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Alright, you ready, Luca,
I'm gonna give it a go.

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Yeah, go on.

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BLEEP.

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I'm trying to reverse out.

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Me and Rory just went
to reverse back the rig.

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We've got bogged.

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The dirt's just too loose
and the tyres just spinning.

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Gonna have to get more sticks.

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See if I can get the tyres to grip.

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Do you want to try this big one?

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Thank you.

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So the tyres are pretty much bald.

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Just trying to create
enough traction

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for it to, to grip
and take off.

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Hopefully that's enough grip
for the tyres to reverse back.

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Ah, if not, we might have
to get Dad and Mark

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and I don't really want
to disturb them

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in what they're doing,
so really hoping this works.

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BLEEP.

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Ah, well, we'll have to call Dad
and Mark, I'd say.

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Can you give you Dad a ring?
Sure.

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Hey Dad. How you going?

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Little problems like this
take up minutes then hours

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and then yeah, all of a sudden,
your whole day's spent trying

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to get out of a bog so, ah yeah,
a bit annoyed at this point.

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Could not believe that.

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Like, it wasn't even wet.

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Got Mark on his loader.

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Gonna chain it up to this old rig
and he's gonna pull it out.

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Grawin, New South Wales.

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For over 30 years,
opal miners in the region

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have relied on auger drills
to fathom the rocky depths.

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Now the Cheals,
Chris, son Rory, daughter Luca,

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and mine partner Mark Bressan

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are attempting
to find a new opal level

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at their Turner's Rush Claim.

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Yeah, sorry for taking up
your afternoon, mate.

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You're all good, mate. We're all
here to help each other, buddy.

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They're prospect drilling
virgin ground.

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We'll put the first hole about here.

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To decide if they extend
their open cut mine

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or abandon the claim.

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You know, if we don't drill
anything up at all

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then there's not much point
coming out here

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and digging it with the excavator.

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In Sydney, Chris's youngest son
Oscar is in charge of sales.

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Right, you know the business
is growing so quickly.

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You know, we've got
that new collection.

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And needs new opal
to satisfy demanding clients.

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Oscar's given us this big task.

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Our big goal this year is, you know,

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to do a Cheal Opal
summer collection.

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I know he believes in us
but I can imagine

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he's probably stressing out
a little bit.

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And we want probably
around a hundred

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like really high quality,
beautiful stones

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to set into jewellery
and give to our customers so...

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There's a lot of work
that goes behind that.

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How we go with the drill
over the next few days

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will sort of dictate
the rest of our season really.

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Essentially, we've got
two to three feet of gravel.

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And we're looking at everything
underneath the two foot of gravel.

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So as the drill's going down,

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it sends the sample
up through this rumbler.

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Comes through the rumbler.

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All the fines drop out on the ground

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and you're left
with your sample at the back.

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If we find colour,
all well and good,

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but if not, we're gonna have
to find somewhere else to mine.

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So, fingers crossed we get onto some
colour over the next couple days.

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The truck is the same age as me.

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She's a 1970 model.

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But mechanically,
she's a great old truck.

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Never lets me down.

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I've had it for 15 years now.

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We need some productive ground
to keep up with our jewellery line

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and all the rest of it.

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And obviously,
we need opal to cover costs

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and make a living out of it,
so it's important

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that you know we can
drill some colour up here

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and if we don't, then yeah,

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it's gonna be a pretty,
pretty lean looking year.

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You could spend months digging
somewhere and not find anything.

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But with this rig,
pretty much a week on a claim,

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you'll know whether it's worth
going underground there and digging.

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We've got potch there straight away.

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That's a very good sign.

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Potch is essentially colourless opal.

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So it's not worth as much
as the coloured stuff.

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That's potch.

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So that's what we're looking for
but now we want the colour.

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Geez, I tell you what,
you drill colour up out here.

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It'll set our season up here.

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Here's another bit, look.

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We need colour.

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We're not gonna come out here

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and dig all this out
if we don't drill colour.

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Pressure's on and we need
to come up with some opal.

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Hey Joe.

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Hey, you're out and about.

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The sun's coming out
and I'm sitting in the shade.

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What a BLEEP.

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Yous look guilty.

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We've been moving
a hell a lot of dirt.

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But you're not finding opal.

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Jack BLEEP.

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So that's why you look guilty.

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Maybe.

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So what that's cost us
that cut so far, 35, 40?

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A lot of money, yeah.

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And it should be producing more.

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What so you think we're missing it?

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Yeah, obviously.

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I don't think we are.

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So who, whose fault is it we got
no money then?

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I guess me.

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You. This is how it's gonna work.

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You've got to keep digging.

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And you need to work at night.

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You need to get some money in.

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Ah, night shift it is.

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Alright.
Yeah.

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So you know,
BLEEP off and get to work.

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Oh dear.

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Yeah, I thought one of us
was gonna go, Issy.

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Yeah, well, I thought it was
gonna be me to be quite honest.

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Yeah.

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I'm the newest one on the team

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and I'm thinking god,
he's gonna fire me for sure.

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We've got to bring opal back
so let's get to it.

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Let's do it.

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Put the iron over the shaft.

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Yep.

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'Cause we're meant to be getting
a heap of rain tomorrow.

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At their Lunatic Claim,

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the Misfits, mining partners
Angel Dempsey...

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Just watch out for snakes too.

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..and Issy Glen are struggling
to keep their opal operation alive.

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Joe's the boss and our orders
are to be out here at night

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and find opal.

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After a strong start to the season
in their open cut mine...

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Angel!

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Have you got something?

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Look!

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Holy crikey!

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..the team are now spending
more money than they make.

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Their cut so far, you know,
has cost us 40 grand,

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close damn close
if not a bit over it.

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There's a lot of money gone into it.

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While their mentor and financier
Opal Joe Kalmar

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is battling illness...

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I've been out of the picture
for nearly three months.

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..it's down to Angel and Issy alone
to uncover any opal they can.

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Our season target is 300 grand.
It's a big ask.

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But hopefully Lunatic
will produce for us

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and yeah we'll get there.
Smash it out.

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To survive mining in today's world,

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where the economy is,

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you have to be
in that top one percent.

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Angel's been massively
increasing her efforts.

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Maybe I'm laying it on
a bit hard for her, you know,

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but I think
she'll be fine.

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The first thing I need to do

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is create a face with the excavator
so we can work it.

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Nice, clean, virgin dirt.

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Issy is my eyes.

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You know I'm relying on her
to spot the opal.

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'Cause worst case scenario,
we accidentally, you know,

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dig it out of the ground
and accidentally bury it again.

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Looks like a good spot
for the night.

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Looking pretty good, Issy.

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I'm just getting
our blacklight torches ready.

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They're ultraviolet.

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And there's only a couple of places

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in South Australia,
which is Andamooka

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and Coober Pedy,

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where opal actually fluoresces
under ultraviolet light.

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So anything down there,
we're not gonna miss it.

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And we're gonna make
Joe very, very happy.

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We're gonna be able to see anything

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and everything
that is glowing in that ground.

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I'll get you to go in, Issy,
have a bit of a look there.

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No worries.

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Go the scoop, you reckon?

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Hang on!

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You on something? Woo-hoo!

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I'm turning the machine off.

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Come and have a look at this.

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Oops.

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Ooh. See if that one's got colour.

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Nah. From what I'm seeing,
it's just potch, goddamn it.

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Potch glows just like opal.

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But yeah, you don't know
if it's got colour or not

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until you put like a white light
or a normal torchlight on it.

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It can be quite pretty
but, you know,

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the world wants blue,
purples, greens, reds.

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Ooh. Hello.

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00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,120
Found one?

200
00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,840
It might be potch though but...
Ooh. So thin.

201
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It's looking like it's leading us on
a little bit.

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It's teasing.
Just give us something.

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How you feeling, Issy?

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I'm getting a little tired.

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Yeah, this ground's
getting a bit hard, Issy.

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I'll have to get a pick in my spot.

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00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,800
Hey, Issy!
Mm.

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Is that a big star?

209
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It's moving.

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Wow! That is, what the hell is that!

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Let's get up and have a look.

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Oh my god.

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Can you see it?

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That's definitely not human.
I don't know what that is.

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The hairs on the back of my neck
are standing up.

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00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,680
Well, it's definitely
not a shooting star.

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That is freaky as hell.
Like, what is that?

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It looks like
it's coming towards us.

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Back to Digger's Gully.

220
00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,360
Yep, back to Digger's.

221
00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,160
Let's prove Dad right.
Yeah.

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He always said there was lots more
there and we left a lot.

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We just didn't quite have the gear.

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I don't think we've got
an excuse now.

225
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We've got all the gear.

226
00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:21,960
Yeah, well you've got your big
excavator, got the tip truck.

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Yeah.
Loader.

228
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Yeah.

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It's a bloody good combo.

230
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You can come down in the tip truck
and we'll get into it.

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00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,520
Alright, cool. I'll go up the hill.

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Go do it.

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(ENGINE WINDING OVER)

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Ooh. That's not good.

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00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:46,960
(ENGINE WINDING OVER)

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00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:48,520
Ooh, that was not a good noise.

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It's a real pain in the butt.

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Because we've got so much work to do
and we need to be moving dirt.

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What's up?
(ENGINE WINDING OVER)

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Ergh. Argh!

241
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What do you reckon it could be?

242
00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,840
I'm gonna have to have a crawl round
and see what we can see.

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I'm gonna have to jack this cab up

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and have a look at what's,
ah, what's gone wrong.

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Hopefully
it's not something too serious.

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In Coober Pedy, South Australia,

247
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the Opal Lovers Dan Measey
and Renee Everest...

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Grab onto me.

249
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..have returned to Digger's Gully,

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a claim first explored
by Dan's father in 2002.

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Digger's Gully is where Dad and I

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working together found
our first reasonable size money.

253
00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,160
It's really important that we get
the tip truck back up and going.

254
00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,600
We really want to prove
Dan's Dad right,

255
00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,480
that there is more opal here
in Digger's Gully.

256
00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,000
It definitely is this turbo.
I'm thinking two, three grand.

257
00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,280
A few weeks as well out of action.

258
00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,040
Probably, yeah, a couple of weeks.

259
00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,640
Our target this year is 300,000.

260
00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,680
We had the same target last year
but we didn't make it.

261
00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:06,960
I've had enough of this BLEEP.

262
00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,480
We have to make it this year,

263
00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:10,480
otherwise I'll have to go back
to Adelaide.

264
00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:12,600
Can't seem to keep anything going.

265
00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:16,280
I was thinking why don't you go
for a bike ride with your mates?

266
00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,160
Yeah, that could be a good idea.

267
00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,960
Go for a bike ride
and have a bit of fun.

268
00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,200
Yeah. Good idea.

269
00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,680
Look, it's pretty stressful
having another machine go down.

270
00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,960
But I'm gonna go for a ride,
try and work out

271
00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,280
some of the frustration
and have some fun.

272
00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,360
OK guys, so I'm thinking today
we're gonna go from here,

273
00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,680
and go down to ah Old 17 Mile Road,

274
00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,440
go through all
Jock's old tunnels.

275
00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,040
We'll go through the drives there.
Make a little loop.

276
00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,080
Have some fun out there.
What do you reckon?

277
00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,320
Beautiful.

278
00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,720
Let's go, hey.

279
00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,040
Wagons roll!

280
00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:05,520
Coober Pedy Adventure Riders

281
00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:06,800
is a group that I go riding with
now and again.

282
00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,720
It's a great way
to blast off some steam,

283
00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,000
get rid of some frustration
when things don't go right in mining.

284
00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,000
I grew up in Coober Pedy

285
00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,920
riding motor bikes
all around the desert.

286
00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,280
Pretty awesome place to ride.

287
00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,280
Beautiful scenery,

288
00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,600
then we've got the mine sites
and the big dozer cuts.

289
00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,360
Mate of mine, Jock,
he's got a big claim at 17 Mile.

290
00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,040
Two K's of tunnels and drives in it.

291
00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,920
So definitely good opal
come out of here.

292
00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,160
What a ride.

293
00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:57,600
Bloody brilliant, mate.

294
00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,120
Fantastic.
Bit of a breather.

295
00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,600
It's crazy, hey.

296
00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,880
I reckon I'm gonna have to have
a little look around

297
00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,760
with a blacklight.
That's not like you, is it?

298
00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:06,040
There's some nice looking ground
over here.

299
00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,320
No worries. We'll catch you later.

300
00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:11,880
See yous.

301
00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,920
Ah, just can't help myself.
It's good looking ground.

302
00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,240
I've really got to. Down here's
looking pretty interesting.

303
00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,560
Looks like a bit of a dip
in the level.

304
00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,720
Geez, look at that.
That's good trace.

305
00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,000
I think we've got to come back
and have a look at that.

306
00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,880
Go get Renee.
Bring the jack pick back.

307
00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,080
At least knock some of that level
down with the dipping, um...

308
00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,800
Jock's claim, but um,
I'll give Jock a ring,

309
00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,080
and just see
if we can't do a deal.

310
00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,440
Yeah, that's nice
blue material so...

311
00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,800
Not quite colour
but that's worth a look at.

312
00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,800
Busted through that hard bit
which is good.

313
00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,000
Mm.

314
00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,000
At Turner's Rush,

315
00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:19,120
Rory and Luca Cheal are drilling
for new opal bearing ground

316
00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,160
to determine if they should extend
the team's open cut mine.

317
00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,480
So we've dug up to there.

318
00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,520
We want to know for sure it's worth

319
00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,560
digging the rest
of this, this corner.

320
00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,520
If there's no colour,
it's not worth digging up.

321
00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,520
So hopefully
over the next few holes,

322
00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:38,960
we can start to see a bit of colour.

323
00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,520
At the team's wash plant site,
Chris and Mark

324
00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,200
are upgrading a second agitator,

325
00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,480
a converted cement mixer
that washes the clay and dirt

326
00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,920
from mined rock
to expose any opal.

327
00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,520
An agitator makes life
a little bit easier

328
00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,640
being out here,
using these machines, um,

329
00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,240
because you just don't know
what opal you miss

330
00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:04,320
when you're digging.

331
00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,640
You know, especially
when you're using machinery

332
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,320
like ours,
you know like big excavator,

333
00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,320
and especially, you know,
super digger and stuff like that.

334
00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:11,680
You know, you can see bits of stuff

335
00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,680
but there's so much
you can miss also.

336
00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,360
So these are a real asset
to what we do in the industry.

337
00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,360
We need to put a skin of concrete
over this mesh.

338
00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,320
And that'll protect the barrel.

339
00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,320
And this barrel will see me out.

340
00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,400
I'll be long gone
and they'll still be using it.

341
00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,600
Pain in the butt job to do,

342
00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,920
so you know, I feel sorry
for Chris in there.

343
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,920
It's, it's not the most comfortable
of conditions to be working in.

344
00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,600
So hopefully in a week's time,
when we finish rendering

345
00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,480
this barrel, um,
we'll have the two up and running.

346
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,160
I feel good actually,
because once it's done,

347
00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,360
I'll never have to get
back inside it ever again.

348
00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,080
And it's gonna double
our production.

349
00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:57,320
Potch on the first hole,
that's pretty extraordinary luck,

350
00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:58,760
but...
Really!

351
00:17:58,840 --> 00:17:59,920
Yeah. Yeah.

352
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,480
People go hundreds and hundreds
of holes without finding any potch.

353
00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,320
But, you know, if we find,
find some colour out here,

354
00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,760
that, that pretty much sets us up
for the rest of the season.

355
00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,840
I reckon that'll do
on that hole, sis.

356
00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:12,800
Yeah, I reckon.
Pack it up. Move it over.

357
00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,200
All good. Lift up.

358
00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,400
Mm-hm.

359
00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,320
I've done five already.

360
00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,120
If I can get another
10 to 12 out, I'll be happy.

361
00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:31,040
So just anywhere around that area.
I think that's pretty good.

362
00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:35,960
Just tell me when to stop.

363
00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,720
What's it stuck on?

364
00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,960
Water.

365
00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,480
For BLEEP sake.

366
00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,720
Ah, I've put it in a bog hole
again so...

367
00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,840
Just gonna have to give me
a few minutes to calm down.

368
00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,520
Just feeling a bit frustrated
at the moment.

369
00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,560
We just went to move
the rig again,

370
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,160
and, ah, yeah, got bogged,

371
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,040
and not too far away
from where we did last time.

372
00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:11,560
Hey mate, I've bloody
bogged this thing again.

373
00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,560
I'm gonna need you guys
to pull me out.

374
00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,840
Rightio, mate. I'll come back up.
Thanks mate. Sorry about that.

375
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,560
I'm just getting the chain ready

376
00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,320
for the um, for the loader
to pull this out.

377
00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,760
Just watch yourself, darling,
around that chain.

378
00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:39,960
Yeah.

379
00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,040
Ooh! Stop! Stop!

380
00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,120
It's not moving now.

381
00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,640
Ooh!
Oh!

382
00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:55,920
That's moving, right?
That's moving.

383
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,600
What is that?

384
00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,480
Have you ever see anything
like that before, Izzy?

385
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,960
No, I have not.
Oh, I just got the goosebumps.

386
00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,920
There's a military airbase
not far from here.

387
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,560
Who knows,
they could be doing something.

388
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,520
But you know, we're in the middle
of nowhere,

389
00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,600
you expect to see wildlife
and shooting stars

390
00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,320
but nothing
moving like that in the sky.

391
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,200
That's, I don't know even know
what that was.

392
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,680
Oh, let's get back to it.
Yeah, let's get back to it.

393
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,160
I can't be worried about that.

394
00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,640
With their mining operation
losing money fast,

395
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,600
the Misfits
are working through the night

396
00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,720
to increase their chance
of finding opal.

397
00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,720
It is gone. Come back.

398
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,440
Nothing.

399
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,200
You there?

400
00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:20,520
Oh.

401
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,240
You home? Ha-hah!

402
00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,480
Crikeys, what are you doing here?

403
00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,040
Bringing you hot tea.

404
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,760
Oh, very kind but...

405
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,880
Issy, are you sleeping as well?

406
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,440
Well, we was digging all night
and we're just following trace.

407
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,120
It was mostly jackhammer
and pick work.

408
00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,160
We were hoping it would
produce something but...

409
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,080
So my arms
are about ready to fall off.

410
00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,520
Oh well, I mean, you know,
you're starting to smell off a bit.

411
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,400
So, you know might want to think
about getting a shower or something.

412
00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,080
Go back to mining tonight.

413
00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,640
Tonight could be the night.

414
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,880
Well fingers crossed
you hit a bigger pocket, hey.

415
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,480
We need it.
Alright.

416
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,400
Oh yeah, this is my kitchen, um.
It's embarrassing.

417
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,640
Kitchen slash work zone.

418
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,480
You know I've got my bread,
butter and vegemite

419
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,000
that I have for breakfast.
Bit of toast.

420
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:20,040
But you know, I'm surrounded
by bits and bobs of opal as well.

421
00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,680
Got a lot of pressure. No knock off.

422
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:25,680
Live, eat and breathe opal.

423
00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,760
So what's our plan tonight?

424
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,040
We need the opal as big possible.

425
00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:40,360
Yep.

426
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,320
We don't want to be smashing it
with the excavator.

427
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,800
Basically slow and steady.
But don't miss nothing.

428
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,520
Oh, where are you, opal?

429
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,560
I'm on a nice little trace trail.

430
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,200
We've got a bit of a fault
happening here, Issy.

431
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:05,560
We've got a little red fault here.

432
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:06,760
I'm finding stuff down here.

433
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,920
See there's some trace there
right now so...

434
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,080
Hopefully you're on a fault
and we meet and...

435
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,320
So am I.
Yeah.

436
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:13,600
Right there.
Yeah.

437
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,720
So hopefully,
if we meet together in the middle,

438
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:16,840
that's where the pocket
should be.

439
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,280
So it might be deeper.

440
00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:19,520
Ah.

441
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,520
Just take some out of there.

442
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,720
Alright.

443
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,440
Where I am right now,
I can just see the bucket.

444
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,360
I'll light it up for ya.

445
00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,720
I'm gonna need you to go back
just a little bit more

446
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,080
with that bucket.

447
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,400
Ah, Angel! Stop! Stop!
You alright, Issy!

448
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,520
You need to get down here, mate!
Look!

449
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,080
Oh!

450
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,200
Here I am, here I am thinking
you've just collapsed

451
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,000
in front of the bucket.

452
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,240
And boy,
you found a BLEEP boulder!

453
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:54,800
Oh! I thought you were gonna hit it!

454
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,120
Lot of mixed emotions there.

455
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,600
Thinking I just frigging crushed ya.
Let's see if we've got colour, hey.

456
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,880
Come on! Oh!

457
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,480
It's even got a bit
of blue opal through it.

458
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,200
Oh my god, look at it.
Oh, look at that purple line.

459
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,400
OK, I'm grateful
that you just dive bombed

460
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,240
in front of the bucket
for this stone.

461
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,680
A lot of people say
it's not worth dying for opal.

462
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,800
But I couldn't risk
Angel breaking that rock.

463
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,040
And we desperately need this find.

464
00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:30,680
This is a type of opal.
It's only found in Andamooka.

465
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,280
It's called hard matrix.

466
00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:34,440
It's been such a long time
between finds

467
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,720
and we just found a beauty
so very happy.

468
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,040
Wooh!

469
00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:41,160
Oh, this is gonna save us.
This is worth some money.

470
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,760
It's gonna make Joe frigging smile.

471
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,240
And we're not gonna get fired.

472
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:46,920
Yeah.
We're on it.

473
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,160
Good job!
Woo-hoo!

474
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,280
Hopefully there's more
where that come from.

475
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:52,800
Let's keep digging.

476
00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:01,160
Oh Issy! With the blacklight,
it glows pretty damn bright.

477
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,360
God! Look at this.

478
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,680
Look at the glow!

479
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,680
Let's see if it's got colour.

480
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,120
Oh!
Look at that!

481
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,560
All the bits of colour there.

482
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,880
There's little micro dots
of crystal opal in there,

483
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,520
so that's gonna help
pay the bills.

484
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,200
And that's gonna make Joe smile.

485
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,400
You know it might not be
a full grin yet, but um,

486
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,520
it's definitely gonna take the
pressure off us

487
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,320
a little bit
finding this little gem.

488
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,560
Finding opal has just made my night.

489
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,240
I'm sure it's made Angel's night.

490
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,680
And we're gonna just keep
searching until we find more.

491
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,120
Oh, Angel!

492
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,760
Ho-ho-ah!

493
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,200
Look at that! Oh my god!

494
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:43,960
Look at the size of it!

495
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,400
Hey.
How'd your ride go?

496
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,640
Yeah, pretty good.
We've got to go digging.

497
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:55,880
What do you mean?

498
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,160
I found a spot.

499
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,800
In Jock's claim down in the drives.

500
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,040
So do you reckon
he'll let us go digging?

501
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,080
Well, I'll give him a ring.
We've got to dig it.

502
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:05,600
It's too good.

503
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,120
(PHONE RINGS)
Yep.

504
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,720
Hey Jock, how you going?

505
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,360
Good, mate.

506
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,840
Hey, um, listen, mate,
I went for a ride this morning

507
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,400
with the Coober Pedy
Adventure Riders.

508
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,880
Ah, want to thank you again
for letting us ride through there.

509
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,880
Um, I actually, ah, stopped
for a little bit of a break

510
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,880
and found a little corner
I wouldn't mind having a dig in

511
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,840
with Renee if we could come up
with a deal.

512
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:28,840
Maybe 50/50's fair.

513
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,600
Hopefully, we do alright
for both us.

514
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,360
It's a win-win for Jock and us.
Perfect for everyone.

515
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:48,800
He can't dig the whole claim out.

516
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,400
He's only got limited time.

517
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,640
Let us go in there, have a find,
share the win.

518
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,360
Perfect.

519
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,080
It's pretty rough going down
in here.

520
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:06,560
That's it.
It's a bit of a rabbit warren.

521
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,680
I think there's a couple of k's
of tunnels here.

522
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,880
Can you remember
where you were this morning?

523
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:14,600
No. It was ah...

524
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,920
Pretty scary in here though.

525
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,720
Like we don't want to get lost.

526
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,160
I think we're just driving round
in circles, Dan.

527
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,560
Yeah, it does feel like it.

528
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,120
I think we come here before.

529
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,600
This is looking about right.

530
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:28,920
Alright.

531
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,840
I reckon this is it. Oh.

532
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,440
Was right there.

533
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,720
See this here. See that dark mark.

534
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,240
I reckon this is
our best option here.

535
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:47,960
I like how it's dipping there.

536
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,800
And then we'll jack pick him out.

537
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,720
Alright, well, I might have
a bit more of a look around.

538
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,040
Yeah, if you like.
I think this is the spot though.

539
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,960
Dan and I, we're spending
quite a lot of time together

540
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,960
now that I'm living
up here full-time.

541
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,160
It's definitely a tricky balance,

542
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,480
you know, romantic life together
and working life together.

543
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,920
Both are important.
I think we're doing quite well.

544
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,640
A few bumps here and there
but, um, yeah,

545
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,600
we're learning how to deal
with it and doing quite well.

546
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,760
Hey Dan, I reckon I've found,
um, some opal.

547
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,480
Yeah. Well,
this is the spot though.

548
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,080
Nah, I reckon my spot's better
than your spot.

549
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,640
Ah. Righto.
Come and have a look.

550
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:27,840
Look at that.

551
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,000
Ooh!

552
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,720
That's got a bit of green in it.

553
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,560
Yeah. I reckon we should dig here.

554
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:37,920
Alright, I'll concede that.

555
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,800
Renee's learnt a huge amount.

556
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,640
From somebody who come
from the Adeliade Hills,

557
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:43,800
who used to ride horses,

558
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,600
never seen opal mining
in the desert,

559
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,120
she's done amazingly well.

560
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,560
Look at that.
We'll jack pick this down.

561
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,480
I wouldn't be surprised
if somewhere it hits this,

562
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,080
maybe there's a pocket.
Yeah.

563
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,680
Well spotted.

564
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,760
Yeah righto, mate.
Start start going now, nice and slow.

565
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,520
It just uncoupled.

566
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:27,720
Righto. Easy as that.

567
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,040
I've got you, mate.

568
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:31,280
Oh, well, thanks for that, mate.

569
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:32,480
That's alright.

570
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,360
Sorry I had to get you out here.
That's alright.

571
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,600
At Turner's Rush,

572
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,360
the Cheals are drilling
for traces of opal

573
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,800
to decide if they should extend
their open cut mine

574
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,000
or abandon the claim.

575
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:49,840
We're good to go now.

576
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,640
And we'll punch out
a few a few more holes

577
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,800
and it's still, ah,
very early on in the day,

578
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,560
so ah, hopefully
we'll have a good afternoon.

579
00:29:58,320 --> 00:29:59,640
No potch?

580
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,480
Keep your eyes peeled.

581
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:03,840
Yeah.

582
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:16,840
Some potch.

583
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,320
Wonder how they're going.

584
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,160
And colour, mate.

585
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:22,640
How you going, Ror?

586
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:23,960
Going good, mate.
Yeah?

587
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:25,040
Yeah.

588
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:26,840
Just got onto colour actually,
just as you guys were coming down.

589
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,000
Yeah.

590
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:29,880
Little flicker of green in there.
Can you see it?

591
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,320
Or there.
Oh.

592
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,040
Ho-haw.
Where is it? Oh.

593
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,520
Aw, yeah, yeah, yeah,
that's what we're talking about.

594
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:36,880
Nice.

595
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,840
The drill's pulled up
some really nice colour,

596
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,080
so we're gonna follow
the direction of that colour now.

597
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,840
And ah yeah, crossed fingers,
yeah, eh, it's ah, we get,

598
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,520
we get it, and um, yeah,
get this summer collection rocking.

599
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,120
I think the best chance we've got

600
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,040
for the rest of the season
is probably that direction.

601
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,560
We know
we've got colour ahead of us.

602
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,600
We did finish up on colour, um,
at the face.

603
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,600
So you never know, we could hit
a pretty good pocket in between.

604
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,880
So we'll we'll have to wait and see,
but I think the signs are there.

605
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,880
Out of that hole
that the green come out of,

606
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,640
we've now got blue and purple.

607
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,280
And see how it's starting to go
on black.

608
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,520
So that's a really,
really good hole.

609
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,760
So we're just loading this truck.

610
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,760
We're doing it with a sieve bucket.

611
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,400
As you can see, the hard lumps
are just left in the sieve bucket.

612
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,520
Filled one.

613
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:38,600
Just got to get another truckload

614
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,560
and then take it up to the aggy
to wash.

615
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,640
We need to get onto opal soon
to hit our season target

616
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,800
and to be able to knock it
out of the park

617
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,000
with this summer collection.

618
00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,600
I'm just gonna undercut under
that level where it's dipping.

619
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:00,800
Yeah.

620
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,280
Back into this slip back here.
Yeah.

621
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:03,920
And then we'll knock
that level down.

622
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,280
Knock the opal out.

623
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:06,480
I'll get you to spot
in a sec, yeah.

624
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,000
The stakes this season
are higher than ever really.

625
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,000
With Renee having to come
into the team and prove herself

626
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,440
as an opal miner and us get
the target so she can stay here.

627
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,560
Alright,
let's go black light.

628
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,160
Yeah.

629
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,280
Careful!

630
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,000
There's definitely
material dropping.

631
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,360
Yeah. Careful.

632
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,040
Look. Look at this.

633
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,680
Ooh, I hope that's colour. Ooh!

634
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,040
Oh, look that!
Look that!

635
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:38,480
That's got pink.
That's got red.

636
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,720
Purple in there too.
Yeah, bit of purple. Blue green.

637
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,080
Ooh, this big chunk here.

638
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,680
That's good for a mouth tumble.

639
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,400
Oh, Dan! Stop doing that.

640
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,680
Look how much better it looks!
That's gross. Ergh.

641
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:50,880
Oh!

642
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,680
Oh, I mean, the colour's beautiful.

643
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:53,920
Ah how much better is it now?

644
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,280
But the old mouth
tumble's disgusting.

645
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:56,480
You've got to have a go at it.
No way.

646
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:57,680
It's lovely.
That is gross.

