"Outback Opal Hunters" The Lucky Day

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,240 'It's the final week of the season on Outback Opal Hunters...'Ooh! 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,560 That's the sort of sky that shuts a season down for sure. 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,640 '..and brutal storms rip through the Blacklighters' claim...' 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,920 That's screwed. We're not getting back down in there. Game over.Game over, man. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,920 '..forcing them to abandon their mine right at season end.' 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,880 Oi! Oi! Oi! You just ran over some opal, mate! 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,600 Oh, no way! 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,640 'The Digi Diggers are in meltdown...'(EXHALES) 9 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,320 You don't look too good. Yeah, I'm getting a bit dizzy. 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,600 '..as crippling end of season temperatures...'Oh, (BLEEP)! 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:42,600 '..and lack of funds to build their online store...' Far out! Zero credit. 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,520 What do you mean, we're out of credit? 13 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,160 '..derail their ground-breaking first ever attempt at opal sale in the metaverse.' 14 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,040 Our whole year is riding on this. 15 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,040 'And the Cheals' last dig of the season...'Let's try that. 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,480 '..is plagued by machine failure...' 17 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,040 Without a starter motor, we can't get the blower going, we can't dig dirt. 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,600 If we just had a hint of colour, I'd be happy. 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,440 '..still $160,000 short of their season target.' 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,280 I don't think, sir, we can do the deal, you know. 21 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,640 # ASH GRUNWALD: Money 22 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:27,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 23 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,280 Be prepared, we haven't been down there for a while.Yeah. 24 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:42,960 Whoa! 25 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:49,080 Right, I'm down. it's a bit of a swimming pool here. Wow! 26 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:57,400 Whoa! Far out!I know, right? You weren't joking. 27 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,760 It's only a matter of time now, it's coming to the end of the season. 28 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,280 We're currently going through some really crazy weather. 29 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,000 We're getting really, really hot days 30 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,880 and huge amounts of rain coming down. 31 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,960 The whole area's being flooded. 32 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,640 You know, we're trapped in here, at Yowah. 33 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,560 If we have any incident right now, no-one's coming to save us. 34 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,360 I think it's the last chance we've got this season. 35 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,440 (SIGHS) 36 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:29,280 (BLEEP)Yeah. Let's get the tools. Let's start working. All right. Let's do it. 37 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,840 I'm just gonna try to shovel this dirt into the water and make, like, a little island. 38 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:38,440 At least a surface that we can just walk from one side to the other one. 39 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,440 And I'm already sweating. 40 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,560 It's, er, very hot. 41 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,480 Do we have any water down here? 42 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,680 We've got no water down here. Are you getting hot? 43 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,040 Yeah, I'm getting a bit dizzy. 44 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,720 You don't look too good. 45 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,920 It is pretty hot in here. I would... You all right? 46 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,280 Er... Yeah, I'm just, er...dizzy. 47 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,400 I might go up for a bit. 48 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,000 Oh, (BLEEP). Are you all right? 49 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,160 Good. Made it. 50 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,520 How you feeling? You all right? 51 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,520 Yeah. Let's get some fresh air. 52 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,920 'The Digi Diggers, Josiah Kotzur and Lisa van Heijningen, have just days left 53 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,600 before extreme weather conditions shut down the season.' 54 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,720 I don't know how much rain's coming, but we've got a lot coming. We've had weather warnings all week 55 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,920 and we've really gotta perform to hit our season target. 56 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,240 Woo!Woo! It's working.(LAUGHS) 57 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:51,400 '$100,000 already invested in an eco-friendly mine, 58 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,640 they have one final goal to achieve before season end: 59 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:59,960 the sale of an exquisite piece of jewellery, featuring opal from their mine.' 60 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,400 Whoa! Look at that! 61 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,880 A while ago, we found this amazing stone that we called Knight, 62 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:12,000 and we gave it away to the Brissie Boys so that they could cut and set it in jewellery. 63 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,520 That'd be cool, yeah. Definitely keen. Thanks, man. 64 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,040 I really don't know what we're gonna see, you know. 65 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,240 We're just trusting in their craftsmanship that they've done a good job. 66 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:27,680 'The Digi Diggers want to sell the piece of jewellery, dubbed "The Knight," in the metaverse, 67 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,320 including its digital equivalent: a high-resolution 3-D scan.' 68 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,880 The metaverse dream is gonna allow us to have a virtual presence. 69 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,840 It's gonna allow people to engage with our opals. 70 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:43,080 Getting in early, it's gonna put us ahead of the pack 71 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,120 when it comes to opals and jewellery. 72 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,320 'This will be the first time in the world 73 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,920 n opal has been sold with its unique digital asset. 74 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,080 A feature that appeals to a new generation of online buyers.' 75 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,880 It's been a bit of a struggle. It's been a long journey, but we're so close to our $60,000 target. 76 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,160 Oh, (BLEEP)! 77 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,520 Far out! Lisa, I'm out of credit. 78 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,600 What do you mean, we're out of credit? 79 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,560 We've been building like crazy. We've spent all our credit on this virtual shop, 80 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,720 and-and we're out. 81 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,640 Yeah, now we need... We need this metaverse set up and ready for a sale. 82 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,240 So, we need to find some more opal. Exactly. 83 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,080 Mate, Lisa's a tough woman. 84 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,160 Was in the bath with heat stroke five minutes ago.Coming down! 85 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,000 And then... Now she's back down the hole, shovelling, jackhammering... 86 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,720 (WHIRRING) 87 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,120 'To build their metaverse store front, 88 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,680 Josiah and Lisa need enough cash 89 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:46,360 to buy assets to bring their store online for shoppers to access.' 90 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,800 How's that looking? 91 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,400 Purple and green, but it's soft material 92 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,280 and it's not useable. 93 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,200 Ah! Look at that, it's, like, brittle. 94 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:01,560 It's just... The quality of the rock, it's just... 95 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,400 Too soft.It's too soft. 96 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,200 Yeah, we can't sell this. 97 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,920 Hey, Oscar. Can you come here, mate? I might just wriggle this terminal. 98 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,120 Had trouble with the battery yesterday, and I've charged it up. 99 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,040 This might be a bit corroded in the leads, or something. 100 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:27,760 Hopefully not the starter motor. 101 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:33,080 All look... All looks pretty good, apart from that. 102 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,760 'It's the final days of the Cheals' mining season 103 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:41,120 before unworkable 40-degree-plus temperatures incapacitate miners and machine.' 104 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,800 Let's try that.Yeah. 105 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,760 (CLICKING) 106 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:46,840 Nah. 107 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,520 Yeah, I reckon the starter motor's (BLEEP), myself. 108 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,200 'Chris and son Oscar are battling 109 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:55,880 to start the diesel motor on their blower, 110 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,800 a huge, dirt-extracting vacuum.' 111 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,280 Yeah, well, we need the blower to mine where we are at the moment. 112 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,640 It's our main piece of equipment in terms of the whole operation. 113 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,600 It's not what we wanted today. We wanted to get digging. 114 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,960 Days are scarce going to the end of this year, 115 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,400 so every little thing like this, during that time we're back here we can get some dirt out. 116 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,600 (GRUNTS) 117 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,960 You know, without the starter motor, we can't get the blower going, 118 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,280 and without the blower going we can't dig any dirt. Simple equation, 119 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,040 so we've gotta get a starter motor as quick as possible. 120 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,760 The pointy end of the season, we're coming to the end, 121 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,560 so I hope to give Dad one last push 122 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,240 to get to the end of the year. 123 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,960 I'm here looking after the agi, keeping an eye on it. 124 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,840 checking it out periodically. 125 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,160 It's a family business now and all the kids have come on board 126 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,640 and, you know, they all have a passion for it. 127 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,800 They did their part, they've got the website up and running 128 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,840 and we're selling a bit of stuff on there 129 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,680 so there's pressure for me to keep that stocked up. 130 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:08,040 'But the new mine at their blower claim has failed to produce any opal.' 131 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,640 I think this would be the worst we've had this season. 132 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,240 The season's not over. We still have to find opal. 133 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,520 Now we've got the website, we have to find 134 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,920 stuff to keep that stocked, keep things moving. 135 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,840 The stakes are always high over mining. 136 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,800 You don't wanna be digging, spending the money on diesel, 137 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,640 and fixing breakdowns for nothing. 138 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,360 So, you never know. Fingers crossed we might bring it home strong. 139 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,520 I got a, erm, motor down here, out of a truck. 140 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,160 Hoping the starter motor might get us out of trouble. 141 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,320 We need to get going now, so I'm just gonna try and patch it up with this one. 142 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,600 It's a little bit different, but all we can do is try it. 143 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:52,840 It's a bit hard in Lightning Ridge, as you can't just get the parts you need straightaway. 144 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,400 I can't just make a phone call to someone to come and fix things up. I've gotta do it myself. 145 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,200 It's frustrating, but it's part of mining. 146 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,840 I'm not confident at all. 147 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,960 If this doesn't go, then we're in strife. 148 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,640 Oh, I think so. 149 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,760 This all was tunnelled, so the cream of it got taken. 150 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,080 We wanna get where it hasn't been tunnelled, below the tunnels 151 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,160 and make sure there's nothing there. 152 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,800 This dirt I'm picking up now is coming straight out of the level of the cut, 153 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,520 so it should be pretty good stuff. 154 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:46,520 'As season-ending extreme weather threatens, 155 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,920 the Blacklighters are in the final days of a year-long mission 156 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,880 to dig a 15-metre deep open-cut mine.' 157 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,080 The whole ground down there is opal-bearing dirt. 158 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,920 Everything we're digging now is going through Opalzilla and we can just hope for the best. 159 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,960 We'll stop for Opalzilla to stop running. 160 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,760 There's a problem already. 161 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,960 Oi! Did you just turn the trommel off? It's gone off. 162 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,480 Negative. Righto, hang on, we'll have to come and have a look. 163 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:17,440 Righto, turn the rest off, then. 164 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,760 'Opalzilla's rotating trommel, vital for separating dust and dirt 165 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,840 off opal-bearing rock, has shut down.' 166 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,840 Er... That's the reason. 167 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,200 A massive pile of really fine sand. 168 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,080 Just backed up and... pretty well choked the motor out. 169 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,520 You have not been doing the finds. 170 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,880 It was too dusty to get around that bloody side. 171 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,280 I would've wrecked the bloody loader getting around there in the dust. 172 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,920 You have one job to do and you've not done it. 173 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,800 'The Blacklighters, Mark I'Anson, stepson Xavier, 174 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:02,520 Paul Coon and John Nassar are desperate for a season-end payday.' 175 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:07,160 This open-cut's cost us so much money, and so much work. 176 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,480 There is no other options at the moment. 177 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:11,520 Everything's gone into this one spot. 178 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,800 Probably 50 grand we've probably put into that cut now, 179 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,640 so the rewards are there, if we do find it, so, 180 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,200 always a gamble, when you're mining. 181 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,640 It's the last week before the weather. We've got a lot of rain coming. 182 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,880 And then, not only that, Coober Pedy could quite often get 50 degrees Celsius, which... 183 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:33,440 I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit, but I know it's a bloody lot and it's bloody hot. 184 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,160 You know, our season target this year is... 185 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,640 It's up there but, if you look at what we've spent, 186 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,320 and how much we get to, you know, split between us, 187 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,240 you know, at the end of the day, it's not really that much. 188 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,520 I just hope that if we can squeeze some more dirt out 189 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:54,080 before this rain comes, it'll make all the difference to the season. 190 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,560 Have a look at it all! 191 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,920 Yeah, I've choked the fricking motor out, haven't I? 192 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,400 'Fine dirt has built up underneath Opalzilla, 193 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,800 smothering one of its electric motors.' What have you been doing? 194 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,880 I've been pulling it out the other side. 195 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,760 And I thought it was all right. 196 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:15,920 Cos it's so dusty, I couldn't see over here. 197 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,960 That is well and truly buried, man. 198 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,640 It's a stupid thing to happen. 199 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,920 Hopefully it hasn't sucked too much crap in there 200 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,200 and it's gonna continue to work, 201 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,520 We're not gonna get another of those motors by the end of the season 202 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,200 cos we don't have long left here 203 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,240 and, if we can't get it working again, it's season over. 204 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,040 JOSIAH: Yeah. Yeah, Lise, there's colour in that. 205 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,720 But we've gotta be very careful. 206 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:49,000 The material round it's very soft and it can fracture the crystal. 207 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,760 'In Yowah, Queensland, the Digi Diggers are desperate to find opal 208 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:58,400 to finance building their online metaverse store for a final sale 209 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,400 before extreme weather shuts down the mining season.' 210 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,120 LISA: What's this sparkler here? 211 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,560 Far out!What? Oh! 212 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,000 OK.That's awesome. This is gonna get us the metaverse. 213 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,360 Yeah, definitely it's gonna get us in the metaverse. 214 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,160 Ooh! 215 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,440 It keeps on going?This is the next bit. There's another bit here. 216 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,960 I'm so excited to see this in the sunlight. Yeah, that'll be gorgeous. 217 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,160 Well done. 218 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,320 Yeah.Wooo! 219 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,440 What do you think we can get for this? 220 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,720 It could be a couple of thousand dollars' worth of opal here, 221 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,800 but I don't think we're going to get top dollar.I hope Rob is in a good mood today.Yeah. 222 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,880 Rob is our friend from Yowah and he's got a mine as well. 223 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,920 We know that he buys opal sometimes. One thing we're sure of, we need to make this sale today. 224 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,800 I mean, it's gonna hurt, just getting $1,000 for it, 225 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,920 but what's worth more? 226 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:06,240 Yeah, it's way more important that we sell the Knight, 227 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,400 then worry about a couple of hundred "dollars over this rough... 228 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,800 Yeah. 229 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,360 What you up to, Rob? 230 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,680 Oh, not much, mate. Not much. 231 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,080 Well... 232 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:23,960 We're in a bit of a tight patch. 233 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,760 We're a bit low on funds. 234 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:30,840 So we thought, maybe - Yeah...if you're interested in buying some opal with us. 235 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,160 What are you looking to get out of it, do you think? 236 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,000 We're happy to let it go for a grand. 237 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:42,040 Yeah, we just need a little more to, like, finalise the metaverse that we want to sell the opal in. 238 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,360 It is nice stuff, but I've got a fair bit laying around. 239 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,400 What's the plan, John? Do you reckon she's gonna start again? 240 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,360 I don't know. We'll just blow it all out, get it as dust-free as we can. 241 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,640 I don't know, there's not much else we can do. 242 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:09,200 'As season-ending weather looms, the Blacklighters' electric motor 243 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,000 on their opal processing plant has shut down.' 244 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,240 If that motor doesn't kick again, well, we're, yeah, we're screwed. 245 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,280 Righto, Paul.Get out the way. 246 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,600 It's gonna get dusty. Gonna get really dusty. 247 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,680 I'm hoping and praying that we haven't cooked it. 248 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:32,080 Righto, John, I'll go in and see if she's going.I'll stay out the way. 249 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,720 Just yell out through the belt. I'll let you know. 250 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,960 Turning on now.Righto. 251 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,920 Oh, it's trying.It tried, man. 252 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:45,760 Oi, Paul! Give it another go. Hold your finger on the sucker for a bit more. 253 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,960 Righto. Here we go. 254 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,480 (CHEERING)Woo-hoo! You beauty.You beauty! 255 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,960 Woo! 256 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:01,040 Well done, Johnny. Good stuff, mate. Righto, let's get this dirt out, eh? 257 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,200 Yeah. 258 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,360 The ground's got too hard for the bucket, 259 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,200 so we'll put the ripper on, rip it up, soften it up 260 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,520 I'm basically Paul's eyes while he's digging. 261 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,920 She's not liking digging it. 262 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,840 Oi! Wait! Wait! Wait! 263 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,960 Wait! Shelf! 264 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,960 Ah! You can see the cockles. That's part of the shelf. 265 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,200 We're gonna have to be careful, 266 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,920 cos that'll break real easy, so they're fossilised shelves there. 267 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,080 We're in fossil land, man. We're in Jurassic Park. 268 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:47,640 'Millions of years ago, Coober Pedy was part of a shallow, inland sea 269 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,600 that drained into the earth. 270 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,400 Organic deposits, such as shells, were buried 271 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,840 and replaced with silica-enriched water, 272 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,640 which hardened to form opal.' 273 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,680 It's only thin. No opal-cutting value, 274 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,240 but just amazing how it's formed like that. 275 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,240 So, a cluster of 'em. 276 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,080 Look at that for a bit sucker! That is cool, isn't it? 277 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,760 Solid too.That is solid, man. 278 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,680 There's a fair lot of fossils there 279 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,960 so, one or two of 'em makes colour, that's all we need. 280 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,200 They've found some shelves. Still waiting to see some colour, 281 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,120 but it's pretty exciting. 282 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,800 Christ! It's getting muggy, man. Is it just me? I'm (BLEEP) sweating. 283 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,520 Yes, we're meant to get a bit of rain over the next few days 284 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,440 so, I mean, looking out there, that's pretty gnarly. 285 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,440 We may be in for a bit of trouble. We need to find some now. 286 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,760 It's getting... The weather's getting bad in the next day or so. 287 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,760 We haven't got much time left. It's make or break time, it really is. 288 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,000 (GRUNTS) 289 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,640 Let's try it.Turn it on?Yeah. 290 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,400 (ENGINE RUMBLING) 291 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,240 We're away. 292 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,000 Back in business. 293 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,440 I didn't think that was gonna work. Bit of a relief, to be honest. 294 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,000 'Just days are left in the season...' 295 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:23,000 We're all fired up, ready to go. Last week of digging for the year. 296 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,920 '..and the Cheals are still over $160,000 short of their season target.' 297 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,120 There is a bit of pressure there with time. 298 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,640 It's good that now, hopefully, everything's fixed 299 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,560 and we can just get into it and, yeah, just keep digging. 300 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,200 We're punching out a small prospect drive. 301 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,080 Good-looking dirt. 302 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,040 There's a bit of a step on the right. 303 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,800 And there's a slide coming through, as well. 304 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:59,160 I'll do all the shovelling. You can do the blower pipe between each dig. 305 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,680 Wow! This kid just picked up a bit of potch, 306 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,880 cleaned up, so, you know, there's material there. 307 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,160 '"Potch" is colourless opal, and of little value.' 308 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,560 When we tail out, we'll find out whether there's anything in it. 309 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,240 Just keep digging, hoping the colour will come in. 310 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,080 (WHIRRING) 311 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,160 No colour in that, is there?Nah. 312 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,200 If we had a hint of colour, I'd be happy. 313 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,760 We've knocked a load out but, erm, 314 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:39,040 the trick is now to get it to town and get it unloaded before dark. 315 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:42,640 You know, we're supposed to be off the wash plant site before dark. 316 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,920 That's the rules, so we're a bit pressed for time there. 317 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,160 'At the wash plant, almost 50kms from their mine, 318 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,480 Rory's been monitoring the agitator.' 319 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,160 Dirt's washing out really well. 320 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,560 Should be pretty much ready to take a whole other one of those trucks when they get here. 321 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,040 Overnight, you know, there could be people trying to steal opal, 322 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:07,280 so the blanket rule is that, once the sun goes down, no-one's allowed on the agi site. 323 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,200 So, you know, the sun's setting, erm... 324 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,960 Hopefully they get here soon, otherwise we're gonna be in trouble. 325 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,680 Yeah, that's it, mate. That's all we can do. 326 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,400 We might have left our run a bit late, I think. 327 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,760 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 328 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:45,920 It's not looking good, it looks like we're gonna get more rain. 329 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,880 Oh, that's the sort of sky that shuts a season down for sure. 330 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,400 'Season-ending storms have hit Coober Pedy, 331 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,200 threatening the Blacklighters' claim and their efforts 332 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,720 to find almost $20,000 worth of opal to hit their target.' 333 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,160 I gotta feeling we ain't gonna be working today. 334 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,880 It's pretty wet, man. Pretty wet, eh? 335 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,120 We might have a swimming pool, eh? 336 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,600 If we could just get that bit more, man. We're right on the level. 337 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,360 We just had a massive storm roll through last night. 338 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,320 It's dumped a (BLEEP)load of rain out. 339 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,600 Checking the news this morning, and they said that a tornado had run through. 340 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,760 The winds, I think, would have to have been up near 120K, if not more. 341 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,840 Ooh! 342 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,920 Jeez! 343 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,800 That's screwed. We're not getting back down in there. 344 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,720 The season's over, man. I reckon we're done. 345 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:44,120 That is just rubbish. Going swimming, mate. 346 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,880 Game over.Game over, man. 347 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,040 The weather's beat us. 348 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:58,840 'All that remains is to retrieve the excavator bucket from the bottom of the cut.' 349 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,840 We're gonna get this done and pack up and get the hell out of here. 350 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,120 Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi!What? 351 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,440 You just ran over some opal, mate! 352 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,760 Like, I seen it coming up. It's under the track right now. 353 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,840 Oh, no way.Slow, slow. 354 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,920 Oh! 355 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,400 Where? 356 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,320 There's some blue chunk there. 357 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:37,160 Oh, what's that? 358 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,240 Look at it! 359 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,080 We'll definitely be throwing that in the bucket. 