Gold Rush

[Toadman]

The dramatics on that show are enough to make me wanna stop watching ..... :bop: :behave: :poke:

[Ill Digger]

lol lol lol I know what you mean !!
I would give my sixth toe to be up there doing that with them.
I wanna go to Alaska and prospect soooo bad :smitten:

[jkress]

Yes.... the show is almost getting too frustrating to watch. :bangahead01:

It is simply one screw up, break down or set back after another. I started watching it, really pulling for these guys but now I just find myself wondering what is going to go wrong next?

.... but I still hope they will finally hit it big. :yes:

[giant056]

It's so ridiculous the drama in that show, and then they add all the dramatic music to boot, just about every time I watch it I'll skip around through it to get to the good parts. I did watch the entire one from last friday though.

[greg]

That show blows

[ec121connie]

This show is what you get when you mix a bunch of drama queens, poor writing and a flawed concept.

I gave up on it.

[pulltabsteve]

This show is what you get when you mix a bunch of drama queens, poor writing and a flawed concept.

I gave up on it.

My sentiments exactly thumbsup01

[giant056]

I would love to be able to hunt old tailings for nuggets up there. While I was in the service 3 friends of mine rigged up a small outfit in the hills in California, the one guys uncle owned a bunch of property right in the middle of a gold area, they were able to make a living while they were doing it but that's it, when summer break was over they were all going back to college. They did it for 2 summers.

[M-Taliesin]

Howdy Folks!
Since that show started, I've found more gold by using my metal detector in Denver/Aurora/Front Range at large than those guys have found with big investment and working really hard without much success. I'll wager almost everybody on this forum has found more gold using their metal detector than those clowns have found and without all the expense and failure they've enjoyed. Notice how not one of them took the easy path of getting a metal detector to try and locate a likely site? Maybe a two box detector to find a good place to dig? No... that would make sense or something. Just descend upon a site and start ploughing holes all over the claim! Great approach! Nice! Maybe a survey using GPR would have been handy? Naw, just start ripping up ground! Terrific!

I'm thinking those guys couldn't find a hole on a golf course. They may eventually find gold, but then again, even a blind pig will find a truffle now and then. They surely ain't using any logical process that I've observed.

Now I'm rooting for the bears!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin

[Carl in Louisiana]

That show is starting to get on my last nerve :crazy: :twirlingeyes: :crazy: I do hope they find the gold even if they have to stumble into it rofl :grin:

[M-Taliesin]

Howdy Folks!
Looking at the previews from next week, it don't look like they're getting any smarter!
In fact, I saw one shot where one of them yahoos pushed on the only guy in the crowd who knows what he's talking about... the engineer sent by the claim owner to keep an eye on things and help where possible. Guess they don't want to hear from the one guy who knows the business.

Those guys are starting to give stupid a bad name!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin

[zrickkid]

The show is kind of like a how-two on how to not gold prospect. :beatdeadhorse:
Some of the folks there are just a bunch of idiots. Its a wonder that no one has been killed yet. :beatdown:

[odave]

I watched about 10 minutes of it and that was enough :rolleyes:

[Nitro 54]

Not a single person on that show have a clue to what their doing or needs to be done .... I'd be embarrassed to heck to be one of the show..

[jkress]

Its a wonder that no one has been killed yet. :beatdown:


After we watched the first couple of episodes I said... Someone is going to get seriously hurt before the end of the season. :yes:

Do you all remember the chain saw clip or any number of things that 'Jack' has done:huh:thinkingabout: :shocked04:

[Judy]

I just can't fathom there is actual living breathing people in this world that will do some stupidity like that .... example:

Bring ur kids & wives to a place that they are lower on the food chain 8/ 8/ , miles from nowhere and then waste ur apparent needed bullets to protect them on blowing them in the air for 4th of July:huh:

Smother ur kids with deet 24/7 to ward off the bugs, ohhh I could go on & on - what is wrong with these people:huh: :stretcher:

TV's getting way too stupid :behave:

[russellt]

i watched about 15 minutes and that was enough . im with judy . TV is getting rediculous

[coinnut]

I gave up TV a long time ago. We don't have it anymore. :yes: I get all my stupidity straight from the internet now rofl Much better :cheesysmile:

[BOWSER]

tv just aint worth the money they charge anymore,in my case i pay dish network a month ahead before i get the service,if you're late payin they send a threatning message of cancellation across your screen. These reality shows reflect the dumbest and most bizzare people on the planet.But don't worry you're alright and so am i. I think :eyebrow:

[wingmaster]

It would seem someone that knows how to use a metal detector might come away with alot of gold out of the area they are mining, I don't think it would do them any good as you would have to already know how to use one before you get there. Even if they did have one before I don't think any of them are smart enough to learn how to use it with even a year of trying to learn it, lots of people that get a detector either give up to quick or just aren't smart enough to operate one. I'm sure lots of detectors people buy end up in the closet never to be used again, some people don't learn real easy and some expect to find old coins in a ten year old park where there was nothing there before that. I really don't think any of them could hold a job at a fast food chain but then again usually people like that was my boss making the good money and these companies wonder why they end up going broke. It used to be back in the day knowing your job and hard work would get you to the top but now days the lazy dumb people get promoted, I guess they figure well they are not going to work anyway and before they get hurt or hurt someone else well just make them a boss.

[M-Taliesin]

Howdy Folks!
I just gotta echo what Judy said about kids. If a grown man or woman wants to go off to Alaska and make a profession of idiocy, that's one thing. To drag young kids out there like sacrificial lambs for the bears, smother them in DEET, feed them untested water, expose them to an unknown pandora's box of chemicals used in gold mining, not to mention a catalogue of pathogens carried by insects available to their beloved sons and daughters, and I tend to get brittle.

It is one thing, by mote of your own free will, to put yourself in peril. It is entirely another thing to foist the experience on kids who have no choice in the matter.

And the scariest part of the show is... these bozos have figured out how to reproduce!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin

[Judy]

And the scariest part of the show is...[color=red] these bozos have figured out how to reproduce!



thumbsup01 rofl rofl rofl

[Toadman]

I think the stupidity has a LOT to do with the overdrama.. Like Chum on Pawn Stars.. everyone says he's an idiot.. right to his face, If he was 'really' that stupid, why keep him around ? Drama.........

[wingmaster]

I'm not so sure its pretty hard to fake stupid, especially the look sometimes you can just tell just by looking at someone, but it doesn't really matter I'm sure they will get plenty from just doing the show so they won't have to worry about finding any gold. If I was to go up there for only a few months I wouldn't have built those cabins they should have just taken a couple trailers there is only like eight of them I think and wouldn't have brought the family for only a few months. I think one person could have panned as much gold in that time as they have now, why even waste the time building those cabins when you should have been going for gold right away.

[giant056]

How much are they making for the weekly series? They gotta be making something it seems.

[M-Taliesin]

How much are they making for the weekly series? They gotta be making something it seems.


Howdy Pard!
I'm guessing that's where their original $150k came from. They quickly blew through that money.

What's astounding is what they failed to do with their money.
No site survey to determine the best probability of finding gold.
No mining expert or geologist to consult with before sinking a hole.
No electronic survey to determine the likely location of gold.
No consultant on building a proper wash plant, sluices, shaker or
other gear for catching gold.
No preliminary consultation on materials management (so fish and
game came along to explain it to them with a loss of time and effort.)
Ever notice how they'll bring in a consultant only *after* they've FUBARed something?
Usually real badly? Delta-Uniform-Hotel!!!

The list could go on and on, but you get the idea.

They say ignorance is bliss, but in their case, it is also real expensive too!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin

[ec121connie]

Some many years ago I heard a low level network guy say The primary reason shows like Survivor are on the air is that the people watching them are dumber than those acting in them.

Sounds about right.

[wingmaster]

I think they might be making alot more than the 150K, my daughter watches some show I think maybe MTV about teenage parents and one of them here in IN got into trouble with the law because of hitting her boyfriend on the show and the judge made her say how much they was paying her, I believe it was 280K. She is only one of many on that show so they are all making that much on the MTV show probably.

[tanacat]

I wanna go to Alaska and prospect soooo bad :smitten:


Me too! I think we should all get together and show 'em how it's really done! :beerbuddy: And we'll leave our kids at home...

I'm totally frustrated too :bangahead01: this could be SUCH a good show!!! Was so psyched when it first came out. Gold Rush and I Shouldn't Be Alive are the only 2 shows I look forward (now that Lost is over). Oh and of course there's Antique Roadshow... :cheesysmile:

Anyway, I told hubby that if they don't find a good amt of gold in the next show I am outta here!

[giant056]

I figure the next show will be enough to string you along to watch the next one, pretty much the same as the last few. You know they're gonna find a good amount of gold before it's over anyway (at least I think so) :yes:

[M-Taliesin]

Some many years ago I heard a low level network guy say The primary reason shows like Survivor are on the air is that the people watching them are dumber than those acting in them.
Sounds about right.


Howdy Kiddo!
That would assume that everybody is blessed with sufficient psychic ability to know how stupid it is before watching the thing. Kinda judging a book without even looking at the cover. Once you do watch one of those shows, it becomes like a car wreck about to happen before your eyes. You don't want to see the devastation about to take place, but good luck trying to tear your eyes away.

Once you watch a single episode, you're hooked into a state where you just gotta keep watching to see how dumb it actually gets before the smoke clears. You think They can't really be that dumb! and watch hoping for some ray of light to prove your theory. And at times, you'll see glimmers of hope. Usually right before they do something even stupider than anything done so far.

It's a little like watching a gorilla play Hamlet, and when you already suspect the gorilla can't play Hamlet, you're hooked by how badly mauled the audience is when it goes berzerk!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin

[ec121connie]

Howdy Kiddo!
That would assume that everybody is blessed with sufficient psychic ability to know how stupid it is before watching the thing. Kinda judging a book without even looking at the cover. Once you do watch one of those shows, it becomes like a car wreck about to happen before your eyes. You don't want to see the devastation about to take place, but good luck trying to tear your eyes away.

Once you watch a single episode, you're hooked into a state where you just gotta keep watching to see how dumb it actually gets before the smoke clears. You think They can't really be that dumb! and watch hoping for some ray of light to prove your theory. And at times, you'll see glimmers of hope. Usually right before they do something even stupider than anything done so far.

It's a little like watching a gorilla play Hamlet, and when you already suspect the gorilla can't play Hamlet, you're hooked by how badly mauled the audience is when it goes berzerk!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin


Well you might tell it to the network guy. I'm sure he would smile, wink at his buddies and agree with you. Sounds like you made his point.

As soon as I find Kiddo I'll see if he has anything to add.

Regards,

[giant056]

what ya gotta do on a show like this is record it and skip over all the crap to see what they really get.

[Beefcake]

I thought I read somewhere that a local in Alaska reported that they went bust and only found something like 14 oz of gold. Of the 8 shows or whatever there has been I've only seen one day of actually mining going on... Instead of praying to God for Him to give them gold... perhaps a brain would be first in order.

[giant056]

A couple years back Steve a guy up in Alaska told me if I ever make it to Alaska to look him up first, he knows where the good tailings for detecting are. Steve has a gold mine up there and does well. You wouldn't believe some of the nuggets he's dug there.

[Carver]

Some many years ago I heard a low level network guy say The primary reason shows like Survivor are on the air is that the people watching them are dumber than those acting in them.

Sounds about right.


You've got that right Connie. thumbsup01 thumbsup01
I've watched one episode of that stupid show and had no problem tearing my eyes from it. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: I can not tolerate STUPID people :beatdown: :beatdown: :bop: :bop: :bop: :bop:

[RaZR]

They would have done better to just pan the river they diverted for their water pond.
If you're going to do something like this you get at least ONE person that has some experiance with that type of gold mining. I'm glad that reality isn't really the way they show it on those shows. But i do believe that the people on Jersey Shore are really as stupid as they appear! rofl
I lost intrest in reality T.V. when i found out that survivor wasn't gonna be, we leave all these people on the island with only basic supplies and whoever survives longest. WINS! :cheering:

[cliffy]

Now that I have watched the whole series, I pretty much believe they were shown a good front. Yea they were pretty much beeing taken for a ride by someone and the lure for gold played on the rest. If I was the old man I would be pretty upset. I have never heard of a glory hole below a water fall . It shoild be a blow-out below the waterfall. Now if they continue to virgin bedrock downstream from the fall they could end up becoming very wealthy,guess we will se that on the new comming show. This kind of drama is good for the soul. :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

[Jeff (or)]

I watched about 10 minutes of it and that was enough :rolleyes:


That's all it took for me also. :crazy:

[fastfwd]

I'm not so sure its pretty hard to fake stupid, especially the look sometimes you can just tell just by looking at someone, but it doesn't really matter I'm sure they will get plenty from just doing the show so they won't have to worry about finding any gold. If I was to go up there for only a few months I wouldn't have built those cabins they should have just taken a couple trailers there is only like eight of them I think and wouldn't have brought the family for only a few months. I think one person could have panned as much gold in that time as they have now, why even waste the time building those cabins when you should have been going for gold right away.


Another stupid reality show. phtttt

[BOWSER]

all these shows are ridiculous ,i refuse to watch them,i never thought tv would go backwards instead of forward I watch the discover channel a lot,otherwise it's back to radio for me.