Gold Rush - Jungle Gold

[aygov]

We should all pitch in and make Toad a tromel out of tin-foil and popsicle-sticks. And sell it to him for 3 million dollars.

We'll ship it 6 months late and it will use rotted rubber bands for a motor....oops- they all broke!

This sounds like pure genius. Call it the face sucking turbo trommel. It spins so fast it actually sucks the gold out of the dirt. No water required.

 

[Darwin18]

We'll ship it 6 months late and it will use rotted rubber bands for a motor....oops- they all broke!

I hope Parker nails it this week. He seems to be the only one that tony Beets has any respect for.

I still don't understand how a brand new motor for that trommel burned out after only a few hours of operation unless the guy who designed the trommel had no idea what he was doing. I understand that it was a prototype but that's huge design flaw and Toad got seriously ripped off.

 

[mpride1911]

I've watched gold Rush from the start. Todd is a fool. Jungle Gold was just one of the dumbest things that I've ever seen. I do enjoy Bamazon though.

I worked in a quarry for a year back in 98, and I feel that I still have a better chance at running the Gold Rush operation better than Todd. Just their safety risks alone make my jaw drop. I still remember in the first season when they hit one of their trucks with the excavator. And in this season where they actually attempted to move the new trommel with an excavator.

Plus their overhead is absurd. Their campsite is one of the biggest that I've ever seen. They're blowing soo much money on all this support equipment that they could do without. And flying their families back and forth all the time isn't helping at all.

 

[aygov]

I still don't understand how a brand new motor for that trommel burned out after only a few hours of operation unless the guy who designed the trommel had no idea what he was doing. I understand that it was a prototype but that's huge design flaw and Toad got seriously ripped off.

This is exactly what happened. Not only did he get a prototype, he got a horribly rushed prototype. It's pretty apparent that the guy who was making it was way in over his head with it. Heck his shop couldn't even fit it inside and he had to jimmy rig a lift to get it put together...

 

[Darwin18]

I've watched gold Rush from the start. Todd is a fool. Jungle Gold was just one of the dumbest things that I've ever seen. I do enjoy Bamazon though.

I worked in a quarry for a year back in 98, and I feel that I still have a better chance at running the Gold Rush operation better than Todd. Just their safety risks alone make my jaw drop. I still remember in the first season when they hit one of their trucks with the excavator. And in this season where they actually attempted to move the new trommel with an excavator.

Plus their overhead is absurd. Their campsite is one of the biggest that I've ever seen. They're blowing soo much money on all this support equipment that they could do without. And flying their families back and forth all the time isn't helping at all.

Agree with you 100%. The safety risks they are taking are ridiculous. There are so many safety violations being documented that I'm surprised MSHA hasn't issued them serious fines. Things like forcing employees to operate heavy machinery near cliffs without lighting, safety barricades, fall protection, and numerous rigging problems.

I also agree that they have far too many people involved in the operation, at least on the Quartz Creek side. They need run lean and mean - 5 or 6 people per operation with at least 1 mechanic with adequate tools and equipment to make repairs. In the summer they have nearly 24 hours of daylight - freaking run the team in 2 ten hour shifts...

 

[HoppyDaze]

I just made a trommel made of duct tape and super glue. Posted it on face book and some guy name Todd wants to buy it for $100,000. I'm rich!

 

[mpride1911]

Neither of the hoffman operations has equipment to move material or overburden long distances. For that they would need a haul truck, or at the very least an articulated truck like Parker has. gal/hr

They clearly show them with an articulated truck, actually two, if I remember correctly.

 

[Airplanedoc]

I just made a trommel made of duct tape and super glue. Posted it on face book and some guy name Todd wants to buy it for $100,000. I'm rich!

Is he paying in gold?

 

[aygov]

Would anyone work with the rube who invested in Toad's operation? You have to think that he had seen the first two seasons of Gold Rush. Yet he still went ahead and backed a fat slightly homeless looking guy who is a terrible miner.

 

[Darwin18]

The investor looks suspiciously like an overweight cousin of Roger Clemens.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Would anyone work with the rube who invested in Toad's operation? You have to think that he had seen the first two seasons of Gold Rush. Yet he still went ahead and backed a fat slightly homeless looking guy who is a terrible miner.

If that guy would give toad money, no way I would give him my money to invest. Gold Rush really doesn't paint him in a very positive light, It could really hurt his business.

He clearly didn't think this thru well.

 

[aygov]

His website is kind of terrible as well.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Here is a old mine safety video

 

[Darwin18]

I gave Bamazon a shot on the History Channel. From what I can tell it is about a bunch of unprepared Alabama boys destroying the rainforest, their equipment, and their health. The fat old guy running the crew seems to have zero idea how to run a construction operation and the crew's "mining equipment" consists of a large pump and a beat to #!$% excavator. I'm secretly rooting for the jaguars and snakes to take them out.

 

[mpride1911]

His website is kind of terrible as well.

I just checked out their site. I think it's weird that they're named, James, Jason Jonathan and Joseph.

 

[mpride1911]

And inadvertently stumbled across this.

http://www.facebook.com/goldrushtodd

 

[aygov]

If that isn't Toad running that page, he certainly captures his mentality perfectly.

 

[Airplanedoc]

He would probably defriend all of us for the way we talk about him

 

[aygov]

What, do you think he'd be offended that I call him Toad?

 

[Darwin18]

Ah yes, watched last Friday's episode and thoroughly irritated my wife by yelling expletives at Toad...

The episode started with the narrator talking about how the combined Quartz Creek / Indian River crews have stockpiled large amounts of gold rich bedrock. Apparently the bedrock is extremely difficult to work with and process at the plant, but contains the most gold. The crews have to carefully monitor their equipment to make sure that they don't overload it with the heavy bedrock material.

The narrator then goes on to state that Dave Turin is going to be leaving for several days to take care of family business back home. At this point, I face palmed. I knew exactly what was going to happen. The Toad was going to be in charge without anyone to challenge his idiotic decisions. Seriously, Turin you're leaving now?

My favorite part was where Toad and Turin discuss the plans for the next few days while Turn is out of town.

Toad: "I want to start that next cut."
Turin: "What are you stupid? We have a gold rich material stockpiled here. Run it."
Toad: "Okay, we'll talk about the cut when you get back."

Turn hasn't even loaded his duffel bags into his truck when the cameras go back to Toad.

Toad: "Oh yeah we're going to start that cut tonight. I don't care what Turin thinks. We need to make a thousand ounces, and I feel that this is the only way."

Episode continues to the point where Toad's crew begins the new cut and accomplishes nothing. Toad also manages to severely damage Big Red, and during the washout a large amount of gold is found in the final few feet of the sluice box. Somehow, they manage to turn a record clean out and Toad manages to put a rosy outlook on their week. However, I'm sitting on the couch thinking to myself, "How much freaking gold did Toad let go through the box?" It must have been a huge amount judging on what was in the last few feet of the box.

 

[aygov]

My thoughts exactly.

As Toad and Turin were having the conversation about opening the cut I knew that Toad would go ahead and do it even though Turin told him not to. I was actually kind of pissed that they didn't get a worse clean out.

 

[+HopSpunge+]

They would have had thier 1000 ounces in that last clean-out; if Toad did not wash it all out of the sluice box. Typical Toad.

 

[Darwin18]

Exactly!

Also does anyone else think there is something going on between Dustin and Melody?

 

[usfmikeb]

Exactly!

Also does anyone else think there is something going on between Dustin and Melody?

Nope, I'd be surprised by that.

 

[Darwin18]

I don't know, my wife and I definitely picked up on it. Plus you have to figure there isn't much to do at Porcupine Creek especially with Dakota Fred around.

 

[aygov]

I definitely didn't get that vibe. They do seem to have formed sort of an alliance to oppose Fred though.

 

[mpride1911]

Exactly!

Also does anyone else think there is something going on between Dustin and Melody?

That would be gross. But they're alone and that does crazy things to a guys head.

 

[aygov]

Maybe it's not just Dustin and Melody. Maybe it's Dustin, Melody, AND Fred...

They don't call it the glory hole for nothing!

 

[evolcoms]

^ haha! I would be very suprised to see Dustin with that lady. I mean cmon she is to old. Plus, she not even cougar material!

 

[Airplanedoc]

I don't get the impression that Dustin and Fred are far out of town either so I am guessing she doesn't live at the mine like they do.