For most women, being labeled a gold digger would be considered an insult. But if you made that assumption about Tyler Mahoney, you’d be dead wrong.
Mahoney is an attractive model, and she’s one of the stars of “Aussie Gold Hunters,” and the gold Mahoney is after is the shiny stuff you dig out of the ground. So how did she get here? Let’s explore. Mahoney definitely has an intriguing story to tell, and to a large extent it’s really all about the gold.
Early Days
Born on March 23, 1996, in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Mahoney grew up immersed in gold mining culture. Her parents, Ted and Lecky Mahoney, ran a gold shop and mining operations, instilling in her a passion for prospecting from a young age.
She’s a fourth-generation gold digger, and historically there’s been plenty to find in Western Australia, dating back to an 1800s gold rush.
The family founded The Prospectors Club, which teaches traditional prospecting techniques to the next generation of miners. Tyler serves as its director alongside her family. She is also a geology graduate from Curtin University.
Her TV career began with Aussie Gold Hunters in 2018, followed by Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail in 2020, where she guided Parker Schnabel through Australia’s goldfields. She has also appeared in Gold Rush Season 13 and the spin-off talk show Gold Rush: The Dirt.
Net Worth and Business Ventures
She certainly has that part under control, to the point where Mahoney is estimated to be worth over $1 million. This fortune was made from her TV career, gold prospecting, and entrepreneurial ventures.
She runs Mae by Tyler, a sustainable jewelry and swimwear brand built on recycled ocean plastics. She models the line herself on Instagram and has appeared at Fashion Week. An outdoors enthusiast, she is regularly seen hiking and skiing when not in the field.
In 2022, Tyler published a memoir titled Gold Digger: Chasing the Mother Lode in a Man’s World, covering her four generations of gold mining family, her journey with bipolar disorder, her recovery from an eating disorder, her businesses, and life on TV. It was a notably candid account that earned her considerable praise beyond her usual fanbase.
Mahoney is an outdoors buff as well, so the time she’s able to spend hiking and skiing is about as idyllic as it gets for someone with her skills and attributes. She has the world by a string at the moment, but that’s not the part of Tyler Mahoney’s life that most of her fans are curious about.
Dating Life
The question fans always want answered: is Tyler Mahoney single? When she first appeared alongside Parker Schnabel, viewers were quick to speculate about a romance. Both have consistently denied it – they are colleagues and friends, nothing more.
As of 2026, Tyler’s relationship status is private, with no confirmed boyfriend. She was previously linked to Jack Lathey, with whom she shared romantic posts on Instagram, but the pair are reported to have split. Tyler herself has spoken openly about the challenges of dating in remote mining locations. “It’s slim pickings in the outback. Finding someone who supports my career when we’re often apart is tough,” she shared in her memoir.
