Discussion
chrisgtx said:
Enjoyed that, Todd just seems a total disaster, tony taking a huge gamble buying another dredge that has to be moved 150miles, although the current one is now making a mint. And it looks like Parker might of had a trick up his sleeve mining elsewhere with less royalties?.
Maybe Parker mines Todd's old claim that he gave up to go nugget hunting?Parker's gf, coming soon to a bikini photo shoot and celeb lifestyle of her own, or is that way too cynical
Ah Gold Rush, with the world in a constant state of flux with Brexit, a new PM in the UK, a new hopefully 'least worse' President in the US within weeks and WW3 seemingly closer then anytime since the Berlin Wall fell - you can always count on The Hoffans for a bit of stability, stability in their stupidity.
Here’s some land, some equipment, a plant – do the same as you did before and you’ll probably pull $3m worth of gold out of the ground. Nah, here’s what we’ll do.
We’ll up sticks, as we’ve always done when things look too easy, to a place we don’t really know, to use machinery we don’t really know – we’ve only really got two level heads on the team - Dave Turin & Fred Dodge, well ignore them – what do they know eh? Dave ran a commercial quarry for a few decades and Fred Dodge wrote the book on building wash plants, then built them – but we’ll go on the gut feeling of that serial idiot Todd – in fairness with a lot of gut, comes a lot of feeling.
Oh wait, it seems, as usual he’s done zero due diligence – so when we try to fire up this $1,000,000. kit we’ve leased we can’t because of a $2 padlock – “Cut it off? We’ve paid for it” “Nah, we’ll be blackmailed at the 11th hour by the owners” “We don’t just recruit anyone here you know – you have to be Christians – are you Christians?” “Errr, yeah if you like” “Welcome Aboard!!”.
“Dad, would you say a friiiiiicken prayer for us?”
“God, would you please follow up on your continual promotion of greed in the Bible by making us all rich?”
God- “Okay, don’t f
k it up”
I stopped at that point, I hadn’t noticed it was a 2-hour episode, but…. I suspect Todd’s fked it up within minutes.
Here’s some land, some equipment, a plant – do the same as you did before and you’ll probably pull $3m worth of gold out of the ground. Nah, here’s what we’ll do.
We’ll up sticks, as we’ve always done when things look too easy, to a place we don’t really know, to use machinery we don’t really know – we’ve only really got two level heads on the team - Dave Turin & Fred Dodge, well ignore them – what do they know eh? Dave ran a commercial quarry for a few decades and Fred Dodge wrote the book on building wash plants, then built them – but we’ll go on the gut feeling of that serial idiot Todd – in fairness with a lot of gut, comes a lot of feeling.
Oh wait, it seems, as usual he’s done zero due diligence – so when we try to fire up this $1,000,000. kit we’ve leased we can’t because of a $2 padlock – “Cut it off? We’ve paid for it” “Nah, we’ll be blackmailed at the 11th hour by the owners” “We don’t just recruit anyone here you know – you have to be Christians – are you Christians?” “Errr, yeah if you like” “Welcome Aboard!!”.
“Dad, would you say a friiiiiicken prayer for us?”
“God, would you please follow up on your continual promotion of greed in the Bible by making us all rich?”
God- “Okay, don’t f
k it up”I stopped at that point, I hadn’t noticed it was a 2-hour episode, but…. I suspect Todd’s f
ked it up within minutes. Edited by P-Jay on Wednesday 19th October 14:01
P-Jay said:
Oh wait, it seems, as usual he’s done zero due diligence – so when we try to fire up this $1,000,000. kit we’ve leased we can’t because of a $2 padlock – “Cut it off? We’ve paid for it” “Nah, we’ll be blackmailed at the 11th hour by the owners” “We don’t just recruit anyone here you know – you have to be Christians – are you Christians?” “Errr, yeah if you like” “Welcome Aboard!!”.
This bit really stood out for me and made me chuckle
And PJ nails Todd in a few paragraphs!
He really is an utter bell. Looks like it's actually going to blow up this year.
Not sure of Freddie's role - he quietly snuck into the team when they bought some new kit, thought it was short term but seems he's been taken on as some form of consultant (who he then doesn't listen to).
Parker opening up a second claim - either he's bought the one Todd was mining last year, or found another. His contract appears to have been a two year one, and last year there was that hoo-ha about him not mining anywhere else whilst leasing from Tony?
He really is an utter bell. Looks like it's actually going to blow up this year.
Not sure of Freddie's role - he quietly snuck into the team when they bought some new kit, thought it was short term but seems he's been taken on as some form of consultant (who he then doesn't listen to).
Parker opening up a second claim - either he's bought the one Todd was mining last year, or found another. His contract appears to have been a two year one, and last year there was that hoo-ha about him not mining anywhere else whilst leasing from Tony?
Hoffman crew are the only people in history to wear out the top of a tin hat , if they spent the same amount of time mining as they do knocking their hats together and praying they'd be gazillionares !
The spoiler at the end last night showed Rick mining a claim for Parker by himself I seem to remember . Maybe Parkers put the money up for another site but put it in ricks name ?
It also showed a very fat , dejected and lonely Todd sat at a fire by himself . It can't go downhill that quickly for the sake of the series , there must be something good coming from the hoffmans ?
The spoiler at the end last night showed Rick mining a claim for Parker by himself I seem to remember . Maybe Parkers put the money up for another site but put it in ricks name ?
It also showed a very fat , dejected and lonely Todd sat at a fire by himself . It can't go downhill that quickly for the sake of the series , there must be something good coming from the hoffmans ?
Love this show. Watched it since Season 1.
It's easily the best thing in TV at this time of year.
My prediction: Parker's new girlfriend will have left him by the end of this season when she realises what a grumpy, rude, immature, bad tempered, spoilt brat he is.
I almost find myself shouting at the TV whenever he is rude and disrespectful to his parents, which he often is.
Todd seems to be heading for disaster I think... but I won't feel bad for him. A bit of reading on the internet reveals that many people suggest he is a thief, liar and manipulative sociopath who had conned many of his religious friends into supporting him financially.
Should be great
It's easily the best thing in TV at this time of year.
My prediction: Parker's new girlfriend will have left him by the end of this season when she realises what a grumpy, rude, immature, bad tempered, spoilt brat he is.
I almost find myself shouting at the TV whenever he is rude and disrespectful to his parents, which he often is.
Todd seems to be heading for disaster I think... but I won't feel bad for him. A bit of reading on the internet reveals that many people suggest he is a thief, liar and manipulative sociopath who had conned many of his religious friends into supporting him financially.
Should be great
That Tony's a nasty piece of work. As is his wife. It's a wonder that the kids seem to be normal, level headed types.
Also, no sign so far of the fat mechanic, the chap Tony had to barter claims for last season with Parker.
I wonder if he'll pop up when the dismantling of the new dredge gets underway?
Todd's an utter lunatic.
I love this show.
Also, no sign so far of the fat mechanic, the chap Tony had to barter claims for last season with Parker.
I wonder if he'll pop up when the dismantling of the new dredge gets underway?
Todd's an utter lunatic.
I love this show.
P-Jay said:
Ah Gold Rush, with the world in a constant state of flux with Brexit, a new PM in the UK, a new hopefully 'least worse' President in the US within weeks and WW3 seemingly closer then anytime since the Berlin Wall fell - you can always count on The Hoffans for a bit of stability, stability in their stupidity.
Here’s some land, some equipment, a plant – do the same as you did before and you’ll probably pull $3m worth of gold out of the ground. Nah, here’s what we’ll do.
We’ll up sticks, as we’ve always done when things look too easy, to a place we don’t really know, to use machinery we don’t really know – we’ve only really got two level heads on the team - Dave Turin & Fred Dodge, well ignore them – what do they know eh? Dave ran a commercial quarry for a few decades and Fred Dodge wrote the book on building wash plants, then built them – but we’ll go on the gut feeling of that serial idiot Todd – in fairness with a lot of gut, comes a lot of feeling.
Oh wait, it seems, as usual he’s done zero due diligence – so when we try to fire up this $1,000,000. kit we’ve leased we can’t because of a $2 padlock – “Cut it off? We’ve paid for it” “Nah, we’ll be blackmailed at the 11th hour by the owners” “We don’t just recruit anyone here you know – you have to be Christians – are you Christians?” “Errr, yeah if you like” “Welcome Aboard!!”.
“Dad, would you say a friiiiiicken prayer for us?”
“God, would you please follow up on your continual promotion of greed in the Bible by making us all rich?”
God- “Okay, don’t fk it up”
I stopped at that point, I hadn’t noticed it was a 2-hour episode, but…. I suspect Todd’s fked it up within minutes.
Cracking up reading this
Here’s some land, some equipment, a plant – do the same as you did before and you’ll probably pull $3m worth of gold out of the ground. Nah, here’s what we’ll do.
We’ll up sticks, as we’ve always done when things look too easy, to a place we don’t really know, to use machinery we don’t really know – we’ve only really got two level heads on the team - Dave Turin & Fred Dodge, well ignore them – what do they know eh? Dave ran a commercial quarry for a few decades and Fred Dodge wrote the book on building wash plants, then built them – but we’ll go on the gut feeling of that serial idiot Todd – in fairness with a lot of gut, comes a lot of feeling.
Oh wait, it seems, as usual he’s done zero due diligence – so when we try to fire up this $1,000,000. kit we’ve leased we can’t because of a $2 padlock – “Cut it off? We’ve paid for it” “Nah, we’ll be blackmailed at the 11th hour by the owners” “We don’t just recruit anyone here you know – you have to be Christians – are you Christians?” “Errr, yeah if you like” “Welcome Aboard!!”.
“Dad, would you say a friiiiiicken prayer for us?”
“God, would you please follow up on your continual promotion of greed in the Bible by making us all rich?”
God- “Okay, don’t f
k it up”I stopped at that point, I hadn’t noticed it was a 2-hour episode, but…. I suspect Todd’s f
ked it up within minutes. Cracking up reading this
Edited by P-Jay on Wednesday 19th October 14:01
mikal83 said:
Why the subtitles when Betts speaks?
Todd, didn't take long for him to come up with the....weve got to beat Parker.
Parker, lots of gold= fanny magnet.
Best watched on "tape" with finger on ff button.
Possibly for the American viewers ? the subtitles are mainly stars when he speaks ! Todd, didn't take long for him to come up with the....weve got to beat Parker.
Parker, lots of gold= fanny magnet.
Best watched on "tape" with finger on ff button.
Blib said:
That Tony's a nasty piece of work. As is his wife. It's a wonder that the kids seem to be normal, level headed types.
Also, no sign so far of the fat mechanic, the chap Tony had to barter claims for last season with Parker.
I wonder if he'll pop up when the dismantling of the new dredge gets underway?
Todd's an utter lunatic.
I love this show.
Tony mentioned him by name... 'Gene'... when he talked about getting the new barge thing torn apart. So I think he's still there.Also, no sign so far of the fat mechanic, the chap Tony had to barter claims for last season with Parker.
I wonder if he'll pop up when the dismantling of the new dredge gets underway?
Todd's an utter lunatic.
I love this show.
NinjaPower said:
/snip
Todd seems to be heading for disaster I think... but I won't feel bad for him. A bit of reading on the internet reveals that many people suggest he is a thief, liar and manipulative sociopath who had conned many of his religious friends into supporting him financially.
/snip
You can't just leave that hanging out there! Link the sources man!!Todd seems to be heading for disaster I think... but I won't feel bad for him. A bit of reading on the internet reveals that many people suggest he is a thief, liar and manipulative sociopath who had conned many of his religious friends into supporting him financially.
/snip
Why are the Hoffmans mining the hill, which reportedly has very different gold deposits, exactly like the Yukon?
Why aren't they targetting specific gold deposits (using topography/test holes/metal detectors/etc) rather than aiming to strip the whole site and run all the material?
Of course I know the answer (this is the Hoffmans after all!), but surely their mining can be improved significantly?
Why aren't they targetting specific gold deposits (using topography/test holes/metal detectors/etc) rather than aiming to strip the whole site and run all the material?
Of course I know the answer (this is the Hoffmans after all!), but surely their mining can be improved significantly?
316Mining said:
Tony mentioned him by name... 'Gene'... when he talked about getting the new barge thing torn apart. So I think he's still there.
In a way I'm kinda hoping they struggle to put it back together and have to go back to those two brothers who, in my mind, seemed to get shafted by Tony after they built the first dredge.yes, I accept they were painfully slow and should've just got on with it, but I think most of the problems they were encountering on the dredge was because they were forced to take Tony's approach of 'get it f
king fixed,...hit it with a fking big hammer etc..'ikarl said:
316Mining said:
Tony mentioned him by name... 'Gene'... when he talked about getting the new barge thing torn apart. So I think he's still there.
In a way I'm kinda hoping they struggle to put it back together and have to go back to those two brothers who, in my mind, seemed to get shafted by Tony after they built the first dredge.yes, I accept they were painfully slow and should've just got on with it, but I think most of the problems they were encountering on the dredge was because they were forced to take Tony's approach of 'get it f
king fixed,...hit it with a fking big hammer etc..'So much for:
Tony Beets when Parker wants to renegotiate said:
"A deal's a deal"
...eh?! 
I remember watching one of the behind the scene episodes and the reality was much different. It showed Tony agreeing that they would both receive a share of the gold that was recovered by the dredge once up and running..
Then when push came to shove Tony and his missus both reneged on the deal saying that they never agreed to it. Apparently a 'deal' like that would never be agreed to in their Gold mine - even though Tony was on camera agreeing to it in earlier scenes.
The push to get them to do night shifts was, in my opinion, to push them over the edge (so to speak) so they would leave. Which they did.
Then when push came to shove Tony and his missus both reneged on the deal saying that they never agreed to it. Apparently a 'deal' like that would never be agreed to in their Gold mine - even though Tony was on camera agreeing to it in earlier scenes.
The push to get them to do night shifts was, in my opinion, to push them over the edge (so to speak) so they would leave. Which they did.
ikarl said:
I remember watching one of the behind the scene episodes and the reality was much different. It showed Tony agreeing that they would both receive a share of the gold that was recovered by the dredge once up and running..
Then when push came to shove Tony and his missus both reneged on the deal saying that they never agreed to it. Apparently a 'deal' like that would never be agreed to in their Gold mine - even though Tony was on camera agreeing to it in earlier scenes.
The push to get them to do night shifts was, in my opinion, to push them over the edge (so to speak) so they would leave. Which they did.
So, all in all, some pretty sharp practices by Tony, which kind of defies his presentation by the programme as being a succesful miner in the Yukon. Seems he owes a lot of his success to fThen when push came to shove Tony and his missus both reneged on the deal saying that they never agreed to it. Apparently a 'deal' like that would never be agreed to in their Gold mine - even though Tony was on camera agreeing to it in earlier scenes.
The push to get them to do night shifts was, in my opinion, to push them over the edge (so to speak) so they would leave. Which they did.
king over his business partners.Not surprising really, when you consider how he treats his kids - he heavily criticised Kevin for going to take a nap after being up all night to fix a problem with the dredge. Kevin didn't leave the dredge until it was fixed, but apparently that wasn't good enough. Seems like a horrible person to work with.
Edited by youngsyr on Thursday 20th October 14:45
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