All language subtitles for Bering Sea Gold - S19E08 - Make or Break WEBDL-1080p.en

Oh man, that was the scariest
dive I've ever done.

[narrator] It's been the most
relentless summer season yet...

[grunts]

I'm [bleep] tired.

I don't open up a huge cut,

it'll make a guy
go bankrupt real quick.

...rattling the toughest souls
on the Bering Sea.

But now...

It's go time.

...to go the final stretch,
each captain must find

what drives them...

[Kris]
People always underestimate me.
They expect me to fail,

and I'm proving them wrong.

...and use it as fuel...

[Joe] I've been around
gold mining my whole life.

It's in my blood.

I'm out here to preserve
this way of life.

...to score a life changing
haul before time runs out.

[Shawn] If I lose everything,
all the people that work for me

will lose everything, too.
They're all counting on me,

and I don't plan
on letting them down.

Ready to pile up some gold.

Holy [bleep], Andy!

We're hanging on by a string.

Everything's falling apart.

[laughs]

[Rich speaking]

-[Kris] Damn!
-[Zeke] [bleep], that's nice.

Whoo!

This is gonna get
very [bleep] nasty.

Generator's fired up.
Thrustmaster's fired up.

Excavator's fired up.

We're gonna push up
and we're gonna get to work.

Far behind his goal
in summer's final weeks,

Kris Kelly is in danger
of failing to keep

Reaper Nation afloat.

[Kris] My plan this season was
to have the Mistress on Tomcod

and the crawler on Claim X.

There were some problems
with the Mistress.

[explosion blasts]

[Kris] Time to go mining.

But we got it patched
up and back on the water.

So far, so good.

And we found some great ground
with the crawler.

We're on the black
[bleep], baby.

[Kris] Oh, I'm lucky.

[Kris]
But we haven't been able
to spend a full day on it.

So today, we're finally
gonna get a full day

with the Mistress
and the crawler.

[Kevin] Throttle up!

[Kris] Let's do this.

[Kris]
At this point, we've fallen
so far behind, I'm just looking

to break even.

That's why I lowered
our goal to 150 ounces.

If we can get 150 ounces,
I can pay my bills

and still stay in business.

He's on his way.

We're ready to go.

[bleep], I hope we're gonna
have a good day.

We will.

There's nothing gonna
go wrong.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Kris] Holy [bleep], Andy!

Get on the tire.

The tire.
The tire.

-Help me out!
-I am!

[Kris] Help me out!

[Kris] The ladder, the ladder.

-Are you OK?
-That's [bleep] cold!

[Kris] I love you, buddy.
Are you OK?

-Go get --
-That was cold!

[bleep] man!

[bleep] you scared
the [bleep] out of me.

[Andy speaking]

So [bleep] big, I can't pick him
out of the water anymore.

[Andy] [bleep] yeah.

[Kris] And he couldn't get out.
What a [bleep] start.

[suspenseful music playing]

I'm back.
I'm ready.

Let's get this [bleep] going.

I'm dried off,
changed my clothes.

Here I am.
That's work, buddy, you know?

I mean, you fall off,
change, come right back.

A little bit of water
is not gonna stop me.

[Kris] Well, I'm glad you're OK.

You just scared
the [bleep] out of me.

-I'm good, buddy.
-I didn't know what to do.

I'm trying to grab
the railing to get

my fat ass out of the water.

I just see your top half
of your [bleep] body.

You looked so scared.

Anchors have been deployed.

We're getting
into position right now.

OK, dropping down.
Hoping for the best, baby.

This is it.

We're going down 70 feet
on this spot with amazing gold.

No one in the fleet
has done what I've done.

People have always
underestimated me

because in their minds,
I don't belong being a miner.

Before I got to know,

I didn't even know anything
about mining.

Everybody wants
to see me fail...

but I'm proving the haters
and the doubters wrong.

[machine whirring]

On the bottom right now.

Overgrowth on it.

[Kris] Idle up!

[suspenseful tones playing]

[machine whirring]

[Kris] Is material
going up or no?

[Andy speaking]

[Kris speaking]

Do you think we have a rock jam?

[Andy speaking]

[Kris] I guess let's [bleep]
turn off the power pack

and idle down
and go through

this whole [bleep] thing
again, and...

We got the crawler down,
but there's no material going

through the sluice box.
There's no suction at all.

We have a problem.

We're gonna have to pull
the jet log back out.

[bleep] man,
it must have broke apart.

Everything's falling apart.
OK, pull it up.

Yeah.

[Kris] To get down 70 feet,
you need 80 feet of hose.

The problem is, I took a
100-foot hose and I broke it up

into too many parts,

which makes the system
extremely weak.

So the hose clamps
came off underneath the water.

We should have bought one solid
80-foot hose.

We shouldn't have
cut this bitch.

-We didn't know.
-But now we do.

[Kris]
Every second we're not mining,
we're closer to going under.

So, you know, that was
a pretty big [bleep] up.

I know it looks [bleep], but
we're gonna see if we get reset,

we might go right back down.
I don't know yet.

One [bleep] thing or another.

Across the water...

[Zeke] I want to go mining
so bad.

...Zeke Tenhoff is
in dire straits.

It's the end of the season,
so we're gonna do

whatever we can to get
some more time in here.

We have a lot more
to slurp up.

I kind of started to bank this
season on this boulder patch

that we found.

It's loaded with gold
under those rocks.

But when you go down
to that depth,

exerting all
of your muscles really hard,

I start to feel like
my brain is gonna explode.

I've got my brother Gabe
on board to tag team with me.

But my body is really starting
to feel it big time,

and the deeper we go,
the harder it's getting.

I'm wondering if we should try
to point directly to the east.

We've never tried
to do that before.

-[Gabe] And just go
straight into it?
-Straight in like this.

At this point, we're way behind
my season goals

for this summer.

So I just need to hope my body
holds out and hope that this is

still the right plan.

I figured out pretty early on
that I wasn't gonna be

cut out for a normal job.

I grew up living in Nome,
and it's still really

the center of my world,
just having the nature

right out your doorstep.

I'm always gonna fight to do
things on my own terms,

and I like to think that I can
invent new ways to get gold.

I'm not really afraid
of, like, risking everything,

but now that I have a family,
I need to make a baseline

amount of money
to take care of them.

So right now, I want to make
that I'm still having fun doing

what I'm doing, and then try
to adapt to what

the future brings.

[suspenseful tones playing]

[heavy breathing]

Are you ready for the pump?

[Zeke speaking]

[machine revving]

[water swooshing]

There you go.

[grunts]

[grunts]

Hey, how is it down there?

[Zeke speaking]

Yeah, I mean, and then there's
this [bleep] trying to get into,

under boulders with silt is
just too much of a bitch.

[Zeke speaking]

OK.

[groaning]

What happened is that
we weren't able to find gold

in any of the places that
we like to mine in,
in this boat.

At some point, Zeke found hot
gold under a big rock pile,

with silt under it.

So since then, we've been
in this area, trying to do that.

And it's...

such a bitch.

So yeah, we keep trying to do
something that's inherently

really [bleep] hard to do.

[grunts loudly]

[Zeke speaking]

[Gabe speaking]

[Zeke speaking]

Oh, [bleep].
It's all I can do.

[Zeke grunts loudly]

[Vernon] OK, all aboard.

Time to get after it.

In Nome Harbor...

Hurry, hurry up.

...Vernon Adkison's patience is
as short as the time left

in the season.

Let's get this [bleep] aboard
and get out of here.

[bleep] noon already.

Winter's coming fast,
and we need to make the most

of the time we have left.

I need to keep this crew dialed
in so we don't slow down

and end up falling short.

OK, guys.

Let's get this stuff
aboard and go.

All right, [bleep] damn it.

Let's get that boat aboard
and get out of here!

-Can I get a spot to put it?
-[Vernon] Now!

Hey --

Look, I'm tired
of [bleep] waiting.

[indistinct]

Put the [bleep] boat
on board the boat.

[bleep] damn it.

I'm not seeing what I need
to see right now.

This is not up to standards.

[Rich] Come on!

-Flip it over!
-I'm trying.

Just flip it the [bleep] over.

Perfect.

Cut loose that long bow line.
Bring the long bow line in.

It just takes forever
to get out of port.

But we're finally on our way.

I spent a lot of my life
on the water.

You got to be a certain breed
to last this long.

The sea has no mercy.

It can be dangerous
if you don't know

what you're doing.

It will kill you in a heartbeat
with no remorse.

But it can also
bring you treasure.

That's why I always
push my crew.

And that's why I'm here.

I'm at home on the water.

I've spent more time on the
water than I have on the land.

All right, stand by.
Here we go.

Get that starboard
anchor ready.

[crew member] I got it.

We tapped out this spot we're
working, so we need to find

a new one fast.

[Rich] Get this show
on the road.

[Vernon] I'm sending Richie
down, and I'll see what

he's learned this season.

It better be a lot,
because we don't have time

to mess around.

[heavy breathing]

[Rich speaking]

[crew member] Copy that.
Lowering nozzle line.

Yeah, Richard's
on the bottom.

How's the ground?
What are you seeing?

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] Are you seeing
any gold?

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] Roger that.
Stay on it.

[Rich] Roger that.

All right, Richie.

Get after it.

[Rich speaking]

You know, fingers crossed,
season's coming to an end

very quickly.
So can't be fussing around.

We got to get in the water
and hit it hard

at every opportunity.

We got to get it while
it's getting good.

Back on land...

[Shawn speaking]

So that means the end is near.

As winter creeps toward Nome,
no one is feeling the heat more

than Shawn Pomrenke.

[Shawn] There's ice forming.

We ran out of thawed pay
this morning.

Plant's not running right now.

It's that time of year.
It's go time.

Freezing grounds have slowed
digging to a crawl,

forcing the wash plant
to shut down and bringing

gold production to a halt.

[Shawn] You can see how
the cut opened up,

but it took us over a month
to get to this point.

Hopefully, it's not
too little too late.

This ground's getting tougher
and tougher to dig

because of the cold.

So it's a lot slower piling
up material for the wash plant.

And we ran out of pay last
night, so we had to shut

the plant down.

We're gonna try to do
our best to hit our goal.

It's a race to get enough pay
piled up so when we restart,

we won't have to shut it
down again.

Because it's gonna get so
cold, we won't be able to

start it back up.

If I don't hit at least another
thousand ounces

in the next couple weeks,

I'm gonna be [bleep].

I need 4,000 ounces
by the end of the summer.

So I have everyone
out here working.

The best crew in the world.
These guys don't quit.

Copy that.

Yeah, this all looks
really good, Jody.

Thanks for the help, man.

[Jody speaking]

Right now, I'm just focusing on
trying to uncover and thaw out

as much pay as possible.

But, I mean,
it just gets tough.

If I don't hit 4,000 ounces,
I could lose my deal with Dave.

And I'll be stuck
with the equipment payments,

and no way to pay them.

It'll bankrupt me,
put the whole crew out of work.

Nome's a small town.

I've always prided myself
in being a provider

and providing jobs.

All these guys are like family
to me, and they have families

of their own to support.

That's what drives me.
Nome's counting on me.

I want to get
everything situated...

because when it starts
freezing, you can't shut off

stuff for very long.

Otherwise, it freezes,
and it just screws you over.

We're trying to get pay
up to the plant.

If I don't get this stuff
out of here,

then we'll never
make it.

We have a fighting chance if
I get enough pay dirt uncovered.

God, I hope so,

because right now we need it.

[Rich laughs]

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] Bring it on up.

-Look at that!
-Whoo!

Look at that, it's trapped
in a whole rock.

[bleep].

[Rich] We'll get some more.

[Chris] So I did all
my checklists this morning.

It's cold this morning.
Brutal, man,

Summer mining enters
the final days.

But for Chris McCully,
there's still time for another

golden payday.

There's always that light
at the end of the tunnel.

You can see it right there.
Gold's right there.

Gold's in front of me.
Just got to chase it down.

That's it.

The crawler that I designed
is ready to ship to Nome.

It'll move more material
than any crawler in town.

This will be
a lot more efficient

than having divers
down there.

The crawler can go down
up to 150 feet.

This is gonna be
a game-changer.

Which is good because
I'm falling behind my pace

to get the gold.

We're gonna be back
in business here.

Ready?

Nice.

Now it's time for me to get
suited up

and get some more
gold today.

Once the crawler gets here,
I'll be working on that,

and I won't be working
on the Tata.

So I got to set up these guys
on the good spot for the rest

of the season.

That's my main mission,
is get the crawler up here.

This is the end of the old
chapter, and the new one is

about to open.

Having a crawler will give me
the ability not to rely

on divers.

And I'm gonna have a lot
more gold coming in.

My dad is one of the most
successful miners I know.

There's people out there
think that

everything got handed to me.
That's bull[bleep].

Growing up, I was
never spoiled.

When I need something,
I've always been told, I got

to go find a job, work for it.
Nothing is free for me.

I work my ass off
for everything I have.

Over the years, I put my head
down and focused

on getting the gold.

Every successful person
out there has haters.

I just brush it off.

They're not the one that's
getting the gold.

I am.

And when the crawler gets here,
I am gonna be

on another level.

[heavy breathing]

[Robert] Comms check.

[Chris speaking]

OK, I just got to the bottom.

[Chris speaking]

Hot water still feel good,
or do you need me to turn it up?

[Chris speaking]

[Robert] All right, idling up.

[machine rumbling]

[Chris speaking]

He says he's already seeing
gold, which is awesome.

[Chris speaking]

Yeah, exactly.

[Chris speaking]

Back in the harbor...

[Joe] And we're off.

Time to make today count.
We need some gold.

...Joe Fullwood's operating is
firing on all cylinders

as he's about to face his
biggest challenge yet.

[Joe] It's looking like Mike
might have to jet out of here

a little bit early this season.

He's got family matters
to attend to.

I'm not excited
for that at all.

We're on a killer run,
and it sucks to lose Michael

before the season's over.

I don't know if I'll be able
to find another diver.

Certainly not someone as good.

We're gonna get on a stretch
of this pay streak where Michael

can pull an eight hour marathon
before he leaves.

We're gonna see what
the current's doing, see what

the wind's doing, get out here
and see how conditions are,

figure out which direction
we want to end.

The forecast calls for some
nasty currents.

Michael might be cutting
his dive short.

Since this is Michael's last
day, it's gonna put a lot

of pressure on me for the rest
of the season.

[Michael]
Growing up mining over here on
the whole east side, I haven't

seen anything this rich before.

I've been diving since
they first put wheels

on a dredge.

You know, that's how we used
to get out.

Nothing bigger
than an eight-inch.

We're talking like early '90s.

My dad would have loved
to see all this.

You know, he's the OG...

of [bleep] gold dredging
out here.

First summer mining,
big learning curve.

Had no clue what he was doing
out here in the ocean.

Sold his Mustang
and came up here to Nome.

[Joe] My dad was a gold miner.

I'm born and raised
on the beaches of Nome.

I've got mining in my veins.

Growing up, it was just
all gold.

First job was gold.

Paid off my first vehicle
with gold from the beach.

Just spent my entire life
gold mining.

You learn to enjoy
the simplest,

most honest things.

Hard work and food
on the table.

I hope for future generations
to be able to find

the consistency
that I've found,

that the ocean's given me.

Ooh, it's cold out.

All right!

Whew!

All right, everything's running.

[Joe] Tear it up, man.

And he's off.

Ready to pile up some gold.

[Joe] Mic check.

[Michael speaking]

[Joe] Michael, check.
Loud and clear.

Michael, check.
Good to go.

[heavy breathing]

[Joe and Michael speaking]

[Joe] All right.
Here goes.

[bleep] loaded.

We're on it.

[Joe] That dirt going through
the box looks real good.

[Michael speaking]

[Joe speaking]

Pretty bad situation.

That's where this is
at right now.

Damn.

[upbeat music playing]

We're just gonna clip it
back on, tie it,

and we're going back to work.
-OK.

I need this to work today.

Captain Kris reassembles
their 80-foot hose...

determined to make sure
they don't get hosed again.

The plan is to put the hose
back together and put it

right back down.

We can't quit.

You know, I built this
all in my head.

Some of the pieces
could be better.

[banging]

I put these two hoses together,
latched them together,

for a permanent fix.

Yeah.

Good job, buddy.

And this won't cause me another
problem for the rest

of the season.

OK, let's get the crawler down.

[yelling] OK, down, Andy.

Keep going down.

We're OK.

We're back up and running.

We're back on it.

Everything's lining up
kind of nice.

Are we OK, Andy?

[Kris] OK.

We're definitely
moving material.

We're waiting to see
a test pan.

That's great [bleep] news.

[Andy] Nice thick [bleep] --

[Kris] When you see
that black [bleep],

that's where the gold is.

That's the ancient,
smelly, untouched stuff.

You know what?

You just know you're
making money.

I know I'm making money.
I [bleep] smile

when it smells like [bleep].

I would like to look at
the sluice box and just see

what's going on.

OK, we're gonna look
at the sluice box real quick.

I'm seeing some gold
in the ripples.

Damn!

-This is some chunky [bleep].
-[bleep] yeah.

-Whoo!
-About [bleep] time.

This is what I need to see.

[Andy speaking]

[Kris speaking]

We're down 70 feet working
ground that other miners

can only dream of.

No one else in Nome
can do this.

Success.
We're getting gold.

We're moving a lot of material.

Yeah, baby, we're killing it.

Across the sea...

[groans]

[Zeke speaking]

On this claim?

[Zeke speaking]

After hours enduring hard
labor, Zeke Tenhoff

is getting rocked.

All right, buddy,
that's your time.

[Zeke speaking]

[Gabe] Yeah.

[Zeke] This boulder field is
vast, and I'm certain there's

probably hundreds of ounces
of gold left under it.

But it's too difficult for us.
I'm already worn out.

We're not gonna be able
to do it the rest of the season.

So you want to keep --
we'll either keep mining here

or go try something else.
-[Zeke] Chasing this
hot stuff is...

kind of coming up dry.

Where I'm at with it is that
we're fighting these conditions

like, every single dive.
-[Zeke] Yeah.

-Everyone's just fighting it.
-Yeah.

-And it's just, like, not...
-Paying the bills.

I just --
I'm kind of...

I'm at the end
of my rope with it.

It's a big risk to change
the plan this late

in the season, but I need to
make whatever decision I need to

to get us the most gold for what
is left of the summer.

So we know that there's a bunch
of ground right here that was

producing, and it's compared
to what we've been doing,

it's easy and straightforward.

We don't have to deal
with a bunch of big rocks.

There was a sand field
we found

that looked promising
earlier this season.

And the synergy is perfect for
working through a lot of sand

really fast.

So we're gonna get Gabe
down there on it.

[suspenseful music playing]

[machine whirring]

[suspenseful music continues]

[Gabe speaking]

How's it going for you?

[Gabe] There's a lot of heavies
and black stuff.

If we can keep the hose full,
I think we'll do fine.

Does this feel a lot easier?

[Gabe] I mean, yeah, this is so
much easier, for sure.

Yeah, this boat is designed
to do exactly this.

[Zeke speaking]

It does this very, very well.

[Gabe speaking]

The boat's designed to,
like, go into the sand

and dredge, like,
four or five feet of sand.

And, like, we've been trying
to make this boat do something

different than that,
and, like, we're just,

like, losing our ass
doing that.

I'm sorry we just have been.

[Gabe] Pretty smooth sailing.

Back on land...

[Shawn] Yeah!

Oh, yeah, that looks good.

That's why I got this crew.
They're [bleep] tough.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

And after piling up the pay
dirt, the wash plant is back

up and running, and the inland
mine is back to making gold.

We're rolling,
but we're hanging on

by a string.

The whole team came together.

We got a bunch of pay piled up,
and the wash plant

back up and running.

I don't want to be forced to
shut it down, because if we do,

we may not get it
started back up.

Cody, you take a look
at that box.

Now you can see gold
in the box.

The box should be looking real
good by tonight.

Just trying to keep the wash
plant fed, because we're down

to crunch time.

[Shawn] Loving it.

We're seeing some good
color in the box,

I didn't get to look.

I was too busy down here
trying to get more.

Now, I got to see some
big numbers in the cleanup.

We haven't hit
triple digits in a while.

So I want to see over
100 ounces on the scale.

We got to,
because time's running out.

I like seeing the big timbers.

I like seeing the big lumber.
They were following

something good
and didn't want to lose it.

Working this pay streak
the old timers work,

makes you think.

These guys traveled thousands
of miles to get here, in search

of a better life for them
and their families.

And that's what we're doing.

Not back in
the triple digits yet.

Yet.

This next cleanup will be.

I'm just hoping it all adds up.

How's everything doing
down there?

[Chris speaking]

With his new crawler just days
away, Chris McCully is setting

the table with a golden meal
that'll keep his divers fed.

[Chris] All right.

I open up this new cut
for the divers, so all they got

to do is go down and get it.

[Robert] OK.

[Chris] When I get the crawler
up here, Robert's gonna be one

of the divers on the Tata.

So I got to make sure he knows
what he's doing.

[heavy breathing]

[Robert speaking]

All right, copy.

[Robert speaking]

[Chris] Oh, yeah, you're seeing
the goal right now, huh?

[Robert speaking]

[Chris]
Yeah, that's the material
that you want to work on.

[Robert speaking]

I try my best to leave the
new guy on a fresh cut so that

he can learn right away.

[Robert speaking]

[nervous vocalization]

Uh...

[Chris] Got a copy?

[Robert speaking]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Robert speaking]

[Chris speaking]

[Robert speaking]

They don't know the proximity
between the suction and how

close can you get to
the suction

without getting
sucked up.

[Robert] Oh.

At the business end
of the hose, suction must be

strong enough to cut through
the ocean floor,

and suck up heavy minerals,
like gold.

[Robert] There's definitely
G everywhere.

And depending on the size of
the pump, that could be strong

enough to pull off a glove.

Or even break bones.

My rule of thumb is,
never put yourself in front

of the nozzle.

Doesn't matter what you're
doing down there, never,

ever go in front of the nozzle.

Robert made a rookie mistake,
and that's not good.

If your hand gets sucked up in
there, you can break your arm.

And worst case scenario,
another rock will get sucked up

and you get pinched.

That'll be the end
of your career.

And Robert needs to learn quick
because I won't be out here

watching him to keep him safe.

[Robert speaking]

[Chris] Hell yeah, buddy.

That's brought to you
by Chris BG.

Enjoy while you can.

That's the good thing
about working with me.

I teach people.

I put you on the gold,
and you learn how

to get the gold.

Across the water...

-Yeah, hey, Richie.
-[Rich] Yes, sir.

[Vernon speaking]

[Rich speaking]

Oh, that's excellent, Richie.
That's excellent.

After landing
the Adkison team back on gold,

diver Richie Huffman clears
the six-hour mark.

OK, Richard.
You can come on up.

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon speaking]

Richie's been listening
and growing.

It's nice to see,
and it's putting more gold

in the box.

Scott, you gonna dive?

[Scott speaking]

All right.

[bleep]

We got an operation
going here.

Scott's been a diver
for a long time,

but even he can start
dragging ass

at the end of the season.

And that's what I saw
last time out.

[Scott] Oh, I do not feel well.

[groans]

About two hours in,
I hit a wall.

It can happen.
So I got to stay on him, too.

Scott needs to kick it
into high gear.

That gold ain't gonna jump
in the box by itself.

I hate nagging, but we got
to make it more efficient.

We got to rock and roll.

We're on good gold.
I know he's tired.

I know he's worn out.

But we can't afford
to slow down.

We can't afford to stop now.

[Vernon and Scott speaking]

He's seeing gold down there.

[Rich] We're back in business.

So Scott's saying there's some
very good material down there.

[Scott laughs]
Whoo!

[Vernon] Bring it on up.

[Scott speaking]

[Rich speaking]

It's a specimen!

[bleep]
Look at that!

-Whoo!
-Go get some more!

Go get some more!
Holy!

Look at that.

That's an honor.
That is a specimen.

Scott has uncovered a nugget
of quartz and gold --

formed when dissolved gold is
deposited onto quartz veins

in the earth's crust.

These nuggets are prized
for their unique look.

And one this size
can fetch hundreds

or even thousands of dollars.

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon speaking]

Scott found a nice souvenir.

Make a good piece of jewelry,
a nice pendant.

He also put us on good gold,
and that's what's important.

That's nice.

[Scott speaking]

[Vernon] I think we might have
to send that home with you.

[Scott speaking]

[Scott laughs]

Hey, Robert,
you're still on the cut?

[Robert speaking]

[Chris] Right on.
Cool.

He sees all these cracks
on the bottom, and he's seeing

the gold in it.
And that's good.

That's good for me.
At least he sees that.

With help from Captain Chris,
diver Robert Wood is still

on the gold after nearly
four hours.

[Chris] Yeah, follow that cut
and then make sure

you're looking at the material.

[Robert speaking]

[Chris] Robert's doing OK.
He's learning what I tell him.

But a lot of divers just phone
it in when no one's

watching them.
So I got to be on these guys.

Boom, that's it.

Hey, Robert.
You got a copy?

[Robert speaking]

[Chris] You're pretty much
at the end of your dive,

so whenever you're ready,
just come up.

[Robert speaking]

[Chris] OK, copy that.

Awesome, dude.
Four hours straight.

Not bad, not bad.

-Well, how did that go?
-Pretty good.

-See what you did?
-Yeah, I'm pretty excited.

It won't be the same as
having me on the boat,

but hopefully Robert
can be a good diver

while I'm on the crawler.

And then we'll kill it
for the rest of the way.

That's it.

We're packed up
and now we just gotta

head straight for the harbor.

The day went very well.

The boxes are really looking
good already, so our work

definitely pays off.

It's a beautiful thing,
It's a beautiful thing.

[Gabe speaking]

[Zeke speaking]

After their rock and roll days
took their toll, sand is grand

for the Tenhoff team.

Hey, Gabe.

[Gabe speaking]

All right, I'll get
you a tether.

[Gabe] It looks good.

[Zeke] Oh, [bleep].
Oh, my gosh.

There's gold here.

You're getting these
good tells.

-Dog [bleep] simple.
-Yo, that's tight.

-Yeah, that was good.
-[bleep] tight, dude.

It's what we want to do.

[Zeke]
Gold mining is
a different way of life

in that there is
no real rule book.

You kind of have to follow
your intuition with some

of these decisions.

And so moving back over
into this sand was definitely

the right decision.

We're just gonna have to put
our foot on the gas for the rest

of the season.

[Gabe speaking]

Yeah, we got lots of room.

Lots of room here.
It's gold in the box.

Coming in, easy program.
Easy on everybody.

Should be a [bleep]load
of that stuff.

[Zeke] I'm happy about it.

[Gabe] We're gonna make
some money today.

[Scott and Vernon speaking]

[Rich] We got six-,
eight-knot current going.

Look here.

This is gonna get
very [bleep] nasty.

[Michael speaking]

On Claim 56, currents are
currently an issue,

throwing Michael's eight-hour
marathon and Joe's goal

for the season into jeopardy.

[Joe] Yeah, conditions are
deteriorating fast.

We got a monster swell
rolling through.

[Michael speaking]

[Joe] We got white caps
on the horizon.

Swells are really kicking
our ass out here today.

We'll stick around
for a moment here.

Maybe the swell's gonna pass.

Michael's the best.

He's trying to put as much time
as he can in before he leaves.

I don't want to fall behind
pace, but I don't want him

to put himself in danger either.

Safety is what's
most important

at the end of the day.

[Michael speaking]

[Joe] Michael's
the ultimate pro.

If it's too tough for him,
it's definitely time to call it.

You've got to survive
to cleanup.

If you don't make it to
the cleanup,

you ain't making
any money.

[Michael speaking]

[Joe] Michael cut his dive
short, but the sluice box is

looking amazing.

Might be the best gold
we've been on all season.

Right down there,
you can almost hear the gold.

Ooh-wa!

You hear that?

I see a lot of gold.

[Michael and Joe speaking]

OK, it's a good time to get
this dirt out of here.

Let's head back to port.

Michael leaving puts me
in a tough spot.

but I appreciate the sacrifices
he made

to stay as long
as he could.

These last few days, I've just
been on bomb the whole time.

Yeah.

Super good ground.

While the Fullwood team
heads in...

over on the Gold Ship...

[Scott grunting]

[Vernon speaking]

[Scott speaking]

The boat might have shifted.
We've got conditions up here.

[groans]

[Rich] We've swung about
20 feet to the north.

Yeah, it looks like
we've maybe pivoted

about 20 feet to the north.

[Scott speaking]

Does it still feel like
to you that we're dragging?

[Scott speaking]

[Vernon speaking]

Given the present weather
conditions, there's not much

we can do about it.

If it's not good,
we'll bring him up.

[Scott groans]

[Vernon and Scott speaking]

I don't want to get into
another situation like we had

a while back when the boat
starts drifting very rapidly.

His umbilical and the anchor
line are twisted.

[Scott and crewmate speaking]

[Rich and Vernon speaking]

[Scott speaking]

This is not working.

Not [bleep] working.

All right, we're gonna
idle down.

Idle down, please.

We got a hell of a ripping
current here right now.

[Scott speaking]

[Vernon] Yeah, OK.

[Scott speaking]

Look here, this is gonna
get very [bleep] nasty

unless everybody pays
attention and stays on task.

OK, hold on to it.
We'll pull you up.

[Scott speaking]

[Scott grunts]

[Scott grunts]

Look at this.
This is like a river.

-[Rich] I know.
-Look at that.

[Rich] Yeah.

[Scott] The hose wasn't even
touching the ground.

I had to just hold onto a rock
down there and wait for them

to pull up the slack
in my umbilical.

-That was not a good experience.
-Breathtaking?

Yes, it was breathtaking.
Well put.

[Vernon] Scott showed
me something today.

Just like Richie,
he pushed hard.

OK, that's enough.
Enough.

Most divers would call it when
those currents first kick up,

but Scott hung tough.

Everyone kept their heads
and brought him up safely.

Top notch work.

These swells cut our day short,
but we'll just have to see

how much we've got
on the scales.

I think it was a good call
to pull out.

There comes a point
of diminishing return.

[Joe] This time of year,
every cleanup can be your last.

As he faces
an uncertain future...

[Joe] Turn this here dirt
into some shiny yellow metal.

...the only certainty for
Joe Fullwood is that this will

be his last clean out
with Michael Kralik.

[Joe] It's a nice pile, dude.

Sucking that dirt up quicker
than [bleep] ever.

This could be the last cleanup.

I don't know if I'm gonna
find someone to

step in for Michael.

In the meantime, I need
that scale to light up.

All right, here goes.
Moment of truth.

What do we got?

One, five, ten, twenty...

31.1.

-Yeah, dude.
-Good.

31.1 ounces banks the hometown
team nearly 78 grand.

A strong goodbye gift
from Joe's mining partner.

[Joe] Boo-yah.

Real good.

Beautiful work, dude.

[bleep] yeah, Michael.

Teaming up with another second
generation miner and getting

the numbers we've been getting
has been extra rewarding.

Take it straight
to the [bleep] bank, huh?

Yeah.

[Joe] We're keeping the known
mining lifestyle alive,

and now the heat is on.

I've got to find another diver
and hope I can get over

the finish line
in the time I have left.

That's beautiful.

Two miles away...

[Cody] Here we go.

[Shawn] It's getting colder,
and it's gonna continue

to get colder.

Starting to come to the time
of year we separate the men

from the boys.

After the big push,
Shawn Pomrenke is looking

for an upward trend
on the scale.

It looks good!
Pack, pack, pack, pack, pack.

Every one of them is packed.

we need it to take a lot
of pressure off.

This gold looks amazing.
We're turning this around now.

Hard work pays off.

I've been working really hard
to get to this point.

Better late than never.

That's a pretty pile of gold.

It's pretty thick through there.

[George] It's gonna be close.

It's been slow for weeks.

50, 60...

-That's not very good.
-No.

-Just waiting on George.
-Always.

But if we can break 100 ounces
today, we still have a shot at

4,000 ounces.

[George] I think she's dry.

[Shawn] Man, that's pretty gold.

Oh, that's gonna be
a good one.

We're gonna need a bigger
jar for the next one.

That's a good pile of gold.

Oh, my god.

[Shawn] Yeah?
Are we ready?

-20.
-[George] 30.

50, 70...

-80.
-90.

I just hit 100.
Come on.

115.

115.2 ounces is
worth $288,000.

Shawn's highest total in weeks.

And Mr. Gold may be
on the verge

of finding his groove.

-We are back in triple digits.
-[George] Thank god.

That's good.

[Shawn] We banded together.

We got the numbers back up,
and we're on our way.

Next one's gonna be better.

This is big, not just for me,
but for all of us.

We're on the home run
stretch here.

We better keep pay dirt going
to the plant.

We just got to push hard as
hell to the end

and finish strong.

Next one we'll hit 200.

Back out on the water...

[suspenseful music playing]

I think this is the most
material we've ever moved

with a suction operation.

[Kris] We're making craters
underneath the ocean.

70 feet down, Kris Kelly's
deep water crawler could be

helping Reaper Nation
crawl out of debt.

[Kris] Everything's going great.

We had a great day
with the crawler, lots of hours,

lots of material.
Success!

Killing it.

It's getting kind of dark.

[Kris] Yeah.

This was a huge victory,
and Kevin said they had

a killer day on the Mistress.

We'll clean that material
when we get back.

Everything's coming together.

Reaper Nation firing
on all cylinders,

don't underestimate me.

So we made it through the day.

We had a hard start
and we finished strong.

This crawler definitely worked.

Claim X is paying off,
and we're killing it.

Let's go, let's back up.

Pull it up.

[creaking]

OK, we made it.
Let's get out of here.

This is real nice.

Everything's [bleep]
going great.

[Andy speaking]

This is a dark harbor,
but we're making this corner,

it's the dangerous corner
of the whole thing, so...

To the right!

To the right!

To the right!

I gotta get a better captain.

[Kris] Wow!

One [bleep] thing or another.

What the [bleep]?

Hello and welcome
to another edition

of Kris Kelly's Secret Guide
to Successful Mining.

You know, some days it doesn't
feel that successful.

Today we're gonna be talking
about shopping in Nome.

Up in Nome, you have to be
very resourceful.

You gotta get out there,
you gotta go looking

for boat yards.

Remember, you're only
trespassing if you get caught.

Right now, I'm gonna introduce
Kevin, my shopping partner,

and my BFF for life.

What up, Kris?

Let's look around,
because I know

we're gonna find something nice.

[Kevin] Let's go check it out.

Well, here's one of
our treasures right here,

for example --
this is an electric motor.

This thing here is 480 volts.
It'll save us 500 bucks a day.

I gotta get a deal on this.
Throw that F-word out there.

Free.

-Free 99.
-[Kris] Free.

You know what they say --

if it ain't for free,
it ain't for me.

This is coming with us
for sure.

Kevin wants to save
this machine.

-Praise his name.
-Save the machine, baby.

-Save the machine.
-Big Blue's coming home.

Let's keep going.

I like to call the boat yards,
land of broken dreams.

We hit the jackpot.

Somebody thought that boat was
gonna make him a millionaire.

Turns out that dream
became a nightmare.

The boat's still good.

They just couldn't find gold
if they were laying on it.

[Kevin] Oh, yeah, this is
a good motor right there.

This is sold.

Thank you very much
for watching another episode

of Kris Kelly's Secret Guide
to Successful Mining.

I hope these tips are
helping you.

[Kevin] Yeah, baby, let's do it.

[Kris] I think we saved,
like, 10 grand today.

[Kris] Wow!

One [bleep] thing or another.

[Kris] We had such a great day,
and now this.

The steering's out on the
all-in, so this 20-ton boat is

drifting in the darkness.

And if I hit a bunch of boats
coming into the harbor,

I am [bleep], and it's
all my hard work's

over in a blink of an eye.

OK, we're still fine.

Just twisting around.
Everything's cool.

You know, we're not
in any trouble yet.

Are you trying to
turn the wheel?

[captain and Kris speaking]

[Kris] OK, we'll just tell him
it's working.

He got it!

OK, crisis averted.

[bleep] piece of [bleep] boat.

Take a right.

What the [bleep] man?

We got some steering back,
but it's not great.

It could be going better.

We're not totally out
of control, just a little bit.

OK, straight!

OK, we're here.

Reverse!

OK, we're good.

[Kris] We got lucky.

OK, let's grab our bags
and get the [bleep] out of here

before this boat
blows up or catches on fire

or some [bleep] like that.

"All in the toilet,"
that's what we call this boat.

Good job, everybody.
We made it!

Yeah!

We live to fight another day.

[Vernon speaking]

Vernon Adkison is hoping
to light up the scale,

despite a day cut short.

We had to come in yesterday
because of rough weather,

and now we got to do
this clean up.

I'm tough on my crew sometimes,

but they're really
starting to gel.

That's why I do it,
and that's what will get us

a strong finish for the season.

All right.

Here it goes.
Let's see how we got here.

One, two, three...

four, five...

eight...

10, 12, 15...

15.87.

15.87 ounces is worth
nearly $40,000.

And Vernon's team proves
they're sea-ready at the most

critical time of the season.

[Vernon] I'd say that's
a pretty good day's work.

We got a chance of going home
with some serious gold

in our pockets.

All I gotta say is,
keep up the good work.

Back in Nome...

Hey.

-[Kevin] Hey.
-How's it going?

-What's up, man?
-[Kris] I'm [bleep] beat.

You ready to see how
much we got?

[Kris] Yes, sir.
Put me in a good mood.

I got the crawler
on amazing ground.

Now, I'm gonna see how
Kevin did on the Mistress.

All right, here it goes, man.
You ready?

Yeah.

One...

-Five.
-[Kris] Six, seven, eight.

There's 10.

-There's 15.
-Good, good.

18.

-There's 20.
-That'll pay some bills.

There's 25.

[Kris] 30.

OK.

[Kevin] 30.9 ounces.

[Kris] Great.

30.9 ounces is worth
over 77 grand.

It's Reaper Nation's
best clean out yet.

And Kris Kelly may have
righted his ships

in the nick of time.

[Kevin] That's a pretty good
amount, dude.

-I'm pretty excited over that.
-[Kris] You did great.

-Good job.
-[Kevin] I'm happy
with this cleanup,

to be honest with you.

I'm happy with this
cleanup, too.

Everything's great.
We just need to grind away.

We need to keep going.

So, let's just go back
out there and hit it hard.

[Kris] Yeah, OK.

[Kris]
For the first time this season,
everything is coming together.

And if I keep doing this,
I'll pull off my summer.

We have just enough to keep
pushing, so let's just keep

pushing, strong.

[Kevin] With a winning attitude
like that, we'll never lose.

Across town...

We're already getting
to the end of our season here.

We're gonna do
a clean out today.

I'm actually quite excited
to weigh the gold

that we get today.

We've been putting a lot
of hours in the box,

and I try to teach Robert
after I put him on the gold.

This cleanup would be a good
test to see how these guys

perform without me.

It feels pretty hefty.

Here we go.

Four, six, eight...

10, 12...

25, 27, 28, come on.

36.

Ooh, 38.9.

Whoo!

Whoa.

38.9 ounces is worth
nearly $100,000.

Wow, good job.

And the captain's
faith in divers,

may have turned a corner.

Yeah, wow.

Once I get the crawler
up here, I'm gonna have

two dredges burning gold.

And this is what
I've been waiting for.

Job well done.

[Chris] Hey.
How's it going?

So far, so good.
Can't complain.

We're able to get our hours
in and yeah.

What you got for me today?

[chief speaking]

[bleep]

[chief speaking]

[Chris] Thank you
for letting me know.

And, yeah, now I can plan
accordingly, so...

[chief speaking]

Bye.

I wanted the crawler to be
up here this summer,

and it's not gonna happen
this year.

That's gonna mess up my plans.

It really sucks because I might
not hit my goal this summer.

What the [bleep], dude?

Joe Fullwood keeps
up his ferocious pace,

while Vernon makes
every hour count.

Next time on
"Bering Sea Gold."

Time's getting short.

[Joe] She's getting close
to the end out here.

Everything's on the line.

This is it.
No time to mess around.

[Shawn] Snow on the mountains.

The dirt's starting to freeze.

Got to make hay
while the sun shines.

[Kris] Come on,
let's get that gold.

Oh, yeah!

[Scott yells]

[bleep].

I'm here to make money,

and I'm gonna do
whatever it takes.

If we don't get that started,
we're not gonna make any gold.

[Gabe] Whoo-hoo-hoo!

I [bleep] smell gold!

I see gold in this sluice box!
I know I'm getting gold!

Nice job, George.

[Vernon] Yippee ki yay!

[Zeke] That's what
I'm talking about.

Oh, my god.

[Chris] Can't stop, won't stop.

Yeah, get in there, boy!
Whee!