Bering Sea Gold (2012–…): Season 11, Episode 4 - The Sound of Money - full transcript
Vernon and his crew get stranded in the Yukon. Shawn finds a good luck charm in his son. Ken suffers a mechanical setback and Emily sends rookie diver Chase underwater.
Narrator: NOW,
ON "BERING SEA GOLD"...
Shawn: AS A GOLD MINER, IF YOU
DON'T KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES,
YOU'RE GONNA GET
LEFT IN THE DUST.
-AH!
-HE'S GOING FOR IT.
HE'S GONNA
GET THE GOLD.
Ken: WE'RE GONNA
TAKE THIS BABY TO THE MAX.
I'VE GOT TO KEEP
THIS GOLD COMING
IF I'M GONNA BE
THE NEW MR. GOLD.
-WHOA!
-LOOK AT THAT GRAVEL.
Emily: CHASE IS A GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE.
HE'S A ROOKIE DIVER.
THE IDEA OF SOMETHING
HAPPENING TO HIM IS TERRIFYING.
PLEASE, DO NOT DIE
ON MY BOAT.
AH!
-WHAT IS THAT?
-WE'RE AGROUND.
FORWARD!
Vernon: THAT HURT.
Shawn:
TIME TO MAKE SOME GOLD.
[ YELLING ]
-THAT'S A NICE PIE.
-YEAH.
IT MIGHT BE THE MEGA DREDGE
BANK ACCOUNT, RIGHT HERE.
[ MACHINE WHIRRING ]
THAT'S THE SOUND OF MONEY,
RIGHT THERE.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH
THE SUMMER SEASON,
THE FLEET IS NOWHERE NEAR
THEIR SEASON GOALS.
IN ORDER TO GET GOLD IN THE BOX,
CAPTAINS HAVE TO PULL OUT
ALL THE STOPS...
PUSHING THEIR CREWS
AND DREDGES
TO THEIR BREAKING POINTS.
YEE-HAW.
BECAUSE,
ON THE BERING SEA,
IF YOU'RE NOT MINING
AT FULL SPEED...
...YOU'RE DEAD IN THE WATER.
♪♪
[ SHAWN GRUNTING ]
♪♪
CAPTAIN SHAWN POMRENKE
IS ON HIS WAY
TO THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
COME ON, BOY.
LET'S GO FOR A BOAT RIDE.
[ LUKE YELLS ]
AND TO MAKE SURE HE'S TAPPING
THE BEST-PAYING GROUND,
HE'S BRINGING ALONG
A GOOD LUCK CHARM.
YOU GET THE FRONT LINE.
I GET THE BACK LINE.
I GET TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT
MORE TIME WITH MY SON,
LUKE, THIS SUMMER.
YOU'VE GOT TO PULL THE LINE
INTO THE BOAT.
I'M GONNA MAKE SURE
I MAKE EVERY SECOND COUNT.
TOLD YOU I COULD
UNTIE KNOTS!
I'VE WORKED MY ASS OFF
TO GET TO WHERE I'M AT TODAY,
AND NOW, I'M TRYING TO
MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME.
YOU THINK YOU CAN OUTDIG
YOUR DAD ON THE CHRISTINE ROSE?
UH-HUH.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO BUILD A
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MEGA DREDGE
AND BE A DAD,
BUT I'M GOING TO BE A GOOD DAD.
[ LUKE YELLS ]
[ SHAWN LAUGHS ]
HEY, CAN I
DRIVE THE BOAT?
ABSOLUTELY.
JUST POINT US STRAIGHT TOWARDS
THE CHRISTINE ROSE,
AND KEEP GOING
THAT WAY.
Narrator: MR. GOLD HAS MORE ON
HIS PLATE THAN EVER THIS SEASON,
HAVING SET A LOFTY
1,000-OUNCE GOAL
TO FUND FINAL CONSTRUCTION
OF HIS MEGA DREDGE
AND KEEP AHEAD
OF RIVAL KEN KERR.
SO, I'M GONNA
EXPLAIN TO YOU
EXACTLY HOW
THE CHRISTINE ROSE WORKS,
AND WHAT KIND OF GENIUS YOUR DAD
IS FOR COMING UP WITH IT.
BUT THE GENIUS OF THE C.R.
DOESN'T GUARANTEE GOLD.
[ LAUGHS ]
ALTHOUGH SHAWN HAS BEEN
ON A HOT STREAK...
21.6.
...LATELY, THE TRAIL
HAS RUN COLD.
COME ON, PARTNER.
NOW...
GO FOR IT.
YOU GOT IT.
...MR. GOLD NEEDS TO GET
THE CHRISTINE ROSE
BACK ON
HIGH-PAYING GROUND.
Shawn: WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR
IS THIS NEXT BEACH LYING OUT.
I THINK WE HIT IT
A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR,
BUT NOW,
WE CAN REACH IT.
Narrator:
ARMED WITH A PROMISING LEAD
AND AN UPGRADED
EXCAVATOR...
LOOK IT. DO YOU SEE WHERE
WE ADDED 6 FEET TO THE ARM?
COOL.
...HE'S FINALLY ABLE
TO PROSPECT
THE SUSPECTED MOTHER LODE
THAT, UNTIL NOW...
WAS JUST OUTSIDE
HIS GRASP.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND
THAT BEACH LINE.
[ LUKE YELLS ]
Shawn: THERE'S SEVEN OR EIGHT
OLD BEACH LINES OFFSHORE
WHERE MOTHER NATURE
HAS WASHED THE DIRT
AND CONCENTRATED THE GOLD
FOR YOU.
LOOK FOR A BUNCH OF BIG
COBBLE AND ROCKS AND GRAVEL,
BECAUSE THE GOLD
JUST LAYS IN THERE THICK.
Narrator: OVER TIME, SEA LEVELS
IN THE BERING STRAIT HAVE RISEN,
PUSHING ALASKA'S COASTLINE
FURTHER AND FURTHER INLAND.
EACH TIME THE SEA LEVELS RISE,
THE CURRENT WASHES SAND
AND OTHER MATERIAL
TOWARD THE SHORE
TO FORM
THE NEXT BEACH LINE,
LEAVING BEHIND
LONG SEAMS OF GOLD
TRAPPED IN HEAVY
BOULDERS AND GRAVEL.
Shawn: YOU WANT TO HIT
THOSE BEACH LINES,
BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGHER
CONCENTRATION OF GOLD THERE.
GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THE LEVERS.
WHOO!
YEAH!
OH, LOOK AT THAT.
HE'S GOING FOR IT.
HE'S GOING TO GET IT.
HE'S GONNA GET THE GOLD.
I'M GONNA TAKE
OVER YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU WILL?YES!
I HOPE YOU WILL,
SOMEDAY.
SHOW ME HOW TO GET
THE GOLD, BOY.
Narrator:
10 MILES EAST...
Ken:
DIGGING DIRT...
...WHILE SHAWN IS
STILL SEARCHING,
HIS RIVAL, KEN KERR...
...WITH A WHOLE LOT
OF GOLD IN IT.
...IS ALREADY ON THE GOLD,
MINING A PAY STREAK
THAT SHOWS NO SIGN
OF SLOWING DOWN.
LOOK AT THAT GRAVEL.
OH, YEAH.
THAT'S SOME
GOOD-LOOKING STUFF.
YEE-HAW.
WITH EVERY SCOOP
OF THE BUCKET...
THERE'S GOLD HERE.
WHOO!
...KEN DIGS CLOSER TO HIS
SEASON GOAL OF 1,000 OUNCES --
THE NUMBER NEEDED TO SATISFY
INVESTORS AND KEEP HIS JOB.
Ken: WE'RE ON GREAT GROUND,
RIGHT NOW, AND KILLING IT.
MYRTLE IS THE KING
OF THE WATER.
WE'RE GONNA OUTDO
THE CHRISTINE ROSE TWO TO ONE.
SHAWN IS GONNA BE
IN OUR WAKE.
LAST TIME WE WERE OUT, WE HAD
A GOOD RUN, FOUND A GOOD SPOT.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
IT'S PRETTY EXCITING,
WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING
TO MAKE ENDS MEET,
AND YOU GET A BIG CLEANUP.
BUT THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
Narrator: NOW, KEN IS LOOKING TO
PULL AWAY FROM THE PACK...
OH, MAN. YOU'VE GOT TO
LOVE THIS NEW WASH PLANT.
WE'RE GONNA RUN
THE CRAP OUT OF IT.
...BY PUSHING HIS NEWEST TOY
INTO OVERDRIVE.
THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.
Ken: IF WE CAN KEEP
THE YARDAGE GOING,
WE'D AVERAGE A MINIMUM
OF 5 OUNCES AN HOUR
WITH THIS BAD BOY.
Narrator: ABLE TO PROCESS 40%
MORE MATERIAL THAN LAST SUMMER,
KEN'S BEEFED-UP WASH PLANT
FILTERS EVERY BUCKET OF MATERIAL
THROUGH MULTIPLE STAGES.
FIRST, LARGER ROCKS AND GRAVEL,
KNOWN AS "TAILINGS,"
ARE RINSED OF GOLD AND SIFTED
OUT TO SEA THROUGH DUAL CHUTES,
WHICH LEAVES ONLY THE FINEST
GOLD-RICH CONCENTRATE
TO BE CAPTURED BY
THE MASSIVE SLUICE BOX.
IT'S THE BIGGEST, BADDEST
WASH PLANT ON THE BERING SEA
RIGHT NOW,
AND WE'RE MAXING HER OUT.
THE WHOLE KEY IS PUTTING GRAVEL
THROUGH THAT THING.
IF WE CAN PUT
THE MATERIAL THROUGH IT,
WE CAN RUN 300 YARDS AN HOUR.
SO, WE SHOULD BE DOING
THREE TIMES THE GOLD,
OR FOUR TIMES THE GOLD,
THAT THE CHRISTINE ROSE CAN DO.
YEE-HOO!
DO WHAT, NOW?
OH. IT'S BACKING UP.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
SHUT HER DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
WHOA!
MAN, WE'RE RUNNING
WAY MORE MATERIAL.
WE'VE NEVER HAD
THAT PROBLEM BEFORE.
Narrator:
KEN MIGHT HAVE BITTEN OFF
MORE THAN HIS UPGRADED
WASH PLANT CAN CHEW.
WE'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING WITH THIS.
I CAN TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN
A LITTLE BIT,
BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT'S GONNA HELP.
WE DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN.
WE WANT TO HAUL THAT MATERIAL.
YOU WANT TO PUT
A VIBRATOR ON IT?
OH, THE VIBRATOR
IS JUST AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
WITH SOME COUNTERWEIGHTS IN IT.
IT MAKES A LITTLE VIBRATION,
AND JUST SHAKES THE CHUTE
SO THE MATERIAL
SLIDES OUT OF IT.
PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE CAN GO TO TOWN
AND FIND A VIBRATOR SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS GONNA COST US
A COUPLE OF HOURS.
-WHOA.
-WHOA!
-WEE-HOO.
I'M SO CLOSE TO BEATING SHAWN
I CAN TASTE IT.
SO, THE FASTER
WE FIND A VIBRATOR,
THE FASTER WE GET BACK
TO MINING AND MAKING MONEY.
WHOO!
YEAH!
WHOO!
OH, THAT HURT.
Narrator:
COMING UP...
-WE'RE AGROUND.
-GET INTO IT!
Man:
OH, COME ON. NO.
Shawn: BROUGHT LUKE OUT
TO THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
LET'S SEE HOW MUCH LUCK
HE BROUGHT US.
-BAM.
♪♪
-HEY, BOBERONI.
-YES?
Emily: HEY. I JUST WANTED
TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT YOU'RE OVER
5 HOURS NOW.
CAN YOU WRAP IT UP?
-THANKS, EM.
-OH, THANK YOU, BOB.
YOU'RE AWESOME.
Narrator: 6 HOURS INTO THE DAY,
CAPTAIN EMILY RIEDEL
OVERSEES A SHIFT CHANGE,
CALLING UP LEAD DIVER
BOB HAFNER.
Bob: I THINK I WAS AN OUNCE
AN HOUR DOWN THERE TODAY.
I MEAN, IT AVERAGED OUT
AS AN OUNCE AN HOUR.
Narrator: HIS PROMISING DIVE
BRINGS EMILY EVER CLOSER
TO HER SUMMER GOAL
OF 400 OUNCES.
400 OUNCES,
HERE WE COME.
WHOO!
THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THAT
DREAM OF MAKING 400 OUNCES.
SO, WE CANNOT AFFORD
TO LOSE ANY TIME AT ALL.
WE HAVE GOOD WEATHER,
WE'RE ON GOLD,
AND NOW, WE JUST
NEED TO WORK
AS MANY HOURS
AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator:
TO GET THE HOURS SHE NEEDS,
EMILY HAS AGREED
TO A RISKY PROPOSITION...
Emily: CHASE WANTS TO
GET UNDER THE WATER,
THIS IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY
TO, YOU KNOW, GET HIM WORKING.
Narrator: ...GIVE TOPSIDE TENDER
CHASE TAYLOR
HIS FIRST CRACK AT DIVING
IN THE BERING SEA.
I'M PRETTY SCARED...
OF DROWNING.
YEAH, THAT ONE.
Emily:
CHASE HAS NO DIVING EXPERIENCE,
BUT THERE'S NOT
A LARGE POPULATION
OF COMPETENT, FAITHFUL GOLD
MINERS TO CHOOSE FROM UP HERE.
YOU HAVE TO BRING IN
THE NEXT GENERATION.
SO, IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT
TO HAVE CHASE DIVING,
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF POTENTIAL THERE.
AND SO, YOU HAVE TO INVEST
IN THIS POTENTIAL.
OH, LOOK AT YOU.
OH, IT'S ADORABLE --
I MEAN, VERY MANLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF NERVOUS ENERGY
AROUND ME STARTING TO DIVE.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
COMING FROM ME.
OH, [BLEEP].
SO, I'M TRYING TO JUST
DEFLECT IT, YOU KNOW?
OH, CHASE. I'M AS PROUD
AS A MAMA SPARROW.
-OUR BABY.
-OUR BABY!
Both: OH!
Emily: I'M HAPPY FOR CHASE,
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
I MEAN, I CAME UP HERE
AS AN INEXPERIENCED DIVER,
AND IT RUINED
DIVING FOR ME.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FEAR OF
GETTING SUCKED UP THE NOZZLE...
UGH!
[ BLEEP ].
...OR GETTING CAUGHT...
...LOSING YOUR AIR.
I WAS SCARED.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
THERE WAS THIS MOMENT,
AS MY MASK FLOODED,
I WAS SURE THAT
I WAS GONNA DROWN.
I'M FINE.
THE PERSON WHO
TAUGHT ME HOW TO DIVE
DIDN'T GIVE ME
ANY PREPARATION.
I DON'T WANT DIVING
TO BE RUINED FOR CHASE
THE WAY THAT IT
WAS RUINED FOR ME.
WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT.
HEY.
GET ON DOWN
THERE, MAN!
♪♪
♪♪
YAY!
WHOO!
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
HEY, BUDDY.
HOW YOU DOING?
I'M WORRIED ABOUT ANY NEW DIVERS
IN THE BOAT.
I MEAN, CHASE IS
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
I KNOW HIS MOM.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S TERRIFYING,
THE IDEA OF SOMETHING
HAPPENING TO HIM.
I'M JUST OVER HERE KIND OF LIKE,
"PLEASE, DO NOT DIE ON MY BOAT."
LIKE, "DON'T DIE ON
MY EQUIPMENT. THANKS."
HOPEFULLY,
THIS IS A GOOD DAY.
Narrator:
200 MILES EAST...
Vernon: GOT TO GET DOWN
TO HOLY CROSS.
WE'RE GONNA DO
SOME PROSPECTING.
I'VE HEARD THERE MIGHT BE
GOOD GOLD DOWN THERE.
Narrator: CAPTAIN VERNON ADKISON
STEAMS HIS GOLD SHIP,
WILD RANGER, TOWARD HIS NEXT
PROSPECTING TARGET.
MY NUMBER-ONE OBJECTIVE
IS TO GET ON DOWN
TO THE BERING SEA,
SO WE CAN GO INTO PRODUCTION.
PUT SOME GOLD IN THE BOX.
Narrator:
VERNON IS 400 MILES INTO HIS
EPIC 1,000-MILE JOURNEY TO NOME,
WITH ONE SUSPECTING PROSPECTING
STOP IN THE TOWN OF RUBY
UNDER HIS BELT,
AND ANOTHER IN HIS SIGHTS,
250 MILES DOWNRIVER
NEAR THE TOWN OF HOLY CROSS.
IF I COULD GET A COUPLE OF
OUNCES GOING DOWN THE RIVER,
WELL, IT WOULD HELP WITH
EXPENSES, FOR ONE THING.
AND THEN, PLUS, IT'S NO FUN
JUST HEMORRHAGING MONEY.
THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOME INCOME, BECAUSE,
I MEAN, SOONER OR LATER,
YOU GO BELLY-UP.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT
A SERIES OF ISLANDS OVER HERE.
WE'VE GOT TO WEAVE
OUR WAY THROUGH THEM
WITHOUT GOING AGROUND,
AND WITHOUT HITTING
ANY MAJOR SNAGS.
Narrator: THE NEXT OBSTACLE
BETWEEN VERNON AND THE GOLD
IS A SERIES OF ISLANDS
SURROUNDED BY TREACHEROUSLY
SHALLOW RIVER CHANNELS
FILLED WITH PILES
OF GRAVEL AND DEBRIS.
Vernon: YOU END UP AGROUND,
THAT'S END OF THE SHOW.
THERE'S NO GETTING OFF.
WHEN WE LEFT NENANA,
THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THIS ONE BOAT
THAT HAD --
A BIG BOAT THAT HAD GONE ABOUT
50 MILES DOWN THE WAY,
AND WENT AGROUND,
AND 2 WEEKS LATER,
IT HAD DISAPPEARED.
OKAY.
THE RIVER ATE IT.
WE'LL STICK TO THE BLUFF SIDE
OF THIS CUT, HERE,
USE OUR DEPTH SOUNDER,
AND FEEL OUR WAY ALONG.
I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY.
I'M STILL IN 13 FEET OF WATER.
SO, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT THIS IS THE DEEPWATER
CHANNEL, RIGHT HERE.
THE ONLY THING THAT
I'M COUNTING ON RIGHT NOW
IS MY DEPTH SOUNDER.
THAT'LL KEEP ME
OUT OF TROUBLE.
Woman:
I'M KIND OF HOMESICK.
IT'S, LIKE,
30 DEGREES OUTSIDE,
SO, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
CONFINED TO THE CABIN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Vernon:
WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT IS THAT?
OH, BOY.
WE'RE AGROUND.
DAMN DEPTH SOUNDER
WAS TELLING ME 8 FEET.
OKAY. JONATHAN,
CRANK UP YOUR BOAT.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU
POWER US OUT.
Jonathon:
YES, SIR.
Narrator:
TO FREE THE WILD RANGER,
VERNON WILL USE THE JET BOAT'S
454-CUBIC INCH ENGINE
TO DISLODGE
THE 30,000-POUND CATAMARAN
AND TOW IT
TO DEEPER WATER.
Vernon: STUCK ON THIS
GRAVEL BAR, AND I'M THINKING,
"THERE'S NO HELP.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY
IN AT LEAST A HALF A DAY."
SO, THAT DAMN JET BOAT
IS THE ONLY HOPE
I HAVE TO JERK THAT BIG-ASS BOAT
OFF THAT GRAVEL BAR.
SO, YOU KNOW,
FINGERS CROSSED.
WE'RE GONNA
GIVE IT A SHOT.
PULL US!
JONATHAN, KEEP IT
INTO THE STREAM.
OH, [BLEEP].
♪♪
OKAY. JONATHAN, GET SOME
SLACK ON YOUR LINE,
AND THEN, JUST GIVE HER
A GOOD JOLT.
Jonathon: COPY.
FINGERS CROSSED,
THIS WILL DO THE TRICK.
WE'RE MOVING.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
Man: SO CLOSE.
Vernon: WHAT?
OH, COME ON.
NO.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL PULL YOU
BACK UP HERE ALONGSIDE US.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY
WRAPPED UP IN THIS.
I'VE GOT PEOPLE'S LIVES
IN MY HANDS, HERE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE BEACH
WITH NO RESOURCES.
YEAH.
THIS COULD BE
A COMPLETE SHOWSTOPPER.
♪♪
Ken: I'M GOING IN.
YEE-HOO!
LET'S GO.
GET HER UP.
WHOO!
Narrator: CAPTAIN KEN KERR
HAS LEFT HIS HONEY HOLE BEHIND
TO EMBARK ON
A VITAL QUEST...
Ken: WE'RE GONNA TRY AND SEE
IF WE CAN GET A VIBRATOR GOING.
Narrator: ...THE SEARCH
FOR A PORTABLE SHAKER
THAT'LL CLEAR THE ROCKS
JAMMING HIS WASH PLANT.
WE'RE REALLY PUSHING IT.
WE'RE RUNNING SO MUCH
DAMN GOOD MATERIAL
THAT OUR CHUTE
ISN'T KEEPING UP.
IF I COULD FIND A GOOD VIBRATOR
TO KEEP THEM TAILINGS MOVING,
I CAN FIX THIS ISSUE
PRETTY QUICK
AND GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS
OF MINING GOLD.
A COUPLE OF HOURS SHOULD GET
THIS PROBLEM SOLVED, HOPEFULLY.
EVERY HOUR WE'RE SHUT DOWN,
THAT'S 5 OUNCES OF GOLD.
THAT'S 5,000, 6,000
BUCKS AN HOUR.
Narrator:
AS EVERY SECOND SPENT ONSHORE
WILL COST VALUABLE
MINING TIME...
LET'S SEE, HERE.
VIBRATORS.
...THE QUESTION BECOMES WHERE
MIGHT A MAN FIND A VIBRATOR
IN NOME, ALASKA?
WHERE ELSE?
THE JUNKYARD.
Ken: NO VIBRATOR.
THERE'S MOTORS.
WE COULD MAKE A VIBRATOR.
NOPE. NOTHING HERE.
NOPE.
NOT ON THAT ONE.
NICE PIECE OF PIPE.
♪♪
LOOKIE THERE.
THERE'S THE ONE WE WANT, RIGHT
THERE, BUT THEY GOT IT UNWIRED.
IT MAY NOT EVEN RUN.
BUT WE MIGHT
HAVE TO TAKE IT.
BRING A TORCH DOWN HERE
AND CUT THAT OFF.
GET IT RIGHT IN THE BED.
THAT'S MINE.
I HOPE THAT BABY RUNS.
I FOUND A VIBRATOR,
BUT THE WIRING
IS ALL RIPPED OUT OF IT.
SO, IF THIS ONE DOESN'T WORK,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
ORDER SOME NEW ONE,
BE SHUT DOWN 3 DAYS.
TIME IS GOLD IN OUR BUSINESS.
SO, WE'LL HAVE TO TRY
AND WIRE IT UP,
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
IF IT VIBRATES.
IT'S PRETTY BURNED UP.
WE'LL SEE.
KICK ON THE MAIN.
[ MACHINERY WHIRRING ]
WHOO!
IT WORKS!
Narrator: WITH THE MACHINE
ALIVE AND KICKING...
en: GO WIPE IT DOWN,
AND PUT IT ON.
Narrator: ...KEN'S NEXT STEP
IS TO SEE
IF HE CAN KEEP THE TAILINGS
FROM PLUGGING UP THE CHUTE.
Man: YOU READY?
-WORKING LIKE A CHAMP, BUDDY.
-I'M GONNA TEST IT.
Ken: ALL RIGHT.
BROUGHT SOME MATERIAL.
SEE WHAT WE GOT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY,
THE ROCK DON'T GET BUILT UP.
OH, IT'S WORKING.
IT'S WORKING REALLY GOOD.
LOOK AT THE ROCKS
GOING OUT OF THAT THING.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
AFTER ONLY 2 HOURS OF DOWNTIME,
THE MYRTLE'S WASH PLANT
IS ROCKING AND ROLLING.
WE'VE GOT SOME
MAKING UP TO DO.
LET'S GET AS MUCH GOLD
AS WE CAN.
Narrator: AND NOTHING MORE
STANDS IN THE WAY OF KEN
SHAKING HIS MONEYMAKER
TOWARD A MAJOR CLEAN-OUT.
WHOO!
[ KEN LAUGHING ]
Narrator:
10 MILES WEST...
Shawn: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
DON'T START PUSHING.
-I'M NOT PUSHING.
-YOU WERE.
SEE?
JUST THE SLIGHTEST MOVE.
THAT'S THE BOOM UP,
BOOM DOWN.
Narrator:
...CAPTAIN SHAWN POMRENKE
AND HIS SON, LUKE,
ARE USING THE EXTENDED ARM
OF THE CHRISTINE ROSE
TO INVESTIGATE THE DEEP UNTAPPED
GROUND OF THE TOMCOD CLAIM...
WE'RE GONNA SWING OVER,
AND GET IT ALL HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
PUSH DOWN ON THE BOOM.
...IN SEARCH OF AN ANCIENT
GOLD-PACKED BEACH LINE.
OKAY.
NOW, WE'RE GONNA CURL.
NOW, THAT'S SOME
GOOD DIRT, THERE.
LOOK AT YOU!
WHAT ARE YOU,
MY LITTLE LUCKY CHARM?
YEAH!
GIVE ME FIVE.
YEAH.
LET'S GO SEE
WHAT'S IN THAT BUCKET.
Narrator:
HIS GOLD SENSE TINGLING...
YOU WANT TO SEE
HOW TO PAN GOLD?
...SHAWN CHECKS TO SEE
IF HE HIT THE JACKPOT
HE'S LOOKING FOR.
NOW, SEE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET
THE MATERIAL LOOSE IN THE PAN.
PUT YOUR FINGERS
IN THERE.
PUT YOUR
FINGERS IN THERE.
-[ YELLS ]
-PUT THEM DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
THERE.
SEE HOW IT'S LOOSE?
NOW, WATCH.
PUT IT BACK IN THERE.
NOW, TRY TO PUT
YOUR FINGERS THROUGH IT.
SEE HOW IT
STIFFENS UP?
YOU DON'T WANT IT TO GET STIFF,
BECAUSE THE GOLD IS HEAVIER,
SO IT FALLS TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE PAN.
LET'S SEE.
OH, LOOK AT THAT.
I SEE SOME GOLD.
SO DO I.
DEFINITELY GOT
THAT BEACH LINE.
AMAZING JOB.
HEY. COME HERE.
LUKE!
Narrator: NOW THAT SHAWN'S
GOOD-LUCK CHARM
HAS PUT THE CHRISTINE ROSE
ON PAY DIRT...
HE'S GOT A MISSION.
...MR. GOLD HAS A MISSION
OF HIS OWN.
TIME TO MAKE SOME GOLD.
[ MACHINERY WHIRRING ]
THAT'S THE SOUND OF MONEY,
RIGHT THERE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO EVER REACH THIS BEFORE.
THIS WAS THE BERING LAND BRIDGE
AT ONE TIME.
YOU COULD WALK
FROM HERE TO RUSSIA.
NOW, IT'S WATER.
BUT AT ONE TIME,
THIS WAS A BEACH
RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
♪♪
YOU CAN FEEL WHEN YOU'RE IN GOOD
STUFF WHEN IT'S HARD TO GET UP
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE
FOR SO LONG.
THIS MIGHT BE THE MEGA DREDGE
BANK ACCOUNT, RIGHT HERE.
BIG ROCKS, BIG GOLD.
♪♪
HEY, LUKE, MAYBE WE'LL HIT
A 1,000-OUNCE HOLE HERE.
[ LUKE LAUGHING ]
Narrator:
COMING UP...
Vernon: WE NEED TO GET THIS
OFF THE SANDBAR
BEFORE THE WATER GOES DOWN.
♪♪
Emily: YAY!
YOUR FIRST HOUR, MAN!
Chase: YEAH.
HELL YEAH, MAN.
Narrator: CAPTAIN EMILY RIEDEL
IS OVERSEEING
FIRST-TIME DIVER
CHASE TAYLOR...
Chase: WHOO!
YEAH. IT'S NOT
MESSING AROUND, MAN.
Narrator: ...WHO'S JUST SPENT
HIS FIRST HOUR
BATTLING THE ICY CURRENTS
OF THE BERING SEA.
Emily:
I'M DEFINITELY WORRIED ABOUT
CHASE BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT.
THE BERING SEA,
I DON'T KNOW WHY,
BUT THE CURRENTS
ARE ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
AND YOU'RE JUST GETTING DRAGGED
ALONG THE BOTTOM
OF THE OCEAN FLOOR,
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL
THIS MASSIVELY POWERFUL
10-INCH SUCTION DREDGE.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO
STAY IN CONTROL DOWN THERE.
YOU KNOW, HAVING
A VERY STRONG CURRENT,
IT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER.
YOU'RE JUST --
YOU'RE HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE,
LITERALLY.
♪♪
Chase: OH.
WHAT'S UP?
HEY!
AWW, YOUR FIRST NUGGETS!
[ CHASE LAUGHING ]
Man: YEAH. THERE YOU GO.
GOOD WORK, CHASE.
Chase: THERE'S SOME BIG ROCKS
OVER HERE.
WE'VE GOT WEATHER
COMING IN.
Emily: THE WEATHER IS NOT
IN OUR FAVOR AT ALL THIS YEAR.
IT'S MODERATELY CALM, EXCEPT
FOR THESE CRAZY STRONG CURRENTS.
AND THEN,
THESE AFTERNOON BLOWS COME.
IT'S JUST A VERY
DIFFICULT RHYTHM.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THE ODDS ARE
KIND OF STACKING AGAINST US,
ALL WE CAN DO
IS JUST KEEP ON TRYING
AS HARD AS
WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WHOO-WEE.
WE'RE GETTING HIT NOW.
-WHOO!
Chase: THAT CURRENT DOESN'T GIVE
A [BLEEP] ABOUT ME.
YEAH. REMEMBER, CHASE,
AS THE DIVER,
IF YOU'RE UNABLE
TO WORK DOWN THERE,
IF YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE BEING DRAGGED,
AND IT'S DANGEROUS FOR YOU,
THAT'S YOUR CALL.
IT'S NOT OURS.
WHOO!
[ CHASE GRUNTS ]
HE GOT US SOMETHING DOWN THERE,
BUT HE'S STRUGGLING, FOR SURE.
YEAH. YEAH.
Emily: IT'S GREAT THAT
HE'S BEING TENACIOUS.
BUT JUST, AS A NOVICE DIVER,
WITH CONDITIONS GETTING WORSE,
IT'S JUST NOT REALLY SAFE
FOR HIM TO BE DOWN THERE.
SO, WE'RE GONNA
CALL IT.
YEAH.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
Chase: YEAH.
Chase: THAT CURRENT CAME UP
AND STARTED SMACKING ME.
IT WAS LIKE
BEING A BABY.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD JUST
PICK ME UP,
AND DRAG ME
10 FEET AWAY FROM IT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE
PRECARIOUS PARTS.
I CAN'T PROMISE THAT
I PUT A WHOLE LOT IN THERE,
BUT I TRIED.
I SEE LITTLE BITS OF COLOR
HERE AND THERE.
HOPEFULLY, I CONTRIBUTED
TO SOME OF IT.
Emily: YEAH.
THAT'S GOOD, MAN.
YOU DID A
GREAT JOB, MAN.
YOU FOUGHT AGAINST SOME
PRETTY OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS
TO PUT SOME GOLD
IN THE BOX.
Emily: I'M PROUD THAT CHASE
GOT DOWN THERE.
IT'S A BRAVE THING TO DO,
DIVING IN THE BERING SEA.
HE GOT DOWN THERE,
AND HE WAS CALM AND COLLECTED,
AND HE JUST --
HE DID THE JOB.
CHASE IS GONNA BE A GREAT
ADDITION TO THE DIVE TEAM.
WHEN HE STARTS PUTTING
SERIOUS GOLD IN THE SLUICE BOX,
THEN, THIS TIME,
AND THIS INVESTMENT,
IT'S GONNA BE WORTH IT.
HELL YEAH, MAN.
I'M PROUD OF YOU.
-ALL RIGHT.
Vernon: WE'VE GOT OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US HERE.
Narrator: AFTER 5 HOURS,
CAPTAIN VERNON ADKISON'S
GOLD SHIP
HASN'T BUDGED AN INCH.
I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER
TRYING TO AVOID GOING AGROUND.
AND WITH A BOAT THIS SIZE --
IT WEIGHS 30,000 POUNDS.
THAT'S A HEAVY BOAT.
YOU GET IT STUCK, IT'S GONNA
BE HARD TO GET IT UNSTUCK.
THE JET BOAT,
IT RAN OVER THE TOWLINE,
AND SUCKED IT UP
INTO THE JET.
WE'LL BE LUCKY IF WE CAN
CUT IT OUT AND IT STILL WORKS.
Narrator:
HAVING TOTALED HIS JET BOAT
IN A BOTCHED ATTEMPT
TO BREAK FROM THE SANDBAR,
VERNON'S CREW IS STRANDED
MILES FROM CIVILIZATION.
THIS TIME OF YEAR,
THE RIVER,
IT'S JUST GONNA
KEEP GETTING LOWER.
WE NEED TO GET THIS SUCKER
OFF OF THE SANDBAR ASAP,
BEFORE THE WATER
GOES DOWN
AND WE'VE GOT
AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM.
NOW, ONE, TWO.
Narrator:
MILES FROM, WELL, ANYTHING...
Vernon: GOT TO DO
SOME HEAVY THINKING.
Narrator: ...IT'S UP TO
THE SEASONED SKIPPER
TO FORMULATE
THEIR NEXT PLAN OF ACTION.
I KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA
GET OUT OF HERE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA WORK.
-I NEED A SCREWDRIVER.
IF IT DOESN'T,
WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO PLAN...
D.
BREAK OUT
THE SUCTION DREDGE.
GO NUT DEEP.
SO, MY BRIGHT IDEA
IS TO DREDGE OUT THE GRAVEL
FROM AROUND THESE HULLS
AND GET HER FLOATING AGAIN.
[ BLEEP ]
I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'LL WORK,
BUT THIS IS THE ONLY OPTION
I'VE GOT.
♪♪
AH, [BLEEP].
Man: SEEMS LIKE AIN'T NOTHING
WANTING TO WORK TODAY.
Vernon:
THE MOTOR CRAPPED OUT.
IT WAS JUST A DEAD DUCK.
AND IT DIDN'T EVEN
LAST LONG ENOUGH FOR US
TO GET OFF
THAT GRAVEL PART.
NOW, I'M HAVING
ALL SORTS OF THOUGHTS
OF DOOM AND DESTRUCTION.
THE BOAT IS GONNA SIT HERE.
IT'S GONNA GET FROZEN IN.
IN THE SPRING, A CURRENT
IS GONNA TOW YOU AWAY.
THIS IS THE END
OF THE ROAD.
IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD.
LET'S SHUT IT DOWN.
WE'LL GET AN EARLY
START TOMORROW.
I CAN BRING BACK ANY FASHION
TREND, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
THE BOWL CUT.
NO.
BELL BOTTOMS.
-WHY BELL BOTTOMS?
-I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, I KIND OF DIG
REALLY INAPPROPRIATE LEOTARDS --
LIKE, '80S-STYLE.
ALSO, JUST, LIKE,
MAD '80S HAIR.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE PAIR OF JEANS
FROM THE '70S,
WHEN I WAS OVER IN HAWAII,
BECAUSE I HAD A 32-INCH
WAISTLINE BACK THEN.
I'M HANGING ONTO THEM.
MAYBE, ONE OF THESE DAYS,
IF I COME DOWN
WITH SOME MAJOR ILLNESS,
I CAN GET BACK INTO THEM.
I WAS DISCOING
MY ASS OFF, JACK.
-GRANDPA, ARE WE STUCK?
-YEAH.
WE'RE STUCK --
BIG-TIME STUCK.
Narrator:
FOR 24 HOURS AND COUNTING,
CAPTAIN VERNON ADKISON
AND HIS CREW HAVE BEEN MAROONED.
HIS LATEST ATTEMPT
TO DREDGE HIMSELF FREE
PROVED TO BE A BUST.
WE WERE DILIGENTLY
DREDGING AWAY
RIGHT UP UNTIL THE TIME
THE MOTOR DECIDED TO QUIT.
BUT HOPEFULLY, THAT AREA WE HAD
EXCAVATED UNDER THE BOAT
HELPED US A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator: SO, WHAT DOES THE
VETERAN SKIPPER DO
WHEN ALL HIS BEST-LAID PLANS
FALL APART?
-FIRE IT UP!
-BACK IN ACTION.
WELL, TRY HIS
FIRST PLAN AGAIN.
Vernon: PERFECT.
WE TOOK THE JET BOAT UP,
YOU KNOW,
WORKED SOME MAGIC ON IT,
PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER, AND,
I MEAN, THAT THING, IT SCREAMS,
ALL 454 OF THOSE CUBIC INCHES.
Narrator: THE FATE OF VERNON'S
MINING SEASON NOW HANGS
ON WHETHER A FIBERGLASS JET BOAT
WITH A BIG-BLOCK ENGINE
CAN TOW A 15-TON CATAMARAN.
OKAY. POWER INTO IT.
COME ON, BABY.
COME ON, BABY.
I FELT IT MOVE!
IT'S MOVING.
IT'S MOVING.
ALL RIGHT.
STEADY POWER INTO IT.
♪♪
Man:
THERE SHE GOES.
-THE BIRD HAS FLOWN!
-WHOO!
-OH, MY GOD.
-THANK GOD, DUDE.
JONATHAN, WHAT
DEPTH DO YOU GOT?
OKAY.
[BLEEP]
BOTTOM LINE IS, I'M LIKING
THAT JET BOAT A LOT.
OKAY.
I BOUGHT IT ON A WHIM, THINKING,
"THIS IS A COOL BOAT.
I ALWAYS LIKED 'MIAMI VICE.'
I CAN GIVE DON JOHNSON A RUN
FOR HIS MONEY IN THIS SUCKER."
BUT AS IT TURNED OUT, THAT DAMN
JET BOAT SAVED OUR BACON.
WHAT WE GOT TO
CONCENTRATE ON NOW
IS MAKING UP THE TIME
WE LOST TODAY THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO STILL DO
SOME PROSPECTING
AS WE GO ALONG.
[ CHATTER OVER RADIO ]
OKAY. GREAT.
THANKS.
Ken: RIGHT ON.
CLEANUP DAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF GOLD
WE GOT FOR OUR HARD EFFORTS.
Narrator: AFTER THEIR BATTLE
FOR GOLD AND SUPREMACY,
CAPTAIN KEN KERR AND THE BOYS
ON THE MYRTLE IRENE
CHECK OUT
THE SPOILS OF WAR.
-MAN!
-LOOK AT THAT!
-WHAT THE HELL?
-THAT LOOKS GOOD.
-DANG.
-OH, YEAH.
NOW, WE GOT IT ALL WET.
-THAT'S A NICE PIE, THERE.
GOING INTO THIS NEXT CLEANUP
IS GETTING EXCITING.
DANG, THAT'S A LOT OF GOLD.
WE HAD A LITTLE
SLOW DOWN,
BUT ONCE WE UP AND RUNNING,
WE'RE KILLING IT.
SO, PRETTY SURE IT'S GONNA
SHOW UP ON THE SCALE.
DEFINITELY GONNA
CLOSE IN ON SHAWN.
OKAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
George:
10, 20, 30, 40.
ALL RIGHT, GEORGE.
LOOK AT THAT.
LICK ON IT.
-50, 60, 70, 80, 120.
-THERE'S SOME IN THERE.
-147.9 POINT NINE!
GOOD JOB.
Narrator:
147.9 OUNCES OF GOLD.
THAT'S WORTH
OVER 180 GRAND...
WE KEEP THIS UP, WE'RE GONNA
HIT OUR 1,000 OUNCES EASY.
-OH, YEAH.
-LET'S DO IT.
...ENOUGH TO
SET THEM ON TRACK
TO DEMOLISH
THEIR 1,000-OUNCE GOAL
AND TURN UP THE HEAT
ON SHAWN.
I SHOULD TAKE THE TITLE
OF MR. GOLD THIS YEAR.
SO LONG, SHAWN.
-GO BACK IN THERE.
-GO TO WORK?
GO GET SOME MORE.
-DID YOU GIVE ME THE FINGER?
GO GET SOME
WORK DONE.
[ KEN LAUGHS ]
Shawn: BROUGHT LUKE OUT
TO THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
LOOKS LIKE HE BROUGHT US
A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK.
Narrator:
WITH HIS SON, LUKE'S, HELP,
SHAWN HAS FOUND AN OFFSHORE
BEACH LINE LOADED WITH GOLD.
Shawn: LET'S JUST SEE
HOW MUCH LUCK HE BROUGHT US.
Narrator: BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH
TO PUT HIM BACK ON TRACK
TO MEET HIS 1,000-OUNCE
SUMMER GOAL?
TRIPLE DIGITS, MAN,
I'M TELLING YOU.
YOU THINK?
LET'S SEE HOW WE DID.
50.
THAT'S AN OUNCE
AN HOUR, THERE.
56.
THE PILE IS GETTING BETTER --
LITTLE BIGGER, LITTLE BIGGER.
68, 70...
88 1/2.
-BAM!
-BINGO.
Narrator: 88.4 OUNCES
IS WORTH OVER $100,000...
-AWESOME, GUYS.
-GOOD JOB.
-GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY.
-GOOD JOB.
...MEANING LUKE'S GOOD LUCK
BRINGS HIS DAD
THAT MUCH CLOSER
TO FINISHING THE MEGA DREDGE.
IF WE CAN KEEP THAT UP,
IT'LL BE A GOOD YEAR.
THIS NEW BEACH LINE WE'RE ON
IS PAYING OFF BIG.
SO, I'VE JUST GOT TO
KEEP PUTTING DIRT
THROUGH THE WASH PLANT.
AND I AM GOING TO BEAT KEN.
THERE'S NO STOPPING
THE REAL MR. GOLD.
MR. GOLD IS ALWAYS ON TOP
OF THE LEADERBOARD.
Narrator: BUT THE BOARD
TELLS A DIFFERENT TALE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS SEASON,
KEN KERR FINDS HIS WAY
TO THE TOP SPOT.
Shawn: HALFWAY THROUGH
THE SEASON, EVERY MINUTE,
EVERY HOUR ADDS UP.
OH, NO.
I HAVE TO MACGYVER
THE HELL OUT OF IT.
Emily:
THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME.
I DON'T WANT
EVEN A CHANCE
OF SOMEBODY GETTING ON
THE GROUND BEFORE US.
OH, YEAH.
NOW, WE'RE RACING.
CUT IT LOOSE!
Emily: WE'VE GOT TO MAKE
EVERY SECOND COUNT TODAY.
OUNCE AND HOUR, EH?
Shawn: WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE,
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
WHAT THE HELL?
THINGS ARE GONNA GET
KIND OF RISKY.
ON "BERING SEA GOLD"...
Shawn: AS A GOLD MINER, IF YOU
DON'T KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES,
YOU'RE GONNA GET
LEFT IN THE DUST.
-AH!
-HE'S GOING FOR IT.
HE'S GONNA
GET THE GOLD.
Ken: WE'RE GONNA
TAKE THIS BABY TO THE MAX.
I'VE GOT TO KEEP
THIS GOLD COMING
IF I'M GONNA BE
THE NEW MR. GOLD.
-WHOA!
-LOOK AT THAT GRAVEL.
Emily: CHASE IS A GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE.
HE'S A ROOKIE DIVER.
THE IDEA OF SOMETHING
HAPPENING TO HIM IS TERRIFYING.
PLEASE, DO NOT DIE
ON MY BOAT.
AH!
-WHAT IS THAT?
-WE'RE AGROUND.
FORWARD!
Vernon: THAT HURT.
Shawn:
TIME TO MAKE SOME GOLD.
[ YELLING ]
-THAT'S A NICE PIE.
-YEAH.
IT MIGHT BE THE MEGA DREDGE
BANK ACCOUNT, RIGHT HERE.
[ MACHINE WHIRRING ]
THAT'S THE SOUND OF MONEY,
RIGHT THERE.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH
THE SUMMER SEASON,
THE FLEET IS NOWHERE NEAR
THEIR SEASON GOALS.
IN ORDER TO GET GOLD IN THE BOX,
CAPTAINS HAVE TO PULL OUT
ALL THE STOPS...
PUSHING THEIR CREWS
AND DREDGES
TO THEIR BREAKING POINTS.
YEE-HAW.
BECAUSE,
ON THE BERING SEA,
IF YOU'RE NOT MINING
AT FULL SPEED...
...YOU'RE DEAD IN THE WATER.
♪♪
[ SHAWN GRUNTING ]
♪♪
CAPTAIN SHAWN POMRENKE
IS ON HIS WAY
TO THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
COME ON, BOY.
LET'S GO FOR A BOAT RIDE.
[ LUKE YELLS ]
AND TO MAKE SURE HE'S TAPPING
THE BEST-PAYING GROUND,
HE'S BRINGING ALONG
A GOOD LUCK CHARM.
YOU GET THE FRONT LINE.
I GET THE BACK LINE.
I GET TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT
MORE TIME WITH MY SON,
LUKE, THIS SUMMER.
YOU'VE GOT TO PULL THE LINE
INTO THE BOAT.
I'M GONNA MAKE SURE
I MAKE EVERY SECOND COUNT.
TOLD YOU I COULD
UNTIE KNOTS!
I'VE WORKED MY ASS OFF
TO GET TO WHERE I'M AT TODAY,
AND NOW, I'M TRYING TO
MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME.
YOU THINK YOU CAN OUTDIG
YOUR DAD ON THE CHRISTINE ROSE?
UH-HUH.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO BUILD A
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MEGA DREDGE
AND BE A DAD,
BUT I'M GOING TO BE A GOOD DAD.
[ LUKE YELLS ]
[ SHAWN LAUGHS ]
HEY, CAN I
DRIVE THE BOAT?
ABSOLUTELY.
JUST POINT US STRAIGHT TOWARDS
THE CHRISTINE ROSE,
AND KEEP GOING
THAT WAY.
Narrator: MR. GOLD HAS MORE ON
HIS PLATE THAN EVER THIS SEASON,
HAVING SET A LOFTY
1,000-OUNCE GOAL
TO FUND FINAL CONSTRUCTION
OF HIS MEGA DREDGE
AND KEEP AHEAD
OF RIVAL KEN KERR.
SO, I'M GONNA
EXPLAIN TO YOU
EXACTLY HOW
THE CHRISTINE ROSE WORKS,
AND WHAT KIND OF GENIUS YOUR DAD
IS FOR COMING UP WITH IT.
BUT THE GENIUS OF THE C.R.
DOESN'T GUARANTEE GOLD.
[ LAUGHS ]
ALTHOUGH SHAWN HAS BEEN
ON A HOT STREAK...
21.6.
...LATELY, THE TRAIL
HAS RUN COLD.
COME ON, PARTNER.
NOW...
GO FOR IT.
YOU GOT IT.
...MR. GOLD NEEDS TO GET
THE CHRISTINE ROSE
BACK ON
HIGH-PAYING GROUND.
Shawn: WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR
IS THIS NEXT BEACH LYING OUT.
I THINK WE HIT IT
A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR,
BUT NOW,
WE CAN REACH IT.
Narrator:
ARMED WITH A PROMISING LEAD
AND AN UPGRADED
EXCAVATOR...
LOOK IT. DO YOU SEE WHERE
WE ADDED 6 FEET TO THE ARM?
COOL.
...HE'S FINALLY ABLE
TO PROSPECT
THE SUSPECTED MOTHER LODE
THAT, UNTIL NOW...
WAS JUST OUTSIDE
HIS GRASP.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND
THAT BEACH LINE.
[ LUKE YELLS ]
Shawn: THERE'S SEVEN OR EIGHT
OLD BEACH LINES OFFSHORE
WHERE MOTHER NATURE
HAS WASHED THE DIRT
AND CONCENTRATED THE GOLD
FOR YOU.
LOOK FOR A BUNCH OF BIG
COBBLE AND ROCKS AND GRAVEL,
BECAUSE THE GOLD
JUST LAYS IN THERE THICK.
Narrator: OVER TIME, SEA LEVELS
IN THE BERING STRAIT HAVE RISEN,
PUSHING ALASKA'S COASTLINE
FURTHER AND FURTHER INLAND.
EACH TIME THE SEA LEVELS RISE,
THE CURRENT WASHES SAND
AND OTHER MATERIAL
TOWARD THE SHORE
TO FORM
THE NEXT BEACH LINE,
LEAVING BEHIND
LONG SEAMS OF GOLD
TRAPPED IN HEAVY
BOULDERS AND GRAVEL.
Shawn: YOU WANT TO HIT
THOSE BEACH LINES,
BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGHER
CONCENTRATION OF GOLD THERE.
GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THE LEVERS.
WHOO!
YEAH!
OH, LOOK AT THAT.
HE'S GOING FOR IT.
HE'S GOING TO GET IT.
HE'S GONNA GET THE GOLD.
I'M GONNA TAKE
OVER YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU WILL?YES!
I HOPE YOU WILL,
SOMEDAY.
SHOW ME HOW TO GET
THE GOLD, BOY.
Narrator:
10 MILES EAST...
Ken:
DIGGING DIRT...
...WHILE SHAWN IS
STILL SEARCHING,
HIS RIVAL, KEN KERR...
...WITH A WHOLE LOT
OF GOLD IN IT.
...IS ALREADY ON THE GOLD,
MINING A PAY STREAK
THAT SHOWS NO SIGN
OF SLOWING DOWN.
LOOK AT THAT GRAVEL.
OH, YEAH.
THAT'S SOME
GOOD-LOOKING STUFF.
YEE-HAW.
WITH EVERY SCOOP
OF THE BUCKET...
THERE'S GOLD HERE.
WHOO!
...KEN DIGS CLOSER TO HIS
SEASON GOAL OF 1,000 OUNCES --
THE NUMBER NEEDED TO SATISFY
INVESTORS AND KEEP HIS JOB.
Ken: WE'RE ON GREAT GROUND,
RIGHT NOW, AND KILLING IT.
MYRTLE IS THE KING
OF THE WATER.
WE'RE GONNA OUTDO
THE CHRISTINE ROSE TWO TO ONE.
SHAWN IS GONNA BE
IN OUR WAKE.
LAST TIME WE WERE OUT, WE HAD
A GOOD RUN, FOUND A GOOD SPOT.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
IT'S PRETTY EXCITING,
WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING
TO MAKE ENDS MEET,
AND YOU GET A BIG CLEANUP.
BUT THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
Narrator: NOW, KEN IS LOOKING TO
PULL AWAY FROM THE PACK...
OH, MAN. YOU'VE GOT TO
LOVE THIS NEW WASH PLANT.
WE'RE GONNA RUN
THE CRAP OUT OF IT.
...BY PUSHING HIS NEWEST TOY
INTO OVERDRIVE.
THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.
Ken: IF WE CAN KEEP
THE YARDAGE GOING,
WE'D AVERAGE A MINIMUM
OF 5 OUNCES AN HOUR
WITH THIS BAD BOY.
Narrator: ABLE TO PROCESS 40%
MORE MATERIAL THAN LAST SUMMER,
KEN'S BEEFED-UP WASH PLANT
FILTERS EVERY BUCKET OF MATERIAL
THROUGH MULTIPLE STAGES.
FIRST, LARGER ROCKS AND GRAVEL,
KNOWN AS "TAILINGS,"
ARE RINSED OF GOLD AND SIFTED
OUT TO SEA THROUGH DUAL CHUTES,
WHICH LEAVES ONLY THE FINEST
GOLD-RICH CONCENTRATE
TO BE CAPTURED BY
THE MASSIVE SLUICE BOX.
IT'S THE BIGGEST, BADDEST
WASH PLANT ON THE BERING SEA
RIGHT NOW,
AND WE'RE MAXING HER OUT.
THE WHOLE KEY IS PUTTING GRAVEL
THROUGH THAT THING.
IF WE CAN PUT
THE MATERIAL THROUGH IT,
WE CAN RUN 300 YARDS AN HOUR.
SO, WE SHOULD BE DOING
THREE TIMES THE GOLD,
OR FOUR TIMES THE GOLD,
THAT THE CHRISTINE ROSE CAN DO.
YEE-HOO!
DO WHAT, NOW?
OH. IT'S BACKING UP.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
SHUT HER DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
WHOA!
MAN, WE'RE RUNNING
WAY MORE MATERIAL.
WE'VE NEVER HAD
THAT PROBLEM BEFORE.
Narrator:
KEN MIGHT HAVE BITTEN OFF
MORE THAN HIS UPGRADED
WASH PLANT CAN CHEW.
WE'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING WITH THIS.
I CAN TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN
A LITTLE BIT,
BUT I DON'T THINK
THAT'S GONNA HELP.
WE DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN.
WE WANT TO HAUL THAT MATERIAL.
YOU WANT TO PUT
A VIBRATOR ON IT?
OH, THE VIBRATOR
IS JUST AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
WITH SOME COUNTERWEIGHTS IN IT.
IT MAKES A LITTLE VIBRATION,
AND JUST SHAKES THE CHUTE
SO THE MATERIAL
SLIDES OUT OF IT.
PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE CAN GO TO TOWN
AND FIND A VIBRATOR SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS GONNA COST US
A COUPLE OF HOURS.
-WHOA.
-WHOA!
-WEE-HOO.
I'M SO CLOSE TO BEATING SHAWN
I CAN TASTE IT.
SO, THE FASTER
WE FIND A VIBRATOR,
THE FASTER WE GET BACK
TO MINING AND MAKING MONEY.
WHOO!
YEAH!
WHOO!
OH, THAT HURT.
Narrator:
COMING UP...
-WE'RE AGROUND.
-GET INTO IT!
Man:
OH, COME ON. NO.
Shawn: BROUGHT LUKE OUT
TO THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
LET'S SEE HOW MUCH LUCK
HE BROUGHT US.
-BAM.
♪♪
-HEY, BOBERONI.
-YES?
Emily: HEY. I JUST WANTED
TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT YOU'RE OVER
5 HOURS NOW.
CAN YOU WRAP IT UP?
-THANKS, EM.
-OH, THANK YOU, BOB.
YOU'RE AWESOME.
Narrator: 6 HOURS INTO THE DAY,
CAPTAIN EMILY RIEDEL
OVERSEES A SHIFT CHANGE,
CALLING UP LEAD DIVER
BOB HAFNER.
Bob: I THINK I WAS AN OUNCE
AN HOUR DOWN THERE TODAY.
I MEAN, IT AVERAGED OUT
AS AN OUNCE AN HOUR.
Narrator: HIS PROMISING DIVE
BRINGS EMILY EVER CLOSER
TO HER SUMMER GOAL
OF 400 OUNCES.
400 OUNCES,
HERE WE COME.
WHOO!
THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THAT
DREAM OF MAKING 400 OUNCES.
SO, WE CANNOT AFFORD
TO LOSE ANY TIME AT ALL.
WE HAVE GOOD WEATHER,
WE'RE ON GOLD,
AND NOW, WE JUST
NEED TO WORK
AS MANY HOURS
AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator:
TO GET THE HOURS SHE NEEDS,
EMILY HAS AGREED
TO A RISKY PROPOSITION...
Emily: CHASE WANTS TO
GET UNDER THE WATER,
THIS IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY
TO, YOU KNOW, GET HIM WORKING.
Narrator: ...GIVE TOPSIDE TENDER
CHASE TAYLOR
HIS FIRST CRACK AT DIVING
IN THE BERING SEA.
I'M PRETTY SCARED...
OF DROWNING.
YEAH, THAT ONE.
Emily:
CHASE HAS NO DIVING EXPERIENCE,
BUT THERE'S NOT
A LARGE POPULATION
OF COMPETENT, FAITHFUL GOLD
MINERS TO CHOOSE FROM UP HERE.
YOU HAVE TO BRING IN
THE NEXT GENERATION.
SO, IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT
TO HAVE CHASE DIVING,
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF POTENTIAL THERE.
AND SO, YOU HAVE TO INVEST
IN THIS POTENTIAL.
OH, LOOK AT YOU.
OH, IT'S ADORABLE --
I MEAN, VERY MANLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF NERVOUS ENERGY
AROUND ME STARTING TO DIVE.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY
COMING FROM ME.
OH, [BLEEP].
SO, I'M TRYING TO JUST
DEFLECT IT, YOU KNOW?
OH, CHASE. I'M AS PROUD
AS A MAMA SPARROW.
-OUR BABY.
-OUR BABY!
Both: OH!
Emily: I'M HAPPY FOR CHASE,
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
I MEAN, I CAME UP HERE
AS AN INEXPERIENCED DIVER,
AND IT RUINED
DIVING FOR ME.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FEAR OF
GETTING SUCKED UP THE NOZZLE...
UGH!
[ BLEEP ].
...OR GETTING CAUGHT...
...LOSING YOUR AIR.
I WAS SCARED.
I WAS TERRIFIED.
THERE WAS THIS MOMENT,
AS MY MASK FLOODED,
I WAS SURE THAT
I WAS GONNA DROWN.
I'M FINE.
THE PERSON WHO
TAUGHT ME HOW TO DIVE
DIDN'T GIVE ME
ANY PREPARATION.
I DON'T WANT DIVING
TO BE RUINED FOR CHASE
THE WAY THAT IT
WAS RUINED FOR ME.
WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT.
HEY.
GET ON DOWN
THERE, MAN!
♪♪
♪♪
YAY!
WHOO!
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
HEY, BUDDY.
HOW YOU DOING?
I'M WORRIED ABOUT ANY NEW DIVERS
IN THE BOAT.
I MEAN, CHASE IS
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
I KNOW HIS MOM.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S TERRIFYING,
THE IDEA OF SOMETHING
HAPPENING TO HIM.
I'M JUST OVER HERE KIND OF LIKE,
"PLEASE, DO NOT DIE ON MY BOAT."
LIKE, "DON'T DIE ON
MY EQUIPMENT. THANKS."
HOPEFULLY,
THIS IS A GOOD DAY.
Narrator:
200 MILES EAST...
Vernon: GOT TO GET DOWN
TO HOLY CROSS.
WE'RE GONNA DO
SOME PROSPECTING.
I'VE HEARD THERE MIGHT BE
GOOD GOLD DOWN THERE.
Narrator: CAPTAIN VERNON ADKISON
STEAMS HIS GOLD SHIP,
WILD RANGER, TOWARD HIS NEXT
PROSPECTING TARGET.
MY NUMBER-ONE OBJECTIVE
IS TO GET ON DOWN
TO THE BERING SEA,
SO WE CAN GO INTO PRODUCTION.
PUT SOME GOLD IN THE BOX.
Narrator:
VERNON IS 400 MILES INTO HIS
EPIC 1,000-MILE JOURNEY TO NOME,
WITH ONE SUSPECTING PROSPECTING
STOP IN THE TOWN OF RUBY
UNDER HIS BELT,
AND ANOTHER IN HIS SIGHTS,
250 MILES DOWNRIVER
NEAR THE TOWN OF HOLY CROSS.
IF I COULD GET A COUPLE OF
OUNCES GOING DOWN THE RIVER,
WELL, IT WOULD HELP WITH
EXPENSES, FOR ONE THING.
AND THEN, PLUS, IT'S NO FUN
JUST HEMORRHAGING MONEY.
THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOME INCOME, BECAUSE,
I MEAN, SOONER OR LATER,
YOU GO BELLY-UP.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT
A SERIES OF ISLANDS OVER HERE.
WE'VE GOT TO WEAVE
OUR WAY THROUGH THEM
WITHOUT GOING AGROUND,
AND WITHOUT HITTING
ANY MAJOR SNAGS.
Narrator: THE NEXT OBSTACLE
BETWEEN VERNON AND THE GOLD
IS A SERIES OF ISLANDS
SURROUNDED BY TREACHEROUSLY
SHALLOW RIVER CHANNELS
FILLED WITH PILES
OF GRAVEL AND DEBRIS.
Vernon: YOU END UP AGROUND,
THAT'S END OF THE SHOW.
THERE'S NO GETTING OFF.
WHEN WE LEFT NENANA,
THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THIS ONE BOAT
THAT HAD --
A BIG BOAT THAT HAD GONE ABOUT
50 MILES DOWN THE WAY,
AND WENT AGROUND,
AND 2 WEEKS LATER,
IT HAD DISAPPEARED.
OKAY.
THE RIVER ATE IT.
WE'LL STICK TO THE BLUFF SIDE
OF THIS CUT, HERE,
USE OUR DEPTH SOUNDER,
AND FEEL OUR WAY ALONG.
I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY.
I'M STILL IN 13 FEET OF WATER.
SO, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT THIS IS THE DEEPWATER
CHANNEL, RIGHT HERE.
THE ONLY THING THAT
I'M COUNTING ON RIGHT NOW
IS MY DEPTH SOUNDER.
THAT'LL KEEP ME
OUT OF TROUBLE.
Woman:
I'M KIND OF HOMESICK.
IT'S, LIKE,
30 DEGREES OUTSIDE,
SO, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH
CONFINED TO THE CABIN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Vernon:
WHAT IS THAT?
WHAT IS THAT?
OH, BOY.
WE'RE AGROUND.
DAMN DEPTH SOUNDER
WAS TELLING ME 8 FEET.
OKAY. JONATHAN,
CRANK UP YOUR BOAT.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU
POWER US OUT.
Jonathon:
YES, SIR.
Narrator:
TO FREE THE WILD RANGER,
VERNON WILL USE THE JET BOAT'S
454-CUBIC INCH ENGINE
TO DISLODGE
THE 30,000-POUND CATAMARAN
AND TOW IT
TO DEEPER WATER.
Vernon: STUCK ON THIS
GRAVEL BAR, AND I'M THINKING,
"THERE'S NO HELP.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY
IN AT LEAST A HALF A DAY."
SO, THAT DAMN JET BOAT
IS THE ONLY HOPE
I HAVE TO JERK THAT BIG-ASS BOAT
OFF THAT GRAVEL BAR.
SO, YOU KNOW,
FINGERS CROSSED.
WE'RE GONNA
GIVE IT A SHOT.
PULL US!
JONATHAN, KEEP IT
INTO THE STREAM.
OH, [BLEEP].
♪♪
OKAY. JONATHAN, GET SOME
SLACK ON YOUR LINE,
AND THEN, JUST GIVE HER
A GOOD JOLT.
Jonathon: COPY.
FINGERS CROSSED,
THIS WILL DO THE TRICK.
WE'RE MOVING.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
Man: SO CLOSE.
Vernon: WHAT?
OH, COME ON.
NO.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL PULL YOU
BACK UP HERE ALONGSIDE US.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY
WRAPPED UP IN THIS.
I'VE GOT PEOPLE'S LIVES
IN MY HANDS, HERE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE BEACH
WITH NO RESOURCES.
YEAH.
THIS COULD BE
A COMPLETE SHOWSTOPPER.
♪♪
Ken: I'M GOING IN.
YEE-HOO!
LET'S GO.
GET HER UP.
WHOO!
Narrator: CAPTAIN KEN KERR
HAS LEFT HIS HONEY HOLE BEHIND
TO EMBARK ON
A VITAL QUEST...
Ken: WE'RE GONNA TRY AND SEE
IF WE CAN GET A VIBRATOR GOING.
Narrator: ...THE SEARCH
FOR A PORTABLE SHAKER
THAT'LL CLEAR THE ROCKS
JAMMING HIS WASH PLANT.
WE'RE REALLY PUSHING IT.
WE'RE RUNNING SO MUCH
DAMN GOOD MATERIAL
THAT OUR CHUTE
ISN'T KEEPING UP.
IF I COULD FIND A GOOD VIBRATOR
TO KEEP THEM TAILINGS MOVING,
I CAN FIX THIS ISSUE
PRETTY QUICK
AND GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS
OF MINING GOLD.
A COUPLE OF HOURS SHOULD GET
THIS PROBLEM SOLVED, HOPEFULLY.
EVERY HOUR WE'RE SHUT DOWN,
THAT'S 5 OUNCES OF GOLD.
THAT'S 5,000, 6,000
BUCKS AN HOUR.
Narrator:
AS EVERY SECOND SPENT ONSHORE
WILL COST VALUABLE
MINING TIME...
LET'S SEE, HERE.
VIBRATORS.
...THE QUESTION BECOMES WHERE
MIGHT A MAN FIND A VIBRATOR
IN NOME, ALASKA?
WHERE ELSE?
THE JUNKYARD.
Ken: NO VIBRATOR.
THERE'S MOTORS.
WE COULD MAKE A VIBRATOR.
NOPE. NOTHING HERE.
NOPE.
NOT ON THAT ONE.
NICE PIECE OF PIPE.
♪♪
LOOKIE THERE.
THERE'S THE ONE WE WANT, RIGHT
THERE, BUT THEY GOT IT UNWIRED.
IT MAY NOT EVEN RUN.
BUT WE MIGHT
HAVE TO TAKE IT.
BRING A TORCH DOWN HERE
AND CUT THAT OFF.
GET IT RIGHT IN THE BED.
THAT'S MINE.
I HOPE THAT BABY RUNS.
I FOUND A VIBRATOR,
BUT THE WIRING
IS ALL RIPPED OUT OF IT.
SO, IF THIS ONE DOESN'T WORK,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
ORDER SOME NEW ONE,
BE SHUT DOWN 3 DAYS.
TIME IS GOLD IN OUR BUSINESS.
SO, WE'LL HAVE TO TRY
AND WIRE IT UP,
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
IF IT VIBRATES.
IT'S PRETTY BURNED UP.
WE'LL SEE.
KICK ON THE MAIN.
[ MACHINERY WHIRRING ]
WHOO!
IT WORKS!
Narrator: WITH THE MACHINE
ALIVE AND KICKING...
en: GO WIPE IT DOWN,
AND PUT IT ON.
Narrator: ...KEN'S NEXT STEP
IS TO SEE
IF HE CAN KEEP THE TAILINGS
FROM PLUGGING UP THE CHUTE.
Man: YOU READY?
-WORKING LIKE A CHAMP, BUDDY.
-I'M GONNA TEST IT.
Ken: ALL RIGHT.
BROUGHT SOME MATERIAL.
SEE WHAT WE GOT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY,
THE ROCK DON'T GET BUILT UP.
OH, IT'S WORKING.
IT'S WORKING REALLY GOOD.
LOOK AT THE ROCKS
GOING OUT OF THAT THING.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
AFTER ONLY 2 HOURS OF DOWNTIME,
THE MYRTLE'S WASH PLANT
IS ROCKING AND ROLLING.
WE'VE GOT SOME
MAKING UP TO DO.
LET'S GET AS MUCH GOLD
AS WE CAN.
Narrator: AND NOTHING MORE
STANDS IN THE WAY OF KEN
SHAKING HIS MONEYMAKER
TOWARD A MAJOR CLEAN-OUT.
WHOO!
[ KEN LAUGHING ]
Narrator:
10 MILES WEST...
Shawn: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
DON'T START PUSHING.
-I'M NOT PUSHING.
-YOU WERE.
SEE?
JUST THE SLIGHTEST MOVE.
THAT'S THE BOOM UP,
BOOM DOWN.
Narrator:
...CAPTAIN SHAWN POMRENKE
AND HIS SON, LUKE,
ARE USING THE EXTENDED ARM
OF THE CHRISTINE ROSE
TO INVESTIGATE THE DEEP UNTAPPED
GROUND OF THE TOMCOD CLAIM...
WE'RE GONNA SWING OVER,
AND GET IT ALL HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
PUSH DOWN ON THE BOOM.
...IN SEARCH OF AN ANCIENT
GOLD-PACKED BEACH LINE.
OKAY.
NOW, WE'RE GONNA CURL.
NOW, THAT'S SOME
GOOD DIRT, THERE.
LOOK AT YOU!
WHAT ARE YOU,
MY LITTLE LUCKY CHARM?
YEAH!
GIVE ME FIVE.
YEAH.
LET'S GO SEE
WHAT'S IN THAT BUCKET.
Narrator:
HIS GOLD SENSE TINGLING...
YOU WANT TO SEE
HOW TO PAN GOLD?
...SHAWN CHECKS TO SEE
IF HE HIT THE JACKPOT
HE'S LOOKING FOR.
NOW, SEE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET
THE MATERIAL LOOSE IN THE PAN.
PUT YOUR FINGERS
IN THERE.
PUT YOUR
FINGERS IN THERE.
-[ YELLS ]
-PUT THEM DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
THERE.
SEE HOW IT'S LOOSE?
NOW, WATCH.
PUT IT BACK IN THERE.
NOW, TRY TO PUT
YOUR FINGERS THROUGH IT.
SEE HOW IT
STIFFENS UP?
YOU DON'T WANT IT TO GET STIFF,
BECAUSE THE GOLD IS HEAVIER,
SO IT FALLS TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE PAN.
LET'S SEE.
OH, LOOK AT THAT.
I SEE SOME GOLD.
SO DO I.
DEFINITELY GOT
THAT BEACH LINE.
AMAZING JOB.
HEY. COME HERE.
LUKE!
Narrator: NOW THAT SHAWN'S
GOOD-LUCK CHARM
HAS PUT THE CHRISTINE ROSE
ON PAY DIRT...
HE'S GOT A MISSION.
...MR. GOLD HAS A MISSION
OF HIS OWN.
TIME TO MAKE SOME GOLD.
[ MACHINERY WHIRRING ]
THAT'S THE SOUND OF MONEY,
RIGHT THERE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO EVER REACH THIS BEFORE.
THIS WAS THE BERING LAND BRIDGE
AT ONE TIME.
YOU COULD WALK
FROM HERE TO RUSSIA.
NOW, IT'S WATER.
BUT AT ONE TIME,
THIS WAS A BEACH
RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
♪♪
YOU CAN FEEL WHEN YOU'RE IN GOOD
STUFF WHEN IT'S HARD TO GET UP
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE
FOR SO LONG.
THIS MIGHT BE THE MEGA DREDGE
BANK ACCOUNT, RIGHT HERE.
BIG ROCKS, BIG GOLD.
♪♪
HEY, LUKE, MAYBE WE'LL HIT
A 1,000-OUNCE HOLE HERE.
[ LUKE LAUGHING ]
Narrator:
COMING UP...
Vernon: WE NEED TO GET THIS
OFF THE SANDBAR
BEFORE THE WATER GOES DOWN.
♪♪
Emily: YAY!
YOUR FIRST HOUR, MAN!
Chase: YEAH.
HELL YEAH, MAN.
Narrator: CAPTAIN EMILY RIEDEL
IS OVERSEEING
FIRST-TIME DIVER
CHASE TAYLOR...
Chase: WHOO!
YEAH. IT'S NOT
MESSING AROUND, MAN.
Narrator: ...WHO'S JUST SPENT
HIS FIRST HOUR
BATTLING THE ICY CURRENTS
OF THE BERING SEA.
Emily:
I'M DEFINITELY WORRIED ABOUT
CHASE BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT.
THE BERING SEA,
I DON'T KNOW WHY,
BUT THE CURRENTS
ARE ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
AND YOU'RE JUST GETTING DRAGGED
ALONG THE BOTTOM
OF THE OCEAN FLOOR,
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL
THIS MASSIVELY POWERFUL
10-INCH SUCTION DREDGE.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO
STAY IN CONTROL DOWN THERE.
YOU KNOW, HAVING
A VERY STRONG CURRENT,
IT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER.
YOU'RE JUST --
YOU'RE HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE,
LITERALLY.
♪♪
Chase: OH.
WHAT'S UP?
HEY!
AWW, YOUR FIRST NUGGETS!
[ CHASE LAUGHING ]
Man: YEAH. THERE YOU GO.
GOOD WORK, CHASE.
Chase: THERE'S SOME BIG ROCKS
OVER HERE.
WE'VE GOT WEATHER
COMING IN.
Emily: THE WEATHER IS NOT
IN OUR FAVOR AT ALL THIS YEAR.
IT'S MODERATELY CALM, EXCEPT
FOR THESE CRAZY STRONG CURRENTS.
AND THEN,
THESE AFTERNOON BLOWS COME.
IT'S JUST A VERY
DIFFICULT RHYTHM.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THE ODDS ARE
KIND OF STACKING AGAINST US,
ALL WE CAN DO
IS JUST KEEP ON TRYING
AS HARD AS
WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WHOO-WEE.
WE'RE GETTING HIT NOW.
-WHOO!
Chase: THAT CURRENT DOESN'T GIVE
A [BLEEP] ABOUT ME.
YEAH. REMEMBER, CHASE,
AS THE DIVER,
IF YOU'RE UNABLE
TO WORK DOWN THERE,
IF YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE BEING DRAGGED,
AND IT'S DANGEROUS FOR YOU,
THAT'S YOUR CALL.
IT'S NOT OURS.
WHOO!
[ CHASE GRUNTS ]
HE GOT US SOMETHING DOWN THERE,
BUT HE'S STRUGGLING, FOR SURE.
YEAH. YEAH.
Emily: IT'S GREAT THAT
HE'S BEING TENACIOUS.
BUT JUST, AS A NOVICE DIVER,
WITH CONDITIONS GETTING WORSE,
IT'S JUST NOT REALLY SAFE
FOR HIM TO BE DOWN THERE.
SO, WE'RE GONNA
CALL IT.
YEAH.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
Chase: YEAH.
Chase: THAT CURRENT CAME UP
AND STARTED SMACKING ME.
IT WAS LIKE
BEING A BABY.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD JUST
PICK ME UP,
AND DRAG ME
10 FEET AWAY FROM IT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE
PRECARIOUS PARTS.
I CAN'T PROMISE THAT
I PUT A WHOLE LOT IN THERE,
BUT I TRIED.
I SEE LITTLE BITS OF COLOR
HERE AND THERE.
HOPEFULLY, I CONTRIBUTED
TO SOME OF IT.
Emily: YEAH.
THAT'S GOOD, MAN.
YOU DID A
GREAT JOB, MAN.
YOU FOUGHT AGAINST SOME
PRETTY OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS
TO PUT SOME GOLD
IN THE BOX.
Emily: I'M PROUD THAT CHASE
GOT DOWN THERE.
IT'S A BRAVE THING TO DO,
DIVING IN THE BERING SEA.
HE GOT DOWN THERE,
AND HE WAS CALM AND COLLECTED,
AND HE JUST --
HE DID THE JOB.
CHASE IS GONNA BE A GREAT
ADDITION TO THE DIVE TEAM.
WHEN HE STARTS PUTTING
SERIOUS GOLD IN THE SLUICE BOX,
THEN, THIS TIME,
AND THIS INVESTMENT,
IT'S GONNA BE WORTH IT.
HELL YEAH, MAN.
I'M PROUD OF YOU.
-ALL RIGHT.
Vernon: WE'VE GOT OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US HERE.
Narrator: AFTER 5 HOURS,
CAPTAIN VERNON ADKISON'S
GOLD SHIP
HASN'T BUDGED AN INCH.
I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER
TRYING TO AVOID GOING AGROUND.
AND WITH A BOAT THIS SIZE --
IT WEIGHS 30,000 POUNDS.
THAT'S A HEAVY BOAT.
YOU GET IT STUCK, IT'S GONNA
BE HARD TO GET IT UNSTUCK.
THE JET BOAT,
IT RAN OVER THE TOWLINE,
AND SUCKED IT UP
INTO THE JET.
WE'LL BE LUCKY IF WE CAN
CUT IT OUT AND IT STILL WORKS.
Narrator:
HAVING TOTALED HIS JET BOAT
IN A BOTCHED ATTEMPT
TO BREAK FROM THE SANDBAR,
VERNON'S CREW IS STRANDED
MILES FROM CIVILIZATION.
THIS TIME OF YEAR,
THE RIVER,
IT'S JUST GONNA
KEEP GETTING LOWER.
WE NEED TO GET THIS SUCKER
OFF OF THE SANDBAR ASAP,
BEFORE THE WATER
GOES DOWN
AND WE'VE GOT
AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM.
NOW, ONE, TWO.
Narrator:
MILES FROM, WELL, ANYTHING...
Vernon: GOT TO DO
SOME HEAVY THINKING.
Narrator: ...IT'S UP TO
THE SEASONED SKIPPER
TO FORMULATE
THEIR NEXT PLAN OF ACTION.
I KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA
GET OUT OF HERE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA WORK.
-I NEED A SCREWDRIVER.
IF IT DOESN'T,
WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO PLAN...
D.
BREAK OUT
THE SUCTION DREDGE.
GO NUT DEEP.
SO, MY BRIGHT IDEA
IS TO DREDGE OUT THE GRAVEL
FROM AROUND THESE HULLS
AND GET HER FLOATING AGAIN.
[ BLEEP ]
I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'LL WORK,
BUT THIS IS THE ONLY OPTION
I'VE GOT.
♪♪
AH, [BLEEP].
Man: SEEMS LIKE AIN'T NOTHING
WANTING TO WORK TODAY.
Vernon:
THE MOTOR CRAPPED OUT.
IT WAS JUST A DEAD DUCK.
AND IT DIDN'T EVEN
LAST LONG ENOUGH FOR US
TO GET OFF
THAT GRAVEL PART.
NOW, I'M HAVING
ALL SORTS OF THOUGHTS
OF DOOM AND DESTRUCTION.
THE BOAT IS GONNA SIT HERE.
IT'S GONNA GET FROZEN IN.
IN THE SPRING, A CURRENT
IS GONNA TOW YOU AWAY.
THIS IS THE END
OF THE ROAD.
IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD.
LET'S SHUT IT DOWN.
WE'LL GET AN EARLY
START TOMORROW.
I CAN BRING BACK ANY FASHION
TREND, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
THE BOWL CUT.
NO.
BELL BOTTOMS.
-WHY BELL BOTTOMS?
-I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, I KIND OF DIG
REALLY INAPPROPRIATE LEOTARDS --
LIKE, '80S-STYLE.
ALSO, JUST, LIKE,
MAD '80S HAIR.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE PAIR OF JEANS
FROM THE '70S,
WHEN I WAS OVER IN HAWAII,
BECAUSE I HAD A 32-INCH
WAISTLINE BACK THEN.
I'M HANGING ONTO THEM.
MAYBE, ONE OF THESE DAYS,
IF I COME DOWN
WITH SOME MAJOR ILLNESS,
I CAN GET BACK INTO THEM.
I WAS DISCOING
MY ASS OFF, JACK.
-GRANDPA, ARE WE STUCK?
-YEAH.
WE'RE STUCK --
BIG-TIME STUCK.
Narrator:
FOR 24 HOURS AND COUNTING,
CAPTAIN VERNON ADKISON
AND HIS CREW HAVE BEEN MAROONED.
HIS LATEST ATTEMPT
TO DREDGE HIMSELF FREE
PROVED TO BE A BUST.
WE WERE DILIGENTLY
DREDGING AWAY
RIGHT UP UNTIL THE TIME
THE MOTOR DECIDED TO QUIT.
BUT HOPEFULLY, THAT AREA WE HAD
EXCAVATED UNDER THE BOAT
HELPED US A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator: SO, WHAT DOES THE
VETERAN SKIPPER DO
WHEN ALL HIS BEST-LAID PLANS
FALL APART?
-FIRE IT UP!
-BACK IN ACTION.
WELL, TRY HIS
FIRST PLAN AGAIN.
Vernon: PERFECT.
WE TOOK THE JET BOAT UP,
YOU KNOW,
WORKED SOME MAGIC ON IT,
PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER, AND,
I MEAN, THAT THING, IT SCREAMS,
ALL 454 OF THOSE CUBIC INCHES.
Narrator: THE FATE OF VERNON'S
MINING SEASON NOW HANGS
ON WHETHER A FIBERGLASS JET BOAT
WITH A BIG-BLOCK ENGINE
CAN TOW A 15-TON CATAMARAN.
OKAY. POWER INTO IT.
COME ON, BABY.
COME ON, BABY.
I FELT IT MOVE!
IT'S MOVING.
IT'S MOVING.
ALL RIGHT.
STEADY POWER INTO IT.
♪♪
Man:
THERE SHE GOES.
-THE BIRD HAS FLOWN!
-WHOO!
-OH, MY GOD.
-THANK GOD, DUDE.
JONATHAN, WHAT
DEPTH DO YOU GOT?
OKAY.
[BLEEP]
BOTTOM LINE IS, I'M LIKING
THAT JET BOAT A LOT.
OKAY.
I BOUGHT IT ON A WHIM, THINKING,
"THIS IS A COOL BOAT.
I ALWAYS LIKED 'MIAMI VICE.'
I CAN GIVE DON JOHNSON A RUN
FOR HIS MONEY IN THIS SUCKER."
BUT AS IT TURNED OUT, THAT DAMN
JET BOAT SAVED OUR BACON.
WHAT WE GOT TO
CONCENTRATE ON NOW
IS MAKING UP THE TIME
WE LOST TODAY THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO STILL DO
SOME PROSPECTING
AS WE GO ALONG.
[ CHATTER OVER RADIO ]
OKAY. GREAT.
THANKS.
Ken: RIGHT ON.
CLEANUP DAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF GOLD
WE GOT FOR OUR HARD EFFORTS.
Narrator: AFTER THEIR BATTLE
FOR GOLD AND SUPREMACY,
CAPTAIN KEN KERR AND THE BOYS
ON THE MYRTLE IRENE
CHECK OUT
THE SPOILS OF WAR.
-MAN!
-LOOK AT THAT!
-WHAT THE HELL?
-THAT LOOKS GOOD.
-DANG.
-OH, YEAH.
NOW, WE GOT IT ALL WET.
-THAT'S A NICE PIE, THERE.
GOING INTO THIS NEXT CLEANUP
IS GETTING EXCITING.
DANG, THAT'S A LOT OF GOLD.
WE HAD A LITTLE
SLOW DOWN,
BUT ONCE WE UP AND RUNNING,
WE'RE KILLING IT.
SO, PRETTY SURE IT'S GONNA
SHOW UP ON THE SCALE.
DEFINITELY GONNA
CLOSE IN ON SHAWN.
OKAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
George:
10, 20, 30, 40.
ALL RIGHT, GEORGE.
LOOK AT THAT.
LICK ON IT.
-50, 60, 70, 80, 120.
-THERE'S SOME IN THERE.
-147.9 POINT NINE!
GOOD JOB.
Narrator:
147.9 OUNCES OF GOLD.
THAT'S WORTH
OVER 180 GRAND...
WE KEEP THIS UP, WE'RE GONNA
HIT OUR 1,000 OUNCES EASY.
-OH, YEAH.
-LET'S DO IT.
...ENOUGH TO
SET THEM ON TRACK
TO DEMOLISH
THEIR 1,000-OUNCE GOAL
AND TURN UP THE HEAT
ON SHAWN.
I SHOULD TAKE THE TITLE
OF MR. GOLD THIS YEAR.
SO LONG, SHAWN.
-GO BACK IN THERE.
-GO TO WORK?
GO GET SOME MORE.
-DID YOU GIVE ME THE FINGER?
GO GET SOME
WORK DONE.
[ KEN LAUGHS ]
Shawn: BROUGHT LUKE OUT
TO THE CHRISTINE ROSE.
LOOKS LIKE HE BROUGHT US
A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK.
Narrator:
WITH HIS SON, LUKE'S, HELP,
SHAWN HAS FOUND AN OFFSHORE
BEACH LINE LOADED WITH GOLD.
Shawn: LET'S JUST SEE
HOW MUCH LUCK HE BROUGHT US.
Narrator: BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH
TO PUT HIM BACK ON TRACK
TO MEET HIS 1,000-OUNCE
SUMMER GOAL?
TRIPLE DIGITS, MAN,
I'M TELLING YOU.
YOU THINK?
LET'S SEE HOW WE DID.
50.
THAT'S AN OUNCE
AN HOUR, THERE.
56.
THE PILE IS GETTING BETTER --
LITTLE BIGGER, LITTLE BIGGER.
68, 70...
88 1/2.
-BAM!
-BINGO.
Narrator: 88.4 OUNCES
IS WORTH OVER $100,000...
-AWESOME, GUYS.
-GOOD JOB.
-GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY.
-GOOD JOB.
...MEANING LUKE'S GOOD LUCK
BRINGS HIS DAD
THAT MUCH CLOSER
TO FINISHING THE MEGA DREDGE.
IF WE CAN KEEP THAT UP,
IT'LL BE A GOOD YEAR.
THIS NEW BEACH LINE WE'RE ON
IS PAYING OFF BIG.
SO, I'VE JUST GOT TO
KEEP PUTTING DIRT
THROUGH THE WASH PLANT.
AND I AM GOING TO BEAT KEN.
THERE'S NO STOPPING
THE REAL MR. GOLD.
MR. GOLD IS ALWAYS ON TOP
OF THE LEADERBOARD.
Narrator: BUT THE BOARD
TELLS A DIFFERENT TALE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
THIS SEASON,
KEN KERR FINDS HIS WAY
TO THE TOP SPOT.
Shawn: HALFWAY THROUGH
THE SEASON, EVERY MINUTE,
EVERY HOUR ADDS UP.
OH, NO.
I HAVE TO MACGYVER
THE HELL OUT OF IT.
Emily:
THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME.
I DON'T WANT
EVEN A CHANCE
OF SOMEBODY GETTING ON
THE GROUND BEFORE US.
OH, YEAH.
NOW, WE'RE RACING.
CUT IT LOOSE!
Emily: WE'VE GOT TO MAKE
EVERY SECOND COUNT TODAY.
OUNCE AND HOUR, EH?
Shawn: WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE,
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
WHAT THE HELL?
THINGS ARE GONNA GET
KIND OF RISKY.