"Outback Opal Hunters" Follow The Clues

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,119 On Outback Opal Hunters... 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,719 ..a mountain of mine waste... 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,399 Real nasty. 4 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,399 ..rains down destruction on the Blacklighters... 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,759 There it goes. Whoa! 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:17,799 ..exposing choking dust, threatening their entire mining operation. 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,599 This is next level, this dust. 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,959 It's just filling the darkroom up. (COUGHS) 9 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:23,479 It's gonna just shut us down. 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,839 Whoa! 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,199 The Mooka Boys hunt for a legendary mineshaft... 12 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,159 We've got to keep heading that way. 13 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,559 ..believed to be filled with cut opal... 14 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,239 It's a maze down here. 15 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,919 ..and risk being buried alive ten metres underground. 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,319 Quick get out! Get out! Get out of the way! 17 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,439 Pretty bad.The bearing has gone inside this roller. 18 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:56,039 The Tarantos fight to revive their busted 40-tonne excavator... 19 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,559 The steering's playing up. 20 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,399 ..leads the entire family to disaster. 21 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,199 (BLEEP) 22 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,079 Dad! Run! Get out, Joe! 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,359 # Money 24 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,839 # And fancy clothes # 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 26 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,879 It's a lot more dusty, this claim, than we're used to. 27 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:34,839 It's different dust. 28 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:40,199 Like really fine, so it's just blasting around everywhere and making it hard to see. 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,439 It's really, really, really tough. 30 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,279 In the wind-torn desert wastelands of Coober Pedy, 31 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,959 the Blacklighters are working a massive mine-waste dump 32 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,039 at their new claim, Magic Mountain. 33 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,719 We're going through old noodling dumps. 34 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,239 They've already been put through a machine like Opalzilla, 35 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,719 but they missed more than what they found, 36 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,799 hence the reason why we're here going back through it. 37 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,559 The dust is a bit more of an issue here, 38 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:12,519 because it's already been dug and it's really dry. 39 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,239 It's probably been on the surface now for probably 20-odd years, 40 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:17,919 so it's dried right out. 41 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,479 I don't know how it's gonna be in the darkroom. 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:26,759 If the wind starts blowing the wrong way it's just sucking the dirt straight in there. 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,119 Yo, John, how's the dust situation going in there, mate? 44 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,559 From the look of it out here, you're copping it pretty bad in there. 45 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,679 It's absolutely (BLEEP) disgusting, mate. Yeah, the worst we've had I think. 46 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,279 (XAVIER SNEEZES) 47 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,199 The dust goes in your nose, in your mouth, in your throat. 48 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,479 (COUGHING) 49 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:51,759 When the wind direction is blowing the wrong way, it blows dust straight in there. 50 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,839 That's not very good for your lungs. 51 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:55,199 (COUGHING) 52 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,919 The Blacklighters, Mark I'Anson, 53 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,399 Paul Coon, John Nassar 54 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,319 and Mark's 15-year-old son, Xavier, 55 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,159 have taken a huge gamble. 56 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,319 After exhausting their old claim, they've staked their futures 57 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:26,119 on shifting ten-tonne noodling machine, Opalzilla, to the new claim. 58 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,999 Moving any equipment around here is very expensive, 59 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,879 a very expensive operation, 60 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,959 like you're just chewing diesel. 61 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,639 The machinery you have to use has to be really big and strong, 62 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,239 but that's the risk you take. 63 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,119 XAVIER: Welcome to your new home, Opalzilla. 64 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,719 Our goal this year is to... 65 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,519 try and get our way up around 300K. 66 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,599 It's a big challenge. 67 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,599 I'm pretty pumped to see what comes out of this dump. 68 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,279 We've done the move.We'll see if Magic Mountain is magic.Yes. 69 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,239 Sounds good. Let's see if it is good. 70 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,879 Let's hope it's better than the last few weeks. 71 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,119 Yeah, the last few weeks were... (BLEEP) 72 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,879 Hopefully we get something good this time. 73 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,959 This is it for us. 74 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,439 This is our last chance to make ourselves a good go at it. 75 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:21,519 We've got no alternatives, so pretty well everything we've got has to go into this spot. 76 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,559 You've really got to work on the right winds up here. 77 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,639 You can't work on every wind. 78 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,199 When you're in the darkroom, when the wind is going the wrong way, 79 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:37,919 it can just blow everything straight through the belts, just absolutely destroy you in there. 80 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,799 (XAVIER SNEEZES) 81 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,159 The dust levels are just out of control. 82 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,959 At one point, the dust was swirling so much, it just totally engulfed the loader. 83 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:52,319 You couldn't see out, any way. You're thinking, "Which way do I go?" It was... It was dangerous. 84 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:57,399 The worst thing we've ever had anywhere, so hopefully, we'll get out of here alive. 85 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,079 This is next level, this dust. Just filling the darkroom up. 86 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,439 (COUGHS) 87 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,399 It's gonna just shut us down. 88 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,959 It just, like, looks like a storm. 89 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:12,239 Gets pretty dangerous, so I sort of thought that was a fair indication it's time to stop. 90 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:14,919 (COUGHS) 91 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,799 We can't have that dust. That's just unworkable. 92 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,679 I've got sandblasted eyeballs. 93 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,559 This dust has done me today. I've just had enough. 94 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,999 Maybe this way, I reckon. 95 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,999 This place is just amazing. It never ends. 96 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,879 Yeah, it's a maze. It's gutted out like a piece of Swiss cheese, mate! 97 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,519 (LAUGHS) 98 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,359 Seems like Leif wants to go on a bit of a treasure hunt today. 99 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,999 I believe to go and find the legendary cutters' shaft, full of cut opal. 100 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,559 This is, sort of, the kind of thing we're looking for. 101 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,479 I don't think this is the one we're looking for, boys. 102 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,119 I'm not seeing a lot of cut pieces in here, like a cutters' trash would look like. 103 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,839 There's a fair bit of danger here. 104 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,319 That's all caved in, so... 105 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:25,359 Who wants to volunteer to go for a crawl up there and have a look? 106 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,559 I'm not gonna fit in that little hole! 107 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,519 I'll go for a crawl. You'll go for a crawl?Yeah. 108 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,079 Just be careful there, mate. 109 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,639 What do you reckon there, Leif? What are you seeing? Probably a dead end, boys. 110 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,319 Whoa! 111 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,759 We're definitely gonna have to watch ourselves here. (CHUCKLES) 112 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,479 You can turn left, you can turn right, you could get lost anywhere. 113 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,039 Nah. This one definitely ain't it. 114 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,919 I don't know, man. I don't think we've got much luck finding it, as we stand. 115 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,959 Feels like a rat in a maze right now. 116 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,839 What do you think boys? This one? 117 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,319 If we can find that on the top... Use that as a reference point? 118 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,079 If we can find that shaft that goes through to the top up there, we can do a coordinate. 119 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,279 Get some bearings and go again. Yeah. 120 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,519 The Mooka Boys, Leif Tanzer, 121 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,399 and partners, Matt and Cozza Kathagen, 122 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,759 are hunting a hoard of opal 123 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,959 dumped down a shaft by an old-timer cutter. 124 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:40,919 So, back in the day, the old miners only really liked the red crystals or the black stones. 125 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:46,279 Everything else, the blue, the green, concrete, matrix, it wasn't of much value to them at all. 126 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,639 So hopefully the shaft is absolutely chock-a-block full of that. 127 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,879 There's quite a few stories around the town of places like that. 128 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,839 From the notes from Dad, this is one of the places. We thought something different, have a look here. 129 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:04,159 Leif's father, Paul Tanzer, was a highly regarded Andamooka opal miner. 130 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,439 He was tough on my brother and myself, 131 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,799 but everything he did paid off for us. 132 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,079 We both thank him for how he was. 133 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:17,199 Two years ago, Paul was caught off-guard during a disagreement 134 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,959 and later died from his injuries. 135 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,439 He copped two knife wounds and the second wound got his femoral artery. 136 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,279 That's what made him, sort of, made him pass. 137 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,799 The way he said goodbye was dying in my arms on the way to hospital. 138 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,959 Paul left behind detailed notes, charting his decades as a miner, 139 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,199 in a book they call the Bible, 140 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:47,239 including clues to locating the cutters' shaft filled with opal. 141 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,639 This cutters' shaft is meant to be here, off to the right. 142 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,719 This area is meant to be 40, 50 feet, 143 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,079 northeast of the position of where the shaft is meant to be. 144 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,119 I just remember this being a rubbish hole, so check for any burnt walls. 145 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,679 I know the bloke used to burn his rubbish in there. It would have scorched edges. 146 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,879 Let's see if we can go find him. 147 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,879 So we're risking our season target, potentially, 148 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,959 on a trash-hole treasure hunt today, 149 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,639 so I'm a little bit nervous, 150 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,199 to say the least. 151 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,759 So we've come back up top now, to see if we can't find the top of the old cutters' shaft first, 152 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,319 which will make it much easier to find exactly where we need to go underground. 153 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,519 So I think this is our open shaft for reference, is it?Yeah. 154 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,599 That one. 155 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:38,799 This open shaft here, we know where this is underground, 156 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,039 so it's gonna be our starting point. 157 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,999 All we're doing now is getting a measurement from our starting point, 158 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,199 a compass bearing, so at least we know 159 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,879 what direction we're in underground that way. 160 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,959 25 metres. 161 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,039 347 degrees north. 162 00:09:55,120 --> 00:10:00,039 We're just making sure, instead of winding through all the endless tunnels under there, 163 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,839 we're actually heading in the right direction. 164 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,119 The boys must now hope their rough 165 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,399 distance and bearing calculation 166 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,679 is accurate enough to lead them to the hidden shaft. 167 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,759 Brookes Hill is absolutely littered with shafts. 168 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:23,199 Some of them are covered up, in a way that you can't notice if that was a shaft. 169 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,439 Just walking around, poking the ground, looking for the old shafts. 170 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,079 Been that many rains, 171 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,599 washed the dirt over it and made little crusts over the top of it, 172 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:36,679 so, yeah, you really can't see it. 173 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:41,079 All the old shafts are just full of dirt. They don't have any opal, 174 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:46,479 but this cutters' trash shaft that we're looking for should be full of cut pieces of opal. 175 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:49,559 Keep poking around. There's got to be something here. 176 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,919 Cozza! 177 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,039 The rock here is a little bit tight. There's no cavities. 178 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:15,719 So... 179 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,599 the opal has got no way that it can form in it. 180 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:20,679 So it needs to just loosen up 181 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,079 or the rock gets harder and more brittle, 182 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,759 so it gets more voids in it and that's when we start finding stuff. 183 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,999 It's close. 184 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,639 Just any rock could be the one, at the moment. 185 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,119 Joe wants to take the top off here and move that way. 186 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:58,399 Because it's vertical, the feeders are feeding into the rock 187 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,799 and feeding at the minerals it needs to make opal. 188 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,159 You can see it's close. 189 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,119 (THUD) Oh! 190 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:12,799 Oh, what was that? 191 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,639 Can you see it? I'll lift up the machine. Have a look. 192 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,919 Is there a roller there? Can you see it? 193 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,999 Is it loose? Yeah. 194 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,079 How bad is it? 195 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,159 Pretty... Pretty bad. 196 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,919 It's actually the whole roller is moving. 197 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,639 The bearing has gone inside this roller. 198 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,719 What happens is, if that... 199 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,519 comes off, it's gonna bind with that... 200 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,599 with that, um, sprocket there. 201 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:43,679 And it'll chew it right up 202 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,959 and then we could damage all that. 203 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,039 Oh, major damage. 204 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,999 The Tarantos. 205 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,079 Joe, fiance Tash, 206 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:55,959 son Jack, 207 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,519 brother Micky, wife Viviane, 208 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,199 and three-year-old daughter Felicia, 209 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,679 are battling through their first season 210 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,439 on the hunt for elusive boulder opal. 211 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,039 Boulder opal is the strongest. 212 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,079 It's the brightest. 213 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:16,159 When you're actually pulling it out of the ground, it's just beautiful. 214 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,239 My season target, 215 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,679 to keep up with the expenses, 216 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,399 is about $250,000. 217 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,399 So far, this season we haven't really found anything. 218 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,919 We've found little bits of trace, little bits of lines of colour, 219 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,359 but it's just not enough, it doesn't even cover the cost of fuel. 220 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:37,639 We're running a big business now. It's called The Opal Miner shop. 221 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,559 It's just all cut stones, 222 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,439 boulder opal 223 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,759 and boulder-opal jewellery. 224 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,679 The advantage in having a shop and enhancing our opal 225 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:52,479 by putting it into jewellery is we can triple that money 226 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:55,359 by selling it directly to our customers. 227 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:02,199 Tash was hoping we'd dig more opal out and we were gonna see a bit more opal. 228 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,959 We really need to be able to... 229 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,839 have stock 230 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,839 and keep going without having to... 231 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:11,919 borrow money 232 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,399 and buy stock off other people. 233 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,079 We really need to find our own opal. 234 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,559 The bearing has gone inside there. 235 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,439 It needs to be replaced. 236 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,039 If the chain comes off, it will be downtime for two days. 237 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,519 I've got to let the grease out for the track. 238 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,399 It's all compressioned. 239 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,599 You've got to let it out for the track, 240 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,679 so that the track drops down, 241 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,959 so I can get drills and whatever we need to get under. 242 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,719 Undo it... 243 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,599 a little bit. 244 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,799 You can see that bit of grease just coming out. 245 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,079 (CLATTERING) You can hear the track expanding. 246 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,639 Do it up...and it stops. 247 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,519 I'm breaking the... 248 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,799 the thread on the...on the bolt. 249 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,559 Loose enough, so we can use the rattle gun on it. 250 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,479 Jack, can you just put the rattle gun on there. 251 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,799 Doesn't look like it, mate. 252 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,879 Aah. This is terrible. 253 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,279 No. 254 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,559 I'm sick of waiting. Let's just do it. 255 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,639 Stop contemplating and just do it. 256 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,479 (GRUNTS) A little job becomes a big job here. 257 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,839 Well, it's gonna be a big job otherwise. 258 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,639 I don't know if we're wrecking that bolt. 259 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,799 Yeah, that's what's worrying me too. 260 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,279 What happens is these are always sitting in the weather. 261 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,359 And the corrosion and that... 262 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,359 ..um, you know, sort of welds them into the track frame 263 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,639 and that creates problems for us. 264 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,559 Why has everything got to be so hard? 265 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:08,319 When we started working Magic Mountain, we realised that it's a dusty place. 266 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,799 It's like no other that we've worked. 267 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,759 It's just filling the darkroom up. (COUGHS) 268 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,999 Choking dust in the darkroom has forced the Blacklighters 269 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,079 to shut down Opalzilla. 270 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:28,479 Unless the problem is fixed, they'll lose their only way to hunt for opal. 271 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,679 So this is the fan. It goes in the roof of Opalzilla. 272 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,679 The stacker up there sucks the fresh air from up above the dust 273 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,079 and blows it into the darkroom to pressurise it and keep the dust out. 274 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,159 Some 150 PVC. 275 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:46,439 We've got some expander foam there. Just filled it all in, in the guts. 276 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,679 The creation Paul put together was like bush mechanics at its best. 277 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,759 The fan sits in there. 278 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,639 Screws on. We've got the cables to go down and hold it. 279 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,519 It's pretty tall and it'll flop around in the wind a bit, so yeah. 280 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,719 He collected a bit of this and he collected a bit of that. 281 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,399 What a design. 282 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,479 It's just a pressure fan, pretty much, sucking the fresh air 283 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,559 from way up above, so no dust can get in there. 284 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,639 Hopefully, it all goes to plan 285 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,599 and doesn't fall over or rip a hole in the roof. 286 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,519 Just taking the old cap off from the old blower we used to have years ago. 287 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,199 There we go. 288 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,319 Look out below! 289 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,479 Put the bucket on the fan. 290 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,959 Put out the wires for the stability. 291 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,119 It's that easy. We can all hope! 292 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,039 Is that in? 293 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:56,599 Now it is. 294 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,679 That's all right. How's that, John? 295 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,999 Yeah, it's definitely better. 296 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,359 Yeah. 297 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,279 I wouldn't say Paul has got an engineer's head on him. 298 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,399 I think, once he sets his mind to something, he makes it work. 299 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,159 Just looks bodgy, though. Is there a small bit of angle or something somewhere? 300 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:13,839 I'll go and look. 301 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,959 That worked. That'll work, won't it? 302 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,159 Yeah.I fixed it! I got down and did it myself. 303 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,839 Whatever, Mark. 304 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,479 You get real big gusts up here, sometimes 40 knots. 305 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:32,639 Yeah, if this isn't anchored down, it's just gonna get ripped right off. 306 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:37,439 Right. Let's get off the roof, in case something bad happens when they turn this on! 307 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,919 Yeah, get off the roof, in case it takes off and starts spinning around! (LAUGHS) 308 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,399 It might hold. I don't know. 309 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,159 Rightio, Xavi, let's see if this stacker works. 310 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:56,079 A bit of airflow now, so there's only one way to test her out, mate, and that's run some dirt. 311 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,439 What's it looking like in there? It's still pretty bad out here. 312 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,839 But the snorkel looks like it's, um, above the dust. 313 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,439 Yeah, top job there, MacGyver. Well done, fella. 314 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,519 Cleaner air, easier to breathe. 315 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,559 I think Paul is getting Man Of The Match for this week. 316 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,759 He nailed it, making that stack. It was brilliant. 317 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,599 Are you OK, man? Yeah, I'm all right. 318 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,879 Oh... (BLEEP) Hell, man. I think I might have found it! 319 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,479 (LAUGHS) 320 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,679 I think the opal gods smiled upon us today, the hole didn't go right through. 321 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,999 Cozza was lucky that he fell on a mud cap. 322 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:52,639 If he's gone to the bottom, it's broken legs, if not the worst case, he's finished. 323 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,479 You all right, man? 324 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,879 So the big question now is... is this shaft full of cut opal? 325 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,479 You reckon this is the one we're looking for? 326 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,399 No, I think this cutters' shaft should have burnt edges everywhere. 327 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,479 Keep having a look then? 328 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,719 Going by the mud map that Dad left for us, this shaft is down here, to the east of us. 329 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,079 It's in... I think it was, like, a 40-metre sort of radius. 330 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,999 I think I got something here, boys. 331 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,079 Oh, yeah? 332 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,999 Oh, yeah! That's looking pretty good.I think that's black walls in there. 333 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,359 Oh, I think we've finally found it, boys.Yeah! 334 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,519 (BLEEP) Yeah, bro. 335 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,599 (LAUGHS) 336 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,079 Definitely it. It's got the burnt edges. 337 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,479 So we can't really dig it out from the top. 338 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:49,919 If we start digging from the top and it does collapse, then we are going to go down the shaft with it. 339 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:55,719 A lot of unstable ground up here, so it's gonna be a lot easier if we get underneath, knock the bottom out. 340 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,079 About 15 degrees north. 341 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:01,679 I guess we get downstairs, see if we can't make that bearing make sense to us.Yeah. 342 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,519 Well, here's that shaft that we know is open. 343 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,599 We've got one...two... 344 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,319 three...four... 345 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,999 five directions, then. 346 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,079 Which way are we supposed to go? 347 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,039 Well... 348 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:22,999 if we're gonna keep heading north, we've got to keep heading that way. 349 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,879 Yeah. That way. Cool. 350 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:31,039 At the moment, our whole season rides on us finding a needle in a haystack. 