"Outback Opal Hunters" Hot Hot Heat

1 00:00:01,448 --> 00:00:05,206 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS"... 2 00:00:05,241 --> 00:00:08,448 THE ROOKIES BATTLE THEIR BIGGEST CLAIM YET... 3 00:00:08,482 --> 00:00:10,000 YOU GOT ME TO GO HUNT FOR THIS LOT. 4 00:00:10,034 --> 00:00:11,413 ...AND EACH OTHER.YOU GOT ONE JOB. 5 00:00:11,448 --> 00:00:13,068 DON'T SHINE IT IN PEOPLE'S EYES. 6 00:00:13,103 --> 00:00:17,172 UGH.COL'S CREW... 7 00:00:17,206 --> 00:00:19,310 NO ROOM FOR ERROR WITH A BIG GIRL LIKE THIS. 8 00:00:19,344 --> 00:00:21,034 ...HUNT A NEW OPAL SCENE. 9 00:00:21,068 --> 00:00:23,344 IT'S A NICE-LOOKING LEVEL. 10 00:00:23,379 --> 00:00:24,758 IT'S AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE. 11 00:00:24,793 --> 00:00:26,793 CAN'T REALLY JUST GO, "OH, THIS IS HOW YOU FIND IT, 12 00:00:26,827 --> 00:00:28,137 BETTER LOOK FOR THESE SIGNS." 13 00:00:28,172 --> 00:00:31,379 AND THE FIRE CREW RACE A FUEL LEAK... 14 00:00:31,413 --> 00:00:33,310 COME ON! 15 00:00:33,344 --> 00:00:35,517 ...CHASING LEGENDARY RED OPAL. 16 00:00:35,551 --> 00:00:36,586 -AAH! 17 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:44,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 18 00:01:00,689 --> 00:01:03,724 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 19 00:01:03,758 --> 00:01:06,689 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 20 00:01:11,724 --> 00:01:14,965 DAN IS ARRIVING TODAY, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING. 21 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,758 IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE HE'S BEEN UP HERE, 22 00:01:16,793 --> 00:01:20,241 AND WE'LL GO OUT AND FIND SOME OPAL LIKE WE USED TO. 23 00:01:20,275 --> 00:01:22,172 Narrator: AFTER A 6-WEEK ABSENCE, 24 00:01:22,206 --> 00:01:26,827 JUSTIN LANG'S MINING PARTNER, DAN BECKER, IS BACK. 25 00:01:26,862 --> 00:01:28,137 -JUSTIN! -WELCOME BACK. 26 00:01:28,172 --> 00:01:30,344 -HEY, YO! -DAN. 27 00:01:30,379 --> 00:01:34,137 HOW YOU GOING? 28 00:01:34,172 --> 00:01:37,758 Narrator: WELL INTO THE SEASON, DAN'S ABSENCES MEAN THE ROOKIES 29 00:01:37,793 --> 00:01:43,827 ARE FAR BEHIND THEIR $150,000 TARGET, 30 00:01:43,862 --> 00:01:47,931 AND WHILST DAN WAS AWAY, JUSTIN HAS PLUNGED INTO THE RED, 31 00:01:47,965 --> 00:01:51,724 SPLASHING OUT $35,000 ON AN EXCAVATOR 32 00:01:51,758 --> 00:01:55,551 AND CLAIM OF HIS OWN. 33 00:01:55,586 --> 00:01:58,137 BUT WITH ZERO RESULT. 34 00:01:58,172 --> 00:02:01,068 FOR 2, 3 MONTHS, I'VE BEEN MINING WITH AN EXCAVATOR, 35 00:02:01,103 --> 00:02:03,034 AND I HAVEN'T FOUND A SINGLE THING. 36 00:02:03,068 --> 00:02:05,827 Narrator: NOW HE'S DESPERATE FOR CASH. 37 00:02:05,862 --> 00:02:08,172 I'M GOING TO GO FOR, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 38 00:02:08,206 --> 00:02:09,655 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS, 39 00:02:09,689 --> 00:02:13,310 BUT I'M NOT OUT HERE IN THE WILDERNESS AWAY FROM THE FAMILY, 40 00:02:13,344 --> 00:02:16,000 AWAY FROM THE BUSINESS FOR NOTHING. 41 00:02:16,034 --> 00:02:18,310 Narrator: THIS TRIP, THE PARTNERS ARE GOING TO HIT 42 00:02:18,344 --> 00:02:21,793 THEIR SHARED CLAIM ON A MINEFIELD CALLED SHELL PATCH, 43 00:02:21,827 --> 00:02:26,137 32 KILOMETERS NORTH OF COOBER PEDY. 44 00:02:26,172 --> 00:02:28,965 AN ANCIENT SEABED MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, 45 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,344 SHELL PATCH IS FAMOUS FOR PRODUCING OPALIZED SHELLS 46 00:02:32,379 --> 00:02:35,103 WORTH UP TO $20,000 APIECE 47 00:02:35,137 --> 00:02:39,344 AND COULD DELIVER THE BONANZA THEY BADLY NEED. 48 00:02:39,379 --> 00:02:43,241 I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S OPAL THERE. 49 00:02:43,275 --> 00:02:45,448 FUNS HAS JUST TURNED UP. 50 00:02:45,482 --> 00:02:48,448 HE'LL BE LOADING JUSTIN'S EXCAVATOR ON THE BACK, 51 00:02:48,482 --> 00:02:51,689 AND THEN WE'RE HEADED TO SHELL PATCH. 52 00:02:51,724 --> 00:02:54,517 BECAUSE WE'RE MATES, I'M HAPPY TO SORT OF USE THE MACHINE 53 00:02:54,551 --> 00:02:57,034 FOR THE CAUSE OF US FINDING OPAL, 54 00:02:57,068 --> 00:03:00,103 AND IF WE FIND ENOUGH AND GETS DAN REALLY EXCITED 55 00:03:00,137 --> 00:03:02,655 ABOUT WHAT'S THERE, HE MIGHT EVEN BUY ONE HIMSELF, 56 00:03:02,689 --> 00:03:05,137 WHICH IS MY ULTIMATE GOAL. 57 00:03:05,172 --> 00:03:08,551 Narrator: WITH DAN ONLY ABLE TO SPARE A WEEK THIS TRIP, 58 00:03:08,586 --> 00:03:10,275 THE PRESSURE IS ON THEM BOTH. 59 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:13,275 Dan: HEY, JUSTIN. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A GO? 60 00:03:13,310 --> 00:03:14,931 Justin: NO, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. 61 00:03:17,034 --> 00:03:22,586 ANY DAMAGE TO THE EXCAVATOR WILL COST JUSTIN YET MORE MONEY. 62 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:23,931 Justin: CAN SLIP OFF THE SIDE REALLY EASY 63 00:03:23,965 --> 00:03:26,137 BECAUSE WHEN THE CLEATS OF THE TRACKS 64 00:03:26,172 --> 00:03:29,586 DIG INTO THE ACTUAL RAMP, IT CAN QUICKLY GRAB, AND, LIKE, 65 00:03:29,620 --> 00:03:32,793 WITHIN A MOMENT'S NOTICE, IT CAN TIP THE WHOLE THING OFF. 66 00:03:32,827 --> 00:03:34,448 THAT'S THE PIVOT POINT RIGHT THERE, HUH? 67 00:03:34,482 --> 00:03:36,482 YEP. 68 00:03:44,586 --> 00:03:46,310 IT'S GOOD THERE. GOOD WORK. 69 00:03:46,344 --> 00:03:48,000 LET'S GO. 70 00:03:50,413 --> 00:03:52,551 Justin: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT I FIND OPAL THIS TRIP 71 00:03:52,586 --> 00:03:55,482 JUST TO GET MYSELF EXCITED. 72 00:03:55,517 --> 00:03:56,827 I'M HERE EVERY DAY. 73 00:03:56,862 --> 00:03:58,655 I GET UP AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING. 74 00:03:58,689 --> 00:04:02,068 I GO OUT AND MINE A FULL DAY OF WORK. 75 00:04:02,103 --> 00:04:03,482 I'LL FIND OPAL. 76 00:04:03,517 --> 00:04:05,689 I'M VERY CONFIDENT I'LL FIND BIG OPAL. 77 00:04:11,689 --> 00:04:15,241 Narrator: LAVERTON, DEEP IN THE HEART OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S 78 00:04:15,275 --> 00:04:20,068 2.5 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETERS. 79 00:04:20,103 --> 00:04:24,620 TEMPERATURES CAN HIT OVER 50 DEGREES CELSIUS. 80 00:04:24,655 --> 00:04:27,137 OUT HERE, SURVIVAL IS TOUGH. 81 00:04:29,034 --> 00:04:33,068 FINDING OPAL, EVEN TOUGHER. 82 00:04:33,103 --> 00:04:35,689 I'M FEELING, LIKE, READY TODAY. 83 00:04:35,724 --> 00:04:41,103 THIS IS THE OPAL HUNTING GROUND OF THE FIRE CREW. 84 00:04:41,137 --> 00:04:43,517 HR ADVISOR CASSIDY RICKETTS... 85 00:04:43,551 --> 00:04:44,931 YOU'RE DOING GOOD, ADAM. 86 00:04:44,965 --> 00:04:47,793 ...HER FIREFIGHTER PARTNER, ADAM PIROMANSKI... 87 00:04:47,827 --> 00:04:50,172 IT'S BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE I'VE JUST GONE . 88 00:04:50,206 --> 00:04:55,413 ...AND HIS PROSPECTOR PARENTS, PETER AND VIKKI PIROMANSKI. 89 00:04:55,448 --> 00:04:56,931 THERE IT IS, BEAUTIFUL PROFIT HERE. 90 00:04:56,965 --> 00:04:57,965 THERE IT IS. LOOK. 91 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,344 YEP, THERE IT IS. 92 00:05:00,379 --> 00:05:03,068 THEIR FIRST SEASON HUNTING OPAL TOGETHER, 93 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:07,172 ADAM AND CASSIDY HAVE GAMBLED $38,000 ON EQUIPMENT, 94 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:08,793 HOPING TO STRIKE IT RICH. 95 00:05:08,827 --> 00:05:10,482 AH, . 96 00:05:10,517 --> 00:05:12,965 MONEY THAT WE COULD BE SAVING FOR OUR HOUSE 97 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,620 WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE BUSINESS. 98 00:05:18,586 --> 00:05:20,655 WE'RE FUNDING THIS FROM OUR OWN POCKET, 99 00:05:20,689 --> 00:05:24,103 SO WE WANT TO DELIVER ON AND DIG UP SOME GOOD-QUALITY STUFF 100 00:05:24,137 --> 00:05:25,620 THAT WE CAN THEN PUT INTO A JEWELRY LINE 101 00:05:25,655 --> 00:05:28,551 AND SELL SO WE CAN GET SOME MONEY BACK. 102 00:05:28,586 --> 00:05:32,517 Narrator: THE TREASURE THEY'RE SEEKING IS AUSTRALIAN FIRE OPAL, 103 00:05:32,551 --> 00:05:34,827 A NEWCOMER ON THE OPAL SCENE, 104 00:05:34,862 --> 00:05:41,241 ITS COLORS RANGING FROM BURNISHED YELLOW TO DEEP RED. 105 00:05:41,275 --> 00:05:47,965 RARE RED OPAL COULD BE THE MOST VALUABLE FIRE OPAL OF ALL. 106 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,689 ADAM AND CASSIDY WILL HAVE JUST 3 DAYS THIS TRIP TO FIND IT. 107 00:05:55,344 --> 00:05:58,655 BASE CAMP, 60 KILOMETERS FROM THE NEAREST TOWN, 108 00:05:58,689 --> 00:06:03,344 $30,000 TOWARDS THEIR $120,000 TARGET, 109 00:06:03,379 --> 00:06:06,310 AND WITH ONLY A FEW DAYS OFF THEIR REGULAR JOBS, 110 00:06:06,344 --> 00:06:09,517 THE FIRE CREW ARE PLANNING THEIR NEXT MOVE. 111 00:06:09,551 --> 00:06:11,551 RED FIRE OPAL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE RAREST IN THE WORLD, 112 00:06:11,586 --> 00:06:13,827 SO DO YOU KNOW OF ANY AREAS THAT WOULD PROBABLY... 113 00:06:13,862 --> 00:06:16,000 WELL......POTENTIALLY HAVE THAT RED? 114 00:06:16,034 --> 00:06:18,586 NOW WE'VE GOT OPALS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF OUR TENEMENT 115 00:06:18,620 --> 00:06:19,931 ON THE BORDER HERE. 116 00:06:19,965 --> 00:06:21,758 IT'S SORT OF GETTING BROWNISH. 117 00:06:21,793 --> 00:06:23,448 I'M HOPING IT GOES RED.MM-HMM. 118 00:06:23,482 --> 00:06:26,482 IT'S QUITE A THICK LITTLE LEADER. 119 00:06:26,517 --> 00:06:29,137 THAT'S A TRICKY ONE. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GET TO. 120 00:06:29,172 --> 00:06:30,862 MM, WELL, LET'S MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND... 121 00:06:30,896 --> 00:06:32,275 I RECKON WE RISK IT FOR THE BISCUIT. 122 00:06:32,310 --> 00:06:33,206 YEAH, YEAH, AGREED. 123 00:06:33,241 --> 00:06:34,896 WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE OUR TIME, 124 00:06:34,931 --> 00:06:36,206 AND WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE OUR MINING, 125 00:06:36,241 --> 00:06:38,586 AND WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE THE STONES THAT WE GET. 126 00:06:38,620 --> 00:06:40,241 LET'S GO DIG SOME OPAL. 127 00:06:43,931 --> 00:06:45,896 SO WHY HAVEN'T YOU GUYS DUG IT OUT BEFORE? 128 00:06:47,724 --> 00:06:50,655 YOU NEED SOME ADAM-NESS TO GET IT OUT OF THE GROUND. 129 00:06:53,034 --> 00:06:55,655 Narrator: THE TEAM ARE NOW RELYING ON PETE'S MEMORY 130 00:06:55,689 --> 00:06:57,689 TO LEAD THEM TO THE FIRE OPAL. 131 00:06:57,724 --> 00:07:01,241 SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEADING OUT TO ALPHA BRAVO? 132 00:07:01,275 --> 00:07:02,689 THAT'S A ROGER. 133 00:07:02,724 --> 00:07:04,448 SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP SPEED, 134 00:07:04,482 --> 00:07:06,620 OR IS THE WHOLE DRIVE LIKE THIS? 135 00:07:06,655 --> 00:07:08,379 NO, IT GETS WORSE. 136 00:07:08,413 --> 00:07:11,068 OH, THIS IS THE GOOD BIT OF THE TRACK. 137 00:07:11,103 --> 00:07:12,379 It's going to get worse. 138 00:07:19,482 --> 00:07:21,862 Narrator: OPALTON, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, 139 00:07:21,896 --> 00:07:25,241 120 KILOMETERS FROM THE NEAREST TOWN. 140 00:07:25,275 --> 00:07:28,275 SHE'S A SLOW, OLD, DUSTY TRACK, EH? 141 00:07:28,310 --> 00:07:31,344 AFTER MONTHS LAID LOW WITH AN OUTBACK VIRUS, 142 00:07:31,379 --> 00:07:32,620 RENOWNED OPAL HUNTER 143 00:07:32,655 --> 00:07:37,862 COL DUFF IS HEADING BACK TO THE OPAL FIELDS. 144 00:07:37,896 --> 00:07:40,655 Col: I'M FEELING A BIT BETTER, HAD A BIT OF A BAD TRUCK 145 00:07:40,689 --> 00:07:44,068 THERE WITH SOME FEVER BUT OVER IT. 146 00:07:44,103 --> 00:07:47,793 WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER. 147 00:07:47,827 --> 00:07:50,137 Narrator: HE'S HEADING OUT TO REJOIN PARTNERS 148 00:07:50,172 --> 00:07:53,206 AARON AND GREG AT THEIR DRAGONFLY CLAIM. 149 00:07:53,241 --> 00:07:56,068 VERY HAPPY WITH THE DIG WE DONE HERE, 150 00:07:56,103 --> 00:07:59,206 SO IT GOES TO SHOW, LIKE, YOU CAN'T GIVE UP. 151 00:07:59,241 --> 00:08:03,000 Narrator: WHILST COL WAS AWAY, AARON AND GREG HIT RICH OPAL, 152 00:08:03,034 --> 00:08:07,068 BRINGING THEM CLOSE TO THEIR $120,000 SEASON TARGET. 153 00:08:07,103 --> 00:08:09,689 THIS IS A NICE CRYSTAL GEM-QUALITY OPAL, 154 00:08:09,724 --> 00:08:11,172 LOOKS WAY BETTER THAN ANY DIAMOND 155 00:08:11,206 --> 00:08:12,896 I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. 156 00:08:15,068 --> 00:08:18,551 BUT COL WON'T BE SHARING A CENT OF THIS FIND. 157 00:08:18,586 --> 00:08:22,517 OUT HERE, IF YOU DON'T PUT IN THE WORK, YOU DON'T GET A CUT. 158 00:08:22,551 --> 00:08:24,482 YOU KNOW, I'D BETTER PRODUCE SOMETHING, 159 00:08:24,517 --> 00:08:27,448 OR I'M GOING TO STARVE. 160 00:08:27,482 --> 00:08:29,827 I'M REALLY KEEN TO GO AND HAVE A GO, 161 00:08:29,862 --> 00:08:32,000 AND LET'S FIND SOME OPAL. 162 00:08:32,034 --> 00:08:34,275 COLIN, HE'S BACK! 163 00:08:34,310 --> 00:08:36,034 HEY! 164 00:08:36,068 --> 00:08:38,758 I MADE IT!HOW ARE YOU? 165 00:08:38,793 --> 00:08:40,965 Narrator: HAVING MADE NOTHING THIS SEASON, 166 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,827 COL IS KEEN TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME. 167 00:08:43,862 --> 00:08:45,034 GOT A NEW GRIDDLE. GETTING USED TO IT. 168 00:08:45,068 --> 00:08:46,620 HOW YOU GOING, MATE?GREG, HOW ARE YOU? 169 00:08:46,655 --> 00:08:47,965 GOOD. GOOD. 170 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,482 GOOD TO SEE YOU.BE BETTER THAN LAST TIME, MATE. 171 00:08:49,517 --> 00:08:51,482 YEAH. YEAH, FEELING MUCH BETTER NOW. 172 00:08:51,517 --> 00:08:52,482 YEAH? YEAH. 173 00:08:52,517 --> 00:08:53,517 OH, I SLEPT FOR A MONTH, EH? 174 00:08:53,551 --> 00:08:54,551 YEAH. YEAH. 175 00:08:54,586 --> 00:08:55,517 WANT TO HAVE A CUPPER, EH? 176 00:08:55,551 --> 00:08:57,241 YEAH, YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT, EH? 177 00:09:00,137 --> 00:09:02,241 THE OPAL SEAM THEY'VE BEEN HUNTING 178 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:06,793 IS NOW 20 METERS BELOW THOUSANDS OF TONS OF LOOSE EARTH 179 00:09:06,827 --> 00:09:08,379 KNOWN AS OVERBURDEN. 180 00:09:08,413 --> 00:09:11,793 THEY MUST REMOVE THIS BEFORE THEY CAN GET AT THE OPAL. 181 00:09:14,689 --> 00:09:18,586 COSTING $10,000 IN EXCAVATOR AND BULLDOZER FUEL, 182 00:09:18,620 --> 00:09:20,862 IT'S CASH THEY DON'T HAVE. 183 00:09:20,896 --> 00:09:22,655 DESPITE THEIR RECENT FINDS, 184 00:09:22,689 --> 00:09:24,586 THEY HAVEN'T YET SOLD THE STONES... 185 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:25,827 BOY! 186 00:09:25,862 --> 00:09:28,620 ...WAITING FOR A BUYER WITH DEEP ENOUGH POCKETS. 187 00:09:28,655 --> 00:09:31,724 OH, GEE, NICE BIG BASE IN IT, HOW MANY CARATS? 188 00:09:31,758 --> 00:09:33,827 -30 1/2 CARAT. -30. 189 00:09:33,862 --> 00:09:35,931 Narrator: THIS 30-CARAT PIECE ALONE 190 00:09:35,965 --> 00:09:38,551 COULD BE WORTH UP TO $30,000. 191 00:09:38,586 --> 00:09:40,137 THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE. 192 00:09:40,172 --> 00:09:43,620 WHILE THEY'RE OPAL-RICH, THEY'RE CASH-POOR. 193 00:09:45,551 --> 00:09:47,827 Col: A LOT OF BUYERS CAN AFFORD THE SMALL ONES. 194 00:09:47,862 --> 00:09:50,172 WHEN YOU COME TO THE BIG PARCELS, WELL, GEE, 195 00:09:50,206 --> 00:09:53,827 THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD THOSE $100,000 LOTS. 196 00:09:53,862 --> 00:09:56,551 Narrator: THEY NEED A MONEY-MAKING PLAN FAST, 197 00:09:56,586 --> 00:09:59,482 AND COL KNOWS THIS AREA BETTER THAN ANYONE. 198 00:09:59,517 --> 00:10:01,068 OH, AT LEAST YOU KNOW THE FAULT IS STILL GOING. 199 00:10:01,103 --> 00:10:02,482 IT'S IN THE BACK OF THAT WATER HOLE. 200 00:10:02,517 --> 00:10:03,689 I THINK SO. 201 00:10:03,724 --> 00:10:05,172 THE DRAGONFLY IS A GOOD LEASE. 202 00:10:05,206 --> 00:10:07,413 IT'S NOT OVER YET, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AND HAVE A LOOK DOWN 203 00:10:07,448 --> 00:10:10,000 AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME EASIER PLACES, 204 00:10:10,034 --> 00:10:13,103 GET SOME MONEY THERE TO GO BACK AND DIG AGAIN IN THE DEEP END. 205 00:10:13,137 --> 00:10:16,310 Narrator: COL'S SOLUTION IS TO TAKE THE TEAM AWAY FROM THE SOURCE 206 00:10:16,344 --> 00:10:18,862 OF THEIR BIG FIND, NICKNAMED THE WALL, 207 00:10:18,896 --> 00:10:21,724 TO WHERE THE OPAL LEVEL IS CLOSER TO THE SURFACE. 208 00:10:21,758 --> 00:10:24,724 Col: SOME BEAUTIFUL OPAL CAME OUT THERE IN THE EARLY DAYS, 209 00:10:24,758 --> 00:10:28,448 AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE DUG THERE SINCE. 210 00:10:28,482 --> 00:10:30,620 WE'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE OF A FEW PLACES 211 00:10:30,655 --> 00:10:32,689 THAT THERE'S STILL OPAL THERE. 212 00:10:32,724 --> 00:10:35,586 Narrator: BUT IF COL'S HUNCH IS WRONG, HE'LL JUST BE LEADING 213 00:10:35,620 --> 00:10:39,448 HIS CASH-STRAPPED MATES INTO DEBT. 214 00:10:51,655 --> 00:10:53,379 IT'S AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU CAN DO 215 00:10:53,413 --> 00:10:54,827 WITH A MACHINE LIKE THIS. 216 00:10:54,862 --> 00:10:57,275 Narrator: WITH JUSTIN'S EXCAVATOR FINALLY DIGGING 217 00:10:57,310 --> 00:10:58,931 AT THEIR SHELL PATCH CLAIM, 218 00:10:58,965 --> 00:11:01,620 THE ROOKIES ARE DRIVING FULL SPEED. 219 00:11:01,655 --> 00:11:03,482 Dan: WE DIDN'T MINE MUCH LAST TRIP. 220 00:11:03,517 --> 00:11:06,517 IT PUT A DENT IN ON THE FUN ASPECT OF IT. 221 00:11:06,551 --> 00:11:09,137 THIS TIME AROUND, WE'VE GOT JUSTIN'S MACHINE HERE 222 00:11:09,172 --> 00:11:11,103 AND GOT OUR OWN CLAIM. 223 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:13,896 IT'S ALL GOING TO BE GOOD. 224 00:11:13,931 --> 00:11:15,655 Narrator: THE OPAL LEVEL AT SHELL PATCH 225 00:11:15,689 --> 00:11:17,931 IS 6 METERS BELOW THE SURFACE. 226 00:11:17,965 --> 00:11:20,413 THE TOP BIT HAS TO COME OFF 227 00:11:20,448 --> 00:11:24,172 JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET INTO THE FACE OF THE MINE 228 00:11:24,206 --> 00:11:27,137 WITHOUT RISKING ANY OF THAT LOOSE GRAVEL 229 00:11:27,172 --> 00:11:28,896 HITTING US FROM THE TOP. 230 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,931 Narrator: WITH THE LOOSE SURFACE ROCK CLEARED, 231 00:11:35,965 --> 00:11:38,137 IT'S DOWN TO HAND TOOLS. 232 00:11:41,241 --> 00:11:45,896 FOR THE ROOKIES, THIS CLAIM HAS A LOT RIDING ON IT. 233 00:11:45,931 --> 00:11:49,137 Justin: IT IS QUITE IMPORTANT THAT I FIND OPAL HERE AT SHELL PATCH. 234 00:11:49,172 --> 00:11:53,344 Dan: OKAY.IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MYSELF. 235 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,482 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR DAN. 236 00:11:55,517 --> 00:11:56,793 WE REALLY SHOULD FIND IT. 237 00:11:56,827 --> 00:11:59,034 OTHERWISE, IT'S STARTING TO SORT OF WEAR THIN 238 00:11:59,068 --> 00:12:01,275 THIS WHOLE OPAL-MINING JOURNEY. 239 00:12:02,724 --> 00:12:04,172 . 240 00:12:04,206 --> 00:12:09,000 Narrator: $35,000 DEEPER IN DEBT THAN PART-TIME PARTNER DAN, 241 00:12:09,034 --> 00:12:12,758 THE STAKES ARE FAR HIGHER FOR FULL-TIME MINER JUSTIN. 242 00:12:16,655 --> 00:12:18,827 I'LL BE NEEDING A JOB BY THE END OF THE YEAR 243 00:12:18,862 --> 00:12:23,517 BECAUSE I'LL GO BROKE FROM THIS . 244 00:12:23,551 --> 00:12:25,241 STARTING TO FORGET WHAT OPAL LOOKS LIKE. 245 00:12:28,931 --> 00:12:31,896 A-HA. 246 00:12:31,931 --> 00:12:34,034 IT'S NICE CRYSTAL, BEAUTIFUL. 247 00:12:34,068 --> 00:12:36,551 IT'S A GREAT SIGN. 248 00:12:36,586 --> 00:12:38,793 Narrator: JUSTIN ISN'T IMPRESSED. 249 00:12:42,517 --> 00:12:45,034 I'M HERE FOR THE BIG OPAL. 250 00:12:45,068 --> 00:12:46,620 GIVE US SOMETHING. 251 00:12:51,517 --> 00:12:53,724 THE MOTIVATION LEVEL HAS HIT ROCK-BOTTOM. 252 00:12:56,413 --> 00:12:57,793 WE'RE ALL A BIT SAD. 253 00:13:11,034 --> 00:13:12,551 Adam: WE'RE TRYING TO CHASE DOWN AN OLD POCKET 254 00:13:12,586 --> 00:13:14,931 THAT THE OLD MAN HAD, HAD A BIT OF A SCRATCH AROUND, 255 00:13:14,965 --> 00:13:16,448 SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND RETRACE HIS STEPS 256 00:13:16,482 --> 00:13:18,000 AND TRY AND FIND THAT SCRATCHINGS. 257 00:13:18,034 --> 00:13:22,137 Narrator: OVER 1,000 KILOMETERS AWAY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 258 00:13:22,172 --> 00:13:24,689 ON THE HUNT FOR VALUABLE RED OPAL, 259 00:13:24,724 --> 00:13:28,586 THE FIRE CREW IS BARELY MOVING. 260 00:13:28,620 --> 00:13:32,275 THIS TRACK HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 261 00:13:32,310 --> 00:13:34,758 Adam: WAS QUITE RUGGED FOR THE OFF-ROADING, 262 00:13:34,793 --> 00:13:36,931 A LITTLE BIT WORRYING SINCE BOTH OF OUR VEHICLES 263 00:13:36,965 --> 00:13:39,137 AREN'T IN A-1 CONDITION. 264 00:13:44,793 --> 00:13:48,655 Narrator: AFTER A 2-HOUR DRIVE, THEY ARRIVE AT THE FIRST SPOT, 265 00:13:48,689 --> 00:13:50,034 NICKNAMED ALPHA, 266 00:13:50,068 --> 00:13:52,655 WHERE PETE THINKS HE SAW THE RED OPAL. 267 00:13:52,689 --> 00:13:54,206 Pete: This is Alpha. 268 00:13:57,793 --> 00:13:59,448 THIS WAY. 269 00:13:59,482 --> 00:14:03,172 Narrator: PETE IS EXPECTING TO FIND FIRE OPAL NOT UNDERGROUND 270 00:14:03,206 --> 00:14:05,655 BUT RIGHT ON THE SURFACE. 271 00:14:05,689 --> 00:14:06,965 HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. 272 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,517 I MEAN, HE WAS DIGGING OUT OPAL OUT OF COOBER PEDY 273 00:14:09,551 --> 00:14:11,103 WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY, 274 00:14:11,137 --> 00:14:12,896 SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE SECOND NATURE TO HIM 275 00:14:12,931 --> 00:14:16,206 TO LOOK FOR THIS STUFF. 276 00:14:16,241 --> 00:14:19,206 Narrator: FIRE OPAL, LIKE OTHER OPAL, IS FORMED 277 00:14:19,241 --> 00:14:20,793 DEEP BELOW GROUND, 278 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:24,413 BUT MILLIONS OF YEARS OF EROSION HAS LOWERED THE GROUND LEVEL, 279 00:14:24,448 --> 00:14:29,206 LEAVING FIRE OPAL CLOSE TO THE SURFACE, 280 00:14:29,241 --> 00:14:31,827 BUT ANY OPAL ON THE SURFACE IS BLEACHED 281 00:14:31,862 --> 00:14:34,103 BY THE INTENSE OUTBACK SUN, 282 00:14:34,137 --> 00:14:40,344 LEAVING JUST A WHITE LOW-VALUE SUBSTANCE CALLED POTCH. 283 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,931 Cassidy: WE'RE AFTER THE RED ON THIS TRIP, 284 00:14:41,965 --> 00:14:44,172 AND WE JUST WEREN'T SEEING IT. 285 00:14:47,241 --> 00:14:49,551 Narrator: THEY DECIDE TO KEEP LOOKING. 286 00:14:49,586 --> 00:14:50,862 WHAT'S THIS OTHER SPOT YOU RECKON 287 00:14:50,896 --> 00:14:52,724 IS GOING TO PRODUCE FOR US? 288 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:56,172 A BIT OF ORANGE UP HERE AND YELLOW AS WELL. 289 00:14:58,413 --> 00:15:00,793 Narrator: PROSPECTOR PETE IS LEADING HIS FAMILY 290 00:15:00,827 --> 00:15:05,206 EVEN DEEPER INTO THE BUSH ON THE HUNT FOR RED OPAL. 291 00:15:16,758 --> 00:15:21,172 ONCE THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT AREA, PETE CAN'T FIND THE OPAL POCKET. 292 00:15:21,206 --> 00:15:22,758 WELL, DAD, WHERE DO WE START? 293 00:15:22,793 --> 00:15:24,172 WELL, IT'S HERE. 294 00:15:24,206 --> 00:15:25,793 YOU CAN'T REALLY --IT'S AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE. 295 00:15:25,827 --> 00:15:28,275 YOU CAN'T REALLY JUST GO, "OH, WELL, THIS IS HOW YOU FIND IT. 296 00:15:28,310 --> 00:15:29,620 YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR THESE SIGNS." 297 00:15:29,655 --> 00:15:30,896 IT'S HERE! 298 00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:32,862 WORKING WITH FAMILY, YOU LOSE YOUR TEMPER QUITE QUICKLY 299 00:15:32,896 --> 00:15:34,068 BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LIKE. 300 00:15:34,103 --> 00:15:37,310 WE'LL GO FURTHER DOWN THIS WAY AND HAVE A LOOK THERE. 301 00:15:37,344 --> 00:15:38,379 ALL RIGHT. 302 00:15:44,827 --> 00:15:48,620 Narrator: ADAM AND ROOKIE CASSIDY MUST SEARCH FOR THEMSELVES. 303 00:15:48,655 --> 00:15:51,758 BAILEY, COME ON. GOOD GIRL. 304 00:15:51,793 --> 00:15:53,241 COME ON.Adam: HEY, CAS. 305 00:15:53,275 --> 00:15:54,620 OOH, I HEAR ADAM. 306 00:15:54,655 --> 00:15:56,620 COME OVER HERE FOR A SECOND. 307 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:58,965 DAD WAS SAYING HE'S PICKED OUT A COUPLE OF NICE RED PIECES 308 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,379 OUT OF THESE ANT MOUNDS. 309 00:16:00,413 --> 00:16:03,103 THE ANTS WILL DIG OUT WHAT'S BELOW. 310 00:16:03,137 --> 00:16:06,137 BUT THIS JUST TELLS US THAT IT'S AROUND HERE. 311 00:16:06,172 --> 00:16:07,586 LOOK AT THE RED IN THERE. 312 00:16:07,620 --> 00:16:09,000 WHOA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 313 00:16:09,034 --> 00:16:10,551 SO WHERE'S THE SOURCE? 314 00:16:10,586 --> 00:16:12,241 WE'VE JUST GOT TO FIND THE VEIN WHERE IT'S COMING FROM BECAUSE, 315 00:16:12,275 --> 00:16:13,862 AT THE MOMENT, IT'S JUST SCATTERED 316 00:16:13,896 --> 00:16:15,827 ALL THE WAY ALONG HERE, 317 00:16:15,862 --> 00:16:18,758 SO IT'S EITHER COME OUT OF THOSE HILLS THERE, 318 00:16:18,793 --> 00:16:22,206 OR IT'S COME FROM THAT HILL THERE, 319 00:16:22,241 --> 00:16:23,310 SO WE'RE HOT ON THE TRAIL. 320 00:16:23,344 --> 00:16:25,241 THIS IS STARTING TO GET EXCITING NOW. 321 00:16:39,689 --> 00:16:40,931 OH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE. 322 00:16:40,965 --> 00:16:43,482 I ALWAYS GET BUTTERFLIES. 323 00:16:43,517 --> 00:16:46,551 Narrator: DESPERATE TO MAKE SOME MONEY, COL IS LEADING THE TEAM 324 00:16:46,586 --> 00:16:50,448 TO A CORNER OF THEIR DRAGONFLY CLAIM HE THINKS WILL HAVE OPAL 325 00:16:50,482 --> 00:16:54,482 CLOSE TO THE SURFACE AND EASY TO ACCESS. 326 00:16:54,517 --> 00:16:57,172 Col: WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE IN THE EARLY '90s, 327 00:16:57,206 --> 00:17:00,862 I DID A 6-MONTH STINT WORKING IN THE DRAGONFLY. 328 00:17:00,896 --> 00:17:04,137 THERE MIGHT BE SOME GROUND HIDDEN UNDER THE DUMPS. 329 00:17:04,172 --> 00:17:06,000 Aaron: COL KNOWS THIS COUNTRY LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND. 330 00:17:06,034 --> 00:17:08,241 HIS CAMP IS THERE AND HAS LEVELS. 331 00:17:08,275 --> 00:17:11,689 HE'S PRETTY KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH WHAT HE DOES. 332 00:17:11,724 --> 00:17:14,758 Col: LET'S SEE WHAT THEY'RE CHASING. 333 00:17:14,793 --> 00:17:18,068 MIGHT BE REAL GOOD UNDERNEATH THIS. 334 00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:21,034 Narrator: OPAL IS FORMED IN FAULTS BELOW GROUND, 335 00:17:21,068 --> 00:17:25,896 BUT FINDING THESE FAULTS IS A MIX OF EXPERIENCE AND GUESSWORK. 336 00:17:25,931 --> 00:17:31,482 COL IS USING THE ANCIENT, DISPUTED TECHNIQUE OF DIVINING. 337 00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:33,000 BACK THERE, SHE KICKS. 338 00:17:33,034 --> 00:17:35,689 THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE YOU FEEL THE ROD 339 00:17:35,724 --> 00:17:37,206 IS PULLING YOUR HAND. 340 00:17:37,241 --> 00:17:39,896 IT'S UNMISTAKABLE. 341 00:17:39,931 --> 00:17:42,517 TWO THERE, GREG. YOU SEE IT? 342 00:17:42,551 --> 00:17:44,965 A LOT OF IT'S INTERPRETATION. 343 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,862 I THINK PERSONALLY IT'S STATIC CHARGE. 344 00:17:47,896 --> 00:17:50,310 AND WHEN THERE'S A BIT OF A CRACK IN THE GROUND, 345 00:17:50,344 --> 00:17:52,689 FRICTION MAKES STATIC.FRICTION? 346 00:17:52,724 --> 00:17:55,655 IT'D BE LIKE THE EARTH LEY- LINES OR WHATEVER. 347 00:17:55,689 --> 00:17:57,965 THIS IS THE PLACE.LUCKY PICK, YOU TURNING UP. 348 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,793 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR LUCK WILL GET, MATE. 349 00:18:00,827 --> 00:18:02,172 DRILL RIGHT ON A BIG GOOGIE TO... 350 00:18:02,206 --> 00:18:03,310 WE'RE GOING TO TRY....GET IT OUT. 351 00:18:03,344 --> 00:18:04,965 OH, YOU NEVER KNOW. 352 00:18:07,724 --> 00:18:10,068 -THAT'S IT. -GET OUT OF YOUR RIDE, EH? 353 00:18:10,103 --> 00:18:12,034 Aaron: ALL RIGHT, MATE. 354 00:18:12,068 --> 00:18:13,827 THE BOYS HAVE GOT THEIR HANDS FULL WITH THE DRILL, 355 00:18:13,862 --> 00:18:15,482 SO I'LL JUST LET THEM DO THEIR THING. 356 00:18:15,517 --> 00:18:17,482 THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, TRY NOT TO GET IN THEIR WAY 357 00:18:17,517 --> 00:18:19,896 OR ANNOY THEM TOO MUCH. 358 00:18:19,931 --> 00:18:22,206 Narrator: THEIR 40-YEAR-OLD CALDWELL DRILL 359 00:18:22,241 --> 00:18:24,793 USES A 3-FOOT-HIGH TOOTH BUCKET 360 00:18:24,827 --> 00:18:26,827 TO DIG OUT A TON OF DIRT AT A TIME 361 00:18:26,862 --> 00:18:30,517 FROM UP TO 80 FEET DEEP. 362 00:18:30,551 --> 00:18:35,724 OUT HERE, THE OPAL LEVEL IS JUST ABOVE A LAYER OF CLAY. 363 00:18:35,758 --> 00:18:39,448 WHEN THEY HIT CLAY, THEY'LL KNOW THEY'RE AT THE RIGHT DEPTH. 364 00:18:48,344 --> 00:18:51,862 THEY'RE HOPING THE OPAL LEVEL IS JUST BELOW THE SURFACE. 365 00:18:51,896 --> 00:18:54,068 WE MUST BE VERY CLOSE TO LEVEL THERE, EH, COL? 366 00:18:54,103 --> 00:18:55,172 Col: YEAH, MATE.GOT TO BE. 367 00:18:55,206 --> 00:18:56,137 YEAH. 368 00:19:04,931 --> 00:19:07,413 Narrator: BUT THEY JUST KEEP GOING DEEPER. 369 00:19:13,551 --> 00:19:17,586 COL'S HUNCH MAY BE WRONG. 370 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:20,689 NO REAL TRACE YET, BUT IT'S ABOUT 10 FOOT, 371 00:19:20,724 --> 00:19:23,137 SO ANOTHER 10 FOOT, WE SHOULD SEE THE PROPER LEVEL. 372 00:19:29,827 --> 00:19:31,310 I THINK WE'RE GOT LEVEL, COL. 373 00:19:36,482 --> 00:19:39,172 GOT THE CHUNKS OF CLAY AND SANDSTONE. 374 00:19:39,206 --> 00:19:41,241 A LOT DEEPER THAN I THOUGHT. 375 00:19:41,275 --> 00:19:42,896 I'M GOING TO MEASURE THAT, GREG. 376 00:19:45,586 --> 00:19:47,344 10.8. METERS? 377 00:19:47,379 --> 00:19:48,448 YEAH. 378 00:19:48,482 --> 00:19:50,689 I RECKON THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE AT. 379 00:19:50,724 --> 00:19:52,517 SO 35. 380 00:19:52,551 --> 00:19:56,862 Narrator: 35 FEET, 10.8 METERS, IS TOO DEEP FOR THEM 381 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:59,655 TO GET TO WITH THE LITTLE MONEY THEY HAVE LEFT. 382 00:19:59,689 --> 00:20:01,172 AT LEAST WE KNOW. 383 00:20:01,206 --> 00:20:03,482 THEY'LL NEED TO FIND ANOTHER SPOT 384 00:20:03,517 --> 00:20:06,551 WHERE THE OPAL IS CLOSER TO THE SURFACE. 385 00:20:06,586 --> 00:20:08,275 WITH COL OUT OF OPTIONS, 386 00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:10,931 IT'S AARON WHO COMES UP WITH A SOLUTION. 387 00:20:10,965 --> 00:20:12,068 I'VE GOT A LITTLE PET SPOT UP HERE 388 00:20:12,103 --> 00:20:14,517 I'VE BEEN WALKING PAST AND LOOKING AT. 389 00:20:14,551 --> 00:20:15,655 YEAH?AND THEN I'M HOPING 390 00:20:15,689 --> 00:20:17,413 I'LL HIT IT.WE'LL GO AND HAVE A LOOK, EH? 391 00:20:17,448 --> 00:20:19,896 YEAH, I RECKON WE DO NEED A BUCK AS WELL, EH? 392 00:20:19,931 --> 00:20:21,034 YEAH. 393 00:20:21,068 --> 00:20:23,413 BUT OUR TIN IS A BIT EMPTY. 394 00:20:23,448 --> 00:20:26,206 WE STILL NEED FUEL MONEY TO DO ANYTHING. 395 00:20:26,241 --> 00:20:28,034 THERE'S STILL A BIG JOB, AND WE'RE RUNNING 396 00:20:28,068 --> 00:20:30,344 A BIT SHORT OF FUNDS, SO I'VE GOT A LITTLE PET SPOT 397 00:20:30,379 --> 00:20:32,586 I'VE BEEN KEEPING ME EYE ON FOR A WHILE. 398 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:33,724 WE'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP GOING. 399 00:20:40,103 --> 00:20:44,551 Narrator: SHELL PATCH CLAIM, 32 KILOMETERS NORTH OF COOBER PEDY. 400 00:20:48,034 --> 00:20:52,000 I'VE GOT TO DIAL MY EYES INTO THE OPAL. 401 00:20:52,034 --> 00:20:53,793 Narrator: THE ROOKIES ARE FINDING NOTHING 402 00:20:53,827 --> 00:20:56,965 BUT WORTHLESS POTCH, COLORLESS OPAL. 403 00:20:59,068 --> 00:21:01,586 DEEPER IN DEBT THAN HIS PARTNER, DAN, 404 00:21:01,620 --> 00:21:05,517 JUSTIN IS GETTING IMPATIENT. 405 00:21:05,551 --> 00:21:07,586 Justin: I WANT DAN TO CHECK THE FACE QUICKLY 406 00:21:07,620 --> 00:21:09,551 AND NOT PICK UP ALL THE LITTLE BITS OF POTCH. 407 00:21:09,586 --> 00:21:11,482 IT'S A WASTE OF TIME. 408 00:21:11,517 --> 00:21:13,241 I DON'T WANT TO WASTE EVERY MINUTE 409 00:21:13,275 --> 00:21:14,827 I AROUND UP HERE. 410 00:21:14,862 --> 00:21:16,172 DAWDLING AND WAITING FOR 411 00:21:16,206 --> 00:21:18,620 THINGS TO PRETEND TO HAPPEN IS NOT WHAT I'M 412 00:21:18,655 --> 00:21:20,241 HERE FOR. 413 00:21:22,275 --> 00:21:24,758 Dan: WE'VE CONCENTRATED ON THIS BOTTOM AREA, 414 00:21:24,793 --> 00:21:27,517 AND WE MOVED A BIT WITH THE EXCAVATOR UP THERE. 415 00:21:27,551 --> 00:21:30,586 NOW WE'VE POTENTIALLY BE SOME SHELLS IN THIS PILE HERE. 416 00:21:30,620 --> 00:21:31,620 MM..I RECKON BLACK LIGHT 417 00:21:31,655 --> 00:21:32,827 IS A GOOD OPTION 418 00:21:32,862 --> 00:21:35,344 WHERE WE CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE LITTLE SPECKS 419 00:21:35,379 --> 00:21:37,862 THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED. 420 00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:40,448 Narrator: BLACK LIGHTS USE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT 421 00:21:40,482 --> 00:21:42,206 TO MAKE THE OPAL FLUORESCE, 422 00:21:42,241 --> 00:21:44,862 REVEALING DEPOSITS INVISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT. 423 00:21:44,896 --> 00:21:46,000 OH!LAST SEASON... 424 00:21:46,034 --> 00:21:47,241 ...THIS TECHNIQUE 425 00:21:47,275 --> 00:21:49,793 LED THE ROOKIES TO SOME OF THEIR BEST FINDS. 426 00:21:49,827 --> 00:21:50,896 OH, LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT. 427 00:21:50,931 --> 00:21:52,275 LOOK AT THAT, STRAIGHT THROUGH. 428 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:53,517 OH! 429 00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:02,758 Justin: ONE OF JOHN DUNSTAN'S FRIENDS, MISH, 430 00:22:02,793 --> 00:22:05,413 HE'S GOT ONE WHAT WE COULD PROBABLY GET OUR HANDS ON. 431 00:22:05,448 --> 00:22:09,965 THAT MEANS A BIG STINT TONIGHT IN THE DARK, 432 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,172 AND IT'LL BE FREEZING. 433 00:22:11,206 --> 00:22:12,931 WE'RE UNDER THE PUMP TIME-WISE. 434 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:15,931 WE WANT TO GET IT DONE SO MIGHT HAVE TO PUT IN THE EXTRA HOURS. 435 00:22:26,482 --> 00:22:28,344 I'M GOING TO HAVE A SQUEEZE UP IN THOSE HILLS, DAD... 436 00:22:28,379 --> 00:22:29,620 Pete: ALL RIGHT....AND SEE WHAT'S UP THERE. 437 00:22:29,655 --> 00:22:31,310 YEAH. 438 00:22:31,344 --> 00:22:33,448 Narrator: IN REMOTE WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 439 00:22:33,482 --> 00:22:35,827 70 KILOMETERS FROM LAVERTON, 440 00:22:35,862 --> 00:22:39,655 THE FIRE CREW ARE HUNTING FOR AN ELUSIVE OPAL POCKET. 441 00:22:43,586 --> 00:22:45,068 DID YOU FIND ANY MORE? 442 00:22:45,103 --> 00:22:48,000 COME ON. 443 00:22:48,034 --> 00:22:49,310 BOOM. 444 00:22:49,344 --> 00:22:53,413 THAT'S THE ONE.Vikki: AH, WELL DONE! 445 00:22:53,448 --> 00:22:54,862 Pete: WHERE WAS THAT FROM? 446 00:22:54,896 --> 00:22:57,482 RIGHT HERE, THAT'S THE SEAM.ALL RIGHT. 447 00:22:57,517 --> 00:22:59,241 I DID IT, SNIFFED IT OUT! 448 00:22:59,275 --> 00:23:00,689 WELL DONE, ADAM! 449 00:23:00,724 --> 00:23:01,896 -WELL DONE. -WELL DONE. 450 00:23:01,931 --> 00:23:03,724 CAREFUL, DAD, I MAY NOT NEED YOU SOON. 451 00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:06,827 OH, OH, OH! 452 00:23:06,862 --> 00:23:08,758 Narrator: THE BIG QUESTION IS, 453 00:23:08,793 --> 00:23:11,586 WILL THIS SUN-BLEACHED OPAL ON THE SURFACE 454 00:23:11,620 --> 00:23:15,172 LEAD TO VALUABLE RED JUST BELOW THE GROUND? 455 00:23:17,482 --> 00:23:19,241 BUT IT'S BAD NEWS. 456 00:23:19,275 --> 00:23:23,172 VERY OLD, BEEN EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. 457 00:23:23,206 --> 00:23:25,689 IT'S NOT THE SOURCE OF THE RED OPAL. 458 00:23:25,724 --> 00:23:27,344 COME ON.ADAM AND CASSIDY 459 00:23:27,379 --> 00:23:28,551 MUST KEEP LOOKING. 460 00:23:28,586 --> 00:23:29,724 Cassidy: IT'S A BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER. 461 00:23:29,758 --> 00:23:31,172 YOU'LL BE DIGGING AROUND, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, 462 00:23:31,206 --> 00:23:32,931 "HEY, COME OVER HERE," AND YOU GET EXCITED, 463 00:23:32,965 --> 00:23:35,965 AND THEN IT'S NOTHING. 464 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,586 YOU'RE NOT SEEING AS MUCH NOW, THOUGH. 465 00:23:37,620 --> 00:23:41,724 YOU KNOW, YOU COULD JUST WANDER AROUND HERE FOR AGES. 466 00:23:41,758 --> 00:23:45,655 Narrator: AFTER SEVERAL HOURS SEARCHING, THEY'RE NO CLOSER. 467 00:23:45,689 --> 00:23:47,137 ANYTHING OVER THERE? 468 00:23:47,172 --> 00:23:48,827 THERE'S A HUGE DEPOSIT HERE SOMEWHERE. 469 00:23:48,862 --> 00:23:50,517 GOD.STILL GOT TO FIND IT FIRST. 470 00:23:50,551 --> 00:23:52,655 SLOWLY LOSING PATIENCE. 471 00:23:52,689 --> 00:23:54,482 ALL RIGHT, CAS. WHAT? 472 00:23:54,517 --> 00:23:55,965 I RECKON LET'S CALL IT. 473 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,206 BOO TO "B." LET'S MOVE ONTO "C." 474 00:23:58,241 --> 00:23:59,379 HA-HA. 475 00:24:03,413 --> 00:24:05,965 WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THIS NEW SPOT, LOOKS INTERESTING. 476 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,793 Adam: YEAH, IT WAS GETTING LATE IN THE DAY ALREADY. 477 00:24:08,827 --> 00:24:11,000 WE NEED TO FIND RED FIRE OPAL. 478 00:24:15,034 --> 00:24:17,172 Pete: OKAY. LET'S GO AND HAVE A LOOK. 479 00:24:17,206 --> 00:24:20,379 Narrator: THIS TIME, PETE LEADS THEM STRAIGHT TO THE POCKET. 480 00:24:20,413 --> 00:24:22,172 LOOK AT THAT. THERE YOU GO. 481 00:24:22,206 --> 00:24:24,000 SEE THE LINE THROUGH THERE. 482 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,655 Narrator: IT'S DULL BROWN. 483 00:24:27,689 --> 00:24:29,241 -OH, THERE IT ALL IS. -YEAH. 484 00:24:29,275 --> 00:24:30,724 -YEAH. -YEAH, NICE. 485 00:24:30,758 --> 00:24:35,620 Narrator: TO FIND ANY RED, THEY'LL NEED TO DIG BENEATH IT. 486 00:24:35,655 --> 00:24:37,586 I'LL CHIP ALL THIS AWAY UNDERNEATH IT. 487 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:39,068 AND THEN WE CAN BREAK IT AWAY FROM THE TOP. 488 00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:40,620 -SO JACKHAMMER? -YEAH. 489 00:24:40,655 --> 00:24:44,068 YEAH, GOT TO GET THE CAR IN, RUNNING OUT OF DAYLIGHT. 490 00:24:44,103 --> 00:24:47,655 Cassidy: YOU MIGHT FIND IT, BUT GETTING TO IT IS PRETTY HARD. 491 00:24:47,689 --> 00:24:50,344 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. COOL. 492 00:24:50,379 --> 00:24:53,103 Narrator: WITH THE SUN SINKING, THEY BRING UP THE CAR 493 00:24:53,137 --> 00:24:55,241 WITH THE GENERATOR AND JACKHAMMER. 494 00:25:01,275 --> 00:25:03,931 THEN YET ANOTHER SETBACK. 495 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,482 HUH?THEY'RE ALL THE WRONG BITS. 496 00:25:07,517 --> 00:25:08,965 YOU LEFT THEM IN THE TENT. 497 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,896 AH, CRAP. 498 00:25:10,931 --> 00:25:14,862 ADAM HAS LEFT THE DRILL BITS FOR THE JACKHAMMER BACK AT BASE. 499 00:25:14,896 --> 00:25:16,379 SO I'LL TRY AND DO SOME RELIEF HOLES 500 00:25:16,413 --> 00:25:18,137 WITH THIS LITTLE, TINY DRILL BIT. 501 00:25:18,172 --> 00:25:21,931 WITH THE DAY NEARLY DONE, THERE'S NO TIME TO PICK THEM UP. 502 00:25:24,068 --> 00:25:27,724 THEY HAVE ONLY ONE TOOL LEFT -- A HAND DRILL. 503 00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:42,034 I'VE HAD TO STOP DIGGING WHERE I'D BEEN DIGGING 504 00:25:42,068 --> 00:25:44,206 BECAUSE I'VE HIT OPAL, THAT THERE. 505 00:25:44,241 --> 00:25:46,448 Cassidy: HEY, PETE. WHAT DO YOU RECKON OF THIS BIT? 506 00:25:52,896 --> 00:25:54,379 IT'S A BIT CLOUDY. 507 00:25:54,413 --> 00:26:00,068 Narrator: THE INTENSE SUN HAS RUINED THE ENTIRE POCKET. 508 00:26:00,103 --> 00:26:01,965 THERE. 509 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,137 Cassidy: BUGGERED ALREADY? 510 00:26:03,172 --> 00:26:06,517 YEAH, THAT WAS A LOT OF EFFORT. 511 00:26:06,551 --> 00:26:08,586 DON'T LIKE IT. 512 00:26:08,620 --> 00:26:09,689 WE'RE DONE HERE. 513 00:26:15,551 --> 00:26:19,241 Narrator: TOMORROW, THE FIRE CREW MUST FIND GOOD OPAL, 514 00:26:19,275 --> 00:26:22,310 OR THIS ENTIRE TRIP WILL BE WASTED. 515 00:26:33,034 --> 00:26:34,310 UP HERE. 516 00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:36,965 COL'S CREW ARE BADLY IN NEED OF CASH 517 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,862 TO PAY FOR DIESEL TO CARRY ON MINING. 518 00:26:39,896 --> 00:26:42,000 AARON HAS LED THEM TO WHAT HE BELIEVES 519 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:44,413 IS A PROMISING SPOT. 520 00:26:44,448 --> 00:26:47,034 I RECKON GIVE IT A GO WHERE IT'S ONLY SHALLOW. 521 00:26:47,068 --> 00:26:50,344 A BAND OF CLAY WITH A LAYER OF SANDSTONE ABOVE 522 00:26:50,379 --> 00:26:54,068 ARE THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR OPAL TO FORM BETWEEN THEM. 523 00:26:56,344 --> 00:26:58,965 SOMETHING'S TELLING ME TO HAVE A GO, MATE. 524 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,103 WELL, I JUST LIKE THE LOOK OF IT. 525 00:27:00,137 --> 00:27:02,172 I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR A FEW WEEKS, 526 00:27:02,206 --> 00:27:04,724 AND I THINK IT'S GOT POTENTIAL. 527 00:27:04,758 --> 00:27:07,241 YEAH, LOOK AT THAT STUFF JUST HERE. 528 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:11,758 YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD LEVEL. 529 00:27:11,793 --> 00:27:13,896 Narrator: TO FIND OUT IF AARON IS RIGHT, 530 00:27:13,931 --> 00:27:18,827 THEY NEED TO DO A TEST DIG WITH THEIR 30-TON EXCAVATOR, BARBIE. 531 00:27:24,068 --> 00:27:27,965 BARBIE BURNS OVER $100 OF DIESEL A DAY, 532 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,068 AND SHORT OF CASH, USING IT IS AN EXPENSIVE GAMBLE. 533 00:27:35,137 --> 00:27:36,310 Aaron: WE'RE ONLY IN THE TOP LEVELS, 534 00:27:36,344 --> 00:27:40,413 WHICH I RECKON IT'S IN THE DEEPER ONE. 535 00:27:40,448 --> 00:27:41,620 UGH. 536 00:27:41,655 --> 00:27:43,758 Narrator: WITH COL STARTING TO WEAKEN... 537 00:27:45,068 --> 00:27:47,448 ...IT COULD BE UP TO AARON... 538 00:27:49,551 --> 00:27:51,034 WE CAN GO DEEPER, GREG. 539 00:27:51,068 --> 00:27:52,793 YEAH, PACK IT DOWN. 540 00:27:52,827 --> 00:27:54,379 Narrator: ...TO LEAD THEM TO THE OPAL. 541 00:28:07,689 --> 00:28:09,931 AT THE ROOKIES' SHELL PATCH CLAIM, 542 00:28:09,965 --> 00:28:12,517 IN THE LAST ROLL OF THE DICE FOR THIS TRIP, 543 00:28:12,551 --> 00:28:16,655 THE BOYS HOPE NEIGHBORING MINER MISH BLANUSA CAN HELP THEM. 544 00:28:21,344 --> 00:28:22,586 -A-HA. -FANTASTIC. 545 00:28:22,620 --> 00:28:25,379 HERE YOU GO, BUDDY. -THAT'S THE NEW TOY, YEAH? 546 00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:26,448 YEP, THAT'S THE ONE, MATE. 547 00:28:26,482 --> 00:28:28,689 OH, YOU LEGEND. WOW. 548 00:28:28,724 --> 00:28:30,379 NOW LET'S SEE WHAT YOU...THIS IS A SECRET WEAPON. 549 00:28:30,413 --> 00:28:31,655 THANKS FOR THAT. YEAH. 550 00:28:31,689 --> 00:28:33,206 THIS IS GOING TO BE A GAME-CHANGER, THIS THING. 551 00:28:33,241 --> 00:28:34,655 IT'S A UV LIGHT. 552 00:28:34,689 --> 00:28:36,758 IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT CAN DO SOME DAMAGE TO YOUR EYES, 553 00:28:36,793 --> 00:28:42,689 SO WHATEVER YOU DO, JUST DON'T LOOK AT THE LENS OR THE BEAM. 554 00:28:42,724 --> 00:28:45,758 IT'S AMAZING. 555 00:28:45,793 --> 00:28:49,206 Narrator: DEEP IN DEBT, JUSTIN IS KEEN TO GET STARTED. 556 00:28:49,241 --> 00:28:51,275 ONCE WE'VE CLEANED THE FACE UP, DAN IS GOING TO USE 557 00:28:51,310 --> 00:28:53,724 THE BLACK LIGHT, GO ACROSS IT, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING. 558 00:28:53,758 --> 00:28:56,586 IF NOT, I'LL CLEAN IT ALL UP AGAIN, DO THE SAME THING. 559 00:29:03,689 --> 00:29:09,000 ME JUST HAVING A LOOK AT THE FACE AFTER EACH SCRAPE 560 00:29:09,034 --> 00:29:11,517 TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND ANYTHING 561 00:29:11,551 --> 00:29:14,000 THAT REALLY STICKS OUT AND FLUORESCES. 562 00:29:14,034 --> 00:29:15,586 PLUG HIM IN. 563 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:17,241 PRESS THE BUTTON. 564 00:29:21,241 --> 00:29:23,931 WHEN YOU'RE USING A BLACK LIGHT, THERE'S NO OTHER LIGHT SOURCE, 565 00:29:23,965 --> 00:29:26,310 YOU KNOW, NO HEAD TORCH, NO NOTHING. 566 00:29:26,344 --> 00:29:29,137 Narrator: THE BLACK LIGHT MAKES BOTH VALUABLE OPAL 567 00:29:29,172 --> 00:29:31,241 AND WORTHLESS POTCH FLUORESCE, 568 00:29:31,275 --> 00:29:34,517 MEANING THEY HAVE TO INVESTIGATE EVERY PIECE. 569 00:29:38,655 --> 00:29:42,206 THERE'S A LOT OF REFLECTIVE STUFF IN THIS GROUND 570 00:29:42,241 --> 00:29:44,724 BUT NOT THE STUFF WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 571 00:29:48,827 --> 00:29:49,965 YEAH, I'M JUST...Justin: HEY, DAN. 572 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,862 YOU GOT ME IN THE EYES THIS LIGHT. 573 00:29:51,896 --> 00:29:54,896 YEAH, MY EYES ARE FROM THAT BLACK LIGHT. 574 00:29:54,931 --> 00:29:56,586 YOU HAD ONE JOB. 575 00:30:06,344 --> 00:30:08,068 Narrator: STILL NO OPAL. 576 00:30:08,103 --> 00:30:10,344 ME. UGH. 577 00:30:10,379 --> 00:30:12,275 THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 578 00:30:16,517 --> 00:30:18,275 LOOK, CHECK THIS OUT. 579 00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:22,620 THIS BIT HERE REFLECTS QUITE A BIT MORE 580 00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:25,586 THAN THIS OTHER STUFF THAT'S SHOWN UP. 581 00:30:25,620 --> 00:30:27,517 YOU PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON, AND YOU SEE 582 00:30:27,551 --> 00:30:30,517 GREEN CRYSTAL. 583 00:30:30,551 --> 00:30:32,000 HMM. 584 00:30:32,034 --> 00:30:34,275 YES. 585 00:30:36,758 --> 00:30:38,137 LOOK AT THIS! 586 00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:39,586 YEAH. 587 00:30:39,620 --> 00:30:41,206 -GOOD? -AH! 588 00:30:41,241 --> 00:30:43,379 OH, HEY, HEY! 589 00:30:43,413 --> 00:30:44,862 WHOA. 590 00:30:44,896 --> 00:30:46,448 THAT'S GOOD. 591 00:30:46,482 --> 00:30:48,172 CHECK IT OUT! 592 00:30:48,206 --> 00:30:50,689 OH, WOW.THE BLACK LIGHT WORKS. 593 00:30:50,724 --> 00:30:52,241 I KNEW IT! WOW. 594 00:30:52,275 --> 00:30:54,275 THIS IS GOOD OPAL. THIS IS WORTH MONEY. 595 00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:56,793 WOW. 596 00:30:56,827 --> 00:30:58,931 BLOODY BEAUTIFUL.HOW GOOD IS THIS? 597 00:30:58,965 --> 00:31:00,965 SO WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECK 598 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,620 JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S MORE BECAUSE I SUSPECT THERE IS. 599 00:31:10,379 --> 00:31:12,689 THERE'S ONLY SMALLER SPLINTERS. 600 00:31:12,724 --> 00:31:14,827 THAT'S A BIT OF POTCHY COLOR. 601 00:31:14,862 --> 00:31:17,034 NOTHING INTERESTING. 602 00:31:17,068 --> 00:31:18,689 THAT'S SORT OF IT. 603 00:31:22,103 --> 00:31:25,137 DONE. 604 00:31:25,172 --> 00:31:26,482 MM. 605 00:31:26,517 --> 00:31:30,137 I FEEL LIVE I'VE HAD, LIKE, A BAD-LUCK RUN FOR A WHILE. 606 00:31:30,172 --> 00:31:31,862 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY IS, 607 00:31:31,896 --> 00:31:34,827 "OPAL COMES OUT WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT"? 608 00:31:34,862 --> 00:31:38,655 I'VE PRETENDED TO LEAST EXPECT IT FOREVER. 609 00:31:38,689 --> 00:31:41,758 YEAH, MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO COMPLETELY RELAX AND, 610 00:31:41,793 --> 00:31:45,448 ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITH ONE SCRAPE OF THE BUCKET, BANG. 611 00:31:45,482 --> 00:31:46,586 MM. 612 00:31:46,620 --> 00:31:48,413 JUST FALLS OUT OF THE GROUND.OH. 613 00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:50,689 AND THERE'S A CHRISTMAS TREE. 614 00:31:50,724 --> 00:31:52,965 MM, WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL? 615 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,103 MM-HMM. IT WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY. 616 00:31:55,137 --> 00:31:56,655 IT WILL. IT WILL. 617 00:31:56,689 --> 00:32:00,517 BUT ON JUST $1,000 SO FAR THIS SEASON, 618 00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:03,344 JUSTIN CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT. 619 00:32:09,310 --> 00:32:13,517 IT'S THE FIRE CREW'S LAST DAY AND THEIR LAST CHANCE THIS TRIP 620 00:32:13,551 --> 00:32:15,862 TO FIND VALUABLE RED OPAL. 621 00:32:15,896 --> 00:32:17,551 Adam: WE HAD A BIT OF A CHAT LAST NIGHT, 622 00:32:17,586 --> 00:32:19,068 AND DAD IS PRETTY ADAMANT 623 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:21,655 THAT HE KNOWS AN AREA WHERE THERE'S RED OPAL. 624 00:32:21,689 --> 00:32:23,793 READY TO GO DIG OUT SOME OPAL! 625 00:32:25,827 --> 00:32:29,827 WE'RE ON THE TRACK FOR RED TODAY, RED, RED, RED, RED, RED. 626 00:32:29,862 --> 00:32:33,413 Narrator: THEIR FIRST TWO DIG LOCATIONS TURNED UP NOTHING. 627 00:32:33,448 --> 00:32:36,413 IF THEY DON'T FIND OPAL TODAY, THEIR ENTIRE TRIP 628 00:32:36,448 --> 00:32:38,172 WILL BE WASTED. 629 00:32:42,241 --> 00:32:44,103 FEELING GOOD FEELING TODAY. 630 00:32:44,137 --> 00:32:47,551 Narrator: PETE BRINGS THE TEAM TO AN AREA WORKED DECADES EARLIER, 631 00:32:47,586 --> 00:32:50,827 HOPING PREVIOUS MINERS MISSED ANY FIRE OPAL. 632 00:32:50,862 --> 00:32:53,172 HERE, THEY BLASTED HERE. THEY WENT DOWN. 633 00:32:53,206 --> 00:32:55,689 THEY JUST THOUGHT IT WAS POTCH, BUT IT'S NOT. 634 00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:56,931 IT'S FIRE OPAL. 635 00:32:56,965 --> 00:32:58,517 THERE'S FADES EVERYWHERE, 636 00:32:58,551 --> 00:33:00,103 BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE RED STUFF. 637 00:33:00,137 --> 00:33:02,620 IT'S JUST STARTING HERE. BE ANOTHER POCKET HERE. 638 00:33:02,655 --> 00:33:04,310 OOH, I'M GETTING EXCITED NOW. 639 00:33:04,344 --> 00:33:05,344 IT'S THERE. 640 00:33:05,379 --> 00:33:06,896 I WOULD START... 641 00:33:06,931 --> 00:33:10,482 IT'S GOING TO BE HARD WORK, JUST LOB IT OUT THROUGH HERE. 642 00:33:10,517 --> 00:33:13,103 WELL, THEN LET'S GET IT. 643 00:33:13,137 --> 00:33:14,344 BREAK AND CLEAR THIS OUT? 644 00:33:14,379 --> 00:33:16,206 YEP.LET'S GET A GOOD LOOK. 645 00:33:16,241 --> 00:33:18,034 YEAH. 646 00:33:18,068 --> 00:33:21,206 THIS STARTS A LONG DAY OF DIGGING. 647 00:33:21,241 --> 00:33:22,586 WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOMETHING TODAY. 648 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:26,344 OTHERWISE, I'LL BE GOING HOME A SAD, SAD GIRL. 649 00:33:31,965 --> 00:33:36,103 Narrator: SUDDENLY, THE JACKHAMMER STOPS DEAD. 650 00:33:42,344 --> 00:33:44,896 Adam: WE'VE GOT A FUEL LEAK. 651 00:33:51,068 --> 00:33:52,586 Narrator: IN OPALTON... 652 00:33:52,620 --> 00:33:56,241 I WHUPPED ENOUGH OF THAT LEVEL TO TURN ME NOSE UP ON IT, GREG. 653 00:33:56,275 --> 00:33:58,413 Narrator: ...COL'S CREW HIT A LOW POINT. 654 00:33:58,448 --> 00:33:59,586 FAIR ENOUGH. WE'LL GO... 655 00:33:59,620 --> 00:34:01,965 AARON'S LUCKY SPOT STILL HASN'T PAID OFF. 656 00:34:03,896 --> 00:34:06,137 -UGH. -AND FOR COL, A RECENT 657 00:34:06,172 --> 00:34:11,448 CANCER SCARE AND AN OUTBACK VIRUS ARE TAKING THEIR TOLL. 658 00:34:11,482 --> 00:34:12,965 I DON'T LIKE IT, GREG. 659 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,448 COL, WE MIGHT GO AND HAVE A LOOK UP AT THIS OTHER SPOT, MATE. 660 00:34:15,482 --> 00:34:16,724 YEAH, NO WORRIES! 661 00:34:16,758 --> 00:34:19,241 LET'S GO AND HAVE A LOOK. 662 00:34:19,275 --> 00:34:20,896 Narrator: IN A LAST-DITCHED EFFORT, 663 00:34:20,931 --> 00:34:22,758 AARON LEADS THE CASH-STRAPPED CREW 664 00:34:22,793 --> 00:34:24,793 TO A SECTION OF THE DRAGONFLY CLAIM 665 00:34:24,827 --> 00:34:26,724 THEY'VE ALREADY MINED ONCE. 666 00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:34,517 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ON THIS STRIP ON THIS SIDE 667 00:34:34,551 --> 00:34:36,517 WE HAVEN'T DONE, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT'S THERE, 668 00:34:36,551 --> 00:34:38,172 AND WE MIGHT BE LUCKY. 669 00:34:41,758 --> 00:34:45,413 Narrator: EXHAUSTED, COL IS UNABLE TO JOIN THE DIG. 670 00:34:49,965 --> 00:34:52,896 BIT MORE TRIES, GREG. A NICE ROCK. 671 00:34:52,931 --> 00:34:57,655 Narrator: ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AARON'S GAMBLE PAYS OFF. 672 00:34:57,689 --> 00:34:59,586 YEAH, HERE IS SOME PURPLE. LOOK AT THAT. 673 00:34:59,620 --> 00:35:01,413 -OOH, HEY, COL. -OOH. 674 00:35:01,448 --> 00:35:03,275 -YOU LOOK? -OH. 675 00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:05,758 OH, THAT'S THE REAL McCOY. 676 00:35:05,793 --> 00:35:08,310 YEAH, WAY TO GO. 677 00:35:08,344 --> 00:35:11,517 BEAUTIFUL!IT'S CLASSIC BOULDER OPAL. 678 00:35:11,551 --> 00:35:15,275 WORTH UP TO $20,000 A GRAM RETAIL, 679 00:35:15,310 --> 00:35:18,965 IT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM GOING FOR ANOTHER WEEK. 680 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,758 Aaron: WE'LL HAVE A DRUM OF DIESEL, EH, COL? 681 00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:22,275 SO SOMEWHERE WILL BE A ROCK FULL OF, YOU KNOW, 682 00:35:22,310 --> 00:35:25,344 GREEN AND BLUE AND RED AND YELLOW. 683 00:35:25,379 --> 00:35:27,482 AARON HAS SAVED THE DAY. 684 00:35:27,517 --> 00:35:28,896 GOING TO PUT THIS ONE IN THE BUCKET, GREG. 685 00:35:28,931 --> 00:35:30,482 CHUCK IT IN THE BUCKET, MATE. 686 00:35:30,517 --> 00:35:31,517 TO OUR EARNINGS. 687 00:35:42,655 --> 00:35:44,517 THAT'S WHY WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL SO QUICKLY. 688 00:35:44,551 --> 00:35:45,965 WE'VE GOT A FUEL LEAK! 689 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,517 ON THEIR LAST DAY THIS TRIP, THE FIRE CREW ARE FIGHTING 690 00:35:49,551 --> 00:35:53,275 A BROKEN GENERATOR AND FAST-FADING DAYLIGHT. 691 00:35:55,068 --> 00:35:57,103 YEAH, JUST ANOTHER KICK IN THE TEETH 692 00:35:57,137 --> 00:35:59,310 WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO DO WORK. 693 00:35:59,344 --> 00:36:01,689 I THINK THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BRACKET 694 00:36:01,724 --> 00:36:03,068 ON BOTH SIDES, AND IT'S BROKEN. 695 00:36:03,103 --> 00:36:04,620 OH, YEAH, IT IS, TOO. 696 00:36:04,655 --> 00:36:06,827 THANK YOU. YEAH. 697 00:36:06,862 --> 00:36:08,793 THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TRY AND SHIFT THIS OVER. 698 00:36:08,827 --> 00:36:13,275 -ACROSS MORE? -ACROSS MORE. 699 00:36:13,310 --> 00:36:15,482 IT'S COMING OVER. 700 00:36:15,517 --> 00:36:17,448 PRETTY FRUSTRATING, IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING. 701 00:36:17,482 --> 00:36:23,103 IF I CAN JUST GET IT RUNNING, GET THIS FUEL LINE BACK ON. 702 00:36:23,137 --> 00:36:25,241 COULD BE AN HOUR'S WORK IF IT'S NOT LEAKING. 703 00:36:25,275 --> 00:36:27,517 YEP.TEN MINUTES IF IT'S LEAKING. 704 00:36:30,413 --> 00:36:32,586 Narrator: WITH THE GENERATOR STILL LEAKING, 705 00:36:32,620 --> 00:36:35,931 ADAM AND CASSIDY ARE NOW RACING TO DIG OUT THE OPAL 706 00:36:35,965 --> 00:36:38,241 BEFORE THE FUEL RUNS OUT. 707 00:36:41,724 --> 00:36:45,586 Vikki: THIS JUST HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 708 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:47,241 OH, MY GOD. 709 00:36:50,206 --> 00:36:52,275 I WANT THIS FIRE OPAL. I'M GOING TO EARN IT. 710 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:54,448 I'M REALLY GOING TO EARN IT TODAY. 711 00:36:54,482 --> 00:36:57,655 -YES. -COME ON, ! 712 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,724 YEAH, GET MUM. WE NEED TO START CLEARING 713 00:37:08,758 --> 00:37:11,172 THESE BITS OF ROCK OUT SO I CAN GET UNDERNEATH THIS, 714 00:37:11,206 --> 00:37:12,586 OR ELSE WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, 715 00:37:12,620 --> 00:37:13,931 AND THEN WE CAN'T DIG. 716 00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:16,000 VIKKI, WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP. 717 00:37:17,689 --> 00:37:20,586 DAD, COME OVER HERE! 718 00:37:20,620 --> 00:37:24,758 QUICK, QUICK, QUICK, THERE'S NO WAY OF MAKING THIS PART EASIER. 719 00:37:24,793 --> 00:37:26,896 YOU HAVE TO GET IN THERE WITH BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS 720 00:37:26,931 --> 00:37:28,931 MOVING SAND, MOVING ROCKS, 721 00:37:28,965 --> 00:37:30,448 BUT ADAM WENT AT AN ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES. 722 00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:31,931 WE JUST GOT STRAIGHT TO THE HEART OF IT. 723 00:37:31,965 --> 00:37:34,103 YEAH, THERE YOU GO. THAT'S IT. 724 00:37:34,137 --> 00:37:37,896 YEAH, YOU'RE GETTING THERE. 725 00:37:37,931 --> 00:37:39,482 I CAN FEEL THIS MOVING MORE. 726 00:37:39,517 --> 00:37:42,655 IT'S LOOSENING UP. 727 00:37:42,689 --> 00:37:45,620 Adam: ALL RIGHT. THIS MIGHT BE THE MONEYMAKER. 728 00:37:45,655 --> 00:37:47,758 THERE IT IS! 729 00:37:47,793 --> 00:37:49,206 YEAH, HERE IT COMES. 730 00:37:56,413 --> 00:37:59,034 AND THAT LOOKS RED TO ME! 731 00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:02,103 Narrator: THEY'VE HIT A MOTHER LODE OF RED OPAL. 732 00:38:02,137 --> 00:38:03,793 THIS IS AWESOME. 733 00:38:03,827 --> 00:38:05,724 -WHAT? -WHAT? 734 00:38:05,758 --> 00:38:08,310 Vikki: CAS, GIVE ME A HIGH FIVE! 735 00:38:08,344 --> 00:38:09,896 GOSH! 736 00:38:09,931 --> 00:38:11,000 THAT'S PRETTY DARK. 737 00:38:11,034 --> 00:38:14,068 WHOO-HOO! 738 00:38:14,103 --> 00:38:16,827 Cassidy: WHEN I SAW THAT RED COME OUT IN THOSE BIG, BIG PIECES, 739 00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:20,103 THIS IS WHAT WE CAME OUT FOR. 740 00:38:20,137 --> 00:38:22,689 THIS IS THE MONEY. THIS IS OUR MONEY TICKET. 741 00:38:22,724 --> 00:38:28,689 Narrator: RED FIRE OPAL IS WORTH UP TO $1,500 FOR JUST 1/5 OF A GRAM. 742 00:38:28,724 --> 00:38:30,758 Vikki: IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL STONE. 743 00:38:30,793 --> 00:38:33,275 YOU CANNOT BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH IT. 744 00:38:36,344 --> 00:38:41,517 Narrator: FIRE OPAL IS JUDGED ON COLOR, CLARITY, AND LUSTER. 745 00:38:41,551 --> 00:38:43,724 A STONE WITH THE TOP QUALITY IN EACH 746 00:38:43,758 --> 00:38:51,034 IS KNOWN AS A AAA AND CAN FETCH $7,500 A GRAM. 747 00:38:51,068 --> 00:38:53,275 WITH OVER 2 KILOGRAMS IN THE BAG, 748 00:38:53,310 --> 00:38:56,448 IT'S TIME TO TALLY UP THE TAKINGS. 749 00:38:56,482 --> 00:38:58,586 GOD, IT'S LIKE BEING IN A CANDY STORE, ISN'T IT? 750 00:38:58,620 --> 00:39:00,344 OH, THAT'S SO HEAVY. 751 00:39:00,379 --> 00:39:01,827 FEEL THAT. 752 00:39:01,862 --> 00:39:03,172 THAT IS REALLY WEIGHTY, ISN'T IT? 753 00:39:03,206 --> 00:39:06,862 ISN'T IT? 754 00:39:06,896 --> 00:39:08,517 WHOA, IT, LIKE, FLASHES IN THE LIGHT. 755 00:39:08,551 --> 00:39:10,896 THAT'S ALMOST RUBY RED. 756 00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:12,241 WON'T HAVE TROUBLE SELLING IT. 757 00:39:12,275 --> 00:39:14,379 MM.IF IT PRODUCES AAA... 758 00:39:14,413 --> 00:39:16,758 THAT LUSTER IS AAA. 759 00:39:16,793 --> 00:39:19,793 SIGN IT IN BLOOD. 760 00:39:19,827 --> 00:39:21,586 ADAM, WHAT DO YOU RECKON? 761 00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:24,793 I'M GOING TO GO WITH... 762 00:39:24,827 --> 00:39:26,896 WELL... YEAH? 763 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:28,172 UM... 764 00:39:28,206 --> 00:39:30,137 IF YOU RECKON IT'S AAA. 765 00:39:35,344 --> 00:39:36,724 I'D SAFELY SAY WE GOT ABOUT... 766 00:39:40,793 --> 00:39:42,413 ...$100,000. 767 00:39:45,655 --> 00:39:49,034 OH, THAT WAS CUTE. I'LL DO IT. 768 00:39:49,068 --> 00:39:52,172 GO, ADAM, WELL DONE. 769 00:39:52,206 --> 00:39:56,655 Narrator: THIS $100,000 HAUL WILL BRING THEIR TOTAL SO FAR 770 00:39:56,689 --> 00:40:03,758 TO $130,000, SMASHING THEIR $120,000 TARGET. 771 00:40:03,793 --> 00:40:06,862 IT'S A MONSTER SEASON FOR THE FIRE CREW. 772 00:40:06,896 --> 00:40:09,206 THIS STUFF TODAY...THAT'S THE MONEY. 773 00:40:09,241 --> 00:40:11,241 ...DONE IT, GOT IT. 774 00:40:12,931 --> 00:40:14,965 I'M BLOWN AWAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE CAME OUT HERE 775 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,793 TO FIND RED, AND WE FOUND IT. 775 00:40:17,305 --> 00:41:17,930 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-