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NARRATOR: On Outback Opal Hunters...

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GREG: It's huge, brother. It's huge.

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..The Bishop invests in
a mammoth new claim.

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If that's colour, that's money.

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But with no cash for equipment...

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It's dangerous up here. Look.

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..he is forced to dig for opal
in pillars supporting the mine roof.

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BAYDEN: Stupid thing.

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The Tunnel Rats operate their
1-tonne digger for the first time...

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Over a tonne of steel
and if it falls over, you're gone.

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..and risk electrocution...
LEESE: Whoa!

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Look how close you are
for the power pack.

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..digging prized crystal opal.

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Oh, my God!Woo hoo!

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New team, the Misfits...

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JUAN: Oh, man!
ANGEL: Hang on, Ranger.

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Do you think this is safe?

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..brave some of South Australia's
most isolated mines...

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Watch out! Stop!Oh, jeez.Whoa!

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..hunting world-renowned
Andamooka Opal.

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Look at that!That's stunning!

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GREG: When we are travelling
on the field,

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ah, especially if you're
not doing it every day

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sometimes you're not even a 100%
sure you're on the right track.

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But I'm pretty sure
I'm on the right track.

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This is... Rocco.
Are you right or what?

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What are you doing, dog?

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You like the sound
of your own voice?

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After leaving Coober Pedy
for 11 months

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to receive medical treatment,

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the Bishop, Greg Scully,
and his dog Rocco

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are back at the old claim.

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Yeah, I'm really excited
about this. Looking forward to it.

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It's time to get back into mining.
(ROCCO BARKING)

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This had good prospects

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and ah, uh!

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That's the area where we were.
There's machinery all over it.

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Oh, no! Oh, don't tell me
someone's taken it.

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So we got a registered peg here.

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Large as well, so a 100 by 100.

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So it's a 100 metres that way,
a 100 metres that way

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and there's the walk-in
to the drive.

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The whole drive
is on someone's claim.

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I see over here to the right

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where we were underground
is a new set of pegs.

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There's a loader and a drill
and he's pegged it off.

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This field is off limits now to me.

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It's a $1,000 fine here

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to be on someone else's claim
without permission. That's the law.

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That's it. Peg's expired.
We weren't here.

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Someone's legally come and pegged it

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and I have no choice now
but to start again.

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If I can't find opal, why am I here?

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Oh, Scotty. Look at this.
Mate, there's colour in this.

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Last season the Bishop
and mining partner, Scott Stevens,

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pegged a claim at Six Mile.

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Six Mile was a good field last year.

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It had a good feeling
and a good start.

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Found some, some opal

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and we were all looking forward
to start it again this year.

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But at the end of the season

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the Bishop had to let
the Six Mile mining lease expire

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seeking treatment in the city
for complications from diabetes.

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I've had a third of a toe amputated
in the last off season,

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two-thirds of it had already gone
now it's just lost the whole toe.

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The wound under my foot
is probably 80% healed now.

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Had some good work done
with that with podiatrists.

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(INDISTINCT PRAYER CHANTS)

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As an ordained Bishop
in the Orthodox Church,

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Greg came to Coober Pedy
with a mission.

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My dream for this block of land,
if we're able to acquire it

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is to turn this area
into a drug rehabilitation area.

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There are people with drug
dependencies here in the town.

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I've dealt with people with these
problems on the streets of Brisbane

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and by God's grace been successful.

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My big dream is to serve others
to help them wherever I am.

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To realise this dream, is at least
a quarter of a million dollars

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and I don't have access to
250,000 so that means, opal.

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Realistically 20,000
is a good target.

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That's a good deposit
and it'll get us up and going.

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All right, Scotty, I'm getting
too old now

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to carry stuff up and down drives.
I want one where I can drive into.

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Yeah. Your foot doesn't help.
Yeah. It'd help my foot.

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Scotty's a really
good mining partner for me

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cos he's the active one
and yeah, easy to get along with.

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Let's see if your idea
pans out, mate.

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I heard whispers about this big mine
that was available out here,

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Shell Patch
and I said to Greggy about it.

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Scotty suggested go up
to Shell Patch.

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It's about 23 miles out.

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There's a lot of expenses
to go up to that field,

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but there are people up there

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who have found
a lot of opal in the past.

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(ROCCO BARKS)

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Big drive this one.Very big.

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What do you think, Scotty?

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It's pretty daunting,
but you never know.

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It's huge, brother. It's huge.
Very huge.

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They've obviously
found a lot of opal in here,

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because they've spent

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hundreds of thousands of dollars
on digging this out.

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Heavy machinery always leaves
opal behind and we come along,

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we don't have heavy machinery

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and therefore
we can attack the pillars

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which is why again
we're called "Pillar Bashers."

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Nothing there either. Oh, hold on.

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What...Oh, whoa! (LAUGHS)

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If that's colour,
that's money, mate.

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That's thick, Scotty.
That's really thick, yeah.

