AU Grabber

The AU Grabber (pronounced as: Gold Grabber;) 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". It cost $600,000 to buy. In 2017 a 120 lb two week old seal was found on the dredge. Though no longer part of the show, in 2020, the dredge once again appeared on Bering Sea Gold, still mining in the Nome region.