Bering Sea Gold – Episode Four Reaction

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin

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In episode four of Bering Sea Gold, Shawn Pomrenke tried to get back to work but still had back problems which it made him unable to work. Robbie Wade, one of the deckhands of Christine Rose did get a chance to be in charge, for a little while at least. During his short time running the show he managed to hit Cody Moen (another crew member) with the excavator. It was Cody’s fault (self-admitted). Steve Pomrenke also took his turn at being the man in charge. In this episode the Christine Rose banked $155,000 in gold.

Meanwhile, on the Clark, Zeke Tenhoff needed to find a new gold ground and was dragged along the bottom of the Bering Sea by Emily Riedel. Tension between the two seems to be building and not in a romantic way.

Scott Foster and Ian Foster decided to take the Sluicey out in shifts. A difference in how things should operate keeps them from putting the team effort in.

Scott Meisterhiem and Steve Riedel

The Wild Ranger is still a mess and I am wondering if Scott Meisterhiem is ever going to get enough money to pay his child support. Steve Riedel and Scott still at each others throats.

In all, a uneventful episode in my opinion. The highlight was Zeke being dragged around the bottom of the sea floor.

Bering Sea Gold – Episode Three Reaction

Posted on February 11, 2012 by admin

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In the third episode of the first season of Bering Sea Gold, the show mainly focused on the problems of every vessel.

The most disappointing would be that of the Wild Ranger, which cannot seem to find gold, no matter who is trying to find it. Scott Meisterhiem was back to his anti-social self, with critical opinions about his crew, of which seems to be deserved. Either way, Scott hasn’t offered a solution to the problem and I am wondering how the dredge owner Vernon Adkison is going to handle the gold-less news.

Steve Pomrenke of the Christine Rose, complained a lot and wondered if his son was responsible enough to earn the vessel for his own one day, because of the lack of safety and lack of tools. Probably the biggest standout of the episode was when one of the cables became damaged on one of the Christine Rose’s stabilizing bars, which under the right circumstance could have caused the vessel to capsize. Once again the Christine Rose crew hauled in the big payday with $125,000 worth of gold.

On the Clark, Emily Riedel was shaken up when her arm was sucked into the suction nozzle while at the bottom of the Bering Sea. Although shaken up, her and Zeke Tenhoff, had their best payday to date. They found $15,000 worth in gold. Remains to be seen if Emily will be a crew member for the long haul.

The Clark

The Sluicey

There is so much to say about how much is wrong with the Sluicey. Ian Foster took offense to his friends critical opinion about the state of things aboard the vessel, particularly that they headed in when other dredges were still out on the sea, because the vessel was not built to withstand the Bering Sea’s turbulent wave action. At this point I think Ian needs to listen to the experience of his more experienced friend.

Bering Sea Gold – Episode Two Reaction

Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin

Here is my reaction following the second episode of the season of Bering Sea Gold:

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It was nice seeing some of the sights from Nome, that I remember from my trip there. The bar where Shawn Pomrenke was stabbed in the back and in the hand, I visited while in town. Even though it is a gold mining town, there is a lot of poverty and prices on food are much higher than in the lower forty eight. Like I said…a lot of poverty, especially among the some of the native people’s. It’s no surprise that envy could have been the reason for the attack.

While Shawn was recovering from his stab wounds, his father took over the Christine Rose. I really like the way this vessel is set up. The show keeps referring to it as a dredge, but that is wrong. It is a barge, with a normal mining equipment built on it. There is no dredge. No matter, Steve Pomrenke stole the show with another big payday, which puts their season total to $156,000.

Scott Meisterhiem, was a much more likeable character in this episode and I should probably retract my comment about him in my reaction of episode one. For being rough around the edges he does know how to play nice after all.

The Clark, the vessel owned and operated by Zeke Tenhoff ran into some troubles when a belt broke on the old Voltswagon engine. The only lady on the show to date, Emily Riedel, tried out her seas legs for the first time ever, but she overcame her fear. It was a nice moment. Lost time I am sure cut into the amount of gold they could find, but they added another $2,200 worth of gold to their pockets.

Emily Riedel on the Clark

The vessel that we failed to see really do much in episode one was the Sluicey. This time a friend of Ian Foster, who is very good at figuring out how to make things work and has prior dredging experience, helped out his long time friend. Not much time on the water hurt the amount of gold they came back with, but did find a couple small nuggets.

Bering Sea Gold – First Episode Reaction

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin

When it comes to gold, I am always interested. I really like the new show “Bering Sea Gold” that airs of the Discovery Channel. The show follows several dredge operations and the largest operation in the area, the Christine Rose (a large barge equipped with a excavator and a wash plant.)

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There are several personalities involved with the show, such as Steve Pomrenke and Shawn Pomrenke who operate the Christine Rose. In episode one, their thrusters were not working, so they use the arm of the excavator to push the Christine Rose out of the bay and into the Bering Sea. When the ocean swells started to get too big they headed back. Because they had no way to steer, the Christine Rose was almost thrown up the rocks at the jetty of the bay and had to be rescued by a fishing boat. I think this was a stupid risk, but they did find over seventy thousand dollars in gold for their efforts. It was nice to see their gold clean-out.

The Christine Rose

Operating a small vessel called “The Clark” is Zeke Tenhoff. While he is down under water dredging his female friend Emily Riedel keep tabs above the surface. I don’t know, but it seems like there is some sexual tension between them, as she is only friend. For their efforts they found over five ounces of gold in one day.

Scott Meisterheim, who is the captain of “The Wild Ranger” seems to be short tempered. This might be one of those people, that people will love to hate. Time will tell.

Making a homemade vessel that took on water, before he could even start to dredge was Ian Foster, who built his boat dredge named the Sluicey. His story as yet to unfold, but like many stories involving an underdog, he might be one that you find yourself hoping to get some gold. He is a former social worker, who has decided to take his chances to find some of that yellow gold.
In all, Bering Sea Gold looks like a entertaining show on Discovery Channel and has definately caught my attention. I will be watching to see how it all plays out. Check back for more reactions as the season progresses.

Bering Sea Gold

Posted on December 31, 2011 by admin

The Discovery Channel announced a new gold mining television show that premiers on January 27th, 2012. Bering Sea Gold as it is called is based out of Nome, Alaska and deals with ocean dredging of the Bering Sea. I have met a handful of guys who do this for a living, so I believe I will find this interesting to watch. I do know that without fail at least one person every dredge season washes up on the beaches of Nome every year, having lost their life in the frigid waters of the Bering Sea.

Miners mentioned in the above posted Bering Sea Gold videos are named… Steve Pomrenke, Shawn Pomrenke, Vernon Adkison, Zeke Tenhoff and Scott Meisterhiem.