On this weeks episode  Simon K speaks to Todd Hoffman.

Todd Hoffman is the star and creator of Gold Rush.  His crew and personality propelled the show to be the highest rated show on Discovery. 

Todd  is the leader of the Hoffman Crew, and the one of the major focuses of Gold Rush. Todd was the man who originally came up with the idea to go mine in Alaska, based off an adventure his dad did nearly 25 years earlier. 

 It was together with he and his inexperienced friends that he began his rocky mining career.

He came up with the idea to begin gold mining after watching the decline of his aviation business in Oregon and the regular rise of gold prices in the stock market.

In 2014, he and his crew mined more than 1000 ounces of gold.

He along with  some of his fellow cast mates have spent some time hunting f ...