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[narrator] on
the bering sea...
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The great gold
game continues.
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An underdog
is the new chip leader.
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[jerry over radio]
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-[narrator] on
a gold-rich claim...
-You're rolling.
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...He's looking
to grow his stack.
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The king of nome
has lost his seat
at the head of the table,
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but he's eyeing
an opportunity
to vault back on top.
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[zeke tenhoff] time
to mark the spot.
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[joe fullwood over radio]
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[narrator] a mad scientist
may be on his last bet...
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I like this spot.
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[zeke over radio]
I know we'll find some gold
here, 'cause I can feel it.
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[narrator] ...As his chips
continue to dwindle.
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And deep in debt...
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[kris kelly over radio]
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this is what we do.
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[narrator] a father-to-be
hopes to deliver a bundle.
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As the end of winter
creeps ever closer,
where will the cards fall?
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[dynamic music playing]
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[jerry] let's fire her up.
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[vernon adkison] so far,
so good.
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[narrator] nome's current
chip leader...
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...Vernon adkison,
is staying aggressive.
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She's fired right up.
Water is flowing.
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[gary panos jr.] we
saw lots of gold
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last dive. Definitely
eager to get back in there
and make some money.
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Put his diver in the water
here pretty quick.
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[narrator] this season,
after years
of risky ventures...
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.29. That's [bleep] pitiful.
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I can't see a speck. [scoffs]
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total financial ruin.
That's what I'm looking at.
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-...And plenty
of bumps in the road.
-Damn it!
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-[man 1 exclaims]
-[man 2 laughing]
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I'm sick of your [bleep]!
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What do you mean
I don't know
what I'm [bleep] doing?
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-[vernon] pull!
-[man] watch out!
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[exclaims]
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[narrator] the salty
veteran has turned the tables.
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[diver over radio]
I'm seeing gold, man.
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That's the stuff
of dreams, my friend.
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[diver over radio] definitely,
there is gold here.
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[vernon over radio] well,
yippee ki yay!
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This is what I call "tubbing."
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like these tubs full of gold.
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[narrator] and finds himself
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on top of the leaderboard.
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-Hitting it hard?
-I'm ready.
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[narrator] now,
he's looking to tempt fate
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and ride his hot hand
even harder.
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We'll be putting
gold in the box.
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Finish it up.
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[vernon] I like to gamble.
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We've got
a risky situation here.
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We're on smoking hot gold.
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But it's running right
towards an open water lead,
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and we're on thin ice
that's getting thinner
every day.
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We could leave this hole
and get closer to shore,
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but we'd be leaving
the sweet stuff behind.
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So we gotta push
our luck one more day.
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Try to tap out this hole
and hope like hell
the ice holds up.
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All right, get after it.
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[vernon] jerry, jerry.
You got me?
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[jerry over radio] yup.
On bottom.
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So, jerry, that's some
good-looking ground
down there.
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[jerry speaking]
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yeah, yup. There you go.
That sounds good.
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[vernon] seeing
gold everywhere.
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[narrator] back in town...
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[brad kelly] kris, we're here.
What do you got for us?
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[kris] well, I've got news
going on today.
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You got brie coming too,
so it's double trouble.
What's going on?
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[narrator] with everything
on the line both on
and off the ice,
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kris kelly is chasing
a full house.
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Okay, um,
brie's gonna be giving birth.
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So the baby could come
pretty much any time
right now.
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She's going to anchorage.
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And then if it happens,
she goes into labor,
I'm gonna fly there.
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I'm already nervous
enough. The money we owe
plus the baby on the way.
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To make things even
more complicated,
you don't give birth in nome.
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It's too small.
You fly to anchorage
and you do it there,
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so that's what
my girlfriend's doing
right now.
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I'll keep mining
for a little longer,
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and I'll join her
in a week or two.
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Don't worry about
the operation.
It'll run smooth.
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Just worry about brie
and the baby.
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Yeah, I'm gonna worry
about brie and the baby,
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but, you know, I also
have my other children
I gotta take care of.
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-We'll be sad when you go,
captain kris, but, uh...
-[andy kelly] no, we won't.
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...I'm pretty sure
the, uh, operation
will prevail.
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-Everything will work great.
-[brad] yeah, everything
will be fine.
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The plan is, when I leave,
my dad and brother will run
things when I'm gone.
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As nervous as I am
about becoming a new father,
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I'm even more nervous
about leaving my dad
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and brother in charge
of my operation.
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[brad] anyway, well, I'm glad
you're having a baby.
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Get you a car seat
and you and brie
can drive around--
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-[andy] a minivan.
-Oh, minivans.
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-[brie laughs]
-classic. I love them.
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Oh, yeah.
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You know what?
We're not buying a minivan.
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Basically, I envision
everything collapsing
without me here.
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So, in the meantime,
I need to get as much
gold as I can
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before I have to get
on that plane.
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-[chuckles]
-we don't need a minivan.
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You would look sexy
in a minivan. I might
even buy it for you myself.
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-We don't need
a [bleep] minivan.
-[andy] oh, yeah.
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[brad] you need a minivan.
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-[andy] yup.
-[kris] okay, we're done.
Let's go to work.
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[narrator] ten miles west...
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-[shawn] heck, yeah.
Beautiful day out.
-[car door closes]
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fire it up and get...
Get in the water finally.
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It's time to get to work!
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[narrator] shawn pomrenke is
looking to reclaim his
top spot on the leaderboard
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by placing
all his chips on the hunt
for a fabled jackpot.
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We've been following gold
from the south here,
working our way north.
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We just haven't
hit that big slab,
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that big pile,
that we need yet.
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And it's
right here somewhere.
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Last time out, I thought
the season was over.
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See that?
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There was so much
heavy snow on the ice,
it was flooding us out.
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So I went and got a dozer
and cleared it all out.
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-[joe] I'm excited...
-[shawn] oh, yeah.
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-...To head down there
and see what's down there.
-Yeah.
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It took time,
but I'm willing to gamble...
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That the trail
of the ancient riverbed's
gonna lead to that jackpot,
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and that's right
under our feet.
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If not, all that work
was for nothing,
and I'm in big trouble.
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I still need nearly
70 ounces to pay
all the bills this winter.
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The season's coming
to an end.
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It's time to make
some money right now.
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[over radio] guys got
me up there?
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[joe over radio]
loud and clear.
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[shawn] yeah,
the light's amazing.
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What kind of bottom are you
seeing down there?
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[shawn] there's a little
bit of sand.
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And there's some very
interesting-looking ground.
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All right,
sounds pretty good.
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[shawn speaking]
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[joe] hopefully we'll make
some money today.
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We need it.
Season's coming to an end.
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[shawn speaking]
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[narrator] two miles east...
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[zeke] I know
we'll find some gold.
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I can feel it, dude.
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...Zeke tenhoff
is altering his game theory...
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Well, so the kellys
are right over there.
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I believe we can be
pretty confident
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-that there's not gonna be
any gold in that area.
-[scoffs]
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...Moving his
entire operation
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to the eastern edge
of the tomcod claim.
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Kellys are right there, so...
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I just kind of wanna go,
like... Go right between them.
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We started out close to town
at that west beach claim.
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But it was a disaster.
We barely got any gold at all.
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So now we're moving
down to tomcod.
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We're completely starting over
with only a few weeks left
in the mining season.
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It's a huge risk,
but at this point I'm running
out of chips to play.
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[zeke chuckles] yeah!
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Well, it's nice
and smooth and flat.
We got this big flat pan.
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I love it. So glad
we're out here.
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Can you pull it
up a little?
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[zeke] our backs
are pretty much up against
the wall at this point.
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I figure I need
about eight ounces
to keep going this summer,
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and right now
I'm sitting at only
about three.
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[zeke] oh, there we go.
I think that's the bottom.
Let down more?
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I know there's gonna be
gold around here somewhere.
It is tomcod.
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We gotta hit it
on our first hole.
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We don't have any time
to waste out here.
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[gabe tenhoff] you generally
find gold where, like,
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certain layers
intersect with other layers.
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That's what
I'm gonna look for.
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[gabe speaking]
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[zeke speaking]
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[gabe speaking]
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[gabe] we found cobble.
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This is dope.
I like this spot.
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As far as, like, our first
hole at tomcod, it meets,
like, enough of my criteria
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to, uh, start
the treasure hunt right here.
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-[zeke] it's off to the races.
-[gabe whoops]
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just tons of flat ice
and the thickness
is about three feet,
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which is great
for this late in the season.
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We're on a nice little
patch of cobble
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that's at about 36 feet
of depth, which is...
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It's actually kind
of dangerous.
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I could get the bends
if I'm not careful,
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and it's a long way
back to the surface
if something goes wrong.
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Ready to get on a new hole.
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But like I said, we gotta
start taking chances now.
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-[zeke over radio] com check.
-Com check. You got me?
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[zeke] yup.
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[zeke speaking]
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-seriously?
-[zeke] just a tiny
little island of cobble.
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And that's what we found?
Everything else is sand?
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Usually when you find
cobble and sand bordering,
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it's like a line of cobble
that stretches for a ways,
and then sand.
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What we found
was one tiny little island
of cobble in an ocean of sand.
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We'll see
if there's any gold in it.
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[over radio] keep me updated.
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[zeke speaking]
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[gabe] we'll find the gold
out here for sure.
No doubt in my mind.
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[narrator] all around nome,
bets are being placed.
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And nine miles west...
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[kris] okay, start it up!
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Some days, we look like
we know what we're doing.
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[narrator] with
a baby on the way...
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[kris] we need to get
as much gold as we can today.
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We need to grind it out.
We need to work hard.
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We need to kill ourselves
to get that gold.
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...Kris kelly
is ready to deliver.
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[andy] all I can do is go
down there and get
as much as I can today.
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-[kris] want--
-hand me that 7up over there.
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[kris] look, I love my dad
and brother.
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When I go to anchorage,
they're gonna be on their own,
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which is like
leaving two little kids
in charge of the house
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while you go away on vacation.
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Make sure you get
into those crevices
as far as you can.
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-'cause that's where
the concentration...
-I know.
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-...Of the gold
really is in those dips.
-I know.
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00:13:34,757 --> 00:13:38,826
We need 25 ounces
to be in the black this winter
and right now I only have 14.
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Let's grind out
the good [bleep] today.
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It's important
we stack up the gold now.
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Andy will go down first.
I need him to get on the gold,
so I can just clean up.
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00:13:47,670 --> 00:13:49,237
This is what we do.
226
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Okay. Put your light on
and go to work.
227
00:13:55,111 --> 00:13:57,144
Remember today,
the word of the day
228
00:13:57,146 --> 00:13:57,912
[andy speaking]
229
00:13:57,914 --> 00:13:59,213
work.
230
00:14:25,975 --> 00:14:28,009
How's it going down there,
andy?
231
00:14:28,011 --> 00:14:29,110
[andy over radio]
going good, jake.
232
00:14:29,445 --> 00:14:30,444
[kris kelly over radio]
233
00:14:32,849 --> 00:14:34,048
[andy over radio]
234
00:14:35,451 --> 00:14:36,450
[kris over radio]
235
00:14:40,790 --> 00:14:42,156
[andy over radio]
236
00:14:43,192 --> 00:14:45,192
okay, tell me
when you're on gold.
237
00:14:46,195 --> 00:14:48,029
[andy over radio]
238
00:14:48,898 --> 00:14:50,431
okay. All right.
239
00:14:50,934 --> 00:14:51,933
[andy over radio]
240
00:15:00,777 --> 00:15:02,910
andy's down.
He's on gold
right off the bat.
241
00:15:02,912 --> 00:15:04,845
That's pretty easy,
because the nozzle's
242
00:15:04,847 --> 00:15:06,113
right next
to the [bleep] hole,
243
00:15:06,115 --> 00:15:08,049
so it's pretty hard
not to be on gold.
244
00:15:09,218 --> 00:15:10,418
[kris over radio]
245
00:15:12,188 --> 00:15:13,421
[andy over radio]
246
00:15:14,457 --> 00:15:15,456
[kris laughs over radio]
247
00:15:17,060 --> 00:15:17,625
I love this.
248
00:15:17,627 --> 00:15:19,794
Oh, yeah. That's awesome.
249
00:15:19,796 --> 00:15:23,364
Boom! Andy's on great gold,
can't wait to get down there.
250
00:15:25,168 --> 00:15:26,400
Hopefully,
we get a long day in,
251
00:15:26,402 --> 00:15:29,236
make the most of it
and keep going
the rest of the week.
252
00:15:29,238 --> 00:15:32,073
Okay, you're doing
a great job, buddy,
keep up the good work.
253
00:15:32,742 --> 00:15:34,108
[andy over radio]
254
00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,447
well, if andy's happy,
I'm happy.
255
00:15:40,116 --> 00:15:42,016
We gotta make our money.
256
00:15:44,854 --> 00:15:46,187
[narrator] two miles west...
257
00:15:52,061 --> 00:15:53,361
[joe fullwood over radio]
258
00:15:54,931 --> 00:15:55,930
[shawn pomrenke over radio]
259
00:16:10,847 --> 00:16:13,114
[narrator] the good news
for shawn pomrenke,
260
00:16:13,116 --> 00:16:17,284
the ground on the new spot
could not look more promising.
261
00:16:19,422 --> 00:16:21,188
[shawn over radio]
262
00:16:35,204 --> 00:16:40,307
[narrator] the bad news,
after three hours,
it's still not a winning hand.
263
00:16:41,878 --> 00:16:43,411
[shawn over radio]
264
00:16:50,887 --> 00:16:51,852
seeing all the heavies
down there that we're seeing,
265
00:16:51,854 --> 00:16:55,456
it tells me there's
a pile of gold somewhere.
266
00:16:55,458 --> 00:16:57,925
It's gonna be
really concentrated
and really rich.
267
00:16:57,927 --> 00:16:59,226
It'll be good when we hit it.
268
00:17:04,901 --> 00:17:06,200
[shawn over radio]
269
00:17:09,238 --> 00:17:10,438
[joe over radio] all right.
270
00:17:34,564 --> 00:17:36,831
[shawn coughs]
271
00:17:36,833 --> 00:17:39,800
really good ground.
There's definitely
some gold down there.
272
00:17:39,802 --> 00:17:41,268
But, I got a idea.
273
00:17:43,106 --> 00:17:45,139
There's no question
there's gold here.
274
00:17:45,541 --> 00:17:47,808
By the mineral deposits,
275
00:17:47,810 --> 00:17:50,244
there's gonna be
a motherlode here,
somewhere.
276
00:17:50,646 --> 00:17:52,346
But, we're not finding it yet.
277
00:17:53,015 --> 00:17:55,816
Instead of wasting days,
trying to drill holes,
278
00:17:55,818 --> 00:17:57,451
I got a way to find it,
right now.
279
00:18:02,525 --> 00:18:04,425
Got the dowsing rods out.
280
00:18:04,427 --> 00:18:06,694
My dad taught me
how to dowse when I was a kid,
281
00:18:06,696 --> 00:18:09,997
now we just gotta find
the right spot here.
282
00:18:13,669 --> 00:18:18,038
Using dowsing rods,
some people say
it's science,
283
00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,976
some people say it's magic,
some people say
it's intuition.
284
00:18:22,011 --> 00:18:24,245
But, I'm a believer.
285
00:18:24,247 --> 00:18:27,248
Where're you at, gold?
Where are you at?
286
00:18:28,851 --> 00:18:29,483
Not here.
287
00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:31,685
Not here.
288
00:18:32,989 --> 00:18:35,956
Basically, you balance
the rods in your hands
289
00:18:35,958 --> 00:18:39,660
and as you walk over
different types of material,
including gold,
290
00:18:39,662 --> 00:18:41,929
it'll pull them together.
291
00:18:41,931 --> 00:18:44,832
And when they cross,
it's like x marking the spot.
292
00:18:44,834 --> 00:18:46,367
That's where the gold is.
293
00:18:47,203 --> 00:18:49,403
Where are you at?
Where are you... Ooh.
294
00:18:50,139 --> 00:18:51,172
Ooh.
295
00:18:52,008 --> 00:18:54,909
Oh, little pull, little... Oh.
296
00:18:54,911 --> 00:18:58,913
Oh, yep. Right...
Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha.
297
00:18:58,915 --> 00:19:01,148
Right on,
they're pulling hard.
298
00:19:02,318 --> 00:19:05,019
This is the spot.
That'll work.
299
00:19:08,724 --> 00:19:09,857
There's gold here.
300
00:19:09,859 --> 00:19:11,192
I'm gonna send joe
down to get it.
301
00:19:11,194 --> 00:19:13,427
We're gonna win big, trust me.
302
00:19:16,899 --> 00:19:18,199
Time to mark the spot.
303
00:19:32,248 --> 00:19:33,380
[joe over radio]
304
00:19:35,952 --> 00:19:36,884
loving it.
305
00:19:36,886 --> 00:19:38,152
[joe over radio]
306
00:20:38,014 --> 00:20:39,346
get it, joe, get it.
307
00:20:40,049 --> 00:20:41,081
Whoo!
308
00:20:43,085 --> 00:20:44,118
All right.
309
00:20:46,922 --> 00:20:47,955
Joe's on it now.
310
00:20:47,990 --> 00:20:49,023
[joe over radio]
311
00:20:51,827 --> 00:20:54,962
you know what?
Some people laugh
at my technique.
312
00:20:54,964 --> 00:20:59,366
But, if you bet on me,
you're gonna almost always
come out on top.
313
00:20:59,368 --> 00:21:01,902
They don't call me
mr. Gold for nothing.
314
00:21:01,904 --> 00:21:06,340
All this hard work
is gonna pay off.
It's gonna pay off big.
315
00:21:06,742 --> 00:21:08,275
[joe over radio]
316
00:21:14,216 --> 00:21:16,383
[zeke tenhoff] uh, give us
an update, there, bud.
317
00:21:16,919 --> 00:21:18,052
How's it looking?
318
00:21:18,754 --> 00:21:20,154
[gabe tenhoff over radio]
319
00:21:23,159 --> 00:21:26,226
[narrator] zeke tenhoff
is betting big on tomcod.
320
00:21:26,429 --> 00:21:27,995
[gabe over radio]
321
00:21:32,735 --> 00:21:37,004
[narrator] but, so far,
gold just hasn't been
in the cards.
322
00:21:37,006 --> 00:21:38,906
How much overburden
are you in?
323
00:21:38,908 --> 00:21:39,406
[gabe over radio]
324
00:22:06,402 --> 00:22:07,368
yeah.
325
00:22:09,772 --> 00:22:11,705
[gabe over radio] I'm
gonna come on up.
326
00:22:11,707 --> 00:22:13,841
[zeke over radio] yeah,
bunk hole, enough said.
327
00:22:13,843 --> 00:22:16,110
Find a new hole
that's not bunk.
328
00:22:23,486 --> 00:22:25,452
You just can't expect
your first hole,
329
00:22:25,454 --> 00:22:27,855
on totally unfamiliar ground,
to be killer.
330
00:22:27,857 --> 00:22:30,824
The truth is,
we just don't have time,
331
00:22:30,826 --> 00:22:33,260
this late in the season,
for something like this
to happen.
332
00:22:34,130 --> 00:22:34,928
[gabe] it's a treasure hunt.
333
00:22:34,930 --> 00:22:36,430
[zeke] yeah,
love a treasure hunt.
334
00:22:36,432 --> 00:22:37,898
Treasure hunts are
long and arduous, sometimes.
335
00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:41,001
Most of the time,
it's spent
not finding treasure.
336
00:22:41,937 --> 00:22:44,571
All I can do is stay confident
tomcod is loaded
337
00:22:44,573 --> 00:22:47,975
and hope that the next hole
will be the one
that we're hoping for.
338
00:22:47,977 --> 00:22:51,145
But, I gotta be honest,
I'm getting really worried.
339
00:22:59,522 --> 00:23:01,121
[narrator]
eleven miles east...
340
00:23:07,029 --> 00:23:09,263
Hey, jerry,
give me an update,
how's it looking?
341
00:23:09,899 --> 00:23:11,198
[jerry over radio]
342
00:23:20,443 --> 00:23:22,342
all right, you're rolling.
343
00:23:23,913 --> 00:23:27,014
[narrator] vernon adkison's
big gamble is paying off.
344
00:23:27,016 --> 00:23:30,217
Not in spades, but in gold.
345
00:23:31,554 --> 00:23:34,154
Well, you've been down
for five hours.
346
00:23:34,156 --> 00:23:36,356
[over radio] what do you think
you're gonna shoot for?
347
00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:38,325
[jerry over radio]
348
00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:45,799
[vernon adkison over radio]
well, that's what
I wanna hear, man.
349
00:23:45,801 --> 00:23:47,134
Stop here and come out.
350
00:23:47,470 --> 00:23:49,069
[jerry over radio]
351
00:23:51,574 --> 00:23:55,676
[vernon] jerry is
an absolute beast.
He has no fear.
352
00:23:55,678 --> 00:23:59,780
He went down,
lead be damned
and killed it.
353
00:23:59,782 --> 00:24:02,749
He cleaned out that hole
until there was nothing left.
354
00:24:02,751 --> 00:24:03,951
When you're dredging,
you could see the gold
all through it,
355
00:24:03,953 --> 00:24:05,786
everywhere down there.
356
00:24:05,788 --> 00:24:07,488
Literally,
the best gold I've seen.
357
00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:10,190
That lead may be getting wider
358
00:24:10,726 --> 00:24:14,061
and the ice
may be getting thinner,
359
00:24:14,063 --> 00:24:17,164
but we've thrown caution
to the wind and cleaned up.
360
00:24:17,166 --> 00:24:19,099
We got a good dive in.
361
00:24:19,768 --> 00:24:20,434
I cleaned up that hole.
362
00:24:21,170 --> 00:24:23,203
We got some gold in the box.
363
00:24:24,340 --> 00:24:25,439
The heat is on.
364
00:24:29,979 --> 00:24:31,278
[narrator] ten miles west...
365
00:24:35,985 --> 00:24:37,451
How's it going down there?
366
00:24:37,453 --> 00:24:39,019
[andy over radio]
it's going good.
367
00:24:40,089 --> 00:24:41,822
[kris over radio] hey,
are you still on great gold?
368
00:24:41,857 --> 00:24:43,924
[andy over radio]
369
00:24:43,926 --> 00:24:45,325
[kris over radio]
what happened to great gold?
370
00:24:45,394 --> 00:24:47,060
[andy over radio]
371
00:24:47,796 --> 00:24:50,864
[narrator] knowing he'll
soon have to step away
from the table,
372
00:24:50,866 --> 00:24:55,035
kris kelly is looking
to increase his chip stack,
before he goes.
373
00:24:55,037 --> 00:24:56,203
[kris] how are you feeling?
374
00:24:56,906 --> 00:24:57,604
Are you okay?
375
00:24:57,606 --> 00:24:59,106
[andy over radio]
376
00:25:01,210 --> 00:25:02,776
[brad kelly] I'll make andy
a couple hot dogs.
377
00:25:02,778 --> 00:25:06,079
He's burning off more calories
than he's ever burned
off before.
378
00:25:06,081 --> 00:25:07,681
Are you getting hungry?
379
00:25:07,683 --> 00:25:08,916
[andy over radio]
380
00:25:08,918 --> 00:25:10,918
dad's got dogs on the grill.
381
00:25:10,953 --> 00:25:12,252
[andy over radio]
382
00:25:13,789 --> 00:25:14,454
[kris] [bleep] yeah, dude.
383
00:25:15,624 --> 00:25:18,825
I'm a person who likes to eat.
384
00:25:18,827 --> 00:25:22,262
Hey, you tell that guy
there's hotdogs ready
and he runs up that ladder.
385
00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:29,403
Come on, let's get
some hotdogs, baby.
386
00:25:30,372 --> 00:25:31,838
I know I'm gonna have
to go to anchorage
387
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:36,310
any day right now,
so I need to bank
some serious gold before I go.
388
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,714
Luckily, andy's seeing
the best gold
that he's ever seen.
389
00:25:40,716 --> 00:25:43,350
That's a huge statement
to come out of that mouth.
390
00:25:49,725 --> 00:25:51,425
I really just wanna
get down there
and rake it up.
391
00:25:51,427 --> 00:25:54,194
This is exactly how I thought
things would go today.
392
00:26:15,050 --> 00:26:16,450
How's it looking down there?
393
00:26:16,852 --> 00:26:18,285
[kris over radio]
394
00:26:20,255 --> 00:26:21,588
[brad over radio]
so, what are you seeing?
395
00:26:21,590 --> 00:26:23,056
[kris over radio]
396
00:26:27,930 --> 00:26:28,695
[brad over radio]
cleaned up pretty good, huh?
397
00:26:28,697 --> 00:26:30,397
[kris over radio]
398
00:26:31,467 --> 00:26:35,869
there was gold
right where that nozzle is,
leading to that boulder.
399
00:26:35,871 --> 00:26:38,472
[brad] there's gold
right where that nozzle is,
leading to the boulder.
400
00:26:39,208 --> 00:26:40,374
[kris over radio]
401
00:26:42,044 --> 00:26:44,177
[brad over radio]
he said he got
your gold too already.
402
00:26:44,847 --> 00:26:46,146
[kris over radio]
403
00:26:59,995 --> 00:27:01,161
can't lift your own gold--
404
00:27:01,196 --> 00:27:03,330
-it's on a boulder.
-[brad] it's under
that big boulder.
405
00:27:04,099 --> 00:27:05,132
It's on the boulder.
406
00:27:06,869 --> 00:27:08,268
Aw [bleep].
Tell him to come up.
407
00:27:10,873 --> 00:27:12,072
[kris over radio]
408
00:27:13,809 --> 00:27:14,374
[brad speaking]
409
00:27:16,378 --> 00:27:17,444
[kris over radio]
410
00:27:27,923 --> 00:27:28,989
[brad over radio]
411
00:27:30,993 --> 00:27:32,793
[kris speaking]
412
00:27:32,795 --> 00:27:34,995
[brad speaking]
413
00:27:37,833 --> 00:27:39,399
come on, all the way out.
414
00:27:42,538 --> 00:27:45,238
[kris] well, that fell apart
in a hurry.
415
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,276
Right when I really needed
to get this gold,
everything falls apart.
416
00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:51,344
Of course.
417
00:27:53,248 --> 00:27:54,881
It's a spark-plug, burnt.
418
00:27:54,883 --> 00:27:56,983
You gotta be
on zero air right now.
419
00:27:59,221 --> 00:28:00,387
[andy] pop your mask.
420
00:28:02,691 --> 00:28:04,391
What a [bleep] joke.
421
00:28:06,695 --> 00:28:07,861
That's it,
we're done for the day.
422
00:28:07,863 --> 00:28:09,963
We'll have to fix
the air compressor.
423
00:28:09,965 --> 00:28:12,199
Hopefully, the gold
andy was on is good,
424
00:28:12,201 --> 00:28:14,334
and it'll make up
for me not diving.
425
00:28:17,906 --> 00:28:19,673
Disappointed.
426
00:28:19,675 --> 00:28:22,008
That's it.
Kris is done diving.
427
00:28:26,014 --> 00:28:27,347
[kris] it's always one thing
or another.
428
00:28:34,957 --> 00:28:37,090
[shawn] you copy, joe?
429
00:28:37,092 --> 00:28:38,425
How're things going
down there?
430
00:28:40,429 --> 00:28:42,395
[joe speaking]
431
00:28:55,210 --> 00:28:58,078
[shawn] hell, yeah!
Good job, joe.
432
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,746
[joe speaking]
433
00:28:59,748 --> 00:29:02,249
[narrator] for shawn pomrenke
and joe fullwood,
434
00:29:02,251 --> 00:29:05,051
the dowsing
has proven rousing.
435
00:29:08,090 --> 00:29:09,890
How'd it go down there?
436
00:29:09,892 --> 00:29:13,059
Whoo! Some nice gold
down there.
437
00:29:14,429 --> 00:29:16,897
Nice, nice, cold gold.
438
00:29:16,899 --> 00:29:19,466
[shawn] earlier today,
it looked like we might
come up empty.
439
00:29:20,102 --> 00:29:21,701
But it's too late
in the season
440
00:29:21,703 --> 00:29:23,970
and we still need
too many ounces.
441
00:29:23,972 --> 00:29:26,072
I wasn't gonna
let that happen.
442
00:29:26,074 --> 00:29:27,274
Can't wait to weigh it out.
443
00:29:27,910 --> 00:29:29,342
[joe]
444
00:29:32,214 --> 00:29:34,181
well, it took a lot of work
to get here.
445
00:29:34,183 --> 00:29:35,015
Yep, a little bit.
446
00:29:35,017 --> 00:29:36,750
The sun's shining.
447
00:29:36,752 --> 00:29:39,085
The only thing brighter
than that is the gold
down there.
448
00:29:39,087 --> 00:29:40,854
-That's right.
-Suck it up.
449
00:29:40,856 --> 00:29:42,322
[shawn] what a beautiful day.
450
00:29:44,993 --> 00:29:46,426
[narrator] back in town...
451
00:29:51,233 --> 00:29:52,999
[vernon] alright, let's do it.
452
00:29:55,571 --> 00:29:58,305
Alright, cool. I'm happy.
453
00:29:58,307 --> 00:30:01,441
[narrator] sometimes
to the gamblers
go the spoils.
454
00:30:01,443 --> 00:30:03,109
Gold!
455
00:30:04,046 --> 00:30:06,613
I'm a greedy man
when it comes to great gold.
456
00:30:06,615 --> 00:30:09,883
I'm will to do anything
to get it.
457
00:30:09,885 --> 00:30:12,118
Most people wouldn't
have stayed on that hole.
458
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,420
Not with the lead so close.
459
00:30:13,722 --> 00:30:14,754
But that's okay.
460
00:30:14,756 --> 00:30:16,890
They can hold that
bank door open for me
461
00:30:16,892 --> 00:30:19,226
when I come walking in
with all my gold.
462
00:30:21,797 --> 00:30:23,997
Well, let's see what we got.
463
00:30:23,999 --> 00:30:25,198
[vernon] alright, let's go.
464
00:30:26,435 --> 00:30:28,134
That's two.
465
00:30:28,136 --> 00:30:29,202
Three.
466
00:30:29,872 --> 00:30:31,004
Four.
467
00:30:31,173 --> 00:30:32,272
Five.
468
00:30:32,975 --> 00:30:34,107
Six.
469
00:30:35,010 --> 00:30:36,176
Seven.
470
00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:39,446
Nine. Ten.
471
00:30:41,850 --> 00:30:42,983
Eleven.
472
00:30:44,019 --> 00:30:45,318
Twelve.
473
00:30:45,754 --> 00:30:46,820
Twelve and a quarter.
474
00:30:48,724 --> 00:30:52,425
[narrator] 12.26 ounces
is worth over 23 grand.
475
00:30:53,662 --> 00:30:55,562
Alright, hey.
That's pretty good, that...
476
00:30:55,564 --> 00:30:58,465
Considering the time
we had on the box, uh...
477
00:30:58,467 --> 00:31:01,001
-Yeah. Yeah, we're cracking.
We're cracking.
-Yep.
478
00:31:01,003 --> 00:31:03,837
The gold train
just keeps on rolling.
479
00:31:03,839 --> 00:31:06,806
Sooner or later that ice
is all gonna break up.
480
00:31:06,808 --> 00:31:10,043
But until that happens,
we'll keep on pushing.
481
00:31:10,646 --> 00:31:13,313
200 ounces could be
within my reach.
482
00:31:13,315 --> 00:31:15,081
No one's gonna top me
this winter.
483
00:31:15,083 --> 00:31:19,019
We keep after it like this
and, uh, we're gonna make it.
484
00:31:23,258 --> 00:31:24,391
[narrator] 10 miles west...
485
00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:34,267
[zeke speaking]
486
00:31:37,873 --> 00:31:39,306
[narrator] time is running out
on the season.
487
00:31:39,942 --> 00:31:42,442
Our first hole
over there was a dud.
488
00:31:42,444 --> 00:31:43,810
It was just a little tiny
cobble patch.
489
00:31:43,812 --> 00:31:46,079
Wasn't really worth running.
490
00:31:46,081 --> 00:31:49,115
[narrator] and zeke's
chip stack is dangerously low.
491
00:31:49,117 --> 00:31:51,051
If he doesn't hit
pay dirt soon,
492
00:31:51,053 --> 00:31:53,420
he may bust out of the game.
493
00:31:56,758 --> 00:31:58,358
[zeke] I made a choice.
494
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,527
Instead of hunting for scraps
on the west claim.
495
00:32:00,529 --> 00:32:02,696
We came all the way over
to tomcod.
496
00:32:02,698 --> 00:32:04,898
And, essentially,
I have three weeks
left this winter
497
00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:06,566
to find enough gold
to keep going.
498
00:32:06,568 --> 00:32:09,369
And I'm already having
major concerns.
499
00:32:10,639 --> 00:32:14,741
We're finding some
cobble patches in this area,
it's a little shallower.
500
00:32:14,743 --> 00:32:17,444
Um, the... The question
on our minds, though,
501
00:32:17,446 --> 00:32:22,949
is if shawn already dug
these places up
with the christine rose.
502
00:32:22,951 --> 00:32:25,051
It's possible that
that happened.
503
00:32:28,924 --> 00:32:31,925
Zeke moved on down
to the tomcod.
504
00:32:31,927 --> 00:32:33,994
I want him to do good.
505
00:32:34,930 --> 00:32:36,663
It's time to check on zeke.
506
00:32:36,665 --> 00:32:41,001
I wanna get him on the gold
as soon as possible so I can
get that royalty going.
507
00:32:44,873 --> 00:32:47,340
But my hunch,
by where these guys set up,
508
00:32:47,809 --> 00:32:49,309
that's not gonna happen.
509
00:32:53,849 --> 00:32:56,182
-[zeke] hey, shawn.
-[shawn] how's it going?
510
00:32:59,888 --> 00:33:02,222
[shawn] I was looking
on the gps when I pulled up,
511
00:33:02,224 --> 00:33:04,190
and we got cuts
all through here.
512
00:33:04,192 --> 00:33:04,891
-Really?
-Yeah.
513
00:33:04,893 --> 00:33:05,959
Mmm.
514
00:33:05,961 --> 00:33:07,994
We're right at the edge
of where we were.
515
00:33:07,996 --> 00:33:10,930
Pretty beat up
from here on in.
516
00:33:10,932 --> 00:33:13,733
You go, like, 80 feet
and we haven't ever dug
out there.
517
00:33:13,735 --> 00:33:14,968
Really?
518
00:33:14,970 --> 00:33:17,070
[shawn] I got the gps
in the track truck.
519
00:33:17,072 --> 00:33:18,271
You wanna take a look?
520
00:33:25,881 --> 00:33:28,081
[shawn speaking]
521
00:33:29,251 --> 00:33:30,450
[zeke] yeah.
522
00:33:35,924 --> 00:33:37,490
-So...
-Okay.
523
00:33:38,894 --> 00:33:41,227
[shawn speaking]
524
00:33:47,469 --> 00:33:49,969
shawn's been mining
in tomcod for, like, 20 years.
525
00:33:49,971 --> 00:33:54,441
So he can steer me away
from the places that he knows
that he's already mined out.
526
00:33:54,810 --> 00:33:57,143
This is a life saver.
527
00:33:57,145 --> 00:33:59,813
My intuition tells me
that we're on the right track
528
00:33:59,815 --> 00:34:02,048
and that, I think,
we're gonna be able
to pull this off.
529
00:34:02,751 --> 00:34:03,716
Right on. Thank you, shawn.
530
00:34:03,718 --> 00:34:05,051
[shawn] yeah.
No problem, zeke.
531
00:34:05,053 --> 00:34:05,852
[zeke] you've helped me
out a lot.
532
00:34:05,854 --> 00:34:07,387
-Good luck, man. Yep.
-See you.
533
00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:16,396
Okay, I'll talk to you.
Goodbye.
534
00:34:18,433 --> 00:34:21,234
Weather conditions
this year...
535
00:34:21,736 --> 00:34:23,269
Hey, please quiet on set.
536
00:34:25,907 --> 00:34:27,540
Hello and welcome
to another edition
537
00:34:27,542 --> 00:34:30,743
of "kris kelly's secret guide
to successful mining."
538
00:34:30,745 --> 00:34:33,880
today, we're gonna be talking
about the weather
this ice mining season
539
00:34:33,882 --> 00:34:35,415
and what the hell went wrong.
540
00:34:39,688 --> 00:34:42,155
For some strange reason,
we got more snow
541
00:34:42,157 --> 00:34:44,657
than anybody can ever remember
getting here.
542
00:34:44,659 --> 00:34:46,226
Like, look at this crap.
543
00:34:46,862 --> 00:34:50,263
That's, like, 4-feet bank
of... Of snow right here.
544
00:34:50,265 --> 00:34:52,198
And this has been plowed
a couple times.
545
00:34:54,369 --> 00:34:58,404
The weight of the snow
pushed down the ice
like a dip.
546
00:34:59,641 --> 00:35:01,708
As soon as we cut
our dive pool,
547
00:35:01,710 --> 00:35:04,144
all the water
started pumping out.
548
00:35:07,449 --> 00:35:09,249
That is a recipe for disaster.
549
00:35:09,851 --> 00:35:10,750
Careful, okay.
550
00:35:10,752 --> 00:35:11,951
[kris] damn!
551
00:35:11,953 --> 00:35:14,220
One more time,
explanation for everybody.
552
00:35:14,956 --> 00:35:16,156
Lot of snow.
553
00:35:16,158 --> 00:35:17,924
Push ice down.
554
00:35:17,926 --> 00:35:19,993
Make water come up.
555
00:35:19,995 --> 00:35:21,060
Flood everything.
556
00:35:21,062 --> 00:35:23,096
Bad flood. Bad.
557
00:35:24,032 --> 00:35:25,331
What else can I say?
558
00:35:25,667 --> 00:35:27,433
That's it? Okay, good.
559
00:35:27,435 --> 00:35:29,435
Thank you very much
for watching another episode
560
00:35:29,437 --> 00:35:31,704
of "kris kelly's secret guide
to successful mining,"
561
00:35:31,706 --> 00:35:35,141
talking about what happened
this winter with the weather.
562
00:35:47,822 --> 00:35:50,156
[shawn] one of the hardest
winters we've ever had here.
563
00:35:50,158 --> 00:35:52,225
The snow load on the ice.
564
00:35:52,394 --> 00:35:54,060
Yep.
565
00:35:54,062 --> 00:35:57,130
If we didn't have that dozer,
we would have been done for.
566
00:35:59,901 --> 00:36:02,902
We got an onslaught
of snow dumped on us.
567
00:36:02,904 --> 00:36:04,804
But we figured out a way
to beat it.
568
00:36:04,806 --> 00:36:06,005
We got out the dozer.
569
00:36:06,007 --> 00:36:08,241
We got on unbelievable ground.
570
00:36:08,677 --> 00:36:10,777
We couldn't get on the gold.
571
00:36:10,779 --> 00:36:12,879
So I busted out
the dowsing rods.
572
00:36:12,881 --> 00:36:17,917
Gold mining's about adjusting,
problem-solving,
and not giving up.
573
00:36:17,919 --> 00:36:20,920
Now, we're gonna reap
all the rewards.
574
00:36:20,922 --> 00:36:23,189
Let's see what
we got here, joe.
575
00:36:26,161 --> 00:36:27,227
Fifteen.
576
00:36:27,262 --> 00:36:28,394
Sixteen.
577
00:36:29,197 --> 00:36:30,363
Seventeen.
578
00:36:32,167 --> 00:36:34,100
Twenty-one.
579
00:36:34,102 --> 00:36:35,368
Twenty-two.
580
00:36:35,804 --> 00:36:38,738
22.45.
581
00:36:38,740 --> 00:36:44,310
[narrator] 22.45 ounces
is worth a hefty $42,000.
582
00:36:45,847 --> 00:36:47,814
Mr. Gold has gone all in.
583
00:36:47,816 --> 00:36:49,215
And it's paying off.
584
00:36:49,884 --> 00:36:51,751
[shawn] I'll take
that any day.
585
00:36:51,753 --> 00:36:52,652
We're definitely on the trail
586
00:36:52,654 --> 00:36:55,221
but I don't think
this is it yet.
587
00:36:55,223 --> 00:36:58,224
I think there's a bigger pile
out there to be had.
588
00:36:58,460 --> 00:36:59,926
[joe] mmm-hmm.
589
00:36:59,928 --> 00:37:00,493
We'll come across it.
590
00:37:00,495 --> 00:37:01,961
We'll get on it.
591
00:37:01,963 --> 00:37:05,598
We've been hot on the trail
of this jackpot all winter.
592
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,134
This is the best gold
we've seen yet.
593
00:37:08,136 --> 00:37:09,902
It's only a matter of time
before we unearth
594
00:37:09,904 --> 00:37:12,839
a massive concentration
of gold down there.
595
00:37:12,841 --> 00:37:14,140
It's gonna be a thing
of beauty.
596
00:37:14,142 --> 00:37:16,009
We're definitely on the trail.
597
00:37:19,914 --> 00:37:21,347
[narrator] across town...
598
00:37:24,786 --> 00:37:28,121
[kris] we'd be at work
right now if ken didn't need
this money.
599
00:37:28,590 --> 00:37:31,724
Hopefully, there's a lot
of gold in here.
600
00:37:31,726 --> 00:37:36,796
[narrator] kris kelly
is getting the scale ready
for the latest gold haul.
601
00:37:36,798 --> 00:37:37,897
You can never know
how much gold you really get
602
00:37:37,899 --> 00:37:40,900
until it's in a container
in your hand.
603
00:37:40,902 --> 00:37:41,934
[narrator] but that's not
the only precious thing
604
00:37:41,936 --> 00:37:44,304
in his life about
to be weighed.
605
00:37:45,807 --> 00:37:47,907
My girlfriend went
to anchorage ahead of me
606
00:37:47,909 --> 00:37:49,842
just in case
she went into labor early.
607
00:37:49,878 --> 00:37:51,444
And guess what?
608
00:37:51,446 --> 00:37:53,346
When I was coming off the ice,
she called me.
609
00:37:53,348 --> 00:37:56,115
The baby's coming,
like, any minute.
610
00:37:56,117 --> 00:37:59,752
She just got there
and she's starting
to pump the thing out already.
611
00:37:59,754 --> 00:38:00,920
I feel bad for her.
612
00:38:00,922 --> 00:38:03,189
She's all by herself
right now.
613
00:38:03,191 --> 00:38:06,859
There's no flight
until tomorrow,
so I'm stuck here till then.
614
00:38:06,861 --> 00:38:07,894
It breaks my heart.
615
00:38:07,896 --> 00:38:09,595
I really wanted to be there.
616
00:38:09,597 --> 00:38:11,698
But this is the life
of a gold miner.
617
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:13,666
I had to make sure
we were getting gold.
618
00:38:13,668 --> 00:38:15,101
The gold's not just for me.
619
00:38:15,103 --> 00:38:17,170
It's for my girlfriend
and the baby, too.
620
00:38:20,508 --> 00:38:22,308
This is their future now.
621
00:38:23,778 --> 00:38:26,012
[andy] come on, kris.
Pour it in there.
Let's see what we got.
622
00:38:26,014 --> 00:38:27,280
[kris] here we go.
623
00:38:30,118 --> 00:38:30,850
There's one.
624
00:38:30,852 --> 00:38:31,718
There's 1 ounce.
625
00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:33,152
Yeah, 1 ounce is too little.
626
00:38:33,154 --> 00:38:34,354
-No, you know what--
-2 ounces!
627
00:38:36,024 --> 00:38:36,989
4 ounces.
628
00:38:36,991 --> 00:38:38,324
4 ounces, andy.
629
00:38:40,095 --> 00:38:41,427
[kris] there's 7 ounces.
630
00:38:42,263 --> 00:38:43,262
9 ounces.
631
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:46,799
[kris exhales]
632
00:38:46,835 --> 00:38:49,635
[kris] 9.17-ounces.
633
00:38:49,637 --> 00:38:54,107
[narrator] 9.17-ounces
is worth over $17,000.
634
00:38:54,109 --> 00:38:58,277
A hefty chunk of change
needed to pay off
the leased equipment.
635
00:38:59,848 --> 00:39:01,881
Pay ken off,
and then we can keep running.
636
00:39:01,883 --> 00:39:03,349
[cell phone ringing]
637
00:39:04,786 --> 00:39:06,285
[kris] oh, here we go.
Breathe.
638
00:39:07,822 --> 00:39:09,322
Are you okay? Everything good?
639
00:39:09,858 --> 00:39:11,190
[brie speaking]
640
00:39:11,192 --> 00:39:12,358
well, that's good.
641
00:39:14,229 --> 00:39:15,428
Hi, baby.
642
00:39:15,964 --> 00:39:17,163
Oh, she's cute.
643
00:39:19,033 --> 00:39:21,834
[brie speaking]
644
00:39:21,836 --> 00:39:23,136
well, that's good.
645
00:39:23,304 --> 00:39:25,171
[brie speaking]
646
00:39:25,173 --> 00:39:27,173
I'm sorry I wasn't there.
647
00:39:27,442 --> 00:39:29,041
[brie speaking]
648
00:39:29,043 --> 00:39:31,377
I'll see you soon,
I'm coming very soon.
649
00:39:31,946 --> 00:39:33,346
And I'm real happy.
650
00:39:33,948 --> 00:39:35,248
[andy] can I see my niece?
651
00:39:35,250 --> 00:39:37,283
Yeah, okay. Here's andy,
he's looking at her.
652
00:39:38,019 --> 00:39:40,019
[andy] oh, she's adorable.
653
00:39:42,056 --> 00:39:43,823
[brad] she's a cutie,
congratulations.
654
00:39:43,825 --> 00:39:45,057
Thank you very much.
655
00:39:46,394 --> 00:39:48,060
There she is.
656
00:39:49,697 --> 00:39:52,432
[kris] it kind of puts
everything into perspective
in a hurry.
657
00:39:52,434 --> 00:39:54,434
That baby girl
is my responsibility
658
00:39:54,436 --> 00:39:56,569
for the rest of my life.
659
00:39:56,571 --> 00:39:59,338
Every ounce of gold
is suddenly that much
more important.
660
00:40:00,442 --> 00:40:02,975
That's it. It's official.
I'm a father.
661
00:40:04,245 --> 00:40:06,746
The world of problems
have begun.
662
00:40:06,748 --> 00:40:08,481
[all cheer]
663
00:40:15,523 --> 00:40:18,124
[narrator] vernon and shawn
are neck and neck.
664
00:40:19,828 --> 00:40:23,429
As the surly captain holds
the tiniest of edges.
665
00:40:24,999 --> 00:40:28,167
[narrator] next time on
bering sea gold...
666
00:40:28,169 --> 00:40:29,435
[brad] we're on big gold
right now.
667
00:40:29,437 --> 00:40:30,903
Coarse gold. Fine gold.
668
00:40:30,905 --> 00:40:33,206
[andy] kris ain't here,
so I gotta keep
this [bleep] going.
669
00:40:33,208 --> 00:40:35,475
This is how we need
to run every day.
670
00:40:35,477 --> 00:40:37,009
[andy] yep.
671
00:40:37,011 --> 00:40:39,912
We're on the best ground
that you can imagine.
672
00:40:39,914 --> 00:40:41,047
[radio chatter]
look at all that!
673
00:40:41,115 --> 00:40:42,114
Whoo!
674
00:40:42,116 --> 00:40:44,083
Leave no gold behind.
675
00:40:44,919 --> 00:40:46,219
[shawn speaking]
676
00:40:54,896 --> 00:40:55,862
damn!
677
00:40:55,864 --> 00:40:57,196
[zeke grunts]
678
00:40:57,198 --> 00:40:59,232
[gabe speaking]
679
00:40:59,234 --> 00:41:00,333
[zeke speaking]
680
00:41:01,169 --> 00:41:02,435
damn.
681
00:41:02,437 --> 00:41:04,003
[shawn laughs]
682
00:41:04,005 --> 00:41:05,204
[shawn speaking]
683
00:41:07,942 --> 00:41:08,674
perfect.
684
00:41:08,676 --> 00:41:10,042
[shawn speaking]
685
00:41:10,044 --> 00:41:11,577
we'll finish this damn
season with a bang.
686
00:41:11,579 --> 00:41:13,079
Whoo!
687
00:41:13,081 --> 00:41:15,147
[kris] here she is,
the newest member
of the kelly's.
688
00:41:16,184 --> 00:41:17,283
Hi, my baby.