Gold Rush cast members have come and gone since 2010, but who truly quit and who simply moved on? We trace Todd Hoffman, Dave Turin, Fred Lewis, Rick Ness and the miners still connected to the Discovery franchise.
Chapters:
00:00 The Gold Rush Cast Who Vanished
00:24 How Gold Rush Actually Started
01:05 The Exits Start Piling Up
01:56 What Quitting Gold Rush Really Means
02:38 Parker's $250,000 A Day Burn Rate
03:05 Todd Hoffman, Dave Turin and Fred Lewis
04:02 The Three-Boss Rebuild
04:35 Recycled Into Spinoffs
04:59 Todd Hoffman Buys Yukon Ground
05:19 Where Everyone Stands In Season 17
06:17 Who Quit, Who Stayed
The video starts with the original Oregon crew and explains how Todd Hoffman launched the series before Parker Schnabel, Tony Beets and Rick became its central figures. It then follows the major exits, including Hoffman's 2018 departure, Turin's difficult ending, Lewis stepping back after bad ground, and Ness disappearing before rebuilding his operation.
You'll also see how spin-offs such as Hoffman Family Gold, Dave Turin's Lost Mine and Mine Rescue kept former stars inside the wider franchise. Finally, we look at Season 17 in 2026, including Parker and Tony's continuing operations, Rick's return, Kevin Beets becoming independent, and where the departed miners stand today.
Which former miner would you most like to see return to the flagship series? Like the video and subscribe for more cast updates and behind-the-scenes stories.
#GoldRush #ToddHoffman #ParkerSchnabel #RickNess #TonyBeets
Video source: https://networthpost.com/
Gold Rush cast members have come and gone since 2010, but who truly quit and who simply moved on? We trace Todd Hoffman, Dave Turin, Fred Lewis, Rick Ness and the miners still connected to the Discovery franchise.
Chapters:
00:00 The Gold Rush Cast Who Vanished
00:24 How Gold Rush Actually Started
01:05 The Exits Start Piling Up
01:56 What Quitting Gold Rush Really Means
02:38 Parker's $250,000 A Day Burn Rate
03:05 Todd Hoffman, Dave Turin and Fred Lewis
04:02 The Three-Boss Rebuild
04:35 Recycled Into Spinoffs
04:59 Todd Hoffman Buys Yukon Ground
05:19 Where Everyone Stands In Season 17
06:17 Who Quit, Who Stayed
The video starts with the original Oregon crew and explains how Todd Hoffman launched the series before Parker Schnabel, Tony Beets and Rick became its central figures. It then follows the major exits, including Hoffman's 2018 departure, Turin's difficult ending, Lewis stepping back after bad ground, and Ness disappearing before rebuilding his operation.
You'll also see how spin-offs such as Hoffman Family Gold, Dave Turin's Lost Mine and Mine Rescue kept former stars inside the wider franchise. Finally, we look at Season 17 in 2026, including Parker and Tony's continuing operations, Rick's return, Kevin Beets becoming independent, and where the departed miners stand today.
Which former miner would you most like to see return to the flagship series? Like the video and subscribe for more cast updates and behind-the-scenes stories.
#GoldRush #ToddHoffman #ParkerSchnabel #RickNess #TonyBeets
Video source: https://networthpost.com/
Yes Tony has it figured out and that's cool he's on the show...... but like Parker went from 10oz to 10,000. That's awesome. I am sure Tony had that moment somewhere.
Hoffman's team isn't dumb either. They took "dead land" and made almost 1200 on it. Lol. That's not a fool... lol. That a master scraping the jar.. the show portrayed him and his old man like dummies... but they're far from it. They bought used land.. cheap... and made 1200oz off it, learned how to get the sluice dialed in at all stages too... lol probably sold that information back to a bigger company... and now they're using that money to go where there is still big gold to get a big run of it.... in Canada.. because our government is dumb. Looks at like nuggets not flakes and they add the hell up..