17x02 - New Recruits

[bunniefuu]

Ice season didn't go,
particularly, well.

You know, like,
we're, definitely,
uh, in the red.

And I was, kind of, like,
hoping to use that
as an opportunity

to get ahead here,
because I just had a baby.

Her name is Evie
and she's amazing.

Now it's a matter of needing
to make money this summer
for us to support the family.

And we're basically,
trying to do everything
we can to ensure our success,

because we,
we need it this year.

After a winter
spent on the sidelines,

a veteran captain is returning
to the ocean b*ttlefield,

looking to rebuild her empire.

You know what, we're,
we're blood dry right now.

I mean, my bank account is,
is pretty low.

No member
of the fleet's journey
has been more unlikely,

than that of Emily Riedel...

I worry about you
all the time.

The fact
that you're a greenhorn,
is my main concern.

...who a decade ago,

took a detour from her dream
to study opera.

By working as a tender
aboard the Bering Sea
mining creche.

That's freakin' awesome.

Eventually,
Emily captained
her own operation...

I wanna
make some money.

...and became one of Nome's
most reliable gold producers.

Fifty six.

Make it 60.

Fifty eight.

Sweet.

But this winter...

You ready
to take on the world?

Nothing's standing in our way.

Got it.

...while taking time off
to give birth to her daughter,

the operation stumbled badly
without her.

Point 66.

Well, at least it's something.

You know,
we need to make in the realm
of 300 ounces this year...

to really have a shot
at recovering from ice

and making an income
for the family.

This winter was,
pretty much, a disaster.

We spent a lot of money,
lost most of our savings

and it's hitting us
really hard.

Pretty much,
severed ties with the crew,
except for Jane.

So it's a new beginning.
I need to build a new team,
basically, from scratch.

And we have to recover
what we lost this last winter
and then some.

So there's a lot
to make up for.

Jane's back this year.

I convinced her to come back
even after what happened
over ice.

Um, so she's not to scarred,
which is good.

It's her third season
dredging now, so,

she's really
getting the hang of it.

I think having her up here
is gonna be hugely beneficial.

But now, it's just Jane,
my husband, Alex
and myself.

So, we're starting over,
wiping the slate clear.

We're a small team
and that's intimidating.

But, moving forward,
I'm building a different
sort of team,

you know,
we're gonna be more
like family.

There's gonna be
a lot of trust.

Trust is the most important ingredient.

And, uh, hopefully,
this is all gonna lead
to an awesome season,

because family
really needs it.

Oh, we're both
wearing shorts today.
That's amazing.

Whoo!

You made it.

Hey, nice shorts.

There you are.
Hi, baby.

Hi.

Welcome back
to paradise.

You're back
from our punishment
from the Bering Sea.

I mean, I'm back, of course,
'cause I love Nome,

and I like gold dredging.

- Right.
- But it's gonna be
way more fun with you.

- I mean, I think so.
- Like, a thousand times
more fun.

Ooh, we'll do our best.

- Mmm.
- I'm really sorry
about ice.

I definitely, like,
feel responsible

for hooking you up
with Eddie and Jeff,

and the fact
that things went so badly.

I'm really sorry about that.

Oh, you know,
it took some time.

- You took a lot
of verbal abuse.
- It wasn't all that bad.

Winter, of course, is way more
brutal than summer.
Everything freezes up.

And there just really
wasn't as much gold.

And then there was also,
like, a lot of fighting.

None of you guys
are taking this serious, okay.

You're not...

That's the agreement.

All right. Then you.

But, hey,
I got a lot of experience,

and I definitely
know what not to do.

We spent a lot on ice
and, uh,
didn't recover any of it.

So we're, we're,
kind of starting out
at a little point.

Now it's about building
the Eroica team stronger
and better than ever,

because Emily
has a little baby

and that really
does change everything.

Kids are expensive.

They're super expensive.
They're not just cute,
they're really expensive.

So...

you're in for it, Emily.

Well, the good news is,
is we broke down so much.

- I really
understand engines...
- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah, like, every tool.
- You feel like pro now?

I''ve turned into a man.

The stakes are really high
this season.

I have a new family.
We lost a lot
during that ice mining season.

That was a total disaster.

Right now,
I just have to build
the, kind of, team

that can get us there.

I'm excited
to get on the water.

Hell yeah.

Welcome back.

Emily is not
the only member of the fleet
facing a new beginning.

Start of this season
has been pretty rough
this year.

Shawn Pomrenke
is looking to get
his excavator barge

the Myrtle Irene fixed up.

And, finally,
get his mining season started.

If I'm gonna hit 3,000 ounces

we can't keep going like this,
'cause I will never make it.

I'm sh**ting for 3,000 ounces
this summer.

Pay off all my expenses
and bag a big profit.

That'd be the biggest haul
of my career.

But this season
started off about as bad
as it can be.

Crack spud.

So this whole thing,
all the way around,
is cracked.

The first day
we got the Myrtle
in the water,

we found out one of the spuds
was cracked.

It's the giant pillars
that hold the Myrtle in place

on the bottom
of the ocean floor.

And if we can't
hold ourselves in place,
we can't dig.

This spud's gotta come out.

We gotta pull it out,
cut an inspection hole,

check out the internals
of the spud.

I've had my guys
working around the clock
for almost a week

trying to patch it up.

So now we gotta get a crane
to pick 65,000 pounds
spud up,

lower it into the well
so we can get back out
and get to mining.

Or my empire
is going to be
a relic of the past.

I have to get this Myrtle
up and running.

I have to get the machines
that make the gold
up and running,

as Myrtle is a crucial piece
to the puzzle to make...
my goal.

And if I don't get this thing
up and running,

and I don't get it up
and running soon,

I'm not gonna meet my goal.

Right. We need to go up
with the spud.

Keep going.

Keep going. Keep going.
Keep going.

Keep tension on that line.

Pulling a 65 foot spud
off the deck,

and placing it in
the spud well isn't easy.

And if we're not careful,
we could damage the spud,
or the barge,

and be right back
where we started.

I have a lot of experience
putting, uh,
big things in holes.

Keep going. Keep going.

We're gonna spin the spud.

Spin it all the way.
We gotta get the,
dock's on the right side.

Keep going. Keep going.

Oh. Right there. Stop.

Go down.

Keep going... Keep going.
Keep going.

- Oh.
- Yep.

Good.

Pull on that cable.

Okay.

We're good now.

She looks good.

Myrtle is ready
to rock and roll, finally.

All right,
you saw belly some b*tches,
let's go mining.

Whoo!

Scary,
scary Myrtle Irene.

Leaving the inner harbor,
headed for sea.

Yeah. Let's go mining.

Time to go make some money...

then spending it.

I may be behind,
but the good news is

the Myrtle's a beast
and can more process material

than any other dredge
on the Bering Sea.

And I'm on the top cut,
easily the richest claim
of 'em all.

So now it's time
to go remind everyone
why they call me "Mr. Gold."

Yeah.

Well,
I'm gonna get on the gold
fast today

'cause I'm gonna partner up
with the other excavator
dredge in my fleet.

The Christine Rose.

How much further out
can you go?

Right now,
Cody is on
a smokin' hot pastry.

The thing of it is,

the Christine Rose
can only dig about 16 feet,

the Myrtle Irene
can dig almost 25.

So once the CR
can't dig any deeper,

then the Myrtle Irene
can swoop in

and follow that pastry code
into deeper water.

Oh, Christine Rose
dig out to this... depth,

they can't dig any deeper.

We take over
and we dig out from there.

We don't wanna leave
any gold behind.

Hold up right here.

Yeah I got it.

Spud down.

Got the spuds down.
Now it's time to take a bucket
and see what we got.

We're gonna take a test pan
of this ground.

That extra eight or nine feet,

sometimes that where
the good stuff lives.

Oh, this stuff looks amazing.

Yeah. So far,
it's been really good.

Are anything in there?

Yeah. Hold it.

Bring it over here.
Let me see.

I can see it from here.

Yeah. Fire her up, let's run.

Cody had put us on
to some good ground.

We're just out of his reach.

Myrtle can reach it just fine.

We're gonna dig it.

Myrtle turtle,
slow and steady
is gonna win the race.

We don't wanna horse it,
we don't wanna beat up
on these spuds.

So we're just gonna take it
nice and easy.

Here we go.

- Let's check
rattle and roll here.
- Yeah.

Time to wake.

There's gold that's out there
calling us.

Take the stern line in.

Quickly.

Looking to fund
his expanding operation...

Okay. Push up.

Vernon Adkison's ready
for some new blood.

Okay.

The whole point
of being up here
is to get gold.

To get gold,
you gotta have bigger
and better equipment

Every time I get some gold,
I turn around
and I buy more equipment.

So I can get more gold.

It is somewhat addictive.

I, probably, be better off
if I was addicted to smack
or something.

Or, maybe,
if I was a sex addict.

Yeah. I don't know.

My latest fix is buying
an underwater crawler
that's launched from a dredge

made from a school bus.

The lights flash.

- Jess, I'm serous.
- Yeah.
I like it.

If you get
it properly outfitted
and running

it's gonna cost
a small fortune.

This is the future of mining.

But it has the potential
to balloon my earnings.

Big time.

Oh, yeah.

It's gotta be
a pumping machine.

This season,
I've set the bar high.

If I'm gonna give this rig
the facelift it needs,

pay all my expenses
and still make a profit,

I'm gonna need,
at least, 250 ounces.

So today I'm gonna unleash
what I hope is a new weapon,

to help me attain my goal.

We found some
good gold yesterday.

Try to get right back
on the same spot

and, uh...
put some gold in the box.

Okay. I need somebody up here.

I don't wanna break off
that hem.


damn valve split up there.

Hang on.
Let me get out the way
of that log.

Kevin and Scott have already
proven themselves to me.

Now it's time for the new guy,
Emil, the Russian rookie,
to show me what he's got.

He doesn't speak
a lick of English,

but he does have
diving experience.

And I need, at least,
two dives on the box,
everyday, to make my gold.

So let's hope he's proficient
in the language of gold.

Let's have a quick convo,
we'll talk about
communication with the diver.

We gotta keep it real short,
one word sentences.

You know, "plug,"
if you plug up the hose.

You understand... "plug?"

So, if you have a plug,

tell us, "Plug... plug"

Okay.

You can say, "No air."

That means you can't breathe.

And you can say, "Pull me up.

Pull me up."

Okay. Let's do it.

I think he understands it
fairly well.

But this is... the first time
he's dove on this rig.

I know he's nervous
and I'm, kind of,
nervous also.

As long as he can get
some gold,
I don't care where he's from.

I mean,
I don't care
if he's from Mars.

I don't care
what color he is, either,

or what gender persuasion
he may happen to be.

I could give a less.

The only thing I care about
is if he can get gold
and do it safely.

Yeah.
He's on the bottom.

He can only go up from there.

Here we go. Here we go.

There.

Yeah. So far,
he's looking good.

He doesn't say much,
but, um...

The main thing is
he's not down there, panicking,

and hyperventilating,
you know.

Drowning.

"I can't breathe.
I can't breathe."

Learn how to breathe .

I, kind of, like
that he doesn't say much.

While Vernon
tests out a newbie...

How's it going, guys?

All right, man.
We're here.

Come meet Kris.

Kris Kelly
is hoping two new arrivals

will help ignite a new era
for Reaper Nation.

Kris, Joe is here.

- Joe, Kris.
- How you doing, buddy?

- Carl, this is Kris.
- Carl, how you doing?

Well, thank God you look like
excavator operators.

- And this is our
all-star team, baby.
- Yeah, yeah.

Give me some.

Yeah!

So the most important job
on The Mistress

is the excavator operator.

That's the person

that actually digs up
the material
we're working with.

It all starts from there.

So if that person sucks,

the whole process falls apart.

Our first operator, Cameron,

well, she sucked.

I'm just getting used
to moving these controls here.

I don't know why
we're going so slow right now.

All right.

This isn't
Bring Your Kid to Work Day.

See that ?

All that gold went right back
in the ocean.

From now on, I want grizzly,

dirty, bearded
running this.

So today, we're bringing in
Joe and Carl,

and they're supposed to be
great operators.

So they're land-based
like everybody else

that runs an excavator.

It's gonna be
a big learning curve.

But they're burly
with facial hair,

so I know this is gonna work.

They look the part.

They look like
excavator operators.

So I know you guys
both got off the plane today.

Are you gonna be okay
to work today, mining?

- Absolutely.
- Okay.

I got Hank Schimschat
on the boat

that's gonna train you guys
for the day.

He's got six years
of experience

and he's got thousands
of ounces of gold
underneath his belt.

So please listen to what
he has to say to you.

I'm setting the bar
really high this season,

getting the underwater crawler
system up and running

and knocking out 1,000 ounces.

Way more than
I've ever gotten.

But if the guys work out,

I hope that I have operators
running around the clock.

Then it will be the dawn
of a new era.

Reaper Nation.

A gold mining empire.

The envy of the entire fleet.

Let's make it happen.

Let's put
the hammer down.

Hammer time!

Hey, quick,
two-minute meeting.

Today is gonna be quick
and simple.

I am getting
the whole team together

and approaching this
like a battle.

Everybody will have a part,
even Cameron.

I need all hands on deck.

Joe, you're gonna start
the day off.

Hank is gonna watch you.

You guys are gonna
work together.

Watch him as much as you can
to understand how to do this.

I know you're gonna be able
to work it.

Cameron, you're gonna work
with me today.

We're gonna run the boat

and take care
of all the little stuff.

I'm gonna just,
you know, it's... It's fun.

Kevin, you know, you be Kevin

and make sure everybody
is on top.

You're the overseer.

- I got you.
- Yeah.

Hey, Hank, you know
what you are?

You're the guy.

The light.
I'm the light and the wisdom.

- Okay, let's go, everybody.
- Let's get some gold, man.

Let's go, Joe.

- Let's get on the hoe.
- Fire it up.

With Hank, that's like
an operator guru
training these guys,

and everyone pitching in,

I think the sky is the limit
for this team.

We've already been out.

I know we're getting
great gold.

I know we can do this

if everything just starts
clicking together.

What I would do is,

I... I'd dig back and forth.

- I don't dig a big hole.
- Yeah, yeah.

Yep.

That right there has got
gold in it.

- Guaranteed.
- Yeah.

Uh, the cycle time is good.

And it's very smooth
how he is dumping

the material in the washers.

That's skill.

That's good .

You know,
the proof is in the pan.

- Wow. Let me show you.
- Oh, yeah.

- See, I... I... I know.
- I told you.

- I know we were getting gold.
- , yeah!

Nice.

We're getting gold, baby.

We're starting off
great today.

I think we're gonna
get out there and k*ll it.

Yeah!

I'm gonna make some
magic happen.

Across the fleet,

the miners are embarking
on new paths

as they strive toward

the most ambitious goals
of their careers.

And back out on the water...

Dude, we're right
on the spot. Good.

All we gotta do is just
move forward, you know?

Mow forward like this, 180.

Just...

The current
gold leader

is making the most
of his dredge, the Tahta.

Wow. This season has been
so stellar so far.

Got the most advanced
dredge in the fleet.

I got the hydraulic crane
that moves the jets, the hoe.

It's super easy
to move my operation.

There we go.

There we go.

That makes
the operation superefficient

and more time
for getting gold.

And the proof was
in the pudding
on our first weigh out.

Check this out.

Money! Gold!



- All right.
Good work, dude.
- Good work.

Yeah.

Let's see if they fit me.

Oh, yeah.

Like, Cinderella.

I have no intentions taking
my foot off the gas pedal.

I wanna aim for 300 ounces.

So I'm gonna put
three divers down today.

First, I'm gonna go, then Cam

and my night guy, Bobby.

With the Tahta,


Yeah.

Whoo! Let's go!

Action.

Oh-h*...

How do you copy?

Copy, copy.

Okay, I got
you loud and clear.

Visibility is frickin', uh...
it's workable.

It's not the best.

But I can see six-foot.

So you might as well just
pound out some hours.

Suck up some dirt.

Uh, Chris just got
in the water.

He has got some
poor visibility, but...

We're gonna try and see
what he can pound out

from where we are right now.

Yeah, nice quartz.

Good quartz.

Some good gold?

Sounds like Chris
has found the gold.

He's excited, he's happy.

And that makes me
a happy tender.

Let's see what he comes up
within next few hours.

Might have to move
the boat some.

We might have to, uh...

You know, we're gonna
have to do all kinds of stuff

between now and then
when he gets out of the water.

But we're gonna be ready
for it.

I'll get in the water
after Chris comes up,

and hopefully there's enough
down there

for me to keep on dredging.

Yeah. I hope it's gonna be
a great day.

Oh. That's good silt.

While Chris looks
to break the bank...

Hey, you.

You're right.

That's kind of cute.

Yeah.

...a Nome groundbreaker...

is looking to break
some ground of her own...

Can I take the wheel
for a sec?

...recruiting
a new diver, Mandy Hamerston,

and forming a nearly
all-woman team

aboard the Eroica.

Just don't hit
any rocks.

So it's Jane and Alex
and me on the boat.

And really low on divers.

So we gotta try something new.

In order to dive on the boat,

you have to pass
the beard and mustache test.

But this time, we're...

k*lling that rule
'cause we cannot find divers.

This season, we're gonna start
with diver, Mandy Hamerston.

Mandy has got over a ten years
experience diving,

including some time
in the Bering Sea.

Here comes Team Girl Power.

I... I guarantee
our suction is just

way superior to Chris's, so...

Our suction's better
than your suction, Chris.

This... It's way
more powerful.

It was happening over
on the Tahta.

The Tahta.

Hmm.

There's no time
to waste.

I'm getting Mandy right on

where I know
some good gold is.

It's a proven hotspot.

Hopefully, it hasn't been
tapped out.

Right about here.

And we can
start putting

gold in the box right away.

Feels great to be
out here on the Bering Sea

after some time off.

Definitely feels like
my element.

Good to be back
on the hunt for gold.

Sounds good.

Our backs are against
the wall this year.

We had a huge loss
of resources this ice season,

and we have a young family
to support now.

The stakes are high.

We need everything to fire
on all cylinders this summer,

starting with this dive.

Okay.

Uh, loud and clear.

Let me get everything
into place.

I'm taking
a huge chance

starting from scratch
this season.

And right now,
I really need my decision

to bring in Mandy to pay off.

Otherwise things are gonna
get tough

for Alex and I and the family.

We just have to see.

Well, he's putting
in full buckets.

I really like what I'm seeing.

He's got a lot of control
over the excavator.

We're seeing a lot of gold
in the catch pan.

After bringing
a Bering Sea newcomer

into the excavator chair...

It's time to go in
a NASCAR pit crew-style.

...Kris Kelly
finally has Reaper Nation
in a groove.

Cameron's on fuel,

Joe's our new operator.

If we're gonna go through,
we gotta tighten
everything up.

I'm gonna look
at the sluice box,

seeing if I like
what's going on.

I've been looking, Kris.

It's looking great.

I'm seeing gold build-up
already over here

- in the some of the riffles.
- Oh, yeah.

We're in great gold, dude.

This is good stuff.

There are a plenty of days
when you're the captain

and you'd feel like everything
is falling apart,

and I want to drown myself
in the Bering Sea.

But then there's days
like today.

Everything is starting
to click together,

and I'm starting to see
the real potential
of The Mistress.

We're like a NASCAR pit crew.

You could see everything
is running

like a Swiss Army watch, baby.

Things are going
so well right now,

I'm gonna push it
as hard as I can.

So this is gonna sound
a little crazy

but we need money.

So this is what
we're gonna do.

We're gonna go put Carl
in the seat

to see if he can do this.

If Carl can do it,

I'm gonna take off home
with Joe.

I'm gonna sleep, like,
four or five hours,

and I'm gonna come back
tonight for the nightshift.

- That's fine. Let's do it.
- Yeah.

And then if you don't
like, uh,

we'll start the season off
with a bang.

- Let's do it. Let's do it.
- All right.

Today, I'm gonna initiate
the first 24-hour shift

in the history
of The Mistress.

We need 1,000 ounces,

so we can complete
construction on the all-in,

so we can get the crawler
in the water.

You guys can do this.

I'll take care of the night.

We'll start this on.

- h*! h*!
- Yeah, baby.

I think this team
is ready.

Maybe.

Probably.

But nothing ventured,
nothing gained.

Hey, um...

So I know you can do this job.

I got a really good feeling
about you.

I got an idea right now.

You and I are gonna go home,

try to sleep, like,
five or six hours,

and then we're gonna come back
and run a nightshift.

- I love you, baby.
- Love you.

I love you.
I knew you were gonna do it.

I'm glad you're on
Reaper Nation.

I'll get you a sweater
for sure.

Joe proved himself as far as
I'm concerned.

Let's see what Carl can do.

Looks pretty easy,

but I'm sure it's harder
than it looks.

I'm very excited to get
in the seat.

Whatever you do,

make sure you don't hit up
underneath the bar.

Roger.

Hank is gonna give Carl
a tutorial

to get him up to speed.

- Yeah.
- Yes.

I'm rushing
this whole thing

and it might blow up
in my face.

And I hope to God
nothing up
while I'm off the boat.

Right there.

Down.

I believe I can handle
the day shift.

I think Carl's got
the hang of it.

Just do grids, run back,
and then drag all the way up,

and, uh, I'll be back
at midnight, maybe 1 o'clock.

Good luck, man.

Everything's gonna be fine.

We're getting some
really good gold out there.

That puts a big smile
on everybody's face.

Three hours in

and Vernon's Russian rookie
is letting the gold do
all the talking.

Emil,
he's doing good.

That's, uh, quick and dirty
panning on this.

He seems to be doing good.

You know what I hate,
prima donna divers.

Divers who complain,
divers who talk your ear off.

You know what I like?

Divers who keep their
mouth shut,

get down there, get the gold,
no BS.

Maybe it's because Emil
does not know English
worth a squat,

but that's what he's doing
today and I'm impressed.

Things are looking up.

We got this rig working
pretty much flawlessly.

But I really wanna get that
damn bottom crawler going.

It's gonna be biblical.

As good as today is going,

it's still a long way
from where we need to be.

To get that school bus dredge
properly outfitted,

it's gonna take
a buttload of money.

That's why these divers
need to come through big.

Once Emil finishes up,
Scott'll be down there.

Hopefully, he'll kick it up
a notch

and keep his yap shut too.

Up.

He's coming up.
He's coming up.

This is the first time
he's dove with us.

He did three and a half hours,
good dive.

We're on the gold,
we're on good gold,
we're k*lling.

Now, yeah,
we've gotta send Scott down.

Let him get in a little time.

Just keep going
until you can't go any more.

Right back
on the same spot.

Put some gold in the box.

Yeah, we'll stay out here
a while.

We'll get it done.

A few miles
to the west.

How's it going
down there, Chris?

Roger that.

WIth five hours
under water,

Chris McCully's hot summer
shows no signs of cooling down.

As he sets the pace
for a triple-dive day.

Yup, we still got
material flowing
through the box.

Everything's looking good,
I'm excited to get down there myself

and put some more gold
in the box for us.

Hey, Cam, you're gonna
wanna start getting suited up.

I'm gonna come up.
All right, no problem.

Get ready,
it's your turn.

Whoo! Hah.

I was able to do my
five-hour shift, no problem.

And we're gonna send
Cam down there next,

and he's gonna mow the rest.

- I'm gonna go ahead
and change.
- All right.

I know pay streaks
aren't endless,

but Wall Street
keeps on paying.

I've done my part,
so it's Cam's turn.

After that,
Bobby will meet us,

and then he'll take his turn.

With the Tahta being
all dialed in,

we will be getting three dives
for sure.

You ready?
You're ready to rock, dude.

Get minin', get minin'.

Okay.

Cam's about to pound out
his five-hour dive.

There should be
gold on the nozzle.

And then after Cam dives,

Bobby comes in and
that's 15 hours in the box.

Done. Easy.

It looks like
it's starting to get
swelly out here.

Right now, we're on the gold,
but guess what?

There's winds and when
the wind kicks in, game over.

Holy .

It's getting dangerous.

Hey, Cam,
it's starting to get rough,
come up.

Roger that.

Any moment out here
in the Bering Sea

you could get hit
with the giant swells.

This is it, it's time to go.

I am aiming to put
three divers down today.

But right now,
we need the crane to
get this gear off the water

and strapped down
before these winds
can do any damage.

Gettin' gnarly,
get the out of here.

Yeah.

- I'll start up the hydraulic.
- Yeah, start up the hydraulic.

Get that in.

Gonna pick up the hose.

This is what you call cowboy
mining, right here,

cowboy style, but we ain't
staying in this,

in this kind of rough weather.

So, we got the hose
off the sea floor,

now I gotta crane the jet

and put her in the dredge
and strap her down.

But these currents
aren't making it easy for me.

Can you pull it, Cam?
Can you, uh, pull it?

Damn it.

Can you pull it, Cam?
Can you, uh, pull it,
I can't turn.

Damn it.
It doesn't wanna turn.

There's the stopping point
right there.

Because of all these
currents, we're using
the crane to get the gear up.

But right now,
the crane's busted.

I can move it up and down,

but it won't turn.

So basically,
we're gonna have to

manually move this crane
by hand.

All right,
gonna have to wing it.

There you go. Oh.

All right, here we go.
Now pull it your way.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Woo.

- Chain, chain, chain.
- Chain, chain, yeah,

get it out, yeah,
there you go.

There you go.

It's got its
intermittent issue.

Here we go.

All right, here we go,
coming down.

Coming down.

Perfect.

All right, last one.

Nicely done, very good.

Whoo, that was close.

I thought I was not able to
pick up my gear,

but I don't want that
to happen again.

All right,
we're outta here.

That was a close call.
Pull the front first.

So, the crane
didn't wanna turn,

but the bottom line is
we were able to pick up
the gear.

It's just way more work
than it should've been.

Whoo! rough out here.

Getting gnarly now.

I still plan on this team
to be the best one
in the fleet.

Yeah, this is a setback,

we may be forced to head shore
right now,

but I'm not gonna give up
on my three-dive day.

There's plenty of time
for the swells to die down.

And when they do,
it's on like Donkey Kong.

Whoo.

Tried to do our 15-hour
gold today,

but Bering Sea got pissed off.

So, I'll just wait till it's,
uh, calm again.

Maybe we'll have
Bobby tonight,

send him out here again.

Yeah, buddy.

If we can get 15 hours,
good, that's all that matters.

I'm not complainin'.

We're making gold.

Running the Myrtle is
way funner than working on it.

On his first time
out this summer,

Mr. Gold's dredges
are standing tall,

tag-teaming a new pay streak.

Yeah, it should be all
past it now, huh?

Right now, I'm working
with the Christine Rose,

and right where Christine Rose
stops digging, we start.

There is a big pay streak
right here.

Cody turned us on to it.

So, he, he's doing another cut
to the east

and I'm doing a cut
to the south.

Like a grilled cheese sandwich

in between us
and the Christine Rose.

Yellow Brick Road.

I know with the earlier days
of the season,

this is the way
things are supposed to work.

Myrtle Irene is on fire.

The Christine Rose is on fire.

Making up for lost time
in a hurry.

Everybody in Nome
better watch out.

Material looks good.

Oh, this stuff looks amazing, actually.

Everything's working good,

wash plant's running beautiful,

both screen decks are running.

Let's hope that everything
stays running.

water pump's
up.

damn it.

We've got a bad injector
in the water pump,

and it's causing a misfire.

That's why we're hearing
those noises.

We can keep it running
for now,

but if the injector goes
completely out,

this pump's down
and there's no more mining.

So, we gotta limp it along.

Hopefully, it makes it.

First the spuds, now this.

Hopefully, this ain't
the mining gods telling me,

"She's not gonna make it
through the season."

Because that's not an option
if I wanna stay in business.

That pump is a concern,
my next concern.

Seems to always be something,

but we gotta worry about
putting gold in this box
right now.

We just gotta
keep this thing running.

While Shawn
booms along...

How you doing
down there, Mandy?

On the Eroica
team's premier dive
of the season...

Mandy Hamerston
is seeing promising ground,

but has yet to tap into
any gold.

This area that we're in,
it's just fantastically rich,

like, so a lot of it's
been worked.

This is gold mining,
gold's not everywhere.

Sometimes you get out,
you get on hot gold,
sometimes you don't.

We can't afford to have
a day like that today.

I'm really gonna need Mandy
to say,

"We're on the gold."

Because we need that income
right now.

Oh, yeah!

- Woo-hoo.
- Oh, yeah,
it looks good.

- Sweet.
- Yeah.

We're on the gold.

This is, uh, this is what
I've been waiting to hear.

It's almost been a year
since I've heard that

over the com-box,
so it feels good.

I really missed it, you know?

It's like hearing,
"I love you,"
for the first time.

Whoo!

This is the top spot.

Yeah, this is the boom,
for sure.

Mandy's a rockstar.

I love it.

It feels pretty awesome.

It's a 10-inch nozzle,

it's super-powerful,
it's not easy
for anybody to work,

and she's just, like,
a 5'7" lady,

but she's super strong,
super powerful.
She's killin' it.

I am feeling great
about my decision
to bring her on board.

Oh, Mandy found
some nice gold.

We're just gonna dive
till we can't dive any longer.

Heyo. How's the ground
looking, dude?

New diver,
Mandy Hamerston,

is piling up the gold
on the Eroica team's
first dive of the season.

She's working her
butt off down there but...

No one has said a thing.

Mandy, you've been diving,
like, total three hours now.

Yeah?

Nice, nice.

It was super intimidating
to start the season

without the usual like,
experienced divers.

But this is the first time
I've seen

a lady work a 10-inch nozzle
with a 100 horses behind it.

I already feel good
about the decision I made

to hire Mandy.

Back out on the Myrtle...

Everything's running.

Nice clean rock coming off
the end there,
on the screen deck.

so we're getting
a real good wash.

...making up
for lost time,

Mr. Gold is still shaking up
the Bering Sea,

on his first trip
of the summer.

There's gold.
We got gold.

We can see it in the box.

The Myrtle's running.

Pump doesn't sound good,
but it's running.

The Mistress has got
such a short little arm

on their excavator.

They have to dig right up
close to the beach,

you got those--

The beach crawlers
that dug there,

we've dug there,

everybody's dug there already.

They might hit a little spot
here and there

that hasn't been dug,

but for the most part,

that's all been beat up, and,
and hammered on, so.

They're the least
of my worries.

Last season,
having The Mistress
on the Tomcod

caused some serious problems.

Idiots on The Mistress
doing ill*gal.

They were on ground
I felt was mine.

They were intruding
on my hard work,

and the conflict
definitely reached a hit.

This ends right now.

You can't do this.

I'm gonna knock you
the out.

I can't hear you,
you stupid .

Come on, Eddie,
get in there and
wash up.

Fortunately, Kris and I
buried the hatchet.

We're steering clear
of each other these days.

But the truth of it is,

even if they wanted
to creep in on our hotspot,

their excavator arm
is about six feet shorter

than the one on the Myrtle.

So they couldn't try
to snag the gold

even if they wanted to.

Can't be worried
about The Mistress.

Just gotta worry
about digging and putting gold
in this box.

Night camp's here.

The water pump
still sounds like crap.

But I'm bringing in Trevor
and the night crew,

to push through till morning.

We got no choice.

We're behind,

and we have to keep on pushing.

Nice and loose.

Looks good.
We're making money.

As Shawn heads for shore...

I was just gonna navigate
through the fog

with the GPS.

I need to go back out
and mine.

...with most teams
heading in,

Chris McCully
is refusing to quit...

We gotta get it.
We gotta get it.

...determined
to get this third dive
of the day.

My hydraulic crane
and turret are--

is all worn out.

I've called in
to try to get parts,

and they say it's two
to four weeks away,

all the way from France.

So I was like,
"Scratch that, that.

You know, I don't have--
I don't have two to four weeks
to spare."

Crazy, man.

Cam is with us, Bobby and me,

so we're all gonna go out.

We could do it by hand.

We don't need the turret.

I set the goal for today,

so I am determined
to pull it off.

The situation with the crane
really sucks.

I have to move it manually
by hand.

But the seas are really calm.

So we're gonna send Bobby down
and bag that third dive.

All right.

Yeah, I'm gonna extend
the boom out,

and then we'll just do it
by hand, right? Yeah.

All right.

There you go. There we go.

That's it.

Swinging the turret's
physically exhausting.

All right, swing it.

All right.

It's not only
physically demanding,

but it takes a whole lot
of time.

But when in Rome...

All right, there you go.

Yeah, buddy, that's it.

...or I should say,
when in Nome.

Yeah, keep going,
it's working.

Yup.

Just like a hoist.

Yes. There we go.

All right, coming down.

That's it.

All right, we did it.

There we go.

Suit up.

Now we're gonna send
Bobby down there.

Yeah, buddy.

Bobby's gonna get me
some gold today, too.

They say if you're rich,
you're gonna go broke.

Okay, now,
you're good to go, buddy.

All right.

There we go.

Okay, copy that.

- Yes. Yes, yes.
- Oh, yeah.

All music to my ears.

The Tahta.

Old but faithful.

Even though
we had a broken crane,

we got Bobby in the water.

Mission accomplished.

All right,
nice fresh omelette.

All right, special delivery.

What do you guys think?

Yeah.

That looks pretty good.

All right, check it.

What do you think
it's gonna be?

Don't ask me.

- Twenty?
- Come on, Jane.
You've been around.

- Twenty?
- It doesn't quite
fill up the pan.

I think it's under 20,
for sure.

I always over-estimate.

Uh, 12.75.

Think you can
cross this without going over?

Yeah.

After her new diver
unleashed a stellar dive...

Let's weigh this thing.

...the Eroica team is looking
for a stellar cleanout

to start the season.

Starting over
is gonna be tough.

But finding a new diver
that fits in right away,

is essential to move forward.

A good number on the scale
would feel

super good right now.

So fingers crossed.

One.

Two, four.

Eight, nine.

Come on.

- Get on 15.
- Come on.

- Oh.
- Fifteen.

Get to 15.

- Yeah.
- Oh, no.

That's 14.32.

- Nice.
- Big number.

Oh, I know.


is worth over $26,000.

And the growing family
is off to a strong start.

Even Bebe is mesmerized.

We need a strong start
this summer, so

I think this meets the bar.

Yeah,
we all feel that way.

This is the kind of number
that helps us get back
on track.

Yeah, that's definitely
what we're, uh,

what we need to be hitting
every time.

Get us out of this like,
dark hole this season.

Ah, sweet.

Now we're paying the bills.

Well, let's, uh,
let's divvy it up.

Back out
on the water...

Bobby?

Yep?

Are you still seeing it?

I am still seeing it.

All right.

With new diver
Bobby Lowe's first dive
of the season...

Okay, copy that.

We're like
a well-oiled machine
right here.

...captain Chris McCully
reaches his goal

of three dives on the day.

All right, Bobby.

yeah.

- He's sucking up
the last bit of gold,
- All right.

and he's done.

So Bobby just did
his five hour dive,
and that's it.

Started with a goal
of putting 50 hours
in the box today.

I did actually hit
my goal for today,

you know, I really did.

This wasn't the easiest day
because of the crane.

But I really wanna start
this summer with a bang.

So far, we're doing it.

The wind hasn't picked up yet.

We're gonna pick up the hose.

Three dives. 15 hours.

Most of the dredges out there
would've thrown in the towel.

But not us.

'Cause time is gold.

Pick up boat anchors,

and then we're gonna head back
to the harbor.

Fifteen hours in the box.

That's beautiful.

Another day, another dollar,
like they say.

Swear to God,

it feels like
I just fell asleep.

Kids were screaming,
cartoons blaring,

people are hitting me
on the couch,

go to the room,

everybody's beating me up
in bed.

You know, like, uh,

my babies did not want me
to work tonight,

and it was
sleeping at home today.

Super .

Bright-eyed
and bushy-tailed,

Kris Kelly is ready to lead
the night crew

toward his round the clock,


Okay, come on, let's go.

Sooner we get there,
sooner we get back.

Get ready to rock and roll.

Good, good, good.

Let's get the
outta here.

It's the beginning of summer,

the sun doesn't really set
in Nome.

At night,
it's still light out.

Which is kind of freaky,

because you're running
a night crew.

We're going out
to relieve Kevin,

'cause Kevin says
everything's running smoothly,

and we're on great gold
the whole time
he was out there.

I'll believe it when I see it.

What a day.

We got gold.

Good job.

k*lled it today!

So everything is great,

everything is running perfect,

there's nothing to do.

And everything is clean.

Okay, good job.

Holy crap, look at us.

Round the clock workers.

Day shift went great.

Now it's my turn
on night shift.

This is the dawning
of a new era

for Reaper Nation.

This boat is gonna start
to pay the bills.

Good job!

Good job.

By 12:30,
I barely slept.

We're out here to make gold,
not sleep.

Sleep when you're dead.

First steps like always,

fuel up everything,

and make sure
the excavator's greased,

and check all major systems.

He's fueling, he's greasing.

I'm checking systems.

Holy .

We're on some
super chunky gold.

See all the chunky gold
in the box?

Okay, let's fire this
back up.

Hey!

So we're up, we're ready,

we're fueled up,
we're checked out,
we're greased up.

All right.

Everything's going great
and smooth.

Next on the agenda,

we're gonna go down
under the hull,

run over everything,

make sure
nothing's obviously broken.

Oh, .

We're sinking.

Well, good thing I
came down here.

'Cause we got
about six inches of water

going through the whole boat.

It needs to be pumped out
right now.

Every boat takes on water.

It's your bilge pumps.

You just make sure
your bilge pumps don't go out,

and you're good.

All barges take on water.

I'm trying to make the best
with what I have.

The Mistress really is an old,
rusty barge,

that's got a lot of cracks,

and water seeps through.

You gotta monitor the hull

and use bilge pumps
to get rid of the water.

Come look at this up.

Kevin, man.

Kevin in the crew
wasn't pumping out the water

during the day.

They totally forgot.

Kevin said,
make sure I wash off the deck.

No, the deck.

Make sure the boat
is pumped out with water

so we don't sink.

That's our
biggest concern.

The problem right now,
the pumps aren't working.

So we have tons of water
in the hull.

It's gaining by the minute,

and we have no way
to get rid of the water.

We gotta get the bilge pumps working.

There's a lot of water
underneath the boat,

we're not pumping it out
for some reason.

Let's figure it out.

Right now,
for some reason,

that safety cord's
not working.

So we're just running
a new power source.

This is another one
of my main jobs

that I guess
Kevin didn't get the memo on.

Okay, we have power back on.

Let's go see,

make sure
the water's
in the ocean.

With bilge pumps,

you pump the water off
the side of the boat.

If you see a steady stream,
you know it's working.

this thing,
it's pissing me off.

We gotta go back down
and find out what's going on.

So we're good.
We got both of them pumping.

We'll let that pump for, like,
and problem solved.

What happened
with the water in the pump
could have derailed my plan,

but I stood tall
and worked out the problems.

So my operators right now
are on the verge
of pulling off

my first ever 24 hour shift
on The Mistress.

I'm loving this.

Joe, I got to tell you,
for your first day

you're doing
a great job, buddy.

Everything's great.

Late into the night,

Chris isn't
the only member of the fleet

working under
the midnight sun.

As the clock strikes one...

Okay, we're done,
we're finished.

Okay, that works.

Vernon Adkison
has taken his team
as far as they can go.

Okay,
they're gonna pull it up.

Thank God we're getting
some really good test pans,

which means, most likely,
there's really good gold
in the sluice box.

And now it's 1 o'clock
in the morning.

This is the kind of day
we needed.

Mark that spot.

Got to tell you,
the crew is beginning,
they grew on me.

They're hardworking.
They've been finding the gold.

I can't complain
about the guys at this point.

They might just come through
for me this summer.

My new diver, Emil...

Don't let thing
rip you in half.

He doesn't talk much,

he doesn't even speak
any English too good,
but that's okay.

He got down there,
he had no fear.

He dove like he knew
what he was doing.

We're gonna shut it down,

go to town,
everybody get rested.

Then come back
to do it tomorrow.

Okay, here it goes.

Now this is the kind of day
I like.

Gold's
been taking a hit, man.

- I don't understand it.
- Well the stock market
has lost 90% of its value.

- No, it hasn't.
- You know what
Dogecoin is today?

- Dogecoin, let's not talk
about Dogecoin anymore.
- No, I'm just saying...

...it's 3 cents again.

I know, but let's not talk
about Dogecoin.

- I lost so much money on that.
- Okay, let's talk
about Bitcoin.

- Bitcoin, too.
- Bitcoin is 21,000 today.

- 19,000.
- Oh, it went down
even more!

- Yeah.
- Bro, it's lost more than


You want to know
what the best industry
right now to be in

if everything goes
to in America?

Gold.

You know,
gold is recession proof.

Gold is safety.

Gold is probably gonna be
one of the only industries

that lasts over 1,000 years.

You know, and in 1,000 years
from right now,

do you wanna know?

They'll still be needing gold.

Listen,
every phone has gold in it.

- Every computer, phone.
- And there has to be billions
of phones out there, you know?

Yeah,
so I'm just saying, you know,
like, everything will be good.

Let's finish strong.

The new crew
of The Mistress

has made it
through the night...

Barely.

I'm beat,
Joe's falling asleep,
Tim's falling asleep.

It was brutal
going through the night,
but you know what? We did it.

Now, when Kevin gets out here,

we're gonna
turn the boat over to him

and keep the cycle
moving forward.

We're gonna keep
working The Mistress


until something breaks
or we drop dead,

whichever comes first.

We better still be on the gold
so day shift can come in

and keep mining
exactly where we're at.

Magic.

Yay, we survived the night!

- How are you?
- I'm good, I'm beat.
I'm tired.

You're beat.
I didn't...

Son of a b*tch
has been rough, man.

Congratulations to us.
We just ran 24 hours.

- That's awesome.
- That's awesome.

I know we got a lot of gold.
Everything is great.

We got a lot of gold.
We pushed everything
real hard.

I'm really proud of everybody.
Everybody's doing a great job.

I'm still...
Got no legs today, dog.

I ran up and down this
like 50,000 times yesterday.

Welcome to my world.
I do that every day.

Well, you know,
he wants to play gold miner.
Here we are.

Hey, good luck, guys.
We're on the gold
so just keep it going.

I got you!


and we're still going.

No one should ever question
our work ethic.

We'll do whatever
we have to do to make gold,
and we're not gonna stop.

We're just gonna
keep on going.

I'm super proud
of Reaper Nation right now.

I've got to go home
to a house full of kids.

Guess how much sleep
I'm gonna get?

Everybody gets inspired.

The divers,
up until they see that gold
on the scale,

they don't know
what they're getting.

I don't know
what they're getting.

With two days
on the box...

Come on, Kevin,
clean it a little faster
than that.

Don't be a ninny.

Salty skipper
Vernon Adkison

prepares for
his first cleanout
of the summer.

We're ready to, uh,

We know we're on gold,

but I've got a bit of
a ragtag crew this season.

We've been out twice so far,
so we're gonna weigh
each run's total separate.

Hopefully, the numbers
will show some real promise
moving forward.

Oh, man, I love that smell
of mercury in the morning.

Oh, we've got some gold here.

I'm thinking
we're on track for...

...4 or 5oz, I hope.

Okay.





Okay, we're over it now.


that's an ounce-and-a-half.



All right, 1.75oz.

- All right,
ready for the other one?
- Go ahead.

All right, let's see.

All right,
that's 0.5, 0.6, 7, 8.





and 0.8, 0.9. 2.



Okay, that 2.25.

That's 4oz.

- We're in the money.
- Yeah.

We're in the money.

So far this season,

Vernon's team has banked 4oz

worth about $75,000.

It's all coming together.

We'll start putting
some serious hours
on the bottom,

and we'll put serious gold
in the pot.

I mean, it's not yippee ki-yay
but it's a start.

You got to work
with what you have,

and I'm starting to see
some light through the trees.

If these guys get
a little bit more experience
under their belt

and we get some good luck,

we could be on our way
to a great season.

Let's go ahead and, uh,
get that sucker ready

to get back out there
first opportunity.

This is damn good.

Broken spud.

Broken pump, but...

...little clean up like this
makes it all worthwhile.

With business partner
Dave Young looking on,

Shawn Pomrenke is ready
to finally get on the board
for the summer.

Let's weigh up
this Myrtle gold.

I'm starting a week behind,
so I need to see a decent
number on that scale.

If not, I'll be
chasing my tail all summer.

And with the way
the Myrtle's acting,
you never know what's coming.

So this, this is crucial.









- Here we go, come on.
- 50.






is worth over $126,000.

Mister Gold is back.

- No.
- Good job.

That's more like it.
That's just what we needed.

As long as
the Myrtle holds up,

there's no stopping us
the rest of the way.

No one's gonna touch us.

Yeah, no, it was good.

The guys
are working really hard

and been working really hard.

Nice to see it pay off.

Hopefully do twice as much
next time.

And just like that,

Shawn is battling
for the top spot

with Chis McCully.

Next time
on Bering Sea Gold...

Big storm's gonna kick in.
We're gonna keep that gold
rolling in.

All right, all right,
let's go.

Plan for today
is pile up the gold.

Oh, yummy, yummy.
Eat it up, spit it out.

High five.

This is
the new standard
of Reaper mining.

Just do this.

We're gonna hammer it
as much as we can.

Yeah, baby,
we're k*lling it.
That's why I'm the boss.

I think
my generator just died.
What the man?

This sucks.

Whoa! Whoa!
Shut everything off!