I'm ready to quit.
1252
01:03:41,752 --> 01:03:43,752
-[emily] bob, are you okay?
-[grunts]
1253
01:03:44,788 --> 01:03:46,454
[grunting]
1254
01:03:47,591 --> 01:03:50,192
[grunts] yeah. All right.
I'm gonna head up.
1255
01:03:50,227 --> 01:03:51,827
[emily] sounds good, bob.
1256
01:03:51,862 --> 01:03:53,395
I'll see you at the top,
buddy.
1257
01:04:01,205 --> 01:04:02,671
How you doing?
1258
01:04:02,706 --> 01:04:04,773
Lot of work. Lot of work.
1259
01:04:04,808 --> 01:04:07,809
Head in.
We have a box, I think.
1260
01:04:08,879 --> 01:04:10,478
There it is. Nicely done.
1261
01:04:13,016 --> 01:04:15,183
[bob] real excited to see
what's in the box.
1262
01:04:19,723 --> 01:04:22,591
-See it sitting right on top
of the rocks?
-[daryl chuckles]
1263
01:04:22,626 --> 01:04:24,960
[emily] oh, wow, yeah.
Holy [bleep].
1264
01:04:24,995 --> 01:04:27,796
Look at the top one.
That's a nice little pile.
1265
01:04:27,831 --> 01:04:30,999
-Should probably
drive the boat, huh?
-[gary] maybe sometime.
1266
01:04:31,034 --> 01:04:32,434
[emily chuckles]
1267
01:04:33,804 --> 01:04:36,738
-[emily] at least
before the jetty.
-[daryl] yeah, there you go.
1268
01:04:41,211 --> 01:04:43,345
[static warbling]
1269
01:04:51,922 --> 01:04:57,826
welcome to steve's wild,
weird, wonderful world
of nome, alaska.
1270
01:05:02,332 --> 01:05:06,801
Behind me is a remnant to the
white alice site.
1271
01:05:06,837 --> 01:05:10,105
It is a radar facility
overlooking nome, alaska.
1272
01:05:12,342 --> 01:05:16,678
It's called nomehenge
by the locals.
1273
01:05:16,713 --> 01:05:22,183
Built in the '50s,
it was 24-7 buildings
everywhere back in the day.
1274
01:05:22,219 --> 01:05:25,420
There were facilities for,
I imagine, 30 people.
1275
01:05:25,455 --> 01:05:28,657
This is all a us government
radar facility to
1276
01:05:28,692 --> 01:05:30,892
watch out for the
soviet bombers coming in.
1277
01:05:31,762 --> 01:05:33,662
The soviets are coming.
1278
01:05:35,532 --> 01:05:38,199
Right here, that guy,
that tower.
1279
01:05:38,235 --> 01:05:41,937
High power jet signal,
boom, bounced off.
1280
01:05:41,972 --> 01:05:45,206
Went out there, saw the
soviet bomber formation,
1281
01:05:45,242 --> 01:05:49,044
came back and they broadcast,
bang,
1282
01:05:49,079 --> 01:05:52,180
to the next guy about, like,
30-40 miles away.
1283
01:05:52,249 --> 01:05:54,783
And then went down,
down, down,
1284
01:05:54,818 --> 01:05:57,652
to america to washington, d.C.
Where they got
an eye on things.
1285
01:05:58,155 --> 01:05:59,387
[alarm blaring]
1286
01:05:59,990 --> 01:06:01,489
the soviets are coming.
1287
01:06:02,326 --> 01:06:03,625
Here they go.
1288
01:06:04,795 --> 01:06:07,128
They're coming!
Can you hear me?
1289
01:06:07,764 --> 01:06:09,898
Russian, go home.
1290
01:06:09,933 --> 01:06:12,534
Just wanted to make sure
you russkis heard that.
1291
01:06:12,569 --> 01:06:15,203
Go home. War's over.
1292
01:06:16,907 --> 01:06:19,007
This nome, white alice site
1293
01:06:19,042 --> 01:06:23,278
is one of the things that
makes nome a very
special place.
