"Gold Rush" Win Big or Die Trying

1 00:00:00,634 --> 00:00:04,203 RUSH"... UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:07,373 OUR THREE GOLD MINERS... 3 00:00:07,375 --> 00:00:08,941 I'M NOT A GOLD MINER. 4 00:00:08,943 --> 00:00:11,076 Narrator: ...ARE FORCED INTO THE HOT SEAT... 5 00:00:11,078 --> 00:00:13,212 YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE ANY OF THIS STUFF. 6 00:00:13,214 --> 00:00:14,446 -HMM. -JUST KIDDING. 7 00:00:14,448 --> 00:00:16,648 I LOVE EVERY TIME THERE'S A CAMERA ON ME. 8 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:19,118 Narrator: ...TO REVEAL HOW WAR BROKE OUT... 9 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,452 WE'RE GONNA KICK THAT KID'S ASS. 10 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:23,856 HE'D HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING GOLD IN A JEWELRY STORE. 11 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:25,224 Narrator: ...ON TWO FRONTS. 12 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:31,163 LET'S HOPE THEY DON'T DROP ANY GRENADES ON US. 13 00:00:31,165 --> 00:00:33,432 POOR PARKER, HE'S GETTING BULLIED. 14 00:00:33,434 --> 00:00:35,701 Narrator: HOW THEY HANDLE SUCCESS... 15 00:00:35,703 --> 00:00:37,503 WE'RE YUKON LANDOWNERS, RICK. 16 00:00:37,505 --> 00:00:39,471 THIS YEAR, WE FINALLY MADE IT HAPPEN. 17 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:40,873 Narrator: ...AND FAILURE. 18 00:00:43,644 --> 00:00:45,811 YOU SET LOFTY GOALS, BUT JUST 'CAUSE YOU DON'T REACH 'EM 19 00:00:45,813 --> 00:00:47,679 DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A FAILURE. 20 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:49,848 NO, YOU'RE A FAILURE. 21 00:00:49,850 --> 00:00:53,152 Narrator: AND PARKER REVEALS A HEARTBREAKING DECISION. 22 00:00:53,154 --> 00:00:58,123 THERE WAS, FOR ME PERSONALLY, ONE PRETTY BIG FAILURE. 23 00:00:58,125 --> 00:01:01,126 --<font color="#ffff00"> Captions by VITAC</font> -- <font color="#00ffff"> www.vitac.com</font> 24 00:01:01,128 --> 00:01:04,129 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 25 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:12,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 26 00:01:23,184 --> 00:01:25,417 Narrator: THIS SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH" 27 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:31,256 STARTED WITH TODD CHALLENGING PARKER TO A HIGH-STAKES BET. 28 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:33,292 WHAT ARE WE WAGERING? 29 00:01:33,294 --> 00:01:35,794 100 OUNCES? 30 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:39,431 I HAD THE HONEST FEELING, WHEN TODD THREW THAT BET OUT, 31 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:42,801 THAT I WAS MISSING SOMETHING 32 00:01:42,803 --> 00:01:45,204 BECAUSE... 33 00:01:45,206 --> 00:01:49,308 NOBODY WITH HIS TRACK RECORD WOULD THROW A BET LIKE THAT OUT. 34 00:01:49,310 --> 00:01:54,847 I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY YOU'RE SO WILLINGLY MAKING THIS BET. 35 00:01:54,849 --> 00:01:58,050 NO ANGLE, MAN -- 100 OUNCES, I'M READY TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. 36 00:01:58,052 --> 00:02:01,320 I THINK HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS TRYING TO CON HIM 37 00:02:01,322 --> 00:02:02,721 OR WHATEVER. 38 00:02:02,723 --> 00:02:04,857 SCARED HIM A LITTLE BIT. 39 00:02:04,859 --> 00:02:07,493 AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WANT MORE WASH PLANTS, 40 00:02:07,495 --> 00:02:10,028 SO FREDDY DODGE JUST GOES AND BRINGS ALL OF HIS WASH PLANTS 41 00:02:10,030 --> 00:02:11,897 THAT HE HAS PRODUCING GOLD IN COLORADO? 42 00:02:11,899 --> 00:02:13,098 I GOT ONE WASH PLANT. 43 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:14,566 LET'S SAY NO MORE THAN TWO. 44 00:02:14,568 --> 00:02:16,702 NO MORE THAN TWO. 45 00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:20,405 HE'D HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING GOLD IN A JEWELRY STORE. 46 00:02:20,407 --> 00:02:23,575 AND EVEN THEN, I WAS STILL HESITANT ABOUT THIS BET 47 00:02:23,577 --> 00:02:26,078 BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT GOLD MINING IS, 48 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,046 GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT. 49 00:02:28,048 --> 00:02:30,048 YOU IN? 50 00:02:30,050 --> 00:02:31,783 YEAH, SURE. 51 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:33,719 I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR MONEY. 52 00:02:33,721 --> 00:02:35,487 YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE'RE GONNA GET PARKER 53 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:37,589 AND WE'RE GONNA KICK THAT KID'S ASS, 54 00:02:37,591 --> 00:02:39,124 IT'S GONNA BE THIS YEAR. 55 00:02:39,126 --> 00:02:43,362 EVEN A BLIND SQUIRREL FINDS AN ACORN ONCE IN A WHILE. 56 00:02:43,364 --> 00:02:45,464 TODD HOFFMAN MUST KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW, 57 00:02:45,466 --> 00:02:49,301 OR HE'S JUST MORE STUPID THAN I THOUGHT HE WAS. 58 00:02:56,143 --> 00:02:57,743 ALL WE GOTTA DO IS HOPE HE GETS AT LEAST A 100 OUNCES 59 00:02:57,745 --> 00:03:00,012 SO HE CAN PAY US, HUH? 60 00:03:00,014 --> 00:03:02,581 Parker: MY CREW WAS VERY CONFIDENT. 61 00:03:02,583 --> 00:03:07,085 BUT I WAS REALLY NERVOUS. YEAH, I WAS REALLY NERVOUS. 62 00:03:07,087 --> 00:03:10,756 Narrator: THE BET SPARKED A VERY DIFFERENT REACTION 63 00:03:10,758 --> 00:03:12,224 FROM TODD'S CREW. 64 00:03:12,226 --> 00:03:14,026 Jim: YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO COME HOME 65 00:03:14,028 --> 00:03:16,361 AND TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT? 66 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,031 WE CAN'T FAIL AGAIN. 67 00:03:19,033 --> 00:03:23,635 DETERMINED TO WIN THE BET, TODD WENT ALL OUT. 68 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:25,871 THE PLAN WAS TO RUN AS MANY YARDS AS YOU CAN, 69 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:27,506 TRY TO GET THREE PLANTS RUNNING. 70 00:03:27,508 --> 00:03:30,209 DOUBLE TROUBLE, WE GOT RUSTY RED, 71 00:03:30,211 --> 00:03:32,477 THEN WE GOT MONSTER FRICKIN' RED. 72 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:34,012 WE SHOOK HANDS ON THE BASIS 73 00:03:34,014 --> 00:03:36,848 THAT WE'D BOTH RUN TWO WASH PLANTS, 74 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:41,920 AND THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS GO OUT AND TRY TO FIRE THREE UP. 75 00:03:41,922 --> 00:03:45,057 WE CAN ONLY RUN ABOUT 12 HOURS A DAY 76 00:03:45,059 --> 00:03:47,059 'CAUSE OF A NOISE ORDINANCE, 77 00:03:47,061 --> 00:03:50,696 SO WE GOTTA TRY TO KEEP AS MANY THINGS GOING 78 00:03:50,698 --> 00:03:53,232 DURING THAT 12 HOURS AS YOU CAN. 79 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:01,707 LET'S GO TO WAR, BOYS. 80 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:04,243 Rick: IT'S GONNA BE A BLOODBATH. 81 00:04:04,245 --> 00:04:05,344 FIRE IT UP, BUDDY. 82 00:04:07,147 --> 00:04:09,348 REALLY WANTED TO SEND THE MESSAGE 83 00:04:09,350 --> 00:04:13,118 THAT TODD'S 84 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,288 LET HIM KNOW THAT RICK AND PARKER ARE SLUICING AT INDIAN RIVER. 85 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:18,223 ASK IF THE BET'S STILL ON. 86 00:04:18,225 --> 00:04:20,359 THEY WON THE BATTLE OF GETTING FIRED UP FIRST, 87 00:04:20,361 --> 00:04:23,262 YOU KNOW, BUT, IT'S A LONG SEASON, IT'S A LONG WAR. 88 00:04:23,264 --> 00:04:25,597 HUNTER, FIRE UP MONSTER RED. 89 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:28,300 LET'S RUN SOME DIRT. 90 00:04:28,302 --> 00:04:31,937 WE'VE GOT THREE PLANTS RUNNING FULL SPEED AHEAD, 91 00:04:31,939 --> 00:04:33,705 800 YARDS AN HOUR. 92 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:35,707 MOST DIRT WE'VE EVER RAN. 93 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:38,043 YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAD A SHOT AT WINNING, 94 00:04:38,045 --> 00:04:40,712 AND WE'RE DOING IT, YOU KNOW. 95 00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:43,248 Narrator: PARKER WAS THE FIRST THIS SEASON 96 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:45,317 TO WEIGH UP HIS GOLD. 97 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:46,785 GOOD JOB, MAN. 98 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:49,688 THAT SHOULD PUT US AHEAD OF OLD TODD HOFFMAN, I WOULD THINK. 99 00:04:49,690 --> 00:04:51,823 WE HAD A BIG FIRST WEEK. 100 00:04:51,825 --> 00:04:53,258 THEN TODD CALLS. 101 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:55,961 HEY, PARKER, THIS IS TODD. HOW'S IT GOING? 102 00:04:55,963 --> 00:04:58,030 PARKER: Yeah, we just did our first cleanup, actually. 103 00:04:58,032 --> 00:05:00,432 IT WAS 202 OUNCES. 104 00:05:00,434 --> 00:05:02,234 NORMALLY THAT WOULD HAVE KICKED OUR ASS. 105 00:05:02,236 --> 00:05:03,502 BUT I TELL YOU WHAT -- 106 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:06,738 we got 212. 107 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,674 THAT PHONE CALL, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS GOOD. 108 00:05:08,676 --> 00:05:10,509 IT'S KIND OF FUN -- POKE THE BEAR. 109 00:05:10,511 --> 00:05:13,812 I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE YOUR 100 OUNCES, KID. 110 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:16,882 WELL, I'M... 111 00:05:16,884 --> 00:05:19,818 THAT WAS THE FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY BIT 112 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:23,121 OF HIM RUBBING ANYTHING IN MY FACE THIS ENTIRE SEASON, 113 00:05:23,123 --> 00:05:25,657 BUT IT STILL DIDN'T FEEL TOO GOOD. 114 00:05:31,031 --> 00:05:35,233 BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SAY -- CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER. 115 00:05:35,235 --> 00:05:36,768 HAD A GREAT START, 116 00:05:36,770 --> 00:05:39,371 BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE US, THEY DIDN'T WANT US HERE. 117 00:05:39,373 --> 00:05:40,739 HELLO. 118 00:05:40,741 --> 00:05:42,908 YOU DON'T HAVE MY CONSENT TO FILM. 119 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:44,743 Narrator: A COMPLAINT WAS FILED 120 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:47,512 AGAINST THE HOFFMAN'S FAIRPLAY MINE, 121 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,581 AND THE COUNTY TOOK ACTION. 122 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:51,183 MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS WERE GREAT. 123 00:05:51,185 --> 00:05:53,852 BUT THERE'S JUST A SMALL MINORITY OF PEOPLE 124 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:56,054 THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HATE GOLD MINING. 125 00:05:56,056 --> 00:05:58,123 "BASED ON THE FOREGOING, YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED 126 00:05:58,125 --> 00:05:59,758 TO CEASE AND DESIST 127 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,828 ALL MINING AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IMMEDIATELY." 128 00:06:02,830 --> 00:06:07,532 TODD WILL BLAME THE COUNTY OR WHOMEVER FOR HIS FAILURE, 129 00:06:07,534 --> 00:06:11,069 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PROBLEMS 130 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:16,375 THAT YOU HAVE TO PREVENT AS A BUSINESS OWNER, YOU KNOW? 131 00:06:16,377 --> 00:06:20,579 THAT HURT US, HURT FREDDY, YOU KNOW? 132 00:06:20,581 --> 00:06:23,782 BUT I'VE GOT MOST OF MY LIFE SAVINGS 133 00:06:23,784 --> 00:06:25,684 TIED UP IN THAT PLANT. 134 00:06:27,287 --> 00:06:30,822 TRY TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, EVERYTHING ABOVE THE BOOK. 135 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:35,360 BUT I CAN'T BEAT THAT PIECE OF PAPER. 136 00:06:35,362 --> 00:06:38,363 CAN'T BEAT THIS, YOU KNOW? 137 00:06:38,365 --> 00:06:42,334 MINIMUM OF 3,000 OUNCES HAD TO COME FROM FAIRPLAY. 138 00:06:42,336 --> 00:06:44,903 WHEN WE GOT THAT CEASE AND DESIST, 139 00:06:44,905 --> 00:06:48,573 RIGHT THEN I KNEW WE'RE NOT GONNA GET 5,000, 140 00:06:48,575 --> 00:06:51,543 AND I KNEW I WAS GONNA LOSE THAT BET. 141 00:06:51,545 --> 00:06:53,245 Narrator: COMING UP... 142 00:06:53,247 --> 00:06:55,580 TONY AND PARKER GO TO WAR. 143 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:59,918 LEAVING THE GOLD THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ADMITTING DEFEAT. 144 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,454 AND I'D RATHER JUST VIOLATE THE LEASE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS 145 00:07:02,456 --> 00:07:05,657 THAN JUST ROLL OVER AND ADMIT DEFEAT. 146 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:23,241 PARKER, I WOULD GET OUT FROM UNDER TONY 147 00:07:23,243 --> 00:07:27,412 AND EARN ENOUGH TO BUY YOUR OWN CLAIM. 148 00:07:27,414 --> 00:07:30,715 Narrator: INSPIRED BY HIS GRANDPA, 149 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:35,120 PARKER HAS SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON A PERSONAL QUEST. 150 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:37,155 I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BUY A PIECE OF GROUND, 151 00:07:37,157 --> 00:07:39,124 AND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING. 152 00:07:39,126 --> 00:07:41,927 WHAT KIND OF PRICE WOULD YOU BE LOOKING FOR FOR THIS? 153 00:07:41,929 --> 00:07:43,361 $3 MILLION. 154 00:07:43,363 --> 00:07:44,563 WOW. YEAH. 155 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:47,532 SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, WERE WAY OVERPRICED. 156 00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:50,368 WE NEED GROUND. 157 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:51,436 AND THE PROMISING THING IS 158 00:07:51,438 --> 00:07:52,704 THERE'S A LOT OF DRILL HOLES IN HERE. 159 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:53,972 THIS COULD BE IT. 160 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:57,075 SOME OF THEM WERE JUST -- THE TIMING WASN'T RIGHT. 161 00:07:57,077 --> 00:07:58,543 THIS IS THE GROUND RIGHT HERE. 162 00:07:58,545 --> 00:08:02,581 WE'VE GOT THE OPTION TO BUY OUR FREEDOM. 163 00:08:02,583 --> 00:08:05,684 I HOPE IT'S FREEDOM YOU BUY. 164 00:08:05,686 --> 00:08:07,118 ME TOO. 165 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,323 THE ROYALTIES WE PAY MAKE TONY BEETS MILLIONS. 166 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:20,765 ONE OF THE THINGS I'M THE MOST PROUD OF OUT OF THIS YEAR 167 00:08:20,767 --> 00:08:24,736 WAS THAT WE WERE GETTING OUT FROM UNDER TONY'S THUMB. 168 00:08:24,738 --> 00:08:27,639 Narrator: EARLY IN THE SEASON, 169 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:30,475 PARKER AND RICK WENT ON A SECRET MISSION 170 00:08:30,477 --> 00:08:33,645 TO SCOUT SOME NEW GROUND HE'D BEEN OFFERED. 171 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:35,113 TAKE YOUR VEST OFF. 172 00:08:35,115 --> 00:08:36,615 REALLY? YEAH. 173 00:08:36,617 --> 00:08:37,916 I JUST DON'T WANT THEM SEEING US 174 00:08:37,918 --> 00:08:40,018 WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS. 175 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:44,723 Narrator: PROBLEM WAS, THE GROUND WAS RIGHT NEXT TO TONY'S DREDGE. 176 00:08:46,927 --> 00:08:49,861 RICK AND I WENT AND HAD A LITTLE RECKY OF THE GROUND 177 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,363 AND HAD A LOOK AT IT. 178 00:08:51,365 --> 00:08:53,198 IT WAS KIND OF BLACK OPS, YOU KNOW? 179 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,734 I DIDN'T WANT TONY KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON. 180 00:08:55,736 --> 00:08:58,270 THE PROPERTY THAT'S AVAILABLE IS JUST RIGHT BACK THERE 181 00:08:58,272 --> 00:09:00,038 ABOUT 100 FEET. 182 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,407 WELL, HOW THE HELL ARE WE GONNA GET AWAY WITH THAT? 183 00:09:02,409 --> 00:09:03,408 I DON'T KNOW. 184 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:04,643 LIKE, HE'S GONNA FLIP HIS 185 00:09:04,645 --> 00:09:05,944 IF HE SEES US OVER HERE, AIN'T HE? 186 00:09:05,946 --> 00:09:07,979 MAYBE. ARE YOU CRAZY? 187 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:10,215 IT'S NEXT LEVEL BEING NEIGHBORS. 188 00:09:15,355 --> 00:09:17,055 WE DECIDED TO JUST DO A LITTLE RUN-UP 189 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:18,723 AND LOOK AT ONE LAST THING, 190 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:22,460 AND WE GET STUCK IN OUR PICKUP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DREDGE. 191 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:24,195 PIECE OF 192 00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:27,799 IDIOTS. 193 00:09:27,801 --> 00:09:29,267 Parker: PUSH IT. 194 00:09:29,269 --> 00:09:31,636 I DON'T THINK I'M PUSHING YOU OUT OF THAT. 195 00:09:31,638 --> 00:09:33,438 FOR SAKE. 196 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:36,174 SEE THAT? 197 00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:40,612 Parker: COME ON! 198 00:09:47,654 --> 00:09:51,122 YOU KNOW, TYPICAL BLACK OPS GONE BAD. 199 00:09:51,124 --> 00:09:53,124 THIS ISN'T WORKING. 200 00:09:54,995 --> 00:09:57,195 OH. 201 00:09:57,197 --> 00:09:58,830 GET IN. 202 00:10:03,170 --> 00:10:04,736 TONY NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT, 203 00:10:04,738 --> 00:10:07,472 SO I GUESS WE GOT AWAY WITH IT. 204 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:13,044 I WANNA GET THE OUT OF HERE. 205 00:10:23,724 --> 00:10:27,058 Narrator: TO KEEP HIS TENANT MINING FOR HIM, 206 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:31,730 TONY BLOCKED ANY PROGRESS PARKER MADE ON HIS NEW GROUND. 207 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:37,602 Parker: LET'S HOPE THEY DON'T DROP ANY GRENADES ON US. 208 00:10:37,604 --> 00:10:38,803 HE DEFINITELY KNEW WE WERE THERE, 209 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:40,472 AND HE DEFINITELY DIDN'T LIKE IT. 210 00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:46,845 TONY TUGGED THE ROAD OUT 211 00:10:46,847 --> 00:10:49,981 AND JUST MADE IT SO OUR FIELD TRUCK CAN'T GET BY. 212 00:10:55,389 --> 00:10:58,623 WHERE THE DID THAT COME FROM? 213 00:10:58,625 --> 00:11:01,459 WELL, OUR CLEAN WATER AIN'T SO CLEAN ANYMORE, IS IT? 214 00:11:01,461 --> 00:11:04,095 TONY BEING TONY DECIDES TO GO START 215 00:11:04,097 --> 00:11:06,498 PUSHING A PILE OF INTO THE POND 216 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,566 AND MADE IT SUPER DIRTY. 217 00:11:08,568 --> 00:11:11,536 PLUGGED IT ALL UP WITH STICKS AND ROOTS. 218 00:11:13,807 --> 00:11:16,875 Narrator: BUT THE FINAL BLOW CAME 219 00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:19,477 WHEN PARKER BREACHED HIS CONTRACT 220 00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:24,282 BY SLUICING HIS NEW PAY DIRT ON GROUND HE LEASED FROM TONY. 221 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:28,720 LEAVING THE GOLD THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ADMITTING DEFEAT. 222 00:11:28,722 --> 00:11:31,256 AND I'D RATHER JUST VIOLATE THE LEASE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS 223 00:11:31,258 --> 00:11:34,325 THAN JUST ROLL OVER AND ADMIT DEFEAT. 224 00:11:38,765 --> 00:11:42,100 TONY'S RESPONSE WAS TO COME AND SHUT DOWN BIG RED. 225 00:11:42,102 --> 00:11:45,170 AND HE DID IT WITH FORCE. 226 00:11:54,981 --> 00:11:59,584 TONY BEETS IS, UM... 227 00:11:59,586 --> 00:12:02,220 HE'S NOT AFRAID TO YOU OVER. 228 00:12:10,931 --> 00:12:14,032 Narrator: TONY MAY HAVE SHUT PARKER DOWN THIS SEASON, 229 00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:18,770 BUT PARKER HAS FINALLY MADE GOOD ON HIS GRANDPA'S DREAM. 230 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:21,005 WE'RE YUKON LANDOWNERS, RICK. 231 00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:24,142 Parker: I MEAN, MY GRANDPA WAS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, 232 00:12:24,144 --> 00:12:26,177 ADAMANT ABOUT GETTING YOUR FREEDOM. 233 00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:28,313 THIS YEAR, WE FINALLY MADE IT HAPPEN, 234 00:12:28,315 --> 00:12:30,215 AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MY GRANDPA 235 00:12:30,217 --> 00:12:32,150 WOULD BE DAMN PROUD OF THAT. 236 00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:36,821 AND IT'S A SHAME THAT HE ISN'T HERE TO SEE IT. 237 00:12:36,823 --> 00:12:39,758 BUT, YOU KNOW... 238 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,026 HE'D BE DAMN PROUD. 239 00:12:42,028 --> 00:12:44,662 MY OWN EMPIRE OF DIRT. 240 00:13:14,761 --> 00:13:16,227 DUDE, SOMEBODY JUST SHOT AT US. 241 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:17,896 EVERYBODY OFF THE MINE. 242 00:13:17,898 --> 00:13:20,965 Narrator: THIS SEASON, BESIDES LEGAL BATTLES, 243 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:23,968 THE HOFFMAN'S FACED PERSONAL THREATS. 244 00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:25,170 YOU HEAR ANYTHING? 245 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:27,005 HE IS IN CUSTODY NOW. 246 00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:30,508 THEY GOT HIM, HE'S IN JAIL. 247 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:31,976 AT LEAST FOR NOW. 248 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:35,079 I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE A BIT PARANOID AT THIS POINT. 249 00:13:35,081 --> 00:13:37,448 WE GOT A DRONE FLYING UP ABOVE OUR HEAD. 250 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:40,285 WE'RE GONNA GO SEE IF WE CAN FIND IT, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. 251 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:43,188 DRONES ARE KIND OF UNNERVING, RIGHT? 252 00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:45,323 SO KEVIN CHASED IT DOWN. 253 00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:47,158 Kevin: OH, THERE'S THE GUY RIGHT THERE. 254 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,027 THERE WAS SOME HATERS, DEFINITELY. 255 00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:51,162 WE'VE ALREADY HAD A GUY PULLING A GUN ON US. 256 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:53,164 I'D FEEL MORE AT EASE KNOWING 257 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:55,633 THAT YOU'RE NOT USING THIS FOOTAGE AGAINST US. 258 00:13:57,237 --> 00:14:00,004 AND IT TURNS OUT, HE DIDN'T MEAN US ANY HARM. 259 00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:01,706 HE JUST WAS A SUPER FAN. 260 00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:05,643 MYSTERY SOLVED. 261 00:14:22,596 --> 00:14:24,729 Narrator: TO ACCOMPLISH HIS MISSION, 262 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:28,633 TONY ATTACKED DREDGE TWO WITH A VENGEANCE. 263 00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:39,043 IN THE COURSE OF THREE WEEKS, 264 00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:42,947 TONY STRIPPED THE MASSIVE 500-TON DREDGE 265 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:46,150 DOWN TO THE SIZE OF A SMALL WASH PLANT. 266 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:52,490 BUT DREDGE TWO WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE 267 00:14:52,492 --> 00:14:54,158 WITHOUT A WORKING BARGE. 268 00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:07,171 HOW MUCH TIME HAS HE WASTED, AND HOW MUCH REVENUE'S BEEN LOST 269 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:09,874 TRYING TO FIX A BOAT? 270 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:26,057 Man: IS IT TIME TO QUIT, TONY? 271 00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:48,212 LET'S RUN, GUYS. 272 00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:52,417 Narrator: AFTER A LONG LEGAL BATTLE, 273 00:15:52,419 --> 00:15:55,687 THE FAIRPLAY MINE WAS BACK UP AND RUNNING. 274 00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:58,189 Todd: WHEN FAIRPLAY FINALLY GOT REZONED, 275 00:15:58,191 --> 00:16:03,194 IT WAS AWESOME TO BE BACK, RUNNING AGAIN, GETTING GOLD. 276 00:16:03,196 --> 00:16:06,998 BUT BY THE TIME THE CEASE AND DESIST GOT LIFTED, 277 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,766 IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. 278 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:12,003 THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SEASON LEFT TO CATCH UP. 279 00:16:12,005 --> 00:16:15,440 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MILLION EXCUSES 280 00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:17,108 THAT TODD HOFFMAN ALWAYS HAS. 281 00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:20,445 LIKE, NOBODY CARES. 282 00:16:20,447 --> 00:16:22,580 NOBODY CARES. 283 00:16:22,582 --> 00:16:24,782 Narrator: AT THE END OF THIS SEASON, 284 00:16:24,784 --> 00:16:29,120 TODD HAD 1,644 OUNCES OF GOLD, 285 00:16:29,122 --> 00:16:32,123 LESS THAN A THIRD OF PARKER'S TOTAL. 286 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:34,993 CAME OUT WITH ABOUT $150,000 OF PROFIT. 287 00:16:34,995 --> 00:16:36,627 I WAS ABLE TO GIVE THE GUYS SOME GOLD, 288 00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:38,696 NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT I WANTED. 289 00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:40,298 Narrator: BUT OUT OF THAT, 290 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:45,203 TODD STILL OWED PARKER 100 OUNCES TO SETTLE HIS BET. 291 00:16:45,205 --> 00:16:48,239 I WAS REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE IF TODD WAS ACTUALLY GONNA PAY UP. 292 00:16:48,241 --> 00:16:51,609 Todd: TO WALK AWAY WITH A $50,000 PROFIT 293 00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:56,014 AND HAVING PAID ALL MY GUYS SOME GOLD, 294 00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:58,449 I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD CALL THAT A WIN. 295 00:16:58,451 --> 00:17:00,485 DO SOMETHING GOOD WITH IT, MAN. 296 00:17:00,487 --> 00:17:02,387 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH TODD'S GOLD? 297 00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:05,056 EVERY CENT OF THE BET IS GOING TO CHARITY. 298 00:17:05,058 --> 00:17:07,658 AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A FOUNDATION 299 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:09,360 IN MY GRANDPA'S NAME 300 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:13,398 THAT IS GONNA BE GEARED TOWARDS EDUCATION AND MEDICAL HELP. 301 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,933 AND THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT HE REALLY BELIEVED IN, 302 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:20,505 SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT. 303 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:25,043 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE'S GONNA HOLD FOR US. 304 00:17:29,983 --> 00:17:33,117 THE HOFFMAN'S ARE GONNA WRITE THEIR OWN ENDING, YOU KNOW? 305 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,054 AND IT MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK. 306 00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:46,264 I HAVE NEVER LOOKED AT FAILURE AS AN OPTION. 307 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:48,800 6,280 OUNCES. 308 00:17:52,138 --> 00:17:55,807 PARKER MINED HARD, GOT A HELL OF A LOT OF GOLD. 309 00:17:57,677 --> 00:18:01,813 Narrator: A RECORD BREAKING $7.5 MILLION OF GOLD 310 00:18:01,815 --> 00:18:05,016 MEANT THAT THE SPOILS OF WAR WERE PARKER'S. 311 00:18:05,018 --> 00:18:08,086 FOR THE FIRST TIME, TONY BEETS AIN'T CALLING THE SHOTS. 312 00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:18,129 Narrator: BUT PARKER HAS A DILEMMA -- 313 00:18:18,131 --> 00:18:22,633 MINE HIS NEW CLAIMS OR STAY WITH TONY BEETS 314 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:25,369 ON SOME OF THE BEST GROUND HE'S EVER HAD. 315 00:18:25,371 --> 00:18:29,807 THE LAST CUT, IN SIX WEEKS, WE DID 1,650 OUNCES, 316 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:32,877 LIKE AS MUCH AS TODD DID ALL SUMMER. 317 00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:35,446 THAT GROUND WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. 318 00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:49,694 IF TONY WOULD SET OUR ROYALTY RATE AT SOMETHING REASONABLE, 319 00:18:49,696 --> 00:18:51,796 I MEAN, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. 320 00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:55,900 WE'D PROBABLY SET A 10,000-OUNCE GOAL AND HIT IT. 321 00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:59,971 Narrator: DESPITE FINDING OVER 6,000 OUNCES OF GOLD, 322 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:03,508 PARKER LOST SOMETHING OF EVEN GREATER VALUE. 323 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:04,742 YOU GUYS AN ITEM NOW, OR...? 324 00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:05,977 YES. 325 00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:08,312 WELL, SO WE MET IN AUSTRALIA, 326 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:11,582 AND I THINK WE JUST INSTANTLY HAD THIS CONNECTION. 327 00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:14,452 Parker: AS SUCCESSFUL AS OUR SEASON WAS, YOU KNOW, 328 00:19:14,454 --> 00:19:17,388 THERE WAS, FOR ME PERSONALLY, 329 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:20,024 UM... 330 00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:22,126 ONE PRETTY BIG FAILURE. 331 00:19:22,128 --> 00:19:25,263 AND, UH... 332 00:19:25,265 --> 00:19:28,399 YEAH, ASHLEY AND I BROKE UP. 333 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,640 I JUST NEVER MADE THE RELATIONSHIP A PRIORITY, 334 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:37,842 DIDN'T MAKE HER A PRIORITY. 335 00:19:42,382 --> 00:19:44,348 AND... 336 00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:49,654 YOU KNOW, SHE DESERVES A LOT BETTER THAN THAT. 337 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,028 AT THE END OF THE DAY... 338 00:19:57,030 --> 00:20:00,498 I THINK SHE IS DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR HER. 339 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:02,934 AND THAT'S THE HARDEST PART OF IT. 340 00:20:07,941 --> 00:20:10,908 I MEAN, I'M ONLY 23, BUT... 341 00:20:13,846 --> 00:20:16,147 SHE'S AMAZING. 342 00:20:17,951 --> 00:20:19,850 YEAH. 343 00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:22,353 AND IT'S A REAL SHAME. 344 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:26,691 FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE TO BE SAID THERE, 345 00:20:26,693 --> 00:20:28,693 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT. 345 00:20:29,305 --> 00:21:29,493 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm