"Outback Opal Hunters" Rookie Mistakes

1 00:00:02,758 --> 00:00:06,137 Narrator: IN THIS SEASON OF "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS," 2 00:00:06,172 --> 00:00:12,758 THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST MINERS FACE TRIUMPH AND DISASTER... 3 00:00:12,793 --> 00:00:14,586 BIG FELLA'S DOWN. 4 00:00:14,620 --> 00:00:17,896 Narrator: ...CHASING ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST COVETED GEMS. 5 00:00:17,931 --> 00:00:21,275 OH, HO, HO, OH, MY GOD! 6 00:00:21,310 --> 00:00:22,931 Narrator: OPAL. 7 00:00:22,965 --> 00:00:24,896 NEW TEAMS...YEE-HAW! 8 00:00:24,931 --> 00:00:27,724 ...AND NEW MACHINES 9 00:00:27,758 --> 00:00:31,655 BATTLING THE BRUTAL OUTBACK, 10 00:00:31,689 --> 00:00:33,344 RISKING IT ALL... 11 00:00:33,379 --> 00:00:35,137 WHOA! 12 00:00:35,172 --> 00:00:37,137 ...TO FIND A FORTUNE. 13 00:00:37,172 --> 00:00:40,413 OHH! 14 00:00:40,448 --> 00:00:42,586 LOOK AT THIS! 15 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:44,310 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 17 00:01:09,931 --> 00:01:12,896 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 18 00:01:12,931 --> 00:01:16,000 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 19 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:19,517 THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK, 20 00:01:19,551 --> 00:01:22,206 A VAST, PARCHED LANDSCAPE. 21 00:01:22,241 --> 00:01:27,241 BUT MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, IT WAS COVERED BY INLAND SEAS. 22 00:01:27,275 --> 00:01:28,827 WATER SEEPING UNDERGROUND 23 00:01:28,862 --> 00:01:31,896 DEPOSITED SILICA IN FAULTS AND CRACKS, 24 00:01:31,931 --> 00:01:35,793 GRADUALLY HARDENING TO FORM OPAL. 25 00:01:35,827 --> 00:01:37,551 Kelly: THE MOST AMAZING GEM IN THE WORLD. 26 00:01:37,586 --> 00:01:40,137 YOU DON'T HAVE ONE COLOR. YOU'VE GOT ALL THE COLORS. 27 00:01:40,172 --> 00:01:42,655 Narrator: WITH 90% OF THE WORLD'S SUPPLY 28 00:01:42,689 --> 00:01:44,379 ONLY FOUND IN AUSTRALIA 29 00:01:44,413 --> 00:01:47,482 AND PRICES DOUBLING EVERY FIVE YEARS, 30 00:01:47,517 --> 00:01:51,241 A SINGLE PIECE CAN BE WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 31 00:01:51,275 --> 00:01:52,965 MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS. 32 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,310 Narrator: MINED HERE SINCE THE 1880s, 33 00:01:55,344 --> 00:01:57,137 IT'S HARD TO FIND. 34 00:01:57,172 --> 00:01:59,620 60% WILL GO BROKE. 35 00:01:59,655 --> 00:02:02,689 Narrator: BIG MINING COMPANIES DARE NOT TAKE THE RISK, 36 00:02:02,724 --> 00:02:04,517 LEAVING JUST SMALL TEAMS... 37 00:02:04,551 --> 00:02:06,620 WE DON'T WORK FOR ANYBODY. WE WORK FOR OURSELVES. 38 00:02:06,655 --> 00:02:10,172 ...LIVING OFF THE GRID, 39 00:02:10,206 --> 00:02:13,931 BATTLING TEMPERATURES UP TO 50 DEGREES CELSIUS, 40 00:02:13,965 --> 00:02:17,827 IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S HARSHEST ENVIRONMENTS. 41 00:02:17,862 --> 00:02:21,413 THERE'S A FORTUNE JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND. 42 00:02:21,448 --> 00:02:24,034 WHEN YOU CATCH OPAL FEVER, YOU'RE FINISHED. 43 00:02:31,034 --> 00:02:36,344 COOBER PEDY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA -- A BONE-DRY LANDSCAPE. 44 00:02:36,379 --> 00:02:38,724 THE WORLD'S BEST SOURCE OF WHITE OPAL 45 00:02:38,758 --> 00:02:40,482 WITH ITS MILKY BODY TONE 46 00:02:40,517 --> 00:02:46,448 WORTH UP TO $1,500 A CARAT, JUST ONE-FIFTH OF A GRAM. 47 00:02:46,482 --> 00:02:49,862 LAST SEASON, ROOKIES DANIEL BECKER AND JUSTIN LANG 48 00:02:49,896 --> 00:02:52,724 SMASHED THEIR $100,000 TARGET. 49 00:02:52,758 --> 00:02:54,206 THAT'S NOT BAD. 50 00:02:54,241 --> 00:02:55,931 THIS SEASON, DAN AND I ARE STEPPING IT UP 51 00:02:55,965 --> 00:02:58,620 A COUPLE NOTCHES AND WE'RE GOING FOR 150 GRAND. 52 00:03:03,827 --> 00:03:07,000 Narrator: BUT THINGS ARE ALREADY OFF TO A BAD START. 53 00:03:07,034 --> 00:03:08,862 Justin: A LOT OF STUFF'S HAPPENED SINCE LAST SEASON. 54 00:03:08,896 --> 00:03:11,413 THIS TRIP, I'VE DECIDED TO COME UP BY MYSELF. 55 00:03:11,448 --> 00:03:14,206 COMING UP HERE ON MY OWN IS QUITE DIFFICULT. 56 00:03:14,241 --> 00:03:16,724 I DON'T HAVE DAN HERE TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF. 57 00:03:16,758 --> 00:03:20,206 WE GET ALONG SO WELL, AND BEST MATES. 58 00:03:20,241 --> 00:03:24,034 Narrator: FIRST STOP IS SEEING MENTOR AND GODFATHER OF COOBER PEDY, 59 00:03:24,068 --> 00:03:25,862 JOHN DUNSTAN.HOW ARE YOU, MATE? 60 00:03:25,896 --> 00:03:27,310 GOOD, GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 61 00:03:27,344 --> 00:03:29,206 WHERE'S YOUR MATE?DAN'S BACK HOME. 62 00:03:29,241 --> 00:03:31,965 HE'S LOOKING AFTER THE KIDS, AND HE'S ALSO MOVING HOUSE, 63 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,103 SO HE COULDN'T GET UP THIS TRIP. 64 00:03:34,137 --> 00:03:35,379 OH. SO I THOUGHT I'D COME UP 65 00:03:35,413 --> 00:03:36,896 AND SEE IF I COULD DIG OUT A BIT OF OPAL. 66 00:03:36,931 --> 00:03:38,827 YEP, YOU NEED TO FIND SOME MORE. 67 00:03:38,862 --> 00:03:40,344 IS THE YUTE STILL OUT THE BACK THERE? 68 00:03:40,379 --> 00:03:42,724 YEAH, YOUR YUTE'S FILLY HERE, MATE, NO WORRIES. 69 00:03:42,758 --> 00:03:45,172 PERFECT. 70 00:03:45,206 --> 00:03:47,137 EVEN THOUGH DAN CAN'T COME UP THIS TRIP, YOU KNOW, 71 00:03:47,172 --> 00:03:51,241 I'M STILL SO EXCITED TO GIVE IT A GOOD CRACK BY MYSELF. 72 00:03:51,275 --> 00:03:53,103 I ABSOLUTELY LOVE COOBER PEDY, 73 00:03:53,137 --> 00:03:56,068 AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE OPAL MINING. 74 00:03:56,103 --> 00:04:00,344 THE BIG DRIVING FORCE WHY I'M OUT HERE IS TO FIND THE FORTUNE 75 00:04:00,379 --> 00:04:02,827 SO I CAN PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY, 76 00:04:02,862 --> 00:04:06,034 AND I'M GONNA KEEP DIGGING THAT OPAL UNTIL I FIND MILLIONS. 77 00:04:06,068 --> 00:04:07,827 Narrator: ALL AROUND COOBER PEDY, 78 00:04:07,862 --> 00:04:11,137 AREAS WITH EXOTIC NAMES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR MINING. 79 00:04:11,172 --> 00:04:14,034 GET THEIR PEGS IN ANY UNCLAIMED SECTION OF ONE, 80 00:04:14,068 --> 00:04:16,896 PAY $300 TO REGISTER IT FOR A YEAR, 81 00:04:16,931 --> 00:04:21,172 AND WHATEVER A MINER FINDS IS THEIRS. 82 00:04:21,206 --> 00:04:23,689 LAST SEASON, THE ROOKIES' BIGGEST FINDS 83 00:04:23,724 --> 00:04:26,689 WERE IN THE UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH OF 17 MILE. 84 00:04:26,724 --> 00:04:29,827 IT'S A LOT MORE DANGEROUS GOING TO 17 MILE WITHOUT DAN. 85 00:04:29,862 --> 00:04:32,448 THE DANGERS OF GOING UNDERGROUND 86 00:04:32,482 --> 00:04:35,620 IN OLD, ABANDONED MINES ARE JUST THE WORST. 87 00:04:35,655 --> 00:04:37,275 EVERYTHING WANTS TO KILL YOU. 88 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,551 YOU CAN HAVE DEADLY ANIMALS THAT WANT A PIECE OF YOU. 89 00:04:39,586 --> 00:04:40,896 WHOA! WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. 90 00:04:40,931 --> 00:04:43,827 YOU CAN HAVE ROOF COLLAPSES, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, 91 00:04:43,862 --> 00:04:46,103 YOU'RE SQUISHED LIKE A COCKROACH. 92 00:04:46,137 --> 00:04:48,413 Narrator: THE HOPE IS THAT THIS PROVEN HOT SPOT 93 00:04:48,448 --> 00:04:52,034 WILL GET THEIR SEASON OFF TO A FLYING START. 94 00:04:52,068 --> 00:04:54,551 DAN AND I PULLED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT LAST SEASON, 95 00:04:54,586 --> 00:04:57,448 AND I KNOW THAT'S A SURE WAY OF FINDING MORE, SO WHO KNOWS? 96 00:04:57,482 --> 00:04:58,827 I COULD JUST DRILL INTO THE WALL 97 00:04:58,862 --> 00:05:00,620 AND FIND ANOTHER FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS 98 00:05:00,655 --> 00:05:01,758 JUST TO START THE SEASON OFF. 99 00:05:01,793 --> 00:05:03,413 THAT'S WHAT I NEED. 100 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,206 ACTUALLY, WHERE THE HELL IS THAT CLAIM? 101 00:05:09,241 --> 00:05:12,275 HANG ON. 102 00:05:15,551 --> 00:05:22,068 ARE YOU SERIOUS? 103 00:05:22,103 --> 00:05:24,586 YOU'RE JOKING ME. 104 00:05:24,620 --> 00:05:26,379 THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMEONE'S PEGS THERE. 105 00:05:26,413 --> 00:05:30,448 SOME LITTLE HAS COME OUT HERE. 106 00:05:30,482 --> 00:05:32,620 THAT'S NOT OUR PEGS. 107 00:05:32,655 --> 00:05:36,275 SOMEONE'S COME OUT HERE AND PEGGED OUR CLAIM. 108 00:05:36,310 --> 00:05:39,275 WHERE I PUT MY PEGS HERE, SOMEONE ELSE HAS PUT THEIR PEGS. 109 00:05:39,310 --> 00:05:41,034 ARE YOU FREAKING JOKING ME? 110 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:46,482 Narrator: IF THEIR CLAIM HAS BEEN TAKEN BY ANOTHER MINER, 111 00:05:46,517 --> 00:05:48,379 DAN AND JUSTIN WILL HAVE LOST 112 00:05:48,413 --> 00:05:50,965 THEIR ONLY RELIABLE SOURCE OF OPAL. 113 00:06:00,862 --> 00:06:03,551 1,000 KILOMETERS TO THE NORTHEAST, 114 00:06:03,586 --> 00:06:05,275 OPALTON, QUEENSLAND, 115 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:08,310 HOME OF THE RENOWNED OPAL HUNTER COL DUFF. 116 00:06:10,724 --> 00:06:12,172 THAT'S NICE GREEN. 117 00:06:12,206 --> 00:06:14,793 FOR 20 YEARS, COL'S BEEN HUNTING OPAL 118 00:06:14,827 --> 00:06:17,241 IN SOME OF THE MOST REMOTE PARTS OF THE OUTBACK. 119 00:06:17,275 --> 00:06:18,482 THERE COULD BE A MILLION DOLLARS. 120 00:06:18,517 --> 00:06:19,896 YOU JUST NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK. 121 00:06:19,931 --> 00:06:21,965 Narrator: BEST MATES GREG AND AARON 122 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,620 BRING AN EXTRA 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO THE TABLE. 123 00:06:25,655 --> 00:06:27,482 A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT A LIFESTYLE. 124 00:06:27,517 --> 00:06:29,517 IT AIN'T A LIFESTYLE TO ME. 125 00:06:29,551 --> 00:06:31,000 IT'S A JOB, AND YOU GOT TO MAKE MONEY. 126 00:06:31,034 --> 00:06:33,482 IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. 127 00:06:33,517 --> 00:06:35,724 Narrator: LIVING OFF THE GRID 100 KILOMETERS 128 00:06:35,758 --> 00:06:38,758 FROM THE NEAREST TOWN, COL'S CREW ARE CHASING 129 00:06:38,793 --> 00:06:42,034 BOULDER OPAL, UNIQUE TO QUEENSLAND 130 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:45,551 AND IDENTIFIED BY ITS BROWN IRONSTONE BACKING. 131 00:06:45,586 --> 00:06:48,413 IT CAN BE WORTH UP TO $4,000 A CARAT. 132 00:06:48,448 --> 00:06:50,965 THAT'S $20,000 A GRAM. 133 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,103 LAST SEASON WE FINISHED UP, YOU KNOW, ON A GOOD NOTE, 134 00:06:53,137 --> 00:06:55,758 BUT WE REALLY JUST ONLY COVERED OUR ASSES. 135 00:06:55,793 --> 00:07:00,448 Narrator: A BIGGER VICTORY FOR COL WAS BEATING A CANCER SCARE. 136 00:07:00,482 --> 00:07:03,034 Col: I'M REAL KEEN TO GET ON TOP OF IT AGAIN. 137 00:07:03,068 --> 00:07:06,758 THE CLOCK'S TICKING. NO ONE LIVES FOREVER. 138 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:10,965 WE NEED ABOUT $120,000 TO PAY EVERYTHING OUT. 139 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,551 KEEP GOING. 140 00:07:18,551 --> 00:07:21,758 Narrator: THIS SEASON, THEY'VE TAKEN OVER A LEGENDARY CLAIM, 141 00:07:21,793 --> 00:07:25,482 ONCE OWNED BY AARON'S DAD, CALLED DRAGONFLY. 142 00:07:25,517 --> 00:07:27,689 THEY'RE CONCENTRATING ON A SMALL SECTION 143 00:07:27,724 --> 00:07:31,275 AROUND THE LAST SHAFT HE DUG. 144 00:07:31,310 --> 00:07:33,310 Aaron: DAD PASSED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 145 00:07:33,344 --> 00:07:35,482 WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN THE LATE '60s, 146 00:07:35,517 --> 00:07:38,344 THEY FOUND 44 DRUMS FULL OF OPAL. 147 00:07:38,379 --> 00:07:41,965 BUT BACK THEN, THEY GOT NOTHING FOR OPAL. 148 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,620 Narrator: WITH THE VALUE OF OPAL NOW SKYROCKETING, 149 00:07:44,655 --> 00:07:48,586 AARON AND GREG ARE HOPING TO REDISCOVER THE SAME. 150 00:07:48,620 --> 00:07:50,551 Aaron: IT'S GREAT, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE DIGGING HERE. 151 00:07:50,586 --> 00:07:52,862 IT'S A FAMILY LEASE, AND IT SHOULD BE DUG. 152 00:07:52,896 --> 00:07:57,965 HOPEFULLY WE FIND A BIT OF OPAL AND WE CAN KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE. 153 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,482 Narrator: BUT THE OPAL LAYER IS 15 METERS BELOW GROUND 154 00:08:01,517 --> 00:08:04,551 IN LOOSE SANDSTONE TOO DANGEROUS TO TUNNEL THROUGH. 155 00:08:11,034 --> 00:08:12,206 Aaron: THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPAL HERE. 156 00:08:12,241 --> 00:08:14,655 IT'S JUST A LOT OF DIRT TO BE MOVED. 157 00:08:14,689 --> 00:08:16,551 YOU NEED THE GEAR TO DO THE JOB. 158 00:08:21,827 --> 00:08:23,310 Narrator: THE BOYS HAVE SPENT WEEKS 159 00:08:23,344 --> 00:08:25,758 DIGGING DOWN TOWARDS THE OPAL LAYER. 160 00:08:25,793 --> 00:08:27,758 IT'S TAKEN A MONTH TO MOVE ALL THE OVERBURDEN AND THAT, 161 00:08:27,793 --> 00:08:30,517 BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. 162 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:33,172 Narrator: BUT THERE'S BEEN NO SIGN OF COL. 163 00:08:33,206 --> 00:08:36,034 I THINK HE'S HAPPY. I THINK HE'S IN LOVE. 164 00:08:36,068 --> 00:08:38,827 Col: I MET A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. 165 00:08:38,862 --> 00:08:40,206 BEEN A TAN BOY SINCE THEN. 166 00:08:40,241 --> 00:08:42,206 WE'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD FRIENDS FOR LIKE 15 YEARS, 167 00:08:42,241 --> 00:08:44,034 BUT CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE BROUGHT US TOGETHER, 168 00:08:44,068 --> 00:08:45,862 AND WE'RE BOTH GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR, 169 00:08:45,896 --> 00:08:47,896 HAVING A MAD LOVE AFFAIR. 170 00:08:47,931 --> 00:08:50,482 Narrator: WITH COL ABSENT, WHATEVER THEY FIND, 171 00:08:50,517 --> 00:08:53,310 AARON AND GREG WILL SPLIT 50-50. 172 00:08:53,344 --> 00:08:56,586 BUT THEY'RE UNDER PRESSURE TO RECOUP WHAT THEY'VE INVESTED. 173 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:59,241 Aaron: 8,000 LITERS OF DIESEL SO FAR. 174 00:08:59,275 --> 00:09:02,034 YOU GOT TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. 175 00:09:02,068 --> 00:09:05,206 THIS COST US $15,000 TO DO THIS, AND BIT OF LUCK, 176 00:09:05,241 --> 00:09:08,862 WE PAY FOR THAT 10 TIMES OVER AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO . 177 00:09:13,862 --> 00:09:15,275 THAT'LL DO, MATE. 178 00:09:15,310 --> 00:09:16,379 THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH THERE, AYE? 179 00:09:16,413 --> 00:09:17,965 YEAH, GOOD. 180 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,793 Narrator: AFTER WEEKS HARD SLOG, 181 00:09:19,827 --> 00:09:23,620 THEY'VE FINALLY HIT THE OPAL LAYER. 182 00:09:23,655 --> 00:09:24,724 FEELS GOOD, ACTUALLY. 183 00:09:24,758 --> 00:09:26,551 IF I HAD A BEER, I'D GO HOME AND HAVE ONE. 184 00:09:26,586 --> 00:09:27,896 Narrator: MORE GOOD NEWS -- 185 00:09:27,931 --> 00:09:31,517 COL IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO LEND A HAND DIGGING IT OUT. 186 00:09:34,068 --> 00:09:35,655 BUT NEXT DAY... 187 00:09:35,689 --> 00:09:37,344 HE SHOULD'VE BEEN HERE.YEAH. 188 00:09:37,379 --> 00:09:39,068 ...COL IS A NO-SHOW. 189 00:09:42,068 --> 00:09:43,793 OI, COL! 190 00:09:43,827 --> 00:09:46,137 YOU'RE RIGHT. 191 00:09:46,172 --> 00:09:49,241 HE DON'T SOUND REAL GOOD. 192 00:09:55,793 --> 00:09:56,655 OH. 193 00:10:09,551 --> 00:10:11,310 Narrator: 900 KILOMETERS AWAY, 194 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:13,241 ON THE FLAT PLAINS OF LIGHTNING RIDGE, 195 00:10:13,275 --> 00:10:14,620 NEW SOUTH WALES, 196 00:10:14,655 --> 00:10:17,724 THIRD-GENERATION OPAL MINER AND MOTHER OF THREE 197 00:10:17,758 --> 00:10:19,620 KELLY TISHLER IS BACK, 198 00:10:19,655 --> 00:10:22,413 HAVING JUST HIT HER TARGET LAST SEASON. 199 00:10:22,448 --> 00:10:24,448 Kelly: THE LAST FEW YEARS HASN'T BEEN REALLY GOOD. 200 00:10:24,482 --> 00:10:25,689 WE NEED TO FIND OPAL, 201 00:10:25,724 --> 00:10:28,758 AND SOME DAYS YOU WAKE UP, YOU THINK, "REALLY? 202 00:10:28,793 --> 00:10:30,103 WHAT ARE WE DOING?" 203 00:10:30,137 --> 00:10:33,241 Narrator: KELLY'S PRIZE -- BLACK OPAL, 204 00:10:33,275 --> 00:10:36,000 THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPAL ON THE PLANET. 205 00:10:36,034 --> 00:10:39,068 THE DARKER THE BACKGROUND, THE BETTER. 206 00:10:39,103 --> 00:10:43,379 WORTH UP TO $35,000 RETAIL A CARAT, 207 00:10:43,413 --> 00:10:45,758 ONE-FIFTH OF A GRAM. 208 00:10:45,793 --> 00:10:49,862 IT'S LIGHTNING REACH'S SPECIALITY. 209 00:10:49,896 --> 00:10:52,206 Kelly: EVERY DAY IS A NEW DREAM AND NEW HOPE. 210 00:10:52,241 --> 00:10:54,344 I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT. I DON'T CARE HOW BROKE I GO. 211 00:10:54,379 --> 00:10:55,482 IT'S THE FREEDOM. 212 00:10:55,517 --> 00:10:57,482 IT'S THE LOVE. IT'S THE OPAL. 213 00:10:57,517 --> 00:11:01,206 A COUPLE OF THESE ONES MIGHT BE WORTH JUST A QUICK HIT. 214 00:11:01,241 --> 00:11:03,379 Narrator: IN A MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY, 215 00:11:03,413 --> 00:11:05,689 KELLY IS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF WOMEN. 216 00:11:05,724 --> 00:11:07,275 Kelly: THIS ONE HAD A BIT OF SAND IN IT. 217 00:11:07,310 --> 00:11:09,379 I THOUGHT IT WASN'T GONNA COME OUT, BUT, YEAH, 218 00:11:09,413 --> 00:11:11,206 IT COME OUT NOT TOO BAD. 219 00:11:11,241 --> 00:11:14,137 Narrator: SHE ALSO CUTS AND POLISHES HER STONES, 220 00:11:14,172 --> 00:11:17,482 MORE THAN DOUBLING THEIR VALUE TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS. 221 00:11:17,517 --> 00:11:18,896 AND THAT'S QUITE NICE. 222 00:11:18,931 --> 00:11:21,206 PUT A BIT OF GOLD AROUND IT, AND BOB'S YOUR UNCLE. 223 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:27,103 Narrator: LAST SEASON, KELLY WAS FORCED TO SELL 224 00:11:27,137 --> 00:11:30,586 $20,000 WORTH OF STONE FROM HER BACKUP STASH 225 00:11:30,620 --> 00:11:32,000 JUST TO COVER COSTS. 226 00:11:32,034 --> 00:11:34,448 YEAH, VERY HAPPY TO MOVE THAT ON AND YEAH, 227 00:11:34,482 --> 00:11:36,724 BE ABLE TO PAY SOME BILLS. 228 00:11:36,758 --> 00:11:39,000 Narrator: WITH A FAMILY TO FEED, THIS SEASON, 229 00:11:39,034 --> 00:11:40,965 KELLY IS SETTING HER TARGET HIGH. 230 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,172 WHAT WE NEED THIS YEAR TO MAKE WOULD BE $150,000 231 00:11:44,206 --> 00:11:46,724 JUST TO BREAK EVEN. 232 00:11:46,758 --> 00:11:48,965 Narrator: TO HIT HER TARGET, SHE'S PEGGED A CLAIM 233 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,689 20 KILOMETERS NORTH OF LIGHTNING RIDGE 234 00:11:51,724 --> 00:11:55,310 ON A PATCH OF LAND SHE BELIEVES MAY BE SITTING ON A FORTUNE. 235 00:11:55,344 --> 00:11:57,103 THERE'S OPAL ALL THE WAY AROUND IT. 236 00:11:57,137 --> 00:11:59,172 THERE'S PEOPLE FINDING BITS AND PIECES. 237 00:11:59,206 --> 00:12:03,137 THERE'S PEOPLE FINDING REASONABLE MATERIAL. 238 00:12:03,172 --> 00:12:05,931 TO REACH THE OPAL LEVEL, SHE'S GOING TO HAVE OPEN 239 00:12:05,965 --> 00:12:09,000 AN OLD MINE 8 METERS BELOW GROUND. 240 00:12:09,034 --> 00:12:11,931 Kelly: THERE IS A LOT OF DANGER INVOLVED UNDERGROUND. 241 00:12:11,965 --> 00:12:14,000 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG. 242 00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:17,103 Narrator: THIS TIME, KELLY'S TEAMED UP WITH SOME MUSCLE. 243 00:12:17,137 --> 00:12:19,827 BROTHER-IN-LAW MARK AND MATE DWAYNE 244 00:12:19,862 --> 00:12:23,172 ARE VETERAN UNDERGROUND MINERS. 245 00:12:23,206 --> 00:12:25,000 Mark: I HOPE TO SEE SOMETHING A BIT MORE SOLID, 246 00:12:25,034 --> 00:12:26,551 TRY AND GO FOR THE EASY MONEY. 247 00:12:26,586 --> 00:12:29,517 EASY MONEY? WHAT'S THAT? 248 00:12:29,551 --> 00:12:32,137 Kelly: MARK AND DWAYNE ARE ABSOLUTE DIGGING MACHINES. 249 00:12:32,172 --> 00:12:34,172 I HONESTLY COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYONE BETTER. 250 00:12:34,206 --> 00:12:36,586 BUT THEY'VE PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE TOO. 251 00:12:36,620 --> 00:12:40,172 IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO EVEN FIND OPAL. 252 00:12:40,206 --> 00:12:42,551 Dwayne: OPAL -- YOU'RE ON A HIGH WHEN YOU GO TO WORK, 253 00:12:42,586 --> 00:12:44,586 AND SOMETIMES YOU COME HOME ON A HIGH. 254 00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:46,068 MOST OF THE TIME, YOU COME HOME ON A LOW 255 00:12:46,103 --> 00:12:48,379 'CAUSE YOU GOT YOUR BUTT KICKED. 256 00:12:48,413 --> 00:12:49,586 WE DON'T WANT PROBLEMS. 257 00:12:49,620 --> 00:12:51,241 WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH PROBLEMS. 258 00:12:51,275 --> 00:12:53,000 WE WANT HAPPINESS, YOU KNOW? 259 00:12:53,034 --> 00:12:55,482 WE WANT RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS. 260 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,586 UNBELIEVABLE. UNBELIEVABLE! 261 00:13:16,620 --> 00:13:18,827 Narrator: JUSTIN'S RETURN TO COOBER PEDY 262 00:13:18,862 --> 00:13:21,137 HAS SUFFERED A DEVASTATING BLOW. 263 00:13:21,172 --> 00:13:23,689 WHO IS THIS THAT'S COME OUT HERE AND DONE THIS? 264 00:13:23,724 --> 00:13:25,620 Narrator: THE UNDERGROUND MINE THAT WAS 265 00:13:25,655 --> 00:13:29,137 THE ROOKIES' BEST SOURCE OF OPAL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN. 266 00:13:29,172 --> 00:13:32,206 LOOK, THE SIXTH OF THE FOURTH. 267 00:13:32,241 --> 00:13:35,068 THAT'S ONLY LAST FREAKING WEEK. 268 00:13:35,103 --> 00:13:36,793 Narrator: IF THEY'VE LOST THIS MINE, 269 00:13:36,827 --> 00:13:40,758 THEY'VE LOST ACCESS TO THE RICH SEAM OF OPAL IT CONTAINS. 270 00:13:43,965 --> 00:13:46,586 UGH! 271 00:13:46,620 --> 00:13:50,034 I WANT TO RING DAN. 272 00:13:50,068 --> 00:13:51,758 Dan: Justin! HEY, DAN. 273 00:13:51,793 --> 00:13:53,448 HOW YOU GOING? 274 00:13:53,482 --> 00:13:54,862 Good, good. How are you? 275 00:13:54,896 --> 00:13:56,586 WELL, NOT HEAPS GOOD. 276 00:13:56,620 --> 00:13:59,586 I JUST CAME OUT TO 17 MILE. 277 00:13:59,620 --> 00:14:01,310 AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 278 00:14:01,344 --> 00:14:05,172 I'VE JUST ROLLED UP, AND WE CAN'T EVEN GO ON OUR OLD CLAIM. 279 00:14:05,206 --> 00:14:06,586 How come? 280 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:08,793 WELL, THE FIRST THING I NOTICE WAS SOME BLOODY STEEL PEGS 281 00:14:08,827 --> 00:14:10,482 THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THE GROUND 282 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:14,275 RIGHT WHERE WE HAD OURS, EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT. 283 00:14:14,310 --> 00:14:18,517 AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE OUR PEGS HAVE GONE. 284 00:14:18,551 --> 00:14:20,551 So we've lost our claim? 285 00:14:20,586 --> 00:14:22,793 YEAH, 17 MILE IS GONE. 286 00:14:24,551 --> 00:14:26,206 Ohh. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 287 00:14:26,241 --> 00:14:28,517 I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE ON THERE 'CAUSE IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S NOW. 288 00:14:28,551 --> 00:14:29,620 Bloody hell! 289 00:14:29,655 --> 00:14:32,724 So what are -- Do I need to come up? 290 00:14:32,758 --> 00:14:34,172 WELL, I'M NOT SURE. 291 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:37,724 I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD DO. 292 00:14:37,758 --> 00:14:40,689 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. OUR BLOODY -- OUR NEST EGG. 293 00:14:40,724 --> 00:14:42,310 Yeah, looks like maybe... 294 00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:51,896 Justin: IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE'S JUST STOLEN SOMETHING FROM US. 295 00:14:53,931 --> 00:14:58,517 Narrator: THE BOYS' CLAIM WAS LESS THAN A WEEK OUT OF DATE. 296 00:14:58,551 --> 00:15:01,482 Justin: BY NOT SORT OF KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH THE PAPERWORK 297 00:15:01,517 --> 00:15:04,379 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE RE-REGISTERED THAT CLAIM, 298 00:15:04,413 --> 00:15:05,965 IT HAD EXPIRED. 299 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,862 IT TOOK US SO MANY YEARS TO TRY AND FIND OUT ABOUT THIS CLAIM, 300 00:15:08,896 --> 00:15:12,379 AND WE WORKED THERE, AND I SPENT SO MANY HOURS READING THE GROUND 301 00:15:12,413 --> 00:15:15,482 AND LEARNING THE WHOLE MINE. 302 00:15:15,517 --> 00:15:18,310 I JUST FEEL COLD. 303 00:15:18,344 --> 00:15:20,206 Narrator: WITH 17 MILE GONE, 304 00:15:20,241 --> 00:15:23,379 JUSTIN AND DAN HAVE GOT JUST ONE CLAIM LEFT, 305 00:15:23,413 --> 00:15:27,000 THEIR 200x100-METER CLAIM AT SHELL PATCH. 306 00:15:27,034 --> 00:15:28,413 Justin: THE BIG PROBLEM WITH SHELL PATCH 307 00:15:28,448 --> 00:15:32,103 IS THAT WE'VE ONLY GOT JACKPICKS AND DRILLS. 308 00:15:32,137 --> 00:15:33,620 WE DON'T HAVE AN EXCAVATOR, 309 00:15:33,655 --> 00:15:35,689 AND WE DON'T THE MONEY TO BUY ONE, 310 00:15:35,724 --> 00:15:38,068 SO WE'RE SORT OF REALLY STUCK 311 00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:42,413 BECAUSE WE NEED ONE TO KEEP DIGGING AT SHELL PATCH. 312 00:15:42,448 --> 00:15:47,137 Narrator: A BRAND-NEW EXCAVATOR COSTS OVER $65,000, 313 00:15:47,172 --> 00:15:49,241 WAY BEYOND THE ROOKIES' BUDGET. 314 00:15:49,275 --> 00:15:50,551 Justin: WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE, 315 00:15:50,586 --> 00:15:52,379 RIGHT BACK AT THE VERY BEGINNING. 316 00:16:02,103 --> 00:16:07,103 Narrator: IN COOBER PEDY, MENTOR AND LOCAL LEGEND JOHN DUNSTAN 317 00:16:07,137 --> 00:16:09,793 HAS COME TO THE RESCUE. 318 00:16:09,827 --> 00:16:13,310 JOHN IS THE MAN WHO FOUND ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE OPALS 319 00:16:13,344 --> 00:16:14,517 EVER DISCOVERED, 320 00:16:14,551 --> 00:16:17,034 THE MILLION-DOLLAR VIRGIN RAINBOW. 321 00:16:17,068 --> 00:16:22,103 GOT ANYTHING I CAN TELL THEM OR TEACH THEM, I WILL. 322 00:16:22,137 --> 00:16:24,551 Narrator: NOW, HIS KNOWLEDGE MAY JUST TIP THE BALANCE 323 00:16:24,586 --> 00:16:26,862 IN JUSTIN'S FAVOR ONCE MORE. 324 00:16:26,896 --> 00:16:28,586 THERE IT IS THERE. I CAN SEE IT. 325 00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:31,241 WELL, GEE, THAT LOOKS ALRIGHT. 326 00:16:31,275 --> 00:16:33,344 Narrator: THIS SECOND-HAND EXCAVATOR COULD BE 327 00:16:33,379 --> 00:16:36,896 WITHIN THE ROOKIES' PRICE RANGE AND PUT THEM BACK ON TRACK. 328 00:16:36,931 --> 00:16:39,275 Justin: BUYING AN EXCAVATOR WILL INCREASE OUR CHANCES 329 00:16:39,310 --> 00:16:41,034 TO FIND OPAL MASSIVELY. 330 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:43,620 WE REALLY NEED ONE TO MOVE MORE DIRT 331 00:16:43,655 --> 00:16:48,344 TO EVENTUALLY FIND THAT BIG MOTHER LODE OF OPAL. 332 00:16:48,379 --> 00:16:51,620 I'VE HAD A BIT OF A LOOK AT THE OLD FINANCES IN THE BANK, 333 00:16:51,655 --> 00:16:53,517 AND I'VE HAD TO SELL A COUPLE OF THINGS, 334 00:16:53,551 --> 00:16:58,275 AND I SORT OF THOUGHT IF I CAN MANAGE TO GET TOGETHER $20,000, 335 00:16:58,310 --> 00:17:00,793 THEN I CAN POTENTIALLY BUY THAT EXCAVATOR. 336 00:17:00,827 --> 00:17:01,931 HOW YOU GOING, JOHN? JUSTIN. 337 00:17:01,965 --> 00:17:03,275 HI, JUSTIN. HOW ARE YOU? 338 00:17:03,310 --> 00:17:05,896 Narrator: JUSTIN KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THESE MACHINES, 339 00:17:05,931 --> 00:17:09,344 AND BUYING SECOND-HAND EQUIPMENT IS ALWAYS RISKY, 340 00:17:09,379 --> 00:17:11,931 BUT IF THE ROOKIES WANT TO MINE THIS SEASON, 341 00:17:11,965 --> 00:17:13,689 THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS. 342 00:17:13,724 --> 00:17:14,965 Justin: UNFORTUNATELY, DAN CAN'T GET UP HERE, 343 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,103 AND I'M JUST NOT GONNA STOP. 344 00:17:16,137 --> 00:17:18,241 I WANT TO COME UP HERE, MINE, FIND OPAL. 345 00:17:18,275 --> 00:17:19,793 THIS IS MY CALLING. I LOVE IT. 346 00:17:19,827 --> 00:17:21,103 I THINK ABOUT IT, DREAM ABOUT IT, 347 00:17:21,137 --> 00:17:23,310 WANT TO BE HERE 24 HOURS A DAY, 348 00:17:23,344 --> 00:17:26,793 AND I'M JUST GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN. 349 00:17:26,827 --> 00:17:28,379 Dunstan: YEAH, GOOD, SOLID LITTLE BUCKET. 350 00:17:28,413 --> 00:17:29,896 YEAH, GOOD DIGGING BUCKET. 351 00:17:29,931 --> 00:17:31,827 SIDE CUTTERS -- THAT IS IDEAL FOR UP HERE. 352 00:17:31,862 --> 00:17:33,586 PERFECT. GET YOU TO START IT. 353 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:36,241 YEAH, RIGHT. 354 00:17:36,275 --> 00:17:37,896 SOUNDS ALRIGHT. 355 00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:44,103 THE TRACKS ARE REALLY GOOD. 356 00:17:44,137 --> 00:17:46,620 THERE'S A LOT OF MEAT LEFT IN THE IDLER. 357 00:17:46,655 --> 00:17:49,275 BUT THESE CHAINS HAVE GOT A LOT OF LIFE IN THEM. 358 00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:51,344 OI, I'VE SPOTTED AN OIL LEAK. 359 00:17:51,379 --> 00:17:53,517 YEAH, I CAN SEE IT'S OIL THERE NOW. 360 00:17:53,551 --> 00:17:55,034 Justin: IS IT? 361 00:17:55,068 --> 00:17:56,620 OH, THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN. 362 00:17:56,655 --> 00:17:58,206 . 363 00:18:09,896 --> 00:18:13,206 Narrator: KELLY'S TEAM HAVE JUST A MONTH TO FIND OPAL 364 00:18:13,241 --> 00:18:14,689 BEFORE THEY GO BUST. 365 00:18:14,724 --> 00:18:16,448 Kelly: WE NEED TO FIND OPAL. 366 00:18:16,482 --> 00:18:18,379 IT'S AS SERIOUS AS IT GETS. 367 00:18:18,413 --> 00:18:21,620 IF IT DOESN'T PAY OFF, WE'RE UP CREEK. 368 00:18:21,655 --> 00:18:23,724 I'LL GET THE HEAVY END, MATE. 369 00:18:23,758 --> 00:18:25,586 THAT'S GOOD. 370 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:29,137 Narrator: FIRST, THEY NEED TO ENSURE THE MINE'S FRAGILE ROOF 371 00:18:29,172 --> 00:18:31,965 8 METERS BELOW GROUND WON'T COLLAPSE, 372 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,137 BURYING THEM BENEATH THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ROCK. 373 00:18:37,275 --> 00:18:39,448 ONCE AN INITIAL SHAFT IS SUNK, 374 00:18:39,482 --> 00:18:43,655 MINERS DIG A SERIES OF TUNNELS OR DRIVES OUTWARDS. 375 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:45,758 DIGGING AWAY THE WALLS BETWEEN THE DRIVES 376 00:18:45,793 --> 00:18:50,896 LEAVES A LARGE OPEN AREA KNOWN AS A BALLROOM. 377 00:18:50,931 --> 00:18:56,241 THE WIDER THE BALLROOM, THE HIGHER THE RISK OF COLLAPSE. 378 00:18:56,275 --> 00:18:58,241 PROPS OF CYPRESS PINE ARE DESIGNED 379 00:18:58,275 --> 00:19:01,172 TO PREVENT THE LAYERS OF LOOSE SANDSTONE ABOVE 380 00:19:01,206 --> 00:19:03,758 FROM SEPARATING AND FALLING. 381 00:19:03,793 --> 00:19:07,068 IT'S A TECHNIQUE THAT HASN'T CHANGED FOR OVER 100 YEARS. 382 00:19:07,103 --> 00:19:09,517 YEAH, I'VE SET A PROP IN HERE. 383 00:19:09,551 --> 00:19:11,068 RIGHT THERE WHERE THAT CAP IS. 384 00:19:11,103 --> 00:19:13,413 WE'LL GO UNDERNEATH THAT FLOW. 385 00:19:13,448 --> 00:19:16,172 EACH PROP IS CUT TO SIZE UNDERGROUND 386 00:19:16,206 --> 00:19:18,034 AND POSITIONED BY HAND. 387 00:19:18,068 --> 00:19:21,000 THEY'VE GOT TO PUT A PROP IN HERE JUST TO SECURE THE ROOF, 388 00:19:21,034 --> 00:19:22,068 MAKE IT SAFE. 389 00:19:30,413 --> 00:19:32,724 WELL, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA NEED A FEW WEDGES FOR THAT ONE. 390 00:19:32,758 --> 00:19:34,517 EH, MATE? 391 00:19:34,551 --> 00:19:35,724 YOU ALRIGHT? 392 00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:38,068 PERFECTLY CUT ONCE AGAIN.ALRIGHT. 393 00:19:38,103 --> 00:19:42,586 IF YOU HAD TO CUT THAT, YOU'D PROBABLY NEED SIX. 394 00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:44,241 PROBABLY NEED A COUPLE IN THIS END, I THINK. 395 00:19:52,310 --> 00:19:55,827 MARK, DO YOU WANT ME JUST TO DRAG THESE HOSES? 396 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,103 YOU WANT TO PULL THAT DIGGER? 397 00:19:57,137 --> 00:19:59,206 WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO SWING IT FIRST ANYWAYS. 398 00:19:59,241 --> 00:20:00,758 Narrator: WITH THE ROOF SECURE, 399 00:20:00,793 --> 00:20:03,586 THE 800-KILOGRAM, 3-METER-LONG 400 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:07,896 NEXO DIGGING MACHINE SWINGS INTO ACTION. 401 00:20:07,931 --> 00:20:10,965 A VERTICAL HYDRAULIC RAM LOCKS IT INTO PLACE, 402 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,724 WHILST A TWIN-TOOTHED ARTICULATED ARM 403 00:20:13,758 --> 00:20:17,241 CUTS INTO THE WALL. 404 00:20:17,275 --> 00:20:19,965 Kelly: THERE IS A LOT OF DANGER INVOLVED UNDERGROUND. 405 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,103 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG MACHINE. 406 00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:23,965 YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF TONNAGE THERE. 407 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,172 YOU CAN REPAIR A DIGGER, BUT YOU CAN'T FIX SOMEONE 408 00:20:27,206 --> 00:20:30,620 IF THEY'RE BEING CRUSHED UNDER ONE. 409 00:20:30,655 --> 00:20:32,103 Dwayne: WHEN YOU'RE MOVING THESE DIGGERS AROUND, 410 00:20:32,137 --> 00:20:34,448 YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE KEEPING THEM LEVEL 411 00:20:34,482 --> 00:20:39,068 AND DON'T GET THEM ROCKED TO ONE SIDE. 412 00:20:39,103 --> 00:20:41,310 OTHERWISE THEY WILL GO OVER ON THEIR SIDE. 413 00:20:41,344 --> 00:20:42,827 AND THEY'RE A REAL BUGGER TO GET BACK UP. 414 00:20:42,862 --> 00:20:45,206 SO BASICALLY YOU TIP THE DIGGER OVER, 415 00:20:45,241 --> 00:20:46,827 SHE'S ALL OVER FOR THE DAY. 416 00:20:46,862 --> 00:20:48,862 YOU MIGHT GET A MESS. -YEAH. 417 00:20:48,896 --> 00:20:51,482 AND THAT'S IF IT DOESN'T PIN YOU. 418 00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:55,379 SO YOU DO NEED TO BE AWARE OF THEM. 419 00:20:55,413 --> 00:20:56,965 IT CAN BE DANGEROUS. 420 00:21:05,862 --> 00:21:07,965 Narrator: WITH THE DIGGER NOW IN POSITION, 421 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 THE HUNT FOR OPAL BEGINS. 422 00:21:10,034 --> 00:21:12,862 I RECKON WE SHOULD, YEAH, PROBABLY PUSH OUT PAST THIS. 423 00:21:15,758 --> 00:21:19,620 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HINTS OF OPAL COLOR IN THE GRAY WALL. 424 00:21:34,068 --> 00:21:35,896 Kelly: MARK'S BEEN AN OPAL MINER ALL HIS LIFE, 425 00:21:35,931 --> 00:21:37,689 AND HE'S ONE OF THE BEST DIGGERS AROUND. 426 00:21:37,724 --> 00:21:40,103 YOU KNOW, YOU SEE HIM RIP INTO THAT WALL THERE, 427 00:21:40,137 --> 00:21:42,000 LIKE THOSE DIGGER TEETH. 428 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:43,655 THEY'RE RAZOR SHARP. 429 00:21:51,620 --> 00:21:52,724 Mark: OPAL'S A FUNNY THING. 430 00:21:52,758 --> 00:21:54,862 YOU CAN DIG FOR YEARS ON END AND GET NOTHING. 431 00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:59,275 YOU CAN DRILL FOR YEARS ON END, FIND NOTHING AT ALL. 432 00:21:59,310 --> 00:22:00,724 IT CAN BE ONE FOOT AWAY. 433 00:22:00,758 --> 00:22:02,896 YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH THE GROUND. 434 00:22:02,931 --> 00:22:05,068 SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE MISSED OUT ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 435 00:22:05,103 --> 00:22:07,862 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ABOVE THEM OR BELOW THEM. 436 00:22:18,517 --> 00:22:20,310 STONE RIGHT THERE.SOMETHING'S HAPPENING. 437 00:22:20,344 --> 00:22:23,862 HANG ON. 438 00:22:23,896 --> 00:22:25,034 I'LL GET MY LITTLE PICK. 439 00:22:25,068 --> 00:22:27,655 I'LL GET THIS OUT BEFORE YOU GET IT. 440 00:22:27,689 --> 00:22:29,068 TOLD YOU IT'D BE HERE TONIGHT. 441 00:22:47,689 --> 00:22:49,137 IT'S DEFINITELY LEAKING THERE SOMEWHERE, 442 00:22:49,172 --> 00:22:50,655 BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE. 443 00:22:50,689 --> 00:22:51,965 Narrator: IN COOBER PEDY, 444 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,137 THE EXCAVATOR JUSTIN WANTS TO BUY HAS JUST SPRUNG A LEAK. 445 00:22:56,172 --> 00:22:58,482 NO, I CAN'T SEE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. 446 00:22:58,517 --> 00:23:00,172 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN. 447 00:23:04,068 --> 00:23:06,655 OH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS. THERE'S LITTLE HOSES IN HERE. 448 00:23:06,689 --> 00:23:08,172 YOU GOT TO TAKE THAT PLATE OFF, 449 00:23:08,206 --> 00:23:10,448 AND YOU'LL FIND THERE'S A SERIES OF LITTLE HOSES. 450 00:23:10,482 --> 00:23:11,931 -THE HOSE RUNS THROUGH. -YEAH. 451 00:23:11,965 --> 00:23:13,724 PRETTY EASY FIX, YOU RECKON?I DON'T KNOW. 452 00:23:13,758 --> 00:23:19,241 IT'LL BE A LITTLE HOSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SECOND-HAND MACHINES, 453 00:23:19,275 --> 00:23:21,758 YOU CAN NEVER TELL HOW LONG THEY'RE GONNA LAST. 454 00:23:21,793 --> 00:23:25,551 BUT THE WAY THIS STARTED UP, THE WAY IT'S RUNNING, 455 00:23:25,586 --> 00:23:27,620 THE TRACKS ARE ALL GOOD, 456 00:23:27,655 --> 00:23:30,448 SO THERE'S A LOT OF LIFE LEFT IN THIS MACHINE. 457 00:23:30,482 --> 00:23:32,172 John: JUSTIN'S GOT TO MAKE THE DECISION. 458 00:23:34,689 --> 00:23:38,413 Narrator: OWNER JOHN WANTS $25,000. 459 00:23:38,448 --> 00:23:42,551 BUT JUSTIN ONLY HAS $20,000 TO SPARE. 460 00:23:42,586 --> 00:23:45,241 WELL, IF YOU TOOK $20,000, I'D BUY IT TODAY. 461 00:23:45,275 --> 00:23:48,103 YOU WOULD? YEAH. 462 00:23:48,137 --> 00:23:50,103 OKAY, AND THAT INCLUDES ON THAT? 463 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:52,379 YEAH, IF YOU'RE COOL WITH THAT.ALRIGHT, DO IT, MATE. 464 00:23:52,413 --> 00:23:54,034 ALRIGHT, DONE.BEST OF LUCK. 465 00:23:54,068 --> 00:23:55,344 I JUST BOUGHT MYSELF AN EXCAVATOR. 466 00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:57,103 -BEST OF LUCK. -GOOD ON YOU, MATE. 467 00:23:57,137 --> 00:23:58,448 CONGRATULATIONS. -THANKS, JOHN. 468 00:23:58,482 --> 00:23:59,862 THANKS HEAPS FOR LOOKING AT IT. 469 00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:01,551 OH, IT'S UNREAL. 470 00:24:01,586 --> 00:24:03,344 I'M JUST IN COMPLETE SORT OF -- 471 00:24:03,379 --> 00:24:06,068 I DON'T KNOW -- I'M IN SHOCK BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED. 472 00:24:06,103 --> 00:24:10,413 Narrator: JUSTIN IS FINALLY READY TO GO MINING. 473 00:24:10,448 --> 00:24:14,172 THE EXCAVATOR CAN HAUL A TON OF DIRT IN EACH BUCKET. 474 00:24:14,206 --> 00:24:16,379 THE ROOKIES CAN NOW DO IN A WEEK 475 00:24:16,413 --> 00:24:19,241 WHAT WOULD TAKE THEM THREE MONTHS BY HAND. 476 00:24:19,275 --> 00:24:21,034 IT'S A BIG GAME CHANGER FOR US, YOU KNOW. 477 00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:23,758 ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'VE GONE FROM USING HANDPICKS, 478 00:24:23,793 --> 00:24:25,862 AND BOOM, NOW I'VE GOT AN EXCAVATOR. 479 00:24:25,896 --> 00:24:28,931 WE CAN MOVE TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF DIRT. 480 00:24:28,965 --> 00:24:31,655 AND I'VE GOT THIS DOWN. 481 00:24:31,689 --> 00:24:33,206 IT DOES FEEL QUITE DIFFERENT. 482 00:24:33,241 --> 00:24:34,862 IT FEELS BIZARRE NOT HAVING DAN HERE 483 00:24:34,896 --> 00:24:37,448 'CAUSE USUALLY WE BOUNCE IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER 484 00:24:37,482 --> 00:24:40,310 AND MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER, AND IT'S SORT OF A BIT UNUSUAL 485 00:24:40,344 --> 00:24:43,862 HOW I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE A DECISION ON MY OWN NOW. 486 00:24:43,896 --> 00:24:45,931 BUT HE'LL BE UP HERE AT SOME POINT. 487 00:24:45,965 --> 00:24:47,172 ALL I'VE GOT TO DO NOW 488 00:24:47,206 --> 00:24:48,965 IS JUST DIG A BIT OF OPAL OUT TO PAY FOR IT. 489 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,862 JUST KEEP THE BUCKET HANDY. YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT. 490 00:25:06,896 --> 00:25:10,344 Narrator: SERIOUSLY DEHYDRATED AND WITH A HIGH FEVER, 491 00:25:10,379 --> 00:25:12,862 COL'S BEING RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. 492 00:25:12,896 --> 00:25:14,586 OH! YOU ALRIGHT? 493 00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:16,000 YEAH. 494 00:25:16,034 --> 00:25:20,241 AND THERE'S A STILL 100 KILOMETERS OF DIRT ROAD AHEAD. 495 00:25:20,275 --> 00:25:24,068 I'VE NEVER SEEN COL THAT SICK EVER BEFORE, NEVER. 496 00:25:27,862 --> 00:25:29,965 I WAS PUNCHING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE DIRT, 497 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,862 TRYING TO GET COL TO THE HOSPITAL AS QUICK AS I COULD. 498 00:25:34,896 --> 00:25:36,758 THEN THE STEERING WENT A LITTLE BIT FUNNY 499 00:25:36,793 --> 00:25:38,413 AND I THOUGHT, "HELLO." 500 00:25:42,137 --> 00:25:45,137 AND THEN SHE STARTED GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE. 501 00:25:54,896 --> 00:25:57,137 OHH. 502 00:26:02,793 --> 00:26:08,448 SHE WENT BANG, MATE, AND I JUST RIDE HER OUT. 503 00:26:08,482 --> 00:26:10,724 I DID FEEL IT, AND THE STEERING WENT A BIT FUNNY 504 00:26:10,758 --> 00:26:12,586 AND I THOUGHT, "OH, WELL." 505 00:26:12,620 --> 00:26:14,344 SO I JUST LET ME FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR 506 00:26:14,379 --> 00:26:16,103 AND JUST KEPT STEERING IT. 507 00:26:16,137 --> 00:26:17,103 OH 508 00:26:17,137 --> 00:26:19,172 RIDE HER OUT. 509 00:26:19,206 --> 00:26:21,689 OH, I'VE GOT A REALLY BAD HEADACHE. 510 00:26:21,724 --> 00:26:24,310 I FEEL LIKE IT'S A REALLY BAD FEVER. 511 00:26:24,344 --> 00:26:28,344 OHH, I JUST KEEP BEING SICK. 512 00:26:43,379 --> 00:26:45,206 WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. 513 00:26:48,758 --> 00:26:51,103 THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING. 514 00:26:51,137 --> 00:26:52,689 BIG FELLA'S DOWN. 515 00:27:02,896 --> 00:27:03,896 BLACK TOO. 516 00:27:03,931 --> 00:27:06,758 BLACK AS. 517 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:10,206 Narrator: AFTER AN ENTIRE SEASON WITHOUT A FIND, 518 00:27:10,241 --> 00:27:13,931 KELLY AND HER CREW HAVE FINALLY HIT BLACK OPAL. 519 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:16,000 HE'S GOING TO TOWN. 520 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:17,551 NO BEERS. 521 00:27:17,586 --> 00:27:19,137 NO CELEBRATING. 522 00:27:19,172 --> 00:27:21,758 CELEBRATING IS LOOKING AFTER YOUR BODY, KELLY. 523 00:27:24,620 --> 00:27:28,206 GO AND DO SOME EXERCISE. 524 00:27:28,241 --> 00:27:30,206 BUT THEY MAY HAVE HIT IT TOO HARD. 525 00:27:30,241 --> 00:27:32,034 MARK'S JUST MADE IT BLEED. 526 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:35,413 MADE IT BLEED. 527 00:27:35,448 --> 00:27:36,896 THAT'S A BROKEN STONE. 528 00:27:36,931 --> 00:27:40,482 PROBABLY A THOUSAND-DOLLAR STONE BROKEN. 529 00:27:40,517 --> 00:27:42,103 Kelly: THE WORST THING IS YOU DON'T SEE IT, 530 00:27:42,137 --> 00:27:44,310 AND THE DIGGER TEETH GOES THROUGH IT, 531 00:27:44,344 --> 00:27:46,310 AND THEN YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOR SO LONG, 532 00:27:46,344 --> 00:27:48,241 AND THEN YOU SMASH IT. 533 00:27:48,275 --> 00:27:50,000 AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE CLAIM. 534 00:27:50,034 --> 00:27:51,655 THAT'S DEVASTATING. 535 00:27:54,758 --> 00:27:57,793 Narrator: LUCKILY, THERE ARE SIGNS OF MORE IN THE WALL. 536 00:27:57,827 --> 00:28:00,413 LET'S DIG SOME OUT. 537 00:28:00,448 --> 00:28:03,034 Mark: THAT'S OUR BLACK, TOO. 538 00:28:03,068 --> 00:28:04,862 GET IT OUT, MATE. 539 00:28:06,379 --> 00:28:08,172 LITTLE WITH A LAYER IN IT. 540 00:28:18,448 --> 00:28:21,000 GREEN-BLUE. 541 00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:22,689 BEAUTIFUL TRACE.THAT'S MONEY. 542 00:28:22,724 --> 00:28:25,172 I GOT A THOUSAND-DOLLAR STONE IN ME HAND. 543 00:28:25,206 --> 00:28:26,827 OPAL! 544 00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:33,413 ALL GOOD. 545 00:28:41,034 --> 00:28:42,862 GOOD. REAL GOOD. 546 00:28:42,896 --> 00:28:45,241 SEA MITE. 547 00:28:45,275 --> 00:28:46,896 FOSSIL. 548 00:29:00,034 --> 00:29:02,517 Narrator: AFTER A DISASTROUS LAST SEASON, 549 00:29:02,551 --> 00:29:06,862 IT LOOKS LIKE KELLY'S FORTUNES ARE FINALLY BEGINNING TO CHANGE. 550 00:29:22,551 --> 00:29:24,275 Narrator: WITHOUT PARTNER DAN, 551 00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:28,034 ROOKIE MINER JUSTIN HAS JUST FORKED OUT $20,000 552 00:29:28,068 --> 00:29:32,379 ON A SECOND-HAND EXCAVATOR WITH AN OIL LEAK. 553 00:29:32,413 --> 00:29:34,655 Justin: DAN AND I HAVE BOTH GOT A JOINT CLAIM AT SHELL PATCH, 554 00:29:34,689 --> 00:29:36,103 SO IF I TAKE IT OUT THERE, 555 00:29:36,137 --> 00:29:37,517 WE'VE BOTH GOT TO BE THERE TO DIG IT. 556 00:29:37,551 --> 00:29:40,793 THAT'S PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP. 557 00:29:40,827 --> 00:29:42,689 Narrator: BUT WITH AN EXPENSIVE SHOVEL 558 00:29:42,724 --> 00:29:45,482 AND A BANK BALANCE SHRINKING BY THE DAY, 559 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:48,206 JUSTIN CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT FOR DAN. 560 00:29:48,241 --> 00:29:49,379 Justin: I SORT OF FEEL LIKE 561 00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:50,827 I'M IN A BIT OF A LIMBO AT THE MOMENT. 562 00:29:50,862 --> 00:29:52,862 IF DAN CAN'T COME UP HERE, THEN I'M JUST GONNA KEEP GOING, 563 00:29:52,896 --> 00:29:56,172 AND IF I FIND A NEW CLAIM OUT ON ANOTHER FIELD, 564 00:29:56,206 --> 00:29:58,310 I'LL MINE THAT MYSELF. 565 00:29:58,344 --> 00:30:03,137 Narrator: JUSTIN HEADS OUT WITH MENTOR JOHN TO ASSESS THE NEW SITE. 566 00:30:03,172 --> 00:30:07,310 FIVE MILE IS A 4-KILOMETER-BY- 2-KILOMETER PATCH OF LAND, 567 00:30:07,344 --> 00:30:11,689 LITERALLY FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF COOBER PEDY. 568 00:30:11,724 --> 00:30:14,172 SO, HIS OPAL HE FOUND HERE. 569 00:30:14,206 --> 00:30:16,862 YEP, AND HE RECKONS IT'S EVEN HERE. 570 00:30:16,896 --> 00:30:19,793 HERE YOU GO. MATERIAL. 571 00:30:19,827 --> 00:30:21,172 HMM, STRAIGHT UP. 572 00:30:21,206 --> 00:30:23,551 SO THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON HERE. 573 00:30:23,586 --> 00:30:26,655 Narrator: BUT COMMITTING TO A NEW CLAIM WITHOUT A PARTNER 574 00:30:26,689 --> 00:30:30,000 MEANS JUSTIN WILL BE SHOULDERING ALL THE EXPENSES ALONE. 575 00:30:30,034 --> 00:30:32,689 YOU GOT GOOD EYES. 576 00:30:32,724 --> 00:30:35,620 HE NEEDS MORE PROOF OPAL IS THERE. 577 00:30:38,758 --> 00:30:40,827 AN ULTRAVIOLET OR BLACK LIGHT 578 00:30:40,862 --> 00:30:43,034 MAKES OPAL FLUORESCE IN THE DARK, 579 00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:45,689 REVEALING DEPOSITS INVISIBLE BY DAY. 580 00:30:45,724 --> 00:30:47,827 CHECK THIS OUT. LOOK AT IT. 581 00:30:47,862 --> 00:30:49,310 IT IS LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. 582 00:30:49,344 --> 00:30:51,379 LOOK AT IT. 583 00:30:51,413 --> 00:30:54,103 LOOK AT IT ALL. 584 00:30:54,137 --> 00:30:56,896 GIVE ME COLOR, GIVE ME COLOR, GIVE ME COLOR. 585 00:30:56,931 --> 00:30:58,965 MY HEART'S RACING. 586 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,275 OH, IT'S NICE, CLEAN MATERIAL. 587 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:04,896 NO COLOR IN THAT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT WORRYING. 588 00:31:04,931 --> 00:31:06,275 IF I'M GONNA SPEND A BIT OF MONEY 589 00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:08,241 ON GETTING THIS WHOLE AREA CLEANED UP, 590 00:31:08,275 --> 00:31:10,448 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BIT OF COLOR JUST TO, 591 00:31:10,482 --> 00:31:13,448 YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT I'M MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. 592 00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:20,379 OH, FAR OUT! 593 00:31:23,068 --> 00:31:24,827 OH, MY GOD! 594 00:31:24,862 --> 00:31:26,379 OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT, 595 00:31:26,413 --> 00:31:27,931 LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT! 596 00:31:27,965 --> 00:31:30,172 THAT IS SOME OF THE BEST CRYSTAL I'VE SEEN. 597 00:31:30,206 --> 00:31:32,620 THIS HAS TO BE WORTH MONEY. 598 00:31:32,655 --> 00:31:34,482 Narrator: IT'S CRYSTAL OPAL, 599 00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:38,310 WORTH UP TO $1,500 A CARAT. 600 00:31:38,344 --> 00:31:39,931 CRYSTAL OPAL IS ONE OF 601 00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:42,379 COOBER PEDY'S MOST VALUABLE TYPES. 602 00:31:42,413 --> 00:31:45,586 THE STONE HAS FLASHES OF MEDIUM-VALUE GREEN, 603 00:31:45,620 --> 00:31:47,275 BUT IT'S THIN AND IN THE ROUGH, 604 00:31:47,310 --> 00:31:51,103 BRINGING THE VALUE DOWN AND WEIGHS ONLY 2 OUNCES, 605 00:31:51,137 --> 00:31:54,068 WHICH MAKES ITS TOTAL VALUE JUST $200. 606 00:31:57,241 --> 00:31:58,655 BUT ITS REAL WORTH 607 00:31:58,689 --> 00:32:01,758 IS THE PROMISE IT HOLDS OF RICHES BELOW GROUND. 608 00:32:01,793 --> 00:32:04,103 THIS IS ONE OF THE REALLY, REALLY GOOD INDICATORS 609 00:32:04,137 --> 00:32:06,827 THAT THERE'S OPAL HERE. IT'S A GREAT SIGN. 610 00:32:06,862 --> 00:32:10,068 UNTIL IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO YOU AND YOU ACTUALLY FEEL THE RUSH 611 00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:12,482 OF KNOWING THAT THERE'S OPAL HERE 612 00:32:12,517 --> 00:32:15,000 AND NOT ONLY JUST OPAL BUT THE BEST OPAL, 613 00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:17,103 THAT JUST MAKES ME, LIKE, WANT TO CRY. 614 00:32:17,137 --> 00:32:18,689 IT'S FREAKING AMAZING. 615 00:32:20,862 --> 00:32:22,896 Narrator: ONE ROCK HAS CONVINCED JUSTIN 616 00:32:22,931 --> 00:32:25,655 HE COULD BE SITTING ON A FORTUNE. 617 00:32:25,689 --> 00:32:29,413 BUT HIS SUCCESS GOING SOLO WILL HAVE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS 618 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:31,689 FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH DAN. 619 00:32:31,724 --> 00:32:34,655 Dan: NOW THAT HE'S BOUGHT AN EXCAVATOR WITH HIS OWN MONEY 620 00:32:34,689 --> 00:32:36,000 AND HE'S GOT HIS OWN CLAIM, 621 00:32:36,034 --> 00:32:37,655 IT MAKES IT A BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US 622 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:41,620 AND OUR MINING PARTNERSHIP AS WE HAD IT BEFORE 623 00:32:41,655 --> 00:32:45,551 BECAUSE HE'LL BE MINING THAT. 624 00:32:45,586 --> 00:32:49,862 WHEN I COME UP, HOW DO WE DO IT? 625 00:32:49,896 --> 00:32:52,620 FROM HERE ON IN, EVERYTHING'S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED. 626 00:33:07,206 --> 00:33:09,344 HE DON'T LOOK REAL FLASHY, LYING ON THE GROUND THERE. 627 00:33:09,379 --> 00:33:11,655 I THINK HE'S PRETTY SICK. 628 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:13,689 THE SOONER WE GET HIM IN, THE BETTER. 629 00:33:13,724 --> 00:33:16,862 Narrator: WITH COL IN NEED OF URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION, 630 00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:20,862 HE AND GREG ARE STRANDED ON A SWELTERING OUTBACK ROAD. 631 00:33:29,586 --> 00:33:33,103 I'VE GOT TO LIFT IT UP HIGHER. 632 00:33:33,137 --> 00:33:37,517 I'VE PROBABLY GOT TO DIG A HOLE, PUT THE TIRE ON THAT WAY. 633 00:33:37,551 --> 00:33:39,413 IF HE'S GOT ANOTHER JACK, I'LL JACK IT. 634 00:33:39,448 --> 00:33:41,448 IT'S SAFER IF WE'VE GOT ANOTHER JACK. 635 00:33:47,310 --> 00:33:48,620 OI. 636 00:33:48,655 --> 00:33:51,551 UP. 637 00:33:51,586 --> 00:33:54,965 YOU'RE LUCKY, COL, WE HAD ANOTHER JACK HERE. 638 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,241 NO 639 00:33:56,275 --> 00:33:57,965 OR WE WOULD BE SNOOGERED. 640 00:34:02,620 --> 00:34:04,448 IT'S GOOD TO CARRY TWO JACKS. 641 00:34:04,482 --> 00:34:06,068 SAVE A LOT OF DRAMA. 642 00:34:07,965 --> 00:34:09,586 NEARLY GOT HER. 643 00:34:13,482 --> 00:34:18,482 TIME TO GET HIM TO THE DOCTORS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. 644 00:34:28,482 --> 00:34:31,068 I RECKON HE'S VERY SICK, COL. 645 00:34:31,103 --> 00:34:34,206 HE'S GOT A BAD HEADACHE AND SPEWING HIS GUTS OUT. 646 00:34:37,655 --> 00:34:39,275 PARK HERE. 647 00:34:42,275 --> 00:34:43,827 YOU ALRIGHT? HERE. 648 00:34:43,862 --> 00:34:45,413 STAY. 649 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,827 ONE OPAL HUNTER DOWN. 650 00:34:56,241 --> 00:34:59,517 Narrator: COL IS DIAGNOSED WITH BARMAH FOREST FEVER, 651 00:34:59,551 --> 00:35:01,275 TRANSMITTED BY MOSQUITOES 652 00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:03,724 FROM INFECTED KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES, 653 00:35:03,758 --> 00:35:06,379 CAUSING DEBILITATING FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS, 654 00:35:06,413 --> 00:35:10,551 WHICH COULD PUT HIM OUT OF ACTION FOR WEEKS. 655 00:35:10,586 --> 00:35:13,275 BUT AARON AND GREG CAN'T AFFORD TO STOP MINING. 656 00:35:13,310 --> 00:35:15,724 Greg: JUST GOT TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND FIND A BIT OF OPAL, 657 00:35:15,758 --> 00:35:19,275 MAKE A FEW BUCKS. 658 00:35:19,310 --> 00:35:24,551 Narrator: WITH A TARGET OF $120,000 AND NOT A CENT MADE, 659 00:35:24,586 --> 00:35:27,793 THE BOYS WILL HAVE TO PUSH ON ALONE. 660 00:35:40,344 --> 00:35:41,931 READY TO GO AND HAVE A LOOK AT THOSE BITS OR WHAT? 661 00:35:41,965 --> 00:35:42,965 YEP, YEP. ALRIGHT. 662 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,517 KELLY AND DWAYNE HAVE A BUYER DUE TOMORROW 663 00:35:45,551 --> 00:35:48,206 TO VIEW THEIR HAUL OF BLACK OPAL. 664 00:35:48,241 --> 00:35:50,172 TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY CAN, 665 00:35:50,206 --> 00:35:52,275 THEY NEED TO POLISH THE UNCUT STONES. 666 00:35:52,310 --> 00:35:54,620 IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE WHAT IT IS. 667 00:35:54,655 --> 00:35:55,655 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT 668 00:35:55,689 --> 00:35:57,413 TILL YOU HIT IT ON A WHEEL. 669 00:35:57,448 --> 00:36:00,000 KELLY'S BEEN CUTTING AND POLISHING STONES 670 00:36:00,034 --> 00:36:01,413 SINCE SHE WAS 8. 671 00:36:01,448 --> 00:36:04,655 GET IT RIGHT, SHE CAN EARN THE TEAM MORE THAN DOUBLE. 672 00:36:04,689 --> 00:36:08,137 GET IT WRONG, AND SHE COULD LOSE THEM EVERYTHING. 673 00:36:08,172 --> 00:36:09,448 A NICE COLOR. 674 00:36:09,482 --> 00:36:11,724 ONE OPAL HAS CAUGHT KELLY'S ATTENTION 675 00:36:11,758 --> 00:36:14,655 AND COULD BE WORTH UP TO $5,000 676 00:36:14,689 --> 00:36:18,379 IF SHE CAN REMOVE THE BLACK LAYER OF STONE. 677 00:36:18,413 --> 00:36:21,137 CLOSE YOUR EYES. 678 00:36:21,172 --> 00:36:22,965 YOU GONNA GO HARD ON IT? 679 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,758 YOU CAN'T HAVE IT LIKE THAT. IT'S GOT TO GO. 680 00:36:25,793 --> 00:36:28,310 KELLY WILL NEED ALL HER YEARS' EXPERIENCE 681 00:36:28,344 --> 00:36:30,689 TO REMOVE THE BLACK WITHOUT DAMAGING 682 00:36:30,724 --> 00:36:33,413 THE VALUABLE RAINBOW PATTERN BENEATH. 683 00:36:33,448 --> 00:36:36,137 IF IT DOESN'T PLAY NICE AND THAT THING 684 00:36:36,172 --> 00:36:37,724 DOESN'T COME OUT THE FACE OF IT, 685 00:36:37,758 --> 00:36:39,413 YOU'LL BE LUCKY TO GET 20 BUCKS. 686 00:36:39,448 --> 00:36:41,275 GO FOR IT. 687 00:36:41,310 --> 00:36:44,793 Kelly: WE'RE GOING FOR IT, SO IT'S GOT TO COME OUT. 688 00:36:47,241 --> 00:36:48,344 I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IT OUT -- 689 00:36:48,379 --> 00:36:50,000 IT'S LISTING, ISN'T IT? -- 690 00:36:50,034 --> 00:36:52,379 WITHOUT LOSING TOO MUCH OF THE COLOR BAR. 691 00:36:54,517 --> 00:36:56,793 DIPPING IN. 692 00:36:56,827 --> 00:36:58,551 GOING. COME ON, PLAY NICE. 693 00:36:58,586 --> 00:37:00,000 COME ON, BABY. 694 00:37:00,034 --> 00:37:01,931 SHOULD BE ABLE TO ROLL IT OUT. 695 00:37:01,965 --> 00:37:04,103 TIGHT. 696 00:37:04,137 --> 00:37:06,413 LISTING, ISN'T IT? OR IS IT? 697 00:37:06,448 --> 00:37:08,000 DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH, 698 00:37:08,034 --> 00:37:11,137 BUT IT'S NOT LOOKING TOO BAD FROM WHERE I'M STANDING. 699 00:37:11,172 --> 00:37:12,344 OOH, THAT'S COMING OUT NICE. 700 00:37:12,379 --> 00:37:14,275 YEAH. TWINKLE, TWINKLE. 701 00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:16,172 OH, SHE'S PRETTY UNDER THERE, DWAYNE. 702 00:37:16,206 --> 00:37:17,620 YEAH. 703 00:37:17,655 --> 00:37:20,034 THAT'LL BE TWO, THREE CARATS GOING, WOULDN'T IT? 704 00:37:20,068 --> 00:37:22,103 AW, THAT -- NO. 705 00:37:22,137 --> 00:37:24,482 THAT'S SIX CARATS. 706 00:37:24,517 --> 00:37:27,965 Narrator: KELLY'S SKILL HAS TURNED A $1,000 ROUGH STONE 707 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,965 INTO A 6-CARAT OPAL 708 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,448 WORTH AROUND $5,000 IN ITS CURRENT STATE. 709 00:37:33,482 --> 00:37:36,103 WOULD'VE SHIFTED 100 TON OF DIRT TO GET THAT ONE ROCK. 710 00:37:36,137 --> 00:37:38,931 GOOD END RESULT FOR A LOT OF HARD WORK. 711 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:41,482 TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S AS BEAUTIFUL AS WHAT IT IS, 712 00:37:41,517 --> 00:37:42,758 IT'S AWESOME. 713 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:44,793 THAT'S THE END RESULT YOU WANT. 714 00:37:44,827 --> 00:37:46,862 WITH MORE GEMS TO POLISH AND THE BUYER 715 00:37:46,896 --> 00:37:50,379 DUE THE NEXT MORNING, KELLY'S IN FOR A LONG NIGHT. 716 00:37:56,896 --> 00:37:58,344 -HOW YOU GOING, KELLY? -HEY, CARL. 717 00:37:58,379 --> 00:38:00,379 HOW YOU GOING, MATE. -AH, GOOD, THANKS. 718 00:38:00,413 --> 00:38:02,758 WITH BLACK OPAL SO RARE, 719 00:38:02,793 --> 00:38:06,275 LOCAL BUYER CARL BABIC IS KEEN TO SEE KELLY'S HAUL. 720 00:38:06,310 --> 00:38:08,655 Kelly: LEADING UP TO IT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF NERVES 721 00:38:08,689 --> 00:38:11,000 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE PUTTING THE VALUATION ON THE STONE. 722 00:38:11,034 --> 00:38:12,448 HE COULD TURN AROUND AND GO, 723 00:38:12,482 --> 00:38:16,275 "YOU'RE OFF YOUR HEAD, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S WORTH THAT." 724 00:38:16,310 --> 00:38:18,241 Narrator: KELLY'S STONES ARE BLACK OPAL, 725 00:38:18,275 --> 00:38:20,000 THE MOST EXPENSIVE TYPE. 726 00:38:20,034 --> 00:38:22,965 THE GREENS AND BLUES MAKE THEM OF MEDIUM VALUE, 727 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,931 BEING SEMI-POLISHED INCREASES THEIR PRICE, 728 00:38:25,965 --> 00:38:27,379 AND THERE IS A GOOD HAUL, 729 00:38:27,413 --> 00:38:31,724 BRINGING THE TOTAL VALUE UP TO $20,000 TO $25,000. 730 00:38:43,310 --> 00:38:45,241 I GET ON WELL WITH HIM. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. 731 00:38:45,275 --> 00:38:48,413 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS HAT GOES ON. 732 00:38:48,448 --> 00:38:50,000 THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 733 00:38:55,068 --> 00:38:56,517 Carl: KELLY'S PRETTY TOUGH. 734 00:38:56,551 --> 00:39:00,620 SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO SQUEEZE ME FOR THAT LAST DOLLAR. 735 00:39:03,827 --> 00:39:06,000 WELL, OKAY, I'M UP TO $20,000. 736 00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:10,275 $20,000. 737 00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:14,103 I'VE GOT AN INSTRUCTION TO $23,000 AS THE TOTAL. 738 00:39:14,137 --> 00:39:16,310 $23,000 I THINK'S JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR, 739 00:39:16,344 --> 00:39:17,758 TO BE HONEST. 740 00:39:17,793 --> 00:39:21,931 I DON'T REALLY WANT TO EVEN ADD ANOTHER 500 BUCKS. 741 00:39:21,965 --> 00:39:23,241 SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? 742 00:39:23,275 --> 00:39:25,793 $22,000, I CAN DO IT. 743 00:39:25,827 --> 00:39:26,862 $22,000. 744 00:39:26,896 --> 00:39:29,310 ALRIGHT. 745 00:39:29,344 --> 00:39:30,793 HAPPY CAMPERS. OKAY. 746 00:39:30,827 --> 00:39:32,206 VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. 747 00:39:32,241 --> 00:39:33,620 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, KELLY. 748 00:39:33,655 --> 00:39:34,827 ALRIGHT. 749 00:39:34,862 --> 00:39:36,827 FOR ME AND WHAT I DO, THIS IS AN IDEAL PARCEL. 750 00:39:36,862 --> 00:39:38,793 IT'S GOT A BIT OF VARIETY OF EVERYTHING -- 751 00:39:38,827 --> 00:39:44,137 A FEW, YOU KNOW, NICE PIECES -- MIGHT EVEN BE SOME PROFIT. 752 00:39:44,172 --> 00:39:45,551 GOOD. DONE. 753 00:39:45,586 --> 00:39:46,758 SOLD. YEP. 754 00:39:46,793 --> 00:39:48,689 MAKE THE CALL -- LET THE BOYS KNOW. 755 00:39:48,724 --> 00:39:51,206 THEY SHOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY, SO THAT'S GOOD. 756 00:39:51,241 --> 00:39:52,965 WE LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. 757 00:39:55,103 --> 00:39:58,068 Narrator: WITH A TARGET OF $150,000, 758 00:39:58,103 --> 00:40:03,034 KELLY'S HAUL OF $22,000 IS A GREAT START. 759 00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:04,793 Kelly: WELL, THAT CLAIM -- THE DECISION'S BEEN MADE 760 00:40:04,827 --> 00:40:06,517 THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP IT. 761 00:40:06,551 --> 00:40:08,551 WE'LL JUST PUT SOME MORE WORK IN, SOME MORE PROPS IN, 762 00:40:08,586 --> 00:40:11,310 AND WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING. 763 00:40:11,344 --> 00:40:14,103 IT'S ALWAYS A DREAM TO GO AND FIND $1 MILLION. 764 00:40:14,137 --> 00:40:17,034 BUT EVEN THAT LITTLE $5 STONE STILL GIVES YOU 765 00:40:17,068 --> 00:40:20,482 THAT SAME LITTLE DOSE OF HAPPINESS WHEN YOU FIND IT. 766 00:40:20,517 --> 00:40:24,172 YEAH. IT'S BRILLIANT. 766 00:40:25,305 --> 00:41:25,854