1 00:00:03,241 --> 00:00:04,896 You're gonna come on to here. 2 00:00:04,931 --> 00:00:08,862 Just stand up and then bring your left foot. 3 00:00:08,896 --> 00:00:11,586 I've learned so much on these trips, 4 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:14,275 like, about mining, about people, about myself. 5 00:00:14,310 --> 00:00:18,482 This one more so than any other country that we've been to. 6 00:00:18,517 --> 00:00:20,137 Shouldn't get released, should it? 7 00:00:20,172 --> 00:00:21,448 [instructor] No. 8 00:00:21,482 --> 00:00:24,000 I have a lot riding on this ground in Fairbanks. 9 00:00:24,034 --> 00:00:26,896 We have to do it right the first time. 10 00:00:26,931 --> 00:00:28,689 All right, get your toes all the way to the edge. 11 00:00:28,724 --> 00:00:30,137 Hands off. 12 00:00:30,172 --> 00:00:33,103 Arms out to the side. 13 00:00:33,137 --> 00:00:36,517 [Parker] This is the time when your mind likes to play tricks on you. 14 00:00:36,551 --> 00:00:37,965 Is it the right decision? 15 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,758 Is it the wrong decision? 16 00:00:39,793 --> 00:00:41,620 Try looking up instead of looking down, 17 00:00:41,655 --> 00:00:42,862 that's going to happen anyway. 18 00:00:42,896 --> 00:00:44,931 [Parker] The problem is you paralyze yourself with that. 19 00:00:44,965 --> 00:00:46,241 Huh. 20 00:00:46,275 --> 00:00:48,206 [instructor] Stop overthinking things. Just get it done then. 21 00:00:52,896 --> 00:00:55,620 No decision is always the worst decision. 22 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:57,482 I'm not sure I want to do this. 23 00:00:59,931 --> 00:01:02,586 [theme music playing] 24 00:01:13,793 --> 00:01:16,379 [Tyler] Feels like we've been on the West Coast for ages, doesn't it? 25 00:01:16,413 --> 00:01:17,965 I know. 26 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,620 [Daniel] Look, he's already asleep. 27 00:01:19,655 --> 00:01:21,448 [all laughing] 28 00:01:21,482 --> 00:01:23,275 He's got his fingers in his ears now. 29 00:01:24,482 --> 00:01:26,586 [bleep] 30 00:01:26,620 --> 00:01:28,000 [narrator] For five weeks, 31 00:01:28,034 --> 00:01:31,241 27-year-old Parker Schnabel and his team 32 00:01:31,275 --> 00:01:33,862 have traveled nearly 900 miles 33 00:01:33,896 --> 00:01:36,103 searching for the perfect wash plant 34 00:01:36,137 --> 00:01:38,103 for his new ground in Alaska. 35 00:01:38,137 --> 00:01:40,275 [Daniel] Now we're chewing through these gearings now. 36 00:01:40,310 --> 00:01:41,655 Yeah. 37 00:01:41,689 --> 00:01:45,586 [narrator] To realize the ground's $11 million potential, 38 00:01:45,620 --> 00:01:48,620 Parker needs to risk at least $5 million. 39 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,965 [Parker] It's not about money, not about power, 40 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,344 not about control. 41 00:01:54,379 --> 00:01:55,862 It's what I was bred to do. 42 00:01:55,896 --> 00:01:57,862 [narrator] At just five years old, 43 00:01:57,896 --> 00:02:03,172 Parker was panning in the creeks of Haines, Alaska, with his grandpa, John. 44 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:05,689 He has a vision that he's going to make 45 00:02:05,724 --> 00:02:08,482 thousands of dollars every day and I hope he's right. 46 00:02:08,517 --> 00:02:11,655 [narrator] 18-year-old Parker, struck out on his own 47 00:02:11,689 --> 00:02:14,448 to chase his dream of mining in the Yukon. 48 00:02:14,482 --> 00:02:16,034 Pick this spot, my man. 49 00:02:16,068 --> 00:02:17,758 [narrator] And over nine years, 50 00:02:17,793 --> 00:02:21,620 he's pulled $70 million of gold from the ground. 51 00:02:21,655 --> 00:02:25,206 8,309.75 ounces. 52 00:02:25,241 --> 00:02:27,586 [cheering] 53 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:31,620 [narrator] But on the brink of his biggest bet ever, he's wavering. 54 00:02:31,655 --> 00:02:33,068 [Parker] I don't experiment. 55 00:02:33,103 --> 00:02:35,275 I don't like doing things that don't work. 56 00:02:35,310 --> 00:02:37,689 As far as owning a business goes, that's a flaw. 57 00:02:37,724 --> 00:02:39,034 You have to be willing to fail. 58 00:02:39,068 --> 00:02:40,448 I don't like doing that. 59 00:02:40,482 --> 00:02:42,137 Don't you think sometimes you might have bitten off 60 00:02:42,172 --> 00:02:44,241 a little bit more than you can chew? 61 00:02:44,275 --> 00:02:46,517 I haven't pulled any triggers 62 00:02:46,551 --> 00:02:48,586 on any big-ticket items for Fairbanks yet, 63 00:02:48,620 --> 00:02:52,551 because I'm like, [bleep] do I really want to spend the $5 million? 64 00:02:58,793 --> 00:03:01,689 [narrator] Now with just two weeks left in New Zealand, 65 00:03:03,275 --> 00:03:07,068 Parker needs to pull the trigger on his biggest purchase... 66 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:12,344 a wash plant, or he risks derailing his Alaska operation. 67 00:03:13,965 --> 00:03:17,724 Feels like we've been to every bloody mine settlement everywhere possible. 68 00:03:17,758 --> 00:03:18,689 Yeah. 69 00:03:18,724 --> 00:03:19,724 [Tyler] To be honest, 70 00:03:19,758 --> 00:03:21,517 all the miners that'll have wash plant to sell 71 00:03:21,551 --> 00:03:22,931 have pretty much dried up. 72 00:03:22,965 --> 00:03:24,482 Right. 73 00:03:24,517 --> 00:03:27,827 [narrator] The team leaves the gold-rich West Coast behind 74 00:03:27,862 --> 00:03:30,034 and head 300 miles south 75 00:03:30,068 --> 00:03:34,689 to the historic gold-producing region of Otago. 76 00:03:34,724 --> 00:03:36,379 [Tyler] It's a bit nerve-racking for me to leave 77 00:03:36,413 --> 00:03:38,551 the gold mining hub of New Zealand. 78 00:03:38,586 --> 00:03:40,103 I am worried from here on out 79 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:41,896 that there won't be any wash plants for sale. 80 00:03:43,758 --> 00:03:45,103 - [Daniel] Really? - Yeah. 81 00:03:45,137 --> 00:03:48,482 Contacts wise, I have nothing in Otago. 82 00:03:50,344 --> 00:03:52,000 [Daniel] Blimey, this is serious. 83 00:03:53,758 --> 00:03:55,724 So what's the plan? 84 00:03:55,758 --> 00:03:57,862 [Tyler] Yeah, I'm winging it day-to-day. 85 00:03:57,896 --> 00:04:00,862 So basically my sole process is head to Arrowtown, 86 00:04:00,896 --> 00:04:02,482 which is a historic gold-mining town. 87 00:04:02,517 --> 00:04:04,137 The best place to start in a new town 88 00:04:04,172 --> 00:04:06,517 when looking for gold mining is just the gold shop, I think. 89 00:04:06,551 --> 00:04:08,034 Right. 90 00:04:08,068 --> 00:04:10,241 To be honest, if he doesn't have anything for us, 91 00:04:10,275 --> 00:04:11,724 I'm, um... 92 00:04:11,758 --> 00:04:12,827 You're done. 93 00:04:12,862 --> 00:04:14,137 Yeah. I'm at my end. 94 00:04:14,172 --> 00:04:15,448 Wow. 95 00:04:17,275 --> 00:04:19,793 You know, let's hope he does. 96 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:21,724 It could be the last throw of the dice. 97 00:04:21,758 --> 00:04:23,000 Definitely could be. 98 00:04:34,896 --> 00:04:37,586 [Tyler] It looks like a true old little mining town. 99 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:39,206 [Parker] Tyler, it's got some history, you know? 100 00:04:39,241 --> 00:04:41,068 [Daniel] Yeah, totally. 101 00:04:41,103 --> 00:04:43,517 [narrator] Established in 1862, 102 00:04:43,551 --> 00:04:47,482 Arrowtown was at the center of the Otago Gold Rush. 103 00:04:47,517 --> 00:04:50,241 Over 292 tons of gold 104 00:04:50,275 --> 00:04:52,275 have been pulled from the region 105 00:04:52,310 --> 00:04:55,965 worth over $15 billion in today's money. 106 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,724 But its gold reserves have largely been mined out 107 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:03,413 and the town now welcomes more tourists than miners. 108 00:05:03,448 --> 00:05:05,000 [Parker] There's a gold shop. 109 00:05:06,655 --> 00:05:07,758 Hello. 110 00:05:07,793 --> 00:05:09,206 - [Justin] Good day. - I'm Parker. 111 00:05:09,241 --> 00:05:11,000 - Parker, Justin. - Justin. Nice to meet you. 112 00:05:11,034 --> 00:05:12,724 - Tyler. Nice to meet you. - Tyler. 113 00:05:12,758 --> 00:05:14,137 - Hello, mate. I'm Danny. - Danny. 