360 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,280 That was just, like, sitting on the surface 361 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:48,920 so, when Paul was scraping earlier, he scraped in a pocket, 362 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,600 and piled it up here. 363 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,720 There can't just be that much he ran over. 364 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,520 There's gotta be more in here. 365 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,880 We need to put this through, this whole batch. 366 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,040 Just dig this, get the truck down, put it through. 367 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:02,560 It could be loaded, eh? 368 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,600 Hopefully, we can end the year with a bang. 369 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,560 Nice. 370 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:16,040 It is nice stuff, but I've got a fair bit laying around. 371 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,840 Probably, yeah, maybe offer you seven. 372 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,880 How would you feel about that? 373 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:32,080 Well, we really need a grand to finish this metaverse. 374 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,520 We don't wanna beg you here either, you know. 375 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,520 No, no, no. We won't come to that. (LAUGHS) Yeah. 376 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:43,840 Well, seeing as though you're doing it tough, and you need it, we'll do it. Yeah. 377 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,360 We'll do the grand. How does that sound?That sounds great. 378 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,400 OK, thanks very much.Thank you. Thank you. You really helped us out. 379 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,200 Rob knows what it's like when you're down on your luck 380 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,200 and, you know, things are tough, so what goes around comes around. 381 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,360 So, where do you think the Knight would go? 382 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,720 So, I'm thinking, like, we've got all these rooms 383 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,480 and these spaces, but I feel like the Knight is the king stone. 384 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,480 I reckon, like, we can place it right here, and maybe quite large. 385 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,040 Make it big, floating, then you can just walk around. 386 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:20,880 'Their metaverse showroom and online store ready, 387 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,120 the Digi Diggers can now simulate a real-world shopping experience 388 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,680 to entice buyers anywhere in the world. 389 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,080 All they need now is the Knight and its digital version.' 390 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,040 Reckon they'll be here soon? I hope so. (LAUGHS) 391 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,680 You know, erm, yeah, I'm quite nervous. 392 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,400 You know, erm, that's our biggest find for the year. 393 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,680 We just gifted it away, so this is gonna be the first time 394 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,480 we're gonna see the Knight. 395 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,360 'Matthew and Adrian, the Brisbane jewellers who handcrafted the Knight, 396 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:57,200 have made the 1,000km journey to deliver the pendant and 3-D scan.' 397 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,560 We've made this piece to be something that's a big stand-out, 398 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,480 so hopefully, Josiah and Lisa love it. 399 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,560 (LAUGHS) OK.We've waited so long for this.I know. 400 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,280 We've got a buyer already. 401 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:13,080 He just said, you know, "First opal in the metaverse, I wanna buy it," 402 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,160 so, erm, I'm nervous about that too. You know, will he like it? 403 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,960 Welcome back.Thank you. Hey, Matt. Grab the other side of it. 404 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,040 Yeah.Yeah. Ooh. What an entrance. (LAUGHS) 405 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:26,760 Oh, my goodness. Here's the big moment.Nice.Wow. 406 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,440 We even had the box custom-made, so...Wow. 407 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,480 Yeah, Kevin made the box himself. Beautiful.Genuine ebony, 408 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,680 the black squares. And pearl.Rosewood. 409 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,560 Wow!Wow!So, Australian-built. 410 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,640 (SQUEALS) 411 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:47,120 Oh, my God.(LAUGHS) Look at that.Oh, my God! 412 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,920 Wow!Look at that!That is so cool. 413 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,120 I was worried, I could see the sun coming down 414 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,240 and just had to get as much dirt in the agi as we could, 415 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,400 so they got here just in time, thankfully. 416 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,360 'In the final days before season end, 417 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,800 the Cheals are washing their last load of opal dirt for 24 hours, 418 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,240 separating the hard stones from the soft clay.' 419 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,920 Well, fingers crossed today goes our way, eh? 420 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,280 Yeah, just would be really good to finish the year off on a high. 421 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:28,760 Yeah, big time. 422 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,800 Come on.Come on. Give it to us, Christopher. 423 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,480 Let's go. Last one of the year, eh? 424 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,680 It's our last chance. 425 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,360 So, fingers crossed it goes well, otherwise we're done for the season 426 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,800 and we haven't hit our season target. 427 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,880 Whoa. 428 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,080 Ooh, yeah. Look at that! 429 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,240 There's some nice colour in there. 430 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,800 We must have went through a pocket, I'd say. 431 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,600 Ooh, yeah. 432 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,920 Looks pretty good so far. Yeah, keep going. Look. 433 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,680 By the look of that, it's already better than last week, eh? 434 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,960 (LAUGHS)Ooh! Look at that colour. 435 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,240 Nice, bright - Oh, wow. Yeah, that's electric. 436 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,680 Look at that one. Oh, wow! See that one, Oscar? 437 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,040 Woo-hoo! Not bad for a prospecting drive. 438 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,720 I reckon.Far out. Bloody oath. 439 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,320 See, we're back to bonus season, boys. 440 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,760 We'll be starting to rack up a bit of a tally now. 441 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,400 Holy (BLEEP). Oi! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 442 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,120 I can see the colour from here. Look at the red in that one, bro. 443 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,480 Look at it! I can see that from a mile away. 444 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,160 That's beautiful. 445 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,880 That's just gonna cut a gem. Look at the red bar in it! 446 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,280 A lot of material here, lads. Tons of material. 447 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,080 It's nice to see it all together like that.Look at that. 448 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,480 Wow! What an end. What an end. 449 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,760 That's epic. We stuck with it and that's the reward. 450 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,520 The Cheals have nobby opal, 451 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,000 featuring rare reds on a black base. 452 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,880 Chris has the most valuable stones rubbed, 453 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:11,160 resulting in 27 grams of exquisite, high-quality opal. 454 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,920 Some he needs as stock for their online opal store. 455 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,400 The rest are vital to sell and cover season expenses. 456 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:24,600 Gonna meet a buyer. Sonja's sold stones for me before. She's very fair. 457 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,680 Hello. 458 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,760 Hey, Chris. 459 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,360 How are you?I'm good. How are you? I'm good.Yeah. Good to see you. 460 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,520 I come from Serbia, back in '90s. 461 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,000 Come to visit Lightning Ridge. Fell in love with the opal. 462 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,440 We do mining. I do buy and sell, marketing the opal. 463 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,720 We've got a parcel of, erm, cut stone. 464 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,200 We're looking to just sell it as a bulk. 465 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,520 We reckon it's worth at least 95. 466 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,600 Looks good, you know, but, er, 467 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,000 for me, at the moment, you know, 468 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,920 it's not really, you know, because they're just lots of similar stuff. 469 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,200 I don't think, sir, we can do the deal, you know. 470 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,360 Well, this is very promising. 471 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,400 (CHUCKLES) We custom-made the lock as well. 472 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,120 (LAUGHS) 473 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,520 (SQUEALS) 474 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,520 Whoa!Oh, my God!(LAUGHS) 475 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:34,840 (LAUGHS) That is so cool. 476 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,520 Oh, my God. Look at that. That is so cool. 477 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,800 Wow! 478 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,760 So, on top of that, erm, amazing opal that's in there, obviously, 479 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,440 there's almost 80 diamonds, there's aquamarine, sapphires, 480 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,360 and the piece is an 18-carat yellow and white gold. 481 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,160 'The Knight, a one-of-a-kind pendant, 482 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:01,760 features a massive crystal opal, with an ornate, hand-crafted backing 483 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,880 involving more than 200 hours of work.' 484 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,360 We've also had 3-D scans ready to go in the metaverse. 485 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,440 Beautiful.There is your copy. 486 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,840 This is a collaboration that brings together the old and the new, 487 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:17,920 mining and jewellery making. 488 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,360 Very tradition type of skillset. 489 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,000 Josiah and Lisa are bringing that into the new age. 490 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,480 Oh, my God. Like, there you go. That's it.Whoa. 491 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,560 I think I can speak for all of us when I say we that are very proud of this piece. 492 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,040 'The asking price is... 493 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,520 for the pendant and its digital asset, 494 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,160 with the Digi Diggers receiving half 495 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,240 if negotiations are successful.' 496 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,840 Well, let's upload it to the metaverse. 497 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,040 So, here we have the real-world asset 498 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,960 and here, we have the digital asset. 499 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,320 We're just entering in this new era of mining. 500 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:54,920 OK.All right. We're online. We're online. That's it. 501 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,360 And there is the Knight. Whoa! (LAUGHS) 502 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:02,640 That's a beautiful opal, my God. Hey, Dustin.That's Dustin. 503 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,880 Jesse.Hey, Jesse.(LAUGHS) 504 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,320 'Prospective buyer Dustin has with him 505 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:12,560 gem collector Jesse Warman, avatar name JDubs.' 506 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,680 Hey, guys. How you doing?Welcome to the castle of the Digi Diggers. 507 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,560 'Based in the US, they're using the high-resolution 3-D scan 508 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,400 in the virtual showroom to assess the Knight.' 509 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,480 Oh, there's more people? 510 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:31,360 'Also present are Matthew and Adrian - their avatar a pink bear.' 511 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,440 Guessing the fire in that opal is just amazing. 512 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:39,640 Yeah, it's a very powerful piece and, you know, the Brissie Boys have done an amazing job 513 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,880 and then, now it's digitised, and in the metaverse. 514 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,680 So, you can have this amazing piece between both worlds, 515 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,000 like the metaverse and in real life. 516 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,520 What do you think, Dustin? You like it? 517 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,520 Yeah, absolutely amazing. 518 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,960 So, the price is 42,000. Yeah, what do you...? What do you think? 519 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:03,720 This is such a new experience, I'll look at the thing on the other side of the world, 520 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,960 and just trying to determine, you know, is it really worth 42? 521 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,840 It's new beginnings and it's the first opal sold on the metaverse. 522 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:18,480 I mean... I'm always... I'm always a little wary to be the first. 523 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:23,080 Sometimes, it doesn't work. Mm, this is very true. 524 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,760 I appreciate your insight, Jesse, 525 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:31,560 and, uh, I see a lot of potential and a lot of history here. 526 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,960 You're getting the opal, the history 527 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:37,640 and, yeah, its digital twin. 528 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:41,160 You do have very persuasive reasons. Can't buy that. 529 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,160 Yeah, this is exciting, er... 530 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:50,720 I would love to purchase this beautiful pendant from you. 531 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,600 That's amazing. That sounds great. 532 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,760 Yeah, let's go ahead 533 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,160 and, er, proceed with this transaction. 534 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,160 Cool, all right, well, 535 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,600 I'll drop you the link in the chat and then we'll go from there. 536 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,280 Sounds great. 537 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,160 This is a very big moment for us as well, so, yeah, thank you. 538 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,440 All right, guys. We'll see you later. 539 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,120 We'll hit you up when we've got the meta rock No.2.(CHUCKLES) 540 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,520 We've done it.We're so good.Yes! 541 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,600 (LAUGHS) They bought it, so... (CHUCKLES) ..it's done. 542 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,760 We've smashed our target. 543 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,840 We have blown through our $60,000 target. 544 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,120 We're officially selling opals in the metaverse. 545 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,200 I'm so proud of what we achieved this year. 546 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,920 Like, it's been an adventure. It's been a journey. 547 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,520 We plan to sell a lot more opal in the metaverse. 548 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,680 We plan to do more amazing pieces, just like the Knight. 549 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,000 We're gonna go for a holiday for the summer 550 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,360 then, next year, we'll come back and continue. 551 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,400 We'll be working on the metaverse, finding more opal, 552 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,480 and hope the world is ready for us. This is official. That's it. 553 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,160 Digi Diggers are here, mate. 554 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,520 We're here, and we're here to stay, so let's go. 555 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,960 Well, let's see what we get out of this last throw of the dice, really. 556 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,200 'The final chance of a successful opal season for the Blacklighters 557 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,880 rests in a small pocket of opal-bearing dirt 558 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,520 from the bottom of their flooded claim.' 559 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,840 Righto, John, that's up to you now, mate. 560 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,560 We've seen the opal, we broke some up, so it's in there. 561 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,720 Righto.'Opal fluoresces under black light...' 562 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:39,520 Oh!'..allowing John to snatch it from the conveyor belt.' 563 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,880 Here. Here we go. It's all starting to heat up now. 564 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,760 You beauty. A bit more. 565 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,840 Starting to get a bit thicker. This is good. 566 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,160 Whoa-ho! Look at this guy! 567 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:02,240 (CHUCKLES) Now, that's a chunk. 568 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,920 I think today's gonna be a good day, mate. 569 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,840 Oh, yeah. Chunks. 570 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:14,440 The colour's coming through there! 571 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,520 Whoa-ho! 572 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,440 Chunky.A couple of big tiles that came through like this. 573 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,800 They're probably the ones that Paul didn't run over, eh? 574 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,520 That's a great finish to the season, lads, eh? 575 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,600 Yeah, man, that is sick. 576 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,480 (ALL CHEERING)Woo! 577 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:35,640 'The Blacklighters' final haul is white-based opal, 578 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:40,160 sparkling with green and blue and infused with streaks of vibrant red. 579 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:42,040 It's in the rough and there's... 580 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,840 To reach their season target of $350,000, 581 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:53,280 they need to sell the opal for over $18,000.' 582 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,200 I think there's more than 20 grand there. 583 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,440 There's some pretty stuff in this. It's yum. 584 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,160 I reckon we're talking more like 45, something like that. 585 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:07,160 It's our last parcel. We're not getting any more this year. 586 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:09,200 No.That's it for us, 587 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,960 so every cent we get is gonna make a lot of difference.Yeah. 588 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,240 Knock-knock.Here's trouble. 589 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:19,880 'Opal buyer Sinan has flown in from Adelaide 590 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,280 to buy for international clients.' Oh, these look nice. 591 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,320 My wife'd like those. They're pure fossils, mate. 592 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,160 It's come out the ground like that. Wow! Look at the size of that guy! 593 00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:32,760 Oh, too bad they didn't opalise. 594 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,720 What have you got?Some nice stuff. Let's have a look. 595 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,440 Nice. 596 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,640 What do you want, Mark? What are we doing?We've got 45 on this. 597 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,760 If you cut a couple of those big stones, 598 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,920 you've got your money real easy. The rest is all cream for you. 599 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,320 You don't find pieces that big very often.Still too much, though. 600 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,200 45 grand's a lot of money. 601 00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:00,480 I do, erm, a lot of markets through the Middle East. 602 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,160 The market's up and down. 603 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:04,760 The economies around the world are a bit tougher, 604 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,240 so people are not investing as much. 605 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:12,240 So, if you sell chunky bits of opal, they don't sell as quick. 606 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:18,480 I'm not coming here just to see you guys, although I like you. 607 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,440 It's a business, right. 22, I'll give you. 608 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,000 40. That's it. 609 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,800 No, 40... We're still apart, Mark. 610 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,640 28.Nah.28. 611 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:32,160 There's no way we're doing 28. It's not happening. 612 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:34,880 I didn't make any money the last time. 613 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,800 Go lower.You might as well - Look, this is bull(BLEEP). 614 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,840 32 grand, Mark.Nah.I'm going. I've not got a dollar more. 615 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:43,720 I'm out if you don't wanna. 616 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,800 You're going? I'm going, that's it. 32. 617 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,520 Good on you, man. Good to see you. You too.We'll catch up next time. 618 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,400 Yeah, see you, mate. 619 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,000 Was 32 that bad, though?Yeah. 620 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,400 Yeah. Yeah, it was. 621 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,880 What if we say we'll throw these in for...? 622 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,520 We've gotta get something extra. Can't stop at 32. 623 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,680 35. That's our bottom - That's it, though. 35's it. 624 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,640 I'll see if he's -All right. 625 00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:12,880 (SHOUTS OUT) 626 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,960 He's grumpy today, isn't he? 627 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,320 He seems a bit that way. He seems grumpy today. 628 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,080 Tired, or something. 629 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,760 Sinan, you need a bit more sleep last night, or something? 630 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:28,120 Look, I'm tired, I totally do need - Yeah, I know, so... You need... 631 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,520 What do you think of the fossils tonight? 632 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,320 400 million-year-old fossil. 633 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,800 They're very good. Very good specimens. 634 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,120 Yeah, well, we can do 35 for the lot. 635 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,200 The specimens, opal... 636 00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:48,680 All right, let's do 35. All right, mate. 637 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,760 Done?Yeah, done. 638 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,920 We knew it.Yeah, well done. Cheers, man. Good stuff. All right. Very good. 639 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,400 We hit target, boys. Come on. 640 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,760 Come on.We hit target. Come on, man. 641 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,200 You did an awesome job. Done well. Good first year. Well done, man. 642 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,240 You've stepped up.Yeah. You're helping me a lot. 643 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,120 Yeah, I'm proud of what I've achieved 644 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,120 and what the boys have achieved. We've all done real well. 645 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,480 You know, got to where we needed to be 646 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,480 so, yeah, definitely proud of everyone. 647 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:21,000 I'm feeling pumped. I really enjoyed the year and I can't wait for next season. 648 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,240 100% proud of what we've achieved this season, mate, 649 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:28,520 Just to get to 350G is insane. 650 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,480 Here's to Coober Pedy, man. That's, Coober, we love you. 651 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,160 Yeah.We love Coober Pedy, man. 652 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:44,680 At the moment, you know, 653 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,160 to buy, it's not really... 654 00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:52,800 'The Cheals' last chance to close in on their $750,000 target 655 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,320 all rests on one final sale of the season.' 656 00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,440 But, er, that's not end of the story. 657 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,280 It's not disaster, you know. 658 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:06,800 I know someone who was asking me for two, three months, you know. 659 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,680 They looking for stuff like this. He's a jeweller.Yeah. 660 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,360 Let's see. (RINGING TONE) 661 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,160 MAN: Sonja! 662 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,320 How are you, Harris? Good. How are you? 663 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,520 I'm good. I'm good. Er, listen, 664 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,760 I have some miners here with me, OK. 665 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,040 You know, you been asking me for the parcel. 666 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,000 I think I have something perfect for you. 667 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,400 OK. Cool. Sounds good. 668 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,440 Yeah, yeah. 669 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,000 I will send you the photos and you have a look 670 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,560 and ring me back and I will tell you the price, OK? 671 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,240 OK.No worries. Thank you. Thank you. 672 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,400 Thank you.Bye.Bye.(PHONE BEEPS) 673 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,600 OK. Let's see. 674 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,640 I'm gonna take some photos. (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) 675 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:59,360 'Now, selling opal for the Cheals, instead of buying it herself...' 676 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,040 Now we wait.'..Sonja wants first right of refusal 677 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:07,320 on future opal the team find.' Maybe it's your lucky day. 678 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,560 (CHUCKLES) 679 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,800 You make me nervous. If he say it's interesting, 680 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,960 then I will say the price what I think, you know.OK.Yeah. 681 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,880 All right. I'll leave it up to you. 682 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,120 (PHONE BUZZING) I think your phone's ringing. 683 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,080 Yeah.HARRIS: Sonja? 684 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,000 Yes, Harris. So-So, what do you think? 685 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,080 It looks like there's some decent stones in there. 686 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,640 Some nice colour.Yeah. What's the asking? 687 00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:33,520 Er, 120,000. 688 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,240 If I offered you 115, what do you reckon? 689 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:47,240 What I reckon? Let me - Let me... Let me talk to the boys 690 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:51,920 and, er, I get back to you, OK? OK.OK. OK. 691 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000 All right. Well, bye. 692 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,760 (LAUGHTER)I'll shake on that. 693 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,160 Are you sure you wanna take it? (LAUGHTER) 694 00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:03,840 Wow! 695 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:07,120 You just got us 20 grand more. 696 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,080 Yeah. 697 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:10,880 (LAUGHTER)You are... 698 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,200 It's your lucky day. ..a beautiful person. 699 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,280 Oh, my God. It's just a perfect timing. 700 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:20,040 I'm glad you come, because he was pushing me for the last couple of months, or more. 701 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,120 I'm shaking. 702 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,200 I know I normally don't... 703 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,720 Wow! When you said that, I thought, "Wow! You must know more than me." 704 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:29,840 (LAUGHTER) 705 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:31,720 We all know something, you know. 706 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:35,400 You got the contacts and you've really come home for us, Sonja. 707 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,200 I really appreciate that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 708 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:42,600 But, when you find one good gem, you know where to come.Yeah. 709 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,960 Well, you'll be the first to see it. Yeah. 710 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000 Sonja.Harris. 711 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:49,680 Yes. 712 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:53,240 I think you got the deal. Yeah?Yeah. 713 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,200 Perfect.OK, no worries. Thank you, Harris. Talk to you soon. 714 00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,360 Bye.Beautiful. Thank you. Bye-bye. 715 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,440 You are a dead-cert legend. 716 00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,960 A little.(LAUGHTER) 717 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,280 I could hug you.You can hug me. (LAUGHTER) 718 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,760 Right, I've gotta hug you. Sorry. (CHUCKLES) 719 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,720 Thank you so much.That's OK, yeah. It means a lot to us. 720 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:18,000 See you, guys. Have a good day, ay? We have. Don't worry about that. 721 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,280 It was an awesome day today. 722 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,600 You know, to make a sale like that, it's just a rush. 723 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,080 Woo! That was a great way to finish it.(LAUGHTER) 724 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,640 What a year, looking back. 702,000. 725 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,680 The machinery's up, running. 726 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,560 Pretty close to a perfect season. Selling opal to the world 727 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:37,320 and just living the dream. 728 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,760 Yeah, that's it.Yeah, everything we touched turned to gold. 729 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,640 Our prospects for growing next year are looking good too. 730 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,440 Mm. Big time. 731 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,280 Here's cheers, kids.Yeah-hoo! 732 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,960 Where are you shouting the holiday? Bali, surely. 733 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,040 (LAUGHTER) 734 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,120 Right, well, we might just have to do that.Yeah. 735 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,200 Subtitles by Deluxe 735 00:43:59,305 --> 00:44:59,824 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm