I am enjoying the show but honestly if everything was true about everyone finances in season 1 their should not of been a season 2. I mean you just lost 250k. But I would guess they made a decent amount off filming the show and that’s why it was not a big deal to lose their but off. Also in season 1 I was wondering why Tod did not sell off airplanes or something from the airport they own if it was really that bad. So season 1 ended in a total loss and the main reason is because they had no clue what they were doing. Why would you call in experts in the field at the end when your losing your but off and not before like when they were building the wash station and everything was wrong about it. I think I would get the expert in before I build it instead of after I been running material through it. Why would you mine hundreds of buckets of black sand without sifting through one every now and then to see if your getting gold. Why would you make a road to run loader back and forth on the opposite of the area you. No Anyhow if it was not for the money they made off filming it they would be one of those gold
miners who lost everything chasing gold.
Now season 2 starts and what would be a good business strategy if you had a failing business that was losing money....... oh yeah let’s double the size because we could not even afford fuel last year to run the one operation so let’s start another operation that’s more expensive when we have no equipment or anything. Oh but wait no problem let’s see if a investor wants to sink some money into a sinking ship. Not a chance after watching season 1. Like being late on every mortgage payment and then asking the bank to finance another home for you. Terrible business methods at every corner.
Let’s face it if you tried to start a new business and went at it the way they did, you would be out of business the first year but they know they got income from tv episodes and other places and only act like finances are bad to make the show more dramatic. Lol anyhow just my rant about their approach to gold mining. Just goes to show of you have enough money you can make bad decisions at every corner and still end up on top. Now I’m reading these guys all have net worth in the millions
Anyone else get the feeling that the old timer that is mining on the reservation next to them does not like them. First game warden shows up to mess with them right after they dug a trench to the creek....hmmmmmm I wonder who called him....not long after they needed a little help figuring out the wash station and he sends his 15 year old grand kid to help. Not that the kid does not know what he is doing but grandpa would of been better. Last but not least pops could of told them all about how their set up and deign would not work.