"Outback Opal Hunters" Get Ready to Rumble

1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,000 (HARMONICA MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,440 All right, Lee, I'm pretty much set up, up here, mate. 3 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,480 Roger's up there now getting rid of all that junk, 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,440 all those logs, all that stuff that we don't want. 5 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,280 We're trying get down to this bottom level down there. 6 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:35,800 Opal-rich goodness, hopefully. 7 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,520 How's she looking from down there? 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,880 Look out! 10 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,960 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 11 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,720 I stepped out of the way, so... 12 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,120 But, you know, minutes ago, I was under there. 13 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,080 I'm glad that you stood back, hey. 14 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,360 I'll reach around, I'll grab the rest of these logs out.Yeah. 15 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,880 In Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, 16 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:23,640 Slim Pickings are back at their Government Tank claim. 17 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,680 Mining partners Lee Hobden and Roger Williams 18 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,920 are searching for opal left behind 19 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,080 at this century-old dam and processing site. 20 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,200 The dam was actually dug out years ago. 21 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,480 It was the original water supply for Lightning Ridge. 22 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,520 This is exactly where all of the most beautiful opal 23 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,560 was ever washed, so this is where we are. 24 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,760 All this stuff underneath, 25 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,320 that's the old timers' silt, that's what we're after. 26 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,600 Those old timers could have missed some decent-sized stones as well. 27 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,480 Last season, their search for opal in the old timers' waste dirt 28 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:05,760 was starting to pay off.Show me? 29 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,920 Holy hell! That is gorgeous, man. 30 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,400 Oi, oi, oi. But crippling water shortages... 31 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,480 Doesn't look like we're getting any decent rain anytime soon. 32 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,920 ...broken machinery... That's a big job. 33 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,680 ...and agonising injury...Ah! 34 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,560 I've torn a muscle or something. 35 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:26,320 ...left the team short of their $100,000 target. 36 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,240 Last year, we were running at a loss, to tell you the truth. 37 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,360 Didn't give us much to live on. 38 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,440 You still gotta feed yourself, put money into where you live. 39 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,680 All these things add up. 40 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,720 Lee was a little bit down. I had a little bit of savings there 41 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,360 so I gave Lee five grand towards George. 42 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,880 This is George. It's a dry rumbler. 43 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,360 They used to use dry rumblers here back in the day. Cost us 20 grand. 44 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,920 We upped the target another $20,000 to $120,000. 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,480 Only because we've got George to compensate for that. 46 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,520 The dry rumbler drastically reduces the amount of dirt to be washed. 47 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,920 The waste dirt left behind from a century of mining 48 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,880 is fed through a rotating mesh trommel, 49 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,760 sieving out sand and dust. 50 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,200 The remaining rocks are washed in an agitator, 51 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,680 exposing any opal. 52 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,800 And it minimalizes the water usage. 53 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,720 'Cause in these agitators, we're using quite a bit of water. 54 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,920 That means, if the dam dries up, 55 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,400 it might be years down the track, not months. 56 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,640 Opal mining started here early 1900s. 57 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,680 It was a craze. Yeah, they went nuts. 58 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,960 They put down mineshafts everywhere. 59 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,120 The history of opal mining in my family is I'm third-generation. 60 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,760 My grandfather started it back in the '60s and '70s. 61 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,640 My family now, we all love it too. 62 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,200 We love the lifestyle, but we love the opal as well. 63 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,160 (LEE ON RADIO) 64 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,760 There's a little bit of material in it. 65 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,240 Finding bits of colour. They actually moved 66 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,200 all the old timers' silt, pushed it all up in here. 67 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,560 Silt up the top here has actually got 68 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,480 a little bit of trace and colour in it. 69 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,280 That's what we want. We want colour. 70 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,040 Just may be this whole hill and this whole overburden 71 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,720 might just be worth washing. 72 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,480 Can't wait to see this thing move! 73 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,840 This old tractor, early '60s, Fiat, four-cylinder. 74 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,920 It's our power pack. 75 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,920 It has a hydraulic tank and a hydraulic pump in the back of it. 76 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,160 And once you put enough revs on, have the hydraulic oil flowing in, 77 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,640 it should be able to run all three motors on George. 78 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,680 We're about to fire it up just to see if she's gonna kick over. 79 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,360 Oh, did you get... You'll have to hold that on there. 80 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,240 Ready?(WHIRRING) 81 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,240 Holy Jesus! Burnt the whole terminal out!Yeah. 82 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,920 (BLEEP) 83 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,440 Yeah, with the excavator being out of action 84 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,120 'cause of that ram, you know, we're not finding opal. 85 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,320 Feels like bloody months. It has been months. 86 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,960 Gonna end up down here with a pick and shovel to try and make some money. 87 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,920 The chrome on the big boom has actually got chunks missing out of it. 88 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,360 So every time the chrome's going in and out, 89 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,640 it's grabbing the seal and oil's just pissing out. 90 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,600 We've had to take the (BLEEP) ram off, send it back to Adelaide, 91 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,800 and, you know, new piston and nut on the end. 92 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,240 And, yeah, we're just waiting for it to come in on the truck. 93 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,680 Oh, well, hopefully he gets his arse in gear and turns up soon, man. 94 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:45,000 Who knows out here? You always get your bloody heart broken at some point. 95 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:47,920 Oh, yeah.Here he is, finally. 96 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,560 Doesn't look like he's got anything. 97 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,360 What's going on, captain sweatpants? Stupid ram. 98 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,360 Shouldn't have gone to that stupid company in the first place. 99 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,080 When they took the piston apart, they actually wrecked the nut. 100 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,720 And now we can't get hold of one of those nuts to put the piston together. 101 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,880 The big one? The big one. The real big one. 102 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,480 Far out. We really need the excavator. 103 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,720 We are absolutely stuffed without it. 104 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,560 So we're screwed then, huh? 105 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,560 That nut's a thousand bucks on its own, probably, you know? 106 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,480 Whether we can even get a nut for it 'cause it's that old. 107 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,440 Or we might have to get one made. 108 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,080 The Blacklighters, team leader, Mark I'Anson, 109 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,640 finance manager, Rachel I'Anson... 110 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,760 It's just been one headache after another. 111 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,760 Just...Bloody ram. ...pain in the arse ram. 112 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:35,000 ...and mine partners, Paul Coon and John Nassar, 113 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,320 have had their operation grind to a halt. 114 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,000 To tell you the honest truth, we're down for another couple of weeks. 115 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,360 This is not going for two weeks at least. 116 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,640 Well, we can't be down for another two weeks. 117 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,800 No, that's ridiculo... Like, we need the money coming in. 118 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:56,000 The team have only just resumed mining in Coober Pedy, 119 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:02,040 after a near-death experience almost destroyed their opal dreams. 120 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,720 MARK: What happened then? 121 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,320 Sort of smacked Mark in the head with the excavator 122 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,520 and might have broken his jaw. 123 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,320 Just tell Paul I love him. I love those guys, man. 124 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,480 My injury last year shook me up a bit. 125 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,160 They did a good job on me. 126 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,240 They cut me here and stuck a big scalpel down 127 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:19,920 and just levered it all out. 128 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,320 Healed up. Seem all right. 129 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,640 RACHEL: It's taken its toll on the kids as well. 130 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,240 They're quite concerned about us going back to opal mining 131 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,440 and they think they might lose one of us. 132 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,240 But there's gotta be a resolution to it for the meantime. 133 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,040 Surely, like, we can speak to Sneaky Pete 134 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,520 and see if we can't hire his for a couple of weeks 135 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,200 until ours get fixed. 136 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,960 All right. Talk to yous after. Right-o.See ya.See ya. 137 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,240 The Blacklighters' target is 350. 138 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,560 We pushed hard to get it last year and, erm, 139 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,720 if we can get to that target again this year, we'd be pretty happy. 140 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,920 But, of course, we want more. The dream is to find millions. 141 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,560 Like, we want a big pocket. We want a career-defining pocket. 142 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,040 Hopefully, I can use a bit of lady luck. 143 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,760 You reckon? 144 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,960 Moral of the story is, we can't do without an excavator.We can't. 145 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,360 Whatever price he says for us to hire it, 146 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,840 we're just gonna have to pay it. Yeah. 147 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,120 Hey, Pete! How you going, mate?Oh, what's happening with you fellas? 148 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,360 We've got a bit of a favour to ask, Pete. 149 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,720 Uh-oh, uh-oh.We were wondering if we could hire one your excavators. 150 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:38,120 Well, I don't hire anything out. 151 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,960 No?Every time I've done that, something's... 152 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,480 Buggered up. ...gone down. I wish I could, but... 153 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:46,560 Yeah, right-o....I've learnt from past experiences. 154 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,240 Oh, Sneaky Pete. Ah, he's not sneaky, he just looks sneaky. 155 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,600 You never quite know what he's thinking.Yeah. 156 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,880 Yeah, I've been mining opal for 45 years. 157 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,280 Started off in Andamooka as a holiday, 158 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,440 and then, 20 years ago, I graduated up here. (LAUGHS) 159 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,920 Yeah, well, look, I won't hire it out. 160 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,200 I will contemplate selling it for the right price. 161 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,000 Ooh, I didn't even think about that. Then I'd have two excavators. 162 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,400 No, you won't, you got one down. One and a half. 163 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,560 Yeah, one and a half. Yeah. 164 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,680 It's a 20 tonner, as you know, or I hope you know. 165 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,880 These rams have got a bit of a weep. 166 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,560 Yeah. The aircon looks like it's working all right. 167 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,000 Yeah. The doors are open.Yeah, doors are open. Aircon's working. 168 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,760 And, to start it, I've put this fencing wire in here. 169 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,240 Oh, yeah.Hooked it up to the thing. This is bush mechanics at its best. 170 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,400 With a little electrical tab on it. 171 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,840 When you want to shut her down, you push that end. 172 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,440 When you want to start it, you just pull it forward. 173 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,600 And this locks it in position. 174 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:50,600 And then she's ready to go. (LAUGHS) 175 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,440 Eh, geez, the budget's pretty tight at the moment 176 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,400 depending on what you want for it, Pete. 177 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,200 Well, I'm sort of at the mark of around 28. 178 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:02,880 Ooh.That's what I'm thinking. 179 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,760 Gee, I'm grateful for the offer, Pete, but 28, that's a bit steep. 180 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,520 But, you know, I don't think our budget's gonna stretch that far. 181 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,160 Well, what, 18?Yeah, no, that's still a bit tight for me. 182 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,840 Yeah, right.You know? 183 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,920 Look, I might do it for 20, 184 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,400 but if I ever have a breakdown 185 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,880 or something happens, you owe me a favour. 186 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,360 Oh, I'd always give you a favour, Pete, no matter what. 187 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,200 (SIGHS)It's a good luck machine. 188 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,560 Good luck machine. All right, mate. 189 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,000 You got yourself a deal.Oh, okay. 190 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,840 (LAUGHS) We spent 20 grand in the time 191 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,720 from getting from the car to here and going back, you know? 192 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,040 So, you never know, in the opal industry, 193 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,280 what's around the corner, and you never know 194 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,200 when your money's gonna be gone or when you're gonna get some more money, or... 195 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,920 Yeah, 20 grand gone, that's all I'll say. 196 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,360 Oh, I don't know if I made a mistake or not. 197 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,000 (LAUGHS) Serious! 198 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,520 Yeah, it's got a few little quirks. We'll put her to the test. 199 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,000 Feels pretty good.MARK: Yeah?Yeah. 200 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,920 She's a bit sloppy in the bucket. Don't bucket shame it, Mark. 201 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,480 Yeah, it's a bucket shaker, mate. She's... Yeah. 202 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:23,200 Ah, bloody oath.Back in the race. 203 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:25,200 We're back in the game! In the game!Yes! 204 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,920 New excavator's in the hole, 205 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,760 taking off the top level of the cut and throwing it behind. 206 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:37,960 Mark comes through, pushes it out of the way. 207 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,600 It's turning into an awesome job, man. Like, psycho. 208 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:46,680 Excavator and bulldozer. Awesome team. 209 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,400 No way. 210 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,600 (ENGINE WINDING OVER) 211 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:57,440 Soon as I get on any angle, it just dies! 212 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,880 Stupid dozer just started running out of power. 213 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,840 So I'm going up the hill and it just... died on me. 214 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,960 ANGEL: Let's see if she'll start. 215 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,680 (ENGINE SPUTTER) 216 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,160 I've just gotta prime the seal up a bit more. 217 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,240 Ah. Come on, Betsy. 218 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,880 (ENGINE STARTS) 219 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:58,280 (THUDS)ISSY: Oh, (BLEEP) 220 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,920 Whoa!What's going on? 221 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,600 Angel! 222 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,320 What the hell? 223 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,000 All of a sudden, I just had this sinking feeling 224 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,720 and old Betsy just went like that! 225 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,360 Yeah, look at that! 226 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,800 Oh, my God! Wow. 227 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:20,280 Yep, shaft. Unknown shaft. I don't know what's under there. 228 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,720 You know, the old guys covered it. They didn't fill it in properly. 229 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,960 That's probably about 50 years old. That's just too dangerous. 230 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,480 You know, I could've rolled the machine just then. 231 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,800 Well, we're gonna have to fill it in. 232 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,720 I'll bring Betsy. I'll turn her around. 233 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,920 We'll bury it and, hopefully, 234 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,440 we won't see any more of that hole ever again. 235 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,880 Andamooka, South Australia. 236 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,000 Population, 262. 237 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:00,440 This isolated Outback town has been a magnet for opal miners 238 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,120 since the 1930s. 239 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,960 I think that should do it! 240 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:13,320 The Misfits, Angel Dempsey and mining partner Issy Glen, 241 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:18,000 have returned to their promising but unpredictable Lunatic claim. 242 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:19,880 What the hell?Oh, wow! 243 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,760 Oh, my God! I must have pushed it out with Betsy, but look at that. 244 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,720 Green, purple. 245 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,760 If that was red crystal in there, bam, we're on the money. 246 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,720 Lunatic is full of surprises. 247 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,760 Our last season went pretty well for us Misfits. 248 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,160 We ended up smashing out our $200,000 target, 249 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:40,960 which was excellent, you know. 250 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,280 We knew this claim here at Lunatic was rich. 251 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,960 Oh!(LAUGHS)Absolutely beautiful. 252 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,080 For the opal we found last season, 253 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,840 I was able to purchase my amazing house. 254 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,440 Welcome to my Andamooka mansion. 255 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,160 Check out your pad, hey! 256 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,800 Bloody chandeliers. I mean, that's a luxury in itself. 257 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:05,080 But now, Angel and Issy face the new season alone... 258 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,440 ...after former partner, Cody Polglase, 259 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,520 moved his opal mining operation to Coober Pedy... 260 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,080 Cody's not here, so we're a man down on the field. 261 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:20,320 ...and mentor and financier, Opal Joe Kalmar, 262 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,840 has taken time out to deal with health problems. 263 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,680 I've basically stepped back because my health's up (BLEEP) creek. 264 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,800 Too many strokes, and... So I've stepped back 265 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,240 and hoping that Angel can take over everything. 266 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,480 I've been lucky enough that Joe has taught me a lot. 267 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,120 (MACHINE WHIRRING) 268 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,000 I've proven to myself that I can find opal now 269 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,800 so I can't wait what this season's gonna bring in. 270 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,240 We're currently doing a massive open cut at Lunatic 271 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,280 and also got two underground shafts that we're mining. 272 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,160 The open cut is what I'm most excited about, 273 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,160 'cause I can get every single bit of opal out of the ground. 274 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,120 With the shafts, you can only take a certain amount 275 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,960 'cause you need walls to hold up the dirt above your head. 276 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,880 I reckon it's gonna take me a good two, three seasons 277 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,160 to finish this massive project, 278 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,800 providing that Betsy hangs in there. 279 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,960 Old Betsy, being 52 years old, 280 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:27,600 she's, er, getting a bit behind on maintenance. 281 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:35,360 I need to either refurbish old Betsy or buy a bigger one. 282 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,040 There's an old fella in town, he's currently restoring a bigger bulldozer. 283 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,240 Once he's finished, he's gonna be selling it. 284 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,200 So I'm hoping that we can smash out our season target 285 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:48,920 to be able to be able purchase it. 286 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,840 Hopefully, Betsy can hang in there till I can find this opal 287 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,400 because if she packs up before I find the opal, 288 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,080 what am I gonna do, shovel and wheelbarrow? No. 289 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,520 When I came to Andamooka, I knew nothing about Andamooka opal. 290 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:13,320 And I've learnt a lot and spotting is my forte. 291 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,880 While Angel's having a bit of a play with the dozer at the moment, 292 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:19,800 I'm just scouring the ground. 293 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,280 Opal is very hard to see in the dirt here. 294 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,440 Bone. 295 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,880 But you never know, out here, it could be fossilised, opalised. 296 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,040 But, yeah, still got a bit of hair on it 297 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,240 so I think we'll leave that one. 298 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,640 What's going on? 299 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,280 Hey, Issy, something's not right with Betsy! 300 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,000 Oh, boy. 301 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,800 She's used twice as much diesel as she's meant to. 302 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,000 ROGER: It's pretty much too loose. 303 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,320 It's actually melted away the old lead paint that's on there. 304 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,800 But I'm pretty sure we just flattened the battery, if not destroyed it. 305 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,240 If we don't get this fixed now, we aren't getting any opal today at all. 306 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,520 Slim Pickings are struggling to start 307 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,520 the rusty four-cylinder tractor 308 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,960 that powers their dry rumbler, George. 309 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,560 We need to jump-start it, so... Hopefully, it works. 310 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,960 Connect the jump-starter on. Fingers crossed. 311 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,960 Are you ready, mate?All right. 312 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,080 (SPUTTERING) 313 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,400 Come on, old girl. Ha-hey! 314 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,680 (BOTH LAUGH) 315 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,080 I'm about to fire up George for the first time. 316 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:58,760 Hell yeah! 317 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,280 This is gonna be a great season, mate. 318 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:03,760 It's gonna be an awesome season! 319 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,240 From the 1960s up to the 1990s, 320 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,360 they were all using these wet puddlers. 321 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,240 The mesh they used back then used to spit out cracking little gems. 322 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,360 All I've done is put in smaller mesh, 323 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,800 catching what's been left behind by the old timers 324 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,480 through their meshing system. 325 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,040 It seems to be running all right. 326 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:28,440 That's pretty good material. Yeah.I like it. 327 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,400 That's perfect! 328 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,120 We need to make some money, bro. 329 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,280 George is operating. Production line. 330 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,080 George is running great. 331 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,040 We just need to adjust those motors, er, adjust how we use 'em. 332 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,960 I'm gonna turn the tractor up, hopefully. 333 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,080 (ENGINE THROTTLING) 334 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,960 Roger, stop! Stop, stop, stop! We got smoke! We got smoke! 335 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,600 What's up?Shut her down! 336 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,200 (BLEEP) 337 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,480 (BLEEP, SIGHS) 338 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,000 MARK: So what's this leak down here? 339 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,240 PAUL: That's coming outta the drive. 340 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,560 That's an absolute (BLEEP) of a job. 341 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,360 Fuel filter. Air filter. 342 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,680 And then we'll have to just go stage by stage...Stage by stage. 343 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,680 But, more than likely, it'll probably be the fuel filter. 344 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,120 Seemed like that. Running out of legs.Yeah. 345 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,480 'Cause the motor would lose its arse. 346 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,760 Could be the air filter too, you know?Yeah. 347 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,400 At Servo claim, 348 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,920 the Blacklighters' operation has ground to a halt again 349 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,360 after a sudden loss of power to their 55-year-old bulldozer. 350 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,800 We're trying to change some filters 351 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,920 'cause we reckon that's what's wrong with the dozer 352 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,040 but, erm, we don't know what we're doing, that's the problem. 353 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:22,160 Did we bring the book?Oh, no. We don't need the book.(LAUGHS) 354 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,360 Yeah, well, let's do the air filter. Christ, yeah, look at that. 355 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,920 That's the problem, man. (LAUGHS) 356 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,160 She had no power 'cause she had no oxygen. 357 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,600 She had no oxygen, man. 358 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,120 We'll change the fuel filters over and... Oh, my God. 359 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,920 Look at that. Does that look like fuel to anyone? 360 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,240 Sure doesn't to me. 361 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,920 Mark's gonna have so much (BLEEP) power, 362 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,720 he's not gonna know what to do. 363 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,400 Now...So you reckon those filters were full of gunk? 364 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,680 Oh, they were (BLEEP) man, honestly. They was blocked. 365 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,640 More than blocked, man. It was, like, rooted. 366 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,920 Kick it in the guts! Kick her in the guts. 367 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,200 Rev her up.(ENGINE STARTS) 368 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,280 (ENGINE WHIRRING) 369 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:13,800 Sounds all right. So, hey, let's get up there. 370 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,200 I'll crank up the excavator and see how we go. 371 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,800 Dozer and excavator now operational, 372 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,280 the Blacklighters can resume clearing tonnes of waste dirt 373 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,320 to reach virgin ground, 374 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,160 an untouched level of opal-bearing rock 375 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,280 ten metres below. 376 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,480 Yeah, we got some brown dirt coming up here. 377 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,680 That's the actual top of the virgin. 378 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,640 So we're in virgin ground. 379 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,080 You know, I reckon by tomorrow lunchtime, 380 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,320 possibly be down there and hopefully finding some opals. 381 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,200 I gotta get right away from this machine. 382 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,880 Way too close, man. 383 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,320 Yeah, normally, I'd be down there right on the face, 384 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,160 checking alongside everything and making sure we don't miss a chip. 385 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,800 But I just want to be outside of the machine's reach at all times, 386 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,600 so if he spins around, doesn't know I'm here or something, 387 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,280 it can't get me. 388 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:31,080 Yeah, well, our progress is a little bit slow today, 389 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,040 with Mark not being down on the ground 390 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,840 spotting for me, checking, 'cause what happened last year, 391 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,400 we'll try and keep a distance while someone's digging. 392 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,400 We just gotta keep pressing on and get this wall back 393 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,880 as far as we can to get down underneath, 394 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,720 'cause that's where the nice colour's gonna be. 395 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,200 I've gotta make sure I get on top of this stuff 396 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,520 and put the accident, everything, out of my head 397 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,320 and just do the best for my team. 398 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,440 Hey, Issy!Yeah! 399 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,720 I reckon the boots are a bit blunt. 400 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,720 That would explain why she is struggling so much. 401 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,080 That doesn't help, does it? 402 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,600 In the Misfits' first dig of the season, 403 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,880 the blunt ripper boots on their 52-year-old dozer, Betsy, 404 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,360 are forcing the machine to consume too much diesel. 405 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,640 The ground here at Lunatic is really, really hard. 406 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,800 We're gonna be going through ripper teeth like no-one's business. 407 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,320 I think we should put some new ones on. Whack 'em out. 408 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,360 Hopefully, she'll cut it like butter then. 409 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,640 (GRUNTS) There we go.Go. 410 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,320 There she goes. 411 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,880 My end goal is to run my own operation out here, 412 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,960 be totally independent from Joe. All-righty. 413 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,760 We do need to work harder this season 414 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,640 purely because I've got a bigger goal. 415 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,480 I wanna become financially free. 416 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,120 Well, for me, personally, if I don't find any opal, 417 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,120 I'm going home and I'm gonna let down a lot of kids 418 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,800 because I need the money for the gym. 419 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,680 And we're gonna get the heart rate up! 420 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,520 Just need enough money to be able to send the fighters 421 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,400 over to the Golden Gloves in Queensland. 422 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,960 It teaches them respect, discipline. 423 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,400 Wanna grab that other boot, Iss? 424 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,560 And we got the first one going. 425 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,080 How's that looking? 426 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,760 You all ready for this one? Slide her on up. 427 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,880 Get up.Shove 'em up a bit higher. 428 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,200 I think we've got a problem here. 429 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,040 It's not going on. 430 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:01,440 That's the problem with old machines, you know? 431 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,560 It's hard to get parts for and they said this'll fit. 432 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,360 Yeah, well, obviously not. 433 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,040 It delays us digging. You can't do it without 'em. 434 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,120 ROGER: Jumping outta that cab, seeing that smoke, 435 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,160 I thought the thing was actually on fire. 436 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,680 LEE: Oil was getting too bloody hot. 437 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,840 We need to fix it. 438 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,800 If we don't have this power pack going, 439 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,640 we ain't getting no opal at all. 440 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,000 We need an easy fix 'cause this ain't gonna be cheap. 441 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,880 Getting a hydraulic pulling system, it's gonna cost a few hundred bucks at least. 442 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,960 Mate, we've got a dam full of water there. 443 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,240 I'll put some sprays on. Keep it nice and cool. 444 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,000 (WHIRRING) 445 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,840 That should do. 446 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,000 Just running a bit of water over it, mate. 447 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,600 Let's get this last load in, man. Oh, yeah. 448 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,600 (ENGINE STARTS, WHIRRING) 449 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,920 So we're just feeding the last load now. 450 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,960 That's it, we're done. 451 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,760 Be good to see what's in the barrel. 452 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,880 Excited, mate?Yeah. 453 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,440 Yeah, I brought me son along with me today. Logan. 454 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,400 He's really, really excited to get into the opal mining game. 455 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,080 Jump in. 456 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,120 Stick that key in.And here we go. 457 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,240 (ENGINE WHIRRING)Hopefully, he's an up-and-coming opal miner. 458 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,240 We don't have too many younger generation 459 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,200 putting their hand up to be opal miners. 460 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,200 I'm a third-generation miner myself. 461 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,120 This is my home country. This is Gamilaraay tribe land. 462 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:45,160 I've got a family of six kids, a missus, and a granddaughter, 463 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,640 so I need to make this opal game work for us. 464 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,320 Now, we have to do that every single time. We've gotta wash it out. 465 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,440 Yeah, it's hard to be a mentor to your kids 466 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,880 when all you do is work and you're never there 467 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,760 so having him out here working with me is gonna be absolutely awesome. 468 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,240 It's really exciting because it's like, 469 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,360 I don't usually come out with Dad, and I get to see the whole process 470 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,920 of how they mine and that, and it's really fun. 471 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Yeah, there could be an apprenticeship there for him if he wants. 472 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,240 If he wants to be a keen opal miner, we're more than happy to teach him, that's for sure. 473 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,040 Bring on the opal!Yeah!Whoo! 474 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,120 On the money!Whoo! 475 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,760 Oh, yeah! 476 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,720 Whoo-hoo! 477 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,080 Today, we are tailing out for the first time. 478 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,000 Hopefully, it's full of opal, that's what we're looking for. 479 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,960 Don't lose those gems! Oh, whoa. 480 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,680 Colour?Colour. 481 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,200 Good to have Logan on board. He's a good little kid. 482 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:53,520 He's got good eyes on him too. Oh, my God!What have you got? 483 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,880 Whoa!Look at that!Bloody hell! 484 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,120 Keep on finding them, mate, we might have to employ you a bit more. 485 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,840 I charge a thousand bucks an hour. (BOTH LAUGH) 486 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,040 Anything that's cuttable, throw 'em in there. 487 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,280 Look at this! 488 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,400 Hey!Yeah! 489 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,320 Hell yeah!How 'bout that? (LAUGHS) 490 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,680 It's big. It's bright. It's beautiful. 491 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,280 Ah, where did it go? I dropped it. 492 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,240 Hey? You lost it?I dropped it. Are you kidding me? 493 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,600 Dad knocked it out of my hand. You hit my hand! 494 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,560 Don't blame me for it. Are you for real? 495 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,120 Alright, so it's either gone out there or in there. 496 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,040 I can't see it up here. 497 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,080 You know, pretty close to a thousand-dollar piece. 498 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,880 Bit of a rookie mistake, really. 499 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,120 We really don't wanna be accidentally just throwing $1,000 away. 500 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,600 MARK: Just little bits of trace. 501 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,280 Yeah, well, you can see here. 502 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,360 All the cavities where the water could run. 503 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,280 Like, this is just full of little, thin little seams. 504 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:20,080 At their Servo claim, the Blacklighters are working 505 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,720 a promising ten-metre-deep opal level. 506 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,600 Some of 'em are pretty thick too, so a lot of (BLEEP) water 507 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,760 would've seeped in through the years. 508 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,400 Millions of years ago, silica-rich water 509 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,240 from the ancient Eromanga Sea drained into the earth, 510 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,720 eventually hardening to form opal. 511 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,120 Keep following it and, hopefully, it blobs out into some colour. 512 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,440 Is that green in there? It's all right.Yeah. 513 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,960 Disappears as quick as it comes. 514 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,640 Yeah, but oi, oi. 515 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,840 What's in front of us? Miles of virgin ground. 516 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,320 We're gonna have to check it all properly. 517 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,840 If we process all this dirt here 518 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,080 through the noodling machine, we might have a nice bag full. 519 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,440 Yeah, so the boys brought some dirt over, 520 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,880 so you put the dirt through and hope for the best. 521 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,480 Opal fluoresces under the blacklight. 522 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,160 Oh, big chunky! 523 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,040 Reflective colour. 524 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:31,760 Ah, so much better than mining for it. (LAUGHS) 525 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,400 You always end up with a little bit of something at the end of the week. 526 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,080 Oh, look at this guy. 527 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,440 Whoo-hoo! 528 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,120 That bottom bit's trying to. 529 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,720 (WHIRRING) 530 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,520 Come on, thicken up, you (BLEEP) 531 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,800 Hang on, hang on.Yeah, here.There. 532 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,520 Oh, it's getting thicker. Getting thicker, yeah. 533 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,360 That's where it is. Whoo-hoo! 534 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,880 Look at that. Look at that. And that's the opal. 535 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,760 Why did we not bring a bucket, man?I don't know. 536 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,840 It's like going fishing without an Esky.Yeah. 537 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,720 Who forgot the Esky?(WHIRRING) 538 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,400 (BLEEP) Look at the size that that one was!Yeah. 539 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,000 Imagine what sort of shell that was. 540 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,720 That was a creature, man! 541 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,440 Millions of years ago, that was a frigging creature. 542 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,000 That's a cockle shell that's formed inside there. 543 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,400 There's another bit of one. There's probably a couple more in there. 544 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,920 Three more bits.Oh, hello! 545 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,320 (LAUGHS) Yes! Come on! 546 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,520 It's not quite lining up straight. We'll have to cut them off 547 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,040 so we can slide it up further for the pin to go through. 548 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,520 On paper, if you just knock the pins out, 549 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,680 old boot falls off, put the new boot on, 550 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,640 put a new pin in. Sounds easy. 551 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,760 In an opal field, it's never that simple. 552 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,920 Basically, Angel and I have gotta do it all on our own. 553 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,600 I'm far from being a mechanic. 554 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,920 I can change a filter or stuff like that, 555 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,080 but the stuff Angel does is beyond me. 556 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:22,760 She's great with the machines. 557 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,240 I do give a bit of muscle here and there, if I can. 558 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,320 Let's get out there. 559 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,440 It's too loose. 560 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,120 This is one of the old pins. I have to make a new one. 561 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,520 I'm gonna have to find some reo bar, 562 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,200 make some temporary pins. 563 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,480 We'll hammer 'em in. 564 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,480 Put her dancing shoes on now. 565 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,880 Gotta tell it who's boss. 566 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,600 We just have to bend each side so it stays in there. 567 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,040 Issy and I, we make a good team. 568 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,920 She doesn't take no for an answer. She's as stubborn as me. 569 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,720 We'll get there. 570 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,480 Come on.So that's what you need in an opal mining partner, 571 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,320 is someone that'll just get it done. 572 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,640 You gotta man up in these situations, or woman up, 573 00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:13,760 whatever you wanna call it. Just deal with it. 574 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:18,920 Happy with that. (EXHALES) 575 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:27,920 The dozer's hardened alloy steel ripper boots are finally fitted. 576 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:32,080 Angel can now tear away another layer of the open cut floor 577 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,560 while Issy spots for opal colour. 578 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,680 It's all about the hunt, the hunt for opal. 579 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,200 You can find pretty red ones, green ones, purple ones, blue. 580 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:54,040 And if you're really lucky, you get all of those colours combined. 581 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,040 It's like finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 582 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,080 The only difference is, the rainbow is in your hand. 583 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,640 Angel! Stop! 584 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,880 Holy moly, look at that! 585 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,920 Have you got something?Look! 586 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,880 Holy crikey! 587 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,560 Oh, my God. I'm shaking.Oh! 588 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,000 Wow!Look at that blue. 589 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:29,920 That is...Oh, my God....awesome! 590 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,240 You know what's happened though. 591 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,480 We've split it.I've sent the ripper 592 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,840 right through the guts of this pocket.Oh, no. 593 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,720 There should be another piece. I was in this middle ripper. 594 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,320 Oh, Issy, Issy, Issy. Colour! Oh! 595 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,880 Oh, wow!Oh, my God! 596 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,480 Oh, look at that. That's what we want. 597 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,480 All these breakdowns are worth it. 598 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,920 Issy, look at the colours! Oh, that is beautiful. 599 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,720 Good job.Awesome! 600 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,040 Logan's found a cracking piece. And then he dropped it. 601 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,280 It's actually probably the best piece of the day. 602 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,040 Oh, there it is, there!Yes! 603 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,720 Yeah, that's about a thousand-dollar piece, all right. 604 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,600 Oh, you're lucky, son! (LAUGHS) 605 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,320 If we're getting these all day long, we'll be smashing our target before long. 606 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,120 What do you do when you get it? Straight in the jar! 607 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,920 This is an awesome start to the season, bro.Yeah. George! 608 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,680 Man, George really produced, ey? 609 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,960 And this one here is gonna be a beautiful little ring stone. 610 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,400 I'm just gonna shape it up a little bit. 611 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,520 If I just cut it down to a rough rub, 612 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,600 that way then, it gives the option for the opal buyer 613 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,600 and the way that they actually wanna cut the stone themselves. 614 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,160 Roger has prepared the team's opal find 615 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:15,000 for an attempted sale to local dealer, Cissy Jia. 616 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,280 Well, I hope Cissy buys this parcel off us today. 617 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,080 We need a fair bit of money 618 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,520 to keep the bank rolling, really. Oh, hell yeah. 619 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:27,720 And we have arrived. 620 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,080 So what's the game plan, Rog? 621 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,080 Mate, they cut up pretty nice. 622 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,200 Yeah.So I'm thinking hit her for 3,000. 623 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,480 I reckon we hit her for 4,000. She will knock us down. 624 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,200 I won't take any less than 2.5 for it, really, 625 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,440 because, after that, we're giving the bloody thing away, aren't we? 626 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,720 Hello.Morning, Cissy.How are yous? 627 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,400 Got something for me today? We sure do.Oh, beautiful. 628 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,600 Alright. Let's do it. Alright. Thank you. 629 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,000 I've known Cissy for a long time, been selling for a long time to her. 630 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,840 She's always been quite fair. 631 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,400 She's one of the better opal buyers, that's for sure. 632 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,080 This time around, it's not as big as we normally...Oh. 633 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,760 Yeah, I know you're after those bigger parcels from us. 634 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,200 Colour's beautiful. Yeah, colour's beautiful.Mmm. 635 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,160 Okay, there are some nice pieces here. 636 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:17,200 Jewellery stones.Jewellery stones. That's what it's all about. 637 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,800 Slim Pickings have crystal and black opal. 638 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,080 Blue, green, and orange, with flashes of red, 639 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,720 it's been partially rubbed and weighs five grams. 640 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,720 Cissy, we're gonna ask four grand. 641 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,400 Four. 642 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,240 There's some good pieces here 643 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,520 but (CLEARS THROAT) not enough for four. 644 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,040 Mmm-hmm. What do you wanna offer us? 645 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,600 2.5.2.5. Mmm. 646 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,080 Yeah, that's a bit on the low side, isn't it? 647 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,480 Three grand? We're coming down 1,000 bucks. 648 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,280 Three.If you do us the favour, 649 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,080 we'll make sure you get the first look at our next parcel. 650 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,480 Give me the first look? Yeah.First look. 651 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,200 Okay, this time, three. 3,000?3,000. 652 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,880 Yeah, done. Beautiful. Done. 653 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,920 Thanks, darling. Thanks, Cissy.Thank you. 654 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,360 It is a small parcel today, but there's a big parcel 655 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,560 potentially gonna be found by Lee and Roger. 656 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,680 I cannot wait to see the big parcel come in. 657 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,480 What a great start to the season. 658 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,120 George works. This is just the start. 659 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,800 These younger generation, we need more of 'em. 660 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:29,680 So, Logan, I know he loves it. 661 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,200 What he wants to do in the future, that's up to him. 662 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,440 But if he can squeeze in a bit of opal mining, 663 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,880 I know Roger would be happy. Here you go, brother. 664 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,720 Still got school and that so I'm not gonna pull him out. 665 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,400 But it'll be awesome to have him with us a lot more often. 666 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,320 Head on up and give old George a bit of a christening, hey? 667 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,200 Oh! (LAUGHS) What's going on here? 668 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,320 Yoo-hoo!(EXCAVATOR HORN BEEPING) 669 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,320 (LAUGHS) How was that, boys? 670 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,400 Nice, Rog.Amazing.(LAUGHS) 671 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,200 Hope you're hungry, Issy. Oh, steak! 672 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,400 Got a good feeling about this season. 673 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,440 It was an awesome find.Yep. 674 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,560 And, hopefully, there is plenty more. 675 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:27,760 Wonder how much it weighs. 676 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,560 600 grams' worth of opal. 677 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,560 Not a bad find in one hit. 678 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,960 The collector will love this piece 'cause it all meshes together. 679 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,440 I just love it, how we found all the pieces. 680 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,000 It's beautiful.Oh, my God. 681 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:49,040 The Misfits have a mix of crystal and matrix opal, 682 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,080 with colours of blue, green, and purple. 683 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:56,080 It's in the rough and weighs 600 grams. 684 00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,560 So how much do you reckon it's worth, Angel? 685 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,920 That top bit, that's jewellery-quality opal.Yep. 686 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,200 That crystal's quite deep, isn't it? 687 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:13,160 I'm pretty confident in saying I can get 25 grand for it. 688 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:16,080 I'm happy. Take pictures of it. List it online. 689 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:17,880 Beautiful.Find a buyer in no time. 690 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:20,320 Doing it for the ladies!Yep. 691 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:26,640 Profits have to go back towards the boxing gym. 692 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:29,760 You know, trips away for the kids. 693 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,000 Without the hope, you've got nothing. 694 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:39,080 I've learnt a hell of a lot since Joe started mentoring me. 695 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:43,200 And I'm taking that information and finding opal with it. 696 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,360 Well, here's to a job well done, Angel. 697 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,960 Cheers.Dig in!Yum. 698 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,400 Rach, this is what we need you to give us a price on. 699 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,640 Coating.It's gonna face up nice... It'll face really nice. 700 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,680 Beautiful colour. Yeah, I reckon you've got 701 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,040 quite a few nice stones in there, actually. 702 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,440 They're yum, hey? Have a look at Johnny's effort. 703 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,360 There's a lot there. He's done all right. 704 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,560 Done all right. He punts away. 705 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:26,320 The Blacklighters have crystal opal and opalised shells 706 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,880 featuring the full spectrum of colours. 707 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,960 It's in the rough and weighs 400 grams. 708 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,880 (LAUGHS)I reckon you guys, for your mining efforts, 709 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,560 are sitting at about 14 grand for that. 710 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,800 Oh, well, I had another one or two on there but, yeah, you're good. 711 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,560 We'll clean this up. We'll face it. 712 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,480 I'm being conservative. 713 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,240 Right-o.And I think, John, 714 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,320 I reckon we're looking at about ten for that, 715 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,000 and about five for that. 716 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:56,000 So he got 15. That's being conservative. 717 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,960 And we got, what, 14? 29! That's my favourite number! 718 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:04,280 That's my favourite number! Yes, all right! 719 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,320 Well done, boys.Team! 720 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,120 Bloody proud of yous. Yeah. (LAUGHS) 721 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,000 Well, bloody good week, 722 00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,040 I would have to say. We moved a (BLEEP) load of dirt. 723 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,080 Oi, proud of you too, mate, getting back in there, hey. 724 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,520 You were down there and checking. Got into it. Yeah.That's it. 725 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,840 I'm back on it. I'm back on the horse fully now. 726 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,800 We're back, 100%. And we're right on the level now. 727 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,680 Setting up...We're setting up for something special, yeah. 728 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,560 Thanks, everyone.Legends! Bloody good week. Yes! 729 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,240 (LAUGHS) 730 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,040 Subtitles by Deluxe 730 00:43:59,305 --> 00:44:59,824 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org