114 00:05:14,172 --> 00:05:15,413 - Hey. - Nice to meet you. 115 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:16,827 - [Tyler] We're in the right spot. - [Parker] There's some gold. 116 00:05:16,862 --> 00:05:17,896 [Jeff] Holy, look at that. 117 00:05:17,931 --> 00:05:20,689 Your guys' gold is just so much nicer looking. 118 00:05:20,724 --> 00:05:22,793 It's beautiful. 119 00:05:22,827 --> 00:05:26,413 [Justin] This is all locally found, these pieces here. 120 00:05:26,448 --> 00:05:27,689 You see how smooth they are. 121 00:05:27,724 --> 00:05:29,103 That one had just come out of the ground. 122 00:05:29,137 --> 00:05:30,275 See, it's still dirty. 123 00:05:30,310 --> 00:05:31,379 [Parker] Whoa. 124 00:05:31,413 --> 00:05:33,034 [Tyler] That's a really nice piece. 125 00:05:33,068 --> 00:05:34,551 [Justin] If you want to come out the back, 126 00:05:34,586 --> 00:05:36,103 I'll show you some real gold. 127 00:05:36,137 --> 00:05:37,862 [Daniel] Yeah. Great. 128 00:05:37,896 --> 00:05:39,965 [Justin] Come on through here. 129 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,034 This is where all the gold miners come to sell their gold. 130 00:05:42,068 --> 00:05:43,275 [Parker] Ah. 131 00:05:45,517 --> 00:05:47,689 [Justin] This is the largest one we know of 132 00:05:47,724 --> 00:05:49,275 in existence in New Zealand. 133 00:05:49,310 --> 00:05:50,379 - [Tyler] Really? - Really? 134 00:05:50,413 --> 00:05:51,448 [Justin] Yeah. 135 00:05:51,482 --> 00:05:52,620 [all] Wow! 136 00:05:52,655 --> 00:05:54,724 Big guy. That was West Coast. 137 00:05:54,758 --> 00:05:56,241 - No way. - Is it? 138 00:05:56,275 --> 00:05:58,172 Yeah. It was found by a kiwi. 139 00:05:58,206 --> 00:06:01,206 He found 66 ounces with a detector, 140 00:06:01,241 --> 00:06:02,206 just in this one spot. 141 00:06:02,241 --> 00:06:03,793 And that was, I mean, 25 years ago. 142 00:06:03,827 --> 00:06:04,862 [Parker] Wow! 143 00:06:04,896 --> 00:06:07,724 And this is what sort of comes in 144 00:06:07,758 --> 00:06:10,241 - to this back room. - Oh, yeah. 145 00:06:10,275 --> 00:06:13,689 Some of these guys are getting some seriously fine gold 146 00:06:13,724 --> 00:06:16,275 with-- with a dredge, all right. 147 00:06:16,310 --> 00:06:19,068 - [Parker] Now that's some fine gold. - [Justin] Yeah. 148 00:06:19,103 --> 00:06:21,137 [Tyler] We're actually in New Zealand looking at wash plants. 149 00:06:21,172 --> 00:06:23,551 We have come from the West Coast and, um, 150 00:06:23,586 --> 00:06:26,448 now we've made our way down here and we're trying to do the same thing. 151 00:06:26,482 --> 00:06:28,896 So, we thought we'd come and see you, see if you had any contacts at all. 152 00:06:30,034 --> 00:06:31,827 [Justin] There's not many big wash plants left here. 153 00:06:34,517 --> 00:06:36,068 I've got one. 154 00:06:36,103 --> 00:06:37,931 I'll give the details. 155 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:39,034 - [bleep] - [Tyler] Thank you. 156 00:06:39,068 --> 00:06:40,241 - That'd be awesome. - Sounds great. 157 00:06:40,275 --> 00:06:41,551 [Justin] Yeah. 158 00:06:41,586 --> 00:06:43,793 This guy's plant, it's just down the river. 159 00:06:43,827 --> 00:06:46,000 So I would head over and have a look at that. 160 00:06:46,034 --> 00:06:47,620 [Tyler] Amazing. Thank you. 161 00:06:48,758 --> 00:06:50,724 We better get back on the road. 162 00:06:50,758 --> 00:06:51,965 [Parker] Thanks for the contact. 163 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,034 - Justin, really appreciate. - Hey. Nice to meet you guys. 164 00:06:54,068 --> 00:06:55,103 Thank you very much. 165 00:06:57,896 --> 00:06:59,517 That was awesome, wasn't it? 166 00:06:59,551 --> 00:07:01,068 [Tyler] Thank [bleep]. 167 00:07:01,103 --> 00:07:02,172 [Daniel] Really good. 168 00:07:02,206 --> 00:07:03,310 I'm excited. 169 00:07:10,137 --> 00:07:11,931 [Tyler] So I've made a call. 170 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,931 The guy's name is Andrew. 171 00:07:13,965 --> 00:07:16,413 He's got a wash plant for sale. 172 00:07:16,448 --> 00:07:17,931 He's extremely busy. 173 00:07:17,965 --> 00:07:20,275 So this is why we're in a little bit of a rush at the moment. 174 00:07:20,310 --> 00:07:22,310 Basically just said to me, "You've got to get here ASAP, 175 00:07:22,344 --> 00:07:24,310 I've got places to be." 176 00:07:24,344 --> 00:07:26,103 Stressing me out a little bit. 177 00:07:27,517 --> 00:07:29,344 [narrator] Wash plant owner Andrew 178 00:07:29,379 --> 00:07:33,206 is based 50 miles southeast of Arrowtown. 179 00:07:33,241 --> 00:07:35,448 [Daniel] Anything special about this wash plant we're gonna see? 180 00:07:35,482 --> 00:07:37,551 [Tyler] It's on tracks. 181 00:07:37,586 --> 00:07:39,206 We haven't seen that yet, have we? 182 00:07:39,241 --> 00:07:40,310 - [Daniel] No. - No. 183 00:07:40,344 --> 00:07:41,793 Do you like wash plants on tracks? 184 00:07:41,827 --> 00:07:43,482 Is that something that we'd consider? 185 00:07:43,517 --> 00:07:45,000 Yeah. They're super mobile. 186 00:07:45,034 --> 00:07:46,344 You guys have built a few, haven't you? 187 00:07:46,379 --> 00:07:47,448 Yeah. 188 00:07:47,482 --> 00:07:49,137 [Tyler] Could be the perfect wash plant. 189 00:07:49,172 --> 00:07:50,344 Oh, there it is. 190 00:07:52,689 --> 00:07:54,000 [Daniel] The gate's closed. 191 00:07:55,034 --> 00:07:56,862 He just gonna meet us here, or... 192 00:07:56,896 --> 00:07:58,103 [Jeff] You go open the gate. 193 00:07:58,137 --> 00:07:59,379 You got it? Want me to get it? 194 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:00,689 [Tyler] Oh, thank you. 195 00:08:12,068 --> 00:08:13,482 It's locked. 196 00:08:13,517 --> 00:08:15,620 [Daniel] Oh, [bleep]. 197 00:08:15,655 --> 00:08:17,172 Calling Andrew. 198 00:08:21,482 --> 00:08:22,689 [Jeff] Can you sneak through there? 199 00:08:22,724 --> 00:08:24,793 [Parker] I'm skinny, but not that skinny. 200 00:08:24,827 --> 00:08:26,413 Andrew didn't answer. 201 00:08:26,448 --> 00:08:29,689 - [Daniel] Oh, my [bleep]. - [Jeff] Did we miss him? 202 00:08:29,724 --> 00:08:32,068 [narrator] With owner Andrew nowhere to be seen, 203 00:08:32,103 --> 00:08:36,344 the only wash plant on their list sits behind lock and key. 204 00:08:36,379 --> 00:08:37,896 - [Parker] Is this plant for sale? - [Tyler] Yes. 205 00:08:37,931 --> 00:08:39,517 And he said we could come look at it? 206 00:08:39,551 --> 00:08:41,310 But he was in a huge rush, 207 00:08:41,344 --> 00:08:43,172 and I said we'd be there as quick as we can. 208 00:08:44,586 --> 00:08:46,000 I'm gonna look at this wash plant. 209 00:08:48,379 --> 00:08:49,482 [Jeff] Me too. 210 00:08:51,655 --> 00:08:53,241 [Daniel] What are you doing? 211 00:08:53,275 --> 00:08:55,827 - Eh? - [Jeff] Just take a quick look. 212 00:09:00,379 --> 00:09:02,068 [Daniel] Do you think he's cool with this? 213 00:09:02,103 --> 00:09:04,206 [Tyler] I don't know. But they already jumped over. 214 00:09:07,241 --> 00:09:08,344 Guys! 215 00:09:08,379 --> 00:09:09,448 [Parker] What? 216 00:09:12,310 --> 00:09:13,896 [Jeff] That's a pretty good conveyer on that. 217 00:09:15,241 --> 00:09:16,551 [Simon] Hey. 218 00:09:16,586 --> 00:09:17,689 [Tyler] Guys, guys. 219 00:09:17,724 --> 00:09:18,758 [Daniel] Uh-oh. 220 00:09:18,793 --> 00:09:20,000 [Simon] What the hell? 221 00:09:20,034 --> 00:09:21,965 What are you guys doing here? 222 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,137 [Daniel] Oh, [bleep]. 223 00:09:23,172 --> 00:09:24,206 [Tyler] Are you Andrew? 224 00:09:24,241 --> 00:09:25,827 - I'm Simon. - Oh, sorry. 225 00:09:25,862 --> 00:09:27,655 Nice to meet you. I'm Tyler. 226 00:09:27,689 --> 00:09:29,206 You're not meant to be in here. 227 00:09:29,241 --> 00:09:30,586 The gate's locked. 228 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:33,724 Sorry, that wasn't-- probably the best way to go about it. 229 00:09:33,758 --> 00:09:35,793 [Parker] We talked to the owner of this wash plant. 230 00:09:35,827 --> 00:09:37,068 Do you know Andrew? 231 00:09:37,103 --> 00:09:38,482 Do I know Andrew? Yeah. 232 00:09:38,517 --> 00:09:39,896 Obviously, he's not about. 233 00:09:39,931 --> 00:09:42,000 No. 234 00:09:42,034 --> 00:09:43,275 [Parker] Do you want us to leave? 235 00:09:50,034 --> 00:09:51,620 You're not meant to be in here. 236 00:09:51,655 --> 00:09:52,862 The gate's locked. 237 00:09:52,896 --> 00:09:54,103 I realize that. 238 00:09:54,137 --> 00:09:55,586 - Yeah. - Yeah. 239 00:09:55,620 --> 00:09:57,586 [narrator] In Otago, New Zealand, 240 00:09:57,620 --> 00:09:59,965 Parker and the team were trespassing. 