It’s time to take out your sluice boxes and digging tools, because we’re about to go on a gold mining expedition. We aren’t joking with you, and we want you to know we’re going to do whatever it takes to find some good quality nuggets. Anyone who’s ever been on a hunt for gold knows it’s certainly not easy to find some – and as a result, they also know how incredibly satisfying it is when they find what they’re looking for.
Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush follows the adventures of the ambitious (literal) gold digger Todd Hoffman and his gang of pals as they try to mine for gold in various locations, ranging from Porcupine Creek, Alaska, to the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada. When the show started out, they were impoverished, unemployed, and dreaming of a better life. As the show progressed, their financial situation didn’t seem to improve, though behind the scenes rumors were brewing that all was not as it appeared, and that at least some of the guys were enjoying the benefits that come with being part of a hit reality show.
Todd Hoffman, who is essentially the leader of the bunch, has a strong personality and is willing to do all it takes to strike it rich – even it means giving harsh criticism to his peers on the show. But perhaps this behavior is due to the deep emotional presence that gold mining seems to have in his family – his father, Jack Hoffman, went to Alaska 25 years ago to try and find gold, and was unsuccessful. But now, thanks to the help from his son Todd, Jack seems to be doing a lot better this time around.
The quest to find gold certainly gives the show an adventurous quality, as the thrill seeking cast takes the viewer on a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows, as they dig deep for earth’s glimmering treasure. Another part of why we feel like we can connect to it is because, being reality television, the people we’re watching on screen are said to be showing an authentic side of themselves. Except… maybe they’re not as real as we think they are. Many characters on Gold Rush have come and gone, and they have divulged many secrets about the true nature of what actually goes on, and how the show is really produced. We were certainly surprised to hear some of the things that were revealed, and we have a strong feeling you’ll be quite shocked as well. Read on and you’ll see why when it comes to finding the motherload and making it big, all that glitters isn’t gold.
[post_page_title]Mean Mr. Hoffman[/post_page_title]
Todd Hoffman is one of the more popular characters on the show, and a lot of the reason is because he’s always on screen. Most of the time, he seems like a pretty decent fellow – maybe not the best miner on the planet, but overall a nice guy. But according to former miners that were on the show, Hoffman was a lot less nice when the cameras weren’t rolling, and that he’d frequently could be found yelling at others.
