Gold Rush - Parker's Trail

-you guys hungry? -I am.

Definitely. It's essential that there is A shrimp on that barbie.

what are we doing, Are we making drinks here?

-yeah. -ooh!

Oh, no.

Whoa!

parker and his team Have reached their ninth week

In australia's brutal outback.

We're basically going further And further into hell.

Traveling 6,000 miles Across an entire continent...

this is dangerous man.

-...On an epic hunt... -yes!

-...For gold-rich ground. - look at that.

To realize parker's dream Of a year-round mining season.

And I wanted to make sure I gave you guys a call

To talk about the ground.

And a chance to change His mining operation forever.

Got a very good Start to something

That could be a great thing.

now...

This is the best trip I've ever been on.

parker and his team Reveal for the first time.

Fair dinkum.Can we get a translator in here?

the untold parts Of their adventure.

oh!

Behind-the-scenes events.

danny!

-that was hell. -fred!

The only time I've thought We were going to be done.

And never-before-seen footage.

See what I have to put up with?

Oh, I can See the little in there.

parker discloses More about his future.

What we saw was enough for me To take the next step.

in his potential new Mining operation in australia.

Somewhere out there is still a Massive gold strike to be found.

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-we made it to the end, guys. -yeah. -yes.

That's nine weeks Of hardcore effort.

-yeah, we did well. -you lot did good, too.

-you guys did okay. -you guys did amazing.

This trip started with a replica Of the welcome stranger.

yeah.

So that was the biggest Nugget in the world.

Off.

Oh, my . Look at that.

That is monstrous. Youthought it was real.

-yes. -did you? Yes!

and I'm like, "Danny, Those kind of nuggets

Don't get loaned out For the day."

Are you serious?

Okay, so this is A replica.

And danny's like "That's gold, Like that's a gold nugget!"

I'm like "That is not A gold nugget."

It was the first thing That I saw that was gold

And I just Got over excited.

Did you definitely not think It was real at all parker?

One second, surely I got you For a second.

No.

Did you think that was real?Yeah.

How did you know It was fake?

I just assumed. Like you were saying.

If that's real we should go Murder everybody over there.

And I'll book a private jet And we'll leave.

-what an amazing thing that was. -that got the trip started.

Like for me that was like The hook and...

Big time.

Whoa wait a minute, This gold is here?

-especially after. -yeah. -right here?

Just under The ground as well.

And there's probably More of them.

-yeah. -yeah, just got to find them.

-is this thing real? -yeah, mate, it certainly is.

It's an 80 ounce nugget.

-holy . -over their two month adventure,

Parker and his team Got their hands

On hundreds of thousands Of dollars worth of gold.

These are the two largest Nuggets I have ever found.

77 ounces and 46 ounces.

-whoa. -you're the chosen one.

Check that out What you just found.

from day one, the team Caught australian gold fever.

People aren't even going To believe watching this.

And in eight weeks they found Over 72 ounces of gold.

-holy . -oh, my god!

. You are kidding.

worth more than A hundred thousand dollars.

I'm shaking.

That's a nice nugget.

Australia is known For its big nuggets.

And it's estimated there's still $215 billion worth of gold

Waiting to be found On the continent.

You excited parker?

So excited.I can tell.

Parker's goal Is his own gold-rich claim.

But first, he had to embrace Finding gold, aussie style.

Have you done this before?No, I'm just making this up.

I'm just curious.Yeah, we do a lot of this.

You weren't a fan of detecting Were you? Why not?

I don't know. I like moving dirt.

So, up and back But you can't miss any ground

So your swing has to be Like a figure eight.

I have no clue What I'm doing right now.

Oh,

Did I miss that spot? -yeah you did.

What's he doing wrong tyler? Just speak your mind.

It's just his technique. He's a little bit off.

But that's okay, He's only a beginner.

There's nothing here. I'm 100 percent confident.

-okay, just watch and learn now. -team tyler.

shut up danny.

You're going to owe me A case of nice cold beer.

I may have to stop . Hang on I've got one more strip.

-don't celebrate yet. -I'm celebrating. Big loser.

You just got lucky At the end of the day.

You would have missed it Even if it was there.

-thanks for the beer. -no.

Leave me hanging, geez.

Looking back on it, Not the best way to start.

But I thought it was A good way to ease us

Into the troop with detecting. Because detecting is a huge part

Of mining in australia. I'm sorry.

And it gave us some of The most exciting moments.

Fred's definitely picked it up The quickest and the best.

I mean the best should go to

Who found the most gold With the metal detector.

No, you got lucky.

-oh, yeah. -look at that.

This is the parker schnabel School of how to determine

Whether or not someone Is good at something isn't it?

-what? -what's the result?

Yeah that's the only Thing that matters.

Probably over half An ounce, at least.

You found one nugget In a tailings pile.

I'm sorry you did well.

-oh, this mimosa is good. -enjoy your mimosas guys.

Now it's all said and done and Now we've come to the end of it

We do need to doff our cap To tyler a little bit.

Thanks guys.

Yes!

You're a hero.

In need of local knowledge

To seek out gold-rich ground In australia,

Parker enlisted 24-year-old Prospector tyler mahoney.

We're planning on making a trip Over to australia.

So we need a local guide.

Good.

but their hunt Got off to a bad start

When tyler brought parker To john withers'

Remote lease In queensland.

I'm going to Go chat to parker

About the mines department And the trem

Oh, yeah?

It soon became clear tyler Had them chasing a false lead.

The lease didn't yet have The required permits

To test or mine The ground with machinery.

Guys, he hasn't had A cultural walk through done.

You can't use machinery. -this is horse .

Sorry, guys. I up.

Yeah you up there.

Yeah you let me know About it too.

I think parker's kind of Holding back a little bit.

I think he's Pretty .

Thanks, fred.

Like genuinely for real, He's pulling me and fred aside

And he's going

" is this what this Trip is going to be about?"

-did you actually? -yes. -oh, yeah.

-did you actually? -he did.

And then "Parker's not impressed."

-tyler. -"If I was to fire tyler."

Yeah, yeah. He's not impressed.

Where did Tyler bring us?

She's new to Working with me

And I don't want to go Full parker on her right now.

But this is horse .

You didn't say anything To me about that.

No, it was too early.

I'm surprised you were So nice to me.

After her initial miss step,

Tyler soon began Proving her worth.

-oh, yeah. -hey, parker.

Have a look at this, Jump in there

And have a look At that .

Starting with the fitzgerald Family in palmer river.

it's all reflecting On your face parker.

and the gold Really started to flow.

-oh, . -44 and a half.

Like from a mining standpoint

This is the best trip I've ever been on.

We didn't slog through The jungle for weeks on end

But we saw some Amazing properties.

And you know, kudos to you, Tyler, for finding those areas.

I was so anxious to come on this But you all made me feel at ease

And made me feel like I was at home.

So I really do appreciate that.

Sometimes I did feel like I was in the car

With a bunch Of 15-year-old boys.

But, it definitely Did help lighten the mood

When we were all really . -only 15?