GOLD RUSH BEGINS TONIGHT

AzViper

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Skunked68w

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Rookster

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Not much of a miner even though I was MSHA approved to be able to call on a lignite mine that was a customer a few years back. I'll be watching.
 

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The writer ( I hope not AzViper), as well as the producers, could be a little more sensitive to Rick.
 

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Considering how popular he is on the show and how much gold he's helped production pretend to dig out.

You would think he would earn more than 150k a year. Considering they supposedly dig so much gold.

Parker earns 100 k an episode.

Ricks salary last year equals 10% of what he and his new crew dug. So, what's his actual take? plus his discovery channel salary.

Math doesn't add up.

I love how they are still calling it "unscripted"
 

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Considering how popular he is on the show and how much gold he's helped production pretend to dig out.

You would think he would earn more than 150k a year. Considering they supposedly dig so much gold.

Parker earns 100 k an episode.

Ricks salary last year equals 10% of what he and his new crew dug. So, what's his actual take? plus his discovery channel salary.

Math doesn't add up.

I love how they are still calling it "unscripted"

There's a lot of math that doesn't work.

- If they sell the gold for the current value, how does the buyer make any money?

- Where do they pay taxes? Parker and his crew are Americans. Are they getting taxed on the gold in the U.S. and Canada?

- How does he get it home? I remember that episode a few years back where Parker loaded up his pickup with jars full of raw gold and took them home to Haynes to show his family. How the hell did he get that past customs at the border?

And if that kid is making $100k per episode, he's making some major bank for someone so young. The Storage Wars cast only got $30k per episode
 

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I Really Hope Rick Does Well. Parker will be lost without him.

Parker will be slamming everything, throwing anything he can and yelling at everyone. He might of gotten his interest in mining from his G'pa...but if the show is even halfway realistic, he didn't get his temperament At All.

Hoffman 3.0 hopefully got some common sense. 1.0 and 2.0 didn't seem to be awash in it.

Tony can just be a jerk. Minnie seems nice as do their kids.

Freddie Rocks..I Think.

Just My Opinions from the show. Maybe it's all scripted to portray everyone like that??

Kace
 

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I Really Hope Rick Does Well. Parker will be lost without him.

Parker will be slamming everything, throwing anything he can and yelling at everyone. He might of gotten his interest in mining from his G'pa...but if the show is even halfway realistic, he didn't get his temperament At All.

Hoffman 3.0 hopefully got some common sense. 1.0 and 2.0 didn't seem to be awash in it.

Tony can just be a jerk. Minnie seems nice as do their kids.

Freddie Rocks..I Think.

Just My Opinions from the show. Maybe it's all scripted to portray everyone like that??

Kace


They wouldn't script a reality show.... would they?
 

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I Really Hope Rick Does Well. Parker will be lost without him.

Parker will be slamming everything, throwing anything he can and yelling at everyone. He might of gotten his interest in mining from his G'pa...but if the show is even halfway realistic, he didn't get his temperament At All.

Hoffman 3.0 hopefully got some common sense. 1.0 and 2.0 didn't seem to be awash in it.

Tony can just be a jerk. Minnie seems nice as do their kids.

Freddie Rocks..I Think.

Just My Opinions from the show. Maybe it's all scripted to portray everyone like that??

Kace

LOL At 22 years old, Parker's NET worth is 2 million.:)
 

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Kid is smart not to run a one pony show-do much more and make much more. Get it whilst your young and hold on tight in todays eco world as rules/regs/eco insanity closes in-John
 

bedrock bubba

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I didn't like it when Tony cut off Parker's water, then laughed at him. Tony could have caught a bullet in the head for that with a lot of folks!What an A-hole the guy is!
 

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parker should have had a deal for water and access before he brought that land,now he is going have to give tony a percentage again.hope rick does ok
 

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AzViper

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Another season of PLANNED heartache for everyone by the screen writers. Its amazing to begin the season with NO equipment and NO water rights, but that's the drama of the show.
 

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parker should have had a deal for water and access before he brought that land,now he is going have to give tony a percentage again.hope rick does ok

Parker would ...especially the way they portray the relationship. He doesn't have to work with Tony. Its production.

It would all be in the lease its all part of the operation.

Not watching it but, hearing about it here it's not surprising. Just plain dumb that they pass it off as an actual thing.

Considering the list of verifiable just fake nonsense at this point. They shouldn't be legally allowed to call this unscripted reality T.V.

I'd be pissed if I got involved in a show thinking it was gonna be one thing yet find out production was creating all of it and passing it off as real.
 

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i cant believe rick did not interlock those block,looks like freddy dodge is coming,i hope he gets them going.
 

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Thats some nice big gold ring Rick has.Someplace I read its 5 ozs. :)
 

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I really thought Rick would be taking over. Tonys Lease after. Parker gave it up. That would really have stired up the crap. And Rick would have been all set. Tonys has all kind of junk equipment laying around.
 

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