"Outback Opal Hunters" Last Chance

1 00:00:02,862 --> 00:00:04,620 Narrator: ON "OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS"... 2 00:00:04,655 --> 00:00:06,275 Justin: WE'VE ONLY GOT A FEW DAYS UP HERE. 3 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:07,344 OTHERWISE, THAT'S IT. 4 00:00:07,379 --> 00:00:09,655 Narrator: ...IT'S THE END OF THE SEASON. 5 00:00:09,689 --> 00:00:11,172 WHERE AT? 6 00:00:11,206 --> 00:00:13,241 AND ROOKIES JUSTIN AND BECKY ARE AT BREAKING POINT. 7 00:00:13,275 --> 00:00:14,724 I THINK THIS AREA IS DONE. 8 00:00:14,758 --> 00:00:18,586 THAT'S THE FEVER YOU CATCH WHEN YOU THINK THERE'S BIG MONEY. 9 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:20,758 THAT'S IT. I'M DONE. 10 00:00:20,793 --> 00:00:22,724 Narrator: OPAL QUEEN KELLY TISHLER... 11 00:00:22,758 --> 00:00:24,103 I'VE JUST GOT NO MONEY COMING IN. 12 00:00:24,137 --> 00:00:26,275 Narrator: ...MAKES A LAST DESPERATE SEARCH... 13 00:00:26,310 --> 00:00:27,965 GO, BABY, GO. 14 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,620 Narrator: ...TO RESCUE HER FAMILY FROM THE BRINK OF RUIN... 15 00:00:30,655 --> 00:00:32,620 IT'S TIME TO WALK AWAY FOR A BIT, GIRL. 16 00:00:32,655 --> 00:00:35,310 IF WE GOT TO GO DEEPER TO CHASE IT, WE GOT TO GO DEEPER. 17 00:00:35,344 --> 00:00:36,862 AND THE BOULDER BOYS... 18 00:00:36,896 --> 00:00:39,413 PRETTY WELL GOT TO FIND OPAL, WE'VE INVESTED EVERYTHING. 19 00:00:39,448 --> 00:00:42,827 Narrator: ...RISK IT ALL ON THEIR LAST WEEK OF MINING. 20 00:00:42,862 --> 00:00:45,275 Aaron: THAT'S DAD SAYING, "DON'T EVER GIVE UP." 21 00:00:45,310 --> 00:00:48,103 RIGHT ON THE MONEY.OH, LOOK AT THAT. 22 00:00:48,137 --> 00:00:49,620 TEAM DRAGONFLY. 23 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 24 00:01:12,827 --> 00:01:15,793 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 25 00:01:15,827 --> 00:01:18,827 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 26 00:01:21,413 --> 00:01:24,586 Narrator: COOBER PEDY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 27 00:01:24,620 --> 00:01:26,689 IT'S THE LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON, 28 00:01:26,724 --> 00:01:29,241 AND 80-KILOMETER WINDS ARE TEARING ACROSS 29 00:01:29,275 --> 00:01:31,586 THE SWELTERING OPAL PLAINS. 30 00:01:31,620 --> 00:01:34,241 WHOA EASE IT UP THERE, MATE. 31 00:01:34,275 --> 00:01:35,689 YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH. 32 00:01:35,724 --> 00:01:38,862 ROOKIE JUSTIN LANG IS TACKLING COSTLY REPAIRS 33 00:01:38,896 --> 00:01:44,000 ON HIS EXCAVATOR IN A FINAL ATTEMPT TO FIND OPAL. 34 00:01:44,034 --> 00:01:47,068 THEY HAVE BARELY MADE A DENT IN THEIR SEASON TARGET, 35 00:01:47,103 --> 00:01:51,827 AND JUSTIN HAS JUST SUNK ANOTHER $5,000 INTO EXCAVATOR REPAIRS. 36 00:01:51,862 --> 00:01:54,034 Justin: CONSIDERING WE HAVEN'T HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR, 37 00:01:54,068 --> 00:01:55,689 BECKY IS COMING OUT FOR THE LAST TRIP OF THE YEAR 38 00:01:55,724 --> 00:01:57,448 TO SORT OF TAKE STOCK. 39 00:01:57,482 --> 00:01:59,103 I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 40 00:01:59,137 --> 00:02:01,241 SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S GOT ALL THE SENSE HERE. 41 00:02:01,275 --> 00:02:03,689 OKAY, STARTING UP.YOU KNOW, SHE SORT OF GROUNDS ME 42 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:06,655 AND TELLS ME THAT MAYBE I'M DREAMING HALF THE TIME. 43 00:02:06,689 --> 00:02:08,413 HEY, BACK. 44 00:02:08,448 --> 00:02:11,000 IF YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO MARRY SOMEONE 45 00:02:11,034 --> 00:02:13,724 THAT'S DOING THIS, IT'S NOT THAT SMART 46 00:02:13,758 --> 00:02:15,275 BECAUSE YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO FEED A FAMILY, 47 00:02:15,310 --> 00:02:17,241 AND ON THIS WAGE, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FEED YOURSELF. 48 00:02:17,275 --> 00:02:18,793 I'VE REALLY GOT TO COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN 49 00:02:18,827 --> 00:02:20,896 OR CALL IT QUITS. 50 00:02:29,034 --> 00:02:31,344 LOOK AT THAT. HEY.THAT'S IT, EH? 51 00:02:31,379 --> 00:02:32,931 WELL DONE, MATE. WOW. 52 00:02:32,965 --> 00:02:35,413 SHE'S ON. 53 00:02:35,448 --> 00:02:37,310 Justin: OH, THIS FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK. 54 00:02:37,344 --> 00:02:40,724 DOING THIS JUST MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD. 55 00:02:43,827 --> 00:02:45,137 Narrator: JUSTIN BEGINS SEARCHING 56 00:02:45,172 --> 00:02:47,310 FOR THE DARK IRON STONE ROCK, 57 00:02:47,344 --> 00:02:49,206 WHERE THE OPAL FORMS. 58 00:02:55,482 --> 00:02:56,586 Justin: BECKY IS COMING BACK. 59 00:02:56,620 --> 00:02:58,344 WE'VE ONLY GOT A FEW DAYS UP HERE, YOU KNOW, 60 00:02:58,379 --> 00:03:01,586 TO GIVE IT ONE LAST CRACK. OTHERWISE, THAT'S IT. 61 00:03:01,620 --> 00:03:02,793 THIS IS WHERE THE OPAL WAS. 62 00:03:02,827 --> 00:03:04,344 I'M TRYING TO PROVE TO MYSELF I CAN FIND OPAL, 63 00:03:04,379 --> 00:03:05,689 AND I'M TRYING TO RACE THE CLOCK 64 00:03:05,724 --> 00:03:07,586 BEFORE BECKY GETS HERE TO FIND OPAL SO I CAN GO, 65 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:10,482 "HEY, LOOK WHAT I FOUND. IT'S WORTH STAYING LONGER." 66 00:03:12,896 --> 00:03:15,379 WE'LL LEAVE IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO GO AND PICK BECKY UP, 67 00:03:15,413 --> 00:03:17,000 AND THEN WE COME BACK OUT HERE 68 00:03:17,034 --> 00:03:20,758 AND THEN SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND TOGETHER. 69 00:03:20,793 --> 00:03:22,344 LOOK HERE, OH, MY GOD. 70 00:03:22,379 --> 00:03:23,586 HERE WE GO. 71 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:24,965 OOH, I'M SHAKING. 72 00:03:26,620 --> 00:03:30,034 I INSTANTLY START SHAKING WHEN I SEE OPAL. 73 00:03:30,068 --> 00:03:31,931 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 74 00:03:31,965 --> 00:03:35,103 THIS IS IT. 75 00:03:35,137 --> 00:03:38,172 THIS IS OPAL. 76 00:03:41,482 --> 00:03:45,034 Narrator: 1,000 KILOMETERS FROM COOBER PEDY, 77 00:03:45,068 --> 00:03:48,689 DRAGONFLY CLAIM, OPALTON. 78 00:03:48,724 --> 00:03:50,103 Aaron: PRETTY WELL GOT TO FIND OPAL, 79 00:03:50,137 --> 00:03:53,275 WE'VE INVESTED EVERYTHING, WHAT WE CAN INTO THIS. 80 00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:55,344 Narrator: BOULDER BOYS AARON AND GREG 81 00:03:55,379 --> 00:03:58,482 ARE FACING THE FINAL DAYS OF THE MINING SEASON 82 00:03:58,517 --> 00:04:01,620 BEFORE THE HEAT, FLIES, AND TROPICAL FLOODS 83 00:04:01,655 --> 00:04:04,517 FORCE THEM TO SHUT DOWN FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 84 00:04:04,551 --> 00:04:07,206 AND I RECKON IT'LL BE 43 DEGREES TONIGHT. 85 00:04:07,241 --> 00:04:09,689 WE GOT NO CHOICE. WE GOT TO KEEP GOING. 86 00:04:14,862 --> 00:04:17,827 GO ON OUT. 87 00:04:17,862 --> 00:04:19,758 Narrator: WITH JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT, 88 00:04:19,793 --> 00:04:24,241 THEY'RE STILL OVER $10,000 SHORT OF THEIR SEASON TARGET. 89 00:04:24,275 --> 00:04:25,965 AARON NEEDS THE MONEY 90 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,482 SO HE CAN BUY THE LEASE ON THEIR DRAGONFLY CLAIM 91 00:04:28,517 --> 00:04:32,172 FROM HIS FAMILY AND HIS FATHER'S HOUSE. 92 00:04:32,206 --> 00:04:34,137 Aaron: IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THE MONEY TO PAY 93 00:04:34,172 --> 00:04:36,689 DAD'S HOUSE OUT AND MAYBE HAVE A BIT LEFT OVER 94 00:04:36,724 --> 00:04:41,448 TO KEEP DIGGING AND PLAN NEXT JUNE, KEEP DAD'S LEGACY GOING. 95 00:04:41,482 --> 00:04:43,620 Narrator: THE BOYS ARE HUNTING LEGENDARY 96 00:04:43,655 --> 00:04:50,586 QUEENSLAND BOULDER OPAL, WORTH UP TO $20,000 A GRAM. 97 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:52,448 Greg: WE'VE BEEN DIGGING ON DRAGONFLY 98 00:04:52,482 --> 00:04:54,448 FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS NOW. 99 00:04:54,482 --> 00:04:56,620 WE WENT BACK TO THE DEEP GROUND TO DIG 100 00:04:56,655 --> 00:04:58,758 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE PRODUCED BEFORE, 101 00:04:58,793 --> 00:05:02,758 AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW IT. 102 00:05:02,793 --> 00:05:04,206 Aaron: IF WE DON'T FIND OPAL, 103 00:05:04,241 --> 00:05:08,379 WE'VE JUST DONE A HEAP OF DOUGH, MIGHT HAVE TO START PANICKING. 104 00:05:11,724 --> 00:05:13,724 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL IRON ROCK. 105 00:05:18,034 --> 00:05:20,172 DON'T LOOK LIKE NOBODY'S HOME, GREG. 106 00:05:24,965 --> 00:05:28,827 WE JUST HIT ABOUT 10 BIG ROCKS, AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THEM. 107 00:05:28,862 --> 00:05:32,344 IT'S THE RIGHT ROCK, WRONG STREET, MATE. 108 00:05:32,379 --> 00:05:34,413 NO NECTAR. KEEP GOING? 109 00:05:34,448 --> 00:05:36,172 WELL, WE GOT TO, EH? 110 00:05:36,206 --> 00:05:37,965 CHIN UP, MATE, CHIN UP.CHIN UP. 111 00:05:40,413 --> 00:05:42,448 MY OLD MAN WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE DOGGED IT NOW. 112 00:05:42,482 --> 00:05:44,379 LIKE, YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY. 113 00:05:44,413 --> 00:05:46,275 WE'RE DOING WHAT HE WANTED US TO DO. 114 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:51,034 Greg: OPAL MINING IS A BATTLE. 115 00:05:51,068 --> 00:05:53,000 I'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME. 116 00:05:53,034 --> 00:05:54,482 YOU CAN'T LET IT BEAT YOU. 117 00:05:54,517 --> 00:05:56,137 YOU MUST FIND THAT OPAL. 118 00:05:58,275 --> 00:05:59,862 Aaron: OH, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE HOPE. 119 00:05:59,896 --> 00:06:01,517 BUT YOU COULD WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING 120 00:06:01,551 --> 00:06:06,586 AND SLAP YOURSELF AROUND THE HEAD AND SAY, "WAKE UP." 121 00:06:06,620 --> 00:06:09,310 IF IT WAS THAT EASY, MATE, EVERYONE WOULD BE DOING IT. 122 00:06:12,827 --> 00:06:16,000 Greg: WE GOT A BUTTERFLY, AARON. 123 00:06:16,034 --> 00:06:17,689 THERE'S A BUTTERFLY UP THERE, 124 00:06:17,724 --> 00:06:20,310 A LITTLE BUTTERFLY HANGING AROUND. 125 00:06:20,344 --> 00:06:22,241 IT MIGHT BE BRINGING US SOME GOOD LUCK. 126 00:06:22,275 --> 00:06:26,344 LAST TIME WE SEEN THAT BUTTERFLY, WE FOUND OPAL. 127 00:06:26,379 --> 00:06:28,862 THAT'S DAD SAYING, "DON'T PULL UP, KEEP GOING. 128 00:06:28,896 --> 00:06:30,517 DON'T EVER GIVE UP." 129 00:06:34,482 --> 00:06:37,206 ANOTHER LITTLE ROCK HERE, GREG. 130 00:06:37,241 --> 00:06:38,931 Greg: THAT BUTTERFLY IS STILL HANGING AROUND. 131 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:40,275 THERE MUST BE OPAL IN THAT ROCK. 132 00:06:40,310 --> 00:06:41,931 MUST BE DAD. 133 00:06:44,172 --> 00:06:46,344 YEAH. 134 00:06:49,655 --> 00:06:51,206 THIS IS THE ONE. 135 00:06:56,482 --> 00:06:59,482 Narrator: 1,000 KILOMETERS AWAY, IN LIGHTNING RIDGE, 136 00:06:59,517 --> 00:07:02,000 OUTBACK NEW SOUTH WALES... 137 00:07:02,034 --> 00:07:03,517 Kelly: EVERYONE IS ALL GONE. 138 00:07:03,551 --> 00:07:05,965 THEY'VE ALL PACKED UP, AND THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING. 139 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,896 Narrator: THE MERCURY IS RISING, 140 00:07:07,931 --> 00:07:10,862 HITTING AN UNBEARABLE 45 DEGREES. 141 00:07:10,896 --> 00:07:15,000 FOR MOST MINERS, IT'S TOO HOT TO WORK, ENDING THEIR SEASON, 142 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:19,413 BUT OPAL QUEEN KELLY TISHLER HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO PUSH ON. 143 00:07:19,448 --> 00:07:20,965 YEAH, DIGGING IS QUIET. 144 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,862 I'VE JUST GOT NO MONEY COMING IN, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 145 00:07:25,724 --> 00:07:26,862 Narrator: WITH THREE KIDS 146 00:07:26,896 --> 00:07:29,206 AND A LARGE MINING OPERATION TO SUPPORT, 147 00:07:29,241 --> 00:07:32,137 KELLY IS WAY OFF HER SEASON TARGET. 148 00:07:34,310 --> 00:07:37,137 IN A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO HIT HER TARGET, 149 00:07:37,172 --> 00:07:39,689 KELLY WILL BE WORKING HER TWO REMAINING CLAIMS 150 00:07:39,724 --> 00:07:42,965 AT ALCOS AND ALLAWAH SIMULTANEOUSLY. 151 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,965 WITH MOST MINERS FLEEING THE HEAT, 152 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,931 KELLY AND MINING PARTNER DWAYNE 153 00:07:46,965 --> 00:07:50,275 HAVE RECRUITED HER 18-YEAR-OLD SON, JET. 154 00:07:50,310 --> 00:07:54,620 PRETTY SURE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS WHITE CRUMBLY ROCK, 155 00:07:54,655 --> 00:07:57,896 LIKE THIS SORT OF STUFF OVER HERE. 156 00:07:57,931 --> 00:07:59,965 Kelly: I WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE A MINER, BUT THAT'S UP TO HIM, 157 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,103 AND HE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION HIMSELF. 158 00:08:02,137 --> 00:08:05,724 IT'S A WORRY, THOUGH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S GREEN. 159 00:08:05,758 --> 00:08:07,620 HE'S FRESH. 160 00:08:07,655 --> 00:08:10,206 Narrator: BOTH CLAIMS HAVE PRODUCED BLACK OPAL, 161 00:08:10,241 --> 00:08:14,448 WORTH AS MUCH AS $175,000 A GRAM. 162 00:08:14,482 --> 00:08:17,620 KELLY IS HOPING SHE CAN FIND IT AGAIN. 163 00:08:17,655 --> 00:08:20,034 WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT LEFT IN THE COFFERS, 164 00:08:20,068 --> 00:08:21,655 BUT BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE'VE MADE THIS YEAR 165 00:08:21,689 --> 00:08:23,310 HAS GONE BACK IN AND MORE. 166 00:08:26,379 --> 00:08:29,517 GO, BABY, GO. 167 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,551 FINGERS CROSSED IT'S AN EASY HAUL. 168 00:08:31,586 --> 00:08:33,034 Narrator: AT THE ALCOS MINE, 169 00:08:33,068 --> 00:08:37,172 KELLY IS SINKING A NEW EXPLORATION SHAFT. 170 00:08:37,206 --> 00:08:38,931 AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER GAMBLE. 171 00:08:38,965 --> 00:08:40,310 I'VE GOT NO MONEY IN IT. 172 00:08:40,344 --> 00:08:41,620 I'M JUST GOING FURTHER INTO DEBT. 173 00:08:41,655 --> 00:08:43,344 THAT'S ABOUT ALL I'M DOING TODAY. 174 00:08:49,965 --> 00:08:52,896 Narrator: BARELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE DIG... 175 00:08:52,931 --> 00:08:57,172 Kelly: WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS BIG BLOODY BOULDERS 176 00:08:57,206 --> 00:09:00,620 BECAUSE EVERY TOOTH THEY RIP OFF WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR. 177 00:09:00,655 --> 00:09:03,448 WE WANT ALL THE TEETH ON BY THE END OF THE HOLE 178 00:09:03,482 --> 00:09:07,000 SO IT'S AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE. 179 00:09:07,034 --> 00:09:10,758 YOU CAN'T DRILL THROUGH THAT SO JUST GOT TO DIG THEM OUT. 180 00:09:14,931 --> 00:09:17,586 Narrator: 10 KILOMETERS AWAY AT THE ALLAWAH MINE... 181 00:09:17,620 --> 00:09:19,862 GOING TO DRIVE THAT IN AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 182 00:09:19,896 --> 00:09:23,379 WITH A BIT OF LUCK, IT MIGHT SHINE UP, EH? 183 00:09:23,413 --> 00:09:26,137 DWAYNE HAS TAKEN ROOKIE JET 8 METERS 184 00:09:26,172 --> 00:09:29,068 DOWN THE UNDERGROUND MINE. 185 00:09:29,103 --> 00:09:30,000 WE'LL GET IN A BIT FURTHER. 186 00:09:30,034 --> 00:09:31,620 WE'LL HAVE TO CUT ANOTHER FACE, 187 00:09:31,655 --> 00:09:34,758 AND THEN WE'LL GO AND GRAB THAT FLEXI. 188 00:09:34,793 --> 00:09:36,413 THE WHAT? THE FLEXI. 189 00:09:36,448 --> 00:09:38,103 WHAT'S THAT? 190 00:09:38,137 --> 00:09:39,896 Kelly: YEAH, JET IS GETTING BROKEN IN A BIT. 191 00:09:39,931 --> 00:09:41,896 HE DOESN'T LIKE THE EARLY STARTS, THAT'S FOR SURE. 192 00:09:41,931 --> 00:09:43,689 HE'S A WEE BIT TIRED. 193 00:09:43,724 --> 00:09:45,862 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 194 00:09:45,896 --> 00:09:47,344 HE'LL BE SORE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 195 00:09:47,379 --> 00:09:49,000 SO THAT'LL BE GOOD. 196 00:09:53,034 --> 00:09:54,965 JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FACE, 197 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,551 LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, MATE. 198 00:09:56,586 --> 00:09:58,206 YEAH. 199 00:10:00,827 --> 00:10:02,137 YEAH, WELL, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WALL 200 00:10:02,172 --> 00:10:03,413 BECAUSE IF YOU SEE AN OPAL, 201 00:10:03,448 --> 00:10:07,758 AND IT GETS SMASHED, PEOPLE GET PISSED OFF. 202 00:10:07,793 --> 00:10:10,034 WHAT ABOUT OVER THERE? 203 00:10:10,068 --> 00:10:14,275 NO, A LITTLE BIT OF SLY POTCH, NO COLOR. 204 00:10:16,793 --> 00:10:18,689 IT'S NOT LOOKING REAL GOOD. 205 00:10:18,724 --> 00:10:20,206 YEAH, I HOPE KELLY IS HAVING BETTER LUCK 206 00:10:20,241 --> 00:10:23,206 WITH THAT 3-FOOTER BECAUSE THIS LOOKS LIKE 207 00:10:38,413 --> 00:10:41,517 Narrator: $80,000 IN THE RED, IT'S ROOKIES 208 00:10:41,551 --> 00:10:44,620 JUSTIN AND BECKY'S LAST CHANCE TO HIT OPAL 209 00:10:44,655 --> 00:10:48,551 BEFORE THE 45-DEGREE HEAT SHUTS THE SEASON DOWN. 210 00:10:52,137 --> 00:10:53,413 DARLING. 211 00:10:53,448 --> 00:10:55,586 OH, HOW YOU DOING? 212 00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:56,931 SORRY I'M RUNNING LATE. 213 00:10:56,965 --> 00:10:58,793 I HAD A BIT OF AN OPAL FRENZY. 214 00:10:58,827 --> 00:10:59,758 OH, THAT'S GOOD.I KNOW. 215 00:10:59,793 --> 00:11:00,827 MY POCKET IS FULL OF OPAL. 216 00:11:00,862 --> 00:11:01,896 THAT'S WHY I WAS GETTING EXCITED. 217 00:11:01,931 --> 00:11:03,482 HAVE A LOOK? YEAH. 218 00:11:03,517 --> 00:11:05,241 WHERE ARE YOU FINDING THIS? 219 00:11:05,275 --> 00:11:06,724 ON THE CLAIM, VINO. 220 00:11:06,758 --> 00:11:08,137 OH, WOW, THAT'S AMAZING. 221 00:11:08,172 --> 00:11:10,931 SO THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING LATE, BUT ALL I WANT TO DO NOW 222 00:11:10,965 --> 00:11:13,275 IS BECAUSE I LEFT THE FACE EXPOSED WITH THIS OPAL 223 00:11:13,310 --> 00:11:15,000 STILL IN THERE FOR US TO DIG OUT. 224 00:11:15,034 --> 00:11:16,068 SO IF THERE'S A CHANCE WE CAN 225 00:11:16,103 --> 00:11:16,965 GO BACK OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON... 226 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,206 I'M READY. I'M READY TO GO. 227 00:11:18,241 --> 00:11:20,448 OH, WICKED. ALL RIGHT.I CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT OUT. 228 00:11:20,482 --> 00:11:23,344 Narrator: BUT BECKY HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE. 229 00:11:23,379 --> 00:11:26,379 Becky: IT MEANS SOMETHING COULD BE JUST AROUND THE CORNER, 230 00:11:26,413 --> 00:11:29,172 BUT REALITY IS IT COULD GO TO SOMETHING, 231 00:11:29,206 --> 00:11:31,000 OR IT COULD GO TO NOTHING. 232 00:11:44,517 --> 00:11:48,620 I'M NOT ADDICTED TO ANYTHING, BUT OPAL MINING IS MY THING, 233 00:11:48,655 --> 00:11:53,413 AND I CAN'T, YEAH, I CAN'T SHAKE IT. 234 00:12:01,275 --> 00:12:02,689 THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN HERE. 235 00:12:08,931 --> 00:12:10,827 OKAY, NONE OF THIS SMALL ANYMORE. 236 00:12:12,965 --> 00:12:14,620 -YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING? -YEAH. 237 00:12:20,724 --> 00:12:24,862 Narrator: BUT AS QUICKLY AS IT APPEARED, THE OPAL RUNS OUT. 238 00:12:24,896 --> 00:12:29,103 I WANT TO FIND OPAL, BIG OPAL, NOT THIS SMALL 239 00:12:29,137 --> 00:12:32,379 Becky: WELL, IT STARTED AS SHELLS OF GOOD COLOR, 240 00:12:32,413 --> 00:12:35,965 AND IT WENT TO SEAM OPAL, BUT IT'S GONE TO POTCH NOW. 241 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,758 POTCH IS COLORLESS OPAL, VIRTUALLY WORTHLESS. 242 00:12:42,379 --> 00:12:44,103 OH, MAN. 243 00:12:44,137 --> 00:12:45,758 I JUST WANT TO SEE OPAL LIKE THAT. 244 00:12:45,793 --> 00:12:47,655 YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHAT I CAME HERE FOR. 245 00:12:57,965 --> 00:13:00,620 OH, LOOK AT THIS UP HERE. 246 00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:03,344 WHEREVER YOU GRAB, THIS IS COLOR. 247 00:13:03,379 --> 00:13:04,827 HEY, BECK. YEAH? 248 00:13:04,862 --> 00:13:06,517 YOU REALIZE THAT IF THIS FATTENS OUT, 249 00:13:06,551 --> 00:13:10,724 THIS COULD BE HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY. 250 00:13:10,758 --> 00:13:12,862 THIS IS SO EXCITING. 251 00:13:12,896 --> 00:13:15,862 I'M PICKING OUT CHUNKS OF COLOR, WHICH IS THAT BIG FAT VERTICAL, 252 00:13:15,896 --> 00:13:17,206 AND THERE'S BITS ALL OVER THE GROUND HERE, 253 00:13:17,241 --> 00:13:19,689 I JUST REALIZED. 254 00:13:19,724 --> 00:13:21,275 IT'S ALL FAT FROM THEN ON. 255 00:13:21,310 --> 00:13:23,000 THIS COULD BE THE BONANZA 256 00:13:23,034 --> 00:13:25,448 JUSTIN HAS BEEN HOPING FOR ALL SEASON. 257 00:13:25,482 --> 00:13:27,448 I'M LITERALLY SHAKING. 258 00:13:34,827 --> 00:13:37,724 A-HA, A-HA, OY! 259 00:13:37,758 --> 00:13:38,862 Greg: OY! 260 00:13:38,896 --> 00:13:41,103 COLOR! 261 00:13:41,137 --> 00:13:43,413 Narrator: AT THE DRAGONFLY CLAIM, 262 00:13:43,448 --> 00:13:48,310 AARON IS CONVINCED THIS SINGLE ROCK IS HIDING OPAL. 263 00:13:48,344 --> 00:13:52,482 COLOR. IT IS PROPER COLOR, GREG. 264 00:13:52,517 --> 00:13:56,689 EVEN THOUGH THAT DOESN'T LOOK MUCH, IT MIGHT RUN. 265 00:13:56,724 --> 00:13:58,689 Narrator: IF OPAL RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT, 266 00:13:58,724 --> 00:14:02,000 IT COULD BE WORTH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 267 00:14:05,137 --> 00:14:06,275 THAT'S NICE. 268 00:14:06,310 --> 00:14:07,448 IT'S GOT PURPLE THERE, PURPLE THERE. 269 00:14:07,482 --> 00:14:09,310 IT MIGHT HAVE FED THE BACK OF THE ROCK. 270 00:14:09,344 --> 00:14:10,551 THERE MIGHT BE MORE IN THERE. 271 00:14:10,586 --> 00:14:15,275 HIGH FIVE, YES! 272 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:17,827 Narrator: THE BOYS TAKE THE ROCK BACK TO CAMP 273 00:14:17,862 --> 00:14:20,000 SO THEY CAN CUT IT OPEN. 274 00:14:20,034 --> 00:14:22,655 Aaron: THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT'S GOING TO HELP ME BUY 275 00:14:22,689 --> 00:14:23,862 DAD'S HOUSE. 276 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:25,206 SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO CUT IT 277 00:14:25,241 --> 00:14:27,517 BECAUSE IF WE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER, IT'S LESS VALUE, 278 00:14:27,551 --> 00:14:30,931 AND IF IT'S POOR, WE'LL JUST SHATTER EVERYTHING. 279 00:14:30,965 --> 00:14:33,275 OH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GO AT SAWING THIS BIG ROCK HERE, 280 00:14:33,310 --> 00:14:34,517 SEE WHAT'S IN IT. 281 00:14:39,275 --> 00:14:40,862 OKAY. 282 00:14:46,586 --> 00:14:49,758 Narrator: THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO HIT THEIR TARGET 283 00:14:49,793 --> 00:14:52,275 AND FULFILL AARON'S DREAMS. 284 00:15:01,448 --> 00:15:03,448 SHUT HER OFF.HAS IT GOT A CHANCE? 285 00:15:03,482 --> 00:15:04,482 HASN'T IT? WELL... 286 00:15:04,517 --> 00:15:05,931 OF COURSE IT DOES.IT'S GOT COLOR. 287 00:15:05,965 --> 00:15:08,482 SO LET'S SEE IF IT'S GOT SOMETHING. 288 00:15:08,517 --> 00:15:12,137 THE SAW BLADE ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO CUT THROUGH THE LARGE ROCK, 289 00:15:12,172 --> 00:15:14,068 SO THEY RESORT TO HAND TOOLS. 290 00:15:14,103 --> 00:15:16,103 I RECKON JUST FEED IT STRAIGHT IN THERE. 291 00:15:22,206 --> 00:15:25,482 ANYBODY HOME? 292 00:15:25,517 --> 00:15:26,793 IS THAT TRACE IN THE SKIN? 293 00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:29,827 I DON'T KNOW. IT COULD BE. 294 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:31,724 I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. 295 00:15:31,758 --> 00:15:32,896 THAT'S A GOOD SPOT TO HIT IT. 296 00:15:32,931 --> 00:15:34,482 OH, I RECKON, MATE. 297 00:15:44,034 --> 00:15:45,413 OH! AW, LOOK AT THAT. 298 00:15:45,448 --> 00:15:48,103 GEE. OOH, YEAH. 299 00:15:48,137 --> 00:15:50,793 GOOD OPAL. 300 00:15:50,827 --> 00:15:53,000 BEST THING WE EVER DONE WAS SAW THAT ROCK. 301 00:15:53,034 --> 00:15:54,896 OH, I KNOW, GREG, AND RIGHT ON THE MONEY. 302 00:15:54,931 --> 00:15:58,862 LOOK AT THE PATTERN ON IT, GREEN-BLUE, 303 00:15:58,896 --> 00:16:00,862 NICE STRAW PATTERN, GREG. 304 00:16:00,896 --> 00:16:02,448 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PATTERN, MAN. 305 00:16:02,482 --> 00:16:05,931 BEAUTIFUL GREEN-BLUE, IT'S DAD'S SIGN TO KEEP GOING. 306 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,896 THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE GLIMMER. 307 00:16:08,931 --> 00:16:11,275 DON'T GIVE UP.HE NEVER GAVE UP IN HIS LIFE. 308 00:16:14,482 --> 00:16:15,758 QUEENSLAND BOULDER OPAL, MATE. 309 00:16:15,793 --> 00:16:17,862 NOT BAD, AYE. AYE? 310 00:16:17,896 --> 00:16:20,137 AYE, HOW GOOD IS THAT? 311 00:16:20,172 --> 00:16:21,517 OH, YOU'RE NEARLY SMILING, MATE. 312 00:16:21,551 --> 00:16:23,137 YEAH, NICE, EH? 313 00:16:38,413 --> 00:16:40,241 OPAL DOESN'T MAKE IT EASY, DOES IT? 314 00:16:40,275 --> 00:16:41,275 NO, IT DOESN'T. 315 00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:43,758 BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? 316 00:16:43,793 --> 00:16:46,241 THE ONLY WAY TO GET DOWN THERE. 317 00:16:46,275 --> 00:16:47,793 Narrator: IN LIGHTNING RIDGE, 318 00:16:47,827 --> 00:16:50,586 KELLY IS GAMBLING THE LAST OF HER CASH 319 00:16:50,620 --> 00:16:53,275 ON DRILLING A NEW MINE SHAFT, WITH OPERATORS 320 00:16:53,310 --> 00:16:57,206 HERMER AND NINO, BUT SHE'S BEEN STOPPED IN HER TRACKS. 321 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,827 Kelly: THERE'S A MONSTER BIG BOULDER THERE. 322 00:17:05,862 --> 00:17:08,241 THIS IS MEANT TO TAKE A COUPLE HOURS, 323 00:17:08,275 --> 00:17:11,586 AND WE'RE WELL OVER AN HOUR JUST GETTING THAT ROCK OUT SO, 324 00:17:11,620 --> 00:17:14,034 YEP, NOT A GOOD START. 325 00:17:14,068 --> 00:17:18,241 WE JUST HAVE TO DIG IT OUT. I GUESS KEEP GOING. 326 00:17:18,275 --> 00:17:21,655 Narrator: MOVING THE DRILL WOULD BURN THROUGH ANOTHER DAY. 327 00:17:27,620 --> 00:17:30,586 YEAH, WELL, THAT ROCK JUST COST ME $45, 328 00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:33,724 THAT BOULDER OVER THERE, TOO, SO... 329 00:17:33,758 --> 00:17:36,931 THIS USED TO BE TUNGSTEN TEETH THERE. 330 00:17:36,965 --> 00:17:42,206 HERE IT COMES, A $45 ROCK AND HALF AN HOUR OF LABOR. 331 00:17:42,241 --> 00:17:43,275 OH. 332 00:17:51,931 --> 00:17:53,482 Narrator: IF THEY FIND OPAL, 333 00:17:53,517 --> 00:17:57,137 THIS SHAFT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW MINE. 334 00:17:57,172 --> 00:17:59,137 HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOMETHING IN THIS. 335 00:18:03,827 --> 00:18:06,931 SHOULD BE IN HERE. 336 00:18:06,965 --> 00:18:10,068 NOTHING. NOTHING. 337 00:18:10,103 --> 00:18:11,793 NOTHING? CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING? 338 00:18:11,827 --> 00:18:13,931 NO.THIS -- IT'S A LEVEL, BUT... 339 00:18:13,965 --> 00:18:15,517 IT'S BLAND. THERE'S NOTHING IN IT. 340 00:18:15,551 --> 00:18:18,793 IT'S JUST WAXY. 341 00:18:18,827 --> 00:18:22,689 MIGHT BE DEEPER MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW. 342 00:18:22,724 --> 00:18:25,000 Narrator: KELLY DECIDES TO KEEP DIGGING. 343 00:18:27,344 --> 00:18:31,103 $700 IN THE HOLE LITERALLY HERE. 344 00:18:31,137 --> 00:18:35,896 Narrator: TIME AND MONEY SHE DOESN'T HAVE. 345 00:18:35,931 --> 00:18:37,655 YEAH, IT'S COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE. 346 00:18:48,275 --> 00:18:49,586 WE GOT TO GO DEEPER TO CHASE IT. 347 00:18:49,620 --> 00:18:53,000 WE GOT TO GO DEEPER. THAT'S THE RISK YOU TAKE. 348 00:18:53,034 --> 00:18:55,896 YOU GO ANOTHER 5 FOOT, ANOTHER COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS. 349 00:19:00,689 --> 00:19:02,620 GIRL, WE'RE AT 27. 350 00:19:02,655 --> 00:19:04,000 OH 351 00:19:04,034 --> 00:19:05,896 NOT DOING IT. 352 00:19:08,862 --> 00:19:11,172 -THAT'S IT? CALL IT, KEL? -YEAH, CALL IT. 353 00:19:11,206 --> 00:19:13,827 ALL RIGHT. 354 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:18,793 Narrator: 27 FEET OF SHAFT AND NOT A SCRAP OF OPAL. 355 00:19:18,827 --> 00:19:20,517 WELL, I HAD A LOT OF HOPES FOR IT THIS MORNING, 356 00:19:20,551 --> 00:19:23,689 BUT ANYWAY, JUST GOES TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, 357 00:19:23,724 --> 00:19:25,068 YOU CAN DO A HOLE THERE AND GET OPAL, 358 00:19:25,103 --> 00:19:27,379 AND DO A HOLE THERE AND GET NOTHING. 359 00:19:27,413 --> 00:19:30,586 I'M BATTLING EVERYTHING AT THE MOMENT SO... 360 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:32,862 NO. 361 00:19:32,896 --> 00:19:36,034 IT WASN'T A GOOD DAY, BUT, YEAH, 362 00:19:36,068 --> 00:19:38,379 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPENSIVE DAY TODAY. 363 00:19:49,965 --> 00:19:51,413 THIS IS GONNA BE SO GOOD. 364 00:19:51,448 --> 00:19:53,827 Narrator: AT VINO CLAIM, JUSTIN IS CONVINCED 365 00:19:53,862 --> 00:19:56,137 HE'S ONTO A HUGE OPAL POCKET. 366 00:19:56,172 --> 00:19:57,965 LOOK AT THIS STONE.OH, MY GOD. 367 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,448 Justin: THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST PAYDAY 368 00:19:59,482 --> 00:20:00,862 YOU EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE. 369 00:20:00,896 --> 00:20:02,344 EACH ONE OF THESE IS WORTH MONEY. 370 00:20:02,379 --> 00:20:04,068 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY HERE. 371 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:05,000 IT HASN'T EVEN SUNK IN YET. 372 00:20:05,034 --> 00:20:06,655 LOOK AT THAT. 373 00:20:06,689 --> 00:20:08,655 Narrator: $80,000 DOWN, 374 00:20:08,689 --> 00:20:10,827 AND ON THEIR LAST DIG OF THE SEASON, 375 00:20:10,862 --> 00:20:13,068 HE NEEDS THIS TO PAY OFF. 376 00:20:13,103 --> 00:20:15,068 THERE'S A $500 STONE RIGHT THERE. 377 00:20:20,724 --> 00:20:22,862 Justin: WE JUST SCRATCHED THE FLAMING SURFACE. 378 00:20:22,896 --> 00:20:25,620 WE'RE GOING TO GET A PAYDAY AND A HALF. 379 00:20:25,655 --> 00:20:28,724 MY GOD, IT'S JUST SO MUCH WORK. 380 00:20:28,758 --> 00:20:30,275 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE PULLING OUT THIS SORT OF OPAL, 381 00:20:30,310 --> 00:20:33,793 BECK, IT DOESN'T MATTER. 382 00:20:33,827 --> 00:20:36,931 YOU GOT TO BE JUST RIDICULOUSLY CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. 383 00:20:36,965 --> 00:20:40,275 LIKE, WE DIDN'T DO ALL THIS WORK JUST TO GO, 384 00:20:40,310 --> 00:20:41,689 "AW, LET'S BE QUICK, AND LET'S JUST KEEP GOING. 385 00:20:41,724 --> 00:20:43,482 LET'S BE QUICK." LOOK AT THE CRYSTAL BIT. 386 00:20:43,517 --> 00:20:46,034 LOOK AT THAT. 387 00:20:46,068 --> 00:20:47,793 OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 388 00:20:49,827 --> 00:20:53,310 THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF OPAL MINING EVER. 389 00:20:53,344 --> 00:20:55,655 THERE'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ALREADY, THOUSANDS. 390 00:20:55,689 --> 00:20:57,275 BUT IF IT GOES DEEPER AND GETS FATTER, 391 00:20:57,310 --> 00:20:58,896 IT COULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS? 392 00:20:58,931 --> 00:21:00,413 YEP. WOW. 393 00:21:10,965 --> 00:21:13,689 BUT AFTER 2 HOURS WORK... 394 00:21:13,724 --> 00:21:15,206 FIND ANYTHING ELSE? 395 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:16,413 ARE YOU OKAY? 396 00:21:16,448 --> 00:21:18,413 YEAH, I'M JUST TIRED. 397 00:21:18,448 --> 00:21:20,137 OKAY. 398 00:21:20,172 --> 00:21:22,827 ...THE OPAL SEAM RUNS DRY. 399 00:21:27,206 --> 00:21:29,241 IT'S SO TEDIOUS, THIS STUFF. 400 00:21:29,275 --> 00:21:31,620 YEAH, WELL, IT'S TEDIOUS JUST NOT FINDING ANYTHING. 401 00:21:40,586 --> 00:21:43,206 VINO IS JUST TEASING US AT THE MOMENT. 402 00:21:47,689 --> 00:21:49,896 AH, MAN. 403 00:21:49,931 --> 00:21:51,103 WE GOT TO KEEP GOING. 404 00:21:54,068 --> 00:21:55,379 I RECKON THIS AREA IS DONE. 405 00:21:57,172 --> 00:21:58,965 I THINK THIS AREA IS DONE. 406 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,965 NO, IT ISN'T. 407 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,620 IT'S SORT OF A 50-50 CHANCE OF WHETHER IT GETS BETTER 408 00:22:05,655 --> 00:22:06,931 OR WHETHER IT DISAPPEARS AT ALL, 409 00:22:06,965 --> 00:22:11,793 AND AT THIS STAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE 410 00:22:11,827 --> 00:22:14,034 ON THE DISAPPEARING END OF THINGS. 411 00:22:17,310 --> 00:22:18,655 I WENT NUTS THINKING THAT THERE'S 412 00:22:18,689 --> 00:22:21,517 GONNA BE $1 MILLION HERE. 413 00:22:21,551 --> 00:22:22,965 OH. 414 00:22:26,379 --> 00:22:27,379 AND THERE'S NOT. 415 00:22:30,413 --> 00:22:32,931 MAN, THAT'S THE FEVER YOU CATCH 416 00:22:32,965 --> 00:22:34,793 WHEN YOU THINK THERE'S BIG MONEY. 417 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,103 THAT'S SORT OF... 418 00:22:39,137 --> 00:22:41,965 I SORT OF CELEBRATED BEFORE I DUG IT OUT. 419 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,896 Narrator: WITH JUST A FEW DAYS MINING LEFT THIS SEASON, 420 00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:48,103 JUSTIN IS STILL $80,000 DOWN 421 00:22:48,137 --> 00:22:50,551 WITH LITTLE HOPE OF MAKING IT BACK. 422 00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:55,689 SOMETIMES YOU THINK, "WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE OUT HERE?" 423 00:22:55,724 --> 00:22:58,379 AM I CRAZY? LIKE, WHY AM I THE ONE OUT HERE? 424 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,551 IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO OPAL? 425 00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:20,689 THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL... 426 00:23:20,724 --> 00:23:21,896 THAT'S NICE OPAL, ISN'T IT? LOOK AT THAT. 427 00:23:21,931 --> 00:23:23,551 THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL FAITH. 428 00:23:23,586 --> 00:23:25,068 OUT OF ALL THAT BIG ROCK, LOOK AT THAT, 429 00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:26,517 IN THE MIDDLE, AND LOOK, IT'S RUNNING. 430 00:23:26,551 --> 00:23:28,034 I CAN SEE IT. YEP. 431 00:23:28,068 --> 00:23:31,413 Narrator: AARON AND GREG HAVE JUST SPLIT AN IRON STONE BOULDER 432 00:23:31,448 --> 00:23:33,896 TO REVEAL A POTENTIAL FORTUNE OF OPAL. 433 00:23:33,931 --> 00:23:35,241 BEAUTIFUL. 434 00:23:35,275 --> 00:23:37,586 IF THERE'S MORE INSIDE, IT COULD BE ENOUGH FOR THEM 435 00:23:37,620 --> 00:23:41,103 TO FINALLY BUY THE LEASE ON THEIR CLAIM. 436 00:23:41,137 --> 00:23:43,827 ALL WE GOT TO DO, LITTLE SAW CUTS, ALL... 437 00:23:43,862 --> 00:23:46,275 I'LL START THE GENNY. 438 00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:51,517 BUT ONE WRONG MOVE AND THEY COULD DESTROY IT COMPLETELY. 439 00:23:51,551 --> 00:23:53,965 YEAH, I THINK WE'RE BEST TO CUT FROM HERE IN MAYBE. 440 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,275 CUT HERE AND WORK OUR WAY INTO IT. 441 00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:57,586 YEP. 442 00:24:12,137 --> 00:24:14,517 THERE COULD BE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 443 00:24:14,551 --> 00:24:17,931 LEFT IN THE ROCK, OR NOTHING AT ALL. 444 00:24:23,344 --> 00:24:24,965 THAT'S RUBBISH. 445 00:24:27,689 --> 00:24:30,862 WITH JUST DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON, 446 00:24:30,896 --> 00:24:33,034 AARON'S DREAM OF BUYING THE LEASE 447 00:24:33,068 --> 00:24:36,551 AND HIS FATHER'S HOUSE REST ON THE EDGE OF A SAW. 448 00:24:50,137 --> 00:24:51,620 LET'S HOPE THERE'S OPAL THERE, RIGHT? 449 00:24:51,655 --> 00:24:53,275 YEP. 450 00:24:55,413 --> 00:24:57,965 WOW. OOH, YEAH. 451 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000 LOOK AT THAT. 452 00:25:01,034 --> 00:25:03,931 FEAST OF THE OPAL GODS, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 453 00:25:03,965 --> 00:25:05,344 YEAH. 454 00:25:05,379 --> 00:25:06,448 THAT'S GOOD OPAL. 455 00:25:06,482 --> 00:25:08,275 QUEENSLAND BOULDER OPAL. 456 00:25:08,310 --> 00:25:09,413 -THAT'S GOOD. -EARRINGS. 457 00:25:09,448 --> 00:25:10,896 SET OF EARRINGS, EH? 458 00:25:10,931 --> 00:25:11,896 CHEERS. 459 00:25:11,931 --> 00:25:12,965 BIG EARS. 460 00:25:15,896 --> 00:25:17,931 WE GOT A NICE SURPRISE OUT OF THIS HALF. 461 00:25:17,965 --> 00:25:19,448 SO WE'VE PROBABLY GOT THREE TIMES 462 00:25:19,482 --> 00:25:22,827 AS MUCH OPAL IN THEM TWO ROCKS AS WHAT WE FIRST HAD. 463 00:25:22,862 --> 00:25:24,827 YEAH, VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. 464 00:25:24,862 --> 00:25:26,034 LET'S HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE. 465 00:25:26,068 --> 00:25:28,068 OH, SHUT HER DOWN, MATE.SHUT HER DOWN. 466 00:25:28,103 --> 00:25:29,379 Narrator: THE BOYS ARE CONFIDENT 467 00:25:29,413 --> 00:25:31,689 THEY'RE SITTING ON A SMALL FORTUNE, 468 00:25:31,724 --> 00:25:34,724 BUT THEY STILL NEED AN EXPERIENCED OPAL SELLER 469 00:25:34,758 --> 00:25:38,172 TO PUT A REAL PRICE ON THE HAUL. 470 00:25:38,206 --> 00:25:40,206 LOOK AT THESE NICE COLORS, GREG, BEAUTIFUL. 471 00:25:40,241 --> 00:25:41,724 IT IS, EH? 472 00:25:50,241 --> 00:25:52,724 OKAY, WHAT WE DOING NOW IS PULLING OUT. 473 00:25:52,758 --> 00:25:54,379 WE'RE DONE FOR TODAY. 474 00:25:56,793 --> 00:25:58,344 FAR FROM HER TARGET, 475 00:25:58,379 --> 00:26:00,793 KELLY TISHLER'S FINAL EXPLORATION HOLE 476 00:26:00,827 --> 00:26:04,137 FOR THE SEASON HAS TURNED UP NOTHING. 477 00:26:04,172 --> 00:26:05,689 Kelly: WHAT DO YOU DO? 478 00:26:05,724 --> 00:26:07,689 WE CAN'T THROW ANY MORE MONEY AT IT. 479 00:26:09,758 --> 00:26:11,586 YOU JUST GOT TO PICK YOURSELF UP AND JUST SAY, 480 00:26:11,620 --> 00:26:13,655 "WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ESCAPE HOLE 481 00:26:13,689 --> 00:26:15,275 AND AN AIR HOLE NOW." 482 00:26:15,310 --> 00:26:17,689 Narrator: HER LAST HOPE IS HER ALLAWAH MINE, 483 00:26:17,724 --> 00:26:19,172 10 KILOMETERS AWAY, 484 00:26:19,206 --> 00:26:23,103 WHERE HER 18-YEAR-OLD SON JET AND MINING PARTNER DWAYNE 485 00:26:23,137 --> 00:26:26,172 HAVE BEEN DIGGING UNDERGROUND. 486 00:26:26,206 --> 00:26:27,827 Kelly: GET OVER THERE, AND HOPEFULLY 487 00:26:27,862 --> 00:26:29,413 THEY'VE GOT SOME BETTER NEWS. 488 00:26:47,517 --> 00:26:48,931 Dwayne: NOTHING GOING ON.NOTHING? 489 00:26:48,965 --> 00:26:51,413 I MEAN, IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD. 490 00:26:51,448 --> 00:26:54,655 IT'S GOING SOFT, THE DIRT, BUT NO TRACE IN IT. 491 00:26:54,689 --> 00:26:55,758 NO? 492 00:26:55,793 --> 00:26:57,965 NO, IT AIN'T ALL MUCH OPAL, REALLY. 493 00:27:04,068 --> 00:27:08,379 Narrator: FINALLY THE CLAIM IS SPENT. 494 00:27:08,413 --> 00:27:12,034 I THINK IT'S TIME TO WALK AWAY FOR A BIT, GIRL. 495 00:27:12,068 --> 00:27:14,275 YEP. 496 00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:15,896 I DON'T THINK I'LL DIG ANYMORE HERE. 497 00:27:15,931 --> 00:27:17,517 NO, PULL OUT. 498 00:27:17,551 --> 00:27:19,448 TODAY? 499 00:27:19,482 --> 00:27:20,655 Kelly: THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. 500 00:27:20,689 --> 00:27:22,310 NOW IT'S TIME TO PULL OUT OF THIS CLAIM. 501 00:27:22,344 --> 00:27:24,931 SO WE'VE DONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO. 502 00:27:24,965 --> 00:27:26,827 DWAYNE HAS BEEN OVER IT WITH A FINE-TOOTHED COMB. 503 00:27:26,862 --> 00:27:28,034 IT'S DONE. 504 00:27:28,068 --> 00:27:29,482 YEP, NO SCRATCHING AROUND HERE. 505 00:27:29,517 --> 00:27:30,862 SHE'S... IT'S FINISHED. 506 00:27:30,896 --> 00:27:34,103 THAT'S IT, END OF IT, DONE. 507 00:27:34,137 --> 00:27:36,034 NO WORRIES. I'LL SEE YOU UP THERE. 508 00:27:36,068 --> 00:27:38,448 YEP. ALL RIGHT. 509 00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:42,241 THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK GOING ON DOWN HERE, 510 00:27:42,275 --> 00:27:44,931 A LOT OF INVESTMENT, TIME AND MONEY. 511 00:27:44,965 --> 00:27:48,413 I THINK OVERALL IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A LOSS. 512 00:27:48,448 --> 00:27:50,310 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS RIGHT NOW, 513 00:27:50,344 --> 00:27:55,896 BUT IF WE DON'T GO FORWARD AND HAVE A GO AT IT, 514 00:27:55,931 --> 00:27:57,379 THAT'LL BE THE END OF OUR MINING, 515 00:27:57,413 --> 00:28:00,655 BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND I AIN'T GIVING UP. 516 00:28:03,310 --> 00:28:07,310 Narrator: HITTING HER SEASON TARGET OF $150,000 517 00:28:07,344 --> 00:28:09,862 IS NOW LOOKING IMPOSSIBLE. 518 00:28:09,896 --> 00:28:11,586 Kelly: BILLS IS STILL ROLLING IN. 519 00:28:11,620 --> 00:28:13,758 YEAH, THINGS ARE LOOKING A BIT BLOODY GRIM, ACTUALLY. 520 00:28:13,793 --> 00:28:16,000 SO I'VE GOT NO OPTIONS LEFT. 521 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,793 Narrator: HER LAST CHANCE TO SURVIVE IS TO SELL 522 00:28:20,827 --> 00:28:24,172 HER ONLY REMAINING PIECE OF OPAL. 523 00:28:24,206 --> 00:28:26,068 Kelly: IT'S A VERY, VERY NICE STONE. 524 00:28:26,103 --> 00:28:32,034 IT'S AMAZING, ACTUALLY, SO ABOUT 20K TO 25K FOR IT. 525 00:28:32,068 --> 00:28:34,137 THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, EVERYONE IS JUST GONE. 526 00:28:34,172 --> 00:28:36,034 IT'S JUST WAY TOO HOT TO BE OUT HERE. 527 00:28:36,068 --> 00:28:38,724 SO THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW THAT I CAN BASICALLY TRY 528 00:28:38,758 --> 00:28:40,620 AND HAVE A SALE WITH IS ANTHONY. 529 00:28:40,655 --> 00:28:42,793 NOW THIS ONE HERE... 530 00:28:42,827 --> 00:28:44,827 ANTHONY IS ABOUT TO HEAD OFF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 531 00:28:44,862 --> 00:28:48,310 SO I'VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS I CAN, TRACK HIM DOWN 532 00:28:48,344 --> 00:28:52,793 AND TRY AND TURN HIM UPSIDE-DOWN AND SHAKE SOME MONEY OUT OF HIM. 533 00:29:11,896 --> 00:29:14,275 Justin: I THOUGHT THE DROUGHT WAS OVER, BUT IT'S NOT OVER. 534 00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:16,206 WHEN I SAW THAT OPAL, I THOUGHT, 535 00:29:16,241 --> 00:29:20,482 "YOU BLOODY BEAUTY, FINALLY VINO IS GOING TO COUGH UP THE GOODS," 536 00:29:20,517 --> 00:29:23,655 AND IT JUST FOOLED US. 537 00:29:23,689 --> 00:29:25,344 IT DEFINITELY FOOLED ME. 538 00:29:25,379 --> 00:29:27,586 Narrator: FOR JUSTIN AND FIANCéE BECKY, 539 00:29:27,620 --> 00:29:30,379 THEIR VINO CLAIM HAS FAILED. 540 00:29:30,413 --> 00:29:33,965 IT'S TIME TO PULL UP THEIR PEGS AND CALL IT QUITS. 541 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,275 Justin: WHEN THE OPAL STOPS, IT JUST, LIKE, FEELS LIKE A BAD BREAKUP. 542 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:40,517 YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND, AND IT'S OVER. 543 00:29:40,551 --> 00:29:43,137 THAT'S HOW IT FEELS. LIKE, YOUR HEART SINKS. 544 00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:48,000 LOVE OF OPAL TRAPPED YOU, AND MY LOVE FOR YOU TRAPPED ME. 545 00:29:49,241 --> 00:29:53,655 Narrator: JUSTIN HAS SUNK $80,000 INTO MINING THIS SEASON, 546 00:29:53,689 --> 00:29:56,689 WITH LESS THAN $6,000 RETURNED. 547 00:29:59,103 --> 00:30:05,620 I FEEL PRETTY TIRED, WORN OUT, BURNT ALL MY ENERGY UP IN VINO. 548 00:30:05,655 --> 00:30:07,448 THAT'S IT. 549 00:30:07,482 --> 00:30:08,551 I'M DONE. 550 00:30:27,896 --> 00:30:32,413 Narrator: JUSTIN HAS ONE LAST CHANCE TO BREAK EVEN. 551 00:30:32,448 --> 00:30:33,931 EARLIER IN THE SEASON, 552 00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:39,034 JUSTIN SPENT $25,000 BUYING ROUGH OPAL FROM ANOTHER MINER, 553 00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:41,931 GAMBLING THAT HE COULD SELL IT AT A PROFIT. 554 00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:44,275 DEAL. THANKS, JAMIE. 555 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:49,068 HE'S NOW RISKED ANOTHER $4,000 GETTING THE STONES POLISHED 556 00:30:49,103 --> 00:30:51,310 AND IS ABOUT TO HAVE THEM VALUED. 557 00:30:57,206 --> 00:30:59,413 Justin: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S ALL GOING TO TURN OUT LIKE. 558 00:30:59,448 --> 00:31:01,586 SO I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. 559 00:31:01,620 --> 00:31:03,551 IF I COULD TRIPLE MY MONEY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 560 00:31:03,586 --> 00:31:04,931 YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A VERY GOOD SEASON. 561 00:31:04,965 --> 00:31:07,241 SO THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE. 562 00:31:07,275 --> 00:31:09,827 THIS IS THE BE-ALL AND END-ALL. 563 00:31:09,862 --> 00:31:10,827 HEY, STUART.HEY, JUSTIN. 564 00:31:10,862 --> 00:31:12,379 HOW ARE YOU?YEAH, GOOD, THANKS. 565 00:31:12,413 --> 00:31:13,482 -NICE TO SEE YOU. -HI, STUART. 566 00:31:13,517 --> 00:31:15,068 HOW ARE YOU, SWEETIE? GOOD TO SEE YOU. 567 00:31:15,103 --> 00:31:18,068 Narrator: STUART JACKSON, WHO ALSO POLISHED THE STONES, 568 00:31:18,103 --> 00:31:22,724 IS A WORLD-RENOWNED OPAL CUTTER AND EVALUATOR. 569 00:31:22,758 --> 00:31:25,172 WOW, YOU'VE DONE A BRILLIANT JOB WITH CUTTING THEM, STUART. 570 00:31:25,206 --> 00:31:28,034 SO THIS IS WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO, EH? 571 00:31:28,068 --> 00:31:29,551 THIS IS. WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GET? 572 00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:31,275 WELL, IDEALLY, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TRIPLE IT. 573 00:31:31,310 --> 00:31:32,448 TRIPLE? OKAY. 574 00:31:32,482 --> 00:31:34,344 THESE ARE BLACK OPALS. 575 00:31:34,379 --> 00:31:35,827 THE OPAL SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 576 00:31:35,862 --> 00:31:37,965 SO IT'S NOT WHAT I DO. 577 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,206 I DON'T PUT THE COLOR INTO IT. 578 00:31:40,241 --> 00:31:41,379 IT'S ALREADY THERE. 579 00:31:41,413 --> 00:31:42,275 MMM. YEAH. 580 00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:43,482 THAT'S AWESOME. 581 00:31:43,517 --> 00:31:45,689 WOW, I SUPPOSE THE BIG QUESTION IS, IN A MINUTE, 582 00:31:45,724 --> 00:31:46,896 "WHAT IS IT WORTH?" 583 00:31:46,931 --> 00:31:49,862 THAT LITTLE BOX THERE IS VALUED... 584 00:31:52,793 --> 00:31:55,689 AT $84,000. 585 00:31:55,724 --> 00:31:59,379 Narrator: AT $84,000, THIS SINGLE BOX 586 00:31:59,413 --> 00:32:02,137 REPAYS ALL THEIR COSTS THIS SEASON. 587 00:32:02,172 --> 00:32:03,310 WHAT? WOW. 588 00:32:03,344 --> 00:32:05,965 Narrator: WITH SIX MORE BOXES, JUSTIN AND BECKY 589 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,068 COULD BE SITTING ON A FORTUNE. 590 00:32:14,551 --> 00:32:15,793 Kelly: I SPOKE TO ANTHONY BEFORE, 591 00:32:15,827 --> 00:32:17,827 AND HE SAID THAT HE'S GOT WAY TOO MUCH STOCK. 592 00:32:17,862 --> 00:32:21,000 THIS STONE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL. 593 00:32:21,034 --> 00:32:24,103 Narrator: OPAL QUEEN KELLY IS PINNING HER FAMILY'S HOPES 594 00:32:24,137 --> 00:32:27,137 OF SURVIVING THE OFF-SEASON ON SELLING HER 595 00:32:27,172 --> 00:32:29,137 LAST REMAINING STONE. 596 00:32:31,310 --> 00:32:32,827 Kelly: CERTAIN PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THAT STONE. 597 00:32:32,862 --> 00:32:35,827 IT'S A VERY INKY OILY DARK STONE, 598 00:32:35,862 --> 00:32:38,137 AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SPECIALTY MARKET FOR IT, 599 00:32:38,172 --> 00:32:39,551 AND I THINK ANTHONY IS THE ONLY ONE 600 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:41,137 WHO'S REALLY GOING TO HAVE A CRACK AT IT 601 00:32:41,172 --> 00:32:43,586 BECAUSE HE'S GOT THAT MARKET. 602 00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:45,862 Narrator: OPAL DEALER ANTHONY MELONAS 603 00:32:45,896 --> 00:32:47,482 AND PARTNER KEN WESTBROOK 604 00:32:47,517 --> 00:32:49,241 ARE BASED OUT AT GRAWIN, 605 00:32:49,275 --> 00:32:51,862 40 KILOMETERS FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE. 606 00:32:51,896 --> 00:32:56,793 WELL, JUST COMING TO SEE THE... 607 00:32:56,827 --> 00:32:59,241 SO TELL ME WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 608 00:32:59,275 --> 00:33:03,241 WE'RE HOPING WE MIGHT HAVE A PIECE YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN. 609 00:33:03,275 --> 00:33:06,517 WELL, YOU GOT ME INTRIGUED, BUT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY... 610 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:10,068 I'M... I CAN'T SORT OF TAKE ANYTHING MORE ON AT THE MOMENT. 611 00:33:10,103 --> 00:33:11,379 -YEP. -I'M SORRY, BUT... 612 00:33:11,413 --> 00:33:12,517 IT'S ALL RIGHT. 613 00:33:12,551 --> 00:33:14,517 WELL, YOU JUST HAVE A LOOK ANYWAY. 614 00:33:14,551 --> 00:33:16,172 GIVE ME A LOOK. 615 00:33:20,068 --> 00:33:21,310 CAN I TAKE IT OUT INTO THE SUN? 616 00:33:21,344 --> 00:33:22,517 YEAH. 617 00:33:22,551 --> 00:33:23,896 WOW. 618 00:33:23,931 --> 00:33:25,655 YEAH, SHE'S PRETTY, ISN'T SHE? 619 00:33:25,689 --> 00:33:27,137 YOU DON'T SEE THAT EVERY DAY. 620 00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:28,448 NO. 621 00:33:28,482 --> 00:33:31,758 WELL, I'M ASKING $25,000, BUT THAT IS NEGOTIABLE. 622 00:33:31,793 --> 00:33:33,344 WELL, I LIKE IT. 623 00:33:33,379 --> 00:33:36,620 YOU KNOW I GOT A WEAKNESS FOR THIS. 624 00:33:36,655 --> 00:33:40,482 $20,000? 625 00:33:40,517 --> 00:33:43,586 $20,000.OH, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN. 626 00:33:43,620 --> 00:33:46,586 OH, NO. OH. 627 00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:48,103 THANKS, YOU. THAT'S GREAT. 628 00:33:48,137 --> 00:33:49,379 IT MUST GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS. 629 00:33:49,413 --> 00:33:51,172 YEAH, GOOD. I'M GLAD. 630 00:33:51,206 --> 00:33:54,379 IT'S ALL DONE.I'M GLAD YOU LOVE HER. 631 00:33:54,413 --> 00:33:58,275 Narrator: A SINGLE POLISHED BLACK OPAL FLECKED WITH RED, 632 00:33:58,310 --> 00:34:03,241 BLUE, AND ELECTRIC GREEN, SOLD FOR $20,000. 633 00:34:19,241 --> 00:34:21,448 SO DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE WHOLE PARCEL IS WORTH? 634 00:34:21,482 --> 00:34:24,000 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I'LL HAVE A HEART ATTACK. 635 00:34:24,034 --> 00:34:27,413 THE OVERALL PRICE FOR THE PARCEL, 636 00:34:27,448 --> 00:34:30,137 THIS PARCEL... 637 00:34:30,172 --> 00:34:33,931 IS $250,653. 638 00:34:35,965 --> 00:34:37,034 A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION? 639 00:34:37,068 --> 00:34:37,931 YEAH. 640 00:34:37,965 --> 00:34:41,620 OH, WHAT? 641 00:34:41,655 --> 00:34:42,724 STUART. 642 00:34:42,758 --> 00:34:46,034 SHE NEEDS A HUG FOR THAT ONE, MATE. 643 00:34:46,068 --> 00:34:47,862 THERE YOU GO.IT'S GOOD. 644 00:34:47,896 --> 00:34:49,517 WE DID IT.YEAH, YOU DID IT. 645 00:34:49,551 --> 00:34:50,965 WE DID IT. 646 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,310 UNBELIEVABLE. 647 00:34:52,344 --> 00:34:53,689 OH, MY GOD. YOU DID WELL. 648 00:34:53,724 --> 00:34:55,344 OH, MY GOD. 649 00:34:57,517 --> 00:35:00,344 Narrator: THE COLLECTION IS CRYSTAL AND BLACK OPAL, 650 00:35:00,379 --> 00:35:04,310 WITH COLORS FROM BLUE-GREENS TO HIGHLY-PRIZED RED. 651 00:35:04,344 --> 00:35:10,620 THERE ARE 200 GRAMS, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $250,000. 652 00:35:10,655 --> 00:35:12,137 THANK YOU SO MUCH, STUART.OH, NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. 653 00:35:12,172 --> 00:35:13,448 THANK YOU SO MUCH.THAT'S AMAZING. 654 00:35:13,482 --> 00:35:14,931 CONGRATULATIONS, THAT'S FANTASTIC. 655 00:35:14,965 --> 00:35:15,793 THANK YOU. 656 00:35:15,827 --> 00:35:16,827 NOTHING COMPARES TO FINDING OPAL, 657 00:35:16,862 --> 00:35:17,896 AND THAT'S WHAT I LIVE FOR. 658 00:35:17,931 --> 00:35:20,103 I JUST DREAM EVERY SINGLE DAY 659 00:35:20,137 --> 00:35:22,103 THAT I'LL FIND A BIG SEAM OF OPAL, 660 00:35:22,137 --> 00:35:26,517 AND I'VE GOT EVERY SINGLE CELL IN MY BODY AIMING TO DO THAT. 661 00:35:26,551 --> 00:35:28,965 I'LL DO IT, $1 MILLION. YOU'LL SEE IT. 662 00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:49,586 YEAH, MARGARET IS COMING IN TODAY. 663 00:35:49,620 --> 00:35:52,344 WE'LL GET ANOTHER OPINION ON THE VALUE OF IT. 664 00:35:52,379 --> 00:35:53,344 BETTER OFF, MATE. 665 00:35:53,379 --> 00:35:55,344 I THINK SO. 666 00:35:55,379 --> 00:35:58,517 Narrator: THE BOULDER BOYS' SEASON HANGS IN THE BALANCE. 667 00:35:58,551 --> 00:36:00,000 GREG'S SISTER, MARGARET, 668 00:36:00,034 --> 00:36:03,275 AN OPAL SELLER WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, 669 00:36:03,310 --> 00:36:08,034 IS ABOUT TO VALUE THEIR BIGGEST FIND OF THE YEAR. 670 00:36:08,068 --> 00:36:11,206 TO HIT THEIR TARGET, THEY NEED MARGARET'S VALUATION 671 00:36:11,241 --> 00:36:14,206 TO BE AT LEAST $10,000. 672 00:36:16,862 --> 00:36:18,206 DID YOU HIDE THEM BIG STONES? 673 00:36:18,241 --> 00:36:19,517 HEY.HOW ARE YOU? 674 00:36:19,551 --> 00:36:20,620 HOW YOU GOING?GOOD. 675 00:36:20,655 --> 00:36:22,103 HOW'S IT BEEN GOING?GOOD. 676 00:36:22,137 --> 00:36:24,310 GOOD. SIT DOWN SOME. 677 00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:28,379 YEAH. 678 00:36:28,413 --> 00:36:30,896 STILL NEEDS A BIT OF BREAKING DOWN, BUT... 679 00:36:32,448 --> 00:36:33,896 GOT IT TO A LEVEL. 680 00:36:33,931 --> 00:36:36,413 YEAH. DECENT SIZE. 681 00:36:36,448 --> 00:36:37,724 YEP. 682 00:36:37,758 --> 00:36:39,896 WELL, IT'S NOT BAD, THIS TRACE, IS IT? 683 00:36:39,931 --> 00:36:41,965 YEAH. YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS TRACE? 684 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,068 YEAH, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. 685 00:36:44,103 --> 00:36:46,827 WOW, WHAT'S THAT? 686 00:36:46,862 --> 00:36:48,068 WOW. THAT'S OPAL. 687 00:36:48,103 --> 00:36:49,310 THAT'S OPAL, ISN'T IT? 688 00:36:49,344 --> 00:36:50,482 IT'S JUST IN ONE ROCK? 689 00:36:50,517 --> 00:36:51,862 THAT'S THE ONE ROCK. 690 00:36:51,896 --> 00:36:54,413 JUST BEAUTIFUL, LOOK AT THAT PATTERN. 691 00:36:54,448 --> 00:36:57,103 SOME NICE SEAM THERE, NICE BIG SEAMS. 692 00:36:57,137 --> 00:37:00,655 YEAH, THAT ONE THERE, IT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH. 693 00:37:00,689 --> 00:37:02,517 ONE VERY BIG PIECE. WOW. 694 00:37:02,551 --> 00:37:05,310 GEEZ, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.WE SET THAT UP. 695 00:37:05,344 --> 00:37:06,827 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPLIT IT. 696 00:37:06,862 --> 00:37:08,310 WITH A ROCK LIKE THAT, RICK. 697 00:37:08,344 --> 00:37:09,793 YEAH, YOU GET TWO BIG FACES. 698 00:37:09,827 --> 00:37:12,103 TWO BIG FACES LIKE THAT SPLIT UP. 699 00:37:12,137 --> 00:37:14,655 IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT THAT AFTER A YEAR IN THE PANIC, GREG. 700 00:37:14,689 --> 00:37:16,103 EH? YEAH. 701 00:37:16,137 --> 00:37:19,241 WOW, BEAUTIFUL BIG FACES, YOU GOT TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT. 702 00:37:19,275 --> 00:37:21,241 YEAH. EASY CUTTING. 703 00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:23,034 YEAH, VERY NICE, ISN'T IT? 704 00:37:23,068 --> 00:37:25,172 WOW.DAD WILL BE PROUD OF US. 705 00:37:25,206 --> 00:37:26,862 HE WILL BE, RIGHT. HE WILL BE VERY PROUD OF YOU. 706 00:37:26,896 --> 00:37:28,482 IT'S ALL HE WANTED, SOMEONE TO KEEP DIGGING 707 00:37:28,517 --> 00:37:30,034 HIS CLAIM, MINE, LEASE. 708 00:37:30,068 --> 00:37:32,448 YEP, WELL DONE, BOYS. 709 00:37:32,482 --> 00:37:34,310 AS A PARCEL, WHAT DO YOU RECKON WE'D GET FOR IT? 710 00:37:34,344 --> 00:37:36,034 WELL... 711 00:37:36,068 --> 00:37:37,241 A ROUGH OPINION? 712 00:37:37,275 --> 00:37:40,655 THEY'RE GONNA SPLIT NICE. 713 00:37:40,689 --> 00:37:43,689 AND LOOK AT THE PATTERN. 714 00:37:43,724 --> 00:37:45,310 THERE'S QUITE A FEW CARATS THERE, GREG. 715 00:37:45,344 --> 00:37:48,068 THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL. 716 00:37:48,103 --> 00:37:49,551 SO HOW MUCH YOU RECKON? 717 00:37:49,586 --> 00:37:54,068 WELL, I'LL RECKON YOU HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT $100,000 MINIMUM. 718 00:37:54,103 --> 00:37:55,379 100 GRAND? 719 00:37:55,413 --> 00:37:58,344 GOOD TEAM DRAGONFLY. 720 00:37:58,379 --> 00:38:01,206 TEAM DRAGONFLY. 721 00:38:01,241 --> 00:38:03,206 GOOD ON YOU. 722 00:38:03,241 --> 00:38:07,172 Narrator: AARON AND GREG'S HAUL IS HIGH-QUALITY BOULDER OPAL 723 00:38:07,206 --> 00:38:10,103 WITH INTENSE BLUE-GREEN AND PURPLES. 724 00:38:10,137 --> 00:38:14,000 IT'S IN THE ROUGH, AND THERE'S AN ESTIMATED 400 CARATS, 725 00:38:14,034 --> 00:38:18,379 MAKING ITS VALUE $100,000. 726 00:38:18,413 --> 00:38:19,862 Aaron: COULDN'T COME AT A BETTER TIME, GREG. 727 00:38:19,896 --> 00:38:20,931 NO. 728 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,068 WITH EVERY ELEMENT AT US, EH, GREG? 729 00:38:23,103 --> 00:38:24,827 THAT'S RIGHT.BUT WE BATTLED ON, BIG FELLA. 730 00:38:28,344 --> 00:38:31,517 MY FATHER STARTED DIGGING HERE IN THE EARLY DAYS, 731 00:38:31,551 --> 00:38:32,586 AND IT'S OUR FAMILY LEASE. 732 00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:35,344 IT'S BEEN HERE EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. 733 00:38:39,586 --> 00:38:42,206 MOM AND DAD'S ASHES ARE UP ON THE HILL JUST THERE. 734 00:38:46,931 --> 00:38:50,517 DAD WAS A REALLY NICE PERSON, LOVED HIS OPAL, 735 00:38:50,551 --> 00:38:56,206 LOVED DOING WHAT HE'S DOING, EASYGOING, HARD WORKER. 736 00:38:56,241 --> 00:38:57,862 HE'S ME BEST MATE. 737 00:39:00,344 --> 00:39:01,931 YOU MISS THEM WHEN THEY'RE GONE. 738 00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:10,379 WHEN DAD PASSED AWAY, IT'S WHAT HE SAID TO ME, 739 00:39:10,413 --> 00:39:12,000 "KEEP DIGGING." 740 00:39:15,482 --> 00:39:19,758 NICE SPOT, PEACEFUL. 741 00:39:21,896 --> 00:39:25,482 IT'S A JOURNEY, EH, LIFE? 742 00:39:25,517 --> 00:39:28,034 YOU CAN'T BE NEGATIVE BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY. 743 00:39:28,068 --> 00:39:31,241 AS LONG AS YOU WAKE UP, IT'S A GOOD DAY. 744 00:39:31,275 --> 00:39:34,137 NO MATTER HOW HARD OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 745 00:39:34,172 --> 00:39:35,793 YOU'RE STILL ALIVE. 746 00:39:40,379 --> 00:39:42,896 Narrator: AFTER 7 MONTHS BATTLING THE HEAT, 747 00:39:42,931 --> 00:39:46,896 DUST, AND HARD GROUND, THE SEASON IS FINALLY DONE. 748 00:39:48,862 --> 00:39:51,137 WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO, AARON? 749 00:39:51,172 --> 00:39:53,103 WE SHOULD GO TO THE BEACH SOMEWHERE, MATE. 750 00:39:53,137 --> 00:39:54,413 YEAH, GOOD IDEA. 751 00:39:54,448 --> 00:39:55,620 WHAT DO YOU RECKON, GREG, WET SUNDAYS? 752 00:39:55,655 --> 00:39:58,551 WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE WET SUNDAYS, YEAH. 753 00:39:58,586 --> 00:40:00,137 LET'S BLOW THIS CHICKEN COOP, GREG. 754 00:40:00,172 --> 00:40:02,103 YEP, WE'RE OUT OF HERE. 755 00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:06,482 WE MIGHT MISS THIS PLACE FOR A WEEK OR TWO. 756 00:40:06,517 --> 00:40:08,034 NO. MAYBE THREE. 757 00:40:08,068 --> 00:40:10,689 NOT AT ALL. 758 00:40:10,724 --> 00:40:12,379 CHANGE OF SCENERY, GREG? 759 00:40:12,413 --> 00:40:15,310 TIME TO GO TO THE COAST, GO AND EAT SOME MUD CRABS. 759 00:40:16,305 --> 00:41:16,915