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Bering Sea Gold (2012)
Could be a real winner but for the focus on bickering
I guess the reality TV "formula" dictates that couch potatoes with no life of their own want to watch low-lifes squabble and bicker. This series has plenty of that.
The premise of ocean gold dredging in the most remote corner of Alaska has a lot of potential, but I have already seen enough chain smoking trailer trash, cursing at one another as a normal means of communication to last me a lifetime.
Throughout the episodes, producers dangle the hope that we will get to immerse ourselves in the beauty of the outdoors, cobble together makeshift gold-getting equipment by our Yankee ingenuity and realize the American dream of striking it rich by the sweat of our brow. After all, isn't it every man and woman's dream to flip off the boss, sell the house and live off the bounty of this great land? That is the fantasy we want to watch; not transplanted white trash tweekers running amuck to the constant "beep- beep" sound-over covering their foul mouths.
In the end, it is all just scripted, boring low-brow "drama" and completely misses the mark.
Legend of Croc Gold (2016)
Painfully Lame!- Complete Fraud
Long scenes of poor expedition planning decisions and foul ups. Then they go to commercial. When they come back, they spend half the next session recapping the last session's nonsense. When they finally get down to dredging, they recover a few small colors and act like they are a big success. The recovered enough to buy a cup of coffee. They could have done better gold panning at a local state park beach.
Here is the big fraud giveaway: In one of their narrated animations explaining how gold is naturally deposited in rivers, they incorrectly depict and explain that gold is deposited on outside bends by means of centrifugal force. Are you kidding me?! Do a youtube search producers! Gold falls from suspension on INSIDE bends due to low pressure. High velocity flows (outside bends) flush heavy material to the next low pressure zone.
In the end, it is just another "reality TV" show, not based in any reality. A made up adventure for those who will never leave the comfort of the sofa.
Devil's Canyon (2017)
Extreme Gold Prospectors Doing Extreme Whining
I am an avid hobby prospector and like to visit remote locations to find gold. This show is a great premise but the majority of the finished episodes are filled with whining, complaining, temper tantrums and complete buffoonery buy 3 guys who really don't look like they know much about placer gold recovery. The bush-craft and survival skills displayed here are absurd. I don't think this crew has ever lived outdoors.
I have to wonder if the season's gold total was purchased on ebay and the whole thing is a fraud.
The upside is the beautiful country and the fact that each prospector is alone so we don't have to endure the constant cursing and bickering presented in the other gold mining reality shows. The producers could do much better.