Camera Abuse: A few cameras do take a beating/soaking, but mostly it's more along the lines of camera man abuse.Break the Haughty: What Dakota Fred seems to be going through during the second season.Breaking the Fourth Wall: Many examples, particularly in season 2 where the miners have expressed agitation with the camera crews filming them during high-stress situations, such as when Dave Turin threw a track on the D8 bulldozer.Keep in mind that at more than $1200 per Ounce, these two have wagered well in excess of $100k.At the start of season 8, Todd bets Parker 100 ounces over which crew will recover the most.Dave loses and must wear an apron while making pancakes. During a season 5 episode, Dave Turin bets against Kevin over the quantity of gold in a particular cleanout.The Bet: Several bets are placed over the course of this series.
During the Behind the scenes episode, we get to see that the Klondike has its own population of brown and black bears.They are occasionally caught on camera, and by the end of one episode, one of the marauding bears has been converted to a feast for the humans. They outnumber the humans by something like ten to one. Early on in the first season, it is mentioned by the narrator that the Porcupine Creek area is inhabited by both brown bears and black bears. It isn't until after the following commercial break that we see the breakdown that necessitates the tear down. In a different episode, Dakota Fred's 930 loader can be seen in the background, with a wheel and hub removed.It is only introduced as having been acquired in the next episode. In one episode, Parker Schnabel's very large dump truck can be seen in the background.