Discovery Channel's ambitious gold
miners are at it again and the stakes have never been higher. Who's in and who's out? In season
five of GOLD RUSH, everything has changed – new miners, new claims, and
new tools, technologies and methods to get gold out of the ground. Will big
risks lead to even bigger pay outs? GOLD RUSH 5 premieres on Discovery
Channel every Monday at 8:00 p.m., kicking off with a two-hour special on January
26. Encores
every Thursday at 11:00 p.m., Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
and Sunday at 10:00 p.m.
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| Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel |
Returning this season is 20-year-old Parker
Schnabel who proved himself in his rookie season mining the Klondike - raking in over 1,000 ounces of
gold worth USD1.4 million dollars. Parker is taking off his "training
wheels" this year, setting an unprecedented goal of 2,000 ounces worth
more than USD2.5 million dollars - double his take from last season. Parker
re-invests every last cent in a mad scramble to get to good gold, asks more of
his crew than ever before and manages to steal one of rival gold miner Todd
Hoffman's top mechanics. If Parker can hit his lofty goal, he could be on his
way to becoming a Klondike legend. Otherwise, it will become clear that his
first season was simply a stroke of good luck.
Last
season, Todd Hoffman rolled the dice and fell flat on his face. He hit rock
bottom after braving the jungles of Guyana, South America, in an attempt to
make a fortune along with his father Jack, Dave Turin, Jim Thurber and the rest
of the Hoffman crew. This year, Todd is back at square one. His right hand man,
Dave, has had enough, deserting Todd to mine with legends Freddie and Derek
Dodge. Not only has Todd lost his land, most of his money, his crew, but worst
of all, he has lost his dignity. His dream of mining in the jungle nearly
destroyed him, but will he be able to rise from the ashes and turn things
around? Or will this be the season that Todd throws in the towel? One thing is
for certain - Todd will not go down without a fight.
Meanwhile,
Tony Beets and his crew dive in full-time to take on the unthinkable. Tony,
known throughout the Klondike as "The Viking," buys a million-dollar
75-year-old floating gold dredge. But to resurrect the gold-catching monster,
he needs to take it apart piece by piece. The 210-foot (over 64 metres) dredge
has not been used in over 30 years and is a risky proposition. Can The Viking
resurrect the machine capable of pulling millions out of the ground or will he
be left with 1,000 metal pieces of junk?
Catch more
gold than ever seen before, as well as shocking twists and turns in the all-new
season of GOLD RUSH.
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