1294
01:06:23,313 --> 01:06:27,749
And right now, the attraction
for this place, it's a great
make out place
1295
01:06:27,784 --> 01:06:29,651
because you can go and
it's very pretty.
1296
01:06:29,686 --> 01:06:33,888
And it's you and your girl
and you make out.
1297
01:06:33,924 --> 01:06:34,923
[woman moaning, kissing]
1298
01:06:34,958 --> 01:06:36,825
[steve]
it's just lovers' lane now.
1299
01:06:36,860 --> 01:06:41,596
I see a nice handy
rocking bed that they,
they made here.
1300
01:06:41,631 --> 01:06:44,032
No. I really like the
motion here.
1301
01:06:44,401 --> 01:06:45,633
Whoa!
1302
01:06:45,669 --> 01:06:48,269
This place is like, I come up
here with a girlfriend
1303
01:06:48,305 --> 01:06:51,373
if I had one,
I don't have one.
1304
01:06:51,408 --> 01:06:53,441
But I am available,
just by the way.
1305
01:06:56,346 --> 01:07:00,949
Weird, wild, wonderful world
of nome, alaska.
Steve riedel.
1306
01:07:00,984 --> 01:07:02,217
Be there next time.
1307
01:07:02,252 --> 01:07:05,020
[narrator reading]
1308
01:07:19,669 --> 01:07:23,538
bryan, what's
the situation, over?
1309
01:07:23,573 --> 01:07:28,276
[bryan] we're looking good,
yeah. Yeah, there's a bunch
of flaky going up.
1310
01:07:28,812 --> 01:07:30,478
Sounds good.
1311
01:07:30,514 --> 01:07:33,481
[narrator] with a
second diver pulling in
strong results,
1312
01:07:33,517 --> 01:07:38,620
vernon adkison is looking
at a new crew, a new claim
and a new lease on life.
1313
01:07:40,490 --> 01:07:44,359
We're doing good here.
We're seeing a little bit
of gold down there.
1314
01:07:45,796 --> 01:07:48,329
Everything's holding together.
1315
01:07:48,365 --> 01:07:51,332
For my first day of 56,
I'm pretty happy.
1316
01:07:52,636 --> 01:07:55,870
I'm thinking I made
the right decision
by buying this thing.
1317
01:07:56,773 --> 01:07:58,106
[bryan speaking]
1318
01:08:00,811 --> 01:08:03,011
[vernon] you got
some time in.
1319
01:08:03,046 --> 01:08:04,846
Why don't you come
on up and, uh...
1320
01:08:04,881 --> 01:08:06,681
And we'll wrap it up
for today.
1321
01:08:07,918 --> 01:08:09,150
[bryan speaking]
1322
01:08:11,421 --> 01:08:12,787
so far,
1323
01:08:12,823 --> 01:08:15,657
56 looks to be
like it's gonna be a winner.
1324
01:08:15,692 --> 01:08:18,593
Matter of fact, I know
damn well it's gonna
be a winner.
1325
01:08:21,098 --> 01:08:23,832
I've been up here
ten years and
1326
01:08:23,867 --> 01:08:27,869
I've finally got a first-class
claim that's gonna last me
the rest of my life.
1327
01:08:27,904 --> 01:08:29,471
Whoo! Looked good.
1328
01:08:29,506 --> 01:08:33,274
I can work right here on 56
for the rest of the time
I'm on this planet.
1329
01:08:35,045 --> 01:08:37,679
I feel like the
emperor of nome right now.
1330
01:08:38,915 --> 01:08:41,749
This is the biggest gamble
I've ever made.
1331
01:08:41,785 --> 01:08:44,152
I've stuck my neck
way out there.
1332
01:08:45,155 --> 01:08:48,156
But I went with my
gut instinct.
1333
01:08:48,225 --> 01:08:53,695
And now it looks to me like
I've got my own raw gold bank
1334
01:08:53,730 --> 01:08:56,097
at the bottom
of the bering sea.
1335
01:08:56,133 --> 01:08:57,665
Everything's working good.
1336
01:08:57,734 --> 01:09:01,636
I'm gonna be very proud
of claim 56.
1337
01:09:01,671 --> 01:09:03,972
I think that's going to be
a money maker for us all.
1338
01:09:04,841 --> 01:09:06,908
You guys hang with
the wild ranger.
1339
01:09:07,811 --> 01:09:09,811
We'll all be wealthy men.
1340
01:09:09,846 --> 01:09:12,213
-[bryan] all right.
We're there.
-[gary] all right.
1341
01:09:13,083 --> 01:09:14,015
Boom.
1342
01:09:15,986 --> 01:09:17,919
All right.
Let's get out of here.
1343
01:09:17,954 --> 01:09:19,487
-[bryan] let's do this.
-[vernon] time's
a-wastin'.
1344
01:09:24,161 --> 01:09:25,527
[narrator] on the other side
of the harbor...
1345
01:09:29,900 --> 01:09:31,332
[kris] we are done.
1346
01:09:31,368 --> 01:09:33,301
Everything's looking
dialed in.
1347
01:09:33,336 --> 01:09:36,771
And you gotta admit,
it's a pretty badass
little rig, huh?
1348
01:09:36,806 --> 01:09:38,873
And look. Look how light this
[bleep] is.
1349
01:09:41,711 --> 01:09:44,379
Huh? You like that, huh?
1350
01:09:44,414 --> 01:09:46,247
[narrator] with the pieces now
in place,
1351
01:09:46,283 --> 01:09:49,784
it's time for the kellys
to give their system
a test run
1352
01:09:49,819 --> 01:09:51,419
before launching to elim.
1353
01:09:51,454 --> 01:09:53,288
Okay, captain dave,
1354
01:09:53,323 --> 01:09:56,057
you of course are in control
of driving the boat.
1355
01:09:56,092 --> 01:09:58,960
And you say if anything gets
too bad of course.
1356
01:09:58,995 --> 01:10:00,395
-Yeah.
-[kris] yeah.
1357
01:10:00,430 --> 01:10:02,530
When I say get out of the way,
just get out of the way.
1358
01:10:02,566 --> 01:10:05,800
If I gotta do something,
send the anchors,
that kind of stuff.
1359
01:10:05,835 --> 01:10:08,570
I'll drop the door,
wiggle that piece of junk
off the bow.
1360
01:10:08,605 --> 01:10:10,939
[all laughing]
1361
01:10:10,974 --> 01:10:12,440
that's the sickle, okay?
1362
01:10:12,475 --> 01:10:14,909
That's a badass piece
of mining equipment.
1363
01:10:14,945 --> 01:10:16,744
Let's just get this and
get going.
1364
01:10:18,181 --> 01:10:20,548
Everybody's calling it
a piece of junk 'cause
they don't
1365
01:10:20,584 --> 01:10:24,385
have any vision at all
to see what this actually
can do.
1366
01:10:24,421 --> 01:10:27,822
This is probably
the mike tyson
of dredging operations.
1367
01:10:27,857 --> 01:10:29,390
It's small and hits hard.
1368
01:10:29,426 --> 01:10:31,593
You know what, so they can all
kiss my ass.
1369
01:10:31,628 --> 01:10:34,562
Hope captain kris
can maintain his, uh...
1370
01:10:34,598 --> 01:10:38,066
His poise and not blow up
on this trip.
1371
01:10:38,101 --> 01:10:39,467
I don't think captain mccully
would like that.
1372
01:10:39,502 --> 01:10:41,402
It might be man overboard
out there.
1373
01:10:44,407 --> 01:10:48,209
[kris] three year
or four year plan
is finally happening for me.
1374
01:10:48,245 --> 01:10:50,445
Every single year,
we train ourselves,
1375
01:10:50,480 --> 01:10:53,414
we get bigger balls and
we come up with crazier ideas.
1376
01:10:53,450 --> 01:10:55,416
And this is the
crown achievement.
1377
01:10:57,520 --> 01:11:01,422
So I think captain dave thinks
we're a bunch of idiots.
1378
01:11:01,458 --> 01:11:04,525
But today, we're doing
a little test run outside
the harbor.
1379
01:11:04,561 --> 01:11:07,061
And I'm gonna show him
that we can make this work.
1380
01:11:09,532 --> 01:11:12,367
-Are we ready to launch it?
-[kris] yeah, we're ready.
1381
01:11:13,737 --> 01:11:15,136
Here we go.
1382
01:11:19,175 --> 01:11:21,175
-[laughing]
-holy smokes!
1383
01:11:22,779 --> 01:11:24,312
[kris] that's what
I'm talking about.
1384
01:11:27,450 --> 01:11:31,052
So the sickle's in the water
and it looks great.
1385
01:11:31,087 --> 01:11:34,122
Right now we just have to
prime the pumps and
get to work. Simple.
1386
01:11:38,995 --> 01:11:40,194
-Okay, try that.
-[engine sputters]
1387
01:11:41,865 --> 01:11:43,298
[kris] no.
1388
01:11:43,333 --> 01:11:44,799
Is there water in there?
1389
01:11:44,834 --> 01:11:46,200
Put another bucket in.
1390
01:11:51,975 --> 01:11:53,374
Okay. Try that.
1391
01:11:53,410 --> 01:11:54,475
[engine sputters]
1392
01:11:56,513 --> 01:11:57,612
no.
1393
01:12:01,985 --> 01:12:02,717
[andy] what?
1394
01:12:03,720 --> 01:12:04,952
What's wrong
with the cap?
1395
01:12:15,031 --> 01:12:16,230
Stupid.
1396
01:12:18,034 --> 01:12:20,468
Look how those two guys
are [bleep] football.
1397
01:12:22,038 --> 01:12:23,738
I got great hearing
[bleep]!
1398
01:12:24,808 --> 01:12:27,241
Doesn't matter
if the wind's blowing
in my ear.
1399
01:12:31,881 --> 01:12:34,515
You think for many a years,
1400
01:12:34,551 --> 01:12:38,853
of them being a dredger,
you think they got it all
figured by now but...
1401
01:12:38,888 --> 01:12:41,456
[brad] we should've done this
in the harbor.
1402
01:12:41,491 --> 01:12:44,425
Holy smokes, man.
They gotta step it up.
1403
01:12:45,228 --> 01:12:46,461
Okay. Try that.
1404
01:12:47,764 --> 01:12:49,997
It's very old school,
I would say. Old school.
1405
01:12:53,103 --> 01:12:54,001
Nope.
1406
01:12:55,305 --> 01:12:58,139
Okay. This is [bleep]
hardest thing I've ever seen.
1407
01:12:58,141 --> 01:13:00,675
[kris] the problem is
the angle of the
foot valve itself.
1408
01:13:00,710 --> 01:13:02,110
-Can you shut up?
-Okay.
1409
01:13:03,079 --> 01:13:04,679
Oh, it's pretty interesting.
1410
01:13:04,714 --> 01:13:07,014
-[kris] he's in there
making jokes.
-[brad] I didn't make a joke.
1411
01:13:07,050 --> 01:13:08,549
Please stop, you loser.
1412
01:13:08,585 --> 01:13:10,752
-[brad] shut your mouth.
-You shut the [bleep] up.
1413
01:13:10,787 --> 01:13:13,821
All you do is sit in [bleep]
and do nothing.
1414
01:13:13,857 --> 01:13:15,590
Apparently, they get
gold sometimes.
1415
01:13:17,293 --> 01:13:18,393
[engine sputters]
1416
01:13:19,028 --> 01:13:20,027
[engine starts]
1417
01:13:20,063 --> 01:13:21,496
there it goes!
1418
01:13:22,365 --> 01:13:24,832
[kris laughing]
1419
01:13:24,868 --> 01:13:27,168
holy smokes,
that's a lot of work.
1420
01:13:27,203 --> 01:13:29,871
Dude, you don't gotta
work with these guys
every day.
1421
01:13:30,507 --> 01:13:31,572
Look at him.
1422
01:13:38,748 --> 01:13:40,515
[exclaiming]
1423
01:13:42,352 --> 01:13:43,985
I don't know how
that flipped off.
1424
01:13:47,490 --> 01:13:49,524
Hey, put this back
on the boat. Let's go.
1425
01:13:49,559 --> 01:13:52,593
Um, yeah. That's all...
There's nothing we can do.
1426
01:13:52,629 --> 01:13:53,961
There's too
many things to fix.
1427
01:13:56,232 --> 01:13:57,965
Not one thing
is done right, really.
1428
01:13:58,835 --> 01:14:00,468
Let's just pull it up
on deck.
1429
01:14:03,940 --> 01:14:05,506
[bleep]
1430
01:14:05,542 --> 01:14:07,875
[andy] kris,
what's happening?
1431
01:14:07,911 --> 01:14:12,146
-I got it...
Watch out for my knee.
-[andy] all right.
1432
01:14:12,182 --> 01:14:14,482
So maybe the sickle wasn't
in perfect condition.
1433
01:14:14,517 --> 01:14:16,384
The high pressure line
was cracked,
1434
01:14:16,419 --> 01:14:18,453
the cap to the intake
was broken.
1435
01:14:20,156 --> 01:14:22,824
First half of my plan failed
miserably today.
1436
01:14:22,859 --> 01:14:25,960
Now's it's time to kick
in the second half.
1437
01:14:25,995 --> 01:14:30,331
So seeing how things always go
bad for us, I always have
a backup plan.
1438
01:14:30,366 --> 01:14:34,368
So we're going to launch
chris' crazy bones dredge
and hope to god it works.
1439
01:14:35,305 --> 01:14:37,071
I'm more prepared
than these guys.
1440
01:14:37,106 --> 01:14:38,105
-[all laughing]
-[bleep]
1441
01:14:38,141 --> 01:14:40,041
something's gonna work.
1442
01:14:40,076 --> 01:14:42,810
Because for me,
[bleep] it's all
pre-meditated.
1443
01:14:42,846 --> 01:14:44,979
So I can see what everything
goes into it now.
1444
01:14:47,083 --> 01:14:49,717
[kris] we're not having
anymore bad luck today.
This is gonna work.
1445
01:14:50,954 --> 01:14:52,620
Okay, let's standby
with the hose.
1446
01:14:54,123 --> 01:14:55,490
Come on. Keep going.
1447
01:14:56,092 --> 01:14:57,258
Okay. We got it.
1448
01:14:58,094 --> 01:14:59,126
[engine starting]
1449
01:14:59,162 --> 01:15:00,361
okay. Good job.
1450
01:15:02,499 --> 01:15:03,698
[kris screams]
1451
01:15:06,569 --> 01:15:09,070
-what happened?
-The high pressure line.
1452
01:15:09,105 --> 01:15:12,006
Oh, it blew apart
in the center, chris.
Good job, buddy.
1453
01:15:12,041 --> 01:15:13,608
[mccully] what the hell?
1454
01:15:13,643 --> 01:15:16,878
Okay. Take the boat
back to shore.
We're done for today.
1455
01:15:16,913 --> 01:15:19,947
-[bleep]
-we gotta
redo everything.
1456
01:15:19,983 --> 01:15:21,749
That's his rig this time!
1457
01:15:24,153 --> 01:15:27,522
Oh, my god.
Thank god
we didn't go to elim.
1458
01:15:32,495 --> 01:15:34,428
Got the
myrtle irene secured.
1459
01:15:34,464 --> 01:15:36,063
That's a pretty big
game changer there
1460
01:15:36,099 --> 01:15:38,132
'cause that opened up
a lot more
ground for us.
1461
01:15:39,469 --> 01:15:41,736
You got a [bleep]
on your plate
this year, man.
1462
01:15:43,005 --> 01:15:44,739
Yeah. Yes, I do.
1463
01:15:44,774 --> 01:15:48,342
I'm not gonna have any time
to be on that christine rose.
1464
01:15:48,378 --> 01:15:50,878
You're gonna have
to take it over.
1465
01:15:50,914 --> 01:15:55,483
Remodeling the myrtle irene
will be a full time job
and expensive.
1466
01:15:55,518 --> 01:15:59,587
Until the myrtle's on the
water, it's up to cody
to keep the gold coming in
1467
01:15:59,622 --> 01:16:01,088
to pay for all this.
1468
01:16:01,124 --> 01:16:03,291
I need you to [bleep]
run that boat.
1469
01:16:03,927 --> 01:16:05,960
Yeah. I got it.
1470
01:16:05,995 --> 01:16:09,897
You know how to find gold.
You know how to keep
that thing running.
1471
01:16:09,933 --> 01:16:11,799
You know that boat
inside and out.
1472
01:16:11,834 --> 01:16:12,600
[cody] yeah.
1473
01:16:12,635 --> 01:16:14,135
[indistinct chatter]
1474
01:16:15,171 --> 01:16:16,771
I'm leaning on you, buddy.
1475
01:16:18,274 --> 01:16:19,407
Big year, man.
1476
01:16:19,442 --> 01:16:21,375
You got a lot on your plate.
1477
01:16:21,411 --> 01:16:23,711
And I just got a lot put
on my plate, so.
1478
01:16:25,348 --> 01:16:29,550
-Should be...
We got this.
-We'll handle it.
1479
01:16:29,586 --> 01:16:32,453
-Let's get her done.
-Okay, buddy.
1480
01:16:32,488 --> 01:16:36,290
It's critical that cody
keeps bringing in the gold
on the christine rose
1481
01:16:36,326 --> 01:16:38,426
till I get the myrtle irene
up and running.
1482
01:16:38,461 --> 01:16:42,129
I'm counting on cody and
cody knows what he's doing
out there.
1483
01:16:42,165 --> 01:16:44,899
If everything works out,
we're gonna take over
the land,
1484
01:16:44,934 --> 01:16:46,968
the sea and the competition.
1485
01:16:47,971 --> 01:16:49,003
It's a great plan.
1486
01:16:49,038 --> 01:16:51,238
-Hell yeah, man.
It's happening.
-Cheers.
1487
01:17:00,149 --> 01:17:04,819
We clean out right here and
we've got everything we need
to do it right here.
1488
01:17:04,854 --> 01:17:08,656
[narrator] vernon adkison
is ready for his first haul
on his new claim.
1489
01:17:08,691 --> 01:17:11,125
I bought claim 56 last March.
1490
01:17:11,160 --> 01:17:13,694
We're gonna find out what
kind of gold we're on.
1491
01:17:13,730 --> 01:17:15,763
[gary] scoop number one.
Let's find out how it is.
1492
01:17:17,500 --> 01:17:19,033
Oh-ho-ho.
1493
01:17:19,068 --> 01:17:21,569
Look at that.
A lot of gold.
1494
01:17:21,604 --> 01:17:23,004
[vernon] oh, look at that.
Look at that.
1495
01:17:25,141 --> 01:17:27,008
-It's paying off now.
-Oh, yeah.
1496
01:17:27,710 --> 01:17:29,143
[gary] oh, man.
1497
01:17:29,178 --> 01:17:33,948
She's lightin' up.
First clean out on 56.
It's gonna be duty, guys.
1498
01:17:33,983 --> 01:17:35,783
It's gonna be really duty.
1499
01:17:35,818 --> 01:17:38,386
When he's smiling,
you know something good's
going on.
1500
01:17:44,961 --> 01:17:46,260
All right. Here we go.
1501
01:17:47,964 --> 01:17:49,563
That's one,
1502
01:17:51,567 --> 01:17:53,934
two, three,
1503
01:17:54,737 --> 01:17:56,804
four, five, six,
1504
01:17:57,340 --> 01:18:00,508
seven, eight, nine,
1505
01:18:01,210 --> 01:18:02,276
ten.
1506
01:18:06,215 --> 01:18:08,349
Ten point three two.
That is awesome.
1507
01:18:08,818 --> 01:18:10,551
I like it.
1508
01:18:10,586 --> 01:18:14,088
[narrator] ten point three
ounces is worth over $20,000.
1509
01:18:15,224 --> 01:18:17,124
This is the pay off.
1510
01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:20,327
[narrator] and vernon
is off and running
in the turf war.
1511
01:18:20,363 --> 01:18:22,663
[vernon] this has
been a long time
coming right here.
1512
01:18:23,166 --> 01:18:24,365
But now...
1513
01:18:25,468 --> 01:18:28,703
I'm saying 56 is the place
to be.
1514
01:18:28,738 --> 01:18:31,005
This wasn't even
a full day of mining.
1515
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:33,574
We spent all morning
mapping out the claim
1516
01:18:33,609 --> 01:18:35,810
and we still pulled in
double digits.
1517
01:18:35,845 --> 01:18:39,113
I'm telling you 56
is a money maker.
1518
01:18:39,148 --> 01:18:43,017
And I'm gonna be shaking
this tree for a long time
to come.
1519
01:18:43,052 --> 01:18:48,255
Everything's tuned up.
All we got to do now is
to get more hours.
1520
01:18:48,291 --> 01:18:50,858
So, yeah, we'll just
get out there
and hammer it.
1521
01:18:50,893 --> 01:18:52,426
-Very good.
-Bryan.
1522
01:18:52,462 --> 01:18:54,428
-[both] thank you.
-All right.
1523
01:18:54,464 --> 01:18:56,163
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
1524
01:18:56,199 --> 01:18:58,065
[vernon]
you know, happy days are here.
1525
01:18:59,936 --> 01:19:01,502
[narrator] on the other side
of the harbor...
1526
01:19:03,339 --> 01:19:05,706
-[barking]
-yeah, I know.
We're gonna go
1527
01:19:05,742 --> 01:19:07,241
clean the sluice box.
1528
01:19:07,276 --> 01:19:10,144
[narrator] emily riedel is
hoping that last winter's
pay streak
1529
01:19:10,179 --> 01:19:14,548
will prove to be
this summer's golden ticket
toward landing a claim.
1530
01:19:15,384 --> 01:19:16,550
[bob] beautiful.
1531
01:19:16,586 --> 01:19:18,819
Looking good. Looking good.
We always like cleanup day.
1532
01:19:19,856 --> 01:19:22,923
-Yeah.
-Mesmerized. Gold-merized.
1533
01:19:22,959 --> 01:19:25,159
The excitement is what
it's kind of all about.
1534
01:19:25,194 --> 01:19:27,795
What did we really do?
We think we know
what we did.
1535
01:19:27,830 --> 01:19:31,031
But you know, now we get
to find out what we
really did.
1536
01:19:31,067 --> 01:19:33,434
Yeah. It's a litmus test
on progress.
1537
01:19:35,171 --> 01:19:37,772
This winter, I was really
focused on putting ounces
together to
1538
01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:40,975
buy a second dredge.
But for the summer,
I've upped my goal.
1539
01:19:41,010 --> 01:19:44,211
And I've decided to purchase
my own lease instead.
1540
01:19:44,247 --> 01:19:46,547
Now I'm hoping this
pay streak is going to
turn into something
1541
01:19:46,582 --> 01:19:49,984
that will get me a claim.
It just has to keep
on producing.
1542
01:20:00,897 --> 01:20:02,463
Holy schnickies.
1543
01:20:02,498 --> 01:20:06,534
Man, imagine if all of our
gold was that big. It would
make panning so easy.
1544
01:20:06,569 --> 01:20:09,303
[bob] it's looking promising.
I mean, we like
what we see
1545
01:20:09,338 --> 01:20:13,140
as we're handling
the concentrates.
Now we get to real show here.
1546
01:20:13,176 --> 01:20:15,075
Nice looking gold in there.
1547
01:20:15,111 --> 01:20:17,444
Burn the water off.
1548
01:20:17,480 --> 01:20:19,380
We were working that
ice mining ground and...
1549
01:20:19,415 --> 01:20:22,383
We got into some pretty
hot stuff so we'll see.
1550
01:20:23,252 --> 01:20:24,618
Ready for the weigh out?
1551
01:20:29,892 --> 01:20:33,527
Eight, nine, ten,
1552
01:20:34,163 --> 01:20:35,930
eleven, twelve, thirteen,
1553
01:20:37,667 --> 01:20:39,366
fourteen, ooh...
1554
01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:46,774
Fourteen point seven eight.
1555
01:20:48,044 --> 01:20:50,511
[narrator] fourteen point
seven eight ounces.
1556
01:20:50,546 --> 01:20:52,046
It's worth over 29 grand.
1557
01:20:53,549 --> 01:20:57,084
It's really not bad for the
hours we have out there.
1558
01:20:57,119 --> 01:21:00,387
Um, you know, I think we're
doing pretty good but we just
need more hours.
1559
01:21:02,792 --> 01:21:05,960
Twenty-four hours of daylight
and two divers is great,
1560
01:21:05,995 --> 01:21:09,196
but a third guy, we could
be running 24-7.
1561
01:21:09,232 --> 01:21:11,265
What do you guys think about
bringing a third guy on?
1562
01:21:13,236 --> 01:21:15,469
I really need to put
75 ounces together
1563
01:21:15,504 --> 01:21:19,039
in order to buy this claim
and daryl and bob
are great divers.
1564
01:21:19,075 --> 01:21:23,110
But I kind of need
a 24-hour setup.
1565
01:21:23,145 --> 01:21:26,013
Hiring another diver will
bring in more gold for me,
1566
01:21:26,048 --> 01:21:27,748
but it's not gonna
be popular to split
the box...
1567
01:21:28,284 --> 01:21:29,817
Three ways.
1568
01:21:29,852 --> 01:21:33,587
Now that we found that
old ice spot, it'd be nice
to have third guy up here.
1569
01:21:33,623 --> 01:21:36,891
Basically, put in the hours
in the box that we need
1570
01:21:36,926 --> 01:21:38,525
to get it up...
To get it higher.
1571
01:21:44,367 --> 01:21:46,066
Yeah. We always need more
hours so...
1572
01:21:46,936 --> 01:21:48,002
-Yes.
-Yeah.
1573
01:21:48,037 --> 01:21:49,937
Sweet. All right.
Let's divvy this up.
1574
01:21:54,010 --> 01:21:56,277
[dramatic music playing]
1575
01:22:02,084 --> 01:22:03,918
now that I got the myrtle,
1576
01:22:03,953 --> 01:22:07,988
time to get to work.
I have to recoup
my investment this year.
1577
01:22:12,628 --> 01:22:14,595
Gold mining's
all about risk.
1578
01:22:14,630 --> 01:22:17,731
If you make big moves,
you'll make big money.
1579
01:22:17,767 --> 01:22:20,601
If I make the wrong move,
I'll lose everything.
1580
01:22:20,636 --> 01:22:23,671
But I have to be willing
to take big gambles.
1581
01:22:23,706 --> 01:22:26,607
[shawn] when you take on
something that seems too big,
1582
01:22:26,642 --> 01:22:30,377
costs too much,
takes time you don't have.
1583
01:22:30,413 --> 01:22:32,546
You know you're on the verge
of something great.
1584
01:22:33,516 --> 01:22:35,049
You can't be afraid to fail.
1585
01:22:35,084 --> 01:22:37,685
You have to take that fear
and turn it into motivation.
1586
01:22:38,587 --> 01:22:40,321
It's not gonna
be easy.
1587
01:22:40,356 --> 01:22:44,325
But when the new myrtle irene
hits the water, they're not
gonna call me mr. Gold.
1588
01:22:46,662 --> 01:22:48,495
They're gonna call me
the king of nome.
1589
01:22:56,973 --> 01:22:59,406
[narrator] next time on
bering sea gold...
1590
01:22:59,442 --> 01:23:02,276
-[shawn] today's the day.
-That's [bleep] good.
1591
01:23:02,311 --> 01:23:03,777
Man, I hope it works.
1592
01:23:05,815 --> 01:23:06,981
[zeke] we're sailing boys.
[bleep]
1593
01:23:07,016 --> 01:23:09,516
-[exclaiming]
-how about a job?
1594
01:23:09,552 --> 01:23:11,218
On my boat?
On the eroica?
1595
01:23:11,253 --> 01:23:15,189
We have one shot
to make it to elim,
so it's our last chance.
1596
01:23:15,224 --> 01:23:18,158
Feels like there's water
in my mask. Pull me up.
1597
01:23:18,961 --> 01:23:20,594
There's no turning back
right now.
1598
01:23:23,366 --> 01:23:24,631
We're on the money.