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 RobinsonSeries captures all the intrigue, jeopardy and rewards of the world's gem trade, every step of the way. In each episode, viewers will follow veteran gem dealer Ron LeBlanc, geologist Bernie Gaboury and jewelry maven Diane Robinson as they travel to remote regions of the world in search of gemstones they can turn into a small fortune. A stone purchased for $4,000 at the source can instantly jump to $50,000 when it has been flawlessly cut, and by the time it hits the market, can be skyrocket to a quarter of a million dollars. Or, if botched during the cutting, can become practically worthless.
- 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.
- StarsEric DrummondJesse FeldmanChad WatkinsFollows a spirited team of miners who are among the first Americans to prospect for precious metals and gems in parts of Greenland where humans never have set foot before.
- CreatorScott HunterStarsDuane OllingerChad OllingerCharlie SniderThere are some places on earth where the land just seems different, and Blind Frog Ranch in eastern Utah is one of those places. Locals say the land is cursed. That it's trying to hold on to something.
- StarsRyan MillJeremy WhalenCork GrahamHidden somewhere off the south eastern coast of Brazil, could lie hundreds of millions of dollars-worth of lost Incan gold. For 400 years, many have searched, fought and died looking for this elusive bounty. But all have failed to hold onto it.
- StarsRob NaughtonMark MartinJohn ShrapnelOdyssey Marine Exploration aims to recover two shipwrecks worth over $1 billion, unraveling mysteries of riches, heroism, tragedies and rescues from dozens of undiscovered wrecks.
- StarsKru WilliamsMark HallileyAdam PalmerIn Deadman's Curse, former MMA fighter and prospector Kru Williams and young Indigenous explorer Taylor Starr join seasoned legend hunter and mountaineer Adam Palmer to finally solve the mystery of Slumach's lost gold mine.
- StarsAlex AlonsoTerry DelonasOne family has been fighting for over 70 years to recover what they say is rightfully theirs - a $28 billion treasure buried deep inside a mountain. Some believe the U.S. Government stole the 16,000 gold bars and priceless artifacts.
- StarsM JacksonBurke MitchellThom SpitlerIn 1892 a pirate buried gold on Adak Island worth over $300,000,000. He died before he could return. Now, a team of skilled treasure hunters seeks to unearth the gold, but the island is riddled with live munitions.
- StarsTodd HoffmanHunter HoffmanAndy SpinksA mining partner in Alaska has invested in nearly 2,500 acres of rugged land, and they're about to go belly up. Todd will try to turn around the operation. Will he be able to do it in just six weeks before the winter season sets in?
- StarsPaul ChristieTony BeetsDave TurinFollows fan favorites Tony Beets, Rick Ness, Dave Turin, Fred Lewis and Dustin Hurt. Purchasing and permitting in preparation to hit their ambitious season goals. While the miners wait for the spring thaw, they have a golden opportunity.
- StarsShawn PomrenkeMike RoweEmily RiedelEach season of the show follows a different group of dredgers, those who search for gold in shallow waters, at the bottom of the sea or even ocean. They often collect paydirt, ground from the seabed that contains some precious ore.
- StarsZeke TenhoffEmily RiedelShawn PomrenkeFollows three gold mining teams run by driven dredge captains whose very livelihoods depend on mining this wet and frozen gold. Split second thinking, extreme focus, and team work are key to staying alive under the ice. The risks are great, and the payoff even greater.
- CreatorKevin BurnsStarsRobert ClotworthyMatty BlakeMarty Lagina"Beyond Oak Island" digs deep into the many treasure quests across the globe, revealing amazing new details and clues from past searches--and in some cases, advancing the hunt.
- StarsMatty BlakeRick LaginaMarty LaginaLooking back at the seasons past, going behind the scenes and talking about the teams plans for the future of the search for hidden treasure on Oak Island.
- Digging Deeper is a series that airs extended episodes with extra information and unseen footage from the show "The Curse of Oak Island" that also airs on the History Channel.
- StarsRobert ClotworthyKevin DykstraAl DykstraKevin Dykstra and his team base their search for Civil War Gold in Michigan on a deathbed confession from a lighthouse keeper in the 1890s.
- CreatorPhil LottAri MarkStarsDarrell MiklosRoger MiklosEric WibergTreasure hunter Darrell Miklos sets out to find shipwrecks originally located by astronaut Gordon Cooper from space in 1963.
- StarsKeenan JohnstonMark DodsonWayne TuttleA group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona.
- StarsDaniel DillmanDerrick DillmanGabriel VillescasThe Aztec Empire came to an end at the hands of Conquistador Hernan Cortes but not before Emperor Montezuma, and his people, were able to sneak their mass amounts of wealth north to seven separate locations in what is now the American Southwest. For five centuries, thousands have searched for Montezuma's treasure and the 7 Cities of Gold. The treasure is believed to be made up of an enormous quantity of gold bars, silver, precious stones, jewelry, and other Aztec artifacts. Historians estimate the value of all of these items to be worth over $3 billion dollars. Lost Gold of the Aztecs follows three families determined to break the 500-year-old curse of Emperor Montezuma and find the treasure. The series will intercut each family's epic adventure as they search for the 7 Cities of Gold on three different properties in three different states - the Dillmans in Utah, the Hoaglands in Nevada, and the Villescases in New Mexico. Who will be the first to find the Aztec Gold?
- StarsJosh GatesLacey FlintJoe RohdeIt showcases the headquarters of the legendary Explorers Club to relive the epic adventures of members who have pushed the bounds of human possibility.
- StarsJosh GatesJai RajaGudelio AlanisJosh Gates goes on an awe-inspiring journey to the most storied places on the planet. He immerses himself in the legends that made these intriguing locations famous and explores them through his unique point of view.
- StarsJosh GatesTony SamCliff BeachJosh Gates brings his adventures home with a new talk show where he shares updates of his worldwide adventures, interviews celebrities and experts from across the globe, connects with fans and chats with members of his Discovery family.
- StarsBen van der ValkBoyce GoffJohn BelcikExtreme prospectors Boyce Goff, Ben van der Valk and John Belcik travel separately into the areas of Devil's Canyon that are far beyond the reach of big mining companies, in search of the next big pay streak. No roads, no trails, no camera crew, no help. Alone for weeks, the men are caught in a tug-of-war between searching for gold and doing whatever it takes to survive.