1 00:00:00,667 --> 00:00:02,100 [classical music playing] 2 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:03,500 [narrator] To make beautiful music, 3 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:06,233 all instruments need to play in harmony. 4 00:00:08,967 --> 00:00:11,200 The same is true in gold mining. 5 00:00:13,467 --> 00:00:16,166 The grounds, crew and equipment 6 00:00:16,166 --> 00:00:18,500 all need to work together. 7 00:00:19,867 --> 00:00:22,800 If just one piece is out of tune, 8 00:00:23,667 --> 00:00:25,500 the whole symphony falls apart. 9 00:00:27,066 --> 00:00:28,066 [dramatic music playing] 10 00:00:28,066 --> 00:00:29,266 So which miner... 11 00:00:29,266 --> 00:00:31,867 [Kris] Good luck, buddy. Get that gold, baby! 12 00:00:31,867 --> 00:00:33,100 [narrator] ...can hit the right notes... 13 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,166 [Vernon] We're in the money. 14 00:00:34,166 --> 00:00:35,767 I'm not gonna kick that out of bed. 15 00:00:35,767 --> 00:00:37,800 [narrator] ...to make their operation safe? 16 00:00:38,667 --> 00:00:40,000 Ship it! 17 00:00:42,667 --> 00:00:43,900 [Chris N speaking on radio] 18 00:00:45,667 --> 00:00:48,100 [Chris N groans] 19 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:50,133 -We've got lots of ground to work-- -[Andy speaking on radio] 20 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:55,367 Check is the air compressor going? 21 00:00:55,367 --> 00:00:57,300 -All right, I'm telling you. -[Chris N] Why are you [bleep] yelling at me? 22 00:00:57,300 --> 00:00:59,200 -Just listen! -[Chris N] [bleep] idiot! 23 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,300 It feels really hot. 24 00:01:02,567 --> 00:01:03,767 [steam hissing] 25 00:01:03,767 --> 00:01:05,333 -[water gushing] -[man exclaims] 26 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:11,900 [suspenseful music playing] 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,400 [Vernon speaking] 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,934 [Chris N speaking] 29 00:01:34,667 --> 00:01:35,867 [narrator] For Vernon Adkison, 30 00:01:35,867 --> 00:01:38,767 the sweetest music the captain can hear 31 00:01:38,767 --> 00:01:41,200 is a full band of divers. 32 00:01:41,967 --> 00:01:44,066 Plenty of [bleep] gold right here. 33 00:01:44,066 --> 00:01:46,166 You've just gotta find it. 34 00:01:46,166 --> 00:01:49,567 [narrator] So, today he's bringing a rookie to the stage, 35 00:01:49,567 --> 00:01:54,133 hoping his premier performance strikes just the right chord. 36 00:01:54,667 --> 00:01:55,900 [Chris N] I'm gonna jump in, 37 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,066 I'm gonna grab that nozzle, 38 00:01:58,066 --> 00:02:00,100 I'ma go under here and I'ma start dredging. 39 00:02:00,867 --> 00:02:02,567 And I'm gonna find gold. 40 00:02:04,567 --> 00:02:08,567 [Vernon] So far this season, we've only been using one diver, Gary. 41 00:02:08,567 --> 00:02:12,467 But it's never a good idea to rely on just one. 42 00:02:12,467 --> 00:02:15,700 If anything happens to him, even just for one day, 43 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:17,033 we'd be shut down. 44 00:02:17,033 --> 00:02:19,567 [Chris N] The last time I was under the water was six months ago, 45 00:02:19,567 --> 00:02:21,233 so I'm super excited. 46 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:23,667 He's enthusiastic. 47 00:02:23,667 --> 00:02:25,266 He's got an eye for the gold. 48 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:27,200 And he's done quite a bit of dredging. 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,900 That's why I'm breaking in our rookie, Chris. 50 00:02:31,867 --> 00:02:33,800 I know you've done a lot of dredging 51 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,166 in the rivers and creeks, 52 00:02:35,166 --> 00:02:37,600 but this is a whole different ballgame here. 53 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,500 And for one thing, you're gonna be about 25 feet deep. 54 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:43,000 Deeper than you've ever been. 55 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,367 And for another thing, a big thing is 56 00:02:45,367 --> 00:02:47,000 you're gonna be under the ice. 57 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,266 And so, if you've got a problem, 58 00:02:50,266 --> 00:02:52,467 you've gotta beat it back to that ice hole. 59 00:02:52,467 --> 00:02:54,266 You can't just pop up 60 00:02:54,266 --> 00:02:56,567 like you can in the rivers and creeks. 61 00:02:56,567 --> 00:02:58,100 It might be a little bit stressful 62 00:02:58,100 --> 00:02:59,834 until you've done it a couple of times. 63 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:03,266 He's gotta listen to what we're telling him, 64 00:03:03,266 --> 00:03:05,800 otherwise, that safety is gonna be at risk. 65 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:14,934 [Gary speaking] 66 00:03:26,567 --> 00:03:29,400 [oxygen tank hissing] 67 00:03:32,166 --> 00:03:33,600 [Gary] Are you on bottom? 68 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,133 [Chris N speaking on radio] 69 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,266 [Gary speaking on radio] 70 00:03:56,266 --> 00:03:57,500 [Chris N speaking on radio] 71 00:04:04,667 --> 00:04:06,900 [Gary speaking on radio] 72 00:04:08,567 --> 00:04:09,900 [Chris N speaking on radio] 73 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:14,266 [Vernon] He tends to be a little bit excitable, 74 00:04:14,266 --> 00:04:18,734 but hopefully he doesn't get into the panic mode down there. 75 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:21,100 Panic is what kills. 76 00:04:21,667 --> 00:04:23,133 [Chris N speaking on radio] 77 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:25,000 [Vernon on radio] Yeah, okay. 78 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,133 [Chris N speaking on radio] 79 00:04:49,667 --> 00:04:51,333 [Vernon on radio] Well, yippee ki-yay. 80 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,567 That's what I like to hear. 81 00:04:53,567 --> 00:04:55,400 [Chris N speaking on radio] 82 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:05,467 [Vernon] You can definitely tell that he's been dredging before. 83 00:05:05,467 --> 00:05:07,634 I think he's gonna do okay. 84 00:05:09,767 --> 00:05:11,500 [Vernon speaking on radio] 85 00:05:23,867 --> 00:05:25,734 [Chris N speaking on radio] 86 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:32,000 [Vernon on radio] What is it? 87 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,600 [Chris N speaking on radio] 88 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,166 What's he saying? 89 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:36,400 [Chris N speaking on radio] 90 00:05:38,867 --> 00:05:42,433 -[Vernon speaking] -[Chris N groaning] 91 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:46,200 Come back... Come back on that. 92 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,934 [Chris N speaking on radio] 93 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:11,400 [exhales] Okay. 94 00:06:11,867 --> 00:06:13,700 [Vernon speaking] 95 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,300 [Chris N] I know. I know. 96 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:19,066 It went around that twice. It's my fault. 97 00:06:19,066 --> 00:06:20,467 I shouldn't have done that. 98 00:06:20,467 --> 00:06:23,266 -I'm learning-- -[Vernon] That's the kind of [bleep] that'll kill you. 99 00:06:23,266 --> 00:06:25,266 If we had to pull you up, we couldn't pull you up... 100 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:26,767 [Chris N] I realize that... 101 00:06:27,667 --> 00:06:30,900 [Vernon] Chris got his umbilical tangled up with his hose, 102 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:34,000 and instead of staying calm and untangling it, 103 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,567 he panicked. 104 00:06:35,567 --> 00:06:38,867 That kind of thing can cost you your life out here. 105 00:06:38,867 --> 00:06:41,100 He's gotta understand that he needs to relax 106 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:42,900 before he goes back down. 107 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,033 Chris, when you get under there, 108 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:48,834 it goes without saying, 109 00:06:48,834 --> 00:06:51,567 -get that damn umbilical unwrapped first. -[Chris N] I will. 110 00:06:51,567 --> 00:06:54,400 And as from now, that's number one priority. 111 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,567 -Don't get that [bleep] thing wrapped. -[Chris N] Okay! 112 00:06:56,567 --> 00:06:57,800 All right, I'm telling you! 113 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,567 -[Chris N] Why are you [bleep] yelling at me? -Just listen! 114 00:06:59,567 --> 00:07:02,367 -Just listen. Just listen, will you? -[Chris N shouting] 115 00:07:02,367 --> 00:07:04,700 -Are you [bleep] kidding me? -I'm telling you... I'm telling you 116 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:06,934 -that's number one priority. -Get that [bleep] thing off of me. 117 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:09,667 [bleep] idiot. 118 00:07:24,667 --> 00:07:27,834 [Vernon] Well, Chris is done for the day, maybe for good. 119 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,734 [narrator] 12 miles west... 120 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,300 [Chris] Put the dive hole right here. 121 00:07:38,467 --> 00:07:40,000 We're moving to a new spot. 122 00:07:40,367 --> 00:07:41,900 We've got a new motor, 123 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:43,233 a new diver, 124 00:07:44,467 --> 00:07:46,000 I'm feeling good about this. 125 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,634 [narrator] ...as the back half of winter gets underway, 126 00:07:50,166 --> 00:07:51,667 the current gold count leader 127 00:07:51,667 --> 00:07:54,000 is fine-tuning his operation 128 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,600 to get the perfect pitch. 129 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:01,767 [narrator] He's bringing in top of the line new equipment... 130 00:08:01,767 --> 00:08:03,667 [Chris] It's gonna be the real deal. 131 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:07,166 [narrator] ...and a top of the line new diver. 132 00:08:07,166 --> 00:08:08,800 Yeah. Get back after it. 133 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,934 [narrator] Jeff Orzechowski is one of Nome's premier dredgers... 134 00:08:14,567 --> 00:08:15,600 [Jeff] Good ground, buddy. 135 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,667 [man] Yeah, that's as good as that's ever looked. 136 00:08:17,667 --> 00:08:20,834 [narrator] ...who's served time with numerous teams in the fleet. 137 00:08:21,867 --> 00:08:24,367 [Jeff exclaiming] 138 00:08:24,367 --> 00:08:26,967 [Chris] It's all coming in place. Like... 139 00:08:26,967 --> 00:08:29,567 The gold gods, once again, are looking over me, 140 00:08:29,567 --> 00:08:31,000 and I'm quite blessed. 141 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,600 So let's get to it. 142 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:38,100 I ended the first half of the season strong, 143 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:40,066 and I'm only getting stronger. 144 00:08:40,066 --> 00:08:42,200 I've got a stronger pump engine, 145 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,367 and I've got Jeff Orzechowski. 146 00:08:44,367 --> 00:08:46,200 He had other plans this winter, 147 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,500 but I was able to convince him to come work with me. 148 00:08:48,867 --> 00:08:50,367 -Sweet. Yeah. -Sweet. 149 00:08:50,367 --> 00:08:52,967 [Chris] After what happened earlier this season... 150 00:08:52,967 --> 00:08:55,800 You guys don't even know how to put a spark plug back on. 151 00:08:56,567 --> 00:08:59,033 I couldn't be working with better people. 152 00:08:59,767 --> 00:09:02,533 I might have to go through a crew change. 153 00:09:03,567 --> 00:09:05,100 ...I wanna make sure I bring two pros 154 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:07,367 to replace the crew that I had earlier. 155 00:09:07,367 --> 00:09:10,000 With Wilson and Jeff, I've got it. 156 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,100 With this crew and the equipment that I have right now, 157 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:14,867 I'm aiming for more gold 158 00:09:14,867 --> 00:09:16,900 than I've got any day this season. 159 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,500 I've got the whole crew firing on all cylinders. 160 00:09:29,967 --> 00:09:32,800 I'm pretty confident today that everything is gonna work, 161 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,133 including the motor that we just got out here. 162 00:09:38,567 --> 00:09:40,600 [motor starts] 163 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,333 There's a lot more water in the box, so I'm happy. 164 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,800 I'm gonna go down first 165 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,700 and then I'm gonna send Jeff next. 166 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,166 We are on a great pay streak, 167 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:02,767 and our equipment's gotten supersized, 168 00:10:02,767 --> 00:10:04,700 so we are gonna kill it. 169 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:07,767 [Chris speaking] 170 00:10:07,767 --> 00:10:08,934 Get it, bud! 171 00:10:23,367 --> 00:10:25,400 [Chris speaking on radio] 172 00:10:29,867 --> 00:10:32,000 All right. See what we got here. 173 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:34,900 [man] Well, let me know if you're ready for the pump. 174 00:10:35,567 --> 00:10:37,400 [Chris speaking on radio] 175 00:10:38,266 --> 00:10:40,200 [motor whirring] 176 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,400 [Chris speaking on radio] 177 00:10:50,367 --> 00:10:52,133 [man speaking on radio] 178 00:10:55,266 --> 00:10:57,333 [Chris speaking on radio] 179 00:10:59,166 --> 00:11:01,300 [man speaking on radio] 180 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:04,400 I mean, he's down there, he's moving material. 181 00:11:07,567 --> 00:11:10,967 [Chris speaking on radio] 182 00:11:10,967 --> 00:11:12,800 Whoo! 183 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,066 We're making money now. Whoo-hoo! 184 00:11:20,066 --> 00:11:23,400 [Chris speaking on radio] 185 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,333 Oh, [bleep]. 186 00:11:42,367 --> 00:11:44,700 [motor whizzing] 187 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,166 [Chris speaking on radio] 188 00:11:47,166 --> 00:11:48,600 [man speaking on radio] 189 00:11:49,767 --> 00:11:50,900 [Chris speaking on radio] 190 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:53,433 [man speaking on radio] 191 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,100 [Chris speaking on radio] 192 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:59,367 [motor whizzing] 193 00:11:59,367 --> 00:12:00,467 [man speaking on radio] 194 00:12:00,467 --> 00:12:01,734 [Chris speaking on radio] 195 00:12:03,467 --> 00:12:05,233 [Chris groans] 196 00:12:10,767 --> 00:12:12,900 Did you guys figure out what the problem is? 197 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,367 [man] No, dude. So, I'm not really too sure. 198 00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:18,567 It sounded like it kind of knocked because it got too hot. 199 00:12:18,567 --> 00:12:20,600 -So... So, I think... -Okay. 200 00:12:21,367 --> 00:12:24,700 Yeah, so I I have the fan running, but... 201 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:28,467 But what I'm assuming is the load we're generating on that motor, 202 00:12:28,467 --> 00:12:30,400 -that radiator is too small. -Too much? 203 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,300 -Too small. -[man] So... 204 00:12:32,667 --> 00:12:33,667 [Chris speaking] 205 00:12:33,667 --> 00:12:35,233 I think we need a bigger radiator. 206 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:38,934 Yeah, man. I was just... 207 00:12:40,667 --> 00:12:42,066 -Having a good time. -[man] I know, dude. 208 00:12:42,066 --> 00:12:44,100 You were so stoked, man. 209 00:12:46,667 --> 00:12:50,100 [Chris] We went with a big pump engine and a longer hose, 210 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,000 so it turned out 211 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,700 it was too overwhelming for the radiator, 212 00:12:52,700 --> 00:12:54,367 so we had to shut it down. 213 00:12:54,367 --> 00:12:56,166 So we're gonna have to go back to town 214 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:58,266 and see if I can find a bigger one. 215 00:12:58,266 --> 00:13:00,867 You know, I was hoping for the biggest day of this season. 216 00:13:00,867 --> 00:13:03,400 Now I don't even know if I can mine today. 217 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,500 Damn, dude. 218 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,567 [Shawn] Special delivery. 219 00:13:22,567 --> 00:13:24,867 [narrator] Entering the back half of winter, 220 00:13:24,867 --> 00:13:26,500 Shawn Pomrenke's season 221 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:29,133 has been playing like a broken record. 222 00:13:30,967 --> 00:13:33,133 This'll give us a couple more days in the hole. 223 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,100 [narrator] Down to his final royalty free days, 224 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:39,967 the golden maestro is going deep 225 00:13:39,967 --> 00:13:42,000 to get his operation singing. 226 00:13:43,367 --> 00:13:45,367 [Shawn] Hopefully, we'll make some money today. 227 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:46,800 Get the hose in the water. 228 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,400 It's the only way you make money around here. 229 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,400 We need to get on to something real quick here. 230 00:13:53,767 --> 00:13:56,100 Vernon says 56 is loaded, 231 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:58,000 but I haven't seen it yet. 232 00:13:59,667 --> 00:14:02,166 [man] Let's try this new hose out. Whoo! 233 00:14:02,166 --> 00:14:04,900 [Shawn] We only have two more royalty free days left, 234 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:06,567 so here's my plan. 235 00:14:06,567 --> 00:14:09,433 I moved away from Vernon into deeper water. 236 00:14:09,667 --> 00:14:10,867 Yeah, baby! 237 00:14:10,867 --> 00:14:12,500 Which should have more gold. 238 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:16,900 I also picked up 35 feet of extra hose. 239 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,200 We can search a wider area without cutting a new hole 240 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,400 and moving the whole operation. 241 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,600 So we should be able to cover more ground. 242 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:28,700 I'm nowhere near my goal. This better work. 243 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:31,433 I need gold to get the inland project going. 244 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,333 [man speaking] 245 00:14:44,967 --> 00:14:47,233 [Shawn] Right on. Have a good dive, Joe. 246 00:14:58,266 --> 00:15:02,800 [oxygen tank hissing] 247 00:15:14,467 --> 00:15:15,800 How's it going, bud? 248 00:15:16,767 --> 00:15:18,233 [Joe on radio] Air is good. 249 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:19,934 Water is good. 250 00:15:20,567 --> 00:15:22,166 [Joe speaking on radio] 251 00:15:22,166 --> 00:15:24,000 [man] Yep. Throttle up. 252 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:26,700 [motor whirring] 253 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,634 [Joe speaking on radio] 254 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,200 [man speaking] 255 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,800 [Joe speaking on radio] 256 00:15:50,066 --> 00:15:53,266 [Shawn speaking on radio] 257 00:15:53,266 --> 00:15:54,500 [Joe on radio] Hell, yeah. 258 00:15:56,967 --> 00:15:58,400 [Joe speaking on radio] 259 00:16:00,567 --> 00:16:02,300 [Shawn speaking on radio] 260 00:16:03,066 --> 00:16:04,500 [Joe speaking on radio] 261 00:16:05,266 --> 00:16:08,433 [narrator] As the Pomrenke team starts warming up... 262 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:26,767 [Chris N] Look, for me, diving is mental, and I'm focused, 263 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:29,467 and when someone starts screaming at me, it throws me way off, man. 264 00:16:29,467 --> 00:16:32,166 I know you're trying to keep me safe. I know that. 265 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:33,700 It's just real hard for me, mentally, 266 00:16:33,700 --> 00:16:35,000 when you're screaming at me, 267 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,800 to focus on getting back in the water. You see what I'm saying? 268 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,367 No. I was trying to tell you something and you weren't listening. 269 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:40,400 [Chris N] But you told me a bunch of times 270 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:41,600 that's the most important thing 271 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,400 -is to go under... -[Vernon] Yeah, but you didn't do it. 272 00:16:44,066 --> 00:16:45,600 I'm not gonna be nice about it. 273 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,400 Either do it or get the [bleep] out of here. 274 00:16:49,667 --> 00:16:51,066 That's critical. 275 00:16:51,066 --> 00:16:53,800 -If we gotta haul your sorry ass off the bottom... -[Chris N] I know. 276 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,000 ...and that damn thing is wrapped, we can't do it. 277 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,800 -That bothers me. -Okay. 278 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,900 I don't want any dead bodies on the bottom of the ocean. 279 00:17:04,266 --> 00:17:05,767 [Chris N] I know I [bleep] up about that part. I know I-- 280 00:17:05,767 --> 00:17:08,867 Yeah, all right. All right. So, you know... 281 00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:10,400 So are you done for the day 282 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,066 -or are you done forever or... -[Chris N] No. I was gonna let Gary go poke... 283 00:17:12,066 --> 00:17:14,066 -No. I wanna dive. I love it down there. -[Vernon] All right. 284 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:15,867 I just... I'ma let him poke a few holes in 285 00:17:15,867 --> 00:17:18,000 -and maybe I'll go back down. -[Vernon] That's fine. 286 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,667 I just... I gotta get my head in the game. 287 00:17:19,667 --> 00:17:20,767 Are you good? 288 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,533 -Well, I'll go down. I'll see what I can do. -Okay. 289 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,100 [Vernon] My plan was to have two divers 290 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:32,500 every day for the rest of the season. 291 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:35,166 But I'm having second thoughts about Chris. 292 00:17:35,166 --> 00:17:37,934 The guy's emotional. A bag of nerves. 293 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:40,900 He did get us on gold right away. 294 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,767 Are you good? 295 00:17:43,767 --> 00:17:47,467 [Vernon] So I'll let Gary go down on this pay streak for now. 296 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:49,300 And if Chris can calm down, 297 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:51,767 I'll give him another shot today. 298 00:17:51,767 --> 00:17:54,600 Hell, he was only down there for a few minutes. 299 00:17:58,567 --> 00:18:02,000 [Gary on radio] All right. [exhales] Whoo! 300 00:18:06,867 --> 00:18:10,700 Yo, Gary, just keep moving. You know what to do. 301 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,634 [Gary speaking on radio] 302 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:25,934 [Vernon] All right, you're seeing gold. Okay. 303 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:28,567 You're my favorite nozzle man. 304 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:29,700 [Gary laughing on radio] 305 00:18:31,266 --> 00:18:34,400 [narrator] While Team Adkison changes their tune... 306 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:41,033 [man] All right, Chris... 307 00:18:42,166 --> 00:18:44,100 I got this radiator done, bud. 308 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,900 [Chris] Pump, pump, pump. Pump it up. 309 00:18:47,066 --> 00:18:48,100 Here we go. 310 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:50,567 [motor starts] 311 00:18:50,567 --> 00:18:52,800 -[motor whirring] -Nice! 312 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,500 It's working. 313 00:18:57,166 --> 00:19:00,066 Yeah! That's what I'm talking about. 314 00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:02,500 All we gotta do now is get wet. 315 00:19:03,266 --> 00:19:04,800 We've got the upgraded hose. 316 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,667 We've got the upgraded pump engine. 317 00:19:06,667 --> 00:19:09,367 Now we've got the upgraded radiator. 318 00:19:09,367 --> 00:19:11,400 We've got the best team on the ice. 319 00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,500 Time to get the highest gold count all season. 320 00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:16,400 Yeah! 321 00:19:17,266 --> 00:19:18,600 Ship it! 322 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:26,133 [oxygen tank hissing] 323 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:32,867 -[man speaking on radio] -[Chris speaking on radio] 324 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:34,300 [man on radio] All right. Here we go! 325 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,500 [motor whirring] 326 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,600 [man on radio] All right, bud, you got it. Full throttle. 327 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,567 [Chris speaking on radio] 328 00:19:46,567 --> 00:19:47,800 [man on radio] Attaboy. 329 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,367 [Chris speaking on radio] 330 00:19:51,367 --> 00:19:52,600 [Chris on radio] Whoop! Whoop! 331 00:19:54,467 --> 00:19:56,100 Everything looks to be running really good. 332 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:57,367 You've got really good suction. 333 00:19:57,367 --> 00:19:58,667 The engine's running really good. 334 00:19:58,667 --> 00:20:00,266 The temperature's low. 335 00:20:00,266 --> 00:20:01,367 I mean, just hear that. 336 00:20:01,367 --> 00:20:04,000 That's the sound of money right there. 337 00:20:05,467 --> 00:20:07,100 [Chris speaking on radio] 338 00:20:25,667 --> 00:20:27,000 [Kris] Okay. Ready? 339 00:20:28,567 --> 00:20:29,900 Okay, start the engine. 340 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:31,734 [motor starts] 341 00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:34,600 [Kris speaking] 342 00:20:38,467 --> 00:20:41,367 I'm done. That's it. It only takes me a second and bam! 343 00:20:41,367 --> 00:20:44,767 You hear that, ladies? It only takes him a second. 344 00:20:44,767 --> 00:20:47,700 [narrator] The optimism may seem premature... 345 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:49,767 [Kris] Okay, we're ready to start the day 346 00:20:49,767 --> 00:20:51,233 and make a lot of gold. 347 00:20:52,467 --> 00:20:55,367 [narrator] ...but after a disastrous first half, 348 00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:59,133 Kris Kelly is aiming to finally get his instruments humming. 349 00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:01,367 Okay, you know what to do. 350 00:21:01,367 --> 00:21:02,667 I don't have to tell you your job. 351 00:21:02,667 --> 00:21:03,600 -Nope. -Okay. 352 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,367 -I'm good. I know where I'm going. -Yeah. 353 00:21:05,367 --> 00:21:07,467 You know where you're going? Go and get me gold. 354 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:08,867 -That's where you're going. -I will. 355 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:10,867 Okay. I know you will. Okay. 356 00:21:10,867 --> 00:21:12,033 Get changed. 357 00:21:14,066 --> 00:21:16,166 The first half of the season sucked. 358 00:21:16,166 --> 00:21:18,100 It took us forever to get on good gold, 359 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:19,567 but when we finally did, 360 00:21:19,567 --> 00:21:21,967 we have equipment problems that screwed us. 361 00:21:21,967 --> 00:21:24,667 We're leaking gold out of the front of the box. 362 00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:27,300 We had a sluice box that leaked like a faucet. 363 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:28,767 [Kris speaking on radio] 364 00:21:28,767 --> 00:21:32,700 [Kris] And we had a janky air compressor that kept shutting us down. 365 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:36,166 I could feel that air compressor running out. 366 00:21:36,166 --> 00:21:39,100 Okay, the air problem is fixed. 367 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:41,667 So we did some MacGyver fixes on both of those, 368 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:44,967 so now we should be firing on all cylinders. 369 00:21:44,967 --> 00:21:47,800 Now we need to start making up for lost time. 370 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,533 We need to see double digits on the scale. 371 00:21:57,967 --> 00:22:00,700 Good luck, buddy. Get that gold, baby! 372 00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:08,700 [oxygen tank hissing] 373 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:22,700 [Andy exhales] 374 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:25,400 [Andy on radio] Let's see. Where's my nozzle? 375 00:22:32,567 --> 00:22:35,300 OK, that's beautiful. Are you seeing a lot of gold over there? 376 00:22:38,667 --> 00:22:39,834 [Andy speaking on radio] 377 00:22:46,967 --> 00:22:48,400 [Kris speaking on radio] 378 00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:51,934 Okay, put a number on it. You're making me happy. 379 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,100 I'm not putting a number on it, dick. 380 00:22:59,467 --> 00:23:01,100 [Kris on radio] Okay, well, keep up the good work. 381 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:03,467 I'll talk in, like, 20 or 30 minutes. 382 00:23:03,467 --> 00:23:05,000 [Andy speaking on radio] 383 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:09,533 -We've got lots of ground to run-- -[Andy speaking on radio] 384 00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:11,000 [Andy groans] 385 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:15,967 [Kris on radio] Hey, are you okay? 386 00:23:15,967 --> 00:23:17,767 [Andy speaking on radio] 387 00:23:17,767 --> 00:23:19,100 [Kris on radio] Check, check, check. 388 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:21,266 Can you hear me? 389 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:25,000 [Andy breathing heavily] 390 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,900 [Andy speaking on radio] 391 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:28,600 [Andy breathing heavily] 392 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:29,900 [Kris on radio] Say again? 393 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:32,467 [camera diver speaking on radio] 394 00:23:32,467 --> 00:23:34,734 Check is the air compressor going? 395 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,300 [motor whirring] 396 00:23:39,166 --> 00:23:40,400 [Kris speaking on radio] 397 00:23:40,967 --> 00:23:42,200 [Andy speaking on radio] 398 00:23:43,367 --> 00:23:47,300 [Andy breathing heavily] 399 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:50,200 -[man speaking] -What happened? 400 00:23:51,066 --> 00:23:52,367 What happened? 401 00:23:52,367 --> 00:23:53,900 [Andy] I can't breathe. 402 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:55,867 [Kris] Are you okay? 403 00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:57,000 [Andy speaking] 404 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,300 [Kris] Okay. 405 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,200 I heard you. 406 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:05,300 Okay. Come and sit over here. 407 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,200 [Kris speaking] 408 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,600 Andy got a freeze in his regulator. 409 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:17,100 It's the valve inside the mask that creates the airflow. 410 00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:19,066 Sometimes moisture from your breath 411 00:24:19,066 --> 00:24:21,166 causes the valve to freeze up. 412 00:24:21,166 --> 00:24:24,000 When that happens, you have no air, 413 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,867 and it can be terrifying. 414 00:24:25,867 --> 00:24:28,867 To fix it, you have to pour hot water on it to thaw it out 415 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,600 and hope it doesn't happen again. 416 00:24:32,166 --> 00:24:34,667 [Andy speaking on radio] 417 00:24:34,667 --> 00:24:36,700 [Kris] Don't worry. Don't worry about anything. 418 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:39,800 If you wanna come up 20 times, everything's fine. 419 00:24:40,467 --> 00:24:42,300 Any problem, let me know. 420 00:24:42,767 --> 00:24:43,934 [Andy on radio] Okay. 421 00:24:49,667 --> 00:24:51,000 [oxygen tank hissing] 422 00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:54,800 -How's your air feeling? -[Andy speaking on radio] 423 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,500 -Everything good? -[Andy speaking on radio] 424 00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:06,667 Okay, so are you ready to put a dollar figure on it? 425 00:25:06,667 --> 00:25:08,900 -[Andy on radio] Nope. -Put a number on it! 426 00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:11,133 [Andy speaking on radio] 427 00:25:11,467 --> 00:25:12,667 [mumbling indistinctly] 428 00:25:12,667 --> 00:25:14,467 You know what? He's lucky he's my brother. 429 00:25:14,467 --> 00:25:17,233 I would have fired that [bleep] a long time ago. 430 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:20,600 [narrator] Four miles east... 431 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:29,000 [Vernon] Yeah. Hey, Gary. 432 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,734 [Vernon on radio] You got your time in. That's four hours. 433 00:25:32,467 --> 00:25:34,033 [Gary on radio] Copy that. 434 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,567 [narrator] ...after Chris's brief dive got them on gold... 435 00:25:39,567 --> 00:25:43,000 [Vernon] It's going good in the direction you're stretched out in, right? 436 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,333 [Gary on radio] Oh, yeah. 437 00:25:45,333 --> 00:25:48,667 [narrator] ...Gary's been working the pay streak all day long. 438 00:25:48,667 --> 00:25:50,300 [Vernon] All right. Well, come on up. 439 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:51,800 [Gary on radio] Copy that. 440 00:25:53,567 --> 00:25:56,667 [narrator] And now it's time for what will undoubtedly be 441 00:25:56,667 --> 00:26:00,400 Chris's triumphant return to the diving stage. 442 00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:02,266 [Chris N speaking] 443 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:09,467 -[Vernon] What happened? -I put some of this in my right ear. 444 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:11,200 I don't know what the [bleep]... 445 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:12,500 Holy [bleep]. 446 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:14,200 [Vernon speaking] 447 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,367 [Chris N] Yeah. I was fine down there. 448 00:26:15,367 --> 00:26:17,367 This one doesn't hurt. But I put some of this in my ear 449 00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:20,567 and it felt like someone just stuck a spike in my ear. 450 00:26:20,567 --> 00:26:22,400 [Vernon speaking] 451 00:26:22,967 --> 00:26:24,266 [Chris N groans] 452 00:26:24,266 --> 00:26:27,400 Yeah, I cleared multiple times down there. 453 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,100 My ears were having a little bit of a problem 454 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,233 when I came up kind of fast. 455 00:26:35,166 --> 00:26:37,934 [Vernon] Chris is complaining about pain in its ear. 456 00:26:38,467 --> 00:26:40,700 Believe me, I know what this is. 457 00:26:42,266 --> 00:26:44,767 On his dive this morning, he panicked. 458 00:26:44,767 --> 00:26:46,300 [Chris N speaking on radio] 459 00:26:48,367 --> 00:26:50,200 [Chris N groans] 460 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,333 [Vernon] He rushed to the top too fast. 461 00:26:55,100 --> 00:26:57,100 Oh, man, it hurts so bad. 462 00:26:57,100 --> 00:26:59,066 [Vernon] That can cause pressure in your inner ear 463 00:26:59,066 --> 00:27:01,900 and stretch your eardrum to the breaking point. 464 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:04,667 I've seen it enough times to know his eardrum is shot. 465 00:27:04,667 --> 00:27:07,667 It can take weeks for that thing to heal. 466 00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:10,100 And that, my friends, is the end 467 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:12,667 of the shortest diving careers 468 00:27:12,667 --> 00:27:14,533 in Bering Sea history. 469 00:27:16,467 --> 00:27:18,333 He blew out an eardrum. 470 00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:21,000 Uh... 471 00:27:25,300 --> 00:27:28,767 It's... [chuckles] It's unfortunate. 472 00:27:28,767 --> 00:27:31,767 We're only at about 20 foot of depth there, 473 00:27:31,767 --> 00:27:34,367 but you've got to come up at a controlled rate. 474 00:27:34,367 --> 00:27:37,066 I don't want him in any pain and discomfort, 475 00:27:37,066 --> 00:27:39,567 but bottom line, I need two divers 476 00:27:39,567 --> 00:27:42,467 to make this operation, the wheels go round. 477 00:27:42,467 --> 00:27:44,000 I cannot die for weeks. 478 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,133 It's just how it says. You cannot dive. 479 00:27:46,667 --> 00:27:47,867 And I'm letting these guys down. 480 00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:49,033 I'm letting myself down. 481 00:27:49,033 --> 00:27:52,200 Like, this is what I wanted to do, you know? I love it. 482 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,467 -I'm sorry about that. -No, no. 483 00:27:53,467 --> 00:27:54,700 [Chris N] All right. All right. 484 00:27:56,467 --> 00:27:58,734 So, we'll have to work around it. 485 00:27:59,667 --> 00:28:03,266 It's just part of the drill up here. 486 00:28:03,266 --> 00:28:05,667 All of what we're doing is hard on equipment, 487 00:28:05,667 --> 00:28:07,467 it's hard on people. 488 00:28:07,467 --> 00:28:11,800 And I'll have to get another diver up here. 489 00:28:24,767 --> 00:28:26,400 [Shawn] How's it going, bud? 490 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:27,600 [Joe speaking on radio] 491 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,800 [Shawn speaking on radio] 492 00:28:31,367 --> 00:28:32,800 [Joe speaking on radio] 493 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:39,000 [narrator] After three hours covering expanded ground, 494 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,867 Shawn's starting the second half of the season 495 00:28:41,867 --> 00:28:43,600 on a sour note. 496 00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:48,000 [Joe speaking on radio] 497 00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:56,700 [Shawn on radio] Well, that sucks. 498 00:28:58,567 --> 00:29:00,200 Joe, just come on up. 499 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,133 Let's get the hell out of here. 500 00:29:06,367 --> 00:29:07,700 Frustrating. 501 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:11,066 We moved to deeper water, 502 00:29:11,066 --> 00:29:12,367 we've got a longer hose, 503 00:29:12,367 --> 00:29:14,800 and we've searched the whole area we can reach. 504 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:19,233 We did everything we could and we still came up empty. 505 00:29:20,166 --> 00:29:21,333 [Joe speaking on radio] 506 00:29:24,867 --> 00:29:26,266 [Shawn] This isn't good. 507 00:29:26,266 --> 00:29:28,166 The royalty free days are ending, 508 00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:30,033 and we're still not on gold. 509 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,100 This hole's a dud. 510 00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:35,266 It may be time to move on from 56 511 00:29:35,266 --> 00:29:36,700 and find something else. 512 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,233 Tired of it. 513 00:29:40,867 --> 00:29:42,734 [Joe speaking] 514 00:29:44,266 --> 00:29:45,700 It's not going well at all. 515 00:29:47,367 --> 00:29:48,734 [narrator] Three miles west... 516 00:29:52,867 --> 00:29:54,166 [Kris] Everything's going great right now. 517 00:29:54,166 --> 00:29:56,400 Andy's underneath the water doing his dive. 518 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,467 He's on gold. I don't know how much yet because he won't [bleep] tell me. 519 00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:01,667 But other than that, everything's on gold. 520 00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:05,300 [narrator] Reaper Nation has avoided any more freeze ups 521 00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:07,233 and the band's played on. 522 00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:11,600 [Kris speaking on radio] 523 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:12,867 How are you feeling? 524 00:30:12,867 --> 00:30:14,834 [Andy speaking on radio] 525 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:19,634 [Kris speaking on radio] 526 00:30:20,767 --> 00:30:25,367 Feeling icicles, ice chunks hitting him when he's breathing in, 527 00:30:25,367 --> 00:30:28,033 which means the air system is freezing up a little bit. 528 00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:33,266 It might break free. It might close up. 529 00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:34,900 [Kris on radio] Okay, well, don't kill yourself. 530 00:30:34,900 --> 00:30:36,667 Come up any time you're ready. 531 00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:39,400 We're gonna have to do something about the system. 532 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,200 [Andy speaking on radio] 533 00:30:43,066 --> 00:30:45,033 -[Andy on radio] I'm on my way. -Okay. Come on. 534 00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:47,200 Okay. Andy's done his dive. 535 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,667 He did a great day. He found a lot of gold. 536 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:52,300 It looks like we found a home for a couple days. 537 00:30:52,867 --> 00:30:54,200 Yeah, it's really good down there. 538 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,300 There's gold all in between the boulders, underneath the boulders. 539 00:30:58,166 --> 00:30:59,333 I'm happy with the ground. 540 00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:01,433 [Kris speaking] 541 00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:06,367 [Kris] The regulator kind of screwed us, 542 00:31:06,367 --> 00:31:08,266 but overall, a nice long dive, 543 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:11,200 and a good way to start the back half of the season. 544 00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:16,000 I just need a big number on that scale. 545 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,500 [Kris speaking] 546 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:22,867 Good job! 547 00:31:22,867 --> 00:31:25,100 [narrator] As Reaper Nation calls it a day... 548 00:31:29,867 --> 00:31:31,867 [Chris] Such good ground, man. 549 00:31:31,867 --> 00:31:33,500 [exclaims] Look at that. Wow. 550 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:35,400 Whoo-hoo! [exclaims] 551 00:31:37,266 --> 00:31:40,934 [narrator] ...things are getting hot for Team McCully under the ice... 552 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,834 [Chris speaking on radio] 553 00:31:45,867 --> 00:31:48,967 [man speaking on radio] 554 00:31:48,967 --> 00:31:50,500 [narrator] ...and above the ice too. 555 00:31:52,166 --> 00:31:54,000 [man] One-sixty-five. 556 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:57,900 [Chris speaking on radio] 557 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:08,900 [man speaking on radio] 558 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,634 One-seventy-five. 559 00:32:16,367 --> 00:32:18,900 Obviously, we're still just getting too hot. 560 00:32:23,266 --> 00:32:25,133 [man speaking on radio] 561 00:32:25,867 --> 00:32:27,900 [Chris speaking on radio] 562 00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:30,100 [Chris on radio] But the day is not over yet. 563 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:32,000 There's still a bunch of ground left. 564 00:32:34,166 --> 00:32:36,967 I mean, these lines are just [bleep] hot. 565 00:32:36,967 --> 00:32:38,133 Everything's hot. 566 00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:42,300 [Chris on radio] There's so much gold. 567 00:32:46,166 --> 00:32:47,300 [steam hissing] 568 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:48,567 [water gushing] 569 00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:51,634 -[water gushing] -[motor roaring] 570 00:32:52,066 --> 00:32:53,634 [man exclaims] 571 00:33:00,767 --> 00:33:02,233 [Chris on radio] Oh, what the [bleep] ? 572 00:33:03,867 --> 00:33:05,333 I've got no suction. 573 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:08,000 [steam hissing] 574 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,600 [man] Holy [bleep]. 575 00:33:13,166 --> 00:33:15,400 Hey, you need to come up. 576 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:16,834 [Chris speaking on radio] 577 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,233 [man speaking on radio] 578 00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:25,634 [Chris groans] 579 00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:30,800 [bleep] always happens every time I get on the [bleep] good ground. 580 00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:32,900 All right. I'm coming up. 581 00:33:34,166 --> 00:33:36,400 [motor whirring] 582 00:33:38,567 --> 00:33:39,867 [bleep] 583 00:33:39,867 --> 00:33:41,233 [water splashes] 584 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:47,700 What the [bleep], man? [bleep] 585 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:53,100 First, the radiator overheated. 586 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:54,867 Now the high pressure pump hose 587 00:33:54,867 --> 00:33:56,200 blew off the pump engine. 588 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:00,066 I don't know if the pressure's too much or it just got loose. 589 00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:02,400 [Chris groans] 590 00:34:03,467 --> 00:34:06,400 So now we're not gonna have the biggest day of the season. 591 00:34:08,266 --> 00:34:11,900 Dude, I don't even know anymore, dude. [bleep] 592 00:34:12,700 --> 00:34:15,867 What is this? What is this I'm experiencing? 593 00:34:15,867 --> 00:34:18,600 I couldn't even put a word into it. 594 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,500 I think this is the cue for me to call it a day. 595 00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:28,300 [narrator] Meet Vernon Adkison... 596 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,567 [smooth hip hop music playing] 597 00:34:30,567 --> 00:34:32,300 ...Bering Sea baller. 598 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,266 -[Vernon] Harry. -[Harry] How's it going? 599 00:34:35,266 --> 00:34:37,300 Well, I got something here for you. 600 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,867 Oh. [chuckles] Harry. My new best friend. 601 00:34:44,867 --> 00:34:46,300 [chuckling] 602 00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:47,567 I like the look of it too. 603 00:34:47,567 --> 00:34:49,066 -Nice coarse, chunky stuff. -[Vernon] Yeah. 604 00:34:49,066 --> 00:34:52,367 That's the chunkiest, coarsest gold 605 00:34:52,367 --> 00:34:54,000 I've seen around here in a long time. 606 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,467 Five ounces there. 607 00:34:55,467 --> 00:34:57,100 [coins tinkling] 608 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,867 -You're a gentleman and a scholar, Harry. -[chuckles] 609 00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:01,100 I'm kinda on your team. 610 00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:03,834 I want you to make more because I like those royalties. 611 00:35:14,567 --> 00:35:15,900 This has been a tough one. 612 00:35:16,767 --> 00:35:18,500 [Gary] I mean, at least we're making money. 613 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:20,367 -True. -Doesn't hurt, you know. 614 00:35:20,367 --> 00:35:21,867 [narrator] Down to a single diver, 615 00:35:21,867 --> 00:35:25,600 Vernon Adkison is looking for good news on the scale. 616 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,800 You know, it's talking to me here. 617 00:35:29,266 --> 00:35:31,266 [kisses] I love you too. 618 00:35:31,266 --> 00:35:34,667 My plan to have two divers for the second half 619 00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:36,867 just got thrown in the garbage. 620 00:35:36,867 --> 00:35:39,567 At least Gary had a strong dive on gold, 621 00:35:39,567 --> 00:35:41,900 so hopefully, we'll see a big number. 622 00:35:44,567 --> 00:35:46,300 Okay, let's see what we've got here. 623 00:35:48,166 --> 00:35:49,400 Come on, baby. 624 00:35:50,867 --> 00:35:52,133 [both] One... 625 00:35:52,767 --> 00:35:53,900 [Vernon] Two, 626 00:35:54,967 --> 00:35:57,133 three, four, 627 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,767 five, six, seven, 628 00:36:00,767 --> 00:36:04,900 eight, nine, ten... 629 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,800 No! 630 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:13,667 9.77. I'll take it. 631 00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:15,867 [narrator] 9.77 ounces 632 00:36:15,867 --> 00:36:19,467 banks the salty skipper nearly 23 grand, 633 00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:21,800 and despite losing his rookie, 634 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,200 Vernon starts the back half on a good note. 635 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,233 [classical music playing] 636 00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:33,500 [Vernon] 9.77 ounces. 637 00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:37,600 -I'm not gonna kick that out a bit. -[Gary] No. 638 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,934 -[Vernon] All right, so we're in the money. -[Gary] Yep. 639 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:41,500 [narrator] Across town... 640 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,133 I'm looking at the gold and... 641 00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:54,567 [sighs] it could look a little better. 642 00:36:54,567 --> 00:36:58,367 [narrator] Looking for a big haul from their thrifty operation. 643 00:36:58,367 --> 00:37:01,867 Kris and Reaper Nation are about to face the music. 644 00:37:01,867 --> 00:37:04,900 There's nothing you could say at this point, so it is what it is. 645 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:07,900 I'm hoping for 10 oz, 646 00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:09,900 but it's looking like we're gonna be light. 647 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,166 Maybe the quick fix on the sluice box 648 00:37:12,166 --> 00:37:14,767 didn't quite cut it. We'll find out. 649 00:37:14,767 --> 00:37:16,333 Okay, here it is. 650 00:37:19,367 --> 00:37:21,133 Okay, there's one, two, 651 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:23,634 three... 652 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,000 Oh, where's those chunky pieces? 653 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:26,934 Here. Here we go. 654 00:37:26,934 --> 00:37:30,200 And so, with the big, big chunky piece... 655 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:31,900 That didn't do [bleep], really. 656 00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:35,233 3.701 657 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,667 [claps] with our chunky gold. 658 00:37:38,667 --> 00:37:42,400 [narrator] 3.7 ounces banks almost 8,700 bucks, 659 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,166 and Reaper Nation is still not in harmony 660 00:37:46,166 --> 00:37:47,767 to start the second half. 661 00:37:47,767 --> 00:37:50,767 [joyful fanfare music playing] 662 00:37:50,767 --> 00:37:56,800 [music fizzles out] 663 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,367 [Kris] I don't know how to make this sound good. 664 00:37:58,367 --> 00:38:00,867 I'm a whiny bitch when I don't get gold. 665 00:38:00,867 --> 00:38:03,500 But I'm trying to keep that all inside right now 666 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:05,266 because we don't need a lot of negativity. 667 00:38:05,266 --> 00:38:09,600 What we need to do is just get out there and just work harder. 668 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:12,667 This is not how I wanted to start 669 00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:14,200 the second half of the season. 670 00:38:15,266 --> 00:38:17,867 Number one priority is inspect this sluice box 671 00:38:17,867 --> 00:38:19,400 and see what we missed. 672 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,700 But I'm not gonna lie. 673 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:23,900 We're gonna have to pack it in if we can't turn things around. 674 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:27,900 To cheer everybody up, we could go for Chinese food, on me. 675 00:38:28,367 --> 00:38:29,533 Bring up morale. 676 00:38:31,967 --> 00:38:34,000 Some fried rice, pork balls. 677 00:38:36,066 --> 00:38:37,400 [narrator] By the harbor... 678 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,767 Getting to this point isn't easy, I tell you that. 679 00:38:45,767 --> 00:38:48,867 But since we know that there's big gold in that spot, 680 00:38:48,867 --> 00:38:51,100 we've pushed everything we can do and... 681 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:53,000 Wow, look at that. 682 00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:56,767 Job well done for us. 683 00:38:56,767 --> 00:38:59,433 I didn't think that I would get this much gold, to be honest. 684 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,767 That's insane. 685 00:39:01,767 --> 00:39:04,400 I'm surprised at the amount of gold that we're seeing. 686 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,500 I was on great gold for a long time today, 687 00:39:07,500 --> 00:39:09,800 so maybe we're in for a nice surprise. 688 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:12,800 Let's try it out, huh? 689 00:39:16,867 --> 00:39:18,300 There's five. 690 00:39:19,266 --> 00:39:20,433 There's ten. 691 00:39:21,767 --> 00:39:23,133 Nineteen. 692 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,000 Yes, we hit 20. 20.9. 693 00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:30,533 20.9, baby! 694 00:39:32,066 --> 00:39:36,567 [narrator] 20.9 ounces is worth over $48,000. 695 00:39:36,567 --> 00:39:38,066 And despite the hiccups, 696 00:39:38,066 --> 00:39:41,767 Team McCully has bagged their biggest day of the season. 697 00:39:41,767 --> 00:39:45,934 [dramatic music playing] 698 00:39:49,967 --> 00:39:52,700 [Chris] Wow. This new team and the new equipment... 699 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:54,200 This is the real deal. 700 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,767 And we're just gonna get stronger as we go. 701 00:39:56,767 --> 00:39:58,600 We're gonna be putting up numbers 702 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,634 that I wouldn't have even dreamed of this season. 703 00:40:03,266 --> 00:40:05,367 Take the whole hole next time, huh? 704 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:07,500 [Chris speaking] 705 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:10,333 -[Wilson speaking] -[Chris speaking] 706 00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:13,000 Yeah. 707 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,900 [Chris chuckling] 708 00:40:18,166 --> 00:40:19,533 [Chris] Sweet, man. 709 00:40:20,567 --> 00:40:23,400 [narrator] Chris McCully speeds away from the pack 710 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,300 and Vernon pulls ahead of Mr. Gold. 711 00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:31,767 Next time on Bering Sea Gold... 712 00:40:31,767 --> 00:40:34,200 Today is TJ's make it or break it day. 713 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:35,900 Words of encouragement. 714 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,066 Don't die. 715 00:40:38,266 --> 00:40:41,734 This is Boden Jupiter Tenhoff. He's gonna be hanging out. 716 00:40:42,266 --> 00:40:44,066 About 6.56. 717 00:40:44,066 --> 00:40:46,567 [Vernon] I don't know where the hell Shawn's going. 718 00:40:46,567 --> 00:40:48,000 Maybe he's done for the season. 719 00:40:49,166 --> 00:40:50,934 Let's roll the dice. 720 00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,400 [Zeke speaking on radio] 721 00:40:57,867 --> 00:40:59,533 [Gary speaking on radio] 722 00:41:02,667 --> 00:41:04,033 Take in the slack! 723 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:06,634 [man speaking on radio] 724 00:41:07,767 --> 00:41:09,767 -[Andy speaking on radio] -[Kris on radio] Yeah, baby! 725 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:12,200 Ride that [bleep]. 726 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,200 [Zeke] I think we can finish this ice season strong. 727 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,700 [baby screeching] 728 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:18,400 [Vernon] That's a nice one right there. 729 00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:19,900 Awesome.