Gold Rush, who's been watching?

[SaltwaterServr]

I loved this show last year. I was pretty pissed when that guy screwed over the Hoffman's and basically swindled the claim out from underneath them.

"I've had a standing offer to buy the Porcupine claim for years."

Really *******? So you waited until someone dug out a full season's worth of dirt for you to go buy it? Granted, the Hoffman's screwed up and missed a lease payment, but that's some ******** right there. You go behind their back and buy it out from under them just as the new gold mining season is starting?

Oh, sucks to be you now. House is flooding, equipment broke down left and right, and you might lose your life's savings.

Karma. She has a mean streak. Reap the whirlwind.

 

[Hoofbite]

Yeah, I've been watching.

The shows been just about the same disaster it was last year.

Nobody has anything to really speak of.

Fred has to be the biggest idiot I have ever seen. He spent a good 7 weeks tearing down an entire plant that he could have ran from day 1 and produced gold with.

It's amazing how foolish he was. He didn't even have his equipment at that time. Why not run what you can, have some of the help prepare a new area to work with and set up the equipment when it comes.

Literally, he wasted 7 weeks of nearly guaranteed gold. Entirely stupid. I did think it was funny one of the pieces of equipment broke down. I wonder if that thing was one of the pieces the Hoffmans sold to him. That'd be too perfect if it was.

The Hoffmans are nearly as stupid this year as they were last year. Just no clue what they are doing.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Yeah, I've been watching.

The shows been just about the same disaster it was last year.

Nobody has anything to really speak of.

Fred has to be the biggest idiot I have ever seen. He spent a good 7 weeks tearing down an entire plant that he could have ran from day 1 and produced gold with.

It's amazing how foolish he was. He didn't even have his equipment at that time. Why not run what you can, have some of the help prepare a new area to work with and set up the equipment when it comes.

Literally, he wasted 7 weeks of nearly guaranteed gold. Entirely stupid. I did think it was funny one of the pieces of equipment broke down. I wonder if that thing was one of the pieces the Hoffmans sold to him. That'd be too perfect if it was.

The Hoffmans are nearly as stupid this year as they were last year. Just no clue what they are doing.

From what I can remember, all of his heavy equipment is what he bought from the Hoffmans. First the front end loader goes down. I didn't see what happened with it, but they had the front right wheel assembly off. Then the bucket excavator crapped out and won't start at the end of the re-run I just saw. The preview for Friday's episode showed Fred at home surveying the damage the flood did to his house. Total disaster.

The Hoffman's might have found decent gold on their new place judging by the test cores, but hard to say how much or how deep the gravel goes that contains it. For such a cluster**** of a bunch, I want to see them succeed.

The Fates are not kind to Fred. I was honestly pissed off to the point I had to tell myself to calm down when I saw that episode where he kicked the Hoffman's off the Porcupine. If he tried to pull something like that with someone else that wasn't being filmed, they might find his body face down in a river after his truck "slid" off the road.

 

[Hoofbite]

From what I can remember, all of his heavy equipment is what he bought from the Hoffmans. First the front end loader goes down. I didn't see what happened with it, but they had the front right wheel assembly off. Then the bucket excavator crapped out and won't start at the end of the re-run I just saw. The preview for Friday's episode showed Fred at home surveying the damage the flood did to his house. Total disaster.

The Hoffman's might have found decent gold on their new place judging by the test cores, but hard to say how much or how deep the gravel goes that contains it. For such a cluster**** of a bunch, I want to see them succeed.

The Fates are not kind to Fred. I was honestly pissed off to the point I had to tell myself to calm down when I saw that episode where he kicked the Hoffman's off the Porcupine. If he tried to pull something like that with someone else that wasn't being filmed, they might find his body face down in a river after his truck "slid" off the road.

I think the brakes went out on the loader. Not sure.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Such a great show, but it is literally one disaster after another. If there was ever a show that made you NOT want to have anything to do with a certain line of work, it's this one. Jeez.

I think the focus on Fred being the bad guy takes away some of the focus on just how TERRIBLE Todd is as a leader. That guy has done NOTHING right. I mean, just now deciding to do a test drill? Spending 5 days and thousands of dollars leveling ground and digging through permafrost on land that was already mined?

And then add all that to last year's disaster?

 

[drawnstripes]

well the thig that gets me there are supposedly broke

hmmmmmmm wonder how much money they are getting paid by discovery channel

and one of you stated it - I mean get your stuff together - get there on time with working machincery - whats this I gonna play around for 4 or 5 weeks

duh

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Such a great show, but it is literally one disaster after another. If there was ever a show that made you NOT want to have anything to do with a certain line of work, it's this one. Jeez.

I think the focus on Fred being the bad guy takes away some of the focus on just how TERRIBLE Todd is as a leader. That guy has done NOTHING right. I mean, just now deciding to do a test drill? Spending 5 days and thousands of dollars leveling ground and digging through permafrost on land that was already mined?

And then add all that to last year's disaster?

I disagree. This is one show that makes you think "If these idiots can do it, so can anyone!"

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

well the thig that gets me there are supposedly broke

hmmmmmmm wonder how much money they are getting paid by discovery channel

and one of you stated it - I mean get your stuff together - get there on time with working machincery - whats this I gonna play around for 4 or 5 weeks

duh

If they are getting paid by Discovery, I can't imagine it's enough to cancel out their $1000 a day loss.

Plus, either they're really good actors or they're broke. The tension that all of them are showing strikes me as real.

 

[yimyammer]

Yeah, I've been watching.

The shows been just about the same disaster it was last year.

Nobody has anything to really speak of.

Fred has to be the biggest idiot I have ever seen. He spent a good 7 weeks tearing down an entire plant that he could have ran from day 1 and produced gold with.

It's amazing how foolish he was. He didn't even have his equipment at that time. Why not run what you can, have some of the help prepare a new area to work with and set up the equipment when it comes.

Literally, he wasted 7 weeks of nearly guaranteed gold. Entirely stupid. I did think it was funny one of the pieces of equipment broke down. I wonder if that thing was one of the pieces the Hoffmans sold to him. That'd be too perfect if it was.

The Hoffmans are nearly as stupid this year as they were last year. Just no clue what they are doing.

That's what I was thinking as well, why not run it til the other one gets set up, I cant see any reason why it had to be located in the same space.

Everyone on the whole show does so many stupid things, I cant help but think its staged. My dad and I were watching them clear that field and we both said, why dont they get a drilling rig and do a bunch of test bores to see if they are in a good spot and we know nothing about digging for gold. Lo and behold, after they waste a bunch of time and money clearing land that had already been mined, they conclude they should do test borings.

Aggravating to watch the stupidity, yet I can't change the channel.....

 

[yimyammer]

Such a great show, but it is literally one disaster after another. If there was ever a show that made you NOT want to have anything to do with a certain line of work, it's this one. Jeez.

I think the focus on Fred being the bad guy takes away some of the focus on just how TERRIBLE Todd is as a leader. That guy has done NOTHING right. I mean, just now deciding to do a test drill? Spending 5 days and thousands of dollars leveling ground and digging through permafrost on land that was already mined?

And then add all that to last year's disaster?

The kid might be the smartest one of the bunch

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

The kid might be the smartest one of the bunch

He seems pretty calm considering the pressure he's probably under to keep his mining operation afloat. Plus he's been having a pretty nasty string of bad luck as well.

They must all be cursed.

 

[jnday]

I disagree. This is one show that makes you think "If these idiots can do it, so can anyone!"

I could screw up just like these guys . Finding gold ? I know nothing about it ,but nobody on the show can find it either . Every week , I watch thinking this could could be the week that they get rich , only to find that they haven't even started looking yet .

 

[kmp77]

I could screw up just like these guys . Finding gold ? I know nothing about it ,but nobody on the show can find it either . Every week , I watch thinking this could could be the week that they get rich , only to find that they haven't even started looking yet .

I wouldn't let that crew lead me to a buffet line. That main guy and his dumb old man have about 5 IQ points between them. Good show but man....that main team is DUMB.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I have only watched a couple of episodes. One of them was where the one old guy bought the land the others had found gold on. I have to say I got the feeling that discovery channel or the producers had a hand in that decision to create some extra drama.

Like I said I have only seen a couple of episodes but man alive those guys seem like a bunch of idiots. It is like they have no plan at all and then complain about losing money to which the old saying a fool and his money are soon parted kept coming to my mind.

 

[Longboysfan]

It is like they have no plan at all and then complain about losing money to which the old saying a fool and his money are soon parted kept coming to my mind.

An remember there are a bunch of them.

 

[Roadtrip635]

That Hoffman bunch are hilarious, a bunch of morons, but they're pretty funny. They look like a dog in a new yard, just digging holes for the heck of it. I don't blame Fred at all, the Hoffmans messed up and are unorganized. I'm sure the producers are editing to make Fred seem more like the villain, when the truth is the Hoffman bunch are just incompetent.

I do like the kid, it'd be nice to see him hit it big.

 

[ologan]

Never watched an episode. Sounds too much like pro rasslin' to me.
(I do confess I watched that oil well show a few years back,and the ice road truckers thingy......seems they're coming up with more new ones every year.)

 

[iceberg]

i still hold to the early setup.

the hoffmans will work with the snoz's to beat dakota.

hoof and i talked about it and so far what he said would happen is right, but i'm stickin to my idea in the end.

but for tonight, you really went skipping off into the flowers when you're the only one who can get a job done needed next?

that was just...strange.

 

[jnday]

This has got to be the worse goldminers ever . All of them are still trying to get their equipmemt ready at the midpoint of the season . Didn't they know that the season was approaching ? Was it too much to prepare for ? These guys should go broke . They will be lucky to mine 2 weeks .

 

[Signals]

The kid looks like Jeff Dunham's Bubba J. :