"Outback Opal Hunters" Episode #4.12

1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,559 On the final week of Outback Opal Hunters... 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,639 Bloody oath we can. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,679 ..the Young Guns risk it all in the last scorching days of the mining season... 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,159 It's less than a one in a million chance to find one of these things. 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,559 ..searching for rare $500,000 pineapple opal. 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,999 Did you hit that? Erm... No, no, no, no! 7 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:26,479 It is so hard to find and you've just smashed the first one in two years. 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,159 Watch out, right, I'll rip the top off. Be careful. 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,839 The Boulder Boys take on deadly ground... 10 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,119 A bit of slab up here, mate. Don't come here. 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,879 ..desperate to find new opal before the season ends. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,879 It's a sheer cliff, see. Too dangerous. 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:47,079 And the Bushmen... Major problem. ..face life-threatening injuries. 14 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:50,319 Forget the season, what we need, it don't matter. 15 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,999 A life's worth more than anything. 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:00,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 17 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,559 It's tough this late in the season and it's hard to keep going 18 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,239 when the temperature's up there all the time. 19 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,239 47 now. 20 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:31,999 47, bit more, and it's still climbing. 21 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,519 You know, at this time of year, you got to work to the elements. 22 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,239 In the searing summer heat, Bushmen Rod Manning and Les Walsh 23 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:44,159 are battling to start their 20-year-old blower, 24 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,199 vital for sucking opal dirt out of the mine. 25 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,079 The big blower and the big machinery, it just won't handle it. 26 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,719 It boils the oil in the sun. 27 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,919 We tend to work earlier and only short. 28 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,239 It's not really a decision that you have to make. 29 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,319 You know, the heat makes it for you. 30 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,599 Jesus, Les! 31 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,479 The Bushmen's season has been a tough one, 32 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,599 but the end of the road is near. 33 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:26,519 After eight months, they're just $1,500 short of their season target. 34 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,439 Always hungry, mate. Always looking for opal. 35 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,439 We went such a long time without any money. 36 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,599 You've got a finder. Oh, beautiful! 37 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,079 I wanna look at it. I wanna see how pretty it is. 38 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,679 We're still waiting to get enough money for another car. 39 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,399 You just take it day by day. 40 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,959 We'll probably have to buy a push bike instead. 41 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,279 For 74-year-old Les, the thrill of the hunt... 42 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,719 Some nice bloody colour there. ..is as strong as ever. 43 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,719 Oh, it feel really good if you get a real gem piece. 44 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,959 Oh! Oh! Your heart leaps. 45 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,399 Then you get in there, and you dig it out. 46 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,879 Old Les and his yelling. We're in diamonds. 47 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,639 He'll always yell out and you gotta stop and . 48 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,079 Hopefully, he's digging out colour, not just bloody colourless potch. 49 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,759 These spanners have been sitting in the tool box in the back of the Ute. 50 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,119 You can hardly hang onto them, they're that hot. 51 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,319 To get back on the job, first 52 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,439 the Bushmen need to get the blower engine started. 53 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,119 Yeah, we've run out of fuel on the last day that we worked, 54 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:39,919 so I'll have to bleed it. 55 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,679 Bleeding is manually pumping diesel through the fuel lines 56 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,439 to remove air that stops an engine starting. 57 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,879 This old girl, she can be a real . 58 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,639 I'm gonna start the motor, so... 59 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,279 Yes, she's going! 60 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,199 All right, we can go to work now. 61 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,839 Close as we are to the target, we're fast running out of time. 62 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:19,999 It's getting to the stage where the machinery is not going to work if it gets much hotter. 63 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,639 # Here's to the ladies, I love them all 64 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,759 # Here's to the ones That I recall # 65 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:43,559 No more ladies until we find the opal. 66 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,399 We've got a week left so, you know, hopefully we can. 67 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,759 Bloody oath we can. We're gonna smash it! 68 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,799 450 kilometres further inland, 69 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,719 extreme summer temperatures are hitting the Young Guns even harder. 70 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,159 They have only days before the mining season shuts down. 71 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,879 This week is all about you know, finding that opal 72 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,759 and to make this season target our number one priority. 73 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,079 We have to hit that. If we don't, it's going to be that much harder 74 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,039 for me to get the boys back out next season, which I want to do. 75 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:18,279 White Cliffs' ultimate prize is rare pineapple opal, 76 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,319 formed by a complex process where crystal becomes opalised, 77 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,639 the best fetching up to half a million dollars. 78 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,599 It's less than a one in a million chance to find one of these. 79 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,999 If you find one, that really just pays for all. 80 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,439 This week is the decider, 81 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,919 and what we find this week is going to determine 82 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,999 whether or not we come back next season. 83 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,639 These guys are moving out here with very little. 84 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,839 I've seen the struggle, I've done it myself, 85 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,519 so I know it's pretty tough. 86 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,279 It's pretty hot in their camp 87 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:51,959 and down there in the mine. 88 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:56,479 I got a proposition for you, you know, might help youse out a bit. 89 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,479 What say you bring your loader and that fancy drill down 90 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,159 and drill a few holes in my floor? 91 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,279 I wanna check out a bit of the deeper level. 92 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,479 Your machine would be the way to do it. 93 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:12,039 Say hello to my little friend. Yeah, there we go. 94 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,799 Two weeks ago, the Young Guns gambled $700 95 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,519 on a 1.5-metre drill to connect their two mines. 96 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,399 Another! 97 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,919 Mentor Graeme now wants to use it 98 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,079 to drill into the floor of his own mine. 99 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,639 This is a chance for 'em to get down into deeper, cooler ground. 100 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,519 Hopefully find a bit of opal for 'em. 101 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,839 I could swing a bit your way, if that makes it sweeter for you. 102 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,919 Anything that gets us a little bit closer to our season target 103 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,999 is definitely appreciated. We all like the chances at your mine. 104 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,279 That's definitely paid off for you in the past. 105 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,239 It's been a good bit of ground. How about I see my way clear to 20%, 106 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,119 you know, of what we find for the day? 107 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,399 Cool. Sounds good. Definitely. 20%. See you down there. 108 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,559 We'll bring it straight over. All right. 109 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,599 That mine is probably the best mine in White Cliffs. 110 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,959 It's produced everything from pineapples to fossils 111 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,839 and some really good seam opal. 112 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,199 So I feel if we can get in there, have a bit of a dig 113 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:10,319 and see if we can't make our season target. 114 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,519 We've got this one last chance to find a bit of opal, 115 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,119 make everything all right, and go home with a bit of money in our pockets. 116 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,959 This looks like a weapon, boys. A lot of good potential with this. 117 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,279 Sure. I've got a few good spots for you to look at. 118 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:32,999 Right here, 119 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,519 there's actually a fault line running through the ground. 120 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,599 There was actually traces just here 121 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,439 running down into the ground, just here into the floor. 122 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,879 Just drill out this little patch anyway. Yeah. 123 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,879 Be worthwhile having a bit of a look at straight up. Cool. 124 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:48,839 See you. 125 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:54,799 On a 20% cut, the Young Guns will need to find a total of $50,000, 126 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,799 more than they've found in their entire season, 127 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,679 just to hit their target. 128 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,159 The drill's actually chewing through the floor with no worries. 129 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,359 And hopefully, you know, that's the way we hit some money. 130 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,159 Can probably bust out ten holes probably every hour. 131 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,399 So, keep cutting through the ground 132 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,559 and see if we can't pick ourselves up a nice little bit of opal. 133 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,839 Come on, boy. Where is it? Mate, you're drilling . 134 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,319 Oh, there you go. Damn. 135 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,159 Nothing in it. So, I've heard people say 136 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,519 you have to drop a thousand holes just to find one with colour in it. 137 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,919 900 kilometres to the north in tropical Queensland... 138 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,119 Yeah, it's starting to warm up now all right. 139 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:49,519 Well, sun is coming. Yeah. 140 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,039 Aaron Grotjahn and Ron Selig are facing 141 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,079 both soaring temperatures and monsoon rains, 142 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,319 signs the end of the mining season is just days away. 143 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,039 She's over 40 today, Ron, put it that way. You reckon? Yeah. 144 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,919 Their valuable Dragonfly claim has already been hit hard. 145 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,319 Why don't we run away and leave it? No, pump it out. Pump her out. 146 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,959 Despite this, the Boulder Boys have had a good season. 147 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,839 Shangri-La! We got a car! 148 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,319 Whoa. Now, that is a nice colour, Ron. 149 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,999 We reached our target, I'll get enough money to do the maintenance, 150 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,239 just do all the jobs that need to be done. 151 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,959 I'm not gonna leave opal until I find a million dollars. 152 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,679 But 95% of Dragonfly has been mined out. 153 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,479 Let's eliminate some things, Ron. 154 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:41,599 All that middle bit we've dug out here. 155 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,119 We've only got that little corner down here to have a look at. 156 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,759 This real hard yellow band there, 157 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,039 we couldn't get through last year, me and Greg. 158 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,999 Depth? I'd say about 15'. 159 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,479 All right, I'll give it a go. 160 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:03,359 We can only try. That's just really our only option. 161 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,199 The last corner of the claim was abandoned for being too tough to dig. 162 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,719 With few options left, it's the final place this season 163 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,719 Aaron and Ron have a chance of finding opal. 164 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,879 I'm a little bit excited about this spot 165 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,039 cos this part of the Dragonfly produced the best opal. 166 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,159 I wanna put a test hole in here. 167 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,159 If we don't have a look, we won't know. 168 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,479 After first clearing loose topsoil, 169 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:43,559 their 35-tonne excavator must dig through concrete-like sandstone 170 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:47,439 4.5 metres below the surface, to reach the opal level. 171 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,119 There's a hard bit in there, Ron. 172 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,759 It's the teeth ripping through the really hard sandstone. 173 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,719 And what's really hard is all the silica's gone down 174 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:14,559 and it's crystallised into a concrete silica sandstone. 175 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:18,399 Once we get through that then we can get to the level below 176 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,079 where the rocks would be. 177 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,359 How's it going? 178 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,879 No? 179 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,839 Hard concrete, isn't it? 180 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,079 Got no chance of going through that. 181 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,759 Still good potch. 182 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:58,959 At their Bondi mine, 183 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,919 the Bushmen are grinding through hard sandstone walls 184 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,799 before extreme summer heat shuts them down for three months. 185 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,439 See if I can pull a bit out of the bottom. 186 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,239 I might have to move forward, mate. 187 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,079 I still think there's dollars there. 188 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:22,039 I still reckon we're gonna get a good patch in here somewhere. 189 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,319 The floor looks good. What I was thinking, 190 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,359 we'll take out the roof, then we'll come back and dig the floor up. 191 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,519 I'm not gonna be able to make a real wide drive 192 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,839 just coming in here. Well, if we can get in... 193 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:39,999 Getting the digger closer to the mine face 194 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,079 means first clearing mined rock 195 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,359 via their massive vacuum pipe, the blower. 196 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,679 Just having some troubles with the blower. 197 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,919 Outside, there's a rock somewhere up the shaft. 198 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,079 The task of unblocking is left to 74-year-old Les. 199 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,679 I'm gonna check the bends up there. 200 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:18,039 Yeah, old Les, you know, he's a bit of a bloody marvel. 201 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,519 He is slowing down a little bit 202 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,559 but, you know, he can fly up that ladder quicker than I can. 203 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,479 He's an ex-regular, and he's used to work in heights and climbing 204 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:32,679 and he's got three-parts monkey in him, I reckon. 205 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,439 You gotta go and do something, you get up there and do it. 206 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,599 Climb a ladder, don't waste any time. 207 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,359 Give it a flogging around with a hammer to shake it loose. 208 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,679 You can hear it when she lets go. She goes down that tube at 100 mph. 209 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,559 Yeah? RON: 210 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,759 Eh? RON: 211 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,639 Right-o. 212 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,159 Just black...black and grey. 213 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:23,439 Down below, Ron has discovered some promising opal trace, or potch. 214 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,519 I'd sooner be digging potch than not digging potch. 215 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,399 Potch is opal. It's just missing the colour, that's all. 216 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,479 Yeah, it's the right formation. 217 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,199 Yeah, but there's... Right there in the light there. 218 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,639 See the way it comes down here and the red stuff? Yeah. 219 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,159 And I've got seams here, big seam there. 220 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,399 One coming down here and intersecting twice there. 221 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,039 Yeah. And more coming down from up here. 222 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,319 This looks really, really good. 223 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,679 Well, if we don't get something out of that... 224 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,359 We'll get something here. It may not be in this spot. 225 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,959 No. But this drive, we're gonna do all right. This ground's brilliant. 226 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,719 We ought to have a jackhammer up there in the morning and just see what it's bloody doing. 227 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,239 Yeah. Couple more days digging will tell the tale. 228 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,879 AARON: We've got to get through that hard band and have a look what's underneath it. 229 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:31,759 With monsoon rains that will end their mining season potentially days away, 230 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:36,119 the Boulder Boys are struggling to break through a hard layer of sandstone. 231 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,759 It's time for a new weapon. 232 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,239 We can't get through that hard stuff with the excavator. 233 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,919 So we're gonna try and drill a series of holes. 234 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,639 It might help the excavator break it up. 235 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,399 By the look of it, it's gonna be about a foot-and-a-half thick. 236 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,479 Bit of luck, we get some opal under it. 237 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,719 The 35-kilo jackhammer is powered by compressed air 238 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,319 from the 26-kilowatt compressor. 239 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,839 Its force to a single point is more effective at penetrating the rock 240 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,039 than the 35-tonne excavator. 241 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,519 We've just drilled about 50 holes, it might just help it. 242 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:32,039 We're going to give it a go because every time we scratch them we're only getting about an inch, 243 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,599 but doing these holes, might be a little bit more. 244 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,639 We've punched through just the clay level. 245 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,879 Not what I was expecting. 246 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,119 See, how it's got all that yellow in it? 247 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,999 There's no rocks. No good. 248 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,639 That's it, Ron. 249 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,399 OK. 250 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:13,239 This final corner of Dragonfly claim has proven worthless. 