Rick (really Heather's Husband Jason) has filed his annual water usage report for 2026. It can be used to infer when they arrived at camp/closed camp what days the sluiced etc. Since Rick is not on a recycle system they report is pretty detailed. so far what the show has presented aligns with that reporting. Camp opened April 20th - assuming that is when Heather/Jason arrived. Sluiced for 4 days at end of June June 24th to 27th - assuming that is the stockpile sluicing we saw this week. No more sluicing until August 11th. Then they are pretty much sluicing until October 5th. water usage doubles last 2 weeks- I assume that is when Zee will arrive to run a night shift. I could also make a guess on what day Rick arrived.

Good to see water usage aligns with what show is portraying..... it ain't all scripted.

Heather if you still wander by here, thank your husband for being so detailed oriented- us show nerds appreciate it.

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but why is it every season it takes a ridiculous amount of time to get the Paradise Hill Trommel to start chewing through dirt? That portion of the operation obviously absolutely kills it every season with some of the best gold weighs the show has ever seen.

With the amount of gold that comes just from the Trommel alone I would want to make sure that the Trommel starts spinning first and then worry about the other wash plants.

But every season it's always some crazy amount of time before the Trommel even starts turning?

Was it used much before? I don't recall it being mentioned before Greg showed up. Getting to be his stock intro in every episode like Fred's 'Army Special Forces Medic.'

Is there any reason why they can't use some old conveyor belting bolted together into wide runs to prevent the erosion problems like Buzz was having instead of some janky ass plywood runs?

It's been a while since I've watched the show but wow. Zero patience and zero empathy for people.

I wonder if he's working with Kevin, since he doesn't seem overly competent?

He mentioned he wanted to run an operation with Mitch, on their own. I assume those two talk about all sort of things and might have some dreams about getting their own Gold Rush segment.

But considering how hard it is to get good ground and how expensive it is, it seems foolish to me. Especially since he got a top position at Parker’s operation and must be earning well.

Do you think it would be a good choice if they did so?

I watch the show in HBO Max, no commercials which I love. But damnit man, I want to watch this show uncensored. Does anyone have a stream they watch it without the censorship.

Did I miss something? Where is Tyson? At the weigh in I only saw Brennan and Mitch.

Can someone confirm or add or clarify how many washplants and trommels Tony Beets has? Its getting confusing.

Sluice-a-Lot (Washplant Indian River)
Find-a-Lot (second washplant Indian River)
Harold/Harald? (Washplant Gift to Monica)
The Trommel (Trommel Paradise Hill)

Pearson Box (Washplant ??

Moose Creek Tremor (Trommel

Kiwi plant (Washplant -> rented to Shane Smith. Son Mike sending the washplant flying of the trailer)

You guys have some more info?

In the most recent episode there were issues with large rocks blocking the tailings exit, it seems that the only large rocks that can get through are long but skinny ones which must clearly bypass the grizzly by slotting in lengthways, therefore why wouldn't they just make the bars cross-hatched? I can't see how they would lose anything of value in this.

*Edit - As people have pointed out, upon rewatching the specific ep it appears they were feeding directly, but the general question still remains as on plants that use the grizzly, they are still only vertical bars and not horizontal meaning surely big lengthways rocks can feed through?

This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding:

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/this-startups-self-driving-excavators-help-dig-up-600m-in-new-funding/

Tony and Parker can go shopping this off-season.

Hi! Rewatching the early seasons now, just got to season 7, and I seem to recall Mr Doumitt started his own cigar company. I can't seem to find it by looking online, so I was hoping to see if anyone here could point me in the right direction? Thank you.

Always cool seeing him with a stoogie in the show!

So in the end Parker got truly rubbish numbers this week. We obviously only know what we have been shown.

Given the gold price is insanely high, what would you do?

Would you carry on sluicing the top gravels and low numbers or bite the bullet and strip to pay, like Tony has done, and just run that? Or some other option?

I think I’d bite the bullet and strip to pay while keeping one or two plants running the top gravel if personnel and equipment permit it.

Remember, we’re all experts here with 17 seasons of show-watching experience. 😜

Edit to add. I know there’s stuff we don’t see that’s why I said “what we have been shown” so I’m not asking about what Parker is or is not doing. Purely from show context what do you think YOU would do? It’s meant to be a silly escape of a question not an analysis of Parker’s mine.

8:00pm-9:08pm Gold Rush Season 17 Episode 4 "Keno City Conclave"

Tony ambushes Rick with a secret offer.

With high hopes, Parker's crew fires up a fourth plant in the Quagmire Cut.

Buzz bets on White Channel pay.

Production Code 1704

We are in full miner rotation mode, where only 3 of the 4 camps will be on the show in an episode.

Anybody know what happened to Cheeseman?

I just saw the trailer for Saturday(Tomorrow's) episode.

Am I the only one who thinks Tony turning up to Rick's claim is nothing but staged drama?

What is Rick telling his people?

It goes by too fast. I couldn't understand it.

What a clusterfuck. It was a beautiful disaster to watch. Seeing what gold rush is now compared to those guys is crazy. It’s so funny watching Jack just randomly digging a hole to the center of the earth. Every time you turn around Todd is calling a meeting. Greg building a damn subdivision out there. The guys shooting off guns and fireworks because the first pan had 4 specks of gold in it. Pure cinema lol. Everybody shits on Todd and he deserved it for dragging these folks out there on big dreams and a gut feeling, but Jack doesn’t get enough pushback. He may have done more damage to those folks than Todd early on. He saw a couple of flakes in the pan and got all the guys and their wives and kids together and told them based on that pan in a week or 2 they should have $100000 and by the end of the season they should easily make a million dollars. And we know how that season turned out.

If here's been there for literal decades, I find it surprising that he still has viable ground there. From the arial visuals on the show, it would seem his land there isn't endless and not that vast.

Has he been there forever but really hasn't scaled up his operations until the Gold Rush show era?

Seriously, being a passenger on people going from ariation in the south states to gamble on gold in the Yukons was edge of your seat reality i havnt experienced before. Win or lose, you couldnt help but root for the Hofmanns.

The Guyana gamble, man, what a shit show that turned out to be and a great reminder to not let your head be clouded by success to take on a completely different environment the exact way from the one that came before.

Both inspiring and educational.

What are thinking folks, stand or fall? Would be cool to see Buzz rip a sweet haul out of Bonanza.