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Well, that's sweet.

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I'm just going to have to send it.
I'm hanging on.

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Ahh!

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So hopefully the claim's not flooded
like, as in underwater?

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Oh, I hope not.Like, there's a lot
riding on this if we can't dig.

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If we do make it, it could be
hand tools only at this stage.

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Yeah, well, it's not worth
risking the excavator.No.

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If that it gets stuck,

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no way we're digging out
a 20-ton machine.

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We've got to get digging
before the next lot of rain comes.

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It gets worse the further
you're going out,

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they must have had more rain
out this way.

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Oh, it's nice and wet here, too.

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Uh-oh. Maybe not.

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Oh, dear.

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No, we're stuck, eh?
I think we're bogged.

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(OPENING THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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I'm going to get out and see
what big of a mess we're in.

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(GRUNTS)

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This is going to set us behind
for a while. We need to get mining.

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Ooh, I've got that much mud
on me tyres, they actually
just can't grip up, hey.

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My plan is, Issy,

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find something in the scrap heap,
plastic, rubber, anything
that won't hurt a rubber tyre.

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And we've got to freaking get this
car out so we can go digging.

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NARRATOR: In Andamooka,
South Australia,

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The Misfits, Angel Dempsey
and Issy Glenn,

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need to get their mining operation
back on track

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after unseasonal storms
flooded the Outback.

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Yeah, that looks like
just metal in there.

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A bunch of hoses. I could even maybe
bunch up a heap of belts.

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Angel and Issy kicked off
their season with a huge discovery.

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ISSY: Wow!
Oh, my God. Look at that.

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NARRATOR: But the crippling cost
of fuel and diminishing opal fines

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are now threatening their business.

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So you're not finding opal?
Jack (BLEEP).

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NARRATOR: And with mentor
and financier Opal Joe Kalmar

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forced to step away from mining
due to serious health issues...

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There is no solution
for my circumstance.

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I've got pain 24/7.

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...it's down to Angel and Issy to
turn their fortunes around.

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I need Angel
to be able to run at all,

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do everything that needs to be done.

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Sadly, Joe's getting a bit older.
He doesn't have a lot of time left,
so he's just wanting to see that

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I've got the mining under control.

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For me to prove that to him
is if I find opal.

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We set a 300 grand target,
about 100 more than last season.

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So you know, it's a big ask.

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I just need enough
to send all of our boxes over to

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Queensland this year.

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We've got a boxing tournament on
and we've got to pay for the flights
and accommodation.

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It's a lot of money.
Got to be finding opal.

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Issy's got to find her bits.

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I've got to find my bit to be able
to expand my mining operation.
I've just got to make it work.

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That big conveyor belt there, Issy,
do you think we can drag it?

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Which one?
This big one.

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We can give it a go.
Come on. (GRUNTS)

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Nearly got it.(BOTH GRUNT)

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It's going to have to work, Issy,
because the clock's ticking.
I'm going to get out.

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All right.Fingers crossed.

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Let's do this. Come on.

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Come on. Get up there.

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Up.

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Come on, old girl.

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Woohoo!Let's go! Whoa!

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We are out.Awesome! Woohoo!

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Now that the car is safe,
we can empty it,

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take all our digging tools
into the cut and get on with it.

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Let's go see what condition
this cut's in.

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I still don't even know
if we can dig.

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Don't know how much water
is in our mine.

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Oh, Issy, we got so damn lucky.

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Yeah, it's not full of water,
but it looks sticky.

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I reckon it's still too sticky
to even dig with a machine.

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Cannot risk getting
Joe's machines damaged in anyway.

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It's not going to dig itself.
We don't have much of a choice.
Let's go.

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That's a lot of dirt
that's come down.

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Yeah, and it's covered
our working face where
we're following that trace.

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All we can use today
is jackhammers and pick.

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The ground is quite moist,
so bringing down an excavator

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at this point in time
is not an option.

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This face is about six foot tall.
If a rock falls, it's going to hurt.

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But if the side walls collapse
on us...

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The big crack just up there
that we've got to watch.

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Who knows if it's
100 kilos of dirt 200, 500?
The whole wall? Who knows?

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So we're just going to have to be
very mindful. Until I get
the excavator down here,

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I can't make it
a hundred percent safe.

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Ah! Oh, (BLEEP)
(BLEEP) All right?

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Let's go find a new spot.Yep.

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I like digging in new ground 'cause
there's always that chance
there's something special.

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When Dad and I worked,
we always worked on that side.

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We never come over this side,
so I don't want to have to leave
Digger's Gully with any maybes.

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NARRATOR: Coober Pedy,
South Australia.

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Beneath this parched
and barren landscape

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are some of the world's
largest deposits of opal.

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Yeah, I'm pretty excited that
we're going to give this a go.

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We're going to dig
a trench on virgin ground

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and we don't know what
we're going to find.

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NARRATOR: At Digger's Gully

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the Opal Lovers,
Dan Measey and Renee Everest,

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are digging
an eight metre deep trench

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on a claim that's been
in Dan's family for decades.

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At Digger's Gully,
back in Dad's time,

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we made good money off
very bright crystal.

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We found 30 or 40 grand back then.

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I've still got good faith
there's more here.

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It's really important to Dan

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to sort of keep that opal mining
legacy going and make his dad proud

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and finish off digging
at Digger's Gully.

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What we find here in Digger's Gully,
the top brown dirt,

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which we call the biscuit,
which we're still in now,

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really, very rarely,
if ever, holds any opal.

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As soon as we break into
what we call river rock,
which is about probably here,

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eight to 10 ft. down,
we shouldn't be far off it.

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Once we break into the river rock
and get through there, that's
straight into what we call sandstone

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and then we're within
a chance of opal.

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I've come from my fulltime job
back in the Adelaide Hills.

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The mine needs to be producing
to be able to pay that wage.

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Definitely want Renee to stay.
We're happy together.
Living together, working together.

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We don't want that to change,
but money does come into it.

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Without us finding opal,
it's a serious risk
of Renee having to go back to that.

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We're only $90,000
into our $300,000 target.

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So we've got a lot of work to do
and we're coming towards
the end of the season.

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So the pressure is on.

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I reckon we're first gonna see level
around 16 ft. and along with levels,

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we get to see lots of ground
that could hold crystal.

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Once we're in the sandstone,
we're in a good chance.

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NARRATOR: Dan is excavating
the trench in the remains
of an ancient seabed,

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searching for seams of opal.

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Millions of years ago, Coober Pedy
was covered by an inland sea.

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Over time, silica rich water drained
into the ground,

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eventually hardening
to form an opal level.

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The best way to check the wall
is to physically go down
and check it out.

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Yeah, when Dan finishes
doing this length,

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Dan's going to lower me down
in the bucket and I'm going
to check it out.

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We can get
a little bit of rock fall,

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we might have to rake back
the edges a little bit

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to make sure that rocks
don't fall on me.

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Going down the bucket's
the quickest and easiest way
to check this trench.

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We can muck around
with digging ramps
and ladders and stuff,

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but we don't have time
to muck around with that.

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Time is money,
so I need to get Renee down,

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make a decision. Is there opal?
Isn't there? Move on.

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You ready, Dan?

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Ready to go.

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Okay, I'm getting in the bucket.

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It's eight metres deep.
It's a long way down.

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It's a confined space,
so yeah, Renee is pretty brave
to do it.

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I get a bit claustrophobic.

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I actually haven't done this before,
so I have to see how I go.

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Hopefully, I don't freak out
down there.

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I'm going to try and look
for some sort of fault line.

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And that's where opal
can possibly be forming.

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Then we'll develop a new plan if we
need to, 'cause we'll need to
dig it out.

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All right.
Maybe if we just stop there

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so that I can sort of
acclimatise myself a little bit.

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You look like
you're nearly halfway there.
So you're doing well.

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It's so narrow.
I didn't realise how sort of narrow
and scary it sort of feels.

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You are in a safe bucket,
but I know it'll be a bit scary.

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All right, maybe just
a metre more down.

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All right, stop a sec.
Yeah, stop.

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I'm getting there.
There's probably two metres to go.

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But just if you can just
keep at this level.

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Really losing view
of the bottom of the bucket there,
so let me know if I'm not level.

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You're still level.

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All right. You're nearly there.

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Probably a foot. All right.
Yeah. All right. I made it.

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How you going down there?
Everything all right?

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I'm still a bit nervous.
It's still quite claustrophobic
and a bit weird down here.

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Ah! Now I've just got rocks
on my head.

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That's what
you've got a hard hat for.
The rocks will bounce off that.

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Yeah, I'm going to keep
looking around.

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I think there is a level,
but it's up quite high
and I can't see it.

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Dan's done a good job of this.

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She's a long way down.

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So Dan taught me
this crisscross method.

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I'm actually listening
for any tinging, like a ting sound

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which means
you're crossing over opal.

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I reckon I might have seen
something drop down there.

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Whoa. Look at that.

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Yeah, I reckon I found something.

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Hey, Dan, I reckon
I found something down here.

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(OVER RADIO) What, you found opal?

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Yeah, it's a green-blue colour.
It looks fantastic.

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Wow. Excellent.

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Um, there's opal here,
but I can't see it.

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So I'm going to have to come back
and black light.

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Good idea. We know
we've gone deep enough.

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If you've found a piece of colour
already, there's got to be more.

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Yes, I'm looking for the other half
or another little piece of that.

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I'm pretty excited now
that we've found that little stone.

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(RUMBLING)

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Oh, my God.

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Can you get up there
and just jackhammer
a couple of plates for me foot?

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Just need a flat surface.
Just take this bit here out.

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The plan for today is pretty simple.

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We just keep shifting dirt
and hopefully we find some colour.

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Opal mining ain't rocket science.

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Shift dirt till to your find colour.
Shift dirt, find colour, party.

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(DRILLING)

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Just sort of
where the feet are, mate.

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Take that lump, yeah.

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That'll bloody near do
that one, I think.

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BOGGER: Flat, you reckon?
It might be a bit better. Bogger.

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Looks better now.

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NARRATOR: In Grawin,
New South Wales...

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We might have to break
some of them big ones up
with the pelican pick, Bogger!

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NARRATOR: The Bushmen, Rod Manning,
Sam Mehan, rookie recruit
Jake "Bogger" Wallace

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and veteran miner Les Walsh

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are desperate to find opal
at their new Froggie's Claim.

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Retirement is not looking
real flash at the moment.

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Unless I find a big pocket of opal.

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I think Froggie's will turn out
all right for us.

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But we've still got to move
dirt to get where we want
to go, where we reckon it is.

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You go nowhere if you give up.

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NARRATOR: But with the brutal summer
and the end of the season in sight,
time is running out.

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Our target was 150,
and we've only got 50

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and we're not going to get in
much more than that,

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I don't think. Just running
out of time unless we do find

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one good pocket.

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We're struggling at the moment.
We're all low on cash.

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We've all got things we need paying
for, bills to pay, cars to fix.

223
00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,319
So, it's pretty crucial
we find something
while we're down here.

224
00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,879
Otherwise, we're just
burning diesel for nothing.

225
00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,359
Yeah, mate,
that pin's coming out again.

226
00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,559
Bloody hell.

227
00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,279
Give that pin
a bit of a tap, Bogger.

228
00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,759
Every bloody five minutes
it's coming out.

229
00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,919
See if it comes
right out of this side

230
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,719
and I put pressure on this,

231
00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,639
it twists and bends all this metal,
and then we're proper (BLEEP).
Yeah, righto.

232
00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,439
Without the digger,
we're pretty well stuffed.

233
00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,879
At the end of the day, if we
had to, we'd have to
pull jackhammers out.

234
00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,639
And that's just, you know,
a lot slower, much slower.

235
00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,959
It's coming out every 5 minutes.
Les was going to weld it up
ages ago,

236
00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,999
but never got bloody around to it.
(BLEEP) I'll get him down here.
Now, he can do it.

237
00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,879
Hey, Les, you got me?

238
00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,159
(OVER RADIO) Yeah, mate,
what's happening?

239
00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,359
That pin that we were going to fix
months ago keeps coming out,

240
00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,799
and we're going to end up
(BLEEP) the whole show.

241
00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,679
Do you reckon you could
come down here
and have a look at it

242
00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,039
and see what you
need to do to fix it, mate?

243
00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,759
Okay, I'll come down.

244
00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,839
Every five seconds,
we're banging the bloody thing in.

245
00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,599
So if you want to
get some measurements
or do whatever it is that you do.

246
00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:30,959
We need a piece of plate on,
welded on here, go down here and...

247
00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,119
just stick a bolt in it
to hold it in.

248
00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,279
So that'll take a little
while to do.

249
00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,239
Rod, I'll just do something
with this with a bit of duct tape

250
00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,759
to hold it in for a little while.

251
00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,319
This is only a temporary fix
to keep them going a bit longer

252
00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:50,319
while I get the gear to do the job,
fix the job with.

253
00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,679
Might not look good,
but it'll do the job.

254
00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:58,999
With old machines,
there's always something
that's going to go wrong.

255
00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,279
You can't expect it not to.

256
00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,079
It's just one of them things,
wear and tear.

257
00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:05,959
That'll hold it, Les.

258
00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,679
(MACHINE WHIRRING)

259
00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,639
At the moment, Les is just
fixing this little pin on
the front of the digger.

260
00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,359
And he's quite inspirational
at the end of the day.

261
00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,719
He's in his late 70s.
He's got just about every tool
and he knows how to use all of them.

262
00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,879
There's not a problem
that we have, that Les
can't fix for us.

263
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,519
So he's a really good asset
to have down here.

264
00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,039
That'll do it for now, anyway.

265
00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,279
That'll hold it there.
It'll stop the pin coming out.
That will.

266
00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,159
I reckon it's time to go home.
I reckon you're right.

267
00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,879
Come on, Les, lead us out of here.

268
00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,759
It's getting real late
in the season.

269
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,639
We've still got
a hundred grand to bloody find.

270
00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:53,879
And it's just too slow.

271
00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:58,079
The only chance we've got of
saving this season is to hit
a big pocket

272
00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,599
and we're not going to find a pocket
going as slow as we are.
It's just too slow.

273
00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,759
RENEE (STRAINED): Oh, my God.

274
00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,759
Dan, I'm getting out of here.
There's rocks falling down.

275
00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,279
Yeah, come out of there.
It's no good.

276
00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,719
I'm in, you can lift me up
real slow.

277
00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,079
Real careful, Dan, 'cause the rocks
just fell over the bucket.

278
00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,279
Ahh! Oh, my God,
I'm glad to get out of there.

279
00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,479
Yeah, I don't know.
Something crumbled there
and come in on the bucket, eh?

280
00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,239
I'm okay. It just gave me
a big fright, that was all.

281
00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,039
Okay. Where's that piece of opal?

282
00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,079
Look at that!Ooh.

283
00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,919
Isn't that nice?That's good.
Green and red.

284
00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,199
Yeah.
That's a good stone there.
You have to clean that right up.

285
00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,199
No wonder you want
to come back
and blacklight that.Yeah.

286
00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,119
The darker the better tonight.Yep.

287
00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,759
NARRATOR: In Coober Pedy,
the Opal Lovers are returning
for a night shift

288
00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,959
in their freshly dug
8-metre-deep trench,

289
00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:11,199
using ultraviolet
blacklight torches to make
any opal fluoresce.

290
00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,839
All right, so I'm just going
to throw this rope down
because it's a bit easy to climb up.

291
00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,119
Yeah, your ramp's
pretty steep there, Dan.

292
00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,039
Yeah, I sort of got squashed up
against that dump a bit, so.

293
00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,479
Come back tonight to blacklight.

294
00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,519
Dan's just organising a rope
to go down his ramp.

295
00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,359
The ramp is really steep.

296
00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,199
It's a bit like a slide,
so then it's going to be easier

297
00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:34,879
to climb up and climb out of it.

298
00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,399
Pretty excited
to go back down and blacklight it

299
00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,359
and hopefully the whole wall
lights up.It's a bit steeper than
I would have liked,

300
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,799
but we run into this dump
in the back ground here,

301
00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:47,359
so I sort of ended up
being a bit short.
But that's all right. We'll manage.

302
00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:49,559
Okay, so this is my blacklight.

303
00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,479
So it's like a blue colour,
but it will shine opal

304
00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,439
like an aqua colour, fluorescence.

305
00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,319
Send Dan down first,
he can go down, I'll follow him

306
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,559
and then we'll just start
scanning the walls.

307
00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,599
Dan will probably
start down the other end

308
00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,239
and I'll start down here
and we'll meet in the middle.

309
00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,239
Okay? All safe?

310
00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,119
Yep.All right, let's do it.
Lights off.

311
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,199
Yep.Let's find it.

312
00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:25,319
Look, at the moment
I'm just seeing
this interesting level

313
00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,879
at about right
at my elbow height here.

314
00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,599
We're not going to ignore
anything above and below that,

315
00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,999
but that's looking really nice.

316
00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,079
Yeah.Almost looks like
a bit of bone and chalk in there.

317
00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,919
So, we call it bone and chalk
when it's sort of not opal yet.

318
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,439
Yeah.But it shows silica and water
have been through there.

319
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,119
I can't see anything.

320
00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,199
No, there's no actual
opal material standing out.

321
00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,479
But that level...

322
00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,279
is interesting.

323
00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:00,919
I kind of thought it would be...

324
00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,759
all over the place.

325
00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,199
Yeah, well, definitely hasn't lit up
like a Christmas tree.

326
00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:11,079
Obviously, there's the other half
to that piece you found,

327
00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:12,799
but, good luck finding that.

328
00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,559
We might have to...
We might have to check
the tailings dump for that.

329
00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,999
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
We might have to
blacklight the dump.

330
00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,559
We're going to be pretty lucky
to find half a piece, but yeah.

331
00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,679
Let's go up the top,
like you say. We've got to check it.

332
00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,799
Let's go for it.All right.

333
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:33,359
Yeah. we've got quite
a big pile of dirt here.
Quite a big dump.

334
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,639
So Dan will blacklight
the other side.

335
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,079
I can't see much at the moment.

336
00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:40,799
Hey, Renee.Yeah?

337
00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,999
Get over here.
There's some serious chunks
sitting on this dump.

338
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,599
Ah, not only is it getting hotter
later in the season,

339
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,239
we're nowhere near our target,
but we've lost Bogger and Sam
at the moment.

340
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,599
Bogger got into a bit of strife
up the pub the other night.

341
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,039
Got his jaw broken,
so Sam's taking him down to Sydney

342
00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:17,719
to get a big plate put in it.

343
00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,199
So she's due back this morning.

344
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,519
(BLEEP) if I know where Les is,
he should have been here
an hour ago.

345
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:35,479
NARRATOR: In Grawin, the Bushmen
have taken a big hit
with crucial team member

346
00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,999
Bogger hospitalised
with serious injuries.

347
00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,799
Hey, Rod.You're back.

348
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,919
Yes, we made it back in one piece

349
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,519
and Bogger's got his jaw
in one piece, too.

350
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,279
Instead of two it's in one, eh?
It's in one, but he's fixed up now.

351
00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:57,199
I've left him in town to rest up.
He'll be out for a while
then, I would imagine.

352
00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,959
They said at the hospital,
at least six weeks.Bad break.

353
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,839
Yeah, it's going to be
a big recovery.

354
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,799
Leisurely 20-hour drive, eh?
Yeah, absolutely.

355
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,839
I was expecting you
a bit later, actually.I wanted to
get back as soon as possible.

356
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,999
Get straight into it.
That's the way. You've been
to Sydney and back

357
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,439
and you've still beaten Les here.
Sure, I have.
Don't know how I did it.

358
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,399
Don't stand in front of him.
He'll run you over.
I don't want to get run over.

359
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,959
Look at this.
Yeah, the light and everything.

360
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,759
Did you run into someone?
Look at it.

361
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,719
Yeah. Three bloody red kangaroo.
Three of them?

362
00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,279
Three, that's a lot.
Made a hell of a mess.

363
00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:39,319
Jeez, Les, your whole front end's
(BLEEP), mate.

364
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,079
Not happy.Not good, Les.

365
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,519
Not happy about it at all.
Bloody roos.

366
00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,519
Well, mate,
we can't do nothing about this.
No, we can't.

367
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,399
We just soldier on, eh?
That's all we can do.

368
00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:55,879
Righto, Sam.
Let's get into it, mate.
Let's do this. Find some opal.

369
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,359
See you down there.
Yeah. I'll see you down there.

370
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,359
Yeah, our target's
not going real good.

371
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,879
We've only got to 50
and we need 150.

372
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,759
So I think at the end of the day,
I don't think we're going to
get there

373
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,919
unless we have a lot
of good luck. And at the moment,
that's not following us at all.

374
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,199
Notice how these walls
are all cracking?

375
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,159
I was noticing that before,
there's a full split coming through.

376
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,039
There's a split
coming through there.
On that side, as well.

377
00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,199
Look at that crack there.Yeah.

378
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,599
It just seems weird
that it's cracking that much.

379
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:39,159
I don't know whether it's a problem
unless the cracks are developing
from the weight of the roof

380
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,719
coming down. Have to watch that,
Sam.Yep. I'll keep an eye on it.

381
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,759
(MACHINE WHIRRING)

382
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,879
Hey, look out! You all right?

383
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,959
Crikey. That was almost my head.

384
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,919
I don't know about you, Issy,
but I reckon we should
call it quits on that.

385
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,159
I need to scrape back
with the excavator
the weather damaged soil,

386
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,239
because that
could have ended badly.

387
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,959
It could have ended very bad.
Let's call it a day, yeah?

388
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,879
Yeah, call it a day.
Hopefully it dries up tomorrow

389
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,919
and we can scrape it back
because, yeah,
it's just too dangerous.

390
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,999
Compared to yesterday,
I couldn't even get the car
there yesterday.No.

391
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:33,839
And I haven't got any mud
sticking to my boots today.
I reckon it's looking pretty good.

392
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,799
That wall, going to clean it up,
create a bit more room
for us to continue digging.

393
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,119
You wanna organise the hand tools
and I'll get the machine down here.

394
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,759
Let's go. So I'm just going
to follow you from behind.

395
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,599
(ENGINE STARTS) Woohoo!
Ready to roll.

396
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:57,839
The trickiest thing after the rain
is getting rid of all
the damaged soil.

397
00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,959
That's a bit of a relief,
being able to get
this machine in there

398
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,719
because now we can make
super-fast progress.

399
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,079
And to move a bucket
full of dirt by hand,

400
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,399
it will take us 20 minutes,
30 minutes.

401
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,799
With this machine,
we can move a bucketful
of dirt in 10, 15 seconds.

402
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,639
Awesome.

403
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,359
You can see how wet
this dirt is, still.
That colour change.

404
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,239
I'm just letting Angel
clear the hole out for us.

405
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,079
We should be mining soon.

406
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,479
As I'm cleaning out this hole,
I'm also going a little bit deeper

407
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,839
to expose a bit more of that face.

408
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,919
I reckon that'll be the last scoop
for now, we'll have a look.

409
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,919
Nothing. It's disappeared on me.

410
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,599
(DRILL WHIRRING)

411
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,359
Starting to get a bit chilly, Issy.
Yeah, it is.

412
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,399
The night air's starting to kick in.

413
00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,279
With it being dark, with
the blacklight we'll be able
to pick it up so much easier,

414
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:03,639
we'll pick up every little bit.
We're risking
losing it at the moment.

415
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:09,399
And if Joe finds out we missed
20 grand, 10 grand, 30 grand,
that's not going to be a good day.

416
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,279
The sun is going down,
allowing the black lights to shine.

417
00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,999
So we're able to spot everything.

418
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,799
All opal glows under UV light.

419
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,119
If I didn't have the black lights,
I wouldn't be seeing this stuff.

420
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,599
We're really focusing on this area
'cause the two slips
we were following

421
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,079
seems to be joining
at the bottom.

422
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,479
What the old timers say are
opal pockets are at the bottom
of a slip.

423
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,279
We're going down to find the bottom.

424
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,719
Oh, it's...Lots of little bits.
Little bits.

425
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,639
Oh! Oh!No, big one.

426
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,599
Every time I stick my little
screwdriver in here, I hear that
crunch, crunch.

427
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,199
That is so cool,
in all these little pieces.

428
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,679
And I still reckon
it's coming from here.
It's just some pile here.

429
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,679
Oh, what...Have you got colour?
Oh! Look at it!You are kidding me!

430
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,879
Purple, green.

431
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,039
See that? Wow, that's cool. (LAUGHS)

432
00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:10,799
Now it just needs to get
a little bit bigger.

433
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,599
Look at that one.

434
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,479
Look at the way that
sucker's glowing.
And weirdly enough, Issy,

435
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,439
the better it's glowing,
the more likely
it is to have colour.

436
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,479
This is fully charged.

437
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,679
Oh, Angel.Yeah?
Look at this.

438
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,799
(LAUGHS) Issy.

439
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,759
That looks good.
Oh, my God, look at the size
of that! Don't break it.

440
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,719
It's got colour.

441
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,399
You're on the money.

442
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,439
Wow.That's a good size, eh?

443
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,639
Let's see if it's got colour.
That is...Whoa!

444
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,559
Oh, my God!
Oh, look at that red.

445
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,199
Finally, we hit it.Finally.

446
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,399
That's going to be awesome,
cleaned up.

447
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,399
This is going to make Joe smile.

448
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,719
Joe's put a lot of money into this
cut and to have this cut
finally turn

449
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,439
after all these years,
all these hours and effort put in,
is just so rewarding.

450
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,679
Bit of roof let go up there!

451
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,039
Yeah, I'm okay. I'll come back here.

452
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,559
Give us that jackhammer, mate.
I'll get it off before it...

453
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,279
Where is the jackhammer?

454
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:39,039
There you go.

455
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,319
All this bit here just fell out.
Yeah.

456
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,519
Good thing you weren't
standing there, Sam.I know, right?

457
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,199
Yeah. Look how loose it all is.

458
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,559
It was just sitting there,
wasn't it?Yeah.

459
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,279
NARRATOR: In Grawin,

460
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,359
The Bushmen are a man down

461
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,919
after Bogger was seriously
injured in a pub brawl.

462
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,999
We don't have Bogger
with us at the moment.

463
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,799
There's some pretty rough guys
crawling out of these holes

464
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,119
of an afternoon.
Friday night down the pub,

465
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,959
the boys all kicked off
and started just swinging hands

466
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,639
and Bogger weaved
when he should have ducked.

467
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,399
It's a pretty decent break.

468
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,439
The jaw broke in half right there.

469
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,999
So he's going to be out
for a little while, I would think.

470
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,559
It's been hit and miss here.
Froggie's is always like that,

471
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,079
but it makes it a lot harder
having Bogger out.

472
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,959
He is a good worker
and he moves a lot of dirt.

473
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,319
So without him here,
we're not as efficient

474
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,159
as when all four of us are together.

475
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:57,359
The ground's starting to look pretty
bloody good, Sam.It is, and it's
changing a lot, too, I've noticed.

476
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,919
We're getting that
purple stuff coming through as well.

477
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,039
Just go in and have a look around
that slip there for me.

478
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,759
I reckon I can see something.

479
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,319
Yeah. There's purple
coming through.Purple, is there?

480
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,679
It's coming through just here.
I'll give it another
scrape if you want.

481
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,399
Yeah, that'll be good.

482
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,919
If we can get five more,
10 more metres

483
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,479
and we can hit a big patch,
we can save our season, you know?

484
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,999
Otherwise we are absolutely (BLEEP).

485
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,799
Have a look at that up in the corner
for us, Sam!It looks good!

486
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,679
Ooh! There's green! Down the back.
Got green!

487
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,759
It's a bit mixed up,
but it's green on black.

488
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,359
Well that's the best green you can
get Sam, isn't! On black.Sure is.

489
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,039
Les? You there?

490
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,679
Yeah!I need ya!

491
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,479
(OVER RADIO) OK, I'll come down.

492
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,639
Hang on.

493
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:11,319
I've got plenty to do above ground.
That's what I was doing and then
Bogger got himself a broken jaw.

494
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,559
So I have to come down
and take his place.
That's the way it is.

495
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,359
That's blue, isn't it?

496
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,119
No, but it's green.

497
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,239
Right, better get up there
with a hammer.

498
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,959
(DRILL WHIRRING)

499
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,879
Ohh!Come on.

500
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:31,999
(ROD LAUGHS)

501
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,719
We got colour!Yes!
That's a nice piece of blue.

502
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,519
We've picked up
a piece of stone here.

503
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,999
It's got green in it.
Yeah, a bit of purple on it. It's
not a bad chunk of rock actually.

504
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,599
Oh sure is. There's even a bit
of green in there too.
Bit of everything, Sam!

505
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,279
It's really bright.

506
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,079
I think there's a bit of
nice stuff dropped in there.

507
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,639
Oh, ho-ho!

508
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:04,479
That's bloody good.
Thought I saw a big chunky bit
of blue fall in there, Les.

509
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,279
Yes.Well done.

510
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,839
Good work!

511
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,119
Oh, wow. Okay, I'm coming.

512
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,799
DAN: Come have a look at this.

513
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,519
That's what we want to see,
big chunks like that.
We're gonna hope they're colour

514
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,559
but that's nice.
Nice seeing that. Look at that.
What have you got?

515
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,399
Oh, my God. That is lighting up
like a Christmas tree.
This is what I've seen first.

516
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,279
Oh! Look at that.
Look at all that material.

517
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,599
Wow!It looks so much like
that piece you found on the floor.

518
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:37,999
Does that have colour in it?
No, I can't see any colour in it,
but it's got a dark skin on it.

519
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,719
So we've got to clean that up,
tumble it properly.
But look at those chunks.

520
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,719
Let's go have a look.
Let's get 'em.Yeah.

521
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,319
Ooh. Look at that.Wow,
look at that, Dan! (LAUGHS)
That's nice.

522
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,159
That's cool.Let's do it in
the light and see if it's colour.

523
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,839
Yeah! I will.

524
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,839
That's colour.
Pretty happy with that.

525
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,839
Wow, Dan, that's cool.
Nice stuff, isn't it?

526
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,719
They're big chunks.
There's got to be more.
Yeah!

527
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,039
I think we're going
to do all right. Oh!
You found another piece?

528
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,719
Yeah.I haven't even moved
and you found another bit.

529
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,999
Wow! Oh, my God look at that!
That is beautiful, Dan.

530
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,999
All right, so that's it.
We're going to have to
blacklight this whole dump.Yeah.

531
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,959
This is a big dump.
Might take us a while.

532
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,359
So you're gonna grab some bags
and then we can just chuck it
in the bags and tumble it tomorrow.

533
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:30,079
We're going to have to with colour
like that.Yeah, that's amazing.
I'm going to put that in my pocket.

534
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,319
Yep. We're gonna have some money
in this dump.

535
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:37,679
Yeah. All right, let's grab
some bags and keep black lighting.
Just gonna black light it. Big job.

536
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,319
Hopefully, we've got a heap
of opal in there, Dan.

537
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,239
You've got the muscles.

538
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,479
Lot of material.Yeah, it's heaps.

539
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,359
How many hours is this
going to take to tumble, Dan?

540
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,199
I think we'll need probably
two hours to tumble that up.Yep.

541
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,879
Give it a good wash.

542
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,879
That's going to be massive, then,
that one.

543
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:22,039
There you go.All right.
I'm not sure this is going to start.

544
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,519
There we go.

545
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:31,559
Tumbler's a pretty simple concept.
It's a drum with a sieve around it.
We put the opal in,

546
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:35,319
moves it all around,
washes it through the water,
and it chips the sandstone

547
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,639
and dirt off as it goes.
Cleans the opal up.

548
00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:42,479
Saves us cleaning it with grinding
and knives and clipping.
Does the job.

549
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,159
Let's go get a drink.Yeah.
Come back, a couple of hours
and see what we've got.

550
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,799
Right. Let's see how good we've done
this week, hey?

551
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:03,319
I think we haven't
done too bad actually, Sam.Yeah?

552
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,559
A bit of water?

553
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,639
Tip a bit of water on that, Sam.
Make it look prettier.

554
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:10,799
There we go.Oh-hoo.

555
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,399
Look at the bar on that, will ya?
Oh, that's pretty.
It's nice, isn't it?

556
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,719
See that, Les? See that bar goes
right through. Goes all
the way around.

557
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,399
Oh, yeah.So, you'll cut that.

558
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,399
Yep.You'll get probably
two stones out of that.
I like that one.

559
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,719
Green.It's got that gold colour
in it, hasn't it?

560
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:29,559
NARRATOR: The Bushmen have
a small parcel of grey based
and crystal opal,

561
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,719
featuring blue, green, purple,
gold and orange.

562
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,639
It's in the rough
and weighs 90 grams.

563
00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:40,239
I reckon we need to put
a value on this, Sam.

564
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,759
Well, this is at least a grand
in itself. Probably more.Yep.

565
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,759
And you've got some really nice
green and gold in here.Mm-hmm.

566
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,599
You're going to cut
some nice stones. I reckon...

567
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,239
Three grand.
You happy with that, Les?

568
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:57,079
Yeah, that doesn't seem to be a bad
little price for that little parcel.

569
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,439
We'll ask for four
and settle on three.Sounds good.

570
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:10,039
I think that's a pretty fair price
for that, I would reckon.Yeah,
I think it's a very fair price.

571
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,879
I think we've done
pretty bloody well.

572
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,559
Under all the circumstances,
everything that's gone wrong,

573
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,719
so we'll just keep on doing
what we're doing. Happy with that?

574
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,519
Yes.Good on you.
All right. Come on.

575
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,399
Let's go find somewhere cool.

576
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,399
I reckon that sounds all right.
It's got to better than this.

577
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,119
Alright. So we'll weigh it up now.
That's our classing there.Yeah.

578
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:51,519
One, second class, third. Shell.
And that's our fourth class.

579
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,839
The first class obviously
has got the best colour.

580
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,959
It's beautiful. It almost looks
purpley. Purpley, pinky.

581
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,999
Be really easy to move this stuff.

582
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:04,159
Yeah, someone will be
able to make some nice jewellery
out of this. Beautiful.

583
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:05,919
And then, of course, your shell.

584
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,319
Yeah, of course that's my favourite
because I found that one.Yeah.

585
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,399
Could do with a little
bit more of a cleanup.

586
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,079
The tumble hasn't got it
all the way there, but beautiful.

587
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,239
NARRATOR: The Opal Lovers have
a parcel of crystal opal

588
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,879
displaying the full spectrum
of colours.

589
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,159
Plus, a single opalised shell.
They're in the rough

590
00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:28,119
and weigh 970 grams.

591
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,559
So how much do you reckon, Dan?
Weigh it up?

592
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,959
We'll have to weigh it up, erm.
I reckon we start with the tops.
You should put it down.

593
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,439
So, it's four and a half ounces.

594
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,639
2,000 an ounce. So, seconds.

595
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,839
Also four and a half ounces.

596
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,799
Six hundred an ounce.600?

597
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,479
Three.

598
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:58,359
Ten ounces. 200 hundred an ounce
on that.

599
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,319
Four is 15 ounces.

600
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,879
I think we average that
at $100 an ounce.

601
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,959
The shell's weight is not really
going to be that relevant.

602
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,679
Because for me, it's more of
a specimen or a one off.

603
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,439
Yep.800 bucks.

604
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,399
800. Oh, that's alright. And 800.

605
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,719
Sixteen grand.Sixteen thousand!

606
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,599
Well, that's not bad, isn't it, Dan?

607
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,559
After that long night
and everything.

608
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,519
Yeah, it's worth it.
Add that onto our total.

609
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,919
I didn't think from that one little
trench with one piece
of potch in it,

610
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,359
we could end up earning 16 grand.
Yeah. Yep.

611
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,199
We're gonna have to celebrate,
aren't we?I think lunch for you.

612
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,119
Take it out for a nice lunch.
Yeah, okay. Beautiful. Excellent.

613
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,999
Well done.All right.

614
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,159
Well, that was great,
wasn't it, Dan?It's a
pretty good result.

615
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:05,959
Took us a while to get there.
Sixteen grand's
worth a cheers, I think.

616
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:07,799
Cheers.Well done.

617
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,359
ISSY: You home, Angel?
Come on in, Issy.

618
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,799
I'm just about to chuck this opal
in the tumbler, see what we've got.

619
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,439
So we need to clean it up,
tumble it for...

620
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:32,199
I don't know, an hour? And then
we'll be able to see exactly what
kind of value we've got.

621
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,439
This is my handy dandy
little opal tumbler.

622
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:42,479
We just fill it half with water,
and the opal, as it's hitting
each other, it cleans itself off.

623
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,879
The more we can see in each stone,
the more we're gonna get for it.

624
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,759
We'll see what we got
at the end of it.

625
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,399
First thing this morning I gave
Joe a call.

626
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,479
And he said there was
a buyer in town knocked on his door.

627
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,359
Really?Yep. We're going to bring
him around just after
it's all cleaned up.

628
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,559
Hopefully we get a sale in today.
Awesome.

629
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,279
We've got to get this
oven going too.

630
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,479
Was it 160 you said?160, yep.

631
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:09,399
Gonna have a choc orange cake today.
And fingers crossed it turns out.

632
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,559
Stop drooling. It's not ready yet.

633
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,679
No, it's not looking edible yet.

634
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,079
We still need to get this sale
across the line.

635
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:22,559
If we don't, well,
it could be God knows when
we get an opportunity again.

636
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,479
Well, I reckon the opal
should be about done.

637
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,199
Good timing.
Let's see what we've got.

638
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,839
Look at that.That's cleaned up
really, really nice.

639
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,239
It has. Got a fair bit.

640
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,359
Yeah. I'm just trying
to think of the value here.

641
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,719
Just going by those colours...

642
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,679
It has to be...

643
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,639
Twenty grand for the lot. Ask 25.

644
00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:48,959
I guess we're just going to
have to wait for the buyer
to get here.Yeah.

645
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,919
Never met these buyers before,
so hopefully we can close a sale.

646
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,999
I'm not budging off the 20 grand
'cause this material
is definitely worth it.

647
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,839
Ah, here's Joe now. That must be
the buyers behind him, hey.Yep.

648
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,319
Morning.Morning. Hello.

649
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,719
This is Brenton and his son, Aiden.

650
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,039
Hi, Issy.Hi, Aiden.
Nice to meet you, mate.

651
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:13,159
Angel.Nice to meet you.
Hi, Angel, I'm Brenton.Brenton.

652
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:15,839
So you're here to buy some opal, eh?

653
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,719
Yes. I've been in the game
for a while, but young Aiden here,

654
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,759
it's time for him
to get into the game, too.

655
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:24,039
Awesome. Good to see you.
I've come to sponsor him
for his first deal,

656
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,039
and we're gonna to see
how he goes with it.

657
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,879
Well, this is a pretty good parcel
that Issy and I found last night.

658
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,279
About 10 ounces there.

659
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,959
NARRATOR: The Misfits have a parcel
of white and crystal opal

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featuring the full spectrum
of colours.

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It's been washed in a tumbler
and weighs 283 grams.

662
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So what are you looking for?

663
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I'm asking 25 grand for it.

664
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:51,759
Decent parcel, lots of colour.

665
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,919
Full spectrum in there.

666
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,919
There is a mix
of the quality in there.

667
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,439
I think you might be
misjudging it there a little bit.

668
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But yeah, what's the numbers
that's coming to mind for you guys?
AIDEN: From what I'm seeing...

669
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Sixteen.Really?
That's pretty low.

670
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,479
No way.It's a joke.

671
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,319
That's just way too low.

672
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:21,239
Travelled a bloody long way
to get here and I was expecting
a bit more volume...

673
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,519
Yeah....in that parcel.
It is what it is.

674
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,039
I mean, I can go down to 23 grand.

675
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:28,399
This is your deal, Aiden.

676
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Eighteen and a half.

677
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,399
We can't let it go for that.

678
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Twenty one?

679
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You're getting closer.Twenty.

680
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,719
All right, we'll go with twenty.

681
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:45,879
Done deal.

682
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,199
Awesome.Cool bananas.Well done.

683
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:55,959
Awesome. Thank you. My phone should
buzz me when I receive it.

684
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Yep. There we go.
Thank you very much.

685
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All right.Pleasure doing
business with you.

686
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That's what we need to keep going.

687
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I want to be a successful miner.
And in order to be that,

688
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you've got to know
how to sell your opal.

689
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Joe said, "Well done, girls."
You know, he doesn't say that often.

690
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,519
And when he says that,
it's really good for me because
it's like I'm on the path.

691
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,239
I'm very happy. We can keep digging.

692
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:22,919
I thought you'd left before you
had your cake, Joe.
Holy hell.There you go.

693
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,399
This is a good round-up
to a heavy--duty week.

694
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I think yous done well this week,

695
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even though you had to go
night shift, you know? But...
It paid off.

696
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,159
You can't afford
to be missing stuff, you know?

697
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:38,119
Well, here's to a good sale and
a good week.Cheers.Cool bananas.

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(ALL LAUGH)

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