1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,160 This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:04,400 Salty! 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,040 Half ouncer! (LAUGHS) 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:11,080 ..gold adventurers Alan Williams and Salty Davenport... 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,760 What madman would come here? 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:14,560 Not many, mate. Not many. Just us. 7 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,800 ..target untouched ground in the extreme wilderness. 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,800 Here we have my underwater detector. 9 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:21,200 Ideal weapon of choice. 10 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,680 But their unique search method could end in failure. 11 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,640 I cannot see anything down there. 12 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,800 The Gold Retrievers call in family to save their season. 13 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,200 Hey, darl. How are you? 14 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,280 Good. 15 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,000 Are you serious? 16 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,600 Babe, come and look at this. 17 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:40,760 Whoo. 18 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,320 But engine trouble could be the final straw for Chris. 19 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,160 It's broken down. 20 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:46,960 I am so over this. 21 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,520 And the Ferals are forced to defend their patch... 22 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:50,960 Gotcha. Light this area up. 23 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:52,120 Ready? 24 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:53,760 Yup. 25 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,920 ..to finally bring in the biggest haul of their careers. 26 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,440 No way! 27 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,360 Got a monster. 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,960 Mate, how much further is the spot? 29 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:20,800 10, 15ks maybe. 30 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,520 I hope so because I threw in my mining job for this 31 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,800 and we need this to pay off and quick. 32 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,360 Where I'm taking you, you wait till you see this landscape. 33 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:29,680 It will blow your mind. 34 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,560 With your knowledge prospecting, these kind of areas, 35 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,360 we've given ourselves the best chance 36 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,080 at finding those alluvial nuggets. 37 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,000 Like you just said, the gold knowledge I've got 38 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,120 and your Bush knowledge, 39 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,800 that's gonna get us to the spots 40 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,000 where no one's swung a detector before. 41 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,560 It's one of the best hunting grounds for our first trip. 42 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,160 Rookie prospecting team Alan Williams 43 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:55,400 and Kaleb Davenport, AKA Salty have made a gruelling 1,000km trek 44 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,880 across Western Australia from Perth to the East Pilbara region. 45 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,520 One of the harshest places to find gold on the planet. 46 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,880 Blasted by plus 40 degree heat and scorching desert winds. 47 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,800 This is one of the hardest tracks to get to up here. 48 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,280 Right, here we go, mate. 49 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,560 This is the hectic bit. 50 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,400 Yo, that's nuts. 51 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,240 Steady, steady. 52 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,200 There's one rock here that we want to stay clear of. 53 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,440 Start turning to your left now. 54 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,000 Follow that line. 55 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,440 Real slow, real slow. 56 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,000 Dude, are you sure about this? 57 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,240 Real slow. 58 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,360 Yeah, one sharp rock will blow a tyre. 59 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,960 We will literally be ended up stranded out here. 60 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,400 That back tyre's about to drop. 61 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,000 Head towards me about here. 62 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,640 Right tyre. 63 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,080 Oh, no! 64 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:55,560 Keep coming. Keep coming. 65 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:57,520 Real slow, real slow. Slow it down. 66 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,240 Yup, yup, you're good. 67 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,320 Whoo hoo hoo! 68 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,760 Oh, mate, good stuff. 69 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,200 We got there. 70 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,040 We know there's gold a few kilometres north 71 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,120 in those goldmines. 72 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,520 I can imagine, mate, with all this landscape, 73 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,040 it acts like a beautiful funnel for any monsoon or downpours will wash 74 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,320 everything on down into those creek beds 75 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,920 and into these waterholes where we're going. 76 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,040 And you, you crazy (BLEEP) thinking about diving in there. 77 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,080 I got my diving gear with me. 78 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,920 Who brings a dive unit out to the desert? 79 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,520 Me. 80 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,360 Here it is, mate. 81 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:37,960 Wait till you see this joint. 82 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,920 Man, this is epic. 83 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,560 Look at this. 84 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,800 Just imagine what's hiding down there. 85 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:47,920 Let's find some gold. 86 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,760 Alan Williams and Salty Davenport 87 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,440 teamed up after meeting in an online prospecting forum. 88 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,160 Alan has spent four years learning the gold game, 89 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,240 working as a hired hand on a Kalgoorlie goldmine. 90 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,800 We are on the gold. 91 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,880 Outback survival expert Salty has led 92 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,880 exploration trips to some of Australia's wildest locations. 93 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,600 Ya ha ha! 94 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,840 Together, build target extreme gold ground 95 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,600 in the hunt for a life changing haul. 96 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,640 This is the spot. 97 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,880 Yeah, it is. 98 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,640 We have to figure out the season target. 99 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,480 Being the first season for the both of us, I'm thinking 15oz. 100 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:31,880 What does that work out to? 101 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:33,800 Best part of 20 grand. Each. 102 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,720 That will get me where I want to be. 103 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,800 That'll get me upscaling and getting some leases and more machinery. 104 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,200 Mate, 20 grand will definitely help me. 105 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:43,280 Dream block of land down south. 106 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,800 That's the dream. Deal? 107 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,160 Done. 15 it is. 108 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,200 Now we just need to find some gold. 109 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:50,800 Just get into it. 110 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,440 Get you to punch all through this area. 111 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,000 Yup. Looks quite nice. 112 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,440 Just stick to that creek bed? 113 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:56,960 Yes. Even the track we came in on. 114 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,640 I'm gonna head down there. 115 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,320 Here we have my underwater detector. 116 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,520 Ideal weapon of choice 117 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,160 for this waterhole down here. 118 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,960 Got some underwater headphones with it and all your cables here. 119 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,080 There's no spots where water can get in. 120 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,880 This waterhole you're being so tough to get to, 121 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,680 I highly doubt anyone's detected it. 122 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,640 So here we have the dive unit. 123 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,040 It's like a snorkel. 124 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,280 It's got a little compressor and it was a little air reservoir 125 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,280 and down you go with a hose and regulator. 126 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,000 Fingers crossed it finds us some goodies. 127 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:37,440 Alan's underwater detector can operate at depths of 60m 128 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,200 and has special signal boosting technology 129 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:45,000 to detect gold that could be buried at the bottom of the waterhole. 130 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,840 I'm just going to head straight to these spots down here and work 131 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,480 my way back to Alan and hopefully we find something in the middle. 132 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,320 So we spent hours getting in here. 133 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,080 I'm really hoping we can pull something together today 134 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,360 and get, at least get something on the board. 135 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:32,320 That's just too murky. 136 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,240 I cannot see anything down there. 137 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:40,200 Freezing cold but I spent all this money on getting up here. 138 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:43,080 I don't know if this is going to work. 139 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,440 I'm stoked to be out here with Sunny 140 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,760 and you and we can spend some time together and catch up. 141 00:06:57,840 --> 00:06:59,440 It's really good having you out here. 142 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,400 I don't miss home because you guys are here. 143 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:02,800 It's great. 144 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,000 And we're on some serious gold now as well 145 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,000 so we need to start protecting this lease a little bit more. 146 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,480 We had that drone flying the other day so it kind of got us 147 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,280 a little bit nervous about people coming in when we are not here. 148 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,800 All right, let's go find where we're going to set up these cameras. 149 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:21,200 Over 500km west on the Mount Shovel lease, 150 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,600 Bridget and Levi North are heading to the Ferals' dig site. 151 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,680 With rookie team member eight-month-old Sunny. 152 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,360 The stakes are really high, Bridge. 153 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:30,800 Kim wants 10oz a week. 154 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:32,560 With a 70/30 split. 155 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,480 70 our way so we need 60 ounces for the season 156 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,280 and hopefully we can clean up. 157 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,640 What in the world? 158 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,120 Look at that! 159 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,760 Last week, the team more than doubled their weekly target. 160 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,160 Our biggest weigh-in in Feral history. 161 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,840 20.5 ounces for a week's work. 162 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:57,080 But an unknown drone has put the crew on high alert. 163 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,440 They are not just flying around. 164 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,240 They are coming in to steal gold off us, mate. 165 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,520 Two entry points into the lease come into one. 166 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,440 Yeah, I think somewhere here would be good. 167 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,240 Yeah, this is the track cam. 168 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,040 We got someone to make it up for us. 169 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,240 It records, motion sensor as well. 170 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,000 Everything you could need in trying to catch a poacher. 171 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,640 Put this on here. 172 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,240 Bridge! 173 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:22,960 Phone. 174 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,240 Hello! 175 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,480 Yup, I got that recording. 176 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:29,680 OK, let's go. 177 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,120 Back to work. 178 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,320 Now we've set that camera up, we can get back to site. 179 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,280 You're pretty happy out here, aren't you? 180 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,040 Little bush boy. 181 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,240 Couple of days getting dusty and finding gold. 182 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:47,320 Yeah. 183 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,000 I'll leave you to it. Say bye dad. 184 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,280 See you, son. 185 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,720 Hi, fellas, Bridge and I just finished setting up those cameras. 186 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:00,800 Good work, mate. 187 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,960 That just gives us so much more peace of mind. 188 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,640 We can keep our heads down. 189 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,240 Keep detecting, looking for gold. 190 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,080 Time is not our friend out here. 191 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,480 It's amazing to have Bridget out here. 192 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:12,600 We got extra security and an extra set of eyes. 193 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:14,240 There's so much gold in the ground here, 194 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,920 we can't risk losing it to poachers. 195 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,760 So just getting back into it now, getting stuck into another cut. 196 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,280 Using the team's 28 tonne front-end loader, 197 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,920 Levi strips away 15cm layers 198 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,760 of topsoil to expose the gold bearing ground beneath, 199 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,640 ready for teammates Ryan and Nathan to detect in search of nuggets. 200 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,280 There's still a fair bit of dirt left 201 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,280 on top before we get down to the basement 202 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,880 where the big gold's sitting. 203 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,800 We are starting to hear a few bigger nuggets. 204 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,240 Heavy minerals like gold sink until they are trapped 205 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,600 above the hard bedrock layer but that can vary from less 206 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:54,480 than a metre underground to depths beyond the reach of an excavator. 207 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,080 Whoa. (MACHINE WAILS) 208 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,840 Got a nice little target here. 209 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,880 When they're deeper, they're a bit harder to lock down but... 210 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,360 Oh, yes. 211 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,960 There it is. Check that out. 212 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,280 Ha ha. 213 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,080 Whoo... Whoo. 214 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,840 The heat is getting insane. 215 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,560 Worst thing is you got to be wrapped up 216 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,760 so you don't get fully cooked by the sun. 217 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,240 Better to be hot than torched and burnt. 218 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,880 It's not summer yet 219 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,720 but it's already above 35 degrees Celsius in the Pilbara. 220 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,840 It's the middle of the day at the moment and it's too hot right now. 221 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,400 That's why we've just got to start doing 222 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,200 a bit of late afternoon, nightshift. 223 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,360 Perfect time to catch some gold. 224 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,480 Sun is just about to set. 225 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,080 Everything's cooled down. 226 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:51,600 The gold's easier to catch because 227 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:53,920 we don't have the sun beating down on your back. 228 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,640 Into the night, Ferals. 229 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,040 Let's get some gold. 230 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,360 So nice and cool, no flies. 231 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,800 Heaps of nuggys. Whoo hoo hoo. 232 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:03,680 Getting a bit hard with the loader 233 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,200 as we get deeper so just been extra careful, especially at night. 234 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:08,640 You don't want to do any damage. 235 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,720 I don't want to hurt anybody. 236 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,400 Just so you guys know, I can't see any of yous. 237 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,920 We will stand well clear, brother. 238 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,840 (MACHINE WAILS) 239 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,320 (LAUGHS) 240 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,200 This is so good. 241 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,000 (LAUGHS) 242 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:32,200 Oh, that's a bloody ripper. 243 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,560 Look at that. 244 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,960 What a gorgeous piece. 245 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,000 Boys, there is gold everywhere here. 246 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:38,360 This is incredible. 247 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:41,480 That's gold. 248 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:43,920 I tell you what, I'm going to end up 249 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,880 with an arm like a professional tennis player. 250 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,400 (MACHINE WAILS) 251 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,320 Aha. There it is. 252 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,640 That's probably only about 0.2, 0.3 of a gram. 253 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,480 $20 note sitting on the ground. 254 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:57,240 You're not going to walk past it. 255 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:01,160 Oh, Levi's stopped. 256 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:05,760 Hey, fellas. 257 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,120 You right, mate? 258 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,760 Did you break down, bro? 259 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,760 I just got an alert on the camera. 260 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:12,040 Oh, you're kidding me. 261 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,160 Yeah. 262 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,200 No way. Give me a look at this. 263 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,120 Look, look, look. 264 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,720 Look at that. 265 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,280 They got a detector and everything. 266 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:21,600 Gotcha. 267 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:22,840 That's it, mate. Let's go. 268 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:23,920 Let's go. 269 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,480 Come on. I'm over this. 270 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:27,440 I got an idea, man. 271 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:39,680 I tell you what. 272 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,440 This has been the worst start to a season yet. 273 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,720 We've still got a long way to go 274 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,040 to make 50oz to make our target this season. 275 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,560 I don't know if there's any gold left. 276 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:50,720 I really don't. 277 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,400 I've spoken to a mate and he's 278 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:57,320 offered an interesting opportunity to us that may just save our season. 279 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,280 I'll have a word to Chris 280 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,480 and see if I can convince them I think this might be the way to go. 281 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:04,000 I'm not ready to give up. 282 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,680 I'm definitely not ready to give up yet. 283 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:14,040 In the arid scrub lands outside Coolgardie the Gold Retrievers, 284 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:18,360 Brad McGee and Chris Smith have found just 10% 285 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,760 of their 50oz season target. 286 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,600 How are you going there, Chris? 287 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:25,720 I'm pretty much done, mate. 288 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,160 I'm ready to pack up and go home. 289 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:28,920 I'll be honest, mate. 290 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,240 I was feeling the same. 291 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:31,920 Out of money, out of gold. 292 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,200 You're not going to like my next suggestion then. 293 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,640 You know Mark, does the drone mapping? 294 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:37,720 Yeah. 295 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,520 He's offered to drone map out the lease 296 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,640 for half his original price which is 10,000. 297 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,920 He will do it for 5,000. 298 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,720 Where are we going to get five grand from? 299 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,440 We just need to find gold to pay it. 300 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:47,600 2oz, mate. 301 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:49,000 That's all it's going to cost us. 302 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,960 He's coming through in the next three days. 303 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,440 He doesn't have much time, mate. He's just passing through. 304 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,440 So we've got three days to find gold where we can't find gold? 305 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,080 We've touched 10% of this lease, man. 306 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,200 We've got 200ha, mate. 307 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:01,840 He can drone map this whole thing 308 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,600 and overlay all the drill results, 309 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:05,280 everything, all the fault lines 310 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,720 and it's just going to narrow everything down precisely 311 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:08,800 to where we need to go. 312 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:14,840 All right. 313 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,080 Only if we find enough gold to pay for it. 314 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,720 Yup, I agree. 315 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,600 Let's just get on the detectors, leave this at the moment. 316 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,600 If we can find 1oz each then that pays for it. 317 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,440 Get the survey done, 318 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,000 I think it's gonna turn our season around, I really do. 319 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,400 So this is going to be make or break I think. 320 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,560 While Brad's in his excavator up there having a dig, 321 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,440 I'm going to clear the pad now so I can do some detecting. 322 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,640 With no dirt to run through their wash plate, Brad and 323 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:52,640 Chris's only chance at finding the 2oz of gold is to push and detect. 324 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,160 This is our last ditch effort. 325 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,520 Fingers crossed it pays off. 326 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,920 Brad excavates paydirt from a pit using a 25 ton digger before 327 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,360 Chris spreads it into 15cm thick pads with the team's front loader. 328 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,440 Ready to be detected for nuggets. 329 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,600 We are clutching at straws now. 330 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,000 If we don't get anything out of this droning 331 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,320 and we don't start putting money in the bank, that's it for us. 332 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,520 I think that will be our season done. 333 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,720 Last week, at the halfway point of their season, 334 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:22,960 This is vitally important. 335 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:24,760 We've invested all our money into this. 336 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,560 The Gold Retrievers ran tests to 337 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:31,200 identify fine gold using their $75,000 wash plant. 338 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:32,640 Absolutely nothing. 339 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,240 But it came up empty. 340 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,160 Leaving them unsure of their future. 341 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,960 I don't know where we go from here, mate but things aren't working. 342 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,600 This little push that I've done here 343 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,080 doesn't seem to be producing anything. 344 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,920 I'm beginning to think that maybe there's not a lot more out here. 345 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,840 I think I've had enough of this area. 346 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,240 I'll just work into the night and move in further. 347 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,400 Getting a little bit desperate. 348 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,400 Normally we'd be knocked off by now 349 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,040 but still haven't found any gold 350 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,480 so we're just going to work into the night. 351 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,280 I'm just going to do another push, 352 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,560 detect it and hopefully get a bit of gold to warm myself up. 353 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,760 Freezing out here. 354 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,920 It's down to zero degrees at the moment. 355 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,800 Working this close to the desert, we've got the two extremes. 356 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,640 It can be superhot and then at night be so cold, 357 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,960 even with the cab shut and the heater going, 358 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,240 I can still feel the cold coming through. 359 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,640 (ENGINE CUTS OUT) 360 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,600 Oh, what?! 361 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,080 Un (BLEEP) real. 362 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,840 What can go wrong will go wrong. 363 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:13,520 I just can't win today. 364 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,120 I'm broken down. 365 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,400 And it's not obvious why. 366 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:22,480 Batteries seem fine. 367 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:23,960 Copy, Brad? 368 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,320 Brad, copy? 369 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,240 Unbelievable. 370 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,160 (SIGHS) 371 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,720 And a dead radio. 372 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,600 I am so over this. 373 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,680 PRODUCER: Where are you going, Chris? 374 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,520 Where do you think I'm going? I'm going home. 375 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,040 Looks like they've come down through the Hidden Valley, 376 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:51,600 that was the Hidden Valley camera. 377 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:52,760 Out the back here. 378 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,240 Out the back. I'm over chasing poachers. 379 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:56,800 There you go, bro. 380 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:57,960 Let's light up the sky. 381 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:59,680 We know he's that way. 382 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,080 That's where the camera was. 383 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,960 I'll go right there, boys. Ready to go? 384 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:04,080 Yup. 385 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,520 Ready? 386 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:09,520 Send it! 387 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,760 Send it. Light up. 388 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,720 Where is he? 389 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,720 Where are you? 390 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,560 Looks like someone may be there. 391 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,160 No way. 392 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,560 There he goes. 393 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,440 (TYRES SKID) 394 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,720 There he goes. 395 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,960 We can see you! You (BLEEP) poacher. 396 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,040 We got to get that gold out of the ground 397 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:36,160 and clean this up and let your uncle know. 398 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,120 Let's go get some more nuggys, fellas. 399 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,200 # Run, little poacher 400 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,360 # Run little poacher. 401 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,800 # Run little poacher, run away... # 402 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,120 After chasing off poachers, 403 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,600 the pressure is on to recover all the nuggets 404 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,120 from the team's gold rich patch as fast as possible 405 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,600 and a young Feral has joined the operation for the first time. 406 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,920 Welcome to the team, Sunny. 407 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,840 (MACHINE WAILS) 408 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,280 Mum's on another one. 409 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:07,600 So good to be finding heaps of gold. 410 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,560 All the little bits are adding up. 411 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,200 That dream of buying a block one day is slowly getting there. 412 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:13,280 This is epic. 413 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,200 Yeah, have a piece of gold, Sunny. 414 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:19,800 Oh, yeah nice. 415 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,480 Daddy's looking for gold. 416 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,080 It's amazing to have Bridget out here. 417 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,160 She's got little Sunny, even better. 418 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:28,800 Levi made some big sacrifices, 419 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,720 leaving a new baby and his wife at home to come out here and dig gold. 420 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,440 Fingers crossed it pays off in the end. 421 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:35,800 That's what it's all about. 422 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:37,320 Getting a few, hey? 423 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:38,600 Yeah, got a couple. 424 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,560 Come and hang out with Mama for a bit. 425 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,120 Good work on the nugs. 426 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:43,720 It's nice to be back out again. 427 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,000 Ryan's got a bit of a target over there too. 428 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,920 Righty ho. That's out. 429 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,360 Come on, baby. 430 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:55,880 Oh, yeah. 431 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:57,280 In the scoop. 432 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,960 Hey. 433 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,280 Nice nuggy. 434 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:04,680 There she is. 435 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,160 Definitely a little bit bigger than what we've been finding 436 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,200 so that's got to be about 2g worth of gold in that. 437 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,880 Yeah, if you don't mind coming down and giving a bit of a push here. 438 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,040 Roger that. 439 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:17,680 Right now, time is of the essence. 440 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,280 We've got to keep those poachers away. 441 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:20,560 This ground is so rich. 442 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,040 If we hadn't been here, it would be 443 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,640 them digging up those massive pieces. 444 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,160 We need to make the best of our time 445 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,840 out here and find as much gold as we can. 446 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,600 Hey, boys. I'm on a stinger. 447 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,080 Whoo! 448 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:39,520 He's got a chunk. 449 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,920 She is heavy, hey? 450 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,000 I'm coming down. 451 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,440 (LAUGHS) 452 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:50,880 Bro. 453 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,560 (BLEEP) 454 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:53,880 I'm not even joking. 455 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,760 (LAUGHS) 456 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,280 Ryano! 457 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,160 Ryan, you got to see it, man. 458 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:02,320 Catch. 459 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,120 What a find, bro. 460 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,600 (LAUGHS) 461 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,960 Mate. 462 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,280 You're kidding me. 463 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:14,520 No, man. Wow. 464 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,960 Wow, that's a massive one, man. 465 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,320 That's got to be about 5oz at least, mate. 466 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,600 Nathan's find could be worth over $12,000. 467 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,320 Makes my guts just fill with butterflies. 468 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,480 Come on, let's go. I got to keep digging. 469 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,320 Oh, my gosh. 470 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,240 (BIRD CALLS) 471 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,760 In the remote high country of the Pilbara region, 472 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,640 rookie team Alan and Salty are still searching 473 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,760 for their first find of the season. 474 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,200 This is super murky. 475 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,720 I'm going to have to basically spend a bit of time down there, 476 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,360 try and pinpoint appropriately 477 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:50,960 and if I can, grab a handful of dirt 478 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,040 and bring it up and fingers crossed it's in it. 479 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,600 I'll mark a start point with a rock. 480 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,480 From that start point, I'm just gonna spiral around the waterhole 481 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,240 so that way, I don't miss any gold. 482 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,640 (MACHINE WAILS) 483 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,160 (MACHINE WAILS) 484 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,520 Fingers crossed the gold's in here. 485 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,800 I seriously hope I got a nugget sitting in here. 486 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,840 The visibility was terrible. 487 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,520 Having to hold onto a rock, 488 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,440 let the silt settle then grab a bit more and detect. 489 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,440 Oh, look, there it is. There it is. 490 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,200 Got a copy there, Salty? 491 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:58,320 Yeah, mate. 492 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,840 You're not gonna believe it. We're on the gold finally. 493 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,120 Are you joking? 494 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,760 No, mate. I'm definitely not joking. 495 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,040 (LAUGHS) Whoo-hoo. 496 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:07,480 That's exactly my thought too. 497 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,840 It definitely wasn't easy but it's paying off. 498 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,240 I'll see if I can get a couple more. 499 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,600 Working these clay beds you've got this big run-off, 500 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,360 I'm hoping that tree roots act as a bit of a barricade as well 501 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,440 to stop whatever is coming down the hill during rains. 502 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:29,680 Millions of years ago, the Pilbara region lay under the ocean. 503 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:33,000 As the water level dropped, rivers cut their way 504 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:37,720 through the landscape creating gorges that acted like giant sluices, 505 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,280 carrying gold from deposits on higher ground 506 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:42,640 and trapping them at its lowest points. 507 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,560 Today, Alan and Salty are hoping some of that gold collected 508 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:52,200 at the bottom of untouched water holes and in dried out creek beds. 509 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:53,600 (MACHINE WAILS) 510 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,400 I think we are on. 511 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,760 This cannot be rubbish here, surely. 512 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:03,760 This can well and truly be my first find of this trip. 513 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:07,840 (MACHINE WAILS) 514 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,280 Come on, come on. 515 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:14,680 (LAUGHS) 516 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:15,960 That's it. 517 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,280 Oh, what a relief. The first bit of gold for me. 518 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:19,880 We need many more of these. 519 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,560 Knowing that there's targets down there 520 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,760 that obviously no one's done this before was pretty incredible 521 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,640 but it's bloody cold. 522 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,040 Best case scenario today is coming out with some gold. 523 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:36,200 Worst case is no gold and hypothermia which, 524 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,080 if I keep standing here like this, yeah, it's gonna come. 525 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,480 (MACHINE WAILS) 526 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,720 (MUFFLED) I can see it. I can see it. 527 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,280 Oh. 528 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:20,120 You beauty. I've got it. 529 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,640 I can actually see that one. 530 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,320 Yeah I've got to get out. 531 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,840 This is freezing. 532 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:28,760 So happy I found that. 533 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,800 Probably 4-5g. 534 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:35,640 Just under 500 bucks but it's getting ridiculously cold. 535 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,880 If I stay in there any longer, hypothermia is going to set in. 536 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,520 I think I'm going to have to call it on this one. 537 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,960 I will go see how Salty is going. 538 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,760 Hey, mate. 539 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,640 It's cold. I'm freezing down there. 540 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:49,840 It looks bloody cold. 541 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,120 It is. 542 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,520 I just ended up with a whole heap of rubbish really. 543 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,920 Bullet, bottle caps... 544 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,680 ..and a couple of dirty rocks. 545 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:01,880 Dirty rocks. 546 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:03,960 You cheeky boy. 547 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,880 Look at you, mate. You're shivering. 548 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,320 I am. I'm cold. Wicked, man. 549 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,400 Mate, you get dry. I'm going to cook us some tucker. 550 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,480 Sounds good. 551 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,920 Yesterday, I drove the loader 552 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,640 all the way to the other end of the lease. 553 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,360 When the light is down, no work gets done. 554 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:27,760 I can't push. 555 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,480 On their remote Devils Cut lease, the Gold Retrievers are hunting 556 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,960 for 2oz of gold to pay for a vital drone survey of their lease. 557 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:37,040 What's going on? 558 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:38,200 It died on me last night. 559 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,280 I got lights but no ignition. 560 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,120 It could be that starter solenoid. 561 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,080 Let's lift the bonnet and have a look. 562 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,080 The solenoid is an electromagnet 563 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,560 that engages the engine when the key's turned. 564 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,280 If it fails, the loader won't start. 565 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:56,520 Solenoid's stuffed, mate. 566 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:58,960 (BLEEP) 567 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,320 We're gonna have to order another one. 568 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:02,600 That's a week away. 569 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,240 At least. 570 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,680 Don't look like you're going to be doing any more pushing. 571 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,800 I don't feel like doing much of anything, mate. 572 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,120 Everything is just going wrong in my book. 573 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,760 Mate, in all honesty, we're not that far off. 574 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,480 Look, you've done a bit of pushing. 575 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,080 We may as well detect that. 576 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,720 We might get lucky, Chris. 577 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,400 Yeah, right. 578 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,200 Right. Let's not give up, eh? 579 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,520 Last-ditch effort, mate. 580 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,680 Let's give it a go. 581 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,120 Chris was pretty much ready to give up and look, I get that. 582 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,680 When you have a really bad start 583 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,680 to the season like this, it's tough on everyone. 584 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,600 It is because you've still got bills to pay 585 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:43,680 and things like that. 586 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,720 I speak to my wife Wendy every night. 587 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,440 She's feeling the pain as well. 588 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,560 She's gonna come up and give us a bit of a hand 589 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,040 so the more hands on deck, 590 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,360 the better chance we have of actually finding some gold. 591 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,800 Who's that? 592 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,480 There's my beautiful wife. 593 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:01,960 I haven't seen her in ages. 594 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,400 It's gonna be awesome. 595 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,040 G'day. Hey, darl. How are you? 596 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,440 Good. Missed you. 597 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:09,720 Oh, I missed you too. 598 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,600 Good to see you. Yeah, you too. 599 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:12,680 So what's been going on? 600 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:18,480 Wendy McGhee has made a 500km drive from Perth to help the team. 601 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,000 I got a couple of days to find 2oz of gold. 602 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,080 Right. 603 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,760 I've got Mark coming in to do some droning 604 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:24,920 and we need the money. 605 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,160 That's why you're here. 606 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,360 So no cup of tea? No nothing? Straight into it? 607 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,000 No nothing. Straight into it. 608 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,520 Let's go and get you a detector. 609 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:33,760 Let's do it. 610 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,240 Me and Brad have been together for 20 years. 611 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,600 We used to go out a lot detecting when we first got the lease. 612 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,880 I loved it. I was addicted to it. 613 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:49,360 Brad supported me while I was getting my diploma for two years. 614 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,960 For us, it's very important to do the things we want to do. 615 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,600 That's why, whenever I get the chance, I'll come and help him. 616 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,120 It is a risky business because nothing is guaranteed. 617 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,120 You could be up here for days and find nothing. 618 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,160 Feeling quite daunted actually. 619 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,000 I can't believe how much has gone wrong on this trip. 620 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,800 Brad's been a bit of a rock. He's kept a really good attitude. 621 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,680 I know deep down he's getting worried 622 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,760 we're not finding enough gold as well. 623 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,280 (MACHINE WAILS) 624 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,560 Ooh. Sounds promising. 625 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,440 Still in here. 626 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:35,960 Oh, it's in my hand. 627 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:38,760 Holy crap. 628 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,600 Oh, my God. 629 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,440 Look at the size of that. 630 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,240 Babe! 631 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,440 Come and look at this. 632 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:48,840 Hey, she's found one. 633 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,160 Whoo-hoo. 634 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,000 That's probably one of the biggest nuggets I've found. 635 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,200 You are the lucky charm, darl. 636 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,560 A third of an ounce. 637 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,240 Well done, darl. That's bloody awesome. 638 00:29:58,320 --> 00:29:59,920 We've been over this area a million times 639 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,720 haven't found anything and you rock up. 640 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:02,800 That's unbelievable. 641 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,040 I told you you were good luck. 642 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:06,240 Keep going. 643 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:07,600 Got to find some more. 644 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,560 So good to see you, mate. 645 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,040 Thanks for all the good luck you brought with you. 646 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:20,120 Oh, yes. 647 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,760 Bye, daddy. 648 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,320 Bye bye. 649 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:25,880 Bye. 650 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,200 Sorry we couldn't stay longer. 651 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,000 It's alright. I'm stoked you came out. 652 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,560 It's given me that extra boost. 653 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,080 Just keep going. See you, bubba. 654 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,360 Sleep well. 655 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:35,640 Bye. 656 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,560 You know what, I'll do one more cut. 657 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,560 (LAUGHS) Just one more. 658 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:50,160 We are just taking up so many of the small pieces all in this layer. 659 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,240 Levi's done a really good cut through this area. 660 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,560 It's the last day of a gold rich week 661 00:30:55,640 --> 00:31:00,200 that should keep the Ferals' boss lease owner Kim North happy too. 662 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,640 Kim's given us an amazing deal. 663 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,680 70% our way. 30% his way. 664 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,200 He's providing us with a big machine. 665 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,240 If we don't make that 10oz target a week, 666 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,000 Kim is going to kick us off this lease. 667 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,320 We need to pull all the gold out of the ground that we can. 668 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,040 I've done a nice fresh cut down 669 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,200 where we are picking up these chunks so pretty excited. 670 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,000 I just feel like there's going to be more. 671 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,120 Time is ticking. 672 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,640 (MACHINE WAILS) 673 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,440 This place is out of control. 674 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,320 (LAUGHS) 675 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,800 There's another four, 500 bucks there. 676 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,280 Look at that. There's just so many. 677 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,760 And all within a small area. 678 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,720 This ground is just littered with it. 679 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,760 Kim's really put us on the spot here. 680 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,760 The geology is super amazing. 681 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,160 It's got everything you could possibly want in... 682 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,760 (MACHINE WAILS) 683 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,280 This is either a huge nugget 684 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,680 or a big piece of shard off the bucket 685 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,360 so I'm not going to get too excited yet. 686 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,360 (MACHINE WAILS) 687 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,280 (LAUGHS) 688 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,040 No way. 689 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:14,520 Boys! 690 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,080 We've got a huge piece! 691 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,800 Are you on, bro? 692 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,120 We got a monster. 693 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,640 Look at this. Huge. 694 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,840 You're kidding me. (LAUGHS) 695 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,320 Look what we found. 696 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,000 You are kidding me. 697 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,600 We've done it. 698 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:31,880 We've done it again. 699 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:35,840 So many big chunks. 700 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,520 That's our biggest piece. 701 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:38,720 Ever. 702 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:39,800 Ever. 703 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,400 This is like 13oz 704 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,160 so it's got to be at least 30 or 40 grand in this of gold. 705 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,880 Couldn't have asked for a better day. 706 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,280 Let's go, fellas. 707 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:49,880 We are killing it. 708 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,480 (WHOOPING AND CHEERING) 709 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,320 The Ferals. We are on the gold, baby! 710 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,800 I always try and force myself 711 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,680 to make the most of the environment around me. 712 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,800 Looking for bush tucker. 713 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,080 If you're at a waterhole, 714 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,480 it's really not that hard to throw in a line and see what's in there. 715 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,160 Oh, oh. 716 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,480 Getting hits. 717 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:20,760 We are on. 718 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,920 Fresh tucker. How good. 719 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,760 We need a few of these obviously. 720 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,680 They're not the biggest perch in the world. 721 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:36,760 All right, I'm coming in. 722 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,120 Fire's on. 723 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,720 Finally got some on the board, mate. 724 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,440 That's as good as it gets in my opinion. 725 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,080 Yeah. It's unreal. 726 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,240 Alan and Salty have been living off the land for the past week 727 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:54,760 helping them extend their gold hunt in the remote East Pilbara region. 728 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:58,360 I'm so stoked on this. Geologically perfect spot for gold. 729 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,200 You get these torrential downpours 730 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,280 and the water will come racing through here. 731 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,880 This hard rock bed acts as a natural sluice 732 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,960 for the gold so that's what we are hoping for. 733 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,520 Is that there's still stuck at the bottom of these waterholes. 734 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,280 (MACHINE WAILS) 735 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,120 Oh. 736 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:17,400 I like the sound of that. 737 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,480 That's got to be a handful I reckon. 738 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,520 Got him. 739 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,400 Fingers crossed. 740 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:28,440 (MACHINE WAILS) 741 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,200 Oh, ho, ho. 742 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:31,640 You're kidding. 743 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,200 That's a half-ouncer. 744 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,080 That's the biggest piece on the trip so far. 745 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,960 That's unreal. 746 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,440 Yo, Salty. Half-ouncer. 747 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:41,880 Your shot next. 748 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,720 (MACHINE WAILS) 749 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:53,360 Ooh. 750 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,880 Come on, come on. 751 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,520 Please don't be rubbish. 752 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,200 I know it's just here, whatever it is. 753 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:04,680 (MACHINE WAILS) 754 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:05,760 Right, we are on. 755 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:08,920 Who-hoo-hoo. 756 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:11,560 Oh, my God. 757 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,000 You beautiful little thing. 758 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,920 Hey, mate. You got a copy? 759 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000 Salty-licious, mate. I've got a copy. 760 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,200 I don't know if you can see that gold nugget from here but we're on. 761 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:24,800 This is paying off. 762 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,400 We just got to keep finding these. 763 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,840 Yeah, been out here for a few days now. 764 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,160 Gold's starting to run out unfortunately. 765 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,400 That's what happens. 766 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:37,640 Never last forever. 767 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,440 (MACHINE WAILS) 768 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,680 Oh, hello. Let's give that a scratch. 769 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:48,960 She's out. 770 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,240 Got that nice echo to it. 771 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:52,720 There. 772 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:54,800 Let's have a look. Oh... 773 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:56,400 No way. 774 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,280 I didn't even have to separate out. 775 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,360 Oh, my God. 776 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:02,840 Look at that ripper. 777 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,600 Probably a couple of grand easy. 778 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,760 Salty, we're on the gold brother 779 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,240 Really? Again? 780 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:10,280 This one is unreal. 781 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,560 We are on the gold. 782 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,720 Whoo-hoo. 783 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,120 Things are starting to get really desperate now. 784 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,360 We're running out of time. 785 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:26,600 Mark's gonna be here soon. 786 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,960 We don't even know if there's any gold left on this lease. 787 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,800 In the Coolgardie goldfields, Brad 788 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:36,360 and Chris are targeting an unexplored area of their Devils Cut lease in 789 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:41,520 a race to find the 2oz of gold needed to pay for a drone survey. 790 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,400 Chris is gonna detect the bit that he's pushed 791 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,240 and I'm going to wander through the bush here 792 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:46,520 and hopefully I'll get lucky. 793 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,120 We've still got another ounce to find. 794 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,920 I don't know that we're going to get there. 795 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,840 We are burning daylight hours as it is. 796 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:55,880 (MACHINE WAILS) 797 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,800 Oh, that sounds nice. 798 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,320 Have you got something, Chris? 799 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,080 Sounds like it, mate. 800 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:04,720 It's in my scrape. 801 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:07,760 You gonna get some nuggy. 802 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,680 I found a fair bit of rubbish around here. 803 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,360 (MACHINE WAILS) 804 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,120 Still in there, mate. Whoo-hoo. 805 00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:21,920 Oh, please don't be rubbish. 806 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,720 Oh, mate, I can see it already. 807 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,120 Check that out. 808 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,000 (LAUGHTER) 809 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,680 That's awesome, man. That's a bloody good nuggy. 810 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,040 I reckon that's nearer an ounce. 811 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,560 I reckon we've almost done it. 812 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,600 What do you reckon we get Wendy over here and do a bit of a weigh-in? 813 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,920 Hey, how are you going? How do you go, darl? 814 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,880 Yeah, good. How are you going, Chris? 815 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,000 I had a bit of win. 816 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,280 How did you do? 817 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,600 I did pretty good I think. Yeah? 818 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,680 I think I'm a natural. It's not hard, really, is it? 819 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:50,840 Well, obviously. 820 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,960 I don't know what yous are all complaining about. 821 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,720 Well, I'm hoping we got close to the small target that we had. 822 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,560 I reckon, we're going to be bloody close. 823 00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:58,960 Only one way to tell. 824 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,160 OK. 825 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:01,280 You go first. 826 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,400 This one. 827 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:09,520 1.24. 828 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,680 So I think we need about another 0.8. 829 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,000 How does this look? 830 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,520 2.14oz. 831 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,160 Boom. 832 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:24,880 Boom. 833 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,360 That's so good. 834 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,600 There's a bit of quartz in that 835 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,600 but I think that's well and truly over 2oz, mate, 836 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,600 So I think Mark's going to be happy with that. 837 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,400 I tell you what, we need a win right now. 838 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,200 Hope that drone shows some good results. 839 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,720 With the $5,000 for the drone survey secured, 840 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:50,120 the Gold Retrievers can call in Mining surveyor Mark Askham. 841 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,840 Hey, boys. 842 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,680 Hey, buddy. 843 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,440 G'day, Wendy. How are you going, Mark? 844 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,120 Got the gold for you mate. There should be 2oz and there. 845 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,360 Feels good. Yeah. 846 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,360 Real happy, real happy. Deal's a deal. 847 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:03,440 I'll get to it. 848 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:05,480 Fly and survey the lease and, yeah, 849 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,320 we'll come up with a map and a bit of a plan 850 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:08,680 and where we are going to dig. 851 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,120 Perfect. 852 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,880 The drone will capture images 853 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,000 that allow Mark to build a 3D map of the lease 854 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,000 which will be overlaid with historic information 855 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,520 from drill results and surveys. 856 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,040 It could reveal hidden geological features 857 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,800 like fault lines that contain gold. 858 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,360 Mate, please tell me you've found something. 859 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:35,800 What's the verdict, mate? 860 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,240 I droned your lease and have 861 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,080 actually plotted it all into a map for you. 862 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,480 I know you've been working Devils Cut and it's produced some gold 863 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:48,200 but it's also not producing enough, what you need. 864 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,280 I've actually come up with a different location for you 865 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,120 which I believe you should be digging. 866 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,200 So I got the drone map showing you 867 00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,200 the top West corner of your lease at the moment. 868 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,840 So what's all this? 869 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,880 The green light itself as an intersect line 870 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,880 running between old-timers' diggings. 871 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,600 I've overlaid also some known gold finds in the past. 872 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:09,880 I've plotted as well. 873 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,880 As for the picture of what I believe is a restructuring 874 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,200 that's running through the bottom corner of your block. 875 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,400 If it was me, and it was my lease, I'd definitely be digging there. 876 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,520 So your thoughts, do you reckon we should stay or go? 877 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,560 Mate, don't go home. No way. 878 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:25,960 Don't go home. 879 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,240 It could be a lost opportunity 880 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,480 and you sit there at home at night and go, what if? 881 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:31,680 What do you reckon, Brad? 882 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,120 Mate, I'm in. I'm in. 883 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,320 I'm not ready to give up yet. 884 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,040 It's narrowed everything down for us. We know exactly where to go. 885 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,120 I think I feel a little bit more confident now. 886 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:40,640 Thank you very much, mate. 887 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:42,560 Boys. Good luck. 888 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:43,880 Thank you. Let's get into it. 889 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,320 Mate, what a week. 890 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,240 It's been absolutely unreal, hasn't it? 891 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,640 I don't think we've left one bit of earth unscathed around here. 892 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:02,560 Yeah, bit of a rough start, cold water, 893 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,680 murky bottom and even that truck on the way in. 894 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,520 That track, I was a little bit sceptical. 895 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,240 The young car got a few extra pinstripes on it. 896 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:11,920 Look, that's the price you got to pay 897 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,960 to get to the spots to get the gold. 898 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:15,720 Speaking of gold, mate... 899 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,320 Well, I reckon it's still on. 900 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:26,880 2.8. 901 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,560 Oh. Mate. 902 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:29,840 Whoo-hoo-hoo. 903 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:30,920 That's wicked. 904 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,520 Oh, bro, what a week. 905 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:33,760 Man, that is unreal. 906 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,200 For the rookie team, it's a good first step 907 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,720 towards their 15oz season target. 908 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,360 With over $7,000 worth of gold. 909 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,480 I'm happy with that. I'm over the moon. 910 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,320 There you go, mate. 911 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:48,720 How good is this, mate? 912 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,440 This is unreal. 913 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:02,640 Our favourite time of the week, fellas. 914 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:03,720 Yes, it is. 915 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,200 Weigh-in time, boys. 916 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:06,960 This one is looking pretty. 917 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,440 (LAUGHTER) 918 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,720 Chunky monkeys. 21oz last week. 919 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,840 Let's see what we can put on scales this week. 920 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,160 Blow it away. 921 00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:19,400 Let's lay this on the scales. 922 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,720 Oh, yeah, this is gonna be so good. 923 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:25,760 Send it in there, brother. 924 00:42:27,240 --> 00:42:28,480 Oh, look at that. 925 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:29,920 We are going to climb. 926 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,600 We are going to climb. 927 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,000 12.4 bloody ounces. 928 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,720 That's amazing. 929 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,800 That's insane. 930 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,200 That's without the big girl on there. 931 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,720 Let's clean that off and put the big chunk on. 932 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,680 See what this chunky monkey does. 933 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,880 (LAUGHTER) 934 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:48,800 (WHISTLES) 935 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,440 12oz on the nose. 936 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,800 You little beauty. 937 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,880 24.5oz, mate. 938 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,400 That is our biggest weigh-in ever. 939 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,680 The smaller finds combined 940 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:06,760 with Levi's 12oz nugget are worth over $63,000. 941 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,080 More than double their weekly target. 942 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,840 We've nearly got our 60oz season target already. 943 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,600 We've broken $100,000 in the last two weeks. 944 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,000 And 70% of that comes to us. 945 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:20,120 Gold on the table. 946 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,240 More gold in the ground. 947 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:22,600 Grins all round. 948 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,360 Let's keep riding that golden wave, hey? 949 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,080 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv