"Outback Opal Hunters" Scrap Noodler

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,999 On Outback Opal Hunters... 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,679 JUAN VASCO: Angel! ANGEL DEMPSEY: Juan. Are you OK? 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,119 The whole thing's falling. 4 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:07,679 This ground is too dangerous. 5 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,199 The Misfits search for a new claim 6 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,759 in Andamooka's perilous Opal fields. 7 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,719 I'm pretty nervous moving this road train. 8 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,719 Very scared of rolling. 9 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,759 Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! 10 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,759 (YELLING) Whoa! 11 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,799 The Taranto Brothers strive to fulfil their family legacy 12 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,639 by mining on hallowed ground. 13 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,079 I've got the rush again. I've got the opal rush. 14 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:34,079 This is my dream, where it all started. 15 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:36,079 We've got a quick hitch stuck. 16 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:37,839 Without this we got nothing. 17 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,999 If we don't get any colour out of these boys, we're done. 18 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,359 It's our last chance. Come on, baby. 19 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,999 And the Opal Whisperers' mining operation 20 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,839 depends on one last Yowah nut. 21 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,119 Whoa! Careful. 22 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:53,839 (BLEEP) 23 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:57,919 # Money 24 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,399 # And fancy clothes # 25 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:11,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 26 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,079 Yeah, just put yourself out the way and I'll start moving some dirt. 27 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,399 This mullick heap's getting pretty big. 28 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,639 Come make a new pile here instead of there. 29 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,359 We can't make a new pile there 30 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,479 cos the excavator's going to be boxed in. 31 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,959 It's really starting to stress me out a bit 32 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,039 because I really need to move the dirt 33 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:32,759 to be able to find the opal 34 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,039 but I also need a path for the excavator to come in and out. 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:37,759 I don't know what we're going to do. 36 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,799 And this ground is definitely 37 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,079 making a little six tonne excavator work. 38 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,999 Holy...! Angel! Angel! 39 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,039 Juan! Are you OK? 40 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,039 The whole thing's falling! 41 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,359 The whole thing's just collapsed. Ah. 42 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,239 I don't want to do this anymore. No. 43 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,279 It's still falling. Look at that. 44 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,159 This ground is too dangerous. We can't carry on like that. 45 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,559 Misfits - Angel Dempsey and Juan Vasco, 46 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:11,959 rookie miners in their first opal season. 47 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:16,119 Working under mentor and financer, Joe Kalmar. 48 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,399 I gamble on young people. 49 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,679 If we can't get young people involved, 50 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,759 what's going to happen is the industry's going to die. 51 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,279 I met Angel about six, seven years ago. 52 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:29,959 She had something about her 53 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,319 that I thought, yeah, she'll work, she'll learn. 54 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,839 My hopes are to prove to Joe that I can mine 55 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,359 and to prove to myself that, you know, I can do it. 56 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,479 I grew up in Colombia and now I live in Andamooka. 57 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,359 When I met Mr Joe, my life took a radical change for the better. 58 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,159 Back home, well, there is shootings everywhere, 59 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,879 there is guns everywhere. 60 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,319 You come here and this is the land of opportunity. 61 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,999 The best decision that I ever take was to come here. 62 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,919 When I joined the army, well, 63 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,879 we blew things up, demolished stuff, saw things burn down. 64 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,959 When I came here I learned construction, 65 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,839 the opposite of what I used to do. 66 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,639 My ultimate prize 67 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,599 would be to find Andamooka black opal. 68 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,239 It's rare as. 69 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,319 That would just, you know, set me off. 70 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,879 I'd be as high as a kite for ages. 71 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,439 Our goal as a team for this season 72 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,359 is to find at least $80,000. 73 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,119 I'm the muscle of the operation, as you can tell. 74 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,239 Angel got the smarts. 75 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,279 And Mr Joe got the know-how. 76 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,359 So, the perfect team. 77 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,919 Gee, that was dangerous back then. Lucky no-one got hurt. 78 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,959 We really need to get a new plan in place. 79 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,039 Time to die, you know. We got to find a good spot to noodle. 80 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,199 There's no point noodling if there's nothing there. 81 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,719 With their open cut too dangerous to mine, 82 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,199 Angel and Juan's only option is to noodle, 83 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,919 sifting through old timers' dumps for missed opal, 84 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,159 a cheaper and safer mining technique. 85 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,079 There is a place that I found good, good stuff. 86 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,719 Yeah? Down there last time. 87 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,999 I want to take you there. That'd be good. 88 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,759 I'm not perfect, right? 89 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,999 So one of my flaws is that I get lost easily. 90 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,999 It is easy to get lost out there. Everything looks the same. 91 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,959 Go straight ahead. Wait! 92 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,359 Turn straight now. 93 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,719 Go straight ahead. 94 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,159 Let me find the road first. Not this way. That way. 95 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,559 Ooh! Ooh! 96 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:32,959 Jeez. 97 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,159 (ENGINE REVS) 98 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,639 Can't go nowhere. 99 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,359 Yeah. 100 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:47,479 Oh, wow! 101 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,919 I think we got a little situation. 102 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,519 Ah, that's not good. 103 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,399 Yeah, it's definitely on...on air. 104 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,119 Grab the box and the long extension, the drill. 105 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,119 And then we'll load the excavator on. 106 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,839 In remote Outback Queensland, 107 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,759 brothers Micky and Joe Taranto, 108 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,479 and Micky's wife, Viviane, 109 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,999 are moving all 30 tonnes of their mining operation. 110 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:22,639 Can you hook it there? 111 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,599 Yeah, I just had to climb up. Don't go there. Stop! Stop! 112 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,439 OK. Keep coming. 113 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,799 More. That's it.Yay! 114 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,279 The last mine we did the opal ran out. 115 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:35,999 We have to go to new grounds. 116 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,439 All right. 117 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:38,879 Yep, you're on. 118 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,439 It's what I like to see. Looks pretty good. 119 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,719 You can buckle the drill bit real easy. 120 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,199 If you hit something you can throw it out, eh. 121 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,439 Whoa! 122 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,279 She all good now. One more machine to load and we're there. 123 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:04,959 Bit more. It's about right there. 124 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,439 We're ready to go, guys. Let's hit it, let's find this opal. 125 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,599 This season, opal hunting family, the Tarantos, 126 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,959 have endured illness and low-value finds 127 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,599 from their massive open cut operation... 128 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:19,959 Is that all that was in it? 129 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,559 A couple of thousand dollars. 130 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,959 ..and have struggled to keep their opal shop afloat. 131 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,959 For Micky and Viviane, who's recovering from cancer, 132 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,399 medical costs are mounting. 133 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,319 We really need opal so my wife can get procedures done. 134 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,079 We just can't afford it 135 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,679 so we're taking the chance in life now, 136 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,879 get my wife sorted and get her confidence back, you know. 137 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,799 Hang on. 138 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,239 She's a wild beast this one. 139 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:56,599 We're not even breaking even at the moment. 140 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,439 There's a lot at stake so we've got to find opal. 141 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,039 We've got to find a big one. 142 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,719 Our season target's 250,000. 143 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,279 It only takes one rock, one big boulder, 144 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,399 and you're smashing that target. 145 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:20,679 Micky and Joe have returned to the heart of Taranto Valley 146 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,599 where 30 years ago Joe and their father 147 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:29,439 found rare harlequin pattern opal worth $25,000 a gram. 148 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,679 I've got the rush again, I've got the opal rush. 149 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,079 It excites me to be here cos this is my dream, 150 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,399 this is my spot. This is where it all started 151 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,959 and I'm glad to come back to where we started. 152 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,399 Let's start digging. Let's find some opal. 153 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,399 This is the exciting part for me. 154 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,919 Trenching's my favourite thing to do. 155 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,719 I like it because I like to actually go down the hole 156 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,079 and see what's going on. 157 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,119 He just hit virgin ground, no? Yeah, that's virgin. 158 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,399 Going through levels. Better check that. 159 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,039 Look. Yeah, I can see. 160 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,839 Look, if Joe hit this in the drill, 161 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,719 he'd be, he'd be digging on it. 162 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,439 Underneath this level is the level that we're after. 163 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,919 But I don't know how deep it's going to be. 164 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,519 Hopefully we'll reach it. 165 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,279 I reckon another four or five feet 166 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,639 and then we can drill in that hole. 167 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,799 We're going to take the bucket off, 168 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:32,959 hook the drill up 169 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,239 and then come down and drill in these holes. 170 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,119 Fingers crossed. 171 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,679 Trying to get the pin off. 172 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,199 This is the locking pin that holds the bucket on. 173 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,839 It's jamming on this side. 174 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:46,599 Is it coming out? Nah. 175 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,679 Oh, it's so jammed. 176 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,119 It's just a pain in the butt. 177 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,279 Just careful cos this is all loose here.Yeah. 178 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,279 The main thing is once I get down there 179 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,239 I don't want any rocks falling on my head 180 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,079 and that mine shaft as well. That loose dirt goes straight down to who knows what. 181 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:08,879 Just careful, eh? Yep. 182 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,119 If you hear any stories about people dying 183 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,799 around this area in Queensland, 184 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,639 it's because they've dug under or gone over old mine shafts. 185 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,559 Yeah, opal mining can go wrong pretty quickly. 186 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,279 There's loose soil 187 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,439 that literally can just suck you down into the earth. 188 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,639 Are you stable? You nice and solid there?Yep. 189 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,879 Take it nice and slow. 190 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,359 Ooh, that's loose, eh? Yeah. 191 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,359 In remote South West Queensland, 192 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,239 Isaac Andreou and his sister, Sofia, 193 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,559 are searching for opal at Lucky One, 194 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:45,039 one of their two claims in Yowah. 195 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,959 There was a guy who died only two years ago. 196 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,479 He was tunnelling under one of these 197 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,159 and he didn't know it was there. 198 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,999 He went underneath it and all the loose soil 199 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,679 just came down and bent him backwards. 200 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,439 So you hear these horror stories. 201 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,519 I just don't want to become one of them. 202 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,239 They're hunting for Yowah nuts, 203 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,319 a rare opal unique to the area 204 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,799 characterised by intricate patterns 205 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,759 formed within minute cracks in ironstone rocks. 206 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,519 The best specimens can fetch up to $100,000 apiece. 207 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,999 We've got 1.2 million dollars. 208 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:24,599 (CHEERING) 209 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:27,119 After their spectacular find 210 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,799 at the end of their very first season, 211 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,679 the Opal Whisperers sunk their profits 212 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:37,119 into two new mines and a now inoperable backhoe. 213 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,639 This is our only machine to dig Lucky One. 214 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,719 She's as old as the hills. 215 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,719 There's oil leaks everywhere. 216 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,399 We set ourselves a $220,000 season's target. 217 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,879 We knew we were shooting high. 218 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,319 Our family's original purpose 219 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,239 was always taking the opal from the mine 220 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,039 and then going through the process 221 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:58,479 and directly to the customer. 222 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:02,639 We really want to reinstall that vision that our parents had. 223 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,399 I started cutting at eight years old. 224 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,799 I can literally read the formation 225 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,319 to see what's inside it. 226 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,519 In our family store I have the pleasure 227 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,359 of dealing with some of the rarest gems in the world, 228 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,279 but out of everything there's nothing like opal. 229 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,799 We want to be able to make it on our own. 230 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,479 That's been the goal from the beginning. 231 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:25,679 At the moment we're just in survival mode. 232 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,359 I'd like to get over there. Can't get down there though. 233 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,159 That's that mine shaft there. Look how loose the soil is. 234 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,319 You reckon that's all loose? How about I put the ladder across it? 235 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:35,719 I'm too heavy. 236 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,639 Can we wedge it into there? Yeah. And I can hold it for ya. 237 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:39,959 We came up with an idea 238 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:41,759 to cut a little bit into the wall, 239 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,199 wedge the ladder down 240 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,039 and then one of us had to crawl across. 241 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,039 I'm the light little one so of course it's me. 242 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,039 All right, I'm good. How does it feel? 243 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,759 Is it dodgy or is it right? It all feels dodgy. 244 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,039 Ah. Any colour in that? 245 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,439 There is, is there? There's moisture right there. 246 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,959 Look, there's green. Wait. That's green. 247 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,799 Oh, it's a line, Sofia! Yeah, it is. 248 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:05,959 That's a line. It is. 249 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:07,359 And then of course 250 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,519 it's in the most dangerous place in Yowah. 251 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,719 All the old timers, that's all they ever say is 252 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,599 just stay away from old mine shafts. 253 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:17,999 But there's colour there, so screw that. Let's get it. 254 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,199 Think about it this way - 255 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,479 if you can get that out and we can fix the machine, 256 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,719 we'll never have to hand mine again. 257 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,639 (GRUNTS) Get it! 258 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,079 (GRUNTS) 259 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,799 We're dealing with hard ironstone sheets. 260 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,239 That stuff is impossible to work with hand tools. 261 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,079 (GRUNTS) 262 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,679 Put your back into it, sister. 263 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,439 That's better. Now I can get to it. 264 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,399 You got it? Yeah.Good. 265 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,399 Look at that. Anything in that? 266 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,079 Hey. 267 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:44,999 Nothing. What is it? Oh, shut up. 268 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,359 Really? I'm not finding nothing, Zac. 269 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,959 I think we've pushed our luck a little bit too far in this hole.Yeah. 270 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,679 What do you reckon? Yeah. 271 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,559 For us, that mine, we just can't get to the colour. 272 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,639 JOE: It's jammed in there, Micky. 273 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:08,879 There you go. 274 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:10,959 Deep in remote Queensland, 275 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,199 Taranto brothers, Micky and Joe, 276 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,999 are wrestling with a jammed excavator bucket. 277 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,159 It's just a pain in the butt. 278 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,479 There's opal in the ground, 279 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:25,599 we've got a quick hitch stuck, big pin won't drop out. 280 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,519 Without this we got nothing. 281 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,599 Yeah, this is what we wanted it to do. 282 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:32,359 Do that. 283 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,679 You're in. That's it. 284 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,959 Now you've got to lift that up. 285 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,639 That's it. Yeah. 286 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,359 That's it. Got it. 287 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,599 Got it there? Yep, you're in. 288 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:44,719 Whoo! 289 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,199 Little hiccup. 290 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,959 This is your first extension on your, on your drill. 291 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,239 It will go down to about, 292 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,919 I can go down to say 27 feet and push to 28 feet. 293 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,599 How it works is we drill down 294 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,759 until we hit the ironstone level 295 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,399 or any level and we feel it in the controls. 296 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,359 We pop it out and there's your core sample. 297 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:07,999 It's in those first three flights. 298 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,319 And that way we've managed to see 299 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,799 everything that we've chewed up. 300 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,359 Boulder Opal can be found on the surface 301 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,959 or up to 30 metres down. 302 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,439 It forms over millions of years 303 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,039 when silica rich water becomes trapped 304 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,879 in cavities within ironstone rocks. 305 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,999 So we got a level here 306 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,519 and the level's not got any rock in it yet. 307 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,319 It'd be close I'd say. 308 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,959 Keep me drilling. We only just started. 309 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,279 You don't know until you check it. 310 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:46,919 There. 311 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,279 Main level? Main level mud. 312 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:50,959 That's good. 313 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,839 That's main level mud. That's great. 314 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,679 That means we have reached the level 315 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,039 that we were trying to reach 316 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,439 cos that's the level we think the opal's going to be on. 317 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,279 Angel, is anything I can help you with? 318 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,439 Go find some signal, let Joe know so he doesn't worry. 319 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,199 Leave the car stuff up to me. 320 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,079 I'll get out of your way. You do your thing.Yep. 321 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,639 You be careful. Don't get lost. Yeah, I'll be fine. 322 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,079 I got a couple of hours left of daylight 323 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,519 so I'm going to need to get going. 324 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,959 In the remote Andamooka opal fields, 325 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,159 rookies Angel and Juan 326 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,319 have bogged their four wheel drive 327 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,079 hunting for a new claim to mine. 328 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,559 That didn't work, 329 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,319 so I'm going to have to go for plan B. 330 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,879 Get the winch and winch myself out. 331 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,319 So I've dug a big hole ready to put this big tyre in. 332 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,799 Use it as leverage to get me out. 333 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,079 (GRUNTS) I've got nowhere to winch here. 334 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,999 Like there's nothing, so this has got to work. 335 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:07,879 Ah, that's on. 336 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,319 In the desert surrounding Andamooka 337 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,799 temperatures can reach 338 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,159 a blistering 50 degrees Celsius during the day 339 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,919 or plunge to a freezing minus two overnight. 340 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,399 Death from exposure is a constant risk. 341 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:26,839 I'm over it. 342 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,639 It's (BLEEP) dark, I want to finish up 343 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,759 so hopefully it'll work. 344 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,719 (ENGINE REVS) 345 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,959 Ha-ha-ha, yes! 346 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:40,919 Yes! We're out! 347 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,119 Angel. Oh, hey! 348 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,559 I literally just got out, eh. That was good timing. 349 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,279 Angel, I got lost. 350 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,239 If it wasn't for the lights I would not have seen you. It's easy to get lost here. 351 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,559 Let's go, it's freezing. Let's go. Let's find a spot. 352 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,839 We've just arrived at this place that Juan found at Tea Tree. 353 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,119 So I'm hoping that I can find something of interest 354 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:06,439 that'll make it worthwhile 355 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,399 for us to set up the noodling room here. 356 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,639 This is exactly where I found the best stones.OK. 357 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,279 This is the spot. 358 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,319 When we're blacklighting we use a UV torch 359 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,159 and that'll make the opal glow. 360 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:26,119 So it's really easy to find opal in the dark. 361 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,239 Look at the chunk that I found, Angel. Look look! 362 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:33,919 Oh, wow! 363 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,079 I told you this place is promising. 364 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,999 OK, let's go and check this stuff. 365 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,559 Chuck it on the bonnet. See if it's got colour. 366 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,079 Show what you got then. Look at that. 367 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:45,479 Oh, wow! 368 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,239 Here's a green piece. Oh, look at that. 369 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,479 Look how green this is. 370 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,519 That's got a bit of purple in it. 371 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,079 I'm pretty happy with that. 372 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,039 It's made today all worth it. 373 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:59,719 Now I've got to work out how to get the noodling room here. 374 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,639 We're still alive. Ha! 375 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,839 I love it how you're always positive. 376 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,559 With just basic hand tools to rely on, 377 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,599 Isaac and Sofia have been forced to abandon work 378 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,959 in their dangerous open cut trench. 379 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,839 So we've exhausted pretty much everything that we can do here. 380 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,679 We're getting a little desperate. 381 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,039 The only other option is to go through 382 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,679 what we're calling the pay dirt, 383 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,079 levels that have been brought up before, 384 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,719 and see if we can find any Yowah nut formations. 385 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,759 When we got the mine 386 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,719 there was some paydirt on our side of the boundary. 387 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,999 Anything on this side of the line belongs to us 388 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,439 and anything on that side of the line is theirs. 389 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:46,839 It's all mixed up, but... 390 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,359 There's heaps to go through right here.Yeah. 391 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,359 There's little nuts everywhere. Yeah, I can see that. 392 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,359 Found these two. 393 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,639 These are the little babies we're looking for. 394 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:58,959 That's a Yowah nut. 395 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,079 It's a perfectly cylindrical little nut 396 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,639 and one in a thousand of them can have colour in the skin. 397 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,239 One in ten thousand will have a pure crystal centre, an eye kernel. 398 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,839 That's the elusive Yowah nut that we're looking for. 399 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,599 The one in 10,000. 400 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,039 Literally looking for a needle in a haystack. 401 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:21,159 We've got two mines and a heap of broken machinery. 402 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,159 We're looking at quite a few thousand dollars' worth 403 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,559 just to get our machinery operating again, 404 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,039 let alone running it. 405 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:32,119 It would be great if there was a quicker way to process this. 406 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,959 So we could come up with something like a a hand sieve. 407 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,279 A hand sieve? 408 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:39,079 Yeah, we got all that iron lying around in Mum's yard. 409 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,479 Let's go look at that iron. 410 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,119 I wanted to get rid of this so many times 411 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,759 but Mum says keep it. There you go. 412 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,359 You never know when you'll need iron.That looks good. 413 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,879 It does look good. 414 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,399 (GRUNTS) 415 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,839 I don't know how we'll rig it up but we'll figure something out. 416 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,599 Which way should we go? 417 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,959 That's exactly the right width. Yeah, I know. 418 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,039 It's a little long but we can twist it over. 419 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:08,759 This might look like a primitive contraption 420 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,719 but it could make us some money we need to get us working again. 421 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,519 All right, looks like we're ready to go.Sweet as. 422 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,879 I'll chuck all this in the back in case we need it. 423 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,959 Just straighten out that leg, that leg over there. 424 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,719 Got to be a handyman, a mechanic, an electrician. 425 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,159 Ah, let's have a look. That's perfect.Looks good. 426 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,119 All right, here we go. 427 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:34,799 (GRUNTS) Whoo! 428 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,159 I can already see nuts there. I found quite a few already. 429 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,159 Colour. 430 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,559 Colour? Yeah. 431 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,119 Little tiny bit. Hey. Blue. 432 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,879 I love when colour just falls into your hands. 433 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,279 Let's go again. 434 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:53,159 I can't believe this works. So impressed. 435 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,279 Colour. I found colour. 436 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:59,639 Ooh! I found colour colour. 437 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,319 So where's there one, there's more. 438 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,679 We've got to find a way to make some money fast. 439 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,799 Really quickly. So let's hope there's some cash in the bucket. 440 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,719 There'd be 3-400 nuts in there. 441 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,079 That should give us an idea of what's in this pile. 442 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,479 Let's get out of here. 443 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,959 We don't know exactly what we've found yet. 444 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,839 We've got to open up a few nuts. 445 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,759 That'll help us to make the decision 446 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,759 about what we're finally going to do. 447 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,599 We've got two mines and one chance. 448 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,359 MICKY: That's our level there. 449 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,959 For this to work, we need rocks. 450 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,359 Micky and Joe have drilled to the opal level 451 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,599 at the heart of their claim in Taranto Valley. 452 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,719 That's a beautiful level, Micky. Yeah, it's a nice level. 453 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,879 It just doesn't have rocks in it, what we were worried about. 454 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,839 It didn't have any rocks in it. 455 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,839 It didn't have any goodness in it. 456 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,519 We're not going to find it here. 457 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:54,919 Sorry to say, Micky. 458 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,239 Terrible ground. 459 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,919 We're not getting where the opal is. 460 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,319 Something is not right. 461 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,679 We're going to have to put this drill down 462 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,399 and discuss what we're going to do next. 463 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,399 You need all these combinations to make good opal. 464 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,439 So it's very difficult to find. 465 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,679 At the moment, we can't do it. 466 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:14,999 We're going to have to wait 467 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,239 because I just got a call from my doctor. 468 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,479 I need to go back for some testing. 469 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,079 I had some issues there and he wants to further test it. 470 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,479 Yeah. So we have to go home. 471 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,199 We'll come back to it another day. 472 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:28,479 What do you reckon? Yeah. 473 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,359 Got to keep digging, keep trying, but we'll get there. 474 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,239 Today you got nothing. 475 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,439 Tomorrow you've hit it. 476 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:36,639 That's opal. 477 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,079 Vivvy's got an appointment. She's got to see a specialist. 478 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,359 She's got like a little lump thing going on. 479 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:44,839 We're not sure what it is. 480 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,319 It could be nothing but we've got to get it checked up. 481 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,559 With my history, that's not very good. 482 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,199 We better check and we're just going to go back 483 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,559 and do some more testing. 484 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,919 I just hope that, fingers crossed, that she gets a lot better. 485 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,679 It's...it's serious stuff. 486 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,239 I'm not going to cry anymore. I cry enough. 487 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,679 I have a beautiful family. 488 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,239 I have a beautiful daughter, 489 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,799 beautiful husband and a life, a house. 490 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,679 It's all we ask for so we have it it all. 491 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,199 JOE: Can I show you something? I want to show you something. 492 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,439 Tash and I are going to scope the area a bit more 493 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,239 and have a look and hopefully 494 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,839 we'll be able to surprise Micky when he comes back. 495 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,279 Tash is good cos she's been with me for the last 12 years. 496 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:29,999 She's actually been mining hands on. 497 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,359 She's in the cart breaking rocks. 498 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,519 Joe, here's one of those rocks coming out of the ground. 499 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,799 She's great to have. 500 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,879 See that's got a seam running through the ironstone? 501 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,639 So if that was colour, 502 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,399 it'd be worth a bit of money but it was just potch. 503 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,479 Oh, look! 504 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,559 Did you find something? Yeah. 505 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,799 Look. It's got red in it. 506 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,639 Nice colour in it. Mm. 507 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,799 Beautiful rock. Yeah. 508 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,879 Did you see that? Oh, one little speck. 509 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,999 That's not a speck. It's nice colour. 510 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,719 It's beautiful red. It's a speck, but... 511 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,279 It's just there. 512 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:09,799 Yeah, got to get the right angle. 513 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:12,559 Oh! 514 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:15,559 Look at that for colour. 515 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,839 There's a nice bit of indication, nice trace. 516 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,799 That's surface trace. 517 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,039 Oh, that's nice colour. Yeah. 518 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,279 Beautiful red. 519 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:26,279 Doesn't get much better than that. 520 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,079 So there's got to be opal here somewhere.Mm. 521 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,239 Just got to find it, eh. Yeah. 522 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,639 Ah, look at that. 523 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,119 That's nice. Another teaser. 524 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,119 Nice purple there, eh. 525 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,319 The rock that we found, it's surface trace. 526 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,199 An indication is always when you're looking at the rock 527 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:48,999 you can see the weather on it. 528 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,599 That tells you it was washed out from somewhere. 529 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,479 It's a lot of carats in it. 530 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,119 You got to remember 531 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,559 it's been millions of years on the surface. 532 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,639 You don't know where it got washed from. 533 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,239 We'll chuck this in the bucket 534 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,919 and we'll head back to town, eh? Yep. Let's go. 535 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,199 A lot of work for one bucket, but that's opal mining. 536 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,599 Let's go. 537 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,679 We'll give it a wash and see what we've got. 538 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,399 Opal can really surprise you. 539 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,519 You just don't know what's in that rock. 540 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,439 ANGEL: I'm pretty nervous moving this road train 541 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,279 with the noodling rooms. 542 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,239 I have Joe behind me who's watching the hopper 543 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,239 because that's at high risk of falling. 544 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,799 And then behind Joe is Juan. 545 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,799 On the opal fields of Andamooka, 546 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,319 the Misfits are moving their noodler to new ground, 547 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,439 two and a half tonnes of equipment 548 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,839 that can sift through old, mined dirt in search of opal. 549 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,999 Where possible, Angel, stay in the middle of the road. 550 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,519 If it's going to tip, it'll tip on the left side. 551 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,599 Very scared of rolling. 552 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,759 Very slowly down this incline cos it's leaning to the left. 553 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,599 If the hopper's going to roll, it's going to roll here. 554 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,079 Steady as she goes through that drop. 555 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,079 We cannot afford this machine to roll over 556 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,159 cos we're totally relying on this to bring us income. 557 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,319 Phew! 558 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,439 All right, this is that narrow bridge area. 559 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:32,839 The wheels are getting close to the shoulder. 560 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,599 Juan, I might need your help here. 561 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,319 I'm going to need a set of eyes right here cos it's so narrow. 562 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,279 Argh! 563 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,639 Gee, that's steep, eh. 564 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,159 If this bank here don't give way, you'll make it. 565 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,319 Keep going. Good, good, good. 566 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,519 Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! 567 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,359 Just spin the wheels, man. That's good, good. 568 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,599 You've got to push it. It's heavy. Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! 569 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:09,959 You made it. 570 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,519 Yeah, well done. (CHUCKLES) 571 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,479 I'm just going to unhitch the hopper. 572 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,039 We're just setting up the noodling room. 573 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:22,959 You have to guide me so I get the conveyor belt on top of the chute 574 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,639 cos I can't see what I'm doing. That's fine. I got this. 575 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,959 What are you doing, Juan? 576 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,439 The legs have to be adjusted. 577 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,559 Juan always tries his best at everything he does 578 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,039 so it's really hard to get frustrated with him. 579 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:45,119 What are you doing? Testing, balancing. 580 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,359 I just follow my heart. 581 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,119 You should follow instructions. 582 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,079 Need to reposition the bobcat. 583 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,479 Don't you dare let me hit that. 584 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,119 Go, go, go, go, go! 585 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,359 So sometimes I've just got to, you know, breathe, be calm. 586 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,039 Now. Swing it! 587 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,999 Tell me bucket up or bucket down. Up? Down? What? Speak. 588 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,279 Up, up, up, up! 589 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:08,799 Up, up, up! 590 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,439 We're beginners so we're just trying to find our feet basically. 591 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,239 More and stop. 592 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,119 Looks fantastico. 593 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,319 (ENGINE STARTS) 594 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,039 It is running! 595 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,679 Pretty excited. We're about to put our first bucket load into the hopper. 596 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,599 It'll be interesting to see what we do actually find. 597 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,959 Get ready, Juan. We've got some opal dirt coming in. 598 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,199 Bring it on. Slow and steady. 599 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,199 If we move too much dirt too fast, 600 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:41,799 we're going to miss that stone. 601 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,479 If we move it slow and really watch it, 602 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,599 we'll find every bit of opal there is in this. 603 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,119 Yeah, we're currently looking for colour here. 604 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,519 I use my trusty blade to find it. 605 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,039 OK, here we go. 606 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:56,919 One is just coming across, look. 607 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,199 You just pick it up. 608 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,719 Just like a chicken will find some corn in the fields. 609 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,479 Ah, the hopper's just jammed up. 610 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,959 I'm just going to have to unjam it quickly. 611 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,239 It's stopping the feed. 612 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,359 There's a few big rocks on it. 613 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:26,719 Oh, wow! 614 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,399 Hey, Juan. You should come out and check this out. 615 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,239 Ah, that's bright. 616 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,559 Can you see that? 617 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,439 Oh, wow! Let me just urn the machine off. 618 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,479 We've found a painted lady. 619 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,999 That's huge. Look at it. 620 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,599 I've never seen anything like it. 621 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,159 Oh. wow! How pretty is that? 622 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,519 Don't drop it. Don't break it. 623 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,679 You good? OK. Very good. 624 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,399 (GRUNTS) 625 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,439 That's so awesome. What a find! 626 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,079 That's a massive piece. 627 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,439 I can see a bit of red here. Red?! 628 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,039 You got blue, purple. 629 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,119 A painted lady is where the opal 630 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,159 has formed in the crack of a rock 631 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,039 and when you break it open, there's an opal face. 632 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,439 Painted ladies feature a layer of opal 633 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:16,159 on bedrock so thin it appears to be painted on. 634 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,799 Some are believed to be rocks trapped inside icebergs 635 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,479 that floated across an ancient sea from Antarctica. 636 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,919 A painted lady is very unique for Andamooka. 637 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,159 You can't find it anywhere else in the world. 638 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,999 If you get the right one it can be worth a couple of grand. 639 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,679 They're only good as specimens. 640 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,719 You can't turn them into jewellery. 641 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,919 I'm over the moon with it. It's so unique. 642 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,799 This pattern, I haven't found anything like this ever. 643 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,039 (BLEEP) look how pretty that is. 644 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,199 JOE: Let's hope we can make some money here, eh? 645 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,999 You never know what you're going to reveal in the ironstone, so it's exciting. 646 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:01,679 After a successful fossicking expedition with partner Tash, 647 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,759 Joe needs to cut the stones 648 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:08,399 to expose any opal and calculate their value. 649 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,959 Now this stone here, 650 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,959 I think this one's going to be the king stone. 651 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,439 It's got every colour in this stone. 652 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:17,799 Let's reveal this stone. 653 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,759 The revealing is the exciting part. 654 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,039 When you start cutting it and you start revealing it, 655 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,199 it really can be impressive. 656 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,919 Well, this is going to save our butts in the mine. 657 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,359 We'll be able to put more fuel in the machines. 658 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,439 OK, we're going to have to see what else is in the bucket. 659 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:41,999 Get a little stone out of that. 660 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,519 That's a two to three carat stone there. 661 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,159 It's worth between 500 and 1,000 dollars a carat. 662 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:54,839 It all adds up. 663 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,239 The Tarantos' parcel of Queensland boulder opal 664 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,399 is a mix of purple, blue and green 665 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,839 with flashes of rare red. 666 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,279 It's a combination of rough and cut stones, 667 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,679 weighing approximately 30 kilograms. 668 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,519 I've got this parcel 669 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:15,959 and I've cut the best out of it 670 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,399 and I've got these nice bright little stones here 671 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,959 and I'm going to try and get $5,000. I've got Pav coming. 672 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,359 Here to buy some opal. 673 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,799 Hopefully Joe's got some nice rough parcels for us. 674 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,439 Joe's a good bloke. 675 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,679 He's always fair on prices, so we come back and see him. 676 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,879 I've just faced a bit of stuff here. 677 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,679 Oh yeah, sweet. Can I have a look? No worries. 678 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,159 It's got that bary stripe pattern. 679 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:39,679 Yeah, it's beautiful, mate. 680 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,039 And this one here's a nice little ring stone. 681 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,079 A couple of little red ones there. That's nice. 682 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,199 I was thinking, you know, about 5,000. 683 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:49,759 Oh, mate. 684 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,359 5,000 Joe? Yeah, I know. 685 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,399 There's a lot of commercial grade on the ground there 686 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,599 and a lot of stone, but I'll throw that in as well. 687 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,399 Mate, I'm probably at three and a half, four thousand. 688 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,119 Does that? Ahhh. 689 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,239 It's just, it's just not, not quite there yet. 690 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,999 Can we...can we split it? 691 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,159 Split the difference? Would you go four and a half? 692 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,479 Mate, 4,000 I think is pretty fair. 693 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,799 We have to turn a profit on it as well and finish it, so. 694 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,359 Yeah. 695 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,559 Sure you wouldn't take four and a half? Like... 696 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,239 Oh, Joe, I haven't seen you for a few months, mate. 697 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,159 Yeah. You hard... (GROANS) 698 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,199 Look at that. I know it's hard to find them. 699 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,959 All right, I'll give you four and a half if it helps, mate. 700 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,439 Thank you. That's great. 701 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,439 Oh, unreal deal. 702 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,119 I am so stoked. 703 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,359 Hey, Tash. Yeah? 704 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:41,919 You wouldn't believe it. What? 705 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,399 We got four and a half thousand 706 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,519 for that little parcel we found there. 707 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,159 Oh, that's great! You better ring Micky and let him know. 708 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,719 I've got the phone. I was just about to do that, so. 709 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,439 MICKY: Hello. 710 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,079 Hey, we got four and a half thousand for that parcel. 711 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,799 What do you think of that? 712 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,799 Awesome, eh? Oh, yeah. 713 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,399 It's a great price, eh. 714 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,439 Good lucky, Vivvy. Let us know how you go with the doctor. 715 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,159 VIVIANE: No worries. I'll let you know as soon as I know. 716 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,999 Best of lucky Vivvy. Travel safe. 717 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,199 We'll talk to you soon. VIVIANE: All right. Bye. 718 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,479 Bye, guys. Bye. 719 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,279 Good job, babe. Mwah! 720 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,439 ISAAC: Let's see what we got. 721 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,879 That's a fair few nuts. 722 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,519 There must be a few hundred there. 723 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,639 With no opal, 724 00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:36,239 no working machines and money running short, 725 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,919 the Opal Whisperers are pinning all their hopes 726 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,399 on a 20-kilogram bucket of Yowah nuts. 727 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,679 Yeah, the ugly truth is upon us. 728 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,759 If we don't get any colour of these bad boys then we're done. 729 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,719 (MOTOR STARTS) Heyyyy! Whoo! 730 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,319 If you could sort through the most likely promising nuts 731 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,159 hand them to me and I'll start sawing them up.All right. 732 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:01,679 Diamond blade to cut it like butter. 733 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,799 How's that? Pretty but nothing. 734 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,559 Nothing saleable. Nice pattern. 735 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,839 It's not going to get our machinery fixed. 736 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,439 No, we're not here for clay. Try this one. 737 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,159 All right. Ooh, that does feel good, doesn't it?It does. 738 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,599 Sounds OK. 739 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,839 Come on, come on. 740 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,319 Ahhh! 741 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,679 So you can imagine you're here, you've got one in 1,000 pieces. 742 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:27,919 Yeah. 743 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,439 You get a bit frustrated sometimes, know what I mean? 744 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,919 This motor is really clapping out, eh. 745 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,599 It might be my saw blade's getting blunt. 746 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,039 110 bucks, we've only done 50 nuts. 747 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,199 We can't lose another machine. 748 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,599 Oh, no. 749 00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,439 It's not looking good. Especially considering 750 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,879 we've been through more than half of our material. 751 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,159 There's this. 752 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:53,959 I want to sell that on the website. 753 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,079 I'll get 150 bucks for that as is. Although... 754 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,039 Well, it's 150 bucks worth of gamble 755 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,359 that maybe there's something in the skin 756 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,719 that could get us into the thousands. 757 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:06,399 It's our last chance. All right. 758 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,519 Let's cut it open. I don't know if the saw's big enough. 759 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,719 Like literally, how how am I going to do this? 760 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,839 I've only got an eight-inch blade on that. 761 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,279 Nice and slow. That's it. 762 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,559 Urgh. The blade doesn't like it at all. 763 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,519 Don't break, don't break! 764 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,399 Come on, you mongrel. Come on, baby. 765 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,519 (MOTOR JUDDERS) Ohh! Careful. (BLEEP) 766 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,839 Did we break the machine? (GROANS) 767 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,319 No, we didn't break it but it was just about to blow. 768 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,839 She's too hard. She's too big. 769 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,319 I think I've got a bigger blade. 770 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,399 That's an eight inch. I might be able to do it with a ten. 771 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,479 All right. Now. 772 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,519 Hopefully that's the right size. 773 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,359 I just hope this saw blade's still in good order. Come on, baby. 774 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,159 Get in there. Time's ticking, money's counting. 775 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:02,799 All right. She's in. 776 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,839 I don't have another ten-inch blade so if this one's blunt, too bad. 777 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,879 Hey. All right. 778 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,359 This could literally save our entire mining operation. 779 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,719 Ooh, that sounds better. Yeah. 780 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,039 Hopefully the motor holds up. Ahhh! Paaaa! 781 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,359 Careful. That... 782 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,239 Is this it? 783 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,199 Come on, come on, come on. 784 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:32,839 (GROANS) 785 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,399 That's it, Soph. We're bust. 786 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,479 It's ironstone, mate. 787 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,119 All right, we need to talk. 788 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:44,919 That's literally it, man. 789 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,959 No centre. No colour. No nothing. 790 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,319 What are we going to do? 791 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,239 I think we need to really sit down and replan everything. 792 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,119 I need a shower. We are running out of options seriously. 793 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,959 Don't worry about it. We'll think of something. 794 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:07,559 We've got to make our budget. We're not finding enough stuff. 795 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,239 Yep. We have two opal mines. 796 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,039 One of them could produce something 797 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,919 but we don't have the machinery for it. 798 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,479 We've done everything that we can with hand tools. 799 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,559 We can't have one mine holding up the other one.Yeah. 800 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,719 We're probably thinking the same thing. 801 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,959 A guy came through looking for a mine. 802 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,719 He gave me his number and he's called me since then, so he's pretty keen.OK. 803 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,679 (LINE RINGS) 804 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,079 IAN: Hello? 805 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,119 Hi, is that Ian? Yes, mate. 806 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,039 Is that Isaac, is it? Yeah. Speaking. 807 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,199 You were looking for a lease, 808 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,199 that claim I showed you, Lucky One. 809 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,319 25 grand and it's yours. 810 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,039 Well, I mean, I'll be honest with you, Isaac, 811 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,479 you know, there's no way I'm going to 25 grand with it. 812 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,719 So, you know, I was thinking, you know, 813 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,479 I was thinking possibly around the 15 mark. 814 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,039 Oh, mate. No, sorry. We're not interested. 815 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,759 25, I think it's a fair price. I really do. 816 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,559 We'll put it on the market if that's all you can offer us. 817 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:08,239 20 would be my absolute limit and that's the honest truth there. 818 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,759 All right, mate, look, a quick deal's a good deal. 819 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,079 We'll call it at 20. OK, guys. 820 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,359 Well, good luck and we'll be in touch. Thanks. 821 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,759 Thanks, Ian. Bye.Talk to you soon. Bye. 822 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,319 Isaac, I am so proud of you. 823 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,479 Sold the mine. 824 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,119 I was actually dubious about it but it feels good. 825 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:25,719 I feel like there's some freedom. 826 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,119 We've come home with $20,000. 827 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,679 That's fantastic. We've got the Yowah House claim. 828 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,039 We can sink everything we've got into that. 829 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,599 So looks like we've got the cash 830 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,639 to give this a really, really good go at Yowah House, 831 00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:40,319 I'm actually thrilled about it. 832 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:41,879 We live to fight another day. 833 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:43,879 We will continue. 834 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,639 Hey, Joe. Come check this out. 835 00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:57,319 What you got there? Got a bucket full of opal. 836 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,639 Chuck it on here. Mind your necks. 837 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:01,279 Ohhh, sorry. 838 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,599 It's pretty heavy. 839 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,039 Look at that. That's a nice painted lady. 840 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,279 Yeah, that'd be worth a few dollars. 841 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:09,919 See what you think. 842 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,919 Oh, that's nice. Stunning. 843 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,719 Oh, that's got some nice red in it, eh. 844 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,719 That that's going to make a nice stone. 845 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,519 How much do you reckon the painted ladies are worth? 846 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,519 Probably up to a thousand bucks. 847 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,639 So you reckon you could sell that? Everything's sellable. 848 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,279 Why don't you give it a go? It's not that hard. 849 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,399 She's got to start somewhere. She's 22. 850 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,719 It's time to fire up and start selling opal and learn the ropes. 851 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,039 I'm up for the challenge. Well done. 852 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,719 Good day. Cool bananas. Well done. 853 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,519 The Misfits have a parcel of crystal opal 854 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:49,879 featuring blues and greens with flashes of gold and elusive red. 855 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:53,679 It's in the rough and includes painted lady opal. 856 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:57,679 Angel's hoping it's worth four and a half thousand dollars. 857 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:03,959 I'm just organising the opal for the opal buyer that's coming soon. 858 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:05,479 It's going to be tricky. 859 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:06,999 I need to learn how to negotiate 860 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:08,959 cos if you don't know how to negotiate, 861 00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,399 you're not going to be a successful opal miner. 862 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,319 I'm feeling pretty nervous about my first sale. 863 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,839 Almost shaking nervous, but I'm good. 864 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,279 She's got to watch out cos a buyer will know 865 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:20,919 that she's not confident 866 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,039 and so she's not going to get as much as what she should have got. 867 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:25,919 Hey, Luke. How you going? 868 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,199 I'm Angel. Good, good. 869 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,879 Here to look at some opal? You got some colour stones? 870 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,199 I've got them all on the table here for you. 871 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,719 The reason I wanted Angel to do the sale is cos 872 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:38,319 I'm more or less just a background giving tips and investing. 873 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,399 Thanks for coming. I'm excited to show you what we've found. 874 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,759 No worries. Looks nice. Yeah. 875 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,199 She's got to learn the ropes. 876 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,319 It's no good knowing how to find opal if you can't get money for it. 877 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,479 17 three-ounces here. With the two painted ladies that we found. 878 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:55,239 What are you thinking about for these all up? 879 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,159 I'm thinking about four and a half for both, 880 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:00,199 for the painted ladies and the opal. 881 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:01,879 OK. 882 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,159 I'll maybe go maybe two. 883 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:10,479 Two? Yeah. 884 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,079 Gee, that's a bit low. 885 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:13,519 What about three and a half? 886 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,959 I reckon maybe three would be the best I could do today. 887 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,959 Three grand? 888 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,519 Yeah, well then that's a deal, Luke.Yeah? 889 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,239 It's yours. JUAN: Sounds good, yeah. Thanks. 890 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:29,679 LUKE: No worries. 891 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,519 The sale didn't go as well as I had hoped. 892 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:34,599 I was hoping to get more than 3K. 893 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,719 I know Joe would have, but I mean he's got the experience. 894 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,559 I'm still learning so I'm pretty happy. 895 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,919 That's all yours. Awesome. 896 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,399 Ladies and gentlemens... JOE: Oh! 897 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,159 I'm glad to present my new dish 898 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:51,239 which is called happy to be eating fishes. 899 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:52,639 Oh, yeah. 900 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,199 You'll melt everything there. 901 00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:57,959 Oh, yeah, look at that. Enjoy. 902 00:42:58,040 --> 00:42:59,439 What is it? 903 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,279 You want one? I should look at it. 904 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:03,719 Oh, yeah. Oh! 905 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,799 That's got dead fish in it, man. 906 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:08,839 It's a bit strong. This is too weird. 907 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,479 Is that like a Colombian thing? 908 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,199 You do know it's supposed to be cooked, right? 909 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,279 Spit it out before you get sick. That needs some work, Juan. 910 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,799 You can always give it to the dog. 911 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,639 What an awesome day, guys. 912 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:25,039 Yeah. It's been an absolutely brilliant week. 913 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:26,479 Thank you, Angel. 914 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,119 Thank you for this dessert meal thing. 915 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,479 subtitles by Deluxe 916 00:43:46,305 --> 00:44:46,827 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm