"Outback Opal Hunters" Cave-Ins and Explosions

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,999 . 2 00:00:03,180 --> 00:00:07,319 Time's running out for the Rookies risking cave-ins... 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,179 Bloody dangerous. There's a billion tons of dirt above us, so... 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,179 ..fingers crossed nothing happens. 5 00:00:14,220 --> 00:00:16,319 ..and facing disaster. 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,479 I broke it. 7 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:22,099 The Brothers take on a gruelling rescue mission. 8 00:00:22,140 --> 00:00:24,339 Something's burned out though, big time. 9 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:26,379 Electrical malfunction. 10 00:00:26,420 --> 00:00:30,179 Deep below ground... I'm getting no air. 11 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:36,059 and the Bomb Kings are trapped 20m down in the blast zone. 12 00:00:36,300 --> 00:00:39,299 OK. Bomb! 13 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:43,459 # ASH GRUNWALD: Money 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,074 15 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:14,079 In the deserts of Coober Pedy, things are hotting up. 16 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:17,099 Summer's fast approaching 17 00:01:17,140 --> 00:01:20,159 and, for the Rookies, their season is nearly over, 18 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,419 but they're still less than halfway to their $100,000 target. 19 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:31,319 Their open-cut mine at Shell Patch has failed to deliver. 20 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,279 It's nothing. It's gone to absolute shit. 21 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:39,359 To make up the short fall, they're heading back down their other claim, 22 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,119 the perilous underground mine at 17 Mile. 23 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,279 We've come here to 17 Mile to try our luck underground. 24 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:49,479 Here, they've found opal before. 25 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:56,339 Pick and shovel is gonna be the weapon of choice, so to speak. 26 00:01:57,380 --> 00:02:02,279 Beneath them, a kilometre labyrinth of treacherous, abandoned tunnels. 27 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,479 They're convinced there's a fortune still waiting to be found. 28 00:02:07,020 --> 00:02:09,299 This particular claim's been playing on my mind. 29 00:02:09,340 --> 00:02:11,279 When you go to sleep, you think about it, 30 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,199 when you wake up, you think about it. 31 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,099 It looks like there's a spot where there's concentration of opal 32 00:02:17,140 --> 00:02:20,139 and, if there is, we think it's in the floor. 33 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,199 But mining underground is dangerous. 34 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:32,079 Cave-ins and rockfalls have killed many miners chasing the opal dream. 35 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,119 To survive and succeed, 36 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,239 the Rookies have had to learn quickly. 37 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,139 You can't do an apprenticeship. 38 00:02:38,180 --> 00:02:40,319 You can't go and do some sort of study 39 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,159 to learn how to be an opal miner. 40 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,219 You've just gotta find out from the old-timers 41 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:47,999 what might have happened, and how to read the ground. 42 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,059 You've gotta take that knowledge, and that's what we've done. 43 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:53,439 It's weird. It's a feeling you get. 44 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,279 Like, I don't know, I'm seeing things I've never seen before. 45 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,439 And all these indicators are starting to make sense 46 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,319 where, you know, it feels like the opal is in this area. 47 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,299 It feels like there could be something. 48 00:03:07,340 --> 00:03:10,399 Justin has a theory the opal may be under the floor 49 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,039 of this left-hand tunnel. 50 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,199 The floor of this tunnel rises up. 51 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,419 Having found opal in the walls of the right-hand tunnel, 52 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:22,199 Justin believes this was part of a slime or seam 53 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,419 that the original miners missed. 54 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:28,219 This is where they will now dig. 55 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:33,039 But, before they can get started on the floor, 56 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,259 they want to check the roof of the drive. 57 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:38,039 Tens of thousands of tons of rock 58 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,259 six storeys deep sits perched above their heads. 59 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:43,099 Just double-checking that. 60 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:47,039 If you hear a solid sound, you know it's a safe area 61 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,399 and that the rock is still attached to the rock above. 62 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,019 But if it sounds hollow...Yeah? 63 00:03:52,060 --> 00:03:53,359 It's echoing 64 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,439 and that means there has been a slight separation of the rock, 65 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,999 and you don't know, but it could just drop down. 66 00:04:01,060 --> 00:04:02,359 That's... No, that's OK. 67 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,239 It seems all right. 68 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,299 We know there's a bit of opal. We've found some stuff here before 69 00:04:08,340 --> 00:04:11,999 so, hopefully, we'll make some money here today. 70 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,159 It's a little bit going through. Don't the ceiling. 71 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:24,999 This is our best chance ever. 72 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,179 We've drilled the holes into the ground here, in different patterns 73 00:04:28,220 --> 00:04:30,019 to try and find any trace. 74 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:32,159 Everything that comes outta the holes, sieve, 75 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,239 and make sure we check, and use a black light just to make sure. 76 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,199 If there's any chips of opal, we'll see them straight away. 77 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:42,999 Whoa! 78 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,039 Oh. This could be it. 79 00:04:47,340 --> 00:04:50,039 Just got colour. They've all got colour. 80 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,399 I've just drilled up a beautiful piece of colour. 81 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,239 There's big opal here, I know it. 82 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:58,279 I bloody know it. 83 00:05:00,380 --> 00:05:03,439 Oh, yes! Oh-ho! 84 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,479 Yes, we've got chips of opal! It's definitely here. 85 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:09,459 I've hit a seam of opal in the floor. 86 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,459 I've just drilled into the floor 87 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,179 and there's chips of good colour everywhere. 88 00:05:16,220 --> 00:05:18,019 You're joking. 89 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:23,259 18km away, the Bomb Kings, 90 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:26,399 father and son Yani and George Aslamatzis, 91 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,259 are also suffering from opal fever. 92 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:34,059 I got the bug, and there's no cure for it either. 93 00:05:35,340 --> 00:05:38,219 After two years finding no opal, 94 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:41,119 they badly need to hit pay dirt. 95 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,099 To keep running this season, we need ten grand. 96 00:05:45,140 --> 00:05:47,439 They're relying on this mine shaft to deliver... 97 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,219 ..and the initial signs have been good. 98 00:05:52,340 --> 00:05:56,139 Yani. Woo-hoo! Mwah! Mwah! 99 00:05:56,180 --> 00:06:00,179 But, upping the risk factor is their chosen method of mining. 100 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,299 Explosives are relatively cheap and effective, 101 00:06:07,340 --> 00:06:09,379 but highly dangerous. 102 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:12,139 To get at the opal 20m down, 103 00:06:12,180 --> 00:06:15,439 75-year-old George must rig nine bombs... 104 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,479 ..light them, and escape back up the shaft. 105 00:06:24,220 --> 00:06:26,219 Good luck. 106 00:06:43,340 --> 00:06:46,139 From the moment the first bomb is lit, 107 00:06:46,180 --> 00:06:49,079 he has just three minutes to get out. 108 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,299 It's Yani's job to keep count of the lit fuses. 109 00:06:52,340 --> 00:06:54,339 First one. Second. 110 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,359 Third. 111 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:02,299 Fourth one. 112 00:07:14,180 --> 00:07:17,039 Fumes start to fill the shaft. 113 00:07:23,260 --> 00:07:26,119 George must get out fast. 114 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,179 Something's burned out though, big time. 115 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:54,239 Oh, you can smell it. 116 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,259 The Cooke brothers' large-scale mining operation 117 00:07:57,300 --> 00:07:59,239 has been stopped in its tracks. 118 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:02,399 With the season nearly at an end, 119 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,139 so far, it's been disastrous. 120 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:10,019 They have a hefty $200,000 target, 121 00:08:10,060 --> 00:08:12,379 and have only found $550. 122 00:08:14,140 --> 00:08:19,339 In an effort to make money before the heat hits, they put hard cash and hard effort 123 00:08:19,380 --> 00:08:24,279 into a home-made mega opal-finding machine called Plutus, 124 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,159 designed to save them time and money. 125 00:08:30,340 --> 00:08:33,179 But, 18m down, 126 00:08:33,220 --> 00:08:36,059 one-ton Plutus is jammed. 127 00:08:37,460 --> 00:08:40,119 Electrical malfunction. 128 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:44,419 Blown electrics means Plutus' 1.5m extendable arm 129 00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:47,059 can't be retracted. 130 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:49,099 It's stuck under a shelf of rock, 131 00:08:49,140 --> 00:08:51,459 impossible to be brought back to the surface. 132 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,259 It's probably stopped on a big jam. That's probably why... 133 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:58,219 Big, kind of jammed opals just stopped it. 134 00:08:58,260 --> 00:09:00,419 Yeah.That's what it is, for sure. 135 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:04,299 If they can't rescue Plutus, it will mean months of work 136 00:09:04,340 --> 00:09:08,219 and $10,000 of their own money down the drain. 137 00:09:11,020 --> 00:09:16,179 To save Plutus, its creator Mick must climb down the narrow shaft. 138 00:09:16,220 --> 00:09:19,459 There is danger, but we're gonna make it as safe as possible. 139 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,419 We'll put collars in, secure the top of the shaft, 140 00:09:22,460 --> 00:09:26,159 put a bar across, put the hanging ladders or a harness on. 141 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,999 We'll go down and deal with it. 142 00:09:30,340 --> 00:09:33,459 So I've got to go down and try and retract that arm manually. 143 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,399 If that don't work, there's always the oxy 'cet. 144 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,279 I can cut it up, but I don't wanna destroy all my work. 145 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,039 And it's time and money which we don't really have a lot of. 146 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:50,479 Oh, God, am I gonna fit? 147 00:09:52,180 --> 00:09:54,039 This is not gonna be any fun. 148 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,059 We should strip him off naked and grease him up. 149 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:02,039 It's gonna be a tight fit, but we'll see how he starts off. 150 00:10:16,220 --> 00:10:19,159 The biggest danger is something falling down the hole 151 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,059 while I'm down there, or me getting stuck. 152 00:10:23,180 --> 00:10:26,179 Or have a heart attack. I've had a heart attack before. 153 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,159 Woo-wee! We're down! 154 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,199 Are you down on the bucket? 155 00:10:45,060 --> 00:10:47,059 No room. 156 00:10:51,180 --> 00:10:53,379 If Mick can't reach Plutus, 157 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:55,359 his rescue mission will be over 158 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,399 before it's begun. 159 00:11:07,260 --> 00:11:11,119 30m down in a dangerous, abandoned mine, 160 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,319 Justin has hit opal in exactly the place he predicted. 161 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,099 We've got lots of little bits. Oh, wow! Wow! 162 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:21,059 That colour's good. In the floor.Really? 163 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:24,039 Look at this.Get stuffed! In the floor. 164 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:26,479 I've been dreaming about this spot. 165 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:30,019 I, honestly, have been thinking about it, dreaming about it. 166 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:33,439 I'd wake up in the middle of the night thinking of this spot. 167 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,079 I'm gonna keep going otherwise... Every minute counts, you know? 168 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,119 Every minute counts. 169 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,019 But, after hours of digging, 170 00:11:47,060 --> 00:11:50,059 the promised opal hole still doesn't appear. 171 00:11:52,220 --> 00:11:54,219 It's a mental exercise. 172 00:11:54,260 --> 00:11:57,259 There's nothing down here to motivate you, just yourself. 173 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:02,459 And I have been digging for a while now. 174 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,999 I've amassed all this dirt here 175 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,039 that I need to shovel out, but I just can't be . 176 00:12:11,220 --> 00:12:13,239 I could easily have a sleep in here. 177 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:17,299 My motivation, I think, has reached rock bottom. 178 00:12:18,340 --> 00:12:21,079 I'd rather be home, to be honest, you know. 179 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,119 I've got a three-month-old baby now, 180 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,359 and the rest of the family, I miss them all very much. 181 00:12:30,220 --> 00:12:32,419 Every now and again, I get moments where I go, 182 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:35,159 "Gee! Why am I doing this?" You know. 183 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,439 But the rewards can be potentially life-changing. 184 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,479 It's coming in this direction. The boys muster one final push. 185 00:12:45,020 --> 00:12:47,459 Just make a bit of head-way, and move some of this dirt 186 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,999 in that hole there and just see what comes out, 187 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,259 and maybe even clean this up a little bit. 188 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,379 Have a look in there. Just there at the end. 189 00:13:06,420 --> 00:13:10,059 Look at that big blob. And there's a bit of colour. 190 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:13,099 That fat one there. Ah, that's a big chunk.Yeah. 191 00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:15,179 It's so exciting to just pick it out 192 00:13:15,220 --> 00:13:17,399 and hope that it goes bigger and bigger and... 193 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,259 I've gotta gently just remove the dirt around it 194 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:23,319 because I don't wanna break it. 195 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,439 This could be something big. 196 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:31,039 Whoa.You popped them yet? Come on, come on, come on. 197 00:13:35,140 --> 00:13:37,139 Colour? 198 00:13:38,460 --> 00:13:40,319 Come on, let's see it. 199 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,339 There might be some more colour in there. 200 00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:44,339 It is so close to making colour. 201 00:13:44,380 --> 00:13:48,019 Green and a little bit of yellow. You couldn't do better than that. 202 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:50,439 I mean, finding big pieces like that is the ultimate. 203 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,299 Holy !What? Whoa! 204 00:13:56,340 --> 00:13:59,459 Dan, come here!Yes! 205 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,039 Look, look, look. Come in here. Oh! 206 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:06,119 Oh, my God, Dan. 207 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,379 It's colour!Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It's bloody everywhere. 208 00:14:09,420 --> 00:14:13,219 Look at that! Look at this piece! 209 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,359 Holy mackerel.That's how quickly everything can change. 210 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,219 I'm shaking. 211 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:22,439 It's right here, Dan. 212 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,139 Yes. 213 00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:30,039 Whoa! 214 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,479 Yes!Oh, wow. 215 00:14:34,020 --> 00:14:36,459 When you dig opal out and when you can see the colour, 216 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,379 all your physical worries, being tired, 217 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:44,419 exhausted, you know, pains and aches and what not, disappear. 218 00:14:44,460 --> 00:14:47,139 Oh, my God.You've got something? 219 00:14:47,180 --> 00:14:50,259 You see this? Look at that. I knocked this whole area. 220 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,159 Just moved it, and then, in closer inspection, 221 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,159 we got a nice sort of bit of opal here! Oh! 222 00:14:57,220 --> 00:15:01,119 Pipe opal can be worth $1,500 a carat. 223 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,259 This is the best feeling of my life. 224 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:09,039 My dream is to find a Virgin Rainbow. 225 00:15:10,460 --> 00:15:13,159 Discovered by their mentor John, 226 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:18,019 the Virgin Rainbow is one of the world's most famous opals 227 00:15:18,060 --> 00:15:21,419 worth an estimated $1 million. 228 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:25,259 Jeez, I cannot believe it. You wouldn't believe it, it's getting bigger. 229 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:28,479 The further I keep digging, the bigger it gets. 230 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:33,199 Oh! 231 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,399 Bring up the... 232 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,079 Did you see that?Yeah. 233 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,139 I think I might have moved it. Oh! 234 00:15:46,180 --> 00:15:48,179 Oh! I broke it. 235 00:15:48,220 --> 00:15:50,439 Oh, no. 236 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,139 Oh. 237 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,039 Oh! 238 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,259 Oh, man. 239 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:14,199 In a mine shaft, Bomb King George has lit nine explosives. 240 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,999 In about 30 seconds, they're set to go off. 241 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:22,079 Yani's keen to clear a rope for George to get out. 242 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,299 They must pull up their winch system and get clear. 243 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,339 They need all nine explosives to go off. 244 00:16:58,380 --> 00:17:01,319 Any failed detonations means 245 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,219 George will have to descend the shaft and check them. 246 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:10,159 Nine.Good.Next time, don't lift the rope when I'm under. 247 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,999 When I come up, I said. I thought you were coming up.No. 248 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,279 When I'm up on the ground, then, you lift up the rope. 249 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,279 All right, I got excited. Hey, man. 250 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,119 Otherwise, a rock can then hit my head. 251 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,099 If you come up or you don't come up, it doesn't bother me. 252 00:17:24,140 --> 00:17:27,299 Come up with opal, then, I'll worry.I'll send you down. 253 00:17:28,460 --> 00:17:33,199 The next step is to bring up the blasted rock using a blower. 254 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,219 The blower is, essentially, a large vacuum cleaner 255 00:17:36,260 --> 00:17:38,999 that sucks up rocks and dirt from the floor 256 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,039 through a large pipe, and then out into a chamber called a hopper. 257 00:17:44,420 --> 00:17:47,479 Yani and George get to work attaching the blower parts. 258 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:53,119 Like, you never taught us how to tie our shoelaces, man. 259 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,159 You're making me sick. 260 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,039 Keep going.I can't. It's ground. 261 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,079 Are you serious? 262 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,079 It's ground. They're only 19m down... 263 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:16,459 Maybe those bombs put a lot more dirt on the floor than we thought. 264 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,099 No. Something's wrong. 265 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:21,339 The actual depth of the shaft is, what? 266 00:18:21,380 --> 00:18:23,379 75, I thought it was. 267 00:18:23,420 --> 00:18:25,319 Not as deep as they expected. 268 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:30,239 What the is going on? Hang on, Dad. 269 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:35,299 75-year-old George must descend the shaft to find out what's wrong. 270 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:39,239 We're artists.Artists or bullshit artists? 271 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,019 He makes it that there's nothing to worry about. 272 00:18:42,060 --> 00:18:45,199 You know what I mean? Of course, it's dangerous. 273 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,099 You've got the blower pipes and the ladders down there. 274 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:51,059 I'll go down to have a look to see which way I am. 275 00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:54,019 That's dangerous because of the lack of space. 276 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,139 George's solution: more bombs. 277 00:19:00,180 --> 00:19:04,079 Explosives are dangerous, but he's a risk to himself. 278 00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:08,379 I mean, he still goes flat-out. 279 00:19:19,260 --> 00:19:22,159 But the blower still isn't moving dirt. 280 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,199 Look. You see that bowl? That's mud. 281 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:31,139 That's only like 15-20 minutes, but it's like, over an hour. 282 00:19:31,180 --> 00:19:33,479 This will get blocked and leave a little gap like that, 283 00:19:34,020 --> 00:19:36,019 and it's no good for the machine. 284 00:19:36,060 --> 00:19:39,119 George hopes clearing the 6m-high hopper 285 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,159 may solve the problem. 286 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,479 For the moment, we can't do nothing. 287 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:51,219 It's impossible to continue like that, because it's very wet. 288 00:19:51,260 --> 00:19:53,059 Unable to mine, 289 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:58,419 Yani and George's $10,000 target seems further away than ever. 290 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,159 18m down a mine shaft, 291 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,439 Mick's suffering in rising temperatures and a lack of air. 292 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,219 There must be a twist in the highs, I'm getting no air. 293 00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:24,099 Three years ago, Mick had a heart attack, 294 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:28,239 and these conditions are now pushing his stress levels sky-high. 295 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,279 We've got a bit of a leak there. 296 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,099 Brother Pete needs to get air down to him as quickly as he can. 297 00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:40,099 All right, how are you going there? You getting something there? 298 00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:42,399 Yeah, getting a little bit. That's better. 299 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,059 OK, how's that to the light? 300 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:52,199 Take the light up a bit, please. 301 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,259 Take it up! Take it up! 302 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:57,999 OK, OK, it's very hard to hear you. 303 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,079 Righto. I'm tying off now. 304 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:01,439 See what I'm doing. 305 00:21:12,220 --> 00:21:15,219 We've got some severely fried wiring. 306 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,279 Oh, it's a neat circle. 307 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,399 Really happy with the way Plutus worked. 308 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,079 So it works beautifully. 309 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,459 We just needed to retract in, and all good. 310 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:34,299 All right. I'm lowering it down. 311 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:37,279 To rescue it in these cramped conditions... 312 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,399 It should be getting close to you now. 313 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,079 ..the only option is to go small. 314 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,999 What he's trying to do now, the arm's extended out. 315 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,319 He's gonna get a hook on the end of that arm 316 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:53,179 to a little come-along winch which he'll wind in 317 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:55,239 and try and bring that in manually. 318 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:59,019 But there's just no room to work down there. 319 00:21:59,060 --> 00:22:01,159 I'm practically standing on his head now. 320 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:06,099 Oh, this is a piece of shit! 321 00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:11,419 Don't wanna winch back in, eh? It's not doing much. 322 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:14,199 There's a lot of dirt on this arm. 323 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,439 If the boys can't get Plutus up, 324 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,319 they may have just dug it an 18m-grave. 325 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,459 You got something? 326 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,299 I broke it.No.Oh, no! 327 00:22:43,340 --> 00:22:47,079 Justin has just snapped a precious opalised fossil... 328 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:50,199 ..reducing its value.Oh, man! 329 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,259 It doesn't matter, it's still worth money.I was being so careful. 330 00:22:57,140 --> 00:23:00,419 Well, there'll be more of those in that area. 331 00:23:00,460 --> 00:23:03,179 Even though it broke, I'm still happy. 332 00:23:03,220 --> 00:23:05,039 But the Rookies have unearthed 333 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,079 the biggest opal pocket of their mining careers. 334 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:11,259 They have a bag of stones bursting at the seam. 335 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:14,039 So, this is our biggest loot so far. 336 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,999 All of this, what we've got in these bags, 337 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:24,019 has come...from this very area here. 338 00:23:25,060 --> 00:23:27,279 You know who we could go and see? Johnny Dunstan. 339 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,379 See if he can give us some advice on how much it's worth. 340 00:23:32,180 --> 00:23:37,459 John Dunstan has been mining Coober Pedy's opal since 1957. 341 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,239 He's been an important father-figure to the boys 342 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,999 on their opal-hunting journey. 343 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,039 Have a look at that. 344 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,159 Mm. 345 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,199 Very good. 346 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,239 Wow. 347 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,339 Their haul is white opal. 348 00:23:53,380 --> 00:23:55,279 Its colour is blue-green 349 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,019 with a scattering of valuable yellows and reds. 350 00:23:59,060 --> 00:24:03,059 It's in the rough, and they have nearly 40oz. 351 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,379 I suppose the big question is: 352 00:24:06,420 --> 00:24:09,299 what do you get for this sort of opal? 353 00:24:10,340 --> 00:24:12,259 Well, that's easy. 354 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:16,299 When he looked at the stones, you know, he was getting excited himself. 355 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:18,439 Well, that's $12,000, roughly, there, 356 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,339 and then, you'll have another $3,000-$4,000 in the rest. 357 00:24:21,380 --> 00:24:24,259 You reckon?Oh, yeah, for sure. 358 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:27,199 Now you're cooking. 359 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,039 John's estimate is $15,000. 360 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,079 Our dream finally came true. It's good that you guys are finding something. 361 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:38,419 Excellent.It was the best feeling in the world, you know? 362 00:24:38,460 --> 00:24:41,139 Who would you recommend selling this to? 363 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,219 Mohammed. He'd be interested in it. 364 00:24:45,260 --> 00:24:47,259 Well, good luck, eh? Thank you kindly. 365 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,319 Now we're gonna go and hit him up with our surprise. 366 00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:01,199 Mohammed is an international opal buyer from India 367 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,239 who visits Coober Pedy several times a year. 368 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,279 He's set up shop in a nearby motel room. 369 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,339 All right, put your game face on. 370 00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:12,279 Mohammed!Good to see you. Yeah, yeah, come in. 371 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,479 Have a seat, boss. Thank you kindly. 372 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,219 That's all from 17 Mile. 373 00:25:19,260 --> 00:25:22,119 So it's up to you to see whether you like it or not. 374 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,459 I'd like to see one by one. 375 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:29,099 This is good material. 376 00:25:29,140 --> 00:25:31,399 Yeah, it's got beautiful colour in it.Yeah. 377 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,999 John's assessed their haul at $15,000. 378 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:40,199 What is the best price for me? 379 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,139 $16,580.OK. 380 00:25:45,420 --> 00:25:49,399 So, any discount will be possible, or you want... 381 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,179 I mean, within reason, it would have to come very close to it. 382 00:25:53,220 --> 00:25:58,139 Erm...Mohammed asks for their average price per ounce. 383 00:25:58,180 --> 00:26:02,119 So $233 is the average price. 384 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,099 No, I want around $100. 385 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:10,319 $100? That's only, what, seven-two for the whole parcel. 386 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,399 That's half. 387 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,119 Meanwhile, in Coober Pedy's opal fields... 388 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,079 ..for George and Yani, the ground is too wet to mine. 389 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:28,419 If you can't do it, you can't do it. 390 00:26:28,460 --> 00:26:30,459 It just blocks up the whole machine. 391 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,239 No, it's impossible. The wet is a wasting... 392 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,999 Their mining operation has become bogged. 393 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,239 They can't do anything until it dries out. 394 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,079 If you can't move dirt... 395 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,119 Exactly. ..it's not worth it. 396 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,199 You can't beat nature. 397 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,079 Nature made it wet. I can't do anything about it. 398 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:52,259 What do we do? Move the machinery, everything to another place. 399 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:57,219 We have another place already. I know there's money here, 400 00:26:57,260 --> 00:27:00,259 it's just, everyday's a different day out here. 401 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:03,299 With money too tight to just wait around, 402 00:27:03,340 --> 00:27:07,319 Yani and George head for a last-chance option. 403 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:19,159 15 years ago, this old mine 404 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,299 delivered some serious pay dirt. 405 00:27:22,340 --> 00:27:27,059 But, today, there are worries about the condition of the shaft. 406 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:29,259 About 10-15ft down, 407 00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:31,319 it's all loose dirt around the shaft 408 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:34,359 and then, it's falling down, so it's pretty dangerous. 409 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:39,099 With their options and their explosives fast running out, 410 00:27:39,140 --> 00:27:41,439 George makes the 23m-descent. 411 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,339 You see this tunnel there? 412 00:27:47,380 --> 00:27:50,019 All the way down there, that was full of opal. 413 00:27:51,260 --> 00:27:53,259 Yeah. 414 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:55,359 It's up to there. 415 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:59,179 The Bomb Kings decide to use their final explosives 416 00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:02,199 to blast their way through to a parallel tunnel... 417 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,459 ..but Yani's not convinced it's the right place. 418 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:11,119 I still think you're the wrong way. 419 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,399 What's that? I don't think it's that direction. 420 00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:17,319 What do you think? I think it's that direction. 421 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,359 I think it's there. All right, well... 422 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,199 It's their last bag of bombs 423 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,199 and their last chance to find opal. 424 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,279 Yani likes to talk like a baby. 425 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,319 He's a very good man. 426 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,139 I gave him a hard time. I don't mean it, of course, 427 00:28:41,180 --> 00:28:43,219 but he knows that. 428 00:28:54,380 --> 00:28:56,379 George has just three minutes 429 00:28:56,420 --> 00:29:00,079 to get to the winch and be pulled up by Yani. 430 00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:07,139 OK. 431 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,259 OK!But Yani can't hear him 432 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:15,199 and George's winch control isn't responding. 433 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,059 All right, Yani! 434 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,099 Er...Up! 435 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:25,419 The tunnel is filling up with toxic fumes and smoke. 436 00:29:25,460 --> 00:29:28,179 I light the bomb! 437 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,319 In Lightning Ridge... 438 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,359 Oh, this is a piece of shit! 439 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,419 ..the rescue mission of $10,000 mega dirt digger Plutus 440 00:29:43,460 --> 00:29:45,299 has stalled. 441 00:29:46,340 --> 00:29:49,019 We're here forever now, I think, and committed. 442 00:29:49,060 --> 00:29:51,379 We've got too much sunk into it to give up now. 443 00:29:51,420 --> 00:29:53,999 Small tools haven't worked. 444 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,359 What the Cooke brothers need now is some serious grunt. 445 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,199 Enter the mighty Manitou. 446 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:06,439 Blown electrics on Plutus are making it impossible 447 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,479 to retract its hydraulic arm, or ram. 448 00:30:12,220 --> 00:30:16,139 So now, we're gonna put hydraulic power from the Manitou 449 00:30:16,180 --> 00:30:18,179 via hoses down to the ram. 450 00:30:18,220 --> 00:30:21,159 He'll go down and directly couple it to the ram. 451 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,019 I'll work the lever up the top 452 00:30:23,060 --> 00:30:27,099 and, hopefully, that will suck the ram and the cutting-edge back in. 453 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,199 Have you got plenty of hydraulic hose? 454 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,379 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm just trying to figure out which hoses go where. 455 00:30:40,460 --> 00:30:43,299 The hydraulic hoses are connected. 456 00:30:43,340 --> 00:30:46,379 Above, Pete fires up the Manitou. 457 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,319 Did that have any effect? 458 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,479 Yeah, that brought it in quite a bit. 459 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,019 I think we've retracted the ram. 460 00:30:57,060 --> 00:30:59,299 We just can't see. There's too much dirt down there. 461 00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:03,019 The only way now to see if the arm is fully retracted 462 00:31:03,060 --> 00:31:05,159 is to try and pull Plutus up... 463 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:11,239 ..with Megatron, the boys' 65-ton drill. 464 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:24,999 Plutus is on the move, and almost out. 465 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,179 It's hit the shaft's protective collar 466 00:31:31,220 --> 00:31:33,019 and is wedged in tight. 467 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:35,379 Mick needs to pull and pull hard. 468 00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:41,359 But, get this wrong, he could destroy Plutus completely. 469 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:54,399 George is in trouble. 470 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,139 His winch is still not working. 471 00:31:57,180 --> 00:32:00,339 Nine sticks of explosives are about to go off. 472 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:03,419 Why isn't something happening? 473 00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:08,139 Finally, the winch responds. 474 00:32:08,180 --> 00:32:11,359 It's a race to get out and get clear. 475 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,239 This is the last of their explosives. 476 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,459 Their fortunes now hang on what lies in the dirt. 477 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,179 It looks like a good shot. 478 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:54,019 Oh, the smell in here though... 479 00:32:54,060 --> 00:32:59,079 If this last gamble doesn't pay off, their season will be over 480 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,279 and their opal income: zero. 481 00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:11,299 It happened before, so it doesn't matter.What the hell? 482 00:33:11,340 --> 00:33:13,479 Hey!Yes?We've got some... 483 00:33:15,140 --> 00:33:17,319 We've got some green-blue here, man.Bullshit. 484 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,439 You're pulling my leg.There's green-blue. 485 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,079 I've got a crystal here. You're pulling my leg! 486 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,419 Why don't you come and have a look? 487 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:26,379 Jesus!It's green-blue. Seems to be everywhere, look. 488 00:33:26,420 --> 00:33:28,239 Here. 489 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,219 Look at that! Look at that electric blue. 490 00:33:31,260 --> 00:33:33,439 Look at this!That's amazing. 491 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,279 Beautiful. 492 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,359 A pocket, this is. 493 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,179 Oh, look, Yani! Yani! 494 00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:45,139 Huh?Come here, have a look! Jesus Christ, man! 495 00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:49,159 Look at this, man.Oh, yeah. Where you are?Are you kidding me? 496 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,479 Are you serious?Finally, after two years of no opal, 497 00:33:53,020 --> 00:33:55,339 Yani and George have struck it lucky. 498 00:33:55,380 --> 00:33:58,079 I told you we'd make it. You don't believe me. 499 00:34:07,260 --> 00:34:10,339 So I want around $100. 500 00:34:10,380 --> 00:34:13,999 $100? That's only, what, seven-two for the whole parcel. 501 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,279 Buyer Mohammed has just offered Dan and Justin 502 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:21,039 less than half what they were told their opal is worth. 503 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,139 We'll have a quick chat? Yeah, you can talk outside. 504 00:34:25,180 --> 00:34:26,479 Is that all right?Yeah, yeah. 505 00:34:27,020 --> 00:34:29,239 What do you think?Uh, no. 506 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,139 Not-Not at $7,200. 507 00:34:32,180 --> 00:34:34,379 We want to be above ten. 508 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,039 Or closer to 15. 509 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,179 So?We've had a chat. 510 00:34:41,220 --> 00:34:45,039 Mohammed, um, $13,000 is what we need. 511 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,359 Sorry, it's far from my price. OK. 512 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,399 I'm not sure if we can do business. 513 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,299 You know, that might not be what we're looking for. 514 00:34:53,340 --> 00:34:57,119 You're in town for another couple of days? 515 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:58,459 Couple more days.Yeah. 516 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,379 You think about it and I will think about it.See you. 517 00:35:01,420 --> 00:35:06,459 He doesn't wanna meet us price-wise where we are at, so no deal. 518 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,159 It feels like, you know, it's a bit of a let down, 519 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:12,339 because you've wasted a whole half a day when we could be mining. 520 00:35:14,140 --> 00:35:17,319 Next stop: fossil expert Stuart Jackson, 521 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,279 to get a valuation on opalised shells 522 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,019 and on Justin's precious pipe opal. 523 00:35:24,060 --> 00:35:27,019 You've got a lovely collection. Fantastic collection. 524 00:35:27,060 --> 00:35:29,059 Yeah.Wow. 525 00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:31,279 Big question is: what do you think they're worth? 526 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,459 Still needing over $50,000 527 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,479 to reach their season's target of $100,000, 528 00:35:37,020 --> 00:35:39,019 the boys are desperate for a good price. 529 00:35:39,060 --> 00:35:41,239 Absolutely stunning. 530 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,419 Mm. That's good colour.Yeah. 531 00:35:44,460 --> 00:35:48,079 Full shell, so you've got, you know, both sides of the shell. 532 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:49,419 I mean, that's gonna be worth 533 00:35:49,460 --> 00:35:52,199 $2,500 of anyone's money. 534 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:56,119 That's just beautiful.Yeah, yeah. Absolutely stunning specimen, that. 535 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,419 Overall, as a collection, I think, for your effort, 536 00:35:59,460 --> 00:36:02,379 we're looking at about eight, eight-and-a-half thousand. 537 00:36:02,420 --> 00:36:06,119 That's bloody good.Yeah. That's not bad. 538 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,459 Whoa! What have we got? 539 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,279 Now, to Justin's baby Virgin Rainbow. 540 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,219 Oh, wow! Nice, little pipe. 541 00:36:12,260 --> 00:36:15,079 Justin's still kicking himself he broke it. 542 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,459 Look, these things happen, unfortunately, 543 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,359 and I'll tell you right here and now, you didn't break it. 544 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,279 It's a natural break anyway - There you go! 545 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,079 ..cos I can see there's staining on both surfaces. 546 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,159 That's a good feeling. That's a good sign. 547 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,059 They've just gonna be polished up as one piece. 548 00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:34,159 After millions of years hidden underground, 549 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,399 the true beauty of this fossil can finally be revealed. 550 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,219 The moment of truth. Yeah, so... 551 00:36:44,260 --> 00:36:47,379 There she is.Oh, wow.Oh, wow. 552 00:36:47,420 --> 00:36:51,219 And the all-important question: what's it worth? 553 00:36:51,260 --> 00:36:54,179 I had a guesstimate of about $20,000. 554 00:36:54,220 --> 00:36:58,319 Yeah?Unfortunately, because of all this, there's potch up there - 555 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,159 Yeah...I've gotta halve that, unfortunately.OK. 556 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,299 So it's about a ten grand pipe. 557 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,219 There you go, fellows. 558 00:37:07,260 --> 00:37:09,199 Good find. 559 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:14,179 $10,000 for the pipe and $8,500 for the shells 560 00:37:14,220 --> 00:37:17,219 brings Dan and Justin's total up to... 561 00:37:20,060 --> 00:37:23,379 Back in the running, the boys are beginning to think big. 562 00:37:23,420 --> 00:37:27,419 We need to start thinking about bigger and better ways of mining. 563 00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:31,159 An excavator's what I'm, sort of, keen on. 564 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,419 The opal is pulling me down the hole from here. 565 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:35,459 I can almost feel it. 566 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:50,139 For the Cooke brothers, it's a last chance to free Plutus. 567 00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,039 Couple of burnt wires there. 568 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,079 It's definitely an electrical problem. 569 00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:19,139 Barbecue, brother? 570 00:38:19,180 --> 00:38:23,239 As we pushed out, this has been weaker than the wall, opal wall - 571 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,999 Yeah...so it's torn the hoses off. 572 00:38:27,140 --> 00:38:31,119 If it worked first time, there'd be no challenge in it, so... 573 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,059 A bit of a challenge doesn't hurt. 574 00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:35,239 Now I can make things stronger and yeah, 575 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,319 hopefully, that's the last time I go down the hole. 576 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,039 It's back to the workshop for Plutus... 577 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,119 ..and some armchair analysis 578 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,259 from a group of mining mates. 579 00:38:48,180 --> 00:38:51,359 Yeah, showed 'em some footage of the rammer working 580 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,219 cos it's very hard to describe it. 581 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,139 It's a tough crowd. 582 00:38:56,180 --> 00:38:58,099 I've got a few detractors. 583 00:38:58,140 --> 00:39:00,039 Why are the teeth there? 584 00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:04,119 It's gonna have too much talk on it. Yeah. 585 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,399 A few people, I don't know, they don't have faith. 586 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,239 You gotta have faith. 587 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,099 It's only two minutes of footage... 588 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,239 ..and the verdict is in. 589 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:23,099 Yeah, this just makes it so much easier to start digging. 590 00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:26,059 If you're underground, you're in danger.I'd pay to do that. 591 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:28,459 I could drop my digger straight down and start digging. 592 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,159 In a season that has delivered very little opal for the Cookes, 593 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,119 Plutus could be their financial saviour. 594 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,479 The ultimate goal is to sit upstairs 595 00:39:38,020 --> 00:39:40,359 in an air-conditioned cabin or something and, erm, 596 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,099 yeah, do it remotely. 597 00:39:43,140 --> 00:39:45,419 Faster, easier and safer. 598 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:48,219 Miners could be lining up for the privilege 599 00:39:48,260 --> 00:39:51,099 to rent Plutus Mark II. 600 00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:54,139 To Plutus!To Plutus! 601 00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:55,999 To Plutus! 602 00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:09,319 For the Bomb Kings, 603 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:14,039 it's time to assess their haul and work out what it's worth. 604 00:40:18,140 --> 00:40:19,999 This is a killer stone. 605 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,179 It will make big money. 606 00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:25,479 That's a good one.It's beautiful. 607 00:40:26,020 --> 00:40:29,479 Yani and George have transparent crystal opal. 608 00:40:30,020 --> 00:40:32,119 Its colour is green and orange. 609 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:37,239 It's in the rough and weighs nine ounces. 610 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,079 They need $10,000. 611 00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:44,019 All up, how much are we thinking? 612 00:40:44,060 --> 00:40:46,359 15?No. 613 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,119 Ask 13 to get ten. 614 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:52,059 All right, I'll give it a crack. Good luck, man. 615 00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:54,119 All right. I'll see you in a little while. 616 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:58,139 With this one find, they could reach their season target. 617 00:40:58,180 --> 00:41:01,219 All you need...to just go in there and give it a crack. 618 00:41:01,260 --> 00:41:03,399 The opal in fact will speak for itself. 619 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,199 It's good opal. Everybody wants good opal. 620 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,019 Hi.You've got something in your hand. 621 00:41:10,060 --> 00:41:12,319 I like it.I've got a parcel for you to look at. 622 00:41:15,060 --> 00:41:17,439 Nine ounces.Yeah, on the good side of nine ounces, yeah. 623 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,279 I just thought we'd come bring you the first pile. 624 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,319 Nice.Yeah. 625 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,359 What do you want for this?Er... 626 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,359 I was discussing it with the old man. 627 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,399 $15,000. 628 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:38,219 15, I think, is a bit much. 629 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:40,259 Erm... 630 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,219 I want this opal, I can use it. 631 00:41:45,260 --> 00:41:47,259 Erm... 632 00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:49,479 $11,000?No. 633 00:41:50,020 --> 00:41:53,299 No, no, no, Nick. Have you seen this stone here in particular? 634 00:41:53,340 --> 00:41:56,399 Yeah, I have seen it.I'm gonna classify this as the King Stone. 635 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,379 Yeah, that is.And I'm not gonna try and educate you. 636 00:41:59,420 --> 00:42:01,219 Have a look at that one. 637 00:42:01,260 --> 00:42:03,999 Have a close look. Tell me what you think. 638 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,019 It's three-quarters of an ounce. 639 00:42:07,060 --> 00:42:10,319 I understand you got things you need to pay off, 640 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,419 but I still think 15 is a bit high. 641 00:42:13,460 --> 00:42:15,459 What's your best price? 642 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,319 Aim too high and Yani risks losing the sale. 643 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,019 We actually thought $15,000 was a good price, 644 00:42:24,060 --> 00:42:26,139 and you're the first one to see it 645 00:42:26,180 --> 00:42:28,079 and we don't need to go anywhere else. 646 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,239 That would have been fantastic in theory. 647 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,079 Well, it can still be that way, Yani.Of course. 648 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:37,179 You know, you must have a little bit of room in your movement. 649 00:42:44,220 --> 00:42:46,219 13,000. 650 00:42:56,060 --> 00:42:57,359 Yeah, I can do 13. 651 00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,459 13, OK? Thanks. 652 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:05,399 Yani's gamble to hold out for $13,000 has paid off, 653 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,339 putting father and son 654 00:43:07,380 --> 00:43:11,199 comfortably over their $10,000 season target. 655 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:13,239 Ooh. Been a while since we've seen this. 656 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,259 I did all right, yeah. I did very good, actually. 657 00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:18,259 It came to plan. The old man, probably, 658 00:43:18,300 --> 00:43:21,059 we'll celebrate, have a couple of drinks tonight. 659 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,139 Bit of a relief. Actually, a lot of a relief. 660 00:43:24,180 --> 00:43:25,479 So I'm really happy. 661 00:43:26,020 --> 00:43:27,419 Really, really happy. Yeah. 662 00:43:27,460 --> 00:43:29,459 We've got enough to keep going. 663 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,319 That's what the game is about. 664 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,999 subtitles by Deluxe 664 00:43:41,305 --> 00:44:41,659 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm