"Outback Opal Hunters" Make Or Break

1 00:00:01,482 --> 00:00:03,793 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS", 2 00:00:03,827 --> 00:00:04,793 ROOKIE JUSTIN... 3 00:00:04,827 --> 00:00:05,793 HOW YOU DOING, JAMIE? 4 00:00:05,827 --> 00:00:07,413 ...MUST HAGGLE WITH A VETERAN... 5 00:00:07,448 --> 00:00:09,000 YOU'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF STUFF. 6 00:00:09,034 --> 00:00:11,862 ...WHO GOT THE BETTER OF HIM FIRST TIME AROUND. 7 00:00:11,896 --> 00:00:14,068 HE'S ASKING WAY TOO MUCH. 8 00:00:14,103 --> 00:00:15,379 THE BOULDER BOYS... 9 00:00:15,413 --> 00:00:17,827 MONEY GOIN' OUT. LOOKS LIKE WE'LL GET SOME OPAL. 10 00:00:17,862 --> 00:00:21,620 ...RACE TO SAVE THEIR CLAIM FROM A MONSOON FLOOD. 11 00:00:25,689 --> 00:00:27,689 ...AND ON THEIR LAST DIG OF THE SEASON... 12 00:00:29,931 --> 00:00:33,137 ...THE COOKE BROTHERS FINALLY HIT PAY DIRT. 13 00:00:33,172 --> 00:00:35,241 WHOA. LOOK AT THE COLOR IN THAT. 14 00:00:35,275 --> 00:00:37,310 Man: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER, ISN'T IT? 15 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 16 00:00:58,758 --> 00:01:01,793 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 17 00:01:01,827 --> 00:01:04,758 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 18 00:01:08,827 --> 00:01:11,758 Narrator: COOBER PEDY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 19 00:01:11,793 --> 00:01:14,793 FAMOUS FOR WHITE AND CRYSTAL OPAL 20 00:01:14,827 --> 00:01:19,724 WORTH UP TO $7,500 A GRAM. 21 00:01:19,758 --> 00:01:23,379 THIRTY-TWO KILOMETERS NORTH OF TOWN AT VINO MINEFIELD. 22 00:01:23,413 --> 00:01:26,241 THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME THIS LAST WEEK 23 00:01:26,275 --> 00:01:29,896 JUST TO GIVE IT ONE LAST CRACK BEFORE THE SUMMER SETS IN 24 00:01:29,931 --> 00:01:31,448 AND THAT'S IT. 25 00:01:31,482 --> 00:01:34,689 ROOKIES JUSTIN LANG AND FIANCé BECKY MACALLAN 26 00:01:34,724 --> 00:01:37,379 HAVE HAD A DISASTROUS FIRST SEASON TOGETHER, 27 00:01:37,413 --> 00:01:40,931 FINDING BARELY ANY OPAL. 28 00:01:40,965 --> 00:01:43,344 FACING EXPENSIVE BREAKDOWNS... 29 00:01:43,379 --> 00:01:45,344 OH, MATE, I WANT TO CRY. 30 00:01:45,379 --> 00:01:46,724 ...AND GRAVE DANGERS... 31 00:01:46,758 --> 00:01:48,758 IT'S NOT WORTH IT, JUSTIN. 32 00:01:48,793 --> 00:01:51,275 ...THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN TESTED HARD. 33 00:01:51,310 --> 00:01:53,000 PLEASE RELAX. 34 00:01:53,034 --> 00:01:55,448 YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS BY GOING OFF YOUR CHOPS. 35 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:59,137 DOING MY HEAD IN THIS PLACE. 36 00:01:59,172 --> 00:02:04,000 BECKY HAS RETURNED TO ADELAIDE, OVER 700 KILOMETERS AWAY. 37 00:02:04,034 --> 00:02:06,896 JUSTIN'S WORKLOAD HAS JUST DOUBLED. 38 00:02:06,931 --> 00:02:08,758 Justin: I'VE GOT TO PROVE TO MYSELF, 39 00:02:08,793 --> 00:02:11,689 AND I NEED TO PROVE TO BECKY THAT I CAN FIND OPAL. 40 00:02:11,724 --> 00:02:14,655 BUT, WITHIN A HALF AN HOUR, YOU CAN FILL THIS BUCKET UP 41 00:02:14,689 --> 00:02:15,862 AND YOU COULD HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS. 42 00:02:15,896 --> 00:02:17,724 THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS MINING. 43 00:02:20,310 --> 00:02:23,448 I'VE SEEN SOME WARNING SIGNS POP UP ON THIS MACHINE. 44 00:02:23,482 --> 00:02:25,172 ALL I CAN DO IS HOPE LIKE HELL 45 00:02:25,206 --> 00:02:26,758 THAT THE MACHINE KEEPS GOING. 46 00:02:32,896 --> 00:02:36,448 WHEN I SCRATCH THE FACE, I DROP IT DOWN LIKE THAT 47 00:02:36,482 --> 00:02:37,862 AND THEN BRING IT JUST BACK 48 00:02:37,896 --> 00:02:40,758 SO THAT IF I DO SEE REALLY GOOD-QUALITY OPAL IN THE WALL, 49 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:42,344 THEN I KNOW THAT THE OPAL IS ONLY GOING TO BE 50 00:02:42,379 --> 00:02:45,068 IN THAT PART IN THE BASE OF WHERE IT CAME OUT. 51 00:02:46,413 --> 00:02:47,896 WHAT IS THAT? 52 00:02:55,827 --> 00:02:58,689 SMELLS LIKE OIL BURNING OR SOMETHING. 53 00:02:58,724 --> 00:03:01,620 IT'S A REAL SORT OF EGGY SORT OF SMELL. 54 00:03:01,655 --> 00:03:02,896 THE OTHER WEIRD THING IS I CAN HEAR THIS 55 00:03:02,931 --> 00:03:06,000 SORT OF HISSING DOWN HERE. 56 00:03:06,034 --> 00:03:07,655 THIS IS WHERE THE BATTERY IS. 57 00:03:10,241 --> 00:03:14,275 OH! OH! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? 58 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:17,620 SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE BATTERIES, I THINK. 59 00:03:17,655 --> 00:03:19,344 UGH! 60 00:03:22,310 --> 00:03:24,344 I CAN'T WIN AT THE MOMENT. 61 00:03:24,379 --> 00:03:26,517 Narrator: JUSTIN MUST CALL THE NEAREST MECHANIC, 62 00:03:26,551 --> 00:03:28,827 32 KILOMETERS AWAY. 63 00:03:28,862 --> 00:03:31,344 AH, MAN, THIS SUCKS. IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING. 64 00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:32,448 EVERY DAY IT'S SOMETHING. 65 00:03:32,482 --> 00:03:34,000 Man: JUSTIN. 66 00:03:34,034 --> 00:03:36,344 HEY. YEAH, HEY. HOW YOU GOING? 67 00:03:36,379 --> 00:03:38,275 DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT BATTERIES IN THE EXCAVATOR? 68 00:03:38,310 --> 00:03:39,275 I WAS -- I WAS NOTICING THIS 69 00:03:39,310 --> 00:03:41,103 SORT OF EGGY SORT OF SMELL FOR A WHILE. 70 00:03:50,241 --> 00:03:52,241 OH, GEEZ. BLOODY HELL. 71 00:03:58,931 --> 00:04:00,068 . 72 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:02,931 WITHOUT THE EXCAVATOR, 73 00:04:02,965 --> 00:04:06,448 ROOKIE JUSTIN'S MINING SEASON WILL BE OVER. 74 00:04:09,862 --> 00:04:12,310 1,000 KILOMETERS NORTHEAST, 75 00:04:12,344 --> 00:04:15,827 CENTRAL QUEENSLAND IS A BLISTERING DRY LANDSCAPE 76 00:04:15,862 --> 00:04:19,931 WITH TEMPERATURES HITTING 46 DEGREES. 77 00:04:19,965 --> 00:04:22,517 BUT EVERY DECEMBER, FOR THREE MONTHS, 78 00:04:22,551 --> 00:04:25,172 THE MONSOON RAINS ARRIVE. 79 00:04:25,206 --> 00:04:26,551 IN A SINGLE DAY, 80 00:04:26,586 --> 00:04:29,000 10 CENTIMETERS OF RAIN CAN FALL, 81 00:04:29,034 --> 00:04:32,482 AND WITH IT COMES THE END OF THE MINING SEASON. 82 00:04:34,793 --> 00:04:38,482 DRAGONFLY CLAIM, OPALTON. 83 00:04:38,517 --> 00:04:41,413 BOULDER BOYS AARON GROTJAHN AND GREG GERAN... 84 00:04:41,448 --> 00:04:43,241 SHE'S LEVEL.THAT'S IT THERE, YEAH. 85 00:04:43,275 --> 00:04:46,551 ...HAVE JUST A FEW WEEKS LEFT TO HIT THEIR TARGET. 86 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:49,137 FOR AARON, IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT. 87 00:04:49,172 --> 00:04:51,000 HE NEEDS ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY 88 00:04:51,034 --> 00:04:53,517 THE LEASE ON THE CLAIM FROM HIS FAMILY. 89 00:04:53,551 --> 00:04:56,724 IF THEY FAIL, HE WILL LOSE EVERYTHING. 90 00:04:56,758 --> 00:04:59,448 Aaron: I'VE INVESTED EVERYTHING I'VE GOT INTO THIS JOB. 91 00:04:59,482 --> 00:05:00,827 WE DON'T FIND ANY OPAL, 92 00:05:00,862 --> 00:05:02,448 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 93 00:05:05,482 --> 00:05:07,827 Greg: WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO PUT THIS PIT DOWN 94 00:05:07,862 --> 00:05:10,275 AND ALL THE FUEL AND TIME, 95 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:12,758 MACHINE HOURS. 96 00:05:12,793 --> 00:05:14,482 BIG EFFORT TO GET THERE. 97 00:05:17,448 --> 00:05:19,137 IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, WE WOULD HAVE 98 00:05:19,172 --> 00:05:23,172 BURNED 7,000 LITERS, IF NORMAL, OF DIESEL. 99 00:05:23,206 --> 00:05:24,793 Narrator: AT OVER A DOLLAR A LITER, 100 00:05:24,827 --> 00:05:27,620 THAT'S $12,000. 101 00:05:27,655 --> 00:05:28,517 OKAY. 102 00:05:28,551 --> 00:05:30,344 WE DECIDED TO DO A BIG HAUL. 103 00:05:30,379 --> 00:05:31,724 AS SOON AS WE DECIDED TO DO IT, 104 00:05:31,758 --> 00:05:33,793 THE DIESEL WENT UP TO $1.70. 105 00:05:33,827 --> 00:05:35,241 $1.76 ISN'T IT? 106 00:05:35,275 --> 00:05:38,620 MONEY GOING OUT, HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME OPAL. 107 00:05:38,655 --> 00:05:40,724 Aaron: I'M JUST GONNA TAKE THE DOZER DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. 108 00:05:40,758 --> 00:05:42,758 WE NEED IT A BIT DEEPER. CLEAN THAT OUT. 109 00:05:42,793 --> 00:05:45,551 PROBABLY ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR WE'RE ON BLOODY LEVEL. 110 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,758 Narrator: THIS CLAIM WAS MINED BY AARON'S DAD DECADES AGO 111 00:05:52,793 --> 00:05:56,586 AND IS RIDDLED WITH UNEXPECTED TUNNELS, OR DRIVES, 112 00:05:56,620 --> 00:05:58,172 MAKING IT HIGHLY DANGEROUS 113 00:05:58,206 --> 00:06:02,448 FOR THE 40-TON EXCAVATOR AND THE 60-TON BULLDOZER. 114 00:06:06,586 --> 00:06:08,551 AARON! AARON! 115 00:06:17,379 --> 00:06:20,034 I THINK YOU'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH. 116 00:06:20,068 --> 00:06:21,551 YOU'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH INTO THE DRIVE. 117 00:06:21,586 --> 00:06:29,586 CAUGHT IN A COLLAPSED TUNNEL AND UNABLE TO GET TRACTION, 118 00:06:29,620 --> 00:06:31,448 THE 60-TON BULLDOZER... 119 00:06:31,482 --> 00:06:33,137 I'M DOWN, MATE. 120 00:06:33,172 --> 00:06:35,655 ...IS NOW STUCK FAST. 121 00:06:42,275 --> 00:06:45,275 LIGHTNING RIDGE, NEW SOUTH WALES. 122 00:06:45,310 --> 00:06:47,689 500 KILOMETERS FROM THE COAST. 123 00:06:47,724 --> 00:06:52,655 IT'S HOME TO THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPAL ON THE PLANET... 124 00:06:52,689 --> 00:06:54,620 BLACK OPAL, 125 00:06:54,655 --> 00:06:59,172 WORTH UP TO $35,000 FOR JUST A FIFTH OF A GRAM. 126 00:07:01,827 --> 00:07:05,172 IT'S THE LAST DIG OF THE SEASON FOR MECHANICAL MAESTROS 127 00:07:05,206 --> 00:07:07,344 PETE AND MICK COOKE. 128 00:07:07,379 --> 00:07:09,586 PLAGUED BY BREAKDOWNS.... 129 00:07:09,620 --> 00:07:11,862 ...THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR THEIR ORIGINAL TARGET. 130 00:07:11,896 --> 00:07:15,344 FRESHLY BROKEN BOLT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST BEEN BROKEN. 131 00:07:15,379 --> 00:07:16,758 AH, . 132 00:07:16,793 --> 00:07:18,275 THE WATER STOPPED. STOPPED? 133 00:07:18,310 --> 00:07:19,551 OH, . 134 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:21,689 THEY'RE HEADING OUT TO A NEW CLAIM 135 00:07:21,724 --> 00:07:24,137 IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO SURVIVE. 136 00:07:24,172 --> 00:07:26,379 WE'VE GOT TO START FINDING A BIT OF MONEY. 137 00:07:26,413 --> 00:07:28,793 NEED SOME OPAL. -A LITTLE BIT MORE! 138 00:07:28,827 --> 00:07:31,344 Narrator: THIS SEASON, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING OUT AN APPRENTICE 139 00:07:31,379 --> 00:07:32,620 FOR THE FIRST TIME -- 140 00:07:32,655 --> 00:07:35,655 19-YEAR-OLD SAM WESTRA. 141 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:37,379 I'D WORKED IN A SUPERMARKET, 142 00:07:37,413 --> 00:07:39,241 I'D STARTED A COUPLE OF APPRENTICESHIPS, 143 00:07:39,275 --> 00:07:42,793 HADN'T REALLY FOUND WHAT I WANTED TO DO. 144 00:07:42,827 --> 00:07:45,344 I'D QUIT ME JOB, AND I WAS READY TO GO 145 00:07:45,379 --> 00:07:48,793 TO THE COAST, I WAS READY TO GO LIE ON A BEACH. 146 00:07:48,827 --> 00:07:49,965 I KNEW PETE WAS OUT HERE, 147 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,344 SO I THOUGHT I'D DROP IN FOR A NIGHT. 148 00:07:52,379 --> 00:07:54,551 OH, YEAH.HE SHOWED ME OPAL MINING. 149 00:07:54,586 --> 00:07:57,896 IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT. 150 00:07:57,931 --> 00:08:00,379 I'VE BEEN HERE SIX MONTHS NOW. 151 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:02,137 Pete: YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE YOUNG BLOKE. 152 00:08:02,172 --> 00:08:04,241 HE'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT YOU'VE STILL GOT TO KEEP AN EYE 153 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:05,586 ON WHAT THEY'RE UP TO, YOU KNOW, IN CASE 154 00:08:05,620 --> 00:08:08,482 THEY'RE UNDOING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF DOING IT UP. 155 00:08:08,517 --> 00:08:09,827 Narrator: TO BREAK EVEN, 156 00:08:09,862 --> 00:08:12,206 THE BROTHERS HAVE REVISED THEIR TARGET 157 00:08:12,241 --> 00:08:14,068 DOWN TO THE BARE MINIMUM. 158 00:08:14,103 --> 00:08:15,689 IF YOU'RE FAIRLY GOOD AT MINING, 159 00:08:15,724 --> 00:08:17,068 IT'S A THOUSAND BUCKS A WEEK. 160 00:08:17,103 --> 00:08:18,793 YEP.WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. 161 00:08:18,827 --> 00:08:22,931 -YEAH. -SO, MINE FOR A YEAR, 50 GRAND. 162 00:08:22,965 --> 00:08:26,689 Narrator: THEY'RE HOPING DIGGING THIS NEW 50x50 METER CLAIM 163 00:08:26,724 --> 00:08:31,689 RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN CAN GET THEM OVER THE LINE. 164 00:08:31,724 --> 00:08:36,068 WITH OPAL MINING, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE TRUCKLOAD OF DUG DIRT 165 00:08:36,103 --> 00:08:37,275 TO MAKE A FORTUNE. 166 00:08:37,310 --> 00:08:38,689 LOOK AT THAT. 167 00:08:38,724 --> 00:08:40,655 ONE TRUCK CAN HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED GRAND OF OPAL IN IT 168 00:08:40,689 --> 00:08:43,310 IF IT'S THE RIGHT DIRT. 169 00:08:43,344 --> 00:08:47,206 Narrator: IN A PROCESS TAKING UP TO 110 MILLION YEARS, 170 00:08:47,241 --> 00:08:49,896 OPAL IS CREATED WHEN WATER CARRIES SILICA 171 00:08:49,931 --> 00:08:51,275 FROM THE SURROUNDING EARTH 172 00:08:51,310 --> 00:08:53,758 INTO CRACKS AND FAULTS UNDERGROUND, 173 00:08:53,793 --> 00:08:57,068 GRADUALLY HARDENING TO FORM THE PRECIOUS GEM. 174 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:01,103 THIS TIME, THE BROTHERS AIM TO GET 175 00:09:01,137 --> 00:09:03,793 TO THE BOTTOM OF AN OLD LEAD. 176 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:05,620 Pete: THERE IS A STORY THE NEIGHBORS 177 00:09:05,655 --> 00:09:09,344 PUT DOWN A THREE-FOOT HOLE FOR A TOILET, 178 00:09:09,379 --> 00:09:12,034 AND AFTER THEY'D BEEN USING IT FOR A MONTH OR TWO, 179 00:09:12,068 --> 00:09:13,241 THEY LOOKED AT THE DRILL DIRT 180 00:09:13,275 --> 00:09:15,379 AND FOUND SOME NICE BLUE AND BLACK NOBBIES, 181 00:09:15,413 --> 00:09:18,206 BUT TOO LATE TO GO MINING IN THAT HOLE. 182 00:09:18,241 --> 00:09:20,827 SO WE'VE DECIDED TO DRILL THESE HOLES 183 00:09:20,862 --> 00:09:24,448 VIRTUALLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE TOILET HOLE. 184 00:09:24,482 --> 00:09:27,758 WE'RE HOPING THE FAULT RUNS STRAIGHT THROUGH THERE. 185 00:09:27,793 --> 00:09:30,689 NO ONE EVER SAID OPAL RUNS IN STRAIGHT LINES, 186 00:09:30,724 --> 00:09:32,758 BUT IT MIGHT. 187 00:09:34,758 --> 00:09:36,793 Narrator: WITH HIS SUPER DRILL, MEGATRON, 188 00:09:36,827 --> 00:09:38,344 STUCK IN THE WORKSHOP, 189 00:09:38,379 --> 00:09:41,862 MICK WILL DRILL TEST HOLES IN LINE WITH THE OLD TOILET 190 00:09:41,896 --> 00:09:45,379 USING THEIR DECADES-OLD INVESTIGATOR DRILL. 191 00:09:45,413 --> 00:09:50,206 SHE'S A BLOODY 1943 -- '43 OR '44 -- DEUTZ ENGINE. 192 00:09:52,068 --> 00:09:54,724 OLDER THAN ME DAD! 193 00:09:54,758 --> 00:09:57,068 TO EXPLORE THE TEST HOLES THOROUGHLY, 194 00:09:57,103 --> 00:10:02,689 MAVERICK INVENTOR PETE HAS COME UP WITH A NEW PROTOTYPE. 195 00:10:02,724 --> 00:10:06,137 Pete: IT'S A DOWN HOLE ROTATIONAL REAMER, 196 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:07,379 BUT I JUST CALL IT THE COOKIE CUTTER. 197 00:10:07,413 --> 00:10:08,931 THAT'S MY NICKNAME FOR IT. 198 00:10:10,482 --> 00:10:12,172 Narrator: THE COOKIE CUTTER WILL BE LOWERED 199 00:10:12,206 --> 00:10:15,517 DOWN THE EXPLORATION HOLES TO THE OPAL LEVEL. 200 00:10:15,551 --> 00:10:19,517 AN EXPANDING DRILL ARM WIDENS OR BELLS OUT THE HOLE, 201 00:10:19,551 --> 00:10:21,965 DROPPING THE DIRT INTO A PIPE-LIKE BUCKET 202 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,896 SO IT CAN BE PULLED TO THE SURFACE 203 00:10:23,931 --> 00:10:25,413 AND CHECKED FOR OPAL. 204 00:10:25,448 --> 00:10:27,517 NO ONE'S BUILT A MACHINE LIKE THIS BEFORE. 205 00:10:27,551 --> 00:10:29,551 IT DOESN'T OWE ANYTHING TO ANYONE. 206 00:10:29,586 --> 00:10:31,206 IT'S ALL MY OWN IDEA. 207 00:10:31,241 --> 00:10:35,000 Narrator: BUT IF PETE'S $10,000 INVENTION DOESN'T WORK, 208 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:38,344 IT'LL BE MONEY THEY CAN'T AFFORD STRAIGHT DOWN THE HOLE. 209 00:10:38,379 --> 00:10:40,206 A LITTLE BIT TREPIDATIOUS, 210 00:10:40,241 --> 00:10:42,310 I SUPPOSE, WOULD BE A GOOD WORD FOR IT. 211 00:10:42,344 --> 00:10:44,413 LET'S HOPE IT ALL GOES TO PLAN. 212 00:10:56,724 --> 00:10:59,068 Justin: I THINK THE ALTERNATOR OR THE BATTERIES OR SOMETHING. 213 00:10:59,103 --> 00:11:00,586 NEED DOING. 214 00:11:00,620 --> 00:11:03,517 SO THESE OLD MACHINES AREN'T SO CHEAP AFTER ALL. 215 00:11:06,655 --> 00:11:08,655 Narrator: ROOKIE JUSTIN LANG'S EXCAVATOR 216 00:11:08,689 --> 00:11:11,862 HAS GROUND TO A HALT YET AGAIN. 217 00:11:11,896 --> 00:11:13,172 AND WITH IT...WOW. 218 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:15,793 ...HIS ONE-MAN MINING OPERATION. 219 00:11:15,827 --> 00:11:18,275 I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT EXCAVATORS, I TELL YOU WHAT. 220 00:11:18,310 --> 00:11:22,482 IF IT CAN'T BE REPAIRED, HIS MINING SEASON WILL BE OVER, 221 00:11:22,517 --> 00:11:27,551 LEAVING HIM $80,000 IN THE RED. 222 00:11:27,586 --> 00:11:31,137 LOCAL MECHANIC QUENTIN SPARROW IS HIS LAST HOPE. 223 00:11:31,172 --> 00:11:32,517 SO IT'S JUST UP HERE. 224 00:11:36,172 --> 00:11:40,413 It'S ONLY GOT BARELY 79 VOLTS. 225 00:11:40,448 --> 00:11:44,206 -WOW. -IN THE ONE BATTERY, 79. 226 00:11:44,241 --> 00:11:45,758 SO THESE BATTERIES ARE COOKED, EH? 227 00:11:45,793 --> 00:11:47,172 YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE COOKED. 228 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:49,793 YEAH, THE ALTERNATOR IS JUST PUMPING OUT TOO MUCH POWER. 229 00:11:51,862 --> 00:11:54,241 YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN -- THEY'VE BEEN COOKED. 230 00:11:54,275 --> 00:11:57,275 Narrator: YET ANOTHER CRIPPLING EXPENSE. 231 00:11:57,310 --> 00:12:00,655 -THERE'S SOME MORE MONEY. -OH, REALLY? 232 00:12:00,689 --> 00:12:02,275 LOOK AT THE FAN WOBBLING AROUND. 233 00:12:02,310 --> 00:12:05,620 -THAT'S BAD? -IT'S READY TO FALL OFF. 234 00:12:05,655 --> 00:12:07,379 WHEN IT FALLS OFF, ONE OF THE BLADES BREAK 235 00:12:07,413 --> 00:12:09,793 AND GO THROUGH YOUR RADIATOR. 236 00:12:09,827 --> 00:12:12,517 THEN YOUR RADIATOR IS BUGGERED. 237 00:12:13,896 --> 00:12:18,275 UH, YOU WANT ME TO STOP LOOKING? -NAH, KEEP LOOKING. 238 00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:24,689 THAT'S THE MAIN THING THERE WITH THE FAN AND THE WATER PUMP. 239 00:12:24,724 --> 00:12:27,275 JUST WHEN I THINK I'M GETTING CLOSE TO THE OPAL. 240 00:12:27,310 --> 00:12:28,758 YOU CAN'T USE IT LIKE THAT. 241 00:12:28,793 --> 00:12:30,551 IT'S JUST GOING TO COME APART, THROW A PART. 242 00:12:30,586 --> 00:12:33,551 YOU'RE LUCKY WE FOUND -- LUCKY WE FOUND IT, YOU KNOW. 243 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,103 WOW. 244 00:12:36,517 --> 00:12:39,310 THE ALTERNATOR, THE BATTERY, THE WATER PUMP, 245 00:12:39,344 --> 00:12:40,586 THEY'RE ALL NAKED. 246 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:44,448 I RECKON I'M LOOKING AT ABOUT FIVE GRAND. 247 00:12:44,482 --> 00:12:46,896 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE VALUE OF THIS MACHINE. 248 00:12:46,931 --> 00:12:48,655 SO... 249 00:12:48,689 --> 00:12:50,931 Narrator: ALREADY $80,000 DOWN... 250 00:12:50,965 --> 00:12:52,448 . 251 00:12:52,482 --> 00:12:54,000 ...JUSTIN'S HOPES OF FINDING 252 00:12:54,034 --> 00:12:56,482 THAT ONE LUCKY BUCKET LOAD OF OPAL 253 00:12:56,517 --> 00:12:58,206 ARE FAST DISAPPEARING. 254 00:12:58,241 --> 00:12:59,620 MM. 255 00:13:02,172 --> 00:13:04,448 IT WILL TAKE MOST OF HIS LAST WEEK 256 00:13:04,482 --> 00:13:08,172 AND $5,000 TO REPAIR THE EXCAVATOR. 257 00:13:11,379 --> 00:13:15,896 JUSTIN NEEDS TO FIND ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING A PROFIT. 258 00:13:15,931 --> 00:13:18,137 Justin: I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH I'VE INVESTED THIS YEAR, 259 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:20,103 BUT I THINK ABOUT $80,000. 260 00:13:20,137 --> 00:13:22,344 SO I'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS WORK, 261 00:13:22,379 --> 00:13:23,862 RAIN, HAIL, OR SHINE. 262 00:13:30,206 --> 00:13:33,344 Narrator: AT DRAGONFLY CLAIM, 263 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:35,931 AARON HAS GOT THE 60-TON BULLDOZER 264 00:13:35,965 --> 00:13:38,206 STUCK IN AN OLD MINE SHAFT. 265 00:13:41,206 --> 00:13:45,931 HIS EFFORTS TO FREE IT ONLY MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE. 266 00:13:45,965 --> 00:13:47,517 AH, YOU'VE GOTTEN IN DEEPER. 267 00:14:00,620 --> 00:14:03,517 YOU MIGHT USE YOUR RIPPER, SEE IF YOU CAN REVERSE OUT. 268 00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:05,482 YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO, MATE. 269 00:14:05,517 --> 00:14:09,482 HIS LAST CHANCE IS TO USE THE CLAWED ARM, OR RIPPER, 270 00:14:09,517 --> 00:14:11,103 AT THE REAR OF THE BULLDOZER 271 00:14:11,137 --> 00:14:13,275 TO DRAG THE DOZER OUT. 272 00:14:26,034 --> 00:14:27,827 SHE'S OUT, MATE. 273 00:14:27,862 --> 00:14:29,172 ALRIGHT, YOU'RE OUT, MATE. 274 00:14:29,206 --> 00:14:32,137 JUST GOES TO SHOW, NOW YOU KNOW HOW DEEP YOU ARE. 275 00:14:35,034 --> 00:14:37,103 WITH ONE EMERGENCY OVER, 276 00:14:37,137 --> 00:14:40,655 AARON AND GREG ARE JUST ABOUT TO HIT ANOTHER. 277 00:14:43,689 --> 00:14:44,862 WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT WEATHER 278 00:14:44,896 --> 00:14:46,931 AND THE WET SEASON, RAINS AROUND. 279 00:14:46,965 --> 00:14:48,827 PRETTY MAD-LOOKING CLOUDS THERE. 280 00:14:48,862 --> 00:14:50,275 EVERYWHERE. 281 00:14:50,310 --> 00:14:51,413 LOOK OVER THERE. 282 00:14:51,448 --> 00:14:53,103 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING A SHOWER. 283 00:14:55,931 --> 00:14:59,931 Narrator: WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN EXPECTED IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, 284 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:03,896 THEIR 19-METER-DEEP PIT RISKS BEING FLOODED, 285 00:15:03,931 --> 00:15:06,827 MAKING MINING IMPOSSIBLE. 286 00:15:06,862 --> 00:15:08,724 WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DOWN THERE 287 00:15:08,758 --> 00:15:10,241 TO STOP A BIT OF WATER, RIGHT? 288 00:15:10,275 --> 00:15:11,379 GET THE MACHINES OUT. 289 00:15:11,413 --> 00:15:12,655 YEAH. WE WILL. 290 00:15:12,689 --> 00:15:14,551 LIKE, BUILD A FEW LEVY THINGS. 291 00:15:14,586 --> 00:15:16,862 STOP WATER GETTING INTO THE MINE HOLE. 292 00:15:16,896 --> 00:15:18,724 -WE'LL DO THAT, EH? -YEP. 293 00:15:18,758 --> 00:15:20,310 WE'VE GOT TO. 294 00:15:20,344 --> 00:15:22,793 Narrator: AARON AND GREG WILL HAVE TO RACE THE CLOCK 295 00:15:22,827 --> 00:15:26,103 TO BUILD TWO LEVEES, PROTECTIVE EARTH BARRIERS, 296 00:15:26,137 --> 00:15:28,758 TO STOP THE RAINS FLOODING THEIR DIG. 297 00:15:28,793 --> 00:15:30,103 MIGHT AS WELL BE PREPARED, MATE. 298 00:15:30,137 --> 00:15:32,344 THAT'S IT. 299 00:15:32,379 --> 00:15:34,586 Greg: WON'T STOP IT ALL, BUT IT WILL STOP SOME. 300 00:15:34,620 --> 00:15:36,517 IT MIGHT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 301 00:15:36,551 --> 00:15:38,827 BEING ABLE TO GET BACK DOWN IN THE HOLE AND DIG 302 00:15:38,862 --> 00:15:41,379 OR NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT. 303 00:15:41,413 --> 00:15:44,241 Narrator: IF THEY CAN'T GET THE LEVEES BUILT IN TIME, 304 00:15:44,275 --> 00:15:46,241 THEIR SEASON WILL BE CUT SHORT 305 00:15:46,275 --> 00:15:48,310 AND AARON WILL LOSE HIS DREAM 306 00:15:48,344 --> 00:15:50,620 OF BUYING THE LEASE FROM HIS FAMILY 307 00:15:50,655 --> 00:15:53,724 AND FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS. 308 00:15:59,724 --> 00:16:03,931 DROUGHT-STRICKEN NEW SOUTH WALES. 309 00:16:03,965 --> 00:16:07,448 WHAT I CAN DO WITH MY INVENTION IS PUT IT DOWN THIS HOLE 310 00:16:07,482 --> 00:16:10,172 AND OPEN IT UP AND HAVE A LOT BETTER LOOK. 311 00:16:10,206 --> 00:16:11,586 Narrator: IT'S THE FIRST ATTEMPT 312 00:16:11,620 --> 00:16:14,206 FOR PETE'S $10,000 INVENTION, 313 00:16:14,241 --> 00:16:15,793 THE COOKIE CUTTER. 314 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,379 TRY RUNNING IT ACROSS AGAIN. 315 00:16:19,413 --> 00:16:20,551 Pete: IT'S EARLY DAYS. 316 00:16:20,586 --> 00:16:22,517 STILL FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT. 317 00:16:22,551 --> 00:16:24,068 WAIT, WAIT! 318 00:16:24,103 --> 00:16:26,551 THERE'S NO INSTRUCTION MANUAL OR BOOK FOR THIS SORT OF THING. 319 00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:28,758 WE'RE JUST MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG. 320 00:16:31,448 --> 00:16:33,275 A LITTLE BIT MORE. OKAY. 321 00:16:35,448 --> 00:16:37,206 WHAT CAN GO WRONG, EH? 322 00:16:44,827 --> 00:16:48,689 FOR SOME REASON, IT ISN'T GOING DOWN THE HOLE. 323 00:16:48,724 --> 00:16:49,896 UGH! 324 00:16:49,931 --> 00:16:52,379 IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. 325 00:16:52,413 --> 00:16:54,655 Narrator: IT'S THE LAST DIG OF THE SEASON, 326 00:16:54,689 --> 00:16:56,655 AND THE UNDERGROUND DRILLING SYSTEM 327 00:16:56,689 --> 00:16:58,379 IS STUCK IN THE TEST HOLE. 328 00:16:58,413 --> 00:17:00,275 NOT 100% SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 329 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:03,586 THE COOKIE CUTTER JUST DOESN'T QUITE FIT DOWN THE HOLE. 330 00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:06,413 Narrator: SERIOUSLY BEHIND THIS SEASON'S TARGET, 331 00:17:06,448 --> 00:17:08,344 THIS COULD RUIN WHAT'S LEFT OF IT. 332 00:17:08,379 --> 00:17:12,827 -IT DOESN'T WANT TO GO. -IT'S NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. 333 00:17:12,862 --> 00:17:15,137 Narrator: YOUNGER BROTHER MICK COMES TO THE RESCUE. 334 00:17:15,172 --> 00:17:18,034 HIS BUCKET HE'S MADE IS A BIT TOO TIGHT IN THE HOLE, 335 00:17:18,068 --> 00:17:19,965 SO THE NEXT HOLE WE DRILL, 336 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,310 WE'LL PUT A COUPLE OF WIDER TEETH ON THE HEAD. 337 00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:26,724 FROM TIP TO TIP, 264. 338 00:17:26,758 --> 00:17:30,586 -YEAH, 264. -GOOD LUCK WITH IT. 339 00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:32,103 Narrator: WITH A BIGGER DRILL HEAD, 340 00:17:32,137 --> 00:17:35,482 THE BOYS CAN NOW DRILL A WIDER HOLE TO THE OPAL LEVEL, 341 00:17:35,517 --> 00:17:37,206 SIX METERS DOWN. 342 00:17:37,241 --> 00:17:39,482 EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING TOO WELL. 343 00:17:39,517 --> 00:17:41,586 I'M WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO GO WRONG. 344 00:17:48,724 --> 00:17:52,206 -BEAUTIFUL. -BRING THE COOKIE CUTTER IN. 345 00:17:52,241 --> 00:17:54,275 Narrator: FIRST, THE THREE-METER BUCKET, 346 00:17:54,310 --> 00:17:55,620 WHICH WILL CATCH THE DIRT, 347 00:17:55,655 --> 00:17:57,068 GOES DOWN THE HOLE. 348 00:17:59,448 --> 00:18:01,724 THE BUCKET DOES FIT. 349 00:18:01,758 --> 00:18:03,448 THE COOKIE CUTTER FITS ON TOP. 350 00:18:03,482 --> 00:18:07,241 -THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. -OH, WAIT. 351 00:18:07,275 --> 00:18:09,275 Narrator: TIME FOR PETE'S NEXT BRAIN WAVE. 352 00:18:09,310 --> 00:18:11,275 IS THAT WORKING?THAT SEEMS PRETTY BRIGHT, 353 00:18:11,310 --> 00:18:13,206 SAM, THANKS FOR THAT. 354 00:18:13,241 --> 00:18:15,896 Pete: THE IDEA IS THAT WHEN THE DIRT FILLS THE BUCKET UP 355 00:18:15,931 --> 00:18:19,241 AND COVERS THE TORCH AND I CAN'T SEE IT FLASHING, IT'S FULL. 356 00:18:20,827 --> 00:18:23,310 RIGHTY. 357 00:18:23,344 --> 00:18:25,103 Narrator: THIS TIME, THE COOKIE CUTTER 358 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,172 GOES STRAIGHT DOWN. 359 00:18:27,206 --> 00:18:29,034 IT'S ALL GOING SWIMMINGLY NOW. 360 00:18:29,068 --> 00:18:30,413 I JUST DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO SOON 361 00:18:30,448 --> 00:18:31,965 IN CASE I JINX IT. 362 00:18:33,862 --> 00:18:38,068 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO A FAIRLY GOOD BAIL OUT DOWN AT THE LEVEL. 363 00:18:38,103 --> 00:18:40,034 Narrator: ONCE THE OPAL LEVEL IS REACHED, 364 00:18:40,068 --> 00:18:43,827 PETE EXTENDS THE DRILL ARM 365 00:18:43,862 --> 00:18:48,241 AND DRAGS IT IN A CIRCLE BY HAND FROM THE SURFACE. 366 00:18:48,275 --> 00:18:52,448 I THINK IT'S WORKING WELL. HOPEFULLY FINDING OPAL. 367 00:19:01,344 --> 00:19:03,655 AS THE CRANE LIFTS THE COOKIE CUTTER, 368 00:19:03,689 --> 00:19:06,344 THEY'LL DISCOVER IF IT'S FOUND THEM OPAL 369 00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:08,931 OR JUST SUNK THEM DEEPER INTO DEBT. 370 00:19:19,413 --> 00:19:21,655 Justin: I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH I'VE INVESTED THIS YEAR, 371 00:19:21,689 --> 00:19:23,517 BUT I THINK ABOUT $80,000. 372 00:19:23,551 --> 00:19:27,068 SO IT'S NOT THAT GOOD. 373 00:19:27,103 --> 00:19:30,689 Narrator: IN ONLY HIS SECOND REAL SEASON AS AN OPAL MINER, 374 00:19:30,724 --> 00:19:35,758 ROOKIE JUSTIN LANG IS $80,000 DOWN. 375 00:19:35,793 --> 00:19:37,034 I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED TO GO BACK 376 00:19:37,068 --> 00:19:40,137 AND TELL BECK THAT, YOU KNOW, I FAILED. 377 00:19:40,172 --> 00:19:43,137 SO, I'M WILLING TO AT LEAST TAKE THE RISK 378 00:19:43,172 --> 00:19:44,931 AND HEAD UP TO MINTABIE. 379 00:19:44,965 --> 00:19:46,655 Narrator: DESPERATE TO MAKE A PROFIT, 380 00:19:46,689 --> 00:19:49,172 HE'S HOPING TO BUY A PARCEL OF ROUGH OPAL 381 00:19:49,206 --> 00:19:51,137 IN THE REMOTE TOWN OF MINTABIE, 382 00:19:51,172 --> 00:19:54,448 270 KILOMETERS NORTH OF COOBER PEDY. 383 00:19:54,482 --> 00:19:55,482 THERE'S NO BETTER TIME 384 00:19:55,517 --> 00:19:57,344 TO BUY OPAL IN THE ROUGH FROM MINTABIE 385 00:19:57,379 --> 00:19:59,517 THAN RIGHT NOW. 386 00:19:59,551 --> 00:20:00,689 Narrator: IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, 387 00:20:00,724 --> 00:20:03,931 THE TOWN OF MINTABIE IS DUE TO CLOSE. 388 00:20:03,965 --> 00:20:06,965 WITH ITS UNUSUAL BLACK BACKING AND RICH COLORS, 389 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,655 MINTABIE OPAL IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY SOUGHT AFTER. 390 00:20:10,689 --> 00:20:14,551 Justin: MINTABIE OPAL IS REALLY STABLE. IT DOESN'T CRACK. 391 00:20:14,586 --> 00:20:16,310 IT HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL COLORS AND PATTERNS. 392 00:20:16,344 --> 00:20:18,103 SO IF THERE'S NO OPAL 393 00:20:18,137 --> 00:20:19,620 BEING PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND UP THERE, 394 00:20:19,655 --> 00:20:21,310 THEN THE PRICES ARE GOING TO SKYROCKET. 395 00:20:21,344 --> 00:20:24,034 IT WOULD BE SILLY NOT TRYING TO GO UP THERE 396 00:20:24,068 --> 00:20:26,034 AND BUYING ANY PARCELS AVAILABLE. 397 00:20:28,413 --> 00:20:30,103 Narrator: THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE, 398 00:20:30,137 --> 00:20:33,344 ROOKIE JUSTIN LEARNED ABOUT HAGGLING THE HARD WAY 399 00:20:33,379 --> 00:20:36,275 AND LEFT HAVING PAID WAY TOO MUCH. 400 00:20:36,310 --> 00:20:38,206 I WAS A NEWBIE, DEFINITELY A NEWBIE 401 00:20:38,241 --> 00:20:40,413 TO THE WHOLE OPAL BUYING SORT OF GAME, 402 00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:42,275 AND I THINK HE KNEW THAT. 403 00:20:42,310 --> 00:20:43,724 HOW YOU GOING, JAMIE? 404 00:20:43,758 --> 00:20:46,586 YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS IN MINTABIE. 405 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:47,896 IT'S NOT BAD. 406 00:20:47,931 --> 00:20:49,724 I THINK I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENCED. 407 00:20:49,758 --> 00:20:51,620 I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO GO IN THERE A BIT MORE RESERVED. 408 00:20:51,655 --> 00:20:53,620 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE SURE WITH MYSELF 409 00:20:53,655 --> 00:20:55,000 THAT IF I DON'T GET THE RIGHT DEAL, 410 00:20:55,034 --> 00:20:57,344 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WALK AWAY. 411 00:20:57,379 --> 00:20:59,000 GRAB A SEAT. I'LL GRAB THE OPAL. 412 00:20:59,034 --> 00:21:01,206 Narrator: JAMIE WILSON IS ONE OF THE MINERS 413 00:21:01,241 --> 00:21:04,586 BEING FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO LEAVE MINTABIE. 414 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:08,448 JUSTIN IS HOPING HE CAN PICK UP A BARGAIN AND TRIPLE HIS MONEY. 415 00:21:08,482 --> 00:21:10,620 THAT'S THE MOST RECENT PARCEL. 416 00:21:10,655 --> 00:21:13,172 AND THIS IS THE ONE I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT. 417 00:21:13,206 --> 00:21:15,000 RIGHT HERE? YOU HAVE GOT A BIT OF STUFF. 418 00:21:15,034 --> 00:21:18,689 JAMIE HAS TWO PARCELS FROM RECENT DIGS TO SELL. 419 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:21,206 SO HERE'S THE LIGHTER STUFF I'VE GOT, 420 00:21:21,241 --> 00:21:22,551 AND THAT'S -- THAT'S... 421 00:21:22,586 --> 00:21:24,000 THE BIG ONE YOU'VE GOT.YEAH. 422 00:21:24,034 --> 00:21:25,965 GEEZ, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD BE THAT MUCH. 423 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,586 JUSTIN IS LOOKING FOR THREE THINGS -- 424 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:30,413 A SOLID BLACK BACKGROUND... 425 00:21:30,448 --> 00:21:31,896 LOOK AT THAT. IT'S A STUNNING ONE. 426 00:21:31,931 --> 00:21:34,620 ...COLOR THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE STONE, 427 00:21:34,655 --> 00:21:38,206 AND FLASHES OF THE MOST VALUABLE COLOR, RED. 428 00:21:41,689 --> 00:21:44,275 ALRIGHT. THAT'S INTERESTING. ALRIGHT. 429 00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:48,482 LOOK, ALRIGHT, 430 00:21:48,517 --> 00:21:52,310 FOR ME TO DO A DEAL, 431 00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:53,448 I'M GOING TO NEED A -- 432 00:21:53,482 --> 00:21:55,241 A GOOD DEAL TODAY. HMM. 433 00:21:55,275 --> 00:21:56,931 SO, LET ME HAVE A LOOK AT THE OTHER STUFF. 434 00:21:56,965 --> 00:21:58,413 IT'S NOT TOO BAD, THAT, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, 435 00:21:58,448 --> 00:22:01,137 THERE'S A LOT OF QUANTITY. 436 00:22:01,172 --> 00:22:03,551 I SUPPOSE, YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING. 437 00:22:03,586 --> 00:22:05,206 AND THAT'S TOPS. 438 00:22:08,137 --> 00:22:11,758 THE SECOND PARCEL IS JAMIE'S BEST. 439 00:22:14,931 --> 00:22:16,137 THAT'S AN INTERESTING -- I LIKE THAT. 440 00:22:16,172 --> 00:22:17,689 EVEN THOUGH IT'S REALLY THIN. 441 00:22:17,724 --> 00:22:19,482 YEAH, THAT'S GOOD STUFF, YOU KNOW. 442 00:22:19,517 --> 00:22:21,206 THAT'S NICE, YEAH. 443 00:22:23,206 --> 00:22:24,586 RIGHT. WELL, I SUPPOSE WE'VE GOT TO 444 00:22:24,620 --> 00:22:27,275 TALK ABOUT THE MONEY BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 445 00:22:27,310 --> 00:22:29,448 AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF THIS WHOLE THING, 446 00:22:29,482 --> 00:22:32,482 SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING FOR THIS PARCEL? 447 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,206 I'VE GOT $7,300 ON THIS. 448 00:22:34,241 --> 00:22:35,965 $7,300? YEP. 449 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,275 OOH. YEP. 450 00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:39,689 AND WHAT'S THE BOTTOM DOLLAR YOU'LL TAKE 451 00:22:39,724 --> 00:22:42,172 FOR THIS PARCEL? 452 00:22:42,206 --> 00:22:45,379 WELL, IF I MOVE A LITTLE BIT -- 453 00:22:45,413 --> 00:22:47,275 IF I TELL YOU ME BOTTOM DOLLAR... 454 00:22:47,310 --> 00:22:50,413 MM-HMM. ...STRAIGHT OFF, 455 00:22:50,448 --> 00:22:51,896 I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE FROM IT 456 00:22:51,931 --> 00:22:54,034 BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO GET FOR IT. 457 00:22:54,068 --> 00:22:55,379 MM-HMM. 458 00:22:55,413 --> 00:22:56,620 $6,300. 459 00:22:56,655 --> 00:22:58,275 SO, I'LL DROP A GRAND ON IT. 460 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:01,448 $6,300. THAT'LL COVER ME PETROL, 461 00:23:01,482 --> 00:23:04,965 PUT A COUPLE OF BUCKS IN THE LADS' POCKETS. 462 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,827 MM-HMM. 463 00:23:06,862 --> 00:23:09,551 SO, YOU SAID $6,300 FOR THIS, 464 00:23:09,586 --> 00:23:12,241 AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE OTHER ONE? 465 00:23:12,275 --> 00:23:14,517 WHAT'S YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THERE? 466 00:23:14,551 --> 00:23:17,000 ON THAT, WE'VE HAD THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, 467 00:23:17,034 --> 00:23:19,206 SO I'M THINKING... 468 00:23:19,241 --> 00:23:20,965 $8,500, 469 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,344 BUT THAT'D BE ROCK BOTTOM ON THAT. 470 00:23:23,379 --> 00:23:27,862 Narrator: JAMIE WANTS $14,800 FOR BOTH PARCELS. 471 00:23:27,896 --> 00:23:29,344 ALRIGHT. WELL I'LL GO AND HAVE A THINK OUTSIDE 472 00:23:29,379 --> 00:23:30,517 IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES. 473 00:23:30,551 --> 00:23:31,896 YEAH, NO WORRIES, MAN. 474 00:23:36,344 --> 00:23:38,344 Aaron: GET SOME WATER. IT'S NEARLY IN THE RED. 475 00:23:38,379 --> 00:23:40,068 THE RADIATOR. 476 00:23:40,103 --> 00:23:43,310 AN OVERHEATING EXCAVATOR NEEDS AARON'S ATTENTION... 477 00:23:43,344 --> 00:23:46,689 FAST. 478 00:23:46,724 --> 00:23:48,379 CHUG'ER IN, MATE. 479 00:23:48,413 --> 00:23:50,965 Greg: SO, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERHEAT YOUR MACHINES. 480 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,137 IF YOU BLOW AN ENGINE, 481 00:23:52,172 --> 00:23:54,413 WELL, THERE'S $20,000 DOWN THE DRAIN. 482 00:23:56,172 --> 00:23:58,034 IF WE HAD A BREAKDOWN WITH MACHINERY AT THE MOMENT, 483 00:23:58,068 --> 00:24:00,827 WE'D HAVE TO PULL UP. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MINE. 484 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,275 ALRIGHT. MORE. 485 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:08,862 Narrator: IF THEY CAN'T MINE THIS CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SEASON, 486 00:24:08,896 --> 00:24:11,413 THEY WILL MISS THEIR TARGET. 487 00:24:11,448 --> 00:24:12,586 THAT'S IT. 488 00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:14,689 SHE'S STARTING TO COOL DOWN NOW. 489 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,310 IT DIDN'T GET TO THE RED, BUT IT GOT PRETTY CLOSE. 490 00:24:21,344 --> 00:24:22,965 WITH THE EXCAVATOR SAFE, 491 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,965 THEY MUST NOW BUILD TWO LEVEES AROUND THE PIT 492 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,482 TO STOP WATER FLOODING THE DIG SITE. 493 00:24:29,517 --> 00:24:30,862 Greg: IF IT GETS TOO WET IN THERE, 494 00:24:30,896 --> 00:24:32,034 WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DIG AT ALL, 495 00:24:32,068 --> 00:24:34,965 SO BETTER WE TAKE PRECAUTIONS. 496 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,551 Narrator: LAST YEAR, STORMS ENDED THEIR SEASON EARLY. 497 00:24:38,586 --> 00:24:40,379 IF THAT HAPPENS THIS SEASON, 498 00:24:40,413 --> 00:24:42,034 THEY WON'T HIT THEIR TARGET 499 00:24:42,068 --> 00:24:45,724 AND WILL LOSE THE DRAGONFLY CLAIM. 500 00:24:45,758 --> 00:24:48,000 Aaron: IF WE GET RAIN HERE NOW, THE HOLE WILL FILL UP, 501 00:24:48,034 --> 00:24:49,655 SO WE MADE SOME LEVY BANKS 502 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:50,965 AND PULLED THE GEAR OUT OF THE HOLE, 503 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,034 AND WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT ANYWAY. 504 00:24:54,068 --> 00:24:57,862 Narrator: IN LESS THAN HOUR, THIS SITE COULD BE A MUD BATH. 505 00:24:57,896 --> 00:25:00,827 -THE CLOUDS ARE COMING IN GREAT. -DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF 'EM, EH. 506 00:25:00,862 --> 00:25:01,724 NO. 507 00:25:03,931 --> 00:25:05,172 THAT'S THUNDER. 508 00:25:05,206 --> 00:25:06,517 LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO RAIN, EH. 509 00:25:06,551 --> 00:25:08,896 FOR SURE. 510 00:25:08,931 --> 00:25:10,724 FIVE INCHES HERE, WE'LL BE FLOODED. 511 00:25:10,758 --> 00:25:12,689 THAT'S IT. 512 00:25:12,724 --> 00:25:14,206 Narrator: WITH THE LEVEES IN PLACE, 513 00:25:14,241 --> 00:25:16,724 IT'S NOW A RACE TO GET BACK TO CAMP 514 00:25:16,758 --> 00:25:19,448 BEFORE THE STORM BREAKS AND FLOODS THE ROADS, 515 00:25:19,482 --> 00:25:21,137 STRANDING THEM. 516 00:25:21,172 --> 00:25:24,517 -SHE'S COMING, MATE. -YEAH... 517 00:25:24,551 --> 00:25:27,000 , 45 DEGREES, EH? 518 00:25:27,034 --> 00:25:29,344 COMING DOWN...THAT'S IT, EH. 519 00:25:39,448 --> 00:25:40,517 YEAH. 520 00:25:48,206 --> 00:25:49,413 WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, GREG. 521 00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:51,551 WE'LL JUST HAVE TO -- 522 00:25:51,586 --> 00:25:54,137 AT LEAST WE GOT THE LEVEES UP, LEVY BAGS UP. 523 00:25:54,172 --> 00:25:55,310 GOT THE GEAR OUT OF THE HOLE. 524 00:25:55,344 --> 00:25:56,655 PLENTY OF... 525 00:25:56,689 --> 00:25:58,000 SIT 'ER OUT, MATE. -THAT'S IT. 526 00:25:59,793 --> 00:26:02,137 Aaron: LAST TIME WE GOT STUCK OUT HERE, IT WAS THREE WEEKS. 527 00:26:02,172 --> 00:26:04,241 NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO WHEN IT RAINS. 528 00:26:04,275 --> 00:26:06,793 Narrator: WITH ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT OF THEIR SEASON, 529 00:26:06,827 --> 00:26:09,413 AND STILL $16,000 SHORT... 530 00:26:09,448 --> 00:26:10,379 GETTING HEAVIER. 531 00:26:10,413 --> 00:26:11,241 ...IF THEY'RE STRANDED 532 00:26:11,275 --> 00:26:12,965 FOR THREE WEEKS THIS TIME, 533 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,310 THEY'LL MISS THEIR TARGET AND LOSE THEIR LEASE FOR GOOD. 534 00:26:29,379 --> 00:26:31,413 PULL IT UP AND HAVE A LOOK? 535 00:26:31,448 --> 00:26:35,862 IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO HIT THEIR $50,000 TARGET, 536 00:26:35,896 --> 00:26:38,655 PETE COOKE HAS INVENTED A PROTOTYPE DRILL 537 00:26:38,689 --> 00:26:42,896 THAT CAN RADICALLY INCREASE THEIR SEARCH AREA UNDERGROUND. 538 00:26:42,931 --> 00:26:44,689 NICKNAMED THE COOKIE CUTTER, 539 00:26:44,724 --> 00:26:47,000 IT CAN DESCEND A NINE-INCH DRILL HOLE 540 00:26:47,034 --> 00:26:50,724 AND EXCAVATE A WIDER AREA WITH ITS EXTENDABLE ARM, 541 00:26:50,758 --> 00:26:56,344 INCREASING THE CHANCES OF HITTING OPAL SIXTEEN-FOLD. 542 00:26:56,379 --> 00:26:58,758 IF IT WORKS, THE COOKIE CUTTER COULD 543 00:26:58,793 --> 00:27:02,275 GET THEM TO THEIR TARGET IN JUST ONE LOAD OF DIRT. 544 00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:05,793 THAT'S GOOD DIRT IN THERE. 545 00:27:05,827 --> 00:27:09,827 THAT IS A LOT OF DIRT OUT OF ONE NINE-INCH HOLE. 546 00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:11,482 ANYONE WHO DOES OPEN MINING 547 00:27:11,517 --> 00:27:13,137 WOULD BE IMPRESSED WITH THAT. 548 00:27:13,172 --> 00:27:15,206 NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. 549 00:27:15,241 --> 00:27:17,344 BUT THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IF THERE'S OPAL 550 00:27:17,379 --> 00:27:18,379 IS TO WASH IT. 551 00:27:18,413 --> 00:27:19,586 Pete: OPAL COULD BE ANYWHERE. 552 00:27:19,620 --> 00:27:21,448 THERE COULD BE A $100,000 GEM 553 00:27:21,482 --> 00:27:23,000 IN THAT CLUMP OF DIRT, 554 00:27:23,034 --> 00:27:25,310 SO IT'S GOT TO BE WASHED. 555 00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,241 THE BROTHERS WANT TO WASH THE DIRT 556 00:27:27,275 --> 00:27:29,827 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER DRILLING 557 00:27:29,862 --> 00:27:32,896 AND THAT MEANS WASHING IT ON THE CLAIM. 558 00:27:36,068 --> 00:27:37,724 MAVERICK INVENTOR PETE 559 00:27:37,758 --> 00:27:40,965 HAS COME UP WITH AN ANSWER FOR THAT, TOO. 560 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,103 THE WHIRLPOOL 1,000 IS A GIANT WASHING MACHINE 561 00:27:45,137 --> 00:27:48,379 THAT SITS ON THE FRONT OF A LOADER. 562 00:27:48,413 --> 00:27:50,620 AFTER THREE MONTHS IN DEVELOPMENT, 563 00:27:50,655 --> 00:27:53,655 IT, TOO, IS HAVING ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE. 564 00:27:53,689 --> 00:27:55,551 Pete: A LITTLE BIT OF TREPIDATION 565 00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:58,655 BECAUSE IT NEVER GOES AS SMOOTH AS YOU HOPE IT WILL. 566 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,827 Narrator: WITH THE 200 LITERS OF DIRT IN THE BARREL, 567 00:28:06,862 --> 00:28:10,137 14 RUBBER PADDLES AGITATE THE MIXTURE, 568 00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:12,827 WASHING AWAY THE EARTH UNTIL ALL THAT IS LEFT 569 00:28:12,862 --> 00:28:15,758 IS HARD ROCKS AND ANY OPAL. 570 00:28:15,793 --> 00:28:18,862 IT SEEMS TO BE MUDDYING UP AND WASHING DOWN, 571 00:28:18,896 --> 00:28:22,931 SO, YEAH, DOING WHAT IT'S MEANT TO. 572 00:28:22,965 --> 00:28:25,310 IN HIS FIRST SEASON HUNTING OPAL, 573 00:28:25,344 --> 00:28:30,724 SAM IS HOPING FOR SOMETHING BIG TO CONVINCE HIM TO STAY. 574 00:28:30,758 --> 00:28:32,482 Sam: I DREAM OF MILLIONS. 575 00:28:32,517 --> 00:28:36,206 I DREAM OF PULLING OUT, YOU KNOW, HITTING A POCKET 576 00:28:36,241 --> 00:28:39,344 OF JUST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 577 00:28:44,275 --> 00:28:46,310 AFTER AN HOUR OF WASHING, 578 00:28:46,344 --> 00:28:50,068 IT'S TIME TO CHECK THE RESULTS. 579 00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:53,310 Sam: I DID HAVE A DREAM LAST NIGHT DREAMING ABOUT OPAL, 580 00:28:53,344 --> 00:28:55,862 BUT TIME TO STOP DREAMING ABOUT IT 581 00:28:55,896 --> 00:28:59,241 AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOME. THAT'D BE NICE. 582 00:28:59,275 --> 00:29:01,655 Pete: THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. 583 00:29:09,896 --> 00:29:12,068 Sam: A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN IN THERE, TOO. 584 00:29:12,103 --> 00:29:13,103 JUST A TINGE. 585 00:29:13,137 --> 00:29:15,206 THEY CALL THAT DUCK GREEN. 586 00:29:15,241 --> 00:29:16,206 GREAT. 587 00:29:16,241 --> 00:29:17,724 THAT'S THE OFFICIAL NAME FOR THAT. 588 00:29:24,068 --> 00:29:26,655 A BIT OF PURPLE.LOOK AT THIS ONE. 589 00:29:26,689 --> 00:29:28,827 WHOA. LOOK AT THE COLOR IN THAT. 590 00:29:28,862 --> 00:29:29,965 OH, THAT'S A BIG CHUNK. 591 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,275 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER, ISN'T IT? 592 00:29:31,310 --> 00:29:33,241 IT IS. COULD BE A COUPLE GRAND THERE. 593 00:29:33,275 --> 00:29:34,758 OH, THAT WOULD BE ALRIGHT. 594 00:29:34,793 --> 00:29:36,620 MAYBE, YEAH. DRILL HOLE. 595 00:29:36,655 --> 00:29:37,931 ALRIGHT.I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. 596 00:29:37,965 --> 00:29:39,793 YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO HAPPEN. 597 00:29:39,827 --> 00:29:43,137 ... FOLLOWING THE NEW IDEA. 598 00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:44,241 THAT PROVES IT. 599 00:29:44,275 --> 00:29:47,862 THAT'S SHOWING YOU CAN BRING UP OPALS. 600 00:29:47,896 --> 00:29:50,241 HOPEFULLY THEY CUT INTO SOME NICE STONES, 601 00:29:50,275 --> 00:29:52,344 TURN IT INTO A BIT OF MONEY. 602 00:29:52,379 --> 00:29:53,482 Narrator: BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH 603 00:29:53,517 --> 00:29:57,689 TO MAKE THE $31,000 THEY NEED TO BREAK EVEN? 604 00:30:02,758 --> 00:30:04,551 AT DRAGONFLY CLAIM, 605 00:30:04,586 --> 00:30:07,551 120 KILOMETERS FROM THE NEAREST TOWN, 606 00:30:07,586 --> 00:30:09,379 BOULDER BOYS AARON AND GREG 607 00:30:09,413 --> 00:30:11,655 ARE SITTING OUT THE MONSOON STORM. 608 00:30:11,689 --> 00:30:15,206 IT'S GOOD TO KEEP WARM. NO ONE WILL GET A COLD. 609 00:30:15,241 --> 00:30:16,689 IF IT FLOODS THEIR MINE, 610 00:30:16,724 --> 00:30:18,655 THEIR SEASON WILL BE OVER. 611 00:30:18,689 --> 00:30:20,241 THEY WON'T HIT THEIR TARGET 612 00:30:20,275 --> 00:30:23,448 AND WILL LOSE THE LEASE ON THE CLAIM. 613 00:30:23,482 --> 00:30:27,931 FOR AARON, THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER. 614 00:30:27,965 --> 00:30:30,172 THE CLAIM WAS ONCE HIS FATHER'S, 615 00:30:30,206 --> 00:30:33,896 AND HE HAS ALREADY SACRIFICED MUCH TO KEEP IT. 616 00:30:33,931 --> 00:30:36,310 I SOLD MY PROPERTY 617 00:30:36,344 --> 00:30:39,000 AND GIVE UP A GOOD-PAYING JOB. 618 00:30:39,034 --> 00:30:40,827 DAD WAS GETTING OLD. 619 00:30:40,862 --> 00:30:43,034 SOMEONE HAD TO TAKE OVER. 620 00:30:43,068 --> 00:30:45,586 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 621 00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:47,793 Greg: LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN'S CLEARING. 622 00:30:47,827 --> 00:30:50,000 WE SHOULD GO TO WORK.WE CAN DO, MATE. 623 00:30:50,034 --> 00:30:52,206 ...GREG. 624 00:30:54,068 --> 00:30:56,724 Narrator: THE WORST OF THE STORM HAS MISSED THEIR CLAIM, 625 00:30:56,758 --> 00:31:00,896 AND AARON AND GREG WASTE NO TIME GETTING MINING AGAIN. 626 00:31:00,931 --> 00:31:03,724 -I'M EXCITED. -ARE THE RAINS GONE? 627 00:31:03,758 --> 00:31:05,310 OPAL GODS MIGHT BE WORKING, MATE. 628 00:31:09,275 --> 00:31:13,241 Aaron: MY GOAL IS TO FIND ENOUGH OPAL TO PAY MY DAD'S ESTATE OUT. 629 00:31:14,517 --> 00:31:16,103 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. 630 00:31:16,137 --> 00:31:17,586 I SHOULD HAVE MAYBE WENT AND GOT A JOB, 631 00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:19,344 BUT I'M HERE NOW, 632 00:31:19,379 --> 00:31:21,000 SO I BETTER KEEP GOING WITH IT. 633 00:31:30,103 --> 00:31:31,827 ANY YOU GOT? -YEAH, THERE WAS GREEN THERE. 634 00:31:31,862 --> 00:31:34,310 -EVERY COLOR, RIGHT. -YEP. 635 00:31:34,344 --> 00:31:35,344 THAT'S NICE TRACE, 636 00:31:35,379 --> 00:31:38,827 AND IMAGINE SEAMS FULL OF THAT STUFF, GREG. 637 00:31:38,862 --> 00:31:41,620 YOU DON'T GET MUCH BETTER TRACE THAN THAT. 638 00:31:41,655 --> 00:31:43,448 TAKE IT ALL, MATE. 639 00:31:43,482 --> 00:31:45,689 HEY, HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 640 00:31:47,551 --> 00:31:48,758 NICE COLOR. 641 00:31:51,517 --> 00:31:53,034 THAT'S GETTING A BIT BETTER, GREG. 642 00:31:53,068 --> 00:31:54,241 WHOA, LOOK AT THAT ONE. 643 00:31:54,275 --> 00:31:55,862 OH, RIGHT. 644 00:31:55,896 --> 00:31:57,896 Aaron: I RECKON DAD WOULD BE PROUD OF US DIGGING IN DRAGONFLY 645 00:31:57,931 --> 00:32:00,068 AND TRYING TO FINISH THE LAST 10%. 646 00:32:00,103 --> 00:32:03,379 IT WON'T BE EASY. NOTHING IS EASY IN LIFE. 647 00:32:03,413 --> 00:32:04,862 GET A FEW GRAND FOR THAT, EH?. 648 00:32:04,896 --> 00:32:07,137 YEAH, YEAH. GET FIVE GRAND FOR IT. 649 00:32:07,172 --> 00:32:08,275 THERE'S STILL A FEW OTHER PIECES. 650 00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:09,448 YEAH. 651 00:32:09,482 --> 00:32:11,724 WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE DAYS OFF. 652 00:32:11,758 --> 00:32:13,413 KEEP GOING. YEP. 653 00:32:13,448 --> 00:32:17,241 Narrator: THE BOULDER BOYS' OPAL IS GOOD-QUALITY BOULDER OPAL, 654 00:32:17,275 --> 00:32:18,586 MAINLY BLUE-GREEN, 655 00:32:18,620 --> 00:32:21,655 WITH SOME VALUABLE RED AND YELLOW. 656 00:32:21,689 --> 00:32:24,000 AND THEY HAVE A GOOD TEN KILOGRAMS, 657 00:32:24,034 --> 00:32:29,551 MAKING ITS VALUE APPROXIMATELY $5,000. 658 00:32:29,586 --> 00:32:33,517 THIS BRINGS THEM WITHIN REACH OF THEIR SEASON TARGET. 659 00:32:33,551 --> 00:32:37,551 BUT WITH JUST TWO WEEKS TO GO, AND MORE STORMS ON THE WAY, 660 00:32:37,586 --> 00:32:41,275 AARON AND GREG ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RACE TO THE FINISH. 661 00:32:53,931 --> 00:32:57,034 IF IT'S TOO MUCH, YOU HAVE TO WALK AWAY. 662 00:32:57,068 --> 00:32:58,034 GET UP AND GO. 663 00:32:58,068 --> 00:33:01,344 Narrator: ALREADY $80,000 DOWN, 664 00:33:01,379 --> 00:33:03,000 ROOKIE JUSTIN MUST DECIDE 665 00:33:03,034 --> 00:33:05,655 WHETHER TO GAMBLE HIS FAMILY'S NEST EGG 666 00:33:05,689 --> 00:33:08,034 ON BUYING TWO PARCELS OF ROUGH OPAL 667 00:33:08,068 --> 00:33:10,206 FROM MINER JAMIE WILSON, 668 00:33:10,241 --> 00:33:13,482 HOPING HE CAN SELL THEM ON AND TRIPLE HIS MONEY. 669 00:33:13,517 --> 00:33:15,275 THE LAST TIME HE DID THIS, 670 00:33:15,310 --> 00:33:18,655 HE PAID TOO MUCH AND MADE ZERO PROFIT. 671 00:33:18,689 --> 00:33:20,241 ALRIGHT. 672 00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:29,724 LOOK, I'VE HAD A BIT OF A THINK. 673 00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:32,620 THIS PARCEL HERE 674 00:33:32,655 --> 00:33:34,206 HAS SOME BRILLIANT STONES, 675 00:33:34,241 --> 00:33:38,758 BUT I CAN'T REALLY SEE SIX GRAND THERE OR $6,300. 676 00:33:40,724 --> 00:33:44,137 I'M THINKING AROUND THE $4,000 MARK. 677 00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:45,724 NO. 678 00:33:45,758 --> 00:33:49,551 I CAN PULL ONE STONE OUT OF THERE, 679 00:33:49,586 --> 00:33:53,862 $1,500 STONE THERE. 680 00:33:53,896 --> 00:33:55,827 THERE'S A CRACK IN THAT ONE. 681 00:33:55,862 --> 00:33:57,758 THEY'RE ONLY RUBBED, NOT POLISHED. 682 00:33:57,793 --> 00:34:01,000 HMM. 683 00:34:01,034 --> 00:34:04,689 IN TERMS OF THIS STUFF HERE, 684 00:34:04,724 --> 00:34:06,310 YOU KNOW, EIGHT GRAND. YOU WANT $8,500. 685 00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:08,068 I'LL TAKE IT FOR $8,000. 686 00:34:11,689 --> 00:34:13,310 YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. 687 00:34:20,862 --> 00:34:23,862 IF YOU OFFERED ME $5,500, 688 00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:25,310 I'D CONSIDER IT. 689 00:34:29,551 --> 00:34:31,000 WILL YOU TAKE $4,500? 690 00:34:33,724 --> 00:34:36,137 COULDN'T DO IT, MAN. 691 00:34:36,172 --> 00:34:39,137 I'LL GET -- I'LL GET SIX FOR IT. 692 00:34:39,172 --> 00:34:42,482 I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED, WHEN THAT'S CUT, 693 00:34:42,517 --> 00:34:45,793 THE HANDFUL YOU'LL HAVE OF DECENT STONES. 694 00:34:49,827 --> 00:34:52,896 AND I BROUGHT -- I'VE GOT $5,000 WITH ME IN MY POCKET. 695 00:34:56,827 --> 00:34:59,793 EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A THOUSAND BUCKS 696 00:34:59,827 --> 00:35:02,103 TOO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT I REALLY WANT TO PAY. 697 00:35:04,482 --> 00:35:05,758 IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THAT, I CAN -- 698 00:35:05,793 --> 00:35:07,137 THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW. 699 00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:09,689 BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING THAT ONE, 700 00:35:09,724 --> 00:35:14,000 I SUPPOSE I'LL BEND A BIT ON THIS ONE. 701 00:35:14,034 --> 00:35:17,310 IF IT'S CASH TODAY, I'LL TAKE $5,000 FOR IT. 702 00:35:17,344 --> 00:35:19,827 $5,000 AND $8,000? 703 00:35:19,862 --> 00:35:21,689 ALRIGHT. IF THAT'S -- 704 00:35:21,724 --> 00:35:22,586 IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THAT, 705 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:24,034 THEN YOU CAN KEEP MINING AND I -- 706 00:35:24,068 --> 00:35:25,862 LET'S DO IT THEN.ALRIGHT. DEAL. 707 00:35:25,896 --> 00:35:28,862 THANKS, JAMIE. NO WORRIES. 708 00:35:28,896 --> 00:35:31,310 ALRIGHT. LET'S PACK THIS UP. 709 00:35:31,344 --> 00:35:34,862 I'LL GIVE YOU THE CASH FOR THE OPALS. 710 00:35:34,896 --> 00:35:37,896 $455, $550, $600. I'LL JUST COUNT IT OUT. 711 00:35:39,551 --> 00:35:40,896 SO THAT'S ALL THERE ANYWAY. 712 00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:42,172 THAT'S -- 713 00:35:42,206 --> 00:35:43,413 THANKS, AGAIN.NO WORRIES. 714 00:35:43,448 --> 00:35:45,275 THANKS FOR SEEING ME AND SHOWING ME THE OPAL 715 00:35:45,310 --> 00:35:47,172 AND LETTING ME BUY IT. 716 00:35:47,206 --> 00:35:49,103 THAT'S GOOD. -YEP. 717 00:35:49,137 --> 00:35:50,758 ALRIGHTY. 718 00:35:50,793 --> 00:35:51,862 Justin: WE'RE LEAVING MINTABIE TODAY 719 00:35:51,896 --> 00:35:55,931 WITH $13,000 OF REALLY GOOD OPAL. 720 00:35:55,965 --> 00:35:58,344 I'VE SEEN SOME BEAUTIFUL STONES IN THERE, YOU KNOW. 721 00:35:58,379 --> 00:36:00,896 SOME BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT STONES. 722 00:36:00,931 --> 00:36:02,448 I'M HOPING TO TRIPLE MY MONEY. 723 00:36:02,482 --> 00:36:05,172 I WANT $39,000. 724 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:07,551 Narrator: A THREEFOLD PROFIT ON THESE STONES 725 00:36:07,586 --> 00:36:10,896 WOULD BRING JUSTIN OVER HALFWAY TO HIS TARGET 726 00:36:10,931 --> 00:36:16,655 WITH TIME FOR ONE LAST DIG BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS. 727 00:36:16,689 --> 00:36:19,034 Justin: I STILL THINK THERE'S OPAL AT . 728 00:36:19,068 --> 00:36:22,206 YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE THE GUT FEELING THAT, YOU KNOW, 729 00:36:22,241 --> 00:36:23,655 I HAVEN'T HIT IT YET BUT I WILL. 730 00:36:23,689 --> 00:36:25,241 THERE WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL VERTICAL 731 00:36:25,275 --> 00:36:26,689 SITTING THERE SOMEWHERE. 732 00:36:26,724 --> 00:36:27,965 SUCH BEAUTIFUL OPAL, 733 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,413 AND I'M, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M WAITING FOR. 734 00:36:30,448 --> 00:36:31,793 THAT'S MY DREAM. 735 00:36:43,758 --> 00:36:45,241 I WANT TO SEE THE TIPS OF THEM FINGERS 736 00:36:45,275 --> 00:36:47,275 RUBBED RED RAW, MATE.YEAH. 737 00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:49,862 Narrator: PETE COOKE AND APPRENTICE SAM WESTRA 738 00:36:49,896 --> 00:36:52,275 ARE HOPING THEIR LAST DIG OF THE SEASON 739 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:54,103 HAS TURNED UP ENOUGH OPAL 740 00:36:54,137 --> 00:36:57,172 TO MAKE THE $31,000 THEY NEED 741 00:36:57,206 --> 00:36:59,793 TO HIT THEIR TARGET. 742 00:36:59,827 --> 00:37:02,206 Sam: OUR DREAM IS STONES SO BEAUTIFUL 743 00:37:02,241 --> 00:37:04,137 YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM DOWN. 744 00:37:04,172 --> 00:37:05,931 SAM'S GOT THE TECHNIQUE RIGHT. 745 00:37:05,965 --> 00:37:08,000 JUST TRYING TO GO DOWN ON THE FACE OF IT 746 00:37:08,034 --> 00:37:10,931 AND GET THE SAND OUT OF THE FACE. 747 00:37:13,241 --> 00:37:16,068 WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE PILE OF COLORS OUT OF IT. 748 00:37:17,620 --> 00:37:19,793 Narrator: THIS IS BLACK OPAL, 749 00:37:19,827 --> 00:37:24,068 WORTH UP TO $35,000 FOR JUST A FIFTH OF A GRAM. 750 00:37:24,103 --> 00:37:27,551 SEE WHAT BUYERS ARE AROUND AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A DEAL. 751 00:37:29,551 --> 00:37:31,551 BUT THIS LATE IN THE SEASON, 752 00:37:31,586 --> 00:37:34,413 MOST BUYERS HAVE SPENT ALL THEIR MONEY. 753 00:37:34,448 --> 00:37:38,448 PETE WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME SELLING HIS STONES. 754 00:37:38,482 --> 00:37:41,965 CARL BABICK IS ONE OF THE ONLY BUYERS STILL IN TOWN. 755 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,862 SOME PRETTY LITTLE STONES THERE. 756 00:37:43,896 --> 00:37:46,655 YEAH, THEY'VE GOT TEN STONES IN EACH PARCEL. 757 00:37:46,689 --> 00:37:48,896 OH, LOOK, THERE'S SOME FANTASTIC COLOR THERE. 758 00:37:48,931 --> 00:37:52,379 THERE'S GOOD CLASSIC, YOU KNOW, OPAL MULTICOLOR. 759 00:37:52,413 --> 00:37:55,482 OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? 760 00:38:00,413 --> 00:38:02,551 THERE'S A BIT MORE RED UNDER THERE. 761 00:38:02,586 --> 00:38:04,586 YEAH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT COMING THROUGH, CAN'T YOU? 762 00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:06,103 YEAH. YEP. 763 00:38:07,655 --> 00:38:09,000 THIS ONE. 764 00:38:12,689 --> 00:38:14,724 KEEPING THE BEST 'TIL LAST, EH? 765 00:38:18,517 --> 00:38:21,137 WELL, I'VE ADMIRED THEM FOR LONG ENOUGH. 766 00:38:21,172 --> 00:38:22,965 -UH-HUH. -WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? 767 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,000 YOU INTERESTED IN THE WHOLE PACKAGE -- 768 00:38:25,034 --> 00:38:27,206 THE WHOLE --FOR THE WHOLE PARCEL. 769 00:38:27,241 --> 00:38:28,310 WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? 770 00:38:28,344 --> 00:38:30,724 Narrator: PETE CAN'T PUSH TOO HARD, 771 00:38:30,758 --> 00:38:34,103 OR HE RISKS LOSING THE ENTIRE DEAL. 772 00:38:34,137 --> 00:38:36,758 I WANT TO SELL IT AS A PARCEL. 773 00:38:40,689 --> 00:38:42,103 EVEN $20,000. 774 00:38:44,206 --> 00:38:45,517 YOU'VE GOT YOUR PRICE. 775 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:50,413 WHAT ABOUT $16,000? 776 00:38:50,448 --> 00:38:52,137 $15,500. 777 00:38:55,655 --> 00:38:59,275 Narrator: IF PETE SELLS NOW, HE WON'T HIT HIS TARGET. 778 00:38:59,310 --> 00:39:01,551 BUT IF HE HOLDS OUT FOR ANOTHER BUYER, 779 00:39:01,586 --> 00:39:03,931 HE MAY GET EVEN LESS. 780 00:39:09,862 --> 00:39:13,586 ALRIGHT. YEAH, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. 781 00:39:13,620 --> 00:39:15,793 $15,500. THANKS, CARL. THAT'S GREAT. 782 00:39:15,827 --> 00:39:17,551 THAT'S A REASONABLE OFFER. 783 00:39:17,586 --> 00:39:18,931 HAVE TO GO FIND SOME MORE. 784 00:39:18,965 --> 00:39:20,896 NOW WE'VE GOT TO GET SOME MORE. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 785 00:39:20,931 --> 00:39:24,724 Narrator: IT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM IN BUSINESS. 786 00:39:24,758 --> 00:39:27,034 AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GET A DEAL 787 00:39:27,068 --> 00:39:29,206 WHERE EVERYONE'S HAPPY AND THEN YOU CAN DO A DEAL. 788 00:39:29,241 --> 00:39:31,275 Narrator: TIME TO CELEBRATE 789 00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:33,862 AND WELCOME IN THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE TEAM. 790 00:39:33,896 --> 00:39:35,758 SO, MATE, YOU RECKON YOU'RE GOING TO STAY? 791 00:39:35,793 --> 00:39:38,172 YOU'VE LEARNED A BIT ABOUT OPAL PRETTY QUICK. 792 00:39:38,206 --> 00:39:39,068 DONE GOOD. 793 00:39:39,103 --> 00:39:41,724 THERE YOU GO, MATE. 794 00:39:41,758 --> 00:39:44,586 THERE'S YOUR -- THE CHROME PICK. 795 00:39:44,620 --> 00:39:47,034 AN OPAL-MINING PICK, MATE. 796 00:39:47,068 --> 00:39:49,448 AN OPAL MINING PICK, MATE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S YOURS. 797 00:39:49,482 --> 00:39:51,172 THAT'S THE BOTTOM RUNG ON THE LADDER, MATE. 798 00:39:51,206 --> 00:39:55,241 HAVING YOUNG SAM HELPING ME OUT, IT'S BEEN A REAL BOON. 799 00:39:55,275 --> 00:39:58,448 FIT, YOUNG FELLA, KEEN, ENTHUSIASTIC. 800 00:39:58,482 --> 00:39:59,896 THE SON I NEVER HAD. 801 00:39:59,931 --> 00:40:02,034 Sam: OH, YEAH, I'VE GOT OPAL FEVER. 802 00:40:02,068 --> 00:40:06,068 I'LL USE THAT TO PULL OUT SOME GEMS. 803 00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:07,517 -YOUNG FELLA. -CHEERS. 804 00:40:07,551 --> 00:40:09,758 -CHEERS, BOYS. -CHEERS. 805 00:40:09,793 --> 00:40:10,827 ABSOLUTELY, SAM. 806 00:40:10,862 --> 00:40:12,034 GOOD TO HAVE YOU ABOARD, MATE. 807 00:40:12,068 --> 00:40:14,103 THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING AS A JOB. 808 00:40:14,137 --> 00:40:16,827 THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING WHEN I'M RETIRED. 809 00:40:16,862 --> 00:40:19,620 THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING FOREVER. 809 00:40:20,305 --> 00:41:20,745 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org