Original subtitles

[Dan] There we go, go on, yes.

-[Tyler exclaims] -[Dan] No [bleep].

[narrator] Yukon miner Parker Schnabel

reveals the untold stories.

Parker likes pushing the boundaries

of what he's allowed to do.

Let's go, Dan!

Enough!

[narrator] From his epic hunt for gold in South America.

[Parker] Look at that.

-[Dan] It's beautiful. -[Tyler] Wow!

It's wild that there's that much gold here.

[narrator] Meeting one-of-a-kind miners.

You guys are the most hardcore mother [bleep]

You guys are the most hardcore mother [bleep]

I think I've ever met.

[narrator] In the most extreme places.

This is like Star Wars mining.

Whoo-hoo!

I can't believe they're letting me do this.

Yeah, you got boom in your shot?

[narrator] With never before seen footage.

Dan, get it off me.

[narrator] This is the unfiltered story...

[Parker] You think I wanna look at your [bleep] ass?

It has been a [bleep] cool trip, hasn't it?

[narrator] ...of how Parker found a Bolivian gold mine...

[Parker] Holy [bleep]. So that's a hole.

[Parker] Holy [bleep]. So that's a hole.

I really wanna find out

what's in the bottom of this valley.

[narrator] ...and struck a life-changing deal.

[Parker] I'd like to put up $25,000.

I don't think anything compares to this.

It's hard to get in the middle of nowhere nowadays, you know?

Everywhere you go, somebody's been,

especially dragging a film crew with you.

[Diego] I think we're in the right direction.

[Diego] I think we're in the right direction.

[Dan] This place is pretty special.

This is the village?

Yup.

There's a group of people.

[local man] Parker!

[Dan laughs] Did you hear that?

He said "Parker."

You have been recognized in some of the craziest places.

[in Spanish]

[Parker] Si.

We're not gonna get anything done for the next 20 minutes.

[Parker] Hola!

[crowd laughing]

[bleep] gold mining, we're in an awesome spot.

[crowd clapping]

[narrator] Parker's mission begins rolling the dice on Peru.

Yeah, we're getting into some gold country now.

[narrator] One of the top gold producers in Latin America.

Peru has the best, kind of untapped,

placer mining potential

of anywhere that we've been.

[narrator] A country full of beauty...

[narrator] A country full of beauty...

[bleep] hell!

[narrator] ...and danger.

[Parker] I love traveling, I love seeing the world.

I love getting into really [bleep] sucky situations.

[snake hissing]

But this has definitely been, you know, a hardcore trip.

[narrator] To survive and succeed,

Parker needs a highly trained professional.

[Diego] There's a lot of different snakes in the jungle

that can actually kill us easily.

Especially if you don't have the antivenom.

Especially if you don't have the antivenom.

It's time to play doctor, Diego.

[Diego laughs]

Diego was the [bleep] MVP.

[narrator] To help him and the team survive

while searching for new opportunities,

Parker chooses heart surgeon...

[Diego] Please, breathe in.

[narrator] ...and wilderness survival expert...

[Diego] This is for wounds.

[narrator] ...Dr. Diego Lizarzaburu.

[Diego] We will need to keep everybody safe.

It's why I'm going, right?

It's why I'm going, right?

I was born and raised in Lima.

I went to med school.

I ended up working almost six years

in vascular surgery in Peru.

And I have some training as a bodyguard.

[narrator] And Diego's resume doesn't end there.

I've also been a firefighter for 12 years.

[narrator] Fighting fires since he was 19...

[siren blaring]

[narrator] ...while also studying to be a doctor.

[narrator] ...while also studying to be a doctor.

[Diego] I wanted to become a firefighter

for helping people, but also because it's fun.

There's a lot of adrenaline in it.

And finally, these guys here become your family at the end.

[in Spanish]

He's in control of our safety.

He's in control of our safety.

[Diego] Guys, get the [bleep] out of there!

You know, he drives us everywhere.

Keep going, keep going.

Oh, it's [bleep] in.

-Did someone get wet? -[Dan] Maybe a little bit.

He translates for us.

[Tyler] Do you mind asking what kind of purity their gold is?

[Diego in Spanish]

[Diego] 95.5%.

Good job, Diego. You're [bleep] pro at this.

From a mining standpoint, he's very curious and smart.

From a mining standpoint, he's very curious and smart.

Diego, you gonna have a go?

I'm gonna wash it.

Nice.

[Dan] Whey!

And of course he's a doctor,

and he basically saved the trip

probably multiple times.

-[Tyler] Oh, wow, looking very profesh. -[Dan] Oh, Diego,

you look so professional.

[Parker] I feel like I would just, like, bust out laughing

if I saw you, like, dressed as a doctor

in a hospital at this point.

Like, I'm just so used to you

being, like, out in the jungle with us.

Like I forget that you're, like...

that he's a professional.

that he's a professional.

[Diego] I am.

Like, he's not a [bleep] degenerate like us.

[narrator] But Dr. Diego's biggest test...

[Diego] Checking oxygen levels.

[narrator] ... comes in week three of the trail.

I've been worried about the team 24/7.

Especially in some places.

Rinconada was for sure one of them.

Rinconada was probably my least favorite place we went.

It's one of those places that can strike fear into anyone.

It's one of those places that can strike fear into anyone.

[narrator] Willing to investigate every gold opportunity,

no matter the risk...

Parker journeys to La Rinconada,

the highest gold mine on Earth.

[dog barking]

[Parker] It's, like, I'm fairly nervous about...

Rinconada.

Yeah.

I mean, I'm excited, but...

in the way that I get excited about super-dangerous [bleep].

[phone ringing]

[phone ringing]

Who's this?

[Parker] Hi, Mom.

We're going to Rinconada tomorrow

at, like, 17,000 feet.

[laughs] Diego's in the room right now.

Are you talking to Diego or are you talking to me?

[Dan laughs]

Love you, Mom.

[Parker] I like how she obviously doesn't know what Rinconada is.

[Parker] I like how she obviously doesn't know what Rinconada is.

No, she hasn't got a clue.

She's like, "Oh, have fun, stay close to the doctor."

Tell her not to Google it.

[narrator] Located almost high as Everest base camp,

the modern-day gold rush town is virtually lawless

and has one of the highest murder rates per capita

in the world.

[Christian speaking]

[Dan] Sorry, what did you say happened last time?

Yeah.

[narrator] Along with the police escort,

undercover agents are embedded amongst the team.

[Diego] Ready?

-[Dan] Ready. -[Tyler] They're all standing

with their hands on the guns, hey?

[Parker] Hope they can get a gun out of the holster

faster than getting in the car.

[Dan] Go, go, go!

[Tyler] Do I need a machete?

Probably one of the most aggressive places I've ever been in my life.

Probably one of the most aggressive places I've ever been in my life.

[Tyler] They, um, said that

the road's pretty dangerous getting up there, hey?

[Diego] It is.

Did they mean dangerous as in, like,

it's huge cliffs, drops, some things like that?

Or people dangerous?

Both. Mostly people dangerous.

There's a couple of dead roads

that appear out of nowhere in the main road.

-Okay. -Where usually the bandits intercept people.

Bandits?

-[Diego] Yeah. -Banditos.

Turn around.

I was really anxious about Rinconada.

I was really anxious about Rinconada.

It was obviously really hard to see

and it was very confronting.

Rinconada is like nothing I've ever seen.

It's a nightmare.

Full of people that are trying to earn a crust,

and finding those tiny little bits of gold just to survive.

[Tyler] The police said that

someone goes missing every single day here.

-[Diego] Yeah. -[Dan] What?

[Tyler] Every single day there's a missing person report.

[Parker] This is a [bleep] terrible place.

Just from, like, a human and environmental standpoint,

it felt a bit like, um...

it felt a bit like, um...

Hell seems too harsh.

But near there.

Do you see all the mercury in there?

[Dan] Whoa!

This is environmentally, like, horrific.

-[Dan] Is it? -Oh, yeah.

[Parker] The same time I say that, like,

I'm actually really impressed with

the people in Rinconada.

They're living at 17,000 feet on the side of a glacier,

blowing [bleep] up underground with no ventilation.

If anything goes wrong, you're dead.

And I'm guessing that's a common occurrence.

[Dan] Right, so we get in there.

[narrator] Danny and Parker are invited to go

deep into the mountain mine.

[in Spanish]

Here we go, Parker.

Let's go in the belly of the beast.

[narrator] In La Rinconada,

around 35,000 miners risk their lives working underground.

around 35,000 miners risk their lives working underground.

[stutters] I like adrenaline.

[conversing in Spanish]

[Dan] Parker, how dangerous is this?

[Parker] If we do it wrong, you'll never know.

Boom!

And I think letting off those charges...

I've never set explosives off with a lighter before.

...in the side of that hill...

Everything about this feels wrong.

It was awesome working with you guys.

I really enjoyed working with you. John. Thanks, Robin.

Could you send my arm to my Nan,

my foot to my uncle.

[laughs]

[Parker] You ready, Dan?

Lighting those caps and then seeing it fizzle

all the way up to the top, unbelievable.

[speaking in Spanish]

Vamonos, vamonos, vamonos. Let's go.

-[distant explosion] -[men] Ooh!

There's so many dangers there.

That might be the coolest thing we've ever done.

[Dan] I know, mate.

And yet it's pretty inspirational

at the same time, with these people

at the same time, with these people

that are just, you know,

putting their bodies on the line

to just get a small amount of gold.

I don't know if there's a good translation for this,

but you guys are the most hardcore mother [bleep]

I think I've ever met.

[Diego] Yeah, there is. Let me say that again.

[Diego translating] [bleeping]

[Parker] Muchas gracias.

[narrator] The mining is insane.

[Diego] Parker, they wanna show us the gold they have.

[Parker] Oh.

[narrator] But the gold is enormous.

Oh, look.

Oh, look.

[narrator] Each year,

almost 80,000 ounces are extracted,

worth $130 million.

The amount of gold that's come out of that mountain is insane.

[Parker] So wild.

It's exciting to see potential like that.

But at the same time,

from, like, a human

and an environmental standpoint,

I don't think so.

[Diego] Would you ever mine in Rinconada?

[Parker] No, there's no way.

There's absolutely no way.

Hard pass.

Hard pass.

[narrator] Coming up...

I shut the door and that's all I did!

[Parker] Danny's stuck in the toilet.

[Tyler] Danny, smash it.

Smash it with your shoulder.

[Tyler laughs]

[Dan] What's he showing you?

[video plays on cell phone]

We're watching some Gold Rush.

[Dan laughs]

This is me talking.

That sounds nothing like you.

[Spanish translator speaking]

Tell him that he sounds nothing like Parker.

Tell him that he sounds nothing like Parker.

[Parker] Right there is good.

[narrator] While travelling South America...

[Parker] Perfecto!

Perfecto.

[narrator] ...miner Parker Schnabel

I'm excited.

[narrator] ...searches for a needle in a haystack.

A claim worth more than $100 million in gold.

[Parker] Gracias.

[narrator] And if that wasn't hard enough,

he does it with almost no ability

he does it with almost no ability

to speak the native language.

[in Spanish]

I think I'm doing what he wants me to do,

but he doesn't understand a word of English,

and I don't understand

more than about five words of Spanish.

So we've got quite the language barrier.

The extent of my Spanish is how to order a beer.

Cerveza, por favor.

Cerveza, por favor.

And I know some swear words.

Do you know how to speak Spanish?

[in Spanish]

I speak a little bit.

I love when Danny speaks the Spanish so confidently to locals,

and then the locals look at Diego for a translation.

and then the locals look at Diego for a translation.

I've spent a lot of time in Spanish-speaking countries.

Don't speak to me in anything other than Spanish, the whole trip.

So I understand it pretty well.

What's, um...

What's "What is?"

-Huh? -"What is."

-Que es. -[Dan] Huh?

-Que es. -[Dan] Es?

-Que. -Ae.

-[Parker] Que. -Que.

-[Dan] Que. - Que es.

[Dan] Que es.

I think my Spanish is really coming on.

I think I can get by, actually. I can get by.

[Dan trying to speak Spanish]

[Dan trying to speak Spanish]

Guy with the axe.

-With the agua? - [Tyler] The water.

-Agua. -With the...

No?

Enough to sort of stumble and trip my way through a conversation.

I have no ability to learn a language.

Let's leave the Spanish to Diego here.

But if you're actually trying to find

some world-class ground,

you have to go where nobody else goes.

[Dan] Mind your head.

[Dan] Mind your head.

[Parker] We're definitely getting

some spiders and snakes in this [bleep].

-[Parker yells] Tyler! -[Tyler] Don't! [bleep] you.

If it was easy, there would be no gold there.

[narrator] In order to find the best gold-rich ground to invest in...

Welcome to the jungle.

[narrator] ... Parker explores the remotest places.

-[Parker yells] -[bleeping]

[narrator] Bringing him and the team...

We have a broom, I can get it out with a broom.

[narrator] ... face to face...

[Dan] Do not drop that on my butt.

[narrator] ... with some of the most dangerous creatures...

We don't have fish with teeth in Alaska.

We don't have fish with teeth in Alaska.

[narrator] ...in South America.

[Parker] Without a doubt there's still some

just extremely phenomenal ground out there.

And, you know, we're not gonna find it

driving around the Yukon in Alaska.

We're gonna find it next to a caiman-infested pond

in the middle of the jungle.

-[Parker] Hey, Dan? -[Dan] Yes?

I think I found a dragon.

[Dan chuckles] What?

[Tyler] Oh, my [bleep].

[narrator] In Peru's jungle...

[narrator] In Peru's jungle...

[Parker] It's a dragon.

[narrator] ...Parker and the team encountered caiman,

which can grow up to 13 feet in length.

-[Parker laughing] -[Dan] That is so cool.

[Parker] I like the jungle.

'Cause it just doesn't give a [bleep].

[narrator] And must avoid over 30 species of venomous snakes.

[Diego] Expect to find a shushupe.

What's that?

Which is the biggest venomous snake in the world.

A shushupe?

Shushupe, that's really aggressive.

-Aggressive? -Yeah, it will chase you.

-Aggressive? -Yeah, it will chase you.

[snake hissing]

What's the size of these shushupes?

They can grow up to four meters.

-What? -Four meters?

-[Dan] Twelve, 13 feet. -[Tyler] That's scary.

Yeah, they're big.

[Dan] Snake central.

Yeah, there's a lot of snakes in Peru.

[narrator] But it's the smallest jungle creatures

that cause the greatest concern.

Almost anywhere we go there were spiders, there were centipedes.

-[Dan] Is that a baddie? -[Parker] I mean, I wouldn't wanna [bleep] with it.

-Or caterpillars. -[Dan] Oh, hello.

-Or caterpillars. -[Dan] Oh, hello.

What?

[Parker] Get it off me.

[Dan] There it is.

-[Parker] Get it off me. -[Dan] Oh, [bleep]. Ew!

Dan?

-Dan? -I don't wanna touch it.

[narrator] South America is a home to

the world's deadliest caterpillar,

the lonomia obliqua.

Nicknamed "the assassin caterpillar,"

one brush of its venomous spikes

can kill a human.

[Diego] They look beautiful, but they're dangerous.

[Diego] They look beautiful, but they're dangerous.

-[Parker] Dan! Dan! -[Dan] It's going, it's getting closer to your neck.

[Dan] There!

-Wait, where is it? -[Dan] It's gone.

[narrator] And the team's biggest worry?

-[Dan] Dude. -[Parker] What?

[Dan] You just got to be a little bit on the look out

with the old flippy flops on.

[narrator] Parasites.

Is there something on Parker's foot?

I haven't checked it. It's a possibility.

So why are you gonna stick your hand up his ass?

[narrator] As the team treks through the Bolivian jungle,

[narrator] As the team treks through the Bolivian jungle,

Parker thinks he's picked up an unwanted visitor.

[Parker] Something burrowed its way into my foot.

Diego, do you think it's something alive in there?

I need to open it first.

Okay. Once you open it, will you know?

-Yeah. -What could it be, Diego?

A parasite.

[Parker] Oh, [bleep], I'm scared.

What if it's, like, a big old worm?

It's, like, that long?

So much comes with the jungle.

[Parker] I want you to chop

my whole [bleep] foot off, honestly.

[Diego] Yeah, I'm only gonna do what's necessary.

[Parker] I think it's necessary.

I'd rather have no foot than something living in there.

You know, you have to check yourself regularly

for ticks, for parasites.

[Parker] I check my scrotum daily

when I'm in the jungle.

Twice, thrice a day actually.

'Cause I'm happy to lose a foot.

I'm not happy to lose testes.

[Dan] We're putting our bodies, like, through the mill.

So that environment can be dangerous.

So that environment can be dangerous.

[narrator] One of the most feared jungle parasites

is the bot fly,

whose larvae burrow into human hosts

and grow beneath their skin.

[Dan yelps] [bleep]

-Is it in-- -[bleep] off.

Is it in your pants?

[Dan] I think it might be in my trousers.

Ahhh! It is in my trousers.

What is it?

[Dan] [bleep] something stinging me.

Take your pants off.

Certainly, insect wise, I'm not...

Certainly, insect wise, I'm not...

you know, the idea of having a bot fly

sort of poking its little antennae

at the back of my head is not one

that I'm really massively keen on.

Oh, man!

Do it.

[Dan] Can you see it?

Hold on.

Hold on.

Where? Where?

[Dan] [bleep] off. If it goes in my [bleep] pants

and starts biting my nuts, I'm not gonna be happy.

and starts biting my nuts, I'm not gonna be happy.

[Parker] I don't see it.

[Dan] I'm not showing you any more, I--

[Parker] What do you want me to do, Dan?

[Dan] Well, I don't need you staring at my [bleep]--

[Parker] Just pull your underwear down.

[Dan] I don't want you staring at my...

[Parker] You think I wanna look at your [bleep] ass?

You know you're gonna end up in some sticky situations.

-[Parker] Dan! -[Dan] I'd rather let it bite my ass

than you staring at my...

[Parker] You think I want to look at your ass?

How does that make any sense?

I'm offering to look at your [bleep] nasty ass.

I'm offering to look at your [bleep] nasty ass.

You probably have swamp ass going on right now in the jungle.

-[Dan] It's all right, okay? -[Parker] And you're getting mad at me?

You could... You know, you feel a bit anxious.

[Parker] You're saying that like I want to look at your ass.

[Dan] Well, I think you might do.

-I'm not sure of your motives. -[Parker laughs]

I think that happens for a reason.

You're a bit anxious, you're a bit nervous,

but I think that's just your body telling you to get ready because...

there's some serious action coming your way.

It has been a [bleep] cool trip, hasn't it? Yeah.

Yeah.

[bleep] killer.

But, been a good trip.

[narrator] Gold miner Parker Schnabel

is travelling Peru and Bolivia in the search for gold.

Oh, my [bleep]

The most gold we've seen this whole trip.

[Parker] Yeah, good trip, good people.

Good people behind the camera too.

Like, there's lightning behind you.

There's [bleep] thunder everywhere. Dan!

[Tyler] Hang on, hang on, hang on. [bleep] quick, quick, quick.

[Tyler] Hang on, hang on, hang on. [bleep] quick, quick, quick.

[narrator] Adventure cameraman Danny Etheridge

has over 20 years field experience.

[Tyler] Ah!

[Tyler gasping]

I'm off to go and film sharks in the Bahamas after this.

[narrator] But in the wilds of South America...

[bleep] Ow.

[narrator] . ..even this veteran crew member is pushed...

[Dan] My foot's stuck there. Ahhh!

[narrator] ...to his limits.

[narrator] ...to his limits.

I'll be brutally honest.

I was actually really, really nervous

before the beginning of this trip.

Really nervous.

Because when you're searching for ground,

you know, you're encountering

potentially dangerous people.

[speaking in Spanish]

-[man 1] You have to leave. -[man 2 shouts]

Um, dangerous areas.

-[Tyler] Oh. -[Dan] [bleep] hell.

-[Diego] Are you okay? -[Dan] Oh, man.

-[Diego] Are you okay? -[Dan] Oh, man.

[bleep] me, I'm glad that wasn't my eyeball, man.

[Tyler] Oh, [bleep].

I knew it was gonna be tough, I knew it was gonna be hard.

But, um, yeah, I don't think anybody could have

ever prepared themselves

for what we ended up going through.

Danny is stuck in the toilet.

[narrator] In week four, while attempting

to cross the border

from Peru into Bolivia...

-[knocking on door] -I shut the door and that's all I did.

-[knocking on door] -I shut the door and that's all I did.

[narrator] ... Danny faces an unforeseen obstacle.

[Tyler] Danny, smash it. Smash it with your shoulder.

Just smash it, Dan.

[Tyler] No, don't destroy it.

We're gonna get kicked out of Bolivia

before even making it in there.

Are we in Bolivia?

-[Diego] No. -You think there's a vent tube

I can fart in up top?

-[Parker] Can you slide something in against the lock? -[Dan] What do you mean?

[Parker] You know how a door knob works, Dan?

[Dan] No. Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, hang on, hang on.

Dan, do you have a credit card?

[Dan] Yeah, yeah, I've got one, I've got one.

[Dan] Yeah, yeah, I've got one, I've got one.

-[Parker] Do you know what I'm saying? -[Dan] Yes, I know

-what you're saying. -[Parker] Have you tried that yet?

[Dan] I'm about to!

[Tyler laughs]

-Dan, I'm [bleep] sitting here helping you. -[Dan] You're not.

You're talking to me like I'm a knob.

You're the one locked in a [bleep] toilet.

You are a knob.

[Tyler] Yes!

[Tyler laughs]

[Dan] Thanks, man. Thank you.

That was a good advice. [bleep] come on, come on.

Don't shut it, don't shut it.

Thanks.

Thanks.

-Starting to panic. -[Tyler] Good job.

[Dan] Look at that.

That's... that's the worst bit of filming I've ever done in my life but it's...

[Parker laughs] I was like, "Dan, come over here, I've got [bleep]."

[Dan] Dude, I've got really bad feet.

I have my feet by the fire.

[Parker] Oh, [bleep]. Are you okay?

Danny got a little light...

trench foot.

[Dan sighs]

-[Dan] Hey, Diego. -[Diego] Hi.

-[Dan] How's it going? -[Diego] I'm fine. How are you?

-[Dan] How's it going? -[Diego] I'm fine. How are you?

[Dan] Slightly embarrassed.

You know, I've been to a lot of jungles and I've, you know,

never really been that ill in them.

-[Dan] That's trench foot, isn't it? -Yup.

[Dan] Oh, [bleep]. That really [bleep] hurts.

Just feels like a burn.

-I need to clean that for you. -[Dan] Yeah.

But when you do get unwell in a jungle...

You're scaring me with that knife, Diego.

Oh, my God. Is that a scrubbing brush?

...then you start to worry.

You don't want it to get worse.

-This is clean, clean, clean. -Clean. Brilliant.

Excellent.

-[Diego] Take a break, take a break. -It's good.

-[Diego] You're shaking man. Take a break. -No.

[Dan chuckles softly]

I don't think my feet have ever been this clean.

Then he had some sort of infection or something that...

you know, gave him a fever.

What's wrong, Dan?

[Diego] Your temperature is 103.

Yeah, fevers are rubbish.

It was, like, pretty bad.

[Dan] So, I had a rough night. I was like...

This bed was [bleep] drenched.

You know, I hate being ill.

It's literally my number one thing.

I cannot stand it.

[Diego] You're gonna breathe through your mouth, okay?

[Dan] Okay.

[Diego] Just take it easy. Don't force yourself

-too much, okay? -[Dan] Yeah.

That was the big challenge for me. Being sick.

That was the big challenge for me. Being sick.

Where's the pain you told me?

Just right through there.

Scared to cough 'cause it [bleep] hurts so much.

And I needed Diego to come and be my crutch.

I mean, he was really sick.

And we were in a malaria sun, like, weeks ago.

And malaria is considered an emergency.

You wanna stand like that with your hands

-on your hips. -[Dan] Like this?

[man] Yes.

[Dan] When you have something like malaria,

you can end up with fluid in your lungs,

and I'm not breathing brilliantly at the moment,

and I'm not breathing brilliantly at the moment,

and, um, that's, I think, fired

a little bit of an alarm bell in Diego's head.

-[Diego] This is your X-ray. This is your chest. -[Dan] Yeah.

I was absolutely petrified that it was

something that was gonna end the trip for me.

[Diego] The pain was here. I cannot see anything here.

-Everything looks fine. -[Dan] Awesome.

Diego, man, let's go. Cheers dude.

[Dan] Tyler was ill, I was ill,

but it was, like, obviously

really sort of battering us physically.

But despite them being

down for the count, I had, like,

down for the count, I had, like,

one of my top days ever.

[narrator] In Guanay, Parker is the only member of the team

able to continue.

One of the biggest highlights for me was,

um, seeing the dredges and getting to run

the 1,100, which is a 110-ton machine.

[narrator] The 1,100 Excavator is the biggest machine Parker has ever operated.

[narrator] The 1,100 Excavator is the biggest machine Parker has ever operated.

I'm definitely over the moon right now. I know half the crew is out sick.

Uh, maybe a little bit selfish,

but we're here to find gold,

and, uh, this is really cool.

I can't believe they're letting me do this. I would...

never let some stranger show up even if I watched them on TV.

Well, I don't know.

Maybe.

Like, you know...

If Matthew McConaughey showed up at my mine site,

I'll probably let him do anything he wanted, but...

I'll probably let him do anything he wanted, but...

for the most part, this is [bleep] nuts.

I...

You know, almost a quarter-million-pound excavator on a barge

feeding a wash pan on another barge.

This is the weirdest thing I've...

I think I've ever done.

Just never even thought that this was a thing that was possible.

Like, that's very cool.

Hey, Tom, that was one of the coolest things I've ever done.

Hey, Tom, that was one of the coolest things I've ever done.

They're making money in the middle of nowhere

because they're mining smart.

We've done a lot of [bleep] these trips, but, like,

I don't think anything compares to this.

This takes the cake.

[drums and trumpets playing]

You know, you do take a lot away from these trips.

But you also leave...

something behind too, right?

-[Diego] You ready for a surprise? -[Dan] Surprise?

-[horn honking] -[Parker] You know I don't like surprises, Diego.

-[indistinct announcement] -[Dan] What is this?

[narrator] While hunting for a new claim

in South America...

What the...

What the...

[Tyler and Dan] Oh!

[narrator] ...Parker and the team

check out a unique local attraction

in the capital city, La Paz.

-[Dan] Ooh. -[Tyler] Ohhh!

I would not get in a fight with her.

[narrator] All female wrestlers...

[Dan] Jeez.

[narrator] ...known as Cholitas Luchadoras.

-Ahh! -[Dan] No!

-[Dan] Oh, my [bleep]! -[crowd whistling]

[Dan] What the hell? What's going on?

[narrator] Based on Mexican Lucha Libre,

[narrator] Based on Mexican Lucha Libre,

it's part theatrical fight and part morality play.

-[Dan] That's right. -[Tyler] Whoo!

Oh, my God, that was great.

They train three times a week.

-What? -Really?

[crowd cheering]

And they're capable, they're strong.

They can do acrobatics.

They are tough.

That was the most mental experience ever.

Yeah!

Honestly, if I see something else

Honestly, if I see something else

as exciting as that for the rest of this trip,

I will be very happy.

You're cheating, ref!

-[Dan] Oh, God. -[Tyler] Okay.

[Dan] Ohhh!

Every trail has been a real big adventure.

None bigger than this one.

Look at that.

[narrator] But to be in with a chance of finding gold,

they need to look further to the past.

Almost anywhere we go there was...

Inca culture involved.

[Diego speaking]

[Diego speaking]

[Dan] La Mamacha.

-[Diego] Father and Grandmother. -[Dan and Tyler] Ah.

-[Diego] Yeah, yeah. -[Tyler] Why the alcohol?

[Diego] It's like a gift

because they believe that they...

This couple like...

-a little drink. -[Tyler] They like to drink.

[Diego] So they leave here bottles of alcohol,

so they get blessed and they can find gold in the mine.

I think maybe she might have drunk a little bit too much.

-Looking a bit dehydrated. -[Tyler] Blissful with that...

Yeah, the Incan history in this area is really cool.

Yeah, the Incan history in this area is really cool.

[Dan] Where are you taking us, Diego?

[Diego] To the witch market.

[narrator] Willing to try anything

to get on the gold,

the crew resort to witchcraft.

[Diego] There's a market here known for a sorceress

who use a black hat

and have potions and stuff like that.

-Oh, really? -[Diego] Yeah.

[Tyler] This is right up my alley.

-[Diego] This is? -Yes.

I need some new spells.

It's such a diverse place out here.

-[Diego] Hola. -Hola.

[Diego] Como estas?

We need to find gold and we need to stay

healthy and safe.

healthy and safe.

[Diego speaking Spanish]

[bell ringing]

[Tyler] That's really cool.

And all of that has just been so incredibly fascinating.

[in Spanish]

[narrator] And if some sorcery wasn't enough...

[Diego in Spanish]

[narrator] ...they follow local custom with a car blessing

before prospecting in Bolivia.

[Diego in Spanish]

-[In English] There's gold everywhere in Bolivia. -[Dan] Hell yeah.

-This is exactly what we need. -[Diego] Seems like a good blessing.

-[man] Muy bien. -[Dan] It's with beer.

-[Tyler] What? -[Diego] Yeah. [chuckles]

[in Spanish]

[in Spanish]

[Dan] My camera's covered in beer.

It's been a very unique,

one-off, once-in-a-lifetime trip.

[in Spanish]

[all laughing]

There's just so much that happened.

-[Dan] It was actually amazing. -[Tyler] That was great.

[Parker] We're blessed.

If we find tons of gold

then I'm dragging this guy to the Yukon.

then I'm dragging this guy to the Yukon.

I lost quite a bit of money in Alaska this year,

and when I've been on this trip I keep thinking, like,

"How far would that money have gone in this place?"

-Is there a lot of gold in there? -[man in Spanish]

-Seriously? -[Diego] Yeah, one gram per cart.

Holy [bleep].

That's really good gold.

From what we've seen so far, it's pretty untapped.

[Dan] What's that compared to the Yukon?

-[Parker] Four times better. -[Dan] Really?

That's probably the best gram I've seen on this trip.

[narrator] Parker discovers that the gold

in South America...

Looks like a lot.

[narrator] . ..may be unlike

anywhere else in the world.

90% of mining is exploration.

Yes, I'll see you in 2070, Dan.

But this probably is the one with the most potential.

Whoa. 50 grams.

[Parker] Well, I think we're in the right place.

That's wild that there's so much gold here.

We saw more gold in South America than I expected.

Wow. There you go.

Stoked.

And it was just, like, out of this world.

-[Dan] Beautiful. -[Tyler] Yep.

It's a good piece.

Oh, my [bleep]!

Seeing gold is something

which strikes to your very core,

and there's absolutely no doubt about it.

Goodness me.

It's borderline spiritual, I would say.

It's borderline spiritual, I would say.

They're quite chunky bits.

No [bleep]!

I mean, I've been getting more and more excited whenever we're finding gold.

-[Dan] Look at that. -[man] Mucho oro.

I don't know if I could call it a gold fever.

Wow. Loads of it.

I would have never imagined that gold is just everywhere.

But I still think finding good gold

was fantastic.

I have one fear,

and I think it's a little bit irrational,

but I have a fear of big animals like jaguars.

[narrator] South America is home to a world of creatures, big...

-[Parker] Tapir. -[Diego] Whoo!

-[Dan] That is awesome. -[Tyler] Huge.

[narrator] ...and small.

-[Parker] Very hot. -[Dan chuckles]

[Parker] No. Uh-oh.

[bleep] thing pissed on me.

Gold mining is all I know, so it kinda make sense

to make investments in something

that you know really well.

Yeah.

And we have to be ready to open up the check book, right?

This pan is gonna determine how our trip goes, Parker.

[narrator] After eight weeks

and over 1,900 miles of travel...

No gold.

-[Dan] Ah. -[Parker] So we should keep looking.

[narrator] ... Parker finds a potential investment opportunity.

[Dan] Oh, yeah.

There we go. Oh, look, that is beautiful gold.

There we go. Oh, look, that is beautiful gold.

Seven hours was processed in that ground.

So it's like an ounce per 100 yards.

That's very cool.

[narrator] Following two months on the road,

on the eve of making his final decision,

it's time for Parker to take stock.

I'd like to think that Cancio is a good guy that's honest.

And, um...

it wouldn't be...

money down the toilet.

[Diego] If you don't risk, you don't win.

It's the time and the place for, um...

some money to be put down.

What I want to propose

is just, like, it's very simple.

Um, I'd like to put up $25,000.

-So does he wanna do it? -[Diego in Spanish]

[narrator] But before Parker can seal the deal...

[Diego] He's worried about not knowing how far this could go.

[Diego] He's worried about not knowing how far this could go.

Then we should probably

boot all these cameras out of here and go somewhere...

more private.

[narrator] ...he has to earn Cancio's trust.

[Parker] I don't know if you're listening but I have

no idea where this is going.

[Diego] First, um,

he's saying that they have been really excited about having you here,

but they also know that you're deadly serious when you do something.

but they also know that you're deadly serious when you do something.

-[Parker] Of course. -[Diego] Because they have been following you

on the TV for years already.

[Cancio in Spanish]

[Diego] So, um, this is reality.

He's trying to make a living and they work only with people

they trust like family and friends.

-[Parker] Yeah. -[Diego] So they wanna know

if all the people here is people they can trust.

[Parker] Yeah. 100%.

[Diego in Spanish]

[Parker] And the last thing that any of us want

that are here, both, you know,

us and the film crew,

us and the film crew,

the last thing any of us want is to have

any sort of negative impact

on the way that they make a living.

[Diego speaking Spanish]

[Parker] It's basically like, he's gambling in that hole,

and I wanna gamble with him.

[Diego speaking Spanish]

[Parker] And I, I want...

it to be filmed if he's all right with that.

[Diego speaking Spanish]

-[Cancio] Gracias. -[Parker] Muy bien.

[indistinct conversation]

-What's happening? -[Tyler] Hello.

-Hmm. -[Parker] We just talked about

life on TV and not letting it screw up your family and stuff like that.

Something I'm not very good at.

We didn't talk about any deals.

-[Dan] You didn't? -Mmm-mmm.

We're gonna do that now.

-So does he wanna do it? -[Diego in Spanish]

[Tyler] Aw.

Sounds like a deal.

[Diego speaking Spanish]

-[Cancio] Si. -[Parker] Perfecto.

[Cancio] Perfecto.

It's a beautiful coincidence

that at the end of the trip,

that at the end of the trip,

we found a really good ground to mine.

So...

that's like the golden seal

for the end of the trip, right?

[Cancio in Spanish]

[Parker] Gracias.

-[Cancio speaking] -[all laughing]

We've achieved every single goal and, uh,

yeah, it's been a relentless rollercoaster of emotion,

and... and, uh, pain, sometimes, and fun,

and, uh, that always adds up to... to a really cool trip.

and, uh, that always adds up to... to a really cool trip.

-I'm excited. -[Diego in Spanish]

I'm so curious what's down there.

[Diego in Spanish]

We go on these trails around the world

to try and find places that are untapped.

We tried to do that in Alaska and we failed,

um, and I think Tupiza could be that next place.

[speaking Spanish]

[Parker] Not only...

do I feel like it's time for me to start

taking some gambles and taking some risks

taking some gambles and taking some risks

and starting to invest in some other operations,

but we've actually found a place

to do that, and that needs that.

-[Cancio] Diego. -[Diego] For Tyler.

-For Diego. -[all murmuring]

[Parker] But, um...

I don't know what's gonna happen next.

I don't know if we're ever gonna

do a trip like this again.

But I'm glad we came here.