"Narrator:" "On this "gold rush,"" "The most successful season of gold mining..." "Yeah!" "My boy!" "Hell yeah, we had a great season." "Narrator:" "For the first time," "The miners reveal shocking, never-before-seen moments." "I don't think I'd ever want to be a miner." "Narrator:" "Deep, dark secrets They never wanted shown." "We were gonna get 10% of the gold." "Narrator:" "After months on the claims, the truth finally comes out." "Brandon started off at our site." "He fired me." "When I tell you to leave me alone..." "Nobody treats me like that." "Narrator: ..." "Like parker's bromance with derek." "[ whistles ] sleepyhead." "Is that what's gonna be shown?" "Yeah." "Narrator: ..." "That lead to a full-scale war." "I just wanted to punch him in the [bleep] face" "Just looking at the guy." "The crew didn't like me at all, but parker sure did." "Narrator:" "And a phenomenal side of todd hoffman..." "Ready to rock?" "Narrator: ..." "That he's always kept under wraps." "¶ it's the world I know ¶" "Dude, you're a miner." "What are you doing making a song?" "Narrator:" "And finally, a sneak peek" "Of big, bold gold-mining plans for next season." "Tony's ambition to ship a second dredge" "Down the mighty yukon river." "Parker's ongoing crew crisis." "I think there's some people that aren't gonna come back." "I've already got some e-mails from some of his employees" "From this year." "Narrator:" "And todd once again" "Uproots his operation to find life-changing gold." "There is a possibility of finding a world-class nugget." "Captions paid for by discovery communications" "Narrator:" "Before this mining season even began," "Three generations of hoffmans set off on a quest" "For the legendary el dorado gold." "We went up there to el dorado," "Met peter in the snow." "Sounds like a deal, man." "Thanks." "Peter:" "Right on." "What you guys didn't see" "Is that after I made the deal with peter," "We actually stayed up there for several days." "And we prospected in the snow." "If we found the source of the el dorado gold," "There's going to be billions of dollars." "Oh, my gosh." "Todd:" "We're up on el dorado creek," "One of the richest creeks" "Ever found in the history of mankind." "There was snow on the ground." "And -- and that's not gonna stop us." "Hey, get up here." "Todd:" "The real gold, the real gem," "Is the excitement to be on a treasure hunt" "With my son and my father." "So here we are." "It's frozen." "The creek's frozen." "We got to find some pay dirt." "Pretty much, we were being idiots." "'cause, uh, it's the wrong time to be doing this kind of stuff." "You're doing good, kid." "This is kind of my grandpa's little adventure and his idea." "And somehow, they dragged me up here Just to shovel all the buckets for 'em" "And pretty much do all the manual work." "I don't think I'd ever want to be a miner." "'cause, I mean, it's really hard to even make money mining." "Jack:" "You hit your noggin on that" "And you'll be eating peaches and pears." "Todd:" "So you got an old guy with a bad back," "You got a little smart-aleck kid," "You got the fat dad," "Sleeping in this cabin." "How'd you guys sleep?" "Jack:" "My back feels like a chipmunk chewed on it." "[ laughing ]" "Hunter:" "It seems like it sucks really bad." "No cell service, and it was just us three in the cabin." "And we haven't done that in a while." "And then it ended up being really fun." "2 inches per foot, hunter, at least." "Jack:" "Actually, he's got it pretty well there." "First scoop of the season." "We're ahead of everybody sluicing." "Narrator:" "After two frigid days" "Of prospecting, jack's dream" "Of mining el dorado came down to just one pan." "Todd:" "I saw some gold." "Just swirl her around, and you'll see it." "Hunter:" "There is color in here." "Boom." "Boom." "Look at that." "Yeah." "Color, color, color." "I mean, that's not bad." "I don't have a whole lot of time left." "You know?" "I don't want to pass an opportunity like this." "I know you do, dad." "I really do." "I think there's enough gold here where," "If we bring freddy dodge in..." "Yeah." "..." "We bring in an excavator..." "Yeah." "And, uh, and do a little bit more serious testing" "When the snow's gone." "Narrator:" "The hoffmans were hooked." "But three months later when they finally returned Jack's dream of el dorado gold" "Didn't pan out." "Nothing." "No gold here." "Todd:" "We had a failure." "And that was, uh, el dorado." "You know, sometimes you're right, sometimes you're wrong." "This time, I was wrong." "It kind of sucked." "I've had enough." "I'm just going home." "I don't know if this is a firing or a quitting." "Narrator:" "At the beginning of the mining season," "Parker had to rebuild his crew from the ground up." "How you doing?" "But of the 21 individuals he hired," "Only 11 made it to the bitter end." "What never made the show is" "That a key member of the hoffman crew" "Was originally hired and then fired by parker." "You must be brandon!" "I am, yeah!" "How's it going?" "Good." "Good to meet you." "You're already ready to go to work?" "Oh, yeah." "Geez." "Unsworth:" "Met parker." "He, uh, asked me to come down and fix up the roads." "It's been a long, hard winter." "And, uh, these roads are, uh, [bleep]" "I'm really excited." "I've never, uh, worked on a gold mine before." "At the end of the day, you actually get to see some gold" "In the bucket, which is nice." "I had an issue with brandon," "Because I told him that the job" "He was applying for was an excavator operator position." "And he showed up" "And was not an excavator operator." "So I'm excited to, uh, try out his, uh," "Volvo 700 excavator." "It's probably the least that I have, uh," "Least amount of experience I have on anything." "Ness:" "It's always tough starting a season off" "With guys who don't know what they're doing." "It puts more stress on, uh, on everybody else." "Parker:" "I don't have time to teach people how to do a job." "He asked to be in a dozer or a loader" "Or a bunch of other things." "And I said, "well, brandon, that's the job." "That's the job you applied for." "It was an excavator operator position." "I'm done with this [bleep]" "Narrator:" "After just five days..." "Parker:" "Leave me alone." "Narrator:" "...Brandon was gone." "When I tell you to leave me alone," "You leave me the [bleep] alone." "All right?" "Nobody treats me like that or anybody like that." "I'm not gonna put up with it." "You know, at the end of the day, I expect, uh, I expect respect." "And..." "Yeah, you know, he fired me." "But I'm hoping for the best." "You know?" "I'm not gonna put up with that [bleep]" "And neither should anybody else." "So that's it." "What am I gonna do now?" "Turin:" "I met brandon in town." "And I met a young man that was a little bit, uh," "He was actually a little bit angry." "Unsworth:" "To think that you can talk" "To another human being like that..." "Yeah." "You know?" "And get away with it." "And that's the thing." "He thinks he can get away with it 'cause, you know," "He's some klondike king because of the show." "Like, you're not." "You're a [bleep] human being." "And you're lucky your head's on your shoulders still." "But I don't think parker knows brandon used to play hockey." "And he'd been in a lot of fights." "And he was at the edge of beating parker up." "This is the new guy, brandon." "This is kevin." "Hey, brandon." "Pleased to meet you." "This is randy." "Nice to meet you." "Hey, get your gloves on." "Grab a sledgehammer." "And knock this pin out." "Sounds good." "Unsworth:" "Yeah!" "Parker hires guys that leave my mine." "But I don't usually hire people that leave his mine." "But the way he was treated," "I felt obligated to give him a chance." "Narrator:" "Todd wasted no time in using brandon" "To get one over on his young rival." "So, parker, I hear you're having" "Some personnel troubles over there." "I hired a guy that -- that came over from your camp." "I just want to let you know that" "Because I usually don't hire anybody." "But you know what?" "He had " "He had a good résumé." "You okay with that?" "Doesn't affect me at all." "Okay." "I just want to let you know." "I don't want you to think I'm potshotting your guys." "'cause I'm not." "We let him go." "Todd, uh, always wants to push buttons." "He's pretty good at it, usually," "Finding the right buttons to push to get people riled up." "He's been very good at it with me." "I don't have time for training." "I do, though." "If I feel like a guy's quality," "And he's got the -- some kind of qualities" "That I'd want to hang out with." "Yeah, and actually..." "Give him a shot, you know?" "And actually, the way" "His attitude was, I..." "He's a much better fit" "Over here anyway, you know?" "Todd:" "Hopefully it made a statement to parker" "That everybody needs second chances." "Him trying to rub in that he hired brandon," "And that he's giving brandon a second chance" "And all that stuff," "That, uh," "Doesn't mean a thing to me." "Narrator:" "Coming up..." "After being shown the door by tony beets..." "We're done." "We're done." "Narrator:" "Mike and jerry" "Accuse tony of going back on his word." "The main thing is him screwing us" "Out of, uh, the 10% of the gold." "They were never, ever promised 10%." "Narrator:" "Tony beets started his season" "$1 million in the hole" "And with no experience running a gold-mining dredge." "Nope." "This [bleep] release, no?" "Mike!" "What?" "Man:" "You can start the winch." "Narrator:" "To start catching gold," "Tony needed a captain for his ship." "What the [bleep] difference does it make" "If it's under the bank or not?" "Swing the [bleep] over," "And get it to flip up on top of there." "Swing the whole dredge over?" "What -- what's the problem with it being there?" "Coming in part way through the season is tough." "'cause especially coming in as a..." "Somebody that's supposed to be in charge." "You know?" "People don't " "People don't like that." "We're loose on that side." "Well, I'm gonna be pulling on it this way." "But the cable's loose over..." "I'm going to be pulling the boom this direction." "He knew nothing about the dredge." "You know, mike and I were the ones who took it apart" "And put it back together." "He hasn't been on this project." "He's seen it." "You know?" "He's seen it a couple times." "But he hasn't been on it." "I just got the sense of it, you know, sense of it." "Be nice to me to my face," "Then hear [bleep] they're saying later." "When we heard gene was coming in, uh," "We kind of had a little feeling" "There was a little conspiracy going on there, maybe," "To get rid of us and stuff." "Narrator:" "When tony and gene made the controversial decision" "To put mike and jerry on the night shift," "The writing was on the wall." "You know, with two guys on here running at night," "We can only do so much." "You know?" "I can kind of feel" "This night shift catching up with me." "Rhodes: 12 hours isn't what I was promised." "That's where I wish I was tonight -- arizona." "They told us that," ""here's how the schedule is gonna go on the dredge " "Gordon was gonna run eight hours," "Mike was gonna run eight hours," "Jerry was gonna run eight hours."" "I have never seen a gold mine," "No matter how you mine, work 8-hour shifts." "We're not Sunday miners." "We're miners." "Just tired and all." "Narrator:" "After just a couple of shifts," "Tony decided to take care of the situation" "Once and for all." "And what kind of an [bleep] come walking down the hall" "And pounding on the doors like he did?" "I mean, I don't know what that was supposed to prove." "You know, it doesn't intimidate me." "It just shows what kind of a person he is." "Narrator:" "But what didn't make the show was that mike and jerry" "Had a much bigger beef than just long shifts." "Krisher:" "Then, we also talked about percentage on this deal" "Here last fall." "Mm-hmm." "He says that we were gonna get 10% of the gold" "That it dug up this year." "The main thing is him screwing us out" "Of the 10% of the gold for mike and I." "That's what really hurts." "'cause if I'd have known that," "I'd have never been up here this summer." "They thought they were promised 10%." "That never happened." "That was never promised to them." "That's an " " I don't know where they got that from." "Well, when we found out that we weren't getting" "That 10% anymore I wasn't gonna stay there and be a grunt employee" "For listening to gene bark orders." "We're done." "We're done." "I really wanted to beat parker this year." "Narrator:" "This season, the hoffmans" "Got off to their best start ever." "They dwarfed the opposition" "When they opened their massive supercut." "Turin:" "At the start of the season," "We were on the best gold of the year." "We were getting cleanups better" "Than any cleanup we'd ever seen in our history." "God blessed us with another jar." "Woo!" "Yeah!" "Jack: 204.15." "Woo!" "Good week." "Todd:" "We got a good start." "We think we're going to beat everybody." "Not just parker, man, I'll probably beat everybody" "Around us." "Whoa!" "Woo-hoo." "Woo!" "Yeah!" "Parker:" "There was a point in the season" "Where I thought he had us beat." "You know, they had a stellar first couple weeks." "And we're like, "this is gonna be easy."" "There's no chance he can catch us." "Narrator:" "But halfway through the season," "Parker went on a spy mission." "He's gone big-scale this year." "Narrator:" "A sneak peek of the hoffman's supercut" "Caused him to alter his mining plan." "Parker:" "It's like war of the cuts." "You know?" "He's got the supercut." "We need a massive boundary cut." "I knew it was gonna take a lot." "And I didn't know if we'd be able to do it." "Narrator:" "At 2,000 by 500 feet," "The boundary cut became parker's biggest cut ever." "But just to remove the overburden cost him" "A half a million dollars." "The boundary cut was aggressive, to say the least." "Narrator:" "But parker and rick had no clue" "If their massive new cut held any gold." "By far, the biggest gamble" "Of this season was the boundary cut." "And we didn't have any drilling done on it." "Uh, it was scary in the boundary cut." "'cause we put -- you know, we put everything we had into it" "And -- and had all this time, all this money," "All these people working on this." "And parker started panning it and was just like," ""I'm not -- not finding anything."" "Parker:" "That's not good." "Dozer, you might be sleeping out on the streets here soon" "If we don't find some gold." "Another dud." "The boundary cut was by far the worst cut," "As far as ability to pan gold" "Out of it, that we've ever had." "What'd we get ourselves into here?" "It was pretty stressful." "Yeah." "I thought we were in trouble." "Could we really have just stripped this huge cut" "And for nothing?" "Parker:" "Maybe there's just no gold in this cut." "That's what I'm starting to think." "To spend that much and have no result out of it," "I mean, that -- that would have been," "Uh, uh, almost impossible to recover from." "I mean, there's always a point" "That you can stop and say, "okay." "We need to cut our losses."" "And with the boundary cut," "We could've done that when all of the pans were bad." "But until you run a lot of yards," "You're not really gonna know what's there." "So we rolled the dice." "Narrator:" "Parker's biggest gamble paid off big-time." "The first boundary cut cleanup was worth $450,000," "Virtually what he had paid to open up the cut." "[ all cheering ]" "Parker:" "Good job, guys." "Good job." "Man:" "Congratulations." "Seeing gold and knowing that we were on it," "Yeah, it was pretty damn relieving." "Narrator:" "Coming up, underground mining" "That never saw the light of day." "I actually like this." "Nobody will cheat us out of this." "And a side of todd you have to see to believe." "¶ it's the world I know ¶" "It sounds kind of strange, but todd likes to sing." "No comment." "Rhodes:" "It's beautiful." "The sun is up." "It's nice and warm out here." "Narrator:" "After three unhappy months working for tony beets," "Mike and jerry left the yukon in a hurry." "They headed straight home to arizona" "And dove right back into gold mining." "I have a mining project in the mountains." "And it's an old hard-rock mining claim." "I don't like this!" "Every time I start pushing, it feels like I'm going..." "Well, you keep hooking into rocks." "Huh?" "Huh?" "We got back from the yukon." "And we want to be running our own operation." "So that's what we're doing." "This was the easiest spot" "To surface mine, was right here." "This is the hard-rock vein we're trying to get, right here." "What we look for" "Is higher-grade ore and a whiter vein." "Narrator:" "Jerry's mine has been in his family for over 60 years." "But this summer, he brought in a new crew member." "How much ore are we running today?" "What's that?" "How much ore are we running today?" "Oh, 4 or 5 tons." "We'll probably run something like that." "Okay." "Melody tallis," "Who once worked with the dakota boys," "Lives close to jerry's arizona mine." "Tallis:" "Well, this is pretty fantastic." "It's quite a bit different than working with, uh," "Some of the other crews I've been with." "The three of us really click together." "And who would ever have thought" "That it would've turned out like this." "You know?" "Melody called mike and told him that she had" "About 800 pounds of dirt to run." "And she didn't know how to get it cleaned up." "And mike said, "well, call jerry." "He's got a concentrating table."" "Tallis:" "I ended up running the dirt." "And then around April, jerry" "Asked me on a date for my birthday." "So we started dating in April." "Rhodes:" "I will admit," "The best thing that came out of the dredge" "Was meeting melody." "And, by far, she's much more important to me" "Than that dredge ever will be." "Narrator:" "At jerry's mine," "The only way to get to the gold-rich ore" "Is through a 200-foot tunnel deep in the mountain." "Tallis:" "Wait, mike." "Oh, wow." "Rhodes:" "Got to kind of be careful of footing here 'cause the rocks are hidden" "In the muddy water, aren't they?" "Uh-huh." "This is so cool." "This tunnel was started in about 1890." "Yeah, this crosscut goes back 200 feet to intercept the vein." "Oh, my goodness." "Uh-huh." "Like, all this stuff is really hard." "But this ore right here probably" "Has about a 1/2-an-ounce of gold per yard." "Where placer mining," "They'll mine for $10 to $30 a yard." "So the values per yard here, you know," "Are like 100 times per yard." "In my lifetime, I'll never run out of ore here." "I actually like this." "I think this is pretty exciting." "Narrator:" "To separate the gold from the hard rock," "The ore first passes through the primary crusher." "This'll crush about 6 yards an hour." "Yeah, it's a little more laid-back here." "Uh, nobody's screaming and yelling at you." "Uh, it's, uh, pretty nice." "Narrator:" "Down in the mill, the smaller rocks" "Are then crushed into a fine powder." "Rhodes:" "This table's designed to, uh, catch very fine gold." "Narrator:" "After just 30 minutes, there's gold in the pan." "That's not bad, you guys." "Yeah, that's -- uh..." "That's..." "Pretty fine stuff." "What a good feeling, our own gold." "Nobody will cheat us out of this." "Yeah, that's a fact." "Yeah." "No, arizona's a much better place to be." "And the company's so much better." "I agree with that." "No, I will probably never go back to the yukon." "Narrator:" "In the middle of the mining season," "With mckinnon creek running at full capacity," "Todd took a controversial break" "To spend time with his son hudson." "But what his crew didn't know" "Is that he also had a secret project in the works." "Hi." "What's up, dude?" "Good to see you." "I'm back from the north." "How's it been with the gold mining?" "Dude, I'm getting gold, man." "So, uh, we'll see how much I get at the end." "But I got a week off." "What do you think?" "Ready to rock?" "Yeah, we're good." "It's good, man." "We'll, uh, we'll hop in there" "And get you all wired up." "Okay." "¶" "¶ has our conscience shown ¶" "¶ has the sweet breeze blown ¶" "I'd actually booked some studio time." "And I was gonna sing a song." "And I know that sounds pretty ridiculous" "When I just said that." "Dude, you're a miner!" "What are you doing making a song?" "¶ so I walk up on high ¶" "¶ and I step to the edge ¶" "¶ to see my world below ¶" "It sounds kind of strange, but todd likes to sing." "You know?" "And he's not bad at it." "¶ while the tears roll down ¶" "¶ 'cause it's the world I know ¶" "¶ oh, it's the world I know ¶" "He's got some pipes." "Yeah, he can sing." "I'm surprised." "I'm here to mine gold and talk about mining." "And I have nothing to say about todd's ability" "Or inability to sing." "Yeah, I don't know if I'm gonna take it to the next level." "I actually have been approached by -- by "some people"..." "Which is hilarious, I mean, if you think about it." "¶ I drink myself of newfound pity ¶" "¶ sitting alone in new york city and I don't know why ¶" "Man:" "Do you think he's got a good voice?" "No comment." "I'm not the best singer in the world." "You know, but I ain't the best miner in the world either." "And I get a lot of gold." "¶ 'cause it's the world I know ¶" "¶ oh, it's the world I know ¶" "Do you think he's got a shot at the grammys?" "[ laughter ]" "Narrator:" "Coming up, parker's new mechanic, derek," "Wreaked havoc with his crew." "Every weld they did is cracked." "They're all [bleep]" "And for the first time, the guys reveal just how bad things got." "Oh, I would have left." "I'd have to." "I'd have no choice." ""or do I go over there and knock that guy out?"" "The crew didn't like me at all, but parker sure did." "I think this is the most fun summer in the yukon" "That I've ever had." "Man:" "Going to war." "Ness:" "The way the season started was definitely different." "There was more emphasis on trying to " "To have fun with it." "And, uh, you know," "We did some -- some goofy stuff, you know?" "We -- we floated down the river on some chunks of ice." "Parker:" "Oh!" "This is a death trip." "He didn't have a goal, but he wanted it to be fun." "Why is it a goal?" "'cause it's f-- life should be about having fun." "Narrator:" "But what hit the cutting-room floor is" "That a snow-machine accident" "Put parker's mechanic, carl rosk, out of action." "So it's broken, huh?" "Yeah." "Parker:" "I guess the snow machines" "Weren't such a good idea." "No." "No, I guess not." "You couldn't have picked a worse time." "I know." "Narrator:" "And right when he needed him most." "Parker:" "What's up?" "Uh, you're not gonna like this." "But I got to go home, like now." "Narrator:" "Parker also lost his right-hand man," "Foreman rick ness." "Parker:" "A lot of things happened at once that created the storm." "Rick had to leave and go see how his mom was doing." "The timing was incredibly poor when I had to leave." "Like, I had to leave right as basically [bleep] was gonna hit the fan." "Narrator:" "Despite losing key crew members" "At the most critical point in the season," "Parker followed through on his plan" "To bring in goldzilla, a colossal new wash plant." "And while he was laid up," "Carl called in someone to fill his shoes " "An ex-colleague, derek antoniuk." "Parker:" "Derek and I got along well." "We're close to the same age." "And he's got the same kind of energy as I do." "And we clicked real well." "Antoniuk:" "We're young and dumb and full of fun." "Good job!" "Ah!" "Antoniuk:" "Parker and I are a lot alike." "I had fun." "We had a blast, I think." "Fine, I'll do it all." "Well, that worked well." "Derek and parker just hit it off great," "They really did." "[ whistles ] sleepyhead." "Plant's going." "All right." "There was a bromance going on there for sure." "Here's dinner." "I stole the desserts." "But that's about the only two people" "That were really getting along at the time." "It'll [bleep] smash the track." "It'll go on there either way." "We can do this [bleep]" "Thing 10 different ways." "Hey, hey." "If we get it over there, we're lifting it all up." "And we're gonna put so much [bleep] weight on the end." "Right now it's easier to lift it, right now," "From the back, drop the axles down." "You know, he came in kind of like a " "A raging bull in a china shop." "And it really upset the whole crew." "Mitch!" "Yo." "Antoniuk:" "From now on, you listen to me!" "Blaschke:" "You've got to be [bleep] kidding me." "It's obviously got to be jealousy." "I mean, get over it." "Narrator:" "After taking some time to heal," "Carl re-joined the crew" "And worked with derek to weld goldzilla back together." "It's gonna be built like a brick [bleep] done right." "Once goldzilla got put into place, it " "That just seemed to be the changing point." "As soon as that wash plant got turned on," "Everybody got stressed to the limit." "Narrator:" "When goldzilla first broke down," "Even though the team jumped in to make the fix together," "Derek was quick to point the finger." "Is that what's gonna be shown?" "Oh [bleep]" "Every weld they did is cracked." "That one's cracked." "That one's cracked." "These are cracking." "They're all [bleep]" "Carl rosk's welding -- pound it out in less than 24 hours." "The crew didn't like me at all, but parker sure did." "Yeah, I think derek was trying to push one of us out." "Was it you who did it?" "Not me." "Narrator:" "With no solid proof of whose welds broke," "Parker placed the blame on carl." "How long did I weld up there for?" "I don't [bleep] know, carl." "I welded for 50 minutes on that, 50 minutes." "Parker:" "I'm not very happy with you or carl." "'cause I told you," "You know what welds need to look like to get [bleep] to stay, right?" "Narrator:" "Carl just couldn't take it anymore." "I'm not usually a quitter, but I'm quitting." "I can't deal with that [bleep]" "Everybody's got their limit and..." "Yeah." "You apparently reached yours." "And I'm hanging" "By the last thread of my rope right now." "Carl left." "So it made it look like I was the reason that carl left." "'cause I stayed." "I was..." "I'm here, and he's not." "Narrator:" "By the time rick returned from the lower 48," "Parker's crew was on the verge of all-out mutiny." "I had mitch and I had carl and I had brennan," "You know, texting me, calling me while I'm on my way back." "And -- and all I'm hearing is that " "Is that this guy is a problem." "You know?" "And -- and -- and now carl's leaving because of this guy." "I don't think john and roger would be too proud" "Of what their legacy is right now." "I haven't been that mad as I was this season in years." "There's a reason that there's a lot of good people" "That aren't here anymore." "I was picking up things and throwing 'em" "And so pissed off." "And I was like, "is this it?" "Do I get in my truck and drive off?" "Or do I go over there and knock that guy out?"" "Start this [bleep]" "Rick's supposed to be showing up." "And parker keeps telling me," ""oh, it's gonna be great, right?"" "You and rick are gonna get along." "You both like to work and both care." "And -- it's -- you guys should really get along." "Just tell him to stay the [bleep] away from me." "Wow, rick." "I'm serious." "That's not a position that I like to hear from you." "What rick did wasn't right, you know?" "No matter what the situation was," "And no matter what he was told, um He didn't even give me a chance, you know?" "He didn't even come and talk to me and ask me," ""what's going on?"" "I just wanted to punch him in the [bleep] face" "Just looking at the guy." "I didn't want to shake his hand." "I didn't want to even look at him, quite honestly." "Is that the wrong way to, uh, to go back into that situation?" "Yeah, but, uh," "It was how I was feeling at the time." "You know?" "I'm not gonna apologize for it." "You are making an enemy out of me." "Look at the position you're putting me in." "Things were going fine when you were gone." "Uh-huh." "So leave." "Parker:" "When it came down to it, I did ask rick to leave." "And it wasn't me choosing derek over rick or any of that stuff." "But it is me choosing..." "Levelheadedness." "I had to choose the..." "I couldn't " "I can't side with emotions." "And it was pure emotions out of rick." "Like, he didn't know why he was mad." "Doumitt:" "Parker's right-hand man for four years," "And then to fire him because he wouldn't shake a guy's hand." "So how safe am I?" "Ness:" "That night, I had myself pretty convinced" "That I'd be leaving in the morning." "I decided to sleep on it." "Um, I felt different in the morning." "I wasn't up for the fight anymore." "And I wanted to move on." "And if that's what " "What it was gonna take, whatever." "Get it the hell out of the way, and " "And try to get back to doing my job." "I'm sorry I called you a name." "Come on, handshake." "All right." "He shook my hand, but he looked away." "And I was gonna go for the third one saying," ""now [bleep] look at me in the eye and shake my hand."" "Like, come on." "Like, get over it." "Ness:" "I'll work with the guy." "You know, I don't have to be his friend." "Had he fired him, it would have been disastrous." "Not only for rick and for him, but the whole crew." "I think he would've lost his crew." "Oh, I would have left." "Had rick gotten fired, I'd have to." "I'd have no choice." "Rick is one of my best friends." "But..." "When you're in my shoes," "When you're in this seat," "And you've got a million bucks on the line Making decisions doesn't become so easy." "Narrator:" "Coming up, an early look at next season." "Tony preps to ship a second dredge" "Down the mighty yukon river." "Parker faces crew trouble." "I think there's some people that aren't gonna come back." "I've already got some e-mails from some of his employees" "From this year." "Narrator:" "And todd continues his never-ending hunt" "For life-changing gold." "There is a possibility of finding a world-class nugget." "Narrator:" "This season, tony's grand plan" "Was bringing a gold-mining dredge back to life." "Cheeseman:" "I need to go down." "The thing tripped out, I think." "Narrator:" "But when it came to taking the helm," "Tony didn't have a clue." "Can you let the gangway down for 'em?" "The one with -- that says winch." "See what happens when you let tony around it for five minutes?" "It's a [bleep] -that's what we're all saying." "Yeah." "Narrator:" "This season, tony's million-dollar dredge" "Failed to pay for itself." "But that hasn't stopped the klondike legend" "From doubling down on a second dredge." "His crew faces a herculean task " "Transporting a 400-ton dredge 150 miles from a remote location" "On thistle creek." "Cheeseman:" "The thistle creek dredge is in really nice shape." "But it is a long ways away from everything." "You have to either get to it by river or by air." "Narrator:" "The only way to pull off this feat of engineering" "Is to use the mighty yukon river." "And to bring his new dredge home," "Tony has bought a 33-year-old tugboat." "Cheeseman:" "Grew up tugs and barges on the ocean." "But it's not running 6 knots." "Narrator:" "But the river will only get the dredge" "Part of the way to his claim." "Tony has another secret weapon for next season A military-grade eight-wheel drive" "Off-road truck." "What the hell is that?" "Most guys, when they go through a mid-life crisis," "They buy a ferrari." "You buy dredges and trucks." "And I guess you'll be sleeping on the couch tonight." "Narrator:" "Parker had his worst start yet," "But managed to finish with the biggest gold haul" "Of his life -- 3,362 ounces," "Worth $3.5 million." "And the icing on the cake " "He beat his rival, todd hoffman." "Shoot-out!" "Shoot-out!" "Parker:" "We did it as a team." "And without rick and mitch and chris doumitt," "It would have been a disaster." "Narrator:" "But parker's record-breaking season," "Once again, came at a cost." "Ness:" "The numbers don't lie." "We were very successful gold-wise." "But in the long run," "I think there's some people that aren't gonna come back." "And I don't -- I don't view that as success." "Todd:" "Parker needs some work on how he treats his guys." "I've already got some e-mails from some of his employees" "From this year." "I don't know if I'll be" "Driving back up north this -- this year." "I definitely want to keep mining." "But, uh, I don't know if it's gonna be with parker." "Narrator:" "If parker can convince key crew members" "To come back next season," "They'll be armed with a multi-million-dollar war chest" "That could take their operation to the next level." "I know I've said it before, but I will always be" "Looking at other ground." "And I will always be trying to get out from under tony," "Because he knows how to smell blood in the water." "And I'm not gonna let tony beets hold my business hostage." "It's very difficult finding the right ground." "Trust me, I am trying." "And we're a lot closer now than we were a year ago." "Narrator:" "In their sixth season mining for gold," "The hoffman crew doubled their best gold total yet " "A monster 3,032 ounces," "Worth a cool $3.3 million." "Todd:" "Did we have a great season?" "Hell yeah, we had a great season." "But there is one regret." "We did 3,000 ounces, right?" "No, it should've been 4,000." "The math showed over 4,000 ounces" "From the drill holes." "This hole right here is 12 ounces per hundred." "We've got to get this gold out of it." "You know, we should've beat parker." "We should've had 4,000 ounces." "It -- for whatever reason, it did not mine like it drilled." "Parker:" "The easiest thing in the world" "For the hoffmans to say" "Is that we lost because we had worse ground." "That is a very easy thing to say." "Doesn't make it true." "Narrator:" "Win or lose, mckinnon creek" "Delivered more gold" "Than all of todd's previous seasons combined." "Well, we conquered the klondike." "Narrator:" "But once again, todd has made" "The controversial decision" "To leave the klondike's proven ground behind." "You know, the last time we did walk away" "From the klondike, we went to the jungle." "Narrator:" "Failure in guyana left the hoffmans nearly bankrupt." "Todd:" "I'm praying and hoping" "That oregon doesn't turn into guyana." "Our mining company won't last another hit like that." "Narrator:" "Todd is rolling the dice again," "This time on a claim in eastern oregon." "We're starting over." "And that is scary." "Narrator:" "And the promise of big, chunky nuggets." "You have got to be kidding me." "Within hours of prospecting the new ground..." "Dad!" "I think I found something!" "...The hoffmans had reason to believe." "That was tight." "Beginner's luck, buddy." "Yeah." "I have confidence that there's good gold there." "Oregon has crazy gold." "Listen." "Turin:" "I love the sound of that." "That is awesome." "There is a possibility of finding a world-class nugget" "That is so big, it'll make worldwide press." "You could have days where you could do 500 ounces in a day." "If that ain't a frigging treasure hunt" "For my dad, I don't know what is." "Turin:" "Yeah!" "Matter of fact," "I'm gonna throw out the challenge right now." "I'm gonna kick the kid's ass next year."