"Outback Opal Hunters" Wild Wild West

1 00:00:02,275 --> 00:00:04,000 LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S PISSING IT OUT. 2 00:00:04,034 --> 00:00:05,379 SERIOUSLY. 3 00:00:05,413 --> 00:00:08,551 Narrator: ROOKIE JUSTIN HAS CRACKS IN HIS EQUIPMENT... 4 00:00:08,586 --> 00:00:09,931 I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE HERE. 5 00:00:09,965 --> 00:00:11,379 ALRIGHT! 6 00:00:11,413 --> 00:00:12,931 ...AND HIS RELATIONSHIPS. 7 00:00:12,965 --> 00:00:15,931 DON'T KEEP ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS. 8 00:00:15,965 --> 00:00:18,344 COL'S CREW ARE A MAN DOWN... 9 00:00:20,068 --> 00:00:21,931 ...ON THEIR LAST DRUM OF FUEL. 10 00:00:21,965 --> 00:00:24,241 WHERE IS THAT OPAL? 11 00:00:24,275 --> 00:00:25,827 IN THE WILD WEST, 12 00:00:25,862 --> 00:00:27,689 NEW TEAM, THE FIRE CREW, 13 00:00:27,724 --> 00:00:29,379 ARE ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE... 14 00:00:29,413 --> 00:00:31,413 HOW ARE YOU GONNA REMEMBER WHERE YOU'RE GOING? 15 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:34,206 ...HUNTING A BOUNTY OF FABLED FIRE OPAL. 16 00:00:34,241 --> 00:00:36,103 THIS WAY. 17 00:00:36,137 --> 00:00:37,620 LOOK AT THAT.OH! 18 00:00:37,655 --> 00:00:39,758 BEAUTY! 19 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:47,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 20 00:01:02,241 --> 00:01:05,034 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 21 00:01:05,068 --> 00:01:07,620 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 22 00:01:11,172 --> 00:01:12,758 Narrator: ROOKIE MINER JUSTIN LANG 23 00:01:12,793 --> 00:01:14,931 HAS RETURNED FOR THE MINING SEASON, 24 00:01:14,965 --> 00:01:19,655 BUT THIS TIME, HE'S ON HIS OWN WITH PARTNER DAN STUCK AT HOME. 25 00:01:19,689 --> 00:01:21,689 I'VE GOT SO MUCH STUFF TO DO HERE 26 00:01:21,724 --> 00:01:23,482 THAT I'D RATHER GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY, 27 00:01:23,517 --> 00:01:25,000 AND THEN I'VE GOT A CLEAR WINDOW. 28 00:01:25,034 --> 00:01:28,310 I CAN GO UP AND THEN DO A BIT MORE MINING. 29 00:01:28,344 --> 00:01:31,448 Justin: I SORT OF FEEL LIKE I'M IN A BIT OF A LIMBO AT THE MOMENT. 30 00:01:31,482 --> 00:01:34,379 BECAUSE I LIVE AND BREATHE OPAL, 31 00:01:34,413 --> 00:01:37,344 I'M GONNA KEEP MINING ANYWAY, WITH OR WITHOUT DAN. 32 00:01:37,379 --> 00:01:39,758 I WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 33 00:01:39,793 --> 00:01:43,206 Narrator: AT A LITTLE-USED MINE FIELD KNOWN AS FIVE MILE, 34 00:01:43,241 --> 00:01:47,758 JUST HAS FOUND PROMISING SIGNS. 35 00:01:47,793 --> 00:01:50,931 OH, FAR OUT. 36 00:01:50,965 --> 00:01:54,034 TO SECURE A CLAIM, MINERS MUST GET THEIR PEGS 37 00:01:54,068 --> 00:01:56,448 IN AN AVAILABLE SECTION OF MINEFIELD, 38 00:01:56,482 --> 00:01:59,517 PAY $300 FOR A YEAR'S REGISTRATION, 39 00:01:59,551 --> 00:02:03,896 AND WHATEVER THEY FIND, THEY CAN KEEP. 40 00:02:03,931 --> 00:02:05,724 BEFORE HE COMMITS TO THE SITE, 41 00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:09,517 JUSTIN HOPES TO GET SOME ADVICE FROM MENTOR JOHN DUNSTAN. 42 00:02:09,551 --> 00:02:10,482 HEY, JOHN.John: HOWDY. 43 00:02:10,517 --> 00:02:12,172 I WENT OUT TO FIVE MILE, 44 00:02:12,206 --> 00:02:14,172 JUST SORT OF LOOK AROUND AT DIFFERENT PLACES, 45 00:02:14,206 --> 00:02:17,344 AND I CAME ACROSS THIS TRACE LAST NIGHT. 46 00:02:17,379 --> 00:02:18,896 OH, IT'S NICE, CHUNKY MATERIAL. 47 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:19,793 YEAH. 48 00:02:19,827 --> 00:02:21,793 OH, MATE, THIS LOOKS EXCITING. 49 00:02:21,827 --> 00:02:25,275 THE ROCKS CONTAIN TRACES OF GOOD COLOR. 50 00:02:25,310 --> 00:02:28,103 THE ONLY THING IS I WENT BACK OUT THERE THIS MORNING, 51 00:02:28,137 --> 00:02:30,931 AND I SAW SOME FRESH TIRE TRACKS, 52 00:02:30,965 --> 00:02:33,862 AND I RECKON SOMEONE MIGHT BE EITHER FOLLOWING ME 53 00:02:33,896 --> 00:02:36,965 OR MAYBE JUST WONDERING WHAT I'M DOING OUT THERE. 54 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,413 WELL, THERE'S PEOPLE LOOKING AROUND ALL THE TIME. 55 00:02:39,448 --> 00:02:42,206 THEY'RE ALL DESPERATE TO FIND OPAL. 56 00:02:42,241 --> 00:02:43,275 YOU CAN'T LEAVE IT. 57 00:02:43,310 --> 00:02:45,034 THIS SORT OF TRACE IS JUST TOO GOOD. 58 00:02:45,068 --> 00:02:47,586 YOU GOT TO PEG THE CLAIM, MAKE SURE YOU GOT IT. 59 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:52,206 JUSTIN HAS ALREADY LOST ONE RICH CLAIM THIS SEASON. 60 00:02:52,241 --> 00:02:56,931 THIS COULD JUST BE THE REPLACEMENT HE BADLY NEEDS. 61 00:02:56,965 --> 00:02:59,413 IF I DON'T GET THOSE PEGS IN THE GROUND RIGHT NOW, 62 00:02:59,448 --> 00:03:02,206 I COULD LOSE IT BECAUSE THERE'S FRESH TIRE TRACKS. 63 00:03:02,241 --> 00:03:03,758 SOMEONE'S BEEN WATCHING US. 64 00:03:06,172 --> 00:03:09,275 WHO THE HELL IS THAT? 65 00:03:09,310 --> 00:03:10,655 WHAT THE HELL? 66 00:03:10,689 --> 00:03:13,413 LOOK AT THIS PERSON UP HERE. 67 00:03:13,448 --> 00:03:15,517 I BETTER BLOODY GET THIS THING PEGGED. 68 00:03:15,551 --> 00:03:17,931 I DON'T KNOW -- WATCH WHAT THIS GUY IS DOING. 69 00:03:17,965 --> 00:03:20,931 I'M GONNA PUT THEM UP AS QUICK AS I CAN, SO EXCUSE ME. 70 00:03:20,965 --> 00:03:22,275 I'M GONNA HAVE TO RUN. 71 00:03:22,310 --> 00:03:23,827 HE KNOWS THAT I WANT TO PEG THIS, 72 00:03:23,862 --> 00:03:26,103 AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO TRY AND JUMP IT. 73 00:03:35,793 --> 00:03:37,827 YOU NEED TO GET TO A DOCTOR, MATE. 74 00:03:37,862 --> 00:03:39,827 Narrator: IN OPALTON, QUEENSLAND, 75 00:03:39,862 --> 00:03:44,034 COL DUFF HAS BEEN STRUCK DOWN WITH BARMAH FOREST VIRUS. 76 00:03:44,068 --> 00:03:46,896 SPREAD BY MOSQUITOES, IT CAN CAUSE WEEKS 77 00:03:46,931 --> 00:03:49,310 OF DEBILITATING FEVERS AND CHILLS. 78 00:03:49,344 --> 00:03:51,344 THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO FOR HIM HERE, 79 00:03:51,379 --> 00:03:53,275 JUST GOT TO GET BACK OUT THERE 80 00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:55,344 AND DO SOME DIGGING IF I WANT A BIT OF OPAL. 81 00:03:55,379 --> 00:03:59,241 Narrator: WITH COL NOW RECUPERATING, BEST MATES GREG AND AARON 82 00:03:59,275 --> 00:04:04,241 CONTINUE TO DIG ALONE AT THE OPEN-CUT MINE DRAGONFLY, 83 00:04:04,275 --> 00:04:06,793 PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY AARON'S DAD 84 00:04:06,827 --> 00:04:10,275 AND LOCKED UP FOR YEARS IN A FAMILY DISPUTE. 85 00:04:10,310 --> 00:04:12,241 ME AND MY BROTHER AND SISTER 86 00:04:12,275 --> 00:04:15,241 COME TO AGREEMENT TO START DIGGING AGAIN. 87 00:04:15,275 --> 00:04:16,620 YOU'RE ALRIGHT, MATE. GIVE IT ALL. 88 00:04:16,655 --> 00:04:18,172 HOPEFULLY, WE FIND A BIT OF OPAL, 89 00:04:18,206 --> 00:04:23,344 AND I CAN PAY THE FAMILY OUT AND KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE. 90 00:04:23,379 --> 00:04:26,413 Greg: WELL, WE MUST KEEP DIGGING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. 91 00:04:26,448 --> 00:04:27,862 HOPEFULLY, COL WILL BE ALRIGHT, 92 00:04:27,896 --> 00:04:29,965 AND HE MIGHT CATCH US UP IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 93 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,206 THE SHOW MUST GO ON, MATE. 94 00:04:32,241 --> 00:04:35,620 Narrator: WITH A TARGET OF $120,000 95 00:04:35,655 --> 00:04:37,931 AND ZERO PROFITS SO FAR, 96 00:04:37,965 --> 00:04:42,000 AARON AND GREG HAVE DUG 15 METERS DOWN TO THE OPAL LEVEL. 97 00:04:42,034 --> 00:04:43,172 Aaron: WELL, WE GOT TO GET INTO IT. 98 00:04:43,206 --> 00:04:45,793 I WANT TO GET THIS LEVEL AND FIND OPAL HERE, 99 00:04:45,827 --> 00:04:48,827 TRY AND GET SOME MONEY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. 100 00:04:48,862 --> 00:04:51,620 Narrator: THEY'RE HUNTING FOR BOULDER OPAL, 101 00:04:51,655 --> 00:04:54,275 FOUND IN SOLID BROWN IRONSTONE 102 00:04:54,310 --> 00:04:57,413 AND WORTH UP TO $4,000 A CARAT. 103 00:04:57,448 --> 00:05:00,758 THAT'S JUST A 1/5 GRAM. 104 00:05:00,793 --> 00:05:04,275 OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, WATER SEEPING UNDERGROUND 105 00:05:04,310 --> 00:05:07,137 PICKS UP SILICA FROM THE SURROUNDING SANDSTONE, 106 00:05:07,172 --> 00:05:09,965 FEEDING IT INTO CRACKS AND VOIDS IN THE ROCKS, 107 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,758 GRADUALLY HARDENING TO FORM OPAL. 108 00:05:13,793 --> 00:05:16,827 Aaron: IN THE WALL THERE, THERE'S NICE FEEDERS AND WHITE THINGS, 109 00:05:16,862 --> 00:05:19,413 AND EVERY TIME WE'VE FOUND OPAL, WE GOT FEEDERS ABOVE IT. 110 00:05:19,448 --> 00:05:21,965 Narrator: INSIDE THE DARK IRONSTONE ROCKS 111 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:27,620 IS WHERE QUEENSLAND BOULDER OPAL IS FOUND. 112 00:05:27,655 --> 00:05:30,758 ANY ONE ROCK COULD CONTAIN A FORTUNE, 113 00:05:30,793 --> 00:05:35,448 BUT THE ONLY WAY TO FIND IT IS BREAKING EACH ONE BY HAND. 114 00:05:35,482 --> 00:05:39,482 WHERE IS THAT OPAL? 115 00:05:39,517 --> 00:05:41,206 . 116 00:05:50,931 --> 00:05:52,827 Narrator: WITH NO FINDS THIS SEASON, 117 00:05:52,862 --> 00:05:56,827 THE BOYS ARE FAST RUNNING OUT OF CASH. 118 00:05:56,862 --> 00:05:59,413 I GOT TO FIND OPAL. OTHERWISE, I THINK... 119 00:05:59,448 --> 00:06:01,482 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW? 120 00:06:01,517 --> 00:06:02,724 Greg: A BIT OF LUCK, WE'LL GET THERE. 121 00:06:02,758 --> 00:06:05,137 IT ONLY TAKE ONE ROCK, AND THERE IT IS. 122 00:06:05,172 --> 00:06:07,931 Aaron: IT'LL BE THERE. JUST KEEP MOVING THAT DIRT. 123 00:06:11,344 --> 00:06:12,862 NO. 124 00:06:12,896 --> 00:06:16,482 I'M DOWN A TOOTH ON MY BUCKET. 125 00:06:16,517 --> 00:06:17,896 Narrator: YET ANOTHER BLOW. 126 00:06:17,931 --> 00:06:20,103 I'M DOWN A TOOTH. 127 00:06:20,137 --> 00:06:22,379 I ONLY JUST NOTICED IT. 128 00:06:22,413 --> 00:06:23,344 DON'T MATTER. 129 00:06:23,379 --> 00:06:25,448 THEY NEED TO FIND THE MISSING TOOTH 130 00:06:25,482 --> 00:06:28,344 OR RISK DAMAGING THE BUCKET. 131 00:06:28,379 --> 00:06:31,275 WELL, IT WAS ON IT WHEN I SCRATCHED THAT OVER THERE. 132 00:06:31,310 --> 00:06:34,068 . 133 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,793 OVER 2,000 KILOMETERS TO THE WEST, 134 00:06:44,827 --> 00:06:46,586 A FAMILY OF TREASURE HUNTERS 135 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:50,275 ARE RISKING IT ALL ON A NEW SOURCE OF OPAL. 136 00:06:50,310 --> 00:06:53,482 YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY INTERESTING DIG TODAY. 137 00:06:53,517 --> 00:06:54,655 YEE-HAW. 138 00:06:54,689 --> 00:06:58,896 MEET THE PIROMANSKIS, AKA THE FIRE CREW. 139 00:06:58,931 --> 00:07:01,896 FIREFIGHTER ADAM AND HIS PARTNER, CASSIDY, 140 00:07:01,931 --> 00:07:04,034 ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW VENTURE. 141 00:07:04,068 --> 00:07:05,344 Adam: IF WE FIND OPAL OUT THERE, 142 00:07:05,379 --> 00:07:06,862 THAT MEANS THAT THE GAMBLE THAT WE'RE TAKING'S 143 00:07:06,896 --> 00:07:08,172 GONNA PAY OFF. 144 00:07:08,206 --> 00:07:10,655 I'M A TOTAL ROOKIE, BUT I'M A QUICK LEARNER, I GUESS. 145 00:07:10,689 --> 00:07:11,586 I DON'T MIND GETTING DIRTY. 146 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:12,448 IS THIS RIGHT?YEP. 147 00:07:12,482 --> 00:07:13,896 WE DON'T REALLY BICKER. 148 00:07:13,931 --> 00:07:16,241 WE, LIKE, LAUGH AS MUCH AS WE CAN, MAKE FUN OF EACH OTHER, 149 00:07:16,275 --> 00:07:17,793 AND THERE'S NO BS, REALLY. 150 00:07:17,827 --> 00:07:20,344 IT'S A LITTLE CALENDAR OF ADAM, MR. MARCH. 151 00:07:21,724 --> 00:07:24,000 NOT ONLY WAS HE MR. MARCH, BUT HE'S ON THE COVER. 152 00:07:24,034 --> 00:07:27,275 Narrator: ADAM AND CASSIDY ARE RELYING ON DAD PETE, 153 00:07:27,310 --> 00:07:30,655 PROFESSIONAL PROSPECTOR AND VIETNAM VET. 154 00:07:30,689 --> 00:07:32,068 I WAS BLOWN UP. 155 00:07:32,103 --> 00:07:34,275 I WALKED INTO AN AMBUSH. 156 00:07:34,310 --> 00:07:35,655 I WAS FORWARD SCOUT. 157 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:37,551 I GOT TWO WOUNDS THROUGH THE RIGHT LEG, 158 00:07:37,586 --> 00:07:38,862 ONE THROUGH THE HIP. 159 00:07:38,896 --> 00:07:41,275 Narrator: WIFE VIKKI ROUNDS OFF THE TEAM. 160 00:07:41,310 --> 00:07:42,517 SHE'S THE BOSS. 161 00:07:42,551 --> 00:07:43,724 MY WIFE'S THE BOSS. THAT'S IT. 162 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,103 Vikki: WELL, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED OVER 30 YEARS, 163 00:07:47,137 --> 00:07:48,689 SO WE'RE STILL TOGETHER, 164 00:07:48,724 --> 00:07:50,551 SO I THINK I DESERVE A MEDAL FOR THAT. 165 00:07:54,896 --> 00:07:57,965 IT WAS A FEW YEARS BACK I WAS OUT THERE, 166 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,344 SO WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GET THERE AGAIN TODAY. 167 00:08:01,379 --> 00:08:03,793 Narrator: AMONG KILOMETERS OF DENSE BUSH, 168 00:08:03,827 --> 00:08:06,517 PETE HAS TO FIND THE ORIGINAL SITE, 169 00:08:06,551 --> 00:08:09,103 AND HE'S NAVIGATING BY MEMORY. 170 00:08:13,862 --> 00:08:16,275 Adam: IF THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR US, THAT'S... 171 00:08:16,310 --> 00:08:18,000 THIS WAY. 172 00:08:18,034 --> 00:08:21,517 ...THREE YEARS AND A HOUSE DEPOSIT DOWN THE DRAIN. 173 00:08:24,379 --> 00:08:25,586 WOW. IT IS THE SAME RIGHT THERE. 174 00:08:25,620 --> 00:08:27,344 I KNOW. BEAUTIFUL STUFF. 175 00:08:27,379 --> 00:08:29,172 IT'S ALL OPAL, EVEN THIS HERE. 176 00:08:29,206 --> 00:08:30,931 OH. 177 00:08:30,965 --> 00:08:34,793 Narrator: WITH THE SURFACE TRACE GOOD, TIME TO DIG FOR VALUABLE COLOR. 178 00:08:34,827 --> 00:08:37,275 LOTS THERE.Adam: YEAH, WE GOT MORE. 179 00:08:47,689 --> 00:08:51,344 DIGGING THIS STUFF OUT'S LIKE DIGGING OUT GLASS IN CONCRETE. 180 00:08:51,379 --> 00:08:54,241 Narrator: FIRE OPAL IS ENCASED IN HARD GRANITE 181 00:08:54,275 --> 00:08:56,379 BUT IS INCREDIBLY FRAGILE. 182 00:08:56,413 --> 00:08:58,689 Adam: YOU GOT TO FIND OUT WHICH WAY IT'S RUNNING. 183 00:08:58,724 --> 00:09:00,413 IF YOU DON'T COME IN FROM THE SIDE 184 00:09:00,448 --> 00:09:03,000 AND YOU GO STRAIGHT ONTO IT, YOU JUST SMASH IT. 185 00:09:03,034 --> 00:09:04,517 AH, I'VE HIT OPAL. 186 00:09:04,551 --> 00:09:05,586 Vikki: YOU HIT IT. 187 00:09:05,620 --> 00:09:07,448 OH, WOW. LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 188 00:09:09,931 --> 00:09:12,137 OH, I'M DISAPPOINTED. 189 00:09:12,172 --> 00:09:14,620 IT'S STILL NOT GOOD QUALITY YET. 190 00:09:14,655 --> 00:09:17,103 IT'S NOT PRODUCING AS WELL AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE. 191 00:09:27,448 --> 00:09:30,413 Justin: I'M GONNA GET THESE PEGS IN THE GROUND QUICK SMART. 192 00:09:30,448 --> 00:09:32,655 Narrator: AT FIVE MILE OPAL FIELD, 193 00:09:32,689 --> 00:09:36,068 JUSTIN HAS TO ACT FAST. 194 00:09:36,103 --> 00:09:39,413 I RECKONED SOMEONE WAS BLOODY WATCHING ME AT IT. 195 00:09:40,655 --> 00:09:43,137 HAVING ALREADY LOST ONE CLAIM, 196 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:45,758 HE HAS TO GET ALL FOUR PEGS INTO THE GROUND... 197 00:09:45,793 --> 00:09:46,758 AH, YOU MONGREL. 198 00:09:46,793 --> 00:09:48,758 Narrator: ...BEFORE THE LAND IS HIS. 199 00:09:55,172 --> 00:09:57,620 YEAH, 100 METERS THAT WAY, 50 METERS THAT WAY, 200 00:09:57,655 --> 00:09:59,448 GOT TWO MORE PEGS TO PUT IN. 201 00:10:07,344 --> 00:10:08,586 LAST PEG. 202 00:10:08,620 --> 00:10:10,034 THREE DOWN, ONE TO GO. 203 00:10:12,482 --> 00:10:15,172 ALRIGHT. HERE WE GO. 204 00:10:15,206 --> 00:10:17,620 DONE. 205 00:10:19,034 --> 00:10:23,724 FINALLY. I GOT IT. 206 00:10:23,758 --> 00:10:29,310 JUSTIN'S FIRST SOLO CLAIM IS A 50-METER-BY-100-METER PATCH 207 00:10:29,344 --> 00:10:33,689 COVERED IN DUMPS OF ROCK FROM NEIGHBORING CLAIMS. 208 00:10:33,724 --> 00:10:36,172 TO GET THE OPAL-BEARING ROCK BELOW, 209 00:10:36,206 --> 00:10:37,896 THE DUMPS WILL NEED TO BE SHIFTED. 210 00:10:37,931 --> 00:10:40,034 SO, IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIR BIT OF GROUND GOING UNDERNEATH HERE. 211 00:10:40,068 --> 00:10:44,862 ENTER JOHN DUNSTAN WITH HIS WEIGHTY 65-TON BULLDOZER 212 00:10:44,896 --> 00:10:47,482 AND ITS HEFTY HIRE CHARGE. 213 00:10:47,517 --> 00:10:50,827 Justin: JOHN CHARGES ABOUT $400 PER HOUR FOR THE BULLDOZER, 214 00:10:50,862 --> 00:10:53,655 SO IN TOTAL TO CLEAR THIS CLAIM TO MAKE IT WORKABLE, 215 00:10:53,689 --> 00:10:56,206 IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT $4,000. 216 00:10:56,241 --> 00:10:57,551 THIS IS SO EXCITING. 217 00:10:57,586 --> 00:10:59,172 I'M HAPPY TO INVEST THAT SORT OF MONEY 218 00:10:59,206 --> 00:11:00,655 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH IT. 219 00:11:00,689 --> 00:11:03,137 I RECKON THERE'S GONNA BE BIG MONEY ON THIS CLAIM. 220 00:11:05,620 --> 00:11:06,551 GAME ON. 221 00:11:08,586 --> 00:11:10,896 THIS IS GREAT. LOOK AT HIM GO. 222 00:11:10,931 --> 00:11:12,689 OH, I LOVE THIS DAY. 223 00:11:12,724 --> 00:11:15,379 HE'S GOING TO MOVE A BLOODY MOUNTAIN FOR ME TODAY. 224 00:11:15,413 --> 00:11:16,724 OPEN THE GROUND RIGHT UP, 225 00:11:16,758 --> 00:11:18,620 AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S A MILLION BUCKS UNDERNEATH. 226 00:11:18,655 --> 00:11:20,413 THIS IS HOW YOU START OFF A MINING SEASON. 227 00:11:20,448 --> 00:11:21,551 BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, 228 00:11:21,586 --> 00:11:24,241 MAKE HAPPEN STRAIGHT AWAY, AND I LOVE IT. 229 00:11:24,275 --> 00:11:26,000 I WISH DAN COULD COME HERE TO SEE IT. 230 00:11:28,103 --> 00:11:29,793 HEY, JUSTIN.HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENED? 231 00:11:29,827 --> 00:11:31,000 I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. 232 00:11:31,034 --> 00:11:32,862 HAVE A LOOK AT HOW MUCH SOLID GROUND YOU'VE GOT. 233 00:11:32,896 --> 00:11:34,724 REALLY?IT'S ALL SOLID. 234 00:11:34,758 --> 00:11:36,689 ALL THROUGH HERE, IT'S ALL SOLID GROUND. 235 00:11:36,724 --> 00:11:38,344 SO, YOU MEAN THIS IS ALL VIRGIN GROUND? 236 00:11:38,379 --> 00:11:39,827 IT'S NEVER BEEN TOUCHED, MATE. 237 00:11:39,862 --> 00:11:43,000 Narrator: VIRGIN GROUND IS EVERY MINER'S DREAM. 238 00:11:43,034 --> 00:11:44,896 TO UNLOCK THE BOUNTY BELOW, 239 00:11:44,931 --> 00:11:47,344 JUSTIN NOW NEEDS HIS EXCAVATOR, 240 00:11:47,379 --> 00:11:50,241 BUT IT'S STUCK FIVE MILES AWAY. 241 00:11:50,275 --> 00:11:51,586 I NEED TO GET IT OUT HERE 242 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:53,448 'CAUSE NOW THE GROUND HAS JUST OPENED UP. 243 00:11:53,482 --> 00:11:54,620 IT'S READY TO GO. 244 00:11:54,655 --> 00:11:56,655 IT'S, LIKE, JUICY, JUICY GROUND. 245 00:11:56,689 --> 00:11:59,482 IF I HAVE TO TOW THIS EXCAVATOR OUT WITH MY CAR, 246 00:11:59,517 --> 00:12:00,586 I WILL. 247 00:12:11,103 --> 00:12:15,275 AH, I'M DOWN A TOOTH ON MY BUCKET. 248 00:12:15,310 --> 00:12:16,862 YEAH, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD LOOK FOR THIS ONE. 249 00:12:16,896 --> 00:12:19,034 YOU JUST WENT LAST HERE, DIDN'T YOU? 250 00:12:19,068 --> 00:12:20,344 I JUST DID HERE. 251 00:12:20,379 --> 00:12:23,275 Narrator: AT DRAGONFLY MINE, AARON AND GREG 252 00:12:23,310 --> 00:12:27,241 HAVE LOST A VITAL EXCAVATOR TOOTH AMONGST TONS OF DIRT. 253 00:12:27,275 --> 00:12:29,586 IF DON'T WELD YOUR TEETH BACK ON, 254 00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:31,448 YOU CAN'T REALLY DIG PROPERLY. 255 00:12:31,482 --> 00:12:33,379 YOU USE YOUR TEETH TO BREAK THE ROCKS. 256 00:12:33,413 --> 00:12:34,482 I CAN CLEAN IT OUT, 257 00:12:34,517 --> 00:12:36,241 AND YOU JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE TOOTH. 258 00:12:36,275 --> 00:12:37,758 ALRIGHT. 259 00:13:07,068 --> 00:13:11,793 Narrator: FOR NOW, THE OPERATION IS STALLED. 260 00:13:18,758 --> 00:13:20,137 AH, . 261 00:13:20,172 --> 00:13:22,000 Cassidy: WHAT? 262 00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:25,137 LOOK AT THAT. 263 00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:27,137 Narrator: DEEP IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 264 00:13:27,172 --> 00:13:29,896 THE PIROMANSKIS ARE GAMBLING THEIR SAVINGS 265 00:13:29,931 --> 00:13:32,000 ON FINDING FIRE OPAL. 266 00:13:34,103 --> 00:13:38,793 Cassidy: ADAM AND I HAVE KIND OF THROWN MONEY AT IT, TIME AT IT, 267 00:13:38,827 --> 00:13:42,034 SO IF WE DON'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING, 268 00:13:42,068 --> 00:13:44,965 OH, I DON'T KNOW. 269 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,379 Narrator: THE HIGHEST QUALITY FIRE OPAL 270 00:13:47,413 --> 00:13:51,379 IS A VIVID, BURNT RED OR SUNNY YELLOW. 271 00:13:51,413 --> 00:13:55,896 THE MORE TRANSPARENT, THE MORE VALUABLE. 272 00:13:55,931 --> 00:13:57,758 THE POCKET OF OPAL THEY'RE ON 273 00:13:57,793 --> 00:14:01,689 HAS HAD ITS VALUABLE COLOR BLEACHED BY THE SUN. 274 00:14:01,724 --> 00:14:04,103 IT'S NOT GREAT STUFF, 275 00:14:04,137 --> 00:14:11,724 BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S PRODUCING THAT ON THE SURFACE 276 00:14:11,758 --> 00:14:13,206 IS GOOD. 277 00:14:15,448 --> 00:14:16,896 BELOW THE SURFACE, 278 00:14:16,931 --> 00:14:20,206 THEY HOPE TO FIND FIRE OPAL WITH COLOR. 279 00:14:20,241 --> 00:14:23,172 Adam: WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL START DRILLING RELIEF HOLES IN HERE, 280 00:14:23,206 --> 00:14:25,551 SO IF THINGS START SENDING CRACKS, 281 00:14:25,586 --> 00:14:26,931 IT'S GONNA CRACK IN THE RELIEF HOLE, 282 00:14:26,965 --> 00:14:28,586 NOT IN THE STONE. 283 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:30,034 Cassidy: LOOK AT THAT. 284 00:14:30,068 --> 00:14:31,241 YEAH. 285 00:14:31,275 --> 00:14:33,000 OKAY, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT HERE AS WELL. 286 00:14:33,034 --> 00:14:34,689 SEE THAT? YEAH. 287 00:14:34,724 --> 00:14:38,310 Adam: SO, THIS IS A GAMBLE THAT WE RUN WITH THIS SORT OF STUFF, 288 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:41,586 IS THAT YOU COULD BE DIGGING FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS, 289 00:14:41,620 --> 00:14:43,724 AND IT'LL KEEP LOOKING THE SAME, 290 00:14:43,758 --> 00:14:45,172 AND YOU COULD WALK AWAY, 291 00:14:45,206 --> 00:14:48,793 AND MAYBE ABOUT THAT FAR AWAY WILL BE GOOD-QUALITY STUFF. 292 00:14:48,827 --> 00:14:50,344 IT'S A GAMBLE. 293 00:15:02,586 --> 00:15:03,655 HANG ON. 294 00:15:03,689 --> 00:15:06,172 NO, THAT'S JUST THE DIRT ON THE BACK. 295 00:15:06,206 --> 00:15:07,827 A LITTLE RUBBISH HEAP. YEAH. 296 00:15:07,862 --> 00:15:09,896 Narrator: THE POCKET HAS COME TO AN END. 297 00:15:09,931 --> 00:15:12,517 THERE'S NOTHING OF VALUE. 298 00:15:12,551 --> 00:15:16,206 GONNA CUT THAT GENNY. 299 00:15:16,241 --> 00:15:17,448 Adam: IT HAPPENS. 300 00:15:17,482 --> 00:15:19,931 YOU CAN'T GET DISAPPOINTED ON EVERY SINGLE TIME 301 00:15:19,965 --> 00:15:23,000 IT DOESN'T COME UP TRUMPS OR ELSE YOU'LL DO YOUR HEAD IN. 302 00:15:23,034 --> 00:15:25,413 YOU JUST GOT TO MOVE ON. 303 00:15:25,448 --> 00:15:27,862 Vikki: YOU HAVE GOOD DAYS. YOU HAVE BAD DAYS. 304 00:15:27,896 --> 00:15:31,000 THIS ISN'T REALLY PRODUCING THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO. 305 00:15:31,034 --> 00:15:32,000 NO, IT'S NOT. 306 00:15:32,034 --> 00:15:33,482 UNFORTUNATELY, THE ACTUAL POCKET, 307 00:15:33,517 --> 00:15:38,655 WHEN IT PRODUCED, WASN'T A FIRE OPAL. 308 00:15:38,689 --> 00:15:40,758 Cassidy: FOR ADAM AND I, I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS THAT WE WANT TO DO 309 00:15:40,793 --> 00:15:41,655 WITH OUR LIFE, YOU KNOW, 310 00:15:41,689 --> 00:15:43,931 HOLIDAYS, HOUSE, HAVE A FAMILY, 311 00:15:43,965 --> 00:15:46,206 SO TAKING TIME OUT TO DO THIS 312 00:15:46,241 --> 00:15:47,517 AND THROWING MONEY INTO IT, 313 00:15:47,551 --> 00:15:49,448 YEAH, IT MEANS THAT KIND OF ALL SLOWS DOWN A BIT 314 00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:51,758 AND KIND OF COMES TO A BIT OF A HALT. 315 00:15:51,793 --> 00:15:55,000 Narrator: WITH OVER 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE PROSPECTING, 316 00:15:55,034 --> 00:15:58,000 THE PRESSURE'S ON PETE TO DELIVER. 317 00:15:58,034 --> 00:16:01,448 Pete: WE'RE GONNA GO TO A NEW AREA THAT I'VE TRIED, 318 00:16:01,482 --> 00:16:02,724 A SCRUB-BUSH ROUTE, 319 00:16:02,758 --> 00:16:05,413 AND THEN I FOUND AN OLD TRACK THAT GOES WAY OUT 320 00:16:05,448 --> 00:16:08,344 AND THEN COMES BACK IN AGAIN TO THE ESCARPMENT. 321 00:16:08,379 --> 00:16:10,482 PETE'S GOT AN IDEA OF WHERE HE WANTS TO GO. 322 00:16:10,517 --> 00:16:13,482 I THINK HE'S BEEN THERE BEFORE A WHILE AGO, 323 00:16:13,517 --> 00:16:18,068 SO I THINK NOW IT'S A CASE OF FINDING IT AGAIN. 324 00:16:18,103 --> 00:16:21,137 I'VE GOT A NICE, LITTLE HANDFUL OF RED OPAL THERE, 325 00:16:21,172 --> 00:16:23,034 SO THERE SHOULD BE MORE THERE. 326 00:16:23,068 --> 00:16:25,103 HOW ARE YOU GONNA REMEMBER WHERE YOU'RE GOING 327 00:16:25,137 --> 00:16:26,034 WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER 328 00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:27,758 WHAT YOU HAD FOR BREAKFAST YESTERDAY? 329 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:47,689 Justin: THE GROUND'S BEEN OPENED UP NOW. 330 00:16:47,724 --> 00:16:49,758 I WANT TO GET AN EXCAVATOR TO IT PRETTY DAMN SOON 331 00:16:49,793 --> 00:16:51,137 BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S OPAL THERE, 332 00:16:51,172 --> 00:16:55,862 AND I JUST CAN'T GET THAT MACHINE FROM TOWN TO HERE. 333 00:16:55,896 --> 00:16:59,482 Narrator: IN DESPERATE NEED OF HIS EXCAVATOR TO START MINING, 334 00:16:59,517 --> 00:17:03,620 JUSTIN NEEDS A HEAVY TRANSPORTER TO MOVE IT. 335 00:17:03,655 --> 00:17:06,344 I JUST HEARD THAT YOU HAD ACCESS TO A LOW-LOADER, 336 00:17:06,379 --> 00:17:09,310 AND I'M JUST HALF WONDERING WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DO 337 00:17:09,344 --> 00:17:12,000 FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT TIMES IN TOWN. 338 00:17:17,551 --> 00:17:21,965 Justin: I TRIED A GUY WITH A LOW-LOADER, BUT HE'S UNAVAILABLE. 339 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,137 Narrator: BUT FOR JUSTIN, ARRANGEMENTS WILL HAVE TO WAIT. 340 00:17:25,172 --> 00:17:28,482 HE HAS ANOTHER IMPORTANT RENDEZVOUS TO MAKE. 341 00:17:35,758 --> 00:17:37,517 Justin: ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME 342 00:17:37,551 --> 00:17:39,862 SINCE LAST SEASON IS I GOT ENGAGED. 343 00:17:39,896 --> 00:17:42,275 BECKY HAS DECIDED TO COME UP AND VISIT ME. 344 00:17:42,310 --> 00:17:43,724 SHE'S FLYING UP TODAY, 345 00:17:43,758 --> 00:17:46,137 AND SHE IS GONNA PROBABLY COME OUT 346 00:17:46,172 --> 00:17:47,275 AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE CLAIM 347 00:17:47,310 --> 00:17:49,655 AND MAYBE HELP ME MOVE THE EXCAVATOR 348 00:17:49,689 --> 00:17:51,172 AND DO A FEW OF THESE SORT OF JOBS. 349 00:17:51,206 --> 00:17:56,379 HOPEFULLY, I CAN EXCITE HER ENOUGH TO STAY LONGER. 350 00:17:56,413 --> 00:17:59,586 WELL, HERE SHE COMES. IT'S EXCITING. FINALLY. 351 00:17:59,620 --> 00:18:01,137 I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT 'CAUSE I KNEW 352 00:18:01,172 --> 00:18:02,413 SHE WAS COMING UP TODAY. 353 00:18:05,068 --> 00:18:07,310 OH, THIS IS THE GUY ABOUT THE EXCAVATOR. 354 00:18:07,344 --> 00:18:09,517 Man: YEAH, MATE, JUST RINGING ABOUT MOVING THIS EXCAVATOR FOR YOU. 355 00:18:09,551 --> 00:18:10,655 WHEN DID YOU WANT TO MOVE IT? 356 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,241 Justin: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF... 357 00:18:12,275 --> 00:18:14,965 EVEN THIS AFTERNOON WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU GOT TIME. 358 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,103 YEAH, NO, THAT'S SWEET. ALRIGHT. 359 00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:17,241 Justin: THAT IS GOOD NEWS. 360 00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:18,551 HE RECKONS WE CAN DO IT THIS AFTERNOON, 361 00:18:18,586 --> 00:18:20,241 SO WE CAN GET THE THING OUT, STRAIGHT ON THE FIELD. 362 00:18:20,275 --> 00:18:21,862 BECKY'S ARRIVING, AND IT'S ALL HAPPENING. 363 00:18:21,896 --> 00:18:23,206 I LOVE IT. 364 00:18:23,241 --> 00:18:24,068 HEY, BECK. HI! 365 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,310 HOW YOU GOING, DARLING? 366 00:18:25,344 --> 00:18:29,137 MWAH. OH. 367 00:18:29,172 --> 00:18:32,034 SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.I KNOW. 368 00:18:32,068 --> 00:18:33,413 HEY, SHOULD WE HEAD OFF TO THE HOTEL, 369 00:18:33,448 --> 00:18:36,000 AND THEN WE'LL GO AND GET THIS EXCAVATOR ORGANIZED 370 00:18:36,034 --> 00:18:38,827 AND HEAD UP TO THE FIELD? 371 00:18:38,862 --> 00:18:41,068 Justin: ORIGINALLY, SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF ME 372 00:18:41,103 --> 00:18:44,103 GOING UP TO COOBER PEDY BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS. 373 00:18:44,137 --> 00:18:44,965 YOU CAN GET KILLED. 374 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,172 THERE'S LOTS OF HORROR STORIES 375 00:18:46,206 --> 00:18:49,103 ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING TRAPPED UNDERGROUND OR... 376 00:18:49,137 --> 00:18:51,206 ALL SORTS OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN. 377 00:18:51,241 --> 00:18:52,896 I THINK HER MIND'S STARTING TO CHANGE 378 00:18:52,931 --> 00:18:54,448 BECAUSE SHE CAN SEE THE PROSPECTS 379 00:18:54,482 --> 00:18:55,896 OF ACTUALLY FINDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 380 00:18:55,931 --> 00:18:59,827 AND BIT BY BIT, I'M TRYING TO GET HER TO CATCH OPAL FEVER. 381 00:18:59,862 --> 00:19:04,206 JUSTIN'S LOVE OF OPAL -- IT'S MORE LIKE AN OBSESSION. 382 00:19:04,241 --> 00:19:05,965 CAN'T SAY I SHARED THE PASSION, 383 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,137 BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, 384 00:19:08,172 --> 00:19:10,862 I REALLY FELT THE PULL A LITTLE BIT MYSELF 385 00:19:10,896 --> 00:19:12,482 TO COME UP AND SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT, 386 00:19:12,517 --> 00:19:16,206 SO I'M ACTUALLY A BIT EXCITED MYSELF TO BE HERE. 387 00:19:16,241 --> 00:19:18,206 Becky: OH, MY GOODNESS. 388 00:19:18,241 --> 00:19:19,448 Justin: WHAT DO YOU RECKON? 389 00:19:19,482 --> 00:19:22,172 IT IS SMALLER THAN WHAT I EXPECTED IT TO BE. 390 00:19:22,206 --> 00:19:23,068 REALLY? 391 00:19:23,103 --> 00:19:25,275 I MEAN, IT'S NOT SMALL, 392 00:19:25,310 --> 00:19:30,000 BUT I THINK FROM THE PICTURES, I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE BIGGER. 393 00:19:30,034 --> 00:19:33,758 Narrator: WHILE THE EXCAVATOR MIGHT NOT BE BIG ENOUGH FOR BECKY, 394 00:19:33,793 --> 00:19:37,344 IT'S STILL A BIG JOB TO GET IT ONTO A LOW-LOADER. 395 00:19:42,172 --> 00:19:43,482 Justin: SO, WE'VE GOT A LOW-LOADER. 396 00:19:43,517 --> 00:19:44,931 WE'VE GOT JOHN MOVING THE EXCAVATOR. 397 00:19:44,965 --> 00:19:46,586 I WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY BUCKLEY'S CHANCE AT TRYING 398 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:48,000 TO GET THAT THING ON THERE 399 00:19:48,034 --> 00:19:49,862 'CAUSE IT'S TAKES QUITE A LOT OF SKILL, AS YOU CAN SEE. 400 00:19:58,344 --> 00:19:59,241 YEAH, NO, IT'S SERIOUS. 401 00:19:59,275 --> 00:20:00,137 AH. 402 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:18,758 Narrator: AARON AND GREG ARE MAKING THE 120-KILOMETER DASH TO TOWN 403 00:20:18,793 --> 00:20:21,758 TO PICK UP VITAL SUPPLIES IN COL'S CAR. 404 00:20:27,034 --> 00:20:28,758 Greg: HEY! 405 00:20:28,793 --> 00:20:33,241 Narrator: FIRST STOP -- COL'S HOUSE. 406 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:34,758 Aaron: WE GOT TO SEE HOW HE'S GOING, RIGHT? 407 00:20:34,793 --> 00:20:36,344 YEAH. 408 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,551 COL HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BARMAH FOREST VIRUS. 409 00:20:44,586 --> 00:20:46,655 WITH SYMPTOMS OF FATIGUE AND FEVER 410 00:20:46,689 --> 00:20:48,310 THAT CAN SOMETIMES LAST MONTHS... 411 00:20:48,344 --> 00:20:49,827 Col: HELLO! 412 00:20:49,862 --> 00:20:53,413 ...COL MAY BE OUT OF THE OPAL FIELDS FOR MUCH OF THE SEASON. 413 00:20:53,448 --> 00:20:54,620 HOW ARE YOU?Greg: HOW YOU GOING? 414 00:20:56,206 --> 00:20:59,034 ARE YOU? THAT'S NOT GOOD. 415 00:20:59,068 --> 00:21:00,344 YOU DON'T LOOK REAL GOOD. 416 00:21:06,448 --> 00:21:07,379 MM. 417 00:21:07,413 --> 00:21:08,724 ALL YOU CAN DO IS REST, COL. 418 00:21:08,758 --> 00:21:10,000 YEAH. 419 00:21:14,413 --> 00:21:15,586 WE GOT A BIT OF CASH FOR YOU, 420 00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:18,413 KEEP YOU GOING UNTIL YOU CATCH UP. 421 00:21:18,448 --> 00:21:20,034 HERE, MATE. 422 00:21:20,068 --> 00:21:21,620 AH, THANKS, EH. 423 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:22,689 WE'RE PROBABLY JUST GOING TO 424 00:21:22,724 --> 00:21:24,965 GET DIESEL AND STUFF AND HEAD BACK OUT. 425 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:25,862 YEAH? 426 00:21:27,965 --> 00:21:29,448 NO, YOU GOT TO GET BETTER, MATE. 427 00:21:29,482 --> 00:21:31,241 YEAH, NO POINT IN COMING OUT IF YOU'RE SICK LIKE THAT. 428 00:21:31,275 --> 00:21:32,275 GOOD LUCK, EH. 429 00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:33,586 THANKS, COL.YOU TAKE IT EASY, EH? 430 00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:35,034 CHEERS, EH. GOOD LUCK.SEE YOU, MATE. 431 00:21:35,068 --> 00:21:36,724 THANKS, MATE.YEAH, NO WORRIES. 432 00:21:49,758 --> 00:21:51,655 Narrator: BACK AT DRAGONFLY MINE, 433 00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:55,379 AARON GETS TO WORK ON THE EXCAVATOR. 434 00:21:55,413 --> 00:21:58,965 Greg: WE'RE WELDING THE TEETH BACK ON THE BUCKET 'CAUSE ONE CRACKED, 435 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,620 AND THE OTHER ONE WAS LOOSE AND COME OFF, 436 00:22:01,655 --> 00:22:03,310 SO WE'RE JUST GONNA WELD THEM BOTH ON. 437 00:22:03,344 --> 00:22:04,344 GETTING THEM FIXED, 438 00:22:04,379 --> 00:22:06,344 AND THAT WAY, WE CAN GET BACK TO WORK. 439 00:22:11,793 --> 00:22:14,896 Narrator: THIS DRUM OF DIESEL IS THEIR LAST. 440 00:22:14,931 --> 00:22:16,931 SPIN YOUR PUMP AROUND. 441 00:22:19,413 --> 00:22:21,758 NO, YOU'RE ALRIGHT. YOU'LL GET IT. 442 00:22:21,793 --> 00:22:26,068 WITH NO OPAL, THERE'S NO MONEY TO KEEP THE EXCAVATOR DIGGING. 443 00:22:26,103 --> 00:22:27,310 ALL DONE. 444 00:22:27,344 --> 00:22:29,827 LAST DRUM OF DIESEL, BIT OF LUCK TO GET A PAY DAY. 445 00:22:31,172 --> 00:22:33,862 BLOW THAT BUCK. KNOCK HER OUT, MATE. 446 00:22:33,896 --> 00:22:35,310 I WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS . 447 00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:42,551 DIRT, DIRT, DIRT, DIRT. 448 00:22:42,586 --> 00:22:43,965 WHERE'S THAT NAUGHTY OPAL? 449 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,206 THERE. 450 00:22:51,551 --> 00:22:52,379 Aaron: YEAH, MATE. 451 00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:53,655 HAVE LOOK AT THAT ONE. 452 00:22:53,689 --> 00:22:54,931 FEEL LIKE I CAN SEE RED IN THAT. 453 00:22:54,965 --> 00:22:57,620 YEAH, MATE. YEAH, RED FOR SURE, GREG. 454 00:22:57,655 --> 00:22:58,931 CHEERS, EH. 455 00:23:01,862 --> 00:23:06,172 Narrator: FINALLY, THE IRONSTONE ROCK IS SHOWING PROMISE. 456 00:23:06,206 --> 00:23:09,724 Greg: IS THERE COLOR IN IT?YEAH. 457 00:23:09,758 --> 00:23:12,551 OH, LOOK AT THAT COLOR IN THAT. 458 00:23:12,586 --> 00:23:14,758 YEAH, NICE TRACE, ISN'T IT? 459 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:16,344 PHILLIP WILL BUY THAT. 460 00:23:20,379 --> 00:23:22,344 HEY, PUT THE ROCKS IN. 461 00:23:22,379 --> 00:23:26,034 JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE A PARCEL TO SELL TO OPAL BUYER 462 00:23:26,068 --> 00:23:27,551 PHILLIP STONE. 463 00:23:48,586 --> 00:23:50,862 Pete: PART OF THE WAY, THE TRACK WOULDN'T BE THERE, 464 00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:53,586 BUT I DO KNOW THE GENERAL DIRECTION. 465 00:23:53,620 --> 00:23:57,551 Narrator: PETE PIROMANSKI IS LEADING HIS FAMILY TO A ROCKY OUTCROP 466 00:23:57,586 --> 00:24:00,827 HE'S CONVINCED HOLDS VALUABLE FIRE OPAL. 467 00:24:00,862 --> 00:24:04,862 ONLY PROBLEM IS HE'S NAVIGATING BY MEMORY. 468 00:24:09,551 --> 00:24:12,068 IS THAT ALL YOU KNOW? IS THAT IT? 469 00:24:17,793 --> 00:24:19,137 YOU WON'T NEED THAT. 470 00:24:19,172 --> 00:24:21,413 IT'S ON. OH. 471 00:24:21,448 --> 00:24:24,448 Narrator: THEY'RE ALL RELYING ON VETERAN PROSPECTOR PETE, 472 00:24:24,482 --> 00:24:27,310 AND NOT JUST FOR HIS NAVIGATION. 473 00:24:27,344 --> 00:24:32,758 Pete: YOU NEED TIME BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO TRY AND MAKE IT BACK TO CAMP. 474 00:24:32,793 --> 00:24:34,241 IF YOU LEAVE TOO LATE, IT'S DARK, 475 00:24:34,275 --> 00:24:36,206 YOU WON'T FIND YOUR WAY BACK THROUGH THE SCRUB, 476 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:38,931 SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO REALLY HAVE YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU OUT HERE. 477 00:24:47,793 --> 00:24:49,310 EUREKA. 478 00:24:55,724 --> 00:24:57,517 Pete: GO UP THROUGH HERE. 479 00:24:57,551 --> 00:24:58,965 IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING, THIS ONE. 480 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,034 BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WE SEE. 481 00:25:03,137 --> 00:25:04,034 OH. 482 00:25:04,068 --> 00:25:05,551 WOW. AND THERE'S A SEAM RIGHT THERE. 483 00:25:05,586 --> 00:25:08,551 LOOK AT THAT. IT'S AS CLEAR AS DAYLIGHT. 484 00:25:08,586 --> 00:25:09,896 THAT'S GOT ME EXCITED -- 485 00:25:09,931 --> 00:25:12,413 HARD, HARD, NICE, DEFINITE SEAM. 486 00:25:12,448 --> 00:25:14,655 Vikki: OH, LOOK AT THAT.Cassidy: WHAT? 487 00:25:14,689 --> 00:25:16,724 Narrator: WHILST IT'S A LARGE DEPOSIT, 488 00:25:16,758 --> 00:25:20,413 THE EXPOSED OPAL HAS BEEN DISCOLORED BY THE SUN. 489 00:25:20,448 --> 00:25:22,896 IT'S WORTHLESS, BUT BENEATH IT, 490 00:25:22,931 --> 00:25:27,551 THEY HOPE, IS THE VALUABLE COLOR THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. 491 00:25:27,586 --> 00:25:29,517 Pete: WE'LL TRY AND FOLLOW THIS. 492 00:25:29,551 --> 00:25:31,586 IT MIGHT GO INTO A BIT OF A POCKET. 493 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:34,034 JUST FOLLOW THE TRACE.YEP. 494 00:25:34,068 --> 00:25:35,241 THIS IS VERY, VERY HARD ROCK, 495 00:25:35,275 --> 00:25:37,172 AND ADAM'S GONNA EARN HIS KEEP. 496 00:25:45,413 --> 00:25:47,517 Justin: I THOUGHT WE'D FIXED IT. I HOPE IT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM. 497 00:25:47,551 --> 00:25:49,793 IF IT'S A BIG PROBLEM, LIKE THE PUMP OR SOMETHING, 498 00:25:49,827 --> 00:25:51,965 IT'S GONNA COST ME 20 GRAND TO BUY IT 499 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,655 AND 20 GRAND TO FIX IT. 500 00:25:53,689 --> 00:25:56,172 Narrator: JUSTIN AND FIANCéE BECKY 501 00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:57,758 HAVE A PROBLEM ON THEIR HANDS. 502 00:25:57,793 --> 00:26:02,482 THIS IS WHERE THE MENTAL RESILIENCE KICKS IN, 503 00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:05,620 AND I'M ALREADY BEING TESTED. 504 00:26:05,655 --> 00:26:07,000 Narrator: TIME IS MONEY. 505 00:26:07,034 --> 00:26:09,793 THE TRUCK AND TRAILER HIRED TO MOVE THE EXCAVATOR 506 00:26:09,827 --> 00:26:13,103 IS COSTING $250 AN HOUR. 507 00:26:13,137 --> 00:26:14,068 ALRIGHT. 508 00:26:14,103 --> 00:26:15,517 WE'RE GONNA LOAD IT LIKE IT IS. 509 00:26:15,551 --> 00:26:18,310 I KNOW IT'S NOT LOCKED, BUT THAT'S FINE. 510 00:26:18,344 --> 00:26:19,896 I CAN DO THAT. 511 00:26:19,931 --> 00:26:22,896 OKAY, SO WE GOT TO GET LOADED QUICK. 512 00:26:22,931 --> 00:26:25,689 THE EXCAVATOR IS WIDER THAN THE TRAILER. 513 00:26:25,724 --> 00:26:28,448 IF JOHN IS JUST A FEW CENTIMETERS OFF LINE, 514 00:26:28,482 --> 00:26:33,241 THE 25-TON MACHINE WILL COME CRASHING DOWN. 515 00:26:33,275 --> 00:26:36,655 THIS IS THE TRICKIEST PART WHERE THE COUNTER BALANCE COMES OVER. 516 00:26:36,689 --> 00:26:38,137 WATCH THIS. HE'S GONNA TIP. 517 00:26:47,103 --> 00:26:49,103 THERE'S DEFINITELY A HOSE GONE. 518 00:26:49,137 --> 00:26:50,896 SO, I WON'T BE MINING THIS AFTERNOON. 519 00:26:50,931 --> 00:26:52,275 NO. 520 00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:56,379 EVERY DAY JUSTIN CAN'T DIG, HE SINKS DEEPER INTO DEBT. 521 00:27:07,172 --> 00:27:09,137 Justin: THE EXCAVATOR HAS ARRIVED AT THE CLAIM, 522 00:27:09,172 --> 00:27:10,724 AND I'M PRETTY BLOODY EXCITED. 523 00:27:10,758 --> 00:27:12,724 THE ONLY OTHER THING IS WE'VE SPRUNG A LEAK. 524 00:27:12,758 --> 00:27:14,724 THAT'S GONNA CAUSE ANOTHER SETBACK, 525 00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:18,068 AND WE WON'T BE MINING TODAY, WHICH IS A BIT DISAPPOINTING, 526 00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:20,827 SO IF WE GET THAT FIXED TODAY, WE MIGHT BE MINING TOMORROW. 527 00:27:20,862 --> 00:27:22,517 FINGERS CROSSED. 528 00:27:22,551 --> 00:27:27,103 Narrator: FOR THE NEWLY ENGAGED MINING COUPLE, IT'S THE FIRST TEST. 529 00:27:27,137 --> 00:27:31,275 IF WE CAN'T MENTALLY OR FINANCIALLY HANDLE 530 00:27:31,310 --> 00:27:34,034 A FEW BUSTED PIPES OR HOSES, 531 00:27:34,068 --> 00:27:38,034 THEN I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE HERE. 532 00:27:38,068 --> 00:27:41,517 HOPEFULLY, IT'S JUST THIS, AND THEN WE CAN GO MINING, 533 00:27:41,551 --> 00:27:43,344 HEADS UP FROM THERE, 534 00:27:43,379 --> 00:27:46,000 STAY POSITIVE, FIND SOME OPAL. 535 00:27:53,758 --> 00:27:55,758 I WANT TO GET DIGGING STRAIGHT AWAY 'CAUSE IT'S FREAKING OPAL. 536 00:27:55,793 --> 00:27:57,000 I'M READY TO GO. 537 00:27:57,034 --> 00:27:59,000 I SPENT MONEY GETTING THIS WHOLE HAPPENING. 538 00:28:17,586 --> 00:28:20,344 I NEED EVERY PIECE TO MAKE THE PARCEL. 539 00:28:20,379 --> 00:28:24,137 Narrator: AARON AND GREG ARE GETTING READY FOR BUYER PHILLIP STONE. 540 00:28:24,172 --> 00:28:25,965 THEY'RE HOPING THIS FIND WILL EARN THEM 541 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,344 ENOUGH DIESEL TO KEEP DIGGING. 542 00:28:28,379 --> 00:28:30,034 YEAH. THAT'S NICE CRYSTAL. 543 00:28:30,068 --> 00:28:31,689 IT'S BEAUTIFUL BOULDER OPAL. 544 00:28:31,724 --> 00:28:34,931 IT'S CLASSIC OPALTON BOULDER OPAL 545 00:28:34,965 --> 00:28:40,310 WORTH UP TO $4,000 A CARAT RETAIL. 546 00:28:40,344 --> 00:28:43,068 THEIR FIND HAS COLORS FROM BLUE-GREEN 547 00:28:43,103 --> 00:28:46,275 TO MORE VALUABLE RED, BUT IT'S IN THE ROUGH, 548 00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:49,793 AND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW TRACE SHARDS IN THE STONES, 549 00:28:49,827 --> 00:28:55,379 BRINGING THE VALUE TO JUST $1,000 TO $2,000. 550 00:28:55,413 --> 00:28:58,965 THEY NEED AT LEAST $1,500 FROM BUYER PHILLIP 551 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,206 TO KEEP THEIR OPERATION RUNNING. 552 00:29:07,793 --> 00:29:09,206 HERE'S PHILLIP NOW.IS IT? 553 00:29:09,241 --> 00:29:10,310 YEAH. 554 00:29:10,344 --> 00:29:11,551 HI. 555 00:29:11,586 --> 00:29:12,655 HOW YOU GOING, PHILLIP? 556 00:29:12,689 --> 00:29:14,034 GOOD, THANKS, GREGGIE. 557 00:29:14,068 --> 00:29:16,137 HOW ARE YOU, MATE?I DID A LOT OF BUSINESS. 558 00:29:16,172 --> 00:29:17,310 EH. 559 00:29:17,344 --> 00:29:18,241 YOU WANT A CUP OF COFFEE? 560 00:29:18,275 --> 00:29:19,068 NO, THANK YOU. 561 00:29:19,103 --> 00:29:20,241 NO? NO. 562 00:29:20,275 --> 00:29:22,620 NO COFFEE. JUST BUYING AND GET ON THE RUN. 563 00:29:22,655 --> 00:29:24,103 YOU'RE PRETTY BUSY TODAY, EH? 564 00:29:24,137 --> 00:29:24,931 THAT'S THE ONE. 565 00:29:24,965 --> 00:29:27,034 YEAH.I SEE. 566 00:29:27,068 --> 00:29:28,689 QUITE A BIT OF PRODUCT, BUT IT'S NOT... 567 00:29:28,724 --> 00:29:30,551 A LOT OF IT'S... 568 00:29:30,586 --> 00:29:32,206 A LOT OF TIME -- SECONDS -- 569 00:29:32,241 --> 00:29:33,344 THERE'S SOME NICE PIECES. 570 00:29:33,379 --> 00:29:34,655 Greg: AT LEAST IT'S COLOR THIS TIME, EH? 571 00:29:34,689 --> 00:29:36,275 LET'S LOOK. 572 00:29:36,310 --> 00:29:38,310 Narrator: ME AND GREG SPENT ABOUT A MONTH TAKING THE TOP OFF. 573 00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:40,551 WE'VE JUST BEEN ON LEVEL NOW FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS. 574 00:29:40,586 --> 00:29:42,137 YEAH. 575 00:29:43,896 --> 00:29:48,103 THEY'RE A BIT WOODY, BUT, NO, IT'S TRACE, ISN'T IT? 576 00:29:48,137 --> 00:29:50,896 WELL, THAT'S THE BEST OF IT, JUST SEEING THAT OPAL. 577 00:29:53,413 --> 00:29:55,068 ANY WATER HERE? 578 00:29:55,103 --> 00:29:56,931 YEAH. 579 00:29:56,965 --> 00:30:00,586 THAT'S OUR KING STONES, THEM TWO. 580 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:02,827 LOVELY COLOR, EH? 581 00:30:02,862 --> 00:30:04,448 IT IS, ISN'T IT? JUST KIND OF MIGHT. 582 00:30:04,482 --> 00:30:06,103 YEAH. YEAH. 583 00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:08,206 AND THIS STUFF'S FREE. 584 00:30:08,241 --> 00:30:09,724 WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS. 585 00:30:09,758 --> 00:30:11,241 YEAH, BUY THE OPAL. CRACKS COME FREE. 586 00:30:11,275 --> 00:30:12,103 YEAH. 587 00:30:12,137 --> 00:30:13,448 YOU KNOW THAT, EH? 588 00:30:13,482 --> 00:30:14,655 IT'S BOULDER OPAL. 589 00:30:14,689 --> 00:30:17,344 THAT'S BOULDER, BUT IT'S SORT OF WOOD-REPLACEMENT, 590 00:30:17,379 --> 00:30:20,379 PIPY STUFF, YOU KNOW, IN PLACES, AND... 591 00:30:20,413 --> 00:30:22,413 BUT THE COLOR'S GOOD.YEAH. 592 00:30:22,448 --> 00:30:24,137 COLOR'S BRIGHT. 593 00:30:24,172 --> 00:30:26,655 AND WHAT'S THE GRAND TOTAL FOR THIS? 594 00:30:26,689 --> 00:30:28,793 WELL... 595 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:32,068 I'D LIKE TO GET $3,000 FOR IT, 596 00:30:32,103 --> 00:30:33,689 PUT IT THAT WAY. 597 00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:38,793 AND WHAT WAS THE REAL PRICE, DID YOU SAY? 598 00:30:38,827 --> 00:30:39,827 THREE GRAND, WASN'T IT? 599 00:30:39,862 --> 00:30:42,586 THREE GRAND.WHEN? 600 00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:45,344 WELL, THAT WAS THE ASKING PRICE, WASN'T IT? 601 00:30:45,379 --> 00:30:47,379 WELL, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, PHILLIP? 602 00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:51,724 I DON'T KNOW. TWO GRAND? 603 00:30:51,758 --> 00:30:54,379 WHAT DO YOU RECKON, AARON? 604 00:30:54,413 --> 00:30:56,551 COULD YOU... 605 00:30:56,586 --> 00:30:59,137 ARE YOU HAPPY WITH $2,000? 606 00:30:59,172 --> 00:31:00,793 IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW? 607 00:31:00,827 --> 00:31:02,758 YOU KNOW THE MONEY'S THERE. 608 00:31:02,793 --> 00:31:03,896 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DEAL WITH. 609 00:31:03,931 --> 00:31:04,793 ALRIGHT, MATE. DONE. 610 00:31:04,827 --> 00:31:06,103 $2,000?YEAH, $2,000. 611 00:31:06,137 --> 00:31:07,689 GOOD ON YOU, PHIL.THANK YOU. 612 00:31:07,724 --> 00:31:09,275 AND NEXT TIME WE GET SOME, 613 00:31:09,310 --> 00:31:12,068 YOU CAN HAVE FIRST BITE OF THE CHERRY. 614 00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:15,620 Narrator: WITH A TARGET OF $120,000, 615 00:31:15,655 --> 00:31:19,000 THIS SALE OF $2,000 IS A LIFELINE. 616 00:31:28,206 --> 00:31:30,793 Narrator: DESPERATE TO START DIGGING HIS NEW CLAIM, 617 00:31:30,827 --> 00:31:36,068 JUSTIN'S LEAKING MONEY FIXING HIS SECONDHAND EXCAVATOR. 618 00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:37,689 IT'S IN. 619 00:31:43,206 --> 00:31:44,689 OKAY. 620 00:31:44,724 --> 00:31:46,965 JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO DIGGING MY FIRST BLOODY HOLE, 621 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,172 SPENDING MONEY LIKE IT'S GOING OUT OF FASHION, 622 00:31:49,206 --> 00:31:51,965 JUST STAYING UP HERE FOR NOTHING. 623 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,931 YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY LITTLE BITS GOING IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. 624 00:31:54,965 --> 00:31:59,413 NO. WOW. FINICKY BLOODY THING. 625 00:31:59,448 --> 00:32:01,172 START IT UP NOW. 626 00:32:01,206 --> 00:32:02,310 Justin: LET'S SEE IF ANYTHING... 627 00:32:02,344 --> 00:32:05,413 UH...MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY LEAKS. 628 00:32:09,137 --> 00:32:10,793 WORKING ALRIGHT? 629 00:32:10,827 --> 00:32:11,931 ALL GOOD. 630 00:32:11,965 --> 00:32:14,275 YES. NO LEAKS HERE. 631 00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:15,413 YOU CAN GO BACK. 632 00:32:15,448 --> 00:32:17,827 WE'LL PUT THE BELLY PLATES BACK ON, 633 00:32:17,862 --> 00:32:19,000 HOOK YOUR BUCKET UP. 634 00:32:20,517 --> 00:32:22,344 REALLY? TODAY? 635 00:32:22,379 --> 00:32:25,344 YEAH. OH, YES. 636 00:32:25,379 --> 00:32:27,379 OH, WICKED. 637 00:32:27,413 --> 00:32:29,172 OH, WOW. 638 00:32:29,206 --> 00:32:36,413 Narrator: JUSTIN CAN FINALLY BREAK GROUND ON HIS VERY FIRST SOLO CLAIM. 639 00:32:36,448 --> 00:32:38,862 Justin: NO WONDER THERE'S NOT MANY MINERS OUT HERE 640 00:32:38,896 --> 00:32:41,206 'CAUSE IT IS JUST PRETTY HARD TO TRY 641 00:32:41,241 --> 00:32:44,482 AND FIND OPAL UNDER THE GROUND. 642 00:32:44,517 --> 00:32:47,344 IT'S A TOUGH GIG, AND I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE RESPECT 643 00:32:47,379 --> 00:32:50,310 FOR MINERS NOW, PROPER MINERS. 644 00:32:50,344 --> 00:32:51,551 IT'S NOT EASY. 645 00:32:51,586 --> 00:32:55,896 Narrator: NOW, ALL HE NEEDS IS TO FIND OPAL. 646 00:33:01,275 --> 00:33:06,172 NEXT MORNING, ANOTHER EXPENSIVE HYDRAULIC LEAK. 647 00:33:06,206 --> 00:33:08,310 LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S PISSING IT OUT. 648 00:33:08,344 --> 00:33:10,275 GEEZ, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SO BAD. 649 00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:12,482 IT'S NOT EVEN A DRIP. IT'S LIKE A SQUIRT. 650 00:33:12,517 --> 00:33:15,275 WITH THE $20,000 EXCAVATOR DOWN... 651 00:33:15,310 --> 00:33:16,793 NOT MY DAY. 652 00:33:16,827 --> 00:33:18,137 ...FOR JUSTIN AND BECKY, 653 00:33:18,172 --> 00:33:22,000 THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY LEFT TO DIG. 654 00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:23,517 BECK, KEEP DIGGING. 655 00:33:27,413 --> 00:33:28,793 Narrator: NEW TO MINING, 656 00:33:28,827 --> 00:33:32,379 BECKY'S STARTING TO THINK THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY. 657 00:33:32,413 --> 00:33:35,448 I FEEL LIKE IT'S... 658 00:33:35,482 --> 00:33:38,379 A NEEDLE-IN-THE-HAYSTACK SORT OF SCENARIO. 659 00:33:38,413 --> 00:33:41,827 I'M SORT OF STRUGGLING TO VISUALIZE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. 660 00:33:41,862 --> 00:33:43,965 I JUST THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW 661 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,172 THREE-DIMENSIONALLY WHERE THAT SLIDE IS GOING. 662 00:33:46,206 --> 00:33:47,344 HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE. 663 00:33:47,379 --> 00:33:49,206 SO, HOW CAN WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT... 664 00:33:49,241 --> 00:33:51,896 THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.JUST...OKAY. 665 00:33:51,931 --> 00:33:54,310 DON'T KEEP ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS... 666 00:33:54,344 --> 00:33:55,655 WHY NOT?...'CAUSE I'M MINING AS WELL. 667 00:33:55,689 --> 00:33:57,965 THIS IS SO DIFFERENT TO WHAT I'M USED TO -- UNDERGROUND SITE. 668 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,034 I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE OPAL IS ON THAT LEVEL, UNDERGROUND. 669 00:34:01,068 --> 00:34:02,862 YOU DRILL IN. YOU DIG IT OUT. 670 00:34:02,896 --> 00:34:05,758 HERE, IT'S LIKE IT COULD BE ANYWHERE. 671 00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:06,793 IT'S JUST A NIGHTMARE. 672 00:34:06,827 --> 00:34:08,724 IT'S JUST A NEVER-ENDING PROBLEM. 673 00:34:08,758 --> 00:34:11,172 IT FEELS LIKE THE DIRT DOUBLES WHEN YOU DIG IT OUT. 674 00:34:11,206 --> 00:34:13,379 YOU KNOW, ONE HOLE BECOMES A MOUNTAIN. 675 00:34:16,241 --> 00:34:19,103 Narrator: WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON THE LINE 676 00:34:19,137 --> 00:34:21,896 AND NOT A SCRAP OF OPAL IN SIGHT, 677 00:34:21,931 --> 00:34:23,448 FOR JUSTIN AND BECKY, 678 00:34:23,482 --> 00:34:26,896 IT'S LOOKING LIKE A LONG, EXPENSIVE CLIMB. 679 00:34:41,793 --> 00:34:44,275 OOH, ADAM, WHAT'S THIS? 680 00:34:44,310 --> 00:34:47,172 NO WAY. 681 00:34:47,206 --> 00:34:49,413 IT IS SO THICK FROM THIS SIDE. 682 00:34:49,448 --> 00:34:50,586 LOOK AT THAT. 683 00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:52,034 THAT IS GOOD-SIZED. 684 00:34:53,551 --> 00:34:54,931 Narrator: FOR THE PIROMANSKIS, 685 00:34:54,965 --> 00:34:58,310 THERE ARE GOOD SIGNS IN A POCKET OF FIRE OPAL, 686 00:34:58,344 --> 00:35:03,068 BUT THE FRAGILE GEM IS TRAPPED IN HARD GRANITE. 687 00:35:03,103 --> 00:35:06,379 Adam: DIGGING FIRE OPAL OUT, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK AT ALL. 688 00:35:08,724 --> 00:35:10,862 YOU CAN'T TAKE A JACKHAMMER TOO CLOSE TO IT 689 00:35:10,896 --> 00:35:12,551 'CAUSE YOU'LL SHATTER IT. 690 00:35:14,206 --> 00:35:17,103 I'VE BROKEN MANY OF A BEAUTIFUL PIECE INTO TWO PIECES 691 00:35:17,137 --> 00:35:20,448 JUST 'CAUSE I WAS TOO IMPATIENT TO GET IT OUT. 692 00:35:20,482 --> 00:35:24,344 SO, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE IS CREATE MYSELF A LEDGE 693 00:35:24,379 --> 00:35:26,482 SO I CAN COME IN WITH A SPADE BIT 694 00:35:26,517 --> 00:35:29,206 AND JUST CUT AWAY AT IT, TAKE NICE BIG CHUNKS AWAY. 695 00:35:37,724 --> 00:35:39,344 LOOK AT THAT. 696 00:35:39,379 --> 00:35:40,931 Cassidy: 697 00:35:43,793 --> 00:35:47,448 THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT SEAM IS RUNNING UNDERNEATH THAT WAY. 698 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:49,034 SO, IT'S ALL JUST FULL OF OPAL. 699 00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:52,137 SO, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TRY AND DIG UNDERNEATH IT 700 00:35:52,172 --> 00:35:54,862 AND LIFT IT UP HOPEFULLY IN A COUPLE OF LARGE PIECES. 701 00:36:00,896 --> 00:36:02,034 OH, LOOK AT IT UNDERNEATH. 702 00:36:02,068 --> 00:36:02,965 Cassidy: WANT ME TO LIFT IT? 703 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,482 YEP. READY? 704 00:36:05,517 --> 00:36:07,344 LOOK AT THAT.OH . 705 00:36:07,379 --> 00:36:09,758 BEAUTY! 706 00:36:09,793 --> 00:36:12,620 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT. 707 00:36:12,655 --> 00:36:14,103 Pete: WOO-HOO! 708 00:36:14,137 --> 00:36:15,689 MWAH. 709 00:36:15,724 --> 00:36:17,586 WELL DONE!THAT IS THE JACKPOT. 710 00:36:17,620 --> 00:36:19,482 LOOK AT THAT. THAT'LL BE A ONE-OFF. 711 00:36:19,517 --> 00:36:21,103 NOTHING LIKE THAT'S BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE WORLD. 712 00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:25,206 OH, MY GOD. LOOK AT IT! 713 00:36:26,724 --> 00:36:28,586 Cassidy: THAT IS HUGE. 714 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:31,379 OH, MY GOD.LOOK AT THIS ONE. 715 00:36:31,413 --> 00:36:33,000 IT'S ALL STILL ONE PIECE THERE. 716 00:36:33,034 --> 00:36:34,517 OH, MY GOD. 717 00:36:34,551 --> 00:36:36,827 OH, ADAM, YOU HAVE DONE SO... 718 00:36:36,862 --> 00:36:38,551 LOOK AT THAT! LOOK AT THAT ONE! 719 00:36:38,586 --> 00:36:41,103 THAT IS INSANE. 720 00:36:41,137 --> 00:36:42,241 WHOO! 721 00:36:42,275 --> 00:36:44,448 OH! 722 00:36:44,482 --> 00:36:45,551 THAT IS HUGE. 723 00:36:45,586 --> 00:36:48,965 THAT IS INSANE. 724 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,931 Narrator: THE FIRE CREW HAVE UNEARTHED A MASSIVE 15 KILOGRAMS 725 00:36:53,965 --> 00:36:56,068 OF FIRE OPAL. 726 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,068 Cassidy: I JUST WANTED TO KEEP LIFTING THAT ROCK UP, 727 00:37:01,103 --> 00:37:02,310 LET IT JUST KEEP POPPING OUT. 728 00:37:02,344 --> 00:37:04,172 IT WAS LIKE A TREASURE CHEST. 729 00:37:04,206 --> 00:37:06,103 Adam: YEAH, I'M SUPER PROUD OF MUM AND DAD. 730 00:37:06,137 --> 00:37:09,689 FINDING A POCKET LIKE THAT, THAT'S ONE IN A MILLION. 731 00:37:09,724 --> 00:37:14,413 I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY HOW BIG THE POCKET WAS. 732 00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:28,517 Narrator: BACK AT CAMP, IT'S TIME TO ESTIMATE THE VALUE. 733 00:37:28,551 --> 00:37:30,379 SO, DAY ONE. 734 00:37:30,413 --> 00:37:31,551 Pete: I'M OVER THE MOON, 735 00:37:31,586 --> 00:37:33,689 BUT IT'S HARD TO PUT A PRICE ON IT UNTIL IT'S CUT. 736 00:37:33,724 --> 00:37:34,758 YEAH. 737 00:37:34,793 --> 00:37:37,655 TOO MUCH MOISTURE IN IT, IT'LL SHATTER. 738 00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:39,758 IT WON'T BREAK CLEAN, 739 00:37:39,793 --> 00:37:42,551 BUT AS A MINER, MINER'S PRICE, 740 00:37:42,586 --> 00:37:46,586 I WOULDN'T SELL ALL THAT UNDER $30,000. 741 00:37:46,620 --> 00:37:48,068 30 GRAND TODAY. 742 00:37:48,103 --> 00:37:50,310 PAY FOR THE FUEL AND THE VEHICLE. 743 00:37:50,344 --> 00:37:55,172 Narrator: THEIR TARGET THIS SEASON IS $120,000. 744 00:37:55,206 --> 00:38:02,379 THIS ESTIMATED $30,000 HAUL SEES THEM OFF TO A FLYING START. 745 00:38:02,413 --> 00:38:04,137 AND WE'LL GET OUT THERE AND FOLLOW IT 746 00:38:04,172 --> 00:38:05,310 AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN GET. 747 00:38:05,344 --> 00:38:06,448 ABSOLUTELY.IMAGINE. 748 00:38:06,482 --> 00:38:07,482 GROUP HUG. 749 00:38:07,517 --> 00:38:08,758 OH, GOOD JOB.GOOD WORK, GUYS. 750 00:38:08,793 --> 00:38:12,206 JOB WELL DONE. GROUP HUG. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. 751 00:38:12,241 --> 00:38:13,482 AWESOME.WELL DONE. 752 00:38:13,517 --> 00:38:14,896 YEAH. 753 00:38:27,724 --> 00:38:29,862 Justin: BECKY'S BEEN UP HERE FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW. 754 00:38:29,896 --> 00:38:31,551 SHE HAS TO GO BACK HOME. 755 00:38:31,586 --> 00:38:34,137 SEE YOU, MY DARLING. 756 00:38:34,172 --> 00:38:36,034 LOVE YOU SO MUCH.I LOVE YOU, TOO. 757 00:38:36,068 --> 00:38:36,931 ALRIGHT. 758 00:38:36,965 --> 00:38:38,034 FIND SOME OPAL.WISH ME LUCK. 759 00:38:38,896 --> 00:38:40,000 I MIGHT NEED IT. 760 00:38:40,034 --> 00:38:43,620 ALRIGHT. 761 00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:48,862 SEE YA. BY MYSELF AGAIN. 762 00:38:48,896 --> 00:38:52,724 IT'S A BIT HARD. 763 00:38:52,758 --> 00:38:55,965 Justin: WORKING OUT HERE ON MY OWN IS GOING TO BE PRETTY DAMN LONELY. 764 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,482 IT'S DANGEROUS. 765 00:38:57,517 --> 00:38:59,896 YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT. 766 00:38:59,931 --> 00:39:01,586 YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF HARD 767 00:39:01,620 --> 00:39:03,724 TO GET YOURSELF MOTIVATED EVERY DAY. 768 00:39:10,137 --> 00:39:12,241 IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE JUST TO PICK YOU UP 769 00:39:12,275 --> 00:39:14,310 WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DOWN HERE. 770 00:39:19,517 --> 00:39:21,379 Dan: HEY, HEY. HEY! 771 00:39:21,413 --> 00:39:22,827 HEY, DAN! KNOCK, KNOCK. 772 00:39:22,862 --> 00:39:25,758 HEY, MATE, HOW ARE YOU? 773 00:39:25,793 --> 00:39:27,758 HOW ARE YOU GOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU. 774 00:39:28,793 --> 00:39:30,068 COME ON IN, SEE THE NEW DUGOUT. 775 00:39:30,103 --> 00:39:31,827 WELL, THIS IS THE PAD, HUH?YEAH. 776 00:39:31,862 --> 00:39:33,896 THIS IS WHAT JOHNNY GAVE US, SO COME ON IN, HAVE A LOOK. 777 00:39:33,931 --> 00:39:35,896 OH, MY GOD. YEAH. 778 00:39:35,931 --> 00:39:39,103 OH, WOW. SO THIS IS OUR NEW PLACE, YEAH? 779 00:39:39,137 --> 00:39:40,068 YEAH. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? 780 00:39:40,103 --> 00:39:41,551 OH, MY GOD. 781 00:39:41,586 --> 00:39:43,034 HEY, HOW LONG ARE YOU HERE FOR? 782 00:39:43,068 --> 00:39:46,379 WELL, I'VE GOT SEVEN DAYS, NOT A DAY MORE. 783 00:39:46,413 --> 00:39:47,241 YEP. 784 00:39:47,275 --> 00:39:48,310 IT'S SHORT BUT... 785 00:39:48,344 --> 00:39:49,517 I KNOW, BUT WE CAN DO IT. 786 00:39:49,551 --> 00:39:50,896 WE'LL FIND OPAL. YEAH. 787 00:39:50,931 --> 00:39:52,793 WE'LL FIND OPAL. YEP. 788 00:39:52,827 --> 00:39:55,517 BUT FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE THIS A GO. 789 00:39:55,551 --> 00:39:56,724 YOU UP FOR IT?ALRIGHT, LET'S DO IT. 790 00:39:56,758 --> 00:39:58,275 YEAH, WHY NOT? CHUCK YOUR BAG THERE. 791 00:39:58,310 --> 00:39:59,862 FOOSBALL. 792 00:39:59,896 --> 00:40:01,103 Dan: I'LL GET YOU. 793 00:40:08,275 --> 00:40:10,586 OH! HEY! 794 00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:11,551 WELCOME BACK! 795 00:40:12,482 --> 00:40:13,275 LET'S GO FIND SOME OPAL. 796 00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:14,689 ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT. 797 00:40:14,724 --> 00:40:16,413 GOT YOUR BAG?BLOODY BEAUTIFUL. 797 00:40:17,305 --> 00:41:17,930 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.org ] ==-