Bering Sea Gold Season 19 Episode 10

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00:00:00This season, the miners of the Bering Sea have fought harder.

00:00:25And gone deeper than ever before, with all new weapons in their arsenal, to fearlessly

00:00:44wage the battle for gold.

00:00:50But now, their common adversary, Mother Nature, has launched a sneak attack.

00:00:57Get every piece we can before winter arrives.

00:01:00A sudden cold front has brought freezing temperatures that'll ice over the harbor and put an end

00:01:07to summer mining.

00:01:09But, with targets within striking distance, can they risk one last shot at glory?

00:01:18Or, is it already too late?

00:01:24Are you okay?

00:01:30So what are you saying?

00:01:31I'm fired?

00:01:33Every morning, it's getting colder, and colder, and colder, and the season's done.

00:01:54In summer's final hours, Sean Palmranke needs a miracle.

00:02:15The final front is bringing Arctic temperatures, icing over equipment, and making the ground

00:02:22at the inland mine too solid to dig through.

00:02:26And it couldn't have come at a worse time for Mr. Gold.

00:02:30I'm about 1,000 ounces shy of this 4,000-ounce goal in the contract.

00:02:37Unless, like, a miracle happens, and there's 1,100 ounces in the box this next cleanup, there's

00:02:44no way I'm hitting the 4,000 ounces.

00:02:49This season, I made the biggest deal of my career, and took a stab at gold mining history.

00:02:54There's the potential to make a few million dollars by tapping into the original pay streak

00:03:01from the original Gnome Gold Rush.

00:03:04Well, hopefully we find a big area where they just missed it all.

00:03:08You will.

00:03:09I guarantee you, you will.

00:03:11But it meant delivering 4,000 ounces to satisfy the deal with Dave.

00:03:17Well, hopefully it works.

00:03:19You just, you just hope you don't make too big of mistakes that you can't recover from.

00:03:26Things at the mine started off hot.

00:03:29Old baby gold.

00:03:31.

00:03:36The pay dirt piles dwindling.

00:03:38That's the last of it right there.

00:03:40But then it turned out to be more of a challenge than I originally thought.

00:03:44And we don't have the new cut opened up.

00:03:47It's going to be a problem.

00:03:49To boost production.

00:03:51We'll get rolling.

00:03:53I gambled on $5 million worth of new equipment.

00:03:57Gold steamer!

00:03:59That helped us get on some amazing gold.

00:04:02156.

00:04:03Loving it.

00:04:04Now I got $80,000 a month payments to make all winter.

00:04:08But I'm in debt and summer's finally coming to an end.

00:04:14Pretty scary.

00:04:18I mean, since we got the new equipment, the numbers have definitely come up.

00:04:25The last cleanup was the best cleanup of the season.

00:04:29But now it's freezing, so now it's maybe too little, too late.

00:04:36I believe in this project.

00:04:39We're on legendary ground.

00:04:42But I need a thousand more ounces.

00:04:45And if I don't deliver, Dave can end the deal and I'll lose everything.

00:04:51It's time to separate the men from the boys.

00:05:10I don't care.

00:05:11The ground's basically frozen.

00:05:16We're going to keep mining until we can't mine anymore.

00:05:20This corner gets hot.

00:05:36I got to get it out of here to get it to the wash plant.

00:05:48We're into some high grade material in the back corner.

00:05:51It's the best ground we've seen yet.

00:05:53I need the biggest cleanup of the season to show everybody what we're capable of.

00:06:09And to save my deal.

00:06:16I'm going to keep pushing.

00:06:18We're doing everything we can to make it happen.

00:06:28While the cold front puts the squeeze on Mr. Gold, in the harbor, the fleet faces the cold hard facts of winter.

00:06:41Frigid temperatures have started to freeze the harbor water.

00:06:46And come nightfall, temperatures will plummet even further.

00:06:53Holy .

00:06:55Still short of his season goal.

00:06:57We'll see if we can break out of this ice. I don't know.

00:06:59Zeke Tanoff is electing to brave it.

00:07:08When you start to get thick ice in the harbor, that's the end of the season.

00:07:12Pretty soon this harbor is going to be too frozen to keep going.

00:07:16I mean, there's a line there. If it gets too icy, you're not going to be able to pull your dredge out because you're going to be stuck in the ice.

00:07:22The dredge is made out of aluminum.

00:07:24And if you're trying to drive through ice, you could potentially put a hole in the hole of your boat.

00:07:30Almost everyone else has already bailed.

00:07:33Do you really buck through this ice?

00:07:36But I want to keep pushing it a little longer.

00:07:58Yo, we're stuck.

00:08:03The synergy is like locked in a big pan of ice.

00:08:09Sam's going to ram the ice around the dredge and try to break it up enough so that we can get the boat moving.

00:08:16All right, there you go.

00:08:20Sweet.

00:08:26I think we probably got it now.

00:08:27It's starting to kind of feel like the end today for sure.

00:08:39My goal this season was to get enough ounces to pay off the boat.

00:08:43We have rock on the milk here and there's gold on the milk.

00:08:47We found great gold under a big pile of boulders.

00:08:50There's a bunch of gold in there.

00:08:51But moving those boulders started to take too much of a toll on us physically and mentally.

00:08:59That's the problem.

00:09:03So we moved over to a sand field where we're able to work longer hours and move more material more consistently.

00:09:20I mean, yeah, this is so much easier.

00:09:26Yet again, we persist.

00:09:28We're still all pretty beat up for moving those big boulders.

00:09:31But I need Sam, myself, Jeff, and Gabe to all get good solid dives in today to wrap this up.

00:09:37Shall we?

00:09:47Yeah, let's do it.

00:09:57I don't want to turn over.

00:09:59Oh, no.

00:10:00This is our air compressor.

00:10:02Doesn't want to start.

00:10:05Heat is cold.

00:10:08What if we got a torch and just kind of heated it up a little?

00:10:15It's crazy to have to deal with all this ice and to have to blast everything with heat to get it started in the morning.

00:10:20But it'll be worth it if it gets us one more day.

00:10:26Damn.

00:10:30Yeah, there we go.

00:10:31Dude.

00:10:34There we go.

00:10:35Hello, then everybody.

00:10:36There he is.

00:10:43Hey, come on, dude!

00:10:56There we go.

00:10:58You got me on here?

00:11:08Yeah, I got you.

00:11:10How does it look down there?

00:11:13Horrible down here.

00:11:16Bad biz?

00:11:18It's the worst biz we've dove in this year.

00:11:21Is it doable?

00:11:23It's not ideal.

00:11:27Well, let's make it count, bud.

00:11:34You're very quiet.

00:11:38What the ?

00:11:41Are you okay?

00:11:47Yeah, I'm fine.

00:11:49Oh my .

00:11:57Oh my .

00:12:04Oh my .

00:12:14Ah!

00:12:15Ah!

00:12:16What the was that, dude?

00:12:31They just ripped my mask off.

00:12:33They got stuck on the .

00:12:37It ripped it right off.

00:12:39We're getting it back on.

00:12:41A line on a buoy got wrapped around my mask and ripped it off of my face.

00:12:46Ow!

00:12:47I just felt a rush of water and I had no air left to breathe.

00:12:51Yeah, it's scary when something like that happens.

00:12:54You just kind of have to let your muscle memory take over and not get afraid.

00:12:58Because you can't see your way back to the surface.

00:13:02You don't really know how long it's going to take.

00:13:05You're not in a good spot.

00:13:07I could hear water going into the regulator and I could hear gurgling.

00:13:13And then it was just like .

00:13:16So I ran out and it was like a while before he was up.

00:13:19And you could see air reflowing up through the top.

00:13:24The thing that would kill you down there is getting tangled up in and then having your mask get ripped off.

00:13:33That's how you drown.

00:13:35Let me get your adrenaline going.

00:13:37Hey, get your ass back down there, dude.

00:13:43We've got ice in the harbor.

00:13:45Our equipment's not running because it's too cold.

00:13:47I got my mask ripped off my face.

00:13:51And the visibility is really bad.

00:13:53We've got a lot working against us.

00:13:57But it's the last day.

00:13:58We all need a little bit more gold.

00:14:00We just got to go for it.

00:14:04You already got me?

00:14:06Yeah, I got you.

00:14:07Okay, good.

00:14:20You all right down there, bud?

00:14:22Okay.

00:14:24You find them gold?

00:14:26I saw a little bit of color.

00:14:28I'm still seeing that.

00:14:34So it's good to go.

00:14:37Gotcha.

00:14:39Try to keep your mask on this time.

00:14:46Back at the dock.

00:14:48All right, here we go.

00:14:51Harbor's freezing up.

00:14:52Well, we're just going to have to work around it.

00:14:57We're going.

00:14:59F*** it.

00:15:01With his seasoned goal within reach.

00:15:03How's my stern?

00:15:05You're okay?

00:15:07The harbor ice isn't stopping Vernon Atkison.

00:15:09Damn it.

00:15:10I've got aluminum pontoon.

00:15:11I don't like maneuvering at night.

00:15:15I've been trying to save up to fund all this.

00:15:17This is my retirement.

00:15:19With a nitrox system, we've been able to go deeper, but it's not been that easy.

00:15:24Bull man!

00:15:26His hose is pinched up in between the line.

00:15:28I got you.

00:15:29Don't let go.

00:15:31Don't let go.

00:15:32I was hanging off my dear life.

00:15:34Nothing went right with the first half of the season.

00:15:38Bernin'.

00:15:40I hate to be the bear, but I've got beat him when he drives to us.

00:15:44All right.

00:15:45You're well done.

00:15:46Nothing went right with the first half of the season.

00:15:51I hate to be the bearer of bad news,

00:15:54the nitrox machine is only running off of one cylinder.

00:15:58Damn it!

00:15:59And Richie struggled to find his sea legs.

00:16:03You're going to have to give me some more arms to work with.

00:16:06Pull him up. He's all up. He's not going to get any better.

00:16:10But the team finally started to gel.

00:16:14I think we're packing business.

00:16:16Oh, that's perfect.

00:16:18Good job.

00:16:20We pull marathon after marathon.

00:16:24It's a sparse, isn't it?

00:16:26I'd say that's a pretty good day's work.

00:16:29The gold started flowing,

00:16:31and Richie turned into a rock star.

00:16:35You suck in a good kind of way.

00:16:40This is absolutely the best.

00:16:42A really smart person would probably go ahead and pull the boat right now.

00:16:50I must not be that damn smart.

00:16:54The guys want to take it to the last gasp, and so do I.

00:16:58I'm going to need a healthy combination of royalties and a big haul from these guys to make my target.

00:17:05We left out on a really good spot the other day.

00:17:10But now we're going back out, trying to jump right back down on top of it, get one last lick.

00:17:16At this point, every little bit helps.

00:17:21I want to be the last team off the water.

00:17:24I'm going to get Richie on the gold, and then we're going to push these weary souls for as long as they will go.

00:17:30You're doing great, deep into the night, until their bodies or the equipment breaks down.

00:17:37Okay, let it go, let it go.

00:17:52Drop that anchor.

00:17:58Okay, we're good.

00:17:59We will grind it out until the bitter end.

00:18:06I'm not going to say we'll die trying, but we're going to give it everything we've got.

00:18:10So other than that, I have nothing else to say.

00:18:16The season is running out as we speak.

00:18:19Ready to get some gold.

00:18:21Weather like this could mean thousands of dollars in our pocket.

00:18:25If we can just keep the equipment running and keep the bodies functioning.

00:18:32Get after it.

00:18:33Make our time count.

00:18:38We're going to get it.

00:18:40All right, dive or down.

00:18:55Okay, you're on the clock.

00:19:02No pressure, but the only thing standing between us and gold in our pockets right now is you.

00:19:09Understood.

00:19:12All right, let's on the left.

00:19:14Okay.

00:19:15So Rich, how is your visibility?

00:19:33Okay, you've got five feet of visibility.

00:19:36How does the material look?

00:19:39We're right on top of the hard track lane.

00:19:41Are you seeing any gold?

00:19:52Are you seeing gold?

00:19:55Yes or no?

00:19:59Negative.

00:20:02What did you say?

00:20:09I'm doing my best.

00:20:14All right, we'll just do better.

00:20:17Roger that.

00:20:24Trying to get on some hard pants.

00:20:33Hold on a second.

00:20:34I got a picker with six or seven plates buried around here.

00:20:52So we're starting to see it.

00:20:54We're doing really good.

00:20:57That's the material we want.

00:20:58I need to go right here.

00:21:00I'm seeing a good time.

00:21:02Nice pickers.

00:21:03Those little pickers look good, man.

00:21:08They sure did.

00:21:10There's no one right there.

00:21:13It's just a late.

00:21:14We saw about every three to four feet moving the hulls around.

00:21:20All right.

00:21:21Sound like we've got a really good spot here.

00:21:24We've got puddles, pickers, non-stops, lakes.

00:21:32It could be sweeter than that.

00:21:35I mean, that's my last day.

00:21:38It's damn good to get on some good gold.

00:21:41Yeah.

00:21:41You're doing great.

00:21:45Stay on it.

00:21:45All right.

00:21:46With summer freezing out, the fleet races for a final shot at Golden Glory.

00:21:59Cast off and go get one more day's gold.

00:22:08Get every piece we can before winter arrives.

00:22:11Ready to make a couple bucks before we're unable to.

00:22:15Before we're frozen in.

00:22:16In summer's waning hours, hometown hero Joe Fullwood still needs to pay the piper.

00:22:29Deck's cold.

00:22:30Everything's frozen.

00:22:33Let's hope everything fires up this morning.

00:22:35I want to be able to go even further offshore.

00:22:40Take the operation to a new level.

00:22:42But it's been a rollercoaster ride this season.

00:22:45Let's get to sea, boys.

00:22:47Go check out Tomcod.

00:22:48Time to get moving.

00:22:50I started on Tomcod because it's ground that I knew well.

00:22:53We're ready to get some gold.

00:22:54But there is Micaulay out there.

00:23:00But Micaulay was there.

00:23:02He jumped on my spot and made an unbearable place to work.

00:23:05Don't cut my line, dude.

00:23:07We're going to go to jail if you cut my line.

00:23:11Dirty bitch.

00:23:13So I left Tomcod.

00:23:14Just pulling up to 56 right now.

00:23:17Good to be out here on Vernon's ground.

00:23:18It's an easel in the richest stuff this summer.

00:23:23Real good call.

00:23:24Made a deal with Vernon to work 56.

00:23:27Nice smoking right here.

00:23:29It's been paying off well.

00:23:33Working with Vernon's claim, I've got to pay him a 15% royalty.

00:23:37So I've got to get 15% on top of what I need.

00:23:41Hit this really good, fresh, soft hand right between us

00:23:45and the cut we've been hitting to the south.

00:23:46I'm heading into deeper water.

00:23:50But the later it gets in the season, the worse the biz gets.

00:23:53You just can't see what you're working.

00:23:56And that's risky.

00:23:59As temperatures fall, plankton and algae thrive,

00:24:03turning the water a murky green.

00:24:07And the deeper a diver works, the harder it is for sunlight to reach.

00:24:13If we find a little more gold, we're going to put a sail on.

00:24:16This boat, turn this into a sail boat.

00:24:21A sail that won't do much, but it'll look pretty cool.

00:24:25I need to figure out how to put a big middle finger on it

00:24:27for when I see Chris out here.

00:24:29We're going to try to get two dives in today.

00:24:37One from me, one from Wilson.

00:24:40We can't stay down more than three hours,

00:24:42but I think it's going to get us the gold we need.

00:24:44All right, here goes.

00:24:58Oh, I'm hungry for some gold.

00:25:04All right, here we go.

00:25:05That's good.

00:25:06Let's see if she fires up today.

00:25:10Oh, yeah, she did.

00:25:13She's running great.

00:25:15All right, looks like we got prime.

00:25:18It appears we're running well.

00:25:21Damn, it's cold out, eh?

00:25:22It's honestly not the easiest getting in and out of the water

00:25:24when it gets cold out like this.

00:25:25Deck's cold.

00:25:26You know, we're walking on deck barefoot.

00:25:27All righty, one more dive.

00:25:28Yeah, ready to get some cold.

00:25:29Oh, yeah.

00:25:30Let's do it.

00:25:34Now, we're going to get cold out of the water.

00:25:38All righty, one more dive.

00:25:41Yeah, ready to get some cold.

00:25:43Oh, yeah.

00:25:44Let's do it.

00:25:53All right, calm check.

00:25:55Yeah, got you loud from there.

00:25:57Notice about a 10-year.

00:25:58Yeah, let's take a shot.

00:26:00Yeah, got you loaded over there, huh?

00:26:03Notice about a 10 degree difference in water.

00:26:09Means winter's coming.

00:26:12Just hope there's some visibility down there.

00:26:27How's the viz looking so far?

00:26:31Um...

00:26:34This is...

00:26:37It ain't very good looking.

00:26:42It's bad.

00:26:48But...

00:26:51Soft ground, it's easy to work.

00:26:55That's some good shit, huh?

00:26:58Yeah, real nice.

00:27:00Real melty, but my dive light cuts through it.

00:27:04Oh yeah, I can see gold.

00:27:09Gold right on top of this soft material right here.

00:27:20All right, go on.

00:27:21It's probably up.

00:27:22Super rich ground.

00:27:23Yeah, it looks workable down here.

00:27:26Hell yeah.

00:27:27Might be a business today.

00:27:29So...

00:27:30This...

00:27:31Is a good example...

00:27:32Of...

00:27:33Good shit not coming easy.

00:27:35I don't work for it.

00:27:36Gold's sitting right on top of this black.

00:27:38Exactly the kind of ground we need.

00:27:39It's sucking it up quickly.

00:27:40It's not much workable down here.

00:27:41Hell yeah.

00:27:42It's not much workable down here.

00:27:43Hell yeah.

00:27:44Hell yeah.

00:27:45You're not...

00:27:46I don't have enough...

00:27:47So...

00:27:48This...

00:27:49Is a good example...

00:27:50Of...

00:27:51...

00:27:52Good shit not coming easy.

00:27:54I don't fucking work for it.

00:27:56Gold's sitting right on top of this black.

00:28:01Exactly the kind of ground we need.

00:28:04Sucking it up quick as we can!

00:28:09You've gotta make every bit of this day count.

00:28:12of this day town outside the harbor

00:28:27this is it i'm out here this is my last push

00:28:32rival chris mcculley is throwing his own hail mary

00:28:42it's cold this morning just a little window i'm trying to finish strong and this is what i this

00:28:49is what i must do i wanted to get my crawler up this summer and start expanding so i won't have

00:28:56to rely on divers ever again i started on the hot ground on tom cod 41.3 ounces beat that

00:29:06you need to get the out of my place and everybody wanted to be on my spot and it got really crazy out

00:29:12there but i held my ground and stayed on the goal and i found the biggest nugget ever offshore gnome

00:29:26you but the crawler never made it up here so i'm not where i wanted to be at the end of the season

00:29:36now i'm rolling the dice gold's right there gold's in front of me he's got to chase it now that's it

00:29:45i've been chasing the gold lately i'm hoping to strike another jackpot

00:29:49so this is leading me further out ultimately there's a lot more risk further out

00:29:58one you're diving deep and two you're far from the harbor but this is my best shot

00:30:04i think this is the spot right here cross my finger we can land straight on the gold

00:30:26okay let's go this way all right right here

00:30:45all right

00:31:07hey chris how's it looking

00:31:08this is great ground to start from right now it's still got ground right here

00:31:20gold in it look at that look at that 300 feet right in front of me

00:31:28and this is really i want to have at the end of my summer season with all the crap i've been through

00:31:35i hope i can just get more hours down here and just keep making gold

00:31:57the end is here baby

00:31:58this is it for the mistress we're going to get out there and make sure we get as much gold as we can

00:32:06to salvage everything in summer's final hours reaper nation joins the fight with their lone remaining

00:32:13vessel

00:32:23this will be it baby we did everything we could

00:32:26well i'll go out there and i'll get gold for sure it's important that we get as much as we can

00:32:30one last clean up and whatever we get is what we get let's just try to salvage what we can we will

00:32:36let's go

00:32:39my goal this season was to become a millionaire but now i might lose my ass

00:32:45good job boys okay let's go i wanted the mistress and the crawler both working all season

00:32:53the mistress started out making gold this is the most goal i've ever seen in this sluice box

00:32:59we killed it gentlemen it took a while for the crawler to get on the water

00:33:06jackpot but when we finally did we got it down 70 feet and the material looked amazing

00:33:14the test pans are hot we're going minding baby

00:33:22but the mistress had major repairs that knocked it off the water

00:33:26and the crawler had a bunch of trouble too

00:33:35what's the diagnosis pack it up

00:33:39we had to shut it down 1.15 of an ounce and there wasn't much in the sluice box to show for

00:33:48all the hard work we did so night crew will be at midnight and you'll be here at 8 a.m yes bring

00:33:55the barge in afterwards to do a cleanup yes to everything yes to everything i love yes to

00:34:00everything i'm just trying to break even and i'm not there yet i can't be in debt we're just going to

00:34:07run the mistress non-stop kevin's taking the night i'm taking the day skeleton crew just me and the new

00:34:14operator james okay i'm ready to rock and roll last push of the year everybody's gone

00:34:27andy flew home and everybody else abandoned us we're desperate we have to stay out here screw

00:34:35everybody we're going out one more time

00:34:48whoa man i'm glad you're here without you james we would not have a 24-hour crew right now

00:34:54uh we just don't have enough people no problem bro i can let a couple of you guys out i can

00:34:58we're gonna do well together yeah i feel like it we're gonna kill it like that box up like a christmas

00:35:12uh so i'd like to go as close as we can to the right side of that green cabin

00:35:18and i know that gold is in there i know that big buckets and get them through the plant that's right

00:35:23big buckets big buckets yep let's do it there's supposed to be big swells later so i'm staying

00:35:32close to shore if we can tap into an old hot spot we should be able to ride it for the rest of the day

00:35:41yeah let me just go start up everything

00:35:45you gotta hustle make this happen as fast as you can because time is funny

00:35:53i've gotten a lot of gold around this spot i know there's a lot of gold here

00:36:03right now we only need to see a hundred colors in the test pan let's just get to work

00:36:07let's see something's wrong

00:36:28hey uh i need you to help me out real quick um something's going on with the shakers

00:36:37the shaker is vital to the wash plant

00:36:42shaking everything that's collected in the bucket filtering out the larger material

00:36:48and depositing what's left into the sluice box

00:36:54so what's going on the wheel's not turning so i'm gonna go and tell you what to do and i'm

00:37:00going to try to pull started like an old prop the shaker's not starting up so we can't mind

00:37:10it just needs a little bit of help so i'm going to have to hand fire it to get it going

00:37:14ready go

00:37:28good lord please help me

00:37:29all my life this is a charm flush okay let's see what kind of material we're on all right through that

00:37:49is

00:38:03jackpot i found it right off the bat

00:38:06that's exactly what i'm looking for i'm doing a test pad right now

00:38:23first test pad of the day some chunky pieces a bunch of fine gold were well over a hundred colors

00:38:39all season i've been counting on other people to run this stretch

00:38:47i already fixed the shaker and got us on gold by myself i know what i'm doing

00:38:55whatever we got to do to stay on that let's do that

00:38:57that's a goal baby

00:39:05we're killing it i made something really amazing happen man i'm getting good at this job

00:39:14coming up it's our last shot

00:39:17you're heavily bonded please bless scott watch over him and keep him safe as he goes down

00:39:21with the harbor freezing who will be the last dredge on the water

00:39:26as the cold front continues to assault gnome ziek tenov is tormented by currents hey buddy

00:39:52how is it down there

00:39:53you're having a hard time down here

00:39:59the conditions are really bad he's struggling

00:40:06it just turned up quite a bit in the last 10 15 minutes

00:40:09okay

00:40:14okay yikes it's gonna get worse

00:40:23hey uh it's getting uh it's turned up a notch and the weather forecast says it's gonna be getting

00:40:29progressively worse

00:40:34yeah i think it might be time let's get out of here okay let's do it

00:40:42we overcame a lot of problems but eventually it's just mother nature that ended our season

00:40:56we did get a lot of quality hours on the box come on speak to me poppy

00:41:08this is great this material looked really good so we'll see if it was worth it

00:41:22i got four hours in so

00:41:23four hours on the bottom better than nothing across the water

00:41:32i'm gonna have to try to figure out where i can reach some more ground with this bad visibility

00:41:49but the gold's been good enough to wear it's worth sucking up every bit we can

00:41:57despite the bad viz joe fullwood is still trying to get down to biz

00:42:03it's taking what you can where you are

00:42:07yes yes right where i'm at right now

00:42:15yeah super red scroll through right here

00:42:17can't see huh

00:42:31no

00:42:40this uh current's really with us

00:42:44this making it hard to tell where the we're at down here

00:42:55yeah sounds like biz is getting pretty bad

00:42:57with the current and all

00:42:58it's having a hard time when we're in the fleet

00:43:00though it's just kind of blind mining almost

00:43:07i can't tell what the

00:43:08it sounds like real bad

00:43:19it's too bad because we're on hot gold

00:43:25i'm gonna call it an a down here

00:43:27yeah he's calling it you just can't see it's like trying to mind blind so we got to go back

00:43:38we got to do the car

00:44:00that was hard

00:44:01This is the best ground of the season, but you just can't see what you're doing down

00:44:17there.

00:44:18I spent every last bit of energy I had getting what

00:44:31we got.

00:44:32Let's see what kind of gold we put in here today.

00:44:38A little bit in that strut.

00:44:41Oh, yeah.

00:44:42Yeah, not bad.

00:44:43Yeah, I see some gold in there.

00:44:46Not bad at all for such condition.

00:44:51Uh-huh.

00:44:52I'd say we did pretty good.

00:44:55We did as much as we could do today.

00:44:58Rolled the dice, managed to get a good amount of time in.

00:45:03Yeah, it's rich gold.

00:45:05It's too bad we can't get a couple more days on it.

00:45:09More gold would be better.

00:45:12Get this out of the water.

00:45:15It's a coin flip at this point, whether we're going to hit our goal or not.

00:45:20But it could have been worse, luckily for a few good dives out here on 56 to the mountains

00:45:27or something.

00:45:28We'll get what we get and we won't throw a fit.

00:45:33We've got ice warming in the pit now.

00:45:50Starting to have the rugs, a little bit of frozen material.

00:45:56It's not good.

00:46:01Sean Palmranke fights to keep his historic project from getting iced out.

00:46:13We're going to have to keep water running over the sluice box to keep that thawed out.

00:46:21But it's getting tough.

00:46:28I'm using every trick in the book to keep going.

00:46:31I've got water running through the wash plant, the water cannon spraying the ground, and Cody out here digging with me.

00:46:39It's just getting too damn cold.

00:46:44And the ground's getting more frozen by the hour.

00:46:53Need another thousand ounces.

00:46:56That's pretty tough.

00:46:58Pretty tough to come by.

00:47:03I want to get as much as humidity as possible out here.

00:47:10My ace in the hole is this spot.

00:47:14What the hell is that?

00:47:18Yeah, there's something going on right there.

00:47:21So this is the vertical shaft.

00:47:23And then they have horizontal and they went that way and that way.

00:47:28What's in the middle?

00:47:30Our cut.

00:47:32When I uncovered it, I knew it was special.

00:47:38If there's any spot I can achieve this, it's right here.

00:47:44You got a copy.

00:47:45Yeah, go ahead.

00:47:46That's right here.

00:47:47That's right here.

00:47:48Look.

00:47:49I don't know.

00:47:50I have to see this.

00:47:51That's right here.

00:47:52OK.

00:47:53With that shot here, you got a copy.

00:47:54You got one.

00:47:55You got one.

00:47:56Let's get past seven.

00:47:57The third.

00:47:58There it is.

00:48:09Shot you got a copy?

00:48:11Yeah.

00:48:12Go ahead.

00:48:12I'm down to my last load of bay here.

00:48:17Yeah.

00:48:18Yeah, I tried to scrape up as much as I could.

00:48:31Copy that.

00:48:35This is the end.

00:48:36We're past the point where we should have stopped.

00:48:41But Mother Nature, she's not going to let us mine anymore.

00:48:46Well, we're done.

00:48:49Gonna do the last cleanup of the season, see what it added up to be.

00:48:57While the freeze claims a victim at the inland mine,

00:49:02back out on the water.

00:49:06Hey, Chris, how's it looking?

00:49:10I like what I'm seeing.

00:49:13Yeah, look at that.

00:49:16Tall core species.

00:49:19At least eight, ten-plus species coming out of this soft pan.

00:49:24Far from shore, Chris McCulley gambles on his remote hotspot.

00:49:28Whoo! Damn, it's ripping.

00:49:32But deteriorating conditions could make the deepwater gamble a losing bet.

00:49:39Wind's starting to pick up out of the north.

00:49:41We'll see how the weather holds up.

00:49:44It's the name of the game.

00:49:46F***ing weather.

00:49:48It's awesome stuff.

00:49:50But the problem is...

00:49:51Oh, that's very terrific.

00:49:54Yeah, Chris.

00:49:55Wind's picked up.

00:49:56We're already getting spray off the whitecaps.

00:50:11We've got this swell to make it harder to move the toes.

00:50:23I've been dancing with the toes.

00:50:26I'm beat up.

00:50:28I need to pound in as much as I can get.

00:50:32Oh, boy.

00:50:40Rough.

00:50:44Need to make a decision right here.

00:50:49Robert?

00:50:50Yep.

00:50:51I think we should go.

00:50:57It's time for me to come up.

00:50:59All right.

00:51:00I got you.

00:51:02Paddle in down.

00:51:04I held out as long as I could.

00:51:23Great goal, but maybe not enough.

00:51:25Usually, I'm way past my goal by the end of the season.

00:51:28So, it feels really weird being behind where I want to be.

00:51:32Uh, Mother Nature wins.

00:51:34It really did pick up.

00:51:35So, yeah, it's pretty much time to go home.

00:51:41Coming up.

00:51:42Who knows what we're going to end up with.

00:51:44Who will savor?

00:51:45The sweet taste of success.

00:51:47Four, five, six.

00:51:50Oh, my God.

00:51:51We got ten.

00:51:52Ten.

00:51:53Twelve.

00:51:54Fourteen.

00:51:55Fifteen.

00:51:56That's a lot of gold.

00:51:57Oh, my God.

00:51:58Let's do it.

00:52:00On the outskirts of town.

00:52:05Damn, look at all that gold.

00:52:07Hell, yeah.

00:52:08Something about gold is just, like, so pure.

00:52:09We love it.

00:52:10Team TenOff awaits the result of their mad dash for the 150-ounce finish line.

00:52:25It's a long season.

00:52:26It's six months.

00:52:28We would have liked to have more hours in October, but that's just always how it is.

00:52:33We're at my family's place to do this last cleanup.

00:52:38We got this little pile and this little pile, so.

00:52:41Yep.

00:52:42It just makes me feel good.

00:52:44That's what this is all about.

00:52:46Since I've had a kid, being successful in this mining business has taken on a new meaning.

00:52:51I want to be able to pay off this dredge and then save for the future.

00:52:59All right, here we go.

00:53:051, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.

00:53:2313 ounces.

00:53:2513.1 ounces rings in at nearly $33,000, bringing Team TenOff's final number to 152 ounces.

00:53:34Cashing in at a stellar $380,000.

00:53:39And with his final way out, Zeke TenOff finally owns the Synergy, free and clear.

00:53:52It's a tidy little pile of gold here.

00:53:54I'm glad I got some more money.

00:53:56Yeah, you have to be stoked.

00:53:58Yeah.

00:53:59This was a really tough season for me.

00:54:03And our bodies and our brains are just done.

00:54:06But it was worth it because moving forward, it's going to be all profit.

00:54:11So I'm so happy about that.

00:54:13It's like been kind of a roller coaster this summer.

00:54:17But it falls well that ends well.

00:54:24Back out on the water.

00:54:32Hey, Rich.

00:54:33What are you seeing down there?

00:54:34What are you seeing down there?

00:54:36What is good?

00:54:37We are hot and brown.

00:54:38Good.

00:54:39Doesn't look like much overburden.

00:54:40It's not.

00:54:41They just keep giving.

00:54:42With temperatures dropping rapidly, only one suction dredge remains on the Bering Sea.

00:54:54I'm starting to get fatigued.

00:54:55I'm starting to get fatigued.

00:54:56I really hope Scott is straight to the tide.

00:54:57Richie's out of gas.

00:55:01He's pushed as far as he can go.

00:55:02I'm going to call him.

00:55:03Come on up.

00:55:04Copy.

00:55:05All right.

00:55:06All right.

00:55:27All right.

00:55:32We're doing this last gasp.

00:55:48We're just trying to get another big old handful of gold.

00:55:54Richie gave it his all this season.

00:55:56Put some more in the bag.

00:55:59Nice work.

00:56:01There were times when I did not think he was going to make it.

00:56:06We had a lot of problems to work through.

00:56:09Good diving.

00:56:12Good, powerful dive.

00:56:15But I got to say, in the final analysis, he did his duty.

00:56:21He put gold in the box.

00:56:23He learned a hell of a lot.

00:56:25And he's turned into a pretty decent shipmate.

00:56:31This is Scott's last dive of the season.

00:56:35Last time he called it short.

00:56:37He's got to be strong and show some toughness.

00:56:52You either got it or you don't.

00:56:54Everybody is worn out.

00:56:56They're tired of this.

00:56:57They want to go to the house.

00:56:59And you just got to dig really deep to push on through to the end.

00:57:06Because after everything we've been through, this could be the difference between hitting our goal and coming up short.

00:57:12Yeah.

00:57:13If you're Heavenly Father, please watch over him and keep him safe as he goes down to explore the bottom of this ocean you gave us.

00:57:29I pray that you give him guidance and courage and strength to deal with what he needs to deal with smoothly, freely and safely down there.

00:57:38I ask that you watch over all of us as we make an attempt to help our families.

00:57:43We ask these things in Jesus' name.

00:57:45Amen.

00:57:46I have.

00:57:47Let's go ahead.

00:57:48Let's do that!

00:57:49I will goGrand Maisا!

00:57:50Carry it up.

00:57:51Drive it down!

00:57:52defens Carl.

00:57:53isations 놓

00:58:16This is good looking materials.

00:58:21OK, so that cut kind of scratches south and then back last.

00:58:25Just take all of it.

00:58:27You'll see it.

00:58:29OK.

00:58:31Really interesting looking stuff.

00:58:35OK, go ahead and throttle up.

00:58:37Throttle one up.

00:58:42I jumped out on Rich's spot.

00:58:47This is really good gold.

00:58:49Yeah, we're good.

00:58:52Yeah!

00:58:57Across the water.

00:59:07How's everything going with you?

00:59:09Look at that .

00:59:11You like that?

00:59:12Yeah, awesome job.

00:59:13Good.

00:59:14Everything's going good on my end.

00:59:15Yeah, we're killing it.

00:59:19In the final stretch, Chris Kelly is running a tight ship.

00:59:26Well, what can I say?

00:59:27We're getting a lot of gold and nothing's breaking down.

00:59:30The end is near.

00:59:31Everything's going great.

00:59:33You know when mining's boring and you know you're just relaxing,

00:59:38that's when everything's going the best.

00:59:40That's when you know you're making gold.

00:59:42It's good because I need something right now to go good for me.

00:59:49It's nice to see the northern lights.

00:59:51It's beautiful.

00:59:54It is very beautiful.

00:59:56I put in eight hours and it went smooth.

01:00:02I don't know how many clowns we've had out here in the past,

01:00:05but I did fine.

01:00:07And James killed it in the excavator.

01:00:09It's not the boat.

01:00:11The boat's not the reason why we failed.

01:00:14It's the people that were working the boat.

01:00:16The night crew's finally here.

01:00:25Okay, thank you very much.

01:00:28Everything's good.

01:00:29You're on good gold.

01:00:30Everything's good.

01:00:31Just run all night and then do a clean up tomorrow.

01:00:35Everything's coming together.

01:00:37The night crew's going to go a few more hours,

01:00:39then I'll take all the gold in the box

01:00:41and hope we hit 150 ounces for the season.

01:00:45I need to end the summer without any bills hanging over my head.

01:00:50It's really important we finish strong,

01:00:52and I know you guys are going to do a good job.

01:00:55Thank you!

01:00:59Finish strong!

01:01:14Hey, Scott!

01:01:17Yeah?

01:01:18What is it looking like?

01:01:21Right now, this is water than hell.

01:01:22Totally dusted with gold flakes on this.

01:01:27Yeah, roger.

01:01:29With the clock ticking,

01:01:31Scott hangs tough for Team Atkinson

01:01:34in the last gasp of summer mining.

01:01:37This is the kind of material I want to rock.

01:01:39Very little overburden.

01:01:42Splits of gold.

01:01:44This material rocks so easy.

01:01:47All right, Scott.

01:01:48Good stuff.

01:01:49Yeah?

01:01:51Scott's showing me something.

01:01:53I was wondering if he had anything left in the tank.

01:01:56No.

01:01:58But he's hanging in there.

01:02:04Oh!

01:02:05Oh!

01:02:07Um...

01:02:11Um...

01:02:12Now I don't have very much suction.

01:02:22Now is it clear?

01:02:24I don't think there's a clock in here, man.

01:02:26I never saw anything in the hose.

01:02:28You got me working all night long.

01:02:31You got me working all night long.

01:02:45The path is malfunctioning.

01:02:47Okay.

01:02:49Damn it, man.

01:02:54The motor just died.

01:02:56The engine died.

01:02:58I can hear it turned off.

01:03:00Come on up.

01:03:02Okay.

01:03:04The engine was revved up,

01:03:06and then it was revved down.

01:03:09And I'm quite certain

01:03:11the, um...

01:03:13the bearing on the pump shelf

01:03:15has let go.

01:03:18Still dead light?

01:03:19It kind of sounds like the end of our season right there.

01:03:27Oh!

01:03:29Good job, man.

01:03:31These guys outlasted the equipment,

01:03:33so they can leave with their heads held high.

01:03:36Honestly, I'm just so tired.

01:03:41So that thrust bearing is fried?

01:03:43That's what you're saying?

01:03:44That thrust bearing is fried,

01:03:45and...

01:03:47We're done.

01:03:48We're done.

01:03:49It's a sign from on high.

01:03:51It's time to, uh...

01:03:53Call it quits.

01:03:58You always want to get that last little lick.

01:04:00But when the equipment breaks down

01:04:02and we have no more time left,

01:04:04what's in the box?

01:04:06That's it.

01:04:07That's what's in the box.

01:04:09We can call this heartbreaker.

01:04:12You know, this is like that...

01:04:14900-pound marlin that you're reeling in

01:04:17and right before you get ready to boat it,

01:04:19it throws the hook and swims merrily away.

01:04:29As the old saying goes,

01:04:31it is what it is.

01:04:32This is the worst season we've ever had in our lives.

01:04:51Puncturing the boat, blowing up the boat.

01:04:53You know, that's not the boat's fault.

01:04:56You know, that boat gets cold.

01:04:57It just needs someone to...

01:04:59It should have been me.

01:05:01I blame myself. I do.

01:05:03After his tour de force on the Mistress,

01:05:06Captain Chris will find out if he lands in the black

01:05:09or in the red.

01:05:11I promise I will be there more next season.

01:05:15I promise I'll jump back and forth both.

01:05:17Well, I mean, it looks like a good amount.

01:05:19It's not a disappointing amount for the run that we had.

01:05:21It's a good amount of gold.

01:05:23This was a disappointing season,

01:05:25but there is redemption knowing that the Mistress works

01:05:29when I'm on it.

01:05:31And the crawler works.

01:05:32At least they move some material.

01:05:34I just need to be on top of both boats every day,

01:05:38and I can do that next summer.

01:05:40As long as I get enough gold to make it to summer.

01:05:43Let's just weigh it out and see what we get, yeah?

01:05:45Yeah, we'll put it on there.

01:05:46It's not like it's going to matter.

01:05:48I'm not going to say no to whatever there is.

01:05:51Okay.

01:05:53All right, Chris, let's see what we got here.

01:05:55There's one.

01:05:57There's, yeah, there's one.

01:05:58Took forever to get there.

01:05:59Two.

01:06:00Three.

01:06:01Four.

01:06:02Four.

01:06:03Five.

01:06:04Six.

01:06:05Seven.

01:06:06Oh, my God.

01:06:07We got ten.

01:06:08That sucks.

01:06:09We got twelve.

01:06:10Come on, you .

01:06:14Twelve point eight five.

01:06:16We definitely did a little bit better, but we're not jumping up and down.

01:06:22Twelve point eight ounces is worth 32 grand, bringing Reaper Nation's season haul to 153 ounces, cashing in at a respectable $384,000.

01:06:35And the captain breaks even with a couple ounces to spare.

01:06:38You know, this was a tough year.

01:06:48I worked myself to death to try to get to this point.

01:06:52And all we can do is just keep making it better.

01:06:55Well, I didn't lose money.

01:06:57I made enough to pay off all my bills and be broke, but that's better than being in debt.

01:07:03We had a lot of bad luck this season, but I learned a ton, and I know we're going to crush it next summer.

01:07:10So right now, all we can do is just clean up our mess, put everything away properly, and get ready for next year.

01:07:17Across town.

01:07:27Water is freezing, eh?

01:07:29It's slushing already.

01:07:30Yeah, we're just like right in that freezing point, eh?

01:07:34This is the last cleanup of the year, and I went out there and tried to get as much dive hours in this little window we got.

01:07:42We got a decent amount of gold on the last few dives.

01:07:46It's starting to fill up, so that's pretty good.

01:07:52But we'll see if it's enough.

01:07:54You guys ready?

01:07:55One, two.

01:07:57Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve.

01:08:05Got our pickers here.

01:08:0714.7 ounces is worth nearly $37,000.

01:08:19But Chris McCulley, the winter gold count champ, falls well short of his summer goal.

01:08:26I have a small dive window on this front, so for me to get this much, it's a very, very humbling moment.

01:08:42I'm used to crushing it.

01:08:45Not getting a crawler up here really killed me.

01:08:47All I can do from now is focus on my plans for next year.

01:08:50I'm going to get the crawler up here, put her on the North Pack, and after that, sky's the limit.

01:08:56But I still got a ton of gold, so I'm really proud of that.

01:09:00Any time I see three-digit numbers, I'm happy.

01:09:03Yeah, buddy.

01:09:04Good job, guys.

01:09:05Good job.

01:09:06There's more ground to be uncovered out there.

01:09:13We got a lot of buckets today, old truckload.

01:09:18Time to tally things up and see what we got.

01:09:21With the gold count title on the line, Gnome's hometown hero preps for his final clean-out of summer.

01:09:28Let's put this in the pan here and go barbecue some gold.

01:09:32Getting close to our final number.

01:09:35We might have had a short window, but we made the best of it.

01:09:39Moving to 56 was the right call.

01:09:42And this material proves it.

01:09:45I just hope it's enough to pay off Vernon and still hit 300 ounces.

01:09:52All righty, moment of truth.

01:09:55Get this final weight on the scale.

01:09:57See what we got.

01:10:02One, four, eight, 14, 15.

01:10:08Oh, Wilson.

01:10:09Ooh.

01:10:10Oh, yeah.

01:10:13Yeah, dude.

01:10:1522.6.

01:10:17I'd say we tore it up.

01:10:21Yeah, that's beautiful.

01:10:23That's good.

01:10:2422.6 ounces cashes out at 56 grand, bringing Joe's season total sans Vernon's royalties to 317 ounces worth nearly $800,000.

01:10:39And Joe hits his target on summer's last day.

01:10:42Man, good job, man.

01:10:47It's good.

01:10:48Yeah, dude.

01:10:49Happy.

01:10:50Happy.

01:10:51It's been a great season.

01:10:53I'm looking forward to getting out there again next summer.

01:10:57Very good.

01:10:58With this money, we're going to go deeper and further than I've ever been before.

01:11:03Man, this 56 has been amazing this summer.

01:11:04Time to settle up with Vernon.

01:11:05He might even be a little more excited about it than us.

01:11:06Oh, yeah.

01:11:07Pretty amazing.

01:11:08It's the end of the season, and now I've got to go over here and collect some royalties from Larry.

01:11:12I've got to go over here and collect some royalties from Larry.

01:11:15He's a little bit better than it's been a little bit better than I've ever been before.

01:11:19Man, this 56 has been amazing this summer.

01:11:21Time to settle up with Vernon.

01:11:22He might even be a little more excited about it than us.

01:11:24Oh, yeah.

01:11:25Pretty amazing.

01:11:26It's the end of the season, and now I've got to go over here and collect some royalties from Larry.

01:11:37Hey, Larry.

01:11:38Hey.

01:11:39All right.

01:11:40How you doing?

01:11:41How's it going out there?

01:11:42Oh, it's going better.

01:11:43Since I'm on a roll, I thought I'd come over and see if you've got anything for me.

01:11:44I do.

01:11:45Yeah.

01:11:46I've got 10 and a half here for you.

01:11:47Okay.

01:11:48All right.

01:11:49Yeah, well, I'll just put it in his pocket and keep it warm.

01:11:50Sounds good.

01:11:51We'll keep this rolling.

01:11:52Well, it was a pleasure.

01:11:53Absolutely.

01:11:56All right.

01:11:57We'll catch you later.

01:11:58Yeah, this is going to be a good day.

01:11:59Yeah, this is going to be a good day.

01:12:06All right.

01:12:07All right.

01:12:08Yeah, yeah.

01:12:09Well, I'll just put it in his pocket and keep it warm.

01:12:11Sounds good.

01:12:12We'll keep this rolling.

01:12:13Well, it was a pleasure.

01:12:15Absolutely.

01:12:17All right.

01:12:18We'll catch you later.

01:12:26Yeah, this is going to be a good day.

01:12:37Looking juicy, Vern.

01:12:39Is it?

01:12:40Yes, I think so.

01:12:41All right.

01:12:43This is our last clean up for the season.

01:12:46So this is whatever we get, that's it.

01:12:49We had a malfunction, but I think we'll be looking pretty good.

01:12:56Can it good, guys.

01:12:57Don't miss a speck.

01:13:00We're in the short throes here.

01:13:02I don't know if we're going to be able to pull this nut off or not.

01:13:06The royalties are a big help.

01:13:08I already got 10 ounces from Larry.

01:13:10And now I need to see what Joey's going to bring me.

01:13:13Hello, Vernon.

01:13:14Yeah, hey, Joe.

01:13:16Come on in.

01:13:17How you doing?

01:13:18All right.

01:13:22Good to see you.

01:13:23Yeah, same here.

01:13:24Pretty good season.

01:13:25Yeah, it's been well.

01:13:26Yeah, Tom Cod was a little bit rough.

01:13:28A lot of difficulties with our neighbors out there.

01:13:31And heading out there to 56 and having such wonderful neighbors

01:13:34has been just a pleasure.

01:13:36That's where I get my kicks off, 56.

01:13:38That's right.

01:13:39Us too this season.

01:13:41Got a little file of gold here for you.

01:13:44Damn.

01:13:47Oh, yes.

01:13:49Damn.

01:13:51Holy moly.

01:13:53That's the number?

01:13:54Yeah, 23.2.

01:13:55That's two pounds, two toy pounds of gold.

01:13:59That is nice.

01:14:00That's about the best present I think I've ever received in my life.

01:14:04It's my pleasure to give it to you, Vernon.

01:14:06OK, buddy.

01:14:07I appreciate that.

01:14:08All right.

01:14:11Joey's the best in town, hands down.

01:14:13Been knowing him a long time.

01:14:15I was expecting a good little lick from him,

01:14:18but I wasn't expecting this much.

01:14:22OK, Joe.

01:14:23Take care.

01:14:24Thanks so much, Vernon.

01:14:25See you later.

01:14:26Yep.

01:14:27On top of that, he's honest.

01:14:29I mean, he could have brought me half this much,

01:14:31and I would have been jumping up and down.

01:14:33It might end up being a very golden day.

01:14:35Who knows what we're going to end up with here.

01:14:38Yeah, it might be a real golden day.

01:14:40I'm telling you, Vernon, I think it's going to be all right.

01:14:43All right.

01:14:44Let's see what we got.

01:14:45One, two, four, five, six, seven, eight, seven, 13, 14.

01:15:0414.5, seven, five.

01:15:07Nice.

01:15:0814.5 ounces.

01:15:11Banks over 36 grand.

01:15:13Bringing the Surly Skipper's final hull to 207.9 ounces.

01:15:18Worth a hefty $519,000.

01:15:31That's not bad for an eight-inch suction dredge.

01:15:36The first half of the season was rough,

01:15:38but these guys toughed it out.

01:15:40And now that we've got the nitrox system dialed in,

01:15:43the sky is the limit.

01:15:45Right now, I'm damn near ecstatic.

01:15:48I'm about as happy as I ever allow myself to be.

01:15:52You can't pull me away from 56.

01:15:55That is nice.

01:15:58That's been a golden day.

01:16:00Great job.

01:16:01Bag it and tag it.

01:16:05Here we go.

01:16:22Last cleanup of the season.

01:16:25The site of Gnome's original gold rush

01:16:27is hibernating under the ice for the winter.

01:16:30Oh, the box is loaded.

01:16:36But Sean Palmranke is looking to stay hot one last time.

01:16:43That's quite a bit.

01:16:45Whew.

01:16:46Yeah.

01:16:48All the way right there.

01:16:50Oh, yeah.

01:16:51There you go.

01:16:53What?

01:16:54Loaded.

01:16:55Down there here now.

01:17:01About time.

01:17:02Good job, boy.

01:17:03Whoo!

01:17:05We got into this corner, and it's some high-grade material.

01:17:12It's the best I've probably seen all season.

01:17:15Hey, team.

01:17:16That's a lot of gold.

01:17:18I've got us on the gold everybody's been after for decades.

01:17:26This is just a taste of what's to come if we can keep this deal going.

01:17:30Yee-haw!

01:17:32But I don't know.

01:17:33Will there be a future here for me or not?

01:17:36We have a smasher cleanup to do.

01:17:39Our best cleanup yet was 156.

01:17:42We're gonna go check it out.

01:17:52How's it looking?

01:17:54It's looking good.

01:17:56I think you might break a couple hundred this time.

01:17:58I hope so.

01:18:00After this cleanup, it'll be the most gold I've ever mined in a single season.

01:18:05But if Dave doesn't extend the deal, I'll be out of work and my crew,

01:18:11and I'll still be on the hook for all this equipment.

01:18:15I'll lose everything.

01:18:18That's a lot of gold.

01:18:24Oh, my God.

01:18:26Let's weigh it.

01:18:27Let's do it.

01:18:3020, 30, 40.

01:18:3540.

01:18:3650.

01:18:3870.

01:18:3980.

01:18:4090.

01:18:41100.

01:18:4220.

01:18:44140.

01:18:4550.

01:18:4660.

01:18:47Come on, there.

01:18:48We just beat our best cleanup.

01:18:50180.

01:18:51190.

01:18:53200.

01:18:55And...

01:19:00209, hey.

01:19:03Good job.

01:19:05That's a record.

01:19:07209 ounces, banks 522 grand, bringing Sean's season total to 3,067 ounces, worth a staggering $7.7 million.

01:19:18A personal record for Mr. Gold.

01:19:19Good job.

01:19:20Yeah.

01:19:21Needed that.

01:19:22Yeah.

01:19:23Yeah.

01:19:24Needed that.

01:19:25Yeah.

01:19:26But will it be enough in the eyes of Dave Young?

01:19:28We got about 31, 800 short.

01:19:29We got every ounce we could get this year.

01:19:31So what are you saying?

01:19:32I'm fired?

01:19:33Am I fired?

01:19:35Huh?

01:19:36Am I fired?

01:19:37I talked to the guys in Colorado and, uh...

01:19:41You know, they were impressed with you getting that new equipment.

01:19:43That really impressed them that you were ready.

01:19:44You were willing to...

01:19:45Risk it all?

01:19:46Yup.

01:19:47That's what it did.

01:19:48That's what it did.

01:19:49That's what it did.

01:19:50Yup.

01:19:51That's what it did.

01:20:03That's what it does sometimes.

01:20:12Yep.

01:20:15It's nice.

01:20:19Yep, it's nice.

01:20:20So what are you looking for?

01:20:25I mean, I got five years to pay for the equipment,

01:20:28so it'd be nice to have a five-year lease.

01:20:34Five years, huh?

01:20:40Well, we mapped out what's left there.

01:20:44We figured it's going to take you 10 years.

01:20:46Yeah, it probably would.

01:20:49You willing to sign a 10-year lease?

01:20:59I'd do a 10-year lease.

01:21:06We'll give it to you, okay?

01:21:08Don't it up, okay?

01:21:16Yeah, 10 years is good.

01:21:17It's job security for my guys.

01:21:21I've been doing this a lot of years.

01:21:24I've been rich and broke a million times over.

01:21:27But this time, it's different.

01:21:30A 10-year deal on this ground is life-changing,

01:21:32not only for me, but for my crew.

01:21:35We're going to write a new chapter

01:21:36in the Noam Gold Mining History book.

01:21:38I didn't expect a 10-year contract.

01:21:42Yeah, you got it.

01:21:45I'm excited.

01:21:47It's been a long season.

01:21:49Hard work does pay off.

01:21:55Sean makes history with his biggest total ever,

01:21:59and Joe Fullwood emerges

01:22:00as the offshore summer gold count champ.

01:22:11All that funky white stuff falling out of the sky.

01:22:14That's what we call termination dust.

01:22:17I'm excited to hang this thing up.

01:22:24Got the gold we need to get through winter.

01:22:26Get everything packed up for the season.

01:22:31You know it's the end.

01:22:32Harper's freezing.

01:22:33Everything's going to s***.

01:22:35It's been a tough struggle all year.

01:22:38But what do you do?

01:22:39You just, you keep going.

01:22:41I'm not ready to give up.

01:22:42We're done.

01:22:44We are done.

01:22:46We've got to get it parked.

01:22:47We've got to get it up on blocks.

01:22:48Then we'll be good to go.

01:22:51All in all, it's been a great season.

01:22:54And I think I'm already set up for success in the future.

01:22:58We're building an empire here.

01:23:00This year definitely was a learning curve.

01:23:04I'm good.

01:23:05I've got enough to pay the bills.

01:23:07Next year, we should be able to just hit the ground running

01:23:10and just kick some s***.

01:23:11You've seen what we did this year.

01:23:13Just wait until you see what we do next year.

01:23:17I'm excited.

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