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I think we need to go
and register this.Yeah, yeah.

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Get it all...Absolutely.
..claim it, peg it.Lock it away.

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This is our next claim, Scotty.
(LAUGHING)

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Hey. And it was your suggestion.

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I would have never
thought to come out here.

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CRAIG: We've given her a grease
and everything. She's ready to go.

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We'll see if you dig some dirt, aye.

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BAYDEN: Today, I've got my
L plates on, my learners

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and hopefully I can get used
to the controls

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and I can start
doing this for myself.

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So this one, pull it back
lifts your main arm,

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so it lifts your main one.Yeah.

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So this over here will be your,
your boom out.Right.

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And boom in.Yeah.Okay?Yeah.

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Tunnel Rats, Bayden Pearse,
and fiancee, Leese Grobe,

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are getting a first lesson

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in operating their second hand
one-tonne digger.

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So much easier
on your body to have this

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big hunk of steel and hydraulics
doing the hard work for you.

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Instead of shift
three foot of dirt in a day,

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we can shift three to six metres
of dirt in a day.

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It's gonna make
the world of difference.

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You've got to spend
a little bit of time

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on trying to
get used to the controls.

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Craig is a good friend of mine.

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He's been a great helping hand.

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His mining experience
and knowledge with the digger.

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Most of this stuff is hand made
by other miners.

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Opal mining's is it's a bit
different industry, you know?

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We have to make our own
machinery to suit what we want.

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How much pressure's on that?

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Well it it should be it should be
around the 2,700 psi.Yeah, right.

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It should hold it, should hold in
there, for you to do the digging.

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The digger's got two hydraulic feet

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and then a hydraulic ram
for the roof.

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To stop it from falling over

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when you're wanting to put pressure
on the arm and dig,

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it's got to lock those feet in
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and push these pins into the roof

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and that kinda
locks it all in place.

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Everything gets, um, gets held in
by hydraulic pressure.

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Whoa.

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Why aren't they working?

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The hydraulic ram that pushes
the head up into the roof,

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unfortunately every time
we try and move

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or take a bite with the main arm
it keeps on coming down.

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That should be staying up there
in the roof.

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And cos it's constantly
coming out all the time,

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it's pretty dangerous.

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I really need this machine to work.

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(EXCLAIMS) I got something.
(EXCLAIMS)That was just in there.

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The Tunnel Rats started their season
with a small opal find

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in their new 50 by 50 metre claim,
Last Ditch.

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We found a little bit, not a huge
amount but nice and colourful.

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They moved their operation
here a year ago

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after being forced by authorities

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to leave Bayden's hometown,
Mintabie, 2,000 kilometres away.

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We could no longer work in
Mintabie or, or live in Mintabie.

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Their mine needs new equipment

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capable of breaking
the cement like ground.

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Yeah we got it.
Good to see it down here.

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This digger
is gonna help us immensely.

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Using jackhammers
it's really taxing on the body.

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I cannot kneel down as well
as I used to be able to.

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In my off season I had
a motorcycle accident

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which I came off and broke
my little tibia bone on my left knee

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and ah I couldn't walk
for two-and-a-half, three weeks.

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Leese's injuries
are from an accident

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when she was riding a horse and
the horse actually toppled over her.

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I got flipped over on a couple times
and crushed

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and that's just left me with a list
of problems that I deal with
every day.

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My ultimate goal for this season
is to build our house.

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We're really aiming
for at least a 100,000.

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If we can get that amount,
that just gives our foot in the door

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to get our house
finished and liveable.

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If we don't have the digger,
we can't dig.

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Stupid thing!

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If you don't know that,
that head's come down

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it could actually topple over,
come back at you, possibly kill you.

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It's gonna be pretty much too unsafe

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to try and dig,
cos if that falls out.

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Careful, it's leaning back.
Oh, right.

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Lean back on you it will...
It's leaning back already.
..fall over.

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What stands between us for getting
opal in this mine is that digger.

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I need to find a $100,000 this year

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and that digger
is gonna find it for me.

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Deep in the South Australian outback

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on the edge of a vast salt lake,

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lies the world renowned
opal town of Andamooka,

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population 316.

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Barren and remote,
summer temperatures can hit
50 degrees Celsius.

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JOE: This here will separate
the weakness out of your soul.

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There are no free rides
in the opal fields.

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It'll either kill you
or make you tough.

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For almost a century the lure
of opal has drawn miners here

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from around the globe searching
for legendary Andamooka opal.

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Andamooka's got
the best opal in the world.

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Much more stable. It's got a lower
ah water content, moisture content.

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The lower moisture content
creates a stronger stone

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capable of
being cut into large shapes.

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A massive 203 carat gem
named the Andamooka Opal,

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presented to
Queen Elizabeth in 1954,

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was found by opal hunters,
in these fields.

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All right. Here we are.

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ANGEL: This is it.Let's roll.

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This is just a random open cut
that we found while exploring.

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These old tunnels, you know,
they can be dangerous.

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My name is Angel Dempsey.
I'm 22 years old.

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It's my first season mining, ever.

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The first time I saw Andamooka opal,
it was like a full on rainbow.

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I never knew a rock
could be so beautiful.

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They've pillar bashed quite a lot
here, the old miners.

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The question is,
did they leave anything behind?

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So, I'll turn this light off

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and go through it
with the blacklight.

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There's a little bit of
faint trace there.

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That's a good sign, though.

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Hey, Juan!
Check out what I've found.

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What are you doing in there?
(GIGGLING)

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What's the ceiling like in there?

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Ceiling look Jurassic.Jurassic.

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That's how I would describe it.

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My name is Juan.
I grew up in Colombia

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and now I live in Andamooka.

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Yeah, come over here.

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00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,639
My role in the team is
being the muscles.

237
00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:41,439
I bring some smarts as well. I got
some experience in demolition.

238
00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,479
So?Found this. Turn this off.

239
00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:48,319
Look at that. Opal trace.
Oh, that's beautiful.Yeah.

240
00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,919
This is a the wall to the outside

241
00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,999
so this is gonna be quick and easy
to get to with the excavator.

242
00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,959
Definitely you're onto
something, Angel.

243
00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:04,839
JOE: Go 3,300.

244
00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,239
ANGEL: That's Joe, my mentor,
over there.

245
00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,359
He's one of the old miners
from the old days.

246
00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,999
Oh, he knows everything
there is about opal.

247
00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,719
Mining veteran, 62 year old,
Joe Kalmar,

248
00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,359
is the money man behind
this new opal mining venture.

249
00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,479
Well, I've been in Andamooka
since I was a toddler,

250
00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,199
so I've been living here backwards
and forwards all my life. I love it.

251
00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,799
I've decided to train Angel and Juan

252
00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,999
mainly because
the industry needs new people.

253
00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,239
This is our camp.
All our equipment is here.

254
00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,759
The equipment that I've supplied,

255
00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,119
it's everything they need
to do the job.

256
00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,119
It's about
half-a-million dollars all up.

257
00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,279
I come from a little farming town,
Crystal Brook,

258
00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,679
about 400 K south of here.
Moved up here.

259
00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,079
Totally different lifestyle.
Dirt, dust.

260
00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:54,759
It's a hard life out here.

261
00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,519
Gonna chuck these in the ute.

262
00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,079
I met Angel and she had
something about her

263
00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,359
that I thought, "Oh, yeah,
she'll work, you know,
she'll learn."

264
00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,399
I was a diesel mechanic before

265
00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,519
and then I fell in love with opal.
Left my mechanic's job.

266
00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,719
My long term aim is to become
a fully-fledged opal miner

267
00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,239
and hopefully
one day become my own boss.

268
00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,999
I met Juan
and he's a pretty cool dude.

269
00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,759
Good heart, good lad.

270
00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,759
JUAN: Back home in Colombia
there's just violence everywhere.

271
00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,999
There is shootings everywhere.
There is guns everywhere.

272
00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,799
Juan fought as a soldier
in Colombia's deadly guerrilla wars.

273
00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,719
I changed my life
completely to be here,

274
00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:42,159
so I basically rebuilding everything
that I ever knew to start from zero,

275
00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,519
learn everything about
the trade of mining.

276
00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,319
Coming from the jungles
you cannot see past five metres.

277
00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,919
And look at this here. The landscape
is just out of this world.

278
00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,919
I feel like I just arrived
in a different planet.

279
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,359
I spent all my money getting here
so I need to find opal.

280
00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,279
Joe made me an offer to come here,
work for a percentage.

281
00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:07,719
The split that I worked out
with Angel and Juan is 60, 20, 20.

282
00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,359
They know that it's cost a lot of
money to get them into this position

283
00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,359
so they don't want to
fail themselves or me.

284
00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,439
I feel very grateful to Mr Joe.

285
00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,159
He's been very good at coaching me
through learning all this

286
00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,919
and I really had to pay
them back somehow.

287
00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,359
If they don't put the effort in,
the worst case consequences
for them,

288
00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,319
they go back to the normal rat race
and that's their loss.

289
00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:35,919
Our goal as a team for this season
is to find at least $80,000.

290
00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,239
80 K, we pay the bills
and keep us happy.

291
00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,719
In that tunnel it's too dangerous
to dig from inside,

292
00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,679
so I need the excavator
to rip from the outside.

293
00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,679
The five tonne excavator must be
transported to the old workings

294
00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,399
they explored the previous night.

295
00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,079
I'm not experienced
on the excavator.

296
00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,559
I know the basics but I mean
the only way to learn is (BLEEP)

297
00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,799
get out there and do the task.

298
00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,479
Keep going, keep going that way.
Don't go anywhere else. Go.

299
00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,119
Go.I'm putting my whole trust
in Juan.

300
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,559
He's got to guide me up,
cos I can't see where I'm going.

301
00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,239
I have to load it backwards.

302
00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:26,159
So, I'm letting Angel and Juan
work it out as a team.

303
00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,199
At some point you got to
push it towards you.

304
00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,239
What?Go. (INDISTINCT)

305
00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,919
No, you turning too much that way.

306
00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,039
Go that way.
You are too close to this side.

307
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,799
Bit close.

308
00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,919
Well, guide me. Say what you mean
and mean what you say.

309
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,919
Oh, my God!

310
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,839
BAYDEN: I'll have no one looking
over my shoulder today.

311
00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,119
Craig's not gonna be there,
so it's all on me.

312
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,639
I'm pretty damn nervous
to tell you the truth.

313
00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,639
LEESE: Bayden's a rookie
at operating it

314
00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,399
so he's really got to be patient

315
00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,479
and really take his time.

316
00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,399
Leese and I, you know we want
to start a family

317
00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,079
and we want to build our house and
we need a $100,000.

318
00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,599
It just makes things so much harder
when you haven't got machinery

319
00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,239
that's able to do its job
to pay you.

320
00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,359
The issue is that
I've got a leaky ram

321
00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,879
which is oil bypassing within
the cylinder

322
00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,119
and it's causing the head
to drop down

323
00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,519
which is very, very dangerous.

324
00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,519
The hydraulic leak means
the one tonne digger

325
00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:42,639
cannot lock itself upright
and risks falling at any time.

326
00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,999
So what I've got here,

327
00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,919
this little cable tie pulls back
on this lever here.

328
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:55,199
It creates pressure so that's still
creating pressure up on the head.

329
00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,239
Even though that's leaking and

330
00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,919
that'll just allow that pressure
to keep in there

331
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,559
and so I can keep on working,
so it's pretty much like a band aid.

332
00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,399
It just gives us the opportunity
to start digging

333
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,879
before we have to pull
the digger apart

334
00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,559
to get some parts replaced on it.

335
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,119
This is my first time
I've ever done this.

336
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,119
I think I'm doing quite well,
considering.

337
00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,759
He, he, yay.Ha, ha.

338
00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,639
There's a lot riding on this digger.

339
00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,719
There's a lot riding on me
to learn how to dig.

340
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,399
This is so much easier
than jackhammering.

341
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,839
In what, 30 seconds
you've just moved

342
00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,799
as much dirt as we do
in an entire day.Pretty much.

343
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,239
Trying to look to see
if I've got any opal trace?

344
00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,639
Just see here where I've sort of
broken it with the teeth.

345
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,119
With a jackhammer you can get to see
every single bit of ground possible

346
00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,079
but with a digger
you're knocking out

347
00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,719
about three to four inches of dirt
each time so,

348
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,279
you want to make sure that you're
not throwing away your opal.

349
00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:03,079
You know one stone that big could be
15-odd thousand dollars

350
00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,919
like it's a big thing and it's just
so important not to miss it

351
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,199
cos you could imagine if you
threw that out,

352
00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:10,919
you'd be pretty upset.

353
00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:20,199
(HAMMERING)

354
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,879
GREG: We got to peg this to lock it
away, so it's our registered claim.

355
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,119
Once it's registered,
no one else can peg it.

356
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,079
So we're pinning our hopes
on this claim

357
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,959
to get this rehab centre in town.

358
00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,999
In the Coober Pedy desert,

359
00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,279
where temperatures fall
to minus-two centigrade,

360
00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:41,159
the Bishop and Scotty
have registered a claim

361
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,319
in a massive abandoned mine.

362
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,559
Time to dig rock mate.

363
00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,399
SCOTT: Sounds good to me.
Time to dig rock.

364
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,479
So what we'll do, we'll set the
genny up here...Yep.

365
00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,759
..about 20 metres in we'll start
digging away.Yep.

366
00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,879
I don't think we can touch
that pillar.No.

367
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,599
That's a bit thin, that one.
Yeah, might bring the roof.

368
00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,039
But these back pillars,
they're part of the walls.

369
00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:06,479
They can take...Solid.
..heaps off them.

370
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,759
We'll see how good this genny is,
if we're going to buy it or not.

371
00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,639
Absolutely.All right. Let's go.

372
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,519
(GENERATOR WHIRRING)

373
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,279
Right.

374
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,879
I just chase the level here to see
if we can find some material.

375
00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,839
Don't like the look of that, though.
The rock up here looks really loose.

376
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,039
Scotty doesn't get over excited
or over emotional,

377
00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,839
but he thinks deep
and he sees everything.

378
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,359
We got a seam here
we've been just digging into

379
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,399
to look for trace

380
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,399
and a rock like that would
probably weigh 50 kilos or more.

381
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,559
(ROCKS CRASHING)

382
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,719
That would have fallen on our head.
That's dangerous up here, look.

383
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,639
Yeah. Cracks.
That whole thing could come down.

384
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,599
Yeah.We'll go look
for somewhere else.

385
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:03,559
All right. That's about it.
This is the pillar, here.

386
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,439
It's a bit high,
but I'll give it a go.

387
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,759
Ah, ready when you are.

388
00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,599
(GENERATOR STARTS)

389
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,519
(GENERATOR STOPS)

390
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,079
If we get this generator going,
we'll see what's happening.

391
00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,439
What's going on?
Stupid generator.

392
00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:41,839
We're getting this this small genny
because it's lightweight.

393
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,919
The whole job swings on having this.

394
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,879
All right, give it a go again.
Never lose faith.

395
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,319
The ceiling could come down on top
of me and I wouldn't lose faith.

396
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,999
But I think I might have
lost faith in this generator.

397
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,319
We've come out here,
we've pegged it, we got it.

398
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,079
We're all excited.

399
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:06,159
We can't mine, we got no opal,
no money,

400
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,799
no rehab centre if we can't do
anything here.

401
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,479
And this day is is now wasted.

402
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,839
You want me to go back down
and readjust?

403
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,799
No, you just go, it's no time
to turn back now.

404
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,799
Juan has to really guide me.

405
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:34,279
If he makes a mistake
I'm gonna fall off these ramps.

406
00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,719
Come down a tiny bit, Angel.
Thank you.

407
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,039
Slow. Slow now. You're gonna tilt.

408
00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,159
You're so high.
You're on such of a lean.

409
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,559
It feels like
the machine's gonna topple over.

410
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,759
Okay?Yeah, you're nearly there.
You're good. Prepare.

411
00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:57,839
Whoa! I'm on. Yes!

412
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,479
Rookie Miners, Juan and Angel,
with mentor Opal Joe,

413
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,679
are transporting a five tonne
excavator out to a new claim.

414
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,159
I drive all the trucks. I'm the only
one that's licensed here to do so.

415
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,039
I'm lucky enough to get my licence
through my old job

416
00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,799
being a diesel mechanic apprentice.

417
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,719
There we go. We're off.

418
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,559
That feels heavy.

419
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,599
Yeah, there's a bit of weight
in the back.

420
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,639
It's a three kilometre journey
on treacherous dirt tracks.

421
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,879
Will the ground
hold this big heavy truck?

422
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,799
I'm hoping so.

423
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,319
Me and Juan,
totally different people.

424
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,119
It's very odd that we're kind
of working together.

425
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,839
But I mean, it works.

426
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,719
Oh, man! Oh, no!

427
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,399
Hang on, Ranger!
You think this is safe?Yes.

428
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,679
What about the excavator?

429
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,119
Excavator's in the back.
Is it still there?Good.

430
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,439
Oh, we're finally here.

431
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,839
Yeah, we're here.
This is the spot.Happy.

432
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:19,199
The claim is 50 metres by 100 metres
on an abandoned open cut mine.

433
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,679
JOE: In the old days the miners
dug here

434
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,239
but they were a bit higher
above the level than
what they should have been.

435
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:30,239
Then other miners came later and dug
tunnels in down on an angle

436
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,879
to hit the level and they found opal
so we can rip it all out

437
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,119
and pick up whatever
the other miners missed.

438
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:38,999
Go forward. Charge.

439
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,839
Working with Angel is great.

440
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,599
She's got the right ideas.
She's got safety in mind.

441
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,719
Lower. Bit lower.
Okay, you now raise

442
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,279
a couple of metre above
the ground for me, please.

443
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:52,519
We're about to start
ripping into the wall

444
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,039
so hopefully expose
some opal really soon.

445
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,639
Oh, jeez.Whoa! Watch out.

446
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,519
Stop!What was that?

447
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,719
BAYDEN: All right, let's get
the machine back in there.

448
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,679
LEESE: Am I right just being
off the side?That's all right.

449
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,159
It's very risky having
Leese just there.

450
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,359
I've got the hydraulics turned down
a lot so it's very slow and doughy.

451
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,999
If he's doing nice steady movements
like that

452
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,399
I feel quite comfortable
to, to sit here.

453
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,359
Right where your teeth are then
is that thicker bit of potch

454
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,119
so I'll just watch that spot too.

455
00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:34,719
The Tunnel Rats are working

456
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,439
with their new one tonne digger
for the first time.

457
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,959
Leese's indicated there's opal
there. It's only thin.

458
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,599
We need a $100,000 of opal
to build our house.

459
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,999
No, still just potch in there.
It's all right.Potch?Yeah.

460
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,919
I'll have another scratch at it.

461
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,359
Yeah that's a bit hard.
That that's hard.

462
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,079
A bit harder ground there?
That's, that's really hard.

463
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,159
(BOTH EXCLAIMS)

464
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,319
Where the hell's
that broken through to?

465
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,079
I'm gonna go round and have a look.

466
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,759
Oh, yeah right-o. I can see exactly
what's going on.

467
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,359
Look how close you are
to the power pack.

468
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,479
We'd missed our power box
by about that much.

469
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,319
I really want to make sure that
I don't dig into the power box

470
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,159
cos that could short us out.

471
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,079
Hitting a live wire in
the 240 volt power box

472
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,079
could also result
in a fatal electric shock.

473
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,199
You know what, we're probably gonna
have to jackhammer

474
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:56,959
that from the other side.

475
00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,759
See that. Oh, I can see like even
like purple...Oh, really.

476
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,799
..purple green-y here even.
It's ready to go.

477
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:16,679
When you're seeing colour from two
sides of a wall, it is exciting.

478
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,839
There's a little bit of orange in
some of the potch here, Bayden.

479
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,999
Yep, okay. Wait there.

480
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,359
I think you might have
caught it all, honey.

481
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,919
What have we got?

482
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:40,599
Oh, hun! (LAUGHING) Check that out.

483
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,079
Oh, my God!Woo hoo!

484
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,399
That is (BLEEP) gorgeous, hun.

485
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,879
Oh, my goodness.

486
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,599
Oh, oh! Oh, even better.

487
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,319
(LAUGHING) Woo hoo!

488
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,559
That's the best colour...
Oh, man...I've seen in ages.

489
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,479
That is lovely.
It's got all the rare colours in it.

490
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,559
I just can't get over that hot pink.

491
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,639
That is rare, rare colour.

492
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,079
Ahhh.Well done, honey.

493
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:16,879
(KISSES)

494
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,319
SCOTT: There's a bit of a shell.

495
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,559
GREG: Oh, yeah. I see.Potch though.

496
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,079
This place is named Shell Patch
by the opal miners

497
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:38,719
because there was so many
ancient sea shells found here.

498
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,919
This is obviously an old ocean bed.

499
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,639
There was a great ocean and
these shells settled,

500
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:50,999
they fossilised
but in this region they opalised.

501
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,319
Now they're not all colour,
but all shells have a value

502
00:29:54,400 --> 00:30:00,079
because collectors of fossils will
buy shells, colour or not.

503
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,079
Hey, Greggy.Yeah, mate?

504
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,839
There's another one.
What you got there?

505
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,999
Some colour in that one.
You got colour?

506
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,599
Yeah. Looks like
another bit of a shell.

507
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,119
You found a colour shell.
You've found the first colour
in here, Scotty.

508
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,839
Good on you, mate.

509
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,639
Just take it a few feet from the car
and we're back,

510
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,399
we've swapped generators,
we've brought the big heavy one

511
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,279
that we know will start.

512
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,999
We got to start again
and we've got to start digging.

513
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,839
There we go. We got power.

514
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,879
So, what we're doing, we're making
a shelf so we can underdig,

515
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,559
underpin the material that's up here

516
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,879
and that way
when we dig the top away,

517
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,719
it'll fall straight into our hand.

518
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,119
Just turn your light off for
a second. I'll check her.

519
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:03,679
There you go. So last time I checked
this, there was nothing here.

520
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,319
There was just this up here. Now
I have no idea if that's colour.

521
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,559
Have a look at that for me.

522
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,679
That's got colour.It's what?
That's got colour.

523
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,879
Oh, yeah, I can see colour.
That has got colour.

524
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,439
Mate, let me see if there's any
more. Hold on. I'll dig this out.

525
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:27,399
Doesn't go very far.
And now it's gone.

526
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,279
Colour there.More colour.

527
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,719
Only small, but we got colour.

528
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,839
It's a good start, Scotty.
(CHUCKLES)

529
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:45,679
ANGEL: Oh, jeez.
JUAN: Whoa!

530
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,879
Watch out. Stop!

531
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,279
(BLEEP) big boulder just come, just
in front of the bucket there

532
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,399
as I was pushing,
come right in front

533
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,879
and almost wiped out me bucket.

534
00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:00,199
Rookie miners, Angel and Juan,
are struggling to dig out the wall

535
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,439
of an abandoned open cut mine with
their five tonne excavator.

536
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,999
Below where that rock dropped,
that's where the opal level starts.

537
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,439
So I'm gonna just
scratch away at that slowly.

538
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,639
Juan's outside just watching.
He's my eyes out there.

539
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,479
He's got to tell me to stop
if he sees any sign of trace.

540
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,959
I tend to be more rough
with this operation.

541
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,079
So I leave this delicate job to her.

542
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,519
That looks like opal dirt.

543
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,119
Look at that.

544
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,959
I know it's opal dirt from what
Joe's taught me.

545
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,799
It's this white ugly...
Yeah, Angel!..clay.

546
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,999
There is a tunnel
where you found the trace.

547
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,039
You see that hole there.Yeah.

548
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,639
Huh. Look at this.
Is this something?

549
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,679
It definitely looks like
black potch.

550
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,679
I'm pretty confident
that is black potch.

551
00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:01,399
Black Potch is colourless opal, but
if colour is present

552
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:05,919
it becomes black opal one of the
world's most prized gems

553
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,039
worth up to $43,000 a gram.

554
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,599
It there's no colour in it,
it's just pure black potch.

555
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,119
This goes to show there's definitely
big pieces here.I know, I told you.

556
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,319
Give me some more.

557
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,919
Stop!Oh, hang on. What's that?

558
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,999
Ooh. What'd you see?

559
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:48,999
I don't know what I saw
but it's shiny.

560
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,999
Hopefully it's glassy opal
that you see.

561
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,759
My hand can't reach.
Just scoop it up.

562
00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:01,919
Yeah, come up. Can you put this in a
special spot? Stop.

563
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,719
Just a gentle.

564
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,719
Do you have lights?
Oh, man, that was bright.

565
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,839
Yeah that's good.
Down there. Perfect.

566
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:18,999
Anything there?Erm, I'm searching.

567
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,239
We're really gonna have to
sift through this.

568
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:27,439
Angel.(EXCLAIMS)Look at that!

569
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,519
Oh, wow!That's stunning.

570
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,199
It's got a bit of blue in it
so it has got some colour.

571
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,119
Look, they keep just coming.

572
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,759
Ooh. Have a look at this.

573
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,479
Look at that. Another one.

574
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,399
Here's another case.Could get a
good stone here. Calm down.

575
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,599
My pile's getting pretty big.
Look at that.

576
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:48,679
Look, there's another piece.
Look at that.

577
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,479
(EXCLAIMS, LAUGHS)

578
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,319
We've got you know a good handful.
I'm happy with that.

579
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,319
We should call it a night, hey?
Can't find any more.

580
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,199
Yeah. I agree with you.Yeah.

581
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,919
Might as well just go home.

582
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,079
I know he said he's interested in
some stuff if we find any

583
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,599
and to let him know so.

584
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,559
Hopefully he's brought
plenty of cash with him.

585
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,679
With money fast running out,

586
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:25,559
the Tunnel Rats urgently need
an opal sale to keep operating.

587
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,559
You want me to fish him out or...
Yeah...were you coming in?

588
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:33,479
No. I'll let you go and
and bring him back to our camp.

589
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,079
It's not I want to do business here.

590
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,999
I don't want everyone knowing
that we're on opal either.
Yeah. Okay.

591
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,439
You have a certain look about
you when you're on opal
and people sort of know.

592
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,879
You know, I don't like handing
out that source of information

593
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,839
to everyone else, so I like
to keep things fairly private.

594
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,999
Steve, who's one of our buyers,
told us to come see him.

595
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:02,839
Hello. How are we?

596
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,359
Good. Yourself?
Good. Good to see you.

597
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,359
Got a little bit of stuff for you
to look at but...Yeah, cool.

598
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,639
..so I won't do it here. Just won't
draw too much attention from the...

599
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,799
Yeah...flies on the wall.
No worries.

600
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,439
BAYDEN: How you going Steve?
STEVE: Good mate. How are you guys?

601
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,719
All right. Little bit of opal here
to show you.

602
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,359
It's nice.

603
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,479
The Tunnel Rats have
Grawin Seam Opal.

604
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,679
Blue, green and yellow,
with flashes of hot pink.

605
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,999
In the rough, it weighs 600 grams.

606
00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:53,519
So what's the price?
We're after ten grand.

607
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,479
Would you take six for it?

608
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,999
Mm, no. It's a bit low. We need
to keep the wheels turning

609
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:03,719
and we've got a house to build so.

610
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,199
Six and a half?

611
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,559
Look, I'd take eight.

612
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,319
Would you do seven?

613
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:16,759
I reckon you could do that, yeah.

614
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,999
All right. We can do seven grand.
Done deal.

615
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:24,679
Good on you, Steve.Thank you.
Thank you.No worries, thank you.

616
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,839
This week was just really
good for us.

617
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,879
We've taken a big leap in the
right direction towards our target

618
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,879
and at the same token
we've started using a digger,

619
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:39,639
so it's just looking like
a very bright future.

620
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,639
We've found some money. It's a good
chunk to put towards our house.

621
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:46,319
It's gonna become a reality

622
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,399
and hopefully if we can keep on
chipping away at it like that,

623
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,599
we'll have our house built
before we know it.

624
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,319
TIM: Howdy doody.

625
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,159
What are you doing here?
GREG: How you going, Tim?

626
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:18,839
We've come to see the Tibor,
who's an experienced opal miner
of decades

627
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:23,199
and he's going to tell us
what we've got,
if it's worth anything,

628
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,679
grade it for us
and give us some advice.

629
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,119
This is my den.
SCOTT: Yep.Very cool.
That's pretty cool, then.

630
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:36,039
So, yeah, take a chair, huh?
Hey.What have we got?

631
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,839
In this one are specimen shells, are
shells we're finding out there.

632
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,719
In the in the dish are colour

633
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,919
that we've pulled out of the wall

634
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,959
and then finally there's
little chips that we've found.

635
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,879
And so, as a, I don't know,
there's a bit of a demo list

636
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,119
of how you can actually
use this material.

637
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,439
This is stones of obsidian.

638
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,999
So what we are looking at is
an industry standard oval cut

639
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,159
in accordance with ah
jewellers' standards.

640
00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:11,959
Let's pick out the smaller pieces.

641
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,439
These sizes are used
as a earring stone

642
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,479
and this is what can be cut.

643
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:21,719
I mean this is the smallest one
on the industry scale.Yeah.

644
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:26,519
I know that if I can cut one
of these out of that.Yep.

645
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,919
..I've got a stone...To...
..not a chip.Yeah.

646
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:35,399
All right, Tim. What we've got here
is specimen shells, fossils.

647
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,599
Every one of these
has a value.Yeah.

648
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,799
Let's not forget these are millions

649
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,639
and millions and millions
of years old.

650
00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,319
So they say. Yeah.
It's not something you throw away.

651
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,399
Literally everything
has a market for it.

652
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,839
We pulled this piece out of the wall

653
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,399
and it seems to me to have colour
right through it.

654
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:57,599
And this is the first place we were
digging inside the new claim.

655
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,199
If you're on this sort of trace
my recommendation is

656
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:11,159
bash the crappers out of that
pillar...Yep...and see what else.

657
00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:12,839
So what do you think, Tim?

658
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:17,399
All up together, what do you think
we could get for it realistically?

659
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:24,119
The Bishop has White Crystal Opal,
opalised shells and small chips.

660
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:28,519
They display the full array
of colours and they're in the rough.

661
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,599
Again, I'll be brutal.
Yeah, no, be honest.

662
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:39,639
Okay, so I reckon, mate,
cold hard 500.

663
00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:42,919
Thank you so much. Good to know.
No worries.Thank you buddy.

664
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,639
Thank you.Yeah, good.

665
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,239
You know we got a lot to celebrate
this week.

666
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,999
We've had some downs,
we lost a claim

667
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,159
but look what we've found.

668
00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:55,319
Because we got pegged
out of Six Mile

669
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,479
we've lucked onto this beautiful
claim and it's full of trace.

670
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,479
Man, what more could you ask,
starting off?

671
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,559
Well, mate, we've had a good start
to the season.Absolutely.

672
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,039
There's more opal to find, hey?
Yeah, cheers.Cheers.

673
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:10,759
Cheers to a good season.

674
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,479
So this is the opal we found.
JOE: Oh, yeah.

675
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,399
Let's see if it's got any
colour with it. Chuck it in water.

676
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,079
Rookies Angel and Juan

677
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,159
are hoping to kick start
a career in opal mining

678
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:35,839
with their first ever haul.

679
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,959
Look how dark this one is.
Yeah, it's semi black and black.

680
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,479
Oh, yeah. This is mainly potch.

681
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:48,279
But I mean, like, you've got to
understand it is low-grade, right,
compared to...

682
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,439
Yeah, I understand.
..you know what I mean.

683
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:54,239
The Misfits have colourless opal
called potch.

684
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:58,239
It's predominantly black with
a minute flash of blue.

685
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,839
In the rough, it weighs 459 grams.

686
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:06,159
Cos, like, you see
that black potch, that's money.

687
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:08,199
Even with no colour, that is money.

688
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,639
What you got to understand is,
there is a market for black potch.

689
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:14,399
With the potches, a lot of people
actually throw it away.

690
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,399
They're stupid because
you don't need to.

691
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:20,399
Everything is for sale,
all you've got to do
is find the right market for it

692
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,839
and there's plenty of markets
overseas for potch.

693
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,679
They use it as backings
and the value of using black potch

694
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,439
is it's 100% Australian opal

695
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,439
top and bottom
when they're making doublets.

696
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,879
A doublet is manufactured

697
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:37,159
by gluing a thin piece of
coloured crystal opal

698
00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,679
on top of a black potch base.

699
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,079
This imitates the vibrant
natural colour of black opal,

700
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,999
but doublets sell
for a much lower price.

701
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:51,759
Yeah, no, I'd say you should be able
to pull 3,000 for it pretty easy.

702
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,039
Yeah.Awesome.Yeah.

703
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:56,279
JUAN: Good job, man.Good job.
Congratulations.

704
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:57,959
Good find.

705
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,279
That was just amazing
for our first find

706
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,479
so on the way to you know
getting that target.

707
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:08,959
(SINGING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

708
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,239
Oh, Juan.
He's still on a high from it.

709
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,519
He can't stop talking about it.

710
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,639
You know, it is kind of like a dream

711
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:18,839
because we got the tools,
we got the know-how

712
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,839
and the willingness to do it.
We are ready to tackle anything.

713
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,759
Well done.
(INDISTINCT) we love it, man.

714
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,879
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