241 00:10:01,310 --> 00:10:04,000 Sorry, that wasn't-- probably the best way to go about it. 242 00:10:04,379 --> 00:10:06,137 Um... 243 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:08,379 It was a very rushed phone call this morning with Andrew. 244 00:10:08,413 --> 00:10:09,965 So we legged it down to get here in time. 245 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,827 You just missed him. He left an hour ago. 246 00:10:11,862 --> 00:10:14,379 [Tyler] Okay. 247 00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:17,620 [Simon] Well, mate, but perhaps you could have a wee look around. 248 00:10:17,655 --> 00:10:19,068 [Tyler] Thank you. 249 00:10:19,103 --> 00:10:20,793 [Parker] Sorry for breaking in. 250 00:10:20,827 --> 00:10:22,034 [Simon] We'll forgive you this time. 251 00:10:22,068 --> 00:10:23,206 [laughing] 252 00:10:24,655 --> 00:10:26,482 [narrator] Foreman Simon Johnstone 253 00:10:26,517 --> 00:10:29,482 oversees all mining equipment on site. 254 00:10:29,517 --> 00:10:33,517 The plant for sale is a 6-foot trommel on tracks. 255 00:10:33,551 --> 00:10:36,379 We've only just mounted this literally yesterday. 256 00:10:36,413 --> 00:10:37,482 - [Jeff] Oh, wow. - Really? 257 00:10:37,517 --> 00:10:38,724 [Simon] Yeah. 258 00:10:38,758 --> 00:10:40,586 - [Parker] It's pretty long. - [Simon] It is pretty long. 259 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:42,206 So it came off one of the other plants. 260 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:44,034 [Parker] Oh, got ya. 261 00:10:44,068 --> 00:10:48,620 [narrator] This customized plant can run 130 yards of dirt an hour. 262 00:10:48,655 --> 00:10:51,793 Its extra-long conveyor creates bigger tailings, 263 00:10:51,827 --> 00:10:55,344 allowing for longer run times between clearing it. 264 00:10:55,379 --> 00:10:59,448 And the tracks make it super mobile around a mine site. 265 00:10:59,482 --> 00:11:00,827 [Simon] Track thing's pretty cool. 266 00:11:00,862 --> 00:11:02,655 You got to hook a bulldozer on this end 267 00:11:02,689 --> 00:11:03,896 or a digger or whatever... 268 00:11:03,931 --> 00:11:05,758 - [Parker] Right. Just like a drag. - ...to push it around. 269 00:11:05,793 --> 00:11:06,896 Yeah. 270 00:11:06,931 --> 00:11:08,379 - Mmm-hmm. - [Tyler] Okay. 271 00:11:08,413 --> 00:11:10,551 [Daniel] Want to see this moving about? 272 00:11:10,586 --> 00:11:12,517 [Parker] Yeah, I'd like to test the track. 273 00:11:12,551 --> 00:11:14,655 [Simon] We haven't actually moved this one yet. 274 00:11:14,689 --> 00:11:18,000 We're yet to find out whether it falls on its nose or not. 275 00:11:18,034 --> 00:11:19,137 No, no. 276 00:11:19,172 --> 00:11:20,896 If they haven't-- if they just put that conveyor on 277 00:11:20,931 --> 00:11:22,724 and haven't moved it yet, I'm not touching this thing. 278 00:11:22,758 --> 00:11:23,862 - [crew laughing] - Come on, now. 279 00:11:23,896 --> 00:11:25,758 [Parker] Then I will have to buy it. 280 00:11:25,793 --> 00:11:28,517 [narrator] To tow the custom plant for the first time, 281 00:11:28,551 --> 00:11:30,793 Parker hops behind the controls. 282 00:11:30,827 --> 00:11:33,034 Uh-oh, this-- what controls is this thing? 283 00:11:42,310 --> 00:11:46,379 [Daniel] Does not feel like a comfortable thing to be towing. 284 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:53,275 [bleep] 285 00:11:53,310 --> 00:11:55,827 [narrator] The 22-yard-long conveyor 286 00:11:55,862 --> 00:11:58,793 adds three tons to the far end of the plant, 287 00:11:58,827 --> 00:12:00,689 making it unstable. 288 00:12:00,724 --> 00:12:05,551 Any sudden jerks risk rocking it backwards onto its nose. 289 00:12:07,206 --> 00:12:09,448 Take the machine back that way a wee bit. 290 00:12:11,310 --> 00:12:12,724 [Tyler] I think the tracks are cool. 291 00:12:12,758 --> 00:12:13,896 [Daniel] Yeah. 292 00:12:18,103 --> 00:12:19,551 That there? 293 00:12:19,586 --> 00:12:20,758 Pretty good. 294 00:12:20,793 --> 00:12:22,379 - Seems to work. - [Jeff] Yeah. 295 00:12:22,413 --> 00:12:23,931 [Tyler] Yeah, that seemed simple. 296 00:12:23,965 --> 00:12:25,206 [Simon] Yeah, I was getting a wee bit worried. 297 00:12:25,241 --> 00:12:27,517 As soon as it's-- it got a little bit of momentum 298 00:12:27,551 --> 00:12:28,586 and just off it went. 299 00:12:28,620 --> 00:12:29,586 [Tyler] With the tracks, 300 00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:30,931 it's much easier to move it this way, hey? 301 00:12:30,965 --> 00:12:31,931 Because without the tracks, 302 00:12:31,965 --> 00:12:34,000 you'd have had to drag it all the way around. 303 00:12:34,034 --> 00:12:36,793 And I suppose you can spin it on the spot a bit easier as well, right? 304 00:12:36,827 --> 00:12:39,413 Yeah. Definitely moves around super easy. 305 00:12:39,448 --> 00:12:40,931 See, on like big plants 306 00:12:40,965 --> 00:12:42,310 where it would make a huge difference. 307 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:43,827 Yeah. It's good, eh? 308 00:12:43,862 --> 00:12:45,137 [Parker] Yeah, it's a nice machine. 309 00:12:45,172 --> 00:12:46,344 I really like it. 310 00:12:46,379 --> 00:12:48,275 But do you mind if we have a little crawl around it? 311 00:12:48,310 --> 00:12:49,344 - [Simon] Sure. - All right. 312 00:12:49,379 --> 00:12:50,448 - Sweet. - Awesome. 313 00:12:57,827 --> 00:13:00,586 So, to me, this wash plant looks like 314 00:13:00,620 --> 00:13:02,103 it would tick all the right boxes. 315 00:13:02,137 --> 00:13:03,482 Honestly, though, we're in tight right now 316 00:13:03,517 --> 00:13:05,379 and I don't have anything else lined up. 317 00:13:05,413 --> 00:13:08,275 So, hopefully, this is the one he's going to buy. 318 00:13:08,310 --> 00:13:09,896 - [Jeff] What's that? - [Parker] Come with me. 319 00:13:09,931 --> 00:13:11,206 [Jeff] Come with you. I'm coming. 320 00:13:14,931 --> 00:13:16,448 [Parker] When you're moving this around on the highway, 321 00:13:16,482 --> 00:13:19,172 - what do you take the hopper and the conveyor off? - [Jeff] Yeah. 322 00:13:19,206 --> 00:13:21,137 [Parker] Because this problem for us is getting Fairbanks 323 00:13:21,172 --> 00:13:22,758 working on different creeks that are all connected 324 00:13:22,793 --> 00:13:24,068 by like public highways. 325 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:25,827 So it's this weird thing where we need to be both 326 00:13:25,862 --> 00:13:30,068 portable around one site, but then also portable from site to site. 327 00:13:30,103 --> 00:13:32,310 [Jeff] You're going to be moving it down the road, 328 00:13:32,344 --> 00:13:34,275 then, I mean, size and height. 329 00:13:34,310 --> 00:13:35,620 - That's always a thing. - Right. 330 00:13:35,655 --> 00:13:37,689 Height wise with tracks, there's no way 331 00:13:37,724 --> 00:13:39,793 you'd get it road legal for sure. 332 00:13:41,172 --> 00:13:43,758 [narrator] Parker's new claims in Fairbanks, Alaska, 333 00:13:43,793 --> 00:13:46,275 are spread over 3,000 acres. 334 00:13:46,310 --> 00:13:50,103 Over time, he plans to mine multiple creeks. 335 00:13:50,137 --> 00:13:52,068 Any wash plant he buys 336 00:13:52,103 --> 00:13:55,758 will need to travel on public roads between the cuts, 337 00:13:55,793 --> 00:14:00,206 and so it must fit within road legal limits. 338 00:14:00,241 --> 00:14:02,724 So you're going to be like tearing it down massively 339 00:14:02,758 --> 00:14:04,172 to move it from site to site. 340 00:14:04,206 --> 00:14:06,275 And then perhaps without any sluice runs or anything. 341 00:14:06,310 --> 00:14:07,793 So that's a big pain in the ass. 342 00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:13,206 [Simon] So what did you think? 343 00:14:13,241 --> 00:14:14,482 [Parker] We're gonna keep looking. 344 00:14:14,517 --> 00:14:16,620 - [Simon] No problem. - Really appreciate it. 345 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:18,310 - [Tyler] Thank you. - [Daniel] Thanks. 346 00:14:18,344 --> 00:14:20,689 Yet again, we move further into this trip 347 00:14:20,724 --> 00:14:23,103 where we're seeing more and more wash plants 348 00:14:23,137 --> 00:14:26,103 and yet we're not buying any of them. 349 00:14:26,137 --> 00:14:28,103 I think there's a bigger picture thing going on here, 350 00:14:28,137 --> 00:14:30,137 and that is the actual commitment to Alaska, 351 00:14:30,172 --> 00:14:32,103 which is a $5 million venture 352 00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:34,206 before you've even pulled a single bit of gold out of the ground. 