Bering Sea Gold doesn't go that much into history like Deadliest Catch does with maritime history. But with most History Channel shows if you watch them close you will learn something.
I developed an interest in searching for certain historical artifacts when I was a kid. When I first started out I used to hunt for old bottles with my dad and an uncle. My uncle started one of the fist flea markets in our area. By old bottles I mean late 1800's and earlier with few exceptions. Much of the huntng involved a rather risky method where we would dig out filled cisterns in town. We had a brief window of maybe 4-8 hours in which to dig before the walls began too dry and cave in danger made it too dangerous to continue.
We barely missed one of the best local finds though. Someone located it before us. It was one of the first taverns in East Tennessee.
I’d love to get involved with something like that, but there’s precious little western history here out on the coast. Everything is less than a hundred years old.