"Aussie Gold Hunters" Episode #10.2

1 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,959 A mate of mine purchased a tenement out at Nullagine, 2 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:12,999 about 1,300km from Perth, 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,399 and I'm going up there to give him a hand. 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,879 He tells me there's some very, very positive gold reports there. 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,399 I'm heading up there with Dennis, and between us, 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,319 we're lugging about four tonnes worth of equipment up there. 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,879 The roads are very, very rough. This is gonna be a long haul. 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,999 DENNIS: Shane, I've got a terrible banging at the back. 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,319 OK, Dennis, let's have a look and see if we can rectify it.Righto. 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,159 Well, Shane, I can hear a terrible racket... 11 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,679 ..and I think... I think it's that. 12 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,879 Righto, Shane, we'll give it a go. 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,159 OK, Denny, it looks good. How's it pulling? 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,479 Beautiful, but shaking everything. 15 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,999 If it was any worse, it'd shake my false teeth. 16 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,639 To tell the truth, when I see this red, dry, 17 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,079 movable dust, I feel like I'm home. 18 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:15,119 I feel like this is where I belong. This is where my carcass will be. 19 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,679 You need help in this country. You don't survive on your own. 20 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,519 I've had a lot of help from these people over the years, 21 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,999 and it's time that I return some of the favours. 22 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,639 Well, well, well. Who have we got here? 23 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:45,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 24 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,199 Well, well, well. Who have we got here? 25 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,879 RUSSELL: Unbelievable. 26 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,839 Rusty!You're getting better-looking, I can tell ya.Yeah. 27 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,679 Eh? Good to see ya. 28 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,359 How are you, Dad? Going well?Yeah.Good to see ya. 29 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,079 Good to see you.Yep. 30 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,919 OK, Rusty, I've driven 1,400km. 31 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,639 I've got a a good many thousand dollars of gear. What am I here for? 32 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,639 You're here for the gold and to help me. 33 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,839 I can trust you, Shane. Who else can we trust with gold? Gold's gonna change everything. 34 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:19,519 Give us a look at it. Show us the colour of your money. 35 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,199 This is what we've been picking up. 36 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,879 You know the story, Rusty, the gold talks. 37 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,359 Ooh.Look at that. Ooh, jeez, they're not bad, Russell. 38 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,519 It's like being at the cinema, picking up popcorn off the floor. 39 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,199 That's why you're here. 40 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,319 The catch is, we've got to get there first. 41 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,359 It's 19Ks, and we've got to bushwhack the whole way through, 42 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,359 and it's rough, and, I mean, rough. 43 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,439 You might like me now, in two hours' time, 44 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,199 you won't like me at all, I can tell ya. It's pretty bad. 45 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,079 The first one is the creek. That's gonna be our biggest problem. 46 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,159 We might as well just get on with it, like we always did before. 47 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,279 Just get on with it. 48 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,399 I look after the front end, you look after the back end, we're right. 49 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,759 Well, the motto is, we're a team, you know that. 50 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,039 I can see it. 51 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,159 This is what ya dream about. And there it is, son. Look at the size of that! 52 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,039 NARRATOR: In five years of prospecting together, 53 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,519 veteran miners Shane Calegari and Russell Nash, 54 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,679 found hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of gold... 55 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,279 I'm on the gold! 56 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,959 First go! 57 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,839 ..with Rusty's dad, Dennis, lending a hand. 58 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:27,879 But two years ago, Shane received 59 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,799 a million-dollar offer for his mining ground... 60 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,679 Somebody wants to buy my tenement. 61 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,719 The deal could be worth up to 400oz to me. 62 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,959 ..leaving Russell to seek his fortune on his own. 63 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,479 I can't help you with that, Shane. That's your deal. 64 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,479 Great journey, Rusty. It's been special. 65 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,079 Thanks for that, Shane. OK, let's go.I learnt a lot. 66 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,079 Let's have a look what we're in for. This is not good, I can tell ya. 67 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:54,999 Come and have a look at this. 68 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,119 Can't wait for the old fella. Come on, Denny! 69 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,839 He'll be right.Draggin' me boots. 70 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,399 OK, Rusty, tell us what's going on here. 71 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,919 Well, this is sandy creek, Shane. See, it's sand and it's pretty bad. 72 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,799 You haven't got ground clearance. Dad and I should be fine. 73 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,959 So I'll go first, so we'll see how we go. 74 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,399 Well, I've got some very valuable material here, Rusty, don't forget. 75 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,759 Yeah, but we gotta get there. 76 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:20,239 Righteo, boys, let's get on the gold, OK? Let's do it. 77 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,839 Let's have a go at this. 78 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,919 I'm really, really worried about getting bogged here. 79 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,279 Come on, Rusty. Watch that hole there. 80 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,959 OK, come on, Rusty. 81 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,999 This is how you do it. Watchin' this? 82 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,879 Come on, Rusty! 83 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,639 Keep going, Rusty! Keep going! Keep going, Rusty! 84 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,199 Come on. Come on. 85 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:56,319 Well, that's the first one. First one done. 86 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,919 Gonna see how Shane goes, if he can get through that. 87 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,599 Come on, Shano. 88 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,879 Are you ready?Come on! Come on! 89 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:12,359 Not too fast yet. Not too fast yet. 90 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,599 Come on! Come on! Keep it goin'! Stop. 91 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,519 Nope.That's what I was worried about. 92 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,119 I ain't goin' nowhere. 93 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,319 I'm just gonna tack that all the way along there, Alex, to start off with, all right? 94 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:53,999 ALEX: That's gonna be great! 95 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,039 We're actually building a dry blower. 96 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:59,599 This is a prototype. As far as I'm aware, 97 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,639 the biggest dry blower out there currently 98 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,359 can do about sixty tonnes an hour. 99 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,599 This one will do 120, and that's pretty impressive. 100 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,759 Yeah, that's really nice. OK. What next? 101 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:14,839 Well, there's a lot more to weld, so I'll just keep throwing 102 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,359 other things in front of you, and you just keep going. 103 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,839 Good.Good job.Thanks. 104 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,839 Everything's custom and everything needs putting together, 105 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,919 which is just time and a hell of a lot of welding. 106 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,519 Melanie Wood and Alex Stead are gambling their entire 107 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,079 $400,000 profit from last season on this monster build. 108 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,999 The cost of this machine is double what I expected it to be. 109 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,479 Literally, 350K before it's all finished. 110 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,879 And that's just in parts. And if this doesn't work... 111 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,759 ..doghouse is the understatement 112 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:50,999 of where I'm gonna be. 113 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,439 Ah, talk about timing. Alex. 114 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,919 All right, let's start it. 115 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,999 A lot of blood, sweat and tears have gone into this build. 116 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,639 We're absolutely exhausted, but we have to get out there 117 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,679 and test it, and hopefully, we can start bringing in some gold. 118 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,879 Hopefully, this goes smoothly. 119 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,319 I'm nervous, but happy. Yeah, me too. 120 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,319 Yeah, they got it. Beautiful! 121 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,519 Well, that's the easy one done. Now we've got the important one. 122 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,679 Well, it's close to the roof. Yeah, my heart's in my throat a bit. 123 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,399 You don't realise how big it is till it comes out of the workshop. 124 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,399 Everything you build is big. 125 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,479 What's the saying? "Go big or go home"?Yeah. 126 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,079 Well, it fits. Now we've got the little bits to fit 127 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,719 around the edges and tie it down and away it goes. 128 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,079 It's the start of the season. 129 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,759 Yep. Hopefully, this is our biggest season yet. 130 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,559 The one-of-a-kind dry blower uses a pneumatic shaker deck 131 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,599 to sift the gold-bearing dirt across 16 riffle trays. 132 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,479 Air currents remove lighter waste material, 133 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,399 allowing the heavier gold to fall into a chamber. 134 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,319 It can turn 100 tonnes of pay dirt an hour 135 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,719 into 20 kilos of gold-bearing concentrate. 136 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,879 Wheels away.Long drive ahead of us. Eight hundred kilometres. 137 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,239 Hopefully, it gets there in one piece. There's been a lot of rain. 138 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,759 I won't relax till it's on the ground and actually working. 139 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,239 Oh, my God. We could have gold 140 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,039 running through this whole thing here. 141 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,639 With multiple leases and big machinery, 142 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,799 mining partners Mel and Alex are seasoned gold hunters. 143 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,519 I wanna chase a thousand ounces. 144 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,319 Yeah, that's not a break-even target. 145 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,279 That's giving us quite a healthy payday. 146 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,679 With former business partner, Paul Mackie... 147 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,119 MAN: Look at that! 148 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,879 ..they pulled in over three million dollars 149 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,439 worth of gold in the past two years. 150 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,439 Oh, my God! 151 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,919 Every prospector dreams of finding one of these. 152 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,679 I'm just, like, I'm shaking. I'm in shock. 153 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,839 But at the end of last season... 154 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,559 I just think it's time to pull the pin on Phoenix project. 155 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,079 Sell it and move while we still can. 156 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,479 At the moment, I'm not ready to sell this lease. 157 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:25,159 ..they decided to end their partnership. 158 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,759 It's just the two of us, but as long as we've got each other, we'll be fine. 159 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,439 What's gonna be our season target to start with? 160 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,919 We need to break even and put a little bit away. 161 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,439 So, I mean, let's aim for 200oz. 162 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,399 Luckily, gold price is up there. 163 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,039 I mean, 3,500 Aussie dollars per ounce.Yeah. 164 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,799 It's never been this high. 165 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,079 That's gonna pay the dry blower back...Mm-hm...cover our season, 166 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,159 and we'll end up walking away with a bit of cash in our pockets. 167 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:55,239 Hm, well, these roads getting rough. 168 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,079 Let's just hope that whole dry blower stays together on the truck 169 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,799 cos there's a lot of parts to it. 170 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,119 All that rattling.Hm. That's what I'm concerned about. 171 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,599 We're taking a big risk. It's a huge risk.It's high-risk, but it's a high reward too. 172 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:18,559 Oh, it's good to be back. 173 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:23,279 It certainly is. Well, I reckon we can pull the truck in here. 174 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,199 This is the right place to unload it.Yeah. 175 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,759 Nice and level. So, I'll get the excavator. 176 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,639 All right.OK.Off we go! 177 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,799 We need this machine if we're gonna unload. 178 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,839 OK. 179 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,479 Oh, that's completely dead. 180 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,519 That's not good. 181 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,559 We can't unload the truck. 182 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,839 This is just absolutely disastrous. 183 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,559 SHERYL: All right, what's the plan, then, Simon? 184 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,119 All right, so I'll get you in the loader.Yep. 185 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,399 And I'll hook you up, and then we'll pull it off, really cement it in. 186 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,239 Yeah. So I've cleared off most of it. 187 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,919 Then we'll go to this new lease and make lots of money. 188 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,839 Get lots of gold.New patch, it should be good. Bring it on. 189 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,039 Let's do it. All right, let's get going. 190 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,279 Rookie miners Sheryl Monro and Simon Lawes 191 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,119 met in Perth five years ago, and it was love at first sight. 192 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,959 If there's one in this little bit, gonna be heaps in the dry blower. 193 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,719 Oh, good stuff. Woo-hoo! 194 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,519 Simon's good at explaining stuff, and brilliant at teaching, 195 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,239 gives me the confidence to try stuff, 196 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,399 and I've learned a lot of new skills actually. 197 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,279 Driven by a desire to spend more time together, 198 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,359 the former midwife and butcher quit their jobs 199 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,359 and invested their life savings in gold hunting. 200 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:59,119 I'm originally from Scotland, been in Australia for 19 years. 201 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,719 I was a butcher for 25 years, 202 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,239 and then give all that away to come and do this. 203 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:08,559 And if we don't find gold, then that's bankruptcy, basically. 204 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,119 Getting a bit better at reversing big machinery. 205 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,319 It was very scary when I first started it, 206 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,759 I hadn't even driven a trailer ever before, 207 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:29,199 and then I'm driving all these big machines. It's good. I enjoy it. 208 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,639 Righto, Sheryl, if you, er, want to just pull off slowly. 209 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,159 Just take up the slack on that strap and then just pull out real slow. 210 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,759 All right. No worries. 211 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,639 Yeah, sort of put your foot on the brake. 212 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,279 You might lift the front of the ute off, but it'll go. 213 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,079 That's coming. Are we OK there? 214 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,919 Yeah, just keep on going. Come on, come on, come on. 215 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,519 Woo-hoo! She didn't break. Woo-hoo! 216 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:09,479 So we're gonna move off to this new spot that we detected. 217 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,799 I always get a bit scared cos there's so many thousand dollars 218 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,639 that you're towing behind you. 219 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,319 Erm, and if one thing goes wrong, you know, 220 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,079 you kind of have a lot of downtime, which we can't afford. 221 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:28,039 Yeah, you there, Sheryl?Yeah. 222 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,999 Yeah, this bit I'm coming up through here, 223 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,839 we've gotta sort of cross that little old creek line and go between some trees. 224 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,439 Looks a bit tricky, so I'll probably get out 225 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,479 and guide you through. 226 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:40,639 All right, no worries. That'll be good. 227 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,479 Righto, Sheryl, you can bring it in now. 228 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,279 Yeah, righto, come through. You won't be able to see me very well, 229 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,999 so this, er, sticky bush, it's gotta go underneath the middle. 230 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,879 Can you see it? 231 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,679 Yeah, I can see it. Sorry I'm not answering you. 232 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,519 I'm trying to really concentrate, and it takes two hands, OK? 233 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,279 But I'm, I'm listening to you. 234 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,799 Yeah, you got your tongue hanging out the right way? 235 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,759 Tongue's not hanging out yet. 236 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,559 Lift your bucket all the way up. Your boom. 237 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,999 Can you see my foot there?Yeah. 238 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,919 That's a little stump in the ground here. 239 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,119 One there and one there. 240 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,799 That's a little real sharp stump that I can't kick out of the ground, 241 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:32,879 so just make sure your wheels miss that. 242 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,079 OK, I'll try my best. 243 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,519 Yeah, keep coming through. And you've gotta sort of come towards me, really. 244 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,479 Just go real slow. 245 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,319 Oh, hang on, Sheryl. We've just done a tyre. 246 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,999 We just did a tyre? Just pull it forward. 247 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,119 I think it's up the back. It might be on the ute or the blower. 248 00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,999 Oh, for God's sake! 249 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,679 Oh, that's completely dead. 250 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,839 That's not good. 251 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,439 Oh, for goodness sake. 252 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,799 The batteries are completely flat. 253 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:31,759 Without it, we can't unload the truck. 254 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,039 Every hour he's sat around waiting for us 255 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,079 is adding another thousand dollars. 256 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,399 There's no power whatsoever. 257 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,559 Well, I'm gonna have to get this excavator going, 258 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,519 cos we need that to unload the dry blower. 259 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,919 Gonna rip the batteries out of the loader and check them in the excavator. 260 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,439 I need to get these batteries off as quick as I can. 261 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,759 These things are heavy things. 262 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,399 Out with the old, in with the new. 263 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,239 This machine's been sat around a couple of months now 264 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,039 without getting started. 265 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,319 All right, they're connected. Let's just see if it fires up. 266 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,519 Display's come on. That's a good indication of the batteries. 267 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,519 Now, hopefully, they've got enough power. 268 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,679 And they have. 269 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,759 Good thing. Right. Excellent. 270 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,359 We're alive. Good start. 271 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,919 Hey, Melanie, the dry blower's arrived! 272 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,039 You made it!Yeah. Safe and sound.Safe and sound. 273 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,759 Now let's get this thing unloaded. 274 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,559 MELANIE: So, Alex is gonna, erm, hook up the hopper to the excavator, 275 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,799 get that off there, so that's the biggest piece. 276 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,799 Nice and easy. That's our future balancing up there, Alex. 277 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,679 Just square it up there, Des. It'll be fine. 278 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,119 Oh, that came off easy. Well done.Down. 279 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,799 This is the delicate one. 280 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,679 Got to be very careful. 281 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,279 Everything's slowly, slowly right now. 282 00:17:10,360 --> 00:17:11,999 We're just getting the generator off, 283 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:13,879 and we're down to the last piece. 284 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,559 Just the angle of the generator's a little bit iffy. 285 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,279 Ooh! 286 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,399 It's nearly there.Yeah. 287 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,919 I can unclench in a second. Hold on a second. 288 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,119 Do you want me to push it over a bit, or...? 289 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:28,839 No, it's going where it's going. 290 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,199 Awesome. 291 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,159 Whoo!Yay! 292 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,719 Oh, it's down. 293 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,079 Now it's all off, it needs to go together. 294 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,159 Alex, shut it down! Shut it down! There's oil coming out everywhere. 295 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,199 Yo, what's wrong?There's oil coming out everywhere. 296 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,839 Oh, for goodness sake! Oh, that's a lot of oil coming out. 297 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,839 Oh, that is bad. 298 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,399 SHANE: I ain't goin' nowhere. You're not goin' anywhere, by the look of it, Shane. 299 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,159 What about if I try goin' back a bit, Den?Try. 300 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,399 RUSSELL: See how you go. If not, we've just have to winch it. 301 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,279 I'll dump the trailer and get my car. 302 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,919 What've you got me into, Russell? We'll just winch it. 303 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,919 Hey!Nah, whoa, Shane. Whoa. We can't stay here, Shane.OK. 304 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,239 So I can get in and drive. 305 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,719 Go, Russell. Go. 306 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,039 Move! Move! Move! Get up that hill. 307 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,199 Go! Go! Go for gold! 308 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:43,959 Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! 309 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,079 Well done, Rusty.Well done. 310 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,199 We're back! The old firm's back again! 311 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,399 OK, Rusty, let's go find this gold you've been boasting about. 312 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,839 Look up, on top of the hill. That quartz outbreak. 313 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,079 Imagine if that shed. Where's that shred down? 314 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,239 Straight down here. Straight through here. 315 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:18,079 Millions of years ago, collisions of the Earth's plates formed hills, 316 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,439 pushing up gold deposits. 317 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,519 As the hills eroded over time, 318 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,199 the heavy gold was released as nuggets, 319 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,919 settling in ancient waterways, now long dry. 320 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,519 To the north, there's some big gold found there. 321 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,919 There was 2.5 kilo there found last year. 322 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,919 To the south, I've seen photos of a kilo nugget found as well. 323 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,599 So, somewhere in the middle here, we'll start here, 324 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,919 and then we'll start working ourselves around 325 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,319 and we're gonna find some gold. Some big gold. 326 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,279 These metal detectors were first used to find land mines. 327 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:51,479 And what happens is, I've got a white disc here 328 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,879 which passes the message to my headphone 329 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,919 and then I can identify what sort of material it is. 330 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,199 Russell, I think I've got something here. 331 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,079 It doesn't sound too bad. It's not ground noise, is it? 332 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,639 No, I don't think so. 333 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,959 The first one for the day. That's gold for sure. 334 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,879 Wolfing now, so that's definitely gold. 335 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,679 Check that. 336 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,799 That's it. It's in your hand. 337 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,079 There it is. Oh, beautiful. You beauty. Look at that. 338 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,839 You beauty! 339 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,159 There it is. Oh! 340 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,759 Shane, you're cooking tea. You're cookin'! 341 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,479 No, no, not tonight. I've got the football tonight. 342 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,359 No deal. 343 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,479 Look at that.Beautiful little bit of gold.First piece. 344 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,039 Imagine when the dry blower's set up here, and start putting tonnes through. 345 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,719 That's only a starter. Good job, Dad! Well done. 346 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,639 No worries.I'm just gonna set the dry blower up and try it. 347 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,319 I mean, it's trial and error. 348 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,679 Depends on how good the dirt is. 349 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,479 We'll have to just do some test runs and see how we go. 350 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,959 We should be able to do two or three tonne an hour minimum. Easy as. 351 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,039 That was perfect. Centimetre perfect. 352 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:24,999 Oh, yeah, Rusty.Let's see if it's gonna go, hey? Come on. 353 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,519 Come on. You can do it. You can do it. I know you wanna go. 354 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,679 Come on. 355 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,439 Beauty, Russell! Good on ya! We're on our way. 356 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:40,679 Let's go! 357 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,519 Number one!That's right. Come on, let's get onto it. 358 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,399 Let's get on the gold. 359 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,559 There we go. 360 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,839 Shane! Shane! Quick, quick! Give me a hand. 361 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,119 What's the matter, Russell? It's not spinning. 362 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,399 We're burning the motor out. Oh, look at that. 363 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,679 This ain't happening. 364 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,839 SHERYL: We just did a tyre. SIMON: Just pull her forward. 365 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,879 I think it's up the back. It might be on the ute or the blower. 366 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:39,319 I heard a pop and air coming out on the back tyre on the dry blower. 367 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,719 It must have hit a stake in the creek line. 368 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,239 Yeah, stop there. 369 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,599 Oh, sorry. I thought I'd missed them all. 370 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,599 Oh, it was pretty tricky in there. You got to knock down trees to get through in that. 371 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,559 Yeah. You know, every minute 372 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:06,479 not dry blowing is a minute not making gold, so, yeah. 373 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,559 All right, back on the road. 374 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,719 That was a pretty scary journey, 375 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,159 coming through all that trees, and I didn't like it, 376 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:25,839 and I was getting a bit scared. 377 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,319 But anyway, I think I did a good job. I'm pretty proud of myself, really. 378 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,959 Woo-hoo! We made it! Got here. Well done. 379 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,999 We gotta get six ounces by end of the week. 380 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,159 Let's get into it.Let's go and hit our target.No worries. 381 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,959 Gold-rich pay dirt is fed into the dry blower's hopper. 382 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,279 Inside the machine, air currents and vibrations 383 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,639 remove lighter waste material, 384 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,679 collecting the heavier gold in the trays. 385 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:10,879 Dirt's goin' through really good. 386 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:17,639 Ramped right up to its max, so we're doing about 30 tonne an hour. 387 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,519 The more tonnes you run, the more gold you get, 388 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,359 so it's just basically smashing the tonnes at the moment. 389 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,399 So I'm gonna go and detect the grounds that Simon's just pushed up. 390 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,559 Well, there's a little noise there. 391 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,519 Just take little bits out. 392 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,359 The ground's been quite promising so far. 393 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,199 That's a good sign. Hopefully we'll get some more. 394 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,079 Hey, Simon, I just found a wee nugget. 395 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,239 Yeah, that's really good, but, er, you know, 396 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,479 that fine gold's really gotta be there, 397 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,319 so we won't count our chickens before they hatch. 398 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,279 Fair enough. All right, I'll keep going. 399 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:04,279 Hopefully, I'll get some more then. I'll check in a wee while. 400 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,759 All righty. Good luck.Thank you. 401 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:15,399 We're hoping for a six-ounce weekly target. 402 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,279 And then that'll put us on track for, like, a 50-ounce season, 403 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:23,119 and that's what we need to, er, grow the company, 404 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,919 cover all our costs, plus get some more machinery. 405 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:38,519 Love being up here in the red dust, in serenity. It's really lovely. 406 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,079 It's really nice to get away from the rat race. 407 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,239 And... Oh, wait a minute. There's something wrong with the thing. 408 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,919 Simon! Simon! I'm just gonna turn off the machine. 409 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,839 What's wrong? 410 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,999 The amount of oil here has drained the whole tank. 411 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,479 A lot of money sitting there on the ground, isn't it? 412 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,079 Four hundred dollars' worth of pretty new hydraulic oil. 413 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:20,759 Messy job, dealing with hydraulics. 414 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,519 And this is just literally falling to bits, this hose. 415 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,399 Come on. 416 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,359 All right, let's get on top of this machine 417 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,319 so we can get this hose out. 418 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,079 Hopefully, it's just the hose, cos if it's something else, 419 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,719 you know, that means that we could be down for a week. 420 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,119 Two steps forward, six steps back, really. 421 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:47,359 Come on. There you go. 422 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,079 That's the... Ah, there you go. 423 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,159 There's your problem. 424 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,679 Hose is completely cactus. 425 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,439 See if we've got a spare hose. 426 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,079 Well, we've got it. New hose. 427 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,079 Just thread it back down and in. 428 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,359 We don't need this so early on in the season. 429 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,719 Most important thing now is get up and running, 430 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,199 actually get producing something and pay the bills. 431 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,559 OK, that's ready to now fill up. Fill up. 432 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:38,879 I've lost quite a lot of oil. 433 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,039 Well, there you go. That's $800. 434 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:53,959 Well, start it up. 435 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,839 Careful. There's oil everywhere. Yeah, I'll keep my distance. 436 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,079 It is flammable, so, everyone, just stay back. 437 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,159 And we'll see how we go.All right. 438 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,519 OK. All right, Mel, I'm gonna fire up. Check for leaks. 439 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:12,959 No leaks, Alex.All good.All good. 440 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,159 Well, we'll get this dry blower happening. 441 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,439 Getting a bit of help from a guy called John. 442 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,639 Known him for a while, he's giving us a hand. 443 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,039 He's very helpful with absolutely everything. 444 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:25,399 So, hopefully, that will get us back on track. 445 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,319 Alex has been doing it pretty hard for the last six months. 446 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,119 Decided I'd come up and give him a hand, see what happens. 447 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,799 All part of the game. 448 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,959 You gotta go slow and steady, be very careful. 449 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,239 I definitely don't wanna damage the equipment. 450 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,079 If we do, we're back months. 451 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,719 It could easily destroy the things we've spent a long time building. 452 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,919 All right, everyone, keep your eyes peeled. 453 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,199 Slow and steady. Just watch it, Mel.Yep. 454 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,239 All right, it's gonna go up and over. 455 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,399 Mine's in the actual spring. It's in. 456 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,959 Can I drop it?Fit's perfect. Yeah, they're all in. 457 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,359 Number two going in.Let's go. 458 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,479 Just like the first one. Nice and steady. 459 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,319 Go. 460 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,159 It's in. Good. 461 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:15,959 Now we're looking like a machine. 462 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,159 No worries. Right, let's get the next one in. 463 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,119 All right, coming down. 464 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,559 Take it down. All right, the only thing - 465 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,559 Argh! 466 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,399 Middle spring's out. We've gotta start again, I think. 467 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,359 Something is definitely not right there. 468 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,119 What's going on?The hoses underneath are stopping it. 469 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,039 There's no more give in those hoses? Nah, it's pulling it hard. 470 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,519 Is there enough room for me to get under there and get that motor sorted? 471 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,319 Squeeze myself in there. 472 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,359 You put a lot of trust in those chains. 473 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,799 There's two tonnes hanging over Alex. 474 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,999 It only takes one mistake. 475 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,879 Oh, I don't like this at all. It makes me feel nervous. 476 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,399 Just gotta get one of those hoses in. Oh, God. 477 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,679 I just don't like anyone being underneath this. 478 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,639 One of the main things in lifting up 479 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,159 is never stand under a load, never mind lay under one. 480 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,199 This is just not fun. 481 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,879 RUSSELL: Shane! Shane, quick! SHANE: What's the matter, Russell? 482 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,959 It threw the belt. The whole belt. 483 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,759 Too much tension or little bit slack or was it tightened up? 484 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,439 No, not enough. You can see the belt's starting to crack. 485 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,399 We'll see how we go. Well done, Russell. 486 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,359 OK. 487 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,399 Some of the material is a little bit coarse. 488 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,159 That's why he had to jump up there and bounce it all off. 489 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,519 But all in all, it's going well. 490 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,199 You know, he's probably done three to four tonnes already. 491 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,319 There should be some gold in this. 492 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:14,999 If there's not, we move on. 493 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,799 All right, the proof will be in the pudding 494 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,959 when we do panning off and washing it out and see what's there. 495 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,839 Let's get some pan and some water and we'll find some gold. 496 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,719 All right, Rusty, let's get on my gold. 497 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,039 I mean, with the way with the price of gold now, 498 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,879 about $3,500, it is just out of this world. 499 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,599 So, all in all, it's very promising. 500 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,199 I actually feel like I'll cook the boys a feed tonight. 501 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,079 Hey, Rusty, we're on the gold. 502 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:49,519 I told you it was here. I said it was. It makes sense. 503 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,919 It comes off the hill, flows down through here, Shane. I'm sure of it. 504 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,079 Can you imagine how much is down there? 505 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,839 I mean, that's consistent. That's three pans.Look how... Look how thin. 506 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,679 Russell, it's nice. It's real nice. I'm impressed. 507 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,159 Imagine what's down at the bottom. I'd hate to think. 508 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,559 I'm gonna put this one here and then you can have the privilege of panning it all off later. 509 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,319 The great reveal.The great reveal. 510 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,839 SHERYL: I'm just going to turn off the machine. 511 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,159 What's wrong? 512 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,159 The hopper is overfilling. Must be something wrong with it. 513 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,879 All right. I'll have a look. 514 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,639 Don't know if you can see it, but it was overflowing. Couldn't from the dust. 515 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,799 Must be something wrong with the feeder or something.Yeah, right. 516 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,679 Hopefully, not a bearing or a broken feeder arm or something, 517 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,919 cos I don't have a spare of everything. 518 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,519 Oh, hopefully, it's nothing major. 519 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,319 Yeah, something's wrong. It's chock-a-block. 520 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,239 All right, I'll go have a look around the front. 521 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,239 It's chock-a-block full of sticks. They're all jammed there. 522 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,239 Clogged it up, so it's only just feeding it these ones. 523 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,439 Not letting it feed. See if I can get in there and pull 'em out. 524 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,439 Clogged up in there. They are jammed. 525 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,599 Yeah it just keeps on going and just makes like a bird's nest 526 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,639 behind there, doesn't let anything, any dirt out of the hopper. 527 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:33,079 Way up there. There's, like, four tonne of dirt on top of it.Yeah. 528 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,159 I've pulled them out now so it should rip on. 529 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,879 I was worried it was something else. 530 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,279 All good. I'll go and continue prospecting, then. 531 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,559 You're gonna go back in the loader? Yeah, I'll get into it. 532 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,479 It's so great she spotted that because I can't see from the dust. 533 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,479 That could've been clogged up like that all day, essentially. 534 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,239 You know, every little bit of dirt that's not going through the plant properly, 535 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,999 you're essentially wasting gold, 536 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,319 so good call, good pick up. 537 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:09,559 We were straight back onto it, which is great. 538 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,759 That's what you want, is back making gold. 539 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,079 We've got a noise there. 540 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,079 Hopefully, it's a little nuggy. 541 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,199 No, it's in this pile here. Over here. 542 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:34,799 This hand. Might be in my hand. 543 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,919 There it is. 544 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,359 Another good find. It all adds up. 545 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:50,919 Looks like that rain's coming in. 546 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,919 Yeah, I was looking at that, clouds are coming in big, and I hope we get it in time. 547 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,519 If it rains, it turns to mud in the hopper, 548 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,359 and you've got to chisel the dirt out when it dries off, 549 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,479 and then it's just an absolute mess. 550 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,319 Righto, that's it. Let's wait for the dirt to stop coming off of that conveyor, 551 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,839 and then you can shut it down. I'll get ready for the clean-up, OK? 552 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,679 Just in time before that rain comes in, by the looks. 553 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,679 Well, we finished our dirt, but we need to get it in cos the weather's coming in. 554 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,519 So, we'll get this done now. 555 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,559 Moment of truth. 556 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,759 Oh, look at that. Have to be happy with that lot. 557 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,359 If there's the fine, real fine gold in there as well, 558 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,239 that's where it adds up. 559 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,279 Almost like Christmas Day when you used to walk down the stairs 560 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,399 and you open the door and see your presents. 561 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,919 That's what it's like when you see the bit of gold 562 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,679 and you're like, "Yes!" 563 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,599 Well, I wonder if we've got enough fine gold to make target. 564 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:06,639 Look at that! RUSSELL: Some handfuls, hey?Yeah. 565 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,799 Pretty good. I reckon I've done all right too. 566 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,879 So how about we just do a bit of a clean-up and do a weigh-in? 567 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,759 See what sort of gold we've got. That's a great idea, Russell. 568 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,599 C'mon, Denny, let's go. 569 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:25,919 I told you there's gold here. 570 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,639 Well, Rusty, what I think is I've had a 1,400km drive here on gravel 571 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:33,319 and whatever else, I've had to cross creek beds, 572 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,199 which I never thought I'd get through. 573 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,879 I've been bogged, I'm here, and I've found some gold, 574 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,719 so I'm happy with the arrangement. 575 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,399 It's not bad, is it? No, quite good, quite good. 576 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,279 What do you reckon about the dry blower? 577 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:46,999 It worked well, the main thing. 578 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,279 Well, we got it here. That was a big effort. 579 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,159 Tell you what, we found a few nuggets. 580 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:54,399 The gold calls at you, doesn't it? It does.It just really screams. 581 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,799 We're onto it.We're onto it. Good nuggets there. 582 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,079 How about we weigh it up and see how we went? 583 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,519 Let's do it. Just tip it out, Rusty, don't get married to it. 584 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,359 Ooh, looks good. 585 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,919 0.81. Nearly an ounce. 586 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,199 I told you it was there, well, you found a few. 587 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,799 Let's see how you went.Righteo. 588 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,639 Looks good.Looks good. 589 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:17,759 1.17. That gets us over the ounce. Well done. 590 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,919 That's not bad, Denny. Not bad.Not bad. 591 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,639 That's over an ounce. That's pretty good. We gonna be rich men at this rate. 592 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:27,639 Well, we'll just see how rich I'm gonna make it, OK, boys? 593 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,079 That's about 1.44 . That's not bad. 594 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,639 Nearly an ounce and a half. That's good money. 595 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,559 That's $5,000 worth. 596 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,359 And I reckon there's plenty more.Yep. 597 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,239 We have to go and find it. That's all there is to it. Maybe we should set a target. 598 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,999 Ten ounces. No, better than that, Dennis. 599 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,879 I've gotta make a dollar. Fifteen, then. 600 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,279 No, we can do better. Twenty ounces. 601 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,159 OK, boys, I think we should set a goal of around 30oz. 602 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,039 I know there's gold here. What do you think, boys? 603 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,159 Ooh, pretty keen, Shane, but I think it's probably doable. 604 00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:02,839 It's ten ounces each. 605 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,839 That's not much. We can do that easy. Ten ounces. 606 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,599 I love it.I love it. Righto. 607 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,399 I love it.C'mon, Denny. 608 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,759 I love it. It's on.Well done, Dad. Let's go, boys. 609 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,559 Thirty ounces. Get on the gold, Shane. 610 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,239 On the gold. 611 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,359 ALEX: Oh! Oh. Ow! 612 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,399 Oh, God. I just don't like anyone being underneath this. 613 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,879 Well, this is just not fun. 614 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,719 Good job. Beautiful. 615 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,839 All right. Firing up. 616 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,159 All right. You ready? 617 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:51,199 Gently, gently does it. 618 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,959 OK.Do you see it? 619 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:59,039 Yep. That's it. She's in. 620 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,439 Yep?Yeah.Lower?Nah. 621 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,599 We've just got two that we have to get in. 622 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:15,279 Yep, perfect. 623 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:19,919 How are the other ones looking? In.Yeah?You beauty.Down. 624 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,959 Oh, thank God for that. 625 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,639 Just takes a bit of fiddling around. It does. 626 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,439 Well, we'll get the big hoses on, and it's switch-on time. 627 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,039 Just putting on the main air hoses that feed this tray. 628 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,119 Another main air hose feeds the other tray. 629 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,159 Like two big dry blowers joined together. 630 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,199 Equivalent of four small dry blowers. 631 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,959 This whole system is controlled by a bunch of computers, 632 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,159 which should tell us exactly what's going on, 633 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:48,559 and hopefully, give us the control to run this machine 634 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,199 down to the finest detail. All right, I'll fire generator up. 635 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,359 I think we're pretty much ready to go. 636 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,359 Looking good.This is exciting. 637 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,359 So, have we got a name for it? 638 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,359 I don't mind what we name it. 639 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,679 I just want to start feeding this beast. 640 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,879 Well, you've called it beast. And, John, 641 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,559 you've mentioned it's the beast. 642 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,079 All right.So I think "Beast" it is. It's named itself.The Beast?Yeah. 643 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,799 OK. The Beast it is.The Beast. Let's turn the Beast on. 644 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,119 Let's get the Beast running.Right. Are you ready?Yep. Woo-hoo! 645 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,559 OK, hold onto your hats. Here we go.Yeah! 646 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,719 Whoa!OK, that wasn't supposed to happen. 647 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,799 Hang on a sec. Smoke came out of there. 648 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,239 Something's beeping. Yeah, it's got an alarm going off in here. Over speed. 649 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,279 There's all smoke underneath here too. 650 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,759 It even shut the generator down. 651 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,319 That's the last thing we needed. 652 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,799 Oh, everything seems to go wrong. 653 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,039 Nothing's working. 654 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,839 Oh, that was just devastating. 655 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,599 I mean, we don't know how much downtime this is gonna be, 656 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,079 and we'll be down, like, I don't know, half a mill. 657 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,479 It's the start of our season and it could be the end of our season. 658 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,279 I'm just washing our dirt through the little sluice 659 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:17,039 to concentrate it down a bit more, and the bigger nuggets 660 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,999 and materials and gold and heavies will get stuck up here 661 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,079 on the little hopper here. 662 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,359 All the fines will end up down there in the mat. 663 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,279 All right.SHERYL: Final pan. 664 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,279 So I've got all the dirt off. There's the fines. 665 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,759 Ooh, that looks awesome. 666 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,439 Look how fine it is.Oh, yeah. 667 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,359 You know these big nuggets that everyone goes on about? 668 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,319 I swear there's more of this stuff around than there is nuggets. 669 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,479 Yep. All right, what do you reckon it's gonna be worth, then? We'll take guesses. 670 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,319 An ounce and a half would be nice. That would be nice. 671 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,439 It's been a really tough week, trying week. 672 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:04,239 Setting up, going to the new lease, moving the blower, punctures and everything. 673 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,919 It's been a bit tough. Yeah, getting through the hurdles, 674 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,239 and then, hopefully, it all pays off in the end, 675 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,159 that's what we're here for. 676 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:12,999 All right, let's get it weighed. 677 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,799 The nuggets are there, let's hope there's enough 678 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,759 fine gold there to hit the target. 679 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,479 We've got six ounces to hit. That's what we set ourselves. 680 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,719 Yep.Let's see if we get there, hey? 681 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,559 Yep, let's go.Oh. Let's go for the pour. 682 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:39,879 5.397. 683 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,119 5.397oz.Ooh, that's not bad. 684 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,919 Remember, I got these, the nuggies. Oh, yeah. But wait, there's more. 685 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:51,119 There's more, 5.581. 686 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,919 Woo-hoo! That's, like, $20,000. 687 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,039 Yeah, well done.That's a good week. 688 00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,959 Yeah, just under. Get in there and get into it a bit more, 689 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,039 bit more production next week, I reckon we'll hit that six ounces. 690 00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,439 Yeah, that's good. Righto. I'm looking forward to a dip and a cold beer. 691 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:08,519 Sounds like a plan. Let's go. 692 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,399 Woo-hoo! 693 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,879 Cheers!Cheers to us! 694 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,559 What a good week!Good week. And many more to come. 695 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,239 And many more to come. 696 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,879 Subtitles by Deluxe 696 00:43:30,305 --> 00:44:30,598