1 00:00:00,401 --> 00:00:01,934 [waves rumbling] 2 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:10,009 [upbeat music playing] 3 00:00:11,245 --> 00:00:13,479 well, it's chilly out. 4 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:15,247 Not bad. 5 00:00:17,151 --> 00:00:18,450 Icing up. 6 00:00:18,486 --> 00:00:21,453 I wonder what the myrtle looks like. 7 00:00:21,489 --> 00:00:24,356 I'm getting excited, icy. 8 00:00:24,392 --> 00:00:25,524 Whoo. 9 00:00:25,559 --> 00:00:26,792 [mike] with winter fast approaching, 10 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:29,728 shawn pomranke's plan for total domination 11 00:00:29,764 --> 00:00:33,465 is reaching its most critical stage. 12 00:00:33,501 --> 00:00:36,001 There's gonna be some cheese in here. 13 00:00:36,604 --> 00:00:38,437 I had a three prong plan 14 00:00:38,472 --> 00:00:40,406 to take over nome this summer, 15 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:42,608 I landed the inland mine, 16 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:45,711 the christine rose was killing it on the tomcod 17 00:00:45,746 --> 00:00:47,813 but now it's in for repairs, 18 00:00:47,848 --> 00:00:51,350 that leaves the linchpin, the myrtle. 19 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:52,651 It's on the gold, 20 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:54,686 the crew's been working through the night 21 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:57,956 but coming into the last stretch of the season, 22 00:00:57,992 --> 00:00:59,625 we got to keep pushing as hard as we can 23 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:01,293 to pull everything up. 24 00:01:08,302 --> 00:01:10,436 Thanks, guys. 25 00:01:10,471 --> 00:01:12,504 We'll wash this box a little bit 26 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:15,340 and take a look and see what it looks like. 27 00:01:15,376 --> 00:01:17,409 Go see where we're at on the gps 28 00:01:17,445 --> 00:01:19,812 then we'll make a decision from there. 29 00:01:19,847 --> 00:01:22,581 [mike] for shawn's multimillion dollar scheme 30 00:01:22,616 --> 00:01:24,316 to succeed in the final days, 31 00:01:24,351 --> 00:01:26,652 he'll need his entire operation 32 00:01:26,687 --> 00:01:29,421 to produce another 750 ounces 33 00:01:29,457 --> 00:01:33,258 to cover the next $200,000 payment 34 00:01:33,294 --> 00:01:34,893 on the tomcod, 35 00:01:34,929 --> 00:01:36,795 $800,000 in construction bills 36 00:01:36,831 --> 00:01:39,465 coming through for the myrtle irene, 37 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:43,235 and $300,000 for the first down payment 38 00:01:43,270 --> 00:01:44,670 on the inland mine. 39 00:01:44,705 --> 00:01:47,806 The mine has one final cleanout remaining, 40 00:01:47,842 --> 00:01:51,710 after that, it'll all be up to the myrtle. 41 00:01:51,745 --> 00:01:55,447 Oh, we're definitely catching something here. 42 00:01:55,483 --> 00:01:57,116 There's some gold in here. 43 00:01:57,151 --> 00:01:59,985 Definitely see it. 44 00:02:01,522 --> 00:02:02,521 [man] I think we're just digging 45 00:02:02,556 --> 00:02:03,522 through kind of... 46 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:05,157 Dusty ground? 47 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:10,796 So the hot spot we were on seems to be running out. 48 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:13,499 This couldn't happen at a worse time. 49 00:02:13,534 --> 00:02:15,534 We got a late start 50 00:02:15,569 --> 00:02:17,302 and summer's almost over 51 00:02:17,338 --> 00:02:19,771 and we need this to be on gold 24/7. 52 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:20,739 I got to move the myrtle, 53 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:23,775 try to find a new pay streak immediately. 54 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:26,245 There's way too much money on the line. 55 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:28,680 We're gonna head out. 56 00:02:28,716 --> 00:02:31,250 I'll bet I'll find some gold today. 57 00:02:32,253 --> 00:02:35,254 [suspenseful music playing] 58 00:02:44,765 --> 00:02:47,399 we're making a move now, we got to find some gold. 59 00:02:47,434 --> 00:02:48,934 [machine whirring] 60 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:49,735 [shawn] it was there 61 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:52,738 but not there like I wanna see it. 62 00:02:53,641 --> 00:02:57,042 Gonna take a pan, see what it looks like. 63 00:02:59,547 --> 00:03:01,046 Looks like the right stuff 64 00:03:01,081 --> 00:03:04,316 but we got to see if there's any gold in it. 65 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:15,360 No. 66 00:03:15,396 --> 00:03:16,728 No. 67 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:20,165 [thrill music playing] 68 00:03:38,419 --> 00:03:40,652 wanna make a couple hundred ounces, 69 00:03:40,688 --> 00:03:42,421 we ain't seeing it in the pan, 70 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:44,690 we ain't gonna see it on the sluice box. 71 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:47,492 Looks like one, two, three pieces. 72 00:03:47,528 --> 00:03:49,161 That's no good. 73 00:03:49,196 --> 00:03:50,462 Cut. 74 00:03:50,497 --> 00:03:52,331 [machine whirring] 75 00:03:52,366 --> 00:03:53,465 [shawn] we're gonna keep panning 76 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:56,435 until we find what I'm looking for 77 00:03:56,470 --> 00:04:00,038 and I'm not gonna start digging until we find it. 78 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:04,543 Just seeing some gold's not gonna do it. 79 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:06,511 This late in the season, I need to see 80 00:04:06,547 --> 00:04:07,646 something really good. 81 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:10,382 We need a test pan that's absolutely loaded 82 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:11,383 with gold. 83 00:04:11,418 --> 00:04:13,919 It's the only way we're gonna get all we need. 84 00:04:14,722 --> 00:04:16,521 We're gonna plant ourselves in a spot, 85 00:04:16,557 --> 00:04:18,724 we got to make sure it's the right stop. 86 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,626 I wanna see some serious pay dirt, 87 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:23,295 otherwise I'm just wasting my time. 88 00:04:24,598 --> 00:04:27,532 Pan, pan, pan. 89 00:04:27,568 --> 00:04:30,535 I'm gonna find it, this is what I do. 90 00:04:30,571 --> 00:04:32,271 Keep panning until we find it, 91 00:04:32,306 --> 00:04:33,505 once we find it in the pan, 92 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:35,207 then we're gonna fire up the plant 93 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:36,975 and make some gold. 94 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:41,113 There we go. 95 00:04:46,387 --> 00:04:49,388 [thrill music playing] 96 00:04:53,494 --> 00:04:54,693 [shawn] look at this. 97 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:57,963 I like the way the material looks. 98 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:01,333 It looks like the kind. 99 00:05:01,368 --> 00:05:03,368 [man] boom shaka laka. 100 00:05:06,407 --> 00:05:08,273 It's time to rug some dirt, boys. 101 00:05:08,309 --> 00:05:10,509 Let's fire this up. 102 00:05:10,544 --> 00:05:12,444 There's a lot of gold here. 103 00:05:12,479 --> 00:05:15,547 [engine starting] 104 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:18,950 [water gushing] 105 00:05:23,424 --> 00:05:26,358 [shawn] we found some really good ground, 106 00:05:26,393 --> 00:05:28,727 took a really nice test pan, 107 00:05:28,762 --> 00:05:32,431 there's a couple hundred dollars in that pan. 108 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:34,166 Now we just got to get the dirt, 109 00:05:34,201 --> 00:05:36,201 get the gold in the box. 110 00:05:37,204 --> 00:05:40,205 [suspense music playing] 111 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:43,542 got a lot riding on this, 112 00:05:43,577 --> 00:05:45,711 a lot of money, a lot of time. 113 00:05:45,746 --> 00:05:49,147 Now all we have to do is pile the gold in the box. 114 00:05:51,819 --> 00:05:54,553 We got a really short weather window though, 115 00:05:54,588 --> 00:05:58,423 so I wanna stay in this excavator and dig, 116 00:05:58,459 --> 00:06:01,026 and do what I do best. 117 00:06:01,061 --> 00:06:04,029 -[man] what's that? -Make gold. 118 00:06:07,668 --> 00:06:09,634 Hey, welcome to the kris kelly's secret guide 119 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:10,802 to successful mining. 120 00:06:10,838 --> 00:06:13,472 Today I'm standing in front of dredge 6. 121 00:06:13,507 --> 00:06:14,840 [coughs] 122 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,875 I don't really know what to say about this 123 00:06:16,910 --> 00:06:18,610 because I don't really know a lot about it. 124 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:21,847 [playful music playing] 125 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:24,816 so here we are at the front of dredge 6 126 00:06:24,852 --> 00:06:27,352 and you can tell it's like a damn chainsaw 127 00:06:27,388 --> 00:06:28,587 that was ripping through the earth, 128 00:06:28,622 --> 00:06:30,522 it stopped working in the '90s 129 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:32,691 because gold prices fell through the floor 130 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:35,527 and it would cost more to mine the gold 131 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:37,462 than they were actually making on gold. 132 00:06:37,498 --> 00:06:39,598 So if you're not making any money on gold 133 00:06:39,633 --> 00:06:42,334 even though you're mining thousands of ounces in it, 134 00:06:42,369 --> 00:06:43,535 stop mining gold. 135 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:44,770 And that's what they did. 136 00:06:44,805 --> 00:06:46,738 We're gonna go take a tour of the inside 137 00:06:46,774 --> 00:06:49,741 and see what's left that people haven't stolen. 138 00:06:50,511 --> 00:06:53,779 Look at this thing, solid steel. 139 00:06:53,814 --> 00:06:56,314 You think it's iron or steel? 140 00:06:56,350 --> 00:06:57,482 Probably steel. 141 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:58,617 Yeah, okay. 142 00:06:58,652 --> 00:07:02,354 Just walking up here, you can feel 143 00:07:02,389 --> 00:07:04,322 how massive this thing is. 144 00:07:04,358 --> 00:07:05,490 [producer speaking] 145 00:07:05,526 --> 00:07:06,658 [kris] no. 146 00:07:06,693 --> 00:07:08,293 The only thing I'm really afraid of 147 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:10,295 is dying broke. 148 00:07:12,499 --> 00:07:13,799 So here we are in the ground floor 149 00:07:13,834 --> 00:07:16,535 and just check out this labyrinth of steel, 150 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:18,970 like, any one of these pieces of steel 151 00:07:19,006 --> 00:07:20,405 will give you tetanus and lockjaw 152 00:07:20,441 --> 00:07:22,174 so definitely don't cut yourself 153 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:23,442 on any of this. 154 00:07:23,477 --> 00:07:24,509 Just so you guys know, 155 00:07:24,545 --> 00:07:26,611 I do not have my tetanus shot. 156 00:07:27,548 --> 00:07:29,648 So right here looks like the control room. 157 00:07:29,683 --> 00:07:31,349 So making sure there's no problems, 158 00:07:31,385 --> 00:07:33,618 making sure enough water goes through, 159 00:07:33,654 --> 00:07:35,487 this would probably be my brother's job 160 00:07:35,522 --> 00:07:36,688 because you just sit on your fat ass 161 00:07:36,723 --> 00:07:38,723 all [bleep] day long, hitting buttons 162 00:07:38,758 --> 00:07:40,425 and then you don't even really do anything, 163 00:07:40,461 --> 00:07:42,461 if there's a problem, you just call on the phone. 164 00:07:42,496 --> 00:07:43,695 Hello, there's a problem. 165 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:44,529 Okay. 166 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:46,565 There's a [bleep] get down here, fast. 167 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,467 And then you hang it up, and that's it. 168 00:07:48,502 --> 00:07:50,769 You know, one of these made the arm go up, 169 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,638 one of these made it go down, hey, what does this do? 170 00:07:53,674 --> 00:07:54,706 Oh, that was the wrong one, 171 00:07:54,741 --> 00:07:56,708 what about this one right here? 172 00:07:56,743 --> 00:07:57,742 Do you think this is actually 173 00:07:57,778 --> 00:08:00,145 what made it go forward and reverse? 174 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:02,047 [man speaking] 175 00:08:04,518 --> 00:08:06,418 hey, another quick thing too, 176 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:07,686 like, late at night, 177 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:09,421 this turns into a great party spot. 178 00:08:09,456 --> 00:08:10,522 [upbeat music playing] 179 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:12,591 [kris] you know, like if this was in la, 180 00:08:12,626 --> 00:08:14,459 this would be a badass restaurant, 181 00:08:14,495 --> 00:08:15,660 you know, come in, 182 00:08:15,696 --> 00:08:18,296 put nice floors in, and serve fine dining, 183 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:19,397 that would be pretty awesome. 184 00:08:19,433 --> 00:08:20,499 Or a strip club. 185 00:08:20,534 --> 00:08:23,001 [whistling and applause] 186 00:08:24,271 --> 00:08:25,537 [kris] welcome back 187 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:28,473 to our erotic adventure around nome, 188 00:08:28,509 --> 00:08:30,375 we got some steel in our hands 189 00:08:30,410 --> 00:08:32,377 and some excitement going on, 190 00:08:32,412 --> 00:08:33,578 it's making me hot. 191 00:08:33,614 --> 00:08:35,280 This is dredge 6, 192 00:08:35,315 --> 00:08:36,648 thanks for doing the tour with me, 193 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:38,350 stop by next time to see 194 00:08:38,385 --> 00:08:41,386 what other crazy adventures I have. 195 00:08:41,421 --> 00:08:42,854 -[man] you are the man. -[bleep] off. 196 00:08:42,890 --> 00:08:44,756 [man] come here dude, I'mma pat you on the butt. 197 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:46,191 [kris] I don't need a pat. 198 00:08:52,232 --> 00:08:55,200 [mike] back in nome... 199 00:08:55,235 --> 00:08:58,236 [suspense music playing] 200 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,408 this some blue-hosed piece of [bleep] 201 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:06,311 [mike] ...For the kellys, it's eviction day. 202 00:09:08,649 --> 00:09:10,348 [kris] we did all that prospecting 203 00:09:10,384 --> 00:09:11,449 and we don't really have a home 204 00:09:11,485 --> 00:09:12,584 for the rest of the season, 205 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:14,452 we're gonna get our sickle off this boat, 206 00:09:14,488 --> 00:09:15,854 put it back in storage, 207 00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:18,356 and I don't know what the [bleep] we're gonna do 208 00:09:18,392 --> 00:09:19,591 this season, you know. 209 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:20,625 [metal clanking] 210 00:09:20,661 --> 00:09:23,461 it's really been the first season 211 00:09:23,497 --> 00:09:24,529 I don't have a plan 212 00:09:24,565 --> 00:09:27,632 and I, uh, I don't work well without a plan. 213 00:09:27,668 --> 00:09:29,901 This season's been a disaster, 214 00:09:29,937 --> 00:09:31,703 anything that could go wrong has gone wrong. 215 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:33,872 So at first, I thought the trip to elim 216 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:35,640 was gonna be the jackpot 217 00:09:35,676 --> 00:09:38,977 but it turned into a big dumpster fire. 218 00:09:39,479 --> 00:09:40,679 [man speaking] 219 00:09:40,714 --> 00:09:44,049 -[gunshots] -[man speaking] 220 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:46,084 get down. 221 00:09:47,654 --> 00:09:50,188 Then I thought I could make a deal with dave 222 00:09:50,223 --> 00:09:51,189 at cripple river. 223 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:52,524 He had other ideas. 224 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:53,625 So what's the plan now? 225 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:55,493 Plan is get your crap off my boat, 226 00:09:55,529 --> 00:09:58,029 I'm done. 227 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:00,565 [kris] now summer's almost over 228 00:10:00,601 --> 00:10:01,633 and we have nothing. 229 00:10:01,668 --> 00:10:03,068 We're getting desperate 230 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:05,470 and we got to think of creative ways to get gold, 231 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:07,639 we need something to get us into ice mining, 232 00:10:07,674 --> 00:10:09,608 if I don't scrape together some money, 233 00:10:09,643 --> 00:10:12,444 no ice money this winter, we're screwed. 234 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:14,579 We're getting away from this whole thing, 235 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:17,549 you know, it's been nothing but a bad memory. 236 00:10:17,584 --> 00:10:21,353 The little bit we got from cripple just pays bills, 237 00:10:21,388 --> 00:10:24,489 you know, we really need 20 or 30 ounces 238 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:27,292 so we can just go ice mining this year. 239 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:29,427 Let's get this ready to go. 240 00:10:29,463 --> 00:10:30,662 Because this is our main concern, 241 00:10:30,697 --> 00:10:32,864 getting this piece of [bleep] off of here right now. 242 00:10:32,899 --> 00:10:35,500 We have to get all of our crap off dave's boat 243 00:10:35,535 --> 00:10:37,235 including the sickle. 244 00:10:38,472 --> 00:10:39,671 Tell dad to go back gently. 245 00:10:39,706 --> 00:10:42,207 -[man] go back slow. -Okay. 246 00:10:42,242 --> 00:10:44,109 -Stop there. -Stop. 247 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:45,276 Stop. 248 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:46,411 [man speaking] 249 00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:48,213 oh. 250 00:10:48,248 --> 00:10:49,514 Why did you go backwards? 251 00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:50,582 I was trying to get it on the boat. 252 00:10:50,617 --> 00:10:52,317 [man speaking] 253 00:10:52,352 --> 00:10:54,152 oh, I didn't know. 254 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:56,154 It's a dangerous job. 255 00:10:56,189 --> 00:10:57,455 Okay. Let's try it. 256 00:10:57,491 --> 00:10:58,390 Try it. 257 00:10:58,425 --> 00:11:00,225 I got 20 bucks that somebody falls 258 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:03,328 and slips on the truck. 259 00:11:03,363 --> 00:11:05,196 [man speaking] 260 00:11:05,232 --> 00:11:07,232 I don't care. 261 00:11:09,736 --> 00:11:12,404 And there you go, baby, that's how I roll. 262 00:11:12,439 --> 00:11:15,040 Act fast and still get it done. 263 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:19,511 Make sure you guys go drive very slowly. 264 00:11:19,546 --> 00:11:21,813 -We did. -It won't handle bouncing. 265 00:11:21,848 --> 00:11:23,515 -[man] I got it. -Tell him that, dude. 266 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:24,783 I know, the... You know, 267 00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:25,550 you need to keep your head in the game 268 00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:26,751 for five minutes, you need to... 269 00:11:26,787 --> 00:11:28,553 [man] head in the game? Let's just go. 270 00:11:28,588 --> 00:11:29,487 Stupid [bleep] 271 00:11:29,523 --> 00:11:30,522 [man] I've driven more trucks 272 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:31,523 than you've [bleep] ever seen. 273 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:32,657 Yeah, what you don't even do anymore. 274 00:11:32,693 --> 00:11:33,625 You're driving your truck 275 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:35,460 and you [bleep] just start hauling ass. 276 00:11:35,495 --> 00:11:37,395 I've been driving longer than you've been alive. 277 00:11:37,431 --> 00:11:38,697 So what? Just pay attention. 278 00:11:38,732 --> 00:11:40,598 Go get in your truck and drive that. 279 00:11:40,634 --> 00:11:42,300 Stupid. 280 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:44,335 [man] don't tell me what to do. 281 00:11:45,539 --> 00:11:49,040 [upbeat music playing] 282 00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:56,848 [kris] this whole season's been a [bleep] show. 283 00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:59,751 So really, we have to come up with a plan right now. 284 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:02,287 We just got to find a way to get gold, 285 00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:05,290 that's all we have to do. 286 00:12:05,325 --> 00:12:06,391 Get gold. 287 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:07,358 Get gold. 288 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:09,260 That's all we have to do. 289 00:12:09,296 --> 00:12:10,495 [warbling sound] 290 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:13,298 so here we are at the front of dredge 6, 291 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:14,466 look at this thing. 292 00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:16,367 Solid steel. 293 00:12:16,403 --> 00:12:18,169 It's making me hot. 294 00:12:18,205 --> 00:12:19,304 Damn, hot. 295 00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:21,573 Dredge 6. Dredge 6. 296 00:12:21,608 --> 00:12:23,007 Dredge 6. 297 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:26,711 Desperation is pushing me to the point 298 00:12:26,747 --> 00:12:30,381 of diving at that little pond where dredge 6 is. 299 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:31,549 [upbeat music playing] 300 00:12:31,585 --> 00:12:32,684 [kris] that dredge was there 301 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:35,687 because it was making thousands of ounces of gold. 302 00:12:35,722 --> 00:12:38,556 The only reason they stopped refining gold 303 00:12:38,592 --> 00:12:39,457 out of that area 304 00:12:39,493 --> 00:12:41,559 is because gold was $250 an ounce, 305 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:43,628 and it was hard to make money at that rate, 306 00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:45,697 and I think it's the only option we have right now, 307 00:12:45,732 --> 00:12:46,765 like, they wouldn't take [bleep] 308 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,666 to take our little rig right now, 309 00:12:48,702 --> 00:12:51,569 drop it in the water, and do a day of prospecting, 310 00:12:51,605 --> 00:12:52,570 and just see what happens. 311 00:12:52,606 --> 00:12:54,372 There's nothing to lose, 312 00:12:54,407 --> 00:12:55,640 just everything to gain. 313 00:12:55,675 --> 00:12:57,742 Little gold is better than no gold. 314 00:12:57,778 --> 00:12:59,611 Little gold, that's what I'm gonna tell everybody, 315 00:12:59,646 --> 00:13:01,479 little gold is better than no gold 316 00:13:01,515 --> 00:13:02,714 because right now I got to sell it 317 00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:05,150 to everybody else, you know. 318 00:13:07,587 --> 00:13:09,454 [man] so you want us to take the airlines off 319 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:10,855 and pack it up first? 320 00:13:10,891 --> 00:13:12,390 Okay. Well, I have another plan, 321 00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:14,492 it's not the best plan I ever had. 322 00:13:14,528 --> 00:13:16,561 We're gonna go to dredge 6 pond 323 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:19,230 and see if there's gold there. 324 00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:20,532 Where that old dredge is, 6? 325 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:21,666 [kris] yeah, where that old dredge is 326 00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:23,501 that made millions of dollars. 327 00:13:23,537 --> 00:13:24,536 I know but why is it sitting there 328 00:13:24,571 --> 00:13:26,237 bankrupt and broke? 329 00:13:26,273 --> 00:13:27,839 Because gold dropped too low 330 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,741 and they couldn't make money off of gold anymore. 331 00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:32,377 So we've gone from the... From the [bleep] ocean 332 00:13:32,412 --> 00:13:33,411 to the kiddy pond. 333 00:13:33,446 --> 00:13:34,679 [kris] we don't have a plan anyways, 334 00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:36,447 rather than pack this [bleep] up 335 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:38,383 and be finished, we might as well go try it, 336 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:39,851 worst case scenario, 337 00:13:39,886 --> 00:13:41,686 we find no gold but we didn't lose anything. 338 00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:43,488 Do you have any other plans? 339 00:13:43,523 --> 00:13:46,057 No, I don't have another plan, I don't. 340 00:13:47,594 --> 00:13:49,727 Hey, let's just try it. Hey, come on. 341 00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:51,863 So I convinced my dad and brother 342 00:13:51,898 --> 00:13:52,931 to dive at dredge 6, 343 00:13:52,966 --> 00:13:55,400 we're just gonna try and see if there's gold there, 344 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,368 you know, either there is or there isn't. 345 00:13:57,404 --> 00:13:59,304 This is a good thing, 346 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:00,672 maybe not, this could suck 347 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:02,707 but what else are we gonna do at this point? 348 00:14:02,742 --> 00:14:05,310 If anybody else can think of another idea 349 00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:06,377 to go out and get gold right now, 350 00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:07,478 I'm all ears. 351 00:14:07,514 --> 00:14:09,414 [brad] the master planner. 352 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:12,217 [kris] my ideas almost always work. 353 00:14:17,624 --> 00:14:20,291 [suspense music playing] 354 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:24,262 [birds cawing] 355 00:14:31,605 --> 00:14:32,537 [craig] hey, martin. 356 00:14:32,572 --> 00:14:33,671 [martin] it's great, how are you doing? 357 00:14:33,707 --> 00:14:34,806 [craig] hey, good. How you doing? 358 00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:35,807 [vernon] hey, how's it going man? 359 00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:38,776 Pull up a chair and let's talk some business. 360 00:14:38,812 --> 00:14:39,811 [mike] vernon adkison is hoping 361 00:14:39,846 --> 00:14:41,846 a new diving prospect will help him 362 00:14:41,882 --> 00:14:45,483 pull in another $50,000 before season's end 363 00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:46,985 to pay off claim 56 364 00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:49,387 and end the season in the black. 365 00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:50,989 So, um, I think I met you 366 00:14:51,024 --> 00:14:52,590 when you first, uh, came to town. 367 00:14:52,626 --> 00:14:53,725 [craig] yeah, 2012. 368 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,426 [vernon] you were doing your own diving, 369 00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:57,729 dredging operation out there as I remember. 370 00:14:57,764 --> 00:15:00,465 [craig] yeah. Running the king james, right in. 371 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:01,532 The king james, that's right, 372 00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:03,001 I remember that. Yeah. 373 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:04,636 [craig] yeah, I was out for a couple years 374 00:15:04,671 --> 00:15:07,338 -and, uh, here I am back. -[vernon] mmm-hmm. 375 00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:08,606 Yeah, we've been going through, 376 00:15:08,642 --> 00:15:10,575 uh, quite a few people here lately. 377 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:15,580 Uh, you know, jumping and sucking at every turn. 378 00:15:15,615 --> 00:15:17,482 [craig] we want that to change. 379 00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:19,584 The season was going along great 380 00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:20,785 right up until the point 381 00:15:20,820 --> 00:15:24,389 when bryan damn near destroyed his eardrums. 382 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:25,323 [bryan] is it bad? 383 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,424 [vernon] you've got blood coming out 384 00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:28,559 of every orifice north of your shoulders, 385 00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:30,561 so I'd say yeah, it's bad. 386 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,431 Now, I need a second diver, 387 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:34,766 season's almost over 388 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:38,603 and I don't have the ounces I need to pay off 56. 389 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:40,571 The guy craig, he was a good diver 390 00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:42,340 back in the day, 391 00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,242 uh, I've known him for years, 392 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:45,476 he's got a good reputation 393 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:47,245 but he hasn't been in the water 394 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:48,513 in quite a long time. 395 00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:50,348 You're a freelance diver. 396 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:51,516 You betcha. 397 00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:53,451 -I like what I see so far. -Yeah. 398 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:55,653 I'm gonna give him a shot at it. 399 00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:58,489 My position is I'm the operator 400 00:15:58,525 --> 00:16:00,892 and then I'm also the owner and the captain, 401 00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:03,294 and I'm the guy that makes the final decisions 402 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:05,630 but I value everybody's input, 403 00:16:05,665 --> 00:16:08,599 you got any bright ideas, 404 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:09,801 keep them to yourself. 405 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:11,536 -[craig laughs] -[vernon] I'm kidding. 406 00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:13,338 I'm kidding. 407 00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:14,505 I knew you from before. 408 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:15,673 We got along just fine, 409 00:16:15,709 --> 00:16:17,809 I appreciate you coming on short notice. 410 00:16:17,844 --> 00:16:19,844 I sure appreciate your opportunity vernon 411 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:21,813 and I look forward to working with you, man, 412 00:16:21,848 --> 00:16:24,449 -we'll see what happens. -[vernon] all right. Yeah. 413 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:25,650 Let's get this show on the road, 414 00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:27,418 get on out there, and get some gold. 415 00:16:27,454 --> 00:16:28,686 -Yeah, let's do it. -All right. Sounds good. 416 00:16:28,688 --> 00:16:29,887 -[vernon] all right. -Yeah, man. 417 00:16:29,923 --> 00:16:33,257 [vernon] craig has got a bit of a reputation around town, 418 00:16:33,293 --> 00:16:34,459 most everybody liked him 419 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:37,595 but one of his nicknames is crazy jesus 420 00:16:37,630 --> 00:16:40,498 but I don't care, you know, 421 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:42,767 what I care about is can he get the gold, 422 00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:45,737 desperate times call for desperate measures, 423 00:16:45,772 --> 00:16:47,405 we'll just have to see how it goes. 424 00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,608 [upbeat music playing] 425 00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:53,144 [craig] woo-hoo, first day on the boat, man. 426 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:54,412 I'm feeling great. 427 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:55,780 Oh, I'm glad to get out here, 428 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,783 and actually have the time to get some gold this season, 429 00:16:58,818 --> 00:17:01,319 I've been waiting three years for this. 430 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:02,387 Woo. 431 00:17:02,422 --> 00:17:03,421 All right. 432 00:17:05,325 --> 00:17:09,494 [upbeat music playing] 433 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:12,030 [mike] on the nome coast... 434 00:17:14,634 --> 00:17:16,667 [emily] we're heading down to claim bravo today 435 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:19,303 to do some prospect thing and some live boating 436 00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:21,339 and find out 437 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:22,774 what the ground's like down there. 438 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:24,675 [mike] ...After saving up all season, 439 00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:27,578 emily riedel is within 30 ounces 440 00:17:27,614 --> 00:17:29,480 of affording her own plane. 441 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:32,250 And now, she might have the perfect one 442 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:33,484 in her sights. 443 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,053 [emily] we're gonna prospect around 444 00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:39,090 and see if we can find some high quality pay dirt. 445 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:42,293 The beach near claim bravo aka "claim 6" 446 00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:43,561 was really promising 447 00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:45,463 as far as like the gold showing. 448 00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:46,798 This is the kind of claim 449 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:48,766 I've been looking for all season. 450 00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:53,504 So, ironically these claims belonged to ken kerr, 451 00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:55,706 and, um, I've gotten permission 452 00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:58,910 to finally do some diver prospecting. 453 00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:01,646 If the ground is as good as I think it is, 454 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,315 then it could mean all the difference in my career 455 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:05,416 as a gold miner. 456 00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:07,418 [seagulls squawks] 457 00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:09,720 [intense music playing] 458 00:18:10,657 --> 00:18:14,692 even the harbor is looking for new ground. 459 00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:16,627 Who knows. Who knows what we'll find down there? 460 00:18:16,663 --> 00:18:18,596 All I know is that the beach gold is pretty good, 461 00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:20,465 so if that's any indication. 462 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:22,333 No, we can have 20 ounce a day. 463 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:24,502 [emily] we have positive vibes. 464 00:18:24,537 --> 00:18:25,603 -It's a fun day. -[man] I know. 465 00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:27,839 It's a fun day to go prospecting. 466 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:33,678 Claim bravo claim 6 is not close to town at all. 467 00:18:33,713 --> 00:18:36,647 It's pretty far off into the eastern side 468 00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:37,615 of the clock of claims 469 00:18:37,650 --> 00:18:40,518 about eight miles from the port of nome. 470 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:42,420 So it's a long commute 471 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:44,188 but if it's good gold, it's worth it. 472 00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:48,493 [man] we're just about there. 473 00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:49,660 We're a quarter mile. 474 00:18:49,696 --> 00:18:51,429 -[man] okay. -[emily] claim 6. 475 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:53,331 I mean, otherwise known as claim bravo. 476 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:54,599 [man] we're on bravo here. 477 00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:57,268 We need to find the beach line. 478 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,674 Look at all that sand. 479 00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:06,177 [emily] nobody's mining down here. 480 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:07,378 I can see why. 481 00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:08,479 It's so far. 482 00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:09,814 [emily] sandy. Yeah. 483 00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:11,482 And obviously, it's gonna take some work 484 00:19:11,518 --> 00:19:12,783 to get to some cobble out here. 485 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:14,485 -Yeah. -This amount of sand. 486 00:19:14,521 --> 00:19:17,021 [bob] mind if I skip around for a little bit? 487 00:19:17,056 --> 00:19:17,855 [emily] no, go for it. 488 00:19:17,891 --> 00:19:19,490 Oh, I see it, just put a waypoint down 489 00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:20,591 if you see something that you like. 490 00:19:20,627 --> 00:19:23,094 -[bob] yeah. -Yeah, sweet. I like it. 491 00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:28,399 [man] bob's out with the side scan sonar 492 00:19:28,434 --> 00:19:31,736 also on the skiff looking for a cobble patch. 493 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:34,372 Emily's point... Putting in the coordinates 494 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:36,407 of the lease that we have access 495 00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:38,242 to prospect today, 496 00:19:38,278 --> 00:19:40,244 so we're using both vessels 497 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,047 to look for cobble. 498 00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:50,621 I don't have time to prospect any more claims 499 00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:54,525 and if claim bravo is all sand, 500 00:19:54,561 --> 00:19:57,428 then my search for a claim is over 501 00:19:57,463 --> 00:19:59,197 and I'm kind of stuck. 502 00:19:59,232 --> 00:20:00,398 Working ground, 503 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:03,000 that just isn't producing anymore. 504 00:20:08,508 --> 00:20:09,407 This is bob. 505 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:11,475 There's a cobble patch back here. 506 00:20:11,511 --> 00:20:12,643 [emily] just put a waypoint down on it. 507 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:14,512 We might have a little bit of cobble here, 508 00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,514 but we're gonna keep looking. 509 00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:20,051 [bob speaking] 510 00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:23,921 [emily] we're almost at the southwest 511 00:20:23,957 --> 00:20:24,755 corner of the claim 512 00:20:24,791 --> 00:20:26,891 and I'm just not seeing any cobble. 513 00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:29,493 How can there be this much sand? 514 00:20:29,529 --> 00:20:31,028 Goodness. 515 00:20:35,168 --> 00:20:37,401 Most of the claim's covered with sand 516 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:40,438 and we found some spots that looked like 517 00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:42,173 it might have a little bit of cobble there, 518 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:43,374 but we're not sure. 519 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:45,710 Might be cobble underneath that sand. 520 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,478 Might have a little, eh... Just like a little 521 00:20:47,513 --> 00:20:50,982 brushing of sand over cobble? 522 00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:54,918 Are you seeing it going that way like that? 523 00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:57,355 Because I'm kinda like right on a strip right now 524 00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:58,522 that I think it's cobble. 525 00:20:58,558 --> 00:21:00,791 You wanna come back and take a look? 526 00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:03,461 [bob] I'm gonna come back to the boat. 527 00:21:03,496 --> 00:21:05,229 Roger that. 528 00:21:05,265 --> 00:21:08,266 [suspenseful music playing] 529 00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:18,109 [man] yeah, that's... That looks a little more definite. 530 00:21:21,447 --> 00:21:22,747 Um, here it is... Here it is... Here it is, 531 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:24,382 -look at this... Look at this. -What? 532 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:25,516 -Look at this. -[emily] oh [bleep] 533 00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:27,451 -[man] yeah, buddy. -[emily] oh, there it is. 534 00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:29,287 Oh, that's pretty. 535 00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:30,621 Put a waypoint down. 536 00:21:30,657 --> 00:21:33,257 We got to get a diver down there and take a look. 537 00:21:33,293 --> 00:21:34,692 [man] yeah, target sighted. 538 00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:37,728 [emily] fresh cobble. Woo. 539 00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:40,931 There it is, there's the cobble we're looking for. 540 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:43,367 We're gonna get bob down there, do some live boating 541 00:21:43,403 --> 00:21:44,902 on the spot, and see what's up. 542 00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:46,971 Back in business. I'm glad we didn't call it. 543 00:21:47,006 --> 00:21:51,942 We've got an exciting spot to check, so gonna get on it. 544 00:21:55,448 --> 00:21:55,479 [intense music playing] 545 00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:05,156 [zeke] sweet. 546 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:07,191 [zeke speaking] 547 00:22:11,297 --> 00:22:12,296 yeah. 548 00:22:12,332 --> 00:22:14,231 [zeke speaking] 549 00:22:17,103 --> 00:22:19,503 [mike] nome's mad scientist is about to push himself 550 00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:24,342 and his new creation harder than he has all season. 551 00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:26,444 [man speaking] 552 00:22:26,479 --> 00:22:27,578 [mike] that's right. 553 00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:29,547 The black swan is set to travel 554 00:22:29,582 --> 00:22:31,349 on its longest journey yet. 555 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:33,417 [man] yeah, I forgot the other fuel can. 556 00:22:33,453 --> 00:22:35,386 [zeke] we'll just boat together if we're going 557 00:22:35,421 --> 00:22:36,654 a long trip. Like... 558 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:40,558 And going investigating like really a remote 559 00:22:40,626 --> 00:22:42,393 gold locations. 560 00:22:42,428 --> 00:22:43,894 It's the last days of the season 561 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:47,832 and we've haven't even got two ounces of gold. 562 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:50,434 I mean, that pretty... It's a pretty brutal blow 563 00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:51,669 to my ego at this point. 564 00:22:51,704 --> 00:22:53,504 We kind of struck out on claim 56. 565 00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:55,339 I'm not excited about that. 566 00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:56,874 [man] I'm kind of sick of this, like, 567 00:22:56,909 --> 00:23:00,444 spending long periods of time playing in nothing. 568 00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:04,248 So we're gonna take the black swan somewhere 569 00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:06,517 and go way off the beaten path. 570 00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:08,252 We're ready to cast off. 571 00:23:12,258 --> 00:23:13,257 Here we go. 572 00:23:13,292 --> 00:23:16,060 -[engine revs] -[man] oh, yeah. 573 00:23:18,531 --> 00:23:20,197 [zeke] woo. 574 00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:21,665 Yeah. 575 00:23:21,701 --> 00:23:25,002 We're cruising. [laughs] 576 00:23:25,772 --> 00:23:27,671 we're heading down to cape rodney 577 00:23:27,707 --> 00:23:29,774 about 30 miles down the coast to a place 578 00:23:29,809 --> 00:23:32,777 where no other dredges really ever go. 579 00:23:32,812 --> 00:23:34,512 I've got a sailboat that can do it, 580 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:36,414 so that's where we're heading. 581 00:23:36,449 --> 00:23:37,848 [man] here we go. 582 00:23:37,884 --> 00:23:39,784 [zeke] I'm a little nervous. I'm still working 583 00:23:39,819 --> 00:23:43,120 on my sailing chops and this is a long way to go. 584 00:23:46,259 --> 00:23:48,192 [man] yeah. [laughs] 585 00:23:48,227 --> 00:23:49,660 all right. 586 00:23:49,695 --> 00:23:51,662 You're so far out there. If anything goes wrong, 587 00:23:51,697 --> 00:23:55,433 there's nobody to help you, no one at all. 588 00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:59,103 [man] it's so uncomfortable right here. [laughs] 589 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,441 [zeke] research says that there's gold at cape rodney, 590 00:24:03,476 --> 00:24:05,276 so we're gonna throw caution to the wind 591 00:24:05,311 --> 00:24:06,410 and go on out there. 592 00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:09,447 [dramatic music playing] 593 00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:12,750 [intense music playing] 594 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:14,718 [zeke] I really wanted to go down to cape rodney 595 00:24:14,754 --> 00:24:17,721 for a while, because a friend of mine found some gold there 596 00:24:17,757 --> 00:24:20,891 like 15 years ago a long time ago and said it was like 597 00:24:20,927 --> 00:24:25,262 on the bedrock, and that's enough information to get me 598 00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:26,530 excited to go to a place. 599 00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:29,533 It's just like a little treasure hunting adventure. 600 00:24:29,569 --> 00:24:30,634 So I would do some dives. 601 00:24:30,670 --> 00:24:32,436 Hopefully, it's not too murky. 602 00:24:32,472 --> 00:24:34,472 The conditions are super different because you got 603 00:24:34,507 --> 00:24:36,540 a lot of big rocks and exposed bedrock, 604 00:24:36,576 --> 00:24:37,875 totally different deal. 605 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:40,277 And it's just a cool place to go. It's not... 606 00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:43,948 It's not like too far, so it's good like little 607 00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:46,317 shakedown adventure cruise thing. 608 00:24:46,352 --> 00:24:49,353 -[whistles] -[upbeat music playing] 609 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:53,824 [man] I'm super stoked. This will be a really cool 610 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:56,427 intro trip to kind of get the blood flowing on 611 00:24:56,462 --> 00:24:57,828 what this vessel can do, you know. 612 00:24:57,864 --> 00:24:59,830 I mean, I've never turned right out the harbor, 613 00:24:59,899 --> 00:25:03,434 [laughs] so it's cool to, uh, see some new territory 614 00:25:03,469 --> 00:25:05,536 and maybe find some treasure. 615 00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:07,705 [zeke] hey, there's so much treasure. 616 00:25:07,740 --> 00:25:10,307 I hear there a canyon full going out here somewhere 617 00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:11,642 underneath the water. 618 00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:13,644 I don't think anyone's found it yet. 619 00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:15,646 Pretty sure nobody's found it. 620 00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:17,314 I'll find it, I swear. 621 00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:20,618 [upbeat music playing] 622 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:24,455 [zeke] let's see. Cape rodney is gonna be... 623 00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:28,592 14.5 miles and we're going about 624 00:25:28,594 --> 00:25:32,263 six miles an hour, seven. You do the math. 625 00:25:33,566 --> 00:25:35,533 It's gonna be a long drive 626 00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:38,068 [man laughs] 627 00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:44,141 [mike] 16 miles east. 628 00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:48,178 [zeke] all right. Drop it. 629 00:25:50,616 --> 00:25:52,483 [vernon] let's get the gear ready. 630 00:25:52,518 --> 00:25:54,485 -Okay. -Gary, go down. 631 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,487 -Show them how it's done. -I'll do it. 632 00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:58,222 -All right. Let's do it. -All right. 633 00:25:58,257 --> 00:25:59,557 -[craig] yeah, man. -Sure. 634 00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:02,693 [mike] vernon adkison's team is back up to two divers 635 00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:05,696 with the addition of craig ellison 636 00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:08,399 also known as "crazy jesus". 637 00:26:08,434 --> 00:26:10,401 [laughs] 638 00:26:10,436 --> 00:26:11,669 [vernon speaking] 639 00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:14,104 -[gary] yeah. -[craig] oh, yeah, man. 640 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:17,808 I can't wait go down there, get some of that gold. 641 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:21,679 [vernon] I have a full plate of divers and tenders. 642 00:26:21,714 --> 00:26:23,447 That's why I'm shooting for. 643 00:26:23,482 --> 00:26:28,185 Gary is going down first, um, then we'll send craig. 644 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:30,354 [gary speaking] 645 00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:31,722 [laughs] 646 00:26:31,757 --> 00:26:34,391 shoot, I've already been thanking god before, man. 647 00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:36,560 [laughter] 648 00:26:36,596 --> 00:26:39,396 [vernon] one thing about craig, he is enthusiastic 649 00:26:39,432 --> 00:26:42,766 and, uh, I just hope, um, his ability 650 00:26:42,802 --> 00:26:44,835 matches his enthusiasm. 651 00:26:44,870 --> 00:26:49,006 [gary] okay. Can we get some gold now, huh? 652 00:26:52,211 --> 00:26:53,210 Woo. 653 00:26:56,515 --> 00:27:00,050 [intense music playing] 654 00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:04,521 [vernon] I've got water now, gary. You want it hotter? 655 00:27:04,557 --> 00:27:06,924 -[gary] uh, it's okay. -[vernon] okay. 656 00:27:06,959 --> 00:27:10,527 [gary] uh, somebody controlling my umbilical? 657 00:27:10,563 --> 00:27:12,730 [vernon] yeah. 658 00:27:12,765 --> 00:27:14,598 Now make sure we got plenty of air. 659 00:27:14,634 --> 00:27:17,368 I'm getting pretty fanatical about it. 660 00:27:17,403 --> 00:27:18,636 Yeah. 661 00:27:18,671 --> 00:27:22,740 I like air. [laughs] 662 00:27:22,775 --> 00:27:24,575 [gary] there's a big section right here 663 00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:26,610 that I've already worked. 664 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:28,579 Me and brian it looks like, because it's scored 665 00:27:28,614 --> 00:27:30,247 all to hell. 666 00:27:34,854 --> 00:27:37,521 That could be good. I mean, there's still plenty 667 00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:39,823 of ground to work and everything we worked 668 00:27:39,859 --> 00:27:42,292 down here so far has been good. 669 00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:45,629 [gary] there's a big cut down here. 670 00:27:45,665 --> 00:27:48,165 And damn it, it looks good. 671 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,205 [gary speaking] 672 00:27:56,542 --> 00:27:58,042 [gasps] 673 00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:05,482 [grunts] 674 00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:07,518 [vernon] your breathing is heavy. 675 00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:10,487 Tell me how you're feeling and what you're seeing. 676 00:28:10,523 --> 00:28:13,023 [gary coughs] 677 00:28:16,228 --> 00:28:18,228 [gary speaking] 678 00:28:22,768 --> 00:28:25,869 [craig] yeah, I filled it up maybe 20 minutes ago. 679 00:28:26,939 --> 00:28:29,540 I can go up and check, make sure there's no leaks. 680 00:28:29,575 --> 00:28:32,076 [gary speaking] 681 00:28:33,245 --> 00:28:36,647 [grunts] 682 00:28:36,682 --> 00:28:39,316 [craig] okay. I'll go check. 683 00:28:39,351 --> 00:28:41,318 Make sure it's... Yeah. 684 00:28:44,523 --> 00:28:46,557 Gary, I'm not liking this. What the [bleep] that? 685 00:28:46,592 --> 00:28:48,559 Is that that [bleep] air intake? 686 00:28:48,594 --> 00:28:50,461 Let's get it where you're closer to the top, 687 00:28:50,496 --> 00:28:54,364 I'm ready to shut this [bleep] show down right now. 688 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:55,733 [gary speaking] 689 00:28:55,768 --> 00:28:58,302 it's not okay. It's not okay. 690 00:28:58,337 --> 00:29:01,271 It's totally una-[bleep]-cceptable. 691 00:29:01,307 --> 00:29:02,873 Unacceptable. 692 00:29:03,743 --> 00:29:06,777 Our diver smelling gas, that's defcon 1. 693 00:29:06,812 --> 00:29:08,545 That means something's gone wrong, 694 00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:10,180 we got to fix it immediately. 695 00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:15,219 Carbon monoxide can be deadly and it... In a hurry. 696 00:29:15,588 --> 00:29:18,789 [gary gasps] 697 00:29:18,824 --> 00:29:20,524 [vernon] when I'm exposed to carbon monoxide, 698 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:22,826 I get a hellacious headache, I feel like I'm... 699 00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:25,596 I have a hangover for three or four days. 700 00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:28,499 Worst damn feeling in the world. 701 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:31,034 [craig speaking] 702 00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:39,409 [man] yeah, the air intake was a little bit too close 703 00:29:39,445 --> 00:29:40,778 -to the motors, so I moved it. -[vernon] oh. 704 00:29:40,813 --> 00:29:44,381 -As far as aways I could. -[vernon] [bleep] dammit. 705 00:29:44,416 --> 00:29:45,616 [man] it wasn't great... It was... 706 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:47,618 I don't give a [bleep] it's got to be way 707 00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:50,120 the [bleep] away from the air intake. 708 00:29:50,156 --> 00:29:52,156 [vernon speaking] 709 00:29:53,726 --> 00:29:56,593 diving for gold under the bering sea is, uh, 710 00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:57,728 inherently dangerous. 711 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:59,863 I don't wanna see them get hurt 712 00:29:59,899 --> 00:30:03,333 and especially if it has anything to do with my boat. 713 00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:09,406 Okay, gary, sorry about that. 714 00:30:09,441 --> 00:30:10,641 That should have never happened 715 00:30:10,676 --> 00:30:13,377 and it will not happen again. 716 00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:17,247 [gary speaking] 717 00:30:19,518 --> 00:30:22,085 so many things that could go wrong out here. 718 00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:23,954 Yeah, 100%. 719 00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:27,357 We're trying our damndest to keep the mishaps 720 00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:29,493 to a minimum. It was like that, 721 00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:30,761 at their own risk. 722 00:30:30,796 --> 00:30:34,431 You've ever got any doubt down there for your own safety, 723 00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:36,533 it's your call, you're on the bottom, 724 00:30:36,569 --> 00:30:40,337 your life ultimately is in your hands. 725 00:30:40,372 --> 00:30:42,372 [craig speaking] 726 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,020 [vernon] that's right, I remember that. 727 00:30:57,056 --> 00:30:58,455 Yeah. 728 00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:01,358 Somebody put a hydraulic hose in your airlines? 729 00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:03,527 [craig] yeah, right off the compressor. 730 00:31:03,562 --> 00:31:05,329 [vernon] that's incredible. 731 00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:07,331 [craig] yeah, it really should have killed me. 732 00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:10,400 I suffered from cysts all in my mouth 733 00:31:10,436 --> 00:31:13,036 and I was popping it all on my own. 734 00:31:13,072 --> 00:31:16,607 I had a hole develop in the side in my nose. 735 00:31:16,642 --> 00:31:19,276 How long did it take you to recover? 736 00:31:19,311 --> 00:31:20,811 [craig] uh, two years. 737 00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:24,648 I spent about a half year where I couldn't breathe right 738 00:31:24,683 --> 00:31:28,452 yeah, that's unfortunate. I'm glad you, uh, survived. 739 00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:32,356 Yeah. And here I am, so... 740 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:36,460 Yeah, that's, um, christ almighty. 741 00:31:36,495 --> 00:31:39,363 This is a dangerous business we're in. 742 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:41,498 There are people that have gotten hurt 743 00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:43,700 and there are people who have died. 744 00:31:43,736 --> 00:31:46,370 Um, craig is one of these guys that... 745 00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:47,871 That's gotten seriously hurt. 746 00:31:47,907 --> 00:31:50,274 Um, I just hope that when he gets down there, 747 00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:53,877 everything will be okay and he's up to the task. 748 00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:56,680 Gary, are you okay? 749 00:31:56,715 --> 00:32:00,517 [gary] oh, yeah, I got... This looks really good. 750 00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:04,521 I'm seeing gold all over the bottom, dude. 751 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:06,623 I love it when I see gold. 752 00:32:06,659 --> 00:32:09,526 Yeah, I love it when you see gold too. 753 00:32:09,561 --> 00:32:12,696 [gary] I can't even believe the gold I'm seeing down here. 754 00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:15,532 I'm in awe of the gold down here. 755 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:18,335 [craig laughs] 756 00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:20,437 nice. 757 00:32:20,472 --> 00:32:23,106 [gary] you ain't gonna get much better than that. 758 00:32:25,311 --> 00:32:25,342 [dramatic music playing] 759 00:32:31,583 --> 00:32:35,085 [upbeat music playing] 760 00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:39,356 [man] there could be gold here, just who knows 761 00:32:39,391 --> 00:32:40,524 where it is, you know? 762 00:32:40,559 --> 00:32:42,459 This is another one of his harebrained ideas, 763 00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:43,593 you know, it's crazy. 764 00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:46,830 [mike] in a season marked by failed plans, 765 00:32:46,865 --> 00:32:51,068 kris kelly may be ready to make it 0 for 3. 766 00:32:52,771 --> 00:32:55,339 [kris] let's just put the boat in and see 767 00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:57,341 what we have to deal with. 768 00:32:57,376 --> 00:32:58,775 I don't know what else to do. 769 00:32:58,811 --> 00:33:00,444 I [bleep] up our whole season. 770 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,612 [andy] and now here we are in a pond. 771 00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:04,614 So yeah, I'm gonna dive in a muddy pond 772 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:07,651 that no one's tried to get gold out of for 40 years. 773 00:33:07,686 --> 00:33:11,288 It really could be an untapped jackpot down there 774 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:13,590 or it could be a total disaster. 775 00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:16,259 If we do all this work and we don't get any gold, 776 00:33:16,295 --> 00:33:18,362 everybody will be pissed off. 777 00:33:18,397 --> 00:33:19,796 We can't give up at this point. 778 00:33:19,832 --> 00:33:22,332 We're just gonna have to drive it right the [bleep] 779 00:33:22,368 --> 00:33:23,400 in the water. 780 00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:29,272 [andy] hey, we're actually in the water right there. 781 00:33:29,308 --> 00:33:30,607 That actually was very easy. 782 00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:32,642 [kris] it was very easy. 783 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:34,811 Something went fast. 784 00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:37,647 [kris] I hope it's not the only thing that's easy today. 785 00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:39,649 [andy] no, it will be. 786 00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:41,985 [kris] okay. Pull it out. 787 00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:45,689 Imagine if we jump in and we find gold though? 788 00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:48,058 Yeah, that would be something. 789 00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:51,628 I think we're gonna jump in and find a bunch of muck. 790 00:33:51,663 --> 00:33:53,397 [kris] so to begin with, we're gonna start 791 00:33:53,432 --> 00:33:55,432 where the buckets were ripping apart the ground. 792 00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:56,700 It's where they were getting gold, 793 00:33:56,735 --> 00:34:00,003 so I hope we can get back on to what they left over. 794 00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:03,407 We're just gonna get out there and hope for the best. 795 00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:04,775 -[man] and we off. -Make sure you're gonna hold 796 00:34:04,810 --> 00:34:06,343 on to our anchor lines just in case. 797 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:07,677 I've got this. 798 00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:09,813 [steve] we're the only guys that ever dredges. 799 00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:12,649 Either we're gonna be the smartest guys around 800 00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:14,818 or the [bleep] dumbest guys around. 801 00:34:14,853 --> 00:34:17,487 -Okay. Are you ready? -[kris] I'm ready. 802 00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:20,023 [metal clanking] 803 00:34:22,628 --> 00:34:25,062 [steve] is the power on? 804 00:34:25,097 --> 00:34:27,264 -Throttle unfold. -[man] yes, throttle's on. 805 00:34:27,299 --> 00:34:29,266 Shut up. I know how to do it. 806 00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:31,301 [metal clanking] 807 00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:36,573 it's gonna start any second. 808 00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:40,043 [playful music playing] 809 00:34:47,753 --> 00:34:52,489 [steve] just keep pulling it. Choke on full. 810 00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:54,324 Just keep pulling. It'll start. 811 00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:55,992 [man] shut up. 812 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:03,400 [engine revs] 813 00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:08,438 yeah. Get the power back. 814 00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:09,773 I can't believe I did it. 815 00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:11,575 [steve] that's good news. 816 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:12,642 Dredge is fired up. 817 00:35:12,678 --> 00:35:14,644 We're on our way to riches right now. 818 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,416 We're about to go where no sane man will ever go. 819 00:35:19,451 --> 00:35:23,086 We have lights, action. Camera, here we go. 820 00:35:25,424 --> 00:35:28,425 [tense music playing] 821 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:43,640 [kris] yeah, I'm going over to where the blades are. 822 00:35:43,675 --> 00:35:45,308 [steve] where the buckets are? 823 00:35:45,344 --> 00:35:48,145 -[kris] yeah. -[steve] be careful. 824 00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:57,120 What's the bottom look like, kris? 825 00:35:59,525 --> 00:36:02,225 [kris] there's like four-feet of muck underneath my feet. 826 00:36:02,261 --> 00:36:04,794 [tense music playing] 827 00:36:04,830 --> 00:36:07,531 well, that's not good. Look around a little bit. 828 00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:10,000 See what you see kris. 829 00:36:11,303 --> 00:36:13,603 Holy [bleep] 830 00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:15,438 [steve] what's the matter? 831 00:36:15,474 --> 00:36:17,507 [kris] I'm punching some holes. 832 00:36:17,543 --> 00:36:20,510 I can't even hit anything, but muck, dude. 833 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:22,779 There's like three or four feet of silt 834 00:36:22,814 --> 00:36:26,483 and it's so thick, it's like peanut butter. 835 00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:28,318 [steve] well, that's not good. 836 00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:32,956 [man speaking] 837 00:36:34,226 --> 00:36:35,492 look at it. 838 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,394 You don't find that in the ocean. 839 00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:38,528 [man speaking] 840 00:36:38,564 --> 00:36:41,531 [steve] look at the silt coming out of the sluice box. 841 00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:44,401 Look at the water turning gray. 842 00:36:45,604 --> 00:36:47,637 Kris, you can see this silt coming out, 843 00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:50,574 you got a mud puddle around you about 20 feet. 844 00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:52,576 [kris] this is [bleep] bad. 845 00:36:52,611 --> 00:36:54,411 [steve] you're pumping up so much silt. 846 00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:56,813 You're not gonna have any vis soon enough. 847 00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:58,682 [kris] [bleep] dude, I can't even see. 848 00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:02,052 It's pitch black, dyed underneath here. 849 00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:07,157 It's a little freaky when you can't see at all. 850 00:37:08,627 --> 00:37:10,527 [machine whirring] 851 00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:12,729 [steve] kris, you're underneath those buckets. 852 00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:15,699 I can't see your air bubbles. 853 00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:19,369 [kris] I'm sinking. I got to dredge myself out. 854 00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:22,539 This whole pond is dangerous, it's [bleep] 855 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,374 [steve] you know, you're right by a big anchor line. 856 00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:25,542 You're gonna get wrapped around 857 00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:26,576 and get stuck down there. 858 00:37:26,612 --> 00:37:28,211 [kris] I'm not gonna get stuck. 859 00:37:28,247 --> 00:37:29,679 I know my [bleep] job. 860 00:37:29,715 --> 00:37:31,548 He might know his job, but he doesn't know 861 00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:34,517 where the gold is obviously, because it's not here. 862 00:37:34,553 --> 00:37:36,353 [kris] ...Muck underneath my feet. 863 00:37:36,388 --> 00:37:39,289 This is a complete waste of time. 864 00:37:39,324 --> 00:37:41,324 [steve speaking] 865 00:37:42,628 --> 00:37:45,128 [kris speaking] 866 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,033 [kris] [bleep] man. 867 00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:54,404 Trying to get up to think bank is like, it is stupid. 868 00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:55,639 [steve] you're going the right way. 869 00:37:55,674 --> 00:37:58,808 -Keep going. -[kris] I'm trying, okay? 870 00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:04,080 It's like walking up a mountain of slime. 871 00:38:05,851 --> 00:38:09,152 This is the worst idea I've ever [bleep] had. 872 00:38:09,187 --> 00:38:10,487 This is a terrible idea. 873 00:38:10,522 --> 00:38:12,756 One of the worst ideas I've ever came up with. 874 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:17,060 I can't believe I wasted our time doing this. 875 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:20,497 I know I have to think of something for the rest 876 00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:22,632 of the season. This is not good. 877 00:38:22,668 --> 00:38:23,967 [playful music playing] 878 00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:27,470 [kris] I think I figured out why no one minds this pond. 879 00:38:27,506 --> 00:38:29,172 [steve] cause they're not that dumb? 880 00:38:29,207 --> 00:38:30,507 [kris laughs] 881 00:38:30,542 --> 00:38:31,775 it was a horror show. 882 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:35,445 Hands down, worst time I've ever had mining in my life. 883 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,049 [steve] and again, my brother [bleep] up. 884 00:38:39,084 --> 00:38:41,418 [kris] keep paddling a little bit harder. 885 00:38:46,325 --> 00:38:49,326 [upbeat music playing] 886 00:38:52,931 --> 00:38:54,397 [emily] that's a nice looking cobble patch. 887 00:38:54,433 --> 00:38:57,100 Oh, so nice to see you. 888 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,406 Yeah, we were gonna just get the hell out of here 889 00:39:03,442 --> 00:39:05,608 because it was nothing but sand, 890 00:39:05,644 --> 00:39:08,611 but they came up on this really interesting 891 00:39:08,647 --> 00:39:10,313 cobble patch. 892 00:39:10,349 --> 00:39:12,782 And, um, I'm excited to check it out. 893 00:39:12,818 --> 00:39:15,618 [mike] after encouraging signs, it's time to find out 894 00:39:15,654 --> 00:39:18,488 if claim 6 is packed with gold 895 00:39:18,523 --> 00:39:21,091 or just a tantalizing mirage. 896 00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:25,762 Get down there and find us some cobble, bob. Woo. 897 00:39:25,797 --> 00:39:28,465 The season is winding down if bob finds gold, 898 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:31,768 this could be the claim that, uh, I end up buying. 899 00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:34,604 And, uh, if he doesn't find anything, 900 00:39:34,639 --> 00:39:36,239 then I'm out of luck. 901 00:39:36,274 --> 00:39:37,674 I really am trying to grow 902 00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:39,843 and expand as a gold miner. 903 00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:43,346 And this is really like my last chance to do it. 904 00:39:43,382 --> 00:39:46,483 So I really hope that this is the one. 905 00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:49,219 -[bob] I'm ready. -[emily] okay. 906 00:39:49,254 --> 00:39:50,253 [bob speaking] 907 00:39:50,288 --> 00:39:52,288 [man] roger. Going to hook. 908 00:40:02,434 --> 00:40:03,566 [man] you're all right. 909 00:40:03,602 --> 00:40:07,404 You're at 10:00, 11:00. 910 00:40:07,439 --> 00:40:09,973 Right now you're at 12:00. 911 00:40:10,609 --> 00:40:13,176 [bob speaking] 912 00:40:13,211 --> 00:40:14,110 roger. 913 00:40:14,646 --> 00:40:18,148 [tense music playing] 914 00:40:23,121 --> 00:40:26,523 [emily] what's, uh... What's the ground looking like? 915 00:40:26,558 --> 00:40:28,291 [bob speaking] 916 00:40:29,528 --> 00:40:32,328 let me look around a little bit more. 917 00:40:32,364 --> 00:40:34,197 [emily] that sounds good, bob. 918 00:40:44,342 --> 00:40:47,343 [tense music playing] 919 00:40:49,514 --> 00:40:51,014 [bob grunts] 920 00:40:53,552 --> 00:40:56,286 [bob speaking] 921 00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:58,121 seaweed. 922 00:40:58,156 --> 00:40:59,255 Music to my ears. 923 00:40:59,291 --> 00:41:00,457 Wow. 924 00:41:00,492 --> 00:41:03,526 [bob speaking] 925 00:41:03,562 --> 00:41:05,428 eureka would be good. 926 00:41:05,464 --> 00:41:08,064 [bob laughs] I'm still prospecting. 927 00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:10,433 I mean, I can't make [bleep] to really make that, kind of, 928 00:41:10,469 --> 00:41:11,935 determination in three minutes. 929 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:13,303 We're a little bit excited, bob. 930 00:41:13,338 --> 00:41:15,738 [man] we're just excited, bro. 931 00:41:15,774 --> 00:41:17,941 [emily] bob's down and he's seeing a lot of growth 932 00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:18,842 on the rocks. 933 00:41:18,877 --> 00:41:20,710 It's not been disturbed in a long time. 934 00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:23,880 On a work ground like this, on a promising lease, 935 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:25,548 is a huge deal. I mean, it's never been 936 00:41:25,584 --> 00:41:26,850 touched before, it's never been mined. 937 00:41:26,885 --> 00:41:31,454 So we could be about to make an amazing discovery. 938 00:41:31,490 --> 00:41:34,457 [bob] this is some hard working ground. 939 00:41:34,493 --> 00:41:36,659 Big rocks. I think there's several. 940 00:41:36,695 --> 00:41:39,662 We're pulling it somewhere. 941 00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:42,365 That's a way to [bleep] move the material for sure. 942 00:41:43,435 --> 00:41:45,101 [bob] okay. 943 00:41:52,744 --> 00:41:54,811 I see a little bit some right there. 944 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:57,547 Oh, here's a little bit... Here's a little bit. 945 00:41:57,582 --> 00:42:00,183 Yeah. Oh. 946 00:42:00,218 --> 00:42:01,885 Guys, woo! Yeah! 947 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,654 Found a little bit, we're having some gold! 948 00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:08,224 -[man] yeah, buddy! Woo! -[bob] yeah. 949 00:42:08,260 --> 00:42:10,159 -Yeah. -[bleep] yeah. 950 00:42:13,431 --> 00:42:14,797 Found some awesome looking gold 951 00:42:14,833 --> 00:42:18,434 and, uh, you know, if the ground continues 952 00:42:18,470 --> 00:42:20,703 to be good and we get some good gold in the box, 953 00:42:20,739 --> 00:42:23,339 then I'll make my move buy this claim. 954 00:42:24,743 --> 00:42:27,710 Oh, beautiful, beautiful. Yeah. 955 00:42:27,746 --> 00:42:29,512 -[man] yeah, buddy. -Woo! 956 00:42:29,548 --> 00:42:31,481 That's what we need. 957 00:42:31,516 --> 00:42:33,182 Awesome. 958 00:42:34,419 --> 00:42:36,319 [man] save me some! 959 00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:44,160 [narrator] thirteen miles, west. 960 00:42:59,678 --> 00:43:02,478 [shawn] see, like, everything started to run 961 00:43:02,514 --> 00:43:04,380 the way it's supposed to? 962 00:43:04,416 --> 00:43:06,649 It took a really nice test pan right here. 963 00:43:06,685 --> 00:43:09,152 Took us a few spots to find it, 964 00:43:09,187 --> 00:43:10,820 but we found it. 965 00:43:10,855 --> 00:43:12,789 Now, alls we have to do is pile the gold 966 00:43:12,824 --> 00:43:15,491 -in the box. -[narrator] shawn pomrenke 967 00:43:15,527 --> 00:43:17,594 got his operation back on track 968 00:43:17,629 --> 00:43:20,697 and the 750 additional ounces he still needs 969 00:43:20,732 --> 00:43:24,167 to end the season could be within reach. 970 00:43:25,604 --> 00:43:27,370 [shawn] if we can run in this stuff 971 00:43:27,405 --> 00:43:30,206 for the rest of today, 972 00:43:30,241 --> 00:43:32,342 and the rest of tonight 973 00:43:32,377 --> 00:43:34,377 we'll have a quarter million dollars 974 00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:36,379 in a couple days I'm thinking. 975 00:43:38,583 --> 00:43:40,383 At best, I have two or three weeks 976 00:43:40,418 --> 00:43:41,517 to get the gold I need. 977 00:43:41,553 --> 00:43:43,152 If this is the spot 978 00:43:44,656 --> 00:43:46,556 I got to ride this pay streak hard 979 00:43:46,591 --> 00:43:47,657 till the bitter end 980 00:43:47,692 --> 00:43:49,859 and hope it's enough. 981 00:43:50,595 --> 00:43:52,328 I don't have time to be hunting 982 00:43:52,364 --> 00:43:54,130 and packing right now. 983 00:44:08,747 --> 00:44:11,347 I mean, it's like everything is running the way 984 00:44:11,383 --> 00:44:13,316 it's supposed to be. 985 00:44:13,351 --> 00:44:14,417 [whirring] 986 00:44:22,527 --> 00:44:24,594 we'll go ahead and idle things down, 987 00:44:24,629 --> 00:44:26,362 check it out, 988 00:44:26,398 --> 00:44:28,931 see how the box is looking, 989 00:44:28,967 --> 00:44:33,036 but right now everything seems to be running well. 990 00:44:35,407 --> 00:44:37,340 Should I go ahead and check the box? 991 00:44:43,114 --> 00:44:44,347 That yellow. 992 00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:49,285 Yellow. 993 00:44:50,288 --> 00:44:53,122 -Yellow. -All right. 994 00:44:53,158 --> 00:44:54,490 All right. 995 00:44:54,526 --> 00:44:58,261 I think we're doing it now boys. 996 00:44:58,296 --> 00:45:00,396 Damn that's just a half a day. 997 00:45:01,433 --> 00:45:03,366 [man] she's loaded. 998 00:45:03,401 --> 00:45:05,668 We're catching it good too which is nice. 999 00:45:05,704 --> 00:45:08,204 [shawn] couple little pickers. 1000 00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:10,339 Nice job, partner. 1001 00:45:14,579 --> 00:45:17,146 I feel like the winner! 1002 00:45:18,516 --> 00:45:20,149 Whoa! 1003 00:45:22,353 --> 00:45:23,753 Box looked really good. 1004 00:45:23,788 --> 00:45:27,423 Now we're gonna go ahead and we fire it back up. 1005 00:45:27,459 --> 00:45:29,892 Keep loading gold in the box, 1006 00:45:29,928 --> 00:45:32,228 that's what we come here for. 1007 00:45:34,199 --> 00:45:35,732 We're on the good stuff, thank god. 1008 00:45:35,767 --> 00:45:37,566 Now, we just got to move forward 1009 00:45:37,569 --> 00:45:39,435 make another cut and keep following it 1010 00:45:39,471 --> 00:45:41,237 till the end of the season. 1011 00:45:42,841 --> 00:45:46,008 Let's start coming up on those spuds. 1012 00:45:59,224 --> 00:46:00,423 Yeah, it's not moving. 1013 00:46:16,541 --> 00:46:18,341 [cody speaking] 1014 00:46:18,376 --> 00:46:21,043 no. It's not moving, cody. 1015 00:46:32,123 --> 00:46:33,356 [bleep] 1016 00:46:35,059 --> 00:46:36,425 oh. 1017 00:46:38,763 --> 00:46:40,596 The spuds are what keeps us in place 1018 00:46:40,632 --> 00:46:41,864 while we dig. 1019 00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:45,201 But if we can't raise them we'll be stuck. 1020 00:46:46,604 --> 00:46:48,604 No way to be able to follow the pay streak, 1021 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,007 we'll just be dead in the water. 1022 00:46:53,778 --> 00:46:56,078 [cody] this hydraulic line controls the spuds 1023 00:46:56,114 --> 00:46:57,780 to go up and down and it just blew out 1024 00:46:57,816 --> 00:47:01,350 of the fitting and caused a big mess inside here. 1025 00:47:04,455 --> 00:47:06,556 And we're onto really good gold, 1026 00:47:06,591 --> 00:47:10,026 so it sucks but gold mining. 1027 00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:15,164 [cody speaking]. 1028 00:47:21,472 --> 00:47:23,472 Now, don't have any spares on the board 1029 00:47:23,508 --> 00:47:25,208 so [bleep] 1030 00:47:31,549 --> 00:47:33,082 nate. 1031 00:47:33,585 --> 00:47:34,584 [nate speaking] 1032 00:47:34,619 --> 00:47:35,685 [shawn] one of the new lines 1033 00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:40,122 that go to the uprights blew apart. 1034 00:47:40,158 --> 00:47:42,592 [nate speaking] 1035 00:47:42,627 --> 00:47:43,759 [shawn] the hydraulic line blew 1036 00:47:43,795 --> 00:47:46,362 and, um, it popped the power pack 1037 00:47:46,397 --> 00:47:47,496 that runs the spuds. 1038 00:47:47,532 --> 00:47:50,099 So here we are, 1039 00:47:51,569 --> 00:47:53,402 waiting for parts. 1040 00:47:57,542 --> 00:47:57,573 [dramatic music playing] 1041 00:48:13,625 --> 00:48:15,591 [narrator] after four hours and thirty miles, 1042 00:48:15,627 --> 00:48:17,660 zeke and his crew of merry men 1043 00:48:17,695 --> 00:48:19,395 are finally closing in 1044 00:48:19,430 --> 00:48:21,564 on their final destination, 1045 00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:23,933 cape rodney. 1046 00:48:25,637 --> 00:48:28,337 [zeke laughing] 1047 00:48:31,576 --> 00:48:33,409 cape rodney is right underneath 1048 00:48:33,444 --> 00:48:35,811 those big cliffs. If you wanna call 'em cliffs, 1049 00:48:35,847 --> 00:48:38,514 it is sort of like cliffs, I guess part of it is cliff, 1050 00:48:38,549 --> 00:48:40,549 part of it is just a really steep hill. 1051 00:48:40,585 --> 00:48:43,653 But I think the place where my buddies found 1052 00:48:43,688 --> 00:48:46,422 that gold was like right over 1053 00:48:46,457 --> 00:48:47,590 kind of right where the cave 1054 00:48:47,625 --> 00:48:50,693 extends itself at its furthest point 1055 00:48:50,728 --> 00:48:52,595 out into the ocean, and there's a bunch 1056 00:48:52,630 --> 00:48:54,330 of exposed bedrocks. 1057 00:48:56,334 --> 00:48:58,267 I think I'm gonna dive over there. 1058 00:49:00,438 --> 00:49:02,438 -Thank you, stan. -[stan] am I... 1059 00:49:02,473 --> 00:49:04,407 -Can I take my hoses? -Yeah. 1060 00:49:05,610 --> 00:49:07,476 We haven't cleaned up a lot of gold 1061 00:49:07,512 --> 00:49:08,644 this summer at all. 1062 00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,814 And we barely have any time left this season. 1063 00:49:11,849 --> 00:49:13,716 I wanna go to cape rodney because I wanna go somewhere 1064 00:49:13,751 --> 00:49:16,752 where there's the possibility of finding some gold 1065 00:49:16,788 --> 00:49:18,788 before winter hits. I mean, if we don't do 1066 00:49:18,823 --> 00:49:21,724 any better then we're gonna really have to reassess 1067 00:49:21,759 --> 00:49:24,427 how we're going about doing this. 1068 00:49:24,462 --> 00:49:27,229 I can't wait till I have a whole summer 1069 00:49:27,265 --> 00:49:29,365 of doing this all the time. 1070 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,600 So many places to go. 1071 00:49:31,636 --> 00:49:35,137 [suspenseful music playing] 1072 00:49:37,642 --> 00:49:39,942 [zeke] the water is so murky. 1073 00:49:41,679 --> 00:49:43,579 I don't know if this is gonna be a good day 1074 00:49:43,614 --> 00:49:45,348 to look for the gold. 1075 00:49:45,383 --> 00:49:46,749 Can you see anything? 1076 00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:50,386 [zeke] I can see, like, just a little bit. 1077 00:49:52,457 --> 00:49:53,656 I'm dropping down into a dark, 1078 00:49:53,691 --> 00:49:55,491 spooky place I've never been. 1079 00:49:55,526 --> 00:49:58,394 Now, look, it gets even darker down there. 1080 00:49:58,429 --> 00:49:59,795 I'm terrified. 1081 00:49:59,831 --> 00:50:01,497 Like there's nothing in there once 1082 00:50:01,532 --> 00:50:03,532 you go down there. 1083 00:50:03,568 --> 00:50:06,502 I'm just gonna inch my way down 1084 00:50:06,537 --> 00:50:09,171 into the dark terrifying depths. 1085 00:50:11,309 --> 00:50:13,042 Oh, there's a rock. 1086 00:50:15,113 --> 00:50:15,945 Huh. 1087 00:50:16,848 --> 00:50:19,982 Okay. Well my feet are touching the bottom. 1088 00:50:23,554 --> 00:50:26,055 I'm just not better out right here. 1089 00:50:27,392 --> 00:50:29,725 I can see about a foot. 1090 00:50:29,761 --> 00:50:31,727 It's really pretty spooky. 1091 00:50:31,763 --> 00:50:34,230 So you got the dark and scary, zeke. 1092 00:50:34,265 --> 00:50:35,798 [zeke] yeah. It's pretty terrifying down here. 1093 00:50:35,833 --> 00:50:38,200 Honestly, I can't think of very many things 1094 00:50:38,236 --> 00:50:40,102 that would scare me more. 1095 00:50:45,343 --> 00:50:46,575 The gold that my friend found 1096 00:50:46,611 --> 00:50:48,577 was in the cracks of this bedrock. 1097 00:50:48,613 --> 00:50:50,413 See, like a crack like this. 1098 00:50:50,448 --> 00:50:52,181 So I'm gonna see if there's any gold 1099 00:50:52,216 --> 00:50:53,582 in this bedrock crack. 1100 00:50:53,618 --> 00:50:55,384 [man] copy that. 1101 00:50:56,487 --> 00:50:58,220 [zeke] okay. 1102 00:51:05,163 --> 00:51:06,228 [zeke speaking]. 1103 00:51:08,566 --> 00:51:11,700 Really hard to see because of the murk. 1104 00:51:12,703 --> 00:51:15,471 Okay. I'm gonna move to a different crack. 1105 00:51:15,506 --> 00:51:17,306 [man] copy that. 1106 00:51:21,112 --> 00:51:22,344 [zeke] whoa. 1107 00:51:26,217 --> 00:51:27,383 Oh, yeah. 1108 00:51:28,686 --> 00:51:30,719 That's a piece of gold. 1109 00:51:30,755 --> 00:51:34,356 Right there. See, there's gold right there. 1110 00:51:34,392 --> 00:51:36,425 That's awesome. Whoa. 1111 00:51:36,461 --> 00:51:37,760 Hell yeah, man. 1112 00:51:37,795 --> 00:51:40,262 [zeke] there's just cracks of bedrock 1113 00:51:40,298 --> 00:51:41,697 with pieces of gold in them. 1114 00:51:41,732 --> 00:51:43,532 It's exactly what I was suspecting 1115 00:51:43,568 --> 00:51:45,401 and hoping that it would be. 1116 00:51:45,436 --> 00:51:47,636 Yeah, see, there's another piece of gold 1117 00:51:47,672 --> 00:51:49,672 right there in the crack. 1118 00:51:49,707 --> 00:51:51,474 That's worth the drive. 1119 00:51:51,509 --> 00:51:54,543 [zeke speaking] 1120 00:51:54,579 --> 00:51:56,812 [stan] that's awesome, dude. I love it. 1121 00:51:56,848 --> 00:51:59,748 [zeke] I'm honestly, in all sense of the word, 1122 00:51:59,784 --> 00:52:03,352 pretty stoked that I found pieces of gold 1123 00:52:03,387 --> 00:52:05,287 right here because this is the first place 1124 00:52:05,323 --> 00:52:07,423 that we randomly set anchor. 1125 00:52:07,458 --> 00:52:09,458 [man] that is awesome. Good job. 1126 00:52:09,494 --> 00:52:11,494 Dropped right down to something. 1127 00:52:11,529 --> 00:52:14,530 -[stan] woo-hoo! -[man] all right. 1128 00:52:14,565 --> 00:52:17,333 Yeah. Mission success. 1129 00:52:33,417 --> 00:52:34,517 [gary] I can't even believe the gold 1130 00:52:34,552 --> 00:52:36,352 I'm seeing down here. 1131 00:52:38,556 --> 00:52:40,623 [vernon] all right. Gary, you got your time in, 1132 00:52:40,658 --> 00:52:42,224 come on up, buddy. 1133 00:52:43,461 --> 00:52:44,460 [gary] all right. I hear you. 1134 00:52:44,495 --> 00:52:45,661 Coming up. 1135 00:52:45,696 --> 00:52:47,363 [narrator] as gary simpson finishes 1136 00:52:47,398 --> 00:52:49,498 his time on the box... 1137 00:52:49,534 --> 00:52:50,766 Just getting ready. 1138 00:52:50,801 --> 00:52:53,302 Been a while since I've been in a suit. 1139 00:52:53,337 --> 00:52:54,336 [narrator] it's time for the man 1140 00:52:54,372 --> 00:52:55,771 they call crazy jesus 1141 00:52:55,806 --> 00:52:58,340 to take his first plunge in years. 1142 00:52:58,376 --> 00:53:00,509 You're not nervous, are you? 1143 00:53:00,545 --> 00:53:02,144 A little bit. 1144 00:53:03,481 --> 00:53:04,713 I expect that though. 1145 00:53:04,749 --> 00:53:06,582 [vernon] yeah, first dive in two 1146 00:53:06,617 --> 00:53:08,317 and a half years. 1147 00:53:09,554 --> 00:53:10,653 The last time you dove, 1148 00:53:10,688 --> 00:53:12,488 it laid you up for two years. 1149 00:53:12,523 --> 00:53:14,089 [man] yup. 1150 00:53:20,565 --> 00:53:22,431 Get your dive in and see how it goes. 1151 00:53:24,368 --> 00:53:26,535 Diving it's, uh, it's dangerous 1152 00:53:26,571 --> 00:53:28,437 and it's physically challenging 1153 00:53:28,472 --> 00:53:31,407 but it's also mentally challenging. 1154 00:53:31,442 --> 00:53:32,641 I mean, it's a mental game. 1155 00:53:32,677 --> 00:53:34,476 I know he's enthusiastic 1156 00:53:34,512 --> 00:53:36,645 but I can also tell he's very nervous. 1157 00:53:36,681 --> 00:53:38,480 I'm hoping for the best today 1158 00:53:38,516 --> 00:53:39,582 because we need it. 1159 00:53:39,617 --> 00:53:40,716 Here's your octopus. 1160 00:53:40,751 --> 00:53:42,384 I'm gonna put it underneath the strap 1161 00:53:42,420 --> 00:53:43,819 -right here, okay? -All right. 1162 00:53:43,854 --> 00:53:46,555 [man] so it's right under there, so here's a... 1163 00:53:46,591 --> 00:53:48,324 Here it is in case you need it, okay? 1164 00:53:48,359 --> 00:53:49,558 -[man] okay. -[vernon] all right. 1165 00:53:49,594 --> 00:53:51,293 Here we go. 1166 00:54:06,711 --> 00:54:07,676 I think he'll do good. 1167 00:54:07,712 --> 00:54:09,578 It wouldn't surprise me if he gets down there 1168 00:54:09,614 --> 00:54:12,047 and puts in three hours at least. 1169 00:54:15,319 --> 00:54:17,286 [man] all right. I'm at the nozzle. 1170 00:54:17,321 --> 00:54:18,454 [vernon] that's the nozzle. 1171 00:54:18,489 --> 00:54:21,056 All right. He's on the bottom. 1172 00:54:32,203 --> 00:54:36,205 [man speaking] 1173 00:54:37,675 --> 00:54:40,276 [vernon] it's okay. You just keep breathing. 1174 00:54:44,815 --> 00:54:48,951 Yo craig, just let us know if you see some gold. 1175 00:54:50,221 --> 00:54:53,222 [man speaking] 1176 00:55:02,500 --> 00:55:04,233 [vernon] yeah, yeah, it'll come to you. 1177 00:55:04,268 --> 00:55:05,768 It'll come to you. 1178 00:55:05,803 --> 00:55:09,605 Last time he was down two and a half years ago, 1179 00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:12,341 somebody put a hydraulic hose 1180 00:55:12,376 --> 00:55:15,444 in line with his air hose. 1181 00:55:15,479 --> 00:55:17,313 And it poisoned him. 1182 00:55:17,348 --> 00:55:18,681 It damn near killed him. 1183 00:55:19,684 --> 00:55:22,484 I just got my fingers crossed that he holds up. 1184 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,820 I mean, this is our last shot right now. 1185 00:55:24,855 --> 00:55:26,288 If he... If he can't make it, 1186 00:55:26,324 --> 00:55:28,157 we're back down to one diver. 1187 00:55:28,826 --> 00:55:30,192 But this late in the season, 1188 00:55:31,595 --> 00:55:33,395 one diver is not enough. 1189 00:55:39,136 --> 00:55:42,137 [man speaking] 1190 00:55:48,412 --> 00:55:50,979 I'm not breathing so hard. 1191 00:55:52,883 --> 00:55:55,217 A little different than it used to be for me, 1192 00:55:55,252 --> 00:55:56,285 I'll tell you that. 1193 00:55:57,822 --> 00:56:01,090 That's already been dredged there. [groans] 1194 00:56:02,426 --> 00:56:05,594 [vernon speaking] 1195 00:56:05,629 --> 00:56:07,996 we had to pump it up some. 1196 00:56:09,533 --> 00:56:10,532 [man speaking] 1197 00:56:10,568 --> 00:56:13,602 [vernon] I said you're breathing is heavy. 1198 00:56:13,637 --> 00:56:16,538 We had to start on the other compressor. 1199 00:56:16,574 --> 00:56:18,307 [man] yeah, I'm sure. 1200 00:56:30,721 --> 00:56:32,755 Do you need to come up to fix it? 1201 00:56:32,790 --> 00:56:36,091 Just had a little bit of trouble with my mask there. 1202 00:56:41,565 --> 00:56:42,831 [vernon] okay. 1203 00:56:42,867 --> 00:56:45,968 We'll pull your umbilical if you're coming up. 1204 00:56:47,605 --> 00:56:50,005 [man] he's coming up. 1205 00:56:53,177 --> 00:56:54,710 [man speaking] 1206 00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:57,112 [vernon] hey, brian. Get that stuff off of him. 1207 00:57:03,354 --> 00:57:05,120 [brian] take a breather. 1208 00:57:06,357 --> 00:57:08,090 -Sit down. -[brian] have a seat. 1209 00:57:11,395 --> 00:57:13,262 [vernon] come on, man. 1210 00:57:13,297 --> 00:57:15,464 Get him on... Get him on dock. 1211 00:57:15,499 --> 00:57:17,299 -I'm okay right now. -[vernon] no, no. 1212 00:57:17,334 --> 00:57:18,967 You got to come out, man. 1213 00:57:20,871 --> 00:57:23,972 I had no idea I wouldn't be able to breathe. 1214 00:57:25,176 --> 00:57:26,375 [vernon] sit down. 1215 00:57:33,584 --> 00:57:35,984 If my mask wouldn't be coming up on my chin, 1216 00:57:36,020 --> 00:57:37,553 I'd just stay down there and kept going. 1217 00:57:37,588 --> 00:57:39,421 -[vernon] no, you... No, you... -Keep trying. 1218 00:57:39,457 --> 00:57:40,322 Yeah, no, I would've been fine 1219 00:57:40,357 --> 00:57:41,690 if I had just kept down there for once. 1220 00:57:41,725 --> 00:57:44,359 [vernon] no, no, I don't think so, man. 1221 00:57:44,395 --> 00:57:47,396 You know, it's a good thing you came up. 1222 00:57:47,431 --> 00:57:50,265 It wasn't gonna get any better. 1223 00:57:50,301 --> 00:57:52,334 -It just gets worse. -Right. 1224 00:57:53,571 --> 00:57:56,438 I just don't wanna give up, man. 1225 00:57:56,474 --> 00:57:58,740 [vernon] craig, I hate to tell you, 1226 00:57:58,776 --> 00:58:00,442 I mean, in case you haven't figured it out, 1227 00:58:00,478 --> 00:58:03,145 you're done. On here, anyway. 1228 00:58:03,180 --> 00:58:04,613 Oh, man. 1229 00:58:04,648 --> 00:58:05,714 [vernon] I'm not gonna pull up 1230 00:58:05,749 --> 00:58:07,349 any dead bodies up from the bottom 1231 00:58:07,384 --> 00:58:08,417 of the ocean down there. 1232 00:58:10,521 --> 00:58:11,753 It's better you came up when you could 1233 00:58:11,789 --> 00:58:14,723 still come up under your own power. 1234 00:58:14,758 --> 00:58:17,292 And believe me, I appreciate you coming out here 1235 00:58:17,328 --> 00:58:18,560 and giving it a shot, you know, 1236 00:58:18,596 --> 00:58:20,762 and the other guys do too. 1237 00:58:20,798 --> 00:58:22,464 We got nothing but appreciation. 1238 00:58:22,500 --> 00:58:25,434 But you're not ready to go back down there yet. 1239 00:58:29,273 --> 00:58:30,472 He's been through hell. 1240 00:58:30,508 --> 00:58:32,307 I appreciate him making the effort 1241 00:58:32,343 --> 00:58:34,276 but it is not gonna work out. 1242 00:58:34,311 --> 00:58:36,411 Season's almost over. 1243 00:58:36,447 --> 00:58:40,282 I got to get what I need to pay off 56. 1244 00:58:40,317 --> 00:58:42,251 I'm out of options. 1245 00:58:42,286 --> 00:58:43,619 There's nobody else to call. 1246 00:58:43,654 --> 00:58:45,387 You need to get yourself well. 1247 00:58:45,422 --> 00:58:47,155 You're not well yet. 1248 00:58:49,527 --> 00:58:52,194 So it's just not gonna work. 1249 00:58:53,464 --> 00:58:54,229 [man] I just never thought 1250 00:58:54,265 --> 00:58:56,064 I wouldn't be able to breathe. 1251 00:58:58,636 --> 00:58:58,834 [suspenseful music playing] 1252 00:59:08,579 --> 00:59:10,312 [shawn] the hydraulic line blew 1253 00:59:10,347 --> 00:59:12,447 and it popped the power pack 1254 00:59:12,483 --> 00:59:13,715 that runs the spuds, 1255 00:59:13,751 --> 00:59:17,352 so here we are waiting for parts. 1256 00:59:17,388 --> 00:59:20,088 [narrator] needing another 750 ounces 1257 00:59:20,124 --> 00:59:22,090 in the waning days of summer, 1258 00:59:22,726 --> 00:59:24,660 mr. Gold's newly revamped 1259 00:59:24,695 --> 00:59:27,429 myrtle irene is at a standstill. 1260 00:59:28,732 --> 00:59:30,933 Blew right out of the fitting. 1261 00:59:31,802 --> 00:59:34,236 [shawn] good news is we found a hell 1262 00:59:34,271 --> 00:59:35,304 of a pay streak. 1263 00:59:35,339 --> 00:59:36,605 Bad news is the spuds are stuck 1264 00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:37,806 to the bottom of the ground. 1265 00:59:37,841 --> 00:59:39,541 [cody] I don't know if it's a faulty hose 1266 00:59:39,577 --> 00:59:41,743 or a faulty crimp or what it was. 1267 00:59:41,779 --> 00:59:43,412 [shawn] we got the parts to fix it 1268 00:59:43,447 --> 00:59:45,213 but we have to do it fast. 1269 00:59:45,249 --> 00:59:47,416 We have no time to spare. 1270 00:59:47,451 --> 00:59:49,151 [nate] I'm gonna fire it up. 1271 00:59:52,189 --> 00:59:55,157 [nate speaking] 1272 01:00:09,039 --> 01:00:11,373 all right. You're good to go, buddy. 1273 01:00:11,408 --> 01:00:12,908 That should be good. 1274 01:00:13,844 --> 01:00:16,311 It ended up blowing the hydraulic line 1275 01:00:16,347 --> 01:00:18,580 that raises and lowers the spuds. 1276 01:00:18,616 --> 01:00:20,515 Nate ran us a new one out, 1277 01:00:20,551 --> 01:00:23,018 got that back on, back up and running. 1278 01:00:25,489 --> 01:00:26,655 [man speaking] 1279 01:00:26,690 --> 01:00:29,424 we got the spuds fixed. 1280 01:00:29,460 --> 01:00:30,392 We're back up and running. 1281 01:00:30,427 --> 01:00:32,427 Now we just gotta follow this pay streak 1282 01:00:32,463 --> 01:00:35,030 so we can pay the bills and make some money. 1283 01:00:39,236 --> 01:00:40,369 Fire up that deck. 1284 01:00:46,410 --> 01:00:47,576 Time to make some gold. 1285 01:00:47,611 --> 01:00:49,411 We got everything working. 1286 01:00:50,547 --> 01:00:52,347 We need to pile up some gold. 1287 01:01:06,497 --> 01:01:08,430 This stuff looks really good. 1288 01:01:13,637 --> 01:01:16,004 Oh. There's some cobble in there. 1289 01:01:17,307 --> 01:01:19,307 Oh. [laughs] 1290 01:01:31,522 --> 01:01:33,321 there it is. 1291 01:01:38,595 --> 01:01:41,163 We're actually making money now. 1292 01:01:43,567 --> 01:01:45,300 And it looks good. 1293 01:01:59,450 --> 01:02:00,982 We're in the gold. 1294 01:02:02,219 --> 01:02:04,252 One bucket, you know, 1295 01:02:04,288 --> 01:02:05,454 one of these buckets could have 1296 01:02:05,489 --> 01:02:07,422 a couple thousand dollars in it. 1297 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:11,359 Oh. [laughs] 1298 01:02:13,564 --> 01:02:15,430 gravel, easy digging. 1299 01:02:15,466 --> 01:02:17,432 One bucket, you're in the paying. 1300 01:02:21,472 --> 01:02:22,704 I'm gonna push the rest of the season 1301 01:02:22,740 --> 01:02:24,539 like we never have before. 1302 01:02:24,575 --> 01:02:26,341 On a pay streak like this, 1303 01:02:26,376 --> 01:02:29,978 sky's the limit. Not taking any prisoners. 1304 01:02:31,381 --> 01:02:33,348 Beautiful material. 1305 01:02:34,618 --> 01:02:37,219 We're making gold. 1306 01:02:40,958 --> 01:02:43,158 [narrator] and now another social hour 1307 01:02:43,193 --> 01:02:44,292 with vernon. 1308 01:02:45,529 --> 01:02:46,795 A day like today, about the only thing 1309 01:02:46,830 --> 01:02:50,432 I could do is come in here and have a quiet cocktail 1310 01:02:50,467 --> 01:02:54,503 and check my social media. 1311 01:02:54,538 --> 01:02:57,105 It's all near and dear to my heart. 1312 01:02:58,408 --> 01:03:00,342 Not. 1313 01:03:00,377 --> 01:03:01,710 Bubbabacon. 1314 01:03:01,745 --> 01:03:05,547 I think you're a sexy hunk-o-man. 1315 01:03:05,582 --> 01:03:09,351 Bubba, you got to get gender specific there 1316 01:03:09,386 --> 01:03:14,289 but whichever way I take it as a compliment. Whoop it on me, bubba. 1317 01:03:14,324 --> 01:03:15,757 Johnnylonghandle. 1318 01:03:15,793 --> 01:03:18,560 Elaine is way better looking than you. 1319 01:03:18,595 --> 01:03:22,731 She should be on the show, not your ugly ass. 1320 01:03:22,766 --> 01:03:25,767 Johnny, I mean, come on, man. 1321 01:03:25,803 --> 01:03:27,402 You don't know about my ass. 1322 01:03:27,437 --> 01:03:30,338 I mean, I do have a couple of tattoos on it. 1323 01:03:30,374 --> 01:03:32,107 Fluffy cookie. 1324 01:03:32,142 --> 01:03:33,175 Ooh. 1325 01:03:39,449 --> 01:03:40,448 Where in the hell were you 1326 01:03:40,484 --> 01:03:42,484 when I was single, fluffy? 1327 01:03:42,519 --> 01:03:44,553 Don't answer that question. 1328 01:03:44,588 --> 01:03:46,588 Krazykatlady. 1329 01:03:46,623 --> 01:03:49,691 I always fast forward when vernon's on. 1330 01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:52,294 Well, you know what, krazykatlady, 1331 01:03:52,329 --> 01:03:53,361 that's okay. 1332 01:03:53,397 --> 01:03:55,697 I mean, you know, to each his own. 1333 01:03:55,732 --> 01:03:57,732 If you don't like watching me, you know, 1334 01:03:57,768 --> 01:04:00,468 go do something with your cats. 1335 01:04:00,504 --> 01:04:03,505 And then eat [bleep] and die [bleep]. 1336 01:04:03,540 --> 01:04:05,407 Bydmanflymflam. 1337 01:04:05,442 --> 01:04:08,410 Do you pay taxes on all your gold? 1338 01:04:08,445 --> 01:04:11,012 Taxes has not been a problem yet. 1339 01:04:11,048 --> 01:04:13,782 I hope to someday be in a category where 1340 01:04:13,817 --> 01:04:16,451 I would have to pay taxes because, you know, 1341 01:04:16,486 --> 01:04:18,186 there's nothing I love doing 1342 01:04:18,222 --> 01:04:19,554 more than paying taxes. 1343 01:04:19,590 --> 01:04:20,689 That's why I'm in this business, 1344 01:04:20,724 --> 01:04:23,358 so I make enough money to pay taxes 1345 01:04:23,393 --> 01:04:25,460 to support all your sorry asses out there 1346 01:04:25,495 --> 01:04:27,295 that won't get off the sofa 1347 01:04:27,331 --> 01:04:29,497 and get a job. 1348 01:04:29,533 --> 01:04:30,599 [narrator] this has been another 1349 01:04:30,634 --> 01:04:33,301 social hour with vernon. 1350 01:04:33,337 --> 01:04:35,370 Slap and tickle. 1351 01:04:35,405 --> 01:04:37,539 Oh, my god. Slap and tickle. 1352 01:04:37,574 --> 01:04:39,241 I'm liking that. 1353 01:04:40,277 --> 01:04:43,245 [dramatic music playing] 1354 01:04:49,553 --> 01:04:50,518 [man] how's it going? 1355 01:04:50,554 --> 01:04:54,055 [zeke speaking] 1356 01:04:55,592 --> 01:04:57,259 I think this area is going 1357 01:04:57,294 --> 01:05:00,495 to demand probably a lot of further investigation. 1358 01:05:00,530 --> 01:05:02,430 [man] dude, that's awesome. 1359 01:05:02,466 --> 01:05:04,432 [narrator] far from the comforts of nome, 1360 01:05:04,468 --> 01:05:07,302 cape rodney is showing zeke tenhoff 1361 01:05:07,337 --> 01:05:09,671 plenty of respect. 1362 01:05:09,706 --> 01:05:10,739 [zeke] it's crazy. It just these little 1363 01:05:10,774 --> 01:05:14,843 crack here with pieces of gold in them. 1364 01:05:14,878 --> 01:05:18,780 If you can drop down randomly out here 1365 01:05:18,815 --> 01:05:22,350 on this bedrock field and you can find gold, 1366 01:05:22,386 --> 01:05:24,386 that means that if we had a whole bunch 1367 01:05:24,421 --> 01:05:26,154 of time to travel 1368 01:05:26,189 --> 01:05:30,292 across this bedrock field, we would probably 1369 01:05:30,327 --> 01:05:33,094 find where the [bleep] is. 1370 01:05:34,331 --> 01:05:37,399 Because I guarantee you, there's a crack around here 1371 01:05:37,434 --> 01:05:41,536 that's just completely loaded with gold. 1372 01:05:41,605 --> 01:05:43,505 Actually, I think this is where I wanna come 1373 01:05:43,540 --> 01:05:45,407 this winter, like immediately. 1374 01:05:45,442 --> 01:05:46,641 [man] awesome. 1375 01:05:46,677 --> 01:05:48,576 [zeke] yeah, it really, like, do a big survey 1376 01:05:48,612 --> 01:05:50,779 like a winter time survey of these cracks 1377 01:05:50,814 --> 01:05:53,748 and see where it gets... Where it gets rich. 1378 01:05:53,784 --> 01:05:56,318 Sounds like a great plan, man. 1379 01:05:56,353 --> 01:05:58,653 I think we may have found our spot. 1380 01:05:58,689 --> 01:06:01,556 Good [bleep] glad we came out, man. 1381 01:06:01,591 --> 01:06:03,525 [zeke] yeah. I'm glad we came out here too. 1382 01:06:03,560 --> 01:06:04,859 I mean, total, like, random crapshoot 1383 01:06:04,895 --> 01:06:08,363 adventure here and we found gold the first 1384 01:06:08,398 --> 01:06:12,267 place we dropped down, so it's inspiring. 1385 01:06:19,810 --> 01:06:23,078 Guys, the swells are coming up a bit up here. 1386 01:06:23,113 --> 01:06:25,780 How much longer do you think you wanna stay down? 1387 01:06:25,816 --> 01:06:28,783 [zeke] well, I wanna stay on the safe side 1388 01:06:28,819 --> 01:06:30,752 but I also want to clean out a couple more 1389 01:06:30,787 --> 01:06:32,787 of these cracks and look at the bottom of them. 1390 01:06:32,823 --> 01:06:34,556 Sounds good. We'll just, you know, 1391 01:06:34,591 --> 01:06:38,426 keep you informed up here and pull it up a little longer. 1392 01:06:38,462 --> 01:06:40,962 [zeke] okay. Sounds good. 1393 01:06:43,934 --> 01:06:45,467 I need to dig a couple more little holes 1394 01:06:45,502 --> 01:06:47,435 in these bedrock cracks. 1395 01:06:50,540 --> 01:06:53,508 It's extremely exciting to me that nobody's 1396 01:06:53,543 --> 01:06:56,745 really prospected this that much. 1397 01:06:56,780 --> 01:06:58,713 Actually, there's like three or four pieces 1398 01:06:58,749 --> 01:07:01,316 of gold in the bottom of this crack. 1399 01:07:08,525 --> 01:07:10,325 Yeah. The swells look like they're kicking up 1400 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:12,193 a little bit. 1401 01:07:15,832 --> 01:07:18,166 [zeke] wow. I feel the boat getting yanked 1402 01:07:18,201 --> 01:07:19,501 around quite a bit. 1403 01:07:19,536 --> 01:07:21,403 I mean, it's pretty sketchy down here. 1404 01:07:21,438 --> 01:07:24,773 Seriously, it's scary. 1405 01:07:24,808 --> 01:07:26,541 [stan] yeah, it's pretty swelly up here. 1406 01:07:26,576 --> 01:07:28,710 We're so far from home, it's better to be safe 1407 01:07:28,745 --> 01:07:31,679 than sorry in this situation. 1408 01:07:31,715 --> 01:07:35,283 When these winds turn, it gets nasty fast. 1409 01:07:36,787 --> 01:07:38,620 So, it's definitely picking up. 1410 01:07:38,655 --> 01:07:41,189 It's not terrible yet, but I don't wanna wait 1411 01:07:41,224 --> 01:07:42,557 until it's terrible. 1412 01:07:42,592 --> 01:07:45,627 Uh, if it gets really bad and blows from the south, 1413 01:07:45,662 --> 01:07:46,828 we could be in trouble. 1414 01:07:46,863 --> 01:07:50,298 So, I think it'd be better that we just call it. 1415 01:07:50,333 --> 01:07:51,599 Hey, zeke. You copy? 1416 01:07:51,635 --> 01:07:53,468 [zeke] yeah, I got you. 1417 01:07:53,503 --> 01:07:54,669 Well, the swells are picking up a bit, 1418 01:07:54,704 --> 01:07:56,571 it's not crazy. But, you know, 1419 01:07:56,606 --> 01:07:57,839 we have a long trip back and, uh, 1420 01:07:57,874 --> 01:08:01,743 we're just seeing what do you wanna do here? 1421 01:08:01,778 --> 01:08:03,745 [zeke] I don't wanna push it with safety. 1422 01:08:03,780 --> 01:08:05,780 Yeah, if it's picking up it's gonna get a lot worse. 1423 01:08:05,816 --> 01:08:07,515 It gets really sketchy out here because 1424 01:08:07,551 --> 01:08:09,884 we're next to the cave and that's where the waves 1425 01:08:09,920 --> 01:08:11,486 like really pick up because the, uh, 1426 01:08:11,521 --> 01:08:13,888 all the water is channeled through here. 1427 01:08:13,924 --> 01:08:15,457 I wanna come up and I wanna pull the gear out 1428 01:08:15,492 --> 01:08:17,892 of the water and I wanna get out of here. 1429 01:08:18,762 --> 01:08:20,428 [stan] all right, man. Let's do it. 1430 01:08:20,464 --> 01:08:22,530 Sweet, you found some gold down there. 1431 01:08:22,566 --> 01:08:24,966 [zeke] all right, I'm gonna get out of here. 1432 01:08:26,570 --> 01:08:28,670 -We had ventured out... -[man] copy that. 1433 01:08:28,705 --> 01:08:31,606 ...To the outer reaches and then we found treasure. 1434 01:08:31,641 --> 01:08:33,741 Oh, yeah. What a day. 1435 01:08:33,777 --> 01:08:36,344 -Choice, [bleep] choices. -[man] success. 1436 01:08:36,379 --> 01:08:40,215 -Definite success. -[makes sound] 1437 01:08:44,855 --> 01:08:45,787 [zeke] I'm stoked. 1438 01:08:45,822 --> 01:08:48,389 I just feel like we're lucky to be able to find 1439 01:08:48,425 --> 01:08:50,825 what we found today. 1440 01:08:50,861 --> 01:08:52,694 We came all the way out to cape rodney. 1441 01:08:52,729 --> 01:08:56,231 I've had what I think was a pretty successful dive. 1442 01:08:56,266 --> 01:08:57,365 Woo! 1443 01:08:57,400 --> 01:09:00,802 Diving in the murk is never fun but like 1444 01:09:00,837 --> 01:09:03,505 I found some gold in one of these bedrock cracks. 1445 01:09:03,540 --> 01:09:05,573 So that's really encouraging because 1446 01:09:05,609 --> 01:09:07,909 I keep swinging for the fences and I need 1447 01:09:07,944 --> 01:09:13,181 these ideas to be paying off better than they are. 1448 01:09:14,351 --> 01:09:16,251 Time to go home. 1449 01:09:16,286 --> 01:09:19,287 [upbeat music playing] 1450 01:09:21,591 --> 01:09:23,458 [zeke] I like cape rodney a lot. 1451 01:09:23,493 --> 01:09:25,426 It pulls us to something new. 1452 01:09:25,462 --> 01:09:27,896 It's really nice to go on ground 1453 01:09:27,931 --> 01:09:29,531 that hasn't been worked before because there's always 1454 01:09:29,566 --> 01:09:31,900 that chance you're gonna hit it big. 1455 01:09:31,935 --> 01:09:33,868 If we have one more day of good weather before 1456 01:09:33,904 --> 01:09:36,404 the season ends, it might be good to go back out 1457 01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:38,373 to that spot and prospect all day. 1458 01:09:38,408 --> 01:09:39,841 [zeke] that is an option. 1459 01:09:39,876 --> 01:09:41,676 I mean it's got my gears turning. 1460 01:09:41,711 --> 01:09:44,112 Yo, I love to sailboat dredge so much. 1461 01:09:44,147 --> 01:09:47,749 It allows us to like leisurely and in comfort 1462 01:09:47,784 --> 01:09:50,351 like motor outside of town just kind of talking 1463 01:09:50,387 --> 01:09:52,086 about our feelings. 1464 01:09:52,122 --> 01:09:55,123 [laughter] 1465 01:09:57,294 --> 01:10:00,361 [stan] ooh, yeah. [coughing] 1466 01:10:05,635 --> 01:10:08,136 [narrator] back in nome. 1467 01:10:09,839 --> 01:10:13,541 [kris] this season has been one [bleep] up thing. 1468 01:10:13,577 --> 01:10:17,445 [narrator] the kelly's sad saga continues. 1469 01:10:17,480 --> 01:10:19,180 I'm [bleep] tired. 1470 01:10:19,216 --> 01:10:23,218 [kris speaking] 1471 01:10:23,253 --> 01:10:25,520 [brad speaking] 1472 01:10:25,555 --> 01:10:27,188 [kris] the pond at dredge 6 1473 01:10:27,224 --> 01:10:28,389 wasn't a success. 1474 01:10:28,425 --> 01:10:30,558 Elim, cripple river, everything's kind of 1475 01:10:30,594 --> 01:10:32,894 ended in a disaster. 1476 01:10:32,929 --> 01:10:34,562 But right now I'm gonna keep pushing. 1477 01:10:34,598 --> 01:10:35,730 I got to create opportunities 1478 01:10:35,765 --> 01:10:37,465 where there aren't any. That's exactly 1479 01:10:37,500 --> 01:10:39,601 what I'm gonna do right now. 1480 01:10:40,637 --> 01:10:43,671 So, the plan today is go over to the au grabber. 1481 01:10:43,707 --> 01:10:45,506 I know the guy, james, that runs it 1482 01:10:45,542 --> 01:10:46,574 and we're pretty good friends. 1483 01:10:46,610 --> 01:10:47,642 [buzzer buzzes] 1484 01:10:47,677 --> 01:10:48,576 kind of good friends. 1485 01:10:48,612 --> 01:10:50,211 [buzzer buzzes] 1486 01:10:50,247 --> 01:10:50,578 we know each other. 1487 01:10:50,614 --> 01:10:51,613 [bell dings] 1488 01:10:51,648 --> 01:10:54,249 I hear, he needs workers and that's what 1489 01:10:54,284 --> 01:10:55,483 I wanna learn. 1490 01:10:55,518 --> 01:10:58,486 [excavator beeping] 1491 01:10:58,521 --> 01:11:00,388 [kris] and he's taking off the excavator today 1492 01:11:00,423 --> 01:11:01,723 and he's replacing the excavator. 1493 01:11:01,758 --> 01:11:02,624 [brad] what's wrong on this one? 1494 01:11:02,659 --> 01:11:04,392 [kris] it's a piece of [bleep]. 1495 01:11:04,427 --> 01:11:06,561 Call me foolish but I would've waited until 1496 01:11:06,596 --> 01:11:09,197 it was low tide and I would've drove it 1497 01:11:09,232 --> 01:11:10,431 right off. But that's me. 1498 01:11:10,467 --> 01:11:11,532 What do I know? 1499 01:11:11,568 --> 01:11:14,669 [metal creaking] 1500 01:11:14,704 --> 01:11:17,405 [kris] holy [bleep] that looks scary. 1501 01:11:21,578 --> 01:11:23,544 It sounded like a good idea before we got here. 1502 01:11:23,580 --> 01:11:25,513 But now I'm asking myself, "do you really 1503 01:11:25,548 --> 01:11:27,482 want a job here?" 1504 01:11:27,517 --> 01:11:29,951 this guy [bleep] does dumb [bleep] all the time. 1505 01:11:29,986 --> 01:11:30,852 [laughs] 1506 01:11:30,887 --> 01:11:34,122 he's like steve riedel with an excavator. 1507 01:11:35,592 --> 01:11:36,858 -You enjoy the show? -I enjoyed the show. 1508 01:11:36,893 --> 01:11:39,527 -You did great. -Thanks. A little sketchy. 1509 01:11:39,562 --> 01:11:41,462 Yeah, well, we didn't have a lot of faith in you 1510 01:11:41,498 --> 01:11:43,398 but you pulled it off. 1511 01:11:43,433 --> 01:11:47,468 Uh, so, we've been going around a little bit 1512 01:11:47,504 --> 01:11:48,636 this year. And we haven't been doing 1513 01:11:48,672 --> 01:11:49,704 that good. We were planning... 1514 01:11:49,739 --> 01:11:51,806 We went to elim and everything went [bleep] 1515 01:11:51,841 --> 01:11:52,540 on us. 1516 01:11:52,575 --> 01:11:54,642 And, uh, so that was my whole plan 1517 01:11:54,678 --> 01:11:55,677 for this season. 1518 01:11:55,712 --> 01:11:57,645 So, right now we don't actually have a plan. 1519 01:11:57,681 --> 01:12:00,248 You know, and we need a job. 1520 01:12:01,418 --> 01:12:03,451 Do you wanna give us a job for a couple weeks? 1521 01:12:03,486 --> 01:12:06,988 [suspenseful music playing] 1522 01:12:10,360 --> 01:12:11,693 -I mean, who can run? -[brad] I can. 1523 01:12:11,728 --> 01:12:13,761 I can run an excavator, too. 1524 01:12:13,797 --> 01:12:15,797 Okay, so the truth is, I don't really know 1525 01:12:15,832 --> 01:12:18,166 how to run an excavator but that's never 1526 01:12:18,201 --> 01:12:19,567 stopped me before. 1527 01:12:19,602 --> 01:12:21,269 I mean, how hard does it look? 1528 01:12:21,304 --> 01:12:22,470 James does it. 1529 01:12:22,505 --> 01:12:25,673 [dramatic music playing] 1530 01:12:26,543 --> 01:12:28,509 [james] uh, dude, totally short, you know, 1531 01:12:28,545 --> 01:12:29,610 like crew right now. 1532 01:12:29,646 --> 01:12:32,447 So, your timing is perfect. 1533 01:12:32,482 --> 01:12:34,716 I'll show you the ins and outs of everything, 1534 01:12:34,751 --> 01:12:37,385 it won't take very long and spend a couple days 1535 01:12:37,420 --> 01:12:38,720 on the water. And see how it goes. 1536 01:12:38,755 --> 01:12:40,421 -[kris] great. Yeah. -For sure. 1537 01:12:40,457 --> 01:12:41,723 Thank you very much. You know, I knew this 1538 01:12:41,758 --> 01:12:43,291 was gonna work out, you know? 1539 01:12:43,326 --> 01:12:44,392 Thanks, appreciate it though. 1540 01:12:44,427 --> 01:12:45,693 Thanks, man. Appreciate it, man. 1541 01:12:45,729 --> 01:12:48,529 -Be safe. -You too, bruh. 1542 01:12:48,565 --> 01:12:50,832 [kris] so, I basically bs my way into this. 1543 01:12:50,867 --> 01:12:52,800 So, I have to learn fast on my feet right now. 1544 01:12:52,836 --> 01:12:55,336 And this might even turn into another nightmare. 1545 01:12:55,372 --> 01:12:56,571 Who knows? 1546 01:12:56,606 --> 01:12:57,705 But I'm gonna be on an excavator barge 1547 01:12:57,741 --> 01:13:00,308 that's like being king of the sea. 1548 01:13:00,343 --> 01:13:02,076 This is gonna be huge. 1549 01:13:03,446 --> 01:13:05,380 This will save my season. 1550 01:13:05,415 --> 01:13:07,482 This will get us the money for ice season. 1551 01:13:07,517 --> 01:13:10,184 This is gonna turn everything around this year. 1552 01:13:10,587 --> 01:13:12,987 Come on, evie. 1553 01:13:15,525 --> 01:13:16,758 [narrator] and now it's time to flex 1554 01:13:16,793 --> 01:13:19,827 your bsg brain muscles with another edition 1555 01:13:19,863 --> 01:13:23,398 of do you know your miner? 1556 01:13:24,734 --> 01:13:26,467 [kris] I think I figured out 1557 01:13:26,503 --> 01:13:28,436 why no one binds this pond. 1558 01:13:28,471 --> 01:13:30,405 [man] because they're not that dumb? 1559 01:13:30,440 --> 01:13:32,473 [narrator] well, the dredge 6 pond idea 1560 01:13:32,509 --> 01:13:34,575 was yet another colossal failure 1561 01:13:34,611 --> 01:13:37,211 in the mining career of kris kelly. 1562 01:13:37,247 --> 01:13:38,713 Getting geared up. 1563 01:13:38,748 --> 01:13:40,848 [narrator] over the years, which plan 1564 01:13:40,884 --> 01:13:44,952 of kris's actually did meet with success? 1565 01:13:44,988 --> 01:13:47,422 [kris] this is the next kris kelly get rich plan. 1566 01:13:47,457 --> 01:13:49,424 [laughs] 1567 01:13:49,459 --> 01:13:52,727 [narrator] was it a, sickle speedboat? 1568 01:13:52,762 --> 01:13:54,495 [kris] this boat right here is the ticket 1569 01:13:54,531 --> 01:13:55,763 to us being rich. 1570 01:13:55,799 --> 01:13:58,499 [narrator] b, the bering explorer? 1571 01:13:58,535 --> 01:14:00,368 [kris] all we have to do is fix the boat up 1572 01:14:00,437 --> 01:14:02,203 a little bit and then we start making 1573 01:14:02,238 --> 01:14:03,438 a million dollars a year. 1574 01:14:03,473 --> 01:14:05,540 [narrator] or c, elim. 1575 01:14:05,575 --> 01:14:06,674 [kris] elim is right on our port, 1576 01:14:06,709 --> 01:14:09,510 you can see out the window right now. 1577 01:14:09,546 --> 01:14:11,546 If it pays off for us, we could be millionaires. 1578 01:14:11,581 --> 01:14:13,314 [narrator] if you said any of these... 1579 01:14:13,349 --> 01:14:14,282 [buzzer buzzes] 1580 01:14:14,317 --> 01:14:15,316 [narrator] ...You're wrong. 1581 01:14:15,351 --> 01:14:16,517 Because none of them... 1582 01:14:16,553 --> 01:14:18,586 [kris screams] come on, push. 1583 01:14:18,621 --> 01:14:19,787 [kris speaking] 1584 01:14:19,823 --> 01:14:20,788 [buzzer buzzes] 1585 01:14:20,824 --> 01:14:22,590 [narrator] not a single one were successful. 1586 01:14:22,625 --> 01:14:24,425 What a piece of the piece of [bleep]. 1587 01:14:24,461 --> 01:14:26,260 That's the picture. 1588 01:14:26,296 --> 01:14:27,628 There's the boat. 1589 01:14:27,664 --> 01:14:29,464 It's a million dollar piece of [bleep]. 1590 01:14:29,499 --> 01:14:30,965 [buzzer buzzes] 1591 01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:31,699 [explosions] 1592 01:14:31,734 --> 01:14:34,435 -whoa. [bleep] -[kris] get down! 1593 01:14:34,471 --> 01:14:36,003 -[explosions] -[buzzer buzzes] 1594 01:14:36,039 --> 01:14:38,573 [narrator] join us next time for another riveting edition 1595 01:14:38,608 --> 01:14:41,409 of do you know your miner? 1596 01:14:41,444 --> 01:14:43,978 [man] we are piercing ourselves. 1597 01:14:45,682 --> 01:14:47,548 [narrator] throughout nome, 1598 01:14:47,584 --> 01:14:49,517 winter is quickly approaching. 1599 01:14:49,552 --> 01:14:53,054 [dramatic music playing] 1600 01:14:56,426 --> 01:14:57,625 [emily] we might've done a little bit better 1601 01:14:57,660 --> 01:14:59,494 than we thought, huh? 1602 01:14:59,529 --> 01:15:01,963 [narrator] and captain emily riedel needs to make 1603 01:15:01,998 --> 01:15:04,432 a decision on claim six before the doors 1604 01:15:04,467 --> 01:15:06,367 is shut on the season. 1605 01:15:06,402 --> 01:15:09,904 Hey guys, this is a cleanup from bravo. 1606 01:15:09,939 --> 01:15:11,539 I think like bob got like what? 1607 01:15:11,574 --> 01:15:14,075 -Like, four hours? -[man] yeah. Around about that, yeah. 1608 01:15:14,110 --> 01:15:15,476 -[emily] ish, on this? -All right. 1609 01:15:15,512 --> 01:15:16,878 [man] oh, boy. Nome. 1610 01:15:16,913 --> 01:15:19,580 [emily] I mean, this is just from that one cobble spot 1611 01:15:19,616 --> 01:15:20,748 that he spent so much time and that was about 1612 01:15:20,783 --> 01:15:22,850 30 seconds away from just calling it. 1613 01:15:22,886 --> 01:15:24,619 -All right. -[man] come on, let's see what it does. 1614 01:15:24,654 --> 01:15:26,921 -[man] come on. Bravo. -[emily] come on. Bravo. 1615 01:15:26,956 --> 01:15:29,624 I really hope that this turns into some good gold 1616 01:15:29,659 --> 01:15:33,194 because, um, you know, we spent like this whole day 1617 01:15:33,229 --> 01:15:34,529 not gold mining. 1618 01:15:34,564 --> 01:15:36,764 So we could prospect this claim. 1619 01:15:36,799 --> 01:15:38,466 Yeah, let's see what this turns into. 1620 01:15:38,501 --> 01:15:40,301 [man] come on, bravo. 1621 01:15:40,336 --> 01:15:42,370 [emily] nice cleaning job. 1622 01:15:42,405 --> 01:15:43,471 Oh, my goodness. 1623 01:15:43,506 --> 01:15:44,772 [man] bob's a hell of a panner. 1624 01:15:44,807 --> 01:15:47,542 [emily] bob hafner is a legendary panner. 1625 01:15:47,577 --> 01:15:53,281 One, two, three, four, five, six, 1626 01:15:53,316 --> 01:15:56,250 seven, eight, nine, ten. 1627 01:15:56,286 --> 01:15:59,287 -Yeah. -[emily] hey, 11. 1628 01:15:59,322 --> 01:16:01,422 -Hey. -Yeah. 11.44. 1629 01:16:01,457 --> 01:16:03,724 11.44. 1630 01:16:03,760 --> 01:16:07,862 [narrator] 11.4 ounces is worth $23,000. 1631 01:16:07,897 --> 01:16:11,799 Bravo to claim six and to emily riedel who may have 1632 01:16:11,834 --> 01:16:15,136 just found the ground she's been searching for 1633 01:16:15,171 --> 01:16:15,970 all summer. 1634 01:16:16,005 --> 01:16:17,471 All right. I'm pretty happy with that. 1635 01:16:17,507 --> 01:16:18,573 [man] all right, we're good. 1636 01:16:18,608 --> 01:16:20,441 [emily] nome is very happy with that as well. 1637 01:16:20,476 --> 01:16:22,243 -[bob] nome is happy with it. -[man] do you like that? 1638 01:16:22,278 --> 01:16:23,844 That's a good clean out, huh? 1639 01:16:23,880 --> 01:16:25,479 I'm feeling really good about claim bravo. 1640 01:16:25,515 --> 01:16:26,647 It's an exciting claim. 1641 01:16:26,683 --> 01:16:28,749 So right now, the goal is to just go back to 14 1642 01:16:28,785 --> 01:16:30,851 and work on getting those 75 ounces. 1643 01:16:30,887 --> 01:16:33,721 If I wanna make an offer, it's definitely time 1644 01:16:33,756 --> 01:16:36,457 to make a solid investment up here. 1645 01:16:36,492 --> 01:16:39,827 This is definitely a good sign for that claim. 1646 01:16:39,862 --> 01:16:40,828 It might be the kind of, uh, ground 1647 01:16:40,863 --> 01:16:41,762 that we're looking for. 1648 01:16:41,798 --> 01:16:43,698 [man] I'd be down to go back and check it out 1649 01:16:43,733 --> 01:16:44,599 in the spring. 1650 01:16:44,634 --> 01:16:46,300 -Yeah. I mean, yeah. -[man] for sure. 1651 01:16:46,336 --> 01:16:49,103 Me too. Sweet. 1652 01:16:52,742 --> 01:16:56,110 [narrator] meanwhile, back out on the water. 1653 01:16:59,749 --> 01:17:01,449 [vernon] you think they're... You think 1654 01:17:01,484 --> 01:17:04,785 they're full of gold? That's why they're so heavy? 1655 01:17:04,821 --> 01:17:06,454 [narrator] despite the failed return 1656 01:17:06,489 --> 01:17:09,690 to the water of crazy jesus, vernon's team still 1657 01:17:09,726 --> 01:17:12,927 managed to get some gold on the day. 1658 01:17:13,796 --> 01:17:17,198 All right, brian. Is the gold done yet? 1659 01:17:17,233 --> 01:17:19,634 Craig doesn't work out but gary's trying his best. 1660 01:17:19,669 --> 01:17:21,535 He put some good time on that box. 1661 01:17:21,571 --> 01:17:24,505 Hopefully, it'll be enough to turn the kind of 1662 01:17:24,507 --> 01:17:27,942 profit I need to pay all the bills. 1663 01:17:28,577 --> 01:17:30,444 Let's see what we got. 1664 01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:32,079 All right guys, here we go. 1665 01:17:35,618 --> 01:17:40,154 One, two, three, all right. 1666 01:17:41,491 --> 01:17:44,358 -Four, all right. -[man] yeah. 1667 01:17:46,362 --> 01:17:47,395 Yeah. 1668 01:17:49,232 --> 01:17:50,398 Awesome. 1669 01:17:50,433 --> 01:17:52,233 [vernon] well, that's 4.73. 1670 01:17:52,268 --> 01:17:53,734 [gary] yeah. 1671 01:17:53,770 --> 01:17:54,602 It's mighty good. [gary] awesome. 1672 01:17:54,637 --> 01:17:56,303 -[man] yeah, that's good. -Mighty good. 1673 01:17:56,339 --> 01:17:57,738 [man] hell, yeah. 1674 01:17:57,774 --> 01:18:01,475 [vernon] that's damn near 0.4 ounces per hour. 1675 01:18:01,511 --> 01:18:02,476 [gary] yeah. 1676 01:18:02,512 --> 01:18:05,112 That tells me I think we hit a mega jackpot. 1677 01:18:05,148 --> 01:18:06,080 [gary] yeah. 1678 01:18:06,115 --> 01:18:08,916 [narrator] 4.7 ounces is worth over $9,000 1679 01:18:08,951 --> 01:18:13,788 edging vernon even closer to paying off claim 56 1680 01:18:13,823 --> 01:18:17,491 as he basks in the best season of his career. 1681 01:18:17,527 --> 01:18:19,393 [vernon] all I can tell you is, uh, thanks 1682 01:18:19,429 --> 01:18:20,628 for all your cooperation. 1683 01:18:20,663 --> 01:18:23,898 You're a... You're a mighty diver there, gary. 1684 01:18:23,933 --> 01:18:26,267 -[gary] yeah. Thank you. -[vernon] and you might be 1685 01:18:26,302 --> 01:18:29,236 my, uh, [laughing] 1686 01:18:29,272 --> 01:18:30,871 you might be a solo diver. 1687 01:18:30,907 --> 01:18:32,840 We'll see what happens. We'll get somebody. 1688 01:18:32,875 --> 01:18:37,511 And most likely it's not gonna be steve riedel. 1689 01:18:37,547 --> 01:18:39,447 We can use a few laughs here and there, though. 1690 01:18:39,482 --> 01:18:41,215 [vernon] yeah. 1691 01:18:43,352 --> 01:18:46,387 [dramatic music playing] 1692 01:18:50,426 --> 01:18:52,393 [narrator] back in town. 1693 01:18:59,669 --> 01:19:01,635 [shawn] gold prices are high. 1694 01:19:01,671 --> 01:19:04,371 I'm hoping we got a bunch of gold. 1695 01:19:05,475 --> 01:19:07,742 [narrator] still short 750 ounces. 1696 01:19:07,777 --> 01:19:10,644 Shawn's first stop is to check on the gold 1697 01:19:10,680 --> 01:19:13,380 for the day's limited action on the myrtle. 1698 01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:19,420 [shawn] let's see how we did. 1699 01:19:25,361 --> 01:19:27,328 Fourteen... 1700 01:19:30,199 --> 01:19:32,967 Seventeen, twenty. 1701 01:19:35,271 --> 01:19:37,138 Twenty-eight. 1702 01:19:41,611 --> 01:19:46,180 Eighty, ninety. 1703 01:19:48,184 --> 01:19:49,283 [man] one-ten. 1704 01:19:50,586 --> 01:19:54,388 One-fifteen, 1705 01:19:54,423 --> 01:19:56,357 one-twenty, 1706 01:19:56,392 --> 01:19:58,392 one-twenty-three. 1707 01:19:58,427 --> 01:20:00,361 Triple digits. 1708 01:20:00,396 --> 01:20:02,096 [shawn] woo! 1709 01:20:02,131 --> 01:20:03,564 Not bad. 1710 01:20:03,599 --> 01:20:05,399 [narrator] one hundred twenty-three ounces 1711 01:20:05,434 --> 01:20:08,669 is worth $246,000. 1712 01:20:08,704 --> 01:20:11,806 Not bad for just a few hours and proof positive 1713 01:20:11,841 --> 01:20:14,475 shawn's tweaks on the myrtle are hitting it out 1714 01:20:14,510 --> 01:20:16,177 of the park. 1715 01:20:16,212 --> 01:20:17,378 More to come. 1716 01:20:18,514 --> 01:20:21,415 [shawn] yeah, feels good. 1717 01:20:23,653 --> 01:20:26,420 [narrator] but there's still more gold to count. 1718 01:20:30,626 --> 01:20:33,527 And today is the final clean out from shawn's 1719 01:20:33,563 --> 01:20:36,430 now fully owned inland mine. 1720 01:20:39,302 --> 01:20:42,336 [man speaking] 1721 01:20:42,371 --> 01:20:44,205 [shawn] yeah, it is. 1722 01:20:46,809 --> 01:20:49,443 Inland's definitely put a lot of gold through 1723 01:20:49,478 --> 01:20:50,477 the box. 1724 01:20:50,513 --> 01:20:52,279 With the price of gold that's gonna be 1725 01:20:52,315 --> 01:20:54,415 some big money too. 1726 01:20:54,450 --> 01:20:56,483 Big clean up, big money. 1727 01:20:56,519 --> 01:20:59,653 We don't do many clean outs on the inland mine 1728 01:20:59,689 --> 01:21:01,488 throughout the season. 1729 01:21:01,557 --> 01:21:03,457 We're basically wrapping her out here. 1730 01:21:03,492 --> 01:21:05,593 This is from the last seven weeks. 1731 01:21:05,661 --> 01:21:07,661 I need it to be a big number. 1732 01:21:07,697 --> 01:21:11,031 Here we go. Let's see what this last... 1733 01:21:12,201 --> 01:21:17,271 We got 300 plus 10, 1734 01:21:17,306 --> 01:21:22,343 20, 30, 40, 1735 01:21:22,378 --> 01:21:25,512 60, 70, 80, 90. 1736 01:21:25,548 --> 01:21:28,549 Come on. Hit another hundred. 1737 01:21:28,584 --> 01:21:30,551 [man] one more. Come on. 1738 01:21:30,586 --> 01:21:34,321 One-forty-five. 1739 01:21:35,258 --> 01:21:37,424 [shawn] we're gonna hit 450? 1740 01:21:37,460 --> 01:21:39,526 No. 1741 01:21:39,562 --> 01:21:41,228 [man] one-forty-six. 1742 01:21:41,264 --> 01:21:42,863 [shawn] one-forty-six. 1743 01:21:42,899 --> 01:21:46,200 Four hundred and fifty ounces damn near. 1744 01:21:46,235 --> 01:21:47,268 Yeah. 1745 01:21:48,404 --> 01:21:50,337 [narrator] four hundred forty-six ounces 1746 01:21:50,373 --> 01:21:53,574 is worth just under $900,000. 1747 01:21:53,609 --> 01:21:56,543 Combined with the myrtle cleanout, shawn's added 1748 01:21:56,579 --> 01:22:00,481 a whopping $1.13 million to the ledger 1749 01:22:00,516 --> 01:22:02,483 and the pomrenke empire is thriving 1750 01:22:02,518 --> 01:22:05,152 in the homestretch. 1751 01:22:05,187 --> 01:22:06,453 Not a bad run. 1752 01:22:06,489 --> 01:22:07,888 No, not bad, I mean... 1753 01:22:07,924 --> 01:22:09,423 [shawn] those guys have been kicking ass, 1754 01:22:09,458 --> 01:22:11,025 putting in some hours. 1755 01:22:11,060 --> 01:22:11,625 Yeah. 1756 01:22:11,661 --> 01:22:12,826 It's a huge number. 1757 01:22:12,862 --> 01:22:15,296 This is gonna go a long way into paying off 1758 01:22:15,331 --> 01:22:16,697 everything I owe. 1759 01:22:16,732 --> 01:22:19,099 That's probably the last inland cleanup 1760 01:22:19,135 --> 01:22:20,067 for the season. 1761 01:22:20,102 --> 01:22:22,336 That looks good. Keep 'em coming in. 1762 01:22:23,372 --> 01:22:24,605 -[shawn] it's not bad. -Not bad. 1763 01:22:24,640 --> 01:22:26,373 [shawn] come on, tom. 1764 01:22:26,409 --> 01:22:29,476 [dramatic music playing] 1765 01:22:29,512 --> 01:22:33,480 [birds squawking] 1766 01:22:33,516 --> 01:22:35,782 [narrator] next time on bering sea gold. 1767 01:22:35,785 --> 01:22:38,419 [kris] today is the first day of my next adventure. 1768 01:22:38,454 --> 01:22:40,454 Right now I'm running a excavator 1769 01:22:40,489 --> 01:22:41,655 on the bering sea. 1770 01:22:41,691 --> 01:22:43,424 [shawn] we don't have a whole lot of time 1771 01:22:43,459 --> 01:22:44,692 and we need to find gold. 1772 01:22:44,727 --> 01:22:48,896 [bleep] damn it. Not [bleep] high. 1773 01:22:48,931 --> 01:22:50,464 [vernon] all right, kris. It's getting real close. 1774 01:22:50,499 --> 01:22:51,598 Get the gold. It's the last dive 1775 01:22:51,634 --> 01:22:53,334 -for a while, man. -[man speaking] 1776 01:22:53,369 --> 01:22:55,569 [vernon] it's starting to wake up. 1777 01:22:55,604 --> 01:22:57,204 [man speaking] 1778 01:22:57,239 --> 01:22:59,540 [emily] it's a beautiful day to go gold mining. 1779 01:22:59,575 --> 01:23:01,475 [metal creaking] 1780 01:23:01,510 --> 01:23:03,477 we've got a big problem. 1781 01:23:03,512 --> 01:23:05,279 [zeke] winter is pretty much upon us. 1782 01:23:05,314 --> 01:23:06,513 It could be the last trip. 1783 01:23:06,549 --> 01:23:07,448 [man] woo! 1784 01:23:07,483 --> 01:23:09,350 [laughs] 1785 01:23:09,385 --> 01:23:10,617 [shawn] one of these buckets could have 1786 01:23:10,653 --> 01:23:12,419 a million dollars in it. 1787 01:23:12,455 --> 01:23:13,454 [chuckles] 1788 01:23:13,489 --> 01:23:15,222 [zeke speaking] 1789 01:23:15,257 --> 01:23:17,524 [emily] we got 'em! 1790 01:23:17,560 --> 01:23:18,692 [man] hey, kris. Shut it down! 1791 01:23:18,728 --> 01:23:20,461 [kris] oh, [bleep] what happened? 1792 01:23:20,496 --> 01:23:23,998 [dramatic music playing]