647
00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,680
Who cares when it's opal that good?

648
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,320
Let's load you up
with that half a tonne.

649
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,560
We've spent quite a bit of money
renovating the cutting room.

650
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,400
So we really want to make use of it.

651
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,360
Um, so I've been doing quite
a bit cutting.

652
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,280
And I'm really enjoying it.

653
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,720
We've just been out to Jock's claim
and we found some beautiful opal.

654
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:41,960
Um, so I'm gonna surprise Dan
and cut and polish a piece of opal.

655
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,360
I'm gonna cut this one free form

656
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,600
and try and follow the natural lines
of the opal.

657
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,320
I'm just adding a bit more wax
onto the stick.

658
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,760
Start to see the pretty colours
coming through now.

659
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:09,640
Got green, purples. Got oranges.

660
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,280
Alright, so what have
we got there, Dan?

661
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,200
Well, I reckon I've classed that up.
Tops here. Second.

662
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:24,880
Third.
Yeah.

663
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,280
I do have a little surprise for you.

664
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,680
An empty box?

665
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,280
No.
Ooh.

666
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:32,600
Cut and polished it.
Wow!

667
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,480
Nice polish.

668
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,480
I did spend ages on it.

669
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,080
It certainly value adds to our find.

670
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,080
Ah, we just sell it rough,
we get a certain price.

671
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,960
When Renee cuts it, makes it into
something better, it's worth more.

672
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,040
And what about selling it?

673
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,680
Darryl mentioned the other day
he's looking for some bright crystal.

674
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,200
Ah, it's a bit of a mixed parcel
but I think Darryl could be into it.

675
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,440
You on channel there, Rory?

676
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,080
Sure am, Dad.

677
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,280
We'll put your truck in first.

678
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,240
Alright,
I'll see you up at the aggy.

679
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,960
We need to get this aggy spinning.

680
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,720
That's the moneymaker for us.

681
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,400
If we're gonna make any money
this week, it'll be here.

682
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,720
Barrel's full
so we'll just let that wash down.

683
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,240
Hopefully we've got some nice gems
in there. Cross fingers.

684
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,440
Here we go.

685
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,680
Buster, get out of it.
You're gonna get hit.

686
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,760
Well, it's showing potential
but we still haven't got a...

687
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:52,960
No.

688
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,880
..a woo-hoo stone, have we?
No, we haven't, mate.

689
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,600
Close to a woo-hoo one.

690
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:58,920
Just a little crystal.

691
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,400
Few dollars in that one.
Yeah.

692
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,280
There's a stone there.

693
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,320
See there's red, red
right around there.

694
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:17,560
Yeah.
Red there.

695
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:18,720
Yeah.

696
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,120
All adds up.

697
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:21,720
Righto.

698
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,160
A few rocks in there.

699
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,840
The Cheals have
black and crystal opal.

700
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:34,640
Blue green in colour
with flashes of purple and yellow.

701
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:39,040
It's in the rough
and weighs 250 grams.

702
00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:42,800
No yah-hoo stones but...

703
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,200
No, no yah-hoo stones.

704
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,120
Yeah, nothing
to jump up and down about,

705
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,080
but still nice, bright colour.

706
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,200
What are you thinking
dollar value there?

707
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,320
Oh, it's tough to say
in the rough, isn't it?

708
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,400
I don't know
what your thoughts are, Mark,

709
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,080
but I reckon potentially
what's there,

710
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,960
it could easily rub up
to 10 to 12 thousand.

711
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,800
Yeah, I was thinking around
that too, mate, yeah.

712
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,200
$12,000 find, it's certainly good.

713
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,560
But you know,
for the size of the operation,

714
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,120
you kind of want
a bit more than that.

715
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,920
Well done, big fella.

716
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,560
It's enough to keep us going,

717
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,120
big machinery, maintenance and fuel,
and put a little bit of food

718
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:30,680
on the table for our families
at the same time.

719
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,080
Oh, well, cheers
to a good week, guys.

720
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,480
Morning.
Hey Joe.

721
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:57,640
What brings yous up?

722
00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,640
Basically the rain.

723
00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:03,080
Yeah, I know. There's no more mining
now for a while.

724
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,640
So we've got something to show ya.

725
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:08,080
Yeah.

726
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,320
From our efforts of last night.

727
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:19,520
Oh!
She's a boulder.

728
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,320
Matrix. And opal seams.

729
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:24,840
It's pretty cool.

730
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,960
Yeah, that's a beautiful specimen.
There's a bit of dollars there.

731
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,240
There's some good colour in here.

732
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,480
A lot of golds and greens in it.

733
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:43,520
Eh, this is really pretty.
Lots of golds, yellows, blues.

734
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,360
Well, I'm feeling a lot better.
So am I.

735
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:47,960
That's strong colours.

736
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:54,240
The Misfits have a large specimen
of Andamooka hard matrix

737
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,840
and a collection
of smaller stones

738
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,040
featuring gold, green and purple,

739
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,280
with a total weight
of four kilograms.

740
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,280
What do you think it's worth?

741
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,200
Maybe 10.

742
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,720
We could get a few stones
out of that big chunk.

743
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,640
I think it's an easier sell
as a specimen.

744
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:14,880
So you know,
there are all these people

745
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,400
that collects rocks and stuff.
Yep.

746
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,120
You know, 'cause
they'll pay good money for that.

747
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,560
Extreme bottom dollar value
would be around say seven.

748
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,240
As a specimen believe it or not.

749
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,560
This one here, that's gonna cut
some stunning stones out of it.

750
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,400
I think it's worth a bit more
than 10, Angel.

751
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,000
That's good.

752
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,720
Oh, I'd say the whole lot
probably around 14, you know.

753
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,240
That's awesome.
Awesome.

754
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:42,960
You know,
so that's not bad.

755
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,680
Night work with the UV light
paid off.

756
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:51,760
I, I'm happy with this.

757
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,520
So have a hot cuppa.
Let's celebrate.

758
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:54,840
Awesome.

759
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:56,280
The girls have been
doing really good.

760
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,080
Angel's way better than what she was
when she first started.

761
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,200
And Issy's,
over the last couple of years,

762
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,040
really coming online, you know

763
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,880
like really becoming,
you know, reliable and dependable.

764
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,400
Hot chocolate.

765
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:08,520
Ooh, awesome.

766
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,280
Yeah, well, you mose well celebrate.
Cheers.

767
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:11,600
Here's cheers.
Awesome hunting.

768
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,240
I think we're extremely lucky

769
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,680
that we found that hard matrix
when we did.

770
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,680
You know, one more day,

771
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,760
and, and this is what
we would have ended up with.

772
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,440
And we would have come back
with nothing to show, Joe.

773
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:26,120
When he said it's a good
14 grand there, I was happy.

774
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,400
We get to live
another week out here.

775
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,360
You know,
living the dream, opal mining.

776
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,560
There's the parcel, Darryl.

777
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,760
We've got tops here, two ounces.
Ah one ounce of second.

778
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,520
Three ounces of third.

779
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,000
Yeah.

780
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,320
And this actually
is one of the stones

781
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:52,640
Renee cut from that exact parcel.

782
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:54,320
Yeah, so I cut that one.

783
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,120
That's actually, that's,
that's nice isn't it.

784
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:57,880
My cutting's getting better,
isn't it?

785
00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:59,400
You surpass me by a long shot.

786
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:03,920
It's eight carats
for that cut stone.

787
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,440
Darryl, the thing about that is
obviously no risk in that stone.

788
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,400
No, that's right.
And, and if that's come from that,

789
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,360
so there's, yeah,
nah, I hear you.

790
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,880
Darryl's actually a mate of ours
and and also a fellow opal miner.

791
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,680
But he's got a fair network
of buyers.

792
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,120
Ah, I think he can move it
fairly fast.

793
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,240
And sometimes for us,
us selling to miners

794
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:25,920
for them to move on
is quicker for us too.

795
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,360
Just get in and get out, keep going.

796
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,480
Have a good look,
see what you think.

797
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,280
Yeah.

798
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:39,800
The Opal Lovers have crystal
and white based opal

799
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,920
with vivid hues
of blue and purple.

800
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:47,280
They're in the rough, except
for a single rubbed stone.

801
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:51,400
The whole parcel weighs 170 grams.

802
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,880
So how much are you gonna try
and squeeze me for?

803
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,320
So we were thinking
nine, nine thousand.

804
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,280
You'll probably kick me

805
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,040
but I reckon I'd probably say
five and a half.

806
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,400
Is that all, five and a half?

807
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,280
Yeah, five, well.

808
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,280
I know this one's no risk
'cause you can sell it.

809
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,200
But you start playing with this
and whatnot

810
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,560
and do-do-do,
could end up with nothing too,

811
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:23,160
you know what I mean,
so it's just...

812
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,920
It's probably a bit low, I know,

813
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,560
but still,
we're got to start somewhere.

814
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,600
But that, that's way too low.

815
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:33,880
Mm.

816
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,160
Well, we'd come down to seven.

817
00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:38,920
Six.

818
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:44,360
Six. What do you reckon
about six, Dan?

819
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,560
Nuh. Too low.

820
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,200
Bestest is six and a half.

821
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,400
Six and a half.
Six and a half.

822
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,760
Alright. Yeah. I think
you've done well out of that.

823
00:42:57,840 --> 00:42:58,840
Yeah, we'll do six and a half.
Thanks, Darryl.

824
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,280
That's excellent.
Yeah. Yeah no worries.

825
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:01,520
Cheers bro.

826
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:02,800
Yeah look, we did OK.

827
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,240
We got six and a half grand there

828
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,280
so obviously Jock gets
half of that for his deal, um...

829
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:08,720
Still, we come out of it alright.

830
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:10,880
It puts it towards
the tip truck repairs

831
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,600
and really, 3,250 bucks
for a a bike ride

832
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,440
in the desert's pretty cool.

833
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,880
Your cut stone there
really brought that up.

834
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,160
He was keen on that stone.
It was risk free.

835
00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:24,560
Buy it and sell it.

836
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,480
Yeah. It came up really well
with my cutting

837
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:27,880
and polishing skills
I've got now.

838
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,840
You're doing a lot better, yeah.
Yeah. Well, cheers.

839
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:31,080
Cheers.

840
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,840
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