Treasure Hunting Like Never Before! KIRSTEN GUM: TREASURE HUNTER Gets at the Stuff No One Else Can, Beginning March 2 on Discovery HD
(February 9, 2010)

	Treasure-hunting host Kirsten Gum tackles it all in search of a good find! KIRSTEN GUM: TREASURE HUNTER premieres March 2 on Discovery HD.

Treasure hunting isn't all about gemstones and Kirsten Gum goes off the beaten path to prove it! Feel the thrill and taste the adventure as treasure-junkie Gum takes you on once-in-a-lifetime relic-hunting journeys! In search of fossils, artifacts, antiques and ruins, join Gum as she braves dangerous environments and travels to remote locales to get the goods when her new series KIRSTEN GUM: TREASURE HUNTER premieres Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Discovery HD. Whether it’s battling frigid waters to hunt for Dungeness crabs and rappelling down dangerously steep cliffs for rare – but stunning – sea glass, or strenuous paddling through a snake-infested marsh for pre-historic shark teeth, Gum goes the distance to unearth her ultimate prize!

Explore Mother Nature's resources when adventure traveller Gum tours the world to dig up undiscovered gems. Illuminating precious treasures of the world that we pass by every day, Gum is ready and willing to try anything in her search for valuable artifacts.

Highlights from KIRSTEN GUM: TREASURE HUNTER include:

KIRSTEN GUM: TREASURE HUNTER – “Treasures of the Deep”
Tuesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT
Hunting for delectable Dungeness crabs off the Pacific Coast, Gum experiences the life of a commercial crab fisherman as she comes face-to-face with rough seas, dangerous equipment and the wrath of razor-clawed crustaceans. Then it's a beachcomber's dream as Gum navigates – by kayak – through the dangerous surf off the San Francisco Bay and rappels down dangerously steep cliffs along California’s scenic Highway One to reach secret locations loaded with sea glass.

KIRSTEN GUM: TREASURE HUNTER – “Bones and Relics”
Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT
Hunting for historical remains, Gum dives into a shark-infested tank before canoeing Alberta’s beautiful Peace River for fossilized shark teeth. Then, braving the insect and snake-infested swampland of South Carolina, Gum metal detects on the grounds of old southern plantation sites hoping to recover relics – like coins, buttons and cannonballs – from the time plantations were a way of life.

KIRSTEN GUM: TREASURE HUNTER – “Golden Treasures”
Tuesday, March 16 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT
Gum arrives by helicopter and rappels down the dangerously steep cliffs of Mount Washington in search of rare pyrite and quartz crystals. Next, she turns back the hands of time and visits the Roaring Camp Gold Mine in Northern California where she pans for gold as they did in 1849. Later she dives into the freezing waters of the Mokelumne River and tries out some more modern methods for hunting gold.

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For more information:
Shannon Hall, Discovery HD, 416.384.5903 or shannon.hall@ctv.ca
Jodi Cook, Discovery HD, 416.384.4603 or jodi.cook@ctv.ca

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