353 00:14:47,344 --> 00:14:48,896 [Tyler] Good night, guys. 354 00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:50,172 [Daniel] Good night, Tyler. 355 00:14:50,206 --> 00:14:51,448 [Jeff] Good night, man. 356 00:14:51,482 --> 00:14:53,275 [Parker] Good night. 357 00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:55,068 [Tyler] I feel like... 358 00:14:55,931 --> 00:14:58,103 I'm at like-- at the end of my-- 359 00:14:58,137 --> 00:14:59,793 Well, I am at the end of my contacts, 360 00:14:59,827 --> 00:15:00,931 to be quite honest. 361 00:15:00,965 --> 00:15:02,931 If I don't deliver on this trip 362 00:15:02,965 --> 00:15:05,689 and we leave New Zealand without a wash plant, 363 00:15:05,724 --> 00:15:07,275 that's not a good look on me. 364 00:15:07,310 --> 00:15:10,034 At end right now, I do not have a plan B. 365 00:15:10,068 --> 00:15:13,827 In hindsight, it looks like [indistinct] 366 00:15:13,862 --> 00:15:16,827 are the places to, um, get a deal done. 367 00:15:16,862 --> 00:15:18,724 So I don't know what's gonna happen now. 368 00:15:18,758 --> 00:15:21,827 Timing wise, we're starting to get in a pretty bad spot. 369 00:15:21,862 --> 00:15:23,827 Not a good way to start a season. 370 00:15:33,965 --> 00:15:35,172 [Daniel] That's a vegan substitute. 371 00:15:35,206 --> 00:15:36,310 Really good. 372 00:15:36,344 --> 00:15:37,482 - Nice? - You want some. 373 00:15:37,517 --> 00:15:38,586 No, I'm all right. 374 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:40,275 I like something with nutrition in it. 375 00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:42,034 [chuckles] 376 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:45,586 So what are we doing today? 377 00:15:45,620 --> 00:15:48,344 Still keep our eyes open for something here, 378 00:15:48,379 --> 00:15:50,413 if you can find something? 379 00:15:50,448 --> 00:15:52,241 [Tyler] We're gonna go prospecting. 380 00:15:54,206 --> 00:15:55,793 See what they're doing around here. 381 00:15:55,827 --> 00:15:57,413 I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. 382 00:15:59,344 --> 00:16:01,206 But we could learn something. 383 00:16:01,241 --> 00:16:02,517 [Daniel] All right. 384 00:16:02,551 --> 00:16:05,724 Well, once you've had those, I suppose let's get on the road. 385 00:16:05,758 --> 00:16:08,655 [narrator] With no wash plants left to see, 386 00:16:08,689 --> 00:16:11,034 the team head north to go prospecting. 387 00:16:12,344 --> 00:16:13,931 [Daniel] Oh, my gosh. 388 00:16:13,965 --> 00:16:15,965 [Tyler] Wow, so blue! 389 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,275 [Daniel] I know, I know. 390 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:20,793 [narrator] Passing Lake Wakatipu, at 52 miles, 391 00:16:20,827 --> 00:16:22,862 it's New Zealand's longest lake. 392 00:16:22,896 --> 00:16:24,827 And the water is so clear because 393 00:16:24,862 --> 00:16:27,206 it's glacial and it's so fresh and clean and beautiful. 394 00:16:27,241 --> 00:16:28,620 And cold. 395 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:30,000 Seriously cold. 396 00:16:32,379 --> 00:16:34,310 Pull over here. 397 00:16:34,344 --> 00:16:35,931 I got an idea. 398 00:16:38,482 --> 00:16:39,551 Come on now. 399 00:16:39,586 --> 00:16:41,172 You're so slow. 400 00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:47,379 Water feels nice. 401 00:16:47,413 --> 00:16:48,482 [Daniel] Does it? 402 00:16:48,517 --> 00:16:49,689 Yeah. 403 00:16:49,724 --> 00:16:51,172 That's freezing. 404 00:16:51,206 --> 00:16:52,482 Are you actually going in? 405 00:16:52,517 --> 00:16:53,724 Yeah, we all are. 406 00:16:53,758 --> 00:16:54,862 - No, man. - [Tyler] What? 407 00:16:54,896 --> 00:16:56,275 It's freezing. 408 00:16:56,310 --> 00:16:59,482 [Parker] First one out owes the group four rounds of beer, 409 00:16:59,517 --> 00:17:01,517 and the winner that stays in the longest 410 00:17:01,551 --> 00:17:03,448 gets to drink all the beer. 411 00:17:03,482 --> 00:17:04,551 [Tyler laughing] 412 00:17:04,586 --> 00:17:06,551 [Parker] Yeah. 413 00:17:06,586 --> 00:17:08,310 [narrator] Glacial waters average 414 00:17:08,344 --> 00:17:11,689 an icy 48 degrees Fahrenheit year round. 415 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,413 Just 5 minutes in water this cold 416 00:17:16,448 --> 00:17:19,137 and hypothermia can begin to set in. 417 00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:20,275 [Tyler] Oh, my [bleep]! 418 00:17:20,310 --> 00:17:21,379 [Daniel] Oh, yeah? 419 00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:24,000 [babbling] 420 00:17:24,620 --> 00:17:25,931 [Tyler] Oh, my [bleep]! 421 00:17:25,965 --> 00:17:27,034 [Daniel] Oh. 422 00:17:27,068 --> 00:17:28,275 Hang away. 423 00:17:31,413 --> 00:17:32,689 [Tyler screaming] 424 00:17:34,275 --> 00:17:35,689 Oh, my [bleep]! 425 00:17:37,068 --> 00:17:39,103 [laughing] Breathe. 426 00:17:39,137 --> 00:17:41,034 Breathe, breathe, breathe. 427 00:17:41,068 --> 00:17:42,413 Long slow breath. 428 00:17:42,448 --> 00:17:43,551 Come on, stay. 429 00:17:43,586 --> 00:17:45,068 No. 430 00:17:45,103 --> 00:17:46,172 [Parker] Are you done, Tyler? 431 00:17:46,206 --> 00:17:47,965 - Are you done? - I'm tapping out. 432 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,172 [Daniel] You're tapping out? 433 00:17:49,206 --> 00:17:51,206 [Tyler] [bleep] four beers. I'll never do it in my life. 434 00:17:51,241 --> 00:17:53,379 [all laughing] 435 00:17:55,137 --> 00:17:58,517 [Daniel] Oh, here comes the pain. 436 00:17:58,551 --> 00:17:59,965 [Parker] Do you feel it in your armpits? 437 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,862 Let your arms down. 438 00:18:03,310 --> 00:18:04,931 [Daniel] My armpits are cold. 439 00:18:04,965 --> 00:18:06,655 Aah! 440 00:18:06,689 --> 00:18:08,137 Tyler. Have you seen him? 441 00:18:08,172 --> 00:18:10,103 - [Daniel] She's on the phone. - [Jeff] Get off the phone. 442 00:18:10,137 --> 00:18:11,172 [Daniel] Get off the phone. 443 00:18:11,206 --> 00:18:12,827 Amazing. Thank you. Ping me the location. 444 00:18:12,862 --> 00:18:13,965 That's awesome. 445 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,206 Thank you. 446 00:18:15,241 --> 00:18:16,793 Guys, we've gotta go. 447 00:18:16,827 --> 00:18:19,551 Justin just gave us a really great contact. 448 00:18:19,586 --> 00:18:21,034 We've actually gotta go. 449 00:18:21,068 --> 00:18:23,827 [narrator] Last-minute lead from the gold shop owner 450 00:18:23,862 --> 00:18:26,793 and their search for a wash plant is back on. 451 00:18:28,655 --> 00:18:30,344 - [Daniel] Thank you! - You need to get out. 452 00:18:30,379 --> 00:18:32,379 [Daniel] You're going to lose. 453 00:18:32,413 --> 00:18:34,241 Okay. I'm going to go now. 454 00:18:35,413 --> 00:18:37,379 [bleep] I can't feel my feet. 455 00:18:39,310 --> 00:18:40,724 I can't. 456 00:18:40,758 --> 00:18:42,862 I can't feel my body. 457 00:18:42,896 --> 00:18:44,689 [Daniel] Well done, Jeff. 458 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:46,758 That was wicked! 459 00:18:48,517 --> 00:18:50,655 All right, guys. Gotta get back on the road. 460 00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:55,310 No, it's great. 461 00:18:55,344 --> 00:18:56,689 I'm-- I'm fine. 462 00:18:56,724 --> 00:18:59,206 [teeth chattering] 463 00:18:59,241 --> 00:19:00,655 Look, we've got an aggregate yard. 464 00:19:00,689 --> 00:19:02,862 - [Daniel] There could be something down there, right? - [Parker] Yeah. 465 00:19:02,896 --> 00:19:04,931 [Tyler] I'm still really keen to do some prospecting. 466 00:19:06,034 --> 00:19:07,724 [Parker] So why don't you guys go check that out, 467 00:19:07,758 --> 00:19:09,482 and Dan and I will go check out the aggregate yard. 468 00:19:09,517 --> 00:19:10,551 - [Tyler] Perfect. - [Jeff] Cool. 469 00:19:10,586 --> 00:19:12,206 [Parker] Find us some gold, Ty. Have fun. 470 00:19:23,586 --> 00:19:25,724 Just go buy yourself a massive wash plant. 471 00:19:25,758 --> 00:19:27,103 How hard can it be? 472 00:19:27,137 --> 00:19:30,137 [narrator] In Otago, New Zealand, the team have split, 473 00:19:30,172 --> 00:19:33,275 while Parker and Danny head to an aggregate yard. 474 00:19:33,310 --> 00:19:34,517 Right. 475 00:19:34,551 --> 00:19:36,586 Keep your eyeballs peeled. 476 00:19:36,620 --> 00:19:38,655 [narrator] 45 miles north, 477 00:19:38,689 --> 00:19:41,034 Tyler and Jeff head into the mountains 478 00:19:41,068 --> 00:19:44,965 to meet Rusty, a local gold miner to go prospecting. 479 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,275 [Tyler] Oh, my [bleep]. 480 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:48,482 - [Jeff] Is this the-- Are you sure? - That's a helicopter. 481 00:19:48,517 --> 00:19:49,620 [Tyler] That must be Rusty. 482 00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:51,000 Let's go meet him, hey. 483 00:19:54,275 --> 00:19:55,172 I'm Tyler. 484 00:19:56,689 --> 00:19:58,068 - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, Rusty. 485 00:19:59,310 --> 00:20:00,896 You know, we're going in this to and, um... 486 00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:04,896 Oh, my [bleep]. Amazing! 487 00:20:04,931 --> 00:20:06,344 Thank you. 488 00:20:06,379 --> 00:20:08,103 [Jeff] This is going to be awesome. 489 00:20:08,137 --> 00:20:10,620 [Tyler] I feel like we got the long end of the straw as well with this. 490 00:20:10,655 --> 00:20:12,793 Parker and Danny are going to be spewing. 491 00:20:12,827 --> 00:20:14,896 [laughing] 492 00:20:21,965 --> 00:20:24,793 [narrator] Rusty's claim lies in Skippers Canyon, 493 00:20:24,827 --> 00:20:30,413 a gorge carved out over millions of years by the Shotover River. 494 00:20:30,448 --> 00:20:35,068 In 1863, it became known as the richest river in the world, 495 00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:37,344 when 300 ounces of gold 496 00:20:37,379 --> 00:20:40,413 was found on its banks in a single afternoon. 497 00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:44,896 Now a protected site, only a few miners are granted access. 498 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,000 [Tyler] Rusty, this is amazing. 499 00:20:52,896 --> 00:20:53,965 Sounds like a plan. 500 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,724 Okay, so we better get changed then. 501 00:20:56,758 --> 00:20:58,517 - Let's do it. - All right. 502 00:20:58,551 --> 00:21:02,379 I've never dredged before, but I'm excited to get in and give it a go. 503 00:21:02,413 --> 00:21:04,862 I'm really hoping we do see some gold. 504 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:09,206 If we go back to Parker with nothing, it might not go down too well. 505 00:21:15,137 --> 00:21:18,206 [Daniel] This is probably the last place we're gonna look at 506 00:21:18,241 --> 00:21:20,586 as far as assessing equipment. 507 00:21:20,620 --> 00:21:22,275 [narrator] 45 miles south... 508 00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:24,034 [Parker] I think when we're trying to find wash plants 509 00:21:24,068 --> 00:21:26,724 and we end up at, uh, sand and gravel pit. 510 00:21:26,758 --> 00:21:28,241 [Daniel] Yeah, it was a little bit like 511 00:21:28,275 --> 00:21:30,137 we're coming to the end of the road. 512 00:21:35,482 --> 00:21:38,448 [narrator] The Urns Clue aggregate yard produces gravel 513 00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:40,827 and sand for road construction. 514 00:21:43,068 --> 00:21:46,068 To screen out rocks used to build roads, 515 00:21:46,103 --> 00:21:50,310 they use similar processes and equipment to placer mining. 516 00:21:50,344 --> 00:21:53,517 It could be the perfect place to pick up a wash plant. 517 00:21:53,551 --> 00:21:55,482 - Hi, I'm Parker. This is Dan. - Hey, Jack. 518 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,586 We got told you guys might have some stuff 519 00:21:58,620 --> 00:22:01,206 for sale, particularly wash plants. 520 00:22:05,034 --> 00:22:07,275 Sweet. 521 00:22:07,310 --> 00:22:08,517 There's a lot going on here. 522 00:22:10,862 --> 00:22:13,517 [Daniel] What the bloody [bleep] is that? 523 00:22:13,551 --> 00:22:15,344 Something out of Mad Max. 524 00:22:16,758 --> 00:22:20,172 How's it going? I'm Parker. This is Dan. 525 00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:21,827 Hello, mate. Nice to meet you. 526 00:22:21,862 --> 00:22:22,965 Nice to meet you too. 527 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,482 [Daniel] What is this thing? 528 00:22:25,965 --> 00:22:28,482 An all-in-one dry screening plant. 529 00:22:32,448 --> 00:22:33,793 Thanks a lot, Jack. 530 00:22:33,827 --> 00:22:38,275 [narrator] Jack's plant is worth $250,000. 531 00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:39,586 But no washing takes place in here-- 532 00:22:39,620 --> 00:22:41,275 - [Parker] No, it's all dry. - It's all dry. 533 00:22:41,310 --> 00:22:42,827 [Parker] Super slick. 534 00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:44,655 So they make these that have 'em wet. 535 00:22:45,896 --> 00:22:47,379 [Parker] I guess you can retrofit one of these 536 00:22:47,413 --> 00:22:50,896 into a wet screen plant that was washing gold? 537 00:22:55,551 --> 00:22:57,137 [Parker] All right, cool. 538 00:23:01,034 --> 00:23:03,620 - I mean, this is what... this is Gucci kit, right? - Right. 539 00:23:03,655 --> 00:23:05,931 - Like something out of Star Wars. - [Parker] Yeah, I love it. 540 00:23:05,965 --> 00:23:07,344 I mean, that's cool. 541 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:13,862 [narrator] The dry screening plant has a feed belt 542 00:23:13,896 --> 00:23:18,310 running over the reverse shaker deck, making it small and compact. 543 00:23:22,103 --> 00:23:24,517 To run it as a wash plant in Alaska, 544 00:23:24,551 --> 00:23:26,724 Parker would need to add spray bars, 545 00:23:26,758 --> 00:23:32,206 creating a wet screen and replace the back conveyor with sluice runs. 546 00:23:35,724 --> 00:23:37,620 Oh, sweet! 547 00:23:37,655 --> 00:23:39,965 Being here definitely kind of reminds me of my childhood. 548 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,724 My dad had a gravel pit. 549 00:23:41,758 --> 00:23:44,827 I grew up around crusher foremen and floaters. 550 00:23:44,862 --> 00:23:46,000 It's always kind of cool. 551 00:23:47,482 --> 00:23:50,000 Do you throw a whole bucket at once or do you kind of have to... 552 00:24:00,724 --> 00:24:04,034 [narrator] Currently running at 155 yards an hour, 553 00:24:04,068 --> 00:24:07,241 once converted, it could hit 200. 554 00:24:07,275 --> 00:24:11,206 [Parker] Placer mining is such a specialized industry that nothing's made for it. 555 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,793 You know, like pretty much everything's custom. 556 00:24:20,620 --> 00:24:24,000 [Rusty speaking] 557 00:24:25,448 --> 00:24:27,448 [narrator] On the Shotover River... 558 00:24:27,482 --> 00:24:29,275 [Tyler] Guys, I've got a good feeling. 559 00:24:29,310 --> 00:24:30,758 - Let's do it. - All right. 560 00:24:32,827 --> 00:24:34,965 ...Tyler and Jeff are suction dredging. 561 00:24:47,172 --> 00:24:50,551 [narrator] Rusty mostly catches fine gold with his dredge, 562 00:24:50,586 --> 00:24:52,620 but 3-ounce nuggets have been found 563 00:24:52,655 --> 00:24:55,068 in this section of the river in recent years. 564 00:25:08,758 --> 00:25:11,413 [Tyler speaking] 565 00:25:11,448 --> 00:25:12,724 [Jeff speaking] 566 00:25:12,758 --> 00:25:14,724 [Tyler speaking] 567 00:25:16,034 --> 00:25:19,448 [Tyler speaking] 568 00:25:27,482 --> 00:25:28,586 [Jeff] Oh, [bleep]. 569 00:25:28,620 --> 00:25:29,931 [Tyler] Oh, my [bleep]! 570 00:25:32,275 --> 00:25:34,068 [Tyler] I've had a lot of anxiety this trip 571 00:25:34,103 --> 00:25:35,896 that I'm not going to be delivering 572 00:25:35,931 --> 00:25:37,965 the right kind of wash plants and people. 573 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,310 So today's been really good for that. 574 00:25:39,344 --> 00:25:41,000 We've been able to break away from the boys 575 00:25:41,034 --> 00:25:44,689 for a couple of hours and managed to find some gold. 576 00:25:44,724 --> 00:25:46,344 To be honest, I had so much fun today. 577 00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:49,655 I kinda forgot the fact that, you know, we're under the gun 578 00:25:49,689 --> 00:25:51,172 and we need to get this stuff done. 579 00:25:51,206 --> 00:25:53,172 We really should be just hunkering down 580 00:25:53,206 --> 00:25:55,206 and figuring out the wash plants. 581 00:25:55,241 --> 00:25:57,448 Is it okay if we catch a ride back into town? 582 00:25:59,206 --> 00:26:01,034 - Awesome. Thank you, Rusty. - Awesome. 583 00:26:09,137 --> 00:26:11,517 [narrator] Back at Urns Clue aggregate yard... 584 00:26:11,551 --> 00:26:13,172 - [Daniel] Pretty cool, isn't it? - [Parker] Yeah. 585 00:26:13,206 --> 00:26:16,310 [narrator] ...Parker must decide if the plant is worth buying. 586 00:26:17,793 --> 00:26:20,172 [Daniel] Would you utilize something like this? 587 00:26:20,206 --> 00:26:23,137 [Parker] It would be hard to retrofit this to be wet, 588 00:26:23,172 --> 00:26:24,379 but you don't have much tolerance 589 00:26:24,413 --> 00:26:26,655 for where the spray bars would be, you know? 590 00:26:26,689 --> 00:26:29,448 [narrator] Complex plant conversions can take months 591 00:26:29,482 --> 00:26:32,068 and cost tens of thousands of dollars. 592 00:26:32,103 --> 00:26:34,034 Probably be better off starting from scratch. 593 00:26:34,068 --> 00:26:36,241 [Craig speaking] 594 00:26:40,275 --> 00:26:43,586 You don't need us holding you up anymore. Appreciate it. 595 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:45,172 Thanks, Craig. Take it easy, mate. 596 00:26:47,482 --> 00:26:50,344 [Daniel] We're here to buy wash plant, and that's not happening. 597 00:26:50,379 --> 00:26:52,344 I feel like we might need to start thinking about 598 00:26:52,379 --> 00:26:54,896 the new plant because every second 599 00:26:54,931 --> 00:26:59,034 that we're wasting now is a second wasted in Alaska. 600 00:27:00,482 --> 00:27:02,758 Feels like we've hit a, uh, we've hit a dead end. 601 00:27:02,793 --> 00:27:03,896 Yep. 602 00:27:03,931 --> 00:27:05,517 And we have to decide to either bite the bullet 603 00:27:05,551 --> 00:27:07,000 and buy one of the plants that we didn't buy 604 00:27:07,034 --> 00:27:10,517 that we've already seen or accept that 605 00:27:10,551 --> 00:27:12,379 we're never gonna find what we're looking for 606 00:27:12,413 --> 00:27:13,896 that's already built and out there. 607 00:27:13,931 --> 00:27:15,482 Yeah. 608 00:27:15,517 --> 00:27:20,482 I think that the four of us need to get together and put a bullet in this. 609 00:27:28,275 --> 00:27:30,034 Okay, we got one wine with a fly in it 610 00:27:30,068 --> 00:27:31,551 and one without. Which one you want? 611 00:27:31,586 --> 00:27:33,275 - [Tyler] I'll have the fly. - Okay. 612 00:27:33,310 --> 00:27:35,620 [narrator] In Otago, New Zealand, 613 00:27:35,655 --> 00:27:40,137 with no wash plants left to see, it's decision time. 614 00:27:40,172 --> 00:27:42,517 Okay. I'm gonna be brutally honest. 615 00:27:44,172 --> 00:27:45,689 I've got nothing left in store. 616 00:27:49,827 --> 00:27:51,896 I mean, there's only so many wash plants in a country. 617 00:27:52,931 --> 00:27:55,000 Yep. We've seen a lot. 618 00:27:57,103 --> 00:28:00,689 [narrator] Parker's viewed 13 wash plants across New Zealand. 619 00:28:00,724 --> 00:28:03,103 - Plants everywhere really. - Yeah, mate. 620 00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:07,620 It really is so impressive. 621 00:28:07,655 --> 00:28:10,724 [narrator] Ten trommels, two of them floating. 622 00:28:10,758 --> 00:28:12,448 It's just not what we're looking for. 623 00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:16,241 [narrator] A dredge, a shaker deck and a dry screen... 624 00:28:16,275 --> 00:28:18,068 Really appreciate it. 625 00:28:18,103 --> 00:28:21,068 [narrator] ...but he still hasn't found the one. 626 00:28:21,103 --> 00:28:23,103 [Parker] By having, like, seen so many plants 627 00:28:23,137 --> 00:28:27,344 and we're like trying to find something that doesn't probably exist. 628 00:28:27,379 --> 00:28:28,965 Different things that you want on it, 629 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,448 it's quite a detailed spec you've got going on. 630 00:28:33,482 --> 00:28:35,551 Finding something that's perfect, 631 00:28:35,586 --> 00:28:36,689 really, really hard to do. 632 00:28:40,517 --> 00:28:42,413 Well, that brings me to, you know, we... 633 00:28:42,448 --> 00:28:45,758 we could go down the road to designing a wash plant. 634 00:28:45,793 --> 00:28:49,965 To find the perfect plant, the only way to do it is just to [bleep] build it. 635 00:28:52,103 --> 00:28:54,586 I think we have enough ideas from all the plants we've seen. 636 00:28:56,448 --> 00:28:59,034 Something mobile with a good pre-wash. 637 00:28:59,068 --> 00:29:01,137 I'll make sure it's bang on 100%. 638 00:29:02,965 --> 00:29:05,793 If we build a plant, even just the design is gonna take some time. 639 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:07,965 Yep. Yeah, it's definitely gonna take a bit of time. 640 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,551 It depends on what road we go down in. 641 00:29:10,586 --> 00:29:13,551 Critical factors for me were trommel or shaker. 642 00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:15,655 If it's a shaker, what size? 643 00:29:15,689 --> 00:29:18,379 'Cause we can make all the design in the time that we order that. 644 00:29:19,931 --> 00:29:22,034 [Parker] What kind of timeline are we at right now? 645 00:29:22,068 --> 00:29:23,655 Three to four months. 646 00:29:23,689 --> 00:29:27,379 Well, that's already puts into the season by a bit. 647 00:29:27,413 --> 00:29:28,689 Right. 648 00:29:28,724 --> 00:29:30,482 [Daniel] The quicker you wanna get this sort of thing 649 00:29:30,517 --> 00:29:31,965 going down the road, the better. 650 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,137 We're at a stage now, 651 00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:36,206 it's the case of you literally pressing go on something. 652 00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:40,241 So what are we doing? 653 00:29:40,275 --> 00:29:41,655 Building, buying? 654 00:29:43,206 --> 00:29:45,448 I... I don't know what I wanna do. 655 00:29:45,482 --> 00:29:46,724 Okay. 656 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,379 Yeah, I know, I know. 657 00:29:50,413 --> 00:29:53,896 [Daniel] I think it is time for you to start making some decisions. 658 00:29:53,931 --> 00:29:55,206 It is time. 659 00:29:57,379 --> 00:29:59,137 [Parker] This some sort of... 660 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:01,000 - Intervention? - ...intervention. 661 00:30:01,034 --> 00:30:03,172 We've checked you into a center. 662 00:30:03,206 --> 00:30:05,068 - A decision-making center? - Yeah. 663 00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:06,379 Shut the [bleep] up! 664 00:30:06,413 --> 00:30:07,827 [Tyler laughing] 665 00:30:07,862 --> 00:30:10,206 I'm not being indecisive. 666 00:30:10,241 --> 00:30:12,896 Not knowing what you want is different than being indecisive. 667 00:30:12,931 --> 00:30:15,275 Yeah, it's not... it's not indecision. 668 00:30:15,310 --> 00:30:17,482 It's just not pulling the trigger. 669 00:30:17,517 --> 00:30:19,448 Your fingers like hovering over the button, 670 00:30:19,482 --> 00:30:21,310 but you're just not quite pushing it. 671 00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:28,793 [Jeff] I would love to build a plant for sure. 672 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,827 We've thrown a few ideas back and forth at each other 673 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:34,965 and I think he trusts me and I'm pretty sure I know what he wants. 674 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,379 But I'm not sure how we push him over the edge to get an answer. 675 00:30:39,413 --> 00:30:40,758 [Parker] Right now, I don't know that 676 00:30:40,793 --> 00:30:43,172 there's a way of telling what is the right decision. 677 00:30:43,206 --> 00:30:44,620 Probably the most dangerous things to do 678 00:30:44,655 --> 00:30:47,448 is kind of dance in between those two things. 679 00:30:48,931 --> 00:30:51,034 [Jeff] If Parker doesn't come up with some answers, 680 00:30:51,068 --> 00:30:54,034 he's gonna be well into his season before he gets the plant. 681 00:30:58,586 --> 00:31:00,724 [narrator] To push Parker to make a decision, 682 00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:05,137 Jeff and Tyler hatch a plan and head out to the countryside. 683 00:31:05,172 --> 00:31:08,344 We don't have any time left on this trip for Parker to be indecisive. 684 00:31:08,379 --> 00:31:11,379 So Jeff and I have a super exciting surprise. 685 00:31:11,413 --> 00:31:15,068 I'm really hoping that today is gonna reset the team, reset Parker. 686 00:31:15,103 --> 00:31:16,689 He's gonna come out of it with a clear mind. 687 00:31:16,724 --> 00:31:18,931 And we're gonna be able to sit down 688 00:31:18,965 --> 00:31:20,551 and make the decision and move forward. 689 00:31:22,862 --> 00:31:25,068 [narrator] 10 miles south... 690 00:31:25,103 --> 00:31:27,448 [Daniel laughing] Man! 691 00:31:28,931 --> 00:31:32,517 This is like real picture postcard stuff. 692 00:31:32,551 --> 00:31:35,103 [narrator] Parker and Danny drive to meet them, 693 00:31:35,137 --> 00:31:38,137 unaware that Tyler's sent them the scenic route. 694 00:31:41,931 --> 00:31:43,758 [Daniel] Mate, look at the drop. 695 00:31:43,793 --> 00:31:45,586 [laughs] 696 00:31:46,586 --> 00:31:47,862 Yeah. 697 00:31:47,896 --> 00:31:51,689 [narrator] The treacherous 14-mile-long Skippers Road 698 00:31:51,724 --> 00:31:55,896 is perched 600 feet above the Shotover river. 699 00:31:55,931 --> 00:32:00,310 Built in 1883 to bring mining equipment into the valley, 700 00:32:00,344 --> 00:32:03,344 it took 17 years to complete. 701 00:32:03,379 --> 00:32:07,862 It's known as one of the most dangerous roads in the world. 702 00:32:07,896 --> 00:32:13,482 I look at what you're doing, your dive into Alaska. 703 00:32:13,517 --> 00:32:15,448 And I just think, "Geez. 704 00:32:15,482 --> 00:32:17,379 So daunting." 705 00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:20,103 If this were our mining operation in the Yukon 706 00:32:20,137 --> 00:32:22,448 and just another old decision to make, 707 00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:23,793 it would have been made long ago. 708 00:32:25,724 --> 00:32:27,862 To make decisions without fear, 709 00:32:27,896 --> 00:32:30,241 that's definitely a useful thing. 710 00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:31,724 - Yeah. - You know? 711 00:32:31,758 --> 00:32:34,862 And then as you get older, the fear starts to creep in a little bit. 712 00:32:34,896 --> 00:32:36,862 And my reputation is all built on... 713 00:32:36,896 --> 00:32:39,275 built on success and what if I don't maintain that? 714 00:32:40,620 --> 00:32:43,931 And I can maintain that as long as I don't take risks, right? 715 00:32:43,965 --> 00:32:45,827 [Daniel] But you have to take risks to be successful. 716 00:32:49,689 --> 00:32:53,172 If 20-year-old Parker knew that 27-year-old Parker 717 00:32:53,206 --> 00:32:54,862 was sitting here talking about fear, 718 00:32:54,896 --> 00:32:58,620 he'd be like, "You weak [bleep]." 719 00:32:58,655 --> 00:33:00,655 He would. He so would. 720 00:33:02,413 --> 00:33:05,827 I'll pocket the 2 grand and take the $1,500 worth of fuel. 721 00:33:07,137 --> 00:33:10,172 So that was easy. 722 00:33:10,206 --> 00:33:13,103 [narrator] Since a teenager, Parker has been fearless. 723 00:33:13,137 --> 00:33:16,241 At the end of the day, something needs to change. 724 00:33:16,275 --> 00:33:18,724 Now's the time to be pushing for everything we can. 725 00:33:18,758 --> 00:33:20,689 [narrator] Charging forward on instinct. 726 00:33:20,724 --> 00:33:23,551 Give me one good reason not to tell you to go [bleep] yourself. 727 00:33:23,586 --> 00:33:26,448 [narrator] And never shying away from bold decisions. 728 00:33:26,482 --> 00:33:29,206 I'm a real underachieving 21-year-old, that's for sure. 729 00:33:29,241 --> 00:33:33,344 [narrator] An attitude that has earned him over 48,000 ounces in gold. 730 00:33:33,379 --> 00:33:35,931 [Chris] You guys, you just broke another record. 731 00:33:35,965 --> 00:33:37,206 Free beer on Parker! 732 00:33:37,241 --> 00:33:39,758 [laughs] 733 00:33:39,793 --> 00:33:43,241 [narrator] Now, on the brink of his biggest endeavor ever, 734 00:33:43,275 --> 00:33:44,793 Parker is struggling. 735 00:33:44,827 --> 00:33:46,793 What on earth are you scared about? 736 00:33:50,241 --> 00:33:54,103 Our pin appears to be taking us nearer to that. 737 00:33:54,137 --> 00:33:55,241 Yeah. 738 00:33:55,275 --> 00:33:57,310 - What is that? - [Parker] Isn't that a bungee jump? 739 00:33:57,344 --> 00:33:58,965 [Daniel] Oh, my [bleep]. 740 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,931 Oh, my [bleep]. 741 00:34:00,965 --> 00:34:02,068 [laughs] 742 00:34:02,103 --> 00:34:04,689 [Daniel] If that's what we're doing, I'm out of here. 743 00:34:04,724 --> 00:34:06,931 [laughs] 744 00:34:06,965 --> 00:34:10,586 [babbling maniacally] 745 00:34:12,793 --> 00:34:14,758 What's up losers? 746 00:34:14,793 --> 00:34:16,206 Are we gonna do a bungee jump? 747 00:34:16,241 --> 00:34:19,655 [Daniel] We saw one on the way in on that old rickety bridge. 748 00:34:19,689 --> 00:34:21,034 Are you gonna tell him or am I? 749 00:34:22,379 --> 00:34:23,517 [Daniel] Really? 750 00:34:23,551 --> 00:34:24,965 We're going bungee jumping. 751 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,068 [Parker] No! 752 00:34:26,103 --> 00:34:27,206 - Yeah. - Oh, come on. 753 00:34:27,241 --> 00:34:28,275 [bleep] 754 00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:30,034 I just thought this would be like a nice little 755 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:31,206 distraction for us. 756 00:34:31,241 --> 00:34:32,379 So then afterwards, we can reset 757 00:34:32,413 --> 00:34:33,448 and kind of get a plan together. 758 00:34:33,482 --> 00:34:34,793 [Parker] Nice little near-death experience? 759 00:34:34,827 --> 00:34:36,241 Yeah. 760 00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:37,965 People don't die bungee jumping, do they? 761 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,482 - [Tyler] Yeah. - Yes. 762 00:34:39,517 --> 00:34:41,724 - Really? - Definitely. 763 00:34:41,758 --> 00:34:43,586 I'm... I'm not making a decision on this one 764 00:34:43,620 --> 00:34:44,827 until we get down there. 765 00:34:44,862 --> 00:34:46,068 Well, let's go look at it then. 766 00:34:48,482 --> 00:34:50,034 My [bleep]! 767 00:34:51,586 --> 00:34:53,586 I don't wanna look. I haven't looked. 768 00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:54,793 - [Jeff] You have to look. - [Tyler] Look, Dan, look. 769 00:34:54,827 --> 00:34:56,896 - I don't wanna look. - Look. 770 00:34:56,931 --> 00:34:59,862 Oh, my [bleep]! 771 00:34:59,896 --> 00:35:01,482 [Tyler] You're gonna scream for Mommy again? 772 00:35:01,517 --> 00:35:02,620 Yeah, maybe. 773 00:35:02,655 --> 00:35:05,000 [Tyler] It's actually an old miner's pipeline. 774 00:35:05,034 --> 00:35:07,068 They used to use it back in the old Gold Rush days, 775 00:35:07,103 --> 00:35:09,275 and then they built the bridge over the top of the pipeline. 776 00:35:09,310 --> 00:35:10,931 [Daniel] I love getting a bit of history off you, Ty, 777 00:35:10,965 --> 00:35:12,068 but to be quite honest with you, 778 00:35:12,103 --> 00:35:13,724 that's the last thing I'm thinking about right now. 779 00:35:13,758 --> 00:35:17,034 [narrator] The 340-foot-pipeline bungee 780 00:35:17,068 --> 00:35:19,827 is the second highest jump in New Zealand. 781 00:35:19,862 --> 00:35:21,793 This one feels a lot different than skydiving. 782 00:35:21,827 --> 00:35:23,517 Right? You were just strapped to somebody 783 00:35:23,551 --> 00:35:25,586 and they jumped out the plane. 784 00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:27,137 In this you actually have to jump. 785 00:35:30,965 --> 00:35:32,413 There we go, [bleep]. 786 00:35:38,689 --> 00:35:41,172 [Tyler] Is there anything that I could do that would [bleep] up everything? 787 00:35:41,206 --> 00:35:43,482 [instructor] Don't go feet first, go head first. 788 00:35:43,517 --> 00:35:46,275 With your arm tied up, it will whip you out. 789 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:47,655 [Tyler] I'm sure that when we get to the edge 790 00:35:47,689 --> 00:35:50,068 and you have to make that conscious decision to jump, 791 00:35:50,103 --> 00:35:52,103 there might be some shimmer of fear in his face. 792 00:35:52,137 --> 00:35:53,793 [Parker] You're gonna stand there for 30 minutes 793 00:35:53,827 --> 00:35:55,137 trying to decide to jump. 794 00:35:55,172 --> 00:35:56,827 I bet I do it quicker than you. 795 00:35:56,862 --> 00:35:58,034 That's what I thought. 796 00:35:59,344 --> 00:36:00,482 [instructor] You guys are ready? 797 00:36:00,517 --> 00:36:01,689 Ah, no. 798 00:36:01,724 --> 00:36:02,793 I need... I should wee. 799 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,000 Go wee. 800 00:36:04,034 --> 00:36:05,310 She can't. 801 00:36:05,344 --> 00:36:06,931 Are we going... are you going for wee or are we doing it? 802 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:08,689 No, I'm all good. Thank you. 803 00:36:16,793 --> 00:36:19,379 [Daniel] Parker's gotta think on a lot of decisions. 804 00:36:19,413 --> 00:36:22,689 Thrown into the mix is whether or not he wants to jump off a bridge. 805 00:36:24,103 --> 00:36:26,620 [narrator] With time in New Zealand running out, 806 00:36:26,655 --> 00:36:28,413 Parker needs to pull the trigger 807 00:36:28,448 --> 00:36:31,000 and buy a wash plant he's already seen 808 00:36:31,034 --> 00:36:33,551 or take a leap and design his own. 809 00:36:33,586 --> 00:36:37,241 [Parker] In this business, the risk is always the thing that you're fighting. 810 00:36:37,275 --> 00:36:39,655 - [Tyler] Feel like we're walking to our death. - [Daniel] To our death, yeah. 811 00:36:41,413 --> 00:36:42,724 It's a long way down. 812 00:36:45,034 --> 00:36:46,586 [instructor] We'll get you on the edge. 813 00:36:46,620 --> 00:36:49,206 We'll give you the all clear, and then it's up to you to get yourself off. 814 00:36:51,206 --> 00:36:52,931 [Parker] Fairbanks is gonna be a huge challenge. 815 00:36:54,448 --> 00:36:57,172 You're gonna come under here, 816 00:36:57,206 --> 00:36:59,379 holding on nice and tight. 817 00:36:59,413 --> 00:37:00,724 [Daniel] I've got you good, mate. 818 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:01,758 [instructor] That's it. 819 00:37:03,379 --> 00:37:05,344 [Parker] We don't have time to get it wrong. 820 00:37:05,379 --> 00:37:07,137 [instructor] All right. Get your toes all the way to the edge. 821 00:37:07,172 --> 00:37:08,724 [Tyler] Almost [bleep] there. He's on the edge. 822 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,482 Yeah. He's good. 823 00:37:13,517 --> 00:37:14,793 Arms out to the side. 824 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,137 [Parker] This is the time when your mind likes to play tricks on you, 825 00:37:22,172 --> 00:37:24,827 "Is it the right decision or is it the wrong decision?" 826 00:37:31,586 --> 00:37:33,172 [bleep] 827 00:37:33,206 --> 00:37:35,310 [Daniel] He's making it way worse. 828 00:37:35,344 --> 00:37:36,793 [Tyler] Feel like it's a bit of a theme 829 00:37:36,827 --> 00:37:38,206 this whole trip, hesitation. 830 00:37:40,344 --> 00:37:42,137 [Parker] The problem is you paralyze yourself with that. 831 00:37:44,310 --> 00:37:45,724 I'm not sure I wanna do this. 832 00:37:47,896 --> 00:37:49,655 I think sometimes you just gotta take the leap, mate. 833 00:37:53,172 --> 00:37:56,206 [Parker] No decision is always the worst decision. 834 00:37:56,241 --> 00:37:58,517 [instructor] Stop overthinking things. 835 00:37:58,551 --> 00:37:59,965 Take the leap, buddy. 836 00:38:08,344 --> 00:38:09,724 [bleep] 837 00:38:11,137 --> 00:38:12,482 Oh, my [bleep]. 838 00:38:15,379 --> 00:38:16,724 That was horrific. 839 00:38:16,758 --> 00:38:19,206 Oh, [bleep]. 840 00:38:19,241 --> 00:38:21,000 [Daniel] I've never, ever seen him scared. 841 00:38:21,034 --> 00:38:22,379 Ever, no. 842 00:38:22,413 --> 00:38:24,137 He doesn't do scared. 843 00:38:24,172 --> 00:38:26,034 He did it, though. 844 00:38:26,068 --> 00:38:27,172 [man] Good times. 845 00:38:27,206 --> 00:38:28,620 [bleep] 846 00:38:28,655 --> 00:38:29,965 That's wild. 847 00:38:35,827 --> 00:38:37,586 Oh, my [bleep]. 848 00:38:37,620 --> 00:38:39,448 All right. Let's do it. 849 00:38:39,482 --> 00:38:40,931 [yelling] 850 00:38:44,034 --> 00:38:45,206 Yeah. 851 00:38:45,241 --> 00:38:46,344 Oh, my. 852 00:38:46,379 --> 00:38:48,482 [Jeff] Yeah, Danny boy! 853 00:38:48,517 --> 00:38:51,517 Oh. 854 00:38:51,551 --> 00:38:53,034 [bleep] 855 00:38:53,068 --> 00:38:55,655 I thought my eyes were gonna pop out of my head. 856 00:38:56,758 --> 00:38:58,931 [bleep]. This means I'm next. 857 00:38:58,965 --> 00:39:00,793 Oh, my, man. 858 00:39:02,068 --> 00:39:04,482 Oh, mate. 859 00:39:04,517 --> 00:39:06,793 I've never seen you struggle so much, 860 00:39:06,827 --> 00:39:09,103 ever, on anything we've done. 861 00:39:09,137 --> 00:39:11,482 And nothing we've... nothing we've ever done 862 00:39:11,517 --> 00:39:12,896 has made me feel that way. 863 00:39:12,931 --> 00:39:13,965 No, that did it. 864 00:39:15,620 --> 00:39:16,758 [Daniel] Go on, Jeff! 865 00:39:20,862 --> 00:39:22,310 [yelling] 866 00:39:23,758 --> 00:39:25,793 Oh, my [bleep] Lord. 867 00:39:25,827 --> 00:39:27,551 Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 868 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,241 And five, four, three, two, one. 869 00:39:34,275 --> 00:39:35,379 Go on, girl. 870 00:39:38,862 --> 00:39:40,620 [Jeff] Oh, [bleep]! 871 00:39:40,655 --> 00:39:42,620 [Tyler screaming and laughing] 872 00:39:42,655 --> 00:39:45,896 Holy [bleep]! Oh, my [bleep]! 873 00:39:50,448 --> 00:39:51,517 Holy [bleep]! 874 00:39:51,551 --> 00:39:52,620 [man] Coming in hot! 875 00:39:52,655 --> 00:39:53,689 Oh, my [bleep]. 876 00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:56,137 [indistinct excited chatter] 877 00:39:56,172 --> 00:39:57,896 How [bleep] cool was that? 878 00:39:59,103 --> 00:40:00,137 Good job, team. 879 00:40:01,482 --> 00:40:02,724 Let's go. 880 00:40:10,206 --> 00:40:11,310 [Parker] Yeah. 881 00:40:11,344 --> 00:40:13,137 I think that I'd like to have a little bit more fun 882 00:40:13,172 --> 00:40:14,724 in the country before we get out of here. 883 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,379 Tyler, you're up. 884 00:40:17,413 --> 00:40:19,862 Find us some more cool stuff to do. 885 00:40:19,896 --> 00:40:21,068 Yeah, I'm doing it. 886 00:40:21,103 --> 00:40:22,344 We came here to find some gold, 887 00:40:22,379 --> 00:40:25,068 so let's go see what we can come up with on that front. 888 00:40:25,103 --> 00:40:26,206 [Jeff] Sounds like a challenge. 889 00:40:26,241 --> 00:40:27,379 [Daniel] We can do that. 890 00:40:27,413 --> 00:40:30,000 But, yeah, I think it's time to make a decision, right? 891 00:40:30,034 --> 00:40:31,448 - Yep. - [Tyler] Yeah. 892 00:40:33,310 --> 00:40:35,448 We're on the... on the back foot. 893 00:40:37,137 --> 00:40:39,034 I think we should design and build a wash plant. 894 00:40:39,068 --> 00:40:40,103 Let's do it. 895 00:40:40,137 --> 00:40:42,517 - Oh, that's great. - We did it! 896 00:40:42,551 --> 00:40:43,689 It's go time. 897 00:40:43,724 --> 00:40:45,068 [Parker] It's time to start spending money. 898 00:40:45,103 --> 00:40:46,172 Actually, that's it. 899 00:40:47,655 --> 00:40:49,172 [narrator] With less than two months 900 00:40:49,206 --> 00:40:51,413 until they start mining in Alaska, 901 00:40:51,448 --> 00:40:55,172 Parker commits to building a custom wash plant. 902 00:40:55,206 --> 00:40:57,482 It's obvious that we aren't gonna find something in the country 903 00:40:57,517 --> 00:41:01,034 and that we're actually now like really burning time. 904 00:41:01,068 --> 00:41:02,482 And if Fairbanks is gonna work, 905 00:41:02,517 --> 00:41:05,275 then we need to start moving quite quickly. 906 00:41:05,310 --> 00:41:08,517 And that starts with getting this wash plant build on the rolls. 907 00:41:08,551 --> 00:41:10,172 [Jeff] I've been taking note of the places we've been 908 00:41:10,206 --> 00:41:11,827 and some of the factors that he wants. 909 00:41:11,862 --> 00:41:14,172 We're really gonna have to sit down and hash it out. 910 00:41:14,206 --> 00:41:15,965 There's still a lot of work to do on this trip. 911 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,379 We're not done yet. 912 00:41:17,413 --> 00:41:20,034 It's taken us so much to get to this point. 913 00:41:20,068 --> 00:41:21,827 Now that we've finally got this decision, 914 00:41:21,862 --> 00:41:24,413 we can just enjoy this last week together and have some fun. 915 00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:27,275 I've still got one last thing up my sleeve. 916 00:41:27,310 --> 00:41:30,068 I have something bloody cool planned.