GOLD RUSH BEGINS TONIGHT

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Au dave said:
yeah ... after a bushfire had gone thru we were blacking out and whilst walking to the next smolderer there was puffs of flame coming up in the raised dust.

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I spent a month in Sydney a few years ago, ok a long time ago, and from what I saw I am sure that dust was actually dried FOSTERS or VEGI-MITE
 

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One of those kids working for Tony trying to dislodge the boulder should have taken a shovel and displaced Tony's head. What an JERK...
 

The last show was boring. It is funny when one of Todd crew members and tell us that he will be leaving if no gold if found. All the crews members receive more money from being on TV then the gold that they find. The show is a joke.
 

Honest Samuel said:
The last show was boring. It is funny when one of Todd crew members and tell us that he will be leaving if no gold if found. All the crews members receive more money from being on TV then the gold that they find. The show is a joke.
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And yet you watch it every week ; )

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Has anyone heard of the new show with Dakota Fred starting January 12th?
 

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I just saw an add for it. One of the guy's in New England Prospectors group on Facebook auditioned for the show. Hopefully it'll be better than Gold Rush. I think they have jumped the shark on the Hoffman's. Or should I say jumped the TOAD! LOL! :icon_scratch:
 

I heard Todd gets $500K per year for that show. None of them are making much money mining with the huge overhead they run. Parker might pull 10% out of the gross if he's lucky. Tony maybe 15%. Todd has to be losing huge money & would have been bankrupt years ago if not for the show. In my humble opinion, staying small & finding good ground is a better way to go. I'm not the only miner to think like that.
 

Parker runs pretty lean and doesn't spend a lot. I'd bet he does well aside from the show. Tony and family I'm sure do ok too. But he spends...

I wonder if the "bet" is just contract negotiations.
 

Gold Rush is reality TV. All the equipment is donated, companies like Volvo its a tax write off. I would not be surprised that Discovery bought a large amount of gold and each week the gold is used to show what each mining group the rewards. Its all about selling advertiser dollars and making the $$$ for the shareholders. Ever notice how quickly parts are available such as the 6 winch motors Tony The Tiger got for his dredge or the water pump that Parker needed a few years ago and the pump he bought was brand new that he went into town and got. Out of cameras eye is a boneyard of equipment in waiting. I use to be a die-hard fan now it could be a few days before I blow through the 1 hour show in 15 minutes if I even watch it.

Tony has decided to go big next year, scraping the dredges for the big wheel...

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I was part of the Discovery Channel show on amateur rocketry about 12 years ago or so.

The amount of money they threw at us for rocket motors and other equipment was nothing short of incredible.

When we were finished with a shoot they didn't give two hoots what was done with all the equipment.
 

I’ll just leave that there.
 

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I’m pretty sure this new show is just different know the guy a little bit but not much more
 

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Just watched fri episodes .What was hunters fine for? missed something
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Something about non use of "Seat belts" as stated on the show. Not clear at all.
 

They didn't use their seat belts in the UTV and didn't come to a complete stop when picking one of them up. The fine seemed a tad high for something like that, but who knows.

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