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s19e10 · 2025-10-11
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Bering Sea Gold
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In the frontier town of Nome, Alaska, there's a gold rush on. But you've never seen gold mining like this before -- here, the precious metal isn't found in the ground. It's sitting in the most unlikely of places: the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea. And there are a handful of people willing to risk it all to bring it to the surface in Bering Sea Gold.
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10 this season · 212 totals01e01 Paydirt 2012-01-28 02:00
Paydirt
In Nome, Alaska, the gold rush is on. Meet the dredgers, driven by gold fever and sometimes desperate need, who pilot their ragtag dredges and dive with hoses to suck up gold from the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea.
s01e02 One Bad Deal 2012-02-04 02:00
One Bad Deal
A bar brawl threatens not only Shawn's health but the Christine Rose's future. The Wild Ranger's luck is getting worse as they're down a man and have sprung a leak. The Sluicey's Ian calls in a friend who offers both experience and criticism.
s01e03 Suction 2012-02-11 02:00
Suction
The weather may be perfect, but storms are brewing onboard the dredges as egos clash and tempers flare. Emily's first dive is almost her last when she learns the dangers of dredging first-hand.
s01e04 A Viking Funeral 2012-02-18 02:00
A Viking Funeral
The season is halfway over, and tensions are running high as the dredgers search for new sweet spots. An accident with the 15 ton excavator threatens to end one deckhand's season.
s01e05 Captaincy 2012-02-25 02:00
Captaincy
A season of simmering grievances comes to a boil. Vern fires one of his crew. Emily falling overboard & a blocked sluice box test Zeke's patience. Rocks falling out of a faulty sluice box rain down on solo-diving Scott Foster's head.
s01e06 Eureka 2012-03-03 02:00
Eureka
Bad luck & bad vibes. The crews have a car accident on the way home from some hot springs R&R. A hastily welded winch roller gives way, releasing a cable that lashes Cody's leg, sending him overboard. Scott dives with an injured leg.
s01e07 Bad Vibrations 2012-03-10 02:00
Bad Vibrations
The dredging season is quickly coming to an end, & so are once trusted relationships between Zeke and Emily as well as Scott F and Ian. Shawn sends crewmember Robbi packing while Scott M swallows his pride and invites Steve back. But will he accept?
s01e08 The Bitter End 2012-03-17 01:00
The Bitter End
Winter sets in. The now short-staffed crews try to go out once more before the ice blocks them in. Each on their own, Emily salvages & Scott M finds salvation. The crews take their earnings and face off at an auction for next year's dredging grounds.