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NARRATOR:
This time on Aussie Gold Hunters...

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There is no way through here.

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..Alan and Salty take
their remote search

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into the depths
of the tropical Kimberley region...

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Four hours driving
down this road to get to this.

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Won't make it back before the dark.

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..but after hitting a dead end
the pair rallied back.

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Get out!

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..finding life changing nuggets...

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That's our biggest yet by far.

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..in the flooded state
of Victoria...

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Mate, we've got to get some gold
and we're not getting it here.

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Vince, Bibbi and Murray
are forced to open up new ground...

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There's nothing but steel.

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Are you kidding me?

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..but a gold drought
causes tempers to flair...

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Reality is starting to set in.

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I'm not digging like this.

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Honestly, I'm over it.

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..and with the Gold Retrievers
struggling to run

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their gold processing plant...

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Oh!

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If we snap the chain
we're in a world of hurt.

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This is the last thing
we need at the moment.

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Nothing's going right for us.

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We should be finding gold.
Not fixing things.

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..it's up to Wendy
to keep the gold coming in.

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Holy crap. Oh, my god!

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That's one of the biggest ones
I've found.

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That is huge.

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(THEME MUSIC)

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We've made it mate.
We have, we have.

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Halls Creek.

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Welcome to the Kimberley.

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I feel like we've been driving
for weeks just to get up here.

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Oh, absolutely stoked to be here.

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It's pretty special geology
out here.

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Oh, it's absolutely unreal
and, uh, that's the reason

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why I've dragged us out here.

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So, you've got some spots eh?
I do.

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But first,
just at the end of this track,

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there's something cool
that I want to show you.

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Gold Adventurers

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Alan Williams
and Caleb "Salty" Davenport

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have taken their hunt for gold

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to the tropical wilderness

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of Western Australia's
Kimberley region.

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Oh, is this it? Look at that.

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It actually looks like a wall.
That is insane.

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Man, I've never seen
anything like that before.

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That'd be the biggest quartz reef
I've ever seen.

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Surely there's been people literally
on that wall.

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I know there has been
a lot of people out here

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prospecting over the years.

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How's that, how's the shape of it?

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It's just unreal.

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It's like manmade.
Yeah.

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They say there's no straight lines
in nature

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but this is about as straight
as a wall is ever gonna get.

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This might look fake
but uh she's definitely not.

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This is a quartz vein,

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all the other basalt
and everything here

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has weathered down
but the quartz hasn't.

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The reason is, it's so much harder
than everything else around

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and for this to be here
a big occurrence happened,

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way back God knows when.

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It's a good sign.

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This natural wall

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was formed hundreds of millions
of years ago

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when minerals like gold and quartz

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were pushed up
from the earth's core.

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Over time
softer materials eroded away

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leaving the harder quartz
and gold behind.

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Alan and Salty

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are hoping to discover
a new gold bearing quartz reef

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like this one on virgin ground.

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These big occurrences,

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this is exactly
what we want to come here for.

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And this is close to town.
It is. Imagine what's further.

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OK.

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I found a few spots,
a bit hairy to get to.

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Really?

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It looks like an old horse
and cart track I reckon.

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Really?

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But I reckon, uh, I reckon
it's definitely...definitely doable.

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Alright, mate,
the gold's not going to find itself.

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Definitely not.
Are you ready?

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Let's go.

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Alan and Salty

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are on a mission to explore

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the most remote gold grounds

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in Western Australia.

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We've both taken

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such a big gamble to go further

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than anyone's gone to find gold

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and to find virgin ground

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that no one's been to.

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Last week in the Pilbara...

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Look at that!

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..they recovered gold

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near an ancient water hole.

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Woo-hoo-hoo!

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Get out, ha, ha, ha.

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Man, this is getting us closer

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to our target so much quicker.

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Now, they're heading
to a remote spot 80km

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outside the town of Halls Creek

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but they've only found

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a third of their 15-ounce target.

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Fingers crossed that we find

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some gold to,

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uh, start covering our costs

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because a couple of grand

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already in fuel.

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We're in the hole.

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We need to fill it
in and get out of it.

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The pressure is back on, mate.

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We've been driving all day
and every day

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we're driving is a day

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we're not earning and finding.

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The detector in the back

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is screaming at me, saying.

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"Hurry up,
get me on the ground, Alan".

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What have we got left?

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Just...just under 10 ounces.
10 ounces.

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You're honestly one swing,
one swing and that could do it.

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Really? You feeling?
Yeah. I reckon.

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I want to out do
my personal best.

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Right, well,
it should be just up here

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around this bend.

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Are you kidding?

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There is no way through here.
No way.

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All of that effort.

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We can only get through
on foot there.

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Mate,
that is well and truly impassable.

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I could have sworn on those maps
I was looking at,

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it looked like
you could take a car through there.

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This is not what I wanted.

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Another waste of a day.
I don't know, man.

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We won't make it
back before the dark.

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Camping here I reckon, eh?

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Mate, we've got no bloody choice.

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We had a lot of rain last night.
Yeah, I know.

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It started
to get a bit disheartening, right?

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It's too wet to run a wet plant.

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You can't run it in the rain,
you got all the electrics, I just...

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I don't know.
Just can't seem to have a win.

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You can't give up.
You just gotta keep going.

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I'm not ready to give up,

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it's just, you know,
we sort of put all of our money

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last season into this wet plant

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if we can't get this up
and running, darl.

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Well, we'll deal
with whatever happens.

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You know I have 100% faith
in you both.

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Yeah, way to put the pressure
on me.

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Sorry.
(LAUGHTER)

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So, if I fail it's my fault.

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Well, I had faith in ya.

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I don't know where you went wrong.

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Well, hopefully,
our luck will turn around.

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Well, I hope so.

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You know, it's gonna have
to sooner or later, doesn't it?

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Yeah. Yeah.
What else could go wrong?

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Seriously like...

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Don't say that. (LAUGHS)

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In remote Western Australia,

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The Gold Retrievers have been hit
by two days of heavy rain,

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threatening their plans
to run their wash plant.

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Pissed down last night, eh?

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Yep, always our luck, aren't we?

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Water everywhere else

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except for in the dam.

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Yeah, except for where we want it.

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I don't want to feed anything
wet through that hammer mill.

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Mate, I tell you what, I mean
there's a bit of sunshine out now,

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so, we really need to get cracking
and get it up and running

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but, um, if it starts raining again
I don't think we can run in that.

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Let's give it a go.

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Alright, let's get crackin'.
Yep.

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Alright.

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This machine's classed
as a wet plant but half of its dry.

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If we put wet dirt in the hopper
it just clogs it up.

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Now, we've got electric motors

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on just about every piece

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of product here

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and they've been sitting out

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in the weather.

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I'm hoping
when we press go it actually goes.

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Things aren't going

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according...according to plan

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at this stage,

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so, we've got to try
and salvage something.

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We're halfway through the season.

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We're not hitting target,
that's for sure.

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So, we're going to have to pick up
our game otherwise

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um, you know, it could be the end
of us, it really could.

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Is everyone ready?
Yep.

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(ENGINE REVS)

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Woo!
One.

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Conveyor's goin'.

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Alright, I'm going to fire
the rest up, OK?

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Two.
Ball mill.

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Three.
Beautiful.

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Last week

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The Gold Retrievers finally got
their $75,000 wash plant running...

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It's taken us all season
to get to this stage.

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..and recovered their biggest
gold haul of the season.

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Ho.
Woo-hoo!

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How's that?
7.29.

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But they'll need
to keep the same pace

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to have any hope of reaching
their $125,000 target.

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At this stage everything looks
like it's working the way

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it should be working,

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so, Chris will go get some dirt now,
run it through the system,

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see how we go.

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The last step
is to run a test bucket full of dirt

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to see if the plant holds up.

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So, she fired up alright.

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She's feeding water.
See if we can't find some gold.

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I think,
the chain's jumped off the cog.

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Yeah, I'll have to shut it down.

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If we snap the chain
we're in a world of hurt.

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The chain moves the conveyor belt,
which feeds the wet plant.

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Without it
their wet plant won't run.

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That chain's binding up, Chris.

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I think, it's jumped off the cog.

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Is it going to be easy to get to?

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Uh, no.

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It's broken the weld, Brad.
Look there.

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So, we're going to have to pull it
all apart

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and try and get that chain back
on that cog.

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Man, that's a big job.

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Yeah, this is the last thing
we need at the moment.

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Machines down, sun's out,
we should be working.

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That should be pumping
lots of ore through there.

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Having Wendy here
sort of certainly helped

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but, um, I've invested
all of our life

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savings into this
so she needs to see results.

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So, what we need to now
is we need to pull all that apart

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and then try and get that chain back
on that sprocket,

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so, that it'll drive the belt.

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There is no way we can get material

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to the crushing gear
without this conveyor going.

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Yeah, this is downtime
we don't need.

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No, we should be finding gold.

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Alright.

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(MACHINE WHIRS)

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I've cut a piece of metal there.

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There was a bit of this housing
coming down

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and actually hitting the chain
and pushing the chain off the cog,

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so, um, fingers crossed,

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once we put it all back together
a bit of welding,

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it should be back up and running.

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You know,
we wanted to feed a tonnage,

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hopefully, see some nice colour

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00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,040
but obviously,
she's not going at the moment

257
00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,080
and it's going to take a little
while longer to get it going

258
00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,280
so uh we're wasting daylight,
we're wasting sunshine.

259
00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,320
Everything seems to be drying out
nicely

260
00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,800
but, uh, we can't feed it.

261
00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,640
Alright, I reckon that's done, mate.

262
00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,480
Well, let's fire it up,
see if it stays aligned.

263
00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:44,640
Alright.

264
00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:46,880
Fire in the hole.

265
00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,000
Righto, mate.

266
00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,320
(ENGINE REVS)

267
00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,480
Hey, hey! Turning.

268
00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,200
Hey, it's looking much better.

269
00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,640
It's not binding up,
which is really good.

270
00:09:58,559 --> 00:09:59,800
What's that doing?

271
00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,280
What's it catching on?

272
00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,360
(DARK MUSIC)

273
00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,600
Is that the cog?

274
00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:09,760
Oh! (BLEEP)

275
00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:12,960
No, it's skipping.

276
00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,320
Man, you've got to be kidding me.

277
00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,080
Man, I'm over it.
This is crap.

278
00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,400
Yeah, this is not working, mate.
We're going to go broke.

279
00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,080
This is un...unbelievable.

280
00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,040
I can't believe our luck.
And here comes the rain.

281
00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,280
(LAUGHS).
Yep.

282
00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,840
I don't know
how much further we can go with it.

283
00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,559
You know, we're not making any money
and then we're putting all our time

284
00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,360
and effort into this
and we're not finding gold.

285
00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,440
Nothing's going right for us.

286
00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,120
I'm over it.
We're done, eh?

287
00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,360
Yep.
Alright, let's get out of the rain.

288
00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:53,920
(THUNDER RUMBLES)

289
00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,880
So, where is it
you want to dig here?

290
00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,760
Oh, anywhere through here
where these old- timers' holes are.

291
00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,160
Oh, yeah,
but look at the water, mate.

292
00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:07,240
Yeah, I know, mate.

293
00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:08,320
Yeah, we open up a hole here

294
00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,480
the water's just going to flow
straight into it,

295
00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:10,679
while you're digging it.

296
00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,880
Surely we can put a trench
or two down here

297
00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:13,960
and divert this water, you know.

298
00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,800
No, we can't trench
this water out.

299
00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:16,880
We're just wasting our time.

300
00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,040
We've only got 13 ounces so far,
mate.

301
00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:20,280
We've gotta get some gold
in the hand...

302
00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,280
Yeah, I know.
..and we're not getting it here.

303
00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,360
Yeah.

304
00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,800
In Victoria's Golden Triangle,
rookie miner Vince Malacria,

305
00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:32,400
his partner Bibbi Gerali
and veteran miner Murray Cox

306
00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,360
have struggled all season
to keep their heads above water,

307
00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,960
dealing with record-breaking
rainfall.

308
00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,480
Now, they're moving
to higher ground,

309
00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,960
hoping to avoid more flooding.

310
00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,360
Halfway through the season

311
00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,720
only 13 ounces out

312
00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,240
of our 40-ounce target.

313
00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,080
We need at least 10 ounces to get

314
00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,240
this show back on the road

315
00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,240
so gonna get out there
and dig some gold.

316
00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,880
It's all dry up here
and it's so much easier to pull gold

317
00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,000
out of the ground.

318
00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,760
We really have to get onto some gold

319
00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,559
and I believe
this is the area up here

320
00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:04,840
we should get it out of.

321
00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,400
Oh, this is a disaster.

322
00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,160
Look how much water's in the hole.

323
00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:10,960
We cannot go down the bottom end.

324
00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:12,480
It is too (BLEEP) wet.

325
00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,840
So, what? We're just going to dig
here where there's no gold?

326
00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,800
The pressure of the catastrophic

327
00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:17,880
weather has added

328
00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,400
to conflicts over strategy.

329
00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:20,480
Well, I've got this data,

330
00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:21,960
it's showing good gold down there.

331
00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:23,040
I'm not totally convinced

332
00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,120
about this area.

333
00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,200
I know you're not.

334
00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,559
I'm more convinced
in the area up here, mate.

335
00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,200
It can get quite frustrating
that Murray believes

336
00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,280
that there's gold up here.

337
00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:32,640
He's got the experience.

338
00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,000
I've got to go with him, you know.

339
00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,840
Right, Vince,
jump in and give her a roughy.

340
00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:38,440
Some nice looking quartz in there.

341
00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,600
Yeah, this is around
about the depth every now

342
00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,720
and again one of those (BLEEP) 4
or 5 ounce pieces tend to come up.

343
00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,040
Oh, beautiful.

344
00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,160
Murray, he's very experienced

345
00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,240
and so, we just listen

346
00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:49,800
and we learn and we love it.

347
00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,720
It's great.

348
00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,440
(MACHINE BEEPS)

349
00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,440
Well, that seems like
there's a target there.

350
00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,679
Hoping it's gold
but I can see it already.

351
00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,400
It's just a splint
off the bucket there.

352
00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:01,800
A big bit of steel.

353
00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,520
With all this quartz in the ground
being so sharp,

354
00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,600
the teeth
are wearing down a fair bit

355
00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,480
but that's part of gold digging
you know.

356
00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:09,559
You take the good with the bad.

357
00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,800
I've been in the gold business
a long time

358
00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,640
and I understand how it works.

359
00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,200
There'll be a patch here
and there'll be a patch there.

360
00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:17,800
We just got to persist.

361
00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,640
(MACHINE BEEPS)

362
00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,160
Ooh, that sounds nice.

363
00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,160
Damn it!

364
00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,280
More steel. Are you kidding me?

365
00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,160
These teeth are just so blunt.

366
00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:34,960
It'd be nice to
get those teeth changed.

367
00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,720
We're here to dig gold, not steel.

368
00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,880
We've really rushed
this because of all the...

369
00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:40,080
uh, wet weather we've had.

370
00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,880
And we should have changed
the teeth before we started

371
00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,480
and now,
we're paying the price for it.

372
00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:46,280
Simple as that.

373
00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,240
Cast bucket teeth
are made from tempered iron

374
00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,120
to provide maximum resistance
to wear and tear.

375
00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,840
A new set of teeth
will cost the team over $1,300,

376
00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,160
the equivalent of 0.5 ounce of gold.

377
00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,040
And there it is again.

378
00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,160
Another piece of steel.

379
00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,760
Absolutely frustrating.

380
00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,480
What was it, Vinnie?
Mate, there's nothing but steel.

381
00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:11,559
Nothing but steel.
Again?

382
00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,679
It's killing me.

383
00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,480
The pressure's definitely on.

384
00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,160
$250,000 is a lot of money to be
in debt

385
00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,000
so I'm going to do everything
I can to make that money back

386
00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,480
and dig us back out.

387
00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,800
Not finding gold,
that frustrates me a lot.

388
00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,360
The time and effort you put in,
the money.

389
00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,840
Money's running out.

390
00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,640
Better bring something
out of it, I'm telling you what.

391
00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,880
Hey, Bibbi!
Yeah.

392
00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,840
Tools down, Hun.
Can't dig like this.

393
00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,920
At the moment
they're spending too much time

394
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,720
digging up chips and not enough time
digging up gold.

395
00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,600
Put new teeth on
is going to reduce

396
00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,640
the amount of steel going
on the ground.

397
00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,120
We definitely
haven't found enough gold

398
00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,760
to be changing these teeth over

399
00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,800
but we can't keep running the way
we are.

400
00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,520
Hopefully,
we find gold to cover it.

401
00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:56,920
Look at the difference there.
Yeah.

402
00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,960
That's how much we've worn off 'em.
Let's do it.

403
00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,200
We've got to work together
as a team.

404
00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:03,680
You gotta trust each other.

405
00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,880
He trusts me with the gold
and the hammer.

406
00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,880
Who said I trusted him
with the gold?

407
00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,000
I trust him even less
with the hammer.

408
00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:12,840
Get out of the way.

409
00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:17,400
All done, mate.
Beauty.

410
00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:18,480
Get back into it eh?

411
00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,480
All we gotta do now
is find some gold to pay for them.

412
00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:21,640
You're not wrong.

413
00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,440
Mate, I'm pretty much
over this, eh?

414
00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,960
Mate, I'm hearing ya.

415
00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:31,960
We've spent more time fixing
this (BLEEP) thing

416
00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,040
than we have running it

417
00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,320
so, I'll give it one more go
and that's it.

418
00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:36,560
Let's see how we go, man.

419
00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:37,840
Last try.

420
00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,080
On the Devil's Cut lease
in Western Australia,

421
00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,080
the rain finally stopped,

422
00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:47,280
leaving the Gold Retrievers
are racing to fix their wash plant.

423
00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:48,760
Yeah, it's all time
that we're not finding.

424
00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,080
We need to find the gold
and we need to get told

425
00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,880
into that concentrator at the end
and process through.

426
00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,040
This motor's jumping, it's skipping.

427
00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,320
Well, I hope Wendy's
having more luck finding some gold

428
00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,480
that we are.

429
00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,000
The boys aren't having much luck,
so, I'm going to grab the detector

430
00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:06,720
and try and turn this week around.

431
00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,400
Hopefully find some gold.

432
00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,120
It's hard watching
everything break down

433
00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,600
and nothing go right, you know.

434
00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,880
That sounds alright.

435
00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,120
If I find a bit of gold in here,
that would be fantastic.

436
00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,800
Oh, I can see it there.

437
00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,520
Fantastic.

438
00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,920
Look at that!
It's not huge but that's great.

439
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,920
To find one straight away,
that's awesome.

440
00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,360
Hopefully, I can find some more.

441
00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,280
This plate,
we should have put back on.

442
00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,040
It's basically a stiffener plate.

443
00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:33,880
So, if we get that stiffener plate
back in it will hold

444
00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,000
that nice and steady.

445
00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,320
Alright.
Fire in the hole.

446
00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,400
There she goes.
It's looking good.

447
00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:41,880
Everything's up and running.

448
00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,160
We're all systems go,
by the look of it.

449
00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,920
Finally,
we're getting some pay dirt through.

450
00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,400
We've got
to get onto this while it's dry.

451
00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,800
We really need some gold
out of this.

452
00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,560
This dirt's gotta start paying off.

453
00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,640
This has been a life dream
of Brad's,

454
00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,200
to come out here and find gold.

455
00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,920
I want this to be successful

456
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,800
because if that's the case
I'll shut up my business

457
00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,560
from home and I'll come up
and help him,

458
00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,920
you know, full time, which is, um...

459
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,720
Ooh, great target.

460
00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,440
Yep, there it is and it's gold.

461
00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,200
So, oh, my god, that's great.

462
00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,520
It's so exciting
when you find a piece of gold.

463
00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:20,840
There's nothing like it really.

464
00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,280
I can see
how Brad says it's so addictive.

465
00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:24,560
I just want to get out here and...

466
00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,280
Ooh, and find some more.

467
00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,240
Alright, that sounds great.

468
00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,080
Holy crap!

469
00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,880
Oh, my god!

470
00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,000
That's one of the biggest ones
I've found.

471
00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,320
Oh, my god!

472
00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,640
That's probably
about 1,700 right there.

473
00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,000
That's crazy.

474
00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,800
To find three pieces
on the pad is amazing.

475
00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,119
We've got four hours
to get back to that bloody main road

476
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,119
and we haven't even swung
the detectors.

477
00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,760
I know, I know. Not very ideal.

478
00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,160
Here mate, have a cuppa
and we'll get the hell out of her

479
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,640
because we've got
a long drive to go.

480
00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:14,840
In the remote Kimberley region
Alan and Salty have hit a dead end.

481
00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,520
Their target site

482
00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,400
is on the other side
of a huge ridgeline

483
00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,840
and the path
they'd hope to take is blocked.

484
00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,640
Driving around it will mean
another full day of travel.

485
00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,440
Yeah, I was looking
at the maps last night,

486
00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,040
still nothing I could find

487
00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,600
but I was thinking
we might get the drone up,

488
00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,480
send it just either side
of this ridge

489
00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:39,520
and hope there might be a new track.

490
00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,640
What if we lose the drone?
Well, then I'll wear that one.

491
00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,160
We're not looking for it?
Well, we don't have time to.

492
00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,680
Alright, send it up.

493
00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,320
Ten minutes, out of here.
Alright.

494
00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,920
We don't have time for this

495
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,800
but it's four hours back
to the main track.

496
00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,200
Hopefully, there's, uh,
there's no more delays

497
00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,520
because we can't afford it.

498
00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,080
That's all it is,
we can't afford it.

499
00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,119
We're already out this far,
we're already going to be travelling

500
00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,320
half the day back.

501
00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,040
What's an extra half hour?

502
00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:05,680
Oh, look, is that a spot?

503
00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,280
Look, look. See that track?
Get out!

504
00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,640
I told you, didn't I?
I said there was that possibility.

505
00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,320
Mate, I think, you've done it.

506
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,520
That looks like a road,
alright, alright.

507
00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,080
Let's do it. Bring her down.
Alright. I'll bring her back.

508
00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,160
(DRONE WHIRS)

509
00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,040
Yahoo! I've found a track.
Let's see where it goes.

510
00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:24,920
Hurry up. Get in, mate.

511
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,640
I'm coming, I'm coming alright.
I'm coming. Let's go.

512
00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,440
Oh, mate,
if this track pulls through

513
00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:31,960
you're an absolute legend.

514
00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,040
Yep, I know.

515
00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,000
If it doesn't,
you're never gonna forget it.

516
00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,640
I know, I know. Yeah, this way.
Should head down.

517
00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:38,920
Yeah, that's the one.

518
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,480
Oh, I think,
I can see the gap you found mate.

519
00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,960
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
That's our way through.

520
00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,480
Man.
Look at that!

521
00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,320
That looks absolutely unreal.

522
00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:50,400
(LAUGHS)

523
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,600
Yes!

524
00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:52,720
Good job, Al.

525
00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:53,800
Man...

526
00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,240
The detectors are actually
gonna have some use today.

527
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,840
Yeah.

528
00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,320
Mate, we did it.

529
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,400
We made it.
Is this it?

530
00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:09,560
Yeah, we made it.

531
00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:10,800
And the maps here

532
00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,240
are putting us right
where we need to be.

533
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:14,400
You legend.

534
00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:18,440
It's a good day for it.

535
00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,520
Oh, bringing out the big boy.
Yeah, of course.

536
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,840
Come on mate, I'm itching.
Alright, let's get into it.

537
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,480
This is it, mate.
Mate, this is beautiful.

538
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,440
We're finally going to put
these detectors to use.

539
00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,359
Yeah, finally.
Where are you gonna go?

540
00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,400
Uh, see that ridge line
over the back there?

541
00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,480
Yep.

542
00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,760
We'll follow that creek bed up,
up there, that's where I'll be.

543
00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:38,840
Alright.

544
00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,680
I'm gonna try actually,
try my luck in this water hole.

545
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,440
Yeah, sounds good.

546
00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,720
So, this detector here
is actually waterproof,

547
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,520
perfect for this kind
of varied landscape

548
00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,680
where we do actually come across
beautiful little water holes

549
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,440
as well as detecting on the, um,
dry rocky beds and creek beds.

550
00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,920
Just walked
a couple hundred metres up the hill,

551
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,880
spotted this on the maps
a while ago.

552
00:20:58,960 --> 00:20:59,960
Lots of quartz around.

553
00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,600
There's quartz blows
and stuff everywhere...

554
00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,520
or quartz loads
as you want to call it

555
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,040
and, uh, just looks like
a nice place to start.

556
00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,119
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

557
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,240
Good to finally
get the coil on the ground

558
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,960
after that uh delay
we had with that dead-end.

559
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,040
Wasn't really ideal

560
00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:29,000
but I'm finally swinging,
which is good.

561
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,720
Fingers crossed
we can get back on track.

562
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,680
No more dramas
and start knocking off that target.

563
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,440
(MACHINE BEEPS)

564
00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,880
We got something here.
That sounds like gold to me.

565
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,040
Yeah, gonna be super relieved

566
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,400
if we can finally
get...get some gold in this area.

567
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:57,080
Very dull. Oh, look at that.

568
00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,480
Now,
that is what we're here to find.

569
00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,920
After all this trouble
we've had so far

570
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000
and all the kilometres

571
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,560
and all the money,
we're in the hole.

572
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,200
That is what we're after.

573
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:09,760
Oh, about time.

574
00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,200
I think, there's something wrong
with my detector.

575
00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,440
The lights have turned off.

576
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,359
Only just noticed it,
might have been happening

577
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,440
for a couple of minutes.

578
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:32,640
The detector's still on.

579
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:34,960
If this has stopped working,

580
00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,119
if I've accidentally
flooded the battery compartment,

581
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,000
that's this trip done for me
and we're a long way

582
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,720
from...from a town that will store,

583
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:44,800
that will sell these,

584
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,040
so I need to get
this out of the water right now

585
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,280
and try and dry it out
before I open it up

586
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:51,720
and see what the problem is.

587
00:22:58,320 --> 00:22:59,840
Not even a sound.

588
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:02,720
No lights.

589
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,320
I can't afford for this to happen
because like we only just got here.

590
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,320
This is a $5,000 detector.

591
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,240
We haven't got any gold
so I can't pay for a new one.

592
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,840
I'm gonna get Alan.
See if he's got some advice.

593
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,440
You got a copy, Alan?

594
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,119
Yeah, mate, gotcha.

595
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,680
Mate,
I might have really stuffed up here.

596
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,800
Um, I may have flooded the detector.

597
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,000
Have you got any advice?

598
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,800
It's ah, there's no lights coming up

599
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,960
and it's on
and the battery's in there.

600
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,560
Oh, no. Oh, man, I really hope not.

601
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,160
The only way that I've seen

602
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,320
is that the back door
for the battery.

603
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,080
If it's not latched properly
it can get a drip of water in there

604
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,720
and that might be the issue.

605
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,680
If that's the case,
pull her out, wipe her

606
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,320
and maybe leave it
in the sun for a bit,

607
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,280
see if that'll work.

608
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,359
If he's ruined his detector,
he might as well just go home.

609
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,400
There's a bit of moisture
on the battery.

610
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,480
I need to dry this out right now.

611
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,440
I really can't afford
this right now.

612
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,600
I need to get this dry
straight away.

613
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,080
It's the end of my trip otherwise.

614
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,000
These new teeth are chomping through
really, really well.

615
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,520
It's just getting to the, uh,
nitty gritty quickly.

616
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,000
Murray's just exposed the bottom
and thrown all the gravels up

617
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,480
on top and we'll spread them out
and detect them.

618
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,280
The bottom's
just a pipe clay bottom.

619
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,280
There's no more gravels any more
so it just turns into a clay

620
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,520
so, you know, that the gold
will be sitting on top of that clay,

621
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,600
or slightly in it.

622
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,480
If there's any gold here.

623
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,800
To cover the cost
of the digger's new teeth,

624
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,800
Vince, Bibbi and Murray

625
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,720
need to find
an extra 0.5-ounce of gold.

626
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,720
Righto, Bibbi, come on down,
let's do the bottom of the hole.

627
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:52,160
OK.

628
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,400
While Vince and Bibbi
check the but for nuggets,

629
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,080
Murray spreads out
the excavated gravels

630
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:02,359
into 15cm thick pads
ready to be detected.

631
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,440
That's just all ground noise.

632
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,160
Another disappointing hole, Hun.

633
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,880
No gold in the bottom
of this one either.

634
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,880
Honestly, I'm over it.

635
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,160
Oh, well, let's get out of here.
Alright.

636
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,320
Bibbi and Vince
haven't been in the game

637
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,359
as long as I have and I don't think
they quite understand.

638
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,600
I think, they thing that
when you dig a hole in gold country,

639
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,359
you're automatically
going to get gold

640
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,040
but it's not that way at all

641
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,280
and I think,
reality is starting to set in.

642
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,760
But look, we could open up a hole
tomorrow,

643
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:35,480
there might be a hundred-ounce piece
in it

644
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,080
and you watch the attitudes change.

645
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,520
Yeah, bit of a waste of time here.

646
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,160
It might have been worth going
to tackle

647
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,640
that water down the bottom there.

648
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,160
Nah, mate, definitely not.

649
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,440
We'd have machines bogged,
that would be hopeless.

650
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,680
Yeah, well we're not
having a lot of luck here, are we?

651
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,600
Look, it's definitely
not an old river bed anymore.

652
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,480
I think, the glacial action here
has moved all the gravels around,

653
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,040
just broken it up in big chunks
and everything else

654
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,640
and that's why we haven't got
a line of gold to follow.

655
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,119
An ancient river once ran
through here

656
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,560
depositing gold

657
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,080
in the slower flowing points

658
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,560
of the waterway.

659
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,320
Over millions of years,

660
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,160
these gold-rich deposits
were scoured form the riverbeds

661
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,600
by glacial movements

662
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,400
over multiple ice ages.

663
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:22,640
What we've got to do

664
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,080
is just continue digging holes

665
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,480
for one of you's to keep detecting
down here.

666
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:27,560
Uh-huh.

667
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,160
And then
we'll start another one up here,

668
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,200
instead of just following
the one set of holes all the time.

669
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,520
Yeah.
I like the sound of that.

670
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:34,960
OK. Well, let's do it.

671
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,800
Come on Pops, start digging a hole.

672
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,480
Yep,
right get down the hole please.

673
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:47,720
Alright, you ready?
Yep.

674
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,160
New area.
I'm excited.

675
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:50,880
Let's do it.
Oh, it's nice and firm.

676
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,920
Yeah, beautiful looking gravels
in here darling.

677
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,200
It's really, really good.

678
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:55,280
Yeah, you can see

679
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:56,640
where a bit of bottom's
coming up here

680
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,160
so you're very close to the gold.

681
00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,480
If there's anything big in there

682
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,240
you'll definitely
here it from there.

683
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,200
Yeah, good.
OK, that's what we want.

684
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:06,640
Have a listen to that.

685
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,000
That's either a big chip or...

686
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,800
Nah, you won't get chips that big,
now we got new teeth, mate.

687
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,920
No way.
Oh, beauty.

688
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,280
Oh, that sounds good, mate.

689
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,600
(ROCK MUSIC)

690
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,200
We finally got the wet plant up
and running

691
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,720
and we're finally getting
some tonnes through it,

692
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,560
which is absolutely fantastic

693
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,680
and that's we've been trying to do
all season.

694
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,400
No, shut it off.

695
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,600
What now?

696
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,240
That chain's come off again
at the top.

697
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,560
Oh, you're kidding me.
Nup.

698
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,320
Yeah, this is all time
we should be finding gold

699
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,119
and we keep getting breakdowns.

700
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:52,359
Is that off?
Yep.

701
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,800
Oh, mate, nah, pull it out, mate.
That's just snapped.

702
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,640
That gearbox has snapped.

703
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:01,720
She's snapped.

704
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,440
That's the main support
for the, uh...

705
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:04,960
For the drive.

706
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,359
It's cast iron too, mate.
Can't even weld it back on.

707
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,920
Now, the mounting point
for the motor has snapped,

708
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,720
there is no way for them
to run the conveyor.

709
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,560
That's just going to keep snapping.

710
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:17,760
Game over for the conveyor.

711
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,600
Everything that could go wrong
has gone wrong.

712
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:20,960
Mmm.

713
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,760
Maybe we're just not meant
to uh be running this sort of gear.

714
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:27,920
I don't know.

715
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:32,520
I think, we're done, mate.

716
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,640
Oh, I got another target.
One there.

717
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,760
It sounds like
there's one there as well.

718
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,160
So, I've got two targets.

719
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,440
I have never found
this much gold before in one patch.

720
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,360
This is, um, unbelievable.

721
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,000
Oh, my goodness,
I can see it right there.

722
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,320
Look at that. That's incredible.
There's some big gold here.

723
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:04,800
So, I will put it with the rest

724
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,520
and I think, I've got
another target here too,

725
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,760
so, I'll give that a go.

726
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,960
Yeah, that sounds great as well.

727
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:18,560
So, hopefully, it is gold.
See what we've got.

728
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,440
It's in the scoop.

729
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,480
Oh, my god, I can see it.

730
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,280
There it is. Another huge piece.

731
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,280
This is incredible.
I can't believe it.

732
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,280
I'll go back and tell the boys
and tell them the great news.

733
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,120
How are you guys going?