351 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:34,519 There's a chance that we won't find this at all. 352 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,879 There's a lot of things to this that could go wrong. 353 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,839 Here's the shaft, here. 354 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,799 What do you reckon? It's a hole? We'll give it a poke? 355 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,399 Can't go wrong, man. Let's see what happens. 356 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,839 So we've got Leif just knocking down a bit of the shaft at the moment that's hung up. 357 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,479 Oh, my God! Get out of the way! 358 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,319 It's basically a fingers-crossed moment what Dad is doing here. 359 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,879 The heat will expand it, 360 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,159 to unweld it, so to speak. 361 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,239 The Tarantos' excavator's tracks have seized. 362 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,479 Without the machine, the family have no hope of finding any opal 363 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,879 in their huge open-cut mine. 364 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,399 When I bought this machine at a quarry, 365 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,479 it was sitting inside... 366 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,359 in a ditch 367 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,439 and it was underwater. 368 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:46,679 This is the reason why we're having trouble getting these rollers off, 369 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,039 because it was sitting in water. 370 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,119 I reckon that's gonna do it. 371 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,199 Fingers crossed, guys. 372 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:56,879 That's good. 373 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,199 Whoo-hoo-hoo! 374 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,839 Come on, Bugs. Need your muscles. 375 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,159 Now we've got to lift it and position it. 376 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,319 Whose side first? Ooh, I don't know. 377 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,279 Just put it down there. I'll jump on the other side. 378 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,519 Once we position it, Jack lowers the machine on top of it, 379 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,719 because we can't hold it up, it's too heavy. 380 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,479 (TOOL WHIRRS) 381 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,799 How's that? What? 382 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,919 Is it straight on your side? I need to go to the right. 383 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,559 Screw one in, please. I can't screw one in. I said I need to go to the right. 384 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,919 Let me have a look at your side before you do that. 385 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,599 All right, just come down a little bit, Jack. 386 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,479 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 387 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,199 That's good. 388 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,079 Ohh! She's in. 389 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,159 Thank God.So, this afternoon, we might be finding opal. 390 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,799 We've put a lot of money into the ground. 391 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,359 We haven't had a great season, but it can all change in one day. 392 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,599 That's the name of the game. 393 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,839 We've just got to keep chipping away and hopefully hit that rock. 394 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,279 Ohh! Joe! 395 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:28,959 Ah, nice colour. 396 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,639 When I broke it, I was like, "Ohh!" The colour came out! 397 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,839 That's where we got the trace. 398 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:40,559 Somewhere in that wall there should be a bit of opal. Somewhere in that wall. 399 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,239 Bingo! 400 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,799 Before they can dig into the wall, they must flatten 401 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,559 the giant mullock heap above it, to stop it collapsing on them. 402 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:55,279 You got to be careful here. The loose dirt is close to the edge. We're gonna be working down there. 403 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,839 Oh, I mean, it can be quite dangerous. 404 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,199 Move wrong. Twist my blade wrong. 405 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,999 Yeah, the machine can fall off the edge. 406 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,759 It's playing up. The steering's playing up. 407 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,639 (BLEEP) 408 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,159 Dad! Run! 409 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,039 Get out, Joe! 410 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:35,239 Oh, Jeez! It's all coming, man! Jesus! 411 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,239 If you're underneath one of these shafts when they come down, 412 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,039 then you're definitely getting buried and you're not getting out of here. 413 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:47,119 Be careful up there, Leif. 414 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,999 So this season's total was really relying on us finding something now. 415 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:01,079 We should be finding cut-off pieces of opal, something that has already been run through a saw or a grinder. 416 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,119 Not one bit of rubbish at all, is there? 417 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,599 It's definitely not a cutters' pile. This is normal fill. 418 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,239 All right. Next one. 419 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,639 It was a bit of a gamble, taking the boys away from their dig, out at Lunatic, 420 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,159 but Dad had a pretty good sort of thing of deciphering sort of 421 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:17,839 what was truth and not. 422 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,119 Whoa, boys! There's a bunch of bottles here, man. 423 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,359 Oh, yeah? Burnt-out trash here, man. 424 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,439 Where's that go to? 425 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,239 Hey, boys, this is all burnt out in here! 426 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,319 I think this is it, guys. 427 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,399 We've got burnt-out sides here. We've got some old rubbish, man. 428 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,399 Yeah? I'm glad we don't have to go crawling through any more tunnels. 429 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:50,999 Hopefully it all pays off. 430 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:52,679 Ta. 431 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,479 If it all ends up coming down right now, I'm gonna grab Leif's foot 432 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,559 and pull him out with the dirt coming down, so he doesn't end up getting buried by it. 433 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,159 We might be in luck here. All the dirt that we were after has been washed down into the bottom here. 434 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,959 Pretty much what we want will be below us. 435 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,799 Move a bit more of the excess so we can get in there. 436 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,759 Here we go. There's colour! Oh, we got colour?Yeah. 437 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,959 Oh, you beauty, man! What have we got? 438 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,199 We've got our first stone. 439 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:19,879 Killer, killer! 440 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,319 I think it's fair to say we've found the cutters' shaft we've been looking for. 441 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,079 Just about every time Leif's dropping dirt down, 442 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,799 I'm finding some nice pieces of opal in here, nice cut pieces. 443 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,879 Whoa! Check this out, Matty. 444 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,759 Holy hell. Look at that red. 445 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,679 Oh! (LAUGHS) Look at that. 446 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:38,759 Oh, man! Are you kidding me? 447 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,479 That is huge! 448 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,279 Look at that, boys! 449 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:43,839 (LAUGHS) 450 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,999 This is one big chunk of opal. 451 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,599 Boys, we've got a few grand here, I reckon. 'Eh? Easy.That's... 452 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,039 Gonna be a ten-ounce piece. That's gem quality. 453 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,759 I reckon we get out of here, clean this gear up, see if we can't find a buyer. 454 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,239 I think we go and have a beer for Dad for this. 455 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,799 Absolutely. Thanks, Paul, mate. You've done it again, mate! 456 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,479 Unbelievable. 457 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,879 The dust is blowing around the cabin of the darkroom, 458 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,239 but it's not actually powering in. 459 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,319 Cleaner air, easier to breathe. 460 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,479 The pressure that the blower creates keeps it out. 461 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,799 Let's run some dirt. Get some colour. 462 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,719 You've really got to be careful with what you're doing out here. 463 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,799 Digging into the main dump, 464 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,999 we've got to get stuck into the middle of it and to do that 465 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:43,199 we're gonna be dealing with the overburden and the overburden is scary. 466 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,279 You're digging in under the dirt. 467 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,359 It's got nowhere to go but down. 468 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,319 It's just a massive mountain, 80, 90 foot in the air. 469 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,399 Plenty of people have been killed by overburden in this town. 470 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,559 The more you dig in, the more it overhangs above you 471 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,759 and the more likely it is to fall down on top of you. 472 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,359 If that comes down on me... 473 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,039 oh, I'll say goodbye to me and the loader. 474 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,999 That's sketchy. 475 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,199 It's starting to collapse. It's just getting a bit dangerous. 476 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,679 I really don't want to hang around any more. 477 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:36,479 We need the excavator badly. 478 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,079 Without the machines, we're pretty much dead in the water 479 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,399 so if we bury one of them, it's not gonna be a good day. 480 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,279 I'm just gonna quickly knock it off for him. 481 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:48,159 Hopefully, it doesn't bury me. 482 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,399 Just straight up above me, I could just see a pile of those rocks 483 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,119 coming flying through the window and I don't really want that to happen. 484 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,599 "Righto." 485 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,919 Just trying to get up the top there. 486 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,199 The dust is making it a bit more sketchy for me. 487 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,399 I can't really see if it's all gonna come down. 488 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,959 A lot of dirt above my head here. 489 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,879 Just be careful, mate. Watch that lip doesn't come down on you. 490 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,119 It's looking like it's real nasty. 491 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,079 I can't see a thing! 492 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,439 Oh, whoa! There it comes. There it goes! Whoa! 493 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,479 Dad! 494 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,559 My machine, it keeps going left! 495 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,479 Come up! 496 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,439 That's scary close. 497 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,519 What's going on? 498 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,039 If I go to the right, it goes to the left. 499 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,119 When I try and pull on the left, nothing happens. 500 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,319 We'll have to pull it apart to find out what's wrong with it. 501 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:07,799 The Tarantos' 40-year-old dozer, needed to clear dangerous overburden, 502 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,879 has suffered steering failure, 503 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,959 stalling the family's efforts to work their open-cut mine. 504 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,559 MICKY: This is our bush-mechanic's way of fixing a machine. 505 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,239 We're gonna get the dozer and we're gonna bring it back here. 506 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,519 50 tonnes of weight there. 507 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,319 If the side caves in, the dozer might tip into the hole. 508 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,039 Whoa, that's it. 509 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,079 Pulling the belly plate off is a big job. 510 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,719 Everything on the bulldozer you touch is big and heavy. 511 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,439 You've got a tonne of steel there that's two inches thick. 512 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,719 So we're gonna have to put the chain right around it, 513 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,799 support it then drop it slowly. 514 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,359 If that comes down and this chain slips off 515 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,599 and you've got one of us standing there trying to undo bolts or something, 516 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,279 it will slice your head off, drop on your foot. 517 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:06,239 If something like that happens, that's it. You're a long way from town to get help. 518 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,199 Step out of the way. That's it. We're supported. 519 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,519 Yeah, it's coming down good. 520 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,599 Keep going.You're just about clear of the bracket. 521 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,399 Keep going. Yeah! Got it. 522 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,319 We're in action. We need to clean out this valve system. 523 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,199 There must have been a bit of dirt trapped in one of the valves. 524 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,119 That created the steering clutches, the stick and the brakes. 525 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,399 Yeah, it cost us half a day, but we've got it finished. 526 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,199 We're back on track. 527 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:44,839 Well, now we've got to move that dirt, dig a big hole and find some opal. 528 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,799 We've burnt, oh, at least 2,000 to 3,000 litres of fuel so far. 529 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,479 We need this to really produce. 530 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,479 (MUTTERS) 531 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:03,959 You look, you wait, you break and then you do the exact same thing over and over again. 532 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:05,839 It's boring. 533 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,959 I feel we're off the run here. 534 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,279 Doesn't feel good. 535 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:18,679 We're just missing it. 536 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,879 You get a bit broken-hearted. You know? 537 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,679 You've been thinking it's here and you're missing some component. 538 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,359 Um... 539 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,239 It gets you down. 540 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,319 Gets us all down. We start to lose hope. You know? 541 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,599 (SIGHS) 542 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,159 It's good to be back out at Lunatic Bus. 543 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:55,239 I'll get on the phone and give the buyer a call and get him out here. OK.See what we can do. 544 00:33:55,320 --> 00:34:00,039 So, right now, we're just going through what we found in the trash treasure. 545 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,639 Giving it a quick clean-up. Leif's gonna see if we can't get a quick sale 546 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,959 and get some money in the bank for this season. 547 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:09,599 If we don't find opals to sell, then the family don't eat, 548 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,279 so let's hope... 549 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,359 this buyer comes out and is nice to us today. 550 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,439 Boys, I've got some good news. 551 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,279 Yeah?I got hold of Ben. 552 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,439 He's keen to come and have a look. See if we can get a sale. 553 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:28,239 The Mooka Boys have a mix of low and high-quality Andamooka opal. 554 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,799 The colours discarded by the old-timer cutters, 555 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,679 in favour of rare, valuable reds. 556 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,719 What do you reckon it's all worth? 557 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,639 At a rough guess, man, I reckon there's ten grand in the matrix. 558 00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:49,559 Maybe 1,000 bucks there. 559 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,599 I think maybe three grand for this jar. 560 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,599 13 kilos' worth of concrete here. 561 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,199 Easy four grand in that concrete pool.Yeah. 562 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:58,959 So what's that? 563 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:00,839 $18,000? 564 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,279 18 grand we ask for? Yeah. 565 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,079 Round it off to 20. 566 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,439 We push for 20. We can always come down from there. See what he says. 567 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,279 Ben is a local metal artist, a blacksmith. 568 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:18,679 He's been chasing a bit of decent sort of material for some new projects he's coming up with. 569 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,599 He's a pretty tough bloke. 570 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,679 He's definitely a hard negotiator. 571 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,559 He's got a great poker face, so you can never tell what he's thinking. 572 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,639 Lads.Mr Ben. How are you? 573 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,639 Good. What have we got? 574 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:37,719 This is our treasure haul, man. 575 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,799 The end of our treasure hunt we did. 576 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,839 What are you asking? 577 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,719 20 grand. 578 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,439 There's some great electric blues. 579 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,519 Yeah, that's a nice one. 580 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,519 What are you thinking? 581 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,079 Oh, 17. 582 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,439 Yeah. 17. 583 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,399 What about... 584 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,199 18? 585 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,319 Yeah, all right. Done. 586 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,199 Cool.You beauty. 587 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:24,879 All right. 588 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,759 Thanks very much, mate. No worries.Legend. 589 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:29,359 (BLEEP) 590 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,519 Yeah, we thought Ben might be a bit harsh on it, 591 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,399 but he liked the material, we got money, so I couldn't be happier. 592 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,079 Well, boys, I was pretty sceptical at the start, 593 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,079 but that ended up being a pretty damn good adventure. 594 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,799 It was good. (LAUGHS) We lost Colin down a hole! 595 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,839 Unreal.Oh, man, I can't believe it. That was good. 596 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,199 Cheers!Cheers. Thank you, Paul. 597 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,119 Thanks, Dad. Thanks, Paul. 598 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,959 Absolutely terrible. I can't see a thing. 599 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,679 That's awesome, but don't dust yourself out too much. 600 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,759 Too late, man. 601 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,599 I'm backing out. 602 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,679 All right, mate. Good work. 603 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,959 Well, that was pretty dusty. 604 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,039 It was worth it, mate. Thanks heaps. 605 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,919 Righto, we've got some dirt coming through now, so we'll see how we go. 606 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,399 Back in the day here, they found millions. 607 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,919 If we could get our hands on a pocket that's anywhere up near 608 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,519 that sort of money, it's, yeah, Christmas time for everyone. 609 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,399 Oh, there we go. 610 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,279 Yeah, got a few glowers coming through. 611 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:08,639 Oh, that's a nice little shell bit, by the look of it. 612 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,599 Oh, there's a nice bit. A little bit chunky. 613 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:17,399 Got material coming through on the darkroom belt. We've found some pretty nice colour. 614 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,959 Everything is sort of running as good as it can be, for now, so it's been awesome. 615 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,239 Yeah, it was a good day, X-Man. Yeah. 616 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:30,119 I'm pretty excited about the weigh-in for this week. We have got a bucket-load of material there. 617 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,999 We had to go out and buy a concrete mixer to wash it. 618 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,679 I think we're on. I think there's gonna be a nice parcel at the end of it, 619 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,759 but until you tumble it, you don't really know what you've got. 620 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,719 Righto. The power is on, guys! 621 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,399 Yes. There we go. 622 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,879 That's all we wanted. There she goes. 623 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,439 That's the sound of money! 624 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:56,239 The material will be left tumbling in the cement mixer overnight 625 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,519 to wash the clay from the opal-bearing rock. 626 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,519 What have we got? 627 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,559 We've got three beautiful grades. 628 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,999 Look at that. Just rolling that. 629 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,479 The green. That nice flashy roll. 630 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,679 Kapow. Colour everywhere. 631 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,279 Kabang. 632 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,159 Look at this. There's colour all through there. 633 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:24,599 I think, overall, this has been a magnificent week, guys. 634 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:28,399 Like, that is... That's an awesome week. This is a lot of opal. 635 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,479 Probably our biggest haul for a while. 636 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,159 The thing is, we've got a mountain that looks like it's gonna go forever. 637 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:35,999 We haven't even put a dent in it. No. 638 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,839 Righto, Mark. What do you reckon we've got here? 639 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,399 Mate, we've sold less than this for 30 grand before. 640 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,079 So I'd say there's more than 30. I... 641 00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,439 I'd say 40. I'll take that. 642 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,479 I'll take that. I'll take that, yeah. 643 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,879 So, well done, hey. Well done, Mark.Yes! 644 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,959 Top stuff. Well done, Xavi. 645 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:07,959 Good on ya, boys. 646 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,079 (BLEEP) Stoked. Whoo-hoo! 647 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,959 (LAUGHTER) 648 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,439 We've just got to keep chipping away and hopefully hit that rock. 649 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:26,479 We're just missing the run. 650 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,559 We're so close. 651 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,079 If you're not positive, you'll never find opal. 652 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,279 You'll never ever find opal. You've got to be positive. 653 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,479 You don't give up. 654 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,279 Getting close.Only potch. The rocks are getting better. 655 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:53,759 Hey, whoa! Hang on. 656 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,119 What's happened? Ah, look at this, guys! 657 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,199 You found some? Yeah. Have a look. 658 00:40:58,280 --> 00:40:59,879 Oh, that's a nice piece. 659 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:03,719 That line there, from there, that's gonna run to at least this point. 660 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,279 This one is running right through to there. 661 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,639 Wow! That's amazing. Oh, I love it. 662 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:11,719 Wow! Guys! 663 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,839 No way. Dad! 664 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,279 All this digging and it just pops out of nowhere. 665 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:20,839 Just about to lose hope.Lucky we didn't. We would have missed that! 666 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,919 Whoo-hoo, guys! 667 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,839 (CHEERING) 668 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,719 Whoo-hoo! 669 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:31,119 Let's see what this is gonna cut like, guys. What do you reckon? 670 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,159 Here we go, guys. 671 00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:37,239 It's beautiful opal. We don't want to waste anything. 672 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,519 It's important that we be really careful from this stage. 673 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,599 Wow, purples and greens here. 674 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,999 How much do you reckon that's worth? 675 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:48,479 This colour, this size, you're looking at least... 676 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:51,879 ..$18,000. 677 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,959 (CHEERING) 678 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,119 That sounds very good, boys! 679 00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,199 Worth the many rocks we broken. 680 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,599 You never count the rocks that you break. 681 00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:03,879 You count the - It only takes one rock. 682 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:05,959 OK. (LAUGHTER) 683 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,039 This one we're gonna split. 684 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,479 It's beautiful. 685 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,959 This is more saleable than the higher quality, 686 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,559 because there's more poor people than rich people. 687 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,799 Now we've split it, it's actually worth more than we thought, I think. 688 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,239 We increased it by tenfold, 689 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,119 just then. 690 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,199 That's why it pays to cut, 691 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,279 instead of selling the rough. 692 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,119 Always does. 693 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,999 Whoo-hoo! Looks good. 694 00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:41,319 We were thinking we only had a few thousand. As soon as we started blocking it, 695 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:46,119 it was a nice $20,000, $30,000, after we'd finished blocking it. 696 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:47,759 What a bonus. 697 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:04,599 If you're excited and you've got a bottle of champagne, it must be good!Look! 698 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,679 Oh, wow! 699 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,439 A job well done. Let's crack it open! 700 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,239 Ohhh! 701 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,399 Drink the bottle. Quick! Drink it! Cheers, guys. 702 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,839 Yay! Whoo!Nice find! 703 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,799 This is the beginning of a good thing, I think. 704 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,079 About time! 705 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,159 subtitles by Deluxe 706 00:43:26,305 --> 00:44:26,563 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm