A new series on Discovery, “Fool’s Gold,” follows Todd Ryznar and his ramshackle crew at Shotgun Exploration who are looking to strike it rich in the gold-laden hills of Northern Ontario and retiring in style. The only problem for this start-up DIY mining company? They don’t know what they’re doing!
Premiering Tuesday, May 13th with back-to-back episodes, “Fool’s Gold” follows modern-day prospector Ryznar and his ragtag gang of would-be miners in their search for gold. But first, they’ll have to figure out what to do and how to do it – after all, their search for gold won’t be easy when the main equipment is made from a rusty bed frame and a an assortment of old washing machine parts. Commissioned by Discovery Canada and produced by Toronto’s 11 Television Canada, the humorous eight-part series joins the beleaguered Ryznar and his rookie crew – at the mine and on the town, through bug-infested days, frigid nights, and beer-fuelled weekends – as they make a hilariously haphazard foray into the world of the professional gold digger. Armed with backwoods ingenuity, perseverance, stubbornness (and little else), will their beginner’s luck be rewarded, or will their hopes be dashed?
The new series debuts on Discovery on May 13th at 8pm and 8:30pm.
