[SHIMMER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
VERNON ADKISON: All right, guys.
Here's the deal.
This is for the Rhodes's guys.
[SHIMMER]
NARRATOR: Today on the gold ship "Wild Ranger", it's game on.
Each one of you guys is going to have your own test mat.
After you dive, we will check it for gold.
We'll keep track of it, and then the top dog
is going to get a significant--
maybe trip to Vegas.
[LAUGHTER]
Viva Las Vegas!
You guys are in trouble. VERNON ADKISON: So, whatever.
[LAUGHTER]
It's going to be a bonus at the end of this rodeo.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I hope we'll all go on a trip to Vegas--
CREW MEMBER 1: Yeah, yeah.
--or to damn Hawaii when this is all over with.
We're on the gold.
56 is paying off, and it looks like it's going
to pay off big, and believe me.
Big is what I'm looking for.
I've got to put my foot on the gas as hard as I can.
I'm going to get these guys in a competition to see
who can get the most gold.
When they do better, I do better.
We all benefit.
Jay, you'll be up first.
Ryan, second.
You think you can whoop his ass?
BRIAN: Oh, yeah!
I'll put $100 on it.
VERNON ADKISON: How about you, Ryan?
Oh, absolutely.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
NARRATOR: The rules for today's great claim 56 face-off
are simple.
Each diver will have his own test mat.
Each diver will have the same amount of time to mine,
and at the end of the day, the diver
with the most gold in his test mat
will win a luxurious trip to Las Vegas.
[DING]
[SHIMMER]
VERNON ADKISON: OK.
Let go of the bow line and push us off.
Let's get the hell out of here and get
out there and get some gold!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
The truth is this claim was very expensive to purchase,
and so I need these guys to just be
as productive as they possibly can
so that I can pay this damn claim off.
Need some gold!
I got fingers crossed.
I'm hoping we're going to get some good visibility,
but good vis or not, we've got our spots.
We're going to put a diver down and get some gold.
Well, I think the added incentive is going
to supercharge things today.
I think the box is going to be overflowing with gold.
OK, we're here.
[SHIMMER]
Jerry, the gold diver, will be going down shortly.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Need to put that damn test mat in before we get started.
JERRY: Definitely ready to get gold.
I'm ready.
I want it all.
VERNON ADKISON: All in.
I'm all in.
[LAUGHTER]
They're gold hungry right now.
I'm betting money!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
JERRY: Close to the bottom.
Looks [INAUDIBLE] down here.
VERNON ADKISON (OVER RADIO): [INAUDIBLE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SHIMMER]
Knock it out.
I mean, you've got money riding on this.
I got this.
[SHIMMER]
Going to work.
All right.
Well, let's see here.
Oh, yeah!
Guys, this looks really good!
This is the stuff I like!
VERNON ADKISON: Yeah, yeah!
It looks damn beautiful to me!
JERRY: Yeah.
Well, easy to work.
Oh, yeah!
JERRY (OVER RADIO): God!
CREW MEMBER 1: We made gold today, Vernon!
There's a piece.
There's a piece right there.
That's beautiful!
Yeah, I see some nice looking little starfish down there.
Don't suck up any of those starfish, man.
I like starfish.
JERRY (OVER RADIO): [LAUGHS] I'm trying not to.
Yeah.
Hey, this is the most excited I've heard you forever!
JERRY (OVER RADIO): I'm seeing gold!
I'm seeing gold, man!
Is it gold?
Yeah.
Check this out!
Yeah, yeah.
Hell, I see it glittering!
Just send it home to daddy!
That would be gold daddy.
We're on some hot gold.
The competition's working out nicely,
and they're playing for a nice little prize also.
I don't want you guys at each other's throats,
but the top guy gets an all-expense-paid trip to Vegas.
But if we get enough gold, maybe all of us can go to Hawaii.
JERRY (OVER RADIO): I'd rather go to Vegas.
VERNON ADKISON (VOICEOVER): The trip may cost me,
but it'll bring in 10 times that much in gold.
This is my year.
It's all coming together, finally.
I'm feeling more and more justified about buying 56.
This is the best money I've ever spent, I do believe.
I think so, too.
So far, I've seen more gold down here on this run
than I've seen anywhere else like this.
That's a damn good sign!
[SHIMMER]
Hey, Jerry.
It's time for you to come up.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
All right, Vernon.
Roger that.
I'm on my way.
I want to clean that test mat here pretty quick,
and we'll see how you're doing.
I know there's gold in it.
Yeah, Roger that.
Jerry's got his dive in.
We're going to check his test mat.
Anything to juice up the game.
We pulled the test mat.
Rinsed it out.
Now we will pan that material.
Hey, Brian.
We'll pan this right quick, and then that way you'll see what
you're looking at down there.
I want him to be fully primed and motivated,
and we know we're on the gold.
All right.
Look here, Jerry.
Oh, yeah!
Uh, it's looking real good.
Oh, man!
Oh, yeah!
JERRY: Hell yeah!
Woo!
Oh, look!
Picker! Picker!
BRIAN: Told you there was gold down there!
JERRY: We got a picker!
VERNON ADKISON (VOICEOVER): Jerry was right on top of it.
That test mat was loaded.
Brian's got his work cut out for him
if he wants that trip to Vegas.
All I know is in this game I'm the house,
and the house always wins.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SHIMMER]
BRIAN (ON RADIO): Yeah.
All right, I'm near the bottom.
[SHIMMER]
Touchdown!
All right.
We have a touchdown.
BRIAN (ON RADIO): All right.
Let me take a look around and see where
Jerry left off [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE] start right here.
Yeah.
Nice looking material.
Have you seen gold yet?
Oh, man!
Yeah, you can see the gold!
Right there!
See it?
Look at that picker!
Woo!
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, man!
There is some nice gold down here.
Yeah, this is awesome!
This is what I came to Nome for!
Woo!
All right, Brian.
You got some big shoes to fill.
That damn Jerry!
He tore it up, Jack!
He tore it up!
That's about one of the best test mats I've seen.
BRIAN (ON RADIO): Tell Jerry I'm going to beat him!
[LAUGHS]
BRIAN (ON RADIO): The game is on!
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, full throttle!
Let's go!
Maybe I'm just going to really like this competition.
Yeah.
I mean, I might even jump down there myself
if this [BLEEP] keeps up!
56!
[SHIMMER]
The heat is on!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Just kind of flop it around.
NARRATOR: Vernon Adkison is enjoying the fruits
of his diver's labor.
I don't like those little tiny little pans.
BRIAN: That's a man pan!
VERNON ADKISON: I like these tubs full of gold.
All right, that's enough fun for now.
Let's clean it up.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
VERNON ADKISON (VOICEOVER): Those guys went at it.
There were no holds barred.
I'm expecting a good cleanup.
That's looking pretty damn good to me, boys.
Of course, the more gold they get, the more gold I get.
There you go.
VERNON ADKISON: All right.
Here it goes.
We want good ground, real good ground.
That's one, and they were hogging it.
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
11.7.
[SHIMMER, MUSIC PLAYING]
All right.
NARRATOR: 11.7 ounces.
It's worth over $23,000.
Woo!
VERNON ADKISON: What is that word we use so often?
"Awesome."
I'm liking this competition thing.