It's the beginning of a new ginseng season, and four top teams set out on the perilous hunt for the highly valuable but extremely elusive root. Led by Ricky The Legend Reece, Carl The Goat Bateman, Cody The Ranger White and J.R. Young Gun Parker, these hardcore scavengers compete to dig more ginseng than anyone else to make top dollar for their troubles.
With the ginseng season in full swing, four teams of relentless hunters are challenged by ancient trails explored by native Cherokee and early settlers. In the rugged peaks and hollows of the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, the sengers the teams' nickname for ginseng hunters have dangerous run-ins with poisonous timber rattlesnakes, broken tree limbs and more. They compete against time, the mountains and their rivals in the hunt.
This week, thunderstorms soak the Smoky Mountains, and while most sensible folks would call it a day and seek shelter, these ginsengers know that the end of their season is right around the corner, so not a day can be wasted. The teams ignore the severe weather warnings and march on into the most isolated peaks and hollows of North Carolina in order to find some seng.
This week, frost threatens the Great Smoky Mountains, and while locals seek refuge indoors, the sengers know that there are a few precious days left to dig. The teams challenge each other to keep going as they venture deeper into the most isolated corners of North Carolina to find the elusive root.
Winter has descended on the Smoky Mountains, but the four ginseng-hunting teams go up against the elements to prove that they won't come home empty-handed. With the end of ginseng season nearing, the price of the root is skyrocketing. Diggers are desperate to make their season goals, even if it means compromising allegiances. The teams challenge each other to keep going as they venture into some of the most isolated corners of North Carolina to fill their pockets with ginseng root.
Winter has finally closed in on the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina, and it's the teams' last chance to hit it big and dig enough ginseng to reach their goals for the season
