Working Vacation Dredging the Bering Sea Nome AK

[darthvato666]

how do you go about getting hired on a dredge? do they look for locals in ak or can people from the lower 48 get hired too? im out in az and looking at getting diver certified.

[Sodnal]

This is probably a silly question, but do you ever get bothered by the Bearing Sea sharks I've seen on documentaries? They appear quite aggressive.

[exanchorite]

@Sodnal

Yeah that girl in the show on Discovery has to stay out of the water 1 week a month, but the sharks don't bother the guys.

[big420bill]

im very interested in makin my own shoe string dredge boat.. question: is there used dredg boats to bought there?? or should i make my own before coming..any place you know of to find good plans to make a reliable dredge? help with all tips would be greatly appericated.. thanks man

[exanchorite]

@big420bill

There is no such thing as a shoe string Nome dredge. Your best bet is to come up 2 months into the season and buy a dredge that someone else built and are selling because they failed. Failure is high here.

[buckskin3030]

Amazing determination! You fellows should be on the History channel.

[SWMMI]

Cool vid & good music!

[BoCoMoDave]

Can you show us a clean out?

[exanchorite]

@BoCoMoDave

Sure I'll film a cleanup this summer for you guys.

[TheGeorgeAskew]

Do you heat your suits? If so how exactly?

[JesseVVJames]

Great video and nice tune. Good luck in your search for gold.

[FamilymanCA]

What was the biggest sized nuggets were you getting? How far out did you have to go to get into gold from the shore. Nice video very interesting adventure. Thanks!

[AKBIOHAZARD]

awesome video you are lucky you have a dredge it is so hard to pan :(

[linuxrules04]

This is most amazing! And it is only surpassed by your taste in music. Thanks for the songs in your videos (not only this one).

[riverbender]

Excellent vid of a venue that most of us Lower 48 dredgers wonder about.

Man you can really HOG with that rig.

Thanks and Heavy Pans,

faaus

[tdz61]

Good Videos as always Kevin, I would love to get up there some season and work on a large dredge....

Awesome Vids Brah..

Ed

[briggstar]

Perfect mood/music selection. I'll have to check them out (reminds me of Smashing Pumpkins).

Fun seeing you at work!

[m3sca1]

awesome

[bluejmc]

I dont know how to send a private message. Cool band. If I took my 5" dredge right off the shore of nome beach could I get good recovery? Are the laws and paperwork licenses? Jason

[exanchorite]

Hey jmc,

The band is silversun pickups. Song is three seed. Some people are taking their dredges right off the beach (with modifications) and getting some good gold. The best areas have been covered so it is definitly harder each year. I don't know anything about laws and paperwork yet. Your last question could be answered in the Alaska Prospecting forum. I will be uploading a bunch of pictures there under the user name kevyluvu in a couple weeks. Glad you liked the video.

-Kevin