Bering Sea Gold (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - Smoke Em' Out - full transcript

The gloves are coming off as the fleet fights for their season goals. Captain Vernon Adkison and Captain Emily Riedel look for last-minute new hires to get them the gold as the summer starts to come to an end.

Shawn: EVERY YEAR THAT
WE'RE OUT THERE MINING,

IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER
TO FIND THE SPOTS

THAT PAY THIS WELL.

THAT'S A PILE OF GOLD.

IT'S GOT TO BE SOME
HEAVY GOLD RIGHT HERE.

Vernon: THE COMPETITION'S
GETTING PRETTY STIFF.

EVERYBODY'S JUST CLUSTERED
WHERE THE KNOWN GOLD IS.

ALMOST 20 DREDGES ON THE CLAIM.
I'M GOING TO SMOKE 'EM OUT.

THEY'LL BE DIVING
IN A MUD CLOUD.

IT'S THE POMRENKES.

THEY'LL GET WHAT'S
COMING TO THEM.



THEY CAN KISS MY ASS.

♪ I HEARD ABOUT A FORTUNE
TO BE MADE ♪

♪ AND I'M A-GONNA GET IT,
NOW, JUST YOU WAIT ♪

♪ GOLD

Narrator: SEPTEMBER,
NOME, ALASKA.

SO LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S SALTWATER, TOO.
OH.

WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

SHE'S FREEZIN' UP, BUT AT LEAST
WE'RE STILL MINING.

Narrator: AS THE FIGHT FOR GOLD
REACHES THE FINAL ROUNDS...

ONLY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
LEFT IN MY SEASON.

I GOT TO GET SOME GOLD.

...FINISHING STRONG
IS ALL THAT MATTERS.

Zeke: THE SEASON'S WRAPPING UP,



AND I HAVEN'T FOUND
THE TREASURE YET.

I HAVEN'T FOUND
THE CANYON OF GOLD.

I NEED TO GET OUT THERE.
I NEED TO GET AFTER IT TOUGH.

Narrator:
IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.

YOU GOT TO STAY WITH DAD.

KRIS, HE'S GOING DOWN
A PATH OF DESTRUCTION.

OH.
READY TO GET SOME GOLD, BOY?

SOME MORNING REFRESHMENT?

I AM TURNING MY SEASON AROUND.
I'M MY OWN CAPTAIN AGAIN.

I LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM!
I LOVE IT!

I'VE BEEN WORKING THE WHOLE
SEASON WITH MY DAD

AND NOT MADE ONE
[BLEEP] DIME FROM IT.

Narrator:
AND THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY
TODAY, MAN.

ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NOME...

LET'S GO!
WE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED --

PICK, SHOVEL, PANS,
COUPLE BUCKETS.

62-YEAR-OLD STEVE POMRENKE
IS WORKING ON HIS BUCKET LIST.

IT'S TOP SECRET, DYLAN.
IT'S TOP SECRET?

THIS IS LIKE TOP SECRET
WHERE WE'RE GOING, RIGHT?

EVERYBODY HAS TO MAKE
AN OATH RIGHT NOW.

TOP SECRET.
Narrator: ALL SUMMER LONG...

ARE YOU IN -- IN ON
THE INLAND LANE OR OUT?

WELL, WHERE ARE WE
GOING MINING?

OH, I GOT IT ALL
FIGURED OUT, KID.

...STEVE'S BEEN PUSHING
HIS SON SHAWN

TO HELP HIM FUND ONE LAST SHOT
AT AN INLAND MINING OPERATION.

THERE'S SOME GOOD GROUND.

TODAY...
YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE,

TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT
PLACES HERE

I'D LIKE TO PROSPECT OUT.

SO THIS IS
THE PRELIMINARY RUN --

PROSPECTING RUN ON THIS
PROPERTY.

SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME GOLD.
HELL YEAH.

THE OLD MAN IS LEADING THREE
GENERATIONS OF POMRENKES

ON A SCOUTING TRIP TO CHECK OUT
HIS CHOSEN GROUNDS.

IF I GET THIS INLAND MINE
SET UP,

IT'LL BE A LIFELONG THING
FOR OUR GRANDKIDS, TOO.

THEY'LL HAVE A JOB
FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

YEAH!

LOVE THE RIDE.

I KEEP HEARING RUMORS ABOUT
THIS GROUND OUT HERE,

WHETHER IT'S PRETTY GOOD OR NOT.

AND TODAY WE DECIDED WE WERE
GOING TO FINALLY CHECK IT OUT.

LOT OF PAY DIRT INLAND.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF --

IT'S CALLED BRAIDED CHANNELS,
FROM WHEN THE GLACIERS RETREATED

OFF OF THIS PLAIN HERE.

AS THE GLACIERS MELTED
AND RECEDED,

IT LEFT OUT RIVER CHANNELS.

THEY -- THEY RUN ALL OVER
THE PLACE.

YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT DIRT TO RUN
AND WHAT DIRT NOT TO RUN.

Narrator: IN NOME, FINDING DIRT
TO RUN IS PART GEOLOGY...

JUST SCOOT ALONG HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.
ALL RIGHT.

YOU TAKE THE HIGH ROAD.
I'LL TAKE THE LOW ROAD.

Narrator:
...AND PART DETECTIVE WORK.

DO YOU SEE A BUILDING?
DO YOU SEE A ROAD?

DO YOU -- ONLY THING YOU SEE
IS A PILE OF TAILINGS

ON THE BANK OVER THERE.

Narrator: TAILING PILES
ARE DISCARDED DIRT

MARKING GROUND ALREADY RUN BY
MINERS LONG SINCE DEAD AND GONE.

FOR OVER A CENTURY, THIS TUNDRA
HAS BEEN WORKED BY MAN

AND MACHINE ALIKE.

THE OLD TIMERS GOT
A LOT OF THE GOLD,

BUT THEY DIDN'T GET IT ALL.

THE OLD TIMERS DID
ALL THE HARD WORK

GOING AROUND AND FINDING IT.

NOW WE JUST WANT TO SEE IF
THEY LEFT ANY BEHIND FOR US.

THAT WHITE MOSS,
I CALL THAT MINER'S MOSS.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST
PROSPECTING FUNGI

THAT YOU LOOK FOR.

