"Outback Opal Hunters" The Creature Below

1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,120 Doesn't sound alright, does it? 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:07,400 Doesn't sound good. 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,480 I don't know what the hell that could be. 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,440 I got no idea what that is. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,160 Careful coming through here, mate. 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,800 Stay with us Sam. Don't... Stay with us. 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,520 The heart's absolutely racing. I'm terrified. 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,720 Look out! Look out! Look out! 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,000 Jesus! JAKE WALLACE: Bloody hell. 10 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:34,280 It's a bloody goat! 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:42,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 12 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,960 Hey, Les. There's a goat down here! 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,920 What'd you say, a boat? It's a bloody goat. 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,440 Not a boat, you wombat! 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,040 A goat down there, what's a goat doing down there? 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,320 At least we know what it is, Sam. 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,600 Get behind the rickshaw, Sam. 18 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,320 I just got to be careful he doesn't come flying around 19 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:05,640 one of these corners at me. 20 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,120 Look out! Look out! Look out! 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,440 Look out! Sam! SAM MEHAN: Yeah! 22 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:14,720 Where are you? He's coming. 23 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,520 Pshh. Jesus. 24 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,440 So what are we gonna do here? 25 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,560 We're gonna have to try and catch this thing, aren't we? 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,840 Oh. Yeah. Well, let me get over that for a second, hey? 27 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,120 Yeah. Let's just take a breather. 28 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,040 Need to collect yourself, mate. You jumped out of your skin. 29 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,800 That absolutely frightened the crap out of me. 30 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,760 All I could see was these two bloody eyes coming towards me. 31 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,440 I can't even talk. 32 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,480 When it come round the corner, I was that flinched and tight. 33 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,760 It's a bit relief. We know what it is at least. 34 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,360 Look at the size of it, though. Is that a relief or not? 35 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,760 He's a big boy. Yeah. No. He's decent, isn't he? 36 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,680 Yeah. He's got a decent set of horns on him. 37 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,880 And he's probably cranky. Mmm. 38 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,000 Right, he's coming! 39 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,120 The Bushmen are having a disastrous mining season... 40 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:55,280 Where'd it go? 41 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,680 ..and now Rod Manning... That's a big goat. 42 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,560 ..Les Walsh, Sam Mehan and Jake 'Bogger' Wallace 43 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,240 have hit a new low - 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,520 in a face-off against a 50 kilo feral goat. 45 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,560 I have heard of this happening before. 46 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:12,160 They get to the top of the shaft 47 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,280 and they eat the minerals 48 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:14,360 out of the clay dirt. 49 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,240 And something else pushes 'em, 50 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,080 another goat pushes 'em and down they come. 51 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:19,680 And down one goes. Yeah, right. 52 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,080 You know, we've had enough setbacks. 53 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,120 Running around a mine chasing a bloody goat 54 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,000 but that's not making us money. 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,640 We need to catch this goat - get it out of the bloody hole - 56 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,880 so Bogger can get back to work and we can get back to work. 57 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,440 But it's not...it's not a real easy thing. 58 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:37,600 He's a big goat. 59 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,320 He's stirred up and he's got some horns. 60 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,640 Enough's enough. Come on. 61 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:44,280 You stay close, Sam. 62 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,160 Oh, here we go. We've lost him again. 63 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,120 Problem now is it's stuck between us and the way out. 64 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,600 So we're gonna have to work out how to get it back up, 65 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:53,960 onto the top of the ground. 66 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,400 And it's probably gonna end up going up like a load of dirt, 67 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:57,680 I reckon, in the bucket. 68 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:59,400 Jake! Yeah, mate. 69 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,480 What if we try and run it back up to where the hoist is? 70 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,720 And then we tackle it up there. What do you reckon? 71 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,200 It's called mustering, mate. Where is it? 72 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:07,840 It's down this, ah, drive down here again. 73 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:09,080 OK. 74 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,840 You stay behind me, Sam, and you'll be right. 75 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:13,000 Pssh. 76 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,720 Look at the size of the horns. 77 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,080 Bloody hell, mate. It's huge! 78 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,800 Definitely something out of a horror movie. 79 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,600 I still don't like the bloody look of it. 80 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:22,720 No. 81 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,040 You be careful up there, Jake. 82 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,600 Oh. Bloody hell, mate. Bogger be careful, mate! 83 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,280 This doesn't look like it's gonna be a bunch of fun, is it? 84 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,480 Look out! Look out! Look out! Bloody watch out! 85 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,960 Phew. Eugh. 86 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,360 Bloody... Look out! Look out! Look out! 87 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,160 Get him, Rod! Get him! 88 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,880 Oh, bloody hell. You alright, mate? 89 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,040 OK, what do we need? Uh...bread. 90 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,600 Bread. Yeah. And... 91 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,720 Cinnamon. So we're gonna go opal mining today. 92 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,160 You excited? Yeah, it'll be nice. 93 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,720 I never have done that before. No, me too. 94 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,160 Maybe we find something. 95 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,960 Yeah, that would be great. Then we can quit working. 96 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,400 I'm, uh, Jasper. 97 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:09,920 I'm 29-years-old. 98 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,080 I'm from the Netherlands. 99 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,360 I was firefighting and I just decided to quit my job 100 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,280 and travel and have new experiences. 101 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,080 I'm Lara. I am from Germany. 102 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,480 I'm 20-years-old and I came after school to Australia 103 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:27,800 to get a new experience, 104 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,520 see different places. 105 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,400 And now I'm here in Coober Pedy 106 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,080 and it's definitely a different place 107 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,800 because there's not much around. 108 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,920 You need to talk with the locals, hang out with the locals. 109 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,680 You're mainly living with the locals. 110 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,480 I met Jasper and Lara in town. 111 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,400 They're some backpackers that were cruising through. 112 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:45,760 Met them and we got chatting 113 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:48,320 and then offered 'em a place to camp for a few days. 114 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,640 Lara and Jasper, they've never been mining before. 115 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,440 So that's going to be their first experience 116 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,560 and we're really excited to take them out and show them the ropes. 117 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,320 The house from Dan and Renee's is so nice. 118 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:58,400 It's so big. 119 00:04:58,480 --> 00:04:59,760 I've never been in a dugout before. 120 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:01,360 It's really big. It's a great experience. 121 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,040 It's also nice that it goes up there, 122 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,320 down there, it goes everywhere. 123 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,440 Yeah. 124 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:06,960 And they're super friendly as well. 125 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,360 Can I smell smoke? 126 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,520 Hey, hey, hey! Oh. 127 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,800 What is this? 128 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,640 Yeah we wanted to make you guys a nice breakfast. 129 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:16,720 This is a surprise, as a thank you. 130 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,120 Obviously we can't have things catching on fire out there 131 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,200 or not paying attention... 132 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:21,280 Ah, yeah. Yeah. 133 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:22,480 ..because it's a bit dangerous so... 134 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,560 Yeah, you've really got to keep your eye on the ball. 135 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,560 What am I doing? You sleep OK underground? 136 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:27,640 Yeah. No worries? 137 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,400 It's nice that it's so dark and quiet. 138 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,200 You didn't you hear any snoring, no? 139 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:32,480 You were a bit. Ah! 140 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:33,880 I think the bed was shaking. 141 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,240 Coming out mining with us and hopefully, you know, 142 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,200 if we do find opal, we look after you. 143 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:41,320 Yeah. 144 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:42,960 Maybe fi... Five percent. 145 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,240 Maybe ten. Maybe... 146 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,080 I think five is fair, especially after the burnt toast. 147 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,240 Oh, yeah. 148 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,400 It's pretty generous - five percent - 149 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,800 but they're gonna work for it so I guess, you know, 150 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,880 we do well, why not why not pass it on. 151 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,320 Oh! Look at that! 152 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,120 I think that's ready. That's charcoal. 153 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,400 I have never been mining before 154 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,440 so, today, it will be my first experience in a mine. 155 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,360 I'm very excited for it. 156 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:07,720 It will be different. 157 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,080 Yeah. 158 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:11,680 NARRATOR: The Opal Lovers - 159 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,600 couple Dan Measey and Renee Everest - 160 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,080 are struggling to successfully mine 161 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,760 their Diggers Gully claim. 162 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:22,160 So they've hired backpackers Jasper and Lara 163 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:23,920 to ease the workload. 164 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,200 RENEE EVEREST: Meeting our season target 165 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:29,600 of $300,000 is really important. 166 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,840 If we don't reach that target, 167 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,640 I'm gonna have to go back to Adelaide. 168 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,680 So, it's really important that we get there 169 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,480 so that I can stay up here fulltime. 170 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,880 Here we are. Ready to do some mining. 171 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,760 Well, we don't get straight to mining by the way. 172 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,960 Oh. Why? Why not? So mining is not just digging. 173 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,240 There's a bit of maintenance. 174 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,800 It's gonna get dirty. 175 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,600 Those flies. 176 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:53,440 Yeah, the flies aren't even that bad today. 177 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,480 Oh, my god. 178 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,360 We're really hoping to find opal here back at Diggers Gully. 179 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,000 Dan and his Dad mined here over 20 years ago, 180 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,000 found about 30 or 40,000. 181 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,120 So we're hoping to find a lot more than that. 182 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,320 Just be careful on the big loader. 183 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,240 It's an old machine, like, 40-years-old. 184 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:10,440 He's had a hard life 185 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,000 and if you're up on top it's a long way to fall. 186 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:15,880 OK. So the first thing we're gonna do 187 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,240 is take the air filter out. 188 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,200 Three points of contact on the climb up. 189 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,160 So the air filter's in here. Yeah. 190 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,440 Like this? That's it, yeah. 191 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,720 Righty tighty. Lefty loosey. 192 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,400 And then we slide this one out. 193 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,320 These are called nipples, that we need to grease. 194 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,680 Yeah. 195 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,840 Yeah, I've really upskilled since I've been living 196 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,120 and working up here fulltime. 197 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,080 So I've turned into the teacher today. 198 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,320 And you'll hear it click in. Yeah. 199 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,280 And then...and then the grease comes out. 200 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,240 And then if you want to do the next one... 201 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,560 Yeah. ..I'll hold that there. 202 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,440 Just the top one? Yep, just the top one. 203 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,080 Eugh! 204 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,640 That's why I've got the gloves on. 205 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,000 Nasty job. Looks good. 206 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:55,920 So I think the next lot we have to do 207 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,760 is actually underneath the loader. 208 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,040 Renee's definitely pulling her weight a lot more, 209 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,560 um, she's learning what to do. 210 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,160 She's in there having a crack, um, 211 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,680 because she knows really, ultimately, doesn't go well 212 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,400 for us this year, we don't get to target. 213 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,720 There's a risk of her unfortunately 214 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,360 going back to Adelaide, 215 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,560 which is not what either of us want. 216 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,880 So blowing from the inside out? Yeah. 217 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,120 But try not to touch the paper or you can put a hole in the paper. 218 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,600 If we don't do this, we can get a big breakdown. 219 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,920 If the engine on the loader blows up it's $40,000. 220 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,560 I think we'd be finished - no good. 221 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:36,600 And if you put your hand on top of my hand... 222 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:38,120 Yeah. 223 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,840 ..and you feel that knobbly thing? 224 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,560 Oh, yeah. I have it. Yeah. 225 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,760 That's what you've got to grease. 226 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,720 And then just one pump. OK, I see that one. 227 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,280 Yeah. Excellent! Alright, let's get out of here. 228 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,600 And we'll go see how Dan and Lara are going. 229 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:53,040 All good. 230 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,160 Obviously it's burnt up a bit of the day - 231 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:56,320 getting these jobs done - 232 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,000 so we're definitely gonna go into the night. 233 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,920 But that's alright because it's what we want to do. 234 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,840 It's better at night, when we see with the blacklight. 235 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:02,920 Yeah. 236 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,360 We do have a dingo that comes to visit now and again but... 237 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:06,560 Oh! Sounds good. Great. 238 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,080 Finally, the real mining. Finally. 239 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,120 See how precise he is? Yeah. 240 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,480 Yeah. He really doesn't take much off. 241 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:23,960 Nuh. Not at all. 242 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,880 Dad and I have found opal here, I've found opal since. 243 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,360 Renee and I are confident about Diggers Gully. 244 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,560 And we're gonna find it, for sure. 245 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,040 It's a bit up and down dale. So we'll start here. 246 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,480 If you guys turn your blacklights on. 247 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:42,120 So, this is what we're looking for. 248 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:43,280 Oh, yeah. 249 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,200 So, see how that glows under the blacklight? 250 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,600 That's really bright, though. It's really bright. 251 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:50,200 So we want to find a lot of this. This is potch. 252 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,480 This is opal without any colour. Yeah. 253 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:56,040 But we want to be finding big chunks of opal with colour. 254 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:57,120 OK. Yeah. 255 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,520 NARRATOR: Opal and colourless potch fluoresce, 256 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,760 when electrons in the silica react with ultraviolet light. 257 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,280 And we'll start black lighting the wall. 258 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:08,400 Sounds good. Alright. 259 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,080 Finally. LARA BUECHELER: Yeah, let's go. 260 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,200 So you're looking for the glow, that aqua glow. 261 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:14,840 That stuff? 262 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,080 That's not opal. 263 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,880 So that's a mineral. 264 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,120 So that's not opal - otherwise we'd be really rich. 265 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,200 So... 266 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,280 And the floor. And is that also on the floor? 267 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:25,920 Yeah, on the floor as well. Yep, yep. 268 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,800 So also on the floor, on the ground. 269 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,200 Something glows here. 270 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,760 Looks like a big piece. 271 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,880 Renee? It's a bigger one. 272 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,680 I think we find a big piece. 273 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,040 Um, nah. 274 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:39,640 It's nothing to get excited about. 275 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,600 That's just a bit of potch. Oh. 276 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:44,240 It was glowing a lot, with the black light on it. 277 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,720 But then, when we turn on the normal light, 278 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,040 it had no colour. 279 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,480 So nothing worth it. 280 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:52,440 No colour so that's not worth anything. 281 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,240 No. You can keep that. 282 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,720 We're allowed to keep it - that's fun - 283 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,240 but, I mean, it's not worth anything. 284 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,920 So we need to keep looking. 285 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:19,800 No colour. 286 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,720 Worth keeping, not keeping? 287 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,320 Yeah, chuck it in the bucket. 288 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:24,960 Going on? 289 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,480 Oh, Captain Mud Pants! Going on, man? 290 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,800 Oh, we got a bit going on up here. 291 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:30,520 Oh, yeah. 292 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:31,680 Is that colour? 293 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,680 Coober Pedy, South Australia - 294 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,040 the opal capital of the world. 295 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,080 Electric blue, man! 296 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,960 Beautiful bit of blue, just fits in there nice. 297 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:45,680 The Blacklighters - 298 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,080 team leader Mark I'Anson, Paul Coon and John Nassar - 299 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:54,360 are chasing a promising opal seam at their Servo Claim. 300 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,880 I haven't even checked this bit behind me yet. 301 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,600 I know, I had a little quick wander. 302 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,120 Since securing the claim last season, 303 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,400 it's been the most profitable of their five mines. 304 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,320 Alright, man. Well, I've got to get going, hey. 305 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,600 I've parked the dozer up. You be able to drive it? 306 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:11,120 Going where? To Adelaide! 307 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:12,760 Got to have a specialist appointment. 308 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,560 Oh! I told yous this. 309 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,360 End of last season, a excavator hit me in the head 310 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:19,920 and I had to have plastic surgery. 311 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,920 And they re-pushed my face back out into place 312 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 and had to all heal. 313 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,600 So I'm just going back to the specialist, 314 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:28,880 to just check it out. 315 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,200 Yous just don't listen to a thing I say, do ya? 316 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,640 I might as well just mumble to myself in the corner. 317 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,120 When you coming back? 318 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,400 Well, I was gonna come straight back 319 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,360 but Sinan's gonna be in Adelaide 320 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,240 and he's about to go on an overseas trip. 321 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:42,560 So he wants to buy. 322 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,920 If yous guys stay, punch out a bit more, 323 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,480 bring down a parcel, we sell it to Sinan. 324 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:50,200 We should try and get all everything we've got together - 325 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:51,600 get some money in the bank - 326 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,480 so we can attack this thing properly, hey? 327 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,440 After unearthing a major haul last week... 328 00:12:58,520 --> 00:12:59,680 Oh! 329 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,360 ..the team stockpiled some of their opal... 330 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,800 I've got a parcel put aside here I want to sell to Sinan. 331 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,440 So at least Sinan's definitely got something to buy. 332 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,200 ..but they need another big find to meet the demands 333 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,080 of major Adelaide opal dealer Sinan Kocadag. 334 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,440 How long are we talking or how long have we got? 335 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,840 I think I've got to see him on Friday or Saturday. 336 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,240 So you've got a few more days. 337 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:23,760 Sinan in Adelaide, 338 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,880 he's a buyer that buys a lot of opal off us at times. 339 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,680 He'll take a lot in one hit, which is always handy for us. 340 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,960 He's obviously got some hungry buyers over there. 341 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:36,120 So this is a chance to sell the whole lot in one hit, 342 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,280 have a big bank balance 343 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,800 and mine our arses off for the rest of the season. 344 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,520 Righto, but spewing you're going 'cause, man, I think we're on. 345 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,280 I know, I know. I don't want to go. 346 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:46,560 I don't want to go. 347 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,840 I hate going to doctors. 348 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,560 Alright. Well, I better get up there and meet Rach. 349 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:52,920 Oh. Well, safe travels. Alright, man. 350 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,480 We'll come on Friday. 351 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,440 I don't want to go Adelaide. 352 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:58,720 The big smoke can get stuffed. 353 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:00,760 This is paradise. 354 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,920 Season target this year's another 350,000, you know? 355 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,080 We chose that number 356 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,160 'cause that's pretty much what we need 357 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,360 to, you know, keep going out here and... 358 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,600 No way near it yet but, hey, 359 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:17,040 you know, that can all change in a day so... 360 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,320 We've just got to be, you know, consistent, 361 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,880 just keep coming out, keep putting the work in. 362 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,680 And, at the end of the day, you never know what can happen. 363 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,560 Thin. Just trace. Crap. Not even worth keeping. 364 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,640 Yeah, so I decided to come over here. 365 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,600 Yeah, I just thought we'd double our chances, you know, 366 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,120 I'd come over and go Opalzilla. 367 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,600 And, um...yeah just, you know, 368 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,080 we've got to get some more opal for Sinan in Adelaide. 369 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:54,480 So we'll see how we go. 370 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,760 Opal fluoresces under the blacklight. 371 00:14:58,840 --> 00:14:59,960 So just run the dirt through. 372 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,280 Pick it off the belt if there's any opal in it 373 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,000 and then it just goes out as tailing. 374 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,920 Come on, old girl, give us some opal. 375 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,040 Yeah, that is opal mining. 376 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,720 You know, you think you're banging your head 377 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,640 against the wall and just blowing diesel. 378 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,640 And then some...you know, then it turns up. 379 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Other times, you know, 380 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,280 you might want to give up and you're a foot away so... 381 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:22,720 Yeah, that's just the game we're in 382 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,120 and you've just got to accept what it is with mining. 383 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,200 Righto, here we go. 384 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,480 Ah, not too bad. 385 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:33,680 Nothing exciting. 386 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,760 Mark's really not that happy about coming back to Adelaide. 387 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:44,840 He's been swearing 388 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:45,920 and cursing at me 389 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,400 but, at the end of day, 390 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,560 his health, really, 391 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:49,720 is of the utmost. 392 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,560 We've got to make sure that he's OK. 393 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,200 The boys have definitely got the clock against 'em 394 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,960 'cause, yeah, Sinan flies out on Friday. 395 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,960 So everything we've got, by then, Friday is the deadline. 396 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,120 They've got to really get into gear 397 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,480 and get as much material as they can by then. 398 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,320 Oh, he's a strong . 399 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,800 He threw you around, didn't he? 400 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,640 I thought you had him there, for a second. 401 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,200 I thought I had him too, Jake. 402 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:23,960 I thought you were riding him for a second. 403 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,240 I thought I had him, mate. I thought I had him. 404 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,120 At their Dead Dog Claim, 405 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,320 the Bushmen are struggling with a dangerous feral goat - 406 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,440 trapped underground - preventing them from mining. 407 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,440 Hey, hang on. Oh. 408 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,760 Yeah. You run him out, Bogger. Yeah, righto. 409 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,160 Oh, . Nearly had him. 410 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,040 Oh! Missed him. 411 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,280 Those horns - they can be bloody deadly, I tell you now. 412 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,080 You know, if they get you in the side 413 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,640 or, you know, up under the ribs, it could do a lot damage. 414 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,800 It's only got to be running at the right speed 415 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,160 and putting enough pressure into you and it could be all over. 416 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,400 SAM MEHAN: I can hear it. Look out, Sam! 417 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:58,840 Look out. Here he is again. 418 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:00,080 Oh. 419 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:01,720 Try and get hold him. 420 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,720 The goat keeps trying to run at us 421 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,760 and I don't want a goat running at me. 422 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:08,760 Terrified. 423 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,280 The solution is for Rod and Jake to catch it 424 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:12,800 and me to stand on the sidelines. 425 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:16,280 Come down here. Yeah. 426 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:18,360 Oi! Go! Go! Go! 427 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,400 I fell over. 428 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,840 He turned around and went back the other way. 429 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,520 Yeah, I fell over on my way through. 430 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:28,680 Did ya? You alright? 431 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:30,480 Yeah, I'm alright but I'm terrified. 432 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,520 Look out! Look out, here he comes! 433 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,760 He's gone around the back. Hang on! Hang on! 434 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,040 Look out. Look out! 435 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:38,960 Nah, he's gone. 436 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,800 He's running...running me in circles here. 437 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,520 Hang on. Where are you? Here. 438 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,520 Where's Sam? 439 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,080 Alright, Sam. You're gonna stay in your cubby hole, are ya? 440 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,360 Yeah. I'm not moving. Alright. 441 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,000 Righto. Next time it comes at me, mate, I'm diving on it. 442 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,440 It's a bit dangerous. 443 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:57,440 You know, I just dunno where I'm gonna land - 444 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,280 hopefully not on the horns, that's the main thing. 445 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:00,960 But we'll see what happens. 446 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,560 You stay up there, Sam. I am not moving. 447 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,840 I'll run him towards yous. 448 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,520 Yeah, I might be able get him as he jumps up here. 449 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,840 Bring him up this way. 450 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,360 Hup-hup-hup. 451 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,280 Here he comes. Keep him coming. 452 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,800 No, he can see me light. 453 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,160 Yeah. Keep him coming up this way, Bogger. 454 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,360 Yeah, mate. 455 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,160 Right, here he comes. 456 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,320 Ah! Ah! Look out! 457 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:26,480 Aw, Jesus! 458 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,280 Righto. You got him? 459 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:30,960 I've got him by the horns, here, mate. 460 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,520 Whoa! Bloody hell. Oh. 461 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,720 Wrap your rope around him. 462 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,160 Aw, . Bit me. 463 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,440 I reckon the only way to get him out of here 464 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,960 is we'll have to tie him into the hoist. 465 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,240 Have you got that horn? Yeah. I've got him, mate. 466 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,000 Jesus! Oh. 467 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,440 Righto. 468 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,240 Too old for this , Bogger! Bloody oath. 469 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,520 See how sharp these horns are? 470 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,520 I mean, billy goats fight in the wild. 471 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,440 And they're used to sort of hooking you with these things 472 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,320 and that's what he's been doing. 473 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,640 He got you up the leg, didn't he? Yeah. He did, mate. 474 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,360 What's your leg look like? 475 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,880 It's not too bad mate, just a bit of skin off. 476 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,800 Righto, let's get him out of here. 477 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:14,200 Sam! Yeah? 478 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,560 Get out of your hole 'cause the goat's going up there. 479 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:17,800 I'm climbing up the ladders. 480 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,000 Get him in arse first. Oh. 481 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,760 Bloody...he's got a bit of weight to him. 482 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,800 That's the noise. 483 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,720 Righto, mate! You're going for the ride of your life. 484 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,960 Righto, mate! 485 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,400 So, yeah. We've got him tied in. 486 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,560 We'll send him up and set him free. 487 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,280 The goat would make a bloody good curry. 488 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,080 No, he's been through enough. 489 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,880 That would slow him down altogether. 490 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,800 You ready, go! 491 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,200 There he goes. Good job, mate. 492 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,920 Don't leave me hanging, come on. Get it up there. 493 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,320 We shouldn't be chasing goats around, 494 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,600 we should be digging opal. 495 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,360 Well, we're rained off yet again. SAM MEHAN: Yeah. 496 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,520 So yet another day of non-mining. Yeah. 497 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,600 What can you do? You can't beat the rain. 498 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,520 So, in the meantime, let's get out of this weather. 499 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,080 No worries, mate. Let's get out of here. 500 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:16,160 You right, Sam? I am. 501 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,520 You're safe now, mate... I know. 502 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,440 you can get out of the back of the ute. 503 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,520 Yeah, the goat's gone. The big scary goat's gone, mate. 504 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:22,600 You're all sorted. 505 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,920 Yeah, so Mark's had to take off, you know, 506 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,880 back to the city to get...go get a couple of tests done. 507 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,680 So I'm out here by myself, Johnny's over in Opalzilla. 508 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,040 We're just trying to, you know, scrape together whatever we can. 509 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,080 At Servo Claim, 510 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,920 the Blacklighters are chasing a big opal find 511 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,000 for Sinan Kocadag - a bulk buyer, based in Adelaide. 512 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,080 Oh, hang on a minute. We've hit something here. 513 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,840 Just busted into a whole heap of skin shells here, 514 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,200 all in the corner here. 515 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:02,360 We'll bust it up. 516 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,360 Big shelf, it runs all the way along. 517 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,800 There's more here, more here. Here. 518 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,000 That could just be a big shelf in there 519 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,440 so we're gonna have to be careful, 520 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:12,520 trying to get this out. 521 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,800 Millions of years ago, 522 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,400 Coober Pedy was covered by an ancient inland sea. 523 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,840 Over time, shelled organisms decomposed 524 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,880 and left voids in the seabed. 525 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:25,240 On rare occasions, 526 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,400 the entire void filled with silica rich water 527 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,120 and formed opal. 528 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:35,560 But, more commonly, only the thin outer shell or skin opalised. 529 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,600 Look at that. It's getting fatter. 530 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,320 Yeah-ah! 531 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,080 That's what we come mining for, hey? 532 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,200 Right here. 533 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,240 And there's more, plenty more. 534 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:53,760 What's going on, man? 535 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,400 Just having a bit of a cluster... 536 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:56,640 Oh! ..cluster problem here. 537 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:57,800 Hello! Yeah. 538 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,160 That's a pretty one. You want to have a dig? 539 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,200 I'll have a go. We've got more over here. 540 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,800 Yeah. It's the whole way, I reckon, in behind there. 541 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,280 Few more hiding. Yeah. 542 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,160 Chuck us that, right. 543 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,800 Oh, there we go. 544 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,920 There's a full one! Full one, right there. 545 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,400 You keep digging wherever you find a shelf like that, 546 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,080 you always get some nice big blobbies in there. 547 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,600 So hopefully we've just got to march back a little bit 548 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,360 and they'll start fattening up for us. 549 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,280 And, hey, it could be pay day today. 550 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,480 Oh, look at that! Boom! 551 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,800 Oh-ha! Ha-ho! 552 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,960 So, remember, not a yellow or gold glow, 553 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,040 but an aqua glow. 554 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,960 So you even see it pretty good when it's up there, 555 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,200 with that lamp? 556 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:54,440 Yep. 557 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,880 In their vast open cut mine, 558 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,880 the Opal Lovers have hired backpackers Jasper and Lara 559 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,760 to help with blacklighting. 560 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,120 It's definitely a lot quicker with with more eyes. 561 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,400 I mean, usually, it's better I stay on the machines, scrape, 562 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:09,720 ah, and then Renee checks it. 563 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,320 With the extra couple there, 564 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,000 they really check that a lot quicker. 565 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,160 Got me back in there digging and, yeah, 566 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,560 made a big difference to us. 567 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,960 We'll look here, maybe, in the dirt. 568 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:20,360 It can be anywhere. 569 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,440 RENEE EVEREST: OK. I've actually found something 570 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:24,520 over here, you guys. 571 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,600 Oh, wow! So, see how this is glowing? 572 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,240 It's different to all of the yellows 573 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:30,600 and sort of golds in the wall. 574 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,360 Yeah. Now you can see it really good. 575 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,600 Oh, cool. Oh, there's more here. Look little bit there, yeah. 576 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,760 Yeah. Yeah, that one. 577 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,560 That looks like colour. Yeah. Yep. 578 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:38,800 That looks good, hey? 579 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,360 Yeah, just take the blacklight away. 580 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,520 That's top green crystal. Look at the colour of that. 581 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,880 Find our first opal. Yeah. 582 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,080 Maybe. Go like this. 583 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,520 Go across 'cause then it breaks it out. 584 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,120 If you just go in, 585 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,000 it doesn't really do much - it just goes in. 586 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,320 There might be some pieces drop. 587 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,880 There's one up here that may drop down. 588 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:56,960 Oh, that big one? 589 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,520 That will probably bounce off your hard hat. 590 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,760 It won't bounce off your nose 591 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,720 but it'll bounce off your hard hat so... 592 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,040 Sounds exciting. Broke nose later. 593 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,200 OK, what we'll do next... 594 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,800 Now, remember that opal once was water 595 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,560 so we're trying to theorise on where the water 596 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:15,720 could could have gone. 597 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,400 We've got to be careful that if this dips like this - 598 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,680 or dips up or down - we don't hurt it. 599 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,160 But I reckon we go in here. 600 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,200 And Lara's gonna catch that with both hands. 601 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,440 I'll light it up for you. 602 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,600 Yep. Catch it. There you go. 603 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,240 Ooh, there's bigger bits in behind. 604 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,000 Ooh, there's more. Ooh. Look at that, Dan! 605 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,240 Oh, there's more behind it. How good is that colour? 606 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,640 Ooh. Ooh, my god. Look how green. 607 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,200 That's exciting. That's cool. Look how green that is. 608 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:42,920 Wow, yeah. 609 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,160 That's beautiful blue-green. Don't do it, Dan. 610 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,000 Oh, he's doing the mouth tumble. It's not gum. 611 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,320 Why are you eating it for? Watch how much better it looks. 612 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,600 Wow, great colour. That's cool. 613 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,480 That's really cool to find. Yeah, definitely. 614 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,360 I thought we'd need to search longer. 615 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,160 Yeah. It is really, really fast. 616 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,720 OK. So next one is break this down. 617 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:04,960 Here? Yeah. 618 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,560 Ooh, there's some green. Yeah. 619 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:14,880 Oh! Hey, look at that one. 620 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,400 Oh, wow. That's a good piece. Yeah. 621 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,920 Wow. That's a nice green one. 622 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,080 Look at that. 623 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,480 You should get Jasper to do the mouth tumble. 624 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,400 Yeah. Give that a tumble, that one. 625 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,600 Go for it. Should I? 626 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,720 But don't bite on it. Put her in. Go for it. 627 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,280 Tastes good. 628 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:30,440 Do you have some more? 629 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,120 It's been in the ground 120 million years. 630 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,680 Ah, dear me. Wow! 631 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,040 Great colour. Green, red. 632 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:38,440 Dear me. 633 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,040 That one's in the bucket, for sure. 634 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,480 It's been really beneficial 635 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,680 that Jasper and Lara are helping us out. 636 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,320 Um, it's been a lot quicker. 637 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,440 We've been able to, um, blacklight the wall more quickly, 638 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,800 find more opal more quickly. 639 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,840 Oh, here's something. Something's glowing. 640 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,640 Everyone, you see it? 641 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,520 Oh, yeah. Oh, that's a big one again. 642 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:03,640 Oh, it glows a lot. 643 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,440 And I thought such a big piece that's worthless - 644 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:07,680 just white stuff - 645 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,920 and then we shined with the normal light on it 646 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,480 and it has suddenly colour. 647 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,480 Dan, Lara's found a piece on the dump. 648 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:20,800 Yeah? Yeah. 649 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,600 What do you reckon it is? It's beautiful. 650 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,240 Ooh. Don't fall over, Dan. 651 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,840 Take a seat. 652 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,840 But, yeah, I reckon that's a bone, Dan. 653 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,160 So is a bone more worth it than a shell? 654 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,720 Absolutely. Yeah, yeah. 655 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,160 I've never found a bone. It's a puzzle. 656 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,280 You don't see this very often so it's really lucky. 657 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,560 Wow. Whoa. 658 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,520 So that's been laying in the seabed... 659 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,480 Whoa. ..in between shells. 660 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,120 Isn't it lucky that you found it? 661 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,400 That's a serious find. 662 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,920 Been really exciting tonight. 663 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,960 We've found an amazing animal bone, um... 664 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,040 Unfortunately Dan has broken it and it's in three pieces 665 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:56,360 but it's really, um, bright crystal. 666 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,520 It's really opalised. 667 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:58,720 It's just beautiful. 668 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,440 I've been on and off opal mining 669 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,360 since I was, I guess, 11-years-old. 670 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,760 So that's 30 something years and I've never found one. 671 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,280 I'm sure Dad never found one and my brother never found one. 672 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,840 I think that's a serious find. 673 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,640 This is a very, very old survey peg. 674 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:21,800 Yeah. 675 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,600 'Cause how ever how ever old this tree is, 676 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,880 it's grown since that peg was put in... 677 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,040 Yeah. 678 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,360 ..'cause they wouldn't have put the peg under the tree like that. 679 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:31,520 No. 680 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:37,720 NARRATOR: After rescuing a feral goat from their opal scarce mine, 681 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,600 the Bushmen are searching the heavily mined Grawin opal fields 682 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,200 for a new claim - 683 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,440 to get their dismal season back on track. 684 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,240 Over the years, we've dug everywhere that we know. 685 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,080 If this is a no good, 686 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,160 I really don't know where we're gonna go. 687 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,320 I've got no plan B. 688 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,080 Our season target is $150,000. 689 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,120 No matter what, we have to find opal. 690 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,560 If we don't find opal we're not gonna hit our season target 691 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,880 and we really are going to be pretty much stuffed. 692 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,760 I want to go and retire or slow right down shortly. 693 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,040 And I need a bit of money behind me to do that. 694 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:15,400 You know, we've had no luck at all really 695 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,800 and time is definitely running out. 696 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,840 What we have got here is a really, really old mine. 697 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,400 Back in the day, when this was dug, 698 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,520 this was a very isolated area. 699 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,560 The nearest field is a long way north of here. 700 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,600 So we are out bloody middle of nowhere here. 701 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,160 There's enough dirt on the surface 702 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,560 to say they were getting colour 703 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,240 'cause you wouldn't have dug this much dirt 704 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:43,440 if you weren't getting something. 705 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,040 And, you know, they might have left some. 706 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,040 But the other two aren't quite feeling my excitement. 707 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,200 Well, you've got to do your own thing, 708 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:52,880 a bit of a survey. 709 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,480 They get a couple of bent wires and wander around the paddock 710 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,120 and they reckon, when the wires cross, 711 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,720 that tells 'em where there's opal. 712 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,480 He gets a bit toey when I get the wires out. 713 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,360 Yeah, rubs it in a bit. 714 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,000 If the wires worked we'd be filthy rich. 715 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,680 The amount of times I've seen him wander around the scrub 716 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,560 with two pieces of bloody wire... 717 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,200 "This is it! This is it!" 718 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:15,960 It was never it! 719 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,880 Rod doesn't believe in wires 720 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,600 but it's something that I have always believed in 721 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,760 and learnt it from my father and a few other people. 722 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,000 You've got more chance of finding something with a dead chook 723 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,080 than you have with them two bloody lumps of fencing wire. 724 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,760 A lot of people don't believe in it 725 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,480 but Les and I both picked up the same cross over fault, 726 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,280 in the same place, so... 727 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,440 Stop killing chickens 728 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,680 and let's do something that we know will work. 729 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,120 Righto, what's gonna work? 730 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,600 Dropping the camera down this hole. 731 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,760 What I want to do is drop a camera down there. 732 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,560 I want to see a good roof, you know? 733 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,480 It's all to no avail, 734 00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,640 if this has got a really bad roof. 735 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,480 And what I've got's a bit of an action cam here. 736 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,880 And I've rigged up a couple of 12 volt lights onto it 737 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,400 and plugged it into the car battery. 738 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,280 And, if I lower it down this hole, 739 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,240 we'll be able to see what's down here. 740 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,520 Hopefully it goes all the way. 741 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,320 Righto, let's have a look. 742 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,320 Whatever's on this camera, 743 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,440 that's gonna determine our future. 744 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:22,880 Righto, here we go. 745 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,000 Please be solid, be solid. 746 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,920 Come on. Come on, go through. That's it, I think. 747 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,600 There's the... Yeah, that's the level. 748 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,280 Ooh! And there's a good roof! 749 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,120 Look at the roof! Yes! 750 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,360 It's got a roof! Yes! 751 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:39,680 Yeah. , yeah. 752 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,480 There's no breakouts, there's no bloody faults. 753 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:43,880 Nothing fallen on the bottom. 754 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,800 I can't wait to go exploring. Yeah. 755 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,000 Well, it's starting to tick all the boxes. 756 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,680 Yes, it is. 757 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,600 You know what I reckon we ought to do now, Les? 758 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:56,680 What's that? 759 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,560 Take a sample, take a couple of bucket loads, 760 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,160 put it through the washer... Yep. 761 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,720 ..if there's any colour at all in it, we'll peg it. 762 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,040 Yep. Yep. 763 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,520 And I'm liking everything here. 764 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,360 It's telling me something at the moment. 765 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,760 We'll get a bucket load from there, 766 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:10,960 a bucket load from here. 767 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,760 Stick her in the washing machine and we'll see what happens. 768 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,240 I've just got this gut feeling 769 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:16,880 that this is gonna be a good spot. 770 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,440 Not much here. 771 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,200 We've gotta rip through this quick, hey? 772 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,480 Square this off and get out of here. 773 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,120 Yeah, I think we'll end up with time left so... 774 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,520 At Servo Claim, 775 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,880 the Blacklighters have found promising signs of colour 776 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,360 as they race to secure a big haul, 777 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:53,240 ahead of meeting with a major opal buyer in Adelaide. 778 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,040 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 779 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:05,600 There it is, there it is! 780 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:07,240 Oh-haw! 781 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:08,800 And you've sort of the greenie potch 782 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,760 and then got the greenie gum that's coated. 783 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:11,920 Then we've got something 784 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,880 that hopefully might turn to some grey there and just, like, 785 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,960 the thinnest little most beautiful red crystal trace 786 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,000 to go on the green crystal so... 787 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,520 Nice colour. 788 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,720 Just getting...it's a bit thin at the moment. 789 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,760 Just needs to fatten up and then it'll be a payday. 790 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,120 Now we're cooking! 791 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,000 Oh! Oh-ho-ho. 792 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,640 Where did that come from? Right there. 793 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,040 Here we go. Some more. 794 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,400 Oh, look at that. Beautiful green. 795 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,520 Thin but it's bloody beautiful. Thin, yeah. 796 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,000 Yeah. Pulling a pocket out of the wall, mate. 797 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:09,920 Honestly, it doesn't matter whether it's, you know, 798 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,800 20 grand or 500 bucks - 799 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,160 the feeling's always the same. 800 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,240 Always a bit of rush 'cause you never know how 801 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,520 much is gonna come out. 802 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,520 And, honestly, that was a like a pretty nice little pocket there 803 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,000 so we've earnt some pretty good pocket money today. 804 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,760 Mark, honestly, would be foaming at the bit 805 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,080 to get back out here - knowing what we found today. 806 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,520 So, hey, can't wait to get home, wash it up 807 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:31,800 and see what we've really got. 808 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,080 So, let's have a look what we've got. 809 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:44,480 JASPER PIKE: Oh, wow. LARA BUECHELER: Wow! 810 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,080 In the light, it looks amazing. 811 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,080 With the sun on it, all the colours. 812 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,480 Before I came to Coober Pedy, everything was new for me. 813 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,560 So I have no idea what the worth is from those pieces. 814 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,400 Could be couple of thousand dollars, I think. 815 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,240 So cleaned the top of this shell up. 816 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,400 There's a lot of blue green in the back of here. 817 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:03,680 Yeah, great colour. 818 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:04,840 Cleaned the top off here, 819 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,600 just to see that there's good material underneath. 820 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:07,800 So, good colour under there. 821 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,560 And then, of course... And then the bone. 822 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,880 Oh, wow. Yeah! These are great bones. 823 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,400 Yeah. In the sun, it looks good. 824 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:14,920 Yeah, I haven't touched that at all 825 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,160 because I don't want to take any markings off it 826 00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:18,600 or damage it at all. 827 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,280 I'm so sure that's a bone. Beautiful. 828 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,640 Yeah. It is. 829 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,560 NARRATOR: The Opal Lovers have discovered 830 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:30,960 a mixed parcel of blue green crystal opal, shells 831 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,520 and an ancient opalised bone. 832 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:38,880 The entire haul weighs 65 grams. 833 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,280 So, how much do you think everything's worth there, Dan? 834 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,080 I think these shells, the little bit of seam, 835 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,120 I think we'd probably put 1500 dollars on those. 836 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:48,880 So... LARA BUECHELER: For all of them? 837 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,120 Yeah, yeah. 838 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,560 The bone...I think have to put 15 grand on that. 839 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,480 Wow! Yeah, that's cool. 840 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,000 Just for that one piece. 841 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,760 JASPER PIKE: Such a little piece. Yeah. 842 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,800 It is. I wouldn't let it go for less. 843 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:06,840 It was really new for me that, like, 844 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,280 just such a little piece can be so much worth it. 845 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,320 Great find. 16 and a half all up? 846 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:13,520 16 and a half. 847 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,320 Wow. That's cool. 848 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,720 Thank you for your help. No worries. 849 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:22,840 No worries. It was great. 850 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,240 I think that deserves a high five. 851 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:25,480 Thank you. 852 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,440 So I was very excited. It's a lot of money. 853 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:28,600 It's good. 854 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:35,880 Went really well, didn't we, during the week? 855 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,120 Yeah. It was good. 856 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,200 Yeah. 857 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,400 Hope you haven't got the fever now, is the only problem. 858 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,560 Maybe. You have it, maybe. 859 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,280 I feel something. Yeah. You want to go every night out. 860 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:45,720 Yeah, definitely. To look for opal. 861 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,200 Oh, if you find something, you're like, 862 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:48,680 "Oh, I want to go for more." 863 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,560 So you want to stay here in Coober Pedy? 864 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:51,960 Maybe. 865 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:56,040 So I guess that brings us to the percentage subject. 866 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,760 Oh, yeah. Forgot about that. Yes. 867 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,200 We did talk about five percent. 868 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,200 So that's, uh, is that $825.00? 869 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,080 Oh! Yeah. 870 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,440 It's good. It's pretty good. 871 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:07,640 That's pretty good for, uh... 872 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:08,960 Yeah, staying here for free, 873 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,600 making a bit of money with the opal. 874 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:11,720 Yeah. Yeah, it's fantastic. 875 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,400 Yeah. Our first opal money. 876 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,040 I think we ought to cheers to that. 877 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,240 Yeah. Cheers. 878 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:17,360 Cheers. Cheers, guys. 879 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:18,680 Cheers. Thank you. 880 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,280 Find out what the old fella's done, 881 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,600 whether he's found anything in those buckets or not. 882 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:35,880 Oh, we can only hope. 883 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,680 NARRATOR: On the hunt for a new claim, 884 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:41,960 veteran Bushman, Les Walsh, 885 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,520 has been washing old timers' waste dirt - 886 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,280 to see if it holds any trace of colour. 887 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,640 If there's nothing in this, you know... 888 00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:52,640 It's all riding on this, really. 889 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:54,320 Well, the cement mixer's still turning 890 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,960 so I guess that's a good sign. 891 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,600 It is a good sign, something in it. 892 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,960 How you going, old fella? Oh, not bad. Not bad. 893 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:03,320 Where are you up to? 894 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,240 Well, that one's nearly ready to tip out. 895 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,960 So, see what we've got in it. 896 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:11,440 Not much in it so far, mate. No. Very bloody light. 897 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,680 Oh, a little bit coming out now. 898 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:17,560 Something. 899 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,280 This tail out has to go well 900 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:21,800 because we have nowhere else to go. 901 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,160 We're not finding any opal and we're just using time. 902 00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:28,400 And we're hoping for colour, otherwise we're pretty . 903 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,240 No colour, no claims. 904 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:32,720 We've got no hope. 905 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,200 We don't know what we're gonna do. 906 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,440 I'm not seeing any bloody colour but... 907 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:40,560 No. 908 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,280 This isn't real flash, Les. 909 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,800 We ain't got even a skerrick of colour. 910 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,400 Not looking too good. No. 911 00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:51,000 Have a look at this. 912 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,960 Oo-oo-hoo! That looks good. 913 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:57,000 Mate, I don't even need me glasses to see that one. 914 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,760 That's bright. That's black too. 915 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:01,280 Oh! How good's that? 916 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,760 I think that's a reasonable start. 917 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:04,960 That's saved us. 918 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,120 Two little tiny stones like that has given us some future. 919 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,000 Yep. We've got somewhere to go now. 920 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,160 Mmm. 921 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,720 'Cause we didn't five minutes ago. 922 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,880 The Bushmen have two pieces of black and crystal opal, 923 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,880 blue green in colour. 924 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:25,040 It's been washed in a tumbler and weighs less than one gram. 925 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:32,920 That piece there, you know, it's on really black material. 926 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,200 We might have... 927 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,640 ..might have a grand in them two stones, Les. 928 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,360 If that's there, 929 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,160 there's got to be a little bit more. 930 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:45,800 And we haven't even been underground. 931 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,160 If we found that in the pile, who knows what else is there? 932 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,560 This could be the one that gets us a blower, 933 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,120 that get's Les retired, that gets everything we want. 934 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,920 Or this could be the one that ruins us, 935 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,080 you just don't know. 936 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,720 Well, I reckon this deserves a bit of a celebration, Les. 937 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,040 There you go, Sam. Sounds good. 938 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,600 This week's ended up better than it started 939 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:18,800 so here's to billy goats. 940 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,600 Yeah. Here's to billy goats. Here's to billy goats. 941 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:27,120 Our fortune might be made here. I'm hoping so. 942 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:36,960 Righto. 943 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:38,840 We've got a bloody load of opal, hey. 944 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,320 There is. Let's be honest. 945 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,000 This is one of best... Parcel it up. 946 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:43,320 patches, hey? 947 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,960 Look at these full shells. 948 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,920 Like, some of them are just full. And, like, look at 'em. 949 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,080 They're beautiful, beautiful shells. So... 950 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:53,920 Don't forget about all these bags over here. 951 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,160 Johnny's noodling parcel, we graded out at 40 grand. 952 00:39:57,240 --> 00:40:02,400 Alright. So what are we, as a team, wanting for it? 953 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,560 I'm not happy with 100. I'll tell you that now. 954 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,280 It won't...that's not cutting the mustard. 955 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:07,600 Righto. Nah, fair enough. 956 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,120 120 would be minimum. 957 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,760 What do you think, John? 120? I think Paul's right there. 958 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,280 Alright we start 150, 160. Yeah, I reckon that's it. 959 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:15,440 Alright. Sounds good. 960 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,000 Alright. Good work, men. We'll do that. 961 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,360 Let's show him who's the boss. No less than 120. 962 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,240 120. Yeah, yeah. 963 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,840 We just put it back in the bags. Push for 130. 964 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,320 Yep, alright. 965 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:29,640 In Adelaide, the Blacklighters are reunited 966 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:32,280 and ready to sell the opal they found this week - 967 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,160 along with parcels of colour 968 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:37,040 they've been holding back for a bulk sale. 969 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,600 I buy opal and I distribute it around the world, you know? 970 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:42,880 But I'm excited. 971 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,960 It's always a thrill to come see the boys 972 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,400 and see what they can offer. 973 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:48,840 Paul! Sinan, how are ya? 974 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,040 Good to see you, buddy. OK, mate. Good. 975 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,160 Johnny. Good, mate. Sinan. How you going, sir? 976 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:55,160 How you going, sir? Good to bloody see ya. 977 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:56,560 Good to see you too. 978 00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,000 How's mining season? 979 00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,360 Mining's been good for us. 980 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,480 We knew you needed some product. 981 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,720 There's our top graded blue. That's your tops. 982 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:04,840 There's our.. Blue green. 983 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,640 There's our top graded faced. Yeah. 984 00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:09,600 There's our other graded faced. 985 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,200 But there's a lot of different grades. 986 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,560 There's a lot of stuff, mate. It's...and look at this pile! 987 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,960 Rah-rah-rah. Like beauties, man. 988 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,320 Shells bells. 989 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:24,200 NARRATOR: The Blacklighters have seam opal and opalised shells - 990 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:28,960 blue green in colour with flashes of purple, yellow and red. 991 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,560 It's in the rough, 992 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:34,800 the total parcel weighing 2.1 kilograms. 993 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,520 I'm impressed. I mean, there's a lot there. 994 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,960 There's a lot to go through. 995 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,760 So, let's talk business, hey? 996 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,240 You can split opal every day and sell it very fast. 997 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,520 This is to buy the lot price. 998 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,000 OK, give me a lot price. 999 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,200 With Johnny's, the shells, the rubs 1000 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,400 and this pile of stuff here, 160. 1001 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,520 The amount I'm thinking would be comfortable 1002 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,320 would be around the 115 mark - 1003 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:11,920 for the lot - 1004 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,920 and then I know a lot, I have to do a lot of work on. 1005 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,280 OK? I'm not comfortable at 115. 1006 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:21,080 That doesn't give me any comfort. We can't do 115, Sinan. 1007 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,600 I will go to, um... 1008 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:29,920 ..128. 1009 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,120 There's no way, there's no way. 1010 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,800 Why 128? 1011 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,800 You're just pulling numbers out of your head. 1012 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:37,960 Yeah, that's a number. That's a number. 1013 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,040 28's bad luck. 28's no good. 1014 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,320 28's my favourite number. 135 maybe. 1015 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,120 135. Look, look, look. 1016 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:49,360 I won't beat about the bush and I'll give you my final. 1017 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,360 And I'll give you 130, is it. 1018 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:53,920 And I think 130's fair. 1019 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,920 I think, honestly, 135 we've got a deal. 1020 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,640 Come on. 135. 135 you've got a deal. 1021 00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:03,440 You're all OK with that, Johnny? I'm happy with 135. 1022 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:06,040 Done. Well done, mate. 1023 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:07,120 Well done, mate. Well done. 1024 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,960 You'll get to see the next big parcel. 1025 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:10,920 Thank you, sir. Good on you, Johnny. 1026 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:12,680 Legend as always, Sinan, mate. 1027 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:17,840 I'd say that was a success. 1028 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,360 We actually got a little bit more than we wanted 1029 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:21,880 but I'm not gonna tell him that. 1030 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,640 I am happy with the outcome today. 1031 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:25,520 It will leave me enough margin 1032 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,760 so I can make a profit out of it as well. 1033 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:33,480 Plus 15. 1034 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,800 Beauty! 15 extra tickers. 1035 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:39,520 That's five each. Ha-ha! 1036 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,600 Captioned by AI-Media ai-media.tv 1036 00:43:42,305 --> 00:44:42,794 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm