"Aussie Gold Hunters" Episode #10.3

1 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,120 I'm nervous. Everything's riding on this. 2 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,560 We've spent four years up here now. 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,480 Mining gold on Kim's ground, 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,520 and we deserve a better cut of the gold. 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,760 He's family and he's looked after us. 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:20,560 I don't wanna push that relationship. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,240 We gotta rock the boat, Bridge. 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,560 He's a tough businessman and we need to come back 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,280 and be tough as well. 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,680 We have our own digger now, so we're an asset. 11 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,440 We've got more money going out now. 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,120 We've got the digger, and we're paying for diesel. 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,040 So, we deserve at least another 10% or 20%. 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,120 Hopefully, having our own digger changes everything.It should. 15 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:42,800 This is our best shot. 16 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,880 So if we can't cut a deal with Uncle Kim, then I don't know. 17 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,120 I feel like this is our only option. 18 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,800 Hopefully, Kim's in a good mood. 19 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,640 Wish me luck. See if we can cut a new deal. 20 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,320 Okay.Bye-bye. 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,400 Knock-knock. How are you going, Uncle Kim? 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,280 Levi, how are you going? 23 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,840 We really need a better deal this year. 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,960 We have a family. We're raising our little one now. 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,520 We really need the income, to keep being out here doing what we're doing. 26 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,600 Dad's coming out. 27 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,160 Hey. 28 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,800 No good. 29 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,720 He wasn't having any of it. We're on our own. 30 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,880 What are we gonna do?I don't know. We'll figure it out. 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:43,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 32 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,280 You're going to make this work. Yeah, I'll make this work. 33 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,280 I feel like we have other options. 34 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,800 It's a shame that things didn't work out with Uncle Kim. 35 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,880 But at the end of the day, that's business, 36 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,960 and he's stoked that we've bought a digger 37 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:07,840 and he's excited for us, so... 38 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,000 Yeah, it's the push we needed. It is. 39 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,760 I'm really excited to finally meet your business partner, Kyle. 40 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,240 Yeah, I'm not 100% sure what Kyle has got going on, 41 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,320 but he's got the digger out on the ground. 42 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,520 And I think we've got permission to dig. 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,520 Hey, mate.How are you, man? So good. 44 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,280 Good to see you. Likewise.Yeah. 45 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,520 Kyle, this is Bridget.Bridge! It's so lovely to meet you finally. 46 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,600 You, too.And Sunny, how are you? 47 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,280 Yeah! 48 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,400 So the story is, guys, a friend of mine 49 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,680 who has said that there's an opportunity 50 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,680 for us to pick this lease up for $20,000. 51 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,560 And he's gonna give us the opportunity 52 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:47,120 to work on it for a week to see if we can prove it up. 53 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,120 How exciting. You want to go have a look? 54 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,320 Yeah.All right. Let's go have a look. 55 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,680 You want to sit up inside? 56 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,640 I went over it with the detector before you guys got out here 57 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,800 and picked up a couple of nice bits of yellow. 58 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,840 That's interesting. They're promising. 59 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:02,880 There's a couple of hundred bucks already. 60 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,000 How much gold do we need to find this week 61 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,400 to prove up this ground to purchase? 62 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,320 To cover costs of the digger, to cover our costs, 63 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,760 fuel... The repayments on the digger. 64 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,600 We actually really need to be finding a minimum three ounces. 65 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,520 We've got an awesome opportunity to work this for a week. 66 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,640 This is the beginning of the Wanderers. 67 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,520 It's the beginning of the Wanderers. 68 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,880 Good stuff.Happy days! How good! 69 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,320 Kim wants 10 ounces a week with a 70:30 split. 70 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,120 For the past four years, 71 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,640 Levi worked the remote Pilbara gold fields as a hired hand 72 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,480 for his uncle, Kim North... How you going, young fella? 73 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,240 ...who provided machinery and rich ground for a share of the gold. 74 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,080 No way! We got it! 75 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,120 There's four or five ounces there, fellas. 76 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,720 NARRATOR: But dangerous conditions... You all right? 77 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,240 It's getting pretty hot now. It's 42 degrees. 78 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,880 We've got the most deadly snakes in the world. 79 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,560 Get bitten by that, you're dead. 80 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,360 ...and worn-out equipment... 81 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,280 Oi! The whole track's come off! 82 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,640 ...saw Levi and his former partners struggle. 83 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,560 Now, armed with their $70,000 excavator, 84 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,480 Levi and Bridget are starting from scratch 85 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,280 with new business partner, Kyle Wilson. 86 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,160 We have a big surprise for you, Sunny. 87 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,080 ...and their two-year old, Sunny. 88 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,600 Are you ready, Sunny? Yeah.Here you go, mate. 89 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,680 It's your very own metal detector. 90 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,360 Wave it over Dad's ring. 91 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,040 Oh, it works, mate! 92 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,640 I want to have a swing. Have a little swing. 93 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,160 Over here.Okay. 94 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,680 It's really nice that we can share this with him 95 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,480 and all be out here as a family doing this. 96 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,560 How special is that for a two year old? 97 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,440 All right, here we go. First dig. 98 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,880 We've got a lot riding on this here. 99 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,520 Potentially going to be buying this ground, 100 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,000 which is going to cost us $20,000. 101 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,720 You know, we've gotta pay the digger off as well. 102 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,400 We've got a young family 103 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,120 and Kyle's gotta make a living out of it, too, 104 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,000 so the pressure's on. 105 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,000 All right, Kyle. There's a bit of a pad there for you, mate. 106 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,400 Rogey, mate. I'm gonna get in there and have a look around on it now. 107 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,560 No worries, buddy. 108 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,280 I first met Levi through his Uncle Kim. 109 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,440 We got out and did some detecting together 110 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,040 and from there, it's turned into everything you see now. 111 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:36,080 Gold is currently sitting around $3500 an ounce. 112 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,640 That's why it's really important to capitalise 113 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,640 on everything we've invested in 114 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,840 and find as much gold as we can while the price is the way it is. 115 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,640 You gonna find some gold? Yeah. 116 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,040 Yeah? Any gold in there?No gold. 117 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,400 No gold? Should we keep looking? 118 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,840 So one of the best things going for this excavator is our push blade. 119 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,920 Once the ground gets a bit harder 120 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,240 then we can switch it up to the batter bucket. 121 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,680 But for now, this is just gonna eat through it. 122 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,920 The ground is super thick with spinifex. 123 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,360 Woah! Woah! Woah! Snake! 124 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,680 Snake! There's a snake coming your way. 125 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,920 What's going on? Dad's found a snake. 126 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,400 You guys gotta clear out. 127 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,120 Just get outta there, Bridget and Sunny. 128 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,640 Oaka, in the car, quick. Get in the car, come on. 129 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,320 Good job. 130 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,240 Looks like a nasty one. Coming your way, mate. 131 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,520 Last week we had a fantastic start to the season. 132 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,360 Took a gamble, bought some dirt and the gamble paid off. 133 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,680 It ended up producing over 32 ounces. 134 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,320 The problem is, I need to find another source of gold. 135 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,320 While the girls are away doing a supply run 136 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,240 I've taken that time to do a quick exploratory mission 137 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,360 out to a couple of areas on the lease. 138 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,280 And yeah, luckily enough I found a couple of pieces of gold. 139 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,080 We need some good ground. We've got costs to recover. 140 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,080 If you're not finding gold, then you're just going backwards. 141 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,760 Hello. Where have you been? 142 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,560 Yeah, had a mission, but anyway, you made it. 143 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:18,800 Yeah, we're here. Hello.Hello. 144 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,280 Oh, okay. 145 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,720 Yeah, so I went out looking for some new ground. 146 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,560 You know that country at the back?Yep. 147 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,000 Found a couple of bits of gold, which is good.Oh! 148 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,720 Yeah, they're only little, but...a couple of grams there. 149 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,080 They're nice. A couple hundred bucks. 150 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,120 We bought those new drag coils. You bought those coils. 151 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,920 You like to spend the money. I haven't tested them out yet. 152 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,840 And it's such a big area that that'd be great to get over there 153 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,800 for a trial run and see how they work. 154 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,480 Let's do it. 155 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,080 So what I got here is basically the conveyor that the coil sits on. 156 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,560 So this is the large coil that runs at the back of the machine. 157 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,320 It's the biggest coil I've ever seen. 158 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,200 I haven't used it before. 159 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,400 The idea behind the set up is basically, you can go anywhere. 160 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,440 The $10,000 custom-made drag coil 161 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,840 is three times the size of a regular metal detector, 162 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,680 allowing the team to cover more ground. 163 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,320 The coil generates a powerful magnetic field 164 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,360 that penetrates the ground, 165 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,080 sending signals back to the operator. 166 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,920 All right, good to go?I think so. 167 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,520 If you have any problems, give me a call on the radio. 168 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,320 I'll be straight back.Yeah. 169 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,640 Paul's marked this area out for a reason. 170 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,680 The ground looks really promising. 171 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,720 A bit of quartz scattered throughout. 172 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,760 Paul identified the remains of an ancient rock structure 173 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,560 he believes is the source of the area's gold. 174 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,560 If he's right, millions of years of erosion, 175 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,040 would have concentrated the heavy gold 176 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,960 into the valley's lowest point. 177 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,720 So I'm gonna drive like a grid with the quads. 178 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,600 Eboni's gonna follow behind. 179 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:10,800 As I hit signals, she'll come along and dig it up, 180 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,840 and we might actually find a bit of ground 181 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,680 that would look good to open up. 182 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,160 While the girls are off detecting I'm gonna run back through the dirt, 183 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,200 even though we had a good week last week 184 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:27,880 and we ended up with 32 odd ounces. 185 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,080 Cos this stuff was that rich, I've gotta put it back through again 186 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,160 and yeah, hopefully get a second payday out of it. 187 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,800 I didn't wanna buy all the dirt and not get all the gold. 188 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,800 One man's trash is another man's treasure. 189 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,760 Gold veteran Paul Mackie has spent the last 15 years 190 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,440 recovering gold from sources that big mining companies throw away. 191 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,280 It's come from a gold mining operation, 192 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,080 so it's gotta have residual gold trapped in there somewhere. 193 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,200 Last week, he kicked off his season 194 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,680 with wife Shannon and daughter Eboni, 195 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,680 making over $80,000 in profit 196 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,720 from 12 tonnes of waste dirt. 197 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,840 32.6 ounces. 198 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,640 It's not a bad start.Look at that. 199 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,160 Now, he wants to rerun the material through his concentrate 200 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,520 to catch any fine gold he may have missed. 201 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,480 I want to recover as much gold as possible 202 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:19,520 cos you never ever get it in the first pass. 203 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,480 I don't know how successful it's gonna be. 204 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:23,160 If I have no luck here, 205 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,600 the girls can come to the party and save the day. 206 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:28,400 If not, then I'll have to come up with some other solution 207 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,480 as to where the gold's gonna come from. 208 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,760 Oh! Got a bit of a sound there. 209 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,240 Hey, Ebs!Yeah? 210 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,920 "X" marks the spot, eh? 211 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,800 I had to mark it up. That was a really good sound there. 212 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,680 Hopefully there's treasure under. I'll come and dig it up. 213 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,760 Good luck, Bub. I'm gonna keep going. 214 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,960 I'm really pleased with these new quads. 215 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,840 We're covering a lot of ground. 216 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,520 Hopefully, Eboni will come along and find a big nugget. 217 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,120 Yeah, I think it's right there in the middle. 218 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:15,880 Hopefully, I've got it that time. 219 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,120 Nope, it's still there. 220 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,560 Oh, it's not there anymore. 221 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,240 Yeah, it's in there. 222 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,200 Oh, we got it. 223 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,080 Oh, my God. You've got to be kidding me. 224 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,960 2 Let's get this pump out of the hole. Careful. 225 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,800 Good to be back. Looking forward to start digging. 226 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,440 All right, what are we gonna do for the season target? 227 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,720 There's no reason why we couldn't go for a 1000 ounces again. 228 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,800 You know the history of the place. It could happen any moment. 229 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,600 I just don't know when or where. 230 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:16,800 We've set a lot of season targets up stupidly high in the past 231 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,520 in the hopes of these big nuggets coming out of the ground. 232 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,160 You are right. We've gotta get some consistency back 233 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,960 where we're not just chasing the glory stuff. 234 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,240 I get it. 235 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,000 I'm looking more around the 300 ounces--300 ounces? 236 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,880 I know you've got costs and that comes out of your pocket. 237 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,720 Fuel breakdowns, licensing costs, insurances-- 238 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,320 100%, mate. That's a million dollars worth of gold. 239 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:44,760 Three hundred ounces is what I need to keep going.Yep. 240 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,120 300 ounces is a fair target. 241 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,520 Like you said, it's a million dollars worth of gold. 242 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,200 $3,500 an ounce. 243 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,960 All right, let's get stuck into it. 244 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,680 300 ounces, mate. 300 ounces.Let's go. 245 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,120 So we're back digging here at Catto's Paddock. 246 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,280 I know I've banged on about it but this paddock has got 247 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,280 probably the richest history 248 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:18,280 for large nuggets being pulled out of it than any place on the planet. 249 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,880 The old timers have been through this whole paddock, 250 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,720 but they leave areas in between claims. 251 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,800 In 1871, Catto's Paddock made headlines 252 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:33,160 with the discovery of the 1,621-ounce nugget, 253 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:34,880 The Precious. 254 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:40,000 Over the following decade, prospectors sunk hundreds of mine shafts 255 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,560 finding millions of dollars in gold. 256 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,960 To keep the shafts from collapsing 257 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,200 the miners were forced to leave pillars of earth between dig sites. 258 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:54,960 We dig those areas relatively easily compared to what they were doing it. 259 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,560 Those old timers only had pick and shovels. 260 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:59,280 You know, we've got the advantage. 261 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,240 Hey, Eth, take that one away, mate. 262 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,280 Yeah, no worries, mate. 263 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,040 We take it around to what we call our pad area. 264 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,720 We'll tip it out 265 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,200 and then we'll push it out into that big pad. 266 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,720 Grab the detectors and recover any gold nuggets that are there. 267 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,160 Well, I'm hoping for one about this big, but... 268 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,040 Very real chance somewhere in this paddock we might find it. 269 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,880 We've got enough dirt up. I reckon we can make a start. 270 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,560 Yeah, sounds good to me, mate. 271 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,640 I've always got that pressure on me back... 272 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,520 ...to make sure I find enough gold 273 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,680 so Ethan can still at least makes a living, 274 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,720 but also keep trying to find that life-changing nugget. 275 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,680 Two years ago, mine boss Brent Shannon 276 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,800 sold the team's big licence and their million dollar wash plant 277 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,960 that produced consistent gold... 278 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:50,640 That's pretty good ground, Eth. 279 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,760 ...to chase his dream of finding monster nuggets 280 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,200 on the legendary five-hectare Catto's Paddock. 281 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,160 I had to sell one dream to try and chase another. 282 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,320 This will be the paddock that might land us the 1000-ouncer. 283 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,680 Yeah, there's a target here. 284 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,720 I can tell it's only a small target just because as soon as I lift that coil off it, 285 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,400 the target disappears. 286 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,200 Nah. There it is. 287 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,080 There it is. Okay. 288 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,200 It's not a huge bit of gold. It's probably 9.2, if I'm lucky. 289 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,920 Nah. Still missed it. 290 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,240 Nah, little bit of gold. Okay. 291 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,600 Another tiny bit of gold. 292 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,600 Like real small flake, this one. 293 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,760 Right now, this pad is consistently just thick with smaller gold. 294 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,000 Normally, I wouldn't bother to pick this up 295 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,520 but because we have been getting so much small gold, 296 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,080 Yeah, there's a faint signal there. It's still there. 297 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,760 Not there. 298 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,440 I can't hear it, so I don't know if I'm losing it or... 299 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,200 Okay, no, it is a bit of small gold. 300 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,320 Such a large concentration of so many small pieces. 301 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,360 They're hard to pick up with the detector. 302 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,800 We haven't been concentrating on this small stuff. 303 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,640 Neither were the old timers. 304 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:20,480 All this small stuff starts adding up, 305 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,880 so probably looking at about a $140 worth. 306 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,040 Right now, I've got an idea. 307 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,920 I'm wondering if there is actually deposits of fine gold. 308 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,800 I'm just gonna pan some, grab a few. 309 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,320 I'm just going off a gut feeling here. 310 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,760 This season we have to try something new 311 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,960 and if there's deposits of fine gold then... 312 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,640 Let's try it. Let's go for it. 313 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,720 So what I'm gonna do is, literally, just break up this clay right now. 314 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,880 So I'm just going to, basically, just wash this off real quick. 315 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,560 I'm not after every bit of gold. I'm just after to see if it's got fine gold. 316 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,240 OK, So, we have a bit of gold here, 317 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,800 probably $20 worth, but it's the type of gold, 318 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,320 normally, I wouldn't even pick up with the detector. 319 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,760 This is good results. I'm gonna go show Brent this 320 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:17,520 because this is too good to ignore. 321 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,800 Just coming up on you, mate. 322 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:23,920 How you going, mate? 323 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 What have you got a pan out for? 324 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,800 Off that pad, we got a lot of small gold. 325 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,760 I took a pan full, mate. Look at them. 326 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,440 Yeah, right. 327 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,440 This is from me...Yep. 328 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,120 ...grabbing handfuls like that and that was a quick pan. 329 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,240 That's a bit of a shock considering the history of this place. 330 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,200 The history was just chunks. 331 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,080 This is what makes me think we could be throwing away gold 332 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,440 cos what do what do we do once this all is done? 333 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,920 Push it all up and back in.I know. 334 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,920 With the small gold that I've found, mate, 335 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,600 we could be throwing away tens of thousands of dollars. 336 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,080 Woo-hoo! 337 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,640 Mum, come here quick. Coming right now. 338 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,200 Got a good one.You look happy. 339 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,880 What have you got? It's huge, eh? 340 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,160 That is what we're here for.I know. 341 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,480 Good job, Ebs. High five! 342 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,160 I reckon that's a good ounce, that nugget. 343 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,640 What's that in money?Er, $3500. 344 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,320 Woo!Awesome. 345 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,560 I've never found that much money in my life. 346 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,480 I don't think you have either. I think I'm in the lead now. 347 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,400 All right, let's keep going. All right. 348 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,320 So I've just run through the first tub of tailings... 349 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,320 ...and I can already see gold in it, so... 350 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,760 I've probably run about two tonne of dirt, 351 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,600 but I can see there's at least an ounce in this pan. 352 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,920 Over $3,500 worth, 353 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,800 which we missed the first time around. 354 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,440 So now I've gotta go through all the dirt once again to recover more gold. 355 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,360 Hopefully, the girls are finding nuggets 356 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,080 and we get a really good weigh in. 357 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,640 It's very harsh, dry conditions out here. 358 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,680 The physical labour behind swinging that detector. 359 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,800 all day, every day really wears on you. 360 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,880 If we can use these quad-bikes to get rid of 75% of that labour, 361 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,560 it'll be amazing. 362 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,400 Oh, that was a good little signal. 363 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,440 Mark that one up. 364 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,080 It looks like Mum's just found a signal. 365 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,880 It's very rocky. 366 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,400 Is that another one? 367 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,440 This is a really good sign. 368 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,080 Give Eboni a lot of work to do anyway. 369 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,720 This is some hard ground here she'll be digging. 370 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,240 The ground looks like there's a lot of quartz in it, 371 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,000 which is a good sign. 372 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,280 Right, I think I got it that time. 373 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,040 Oh. it's in there. 374 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:23,240 There it is. Woo! 375 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,320 It's amongst all the quartz. 376 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,240 Finding speccies is a great sign for this area. 377 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,400 Speccie or specimen gold, 378 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,600 is gold still encased in quartz. 379 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,040 The jagged piece's limited weathering 380 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:39,360 suggests it hasn't travelled far from its source. 381 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,480 Oh. 382 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,000 Goodness, that's another signal. 383 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,200 This is pretty exciting. 384 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,480 So that's three nice strong signals. 385 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,040 I'm a bit excited to see what Eboni can dig up. 386 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:00,680 What the heck? 387 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,400 Not now. 388 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,560 It's, like, dead flat. It's not even turning over at all. 389 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,760 2 Looks like Brent's found ourselves a little plant. 390 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:28,560 I'd say he went and got Nev's plant. 391 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,280 I'm more shocked that he's listened to me for once. 392 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:32,960 That's blown me mind. 393 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,160 Hey, mate. You got a plant, mate? 394 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:47,000 Yeah, got Nevvy's little wash plant, "The Determinator." 395 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,160 There is fine gold there, in that pan. 396 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:53,400 It'll be a good little test, anyway. It'll give us a lot better than a pan result anyway. 397 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,520 We need to set up somewhere here and we'll work out a bit of a plan 398 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,600 start scooping this stuff up and running it. What do you think? 399 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,400 Yeah, I reckon. Absolutely. 400 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,200 You said you like your wash plants. Yeah, I know, mate. 401 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:05,960 Well, we've got a wash plant here. 402 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,800 I don't know if it's gonna be a good time or waste of time, 403 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,480 but we'll see what happens. 404 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,480 That's working. 405 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,000 The wash plant's trammel acts like a washing machine, 406 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,920 using water and a rotating drum to release gold from pay dirt. 407 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,640 Inside, lifters move the excess gravel through to the waste pile, 408 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,360 while the gold is captured in the sluice. 409 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,480 I'm gonna jump in the bulldozer and start pushing up some stuff. 410 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,160 Yeah, sounds good. 411 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,800 So there's probably 30, 35 tonnes that will go through the plant. 412 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,840 Out of this 30 tonne we want to see at least 15 grams. 413 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,760 So about $1,600 worth. 414 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,600 I'm hoping that it's absolutely loaded, 415 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,600 cos it gives us another source of income. 416 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,840 About one bucket of material probably weighs the same as this whole machine. 417 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,400 Trying to get it in the hopper without any spillage. 418 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,200 It's tougher than it looks. 419 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,160 Loading a 2.5 tonne plant with a 50 tonne excavator 420 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,880 is probably a little bit overkill. 421 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,680 If I tip that in all in one heap too fast 422 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,320 I'll literally crush it and bend it and deform it. 423 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:26,960 Oh, look at this. The clay isn't broken down at all. 424 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,040 That's not even washing it. 425 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:31,800 We need clean gravel coming out of here, not clay plugs. 426 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,440 The snake coming your way. 427 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,400 Just get out of there. 428 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,720 Here, Oakey, in the car. 429 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,200 Get it, Kyle. 430 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:47,880 Oh, yeah, I got eyes. 431 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,480 Wow! What a beautiful snake. 432 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,200 This is a black-headed python. 433 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,760 One of the non-venomous snakes that we have out here. 434 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,560 So this is why I'm free handling it. 435 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,240 This little guy has been disturbed by Levi in the excavator. 436 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,360 I wanna get him back under some spinifex, 437 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,080 so we don't disturb him anymore. 438 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,320 It's a little bit nerve wracking having Sunny out here sometimes, 439 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,440 knowing what dangers are hiding in the grass and in the spinifex. 440 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,200 We've got the most deadly snakes in the world. 441 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,560 We're two hours from town, really, but he loves it, 442 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,240 and Mum's doing a really good job of looking after him. 443 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,920 We're a good couple hundred metres away from the machine, 444 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,360 and I'm gonna let him slink away under that spinifex. 445 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,440 What a beautiful animal. 446 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,120 How awesome. 447 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,800 My background and passion has always been the outdoors. 448 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,640 I've always had this keen interest in snakes, 449 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,320 and by the time I was 12, 450 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,840 I was old enough to become a volunteer wildlife carer. 451 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,080 So at the age of 12, before I had a driver's licence, 452 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,760 my dad was driving me around to people's houses 453 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:03,280 to catch the problem snakes that had got into the back yards. 454 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:06,600 And from there I started making pocket money as a 12-year-old... 455 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,120 ...in a way that, I guess, most other 12-year-olds wouldn't. 456 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,760 Yeah, we're onto something here. 457 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,560 It sounds like it could be gold. 458 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,200 Looks like Kyle's on here. 459 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,720 We've got down to a reasonable depth and the sound's getting noisier. 460 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,040 That's a target and she's out of the ground, too. 461 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,560 Ah, it's in the scoop. That's a nice sound, too. 462 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,600 I reckon there's something decent in here. 463 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,280 In the hand. 464 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,560 In the scoop. Oh, yes! 465 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,240 Levi's gonna be stoked. 466 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,840 Did you find some gold? Yeah, we got a nice little one here. 467 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:55,320 I reckon there's three grams there. 468 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,760 $300. Definitely a step in the right direction, 469 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,280 but we're still a long way off that three-ounce target 470 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:03,080 to prove up this ground, so we've got a lot more to find. 471 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,240 Hey, Levi.What was that? 472 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,400 Shut the machine down. It looks like we've got an issue at the back. 473 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,680 Ah, spewing! 474 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,800 What's going on? 475 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,480 Just on the ground there, man. 476 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,000 It looks like we've got a bit of a leak. 477 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,760 We've got oil leak. 478 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,920 Might be hydraulic oil. 479 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,720 It's not up this end, it's up the front. I'll have a look up the front. 480 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,560 Look. This hose is leaking. 481 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,600 Oh, no, it's not what you want. 482 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,280 Far out! 483 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:44,040 You got a rag there, mate?Yeah. 484 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:49,920 Great. 485 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,400 That's building up. No good. 486 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,520 No, it's not washing it, mate. Look at that.It's a waste of time. 487 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,840 We've gotta hold that back and let it wash longer. 488 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,080 Those lifters are just pulling it straight out. 489 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,000 We're gotta do something with it. Gonna have to cut 'em out. 490 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,400 Gonna have to cut those lifters out. 491 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,600 I'll go and grab the trailer and the oxy set.Yep. 492 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,640 That's got two lifters in there in the start of the trommel, 493 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,600 so as it's spinning around, it pulls the material up 494 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,800 and out and onto this screen. What it's doing is pulling too much. 495 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,120 There's a lot more coming through than it should. 496 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,800 We need this to break down 497 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,000 so all that fine gold can escape out of it 498 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,680 and then wash down over there. 499 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,840 Look at this. 500 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,680 That's what it's doing. The clay isn't broken down at all, 501 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,960 and it's just forming big bits like this and going through. 502 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,120 Look, some people, as you know, put those lifters in, Eth. 503 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,680 Some material you wanna lift it and get it out of the barrel.Yeah. 504 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,040 And this material we wanna hold in there and wash a bit longer. 505 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,240 I'm going in, Eth. 506 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,120 Pass us the torch, mate.Yep. 507 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,440 Cut a bit more. 508 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,880 Just trying not to cut the barrel, you know. 509 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,160 You've just blistered all the paint on the outside, that's all.Aye. 510 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,000 When that flakes off, we'll chuck some paint on it, but it'll be right. 511 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,160 It's cool enough. It's been sitting in the water for just a second.Yep. 512 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,080 One down.All right. 513 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,520 So this is a lifter right here. 514 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,680 We're cutting these out and hopefully, there's gonna be enough now 515 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,640 to keep the clay in the trommel, keep rotating it around 516 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,320 and break it down. 517 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,200 Ow! Ow! Ow! 518 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,440 It's done, Eth.All right. 519 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:24,720 Two should be enough, shouldn't it? 520 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,480 It should be, mate. 521 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,480 Turn this on now. It should be good. 522 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,440 Perfect spinner. 523 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,320 Should be material feeding in there now. 524 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,440 Now we'll get an idea... 525 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,400 ..of exactly what is gonna happen. 526 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,760 Better already. It's washing 90% of it anyway. 527 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,880 It's not ideal, but it'll do. 528 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,240 It'll do. All right, let's give it a go. 529 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,040 We're making it happen, we're getting through the dirt 530 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,360 and we're doing a test, which is what I wanted. 531 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,280 Everything's going okay at the moment, which is good news. 532 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,960 Picking up a few smaller bits still. 533 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,800 That sounds a bit better than a small bit. 534 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,120 It's not monstrous, but it sounds okay. 535 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,000 All right, it's out. 536 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,680 The plant's all right, 537 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,200 but this is where it's at for me. 538 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,840 Oh, look at that. You can't beat that. 539 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,040 Now, that is beautiful. 540 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,560 Not a monster, but still, it'd be pushing, probably 541 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:39,880 maybe 13, 15 grams, nearly just under half an ounce or thereabouts. 542 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,680 $1500 to $1700 bit of gold. 543 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,440 You can't beat nuggets. 544 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,480 Somewhere here is gonna be a monster one day. 545 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,520 My biggest problem is though getting enough gold, 546 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,160 the consistency to keep Ethan's percentage 547 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,480 flowing the way he needs it to flow, 548 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,080 but the nuggets are where it's at 549 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,760 for me, anyway. 550 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,160 2 It's like dead flat, not even turning over at all. 551 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,960 Maybe I'll try the battery isolation switch. 552 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,040 Please work. Please work. 553 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,520 I don't really know what else to try. 554 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,160 I guess I've got a second battery. 555 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,600 I might be able to see if that works. 556 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:44,320 All right. Negative goes there 557 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,800 and positive goes there. 558 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,680 They're all good. 559 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,240 The lights are coming on. That's a good sign. 560 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,280 Woo! Yes! 561 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:02,960 I am number one bush mechanic. 562 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,040 There it is. 563 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,080 Sounds good. It sounds a bit bigger than the last one. 564 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,160 There it is. 565 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,400 In my hand. 566 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,080 There it is. 567 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,720 My God. Woo! 568 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,240 A lot smaller than the last one. That's definitely it. 569 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,880 But it's got a lot more gold, too. 570 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,080 But I am so stoked. 571 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,760 Dad will be pleased to see that. 572 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,640 Hello. 573 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,600 How did it go back there?So good. 574 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,000 Yeah? Show me. 575 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,880 Look at that. Look at that.Right. 576 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,680 Jeez, that's really exciting. 577 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,920 So, all three marks produced... Yeah, all three in a row. 578 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,800 That's so promising.I know. 579 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:17,080 Let's give Dad a ring. Sounds good.He'll be chuffed. 580 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,920 Paul, you got a copy? 581 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,600 Yeah, hun, go ahead. 582 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,120 We literally marked three spots in a row 583 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,240 just below this quartz outcrop 584 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:29,000 and in all three spots, we found speccies. 585 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,920 If you found some speccies, they couldn't have travelled far. 586 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,840 That's amazing. You might be close to the reef. 587 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,520 That's what we were hoping. 588 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,520 I'm finding a lot of gold in this material, 589 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,000 so I'm gonna stay back here and crack on with this, 590 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,680 so we get a good weigh-in. That's good news. 591 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,120 I'll mark this spot and we'll keep going. 592 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,880 Sounds great. 593 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,520 This is the last ditch attempt to recover as much gold 594 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,200 out of that dirt we bought. 595 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,000 I wanna get all the gold. I don't wanna leave any behind. 596 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,360 It's welded up, so hopefully, we haven't cracked the weld, 597 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,640 cos if we have, we need to get it into a workshop and rebuild it. 598 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,400 That could take a bit of time. 599 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,200 Well, take a day to get in there. 600 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,560 We've only got a week to proof up this ground. 601 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,240 I know. We don't wanna lose it. 602 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,080 We don't want it putting us back three or four days. 603 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,080 The thread looks good. It's not cracked! 604 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,080 There's no crack and the thread looks good. 605 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,640 Oh, look. That's our issue, mate. 606 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,920 A little O-ring. Little O-ring. 607 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,880 I'm gonna put that back on for the minute, 608 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,040 and then I'll go run over to my car 609 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,320 and see if I've got any O-rings to suit this model. 610 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,000 Beauty.Fingers crossed. 611 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,280 Got a bit of oil on the ground there. 612 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,680 I always carry around some bags in the car 613 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,920 that I can scoop up any leaks that we have. 614 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,080 We're coming into this area and disturbing it, 615 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,680 so it's important that we do everything that we can 616 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:50,120 not to leave it in worse shape than what it was when we got here. 617 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:51,800 I got some O-rings. Oh, beautiful. 618 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,720 Okay, let's see if that one is the same. 619 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,880 Close?It looks pretty similar. I reckon it'll go pretty close. 620 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:01,760 A simple O-ring, mate. 621 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,840 Do you wanna hold that up? Yeah, no dramas. 622 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,480 Let's do this and see if it leaks.Yeah. 623 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,440 Okay, fingers crossed, mate. Fingers crossed. 624 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,920 Okay.All right, when you're ready. 625 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,560 Good? Woo! All right. 626 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,200 We just got that little bit of oil there. 627 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,320 Gotta keep it clean.Yeah. 628 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:37,640 I don't think it's very deep. 629 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,560 And then on the way back into town, 630 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,560 I'll dispose of it in a hydrocarbon bin. 631 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,440 All right. 632 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:48,920 Okay. 633 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,560 Trying to get the three-ounce target for the week is important. 634 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,440 We've invested a lot of money in the hope that we'll be able 635 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,480 to do this as a career path and make a lot more money to come. 636 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,400 We're just picking up a few one, two grammers. 637 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,600 Three grammers. Just scattered all over. 638 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,920 It's encouraging to see that there's gold here, 639 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,120 but I'm not too convinced yet 640 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,640 that this ground's gonna be worthy for us to purchase. 641 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:18,800 Now we've got a decent sound. 642 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:20,760 It's probably a little bigger 643 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,640 than the speck that we've been getting. 644 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,520 Would you look at that? 645 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,200 What a little ripper! 646 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,840 I reckon we're about 3.5 grams, $300. 647 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,960 This is gonna tip the scales in our favour. 648 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,800 I don't know if it's enough, but it's what we wanna see. 649 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,600 Sunny, can you hear that? 650 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,480 That sounds really promising, actually. 651 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,680 I'll see if I can get it. 652 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,200 Woah. All right, have a listen. 653 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,120 Is it still in there?Yeah. 654 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,440 Hey, Levi, we're getting a good signal here. 655 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,120 Yeah, nice. 656 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,160 Come and have a look.Okay. 657 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:04,880 I'll turn the digger off. 658 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,400 That looks pretty hard going. 659 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,720 Yeah, still digging. Let's have a listen. 660 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,280 Okay, Sunny, is it still in there? 661 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,760 I think it's out, honey. On the pile. Over here. 662 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,440 We think it's out of the hole now. 663 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,080 Some.Somewhere there. Can you hear it? 664 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:26,920 Somewhere there, hun. Have a listen. 665 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,440 Have a scoop there, mate. 666 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,240 You just flicked it over there. Are you kidding? 667 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,080 Sunny, look!There it is. 668 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,920 We got a chunk! Sunny! Oh, my goodness! 669 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,600 You just flicked it! 670 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:47,520 I flicked it. Look at that!Look at that. 671 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,360 You're kidding.You're kidding! You're kidding. 672 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,920 How good.I was not expecting it to be that big.No, me neither. 673 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,320 That's about half an ounce. That is $700-$800 right there. 674 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,160 I'm up to about the last load now. 675 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:11,840 Then that's all done. 676 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,600 Good on you, mate. We'll shut it down. 677 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,280 All right, that's all off. 678 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,400 All right, Eth, I'm eager to see what you've got. 679 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,320 Don't look too bad, buddy.Really? Yeah, don't look too bad. 680 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,000 Give us a look. 681 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,400 Geez, that's all right, actually. 682 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,640 Go on. Do your honours, mate. Put it on the scales. 683 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,960 Look at that, mate. 684 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:44,280 So that's 0.31 of an ounce, so that's roughly ten grams. 685 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,200 But you gotta remember that's 30 tonnes, not 100 tonnes. 686 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:51,280 So if we ran 100 tonne of that material, 687 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,120 we'd get just about the ounce per hundred, 688 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,960 which is payable ground. 689 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:57,800 There's no ifs or buts, that's payable. 690 00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:59,760 The 30-tonne test proves 691 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,640 that if the team scales up their operation, 692 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:07,040 they could recover an additional $3600 per week. 693 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:09,240 How'd you go with nuggets, anyway? All right. 694 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,800 That's 1.11 ounces, mate. 695 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:18,840 So, yeah, just under 1.5 ounces total.Perfect. 696 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,960 Just under $5000. 697 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,760 I'm glad you grabbed that pan 698 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,560 and you actually had a crack at that, 699 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:29,000 because you may have opened the door to, actually, us 700 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:32,320 working this ground out to be payable beyond the nuggets. 701 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,520 My dreams are chasing big nuggets, 702 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:39,040 but I know that that doesn't pay the bills every day. 703 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,360 This fine gold could supplement the big stuff. 704 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,920 This could be the difference we need to make something off Catto's. 705 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,120 We've gotta make a plan so we can, actually, 706 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,800 get more of this out of the ground. 707 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,080 All right, buddy, I'm off. Good on you, mate. 708 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,640 Hello. Hey, hun. 709 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:02,320 Hey, girls. 710 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,400 Are you excited?I am. We're excited. 711 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,080 It's been a hell of a week.Yeah. 712 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,480 You girls were on your own out there for most of it. 713 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,120 We got to ride around on the quads. Bit of fun.Very fun. 714 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,640 Except mine did break down, but I fixed it. 715 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,560 Bush mechanic 101. 716 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:19,920 Shall I start mine first? Yeah, you start. 717 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,320 That was the big one. Look at that. 718 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,000 Just under an ounce. 719 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,720 You nearly got there?Yeah. And then this was the speccies. 720 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,400 Oh.That one had a lot of quartz. 721 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,080 And this one's my favourite. 722 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,240 That's a cute one. That's pretty much all gold. Good job. 723 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,600 Over one and a half ounces. Well done. 724 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,280 All right, show us how you went. 725 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,240 I've got some of the little nuggets we've found as well. 726 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:47,320 But this is the one that I want to know. 727 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,000 Yeah. 728 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:50,680 This came out of all the tailings, 729 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,040 putting them through the second time. 730 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,640 So, yeah.Woo! That's not bad.Well done. 731 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:59,640 That's over seven ounces.Nice. That was great.Excellent. 732 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:01,800 So there's 9.16 there. 733 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:03,480 I reckon we take that one out 734 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:05,520 cos there's only a tiny bit of gold in it. 735 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,800 I reckon that would probably be the truer amount. 736 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,640 8.86 ounces for the week. 737 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:12,520 What's that worth, Hun? Just over $31,000. 738 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,280 Woo!That's a pretty good week. Holy hell! 739 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:16,960 Good job. 740 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,160 The 8.8 ounce haul 741 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:23,640 brings the Mackies' season total up to almost 42 ounces, 742 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:28,000 worth just over $145,000 for the season. 743 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,040 Let's hope we can do it again next week.Hope we find that reef. 744 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:32,720 Let's hope so.Yeah. 745 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:34,840 All right.Let's do it.Let's go. 746 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,080 Hey, Sunny. All right. 747 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,320 Do you wanna go up in the digger? Yep. 748 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,840 You go up in the digger and have a little play over. 749 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,120 We're gonna weigh up some gold. 750 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,040 What are you feeling for the week? 751 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,200 The ground is okay, but if you look around 752 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,040 at how much dirt we moved, like, 753 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,440 we should have at least double or triple what we've found.Yep. 754 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,600 Let's weigh it up and see what we've got. 755 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,800 Are you ready?Yep.Okay. 756 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,760 About 1.3 there.1.3. And then with Sunny's... 757 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,800 Good job, mate. 758 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,080 1.7 ounces. 759 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,520 Well, yeah, it didn't look like three, did it? 760 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,120 Worth less than $6000, 761 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:28,200 the week's efforts fall short of the $10,500 target 762 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,320 needed to justify the purchase of the lease. 763 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,400 It's a blessing that we're able to come out 764 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,760 and have a dig first before we buy pumps.Yeah. 765 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,520 I'm glad we did, Otherwise, I reckon we'd probably go broke out here. 766 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,760 Well, dodged a bullet. My vote's "No." 767 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,040 Yeah, I'm in on a no. That's a no from me as well. 768 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:47,720 What's our options now? 769 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,360 There was a bit of ground that you and I were detecting 770 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,240 when we were first thinking about getting this digger.Yep. 771 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,920 Produced some gold. I've been watching the tenements. 772 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,720 It's due for surrender soon. You're kidding?No. 773 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,840 I reckon we make a plan to peg that ourselves 774 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,840 and finally get some of our own ground. 775 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,480 I think--How do you feel? I'm all for it. 776 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,840 What do you reckon?Let's do it. Yeah, I'm keen. 777 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:11,640 Is anyone on channel? 778 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:14,400 Are you on channel, Dad? I'm on channel, Sunny. 779 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,080 We're gonna pack it up, mate 780 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:17,760 Let's Wander.Let's do it. 781 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,400 Subtitles by Deluxe 781 00:43:24,305 --> 00:44:24,385 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm