It's a first for the Pawn Stars when a WWII Enigma machine comes in the shop. Used by the Germans to send top-secret messages, can they crack the code to owning this incredibly rare artifact? Then, Corey and the Old Man check out a photo of Old Westballoonfighter Doc Holiday. The only known photograph showing Holiday as a dentist, will this negotiation be like pulling teeth? And later, Corey's big-spending ways have him strapped for cash. Can a financial adviser set him straight?.
Pawn Stars is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard Harrison (or "The Old Man"), his son Rick Harrison (who opened the shop with his father in 1988), Rick's son Corey (who has worked there since childhood), and Corey's childhood friend, Austin "Chumlee" Russell.
The series depicts the staff's interactions with customers, who bring in a variety of artifacts to sell or pawn and who are shown haggling over the price and discussing its historical background, with narration provided by the Harrisons and occasionally Chumlee. The series also follows the interpersonal conflicts among the cast.
Numerous local experts in a variety of areas also regularly appear to appraise the items being sold or pawned.