Gold Rush Season 4 premiere

[jeff of pa]

'Gold Rush' Season 4 premiere

well against my better judgement, I got up this morning & watched the 2 hour premier
on my DVR
before coming online.

I didn't watch their 1 Hour spoiler talk show before,
I just deleted that.

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Looks to me like Parker Schnabel is going to be the New Todd for comedy relief.
working with nothing to go on. Best drill holes showed "Trace".
I'm thinking his so Called friend Tony Beets is laughing through his scruffy beard,
behind his back.
I hope Parker didn't pay him for the land. Parker said it right,
Tony wont mine the land.

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although the attempt at Drama failed, the Hoffman crew just may have
their crap together this year. not quite as Much "Waa Waa Waaaaa"
& no crying poverty yet,
when they needed something done, They coped & did it.
Fixed a Bridge, Hired a chopper to rush them a Diesil Filter, Crawled under wires
with their heavy equipment, with no mishaps

They actually looked like semi-Pro

BS on the diamonds though imo, I still think diamonds are for Chumps.
I hope they are only mentioning them, for show filler.

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the other crew with Fred the claim jumper, was a waste of space to fill a 2 hour show
IMO
just driving in snow, getting stuck , & trying to add drama.
:Add Yawn Gif here

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now, unless next week is a 2 hour behind the scenes recap show.
and another 6 week hiatus till the next episode

I guess I'll stick around

?Gold Rush? Season 4 premiere: Todd Hoffman on the run for riches in Guyana - Zap2it

 

[KevinInColorado]

Even my wife can out pan all of the TV panners I've seen. But then she can out pan me as well GG~

just one more reason you are a lucky man!

 

[Goodyguy]

Just watched the re-run of Fred and the makeshift dredge he cobbled together.......
It was supposed to pump gold into the bucket of the loader with a 6" hose coming straight off the jet.

Had they not given up on it, can you imagine what would have happened once that monster pump was running

 

[Ordell]

Quite an episode tonight. I want to believe it was all genuine. Fred and Dustin did a great repair job on that de-rocker, and Parker & co. moving Big Red had a few hold-your-breath moments. With that new wash plant, Parker has no more excuses. He should make a fortune now.

 

[AzViper]

Who gave permission for Parker to take and move the Hoffman's equipment? If he did not get the ok from Hoffman's you can read into what the next few episodes are going to be?

 

[mrlindeman]

I think the Hoffs may have sold Big Red to the guy helpin parker on little blue. Parker is now leasing Big Red for the season until things get worked out.

 

[jeff of pa]

Unless Discovery Channel
owns the rights to it. I can't imagine Parker swiping it.
not with his family watching his every move.

 

[mrlindeman]

That could be it as well. I hadnt thought of that. That thing is prob very expensive.

 

[UncleMatt]

So how did both activation arms on the de-rocker get knocked off? As soon as one side got knocked off, the undercarriage would no longer move back and forth. Yet they claim both of them were missing, on a machine that was operating fine until the script called for a breakdown....

Not fooling me, every time there is a mechanical problem, it is scripted.

 

[cedar6712]

Who gave permission for Parker to take and move the Hoffman's equipment? If he did not get the ok from Hoffman's you can read into what the next few episodes are going to be?

What mrlindeman said below. This was stated in the script or narrative or whatever anyone wishes to call it.

 

[RustedBucket]

Freddy Dodge said he got Big Red from Todd and now it was just sitting there. I think that may be a legit deal, however, I'm fuzzy on Parkers excavator, isn't that the one he "borrowed" from Todd in the pre-season to bust up the ice on the road leading to the claim with? I don't recall him getting another one, and nothing about it has been mentioned.

I think Todd has bigger issues to worry about than who's using the equipment he abandoned. To abandon your entire mining operation just because you found a couple of diamonds is a little flaky to me. It's a good thing Dave is back, cause I think anything they do get will be thanks to him. Good thing Discovery is paying Todd something like $400k a season.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Freddy Dodge said he got Big Red from Todd and now it was just sitting there. I think that may be a legit deal, however, I'm fuzzy on Parkers excavator, isn't that the one he "borrowed" from Todd in the pre-season to bust up the ice on the road leading to the claim with? I don't recall him getting another one, and nothing about it has been mentioned.

I think Todd has bigger issues to worry about than who's using the equipment he abandoned. To abandon your entire mining operation just because you found a couple of diamonds is a little flaky to me. It's a good thing Dave is back, cause I think anything they do get will be thanks to him. Good thing Discovery is paying Todd something like $400k a season.

You are taking a scripted show WAY too seriously

 

[RustedBucket]

You are taking a scripted show WAY too seriously

nah, no danger of that.

 

[G.I.B.]

200 hours of footage for 1 hour on the tube.

Not everything makes it...

Lot's we don't hear or see.

 

[jeff of pa]

200 hours of footage for 1 hour on the tube.

Not everything makes it...

Lot's we don't hear or see.

not even an hour Considering 5 minutes of commercials every 10 Minutes,
& the repeats of what happened right before the commercial
add to that the Repeats & names of the Producers & everything at the Beginning of each show,
We are lucky if we see 35 Minutes of new footage each week

 

[KevinInColorado]

Freddy did say that. I know him a little, he is a real deal full time gold miner here in CO and he design/built "Big Red" so...script or no script, I believe what he says.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Freddy Dodge is the straight-shootin', real deal IMO. You can see it
in his face anytime he's talking that he sincerely wants Parker to be
successful. I see nothing in him that even hints at dishonesty.

Watched the show last night, and indeed Freddy did tell Parker that
he had bought Big Red from the Hoffman's. Parker commented that
he couldn't afford it, and Freddy suggested Parker just lease it for
the season and they'd go from there. (fwiw, I watch the show with
the closed captions on so when the words sound confusing I don't
miss anything).

Regardless of all the negatives we can think up, I am truly enjoying
the show this year. These guys are mining places where the vast
percentage of us will never get to even visit, let alone prospect.
They've cut out 90% of the negative drama (arguing and crap),
and it's a lot more fun to watch.

Bearing Sea Gold is a waste of bandwidth though..complete waste
of time trying to make a show with that bunch of boneheads.

JMHO, of course...

 

[AzViper]

200 hours of footage for 1 hour on the tube.

Not everything makes it...

Lot's we don't hear or see.

Your wrong on the 1 hour show. You get about 18 minutes of new footage, 12 minutes of breakdowns, 10 minutes of reruns from shows the week before, 20 minutes of commercials that adds up to a 1 hour.

 

[G.I.B.]

Your wrong on the 1 hour show. You get about 18 minutes of new footage, 12 minutes of breakdowns, 10 minutes of reruns from shows the week before, 20 minutes of commercials that adds up to a 1 hour.

I was just quoting what they said on the pre-show that they did with the film crew. The crew supervisor gave those time allotments.

But I agree with all the miscellaneous crap we have to see. Americans are apparently very stupid. I just watched the show and someone did X.

Break to several commercials.

Back to the show and... I have to re-watch X again because we are apparently so stupid that we must have surely forgotten what happened just before the commercial.

 

[UncleMatt]

More like they need to re-show the same footage over and over again because they lack serious content, and use that replay bs as cereal filler!

 

[DizzyDigger]

Back to the show and... I have to re-watch X again because we are apparently so stupid that we
must have surely forgotten what happened just before the commercial.

That's actually a common format for not only TV shows, but most
public speeches. They tell you what they're going to tell you, then
then actually tell you, and followed up with telling you what they
just told you.

They had a show where the cameramen and crew got to share their
thoughts, and from what I saw on the show they work awful damn hard
to get the footage they do get. TBH, most mining is just plain 'ol hard
work, and to find the "highlights" of a day and get them on film would
be a chore.

Even though Todd and a couple others are true boneheads, I've still
learned a few things from the show...mostly what not to do..