251 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,479 I haven't got many ideas left where to go. I just wanted to try and get a bit of a buck. 252 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,319 Aaron has just one choice left. 253 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,639 Dangerous old workings near the flooded pit, 254 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,719 scattered with loose rocks and landslides. 255 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,599 It's too unsafe. We can't do that bit. 256 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,719 But we can take this little area. I'll build myself a bed there. 257 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,719 We can take that last little bit into the wall. 258 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:42,839 For the end of the season, this is our last chance to make a bit of money. 259 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,079 Drop another one there. First hole was unsuccessful. 260 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,199 But, you know, the drill's actually chewing through the floor 261 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,959 no worries, so that's something. 262 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:02,919 With just days left of the mining season, in mentor Graeme's mind, 263 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,679 the Young Guns are hoping their 1.5-metre drill can make them rich. 264 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,399 All right, boys. 265 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,959 Again, another hole, nothing in it at this stage. 266 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,439 I reckon we go back and just do the rest of this, 267 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,399 and just cover all this stuff. 268 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,039 The ground looks all right but I don't know. 269 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:29,199 I reckon maybe we could go straight ahead. 270 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,839 Well, hey, guys. I don't know, dude. 271 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,439 Did you notice? I just hit something. 272 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,519 Look at that. What's that there? 273 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,399 Ooh! Look at that. Ooh! 274 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,679 We got some seam, baby. Not even in the bloody hole. 275 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,399 Hold on a sec. Holy... That looks a bit interesting. What is... 276 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,519 What's going on? Dude, look at that. 277 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,999 That is a big ol' bit of opal. There's little bits all over it. 278 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,919 It's colour, isn't it? But it looks like, you know, some... 279 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,799 What's with the middle? Potchy stuff. It's like colour all around the outside. 280 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,799 Dude, look at this. Look at this. What the hell? Oh! 281 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,519 Did you hit that? I think so. I don't know. 282 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,799 Tell me you've not broken a pineapple. 283 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,919 Intact, opal pineapples can be worth $500,000. 284 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,639 Broken, they're worth a fraction of that. 285 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,639 Oh, my God. Yeah, I think we're gonna... 286 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,799 I think we are gonna have to... To me, it looks like 287 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,399 it's a pineapple. I can't see it being anything else. 288 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,719 That looks like a point coming straight off the side there. 289 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,959 I've never seen seam like that. 290 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,399 We need to go get your dad. Yeah, we need to go get him. 291 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,559 Let's not do anything else. Bloody hell. 292 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,999 How'd it go? I was hoping you'd check in. 293 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,119 Yeah, we broke it with the shovel. 294 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,559 Yeah. You're a bit further up than I wanted. 295 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,279 Jesus. 296 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,519 Hell, Jay. 297 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,679 That's not seam, is it? It's not seam at all. 298 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,679 No? No, you've just struck a pineapple. 299 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,319 You've struck a good pineapple. 300 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,719 Oh, Graeme, I'm so sorry. 301 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,759 Yeah, we didn't mean to. We were just clearing away some dirt 302 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,279 and we just... 303 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:37,319 You know, I've dug two years down here 304 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,479 without finding anything like this. 305 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,599 These are so hard to find 306 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,159 and you've just smashed the first one in two years. 307 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,959 If the rocks run into that sandstone piece there, 308 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,119 we should be able to get some colour. 309 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:09,119 Now we can see the rocks that side. We're just hoping to run into it. 310 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,719 With monsoon rains ready to hit, 311 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,239 Aaron and Ron are making a last-ditch effort to find opal 312 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,439 on the dangerous edge of the flooded Dragonfly Pit. 313 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,199 The ground is changing a little bit as we go. We got a bend of rocks 314 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,879 and we got the sandstone dropping hard. 315 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,439 We're hoping they meet as we go in. 316 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,519 That's what you need to find opal, 317 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,719 you need sandstone on top of the boulders. 318 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,799 The big one, haven't found yet. 319 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,319 Is it the one, Ron? 320 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,559 There you go, it's got potch in it. 321 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,639 It's a potch. 322 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,359 It was originally a tree root. 323 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,399 Some of these we get, 324 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,159 basically full of opal about that size or bigger. 325 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,919 So we're looking for the ones that have got opal in them. 326 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,359 This one hasn't. 327 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,679 Not quite there yet, Ron, we're getting close. 328 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,879 Pipe opal can form when cavities left behind 329 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,599 by tree roots and branches are filled with silica-rich water 330 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,559 that, over millions of years, becomes opal. 331 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,639 Here, we've got green here. Look at this. 332 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,359 In their best form, they can be worth up to $25,000 a gram. 333 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,959 That's pipe opal. Must've been old bits of debris, 334 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,879 all sticks and that, they fill up with opal. 335 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,519 There's some nice colours in them pipes. Yeah. 336 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,999 We're hoping to get some bigger ones. 337 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,479 I can't see anything right. I'm gonna wait till... 338 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,159 Well, I can see, but it makes it hard. 339 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,079 If them pipes come on, we need the sun on our backs anyway. We do. 340 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,159 The setting sun has put the mine face in shadow, 341 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,359 making the pipes hard to spot. 342 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,919 Well, we've got one, two, three, four little pipes. 343 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,759 That's all right. Look, it's a start. It's a lot. 344 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,439 All right. Well, we might as well call it quits today. 345 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,879 Yeah, OK. A bit more light we need. 346 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,239 This morning, Les didn't turn up to go to work. 347 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,839 Said he'd burned himself. 348 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,239 In remote outback, New South Wales, 349 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,999 Rod's just received news: Les has been injured in an accident. 350 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:46,319 What's happened is probably serious. 351 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,199 If it weren't serious, he'd have been at work this morning. 352 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,519 You good, mate? Yeah. Good. 353 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,119 So you got a few burns on your face, ol' fella? 354 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,959 Yeah, a bit on the lip there and a bit on the side. 355 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,239 Where else are you burnt, mate? On the arm. 356 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:08,919 Just on the arm. Yeah. 357 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,639 Just that one arm? A little bit on this one, not much. 358 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,719 Legs are all right? Couple of spots on the legs. 359 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,799 Give us a look at your arm. 360 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,319 Pull your shirt off actually, if you can. 361 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,399 It doesn't look too good to me, mate. 362 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,759 Your bloody hand's all swollen up. Your face is all swollen up. 363 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,679 You all right? Yeah. 364 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,519 Well, that's not a little burn, Les. 365 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,039 Les has suffered third-degree burns. 366 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,879 The accident happened over 24 hours ago. 367 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,039 He's received no treatment. 368 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,159 That's not good, mate. 369 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,479 Your legs like that? No. 370 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,879 Well, your legs are like that. 371 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,399 Look, that's not just a little burn on your leg. 372 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,359 That's not too bad. It's not too good neither. 373 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,359 See, that's all burned skin, Les. Here you're blistering. 374 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,599 So how exactly did you do it, mate? 375 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,239 Well, I was using the grinder. 376 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,879 And there was a drum with a couple of gallons of petrol in it. 377 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,959 And the lid wasn't on it. 378 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,639 Yeah, and it just went woof in a spark. 379 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,239 Yeah, now come on, jump in the car. 380 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:25,039 Major problem. This isn't just a little burn. 381 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:28,519 This is good, mate, that we go to the doctor. You need to. 382 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,239 The nearest hospital's in Lightning Ridge, 383 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,319 70 kilometres away. 384 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,399 Jump in the back. 385 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,239 After picking up Rod's wife, Amanda, 386 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,239 it's over an hour's drive on rough dirt tracks. 387 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,159 You feeling all right yourself? 388 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,479 You don't feel different? Don't feel funny? 389 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,559 No, I feel good. 390 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,799 He's a stubborn old . He won't go to hospital 391 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,239 or do anything like that unless he's dying. 392 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,879 WOMAN: G'day. G'day, how are you? Good, how are you? 393 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,159 We've got a bloke with some burns. 394 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,519 NURSE: OK, what time did this happen? 395 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,599 Yesterday. LES: Couple of days ago. 396 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,039 Les is 74-years-old. He's had a few heart problems. 397 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,319 Come through this way, thank you. 398 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,879 I'm definitely worried about him. 399 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,639 Burns are a serious bloody thing. 400 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,079 They can lead to all sorts of complications. 401 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,119 And that's, I think, what they're worrying about cos of his age 402 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,359 and lot of other things, the complications that they bring. 403 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,599 You know, I worry about infection 404 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,719 and I worry about him not looking after his wounds. 405 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,799 I worry a lot about him. 406 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,479 They're gonna fly him to Sydney. You're joking. 407 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,159 I just spoke to the nurse in private in the room. 408 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,959 I told you it was bad. Yeah. She said that, er... 409 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,239 She said at best, he'll be staying here. 410 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,679 But more likely, they're gonna fly him straight to Sydney. 411 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,799 All right. Graeme, I am so sorry. 412 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,879 It is what it is. 413 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,199 We'll see what can be salvaged from this. OK. 414 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,519 In their first-ever mining season, 415 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,079 the Young Guns have just smashed a rare pineapple opal 416 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,399 worth potentially half-a-million dollars. 417 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,159 Stop digging around here. If you hear any clinking sounds, 418 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,439 for God's sake, stop, you know. Yeah. 419 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,919 I left the boys down the mine for five minutes unattended 420 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,199 and they've just gone and smashed the first piece 421 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,359 that I've seen in two years. 422 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,559 In the last days of the season, hitting their $60,000 target 423 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,759 rests on digging what's left of the opal pineapple in one piece. 424 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,879 Disappointing that they found it with the end of a shovel 425 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,599 instead of the end of the screwdriver that I like to use 426 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,879 and just take them out without breaking them. 427 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,959 Obviously, as you deep, just keep listening for that sound. 428 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,199 This is it. It's about ready to pop up. All right. 429 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,319 OK. You wanna see what we got? 430 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,079 All right. Here it comes. 431 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,439 Oh, look at that. Holy crap. 432 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,839 Oh, here we go. 433 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,239 Oh. No, no, no, no, no, nah, nah. 434 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,439 That is really... Disappointing. 435 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,679 Disappointing. Oh, geez. 436 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,599 Look at the colour that is in there. 437 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,879 Look at that, he's just come apart. God dammit. 438 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,359 Still, in my experience, 439 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,639 I do know where you can get pieces like this. 440 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,719 Then you can find a better piece. 441 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,319 It's now just a really go-slow process through this ground. 442 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,399 And hopefully, we can pluck out some better, fuller pieces. 443 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,479 Let's get a big pineapple, eh? 444 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,559 Let's do it. Let's get a proper one. Cool. 445 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,679 We're gonna bring the digger in. 446 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,279 Basically, I can only just take the top off 447 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,279 and the whole rest of the level gets dug with the screwdriver. 448 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,799 So it's the only way that I've managed to find these 449 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,879 without smashing them to bits. 450 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,439 All right. You can jump up there and start digging the level. 451 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,959 Slow process now. Just simply screwdrivering at it, 452 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,039 and trying to uncover it. 453 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,959 Is this the top here? Yep. All right. Yeah. 454 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,519 Any piece will be sitting on that. Yeah. 455 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,479 So that's the... It will be in there. 456 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,759 Starting to get a blister in the centre of my hand there. 457 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,559 But some of it's really hard trying to get through. 458 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,799 So I'm going for the easy stuff at the moment 459 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,039 and I'll use that little pick to kind of chip through the last bit. 460 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,119 That's a really hard bit. 461 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,279 Oh! 462 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,279 What have you got? Look, there's a little tiny bit of maybe blue. 463 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,679 Whoa. Is that a point? 464 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,679 It is. Is that a point? Is that a point? 465 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,559 Well done, buddy. Woo! Is that really one? 466 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,959 Holy... Dude. 467 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,519 Way to go, Jay. All right. You know what to do, so... 468 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,799 I found a pineapple! 469 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,119 Ding-dong! Ding-dong! 470 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,399 That's so hectic, dude. That's so hectic. 471 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,519 Don't smash it now. Just take it out the back 472 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,879 and then we'll just lever it up. 473 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,199 Just put your hand over that spot there. 474 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,439 This spot? Yeah, good. I would rather 475 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,639 hit your hand and foot than the pineapple. 476 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,559 What do you reckon now? Yeah, just go in underneath. 477 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,639 Is that enough underneath? 478 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,199 Yeah. Just go in, see how the whole area is moving. 479 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,519 And until eventually, 480 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,159 the idea is to get it up without any pressure. 481 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,039 It's up. That's it. 482 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,719 It's up. Here we go. Here we are. 483 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,999 Millions of years. Carefully. 484 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,079 Look at that. Holy-moly. 485 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,759 Pineapple, baby, pineapple. 486 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,759 There we go. That's it. That's it. 487 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,359 Pineapple. Way to go! Woo! 488 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,639 Well done, Jay. You smashed it. 489 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,879 No worries. Found a pineapple. 490 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,199 Whoa! Look at this! What? 491 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,119 Hey, that's a nice colour. 492 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,319 That's a nice colour. Eh? 493 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,599 Bit of green. Looks like a pipe. 494 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,359 In the soaring heat of the final days of the mining season, 495 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,719 Aaron and Ron have struck rare pipe opal. 496 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,159 A pipe to me is worth big money if you get it. 497 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,079 That's a good chunk, Ron. It is. 498 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,319 Watch out, Ron. I'll rip the top off. Be careful. 499 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,199 The ground they're on is highly dangerous 500 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,879 and the further they dig into the side of the pit... 501 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,039 Don't go down there, Ron. 502 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,719 ..the more deadly it becomes. 503 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,039 I can't go any further, I'll hit that big wall. 504 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,119 It's too unsafe. 505 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,279 We're on a rock edge, Ron. 506 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,479 It's a sheer cliff, see. Too dangerous. 507 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,199 15 metres above them: tons of loose earth and stone. 508 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,359 Just be careful there, mate. I am. 509 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,959 I'm just trying to get this little bit out. All right, mate. 510 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,719 Oh, look at that. 511 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,199 Electric blue, Aaron. Yeah. Nice colour, innit? 512 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,479 Might even cut a little stone out of that, eh? Yeah. 513 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,759 That is nice. That's gem green. 514 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,199 That's not bad, that. 515 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,239 Hey! That's got red, everything in it, Ron. 516 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,319 Beautiful colour, boy. 517 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,119 Watch out here, there's a bit of slab up here. 518 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,439 Yeah, I know. Don't come here. 519 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,759 We've got to strip the top again, which might be an issue. 520 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,839 Need a dozer. 521 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:45,639 You can't mine a place like that. 522 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,439 It's too dangerous to work underneath it. 523 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,959 Can't do any more here. 524 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,559 End of the season for me and Ron. 525 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,799 We're gonna go home now and have a look at how much opal we've got. 526 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,559 Ooh. That's a nice colour, innit? 527 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,199 Look at that. I think it might be Kingstone. 528 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,879 Red, green, that's beautiful, that one. 529 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,119 You're gonna get more than 10 carat out of it. 530 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,199 The Boulder Boys have found pipe opal. 531 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,959 It's in the rough. There's 400 grams with bright greens, 532 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,439 blues and flashes of gold, and highly-valued red. 533 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,519 That's not bad, that. 534 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,679 You got to start at $5,000. Yeah. 535 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:39,119 Could've been a bit better, found a bit more in this season... 536 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,359 ..but beggars can't be choosers, mate. 537 00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:48,199 The season's over, 538 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,199 Ron's taking a well-earned break. 539 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,679 I'll go back to the coast and spend time with family. 540 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,439 I haven't seen them for a while. Got another little grandkid coming. 541 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,799 I don't know, boy or girl. So it'll be interesting. Gonna be sweet. 542 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,199 Make sure you come back. I'll come back. 543 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,359 I can't run the show by myself. 544 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,199 As soon as it cools down a bit, I'll be straight back. 545 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,559 Well, I think we've done very well this year. 546 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,799 We're starting to get a bit of a routine going 547 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,279 so let's just plod along and get it done. 548 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,919 Working well together, mate. All right. 549 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,559 I've got a little surprise for you. Have you? 550 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,119 While you've been doing other things... 551 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,439 Where'd you score that? Out of the run. 552 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:36,599 Ron's secretly been cutting up stones from Aaron's reject pile. 553 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,679 I thought that was all rubbish in there. 554 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,319 Look at the greens and everything here. 555 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,679 Electric greens that we can get a stone out of. 556 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,839 Here. That one, that one. 557 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,559 Now you get a stone out of him, what is he worth? 558 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:54,919 An additional two kilograms of rough blue-green boulder opal. 559 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,119 It's going to be about $10,000, Ron. 560 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,919 So you're happy with that? Bloody oath I am. 561 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,999 There you go. You see, eh? 562 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,439 The value of the boulder and pipe opal is around... 563 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,999 ..bringing their season total to... 564 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,999 That's a much better way to end the season, mate. 565 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,319 We set out to find opal this season and we found it. 566 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,399 That's a nice colour! 567 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,479 Bloody look, that's electric. 568 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,199 We got money to fix a few things up 569 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,439 and try and find some new ground and see what happens. 570 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,559 Done real well. No worries, mate. 571 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,959 Enjoy yourself. He's a good friend, it's good to have him in the camp. 572 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,759 It's harder to find good partners than find opal, really, sometimes. 573 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,239 Hasn't been a bad year. 574 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,799 So what have they told you, mate? What are they gonna do with you? 575 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,159 They're gonna fly me out. Fly you out? Yeah. 576 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,519 I would say they'll fly you down to burns unit, 577 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,079 which I'm pretty sure is at Concorde. 578 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,239 You'll be there down the big smoke. 579 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,679 An ignited petrol can 580 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,279 has left Les Walsh in a serious condition 581 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,359 with third-degree burns. 582 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,679 He's a lot worse than he thought he was. 583 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,439 The burns are very severe. 584 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,359 He was so badly dehydrated, his kidneys were packing in. 585 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,239 Forget the season and what we need, 586 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,319 you know, it doesn't matter. 587 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,639 A life's worth more than anything. 588 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:48,599 You got to stop doing those stupid bloody things, Les. 589 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,919 I know. But I guess, at your age, 590 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,399 if you haven't learned by now, you're never gonna. 591 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,559 Well, that's probably right. 592 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,519 That's just the way he is. He's just a tough old rooster 593 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,319 that doesn't like hospitals. 594 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,999 But that's silly. He should've come to a hospital with that. 595 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,439 No matter what, he's not coming home. 596 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,079 The season's ended for Les. 597 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,839 I would imagine he's going to be out of action for quite some time. 598 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,039 I'd say that's Les' plane up there coming in. 599 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,319 That'd be the flying doctors. 600 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,919 Les is a good mate. You know, we spend a lot of time together. 601 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,679 I spend more time with Les than I do with my missus. 602 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,079 I'm definitely worried about him. 603 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,119 The injuries he's got are very serious. 604 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,279 Keeps coming in... AUTOMATED VOICE: You've reached Les on... 605 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,599 He's not answering. 606 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,519 You know, everything was sort of going so well, 607 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,719 and then the old gone and hurt himself. 608 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:11,439 So I'm sort of wondering how he is, wondering what's going on. 609 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,239 I guess it's the unknown. 610 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:16,959 I wouldn't have a bloody clue 611 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,159 what's going on, or what the future holds. 612 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,999 It's been a hell of a ride this year. 613 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,519 It's sort of a bittersweet, I suppose. 614 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:39,439 Well done. Thanks for letting us in your mine, Graeme. 615 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,519 Yeah. Well done, brother. 616 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,959 Smashed it. Graeme, that's insane. 617 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,839 In the final dig of their rookie season, 618 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,399 the Young Guns have uncovered an elusive pineapple opal 619 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,039 that could save their entire year. 620 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:57,559 This one here held together quite well. 621 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,079 We've still got to see what we've actually got out of this piece. 622 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,719 But you know, I've got high hopes for this one here. 623 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,599 Let's clean it up. 624 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,519 The value is in the undamaged pieces, 625 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,559 so, you know, we have to work really hard to keep it intact. 626 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,879 Under Graeme's watchful eye, 627 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,679 Jaymin will attempt to clean the pineapple. 628 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,079 Highly fragile, the safest way is to sandblast it. 629 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,159 Just watch your head. 630 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:33,239 Can't really tell too much now if it's going to be fully together. 631 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,319 Keep it up nice and close. 632 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,519 It's definitely some really delicate work. 633 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,479 Very fine tools and a fair bit of concentration just to make sure 634 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,199 I don't pull off any points, 635 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,759 but there seems to be a little bit of a flash of colour. 636 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,839 We've got some really high hopes. 637 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,359 Look at that crystal structure. That's amazing. 638 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,439 That is ridiculous. 639 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,519 Look at what you're holding. Dude, we've got a pineapple. 640 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,079 Oh, my God. We got one. That's insane. 641 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,719 Take it outside, and we'll just see - All right. ..what we've got. 642 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,039 Check this out, boys. This is a big bad boy. Check it out. 643 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,839 Look at that! Oh, man. That is looking good. Wow! 644 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,759 A lot of people dig all their life and never find anything like that. 645 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,199 Meant to be, hey? Yeah. Way to go. I'm so happy for youse. 646 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,759 You know, so see youse along the way. 647 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,359 Woo. What do we reckon it's worth? 648 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:37,439 The deal with Graeme is the Young Guns get 20% of any opal found. 649 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:40,799 For them to hit their season target, they need this pineapple 650 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,999 to be worth at least $50,000. 651 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,759 This piece, you guys, is actually really special. 652 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,839 This piece, I think, just looking at it 653 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,239 could be as much as... 654 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,719 ..$70,000. Oh! 655 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,799 Yes, absolutely. 656 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,559 $70,000? Yeah, absolutely. 657 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,839 That is ridiculous. It makes it all worth it. 658 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,319 Makes treasure hunting come true. Absolutely. 659 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,719 It's exceeded expectations. One hit. In one hit. 660 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,479 Pineapple opal is unique to White Cliffs 661 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,919 and is highly prized by collectors. 662 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,999 This stone weighs 200 grams, 663 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,079 making it worth approximately... 664 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,919 That's our season target. That's our target. We've done it. 665 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,519 We've done it, boys. Woo-hoo! 666 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,119 No more working a dead-end job in summer. Young Guns! 667 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,799 Look at that, boys! Ooh, yeah! 668 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,319 Look at that. That's five figures in one go. 669 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,399 Yay! Yay! Season target. 670 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,719 It's been a crazy experience. You know, this whole thing has been 671 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,399 really, really life-changing, I would say. 672 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,039 Definitely be back out bigger and better next season. 673 00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,639 We did it. We did it! 674 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:02,039 We did it! We did it. 675 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,679 We have to go through hardships, with having no money at all. 676 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,599 Barely any food and things just going wrong left, right and centre. 677 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,079 But we stuck together and we pulled through. 678 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,879 Cheers, boys. Yes! 679 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,519 It's been absolutely awesome. Couldn't have asked for a better group of guys 680 00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,559 to come out here and do it with. Young Guns! 681 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,199 Can't wait to get back, stuck into it, next season. 682 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,239 subtitles by Deluxe 682 00:43:34,305 --> 00:44:34,917 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.com ] ==-