7.8/1018 votes#1 - Pick Your Battle
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2019
Mike and Danielle pick an over-the-top, tiki-party-meets-rockabilly home while Frank and Robbie set their sights on a vast collection hidden in the fortified bunkers of an old army base.
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- 8.6/1018 votes
#2 - The Great Pickoff
Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2019
The great pick-off continues as Mike and Danielle continue their team effort to take on Frank and Robbie for ultimate picking bragging rights.
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- 8.4/1020 votes
#3 - Picker's Dozen
Season 16 Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2019
A century-old Italian grocery store turned time capsule features an early 20th century delivery truck and a secret crypt that's calling Mike's name.
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- 7.8/1017 votes
#4 - Presidential Picks
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2019
The Pickers are on a Presidential Trail as Mike and Danielle head for Pennsylvania while Frank and Robbie are on a whistle stop tour of North Dakota.
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- 7.9/1015 votes
#5 - Pick Like a Honey Badger
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 2/25/2019
Mike and Frank are itching to see what is inside a barn that has been off limits for a quarter of a century. And while Mike makes like a honey badger, bundle master Frank strikes again.
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- 7.9/1016 votes
#6 - Raiders of the Lost Pick
Season 16 Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/2019
Mike and Danielle crawl into a Pittsburgh time capsule while Frank and Robbie plow through six generations of stuff on one of Michigan's oldest farms.
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- 8.1/1015 votes
#7 - Rock'n'Roll Heaven
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2019
It's all Rock and Roll as the guys tackle the painstaking preservation of Aerosmith's original tour van while a star-struck Frank picks one of his teen idols.
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- 7.0/1011 votes
#8 - Pick This Way
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/2019
Aerosmith's legendary tour van gets an overhaul just in time for a visit from Rock'n'Roll royalty
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- 8.1/1014 votes
#9 - The Michigan Madman
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 5/20/2019
The guys stumble upon two of the fastest motorcycles ever built and they are determined to save them from oblivion.
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- 8.1/1014 votes
#10 - The Mysterious Madame X
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 5/27/2019
Mike and Mefford, the mechanic, are on the hunt for Madame X -- a legendary one-of-a-kind 1929 Cadillac. But is it real?
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- 7.6/1012 votes
#11 - Space Invaders Smackdown
Season 16 Episode 11 - Aired 6/3/2019
The guys are ready to light up the sky when they pick a Detroit warehouse packed with vintage searchlights. Then Frank risks everything on a game of Space Invaders.
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- 7.8/1014 votes
#12 - Frank Meet Brank
Season 16 Episode 12 - Aired 6/10/2019
The guys have high hopes when they uncover a sexy 1935 Auburn roadster on an Indiana farm, but end up with just a kiddie ride instead.
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- 7.7/1012 votes
#13 - Van-Tastic
Season 16 Episode 13 - Aired 6/17/2019
The boys uncover a treasure trove of VW buses in Arkansas. With the collection under threat from vandals, Mike is determined to rescue as many as possible.
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- 7.2/1011 votes
#14 - Corvette King
Season 16 Episode 14 - Aired 6/24/2019
The gang heads to a gas pump graveyard in Louisiana. Danielle looks for a home for a pair of drag bikes.
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- 7.8/1014 votes
#15 - Alabama Rolls
Season 16 Episode 15 - Aired 7/1/2019
An Alabama couple has one of the biggest collections the guys have ever come across, including a number of high-octane cars saved from the scrap heap.
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- 7.4/1014 votes
#16 - Aerosmith Van
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 7/8/2019
After picking an awesome surf museum in California, Mike and Frank catch up with the Aerosmith van in Vegas. Then drive it down the strip to meet their rock ‘n’ roll idols for the big reveal.
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- 8.0/1016 votes
#17 - Georgia On My Mind
Season 16 Episode 17 - Aired 7/15/2019
Mike and Frank hightail it to Georgia hoping to snap up a super rare roadster and get it back on the highway.
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- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Double DeLorean Delight
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 7/22/2019
On a ramshackle New Jersey estate, Mike and Danielle go on a Back-to-the-Future joyride in a DeLorean.
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- 7.0/101 votes
#19 - Freaky Florida
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 7/29/2019
In a freaky Florida town steeped with Carnival history, Mike gambles big on the mother lode of must-have circus banners.
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- 6.0/101 votes
#20 - California Picking
Season 16 Episode 20 - Aired 8/5/2019
In the mountains of Southern California, the guys start their pick in an old train caboose and make off with a bulging bounty of cool old signs.
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- 6.0/101 votes
#21 - Say Sohio
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 8/19/2019
Frank falls super hard for a 63 Corvette Stingray and he keeps raising his offer that it makes Robbie wonder if this is really Frank. Meanwhile Mike and Mefford kick off an ambitious restoration project.
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Hollywood Honey Hole
Season 16 Episode 22 - Aired 8/26/2019
The guys find a Hollywood honey hole when they meet a stuntman from Hollywood's Golden Age; Al's California garage is overflowing with mind-blowing memorabilia.
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Knucklehead Frank
Season 16 Episode 23 - Aired 9/2/2019
In Southern California, Frank gets a lesson in Knucklehead Zen when the guys visit Andy--a kindred spirit and international man of mystery.
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Tick Tock Frank
Season 16 Episode 24 - Aired 9/9/2019
Frank “tick-tock” Fritz is over the moon when the guys pick a Portland clock shop that’s a showcase for vintage mechanical wonders of all kinds.
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The Best Episodes of American Pickers Season 16
Every episode of American Pickers Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Pickers Season 16!
Pickers like Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are on a mission to recycle America, even if it means diving into countless piles of grimy junk...
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Season 16 Ratings Summary
"Pick Your Battle" is the best rated episode of "American Pickers" season 16. It scored 7.8/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/21/2019. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Great Pickoff".