Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail was back last night and will take Parker Schnabel and right hand man Rick Ness to Guyana, South America. They were accompanied by wilderness guide Karla Ann to help keep them safe in the dangerous jungle even if she has never been to the jungle and behind the camera is Sam Brown a friend of Parker from the first three Gold Rush seasons.
Guyana was the scene of Parkers mining rival Todd Hoffman’s biggest Gold Rush failure where he found next to no gold in a country now reported to be worth $750m in gold a year and they wound up mining for diamonds, which was just as bad a payday. Where the Hoffman crew when all out using the same type of big machinery they used for mining in Alaska, Schnabel will be listening and studying the local miners to find the gold.
If it is, a competition between the two Parker doesn’t need to find much goal as Todd and his crew wound up with 2 ounces after their Guyana stint.
In this opening episode we saw Parker and his small team building up to the trip and a Guyana miner explained about mining the area and how there was many creatures that could kill you in the jungle, a lot. Turning up at the Guyana capital, they were without Ness who eventually turned up so the team were together again but Rick and Parker need to have a chat first.
Parker receives a shock! Ness who is Parkers right hand man is leaving his crew and going to run his own claim. With Hoffman throwing in goldmining for a career in music, could the Gold Rush bosses be giving Parker a new rival in season nine?
To find a virgin gold claim, Parker's crew will fight their way through dense and dangerous jungle where they'll encounter lethal predators like ravenous caiman and jaguars along with venomous snakes and spiders the size of softballs. Even the piranha they fish for can kill them with their razor-sharp teeth.
Parker will need to learn all new ways of mining how to handle the dangerous high-pressure hoses. But that's only the beginning. The risk becomes even greater as they head deep into the unknown -- crossing raging rapids and overcoming treacherous waterfalls to reach the near-legendary "Mountain of Gold”.
But what they encounter on the last leg of their journey was something they could not have expected. Could this be the biggest pay out in Parker's illustrious mining career? Or could the journey to "El Dorado" prove to be tougher than he ever imagined?
Discovery Channel Tuesday’s 9pm
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