Rick Ness is an American gold miner who is best known as an excavator and rock truck operator on 's hit documentary series . He is also involved in a musical career as an upright bassist for . 

Rick Has A Twin Brother

Rick Ness was born on March 5, 1981, and is 41 years old as of early 2022. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to parents; father Richard Ness and mother Judy Marie Bedard.

His mom died at the age of 55 in March 2018 after a long battle with cancer. He is of American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.

He has one sibling, twin brother Randy Ness, who is a mechanic. Randy works for the family construction company, The company was formed by his grandfather Roy Ness, in Michigan, Escanaba.

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Rick Ness' Professional Career

Rick was originally a college football player, but because of an injury, he had to end his football career.

He then started a music career becoming an upright bassist for . He released three albums, ,  and while he was in the group.

Rick met his Gold Rush co-star Parker Schnabel while touring with the band in October 2011. He joined the season 2 of , which was debuted on Discovery in 2010.

Rick was the right-hand man of Parker Schnabel on the show, who has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

He worked on the series alongside Todd Hoffman, whose net worth is $5 million, and James Harness, who passed away on July 3, 2014. 

He had already learned to use a great deal of heavy machinery at his family construction company which became fruitful for Gold Rush.