"Outback Opal Hunters" Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

1 00:00:01,827 --> 00:00:03,172 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS"... 2 00:00:03,206 --> 00:00:06,103 Becky: OH, MY GOD. 3 00:00:06,137 --> 00:00:10,448 Narrator: ...ROOKIES JUSTIN AND BECKY RISK THEIR LIVES UNDERGROUND, 4 00:00:10,482 --> 00:00:12,068 DESPERATE FOR A FIND... 5 00:00:12,103 --> 00:00:13,724 IF YOU WORKED OUT HERE, THERE'S A POTENTIAL 6 00:00:13,758 --> 00:00:15,034 THAT YOU COULD GET BURIED ALIVE. 7 00:00:15,965 --> 00:00:17,172 ALRIGHT. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 8 00:00:17,206 --> 00:00:19,275 ...AND UNCOVER A HIDDEN PRIZE. 9 00:00:19,310 --> 00:00:20,862 WOO-WEE! 10 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:24,172 AND COL IS BACK, 11 00:00:24,206 --> 00:00:26,275 TAKING ON THE OUTBACK... 12 00:00:28,517 --> 00:00:31,137 ...HUNTING LONG-FORGOTTEN TREASURE. 13 00:00:31,172 --> 00:00:32,275 YEE-HAW! 14 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:40,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 15 00:00:54,793 --> 00:00:57,758 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 16 00:00:57,793 --> 00:01:00,862 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 17 00:01:02,620 --> 00:01:05,206 Narrator: COOBER PEDY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA -- 18 00:01:05,241 --> 00:01:09,379 WITH TEMPERATURES HITTING 47 DEGREES CELSIUS, 19 00:01:09,413 --> 00:01:14,241 HOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS OPAL FIELDS IN THE WORLD, 20 00:01:14,275 --> 00:01:18,758 PRODUCING CRYSTAL OPAL AND HIGHLY PRIZED WHITE OPAL. 21 00:01:18,793 --> 00:01:25,517 AT $7,500 A GRAM, IT'S WORTH OVER 100 TIMES MORE THAN GOLD. 22 00:01:34,103 --> 00:01:37,482 ROOKIES JUSTIN LANG AND FIANCEE BECKY MACALLEN 23 00:01:37,517 --> 00:01:41,586 HAVE GAMBLED THEIR SAVINGS ON STRIKING IT RICH OUT HERE, 24 00:01:41,620 --> 00:01:44,448 ON THEIR 50-BY-100-METER CLAIM 25 00:01:44,482 --> 00:01:49,103 32 KILOMETERS NORTH OF COOBER PEDY, 26 00:01:49,137 --> 00:01:53,137 BUT WITH THE SEASON NEARLY OVER, THEY'RE WAY BEHIND THEIR TARGET, 27 00:01:53,172 --> 00:01:55,241 AND ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. 28 00:01:55,275 --> 00:01:58,689 I'VE WORKED PROBABLY 10 TIMES HARDER THAN I HAVE LAST YEAR, 29 00:01:58,724 --> 00:02:01,413 AND I'VE FOUND 10 TIMES LESS. 30 00:02:03,965 --> 00:02:05,551 TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, 31 00:02:05,586 --> 00:02:08,000 THEIR SOLE PIECE OF HEAVY MACHINERY, 32 00:02:08,034 --> 00:02:13,758 A 25-YEAR-OLD SECONDHAND EXCAVATOR, IS BLEEDING THEM DRY. 33 00:02:13,793 --> 00:02:16,103 AN OLD MACHINE ISN'T SO CHEAP AFTER ALL. 34 00:02:16,137 --> 00:02:19,034 THEY'RE NOW $60,000 DOWN, 35 00:02:19,068 --> 00:02:23,965 AND EVERY DAY FALLING DEEPER INTO DEBT. 36 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,724 Justin: $10, $20, $50, SO, TOMORROW, 37 00:02:28,758 --> 00:02:30,758 I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO AND BUY ANOTHER $200 WORTH 38 00:02:30,793 --> 00:02:32,068 OF HYDRAULIC OIL 39 00:02:32,103 --> 00:02:34,517 JUST SO WE CAN KEEP MINING FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. 40 00:02:36,758 --> 00:02:39,275 FINANCIALLY, VERY STRENUOUS, 41 00:02:39,310 --> 00:02:41,724 BUT MENTALLY, VERY STRENUOUS, AS WELL. 42 00:02:41,758 --> 00:02:45,724 DOING MY HEAD IN, THIS PLACE. 43 00:02:45,758 --> 00:02:47,965 Justin: HERE WE GO. 44 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,344 WHEN I SCRATCH THE FACE, I DROP IT DOWN LIKE THAT, 45 00:02:51,379 --> 00:02:52,482 AND THEN, BRING IT JUST BACK. 46 00:02:52,517 --> 00:02:53,793 SO, THEN, IF I DO SEE A HINT 47 00:02:53,827 --> 00:02:55,793 OF REALLY GOOD-QUALITY OPAL IN THE WALL, 48 00:02:55,827 --> 00:02:58,034 THEN I KNOW THAT THE OPAL IS ONLY GONNA BE IN THAT PILE 49 00:02:58,068 --> 00:03:01,172 AT THE BASE OF WHERE IT CAME OUT. 50 00:03:01,206 --> 00:03:03,448 Becky: JUSTIN, WHAT'S THAT? 51 00:03:03,482 --> 00:03:05,000 THERE'S A HORIZONTAL BAND THERE, THOUGH, 52 00:03:05,034 --> 00:03:08,206 SMALL ONE, RIGHT THERE, STRAIGHT AHEAD. 53 00:03:08,241 --> 00:03:10,724 YEAH. ALRIGHT. WE'LL GO AND HAVE A LOOK. 54 00:03:10,758 --> 00:03:15,172 Narrator: DARK BANDS ARE FAULT LINES IN THE ROCK WHERE OPAL FORMS. 55 00:03:15,206 --> 00:03:17,206 Justin: LET'S REALLY GET UP HERE. 56 00:03:17,241 --> 00:03:22,241 IT'S THESE FAULTS THAT BECKY AND JUSTIN ARE HUNTING. 57 00:03:22,275 --> 00:03:25,172 IN A PROCESS TAKING MILLIONS OF YEARS, 58 00:03:25,206 --> 00:03:28,034 OPAL IS MADE AS WATER SEEPING UNDERGROUND 59 00:03:28,068 --> 00:03:33,586 DEPOSITS SILICA IN CRACKS AND FISSURES. 60 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:37,758 I'M JUST DESPERATELY WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING APPEAR. 61 00:03:37,793 --> 00:03:39,137 JUSTIN, COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE! 62 00:03:39,172 --> 00:03:41,965 OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK. 63 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,724 YEAH, THAT'S COLOR.THAT'S A SHELL. 64 00:03:43,758 --> 00:03:45,413 YOU'RE ONTO IT. 65 00:03:45,448 --> 00:03:48,206 OH, MY GOD. 66 00:03:48,241 --> 00:03:49,724 THAT COULD JUST PAY FOR THE BLOODY HYDRAULIC OIL. 67 00:03:49,758 --> 00:03:51,724 I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING HERE. 68 00:03:51,758 --> 00:03:57,724 10 MINUTES AGO, I WAS QUESTIONING EVERYTHING, 69 00:03:57,758 --> 00:04:00,413 AND WAS WONDERING WHY I BOTHERED COMING BACK AT ALL. 70 00:04:00,448 --> 00:04:03,827 AND 10 MINUTES LATER, YOU JUST... 71 00:04:03,862 --> 00:04:06,896 OPAL FRENZY, STRAIGHT OFF THE BAT. BOOM. 72 00:04:06,931 --> 00:04:10,724 I HAVE A REALLY GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS SPOT. 73 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:18,379 BUT THE ROCK IS FIGHTING BACK. 74 00:04:18,413 --> 00:04:20,034 HELL, THIS IS HARD GROUND, YOU KNOW? 75 00:04:20,068 --> 00:04:22,448 LIKE, YOU CAN'T EVEN DIG THROUGH IT. 76 00:04:22,482 --> 00:04:25,448 LET'S GET THE RIPPER OUT. 77 00:04:25,482 --> 00:04:28,448 THE RIPPER IS A MASSIVE IRON CLAW 78 00:04:28,482 --> 00:04:30,896 THAT CAN TEAR THROUGH THE HARD ROCK. 79 00:04:35,103 --> 00:04:38,931 BUT AS JUSTIN ATTEMPTS TO ATTACH THE RIPPER TO THE ARM... 80 00:04:38,965 --> 00:04:42,034 OH, YOU'RE JOKING. 81 00:04:42,068 --> 00:04:45,931 ...THERE'S YET ANOTHER PROBLEM. 82 00:04:45,965 --> 00:04:47,620 IF THE QUICK HITCH IS SCREWED, 83 00:04:47,655 --> 00:04:50,689 THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT MINING THIS TRIP. 84 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:53,103 I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FIX THIS. 85 00:04:54,620 --> 00:04:57,724 THE QUICK HITCH MECHANISM USED TO HOOK THE BUCKET 86 00:04:57,758 --> 00:05:03,103 AND THE RIPPER TO THE END OF THE EXCAVATOR'S ARM ISN'T WORKING. 87 00:05:03,137 --> 00:05:08,620 WITHOUT THE QUICK HITCH, THERE'S NO RIPPER, AND NO OPAL. 88 00:05:08,655 --> 00:05:13,517 AND LAST TRIP, WE SPENT AGES FIXING A MASSIVE HYDRAULIC HOSE, 89 00:05:13,551 --> 00:05:17,379 AND NOW, WE'VE ALREADY GOT MORE PROBLEMS, SO... 90 00:05:25,793 --> 00:05:29,862 Col: IT'S A LONG WAY TO GO AND GET RESCUED, OR WALK AND GET HELP. 91 00:05:29,896 --> 00:05:32,379 DON'T HURT THE CAR, IS THE MAIN THING. 92 00:05:35,206 --> 00:05:37,413 Narrator: AFTER 4 MONTHS OF ILLNESS, 93 00:05:37,448 --> 00:05:42,344 LOCAL LEGEND COL DUFF IS RETURNING TO THE OPAL FIELDS. 94 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:46,758 Col: I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS BEEN IN THERE 95 00:05:46,793 --> 00:05:50,931 SINCE THE '70S AND THE '80S. 96 00:05:50,965 --> 00:05:55,827 Narrator: BUT THIS TIME, HE'S PROSPECTING SOLO. 97 00:05:55,862 --> 00:05:58,827 IT'S BEEN A ROUGH YEAR FOR COL. 98 00:05:58,862 --> 00:06:02,137 HAVING JUST BEATEN CANCER 4 MONTHS AGO, 99 00:06:02,172 --> 00:06:05,275 HE WAS STRUCK DOWN BY MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS 100 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:06,620 BARMAH FEVER, 101 00:06:06,655 --> 00:06:09,793 LEAVING HIM WEAK AND UNABLE TO WORK WITH OLD MATES 102 00:06:09,827 --> 00:06:13,758 AARON AND GREG, ENDING THEIR LONG PARTNERSHIP. 103 00:06:13,793 --> 00:06:16,000 Col: A LOT OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS COME AND GO, YOU KNOW? 104 00:06:16,034 --> 00:06:17,862 IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE MARRIED. 105 00:06:17,896 --> 00:06:19,172 AND GOOD LUCK TO THEM. 106 00:06:19,206 --> 00:06:21,586 SO, RATHER THAN MUCK THEM AROUND, 107 00:06:21,620 --> 00:06:25,413 BETTER I GO AND FIND SOME MORE PLACES FOR THE FUTURE. 108 00:06:25,448 --> 00:06:28,379 Narrator: FOR COL NOW, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 109 00:06:28,413 --> 00:06:31,241 IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER BEFORE. 110 00:06:31,275 --> 00:06:32,758 DON'T CRY. 111 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:37,827 HE RECENTLY FOUND LOVE WITH NEW GIRLFRIEND PETA AND HER KIDS. 112 00:06:37,862 --> 00:06:40,275 Col: SHE'S, YOU KNOW, KEPT ME FED, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AFTER ME 113 00:06:40,310 --> 00:06:43,862 WHEN I WAS REALLY IN A BAD WAY. 114 00:06:43,896 --> 00:06:47,103 Peta: I BELIEVE THAT, WHEN HE'S WELL, 115 00:06:47,137 --> 00:06:50,758 AND IS OUT THERE PHYSICALLY DOING THE WORK, 116 00:06:50,793 --> 00:06:55,482 I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL SUCCEED. 117 00:06:55,517 --> 00:06:57,448 Narrator: WITH MOST OF THE SEASON GONE, 118 00:06:57,482 --> 00:07:00,034 AND A NEW FAMILY TO FEED, 119 00:07:00,068 --> 00:07:04,758 COL IS DESPERATE TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME AND MONEY. 120 00:07:04,793 --> 00:07:08,896 SATELLITE IMAGERY IS FORMER TELECOM ENGINEER COL'S 121 00:07:08,931 --> 00:07:12,689 BEST SOURCE OF NEW LEADS. 122 00:07:12,724 --> 00:07:14,310 WE'VE GOT THE DATA. 123 00:07:14,344 --> 00:07:17,482 WE'VE GOT THE HIGH-DETAILED SATELLITE IMAGERY, 124 00:07:17,517 --> 00:07:20,448 SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE IN AMONGST IT. 125 00:07:20,482 --> 00:07:24,241 I CAN SEE PLACES TO GO TO, SO LET'S GO AND CHECK THEM OUT. 126 00:07:24,275 --> 00:07:26,931 Narrator: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS MEAN SATELLITE IMAGERY 127 00:07:26,965 --> 00:07:30,448 CAN NOW SHOW POTENTIALLY OPAL-BEARING SANDSTONE 128 00:07:30,482 --> 00:07:34,862 AND IRONSTONE ROCKS IN RED. 129 00:07:34,896 --> 00:07:38,862 COL HAS PINPOINTED A REMOTE AREA WITH PROMISING ROCKS, 130 00:07:38,896 --> 00:07:43,827 UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY OTHER MINERS FOR DECADES. 131 00:07:43,862 --> 00:07:45,965 I WANT TO GO TO A PLACE THAT I'VE BEEN TO BEFORE, 132 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,448 CALLED "ELDORADO." 133 00:07:48,482 --> 00:07:51,379 Narrator: DURING THE BOOM YEARS OF THE 1880S, 134 00:07:51,413 --> 00:07:53,827 HUNDREDS OF MINERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 135 00:07:53,862 --> 00:07:57,517 FLOCKED TO THE LEGENDARY FIELDS OF EL DORADO. 136 00:07:59,689 --> 00:08:02,172 TODAY, ALL THAT REMAINS OF THEIR WORK 137 00:08:02,206 --> 00:08:08,586 ARE COUNTLESS PILES OF DIRT DUG FROM DEEP BELOW GROUND. 138 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:10,275 COL IS BANKING ON MANY OF THEM 139 00:08:10,310 --> 00:08:13,551 STILL CONTACTING BOULDER AND MATRIX OPAL 140 00:08:13,586 --> 00:08:17,000 MISSED OR DISCARDED BY THE OLD-TIME MINERS. 141 00:08:17,034 --> 00:08:18,896 BUT DEEP INTO THE OUTBREAK, 142 00:08:18,931 --> 00:08:25,275 ELDORADO IS TOO REMOTE FOR MOST MINERS TO DARE TO VENTURE. 143 00:08:25,310 --> 00:08:28,413 FOR COL, NOW WITH A FAMILY TO SUPPORT, 144 00:08:28,448 --> 00:08:31,344 IT COULD BE THE LIFELINE HE NEEDS. 145 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:33,758 THE NEW PLAN -- GO AND HAVE A LOOK 146 00:08:33,793 --> 00:08:36,793 WHERE NO MAN HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. 147 00:08:36,827 --> 00:08:38,551 WE'RE GOING TO ELDORADO. 148 00:08:42,862 --> 00:08:44,724 Narrator: FOR MOST OF THIS ADVENTURE, 149 00:08:44,758 --> 00:08:47,620 COL WILL BE FORCED TO GO OFF-ROAD. 150 00:08:47,655 --> 00:08:51,896 Col: WELL, THE MINERS' ROADS ARE LIKE GOAT TRACKS. 151 00:08:51,931 --> 00:08:54,896 YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AND YOU'VE GOT NO ONE 152 00:08:54,931 --> 00:08:58,965 TO HELP YOU STRAIGHT AWAY, SO JUST DON'T BE SILLY. 153 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,827 Narrator: IN THE 1-TON TRAILER, 154 00:09:00,862 --> 00:09:05,034 COL HAS ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO SURVIVE OUT HERE. 155 00:09:05,068 --> 00:09:08,379 BUT WITH NO PARTNERS, IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, 156 00:09:08,413 --> 00:09:09,551 HE'S ON HIS OWN 157 00:09:09,586 --> 00:09:13,137 OVER 100 KILOMETERS FROM THE NEAREST TOWN. 158 00:09:13,172 --> 00:09:14,896 WE'LL HAVE A LOOK ON THE MOTORBIKE. 159 00:09:14,931 --> 00:09:17,310 IT'S A BIT EASIER TO GET IT 160 00:09:17,344 --> 00:09:19,724 AROUND THE PADDOCK WITHOUT GETTING STUCK. 161 00:09:19,758 --> 00:09:21,862 WE'RE GONNA GO AND FIND SOME OPAL. 162 00:09:21,896 --> 00:09:25,000 CAN FEEL IT IN ME BONES, SOMEWHERE HERE. 163 00:09:25,034 --> 00:09:26,482 MUST BE A GOOD PLACE. 164 00:09:26,517 --> 00:09:29,103 YEE-HAW! 165 00:09:39,551 --> 00:09:40,517 LET'S HAVE A LOOK HERE. 166 00:09:45,655 --> 00:09:48,310 I CAN SEE SOME WORKINGS DOWN HERE ON THE CREEK, 167 00:09:48,344 --> 00:09:50,931 SO I WANT TO SEE IF THEY WERE OLD-TIMERS OR BACKHOES. 168 00:09:54,965 --> 00:09:57,448 YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SANDSTONE SHEDDING, 169 00:09:57,482 --> 00:09:59,793 SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KEEPING YOUR EYES OPEN, 170 00:09:59,827 --> 00:10:01,793 AND SEEING IF IT STARTS TO CARRY OPAL. 171 00:10:07,344 --> 00:10:09,758 THIS IS ELDORADO. 172 00:10:09,793 --> 00:10:13,034 SHE'S HARD COUNTRY. NO OPAL HERE. 173 00:10:13,068 --> 00:10:15,620 IT'S JUST SOLID CAPROCK. 174 00:10:15,655 --> 00:10:20,241 Narrator: COL HAS ARRIVED AT ELDORADO, AN OASIS IN THE DESERT 175 00:10:20,275 --> 00:10:22,689 RIDDLED WITH CREEKS AND WATER HOLES, 176 00:10:22,724 --> 00:10:27,413 AND NEARBY, THE WORKINGS OF OLD-TIME OPAL MINERS. 177 00:10:29,724 --> 00:10:31,965 COL HOPES TO FIND PIECES OF OPAL 178 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,551 THE OLD-TIMERS MISSED IN THEIR PILES OF TAILINGS. 179 00:10:35,586 --> 00:10:39,172 BUT IN THE 40-DEGREE HEAT OVER RUGGED TERRAIN, 180 00:10:39,206 --> 00:10:43,931 HIS PROGRESS IS AGONIZINGLY SLOW. 181 00:10:52,724 --> 00:10:55,896 ON THEIR CLAIM ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF COOBER PEDY, 182 00:10:55,931 --> 00:10:59,206 JUSTIN AND BECKY'S SOLE PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT, 183 00:10:59,241 --> 00:11:02,103 THEIR SECONDHAND EXCAVATOR, HAS JAMMED. 184 00:11:07,275 --> 00:11:09,482 BECKS MADE THE EFFORT TO COME ALL THE WAY UP TO COOBER PEDY, 185 00:11:09,517 --> 00:11:11,482 1,000 KILOMETERS FROM HOME, 186 00:11:11,517 --> 00:11:13,827 TO GO MINING THIS WEEK -- LAST CHANCE THIS YEAR -- 187 00:11:13,862 --> 00:11:15,034 AND THIS THING HAS PACKED IT IN. 188 00:11:15,068 --> 00:11:16,620 IT WON'T WORK. 189 00:11:16,655 --> 00:11:18,517 IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY ANNOYING IF WE CAN'T MINE THIS TRIP. 190 00:11:20,551 --> 00:11:25,655 Narrator: A BUSTED QUICK HITCH RENDERS THE EXCAVATOR VIRTUALLY USELESS. 191 00:11:27,965 --> 00:11:30,241 Justin: I REALLY NEED THIS MACHINE TO WORK TO FIND OPAL, 192 00:11:30,275 --> 00:11:32,379 AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO FORK OUT ANOTHER $30,000 193 00:11:32,413 --> 00:11:34,172 OR $40,000 TO GET ANOTHER MACHINE, 194 00:11:34,206 --> 00:11:39,586 SO, AT THE MOMENT, IT'S A DEAD INVESTMENT. 195 00:11:39,620 --> 00:11:41,172 BLOODY HELL. 196 00:11:41,206 --> 00:11:44,655 ONCE AGAIN, THE EXCAVATOR HAS A PROBLEM. 197 00:11:44,689 --> 00:11:46,827 THIS OLD GIRL, SHE'S DOING ALRIGHT, THE OLD MACHINE, 198 00:11:46,862 --> 00:11:50,275 BUT BLOODY HELL, IT JUST SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART 199 00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:52,000 LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTER. 200 00:11:52,034 --> 00:11:54,551 Narrator: WITH MONEY SLIPPING THROUGH THEIR FINGERS, 201 00:11:54,586 --> 00:11:58,689 JUSTIN AND BECKY NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING FAST. 202 00:11:58,724 --> 00:12:02,000 BECK, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GOING UNDERGROUND? 203 00:12:02,034 --> 00:12:04,172 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, TO MINE? 204 00:12:04,206 --> 00:12:06,034 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 205 00:12:06,068 --> 00:12:08,000 WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN UNDERGROUND BEFORE, 206 00:12:08,034 --> 00:12:11,724 BUT YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS IT IS. 207 00:12:11,758 --> 00:12:13,344 IT IS DANGEROUS, 208 00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:20,275 BUT YOU'VE JUST GOT TO RISK IT A LITTLE BIT TO FIND THAT OPAL. 209 00:12:20,310 --> 00:12:22,034 Narrator: TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, 210 00:12:22,068 --> 00:12:26,206 JUSTIN AND BECKY MUST FIND OPAL SOME OTHER WAY. 211 00:12:26,241 --> 00:12:28,689 WITH NO UNDERGROUND MINE OF THEIR OWN, 212 00:12:28,724 --> 00:12:30,965 JUSTIN AND BECKY ARRANGE TO PARTNER UP 213 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,655 WITH NEIGHBORING MINERS STOYEN REPEYECK 214 00:12:33,689 --> 00:12:36,344 AND PARTNER MAX JONES. 215 00:12:36,379 --> 00:12:38,655 I'VE STRUCK UP A DEAL WITH STOYEN AND MAX 216 00:12:38,689 --> 00:12:41,206 TO GO MINING UNDERGROUND. 217 00:12:41,241 --> 00:12:45,034 AND THE DEAL IS 25% OF WHATEVER WE FIND, 218 00:12:45,068 --> 00:12:46,689 WE GET TO KEEP. 219 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:50,655 THE LAST TIME JUSTIN PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER MINER UNDERGROUND, 220 00:12:50,689 --> 00:12:52,000 IT ENDED BADLY. 221 00:12:52,034 --> 00:12:55,068 BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIND OPAL, CAN CHANGE. 222 00:12:55,103 --> 00:12:57,827 FRIENDSHIPS CAN BREAK. 223 00:12:57,862 --> 00:12:59,655 Narrator: BUT FOR JUSTIN AND BECKY, 224 00:12:59,689 --> 00:13:04,241 DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES. 225 00:13:04,275 --> 00:13:05,482 -HEY, STOYEN. -MORNING! 226 00:13:05,517 --> 00:13:06,862 -HOW YOU GOING? -NOT BAD, THANK YOU. 227 00:13:06,896 --> 00:13:08,620 -IT'S ALRIGHT. -HOW ARE YOU? 228 00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:10,344 Justin: G'DAY, MAX, HOW YOU GOING, MATE? 229 00:13:12,068 --> 00:13:14,241 YEAH. YOU DON'T MIND IF WE COME UNDERGROUND WITH YOU? 230 00:13:14,275 --> 00:13:15,724 -NOT AT ALL. -YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD. 231 00:13:15,758 --> 00:13:16,758 COME DOWN, AND GIVE IT A GO, 232 00:13:16,793 --> 00:13:18,103 AND HAVE A LOOK AROUND ON HOW WE WORK. 233 00:13:18,137 --> 00:13:20,034 PRETTY DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY YOU DO. 234 00:13:20,068 --> 00:13:23,103 Narrator: STOYEN AND PARTNER MAX JONES ARE HAPPY 235 00:13:23,137 --> 00:13:27,448 FOR JUSTIN AND BECKY TO SHARE THE RISKS AND THE REWARDS. 236 00:13:27,482 --> 00:13:29,586 A LOT OF FIELDS, YOU JUST... 237 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:31,137 YOU CAN TUNNEL AND TUNNEL AND TUNNEL, AND FIND NOTHING, 238 00:13:31,172 --> 00:13:32,827 BUT HERE AT LEAST, YOU MIGHT FIND A PIPE. 239 00:13:32,862 --> 00:13:35,413 YOU MIGHT FIND SOME SKIN SHELLS, WHICH WILL GET YOU BY, 240 00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:37,034 PAY FOR THE NEXT LOAD OF DIESEL. 241 00:13:37,068 --> 00:13:38,689 I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE, 242 00:13:38,724 --> 00:13:41,068 BUT I'M ALSO QUITE APPREHENSIVE. 243 00:13:41,103 --> 00:13:42,137 IS THAT FRONT OR BACK? 244 00:13:42,172 --> 00:13:43,620 Man: THAT'S THE FRONT. 245 00:13:43,655 --> 00:13:45,068 THROUGH HERE? 246 00:13:45,103 --> 00:13:47,068 -YEAH, MATE. -YEP. 247 00:13:47,103 --> 00:13:50,655 SO, I'M ABOUT TO GO UNDERGROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME. 248 00:13:50,689 --> 00:13:52,103 JUST WANT TO GET DOWN IN ONE PIECE FIRST, 249 00:13:52,137 --> 00:13:54,068 AND THEN I'LL WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT STEP. 250 00:13:54,103 --> 00:13:56,724 I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS GOES. 251 00:13:56,758 --> 00:13:59,068 I'M GUESSING IT CLIPS ONTO SOMETHING. 252 00:13:59,103 --> 00:14:00,482 Man: SIT THERE. JUST PUT YOUR FULL WEIGHT, 253 00:14:00,517 --> 00:14:02,068 AND YOU'LL SLOWLY SWING OUT. 254 00:14:02,103 --> 00:14:04,241 ALRIGHT? YOU GOOD, THERE? 255 00:14:07,068 --> 00:14:10,379 Narrator: BECKY IS HEADING DOWN A 12-METER MINE SHAFT 256 00:14:10,413 --> 00:14:14,896 WITH LOOSE EARTH WALLS, PRONE TO COLLAPSE. 257 00:14:14,931 --> 00:14:17,034 Justin: I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY, 258 00:14:17,068 --> 00:14:18,655 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG. 259 00:14:18,689 --> 00:14:21,172 IF ANYTHING DOES GO WRONG, IT GOES BADLY WRONG. 260 00:14:30,275 --> 00:14:33,758 Narrator: DESPERATE FOR A PAYDAY AFTER MONTHS UNABLE TO MINE... 261 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:38,620 Narrator: ...SOLO OPAL-HUNTER COL DUFF 262 00:14:38,655 --> 00:14:42,551 HAS PUSHED HIMSELF DEEP INTO TROUBLE. 263 00:14:49,172 --> 00:14:53,724 HE'S STUCK FAST, AND 80 KILOMETERS FROM HELP. 264 00:14:58,896 --> 00:15:00,724 Col: IT'S A LONG WALK BACK TO THE ROAD. 265 00:15:05,758 --> 00:15:10,034 SUDDENLY, THE ROAD TURNED TO , AND I GOT IT STUCK. 266 00:15:10,068 --> 00:15:12,034 I'M JUST SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY IT HAPPENED. 267 00:15:12,068 --> 00:15:15,206 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE, BUT SHE'S A BIT OF A WASHOUT. 268 00:15:15,241 --> 00:15:18,931 SOME LOOSE GRAVEL, AND SHE JUST KICKED INTO THE HOLE. 269 00:15:18,965 --> 00:15:20,379 I FIGURE I CAN KICK IT BACK OUT. 270 00:15:24,482 --> 00:15:28,241 IT'S, OH, PROBABLY 80Ks BACK TO TOWN. 271 00:15:28,275 --> 00:15:30,206 YOU'VE GOT TO CARRY WATER WITH YOU OUT HERE, 272 00:15:30,241 --> 00:15:32,241 'CAUSE IF YOU GET STUCK LIKE THIS, AND YOU'VE GOT NO WATER, 273 00:15:32,275 --> 00:15:34,344 YOU'RE NOT GONNA LAST VERY LONG. 274 00:15:34,379 --> 00:15:37,344 Narrator: TO STAND ANY CHANCE OF FREEING THE UTE, 275 00:15:37,379 --> 00:15:40,034 HE'LL FIRST NEED TO LIGHTEN THE HEAVY TRAILER, 276 00:15:40,068 --> 00:15:41,379 AND DETACH IT. 277 00:15:43,448 --> 00:15:46,862 WEAK FROM A RECENT ILLNESS, AND DOWN ON HIS LUCK, 278 00:15:46,896 --> 00:15:49,965 THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE. 279 00:15:59,620 --> 00:16:00,965 Col: OH, DAMN. 280 00:16:04,862 --> 00:16:07,689 SHE'S BROKEN THE CLUTCH LEVER, 281 00:16:07,724 --> 00:16:11,344 SO THIS MAKES IT A BIT MORE PAINFUL FUN AND GAMES 282 00:16:11,379 --> 00:16:12,896 FOR THE DAY. 283 00:16:12,931 --> 00:16:16,379 AND IT'S JUST LIKE, "OH, WHAT NEXT?" 284 00:16:18,482 --> 00:16:22,344 Narrator: ALONE IN TEMPERATURES PUSHING INTO THE 40S, 285 00:16:22,379 --> 00:16:25,758 COL WILL HAVE TO DIG DEEP. 286 00:16:25,793 --> 00:16:26,827 LET'S TRY IT. 287 00:16:34,586 --> 00:16:35,862 GONNA HAVE TO DIG THAT. 288 00:16:41,655 --> 00:16:42,896 STUPID... 289 00:16:51,172 --> 00:16:53,068 ONCE YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN. 290 00:16:53,103 --> 00:16:58,137 AND IT'S REALLY HARD, ROCKY GROUND, AND IT'S REAL HOT. 291 00:16:58,172 --> 00:17:03,034 YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, HAVE A BETTER LIFE, 292 00:17:03,068 --> 00:17:04,275 BUT THIS SHOWS YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL 293 00:17:04,310 --> 00:17:07,379 IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 294 00:17:07,413 --> 00:17:10,344 AND THINGS CAN GO HORRIBLY WRONG. 295 00:17:10,379 --> 00:17:12,827 SO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE APPRECIATES 296 00:17:12,862 --> 00:17:16,310 WHAT WE GO THROUGH TO FIND GOOD OPAL. 297 00:17:19,689 --> 00:17:23,275 IT'S HARD ON YOUR BODY, HARD YOUR VEHICLES, 298 00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:24,413 HARD ON YOUR WALLET. 299 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,103 YOU KNOW, I NEED TO FIND SOME OPAL, MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE. 300 00:17:30,137 --> 00:17:32,000 I WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING WITH PETA AND THE KIDS, 301 00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:35,517 SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO COVER YOUR COSTS, 302 00:17:35,551 --> 00:17:38,758 AND HAVE SOME MONEY TO ENJOY. 303 00:17:38,793 --> 00:17:40,862 YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE AM I GONNA DO? 304 00:17:40,896 --> 00:17:42,034 GIVE UP? 305 00:17:42,068 --> 00:17:43,137 NO. 306 00:17:45,862 --> 00:17:47,586 ALRIGHT. IT'S HOOKED UP ONTO THE SPRING. 307 00:17:47,620 --> 00:17:50,862 MAYBE I JACK IT UP, AND PUT A ROCK UNDER THE WHEEL. 308 00:17:50,896 --> 00:17:52,896 THAT MIGHT WORK. 309 00:17:52,931 --> 00:17:55,896 Narrator: TO GET OUT, COL NEEDS TRACTION. 310 00:17:55,931 --> 00:17:58,689 HIS PLAN IS, RAISE THE CAR WITH A JACK, 311 00:17:58,724 --> 00:18:02,689 AND PUT ROCKS UNDER ITS TIRES. 312 00:18:02,724 --> 00:18:04,689 Col: IT'S VERY HOT. 313 00:18:04,724 --> 00:18:06,689 I THINK THIS WILL WORK. 314 00:18:06,724 --> 00:18:10,000 JUST PACK ALL ROCKS UNDER THERE. 315 00:18:10,034 --> 00:18:11,724 JUST GIVE IT ONE TRY. 316 00:18:14,862 --> 00:18:17,931 IT MIGHT BE 42 OUT THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT 45 IN HERE. 317 00:18:17,965 --> 00:18:19,206 IT'S LIKE A LITTLE OVEN. 318 00:18:22,896 --> 00:18:24,379 COME ON, BABY, YOU CAN DO IT. 319 00:19:01,620 --> 00:19:03,413 BUT IT WORKED. 320 00:19:12,413 --> 00:19:15,793 LOOK TO THAT AXLE, THERE. 321 00:19:15,827 --> 00:19:18,931 HEY, WE BUSTED A SPRING. 322 00:19:18,965 --> 00:19:20,344 WE SURE HAVE. 323 00:19:20,379 --> 00:19:22,275 OH, GOD. 324 00:19:22,310 --> 00:19:24,137 Narrator: YET ANOTHER SETBACK. 325 00:19:34,620 --> 00:19:37,275 Col: THAT TRAILER IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 326 00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:39,172 THAT'S IT. THE SHOW IS OVER. 327 00:19:43,344 --> 00:19:50,034 Narrator: WITHOUT THE TRAILER, COL'S DREAMS OF ELDORADO ARE GONE. 328 00:20:07,034 --> 00:20:08,482 IN COOBER PEDY... 329 00:20:08,517 --> 00:20:11,172 Becky: OH, MY GOD. 330 00:20:11,206 --> 00:20:14,172 Narrator: ...ROOKIE BECKY IS DESCENDING 12 METERS 331 00:20:14,206 --> 00:20:18,241 INTO AN UNDERGROUND MINE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. 332 00:20:18,275 --> 00:20:20,275 Becky: IT'S CREEPY. 333 00:20:20,310 --> 00:20:22,241 IT'S LIKE A TOMB, THIS PLACE. 334 00:20:22,275 --> 00:20:24,517 Justin: HERE WE GO. SEE YOU AT THE BOTTOM. 335 00:20:27,689 --> 00:20:31,896 Narrator: STOYEN AND MAX'S MINE IS A SPRAWLING NETWORK OF TUNNELS 336 00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:36,172 UP TO 16 METERS DEEP, BUILT OVER SEVERAL YEARS. 337 00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:42,206 -WHO WANTS TO GO FOR A WALK? -YEAH. 338 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:43,517 Justin: ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT. 339 00:20:43,551 --> 00:20:46,344 Man: OH, WE'LL JUST GET OUT OF THIS SECTION FIRST. 340 00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:49,586 ...AND IT GOES DOWN EVEN FURTHER. 341 00:20:49,620 --> 00:20:51,034 WE'VE MADE FIVE LEVELS. 342 00:20:51,068 --> 00:20:53,551 YOU'VE KNOCKED OUT FIVE LEVELS, HERE. 343 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:56,103 WOW. 344 00:20:56,137 --> 00:20:58,068 OKAY. LET'S GO, BECK. 345 00:20:58,103 --> 00:21:01,862 Narrator: UNDERGROUND MINING IS NOTORIOUSLY DANGEROUS. 346 00:21:01,896 --> 00:21:04,344 THE SOFT SANDSTONE THAT COULD CONTAIN 347 00:21:04,379 --> 00:21:06,379 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN OPAL 348 00:21:06,413 --> 00:21:11,137 COULD ALSO SPELL DISASTER FOR THE CARELESS MINER. 349 00:21:11,172 --> 00:21:15,551 NOW, AS YOU COME UP HERE, THIS AREA IS REALLY DANGEROUS. 350 00:21:15,586 --> 00:21:17,793 THERE'S SOME AREAS AROUND HERE YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH, 351 00:21:17,827 --> 00:21:20,344 BECAUSE YOU CAN GET COLLAPSED, AND GET KILLED. 352 00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:22,655 IT'S NOT WORTH MY LIFE. 353 00:21:22,689 --> 00:21:26,034 I TRY AND BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 354 00:21:26,068 --> 00:21:28,241 NOW, HAVE A LOOK AT THE ROOF FIRST. 355 00:21:28,275 --> 00:21:29,827 SEE IT ALL CRACKED? OH, WOW. 356 00:21:29,862 --> 00:21:32,034 ALL CRACKED, ALL CRACKED, ALL CRACKED, 357 00:21:32,068 --> 00:21:34,172 ALL COLLAPSING, ALL THE -- 358 00:21:34,206 --> 00:21:35,413 YOU SEE THE WEIGHT ON THE PILLARS, 359 00:21:35,448 --> 00:21:36,965 HOW IT'S SPREADING THE PILLARS? 360 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,137 YOU SEE WHERE THE CRACKS ARE, UP THERE? 361 00:21:38,172 --> 00:21:39,413 Justin: YEAH. I CAN SEE THEM. 362 00:21:39,448 --> 00:21:41,620 THAT THERE CAN JUST DROP IN SECONDS. 363 00:21:41,655 --> 00:21:43,206 THAT WAY I WOULDN'T GO. 364 00:21:43,241 --> 00:21:44,551 IF YOU WORKED OUT HERE, 365 00:21:44,586 --> 00:21:46,000 THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT YOU COULD GET BURIED ALIVE. 366 00:21:46,034 --> 00:21:47,206 YES. 367 00:21:47,241 --> 00:21:48,241 ALRIGHT. 368 00:21:48,275 --> 00:21:49,310 SO LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. 369 00:21:49,344 --> 00:21:52,724 ALRIGHT. LET'S GET OUT OF THERE. 370 00:21:55,793 --> 00:21:57,896 I'M GETTING OUT OF THERE. THAT IS DANGEROUS. 371 00:21:57,931 --> 00:22:01,275 THAT IS AN AREA THAT I WOULD STAY WELL AND TRULY OUT OF. 372 00:22:09,448 --> 00:22:11,931 Man #2: OH, I'LL SHOW YOU THIS SPOT, HERE. 373 00:22:14,931 --> 00:22:16,448 OH, YEAH? 374 00:22:16,482 --> 00:22:18,862 OH, THIS SPOT HERE HAS GOT SOME NICE OPAL -- 375 00:22:18,896 --> 00:22:21,137 $5,000 OR $6,000 THIS YEAR. 376 00:22:21,172 --> 00:22:22,310 Becky: COOL. 377 00:22:22,344 --> 00:22:24,965 SO, COULD BE QUITE -- MIGHT STILL BE IN THERE. 378 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,137 Justin: ALRIGHT. 379 00:22:26,172 --> 00:22:28,758 25% 380 00:22:28,793 --> 00:22:32,689 ONCE WE KNOCK IT ALL OUT, WE TAKE IT BACK, CLEAN IT UP, 381 00:22:32,724 --> 00:22:35,137 WE'LL SPLIT THE OPAL, SPLIT THE MONEY. 382 00:22:35,172 --> 00:22:36,379 ALRIGHT. 383 00:22:36,413 --> 00:22:38,000 SO, WE GET 25% IF WE FIND SOME OPAL HERE? 384 00:22:38,034 --> 00:22:39,448 MM-HMM. 385 00:22:39,482 --> 00:22:42,241 DONE DEAL. AND IS THERE ANYWHERE IN HERE THAT'S UNSAFE, 386 00:22:42,275 --> 00:22:43,827 THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE? 387 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,103 YEAH. 388 00:22:45,137 --> 00:22:46,241 ALRIGHT. 389 00:22:46,275 --> 00:22:51,827 DON'T GO PAST THERE, 'CAUSE ALL THIS, HERE... 390 00:22:51,862 --> 00:22:53,000 YEAH, TOO DANGEROUS. 391 00:22:53,034 --> 00:22:54,620 TOO DANGEROUS. YEAH. 392 00:22:54,655 --> 00:23:00,034 ALONG THIS LINE, HERE, IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE. 393 00:23:00,068 --> 00:23:01,689 ALL RIGHT. 394 00:23:01,724 --> 00:23:03,379 THEN, LET'S JUST SET ALL THIS STUFF UP. 395 00:23:03,413 --> 00:23:05,310 GOT... -SO, WE HAVE CABLE. 396 00:23:05,344 --> 00:23:07,931 WE HAVE DRILLS. 397 00:23:07,965 --> 00:23:09,172 Justin: I JUST NEED TO GET THIS -- 398 00:23:09,206 --> 00:23:11,275 RUN THIS ELECTRICITY CABLE THROUGH... 399 00:23:13,310 --> 00:23:15,862 ...'CAUSE I NEED TO RUN POWER. 400 00:23:15,896 --> 00:23:20,068 Narrator: THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, THE SOURCE OF POWER IS ON THE OTHER SIDE 401 00:23:20,103 --> 00:23:23,793 OF THE DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE CORRIDOR. 402 00:23:23,827 --> 00:23:25,689 THAT'S THE DEAD ZONE. 403 00:23:25,724 --> 00:23:32,172 SO, WE NEED POWER, SO I'M GONNA RISK IT. 404 00:23:32,206 --> 00:23:35,172 THAT'S THE ONE SPOT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO. 405 00:23:35,206 --> 00:23:36,448 Justin: TO BE HONEST, I'VE BEEN IN SO MANY 406 00:23:36,482 --> 00:23:37,862 MORE DANGEROUS SPOTS THAN THIS. 407 00:23:37,896 --> 00:23:41,413 WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE USED UP ALL YOUR LIVES ALREADY. 408 00:23:41,448 --> 00:23:43,344 NO, I'M JUST GONNA THROW THE POWER CORD 409 00:23:43,379 --> 00:23:46,241 THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE -- THROUGH THAT DANGEROUS TUNNEL. 410 00:23:46,275 --> 00:23:47,379 OKAY.AND, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. 411 00:23:47,413 --> 00:23:48,896 IT COULD COLLAPSE AT ANY MOMENT. 412 00:23:48,931 --> 00:23:51,172 SO, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO THROW IT THROUGH. 413 00:23:53,206 --> 00:23:56,068 Becky: WELL, YOU'RE NOT BLOODY INDIANA JONES, ALRIGHT? 414 00:23:56,103 --> 00:23:58,379 YOU'VE GOT TO RISK IT TO FIND OPAL, BECK, OTHERWISE... 415 00:23:58,413 --> 00:24:00,517 WE'RE ALREADY RISKING IT JUST BEING HERE. 416 00:24:00,551 --> 00:24:02,586 JUSTIN, THAT'S REALLY STUPID. 417 00:24:02,620 --> 00:24:07,724 APPARENTLY, JUSTIN AND I DISAGREE ON WHETHER FINDING OPAL 418 00:24:07,758 --> 00:24:10,034 IS WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR. 419 00:24:10,068 --> 00:24:14,620 Justin: THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU HERE, OKAY? 420 00:24:14,655 --> 00:24:16,724 HONESTLY, JUSTIN, IT'S REALLY NOT... 421 00:24:16,758 --> 00:24:18,241 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? 422 00:24:18,275 --> 00:24:20,413 NOT GO IN THE ONE PLACE THAT MAX TOLD US NOT TO GO. 423 00:24:20,448 --> 00:24:23,448 HE SAID DON'T GO DIGGING THIS AREA. 424 00:24:23,482 --> 00:24:25,103 PLEASE RELAX. 425 00:24:25,137 --> 00:24:26,310 WELL, YOU... 426 00:24:26,344 --> 00:24:29,137 YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS BY GOING OFF YOUR CHOPS. 427 00:24:29,172 --> 00:24:31,206 IT JUST MAKES ME REALLY FRUSTRATED. 428 00:24:31,241 --> 00:24:32,655 WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE YOU DRAW 429 00:24:32,689 --> 00:24:33,862 THE LINE FINANCIALLY, 430 00:24:33,896 --> 00:24:36,310 BUT WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE PHYSICALLY? 431 00:24:36,344 --> 00:24:38,758 LIKE, FOR YOUR OWN LIFE, FOR GOD'S SAKE. 432 00:24:41,965 --> 00:24:43,586 I DON'T KNOW. 433 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:47,517 IT'S JUST CONCERNING, SOMETIMES, HOW MUCH HE'S WILLING TO RISK 434 00:24:47,551 --> 00:24:48,896 JUST TO FIND OPAL. 435 00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:54,310 AND THAT SCARES ME BECAUSE, 436 00:24:54,344 --> 00:24:56,310 YOU KNOW, THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO IS THAT 437 00:24:56,344 --> 00:24:59,379 THAT ROOF DOES COME DOWN ON TOP OF HIM, 438 00:24:59,413 --> 00:25:01,965 AND THEN, I HAVE TO DIG HIM OUT WITH MY BARE HANDS. 439 00:25:14,172 --> 00:25:17,241 THAT'S THE ONE SPOT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO. 440 00:25:17,275 --> 00:25:21,517 Narrator: DESPERATE FOR OPAL TO FIX THEIR BROKEN EXCAVATOR, 441 00:25:21,551 --> 00:25:23,103 ROOKIES, JUSTIN AND BECKY, 442 00:25:23,137 --> 00:25:26,482 ARE RISKING IT ALL UNDERGROUND. 443 00:25:27,655 --> 00:25:29,724 TO DIG, THEY NEED POWER 444 00:25:29,758 --> 00:25:32,206 THAT CAN ONLY BE REACHED ON THE OTHER SIDE 445 00:25:32,241 --> 00:25:36,000 OF THIS DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE CORRIDOR. 446 00:25:38,034 --> 00:25:39,172 SAFE. 447 00:25:39,206 --> 00:25:40,206 LOVELY. 448 00:25:42,551 --> 00:25:44,275 Justin: COME ON, LET'S GO. LET'S FIND SOME OPAL. 449 00:25:52,172 --> 00:25:54,758 IT'S NOT WORTH IT, JUSTIN. 450 00:25:54,793 --> 00:25:57,344 CAN YOU JUST PUT YOUR TRUST IN, YOU KNOW, ME? 451 00:25:57,379 --> 00:26:00,965 AND I KNOW YOU'RE SUPER WORRIED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 452 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,758 WE'VE GOT SOMETHING SO SPECIAL, YOU KNOW? 453 00:26:02,793 --> 00:26:04,379 WE LOVE EACH OTHER, AND WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN -- 454 00:26:04,413 --> 00:26:06,724 I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH IT. 455 00:26:06,758 --> 00:26:08,172 YEAH, BUT I NEED TO GET...I WAS FINE BEFORE THAT. 456 00:26:08,206 --> 00:26:09,206 YOU NEED TO GET A JOB DONE, 457 00:26:09,241 --> 00:26:11,206 YOU NEED TO GET THE POWER THROUGH. 458 00:26:11,241 --> 00:26:12,586 I KNOW. YOU JUST... 459 00:26:12,620 --> 00:26:15,206 YOU KNOW, YOU GET EXCITED, AND, YES, 460 00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:17,482 PROBABLY YOU'RE FINE, LA, LA, LA, LA, 461 00:26:17,517 --> 00:26:22,206 BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE IT WHEN YOU DO RISKY THINGS 462 00:26:22,241 --> 00:26:24,758 JUST SO YOU CAN FIND OPAL. 463 00:26:28,689 --> 00:26:31,896 IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING IT, WE MAY AS WELL GO, THEN. 464 00:26:31,931 --> 00:26:34,206 Becky: I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH IT. 465 00:26:34,241 --> 00:26:35,689 OH, MAN. 466 00:26:41,448 --> 00:26:44,379 OKAY. 467 00:26:44,413 --> 00:26:45,620 Justin: I'VE JUST GOT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER 468 00:26:45,655 --> 00:26:47,344 THAT BECKY MIGHT BE GETTING NERVOUS DOWN HERE. 469 00:26:47,379 --> 00:26:49,655 SO, I'VE GOT TO BE EXTRA SENSITIVE, 470 00:26:49,689 --> 00:26:54,275 ESPECIALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE. 471 00:26:54,310 --> 00:26:57,517 Narrator: WITH THE AREA THEY'RE WORKING BEING 16 METERS 472 00:26:57,551 --> 00:26:59,137 BELOW GROUND LEVEL, 473 00:26:59,172 --> 00:27:03,931 AN UNEXPECTED COLLAPSE COULD LEAVE THEM TRAPPED BEYOND HELP. 474 00:27:06,068 --> 00:27:07,241 IT'S TOUGH WORK, BECK. 475 00:27:15,448 --> 00:27:18,068 Justin: DRILLING OPAL IS AMAZING BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW 476 00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:24,896 HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO THE ACTUAL FORTUNE. 477 00:27:24,931 --> 00:27:26,379 ALRIGHT. 478 00:27:26,413 --> 00:27:29,344 SO, OPAL IS IN THIS LEVEL, IN BETWEEN ALL THE HOLES. 479 00:27:29,379 --> 00:27:31,965 I'M GONNA DIG OUT THIS NICE SORT OF RECTANGULAR AREA, 480 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,482 JUST GONNA DROP IT OUT, 481 00:27:33,517 --> 00:27:35,448 AND THEN, I'M GONNA SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN IT. 482 00:27:43,517 --> 00:27:46,620 -JUSTIN? -WHAT? 483 00:27:46,655 --> 00:27:49,275 COME HERE. 484 00:27:49,310 --> 00:27:50,517 Justin: JOKING? 485 00:27:50,551 --> 00:27:53,689 WOW. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOD. 486 00:27:53,724 --> 00:27:56,689 OH, YEAH, BECK, THERE YOU GO. 487 00:27:56,724 --> 00:27:58,482 Becky: LOOK AT THE COLOR ON THAT. 488 00:27:58,517 --> 00:28:01,758 IT'S AMAZING, EH? 489 00:28:01,793 --> 00:28:03,275 WOW! 490 00:28:03,310 --> 00:28:06,068 THERE IT IS! 491 00:28:06,103 --> 00:28:08,034 WHOO! 492 00:28:08,068 --> 00:28:09,310 THAT'S A BIG PIPE. 493 00:28:09,344 --> 00:28:10,620 LOOK AT THAT. SEE THE PIPE? 494 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,413 AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR IN IT. 495 00:28:12,448 --> 00:28:16,241 AND BELEMNITE FOSSIL, WHICH HAS TURNED TO OPAL. 496 00:28:16,275 --> 00:28:17,344 IT'S A BIG ONE. 497 00:28:17,379 --> 00:28:19,034 YES! FINALLY! 498 00:28:22,862 --> 00:28:25,931 Narrator: RARE BELEMNITE PIPES ARE THE BACKBONES 499 00:28:25,965 --> 00:28:30,758 OF ANCIENT CUTTLEFISH FOSSILIZED IN PURE OPAL. 500 00:28:33,482 --> 00:28:35,275 WE FOUND A PIPE. THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. 501 00:28:35,310 --> 00:28:36,931 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A GOOD DAY'S WORK, 502 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:39,275 FINDING A NICE BELEMNITE PIPE. 503 00:28:39,310 --> 00:28:41,620 THE VIRGIN RAINBOW SOLD FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, 504 00:28:41,655 --> 00:28:45,137 SO THESE THINGS CAN BE WORTH ANYWHERE UP TO THAT. 505 00:28:52,862 --> 00:28:54,482 Col: THAT TRAILER IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 506 00:28:54,517 --> 00:28:56,758 THAT MEANS I'VE GOT TO COME BACK WITH A SPRING. 507 00:28:56,793 --> 00:29:00,689 IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER MISSION TO RESCUE IT. 508 00:29:00,724 --> 00:29:03,655 Narrator: IN SWELTERING 45-DEGREE HEAT, 509 00:29:03,689 --> 00:29:09,689 80 KILOMETERS FROM TOWN, COL'S TRAILER IS OUT OF ACTION. 510 00:29:09,724 --> 00:29:14,413 WITHOUT THE TRAILER, HE CAN'T MAKE IT TO HIS NEXT TARGET SITE. 511 00:29:14,448 --> 00:29:18,034 SHE'S BROKEN THE SPRING, THERE, AND IF WE TRY AND DRAG IT, 512 00:29:18,068 --> 00:29:22,620 WITHOUT DOING IT RIGHT, WE'LL JUST BREAK IT WORSE. 513 00:29:22,655 --> 00:29:24,758 TIME IS RUNNING OUT, AND I GUESS I MAY NEED 514 00:29:24,793 --> 00:29:27,689 A BIT OF KIT TO MAKE CAMPING EASY, 515 00:29:27,724 --> 00:29:30,517 BECAUSE IT'S GOT THE FRIDGE, THE BED, THE BIKE, 516 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:31,758 EVERYTHING I NEED. 517 00:29:34,896 --> 00:29:36,551 BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT. 518 00:29:36,586 --> 00:29:38,551 WE GOT THE CAR OUT. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. 519 00:29:38,586 --> 00:29:41,482 YEAH, I THINK WE CAN FORGET GOING THIS WAY FOR THE MOMENT, 520 00:29:41,517 --> 00:29:44,655 AND WE'LL GO AND FIND AN EASY ONE ON THE WAY HOME. 521 00:29:49,448 --> 00:29:50,551 THERE'S ONE MORE PLACE I KNOW. 522 00:29:50,586 --> 00:29:53,137 WE CAN STOP IN, AND HAVE A BIT OF A LOOK. 523 00:29:53,172 --> 00:29:56,551 MAYBE WE GET LUCKY, AND GET A BIT OF POCKET MONEY 524 00:29:56,586 --> 00:29:59,827 TO FIX UP THIS STUFF I KEEP BREAKING. 525 00:29:59,862 --> 00:30:03,206 IT'S TURNING INTO AN EXPENSIVE TRIP. 526 00:30:03,241 --> 00:30:05,793 HERE WE NEED A BIT OF LUCK. 527 00:30:05,827 --> 00:30:08,310 OH, GEE, A COUPLE GRAND WOULD BE NICE. 528 00:30:08,344 --> 00:30:10,103 YEAH, ANYTHING, 529 00:30:10,137 --> 00:30:11,241 JUST DON'T GIVE UP. 530 00:30:14,655 --> 00:30:18,827 Narrator: COL HAS JUST ENOUGH FUEL TO HIT ONE MORE ABANDONED MINE 531 00:30:18,862 --> 00:30:21,413 ON THE WAY BACK TO THE SAFETY OF TOWN. 532 00:30:25,068 --> 00:30:28,241 THIS SITE IS CALLED "HAPPY VALLEY." 533 00:30:30,827 --> 00:30:34,862 OVER THE YEARS, IT'S BEEN AN OPAL MECCA. 534 00:30:34,896 --> 00:30:36,448 Col: I'M REALLY LUCKY THAT, YOU KNOW, 535 00:30:36,482 --> 00:30:38,448 I CAME OUT THE OTHER END OF CANCER, 536 00:30:38,482 --> 00:30:40,862 AND I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. 537 00:30:40,896 --> 00:30:44,206 JUST TO SURVIVE, THAT'S THE BEST THING EVER. 538 00:30:44,241 --> 00:30:45,689 IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, 539 00:30:45,724 --> 00:30:47,137 NOTHING LIKE BEING LOVED. 540 00:30:47,172 --> 00:30:48,793 IT'S THE BEST THING EVER. 541 00:30:48,827 --> 00:30:49,896 SO, YOU KNOW WHAT? 542 00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,482 I'LL JUST USE THAT AS MY MOTIVATION TO, 543 00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:53,551 YOU KNOW, WORK HARDER, TRY HARDER. 544 00:30:53,586 --> 00:30:56,551 WE'VE ALL GOT A LIMITED TIME, SO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 545 00:30:56,586 --> 00:30:59,310 YOU'D BETTER GET IT RIGHT, AND DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, 546 00:30:59,344 --> 00:31:02,724 OR HAVE A GO, 'CAUSE THE CLOCK IS TICKING. 547 00:31:02,758 --> 00:31:04,965 JUST GOT TO FIND SOME OPAL. 548 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,310 AND THERE'S A WHOLE AREA HERE. 549 00:31:07,344 --> 00:31:08,724 YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK. 550 00:31:08,758 --> 00:31:12,931 YOU CAN BUST ANY LUCKY-LOOKING ONES, SEE WHAT'S INSIDE. 551 00:31:14,965 --> 00:31:16,620 ALRIGHT. A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR, THERE. 552 00:31:16,655 --> 00:31:18,931 WHERE YOU GET ONE BIT, YOU MIGHT GET SOME MORE. 553 00:31:18,965 --> 00:31:22,379 Narrator: AFTER AN EPIC 3 DAYS OF STRUGGLE, 554 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:26,000 IT LOOKS LIKE COL'S LUCK HAS FINALLY CHANGED. 555 00:31:26,034 --> 00:31:27,310 OH, YEAH. THAT'S ALRIGHT. 556 00:31:27,344 --> 00:31:28,793 THAT'LL CUT A STONE, I THINK. 557 00:31:28,827 --> 00:31:30,275 YEAH, ONCE YOU START SEEING THE COLOR, 558 00:31:30,310 --> 00:31:32,517 DON'T HIT IT ANY MORE. USE A DIAMOND SAW. 559 00:31:32,551 --> 00:31:34,172 YOU KNOW, I CAN DO SOMETHING WITH IT. 560 00:31:34,206 --> 00:31:35,965 THEY'RE NOT BIG MONEY, BUT, YOU KNOW, 561 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,275 I CAN LOCK MYSELF IN THE WORKSHOP, 562 00:31:37,310 --> 00:31:40,586 AND OUT OF THAT, I MIGHT CUT FOUR OR FIVE STONES. 563 00:31:40,620 --> 00:31:41,793 OH, LOOK AT THAT. 564 00:31:41,827 --> 00:31:43,275 LOOK AT THIS. 565 00:31:43,310 --> 00:31:45,965 LOOK, AN ACTUAL GREEN, SO I CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. 566 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,344 IF WE'RE LUCKY, THERE'S A PAYDAY THERE. 567 00:31:49,379 --> 00:31:51,793 OH, THAT'S A NICE BIG CHUNK. THAT'S WORTH PLENTY. 568 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:54,275 IT'S DEFINITELY -- I CAN GET QUITE A FEW BITS OUT OF THAT. 569 00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:55,827 OH, NOW THAT'S ALRIGHT. 570 00:31:55,862 --> 00:31:57,758 THERE'S LOT OF WORKING MATERIAL IN THERE. 571 00:31:57,793 --> 00:31:59,310 I COULD CUT MAYBE 10 STONES. 572 00:31:59,344 --> 00:32:02,103 WELL, WE'RE GETTING THERE. THAT'S HALF A BUCKET. 573 00:32:02,137 --> 00:32:06,896 Narrator: COL'S HAUL IS A MIX OF BOULDER OPAL AND IRON STONE MATRIX 574 00:32:06,931 --> 00:32:10,068 VEINED THROUGH THE ROCK, POPULAR FOR JEWELRY. 575 00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:15,655 A 10-CENTIMETER PIECE CAN BE WORTH UP TO $1,500. 576 00:32:15,689 --> 00:32:18,068 BUT COL WON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH 577 00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:21,965 UNTIL HE'S CUT AND POLISHED IT BACK AT HOME. 578 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,758 Col: I'M JUST GLAD WE GOT SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH. 579 00:32:24,793 --> 00:32:28,206 THERE MIGHT BE SOME BONUSES IN HERE WE'RE NOT SEEING YET. 580 00:32:28,241 --> 00:32:30,206 YOU KNOW, I'LL HOOK IN AS SOON AS WE'RE BACK INTO TOWN. 581 00:32:30,241 --> 00:32:33,551 I'LL GET THE SAW OUT, AND WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AND SEE. 582 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,551 JUSTIN AND BECKY ARE FOLLOWING STOYEN AND MAX BACK TO TOWN 583 00:32:52,586 --> 00:32:57,000 TO COLLECT THEIR 25% CUT OF THE DAY'S OPAL HAUL. 584 00:33:11,137 --> 00:33:13,000 -COME HAVE A SEAT. -LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 585 00:33:15,862 --> 00:33:18,862 Man: THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT AFTER THE CLEAN. 586 00:33:18,896 --> 00:33:21,551 Narrator: THEY NEED AT LEAST $500 587 00:33:21,586 --> 00:33:25,896 TO FIX THEIR BROKEN EXCAVATOR, AND CARRY ON MINING. 588 00:33:25,931 --> 00:33:27,689 Becky: SPLIT IT INTO SIZE. 589 00:33:27,724 --> 00:33:29,068 Max: AND WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT. 590 00:33:29,103 --> 00:33:31,793 SO, THIS IS ALL THE BEST STUFF FROM MINING TOGETHER -- 591 00:33:31,827 --> 00:33:33,310 THE PIPES AND THE SMALLER CHIPS. 592 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:34,655 THE SMALLER STUFF, YEP. YEP. 593 00:33:34,689 --> 00:33:36,068 Justin: YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, 594 00:33:36,103 --> 00:33:39,620 SO YOU'VE GOT THE WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE INTO VALUING OPAL. 595 00:33:39,655 --> 00:33:40,965 YOU KNOW HOW WE NORMALLY DO? 596 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,206 I PUT A PRICE ON, BUT I DON'T TELL MAX. 597 00:33:43,241 --> 00:33:44,413 HE PUTS A PRICE ON. -YEAH. 598 00:33:44,448 --> 00:33:46,275 -HE DOESN'T TELL ME. -YOU PUT A PRICE ON. 599 00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:48,275 EVERYONE PUTS THEIR OWN PRICE ON IT. 600 00:33:48,310 --> 00:33:50,517 AND THEN, WE -- YOU GO FOR THE AVERAGE ON IT. 601 00:33:50,551 --> 00:33:51,793 THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF DOING IT, YEAH. 602 00:33:51,827 --> 00:33:54,965 THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN, WE'LL TAKE 25% 603 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,724 OF WHATEVER THE TOTAL IS. 604 00:33:56,758 --> 00:33:58,758 CORRECT. 605 00:33:58,793 --> 00:34:02,275 Narrator: ROUGH OPAL IS USUALLY SOLD BY WEIGHT, 606 00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:05,137 AND THE STANDARD MEASURE IS THE OUNCE. 607 00:34:07,827 --> 00:34:11,551 A PENNYWEIGHT IS ONE-TWENTIETH OF AN OUNCE. 608 00:34:11,586 --> 00:34:15,241 Stoyen: ALRIGHT. SO, WE'VE GOT 1 OUNCE, 5 PENNYWEIGHTS 609 00:34:15,275 --> 00:34:17,000 IN THE SMALLER STONES, HERE, 610 00:34:17,034 --> 00:34:21,137 Max: REALLY GOOD MATERIAL, BUT SMALL. 611 00:34:21,172 --> 00:34:22,862 Becky: SO, SHOULD WE WEIGH THE LARGE STUFF NOW? 612 00:34:22,896 --> 00:34:25,965 -YEAH. -SO, WE GOT 1 OUNCE, 10 PENNYWEIGHTS 613 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,137 OF THE LARGER STUFF, THERE. 614 00:34:29,172 --> 00:34:32,586 YEAH. 20 PENNYWEIGHTS IS AN OUNCE. 615 00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:37,655 Narrator: ROUGH OPAL IS HARD TO VALUE BECAUSE IT'S COMBINED WITH ROCK. 616 00:34:37,689 --> 00:34:42,241 HOW MUCH OF ANY GIVEN STONE IS ACTUALLY OPAL IS GUESSWORK 617 00:34:42,275 --> 00:34:44,827 UNTIL IT'S CUT AND POLISHED. 618 00:34:47,896 --> 00:34:49,862 EVERYONE PUTS THEIR PRICE ON THAT. 619 00:34:54,241 --> 00:34:59,241 ESTIMATING VALUE ACCURATELY TAKES A LOT OF EXPERIENCE -- 620 00:34:59,275 --> 00:35:02,862 SOMETHING JUSTIN AND BECKY DON'T HAVE. 621 00:35:02,896 --> 00:35:05,551 Justin: ON THE FIRST ONE, I'VE GOT $20. 622 00:35:05,586 --> 00:35:07,551 -I'VE GOT 80 BUCKS. -ON THIS LITTLE -- 623 00:35:07,586 --> 00:35:09,172 YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S RARE. IT'S A . 624 00:35:10,827 --> 00:35:12,482 -I PUT $15. -I GOT $60. 625 00:35:12,517 --> 00:35:14,275 -YEAH. -ALRIGHT. NUMBER TWO? 626 00:35:14,310 --> 00:35:16,034 I PUT 250 BUCKS. 627 00:35:16,068 --> 00:35:17,689 I PUT $450 628 00:35:17,724 --> 00:35:19,310 Becky: I PUT $200. 629 00:35:19,344 --> 00:35:20,482 I PUT $300. 630 00:35:23,448 --> 00:35:26,275 I HAVE NO IDEA. 631 00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:28,448 SO, WE'LL TALLY IT ALL UP, AND THEN, WE'LL WORK OUT 632 00:35:28,482 --> 00:35:30,724 WHAT 25% IS, AND THEN... 633 00:35:30,758 --> 00:35:31,965 Max: THEN WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND. 634 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,793 Justin: THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. 635 00:35:33,827 --> 00:35:36,655 THEN, WE'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT WE GET WHEN WE GO TO SELL IT. 636 00:35:36,689 --> 00:35:39,758 THIS IS PROBABLY QUITE ENLIGHTENING, EH? 637 00:35:42,931 --> 00:35:44,448 YEAH. 638 00:35:48,206 --> 00:35:51,551 1.2... -5. 639 00:35:51,586 --> 00:35:52,655 Stoyen: 5, YEAH. 640 00:35:52,689 --> 00:35:53,827 OKAY. 641 00:35:53,862 --> 00:35:55,724 ALL COME TO $3,000 ON THE WHOLE PARCEL. 642 00:35:55,758 --> 00:35:59,517 AND 25% OF THAT IS AROUND $750. 643 00:35:59,551 --> 00:36:01,000 Justin: WELL, THAT'S NOT TOO BAD FOR 2 DAYS' WORK. 644 00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:02,275 NOT BAD AT ALL. 645 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:05,689 PAYS FOR SOME MORE DIESEL, GETS YOU GOING. 646 00:36:05,724 --> 00:36:07,206 ALRIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. 647 00:36:07,241 --> 00:36:08,896 THANK YOU. CHEERS, MAX. 648 00:36:11,793 --> 00:36:16,965 Narrator: AT $750, JUSTIN AND BECKY'S SHARE IS JUST ENOUGH 649 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,965 TO GET THEIR EXCAVATOR FIXED, AND GET BACK MINING. 650 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,793 IT'S BEEN A PRETTY EVENTFUL TRIP, THIS ONE -- 651 00:36:23,827 --> 00:36:28,344 A LOT OF EMOTIONS IN THERE, SO, YEAH, IT'S... 652 00:36:28,379 --> 00:36:30,517 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING HOME. 653 00:36:30,551 --> 00:36:32,379 THE BIG QUESTION IS, ARE YOU COMING UNDERGROUND NEXT TIME? 654 00:36:32,413 --> 00:36:33,517 NO. 655 00:36:48,827 --> 00:36:51,586 Col: LONG AS YOU GOT A COUPLE NICE ONES IN THERE, 656 00:36:51,620 --> 00:36:53,413 IT WILL BE VERY SALABLE. 657 00:36:53,448 --> 00:36:56,586 Narrator: AT HIS WORKSHOP IN OPALTON, COL IS CUTTING 658 00:36:56,620 --> 00:37:00,517 AND POLISHING HIS HAPPY VALLEY OPAL HAUL. 659 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:04,310 GOT A BUNCH OF STONES ON THE GO. TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF WORK. 660 00:37:04,344 --> 00:37:06,310 DEPENDING ON THE STONE, IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, 661 00:37:06,344 --> 00:37:07,793 10, 15 MINUTES. 662 00:37:07,827 --> 00:37:10,724 A REAL TRICKY ONE MIGHT BE AN HOUR OR SO. 663 00:37:10,758 --> 00:37:13,310 SO, IT'S GOT TO BE WORTH THE EFFORT. 664 00:37:13,344 --> 00:37:17,103 Narrator: WITH SEALING WAX HOLDING THE STONE TO THE END OF A ROD, 665 00:37:17,137 --> 00:37:18,965 COL CAN BEGIN TO POLISH. 666 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,448 SOMETIMES, IT ALL LOOKS GOOD, AND, NO, 667 00:37:21,482 --> 00:37:23,689 IT'S REALLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. 668 00:37:23,724 --> 00:37:25,206 OTHER TIMES, IT DOESN'T LOOK MUCH AT ALL 669 00:37:25,241 --> 00:37:26,482 UNTIL YOU FACE IT UP, 670 00:37:26,517 --> 00:37:28,793 AND SUDDENLY, THERE'S THIS GEM HITTING YOU. 671 00:37:28,827 --> 00:37:33,413 Narrator: CUTTING AND POLISHING OPAL CAN INCREASE ITS VALUE FOURFOLD, 672 00:37:33,448 --> 00:37:38,068 AND INVOLVES THREE STAGES -- WHICH, OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, 673 00:37:38,103 --> 00:37:40,724 COL HAS MASTERED. 674 00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:44,655 Col: WHEN WE CUT STONES, WE'RE GRINDING THEM WITH A GRINDER, 675 00:37:44,689 --> 00:37:46,655 AND THEN SANDING THEM WITH A SANDER. 676 00:37:46,689 --> 00:37:48,103 THEN, WE'VE GOT TO POLISH THEM. 677 00:37:48,137 --> 00:37:50,103 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT A BEAUTIFULLY POLISHED STONE 678 00:37:50,137 --> 00:37:52,344 WITH NOT A MARK OR A BLEMISH. 679 00:37:52,379 --> 00:37:56,413 Narrator: AFTER GRINDING THE LARGER ROCKS DOWN TO A WORKABLE SIZE, 680 00:37:56,448 --> 00:38:00,827 COL SHAPES THEM ON A COARSE SANDPAPER WHEEL. 681 00:38:00,862 --> 00:38:02,586 MAKE IT NICE AND LEVEL. 682 00:38:02,620 --> 00:38:04,034 IF WE GET THE CUTTING RIGHT, WELL, THAT'S, 683 00:38:04,068 --> 00:38:06,448 YOU KNOW, THE BEST MONEY. 684 00:38:06,482 --> 00:38:08,103 BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT RIGHT, THEY'LL YOU UP, 685 00:38:08,137 --> 00:38:10,758 AND YOU'LL GET HALF AS MUCH. 686 00:38:10,793 --> 00:38:13,000 THAT ONE IS READY TO POLISH. 687 00:38:13,034 --> 00:38:17,620 Narrator: AFTER THE CUT IS THE FINAL STAGE -- THE POLISH. 688 00:38:17,655 --> 00:38:19,517 THIS IS TIN OXIDE ON LEATHER, 689 00:38:19,551 --> 00:38:21,275 A GOOD WAY TO POLISH THE BOULDER. 690 00:38:21,310 --> 00:38:24,206 Narrator: THE TIN OXIDE APPLIED TO A LEATHER MAT 691 00:38:24,241 --> 00:38:26,551 STICKS TO THE SURFACE OF THE STONE, 692 00:38:26,586 --> 00:38:30,827 AND, WHEN RUBBED, FORMS A HIGHLY REFLECTIVE SURFACE LAYER. 693 00:38:30,862 --> 00:38:33,379 I'VE GOT TO POLISH EVERY LITTLE BIT. 694 00:38:33,413 --> 00:38:37,931 THERE CAN'T BE A BIT THAT'S DULL IN AMONGST ALL THE SHINING BITS, 695 00:38:37,965 --> 00:38:42,517 OR IT'LL STAND OUT, AND THEN, SUDDENLY, BANG. 696 00:38:42,551 --> 00:38:45,034 Narrator: AS COL POLISHES THE OPAL, 697 00:38:45,068 --> 00:38:49,310 THE TRUE BEAUTY AND VALUE OF HIS HAUL IS REVEALED. 698 00:38:49,344 --> 00:38:50,448 Col: BEAUTIFUL. 699 00:38:50,482 --> 00:38:54,206 LIKE A TURTLE SHELL OR LIZARD SKIN. 700 00:38:54,241 --> 00:38:55,413 THERE'S A LITTLE ROSE. 701 00:38:55,448 --> 00:38:56,965 YEAH, THEY ADD UP. 702 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,517 AND WHEN YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, 703 00:38:58,551 --> 00:38:59,862 YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A PAYDAY. 704 00:38:59,896 --> 00:39:01,758 YEAH, THE WAY IT'S LOOKING, 705 00:39:01,793 --> 00:39:04,689 IT'LL BE A FEW THOUSAND -- MAYBE 5,000. 706 00:39:04,724 --> 00:39:09,586 COL'S OPAL IS MIXED BOULDER AND IRONSTONE MATRIX OPAL, 707 00:39:09,620 --> 00:39:13,000 PREDOMINANTLY PATTERNED WITH BLUE AND GREEN. 708 00:39:13,034 --> 00:39:15,620 THERE'S OVER 50 STONES THAT COULD FETCH 709 00:39:15,655 --> 00:39:19,586 BETWEEN $2,500 AND $5,000. 710 00:39:19,620 --> 00:39:21,413 SO, DEFINITELY IT'S TAKEN THE PRESSURE OFF, 711 00:39:21,448 --> 00:39:24,758 BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE 712 00:39:24,793 --> 00:39:27,448 IS THAT BEAUTIFUL END PRODUCT. 713 00:39:31,241 --> 00:39:34,068 I THINK WHATEVER EVERYONE IN LIFE IS SEARCHING FOR IS, 714 00:39:34,103 --> 00:39:37,103 YOU KNOW, COMPANIONSHIP AND FAMILY. 715 00:39:37,137 --> 00:39:38,965 SO, YEAH, I'VE GOT A SECOND LEASE ON LIFE. 716 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:43,517 IT JUST MAKES ME MORE DETERMINED TO FIND HAPPINESS. 717 00:39:43,551 --> 00:39:46,931 WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO KIDS, AND FAMILIES, AND RELATIONSHIPS, 718 00:39:46,965 --> 00:39:49,482 AND THAT, YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGE. 719 00:39:49,517 --> 00:39:51,551 AND AT THIS STAGE OF LIFE, 720 00:39:51,586 --> 00:39:54,310 WELL, THAT'S A GREAT PRIORITY TO HAVE, I THINK. 721 00:39:54,344 --> 00:39:56,241 YAY! 722 00:39:56,275 --> 00:40:01,137 KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE. KEEP LOOKING. KEEP DIGGING. 723 00:40:01,172 --> 00:40:03,896 ALL YOU CAN DO IS TRY YOUR BEST AT THE END OF THE DAY. 724 00:40:06,689 --> 00:40:09,137 I'M NOT GIVING UP. 725 00:40:09,172 --> 00:40:11,793 I THINK THERE'S A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF OPAL OUT THERE. 725 00:40:12,305 --> 00:41:12,610 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org