WHEN YOU HAVE MINERALIZED GROUND
AND GOLD POPPING UP

OUT OF THE GROUND,
YOU HAVE MINER'S MOSS.

[ ENGINE REVS ]

♪ MINER'S MOSS
UP AT THE HILL ♪

LOOK AT THAT.

MAN...

WOW.
FROM THERE TO THERE, DYLAN.

DIG A HOLE.

DO YOU WANT GO JUST OFF
THE TOP OF ONE OF THESE

TAILING PILES?
SURE, RIGHT OFF THE TOP.

IT'S BEEN WASHING DOWN
FOR YEARS.

BEACH GRAVEL, SAND GRAVEL.

HERE, YOU GOT BOOTS ON?

I'D SAY THERE'S WATER
DOWN THERE SOMEWHERE.

DON'T BE LOSING ANY.

SEE ANYTHING?

OH, YEAH, BABY!

THAT'S A NICE LOOKIN' PAN.

THAT'S A GOOD MONEYMAKER
RIGHT THERE.

WELL, I GUESS WE FOUND OUT WHAT
WE WANTED TO FIND OUT HERE.

NOW WE'LL GO TO PRELIMINARY STEP
NUMBER TWO AND GET A --

GET THE EXCAVATOR OUT HERE
AND GO FROM THERE.

DIG SOME HOLES, DO SOME
REAL SERIOUS TEST PANNING...

FOR QUANTITY AND QUALITY...

AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

THERE'S GOLD ALL OVER
IN THESE HILLS, BUDDY.

Narrator: WHILE THE POMRENKES
ARE FINDING GOLD ON LAND,

NINE MILES TO THE WEST

ON THE TOMCOD CLAIM...

Narrator: THEIR CHIEF RIVAL,
HANK SCHIMSCHAT,

IS ALREADY ON THE BERING SEA.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA
MINE RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT OUT IN FRONT
OF THIS GUY'S CAMP.

THERE'S AN OLD RIVERBED
THAT COMES OUT.

AND UM, IT'S, UH, A NICE BIG
BOULDER HOLE OVER HERE

WHERE I'VE BEEN DIGGING.

THERE'S SOME ROCKS
I CAN'T MOVE OUT THERE.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS,
I WANT TO DIG AROUND 'EM

'CAUSE THERE'S BIG CHUNKS OF
GOLD UNDERNEATH THEM.

BOULDERS AND GOLD, ALMOST LIKE
A COUNTRY SONG.

Narrator: WITH 224 OUNCES
WORTH $290,000 COLLECTED

HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON,

HANK'S LOOKING
TO HIS SECRET HONEY HOLE

TO HELP HIM END ON A HIGH NOTE.

Hank: YOU LEARN HOW TO FOLLOW
THE GOLD.

IT'S ANOTHER CONCEPT THAT I'VE
LEARNED IN TWO YEARS.

THE GOLD COMES FROM THE CREEKS,
BASICALLY, AND THE GLACIERS.

SO THEY RUN IN LINES.

THEY MIGHT MEANDER,
BUT THEY RUN IN LINES.

AND SO ONCE YOU GET ON A GOOD
LINE, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW IT.

TIME TO GO MININ'.

[ EQUIPMENT WHIRRING ]

[ CLATTER ]

[ THUD ]

[BLEEP] ROCKS.

ROCKS AND ROCKS AND ROCKS
AND ROCKS.

IT AIN'T EASY WORKING ON
THE BERING SEA

TRYING TO GET THIS GOLD,
IT JUST AIN'T.

PUT YOUR BUCKET DOWN, AND YOU'RE
RIGHT ON TOP OF ROCKS.

YOU CAN'T DIG THROUGH 'EM.

YOU GOT TO SNEAK DOWN
IN BETWEEN 'EM

AND THEN TRY TO PULL 'EM.

WHOA, YEAH!

[ LAUGHS ]

[ CLAPS ] LOOKIN' GOOD.
SHOULD WE DO A TEST PAN?

WE GOT --
[ LAUGHS ] NO WAY!

I THINK YOU HIT
THE MOTHER LODE, BOSS.

HOLY [BLEEP]!
YOU KIDDING ME?

[ LAUGHS ]

OH, MY GOD!

OH, IT'S GOOD OUT HERE.

GOOD SPOT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY
THE BEST TEST PAN OF THE YEAR

I'VE SEEN RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S AWESOME.

I'M GETTING GOLD FEVER.

NEVER HAD IT BEFORE,
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT,

WHEN YOU SEE THESE KIND
OF PANS, WOW!

YOU GOT TO KEEP ON IT.

Narrator: WHILE HANK MAKES
THE MOST OF HIS SECRET SPOT,

SEVEN MILES TO THE EAST,

BACK ON BELMONT BEACH...
LET'S GET GOING.

NEWLY MINTED CAPTAIN KRIS KELLY,

ALONG WITH HIS PARTNER,
BOSTON DAVE,

IS HEADED TO SEA...

Kris: SO TODAY IS OUR MAIDEN
VOYAGE TOGETHER.

I KNOW FOR SURE WE'RE GONNA GET
A COUPLE OUNCES.

Narrator:
...ON THE 14-BY-16-FOOT LOKO.

Kris: EXTREMELY SMALL SPACES.
EVERYTHING IS SO COMPACT

THAT YOU HAVE TO CRAWL AROUND
TO DO ANYTHING ON THIS BOAT.

IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS.

[ MOTOR STARTS ]

LET'S ROCK AND ROLL.

BUT I'D RATHER BE HERE THAN
WORKING WITH MY DAD ANYMORE.

Narrator: SINCE KRIS CAME TO
TOWN TO DREDGE WITH HIS FAMILY,

THE KELLYS' STORY HAS BECOME
A RAMBLING TALE.

READY? HERE WE GO.

I HOPE YOU AND MY BROTHER
LIVE GREAT.

YUP. ANYTIME.

HIS LITTLE BROTHER QUIT.

[ LAUGHING ]

HIS DAD DROVE HIM NUTS.

I JUST HATE THIS TOWN.

Narrator:
HIS LITTLE BROTHER CAME BACK.

DAMN. SHE'S SO SMALL, SHE'D FIT
UP A SUCTION HOSE.

Narrator: HIS DAD BABY WITH
A WOMAN WHO WASN'T HIS MOM.

MY LITTLE PUMPKIN-HEAD.

I QUIT THIS BOAT RIGHT NOW!

Narrator: KRIS QUIT.

TEN GRAND BUYS YOU
HALF THE LOKO.

I THINK IT MIGHT WORK, DUDE.

Narrator: THEN, KRIS BOUGHT
INTO A NEW DREDGE.

ANOTHER GOOD INVESTMENT
BY KRIS KELLY.

Narrator: OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

Kris: IT GOES ON AND ON HOW MANY
TIMES I'M SCREWED BY MY DAD

IN ONE SEASON.
IT'S DISGUSTING.

IT'S ABOUT TIME I ACTUALLY START
TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

IF I CAN MAKE GOLD ON THAT BOAT,
I CAN MAKE GOLD ON ANY BOAT.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S REALLY
WHAT I'M TRYING TO PROVE

TO MYSELF, IS THAT I CAN DO IT
NO MATTER WHAT.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING DOWN
TO A PLACE CALLED STATE LAND.

THAT MEANS ANYBODY CAN WORK
THERE WITH AN 18-HORSEPOWER.

AND WE'RE GOING THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK IT HARD.

WE'RE GOING TO KILL IT, BRO!
KILL IT TODAY.

KILL IT!

I WANT SOME GOLD IN THAT BOX.

I GOT A CHERRY LITTLE SPOT
TO WORK TODAY.

I'M RELYING ON, UH, KRIS
TO GET SOME BIG GOLD.

[ CHAIN RATTLES, SPLASH ]

THROW IT.

AND THAT'S IT.
IT'S ANCHORED.

THREE OUNCES IS MY GOAL TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.

ALL RIGHT.
LET'S CRANK IT UP.

[ MOTOR STARTS, RUMBLING ]

[ AIR HISSING ]

HOW'S IT LOOK DOWN THERE?

IT'S, UH...

THREE -- THREE TO FOUR FEET
OF VISIBILITY.

HOW'S THE COBBLE LOOK?
HAS IT BEEN HIT?

YEAH, THE COBBLE HAS BEEN
HIT PRETTY HARD,

BUT I'M GOING TO GO
IN BETWEEN PLACES...

ALL RIGHT. COOL, MAN.

DON'T WORRY, MAN. WE'RE GONNA
GET SOME GOLD TODAY.

[ AIR HISSING ]

[ SUCTION WHOOSHING ]

How's your suction?
Good?

MY SUCTION IS GREAT!

WOW, DUDE, YOU'RE MOVING CRAZY
ROCKS THROUGH THE BOX RIGHT NOW.

GOOD. GOOD.
THAT'S AWESOME, DUDE.

I CAN'T REALLY TELL HOW
MUCH IT IS

'CAUSE IT'S REAL CLOUDY
DOWN HERE.

That's all right.
That's all right.

I KNOW THIS AREA. IF YOU'RE
SEEING IT RIGHT NOW

AND IT'S CLOUDY,
WE'RE ON HALF OUNCE,

THREE QUARTERS OF AN OUNCE
AN HOUR.

I GOT TO CLEAN UP THIS GOLD
ALL OVER THE CLAY RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE GAME CHANGER
RIGHT HERE, BRO.

THE GAME CHANGER!

IT'S NICE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE
THAT I'M NOT ARGUING WITH

ALL DAY LONG.

YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN, IF YOU JUST
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD,

IT'S MORE GOLD THAN BRAD'S
GETTING TODAY.

[ LAUGHS ]

OH, I'M SEEING SOME
CHUNKY GOLD NOW.

WE'RE IN THE MONEY, BABY.

NICE! NICE!

[ AIR HISSES ]

[ CLATTER ]

YO?

[ SHALLOW GASPING ]

You all right? Hey!

Narrator:
OFF THE COAST OF NOME...

[ RADIO CRACKLING ]

[ SHALLOW GASPING ]

YO?

[ SHALLOW GASPING ]

You all right? Hey!

[ MUFFLED SCREAMING ]

AHH!

HOLY [BLEEP]!

[ MUFFLED GRUNT ]

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

[ MOTOR RUMBLING ]

YOU ALL RIGHT, BUDDY?
[ GASPING ]

[ COUGHING ]

[ CONTINUES COUGHING ]

HOLY [BLEEP].
WHAT HAPPENED?

I TRIED TO SWIM WITH
MY WEIGHT BELT ON.

YEAH, I WAS SEEING YOU
POPPIN' UP AND DOWN THERE.

THAT WAS CLOSE.

THIS IS MY PROBLEM RIGHT HERE.

SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TOUCH
THAT, BAM, AND YOU'RE DEAD.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I GUESS IT GOT BUMPED,
AND IT [BLEEP] POPPED OFF.

BUT LOOK AT THAT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO...

[ POP ]
IS TOUCH THAT, AND BAM.

WE HAVE A RESERVE AIR TANK,
WHICH WILL GIVE YOU

FIVE TO 10 MINUTES OF AIR,
EASY.

BUT WHEN YOU POP THIS THING OFF,
YOU HAVE ZERO AIR,

LIKE ONE BREATH.

MAN!

DAVE, THANK YOU FOR, UH,
FOR -- FOR I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS
YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

BUT THAT'S FINE.
AT LEAST YOU WERE HERE.

ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT,
I'M GONNA FIX THAT REAL QUICK.

YEAH, DUDE, FIX IT.
THAT'S OFF.

LET'S FIX THAT.
HEY, THERE'S GOLD HERE THOUGH.

YEAH.
THERE'S GOLD HERE.

IT'S LIKE SIX INCHES DOWN.

IT'S RIGHT ON THIS FALSE
CLAY LAYER,

AND THERE'S GOLD RIGHT ON IT.

Dave: DUDE, LOOK AT THAT.

YEP, THERE'S A LOT OF GOLD.
IT'S [BLEEP] LOADED, DUDE.

LOOK AT IT,
IT'S LOADED ALL IN HERE.

YEAH. NUGGET.

NUGGET!
NUGGET.

IS THAT [BLEEP]
BADASS, BABY?

WE'RE ON OUNCE AN HOUR.
HOLY [BLEEP].

WE'RE ON AN OUNCE AN HOUR.
I'M ON OUNCE AN HOUR!

HA HA!
YEAH, BABY!

ALL RIGHT, BROTHER!

LOOK AT HOW THICK IT IS
UNDERNEATH HERE.

TOLD YOU THIS WAS A GOOD SPOT.
THIS IS SMOKIN' HOT.

DUDE, FOR THE REST
OF THE SEASON,

WE GOT TO KILL IT OUT HERE.

MY DAD WILL NEVER SEE WHAT
ONCE-AN-HOUR MATERIAL LOOKS LIKE

UNTIL HE GETS OFF THAT
[BLEEP] REC AREA.

[ DAVE LAUGHS ]

Narrator: SPEAKING OF HIS DAD
AND THAT REC AREA,

THREE MILES TO THE WEST...

KRIS, I'M GOING TO USE HIM
AS A [BLEEP] STOOL

TO STEP ON AS I
CLIMB OVER HIM, BRO.

THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING.

YOU DON'T [BLEEP]
YOUR FAMILY.

YOU DON'T [BLEEP]
WHERE YOU EAT.

AND KRIS IS [BLEEP] WHERE WE
EAT, AND I DON'T LIKE IT.

[BLEEP] HIM.

[ MOTOR RUMBLING ]

HE NEEDS TO COME AND GET
BACK ON BOARD

AND GET HIS [BLEEP]
LAZY ASS DOWN THERE

AND GET ME 50%
OF MY [BLEEP] GOLD!

YOU KNOW I GOT THE BRONCHITIS
RIGHT NOW.

AS SOON AS I KICK THIS [BLEEP]
OUT, [BLEEP] KRIS.

I'LL DIVE AGAINST THAT LITTLE
SKINNY PRICK ANY DAY.

HEY, ANDY, CAN YOU SEE
YOUR OLD HOLE

WHERE WE'RE GETTING THAT
GOOD GOLD?

[ AIR HISSING ]
I'M JUST GOING TO POP A HOLE

RIGHT HERE
AND SEE WHAT THERE IS.

[ Air hissing ]

OKAY, WELL HOPE TO GOD
YOU FIND GOLD RIGHT HERE.

I HAD TO, UH...

I HAD TO GIVE ANDY A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE TO BRING HIM BACK.

AND NOW, I'M GETTING [BLEEP].

I'M PAYING ALL THE FUEL,
EVERYTHING.

HEY...

OKAY.

Narrator: HIS FIRSTBORN MAY BE
OUT OF REACH ON THE LOKO...

ANDY GETS IN A JAM.
HE WANTS ME TO IDLE DOWN.

IT GIVES ME A QUICK SECOND
TO DIP THIS SNIFFER BOTTLE

INTO THE SLUICE
AND GET A LITTLE PAYDAY.

Narrator: BUT FEAR NOT.

BRAD HAS ANOTHER SON
HE CAN STILL RIP OFF.

[ MOTOR IDLING ]

LUCKY SPOT, WHERE ARE YOU?
THERE YOU ARE!

[ AIR HISSING ]

WELL, AT LEAST WE KNOW
HE'S ON GOLD.

TURN IT UP.

I GOT TO IDLE IT BACK UP
BEFORE HE FINDS OUT.

[ MOTOR RUMBLING ]

THANK YOU.

EVERY TIME I DO THAT,
IT COULD BE 200 BUCKS

OR 100 BUCKS,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

BAM, DO THAT 10 TIMES A DAY,
THERE'S A GRAND.

ARE YOU SEEING ANY GOLD,
THOUGH, A.?

Well, that's --
[ GASPS ]

LEAVE IT IDLED DOWN.
HOLD ON.

IT'S ANOTHER GOOD OPPORTUNITY
TO, UH,

TO SAMPLE THE BOX AND CHECK OUT
AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

[ MOTOR IDLING ]

WHOO!

♪ GOLD, GOLD, GOLD
COME TO ME ♪

[ AIR HISSING ]

ARE YOU READY TO IDLE UP?
No.

Narrator: SOME MIGHT SAY,
AS A CAPTAIN, FATHER...

GOT TIME FOR ONE MORE BLAST.

...AND ALL-AROUND GOLD MINER,
BRAD KELLY SURE CAN SUCK.

[ AIR HISSING ]

♪ GOLD!

♪ IN MY POCKET

OKAY, IDLE UP.

OKAY. BACK UP.
[ MOTOR RUMBLING ]

YEAH, IT'S GETTING --

HOLY [BLEEP].

I'D BETTER GET BACK TO
THE SLUICE BOX TO GET SOME MORE

OUT OF THERE THEN IF WE'RE NOT
GETTING ANY OFF THE BOTTOM.

[ MOTOR SLOWS, IDLES ]

WHOA, THERE'S GOLD
JAMMED IN THERE.

WHOO, IN THE NOZZLE!

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
WITH THAT?

I THINK YOU GOT
A LITTLE PLUG-UP.

LET ME CHECK THE BOX.

HANG ON. I DON'T WANT ANDY
TO KNOW THIS.

I STILL GOT NO SUCTION.

Yeah, still nothin', man.

[ AIR HISSES ]

[ MOTOR RUMBLING ]

How's your suction now, A.?

SUCTION'S GOOD, POP.

LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THE GOLD IN THERE.

LOOK AT THAT PIECE.

BABY NEEDS NEW SHOES, BRO.

I GOT TO GET THAT GOLD,
YOU KNOW.

[ AIR HISSING ]

Narrator:
IN THE CENTER OF NOME...

Emily: THIS PLACE JUST TURNS
GOOD PEOPLE INTO DESERTERS.

FOR THE SECOND SEASON IN A ROW,
CAPTAIN EMILY RIEDEL

NEEDS TO FIND A NEW CREW.

EVERYBODY WHO DIVES ON
A GOLD-MINING OPERATION

JUST STARTS TO BELIEVE THAT
THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER

ON ANOTHER OPERATION.

Narrator: TWO DAYS AGO...

WAIT, YOU GUYS ARE BOTH LEAVING?
I'M NOT GOING TO WORK FOR FREE.

...FED UP WITH BAD CLEANUPS
AND EMILY'S LEADERSHIP,

TONY AND DARYL CALLED IT QUITS.

Emily: IT'S A HORRIBLE TIME
FOR THOSE BOYS TO LEAVE.

WE'RE AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

WE ALSO HAVE A WEEK AHEAD OF US
OF FANTASTIC WEATHER

WHERE WE COULD BE PULLING
ROUND-THE-CLOCK HOURS

AND MAKING A TON OF GOLD.

Narrator: NOW...

I'M OUT SCOUTING FOR HIM
RIGHT NOW.

ALL I KNOW IS HE DRIVES A BLUE,
LITTLE SAD PICKUP.

Narrator: ...TO SAVE HER SEASON,
EMILY IS OUT LOOKING

FOR A BRAND-NEW DARYL -- VETERAN
DREDGER DARYL GALIPEAU.

DARYL GALIPEAU HAS BEEN MINING
FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

HE'S BEEN MINING IN THE RIVERS
OF CANADA TO THE BERING SEA.

Narrator:
SPEAK OF THE DARYL...

I'M SEEING A TRUCK UP HERE
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT

MIGHT BE GALIPEAU'S.

HA! HA HA! I THINK IT IS.

I THINK I GOT HIM.
I THINK I GOT HIM.

Narrator: ...THE DARYL APPEARS.
[ HORN HONKS ]

ALL RIGHT.

SPEEDING IN NOME.

I HOPE THE ONE COP HERE
DOESN'T CATCH ME.

[ LAUGHS ]

OKAY, THERE HE IS.

HA HA!
[ LAUGHS ]

IS HE SPEEDING UP?
[ HORN HONKS ]

THRILL OF THE CHASE!

WELL, THIS IS AWKWARD.

UH, HEY.

I HAD TO STALK YOU
FOR A COUPLE MILES.

I'M -- I'M SORRY.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE MET
BEFORE OFFICIALLY.

UM, HEY. SORRY.
I'M EMILY.

HI. HI, EMILY.

YEAH, NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS.

REALLY?

[ LAUGHS ] WHY,
DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU?

[ BOTH LAUGHING ]

UM...BUT HEY, UM, YEAH.

ONCE AGAIN, SORRY --
SORRY TO CHASE YOU DOWN.

UM, UH, I WAS WONDERING,
WHERE --

ARE YOU DIVING ANYWHERE
THIS YEAR?

WELL, I HAVE BEEN,
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST --

THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST YEAR EVER
THAT, UH, LOOKS LIKE

I MIGHT GET
OUT OF HERE EARLY.

I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, IT BEING
SO LATE IN THE SEASON

AND OUR AVERAGES BEING SO LOW
ALL YEAR, WE NEED

A [BLEEP] MIRACLE TO -- TO
SURVIVE AND MAKE A PROFIT.

HOW LOW ARE YOUR AVERAGES
RUNNING?

WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT QUARTER
OUNCE AN HOUR WITH A 10.

WOW.
IT'S PRETTY PAINFUL.

THAT'S PHENOMENALLY LOW.

SO, YEAH. UM, I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB,

BUT, UM, THERE'S A SPOT
AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO COME

TRY IT OUT AND SEE
IF YOU LIKE IT.

YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, THE SHARE
IS 50% OF THE BOX

AFTER THE LEASE OWNER.

AND, UM --
THAT'S GOOD.

DEFINITELY WORKS FOR ME.

OKAY. IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU,

THEN, UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL
READY TO START TOMORROW.

OKAY.
AWESOME.

HEY, GOOD TO MEET YOU.
NICE MEETING YOU.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
ALL RIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.
DRIVE SAFE.

I PROMISE I WON'T CHASE YOU
ANYMORE.

OKAY.
[ LAUGHS ]

ALL RIGHT.
SEE YOU LATER.

WE'LL -- WE'LL SEE
HOW THIS TURNS OUT.

AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I'M --

AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO TRY
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE CAN

POSSIBLY DO TO GET THE BOAT
ON TO -- ON TO GOOD GOLD.

Narrator: EMILY'S NOT THE ONLY
ONE BRINGING ON A NEW CREW.

SEVEN MILES TO THE WEST,

ON THE TOMCOD CLAIM...

ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS OF
RELIEVING STRESS

IS TO FIRE ALL THOSE [BLEEP]

THAT REALLY NEED TO BE FIRED,
YOU KNOW?

WILD RANGER OWNER
VERNON ADKISON

IS ALSO LOOKING AT NEW FACES.

ELAINE GOT ALL JACKED OUT OF
SHAPE AND FROTHING AT THE MOUTH

AND, YOU KNOW, SO SHE QUIT.

Narrator: TWO DAYS AGO...

HEY, I'M JUST CALLING TO LET YOU
KNOW I'M -- I'M DONE.

I'M NOT GOING TO WORK
FOR YOU ANYMORE.

GET ON OUT OF HERE.

DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU
IN THE ASS.

Narrator: AFTER VERNON'S
DAUGHTER, ELAINE, QUIT,

HE TOLD HER BOYFRIEND
AND THE REST OF HIS DIVERS

TO HIT THE BRICKS.

A LOT OF TIMES, THAT'S A GOOD
THING FOR A PERSON TO GET FIRED.

IT MAKES THEM REALIZE EXACTLY

WHERE THE BEAR [BLEEP]
IN THE WOODS.

SOMETIMES, IT'LL SNAP
THEIR HEADS AROUND,

AND THEY'LL BE
BETTER PEOPLE FOR IT.

WE CUT AWAY
SOME OF THE DEADWOOD.

I'M NOT PLAYING FOOTSIE WITH ANY
OF THESE [BLEEP] ANYMORE.

THEY EITHER PRODUCE, OR THEY
GET -- GO ON,

GET OUT OF MY LIFE.

Narrator: NEW TO THE BOAT --
DIVERS BOBBY LOWE,

KELSY LESSING,

AS WELL AS A DIVER
KNOWN ONLY AS WOLF.

[ HOWLS ]

NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHY.

[ LAUGHS ]

UH...UH...

YEAH, HEY, KELSY. HOW ARE THINGS
LOOKING DOWN THERE?

VERN, THERE'S SOME DECENT GOLD
DOWN HERE FOR SURE.

THERE'S, LIKE, EXPOSED HARD PIT
AND NO -- NOTHING BUT GOLD.

IT'S JUST LINED UP.
ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.

SO, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
PUSHED UP BY GLACIERS

OR WHAT, BUT WE RAN INTO
SOMETHING.

THIS [BLEEP] COULD BE PAYING
HALF OUNCE AN HOUR, EASY.

Vernon:
THE WORD'S OUT ON TOMCOD.

A MULTITUDE OF FLOATING DREDGES
OUT HERE.

I GOT A LOT OF COMPETITION.

Narrator: WHILE VERNON KEEPS
AN EYE ON THE COMPETITION...

200 YARDS AWAY...

I'M LOOKING FOR MATERIAL
THAT WILL MAKE ME RICH.

...THE COMPETITION IS ABOUT
TO GET TOUGHER.

EVERY HOUR WE AIN'T PUTTING DIRT
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

INTO THE WASH PAN,
WE'RE LOSING MONEY.

FRESH OFF THE PROSPECTING TRIP
WITH HIS FAMILY,

SHAWN POMRENKE HAS
THE CHRISTINE ROSE

BACK ON THE GROUNDS...

TO GET STARTED UP TO GO INLAND
MINING COSTS A TON OF MONEY.

Narrator: ...AND BACK
ON THE HUNT FOR GOLD.

THE CHRISTINE ROSE IS SUPPORTING
MY FAMILY,

MY DAD'S FAMILY, JACOB'S,
CODY'S, JESSE'S, AND ITSELF.

PLUS, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO SUPPORT
AN INLAND MINING OPERATION.

Narrator: WITH A MASSIVE
826 OUNCES

WORTH $900,000 ALREADY
BANKED ON THE SEASON

AND AN INLAND MINING OPERATION
ON THE HORIZON,

MR. GOLD IS PROPPING UP
AN EMPIRE.

Shawn: INLAND MINING, WELL,
THE PLAN IS TO GO IN,

MINE IT, TAKE ALL THE GOLD,
AND RESITUATE THE WHOLE PLACE,

MAKE IT NICE AND PRETTY.

WELL, THEN, WE CAN JUST GO
THROUGH IT AND SELL LOTS

FOR HOUSES ALL AROUND.

WE NEED GOOD, SOLID PAY DIRT.

GOT JACOB TAKING SOME MATERIAL
OUT OF THE BUCKET,

GONNA TAKE A PAN.

NOT ENOUGH.

I KNOW THERE'S A REALLY GOOD
SPOT RIGHT UP HERE,

BUT ALL THESE LITTLE DREDGES
HAVE MOVED IN.

Narrator: IN ORDER TO KEEP
THE FAMILY BUSINESS GROWING...

ALMOST 20 DREDGES
ON THE CLAIM.

[BLEEP] RIDICULOUS.

...SHAWN WILL NEED TO FIGHT
FOR HIS GOLD.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PROSPECTING.

WE AIN'T MAKING ANY MONEY
RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE JUST SPENDING IT.

HERE'S A SECOND PAN
IN THIS AREA.

NOT THAT GREAT.

ALL THE GOOD STUFF'S RIGHT OVER
HERE BY THE SUCTION DREDGES.

I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO OVER
THERE AND CLEAN THAT OUT.

Narrator: FIRST UP
ON THE HIT LIST --

VERNON ADKISON
AND THE WILD RANGER.

VERN AND THEM ARE ON MY SPOT.

HE'S BEEN OUT THERE
LAST WINTER AND THIS SUMMER,

AND NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
HE THINKS HE'S GOT CLAIM

TO THAT WHOLE AREA.

WELL, I'M JUST GONNA OUT THERE
DOING WHAT I DO.

I THINK I'M GOING TO
KICK HIS ASS.

Narrator: SEVEN MILES
WEST OF NOME HARBOR...

Shawn: HERE'S A SECOND PAN
IN THIS AREA.

NOT THAT GREAT.

ALL THE GOOD STUFF'S RIGHT OVER
HERE BY THE SUCTION DREDGES.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO OVER THERE
AND CLEAN THAT OUT.

Narrator: ...ON THE JAM-PACKED
TOMCOD CLAIM,

THE CHRISTINE ROSE
AND WILD RANGER

ARE LINING UP FOR A TURF WAR.

BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES
WITH GROUND TO PROTECT.

Hank: WE'RE IN GOOD GOLD HERE.

GOOD MATERIAL RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, BABY!
KEEP IT COMIN'.

Narrator: FOR CAPTAIN HANK,

THE ONLY THING
BETTER THAN FINDING GOLD...

IT'S PRETTY GOOD GOLD,
SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT

WE'RE PROBABLY DOING A LITTLE
BETTER THAN SHAWN RIGHT NOW.

Narrator: ...IS WATCHING SHAWN
NOT FIND IT.

HE'S NOT DOING TOO GOOD TODAY.
HE'S KIND OF LIKE ME YESTERDAY.

HE'S JUST RUNNING AROUND
TRYING TO FIND GOLD.

LET'S SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
OH, MORE SAND.

MORE SAND.
HE'S JUST FINDING SAND TODAY.

WHEN YOU'RE COMPETITION
CAN'T FIND NO GOLD,

IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.
[ LAUGHS ]

KIND OF CAME INTO THIS THING
THINKING, YOU KNOW,

I'D NEVER BEAT SHAWN.

NOW I THINK I CAN PRETTY MUCH
BEAT HIM.

WHAT I KNOW NOW, SHAWN DOESN'T
HAVE ANYTHING ON ME.

GOT TO KEEP AFTER IT.
JUST GOT TO KEEP DIGGING.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET OFF
THIS THING

UNLESS I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.

AND WE'RE IN SOME GOOD GOLD.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHAWN'S
GOT ANY YET THIS MORNING.

I GUESS MR. GOLD
CAN'T FIND NO GOLD.

[ HANK LAUGHS ]

THIS IS ABOUT OUR 10th TEST PAN.

I DON'T REALLY GIVE A [BLEEP]
WHAT HANK'S DOING TODAY

'CAUSE I'VE BEEN PANNING
ALL AROUND HIM,

AND I AIN'T FINDING [BLEEP].

AND THE PAN DOESN'T LOOK
THAT GREAT.

YEAH, THE HUNT CONTINUES.

YEAH, I AIN'T SO WORRIED
ABOUT HANK.

IT'S ALL THESE LITTLE [BLEEP]
SUCTION DREDGES COMING IN.

THEY SEE ME DIGGIN' ONE SPOT
AND THEN THEY ALL MOVE IN THERE.

[BLEEP] VERN
AND THE WILD RANGER.

Narrator: ONLY 75 YARDS AWAY...

Vernon:
THE GOLD LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

Narrator: WILD RANGER OWNER
VERNON ADKISON

AND DIVER KELSY LESSING

HAVE BEEN ON THE GOLD
FOR THE LAST FOUR HOURS.

A LOT OF AWESOME COLOR!

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING
TO LAST, BUT RIGHT NOW

IT'S FREAKIN' AWESOME.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE
A VERY JUICY CLEANOUT.

I GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE
MOVING IN.

I'M JUST DONE WITH IT.

SO I AIN'T GOING TO LET 'EM
DO IT ANYMORE.

I'M JUST GOING TO BACK THE END
OF MY SLUICE BOX UP

RIGHT TO 'EM, DROP MY SPUDS,

AND START DIGGIN'
AND SMOKE 'EM OUT.

THERE'S THE CHRISTINE ROSE
MOVING ON IN.

WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOIN'?

SHAWN THINKS THE ENTIRE AREA
BELONGS TO HIM,

WHICH IS NOT THE FACT.

BACKED UP RIGHT TO 'EM.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO START RUNNIN'
SOME DIRT

WHETHER THERE'S GOLD IN IT
OR NOT

JUST TO PROVE A [BLEEP] POINT.

SO HE KEEPS MOVIN' OVER.
KEEPS MOVIN' OVER.

WOW.

YEAH, WELL.

HE'S GOING TO SMOKE VERN'S
BOAT OUT. THAT'S...

THE DIVERS AREN'T GOING TO BE
HAPPY WITH HIM.

I'M GLAD IT'S NOT ME. I DON'T
THINK -- I WOULDN'T DO THAT.

YOU GOT TO SHOW A LITTLE
RESPECT.

10 MINUTES HERE, THEY'LL BE
DIVING IN A MUD CLOUD.

Narrator: AS THE TAILINGS
FROM THE CHRISTINE ROSE

BLANKET THE WATER...

Narrator: ...VISIBILITY DROPS
TO NEARLY ZERO.

OKAY. I HEAR YOU SAY VISIBILITY
IS ABOUT A FOOT.

THAT DOESN'T BODE WELL.

HE'S GOT LESS THAN A FOOT
OF VISIBILITY,

AND IT'S A MURKY FOOT.

IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO WORK
WHEN YOU GOT NO VIS.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THESE BOYS KNOW

THAT THEY DON'T
COME AND JUMP ON MY SPOT.

WE MAKE THE WATER REALLY,
REALLY MURKY

SO THE CLOSER WE GET
TO PEOPLE, THE HARDER IT IS

FOR THEM TO MINE.

THEY CAN KISS MY ASS.

I LOOK TO LEFT, LOOK
TO MY RIGHT, AND YOU SEE --

I JUST SAW A WALL.

IT'S JUST LIKE A WALL OF SILT,
AND I COULDN'T SEE.

LIKE LITERALLY,
I COULDN'T SEE THIS.

Vernon: THE POMRENKES, THEY'LL
GET WHAT'S COMING TO THEM.

THEIR DIVER CAME UP BECAUSE
HE COULDN'T SEE A DAMN THING.

[ CHUCKLES ] I DON'T --
I DON'T KNOW WHY.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

WELL, HERE WE GOT DREDGE FIVE,

THE OLD HISTORIC DREDGE HERE
THAT WAS MININ' UP UNTIL 1995.

I WAS ROAMING THESE LANDS

FOLLOWING THE ANCIENT BEACH
LINE.

OH, THE MANPOWER THAT PUT IN --
THEY PUT IN A MACHINE LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS THING.
IT'S HUGE.

THIS ONE CAME RIGHT AFTER THEY
SET IT IN THE GROUND HERE

RIGHT AFTER WORLD WAR II,
I BELIEVE.

AND THE STORY I HEARD IS THAT
IT PAID FOR ITSELF

THAT FIRST SEASON.

A HUNDRED THOUSAND OUNCES
THEY GOT IN THE FIRST YEAR.

THESE GUYS WERE TAKING
A NUMBER-TWO FLAT-HEADED SHOVEL

AND SCRAPING THE SLUICE BOX WITH
SHOVEL FULLS OF GOLD.

DEFINITELY THOUSANDS OF OUNCES
AT A TIME.

IT IS ALWAYS SO NEAT TO COME
BACK AND SEE

ALL THIS OLD HISTORY HERE.

QUITE THE MACHINE.

Narrator:
IN THE CITY OF NOME...

I WANT TO CLEAN OUT FIVE TIMES
AS MUCH EVERY DAY.

...BRAD KELLY
AND HIS SECOND-BORN

ARE CLEANING GOLD FROM THEIR
LATEST TRIP TO SEA.

LET THAT RUN FOR A SECOND.
LOOK AT ALL THE GOLD IN THERE.

WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO
THE LAST FEW SCOOPS NOW.

I WISH IT WAS POMRENKE-SIZED
GOLD, BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW.

AS FOR BRAD'S FIRSTBORN...

I'LL MAKE 'EM WHEN I'M DONE.

WELL, THEN MAKE 'EM YOURSELF.

WELL, KRIS HAS TO WAIT HIS TURN

TO USE THE FAMILY CLEANUP
EQUIPMENT.

MAKE ME A HAMBURGER TOO,
YOU PIECE OF [BLEEP].

I MAKE 'EM FOR YOU
ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU PAY GOOD
MONEY, AND YOU GOT TO [BLEEP]

LOOK AT MY DAD MY BROTHER
FROM MY VIEW.

I SHOULD GET A REFUND.

I DON'T REALLY WANT MY DAD
TO SEE HOW MUCH GOLD I HAVE

BECAUSE THE [BLEEP] IS GOING
TO BE PARKING NEXT TO ME.

HE'S ONLY 16 YEARS OLDER
THAN I AM.

I WOULDN'T EXACTLY CALL HIM
MY FATHER.

NOW THAT I'M NOT WORKING
ON THE BOAT,

IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT BETTER.

YOU KNOW, KRIS COULD BE
HELPIN' US OUT.

BUT NO. DOES HE WANT TO?
NO.

HE'D RATHER HELP SOME
[BLEEP] DAMN LITTLE

[BLEEP] GUY OVER
THERE WHO ISN'T EVEN FAMILY.

DAVE MIGHT BE FROM BOSTON,
BUT HE SURE ISN'T IRISH,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

HE WANTS TO GO HELP A TOTAL
STRANGER MAKE SOME MONEY

AND LET
HIS POOR OLD DAD STRUGGLE.

[ SCRAPING ]

AND BETTER HOPE NONE OF THE WIND
BLOWS IN THIS PLACE.

UH-HUH.
DAMN. COME ON, GRANDPA.

I'M TRYING TO DO IT WITH
FINESSE.

FINESSE?
POUR IT IN THERE.

YOU GOT TWO OUNCES.

YOU'RE SHY TWO OUNCES.

Narrator: THE TOTAL --

TWO OUNCES OF GOLD
WORTH 2,400 BUCKS.

OF COURSE, THE REAL TOTAL --
THAT'S A MYSTERY

THAT ONLY BRAD
KNOWS FOR SURE.

Narrator: ACROSS THE STREET...

IF EVERYTHING KEEPS GOING LIKE
THIS ALL SUMMER LONG,

WE'RE DEFINITELY MINING
TOGETHER.

WE'RE PRETTY GOOD LUCK
TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I WOULDN'T MIND
A NICE 2 GRAND NUGGET.

YEAH, YEAH.
HOW ABOUT LIKE THAT?

THAT'S REAL NICE, DUDE.
THAT'S GOOD.

WE SCORED, BUDDY.

GOLD!

WE FREAKIN' SCORED.

THIS IS THREE SCOOPS
OUT OF OUR BUCKET.

UM, THAT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST
AN OUNCE RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S AN OUNCE.

IT'S LIKE A SMALL POMRENKE
CLEANOUT,

AND WE'RE STILL
GETTING THERE.

THIS IS MR. T GOLD.

"I PITY THE FOOL."

I PITY THE FOOL
THAT DIDN'T FIND IT!

DO IT SLOW.

THERE'S ONE OUNCE.

THERE'S ONE...

TWO.

THREE.
THAT'S THREE.

SO, WE'RE AT FIVE OUNCES
IN 13 HOURS.

UH, THAT'S NOT TOO BAD.

LITTLE UNDER HALF AN OUNCE
AN HOUR.

Narrator: KRIS' TALLY --

FIVE OUNCES OF GOLD
WORTH 6,000 BUCKS,

MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT HIS
OLD MAN AND BROTHER BROUGHT IN.

THAT'S THE -- ONE OF THE BETTER
CLEANUPS I'VE HAD.

BUT IF THERE'S ONE THING
KRIS HAS LEARNED...

SO, YOU ONLY GOT AN OUNCE
AND THREE-QUARTERS, EH?

YUP. ONLY AN OUNCE
AND THREE-QUARTERS.

HOW COME?
IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT MORE.

YOU GUYS STEAL THE GOLD?
OH, WE DID A GOOD SIZE.

YUP, NO.
WE'RE NOT REALLY ON IT.

WE'RE BARELY MAKING
GAS MONEY OVER THERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT. [BLEEP]
WE DID MORE THAN THAT.

YOU DID.
YOU'RE THE MAN.

Narrator: DON'T TELL DAD.

GOT TO LOCK THE DOOR
SO YOU DON'T [BLEEP]

GET PEOPLE COMING IN HERE.

ANYBODY ASKS,
WE'RE MAKING GAS MONEY.

WE'RE MAKING GAS MONEY.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE MAKING,

AND WE'RE SHARING A HAMBURGER
WHEN WE GO EAT.

[ LAUGHING ]

YEAH, THAT'S AS GOOD
AS IT GETS, BOY.

LOKO GOLD.

Narrator:
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN...

AT VERNON ADKISON'S TRAILER...

YOU NEVER CAN TELL
UNTIL IT HITS THE SCALES.

Narrator: AFTER GETTING CHASED
OFF THE TOMCOD BY SHAWN...

THIS -- THIS IS ALL LOOKIN'
REAL DAMN GOOD, YOU KNOW?

...VERNON'S LOOKING TO SEE

JUST HOW GOOD HIS SPOT
REALLY WAS.

CHRISTINE ROSE, ANYTIME
THEY'RE IN THE AREA,

THEY'RE GOING TO MURK YOU OUT.

EVERYBODY ELSE WITH ANY CLASS
AROUND HERE WOULD NOT DO THAT.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET
A COMEUPPANCE

BEFORE IT'S OVER WITH.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S 8.6.

14.6.

20.6.

23.9.

[ SPOON CLATTERING ]

24.79.

Narrator: 24.79 OUNCES
IS WORTH 30,000 BUCKS.

LOOKIN' PRETTY GOOD.
BEAUTIFUL!

IT'S LOOKING GORGEOUS.
DAMN!

Narrator: FOR THE SKIPPER,

DEFINITELY GROUND
WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.

VERNON'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO
NEEDS TO PROTECT HIS TURF.

AT THE GOLD GRABBER
CLEANUP SHACK...

Hank: RIGHT NOW, LET'S JUST
WEIGH SOME GOLD UP.

Narrator: HANK'S SECRET
HONEY HOLD IS PAYING OFF BIG.

YEAH, THERE'S A BUNCH
OF GOLD HERE.

THIS IS THE LAST OF IT
RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS OUR LAST LITTLE BIT.

NICE LITTLE BIT.
NICE CHUNKY GOLD, TOO.

WHAT'S THE TALLY ON THAT?

109...
109...

...POINT 01!

Narrator: 109 OUNCES
IS A $131,000 PAYDAY.

ALL RIGHT!
GET IT, BUDDY.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE, MAN.
YEAH.

THAT'S THE BEST CLEANUP I'VE
HAD -- EVER HAD, I THINK.

THAT IS A PILE OF GOLD.

WOW!

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL CATCH
POMRENKES,

BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE
IT A HELL OF A SHOT.

I'M HAPPY!

WE'RE ROCKIN'.
ROCK AND ROLL.

Narrator:
HANK MAY HAVE WON THE ROUND,

BUT THE BATTLE FOR TOMCOD
HAS JUST BEGUN.

FULL SPEED AHEAD!

FIRE AWAY!

DOUCHE 'EM, JACOB!

[ LAUGHING ]
AAH!

[BLEEP] THAT'S SOME OF THE BEST
GOLD I'VE EVER SEEN, BUDDY.

TIME TO PLAY.

RUN ME OFF MY CLAIM!
[ SHOUTS ]

[ THUD ]

YEAH!

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