Who here has ever thought about coming to Nome to mine for gold?

BSG producers are totally mad not to have included a whole episode talking to you, your father and other miners about these aspects of life in Nome, Thank you for compiling this Emily. 👍

I'm not a miner, I'm a reporter. I just left Nome after four years there and one thing I can say is the miners who are making money all have one thing in common: they work hard. They work very hard. Emily's advice is excellent. She's so cool! A beer in the bars of Nome will cost you ten bucks. So stay out of the bars. I suspect there are more miners making money by fleecing investors than there are miners finding gold. One guy told me "The baby boomers have got their IRAs burning a hole in their pocket and investing in something exciting like a gold mining operation is just too seductive." Nome is not such a bad place to live but it is very expensive. Housing and food are really high.

I lived in Nome in the 60s when gold was 35 dollars an ounce. I met a hiway worker from Wisconsin who took 3 months off from road work to pan on the beach from Nome to the mouth of the Nome river. He was taking 13 k off the beach every year..he came up about every year for 6 years..nice guy..

Thanks Emily for being there. Your straight forward and charming demeanor about what most people do not know came by your experiences. Thank you , you are wonderful. If I came up there I would expect to know how to be a hermit and find a piece of land to buy as a or for a tiny home where I can park my equipment and of course welcome anybody who wants to visit me whether they ever did or not. I think you are right about being about the business and do not venture too far without really knowing how. Thank you again. Keep up the good work. I only hope should I ever come back there I could be friends with you and everybody.

I think your a strong smart woman being successful in the harshest weather around. Keep it up love watching the crazy stuff you guys do!

Thank you so much for this video! We cant wait to see Nome July and get to know how things work up there and meet the locals! Anyone who thinks your job is easy really does have no clue about mining! As always great video and much love from California!!

Excellent tips Emily! I would see other YT channels interviewing seasonal miners at Nome some would have a boat and some would just dredge inland and you can sense immediately is a very rough environment. I love the show “BSG” and I think when the viewers see Shawn “Mr. Gold” Pomerenke start doing their clean up and weighing his over 100 ounces of gold that gives potential miners the wrong motivation and idea that they can do better..I think!!

Very interesting video! I'm sure glad I found you! I'm in love with Alaska and I love learning the different trades of the land. Thanks for sharing your career, the geographical of your area, and you two are a fun couple and also enjoying you sharing that part of your life also! I love outdoor activity and to make it living in your area, you would have to love the outdoor activities to keep you out of the bars! I'm not against bars, but they are more trouble in someone's life than any other social activity. The outdoors is where it's at! Keep the video's coming!! 😊

Great advice Emily we only play around with a bit gold for fun but love watching you work your dredge. Cheers from downunder.

Great advice. You've got to feel for all those people who've lost their shirts chasing the dream. I love the show and love going out doing a bit of prospecting myself, but up there in Alaska is totally different ball game.

Watched since season 1 just found your KZfaq. I live in Scotland and can't believe how many people commenting on here that they want to try a season 🤣🤣🤣 it's cold enough here I will keep watching you all from my home comforts. Some amount of dreamers out there though place must turn into a circus once the sun shines.

I'd love to see a video series of all the crazy failed ideas

Thanks you Emily I have considered coming up to Nome just to watch n be part of an operation if anything just to learn something new

Sound advise, I am a longtime fan of your adventure of you and zack on the beach and your journey thru the seasons. Lol congrats you have come a long way. Plus there is the disclaimer on the season series?? There is always good and bad times in everyones life. Love your youtube series. Nice to see the true Emily Ridel.

Always thought about going North and try my luck. Even b4 IRT I had job offer driving. Met guy in North Dakota. My girlfriends dad said I crazy. Then wanted to go because I heard divers needed. B4 I knew it. To old. Like to come b tourist and check out. Your very honest. Not arrogant. You have had success and failure. Wish u best. Great vids.

Love bsg thanks for the extras without any network influence. You rock

Condensing years into minutes. Your advice is gold. Maybe even diamonds amongst gold. It's appreciated.

Thank you for doing this it’s good advice for anyone coming to the bush in Alaska I live in kotzebue and expect for not having gold the advice is the same thank you and keep up the work you were the best person on the show

Hey Emily, i have noticed while watching the show that none of the divers ever take down an external bottle of air as a safety implement should the air compressor goes to shit. Can you take bottled air into the icy water? If i were a diver i would want the back up tank because every season, one of the biggest problems they encounter is air issues. Can you help us understand why no one uses bottled air as a redundant back up.

Thanks for the advice Emily, you've done very well for yourself also!! When is season 15 of BSG going to start? I'm a recreational miner,when I'm not working at my real job. I hope you have a successful mining season this summer!!!

Great commentary and very insightful! Thanks M and all the best this season

great work all around fam. glad I come by. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

I'm not interested in becoming a miner: I don't have the skills. But I love watching you. Thanks for the new video, Emily!

You inspire me I would not even think about going after gold to many in that boat but good to watch you kick ass

Ty for your honesty Emily. Your awesome.

I've always wondered, how efficient do you think your dredge is at catching fine gold. What percentage do you think you miss?

I'm hoping to go there for vacation soon. I've been minning on a small scale for years. Tks for the video

love watching you and im proud of you i seen you come a long way !!! i hope you Love Mother Hood !!

Have been watching bearing sea gold since the beginning or almost the beginning when you were going out with Zeke. I’m glad you didn’t stay with him but I’m not saying that to be mean but I don’t think you too clicked and your husband now seems genuinely nice and has a very nice personality I’m glad for you.

Thank you for this video. I have always wanted to try mining and know I would not be a big miner. Who would suggest people talk to about renting for a season so I could start out and do beach mining? That would help me figure out where to start and get the ball rolling. I am an experienced advanced open water diver and would like to at least try that when I am there but I’m sure I can figure out who to talk to for that when I’m there. Thanks again I have been watching your video for quite some time and never commented but the time is near for a change! Thank you again! Tony L

Please keep these vids coming! Thanks very much and we love you in Wisconsin

I love dredging. I'm heading up next season. But not attempting any sea dredging . Rather deal with the pain in the ass in getting equipped in shitty spots then attempting that entire new world! You guys are tough as nails

I would love to come up there but hate the cold. UK is bad enough 😁I'm from SA 🇿🇦 like ABIT of warmth. As u say u need a vehicle and a warm place. 🔥 Thanks for sharing. ❤️💛

I helped some dredgers at a Reservoir in California where I lived once. We found a nugget the size of your thumb along with a bunch of little nuggets. I've wanted to go to Alaska to try my luck ever sense.

I have watched and cheered for you since day 1, you have the skills cheers and i wish you all the luck.

Great advice! Especially "don't invest your money in other's failures.

Grate video Emily keep up the grate work 💯

Hi Emily, Was watching an episode last year where someone was beach mining, and he was doing okay. I was wondering does gold move around on the beach, and that's why people continue to find it in the same spots that were mined out earlier. That spot I'm talking about was below an old river that doesn't even exist anymore. Thanks..

I haven't seen the BSG show, sorry. This video was a random find, but a cool topic. I have one more that you can incorporate into another top 5 list. "If you didn't make it in the lower 48, how are you going to make it here?" Good luck to you. 👍

Great vid. Alot of this advice can be applied in life in general. One thing is be very paranoid as bout would be getting robbed! That would be on my mind constantly man.

What an awesome video, well done Emily 😊

I probably have not seen every single episode, sometimes I do not have satellite reception as I travel full time. I have seen many of the episodes. I have seen you go from tiny amounts of gold in your early years to a decent haul the last season that was on. The crazy part of that is that you made less in gold than I would get working as an engineer at an aerospace company. Then there are the Kelly's LOL

I'd love to try a season up there just to have the experience. Would be a great adventure.

Yes totally agree, that was so interesting. I bet you get loads of folks who see the show and think Wow that looks easy ……let’s go pick up a load of gold off the ocean floor, Until they hit those Crazy Cold temperatures Etc, and lots of other BS ya run into! I was in Wyoming visiting friends for a few months in 2017/18 ……Wow did it hit me going from England to Minus 27F with the wind chill in Wyoming ……lmao And obviously that is probably mild to Alaska. Many people in America will not get it, but most Brits won’t that’s for sure. Nome in Winter must be Unreal for Cold weather 🥶🥶 I remember when I lived in Wyoming in winter 1991/92 Wow guys would walk around in Ski suits because it was so cold, face mask, goggles, gloves Etc. I can imagine what it’s like during a white out storm in Nome in winter, I’ve been in a few in Wyoming. About 2 years ago I saw a documentary of about 2 or 3 different break down truck companies in Fairbanks, Wow the crazy folk who they had to go out and rescue with the breakdown trucks. One young girl went out for a drive in a T shirt, run out of gas out in the country side outside of Fairbanks, it’s luck she had taken her phone and could get a signal. When the breakdown truck got to her she was sat in the car shaking with cold, it was around Minus 40F I remember years ago hearing about a guy who went to the gym in T shirt and shorts, the car broke down on the way and he set off walking, froze to death. Sadly I guess it happens every year in Alaska.

Thanks for your hard truths that some will never listen to but should

Hey Emily, i used to watch the show all the time. Always knew its not as easy as it looks. I like your videos, honest and straight to the point. So if i were to come up to you and told you i want to compete with you( do what you fo minus bsg) would you spend the time it would take to explain to a newbie what he will need to start? Given said newbie is nice to you. Lol. I love the outdoors so i would not mind beach mining, i can see myself shovel dirt into a highbanker for hours. But its not something id be able to achieve financially in the near future.

I am just wondering what amount of cash people spend to start diving for gold? I would never start something without a backup plan.

Loving the videos folks, much 💚 from Vermont 🇺🇸

That's truthfully advise that would apply to every aspect of life. Specially business.

your are so special Emily I've loved your journey since day one and frankly only really watch for you and Mr. Gold All my love if you are ever in Vancouver we should say high I am a friend of Bill W. and get how following a dream is NOT a part of the program

Very interesting and informative. I think if I was going to start up there with you. I would probably stick to what am good at being a mechanic. Nome reminds me a lot of the The little village I come from in the Highlands of Scotland where everyone knows everyone. Tc and stay safe until the next time 😃✌🤙

I commented on your prices video, and boom, here you are again. Not many people can wing it, live by their wits and survive. Much less in an extreme environment. The ones who seem to look that way have performed their due diligence, putting serious thought into all contingencies. Some do it and still fail. Nome is a long way from most places. Closer to Russia than most places. Think about the stories about the shortages of basic supplies in the former Soviet Union. You covered the realities, the result of a small population in at a remote location in the aforementioned video. One subject that I learned while trying to earn a living was to treat your competition with respect. Someday you might need them, and the same for them. That, and you can't make up for losses by increasing your volume.

Great advice I will keep rooting for you !

I just found your channel. Looks beautiful up there. I might visit Alaska, but living there would be a bit much for me. Love seeing your adventures tho.

As always love it black and white honesty and heart you have one big family up there your hubby is one very lucky man would love to come up and just help or be involved just for the experience and to make some new friends thank you

Thank you very much for the advice.. I am planning on coming up (down) ? In May.. one question.. are there any kareoke bars?

Hey Emily has anybody looked into the Shell gold dredge? They make a 10,12,and a 15 inch suction/cutter dredge its made for mining gold,there expensive the 15 inch is 5 million dollars but can be run by 2 people. Im just curious if anybody has used them in Nome.

Emily I watched the 1st episode of BSG last night and you weren't in the opener or mentioned at all. Are you not on the show anymore or just this season?

Can a beach miner actually make bank with the cost of living, etc in Nome? What would the "average" beach miner make in ounces per year? Why is there a "season" for mining? Can the beach be mined all year round? Thanks and am an avid watcher forever! PS: I'm not going to come up, just curious questions.

About the bone yard (scrap yard) at start of video... Is that stuff Free? How hard is it to put together a boat comparable to the Eroica? what about motors, pumps, etc? Is there an online web site where everyone sells stuff for just for Nome?

Do you know of any places in the mainland to attempt to pan for gold? It's been a bucket list but I can barely afford to drive to the next state let alone afford to go to Alaska w machinery. I def want to go big time

Excellent advice for everyone. If it was easy to get rich, there would be plenty of rich miners walking around which there is not.

I want to go to Nome and get into the buisness im a prospecter in N.C i would start on the beach with a highbanker and keep my overhead to a minimum. start small and work up. maybe try and get a job on a dredge to lkearn more about Nome dredging. Ive always said for every hour of prospecting i do, ive done 3 hours of research and that is no joke. every peice of equipment i currently own ive researched countless hours on its viability to my application and what i need it for. Im currently saving and researching 4 inch dredges for my N.C prospecting and other states i plan on prospecting. All your points u have made in this video are absoulutley valid points especially the not being a d**k lol. that gets nobody anywhere in life let alone gold dredging in nome alaska I do hope someday i will be able to make it up there its on my bucket list along with doing the 40 mile gold camp adventure in Chicken. great video Emily!

Here is a question, would location location location not be way up there? You can have the best gear and best team, but if you don’t know where the gold is, nothing is going to happen? I watch all of the gold shows and what strikes me is that those who make money understand it is not a question of equipment, but a question of finding the gold and how to find the gold. And that does not seem to be discussed much in the gold shows.

Yes 👍. I live on old Sapphire mine. In. NC.

Nice heads up advice for the newbies with gold fever

Very sound advice, thanks Emily

This broad is straight butter....love the videos...wish you were on this season but worth the wait......

Whats a bottle of belle gloss cost in nome? You have to fly that in?

Mite be a stupid question, but what do people use for cell service in nome? I have t- mo and wonder if it would even work there..lol

Sounds like really hard work but very exciting too. Living in a tent or vehicle would be hard if it got really cold brrrrrr. I would love a gold hunt but where I'm from we don't really have any. I settle for mud larking instead.

what's the biggest suction hose being used in nome?

Well at least thank you totally honest what it takes to get up there do appreciate it

Hey... Love the show and your episodes... Can beach mining in Nome be profitable?

Wonderful video… but what is the Opera scene like in Nome? Do you ever perform?

... be nice, be humble... something that is scarce these days, but there is an endless universal supply of.. cheers

Watching your videos for the First Time. I.m a man 44yo from North of Italy....immediatly notice your elusive gaze which remind me how i am. I live in a small Village close to mountains and relations with people could be difficult but at the same time authentic. I also have "important" nose which allowed me to feel much more undestood.....i Will follow you, i Will not be a Dick...👍

New house looks nice Em!!!!

Emily, you are an inspiration! Looks like you have gotten married? Good for you! Thanks for sharing!

Hey E, didn't know you were a miner? Only thing I saw you do underwater was freak out! Never did see you dive for more than 5 minutes! Lmao!

Wish we could find gold in the UK like you do there.

See you soon on next show - Thanks

Siempre estabais montando jaleo. No callabais ni debajo del agua pero tienes una fuerza de superación increible. Todo el día llena de morados, pero con el deber cumplido. 😘

Great Video Emily! Where I grew up much the same issue with a lot of tourists coming to the Black Hills of South Dakota(7 miles from Mount Rushmore).... THE REAL GOLD in Nome, AK isn't in the water!! That much I've learned real fast watching all of you on Bearing Sea Gold... It lies within the "knowledge/Wisdom" of those who eat, live, breathe this stuff 24/7/365..... I'm potentially coming up there next summer, too late this year. I sure hope I run into some great people up there. Your opening line was spot on too.... It should be one of the most stark lessons anyone can learn coming to Nome.... Look at all the people who thought they had all the answers... Because they're lining the roads and fields. Hope you have a great season! Save some for me! :)

Keep on doing it girl. You are the best

Imma just gonna watch you on KZfaq from my cozy warm home.

Very interesting's vids love them Emily

on my way :D Is this your new house ? Also another dumb question - you seem to spend very few time on the eroica this season, bad weather ?

Sound advice, you've put the time in and know what it takes to be successful gold mining in Nome. Thank you for sharing insights without sugar coating 👌

Quisiera saber si ellos emely y su equipo vive hay mismo porque es muy emocionante trabajar lo que te gusta y también vivir hay mismo

Is there an actual large enough margin there enough to make a person risk a fortune to pull up sticks and set up in Alaska to search for gold?

Thanks for filming

I have seen every Battle Star Galactica episode, I am ready to mine!

Love this! Super inspiring!

Youve come a Long way, Emily. Say hi to Rick. Great videos

A lot of really good advice that almost noone will heed. Were an arrogant species who only seem to learn the hard way. They used to say hire teenagers while they still know everything. I dont think we ever really get past being teenagers. lmao. Keep the vids coming though, looks like a good lifestyle.

Good stuff Emily.

And great to see you conquer your fear under the water well done girl yes I watch Bering sea gold Shawn has lost it as far as I can see he really pushing hard now

wish i was 20 again this is a young persons game emily is an extremely talanted person like eastwood said youve got too know your limitations