AU Grabber

The AU Grabber (pronounced as: Gold Grabber;[NB 1]) is an self-propelled barge excavator dredge used to mine Bering Sea placer gold deposits in the region around Nome, Alaska, USA. It is owned and operated by Richard Schimschat and featured in the Discovery Channel USA mining reality TV show Bering Sea Gold.[1][2][3][4] It cost $600,000 to buy.[5] In 2017 a 120 lb two week old walrus calf was found on the dredge.[3][4][6] Though no longer part of the show, in 2020, the dredge once again appeared on Bering Sea Gold, still mining in the Nome region.[7]

Notes
  1. "Au" is the chemical symbol for gold

References
  1. Rob Owen (22 January 2012). "Discover series 'Bering Sea Gold' aims for pay dirt". The Seattle Times.
  2. Emily Fehrenbacher (6 May 2015). "Reality Check: 'Bering Sea Gold' plumbs the depths for TV drama". Anchorage Daily News.
  3. Maguire, Sean (19 June 2017). "Two-week old walrus calf rescued from Nome and brought to Seward". KTUU. Gray Media Group.
  4. Maisie Thomas (23 June 2017). "Walrus calf found stranded on Nome gold dredge". The Nome Nugget.
  5. "Hank Schimschat". Discovery. 6 February 2014.
  6. "Miners Were Dredging The Ocean For Gold When They Discovered An Astonishing 120-Pound Stowaway". 14 August 2018.
  7. "The Gold, The Bad, & The Ugly". Bering Sea Gold. Season 12. Episode 6. 5 June 2020. Discovery USA.

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