1 00:00:06,689 --> 00:00:09,620 Apparently, this is a highly concentrated area for gold. 2 00:00:13,827 --> 00:00:16,000 Seems like a really cool opportunity. 3 00:00:16,034 --> 00:00:20,000 And, um... And if there's... you know... 4 00:00:20,034 --> 00:00:21,896 ...actually some gold down there, it would be... 5 00:00:22,827 --> 00:00:23,827 ...pretty cool. 6 00:00:27,310 --> 00:00:29,241 It's quite weird isn't it? Normally you're getting out of the water 7 00:00:29,275 --> 00:00:30,068 when there's sharks. 8 00:00:30,965 --> 00:00:32,931 We're gettin' in. Well, Parker is. 9 00:00:32,965 --> 00:00:34,896 It would take me a million dollars to jump in right now. 10 00:00:34,931 --> 00:00:36,793 It looks like such a nice place, do you know what I mean? 11 00:00:36,827 --> 00:00:39,000 No! It looks shark-y. 12 00:00:40,793 --> 00:00:43,965 All right, Parker, so I've got a little jar we'll take down there 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,827 'cause I'm quite fascinated by the gold industry in this area. 14 00:00:46,862 --> 00:00:49,793 So if you can fill this up down there, the most likely area, 15 00:00:49,827 --> 00:00:53,034 because all this valley was mined for gold. 16 00:00:53,068 --> 00:00:56,586 No one's ever looked here, and, uh, largely that's because of the ocean, 17 00:00:56,620 --> 00:00:58,103 and perhaps it's because of the sharks. 18 00:02:01,482 --> 00:02:02,517 Is that a great white shark? 19 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,517 There it is, right there! 20 00:02:09,551 --> 00:02:11,482 Right in front of him. Right bang next to him. 21 00:02:31,310 --> 00:02:33,068 There's a hell of a lot of snow up here, huh? 22 00:02:34,551 --> 00:02:35,931 It's, um... 23 00:02:35,965 --> 00:02:37,551 The temp, -16. 24 00:02:37,586 --> 00:02:40,551 This is why we mine in the summer time. 25 00:02:42,551 --> 00:02:48,413 Last season, Parker Schnabel weighed in $15 million of gold. 26 00:02:48,448 --> 00:02:52,000 A single season record for the 27 year old miner. 27 00:02:53,034 --> 00:02:55,586 We had a good season, we made money. 28 00:02:55,620 --> 00:02:57,793 I'm gonna look back on this season as one of the, 29 00:02:57,827 --> 00:02:59,793 like, most productive and easiest. 30 00:02:59,827 --> 00:03:02,068 But, we're trying to expand into Alaska. 31 00:03:02,103 --> 00:03:07,689 We've the opportunity to take 10 years of really good learning experiences... 32 00:03:07,724 --> 00:03:11,103 ...and apply that to an operation fully from scratch. 33 00:03:12,620 --> 00:03:13,827 Nine years ago... 34 00:03:13,862 --> 00:03:16,689 Parker left his grandpa's mine in Alaska 35 00:03:16,724 --> 00:03:19,413 to strike it big in the Yukon. 36 00:03:19,448 --> 00:03:22,655 I look upon you like the eagle, when they... 37 00:03:22,689 --> 00:03:24,827 ...fluffs his wings and flies outta the nest. 38 00:03:24,862 --> 00:03:29,724 And since then has mined nearly 50,000 ounces of gold, 39 00:03:29,758 --> 00:03:32,793 worth almost $70 million. 40 00:03:32,827 --> 00:03:35,034 3,362. 41 00:03:36,724 --> 00:03:37,620 Good job! 42 00:03:38,172 --> 00:03:38,965 Thank you. 43 00:03:41,448 --> 00:03:43,931 Now, to grow his empire... 44 00:03:43,965 --> 00:03:45,931 ...he's going back home. 45 00:03:45,965 --> 00:03:49,137 Alaska has a ton of really rich mining history. 46 00:03:49,172 --> 00:03:50,172 Really good ground. 47 00:03:50,758 --> 00:03:51,724 That's 100 ounces. 48 00:03:52,586 --> 00:03:53,620 Like, advanced payment. 49 00:03:53,655 --> 00:03:54,931 If you don't show up next year, 50 00:03:54,965 --> 00:03:56,931 and you're not mining, that's mine. 51 00:03:56,965 --> 00:03:59,206 Located just outside Fairbanks... 52 00:04:00,137 --> 00:04:02,103 ...this historic gold rich land 53 00:04:02,137 --> 00:04:05,724 could make Parker $11 million in a single season. 54 00:04:07,862 --> 00:04:09,896 Alaska really excites me, you know? 55 00:04:09,931 --> 00:04:13,137 But we don't have that much time to get this all setup. 56 00:04:13,172 --> 00:04:17,482 Parker has just four months to boot up an entire operation, 57 00:04:17,517 --> 00:04:19,586 and be mining in the spring. 58 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:24,413 We need pumps, generators, light towers, backup pumps, backup generators, 59 00:04:24,448 --> 00:04:26,448 and we need to find a wash plant. 60 00:04:29,241 --> 00:04:30,172 To help him... 61 00:04:30,862 --> 00:04:32,413 Yeah, cool. 62 00:04:32,448 --> 00:04:34,758 ...Parker has asked along Danny Etheridge. 63 00:04:36,896 --> 00:04:38,241 "Meet him by the gold pan," he said. 64 00:04:39,931 --> 00:04:41,241 Nice touch. 65 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:42,241 Pretty sure... 66 00:04:43,517 --> 00:04:46,931 ...that the point of putting me next to a massive gold pan... 67 00:04:47,724 --> 00:04:49,275 ...is to accentuate my size. 68 00:04:51,068 --> 00:04:53,000 For three off-seasons, 69 00:04:53,034 --> 00:04:57,137 Danny has been by Parker's side documenting every adventure. 70 00:04:58,586 --> 00:04:59,379 Watch out! 71 00:05:00,103 --> 00:05:01,344 Oh *bleep* 72 00:05:01,379 --> 00:05:03,344 - *bleep* - Hey! 73 00:05:03,379 --> 00:05:05,034 Danny's been trying to kill me for years. 74 00:05:05,068 --> 00:05:08,103 These are the two largest nuggets I have ever found. 75 00:05:08,137 --> 00:05:09,275 Shut up! 76 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:11,310 Danny, he's one of my best friends. 77 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:14,827 It's important to have people around you that you like to work with. 78 00:05:14,862 --> 00:05:16,586 And it'll be good to have Danny along. 79 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:17,862 And, you know... 80 00:05:19,137 --> 00:05:20,482 ...figure out, um... 81 00:05:21,965 --> 00:05:23,068 ...figure out how we're gonna... 82 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:26,344 ...solve some big mining problems. 83 00:05:28,172 --> 00:05:29,758 I'm pumped. 84 00:05:29,793 --> 00:05:31,620 And, um, the best thing about it-- 85 00:05:33,413 --> 00:05:34,724 Oh my *bleep* 86 00:05:36,689 --> 00:05:40,000 You make this normal size gold pan look huge! 87 00:05:41,655 --> 00:05:43,862 Scared the *bleep* out of me, man. 88 00:05:45,413 --> 00:05:46,793 Oh, my *bleep* 89 00:05:46,827 --> 00:05:47,655 Dude, look at you! 90 00:05:47,689 --> 00:05:49,758 I know, mate, I'm freezing. 91 00:05:49,793 --> 00:05:51,896 About 27 layers on. 92 00:05:53,448 --> 00:05:54,689 Better get used to it. 93 00:05:54,724 --> 00:05:56,137 We're going to the middle of nowhere. 94 00:05:57,241 --> 00:05:58,448 - You ready to rock? - Ready to rock. 95 00:06:00,137 --> 00:06:01,586 What is going on? 96 00:06:01,620 --> 00:06:05,344 I'm starting another operation up in Alaska next summer. 97 00:06:05,379 --> 00:06:06,448 Amazing. 98 00:06:06,482 --> 00:06:08,586 So we need to get a bunch of equipment, 99 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:10,413 and a wash plant, and all that stuff. 100 00:06:10,448 --> 00:06:13,103 And, like, the big key pieces... 101 00:06:13,137 --> 00:06:15,517 ...um, I wanna get a big jump on. 102 00:06:15,551 --> 00:06:18,275 How much will it cost to set up an operation there in Alaska? 103 00:06:19,068 --> 00:06:20,310 5 million. 104 00:06:20,344 --> 00:06:21,344 What? 105 00:06:23,689 --> 00:06:24,724 You serious? 106 00:06:24,758 --> 00:06:25,758 Mmm-hmm. 107 00:06:25,793 --> 00:06:27,068 *bleep* me. 108 00:06:27,103 --> 00:06:30,448 Doesn't actually buy you very much in the steel world. 109 00:06:30,482 --> 00:06:32,896 You know, prices have gone crazy. 110 00:06:32,931 --> 00:06:37,931 Within Parker's $5 million Alaska startup budget... 111 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:42,793 He set aside $1 million for the most important piece of equipment. 112 00:06:42,827 --> 00:06:45,344 In terms of, like, building a new operation, 113 00:06:45,379 --> 00:06:47,000 and what our goal is this winter... 114 00:06:47,896 --> 00:06:48,896 ...is like... 115 00:06:49,827 --> 00:06:51,482 We need to find a wash plant... 116 00:06:51,517 --> 00:06:53,068 ...first and foremost. 117 00:06:53,103 --> 00:06:57,275 And that's... you know, that's the basis that everything is built around. 118 00:06:57,310 --> 00:06:59,620 What's the plan? Do you know where we're goin'? 119 00:06:59,655 --> 00:07:02,344 - There's a trommel for sale up here. - Oh, wicked. 120 00:07:02,379 --> 00:07:05,724 Both our wash plants in the Yukon are screen decks. 121 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:08,172 But trommels can run any type of material. 122 00:07:08,206 --> 00:07:10,413 And we run into, even on the Indian river sometimes, 123 00:07:10,448 --> 00:07:13,275 not too often but sometimes, we'll run into like clay and whatnot. 124 00:07:13,310 --> 00:07:17,068 That's why Tony Beets runs trommels on Paradise hill. 125 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:20,827 The stuff in Fairbanks is pretty clean, 126 00:07:20,862 --> 00:07:23,000 but there's, like, tons of clay in it. 127 00:07:23,034 --> 00:07:24,827 And... And you have to run that in a trommel 128 00:07:24,862 --> 00:07:27,275 and beat it up and really, you know, massage it. 129 00:07:28,655 --> 00:07:29,827 This is the place. 130 00:07:30,655 --> 00:07:31,655 There. 131 00:07:33,586 --> 00:07:35,137 - All right, let's go look at this thing. - Let's have a look. 132 00:07:38,137 --> 00:07:40,724 This 15-year-old turnkey trommel, 133 00:07:40,758 --> 00:07:44,827 has a list price of $66,000. 134 00:07:44,862 --> 00:07:48,379 Well within Parker's $1 million wash plant budget. 135 00:07:55,206 --> 00:07:57,068 It doesn't look in that bad nick. 136 00:07:59,931 --> 00:08:02,551 From a... 137 00:08:02,586 --> 00:08:06,413 ...design standpoint, they're, like, you know, very portable. 138 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,758 Easy to move around. It's on wheels, that's a good idea. 139 00:08:10,793 --> 00:08:12,379 The problem with this is that it's just too small. 140 00:08:12,413 --> 00:08:15,724 Like, this is a, you know, 50 or 60 yard an hour wash plant. 141 00:08:15,758 --> 00:08:17,413 But... 142 00:08:17,448 --> 00:08:20,137 ...if you had, like, a supersized version of this, 143 00:08:20,172 --> 00:08:22,206 I could see something like that working. 144 00:08:22,241 --> 00:08:24,000 All right, I'm calling the guy that owns this thing, 145 00:08:24,034 --> 00:08:25,000 and, um... 146 00:08:26,344 --> 00:08:27,310 ...I'm gonna talk to him. 147 00:08:31,275 --> 00:08:32,310 Hey, Pete! 148 00:08:32,344 --> 00:08:33,482 Hey buddy, how's it goin'? 149 00:08:33,517 --> 00:08:34,931 I'm standing next to your trommel. 150 00:08:35,620 --> 00:08:36,620 What do ya think? 151 00:08:36,655 --> 00:08:39,724 Little small for our, uh... for our setups. 152 00:08:40,517 --> 00:08:41,517 It is a small trommel. 153 00:08:41,551 --> 00:08:44,310 Yeah, yeah. You know, it's definitely, um... 154 00:08:44,344 --> 00:08:47,275 I mean it fits the bill in terms of being super portable, 155 00:08:47,310 --> 00:08:49,034 and, um, compact. 156 00:08:49,068 --> 00:08:52,517 But... you know, what is it? 60, 70 yards an hour? 157 00:08:52,551 --> 00:08:53,413 Yeah. 158 00:08:53,448 --> 00:08:55,034 Yeah, a little small for us. 159 00:08:55,068 --> 00:08:58,241 I do have one at, uh, a property I have out in a place called Barkerville, 160 00:08:58,275 --> 00:08:59,689 which is in the Caribou mountains. 161 00:09:00,413 --> 00:09:01,482 Can we get to it? 162 00:09:01,517 --> 00:09:04,344 You better have your, uh, winter woollies, 163 00:09:04,379 --> 00:09:06,551 because it's quite a journey to go see this thing. 164 00:09:09,137 --> 00:09:11,206 He says dress warm for the next place we're goin'. 165 00:09:12,931 --> 00:09:15,000 The guy that's with me is definitely dressed warm. 166 00:09:15,034 --> 00:09:16,931 He's got about eight puffy coats on. 167 00:09:16,965 --> 00:09:20,586 Think the weather forecast is -25, so it's not too bad. 168 00:09:20,620 --> 00:09:22,310 But definitely frostbite material. 169 00:09:22,344 --> 00:09:23,827 All right. 170 00:09:23,862 --> 00:09:26,344 All right, we'll, um... we'll head that way. 171 00:09:26,379 --> 00:09:27,206 Come on up. 172 00:09:27,241 --> 00:09:28,137 Yeah. 173 00:09:28,172 --> 00:09:29,000 Talk soon. 174 00:09:29,034 --> 00:09:30,000 Yeah, see ya soon. 175 00:09:30,551 --> 00:09:32,241 All right. 176 00:09:32,275 --> 00:09:34,620 - What're you smiling at? - He's got another bigger trommel. 177 00:09:34,655 --> 00:09:36,724 - Right. - And, um... 178 00:09:36,758 --> 00:09:39,862 And he said, "We can get to it but it's out in the middle of nowhere, 179 00:09:39,896 --> 00:09:41,965 so, like, dress warm." 180 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,551 So, we'll see. Hopefully the next one's in, like, good shape, 181 00:09:44,586 --> 00:09:47,103 and, um, is something that we want. 182 00:09:47,137 --> 00:09:48,275 All right, let's get the *bleep* out of here. 183 00:09:52,241 --> 00:09:57,275 Parker and Danny head 50 miles to the remote mining outpost of Barkerville. 184 00:09:59,551 --> 00:10:00,517 Ah, there we go. 185 00:10:02,620 --> 00:10:03,689 That him? 186 00:10:03,724 --> 00:10:05,482 - Yeah, that's Pete. - Sweet. 187 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:07,586 - Hey, man. - Hey, kid! 188 00:10:07,620 --> 00:10:09,862 - How's it goin'? - Good, how are you? 189 00:10:09,896 --> 00:10:12,241 Mining gold, since the age of 12... 190 00:10:12,275 --> 00:10:15,758 Pete Wright has 40 years' experience in the industry. 191 00:10:15,793 --> 00:10:16,620 I've heard lots about ya. 192 00:10:16,655 --> 00:10:18,000 I'm excited to find out. 193 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:20,448 - I feel like it's a bit shrouded in mystery this trip. - Yeah. 194 00:10:20,482 --> 00:10:21,379 What's goin' on? 195 00:10:21,413 --> 00:10:22,896 Yeah, well... 196 00:10:22,931 --> 00:10:24,137 We're talking about trommels, man. 197 00:10:24,172 --> 00:10:26,586 Yeah, and you used to mine around here, right? 198 00:10:26,620 --> 00:10:28,965 Well, yeah, I was here for almost 15 years mining, 199 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,310 I came down from the Yukon... 200 00:10:30,344 --> 00:10:32,931 - Gotcha. - ...and, uh, started an operation down here. 201 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:34,551 So where is this trommel at? 202 00:10:34,586 --> 00:10:39,000 The one that we're goin' to look at is the big monster barrel. 203 00:10:39,034 --> 00:10:40,344 Yeah, you know, the biggest ones you can build. 204 00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:41,724 Right, sweet. 205 00:10:41,758 --> 00:10:43,413 I'm lookin' forward to checking it out. Can we drive there? 206 00:10:43,448 --> 00:10:46,448 Yeah, we could drive there, but... it's the middle of winter, man. 207 00:10:46,482 --> 00:10:47,448 - On a snow machine? - Yeah. 208 00:10:48,793 --> 00:10:50,586 So they're all tiny little mining roads, 209 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:52,413 and the only way to get on 'em is these. 210 00:10:52,448 --> 00:10:53,620 - Gotcha. - So... 211 00:10:53,655 --> 00:10:55,103 When's the last time you were on a snow machine, Dan? 212 00:10:55,137 --> 00:10:57,413 I was... I was on one about six years ago. 213 00:10:57,448 --> 00:10:58,896 Dan, you cool with this? 214 00:10:58,931 --> 00:11:00,034 Yeah. 215 00:11:00,068 --> 00:11:01,965 I mean, what's the worst that can happen? 216 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,793 - Is that-- - There you go, I'm rubbing off on ya. 217 00:11:04,827 --> 00:11:06,896 Sounds like Parker's got a bit more experience. 218 00:11:06,931 --> 00:11:08,172 All right. 219 00:11:09,517 --> 00:11:11,206 I'm good. 220 00:11:11,241 --> 00:11:13,413 - Danny, what is this? - Huh? 221 00:11:13,448 --> 00:11:15,827 It's my... No, it's my... It's just my snood. 222 00:11:15,862 --> 00:11:17,413 I... I haven't got my snood, so... 223 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:19,551 It's my pants. 224 00:11:19,586 --> 00:11:21,965 - It's... It's... It's a pair of underwear. - It's fine. 225 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,275 I haven't... I haven't worn 'em. 226 00:11:24,758 --> 00:11:26,275 It's just my... It's one leg of my pants, 227 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:28,413 it's made of the same material as a neckerchief anyways. 228 00:11:28,448 --> 00:11:29,448 It's fine. 229 00:11:30,137 --> 00:11:31,103 All right. 230 00:11:32,275 --> 00:11:34,482 What? It's fine. It's all just, like... 231 00:11:35,758 --> 00:11:37,068 It's all made of the same stuff! 232 00:11:40,103 --> 00:11:42,172 Which one of these am I runnin'? 233 00:11:42,206 --> 00:11:44,827 Well... I'm thinking of putting you on something else. 234 00:11:44,862 --> 00:11:46,620 - Oh, yeah? - How do you feel about riding a bike? 235 00:11:46,655 --> 00:11:47,586 A snow bike? 236 00:11:47,620 --> 00:11:49,620 Oh, yeah. That's my jam, dude. 237 00:11:49,655 --> 00:11:52,793 Well, come on over here then, and see if you... what you think about this one. 238 00:11:54,172 --> 00:11:55,206 A snow bike? 239 00:11:56,206 --> 00:11:58,448 Oh, yeah. Pete, you're my hero. 240 00:11:58,482 --> 00:11:59,586 - Yeah, this thing is-- - I love this thing. 241 00:11:59,620 --> 00:12:00,827 Oh, my. 242 00:12:00,862 --> 00:12:03,275 Made from a converted motor cross bike, 243 00:12:03,310 --> 00:12:08,344 the 55 horsepower engine has a top speed of 87 miles per hour. 244 00:12:08,379 --> 00:12:09,689 It's state of the art, man. 245 00:12:10,379 --> 00:12:11,724 Oh, yeah. 246 00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:14,413 Sweet! 247 00:12:16,793 --> 00:12:17,862 All right, we're gonna have some fun today. 248 00:12:18,689 --> 00:12:20,000 Here we go! 249 00:12:29,344 --> 00:12:30,482 Come on! 250 00:12:34,068 --> 00:12:37,379 From the historic mining town of Barkerville... 251 00:12:37,413 --> 00:12:42,551 ...Parker and Danny travel 64 miles on a back country adventure... 252 00:12:42,586 --> 00:12:47,103 ...to check out a trommel for sale in the Caribou mountains. 253 00:12:47,137 --> 00:12:51,758 Where gold was first discovered, in the late 1850s... 254 00:12:51,793 --> 00:12:54,379 ...and since then, the region has produced 255 00:12:54,413 --> 00:12:57,482 nearly $50 million worth of the metal. 256 00:12:57,517 --> 00:12:58,482 Whoo! 257 00:13:05,724 --> 00:13:09,793 After four hours in freezing temperatures, they reach the trommel. 258 00:13:12,103 --> 00:13:13,793 - Oh, yeah. - Oh, it's a monster. 259 00:13:13,827 --> 00:13:15,310 Oh, my *bleep*. 260 00:13:15,965 --> 00:13:16,965 Holy cow. 261 00:13:17,655 --> 00:13:19,000 It's huge! 262 00:13:27,034 --> 00:13:27,965 That's it. 263 00:13:28,586 --> 00:13:30,206 It is 40 feet long... 264 00:13:31,206 --> 00:13:33,896 ...by 6.5 foot diameter, I think. 265 00:13:33,931 --> 00:13:35,586 It's a monster. 266 00:13:36,827 --> 00:13:39,965 Parker is checking out a huge trommel 267 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,241 to give him a jump on his mining season. 268 00:13:43,793 --> 00:13:45,344 And I put an extra spray bar in it. 269 00:13:45,379 --> 00:13:47,103 The six inch, you see... 270 00:13:47,137 --> 00:13:49,379 ...had one and then I lined it with excavator pads, 271 00:13:49,413 --> 00:13:50,724 if you look up at the very front. 272 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,137 She's a big yardage machine. 273 00:13:54,172 --> 00:13:55,724 Right. 274 00:13:55,758 --> 00:14:00,000 With a price tag of $225,000... 275 00:14:00,034 --> 00:14:05,172 Pete's custom built trommel can chew through 150 yards of clay pay dirt an hour. 276 00:14:06,689 --> 00:14:09,655 Recycled excavator pads in the trommel 277 00:14:09,689 --> 00:14:13,103 break apart the gold laden clay. 278 00:14:13,137 --> 00:14:17,068 And high pressure spray bars wash the rocks clean... 279 00:14:17,103 --> 00:14:18,931 ...releasing the gold concentrate 280 00:14:18,965 --> 00:14:21,517 where it is caught in the sluices below. 281 00:14:22,379 --> 00:14:23,931 Chain drive? 282 00:14:23,965 --> 00:14:26,586 Yeah. So those are the sluice boxes that I built there. 283 00:14:27,448 --> 00:14:28,551 Boiler boxes. 284 00:14:28,586 --> 00:14:29,931 You can live in this thing. 285 00:14:29,965 --> 00:14:31,586 Everything is oversized, isn't it? 286 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:33,379 It's like... I feel like I'm in... 287 00:14:33,413 --> 00:14:36,034 - Remember that... that show Land of the Giants? - Oh, yeah? 288 00:14:36,068 --> 00:14:37,862 It was originally a propane drum. 289 00:14:38,448 --> 00:14:39,413 Yeah. 290 00:14:39,448 --> 00:14:41,241 Like three-quarters to an inch thick. 291 00:14:41,275 --> 00:14:43,241 We can go up the ladder and walk along the top 292 00:14:43,275 --> 00:14:44,448 if you wanna look at the barrel. 293 00:14:45,206 --> 00:14:46,241 Where you goin'? 294 00:14:46,275 --> 00:14:47,896 I'm crawling right up in here to... 295 00:14:47,931 --> 00:14:50,103 - Oh, you're goin' up there? - ...to look at the... 296 00:14:50,137 --> 00:14:51,137 Hang on, where's Parker goin'? 297 00:14:55,413 --> 00:14:58,896 Just be careful walking on the top here. I'll break a little trail up. 298 00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:01,482 'Cause there's a space right here, right between the spray bar. 299 00:15:04,068 --> 00:15:06,241 Like, footprint is huge, right? 300 00:15:06,275 --> 00:15:07,517 It's a monster. 301 00:15:07,551 --> 00:15:09,896 These holes are just cut with, like, a torch, huh? 302 00:15:09,931 --> 00:15:12,793 Yeah, so the guy put these in pretty coarse ground here. 303 00:15:12,827 --> 00:15:15,896 so you just change it with whatever size of ground you're in. 304 00:15:15,931 --> 00:15:17,620 So if your holes are too big, 305 00:15:17,655 --> 00:15:19,482 you just put another little tab overtop of them. 306 00:15:21,206 --> 00:15:23,758 So... And then it's got this hole, like-- 307 00:15:24,344 --> 00:15:25,620 Oh! 308 00:15:25,655 --> 00:15:26,862 Oh, man! 309 00:15:26,896 --> 00:15:28,517 Woah! What the *bleep* 310 00:15:28,551 --> 00:15:29,793 Parker, are you okay? 311 00:15:31,379 --> 00:15:33,206 *bleep* hell, mate. 312 00:15:33,241 --> 00:15:34,586 What the... 313 00:15:34,620 --> 00:15:35,482 Are you okay, buddy? 314 00:15:39,275 --> 00:15:41,241 Ah, it's so freakin' slick. 315 00:15:41,275 --> 00:15:43,586 "I know how to *bleep* walk on circular things." 316 00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:46,000 Mate. 317 00:15:50,827 --> 00:15:52,620 Oh, it's gonna be a cold ride home. 318 00:15:52,655 --> 00:15:53,620 You all right? 319 00:15:53,655 --> 00:15:54,655 I'm just cold. 320 00:15:54,689 --> 00:15:55,689 Oh, mate. 321 00:15:55,724 --> 00:15:57,862 I'm glad there wasn't a big rock there. 322 00:15:57,896 --> 00:15:59,620 That's not the thing you wanna be falling off... 323 00:15:59,655 --> 00:16:01,517 You could of smashed his head off on that. 324 00:16:01,551 --> 00:16:03,758 Yeah, glad I missed that. 325 00:16:03,793 --> 00:16:05,448 - You all right? - I'm fine. 326 00:16:05,482 --> 00:16:06,827 - You sure? - Yeah, I just like... 327 00:16:07,896 --> 00:16:09,655 - ...like mega brain freeze. - Oh, mate. 328 00:16:11,689 --> 00:16:14,655 It's not... I'm totally fine, but it's just, like, my head... 329 00:16:15,655 --> 00:16:17,862 ...just froze. My brain stopped I think. 330 00:16:17,896 --> 00:16:19,275 Well, I can see that. 331 00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:21,206 Anyways, this is the size we need 332 00:16:21,241 --> 00:16:23,206 - but this is not the trommel we're looking for. - Really? 333 00:16:23,241 --> 00:16:24,310 - Yeah. - Why? 334 00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:28,344 For us, the amount of hours we run, 335 00:16:28,379 --> 00:16:30,896 - you need something that's really easy to work on. - Yeah. 336 00:16:30,931 --> 00:16:34,724 And, like, the inside the barrel of this is all custom. 337 00:16:34,758 --> 00:16:35,758 And... 338 00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:40,344 ...I think you'd have a hard time, like... 339 00:16:40,379 --> 00:16:42,655 It'd be a full time job for somebody maintaining it. 340 00:16:42,689 --> 00:16:44,689 A welder would spend half a season on this wash plant probably, 341 00:16:44,724 --> 00:16:46,793 if you were running it 24/7. 342 00:16:46,827 --> 00:16:49,551 Reduce maintenance, reduce downtime to plant moves, 343 00:16:49,586 --> 00:16:51,034 two big things for us. 344 00:16:51,068 --> 00:16:52,034 So... 345 00:16:53,655 --> 00:16:54,655 ...not our wash plant. 346 00:17:13,206 --> 00:17:15,068 Barkerville a bust, 347 00:17:15,103 --> 00:17:19,379 Parker and Danny head 450 miles south to Vancouver island. 348 00:17:20,896 --> 00:17:22,034 Where're we goin'? 349 00:17:22,068 --> 00:17:25,034 Visiting Jeff at Macon, who built wash plants. 350 00:17:25,068 --> 00:17:27,517 He's an awesome dude, they have a ton of ideas. 351 00:17:27,551 --> 00:17:29,655 They've seen everything, they've just, like, been living 352 00:17:29,689 --> 00:17:31,310 in the wash plant trenches. 353 00:17:31,344 --> 00:17:34,344 I think he moved there right after... 354 00:17:34,379 --> 00:17:37,517 ...um, they built Sluicifer for us. 355 00:17:37,551 --> 00:17:39,241 Six years ago, 356 00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:42,965 Macon built Parker's bespoke shaker deck, Sluicifer. 357 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,482 Holy cow! 358 00:17:46,103 --> 00:17:48,620 Capturing over $30 million, 359 00:17:48,655 --> 00:17:52,413 Sluicifer is the jewel in Parker's Yukon operation. 360 00:17:54,793 --> 00:17:55,965 Hey, Jeff! 361 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,586 - How's it goin, man? - Good. 362 00:17:57,620 --> 00:17:59,413 - How are you? - Good! Good to see ya. 363 00:17:59,448 --> 00:18:00,965 - This is Dan. - Jeff. 364 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,241 - Hey, Dan. - Nice to meet you, mate. 365 00:18:02,275 --> 00:18:03,655 Thanks for meeting us. 366 00:18:03,689 --> 00:18:05,517 - Yeah, no worries. - Um, I was just hoping to have a chat with you 367 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:06,965 about plants. 368 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,896 - Yeah. - And we're lookin' at buying another plant. 369 00:18:08,931 --> 00:18:12,137 And we've been looking at a few of 'em, but you know how it is 370 00:18:12,172 --> 00:18:14,931 - trying to find something used that will work for us-- - Yeah. 371 00:18:14,965 --> 00:18:16,310 ...that will work for what we need. 372 00:18:16,344 --> 00:18:18,137 - Something that will work for your ground? - Right. 373 00:18:18,172 --> 00:18:19,310 - Good stuff, let's have a look! - Cool! 374 00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:23,241 Oho, look at this! 375 00:18:24,862 --> 00:18:26,137 We got a 400 over here. 376 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:27,379 Right. 377 00:18:27,413 --> 00:18:29,206 - It's a baby Sluicifer. - Baby Sluicifer. 378 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:30,655 It's just like Sluicifer's had... 379 00:18:31,931 --> 00:18:34,896 ...beautiful children with another wash plant. 380 00:18:34,931 --> 00:18:37,655 If only it had chosen a trommel to procreate with, 381 00:18:37,689 --> 00:18:39,689 then we might have our, uh, machine. 382 00:18:39,724 --> 00:18:42,586 I see the hoses, there's gonna be hydraulics going somewhere. 383 00:18:42,620 --> 00:18:45,482 Nope, those are for coming off the self-cleaning filter. 384 00:18:45,517 --> 00:18:47,034 So there's a filter inside of there? 385 00:18:47,068 --> 00:18:50,620 It's a... It's a screen that the water passes over cleaning the... Yeah. 386 00:18:50,655 --> 00:18:53,103 - It keeps itself clean and gives you water. - Yes. 387 00:18:53,137 --> 00:18:55,931 Yeah, it would be nice to see... see more plants. 388 00:18:55,965 --> 00:18:57,448 It's probably... This is the wrong time of year 389 00:18:57,482 --> 00:18:58,344 to be looking at wash plants, isn't it? 390 00:18:58,379 --> 00:18:59,379 It's the wrong time of year, yeah. 391 00:18:59,413 --> 00:19:01,137 We got a couple plants but they're not for sale. 392 00:19:01,172 --> 00:19:02,586 We don't have a lot here, 393 00:19:02,620 --> 00:19:04,655 but obviously the right time of year you should be mining, not here. 394 00:19:04,689 --> 00:19:06,862 Right, exactly, and that's always been the problem. 395 00:19:06,896 --> 00:19:09,586 Danny and I are always, like, trying to figure out 396 00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:12,137 is it's... you know, it's the middle of... middle of winter 397 00:19:12,172 --> 00:19:15,965 and... and it's a tough thing to be looking at ground, or looking at wash plants, 398 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,758 seeing mining operations, when it's, you know... 399 00:19:18,793 --> 00:19:20,620 ...right now it's -40 in Dawson. 400 00:19:20,655 --> 00:19:24,793 It's just tough for me because this is my way of looking at things, 401 00:19:24,827 --> 00:19:27,137 - like, on the ground crawling around wash plants. - Yeah. 402 00:19:27,172 --> 00:19:29,620 It has been since I was a little kid. 403 00:19:29,655 --> 00:19:31,827 A lot of these actual designs, 404 00:19:31,862 --> 00:19:34,275 they're... they're from New Zealand, aren't they? 405 00:19:34,310 --> 00:19:36,448 Yeah, a lot of 'em stem from New Zealand for sure. 406 00:19:36,482 --> 00:19:39,482 I mean if we're serious about looking at a bunch of different wash plants... 407 00:19:39,517 --> 00:19:42,620 Um, then we should just go to New Zealand. 408 00:19:43,517 --> 00:19:45,482 To New Zealand? 409 00:19:45,517 --> 00:19:48,172 It might be the only place in the world that has a bunch of them running. 410 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,000 It's the right time to be down there. 411 00:19:52,206 --> 00:19:53,896 New Zealand... 412 00:19:53,931 --> 00:19:56,724 ...world leaders in wash plant design, 413 00:19:56,758 --> 00:20:00,931 where over 1,200 tons of gold has been unearthed. 414 00:20:00,965 --> 00:20:03,793 The most efficient operators, making money on the leanest ground, 415 00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:06,034 has always been New Zealanders. 416 00:20:06,068 --> 00:20:08,034 It's always been Kiwis. 417 00:20:08,068 --> 00:20:11,413 And they mine... 12 months of the year. 418 00:20:11,448 --> 00:20:13,068 There's a huge history of mining. 419 00:20:13,103 --> 00:20:15,862 And for me, this may be the college class 420 00:20:15,896 --> 00:20:18,413 on efficient placer mining, making this trip. 421 00:20:25,655 --> 00:20:27,068 You know, mining seasons are short, 422 00:20:27,103 --> 00:20:29,241 but... off-seasons are short as well. 423 00:20:30,517 --> 00:20:34,068 And... we don't have much time to get this all set up, 424 00:20:34,103 --> 00:20:37,206 and start an entire new mining operation. 425 00:20:37,241 --> 00:20:40,655 I have a lot riding on this ground in Fairbanks. 426 00:20:40,689 --> 00:20:43,000 Like, we need to start mining and getting gold out of the ground, 427 00:20:43,034 --> 00:20:45,379 and that means having a wash plant and it all working. 428 00:20:45,413 --> 00:20:48,379 There's just not much time to get things wrong, 429 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:51,103 and so, I gotta go to New Zealand. 430 00:20:51,137 --> 00:20:55,517 We're one plane trip away from having the adventure of our lives. 431 00:21:13,206 --> 00:21:14,793 Go and get the gang back together. 432 00:21:14,827 --> 00:21:17,241 I honestly can't believe that we're sat here right now, man. 433 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:19,137 This is ridiculous. 434 00:21:19,172 --> 00:21:22,448 In any business, the most efficient survive, 435 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:25,413 and the ones that are looking at the most opportunities survive, right? 436 00:21:25,448 --> 00:21:32,206 And that means learning from the best of the best, which are Kiwis. 437 00:21:32,241 --> 00:21:35,000 From Vancouver, Parker has traveled 438 00:21:35,034 --> 00:21:38,862 over 7,000 miles to New Zealand... 439 00:21:38,896 --> 00:21:42,517 ...home to some of the most innovative gold miners in the world. 440 00:21:43,620 --> 00:21:46,310 Coming to New Zealand and being able to, you know, 441 00:21:46,344 --> 00:21:50,068 see new technology is gonna be really cool. 442 00:21:50,103 --> 00:21:54,862 I think the big risk here is that we just don't have a lot of time, like... 443 00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:59,586 I'm in the middle of planning all of our Yukon mining operation, you know, 444 00:21:59,620 --> 00:22:01,931 the start-up of an Alaskan operation, 445 00:22:01,965 --> 00:22:04,241 and I'm hoping that it's worth it. 446 00:22:04,275 --> 00:22:06,344 Right? Like... 447 00:22:07,758 --> 00:22:11,310 This could just snowball into giving us 448 00:22:11,344 --> 00:22:14,379 a late start for the season and not being prepared, 449 00:22:14,413 --> 00:22:18,517 so we definitely just need to stay focused on what the mission is. 450 00:22:18,551 --> 00:22:21,931 Fairbanks is gonna be full of a whole lot of surprises, 451 00:22:21,965 --> 00:22:24,862 lots of clay, lots of very difficult-to-recover gold, 452 00:22:24,896 --> 00:22:27,172 and we need a wash plant 453 00:22:27,206 --> 00:22:28,620 that can deal with all of that, 454 00:22:28,655 --> 00:22:31,620 be high production and be portable. 455 00:22:31,655 --> 00:22:33,068 You know, it's a huge challenge. 456 00:22:33,689 --> 00:22:35,068 Get this party started. 457 00:22:41,586 --> 00:22:44,000 And there is our man in Amsterdam. 458 00:22:45,068 --> 00:22:46,931 Come on, man. Let's go see him. Let's do it. 459 00:22:49,344 --> 00:22:51,551 Mate, look at him. Doesn't he look lonely? 460 00:22:51,586 --> 00:22:52,724 Jeff! 461 00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:56,827 Wash plant guru Jeff Turnell 462 00:22:56,862 --> 00:22:58,655 joins the team on their mission 463 00:22:58,689 --> 00:23:01,931 to find the best turnkey plant in the country. 464 00:23:04,862 --> 00:23:06,000 - How's it going? - Good. 465 00:23:06,034 --> 00:23:07,000 Hello, bud. 466 00:23:07,034 --> 00:23:08,655 I've always kinda been in the mining industry 467 00:23:08,689 --> 00:23:10,517 since I was 17, 468 00:23:10,551 --> 00:23:12,862 um, dealing with wash plants. 469 00:23:12,896 --> 00:23:14,275 When he called me to go on this trip, 470 00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:16,137 it was definitely out of the blue, 471 00:23:16,172 --> 00:23:17,379 and I was pretty excited. 472 00:23:17,413 --> 00:23:19,517 - How's it going, man? - Good, man. How are you? 473 00:23:19,551 --> 00:23:20,620 *bleep* awesome. 474 00:23:20,655 --> 00:23:22,413 The most exciting thing for me right now 475 00:23:22,448 --> 00:23:25,517 is, uh, I haven't had a lot of time to do traveling 476 00:23:25,551 --> 00:23:27,862 and so, to be on a work trip 477 00:23:27,896 --> 00:23:31,896 and work with Parker, I mean, it's pretty cool. 478 00:23:31,931 --> 00:23:34,689 This is definitely the furthest I've ever traveled 479 00:23:34,724 --> 00:23:36,551 and the biggest trip I've ever been on. 480 00:23:36,586 --> 00:23:38,517 Where's Tyler? 481 00:23:42,413 --> 00:23:45,862 I'm very excited to finally pick up the boys 482 00:23:45,896 --> 00:23:48,344 and meet Jeff. 483 00:23:48,379 --> 00:23:51,482 A bit nervous about a new team member coming on. 484 00:23:51,517 --> 00:23:53,068 I'm sure it'll be fine. 485 00:23:53,103 --> 00:23:56,068 The fourth and final member of the team 486 00:23:56,103 --> 00:23:58,827 is Aussie gold miner Tyler Mahoney. 487 00:24:00,241 --> 00:24:02,862 Two years ago, she proved her worth 488 00:24:02,896 --> 00:24:07,275 when she guided Parker on a prospecting trip down under. 489 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:10,103 Uh, so this is where the Welcome Stranger nugget was found. 490 00:24:10,137 --> 00:24:12,655 Um, so that was the biggest nugget in the world. 491 00:24:12,689 --> 00:24:14,896 - That's *bleep* nuts. - It's cool, hey? 492 00:24:14,931 --> 00:24:18,000 I'm shaky. That's a nice nugget. 493 00:24:18,758 --> 00:24:20,310 - For real? - Yeah. 494 00:24:20,344 --> 00:24:22,275 - *bleep* - Not bad, hey? 495 00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:26,551 Tyler and I have actually a really solid relationship, super good friends. 496 00:24:26,586 --> 00:24:30,379 Um, I trust her totally. 497 00:24:30,413 --> 00:24:32,827 My role has changed a lot. 498 00:24:32,862 --> 00:24:35,689 I'm going to be helping Park with contacts, 499 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:37,758 getting him onto mine sites, 500 00:24:37,793 --> 00:24:40,034 finding wash plants that are for sale, 501 00:24:40,068 --> 00:24:42,862 but I'm definitely a lot more out of my comfort zone this time. 502 00:24:46,448 --> 00:24:48,241 For the 7-week journey, 503 00:24:48,275 --> 00:24:53,034 Tyler's sourced a 400 horsepower Toyota M2 Overland. 504 00:24:55,103 --> 00:24:59,586 With a 4.2-liter engine and 37-inch mud tires, 505 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:02,793 it will be perfect for New Zealand's rough terrain. 506 00:25:08,896 --> 00:25:12,931 Yes, Tyler. 507 00:25:12,965 --> 00:25:15,724 - Um, where did you get this from? - Hi. 508 00:25:15,758 --> 00:25:17,275 - Nice rig. - Hello, nice to meet you, Jeff. 509 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:18,448 Yeah, nice to meet you. 510 00:25:18,482 --> 00:25:19,896 - Hello. - How are you? 511 00:25:19,931 --> 00:25:21,793 - Good. Good to see you. - Good to see ya. 512 00:25:21,827 --> 00:25:23,103 Hello, give me a hug. 513 00:25:23,137 --> 00:25:25,275 I like you even more now you brought that. 514 00:25:25,310 --> 00:25:27,586 - Beautiful. - How was that to drive down here? 515 00:25:27,620 --> 00:25:29,379 Uh, yeah, it's a beast. 516 00:25:29,413 --> 00:25:31,758 You can definitely feel the power of the vehicle. 517 00:25:31,793 --> 00:25:35,344 Oh, my. Look at this. 518 00:25:35,379 --> 00:25:37,448 - You got any beer in here? - Is that a fridge? 519 00:25:37,482 --> 00:25:38,896 - Yeah. - It's not. 520 00:25:41,586 --> 00:25:43,344 - Have you filled that with beer? - I should've. 521 00:25:43,379 --> 00:25:45,206 - Oh... - There's nothing in it! 522 00:25:45,241 --> 00:25:46,620 That was a rookie error. 523 00:25:46,655 --> 00:25:48,448 It was nearly at a perfect 10. 524 00:25:48,482 --> 00:25:49,724 This is sick. 525 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:52,275 Pretty cool. 526 00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:54,000 I think that thing's gonna go anywhere. 527 00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:56,896 Who's driving? 528 00:25:56,931 --> 00:25:59,517 - Parker? - Hmm. 529 00:25:59,551 --> 00:26:00,655 You know I don't drive. 530 00:26:00,689 --> 00:26:02,344 Mmm, don't know why I bothered asking that. 531 00:26:02,379 --> 00:26:04,620 Steering wheel's on the wrong side for me. 532 00:26:04,655 --> 00:26:06,103 Jeff, you'd be fine. 533 00:26:06,137 --> 00:26:07,379 Oh, yeah, I'm obviously... 534 00:26:07,413 --> 00:26:09,275 Yeah, you've got an easy out. 535 00:26:14,413 --> 00:26:15,724 Oh, yeah. 536 00:26:15,758 --> 00:26:16,689 Should we have a drive-off? 537 00:26:16,724 --> 00:26:18,793 We could do that. Let's have a drive-off. 538 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:20,000 And the winner drives. 539 00:26:20,034 --> 00:26:21,689 - A drive-off? - Yeah 540 00:26:21,724 --> 00:26:22,896 Is that what's happening here? 541 00:26:22,931 --> 00:26:24,655 You and I are the judges, 542 00:26:24,689 --> 00:26:26,620 and we make the decision, right? 543 00:26:26,655 --> 00:26:28,103 Have you ever driven on the other side of the road before? 544 00:26:28,137 --> 00:26:30,344 Never. This is gonna be super confusing. 545 00:26:30,379 --> 00:26:31,965 Here you go. 546 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,965 - I got shotgun. - Jeff's up first then. 547 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,793 *bleep* me. 548 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:39,724 All right. 549 00:26:39,758 --> 00:26:41,344 - Come on. - Let's go. 550 00:26:41,379 --> 00:26:43,724 - Is it still, like, first is here? - Yep. 551 00:26:43,758 --> 00:26:44,827 - It's in 4Hi? - Oh! 552 00:26:44,862 --> 00:26:47,206 - It's in 4Hi. - It's quite small in the back. 553 00:26:47,241 --> 00:26:50,068 If I'm saying it's small in the back, it's *bleep* tiny. 554 00:26:51,689 --> 00:26:54,551 - I'm just excited about starting the trip. - I'm so excited. 555 00:26:54,586 --> 00:26:57,793 Oh, yes! It's like butter. 556 00:26:57,827 --> 00:26:59,413 Come on. 557 00:26:59,448 --> 00:27:01,724 I mean, being able to drive on the beach is one thing. 558 00:27:01,758 --> 00:27:02,965 You know, are you gonna be able to drive 559 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,413 on the wrong side of the road is the other thing. 560 00:27:06,448 --> 00:27:08,689 I'm not being funny, guys. I don't know if I can do two months of this. 561 00:27:08,724 --> 00:27:10,793 Two months of what? 562 00:27:10,827 --> 00:27:12,000 This is bumpy. 563 00:27:12,034 --> 00:27:14,551 Are all the roads like this in New Zealand? 564 00:27:14,586 --> 00:27:16,275 Oh, you should see where we're going. 565 00:27:16,310 --> 00:27:18,241 There's a reason we bought this car. 566 00:27:19,827 --> 00:27:23,206 To kickstart their trail around New Zealand, 567 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:25,103 they must take a coastal, off-road track... 568 00:27:26,482 --> 00:27:28,724 ...and tackle the Devil's Gate. 569 00:27:30,137 --> 00:27:31,655 Oh, my*bleep*. There it is. 570 00:27:31,689 --> 00:27:33,551 That actually looks a bit... 571 00:27:33,586 --> 00:27:35,689 Danny, the closer I get to that, 572 00:27:35,724 --> 00:27:37,034 that's steep. 573 00:27:37,068 --> 00:27:38,965 - That's what we're going over? - Yeah. 574 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,896 That looks fricking insane. 575 00:27:40,931 --> 00:27:42,379 Seriously? 576 00:27:42,413 --> 00:27:44,793 - Are you gonna be right? - I don't know. 577 00:27:44,827 --> 00:27:46,620 - You guys ready? - Go on, Jeff. 578 00:27:47,413 --> 00:27:48,862 Into the deep end, mate. 579 00:27:52,448 --> 00:27:53,655 Oh, we are in low. 580 00:27:56,620 --> 00:27:57,896 Meaty. 581 00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:06,896 Extreme driving hazards. 582 00:28:16,103 --> 00:28:18,206 Help! Oh, my *bleep*! 583 00:28:29,103 --> 00:28:31,379 Help! Oh, my *bleep*! 584 00:28:31,413 --> 00:28:35,206 I *bleep* snapped the lens off my camera. 585 00:28:35,241 --> 00:28:38,068 That's not good at all. 586 00:28:38,103 --> 00:28:39,068 That is not good. 587 00:28:39,827 --> 00:28:42,482 Danny... 588 00:28:42,517 --> 00:28:45,586 Oh, my *bleep*. 589 00:28:45,620 --> 00:28:49,103 - That's really not good. - That's really not good. 590 00:28:49,137 --> 00:28:51,689 - Have you ever done that before? - No! 591 00:28:51,724 --> 00:28:52,896 Of course I haven't done that. 592 00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:55,517 In my entire career, I've never done that before. 593 00:28:55,551 --> 00:28:57,103 I mean, it's... 594 00:28:57,137 --> 00:28:58,827 The thing is, it's not like... 595 00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:01,724 - It's not popped off, it's snapped off. - It's snapped. 596 00:29:01,758 --> 00:29:04,620 Your reaction, as well, coming down... 597 00:29:04,655 --> 00:29:08,137 - "I've snapped it! I've snapped it!" - What happened? 598 00:29:08,172 --> 00:29:10,931 And that's awesome. That made my week. 599 00:29:12,931 --> 00:29:15,241 In 20 years of operating the camera, I've never... 600 00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:19,310 I've never actually snapped one off. 601 00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:21,551 So, uh, that happened. 602 00:29:21,586 --> 00:29:23,413 I can't believe that's happened. 603 00:29:24,413 --> 00:29:27,206 But, um, no, I've got another one. 604 00:29:27,241 --> 00:29:29,827 My last one for the next couple of months. 605 00:29:29,862 --> 00:29:33,137 Tyler, you're on. 606 00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:37,275 Now, it's Tyler's turn to take the wheel. 607 00:29:37,310 --> 00:29:38,793 - You guys ready? - Let's do this. 608 00:29:38,827 --> 00:29:40,379 All right, come on in, Tyler. 609 00:29:40,413 --> 00:29:41,793 - All right. - What you got? 610 00:29:43,517 --> 00:29:46,310 - I'm actually excited. - Oh, yeah. You started it... 611 00:29:46,344 --> 00:29:47,827 You started it well. 612 00:29:47,862 --> 00:29:49,344 At least I can do that. 613 00:29:49,379 --> 00:29:52,517 - And hand brake off? - I've done that, Danny, thank you. 614 00:29:52,551 --> 00:29:54,689 - And your fuel? - Check, check, check. 615 00:29:56,344 --> 00:29:58,137 - Tyler... - It's such a beast. 616 00:30:00,103 --> 00:30:03,137 - What... - Sorry. 617 00:30:05,551 --> 00:30:07,793 - Do you guys feel safe? - Oh, yeah. 618 00:30:07,827 --> 00:30:10,000 - No. - Parker, why are you looking so scared? 619 00:30:11,344 --> 00:30:13,620 Why are you driving like a psycho? 620 00:30:13,655 --> 00:30:16,620 - I'm just *bleep* driving. - No, you aren't. 621 00:30:16,655 --> 00:30:19,275 You're headed straight for a *bleep* tree! 622 00:30:19,310 --> 00:30:20,862 Is this guy gonna slow down? 623 00:30:20,896 --> 00:30:22,517 Oh, *bleep*. Oh! 624 00:30:22,551 --> 00:30:24,724 *bleep* 625 00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:28,413 *bleep* 626 00:30:28,448 --> 00:30:31,827 - I'm sorry, guys. That was... - Holy *bleep*. 627 00:30:31,862 --> 00:30:33,724 Did he not see us, or did we not see him? 628 00:30:33,758 --> 00:30:35,344 He just waved and said, "Thanks." 629 00:30:35,379 --> 00:30:37,448 - Aw, man. - Let's take a look. 630 00:30:37,482 --> 00:30:39,793 - That feels really stuck. - Stuck. 631 00:30:39,827 --> 00:30:41,206 Yeah, we're... 632 00:30:41,241 --> 00:30:43,931 - Oh, yeah, we're in here. - Are we in deep? 633 00:30:43,965 --> 00:30:46,103 You're not happy with my driving, are you? 634 00:30:46,137 --> 00:30:47,241 I don't know, I felt like, you know, 635 00:30:47,275 --> 00:30:48,724 even though Jeff was quite kinda rough, 636 00:30:48,758 --> 00:30:51,517 there was, you know, he was kinda cool with it. 637 00:30:51,551 --> 00:30:56,000 My job definitely is making phone calls, doing research, connecting people. 638 00:30:56,034 --> 00:30:59,586 So if I'm driving, I don't feel like I'll be able to do both jobs properly. 639 00:30:59,620 --> 00:31:01,517 I'm happy in the backseat with Danny. 640 00:31:01,551 --> 00:31:03,655 - Cool. We need to get on the move. - Let's do it, then. 641 00:31:03,689 --> 00:31:05,103 We got places to go, right? 642 00:31:05,137 --> 00:31:06,724 Yeah, like South Island bound, right? 643 00:31:06,758 --> 00:31:08,000 Yeah, we're going south. 644 00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:09,689 - Let's do it. - Let's go. 645 00:31:20,517 --> 00:31:25,586 The first leg of their journey is a 60-mile voyage across the Cook Strait. 646 00:31:28,448 --> 00:31:30,172 All right, Tyler. What do you have planned for us? 647 00:31:30,206 --> 00:31:31,862 Let's do it, hey? I'll show you. 648 00:31:31,896 --> 00:31:33,551 I've got a map planned and ready to go. 649 00:31:33,586 --> 00:31:36,137 Parker called me literally, like, three weeks ago, 650 00:31:36,172 --> 00:31:37,965 and I thought he was insane. 651 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,172 I thought there was no way we were gonna be able to pull this off. 652 00:31:40,862 --> 00:31:42,103 But we're here. 653 00:31:42,137 --> 00:31:45,517 I'm glad we chose the, uh, non-windiest part of the boat. 654 00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:49,689 - Tyler, you're so organized. - Thank you, I try. 655 00:31:49,724 --> 00:31:53,310 - Mag mounts, how did you know? - I know, I know. 656 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:55,620 All right. There's a lot going on here. 657 00:31:55,655 --> 00:31:57,379 The majority of the gold mining in New Zealand 658 00:31:57,413 --> 00:32:00,137 is going on on the West Coast of the South Island, 659 00:32:00,172 --> 00:32:02,275 um, some really impressive wet plants 660 00:32:02,310 --> 00:32:04,241 and a lot of fine gold. 661 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:05,689 That's what New Zealand's known for, 662 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:06,793 and that's what Parker wanted to see. 663 00:32:08,689 --> 00:32:11,137 From Wellington, Parker and the team 664 00:32:11,172 --> 00:32:13,965 are heading to New Zealand's South Island, 665 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,275 where they'll focus their search on the West Coast 666 00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:19,586 and the Otago mining region, 667 00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:24,379 that together have produced $34 billion in gold. 668 00:32:25,827 --> 00:32:27,793 Through here is a place called Ross, 669 00:32:27,827 --> 00:32:29,172 which is where... 670 00:32:30,206 --> 00:32:31,655 - ...this was found. - Holy *bleep*. 671 00:32:31,689 --> 00:32:33,655 It's a replica of Honourable Roddy, 672 00:32:33,689 --> 00:32:36,620 which was the biggest nugget ever found in New Zealand. 673 00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:38,241 - Seriously? - Oh, wow. 674 00:32:38,275 --> 00:32:39,827 Holy *bleep*. 675 00:32:39,862 --> 00:32:40,827 Pretty cool, hey? 676 00:32:40,862 --> 00:32:43,034 It's one piece? 677 00:32:43,068 --> 00:32:46,655 It was, um, 100 ounces, 99.6 or something like that. 678 00:32:46,689 --> 00:32:49,689 - That's unreal. - No, it's definitely cool. 679 00:32:51,551 --> 00:32:53,931 We've got a lot of stuff to do, um... 680 00:32:53,965 --> 00:32:55,620 You know, it's not gonna be easy. 681 00:32:55,655 --> 00:32:58,379 Gold miners are very secretive and elusive. 682 00:32:58,413 --> 00:33:03,689 But ultimately, New Zealand's home to some of the, you know, best gold miners in the world. 683 00:33:14,655 --> 00:33:16,724 Come on, man. This is good. 684 00:33:16,758 --> 00:33:18,758 Jeff, what are you looking forward to, man? 685 00:33:18,793 --> 00:33:21,413 Checking out some of the wash plants 686 00:33:21,448 --> 00:33:22,931 that I've never seen before. 687 00:33:22,965 --> 00:33:24,758 There's some really impressive mining going on. 688 00:33:24,793 --> 00:33:26,310 There's a lot of gold coming out. 689 00:33:26,344 --> 00:33:30,034 A lot of Kiwis left here and went to the Yukon 690 00:33:30,068 --> 00:33:31,655 because the ground there was way better, 691 00:33:31,689 --> 00:33:33,137 and they took their technology, 692 00:33:33,172 --> 00:33:35,206 went to the Yukon, and made a pile of money. 693 00:33:35,241 --> 00:33:37,206 There's no degree for placer mining. 694 00:33:37,241 --> 00:33:38,172 It's the only way to learn this, 695 00:33:38,206 --> 00:33:41,413 is to do it and to learn from the best. 696 00:33:41,448 --> 00:33:45,931 - We are in the land of plenty. - Yeah. 697 00:33:45,965 --> 00:33:48,965 Adventure's always been a big part of these trips, 698 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:53,931 and, um, you know, New Zealand's got a lot of infrastructure for that. 699 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:56,275 And it's fun to bring people in 700 00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:58,793 and put them in this pressure cooker 701 00:33:58,827 --> 00:34:01,137 where you're living together and traveling together, 702 00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:03,241 and being thrown into difficult situations 703 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:05,068 and things outside your comfort zone 704 00:34:05,103 --> 00:34:08,620 and seeing how people deal with those scenarios. 705 00:34:08,655 --> 00:34:10,793 There's a whole bunch of awesome things to do in the country, 706 00:34:10,827 --> 00:34:12,448 and I wanna do them all. 707 00:34:15,655 --> 00:34:18,000 Aw, yes!*bleep* 708 00:34:18,034 --> 00:34:20,517 Man, I've always wanted to do this! 709 00:34:23,586 --> 00:34:25,758 Before visiting their first gold mine, 710 00:34:25,793 --> 00:34:27,724 Parker is putting his new crew 711 00:34:27,758 --> 00:34:29,896 to the ultimate team-building test... 712 00:34:31,034 --> 00:34:35,344 ...a 13,000-foot trust fall. 713 00:34:35,379 --> 00:34:38,034 So, I need the guys jumping to fill these forms. 714 00:34:38,068 --> 00:34:41,172 - I'll just sign it. - Is there an app on here to do a quick will, too? 715 00:34:41,206 --> 00:34:44,241 I don't have a will. Should probably leave everything to Dozer. 716 00:34:44,275 --> 00:34:46,310 Doze man. 717 00:34:46,344 --> 00:34:48,000 I'm secretly *bleep* myself. 718 00:34:52,344 --> 00:34:53,482 Coming up... 719 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:57,724 Parker goes off the grid... 720 00:34:57,758 --> 00:34:59,551 I'm just waiting for the dinosaurs. 721 00:34:59,586 --> 00:35:01,206 I feel like I'm in Jurassic Park. 722 00:35:01,241 --> 00:35:03,172 ...to find gold. 723 00:35:03,206 --> 00:35:04,655 They're all getting*bleep* rich. 724 00:35:05,379 --> 00:35:07,862 Oh, man. Look at that. 725 00:35:14,379 --> 00:35:17,103 Before beginning their 7-week mission, 726 00:35:17,137 --> 00:35:20,758 the team receive a traditional welcome to the South Island 727 00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:22,241 by the local Maori. 728 00:35:22,275 --> 00:35:24,068 - Parker. - Renee. 729 00:35:24,103 --> 00:35:25,137 So, that was the hongi. 730 00:35:25,172 --> 00:35:26,448 That's how Maori greets, 731 00:35:26,482 --> 00:35:29,103 and when you press noses, you become as one. 732 00:35:30,827 --> 00:35:33,517 A rite of passage, once received, 733 00:35:33,551 --> 00:35:37,275 the team are seen as more than just guests to the island. 734 00:35:44,206 --> 00:35:46,000 I wasn't expecting this at all. 735 00:35:46,793 --> 00:35:47,931 It was very, very emotional. 736 00:35:50,862 --> 00:35:54,586 It's really hard to explain. It's just, like, overwhelming. 737 00:35:57,034 --> 00:36:02,517 There's not a lot of intact cultures that have kept these kind of traditions, 738 00:36:02,551 --> 00:36:04,724 and it's really, really cool to be here 739 00:36:04,758 --> 00:36:07,517 and to be invited in this way, in the traditional way. 740 00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:20,793 My balls feel like they're in the danger zone. 741 00:36:21,655 --> 00:36:22,827 You know what I mean? 742 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:27,517 Parker is testing the strength of his team 743 00:36:27,551 --> 00:36:31,310 with a 13,000-foot tandem skydive. 744 00:36:31,344 --> 00:36:33,620 I definitely like warriors around me. 745 00:36:33,655 --> 00:36:35,862 I like people who are battle-hardened. 746 00:36:35,896 --> 00:36:37,758 I'm ready. Let's just do it. 747 00:36:46,517 --> 00:36:48,068 You all right, Jeff? 748 00:36:48,103 --> 00:36:49,551 *bleep* awesome. 749 00:36:52,206 --> 00:36:53,241 It's real now. 750 00:36:53,655 --> 00:36:55,206 Yeehaw! 751 00:37:02,413 --> 00:37:05,896 First to take the plunge is the team's greenhorn. 752 00:37:14,137 --> 00:37:15,931 Whoa! 753 00:37:15,965 --> 00:37:19,517 One of my keys to success is definitely keeping people around me 754 00:37:19,551 --> 00:37:20,896 that will keep me in check, 755 00:37:20,931 --> 00:37:22,896 and on this trip, Jeff's that person. 756 00:37:22,931 --> 00:37:24,000 He's gonna keep me in check. 757 00:37:24,034 --> 00:37:26,482 There's too much pressure on having a plant 758 00:37:26,517 --> 00:37:28,758 that's operational this summer for Fairbanks. 759 00:37:30,413 --> 00:37:33,275 *bleep* 760 00:37:33,310 --> 00:37:34,793 Oh, my *bleep*! 761 00:37:42,344 --> 00:37:43,620 Tyler, she's really good 762 00:37:43,655 --> 00:37:45,068 at getting access to things. 763 00:37:45,103 --> 00:37:47,482 Just, like, talking her way onto properties. 764 00:37:47,517 --> 00:37:50,586 She has a way with people that I have sometimes, 765 00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:52,793 but not most of the time. 766 00:37:56,103 --> 00:37:59,620 Oh, yeah. Fricking awesome. 767 00:37:59,655 --> 00:38:02,724 Super excited to start getting to some of these mine sites, 768 00:38:02,758 --> 00:38:06,827 getting our feet on the ground and really start tuning in to what we want 769 00:38:06,862 --> 00:38:08,620 for a wash plant for Parker, 770 00:38:08,655 --> 00:38:11,896 because the mining season's coming pretty soon. 771 00:38:14,689 --> 00:38:16,724 Oh, my *bleep*! 772 00:38:16,758 --> 00:38:19,137 That was so much fun! 773 00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:21,241 Time is definitely of the essence. 774 00:38:21,275 --> 00:38:26,000 Look, I wanna squeeze in as much gold and wash plants and contacts as I can. 775 00:38:26,034 --> 00:38:28,034 I've got a couple things up my sleeves. 776 00:38:28,068 --> 00:38:30,137 We're gonna see some great wash plants. 777 00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:46,206 That's so crazy. It's really *bleep* cool. 778 00:38:46,827 --> 00:38:48,413 Beautiful. 779 00:38:49,068 --> 00:38:50,482 I bet this doesn't get old. 780 00:38:54,724 --> 00:38:56,034 *bleep* the bed. 781 00:38:58,896 --> 00:39:00,620 Now, like, we're all good buddies, 782 00:39:00,655 --> 00:39:04,172 we can really sort of just knuckle down 783 00:39:04,206 --> 00:39:05,931 and concentrate on the job at hand. 784 00:39:08,965 --> 00:39:12,241 I feel like we could be on one of the hottest trips yet. 785 00:39:12,275 --> 00:39:14,482 I always find comfort in knowing if *bleep* hits the fan, 786 00:39:14,517 --> 00:39:17,551 I'm around people that would have my back. 787 00:39:17,586 --> 00:39:21,068 And, um, *bleep* might hit the fan. 788 00:39:22,275 --> 00:39:23,517 So that's always good. 789 00:39:23,551 --> 00:39:26,793 It's always good to have that feeling and that level of trust. 790 00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:29,310 How'd it go? 791 00:39:29,344 --> 00:39:30,517 It was fricking awesome. 792 00:39:33,551 --> 00:39:34,448 Little bit. 793 00:39:36,379 --> 00:39:37,758 Oh, oh. 794 00:39:38,965 --> 00:39:41,517 - Oh, what just happened? - Dan! 795 00:39:43,103 --> 00:39:44,827 Oh, man. 796 00:39:44,862 --> 00:39:48,275 I screamed, "Mummy!" for, like, one-third of it. 797 00:39:48,310 --> 00:39:49,724 Dude. 798 00:39:49,758 --> 00:39:53,034 It's like pure ecstasy and wanting to puke at the same time. 799 00:39:54,172 --> 00:39:55,034 Oh, my... 800 00:39:56,482 --> 00:39:58,344 We need to get lean and we need to get mean. 801 00:39:58,379 --> 00:40:01,689 But in terms of the team here, the four of us... 802 00:40:01,724 --> 00:40:05,068 Yeah, I think it's a very good recipe for success. 803 00:40:07,034 --> 00:40:09,965 This season on Parker's Trail... 804 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,793 I've set $1 million aside to do this. 805 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:14,448 I can't think of a better place 806 00:40:14,482 --> 00:40:17,137 to buy a big, badass wash plant. 807 00:40:17,172 --> 00:40:18,965 Their mining's super-efficient. 808 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,000 They're all getting *bleep* rich. 809 00:40:21,034 --> 00:40:22,551 Oh, man. 810 00:40:22,586 --> 00:40:23,931 Look at that. 811 00:40:23,965 --> 00:40:26,655 We have to find the people that have pioneered the technology 812 00:40:26,689 --> 00:40:28,310 and developed these ideas. 813 00:40:28,344 --> 00:40:30,034 We have to go and learn from the best. 814 00:40:30,068 --> 00:40:31,793 Cheating a wee bit, I would call it. 815 00:40:33,482 --> 00:40:35,793 Are you the only one in this area with this exact wash plant? 816 00:40:35,827 --> 00:40:37,000 It's the only one in the world. 817 00:40:37,482 --> 00:40:38,724 *bleep* sick. 818 00:40:38,758 --> 00:40:40,931 Everyone likes to keep their cards close to them. 819 00:40:42,655 --> 00:40:44,034 He just laughed in my face. 820 00:40:45,206 --> 00:40:46,310 ...is locked. 821 00:40:46,344 --> 00:40:47,896 I don't know if that's a good idea, guys. 822 00:40:47,931 --> 00:40:49,896 Hey! You're not meant to be in here. 823 00:40:49,931 --> 00:40:51,448 This is gonna be tough. 824 00:40:51,482 --> 00:40:53,620 You still haven't actually chose if you want a shaker deck or a trommel. 825 00:40:53,655 --> 00:40:56,310 Don't tell me what the *bleep* to do. 826 00:40:56,344 --> 00:40:58,068 I'm sure it won't be all business, you know? 827 00:40:58,103 --> 00:41:00,344 You've always gotta have a little bit of fun mixed in. 828 00:41:01,758 --> 00:41:04,000 Oh, my *bleep*, I wet myself. 829 00:41:05,068 --> 00:41:05,965 Come with me. 830 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,448 This is epic. 831 00:41:07,482 --> 00:41:10,241 That is so blue. 832 00:41:10,275 --> 00:41:11,413 - Oh, my *bleep*! - Ah! 833 00:41:11,448 --> 00:41:13,068 Oh, my... 834 00:41:14,103 --> 00:41:15,206 Just hold on. 835 00:41:16,758 --> 00:41:18,620 I'm just waiting for the dinosaurs. 836 00:41:18,655 --> 00:41:20,172 I feel like I'm in Jurassic Park. 837 00:41:20,206 --> 00:41:21,034 Now? 838 00:41:22,517 --> 00:41:24,103 Wow. 839 00:41:24,137 --> 00:41:25,413 Oh, my *bleep*. 840 00:41:29,241 --> 00:41:30,275 I think we should get out of here. 841 00:41:30,310 --> 00:41:31,655 They're talking price here. 842 00:41:31,689 --> 00:41:32,896 You wanna sell me the plant?