CREW MEMBER: Yesterday, we had a little bit of trouble
with the excavator.
But now we're just hogging pay dirt.
SHAWN POMRENKE: After pulling an all-nighter,
we got snowstorms coming, and we got this big pig
to get out of the water.
NARRATOR: Captain Shawn Pomrenke is ready to put the Myrtle
to bed for the season.
And maybe himself.
SHAWN POMRENKE: But now, pull up the spuds one last time,
and head her in.
Let's start coming up on those spuds.
That's a wrap.
We pushed as long as we could.
But now, we've got to get this beast
back in before it's froze in.
What an unbelievable season.
I can't believe I'm wrapping it up on the Myrtle Irene.
Wouldn't have seen this coming, even a couple of months ago.
Last trip.
Ice is in.
We're pulling out.
That's all she wrote for this season.
Next year will be a good year.
This is the lower boxes.
Lower boxes should be all fine gold.
NARRATOR: The time has come for Mr. Gold
to see if his big roll of the dice paid off,
or if it's come up snake eyes.
SHAWN POMRENKE: Would have been nice to get 10 more
days or something down there, because I was just
coming into some cheesy stuff.
But hopefully, there's enough of it.
Hey, Shawn, how's it going?
SHAWN POMRENKE: It's going.
What do you got?
Hmm.
[BLEEP] Where's that at?
SHAWN POMRENKE: Bottom box.
That's the bottom, huh?
That is some fine gold.
SHAWN POMRENKE: Lower box is working.
DAVE YOUNG: That's pretty good.
SHAWN POMRENKE: Yeah.
It'll definitely add up.
We got a little bit of gold.
DAVE YOUNG: We got it redone.
You went out there and mined.
We didn't have a disaster.
I'm excited.
Let's get this cleaned up and see what the hell we got.
SHAWN POMRENKE: Break over.
DAVE YOUNG: Let's get her running.
SHAWN POMRENKE: We can see how each box
performed on the Myrtle.
Everything did what it was supposed to.
It's very rewarding to see something come together
that you put so much thought, effort,
time, and resources into.
DAVE YOUNG: This weighs a lot.
Feel that.
Oh, yeah.
That does feel good.
Hope this last batch of gold's enough.
Fingers crossed.
Let's weigh it.
SHAWN POMRENKE: All right.
Ready?
DAVE YOUNG: 3, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 70.80.
Put this in there.
Let's see what we got.
SHAWN POMRENKE: 150.
DAVE YOUNG: 60, 70, 80, 200.
CREW MEMBER: There you go.
Broke 200.
DAVE YOUNG: 214.
That's not bad.
NARRATOR: 214 ounces is worth a staggering $428,000.
It's almost half a million.
Yeah?
NARRATOR: Shawn's big gamble paid off.
And his reign over the Bering Sea is stronger than ever.
DAVE YOUNG: When I first seen your drawing,
I didn't think it was going to work.
I thought you were crazy.
But you pulled it off.
Good job.
I am a little crazy.
[LAUGHS]
SHAWN POMRENKE: It's a monster haul.
We can make all of our payments.
It's proof that the sky's the limit
with the new Myrtle Irene.
I knew this thing was going to be a killer, and I was right.
I'm never wrong.
That'll get us going for next year, easily.
Next season, we're going to be way ahead of this.
I feel like King Kong on that machine.
There's nothing else like it on the Bering Sea.
Hoping to get a full season on her next year.
We'll be breaking records left and right.
This is what you get when you team up with Mr. Gold
right here.
[LAUGHTER]
SHAWN POMRENKE: Next season is going to be fun.