Best Prospection, Mining & Treasure Hunting Reality Shows
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- StarsMatt DicksonTyler MahoneyChristine ClarkThree teams of gold prospectors take a gamble to strike it big, deep in the wild west of outback Australia.
- StarsJames CaruanaJaymin SullivanNoah McDonoughThe series follows crews of fearless opal miners on their mission to unearth a fortune in some of Australia's harshest and remote landscapes.
- StarsGeoffrey NotkinSteve ArnoldCraig SechlerWorld-famous meteorite hunter Steve Arnold and science writer and owner of Aerolite Meteorites Geoff Notkin team up to hunt for the Earth's most elusive treasure which, incidentally, is not from our world - meteorites.
- StarsPaul ChristieParker SchnabelTony BeetsA reality TV show that follows crews mining the gold placer deposits of the Yukon Territory.
- StarsDustin HurtWes RichardsonCarlos MinorThe Dakota Boys assemble a team of divers, mountaineers, and mechanics to explore uncharted plunge pools in white water rapids, using suction dredges in treacherous conditions where a mistake could prove fatal.
- StarsFred DodgeJuan IbarraPaul ChristieFreddy helps mine owners who've sunk everything into their operations but are ready to call it quits.
- StarsJ.V. MartinKrista HartlingTori Lynn Bartholomae HartlingSara Jane and her four daughters from Southern California pool their savings and head to Alaska in an attempt to reopen their deceased Grandfather's gold mines, one in Nome and another 500 miles away in Fairbanks.
- StarsDave TurinPaul ChristieJason SanchezDave Turin visits several disused gold mines around the Western United States and decides which mine to get up and running, turning it into a profitable, working mine.
- CreatorRachel CoeLiam CrippsJean ParsonsStarsBill CourageGuillaume BrodeurKen FoyYukon Gold follows four gold mining crews who have only four short months in Canada's wild Yukon to earn one BIG payday. With the price of gold hovering at record-breaking levels, a modern day gold rush is underway. One good strike makes a man rich - one bad season takes him down for good. Battling mechanical breakdowns, the elements and 18-hour days under the midnight sun, these competitive diehards have gold fever - and it keeps them coming back year after year for another chance to wager it all.
- StarsLauren ReevesKinzey ReevesJeremy SchwartzThe new series follows three gold-mining "families" as they battle nature, machines and each other in a brutal race against time to get as much gold from the ground as possible before the icy frost of winter returns to shut them down.
- StarsKirsten GumGeoffrey NotkinBecky WorleyDo you love the idea of striking it rich, but don't know where to look? On Best Places to Find Cash and Treasures we'll explore the riches that are all around us! Each week host Becky Worley takes viewers on an exciting, fun-filled journey to uncover lost relics, buried jewels, and other valuable fortunes. It gets better! These locations are real and accessible to the public. In pursuit of each treasure, Becky brings viewers along as she turns up unexpected finds. How much are these treasures worth? Find out when certified appraisers price them in our final "Show Me the Money!" reveal.
- CreatorKevin BurnsStarsRobert ClotworthyMarty LaginaRick LaginaRick and Marty Lagina, two brothers from Michigan with a life-long interest in the mystery of Oak Island, renew efforts to discover the legendary treasure with sophisticated machinery.
- CreatorPhil LottAri MarkStarsJohn CaseyBingo MinervaManny PaezLegend has it that there is a treasure of immense value buried in the Philippine jungle - now a team of American experts, with the help of the only surviving witness, try to uncover the clues to solve the greatest mystery of WW2.
- CreatorDavid GullasonJeffrey KinnonStarsMartin StrongClaudia BunceRobin BunceClaudia and Robin Bunce mine a huge jade claim in the Cassiar Mountains region and employ most of the 25 people in town.
- StarsEmily OttesonTony OttesonJon ArmondTurquoise Fever follows the Otteson clan in a quest for gems long buried in the Nevada desert. The rewards are great but the risks are high.
- StarsAmanda AdkinsJoe DorrisDenny Heide"Prospectors" follows a group of miners searching for the rarest gems in order to strike it rich. However, they risk life and limb daily as they face extreme climates, weather and other perilous conditions in every step of their pursuit.
- StarsJ.V. MartinRon LeBlancDiane RobinsonVeteran gem dealers travel the world seeking precious stones to transform into fortunes, facing risks at every step from sourcing to cutting that can make or break a gem's value from thousands to millions.
- Game of Stones follows a team of gemologist around the world and gives you a behind the scenes look at where the gems and the jewlery that you wear comes from, how its made, hows it's bought, and the lengths these guys go through to get their hands on the finest gems on the planet.
- StarsMatt WensleyMike StromTodd RyznarFool's Gold is a humorous eight-part series that follows Todd Ryznar and his rookie crew as they make a hilariously haphazard foray into the world of professional gold digging. Armed with backwoods ingenuity, perseverance, stubbornness - and little else - will their beginner's luck be rewarded, or will their hopes be dashed?
- StarsAdam PalmerEvan HowardDaryl FriesenAllegedly worth billions, 'Slumach's Gold' has tantalized prospectors for over a century, and now a team of experienced gold hunters takes up the hunt - and the curse that goes with it. They're an odd mix - young and fit mountain climbers, a gold-obsessed prospector, a local outdoorsman, and some savvy, but skeptical old-timers. They only have three months to explore the vast and rugged wilderness of Pitt Lake before winter weather sets in. So they quickly determine which six locations hold the most promise, and set off to investigate two of them: one backed by First Nations oral history, the other a secret location that might be linked to a fabled prospector's letter. Working together for the first time, the group starts to realize what they're up against - danger-filled locations, unreliable leads, not enough time, and delusional over-enthusiasm fuelled by gold fever. They set off on a challenging treasure hunt in the BC mountains - but when fights break out, they wonder if the team will even last the summer.
- StarsJesse FeldmanJosh FeldmanClark MooreBrothers Josh and Jesse Feldman head into the rugged desert of southeast Arizona to track the history of a legendary Apache chief said to have buried two strongboxes of gold somewhere in the region's imposing mountains.
- StarsGeorge WrightScott LomuDavid KastelerFollows Americans George Wright and Scott Lomu, two hard working men who risk it all to strike it rich as part of a golden plan to recover from losing everything in the real estate crash of 2008.
- StarsTim EvansA group of 8 unemployed construction workers from Alabama take on the mission of a lifetime: searching for gold in the Amazon Jungle.
- StarsPaul ChristieParker SchnabelDan EtheridgeParker Schnabel and Rick Ness attempt the Klondike trail over the Chilkoot Pass and up the Yukon River to Dawson City the heart of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush..
- CreatorMark CroninStarsKristen LumanJay VerburgPatrick DoyleAn amalgamation of reality TV with a gold mining aspect and night-vision ghost hunting. The mix of these two sub-genres provide a hand-in-hand approach to the gold mining industry which has traditionally been surrounded by ghost stories.