12x17 - Cold Man and the Sea

[bunniefuu]

♪♪

Pomrenke:
a lot of people come to nome

Looking for a new beginning.

♪♪

Gold miners know
what it's like to start over.

♪♪

There's only so much time.

♪♪

You only get so many chances.

When it's time to do or die,
you better make it count.

♪♪

Narrator: so far this winter,

The thin,
unstable ice shelf is holding.

But as the clock ticks,

The miners are facing
a new reality.

There are more days
behind them than ahead.

♪♪

There's no more time to wait
for conditions to improve.

No time for lengthy moves
or for crew changes.

No time to prospect.

So now, each miner needs
to lock in their game plan

And hope to ride it to the end.

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Captions paid for by
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I'm gonna go see with
my own eyes what's down there.

♪♪

Narrator: shawn pomrenke
is a miner on a mission.

Gonna go check out this hole
emily says there's no gold in.

♪♪

We'll see about that.

That spot with
the coordinates you sent us,

We just didn't find anything
that was paying.

That doesn't sound like right.

Narrator: after emily riedel
struck out on shawn's

Can't miss coordinates
at the todcod...

There's definitely
gold in that area.

I mean, you know, things change,
bottom changes.

♪♪

Narrator: ...mr. Gold's been
determined to prove her wrong.

I know there's gold
in the area.

I didn't give her any bogus
coordinates.

Narrator: all to make sure

He's not on a million dollar
wild sluice chase

As he works to pay off
the pricey claim.

Emily claims
there's no gold out here.

Well, that's emily.

I got these drill logs when
I started paying on the tomcod.

They're supposed to put me
right on the hot spot.

I mean, if these real logs
are wrong,

Then I'm mining blind
over hundreds of acres.

If I have to spend
my whole ice season prospecting,

And I'll never be able
to buy the tomcod.

♪♪

Narrator:
but proving the drill logs

Is not the captain's
only worry.

Ice is getting horrible
all kinds of overflow on it,

Water on top of the ice.

It could go out at any time.

I don't think there was ice.

There was overflow at that spot
just a little bit ago.

I hate making a move this late
in the season,

But I have to know.
I have to go check it out.

Very good right here, though.

♪♪

This is right
where we want to be.

♪♪

About time to get suited up.

♪♪

Pump check's in place,
sluice box's in place.

Like it.

I'm gonna go get my suit on,
time to get in the water,

See what it looks like.

Here we go. Going diving.

Over the next five years,

$1.6 million
I need to come up with

To pay for this claim.

A lot of coin
to come up with.

And this claim's been
paying for years.

And did it just run out?
I don't think so.

There'll be much more
gold down here.

Let's see,
the old man's still got it.

If you want it done right,
you better do it yourself.

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On the bottom.

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There's a lot of rock here.

Nice. Are you seeing
where emily was?

Yeah, I can see right
where emily was and...

They only moved
a little bit of dirt.

That gives you an easy start.

Yeah, this might be
a good place to just start

And go from there, huh?

All right, go ahead...
[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Roger.

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Are you out in the cobbler
or in the sand?

Sand. Great.

Wow, it's all turning
to rock

Out in front of us here.

What -- what kind of rock,
rock overbird or...

Um, yeah.

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And then it turns to clay.

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Not seeing a whole lot
of gold yet.

Let's go this way.

♪♪

Narrator: 15 miles east...

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Narrator: after one of
the most epic meltdowns

In kelly family history...

Well, I've had enough
of your [bleep]!

This whole [bleep].

[Bleep] you,
yellow-bellied punk.

I've had enough.

♪♪

Narrator: captain kris is back
to work alone

At the start of the day.

Kris: I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not quitting.

This is my operation.

I'm the one that works hard
to put this all together.

I pay for everything. I don't
want to be an arrogant [bleep].

I just would like a little
cooperation in my life

To try to get gold
for everybody.

They [bleep] didn't chip
this [bleep] out

Worth a hell last night.

Narrator: with less than half
the season remaining,

It'll be a mad dash to get
the ounces needed

To rent the turnkey boat
of the captain's dreams.

I don't want to get into a fight
every single day.

I want to go and make gold.

I just don't want to feel
like I'm doing this myself.

So yesterday was a bad day,
you know, we had a big fight,

Everybody's against me
and I took off, you know,

Like, that's a terrible move
on my part to do.

But I did it.

But, you know, like I didn't --

I don't know
what to do at this point.

My dad and brother,
they don't want to do anything.

They don't want me to do it.

They don't want -- they just
don't want it to work.

I got my eye on the prize
and we know what we have

To do this season
and time's a-wasting.

We've got to get this done.

Just chip another
[bleep] hole.

Everybody has problems
every single day.

It's what you do
next that counts.

Do you see me quitting?

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What's going on, jay,
I thought you quit yesterday.

No, good morning.
I'm not quitting.

You know,
it just feels like

Sometimes everybody
just doesn't really care.

No, we care,
but it's wintertime,

Man, it's cold. It's harsh.
It's tough out here.

And I don't want to work
with anybody but you two.

And I know you've been doing
a lot of work.

And andy's been doing
his share.

I've been slacking a little.
I'm not gonna say I haven't.

So I'll put more work,
more effort into it.

Hey, you know, I need you
out here, man.

You're my brother.

I don't mean to be stressed
and pushing hard,

It is minus-20,
minus-30 with that wind chill.

-I know.
-If we don't get things

Going fast,
we'll just be the three

[Bleep] standing around
all the time.

♪♪

Well, let's get going

And let's get under the water
and make our gold.

Then we'll make this work
no matter what.

-Fine, jj, go to work.
-Let's go.

I love you and I'm sorry.

I'm not quitting
this whole thing.

Yeah, everything's fine.
Where's the chipper at, dude?

Chipper's right here.

We're a team, we're gonna do
this together,

We are,
no matter what happens.

We're gonna always
stick together.

It shocked me
when I seen kris out here,

But it made me feel good.

♪♪

I'm really glad we're back
on the same page,

But really we have
a lot of work to do.

We're falling behind.

The only way
we're gonna make this work

Is if we're on the gold 24/7.

Okay, come on, let's get
everything going.

♪♪

-I'm in a rush.
-[ Speaks indistinctly ]

♪♪

Andy: let's rock and roll.

♪♪

Kris, I'm gonna do
the first dive today.

Are you sure?

How long has it been
since your last dive?

-Five years.
-Five years, huh?

Do you think you can
handle it?

This isn't diving.
This is ice diving.

You know, I don't really
need you to k*ll yourself.

-I'm not gonna k*ll myself.
-Yeah.

I'll get you gold.
Don't worry. I'm a gold finder.

He's gonna be impressed.

Yeah, well, if you last


I'm gonna shock you,
jay, okay?

Yeah, okay, shock me.

It's gonna be a shock
and awe day.

You're gonna go,
what the [bleep]?

My dad did that?
-Watch.

Now, my dad's saying he wants
to dive is basically saying

That he wants to make good,
but we can't mess around.

This isn't [bleep]
the dude ranch

Where everybody
gets the chance to go diving.

No, we're here to make money.

We need quality time
on the box

And dad
needs to live through it.

Hold your arms straight out.

Make sure
you don't get your air line

Wrapped around anything
or I can't save you.

Don't worry. I won't.

-There you go.
-Okay, that's good.

Just try to last
as long as you can,

Don't get yourself
into a dangerous situation,

And make sure you have
enough energy to get yourself

Out of any problem.

Trust me, I have a problem,
I'll have enough energy.

No, any kind of fear,
I [bleep] get insane amounts

Of adrenaline
and I get pumped up.

That's why you start screaming
on the intercom.

Shut the [bleep] up.

-You get in there?
-Yeah.

Okay, give me that one.

Yeah, it's my first
dive in five years.

I'm just trying to show
these boys how it's done.

Little luck from the gold gods.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

This is my dad
we're talking about,

Like we need gold,
but I really don't want my dad

To die underneath the ice today.

Okay, let's sit down.

Come on.

I got you, pops.

Watching my old man out there
like the crypt keeper,

I'm getting pretty nervous.

If he dies or has a problem

That'll basically shut down
my entire season.

Okay? Hold on
right there, okay?

Let's do this.

Okay, good luck, dad.

Oh, I hope
he's gonna be okay.

♪♪

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You guys are crazy. Do you
know how shallow this is?

Just don't look up
and you'll be cool.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

[ Laughs ]

♪♪

Hey, are you sucking
material?

Yeah.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Make that money!

-Thanks for that.
-[ Laughs ]

Oh, he doesn't sound happy.

You know what,
it just looks easy.

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: coming up...

Emily: excited to see
what's down there, bud.

Go kick a*s.

I'm gonna head down.

Whoa!

Air compressor is off.

[Bleep]

♪♪

All right, I'd like
to see manifest

Some hot gold.

My pocketbook would like
to see it manifest.

[Bleep], I'd love to
see it manifest.

Yeah, let's do this.

Narrator: with half the winter
mining season

Already in the rearview mirror,
emily riedel is starting anew.

Emily:
we're excited about this spot.

We think we're gonna be able
to pick up some gold here.

Narrator: after failing on
the tomcod,

The captain's return
to the newly frozen ground

On her home turf at claim 14.

But she's got a steep mountain
to climb to reach the ounces

She needs to outfit
her souped up fleet for summer.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]
...to get down there

And put some ounces in the box

Because we freaking
need it, man.

We need a solid golden day

To make this hell
of a winter worth it.

There's been so many winters,
just like year after year,

I've just gotten annihilated
by the ice mining season.

We're back on 14
and she's been the key

To my gold mining success,
among other things.

So this could be
the change for us.

All right, jeff,
you ready to get some?

Yeah.

Narrator: first up, emily's ace
diver, jeff orzechowski.

I'm curious to see
what's down there, dude.

Get down there,
poke a few holes,

Back on our beloved 14.

I'm gonna basically just
try and stretch the hose out

Somewhere close to
the hole first.

I'll start seeing
what we can get into.

I'm just happy that tomcod
is behind us

And we're on a lease where
we know we can make money.

Yeah.

-Like an old faithful.
-High-five.
-Old faithful.

Narrator:
the new ice layer may give

The crew an opportunity,
but its durability

This late in the game

Is anybody's guess.

All right.

Excited to see
what's down there, bud.

Go kick a*s.

♪♪

I'm gonna head down.

♪♪

[ Beeping ]

Whoa!

Jeff, come up.
Air compressor is off.

Coming up.

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We're good. We're good.

♪♪

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It's my responsibility to keep
everyone safe,

And this is the second time

Jeff's had
an air compressor incident

Where his life's been in danger.

Bring him up.
Bring him up now.

He didn't come up here
to place himself in danger.

He came up here to make money.

So if he bailed at this point,
I wouldn't blame him.

♪♪

Narrator: three miles east...

♪♪

I can see rocks coming through
the box. How are you feeling?

-Cold!
-Cold!

♪♪

Narrator:
the old man of the sea,

Brad kelly, is still
going strong,

Well into his first dive
in half a decade.

It's been five years.

I hope he knows
what it looks like.

You know, it's pretty hard
to find gold

But you're just
sucking up piles of material

And you hope to god you can see
little flakes of metal

In the middle of everything.

It's -- it's actually a skill.

I know my dad's old as [bleep],

But he's doing a pretty
good job today.

If my dad and shaunna
pull off strong dives,

We might actually
get back on track

As long as nothing
[bleep] up happens.

Oh, my god.

That doesn't sound good.
That doesn't sound good.

What's going on?

I need to come up
right now.

Hey, andy!

♪♪

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

-Coming up?
-Yeah.

♪♪

Why did you take
your glove off?

-That's why.
-Holy [bleep].

♪♪

-No way.
-Holy [bleep].

Huge a*s chunk of gold.

I got you, pops.

[ Bleep ]

Did you see that?

So check out my dad,
he lays around all week long

Doing nothing,
goes down underneath the water,

Scares me into thinking
he's drowning

Before handing me
a huge a*s nugget.

This is exactly
what we need right now.

The rest of my family
is starting to make an effort.

♪♪

Holy [bleep]. My hand's buzzed,
but did you see that?

I tugged it with my hands
and boom, there it was.

I couldn't believe it, man.

It's the greatest day
of my life.

Dad kicked a*s,
but we can't let up right now.

My hand's frozen, dude.

Okay, let's do this.

Kris: now it's shaunna's turn
to get down there.

I need her to pull this off.

Okay, there, good.

Everything okay?

Are you feeling --
how's your mask?

Good?
I'm just making sure, okay.

The only way we're gonna
make this work

Is if we're on gold 24/7
right now.

Are you feeling good?
You feeling safe.

Okay, well, I don't want you to
jump down there feeling crazy.

Remember, breathe slow.

♪♪

Narrator: coming up...

The dirt's frozen.

That doesn't sound good.

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Hey, grant, what's up
with the compressor?

Narrator: claim 14
has finally frozen up,

But the curse of ice mining
is still haunting emily riedel.

I can't believe that happened.

Damn.

We're back on 14,
which is great,

And we've got some coordinates
with known gold deposits,

But the air compressor's
crapped out on us

Once already and grant's
doing kind of a jerry rig

That'll get the compressor
going for today

Without taking a whole day
to fix it correctly.

At this point, it's just about
getting somebody down

In the water, like, we're
losing time making repairs.

But I just want
to get a diver in

While we still have daylight.

Fire it up.

♪♪

Whoo! Yeah, it is.

♪♪

♪♪

It's very unnerving to know
that, like,

I'm gonna expect you to tell me
that the air is off

And grant's fixing it within,
like, four-hour dives.

I tell you can go right away

And...

Like I said, I know he'll
run for like an hour,

But like, I know, I know...
[ Speaks indistinctly ]

♪♪

It's fine that jeff is
concerned about his safety

And I understand it,

But we can't afford to lose
another day at this point,

So we're just
gonna make it work.

We'll be as safe as we can be.

Grant will be outside
the entire time.

We've got the tango protocol
as a backup.

We're gonna keep a real
close eye on that compressor.

As soon as I say tango,
jeff's gonna come

Right back up,
we should be okay.

I don't like that
we're dealing with

An unpredictable compressor.

Hopefully it runs
without problems.

We're gonna try to get jeff
in the water, finally.

This is ground that
we both know.

We know that we've mined gold
here in the past.

We just have to get down there
and, uh,

Put some material in the box.

You okay, jeff?
[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Come on, buddy.
-Let's go find some change.

♪♪

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Hey, jeff, you got a copy?

Copy, what?

All right, done
and up tango, right?

Well, I'm just going all
the way down real quick.

Roger, roger.

All right,
I'm at the bottom.

♪♪

How's that air?

-100.
-Okay, thank you.

♪♪

Narrator: 12 miles west...

♪♪

So how is it down there?

Not seeing gold yet.

♪♪

Narrator: mr. Gold's looking
to make sure emily was wrong

And that his drill logs

And his business savvy
are right on

When it comes to the tomcod.

Are you out in the cobbler
or in the sand?

Sand.

Punching another hole here.

I'm gonna keep looking.

♪♪

I mean, it's all the right
looking material,

I'm just not seeing -- oh.

Yeah!

♪♪

Yeah.

There's gold down here.
-Oh, yeah.

Oh! Crap.

It's real shallow,
easy digging.

Yeah, I wonder how
emily missed it.

I'm definitely seeing
some nice gold.

Oh, you can eat it up.

I don't know how
she missed that.

Emily really did a good job
prepping the ground for us.

Yeah, she did.

We're right on top
of it now.

I guarantee that I'm putting
more gold in the box already

Than emily gave me yesterday.

That was a joke.

It looks like it's headed out
to the east here.

No, whoa, whoa, whoa.

The dirt's frozen.

That doesn't sound good.

Says he's got frozen
dirt down there.

If it's frozen,
you can't really break it up.

♪♪

All right,
I'm coming up, dude.

Go ahead and...
[ Speaks indistinctly ]

♪♪

♪♪

I don't know why emily didn't
find the gold on this spot.

Maybe she just wasn't
cut out to mine here,

But there is gold on it
and there's a lot of gold on it.

Probably enough to let us ride
out the rest of the year.

Looks really good.
There's more than
enough gold down there.

The only problem
is the ground's frozen.

I'm just gonna have
to figure out a way to mine it.

But I'm mr. Gold.
I'm not gonna let it stop me.

[ Indistinct conversation ]

Oh, it's there.
It's there.

That's all I needed
to see, it's here.

There's all kinds of gold
down there.

All kinds.

It's in the box.

♪♪

Narrator: coming up...

My forearms
are burning.

Quiet!
What's the matter?

I said my forearms
are burning.

She sounds tired.

♪♪

♪♪

How are you doing, jeffrey?

Still pretty good.

Narrator: emily riedel's
hoping to breathe new life

Into her season
down the homestretch.

The compressor's
been good so far this dive.

Keeping a sharp eye on it.

Narrator: with an eye on
the jerry rigged air compressor,

The captain's looking
to finally score gold

On her newly frozen
home field.

Things are pretty smooth
up here. How are you feeling?

I'm doing good.

Just kicked some a*s.

Just kind of watching a lot
of flying gold

Just kind of fall out
of the rock.

That's awesome, dude.

There's some color on it,
oh, that one's bigger.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Ooh, nice.

Finally got a diver down
and we're on some sexy gold,

Which feels pretty good,
eh, grant?

Yeah, I'm super excited.

Emily: finally,
jeff sees some gold.

It's the first
real gold of the season.

We've gone through a lot,

But gold at the end
of the tunnel

Is always a beautiful thing
to see.

-Yo, there.
-What up, brah?

It's been a long day.
I'm kind of hungry.

Yeah, dude, copy that.

All right, dude, well,
you got some ounces

In the box,
that's awesome.

Yeah, I'm ready
when you are, buddy.

All right, here I come.

Okay.

♪♪

Whoo.

That was inevitable.

That's a big hole.

♪♪

Right on, buddy,
good dive.

-Yeah, right?
-Good dive.

[Bleep] finally, right?

♪♪

So we gotta go home
and have some scotch, right?

It's scotch time.

Narrator: three miles east...

♪♪

Are you working
on the shelf right now?

Yeah, I've got out of
that big trench.

♪♪

Okay, good,
you're not experienced

Enough to go in that.

Roger.

Narrator: after brad's
successful morning dive,

The kellys are looking to
shaunna

To keep the momentum going.

You know how there's like
a bottom of the ocean

You can't get through?

I want you to take it down
that part the whole way

'Cause gold's at
the very bottom.

Roger.

♪♪

I think I see gold!

All right, that's awesome.
That's what we need to hear.

You're doing a great job.

You're doing -- everybody up
here's rooting for you

Right now.
-Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Now we're finally putting
productive hours on the box.

Shaunna's making
a real contribution.

You're working out really good.

You're gonna take emily's spot.

Whoo-hoo!

I can't believe it.

Two successful dives in one day,
just like it's supposed to work.

Praise the lord.

Just yesterday,
we thought the whole season

Was falling apart.

Now, today,
everything's working.

That's gold mining, baby.

♪♪

My forearms
are burning.

Quiet! What's the matter?

I said my forearms
are burning!

She sounds tired as hell.

Come on up.

Roger.

♪♪

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Ah, [bleep].

You're out.

Stay right there.
-Ah!

Stay right there.

Ooh.

You did a great job.

Let's start that meter.
Come on and have a drink.

Narrator: as a promising

If shorter than ideal day
draws to a close,

Kris kelly hopes his season
might finally be back on track.

I know that when we work
together

And we're all on the same page
working in harmony,

That nothing can stop us.

Now it's full steam ahead
for the rest of the season.

We did a great day today,
everybody.

At least
we came back together.

You know, everything worked
a lot better

Than I thought it was today.

We're gonna get our money.

We're gonna
k*ll it next year.

It's all gonna come together.
-It's how we roll anyways.

We roll as a family.

We started this thing together.
We'll finish it.

♪♪

You didn't yell at us once
today.

Did you guys actually
try today?

Yeah, it was nice.

♪♪

Hello and welcome to another
episode of...

Who the [bleep] knows
what it is.

♪♪

Today, we'll be discussing
the crew, and first thing

You need to remember is

Do not have a crew like mine.

I'll take care of this.

Keep going there.

[ Laughs ]

-You okay?
-[ Bleep ]

My crew is a great example
on exactly what not to do...

[ Laughs ]

...how not to talk to
your captain.

[Bleep] break your [bleep].

Come out, you fat [bleep].

You can see my problems.

So the captain sits at the top.

Let me do a marker that works.

So the captain sits at the top.
I don't know.

You know,
it's usually more like me.

The captain is more like
right here at the bottom.

Anchor away.

♪♪

[ Bleep ]

[ Groans ]

My strengths
are pretty much everything.

[ Engine starts ]

♪♪

[Bleep] stupid [bleep], man.

My dad would be
a great telemarketer,

Someone that spends his day
on his phone and, you know,

Like that spam messaging
or something like that.

That's really what he's good at.

My brother is a great diver,

But absolutely worthless
for everything else.

I'm not a great captain.
Let's be honest.

Okay.

Really start this [bleep].

There it goes.

♪♪

I'm not a great captain,
but we get gold.

We do come together as a team
and make this work somehow

And somehow we get gold
in the end

And somehow that's --
that's how it works.

I call this ice season
my season of job

Because job was this

Character in the bible

Who had his faith in god
tested by

Having basically everything
taken away from him --

Children, wealth, property,

And job endured
tremendous suffering.

But it was all about proving
his faith to god.

So, you know,
I think I'm like job but like

Instead of god, it's gold.

So it's like, you know, gold

And I have this arrangement
where if I suffer enough,

Maybe I'll get gold
at the end of it.

But, you know, at the end,

Everything turns out
well for job so...

There's some optimism for you.

♪♪

Narrator: in nome...

♪♪

What's it look like, eh,
lots of gold?

Yeah, there's gold.
Gold.

That looks pretty good.

Narrator:
the kellys are looking

For their reunited effort
to pay off.

The end of the season,
it's not too far away.

I don't know
how much longer the ice

Is gonna last.

We already have over


We're gonna hit 50 ounces
no problem.

Noting's gonna stop us.

-Unless the ice breaks off.
-Unless the ice breaks off.

We lose our stuff,
that's all.

So you know what?
Don't worry about that.

We got the family back together,
dad even chipped in,

Did some time on the box.

We're doing really well.

Now we need to see
what's on the scale.

Everything's working out
just fine.

Let's just keep going with
what we're doing,

Not changing anything.

And it's all gonna work out.

No more walking off
the job, jay.

Okay, let's go weigh
this [bleep].

Okay, let's go.

Whoo, yeah. Feel that,
that's heavy.

Okay, we're at zero.
Here we go.

I think
there's over 10 ounces.

Come on, 10 ounces.

We're already at three
and four.

And six, seven,

Come on, baby, eight.

Ooh, nine, that's not
feeling so good.

Oh...

Oh, oh, oh.

-Break 10?
-No, we did not break 10.

Narrator: 9.7 ounces
is worth over 15 grand.

So this makes 31 ounces, dude.

That's pretty good.

Narrator:
and the fighting kellys

Are ready to fight
their way to the finish.

You know, we do two more


And we're done for the season.

When we get there,
I'll believe it.

Nobody ever believes anything.
Come on, let's go.

Narrator: across town...

♪♪

Emily: the season of job,
it's hit us pretty hard.

It's a [bleep] relief.

It's good to be back on 14.

We know where the gold's at.

We got coordinates.

It's good to know that
we're finally gonna be

Making some money, especially
now that we've worked out

A lot of our mechanicals.

Narrator: emily and her team are
pumped to finally see gold

After returning to claim 14.

-Done?
-Almost.

I feel like we had a pretty good
dive seeing gold so...


To those 16 ounces.

It's chunky.

This looks pretty good.

♪♪

Four, five, six, yeah!

Nine and...


-Nice.

-Yeah.
-Digging it.



Narrator: 10.1 ounces
is worth over $16,000.

Emily:
our average just jumped.

Narrator: and emily
is suddenly primed

For a strong late season run.

Emily: finally, the kind of
cleanup that I've been wanting

To have all season.

It's great to see
some good gold.

It seems like, you know,
all the years that winter tried

To break me,
like, it hasn't worked out.

And now it's like,
now we're conquering winter.

A lot of pain led to this bit
of gold right here,

But it was worth it.

Oh, my god. It's so nice
to be off tomcod

And back onto some real gold.

Man: ♪ yeah ♪

Emily: halle-freaking-lujah.

♪♪

Narrator:
just north of town...

Shawn:
good day to clean gold.

Narrator: shawn pomrenke
not only found gold

On coordinates
previously deemed a bust,

He may have tapped into
a major pastry.

Went out,
checked on emily's hole.

I knew the drill logs were
lying, there's gold there.

Emily said the spot's garbage.

This is looking like the best
gold I've seen all season.

Emily got less than five ounces.
Now, let's see what I got.

Here we go.

♪♪

Four...eight...










Worth of gold right there.

Narrator: 33.8 ounces is worth
over $54,000 in gold.

Narrator: and shawn
may have found himself

A path he can ride
for the rest of the season.

That means
I got money in the bank.

It's just not in the bank,
it's in the bottom

Of the bering sea.

That doesn't lie right there.

We're gonna keep going
on that spot.

We're running into some frozen
ground, but I got a plan

To thaw it out.

I'm mr. Gold.

I'm not gonna let
any frozen ground get in the way

Of my dreams.

Second half of the season,

We're gonna keep pushing.

Need to fill this jar up.

Pushing right to the end.

♪♪

Narrator: as the race for gold
grinds into its final laps,

Emily finally kicks it
into high gear.

♪♪

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