All language subtitles for Bering Sea Gold - S19E10 - Last Gasp for Gold WEBDL-1080p.en

[narrator]
This season, the miners
of the Bering Sea

have fought harder...

No!

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

...and gone deeper
than ever before.

-[Zeke] The mother lode.
-[Gabe] Got him.

Bam.

With all new weapons
in their arsenal...

[Chris speaking]

...to fearlessly wage
the battle for gold.

[Zeke speaking]

But now...

their common adversary,
Mother Nature,

has launched a sneak attack.

Get every piece we can before
winter arrives.

A sudden cold front

has brought freezing
temperatures that'll ice over

the harbor and put an end
to summer mining.

But with targets within
striking distance,

can they risk
one last shot at glory?

[Kris] Something's wrong.

Ah!

Or...

is it already too late?

[Zeke speaking]

You OK?

[Zeke] What the [bleep]?
[screaming]

So what are you saying?
I'm fired?

But every morning,
it's getting colder and colder

and colder,
and the season's done.

In summer's final hours,
Shawn Pomrenke needs a miracle.

The cold front is bringing
arctic temperatures,

icing over equipment,

and making the ground
at the inland mine too solid

to dig through.

And it couldn't have come
at a worse time for Mr. Gold.

[Shawn] I'm about
1,000 ounces shy.

of this 4,000 ounce gold
in the contract,

unless, like, a miracle happens
and there's 1,100 ounces

in the box this next cleanup,
there's no way I'm hitting

the 4,000 ounces.

This season, I made the biggest
deal of my career and took

a stab at gold mining history.

There's the potential to make
a few million dollars

by tapping into
the original pay streak

from the original
Nome Gold Rush.

Well, hopefully we find
a big area

where they just missed it all.

-You will.
-We will.

I guarantee you,
you will.

[Shawn] But it meant delivering
4,000 ounces to satisfy

the deal with Dave.

[Dave]
Well, hopefully it works.

You just hope you don't
make too big of mistakes

that you can't recover from.

Things at the mine
started off hot.

Gold, baby.
Gold.

[bleep] gold miner!
Yeah!

[Shawn]
The pay dirt pile's dwindling.

That's the last of it
right there.

But then it turned out to be
more of a challenge

than I originally thought.

And we don't have the new cut
opened up.

It's gonna be a problem.

To boost production...

We'll get rolling.

...I gambled on $5 million
worth of new equipment.

Full steam ahead!

That helped us get
on some amazing gold.

156.
Loving it.

Now I got $80,000 a month
payments to make all winter.

But I'm in debt,

and summer's finally coming
to an end.

Pretty scary.

I mean, since we got the new
equipment, the numbers have

definitely come up.

The last cleanup was
the best cleanup of the season.

But now it's freezing,
so now it's [bleep]

maybe too little too late.

I believe in this project.
We're on legendary ground.

But I need a thousand
more ounces.

And if I don't deliver,
Dave can end the deal,

and I'll lose everything.

[Shawn speaking]

I don't care if the ground's
basically frozen.

We're gonna keep mining
until we can't mine anymore.

[engine whirring]

[Shawn speaking]

We're into some high-grade
material in the back corner.

It's the best ground
we've seen yet.

I need the biggest cleanup
of the season to show everybody

what we're capable of.

And to save my deal.

Well, I'm gonna keep pushing.

We're doing everything we can
to make it happen.

While the cold front puts
the squeeze on Mr. Gold,

in the harbor,

the fleet faces the cold,
hard facts of winter.

Frigid temperatures have
started to freeze

the harbor water.

And come nightfall,

temperatures will plummet
even further.

[Zeke] Holy [bleep].

Still short of
his season goal...

[Zeke] We'll see if we can break
out of this ice.

I don't know.

...Zeke Tenhoff is electing
to brave it.

[Zeke] When you start to get
thick ice in the harbor,

that's the end of the season.

Pretty soon, this harbor is
gonna be too frozen

to keep going.

I mean, there's a line there.

If it gets too icy, you're not
gonna be able to pull your

dredge out because you're
gonna be stuck in the ice.

The dredge is made
out of aluminum.

And if you're trying to drive
through ice,

you could potentially
put a hole

in the hull of your boat.

Almost everyone else
has already bailed.

Let's see if we can bust
through this ice.

But I want to keep pushing
it a little longer.

[engine whirring]

[indistinct], we're stuck.

The Synergy is like locked
in a big pan of ice.

Sam's gonna ram the ice
around the dredge and try

to break it up enough so that
we can get the boat moving.

All right, there you go.

Sweet.

I think we probably got it now.

It's starting to kind of feel
like the end today, for sure.

My goal this season
was to get enough ounces

to pay off the boat.

We found great gold
under a big pile of boulders.

There's a bunch
of gold in there.

[Zeke] But moving those boulders
started to take too much

of a toll on us
physically and mentally.

[screaming]

[Joe speaking]

I don't feel comfortable.

That's a problem.

So we moved over to a sand field

where we're able
to work longer hours

and move more material
more consistently.

Yet again, we persist.

[Zeke]
We're still all pretty beat up
from moving those big boulders,

but I need Sam, myself,
Jeff, and Gabe to all get

good, solid dives in today
to wrap this up.

-Shall we?
-Yeah, let's do it.

[machinery stuttering]

[Gabe] It doesn't want
to turn over.

[Zeke] Oh, no.

This is our air compressor.

It doesn't want to start.

You're just cold.

What if we got a torch and just
kind of heated it up a little?

[Zeke]
It's crazy to have to deal
with all this ice and to have

to blast everything with heat to
get it started in the morning,

but it'll be worth it
if it gets us one more day.

[machinery stuttering]

Yeah.

[loud rumbling]

-Yeah!
-There we go.

Copy on here?

[Zeke speaking]

[Gabe] How's it look down there?

[Zeke and Gabe speaking]

-[Gabe] Is it doable?
-[Zeke] Um...

[Gabe speaking]

[Gabe] You're very quiet.

[Zeke] What the [bleep]?
[groans]

Are you OK?

-[Zeke, unintelligible]
-Oh, my [bleep] god!

Oh, my [bleep] god!

[intense music playing]

[Zeke coughing]

[Zeke groans]

[Gabe speaking]

[Zeke speaking]

[Zeke] A line on a buoy
got wrapped around my mask

and ripped it off of my face.

Ah!

I just felt a rush of water,

and I had no air left
to breathe.

Yeah, it's scary when something
like that happens.

You just kind of have to let,
like, your muscle memory

take over and not get afraid.

Because you can't see your way
back to the surface.

You don't really know how long
it's gonna take.

You're not in a good spot.

I could hear, like,
water going into the regulator,

and I could hear gurgling.
[imitates gurgling sounds]

And then it was
just like "Bleh!"

So I ran out, and it was like
a while before he was up.

And you could see air free
flowing up through the top.

The thing that would kill
you down there

is getting tangled
up and [bleep]

and then having your mask
get ripped off.

That's how you drown.

Sure gets get your
adrenaline going.

Now get your ass
back down there, dude.

[Zeke] We've got ice
in the harbor.

Our equipment's not running
because it's too cold.

I got my mask ripped
off my face.

And the visibility's really bad.

We've got a lot working
against us.

But it's the last day.

We all need a little bit
more gold.

We just got to go for it.

[Zeke] Gabe, you got me?

-Yeah, I got you.
-[Zeke] OK, good.

[Gabe] You all right
down there, bud?

[Zeke] OK.

[Gabe and Zeke speaking]

Gotcha.

Try to keep your [bleep] mask
on this time, dude.

[Zeke] OK.

Back at the dock...

[Vernon] All right, here we go.

Harbor's freezing up.

Well, we're just going to have
to work around it.

We're going.
[bleep] it.

With his season goal
within reach...

-[Vernon] How's my stern?
-[crew] You're OK.

...the harbor ice isn't
stopping Vernon Adkinson.

[Vernon] [bleep] damn it.

[Vernon] I've been trying
to save up to fund all this.

This is my retirement.

With a nitrox system,
we've been able to go deeper,

but it's not been that easy.

[diver speaking]

[crew member speaking]

I got you.
Don't let go.

Don't let go.

I was hanging on
for my dear life.

[Vernon] Nothing went right with
the first half of the season.

Vernon.

[Vernon] [bleep] damn it.

And Richie struggled
to find his sea legs.

[Rich speaking]

Pull him up.

He's all [bleep] up.
He's not gonna get any better.

But the team finally
started to gel.

[Rich speaking]

All right, that's perfect.

And we pulled marathon
after marathon.

[Rich] Ha-ha!

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

The gold started flowing,

and Richie turned
into a rock star.

[Rich speaking]

You suck!
In a good kind of way.

This is absolutely the best.

A really smart person would
probably go ahead and pull

the boat right now.
I must not be that damn smart.

The guys want to take it
to the last gasp.

And so do I.

I'm gonna need a healthy
combination of royalties

and a big haul from these guys
to make my target.

We lucked out on a really good
spot the other day.

So now we're going back out,
try to duck right back down

on top of it, get one last lick.

At this point,
every little bit helps.

I wanna be the last team
off the water.

I'm gonna get Richie on
the gold, and then we're gonna

push these weary souls
for as long as they will go.

You're doing great.

Deep into the night until
their bodies or the equipment

breaks down.

[Vernon] OK, let it go,
let it go. Drop that anchor.

[metallic rattling]

[crew member] OK, we're good.

We will grind it out
until the bitter end.

I'm not gonna say we'll die
trying, but we're gonna give

it everything we've got.

So, other than that,
I have nothing else to say.

[Rich] The season is running
out, as we speak.

Ready to get some gold.

Weather like this could mean
thousands of dollars in

our pocket if we can just keep
the equipment running

and keep the bodies functioning.

Get after it.
Make our time count.

[crew member] Go get it!

All right, diver down.

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon]
OK, you're on the clock.

[Scott] No pressure, but the
only thing standing between us

and gold in our pockets right
now is you.

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] OK.

So, Rich, how is
your visibility?

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] OK, you've got five
feet of visibility.

How does the material look?

[Rich speaking]

Are you seeing any gold?

Are you seeing gold?

Yes or no?

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] What did you say?

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] All right.
Well, just do better.

[Rich] Roger that.

[Vernon] Those little pickers
look good, man.

[Rich speaking]

All right.

Sound like we've got a really
good spot here.

[Rich] Roger that.

Couldn't be sweeter than that.

It's damn good to get
on some good gold.

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] You're doing great.
Stay on it.

[Rich] Roger that.

With summer freezing out,

the fleet races for a final
shot at golden glory.

[Joe] Cast off and go get one
more day's gold.

Get every piece we can before
winter arrives.

Ready to make a couple bucks
before we're unable to,

before we're frozen in.

In summer's waning hours,
hometown hero, Joe Fullwood,

still needs to pay the piper.

[Joe] Deck's cold,
everything's frozen.

Let's hope everything
fires up this morning.

I want to be able to go
even further offshore,

take the operation
to a new level.

But it's been a roller coaster
ride this season.

-Let's get to sea, boys.
-Go check out Tomcod.

[Joe] Time to get moving.

I started on Tomcod because
it's ground that I knew well.

We're ready to get some gold.

But McCully was there.

He jumped on my spot and made
it an unbearable place to work.

So I left Tomcod.

Just pulling up to 56 right now.

Good to be out here
on Vernon's ground.

Real good gold.

Made a deal with Vernon
to work 56.

It's been paying off well.

Working Vernon's claim,

I've got to pay
him a 15% royalty,

so I've got to get
15% on top of what I need.

Hit this really good,
fresh, soft pan right between

us and the cut we've been
hitting to the south.

I'm heading into deeper water,
but the later it gets

in the season,
the worse the viz gets.

You just can't see what
you're working,

and that's risky.

As temperatures fall,
plankton and algae thrive,

turning the water
a murky green.

And the deeper a diver works,

the harder it is
for sunlight to reach.

If we find a little more gold,
we're gonna put a [bleep] sail

on this boat.

Turn this into a sail boat.

A sail that won't do much, but
it'll look pretty [bleep] cool.

I need to figure out how to put
a big metal finger on it

for when I see Chris out here.

[imitates explosion sounds]

We're gonna try
to get two dives in today,

one from me, one from Wilson.

We can't stay down more
than three hours, but I think

it's gonna get us
the gold we need.

All right, here goes.

Oh, I'm hungry for some gold.

That's good.

See if she fires up today.

Oh, [bleep] yeah, she did.

She's running great.

All right, looks like
we got prime.

Dredge appears to be
running well.

[Wilson speaking]

[Joe]
It's honestly not the easiest
getting in and out of the water

when it gets cold out like this.

Deck's cold.

You know, we're walking
on deck barefoot.

All righty, one more dive.

Yeah, ready to get some gold.

Oh yeah, let's do it.

[Wilson] All right, comms check.

[Joe] Yeah, got you loud
and clear.

Notice about a 10 degree
difference in water.

It means winter's coming.

[Wilson] Just hope there's
some visibility down there.

How's the viz looking so far?

[Joe] Um, viz is...

[Wilson] Got some good
[bleep], huh?

[Joe] Yeah, real nice.

[Joe speaking]

Yeah, it looks workable
down here.

Hell yeah.

[Joe]
Might be in business today.

[whistles]

[Joe] Sucking it up quick
as we can.

Got to make every bit
of this day count.

-[Wilson] Hell yeah.
-[Joe] Yeah, this is it.

Outside the harbor...

[Chris] This is it.
I'm out here.

This is my last push.

...rival Chris McCully is
throwing his own Hail Mary.

[Chris] It's cold this morning.
Just a little window.

I'm trying to finish strong,
and this is what I must do.

I wanted to get my crawler
up this summer

and start expanding

so I won't have to rely
on divers ever again.

I started on the hot ground
on Tomcod.

41.3 ounces.
Beat that.

You need to get the [bleep]
out of my place.

And everybody wanted to be
on my spot.

And it got really crazy
out there.

Oh-ho!

But I held my ground
and stayed on the gold.

And I found the biggest nugget
ever offshore Nome.

But the crawler never made
it up here, so I'm not where

I wanted to be at the end
of the season.

Now I'm rolling the dice.

Gold's right there.
Gold's in front of me.

Just got to chase it now.
That's it.

I've been chasing
the gold lately.

I'm hoping to strike
another jackpot.

So this is leading me
further out.

Ultimately, there's a lot more
risk further out.

One, you're diving deep.

And two, you're far
from the harbor.

But this is my best shot.

I think this is the spot,
right here.

Cross my finger, we can land
straight on the gold.

[Chris speaking]

[Robert speaking]

Hey, Chris, how's it looking?

[Chris speaking]

[Kris] The end is here, baby.
This is it for the Mistress.

We're gonna get out there
and make sure we get as much

gold as we can
to salvage everything.

In the summer's final hours,
Reaper Nation joins the fight

with their lone
remaining vessel.

This will be it, baby.
We did everything we could.

[Kris] I'll go out there
and I'll get gold for sure.

It's important that we get
as much as we can,

one last cleanup,

and whatever we get
is what we get.

[Kevin] Let's just try
to salvage what we can.

[Kris] We will.

My goal this season was
to become a millionaire,

but now I might lose my ass.

Good job, boys!
OK, let's go!

I wanted the Mistress

and the crawler
both working all season.

The Mistress started
out making gold.

This is the most gold I've ever
seen in this sluice box.

We [bleep] killed it,
gentlemen!

It took a while for the crawler
to get on the water.

Jackpot!

But when we finally did,
we got it down 70 feet,

and the material
looked amazing.

Those test pans are hot!
We're going mining, baby!

But the Mistress had major
repairs that knocked it

off the water.

And the crawler had
a bunch of trouble, too.

[crew member speaking]

[Kris] What's the diagnosis?
Pack it up?

Yeah.

[Kris] We had to shut it down.

1.15 of an ounce.

And there wasn't much in
the sluice box to show for all

the hard work we did.

-[Kevin] Yes.
-Bring the barge in afterwards,

do a cleanup.

-[Kevin] Yes to everything.
-[Kris] Yes to everything.

I love yes to everything.

I'm just trying to break even,
and I'm not there yet.

I can't be in debt.

We're just gonna run
the Mistress nonstop.

Kevin's taking the night,
I'm taking the day.

Skeleton crew.

Just me and the new
operator, James.

OK, I'm ready
to rock and roll.

Last push of the year.
Everybody's gone.

Andy flew home,

and everybody else
abandoned us.

We're desperate.
We have to stay out here.

Screw everybody.
We're going out one more time.

Well, [bleep] man.
I'm glad you're here.

Without you, James,
we would not have

a 24-hour crew right now.

We just don't have
enough people.

No problem, bro.

I love helping you guys out
when I can.

[Kris] We're gonna do
well together.

Yeah, I feel like it.

Light that box up like
a Christmas tree.

So I'd like to go as close as
we can to the right side

of that green cabin.

And I know that gold
is in there.

I know that.

-[Kris] That's right,
big buckets.
-Big buckets.

[Kris] There's supposed to be
big swells later,

so I'm staying close to shore.

If we can tap into an old hot
spot, we should be able

to ride it
for the rest of the day.

Yeah, let me just go start
up everything.

You got to hustle, make this
happen as fast as you can,

'cause time is money.

I've gotten a lot of gold
around this spot.

I know there's a lot
of gold here.

Right now, we only need to see
100 colors in the test pan.

Let's just get to work.

Something's wrong.

Hey, uh...

I need you to help me
out real quick.

Something's going
on with the shaker.

The shaker is vital
to the wash plant.

Shaking everything that's
collected in the bucket,

filtering out
the larger material,

and depositing what's left
into the sluice box.

[Kris]
So what's going on...

Rah!

The shaker's not starting up,
so we can't mine.

It just needs a little bit
of help.

So I'm gonna have to hand
fire it to get it going.

Ready?
Go!

Good Lord, please help me.

You're OK.

Oh my life is a charmed one.

OK, let's see what kind
of material we're on.

Right through that [bleep].

[Kris] Jackpot.

I found it!
Right off the bat!

Oh, I'm lucky!

[Kris] That's exactly what
I'm looking for.

[Kris speaking]

[Kris]
First test pan of the day.

Some chunky pieces.

A bunch of fine gold.
We're well over 100 colors.

All season, I've been counting
on other people

to run this dredge.

I already fixed the shaker
and got us on gold by myself.

I know what I'm doing.

Whatever we got to do to stay
on that, let's do that.

[James replies indistinctly]

That's the gold, baby.

We're killing it.

I made something really
amazing happen.

Man, I'm getting good
at this job.

Coming up....

[Vernon] It's our last shot.

[Rich] Dear Heavenly Father,
please bless Scott.

Watch over him and keep him
safe as he goes down.

With the harbor freezing,
who will be the last dredge

on the water?

[Kris] Finish strong!

[Zeke groans]

As the cold front continues
to assault Nome,

Zeke Tenhoff
is tormented by currents.

Hey, buddy.
How is it down there?

[Zeke speaking]

He's struggling.

[Zeke groaning]

It just turned up quite a bit
in the last 10, 15 minutes.

OK.
Yikes.

It's gonna get worse.

Hey, it's getting --
it's turned up a notch,

and the weather forecast says

it's gonna be getting
progressively worse.

[Zeke speaking]

[Gabe] Yeah, I think it
might be time.

[Zeke speaking]

OK, let's do it.

[Zeke] We overcame a lot
of problems, but eventually,

it's just Mother Nature
that ended our season.

We did get a lot of quality
hours on the box.

[Gabe] Come on.

Speak to me, Papi.

This is great.

That looks good.

[Zeke] [bleep] yeah.

This material looked
really good,

so we'll see if it was worth it.

I got four hours in, so...

[laughing]

Across the water...

[groans]

[Joe] Well...

Despite the bad viz,
Joe Fullwood is still trying

to get down to biz.

Just taking what you can
where you are?

[Joe] Yes, yes.

-Right where I'm at right now.
-Good.

-You can't see [bleep], huh?
-[Joe] No.

[Joe] This uh...

[Joe speaking]

Sounds like real bad viz.

Too bad, 'cause we're
on hot gold.

[Joe speaking]

[producer] He's calling it?

Yeah, he's calling it.
He just can't see.

It's like trying to mine
blind, so we gotta go back.

[Joe groans]

This is the best ground
of the season.

You just can't see
what you're doing down there.

It was hard work.

I spent every last bit
of energy I had

getting what we got.

See what kind of gold we put
in here today.

No.
[indistinct]

Oh, yeah.
Yeah, not bad.

Yeah, I see some gold in there.

Not bad at all for such
[bleep] conditions.

[Wilson] Not too shabby.

[Joe] Uh-huh.
I'd say we did pretty good.

We did as much as
we could do today.

Rolled the dice, managed to get
a good amount of time in.

Yeah, it's rich [bleep] gold.

It's too bad we can't
get a couple more days on it.

More gold would be better.

Get this [bleep]
out of the water.

It's a coin flip at this point,
whether we're gonna hit

our goal or not.

But it could have been worse.

Luckily, for a few good dives
out here on 56,

it amounted to something.

We'll get what we get,
and we won't throw a fit.

Got ice forming in the pit now.

Starting to have to run
a little bit of frozen material.

It's not good.

Shawn Pomrenke fights to keep
his historic project

from getting iced out.

[Shawn] We're gonna have to keep
water running over

the sluice box.
Keep that thawed out.

But it's getting tough.

I'm using every trick
in the book to keep going.

I got water running through
the wash plant,

the water cannon spraying
the ground, and Cody out here

digging with me.

It's just getting too damn cold.

And the ground's getting more
frozen by the hour.

My ace in the hole is this spot.

What the hell is that?

Yeah, there's something
going on right there.

So this is the vertical shaft,
and then they have horizontal,

and they went that way
and that way.

What's in the middle?

Our cut.

When I uncovered it,
I knew it was special.

If there's any spot I can
achieve this, it's right here.

[Cody speaking]

Shawn, you got a copy?

Yeah, go ahead.

I'm down to my last load
of pay here.

This is it.

Yeah, I tried to scrape
up as much as I could.

Copy that.

This is the end.

We're past the point where
we should have stopped.

But Mother Nature, she's not
gonna let us mine anymore.

Well, we're done.

Gonna do the last cleanup
of the season,

see what it added
up to be.

While the freeze claims
a victim at the inland mine,

back out on the water...

[Robert] Hey, Chris,
how's it looking?

[Chris speaking]

Far from shore, Chris McCully
gambles on his remote hotspot.

[Robert] Whoo!
Damn, it's ripping.

But deteriorating conditions

could make the deepwater gamble
a losing bet.

[Robert] The wind's starting
to pick up out of the north.

We'll see how the weather
holds up.

It's the name
of the game, [bleep] weather.

[Chris speaking]

Ow, [bleep].

Yeah, Chris,
the wind's picked up.

We're already getting spray
off the white caps.

[Chris speaking]

[groaning]

[Robert speaking]

[Chris speaking]

[Robert] Yep.

[Chris speaking]

All right, I got you.

Idling down.

Whew!

[Chris] I held out as long
as I could.

Great gold,
but maybe not enough.

Usually, I'm way past my goal
by the end of the season.

So it feels really weird being
behind where I want to be.

Mother Nature wins.
It really did picked up.

So yeah, pretty much
it's time to go home.

Coming up...

[Vernon] Who knows what
we're gonna end up with?

Who will savor the sweet taste
of success?

[Vernon] Four, five, six.

-[Kris] Oh my god.
-[crew member] We got 10.

-10, 12.
-14, 15.

[Shawn] That's a lot of gold.

-Oh my god!
-[Chris] Let's do it.

On the outskirts of town...

[Zeke] Damn, look at all
that gold.

Hell yeah.

Something about gold is,
it's like, so it's pure.

We love it.

Team Tenhoff awaits the result
of their mad dash

for the 150-ounce finish line.

[Zeke] It's a long season,
it's six months.

We would have liked to have
more hours in October,

but that's just always
how it is.

We're at my family's place
to do this last cleanup.

We got this little pile
and this little pile, so...

Yep.

It just makes me feel good.
That's what this is all about.

Since I've had a kid,

being successful
in this mining business

has taken on a new meaning.

I want to be able to pay off
this dredge and then save

for the future.

All right, here we go.

Two...three...

Five, six, seven, eight, nine...

Ten...

11, 12, 13...

13 ounces.

13.1 ounces rings in
at nearly $33,000,

bringing team Tenhoff's final
number to 152 ounces,

cashing in at a stellar
380 grand.

And with his final weigh out,
Zeke Tenhoff finally owns

the Synergy free and clear.

[Zeke] It's a tidy little pile
of gold here.

[Gabe] I'm glad I got some
more money.

Yeah, you have to be stoked.

Yes, that's what we got.

[Zeke] This was
a really tough season for us,

and our bodies
and our brains are just done.

But it was worth it because
moving forward,

it's gonna be all profit.

So, I'm so happy about that.

It's like been kind
of a roller coaster this summer,

but all's well that ends well.

Back out on the water...

[Vernon] Hey, Rich.

What are you seeing down there?

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] It doesn't look like
much over burden.

[Rich speaking]

With temperatures
dropping rapidly,

only one suction dredge remains

on the Bering Sea.

[Rich speaking]

[Vernon] Richie's out of gas.

He's pushed as far as he can go.

[Rich] I'm gonna call it.

-[Vernon] Come on up.
-[Rich] Copy.

All right.

We're doing this last gasp.

[groaning]

We'll just try to...

get another big old handful
of gold.

Richie gave it his all
this season.

[Rich] Some more in the bag.

-[Vernon] Nice work.
-Thank you.

[Vernon] Hell of a dive.

There were times
when I did not think

he was gonna make it.

He had a lot of problems
to work through.

Good diving.

Good, powerful dive.

I'm tired.

[Vernon]
But I got to say, in the
final analysis, he did his duty.

He put gold in the box.
He learned a hell of a lot.

And he's turned into a pretty
decent shipmate.

This is Scott's last
dive of the season.

Last time, he called it short.

[screaming]

[Scott speaking]

[bleep] [bleep]

He's got to be strong
and show some toughness.

You either got it or you don't.
Everybody is worn out.

They're tired of this.

They want to go to the house,
and you just got to dig

really deep to push on through
to the end.

Because after everything
we've been through,

this could be the difference
between hitting our goal

and coming up short.

[Scott speaking]

[Rich] Yeah?

[Scott speaking]

[Rich] Yeah.

Dear Heavenly Father,
please bless Scott and watch

over him and keep him safe
as he goes down to explore

the bottom of this ocean
you gave us.

I pray that you give him
guidance and courage

and strength to deal with what
he needs to deal with smoothly,

freely, and safely down there.

I ask that you watch over all
of us as we make an attempt

to help our families.

We ask these things
in Jesus' name.

-Amen.
-[Scott] Amen.

[Scott speaking]

[Rich] Diver down.

[Scott speaking]

[Scott] This is good
looking material.

[Rich] OK, so that cut kind
of stretches south

and then back west.

Just take all of it.
You'll see it.

[Scott] Copy that.

OK, go ahead and throttle up.

Throttling up.

[Vernon]
See anything Scott?

[Scott speaking]

[Rich] Yeah!

Across the water...

[Kris]
How's everything going with you?

Good, that's a -- [bleep].
You like that?

[Kris] Yeah, awesome job.
Good.

Everything's going good
on my end.

We're killing it.

In the final stretch,
Kris Kelly is running

a tight ship.

[Kris] Well, what can I say?

We're getting a lot of gold
and nothing's breaking down.

The end is near.
Everything's going great.

You know, when mining's boring,
and, you know, you're just

relaxing, that's when
everything's going the best.

That's when you know
you're making gold.

It's good, because I need
something right now

to go good for me.

It's nice to see
the Northern Lights.

It's beautiful.

It is very beautiful.

I put in eight hours,
and it went smooth.

I don't know how many clowns
we've had out here in the past,

but I did fine, and James
killed it in the excavator.

It's not the boat,
the boat's not the reason

why we failed.

It's the people that were
working the boat.

The night crew's finally here.

OK, thank you very much.

Everything's good.

You're on good gold,
everything's good.

Just run all night and then do
a cleanup tomorrow.

[crew member speaking]

[Kris] Everything's
coming together.

The night crew's gonna go a few
more hours, then I'll take all

the gold in the box and hope
we hit 150 ounces

for the season.

I need to end this summer
without any bills

hanging over my head.

It's really important we finish
strong, and I know you guys are

gonna do a good job.
Thank you!

Finish strong!

-[Vernon] Hey, Scott.
-[Scott] Yeah?

[Vernon]
What is it looking like?

[Scott speaking]

[Vernon] Yeah, roger.

With the clock ticking,
Scott hangs tough

for team Adkinson in the last
gasp of summer mining.

[Scott speaking]

[Vernon] All right, Scott.

-Good stuff.
-[Scott] Yeah.

[Vernon]
Scott's showing me something.

I was wondering if he had
anything left in the tank.

But he's hanging in there.

[machinery sputtering]

[Scott] Oh.

Um...

Um...

[bleep]

[Rich speaking]

[Scott speaking]

[singing] Got me working
all night long.

[Rich speaking]

[Scott] OK.

Damn it, man.

[machinery abruptly stops]

[Vernon] The motor just died.

Just stopped.
The engine died.

[Scott] I can hear
it's turned off.

-[Vernon] Come on up.
-[Scott] OK.

[Vernon speaking]

The um...

[Rich speaking]

Kind of sounds like the end
of our season right there.

-[Scott groans]
-Good freaking job, man.

[Vernon] These guys
outlasted the equipment,

so they can leave
with their heads held high.

[Rich] Honestly,
I'm just so tired.

So that thrust bearing is fried?
That's what you're saying?

[Vernon speaking]

You always want to get
that last little lick.

But when the equipment breaks
down, and we have

no more time left,
what's in the box?

That's it.

That's what's in the box.

We can call this heartbreaker.

You know, this is like that
900-pound marlin

that you're reeling in,

and right before
you get ready to boat it,

it throws the hook
and swims merrily away.

[sighs]

As the old saying goes,
it is what it is.

[Kris] This is the worst season
we've ever had in our lives.

Puncturing the boat,
blowing up the boat.

You know, that's not
the boat's fault.

You know, that boat gets gold.

It just needs someone
to [bleep].

It should have been me.
I blame myself.

I do.

After his tour de force
on the Mistress, Captain Kris

will find out if he lands
in the black or in the red.

I promise I will be there
more next season.

I promise I'll jump back
and forth both boats.

Well, I mean, it looks
like a good amount.

It's not a disappointing amount
for the run that we had.

It's a good amount of gold.

[Kris] This was a disappointing
season, but there is redemption

knowing that the Mistress
works, when I'm on it.

And the crawler works.
At least it moves material.

I just need to be on top of
both boats every day,

and I can do that next summer.

As long as I get enough gold
to make it to summer.

Let's just weigh it out
and see what we get, yeah?

[Kris] Yeah, we'll put it
on there.

It's not like it's gonna
[bleep] matter.

I'm not gonna say no
to whatever there is.

[Kevin] OK.

All right, Kris, let's see
what we got here.

-There's one.
-[Kris] Yeah, there's one.

-Took forever to get there.
-[Kevin] Two....

-[Kevin]...three, four...
-[Kris] Four.

-[Kevin]...five, six, seven.
-Oh, my god.

-[Kevin] We got 10.
-[Kris] That sucks.

-We got 12.
-Come on, you [bleep].

12.85.

We definitely did
a little bit better,

but we're not
jumping up and down.

12.8 ounces is worth 32 grand,

bringing Reaper Nation's season
haul to 153 ounces.

Cashing in at
a respectable $384,000.

And the captain breaks even
with a couple ounces to spare.

You know, this was a tough year.

I worked myself to death
to try to get to this point.

And all we can do is just keep
making it better.

Well, I didn't lose money.

I made enough to pay off
all my bills

and be broke, but that's better
than being in debt.

We had a lot of bad luck this
season, but I learned a ton,

and I know we're gonna crush
it next summer.

So right now, all we can do is
just clean up our mess,

put everything away properly,
and get ready for next year.

Across town...

[Chris] Water's freezing, eh?
It's slushing already.

I know, it's ice.

Yeah, we're just, like,

right in that freezing
point, eh?

This is the last cleanup of
the year, and I went out there

and tried to get
as much dive hours

in this little window we got.

We got a decent amount of gold
on the last few dives.

It's starting to fill up,
so that's pretty good.

But we'll see if it's enough.

You guys ready?

There's two, four...

6, 8, 10, 12.

Got our pickers here.

14.7 ounces is worth nearly
$37,000.

But Chris McCully,
the winter gold count champ,

falls well short
of his summer goal.

I have a small dive window
on this front, so for me to get

this much, it's a very,
very humbling moment.

I'm used to crushing it.

Not getting the crawler up here
really killed me.

All I can do from now is focus
on my plans for next year.

I'm going to get the crawler
up here, put her on the Norpac,

and after that, sky's the limit.

But I still got a ton of gold,
so I'm really proud of that.

Anytime I see three digit
numbers, I'm happy.

Yeah, buddy.
Good job, guys.

Good job.

There's more ground to be
uncovered out there.

We got a lot of buckets today,
a whole truckload.

Time to tally things up
and see what we got.

With the gold count title on
the line, Nome's hometown hero

preps for his final
clean out of summer.

Slump this in the pan here
and go barbecue some gold.

Getting close
to our final number.

We might have had
a short window,

but we made
the best of it.

Moving to 56 was the right call.

And this material proves it.

I just hope it's enough
to pay off Vernon

and still hit 300 ounces.

All righty, moment of truth.

Get this final weight on
the scale, see what we got.

One, four...

...8, 14, 15.

-Oh, [bleep] Wilson.
-Ooh.

[Joe] Oh, yeah.

[bleep] yeah, dude.

22.6.

I'd say we [bleep] tore it up.

-Yeah, that's [bleep] beautiful.
-That's good.

22.6 ounces
cashes out at 56 grand,

bringing Joe's season total,
sans Vernon's royalties,

to 317 ounces

worth nearly $800,000.

And Joe hits his target
on summer's last day.

-Man, good job.
-This is good.

[Joe] [bleep] yeah, dude.
Happy.

It's been a great season.

I'm looking forward to getting
out there again next summer.

-[Wilson] All right.
-[Joe] Very good.

[whistles]

With this money, we're gonna
go deeper and further than

I've ever been before.

Man, this 56 has been amazing
this summer.

Time to settle up with Vernon.

He might even be a little more
excited about it than us.

Oh, yeah.
Pretty amazing.

[upbeat music playing]

[Vernon]
It's the end of the season,

and now I've got to go
over here and collect

some royalties from Larry.

[seal barking]

-Hey Larry.
-[Larry] Hey.

-[Vernon] All right.
-How you doing?

-How's it going out there?
-Oh, it's going better.

Since I'm on a roll, I thought
I'd come over and see if

you got anything for me.

I do.

Yeah, I've got
a ten and a half here for you.

Oh.

[cash register dings]

All right.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, I'll just put it
in this pocket and keep it warm.

Sounds good.
We'll keep this rolling.

-Well, it was a pleasure.
-Absolutely.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

[Vernon] All right.
Catch you later.

[seal barking]

Yeah, this is gonna
be a good day.

-[Rich] Looking juicy, Vern.
-[Vernon] Is it?

-[Rich] Yes, I think so.
-[Vernon] All right.

This is our last cleanup
for the season.

So this is whatever we get,
that's it.

We had a malfunction,

but I think we'll be looking
pretty good.

Pan it good, guys.
Don't miss a speck.

We're in the short throws here.

I don't know if we're gonna
be able to pull this nut

off or not.
The royalties are a big help.

I already got 10 ounces from
Larry, and now I need to see

what Joey's gonna bring me.

[Joe] Hello, Vernon.

Hey, Joe.

-Come on in.
-How you doing?

All right.

-Good to see you.
-Yeah, same here.

-Pretty good season?
-Yeah, it's been well.

Yeah, Tomcod was
a little bit rough.

A lot of difficulties
with our neighbors out there.

And heading out there to 56,
and having such wonderful

neighbors has been
just a pleasure.

That's where I get
my kicks on 56.

That's right,
us too this season.

Got a little pile of gold
here for you.

Damn.

-Yeah, that...
-[gold rattling]

Oh, yes.

Damn.
Holy moly.

-That's the number?
-Yeah, 23.2.

That's two pounds,
2.28 pounds of gold.

That is nice.

That's about the best present
I think I've ever received

in my life.

It's my pleasure to give it
to you, Vernon.

-I appreciate
the heck out of you.
-All right.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

[Vernon] Joey's the best
in town, hands down.

Been knowing him a long time.

I was expecting a good little
lick from him, but I wasn't

expecting this much.

Good, Joe.
Take care.

Thanks so much, Vernon.
We'll see you guys later.

[Vernon] Yep.

On top of that, he's honest.

I mean, he could have brought
me half this much, and I would

have been jumping up and down.

It might end up being
a very golden day.

Who knows what we're gonna
end up with here?

Yeah, it might be a real
golden day.

[Rich] I'm telling you, Vern,

I think it's gonna be
all right.

All right.
Let's see what we got.

One...

...two...

four, five, six,
seven, eight...

7, 13, 14...

14.575.

Nice.

14.5 ounces banks
over 36 grand,

bringing the surly skipper's
final haul to 207.9 ounces,

worth a hefty $519,000.

That's not bad for
an 8-inch suction dredge.

The first half of the season
was rough,

but these guys toughed it out.

And now that we've got
the nitrox system dialed in,

the sky is the limit.

Right now,
I'm damn near ecstatic.

I'm about as happy as I ever
allow myself to be.

You can't pull me away from 56.

That is nice.

It's been a golden day.

Great job.
Bag it and tag it.

[Shawn] Here we go.

Last cleanup of the season.

The site of Nome's original
gold rush is hibernating

under the ice for the winter.

Oh, [bleep].
This box is loaded.

But Shawn Pomrenke is looking
to stay hot one last time.

That's quite a bit.

-Whoo!
-[bleep] yeah!

-It's all the way right there.
-[Shawn] Oh, yeah!

[laughing]

-[Dave] What?
-Look [bleep] down there.

-[Dave] About time.
-[Shawn] Great job, boy!

Whoo!

We got into this corner,

and it's some
high-grade material.

It's the best I've probably
seen all season.

-[bleep] team.
-It's a lot of gold.

[Shawn] I've got us on the gold

everybody's been after
for decades.

[laughing]

This is just a taste
of what's to come

if we can keep
this deal going.

Yee-haw!

But I don't know -- will there
be a future here for me or not?

We have a smasher cleanup to do.

Our best cleanup yet was 156.
We're gonna go check it out.

-How's it looking?
-[Dave] It's looking good.

I think you might break
a couple hundred this time.

I hope so.

After this cleanup, it'll be
the most gold I've ever mined

in a single season.

But if Dave doesn't extend
the deal, I'll be out of work,

and my crew,
and I'll still be on the hook

for all this equipment.

I'll lose everything.

[bleep] that's a lot of gold.

[Dave speaking]

Oh, my god.

Let's weigh it.
Let's do it.

[Shawn] 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 80.

-[Dave] 80, 90, 100.
-[Shawn] There's 100.

[Dave] 20.

-Ooh, 140, 50, 60.
-[Shawn] 150.

Come on, there.
We just beat our best cleanup.

-180.
-[Dave] 190.

[Shawn] 200 and...

209, hey.
Good job.

[Cody] It's a record.

209 ounces banks 522 grand,
bringing Shawn's season total

to 3,067 ounces,
worth a staggering

$7.7 million.
A personal record for Mr. Gold.

-[Dave] Good job.
-Yeah.

-[Dave] Needed that.
-Yeah.

But will it be enough
in the eyes of Dave Young?

We had about 31.
3,800 short.

We got every ounce
we could get this year.

So what are you saying?

-I'm fired?
-[Dave] Huh?

Am I fired?

I talked to the guys
in Colorado and, uh...

you know, they were
impressed with you

getting that new equipment.

That really impressed them
that you were willing to...

-Risk it all?
-[Dave] Yep.

-That's what I did.
-That's what it takes sometimes.

-Yep, it's nice to have --
-So what are you looking for?

I mean, I got five years to
pay for the equipment,

so it'd be nice to have
a five-year lease.

Five years, huh?

Well, we mapped out
what's left there.

We figure it's gonna
take you 10 years.

Yeah, it probably would.

You willing to sign
a 10-year lease?

I'd do a 10-year lease.

We'll give it to you, OK?
Don't [bleep] it up, OK?

[laughter]

Yeah, 10 years is good.

It's job security for my guys.

I've been doing this a lot
of years.

I've been rich and broke
a million times over.

But this time, it's different.

A 10-year deal on this ground
is life changing,

not only for me,
but for my crew.

We're gonna write
a new chapter

in the Nome gold mining
history book.

I didn't expect
a 10-year contract.

Yeah, you got it.

[Shawn] I'm excited.
It's been a long season.

Hard work does pay off.

Shawn makes history
with his biggest total ever,

and Joe Fullwood emerges
as the offshore

summer gold count champ.

[Vernon] All that funky white
stuff falling out of the sky,

that's what we call
termination dust.

[Joe] I'm excited to hang
this thing up.

Got the gold we need
to get through winter,

get everything packed up
for the season.

[Kris] You know it's the end.
Harbor's freezing.

Everything's going to [bleep].

It's been a tough struggle
all year.

But what do you do?
You just keep going.

I'm not ready to give up.

[Zeke] We're done.
We are done.

Got to get it parked.
We got to get it up on blocks.

Then we'll be good to go.

[Chris] All in all,
it's been a great season.

And I think I'm already set up
for success in the future.

We're building an empire here.

This year definitely was
a learning curve.

But I'm good.
I got enough to pay the bills.

Next year, we should be able
to just hit the ground running

and just kick some ass.

You've seen what we did this
year, just wait till you see

what we do next year.

I'm excited.