734
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,720
Oh, it's not looking good, Darl.

735
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,360
This thing
is out of action completely.

736
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:51,720
Just snapped
off the whole housing.

737
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,520
Well, I've got a bit of good news
that might cheer yous up.

738
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,560
Hope so.
Some good ground out there.

739
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:57,720
(LAUGHS)
Have a look at that.

740
00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:58,840
Holy crap.
That looks heavy.

741
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,240
Holy crap.
Yeah, that's incredible.

742
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:01,440
Jesus!
I know.

743
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:02,600
That's a few ounces in there.
Well done!

744
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,360
Thank you.
Well done, Darl.

745
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:05,800
You may have saved our (BLEEP) day.

746
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:06,880
I'll tell you that.
Wow!

747
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,160
Yeah,
there's some big pieces in there.

748
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,240
I couldn't believe it.

749
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:10,760
You know, I mean
we've still run a fair bit

750
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,040
through this concentrator, man.

751
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,360
Quite a few tonnes in there.
That puts a smile back on my face.

752
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,240
Well done, Darl.
Great.

753
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,800
(MACHINE BEEPS)
Well, this might be something.

754
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,600
Where is it?
Track it down, darling.

755
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:27,800
Ooh, that's, get...

756
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:28,880
ooh, oh.

757
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,720
That's inverted a little bit too.
Ah-ha.

758
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,080
(MACHINE BEEPS)

759
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,000
Ooh, that sounds good, mate.

760
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,600
(LAUGHS)
Oh, my goodness.

761
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,320
She's nice and hard, it's crunchy

762
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,000
and there's some bottom there,
Murray.

763
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,880
It's gotta be,
it's gotta be gold, mate.

764
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,560
Dig right around it, Vinnie.
Yeah, mate.

765
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:49,320
Don't damage it.
Ooh! It's out.

766
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,880
Woo.
Swing over it, darlin'.

767
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,240
Alright.
Oh, first grab.

768
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,400
I can see it from here.
Oh, my god!

769
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,880
Wow!
Look at it!

770
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,480
Oh, my goodness.

771
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:02,760
Hang on, I'm coming down there.

772
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,640
Mate, it's got quartz in it, eh.
It's a beauty!

773
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,000
Oh, yeah,
that's got some weight in it.

774
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:09,680
That's a pretty piece.
Yep.

775
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,800
Just look at it, mate.
Nice and heavy too.

776
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,920
Unreal. Unreal.
Ripper.

777
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,720
Good on ya, Bib.
Well done, Murray. Yes.

778
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,080
About time.

779
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:19,680
That nugget's going
to save the week, mate.

780
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,000
Oh, you're not wrong.

781
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,440
Yeah, so, let's get into it
and us see if we can get some more.

782
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,240
Well done, Honey.
Well done, Babe. This is amazing.

783
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,320
Unreal.

784
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,000
Well, that shows you
a bit of promise for the project.

785
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,320
I'm glad we came up here now.

786
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,560
Come on, baby, bring us some luck.
Yep.

787
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,160
Need to get that target.

788
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,160
(MACHINE BEEPS)

789
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,440
Oh, wow!
Oh, that's a big target.

790
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,160
Yeah, that sounds
really, really good.

791
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,880
Oh, yeah.
That's an inverted signal.

792
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,880
110% sure sign of gold.
Yes.

793
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,920
Where is it?
I can feel weight in here, honey.

794
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,120
Can you? Oh, my god!

795
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,880
Oh, there it is.
Where?

796
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,800
Look at that.
Oh, my god.

797
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,640
Look at that!
Nugget! Oh.

798
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,720
(LAUGHS) Oh, yes!

799
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,640
Ripper! Look at it.

800
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,240
Oh, my goodness.

801
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,440
2 ounces closer to that 40 ounce,
honey.

802
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:09,520
Exactly.
Well done.

803
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,440
Alright, let's get moving. Come on.
Come on.

804
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:12,840
Let's keep going.
Come on, let's do it.

805
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,720
(MACHINE BEEPS)
Dig that one, Bibbi.

806
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,240
Hear that from there, mate?
Yeah, I can.

807
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,240
(GASPS)
I can see some colour there.

808
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,400
There it is. Oh, yeah.

809
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,160
Nice huh?
You beauty.

810
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,440
Bloody beautiful piece of gold.
That might go 1.5 once.

811
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:33,520
Good work!
Uh, good work!

812
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,520
I'm getting sick of slapping
your hands today.

813
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:36,960
It's been a good day, hasn't it?

814
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,360
Ever since we moved
into this new spot.

815
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,560
We could be down there
in that (BLEEP) wet water hole,

816
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,640
getting bogged.

817
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,800
(LAUGHS) Ha, nup, nup,
we're on the gold up here, mate.

818
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,440
You might be right after all.

819
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,720
It's gonna get closer
to our season target.

820
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,440
We might've made
some money this week.

821
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:51,920
(LAUGHTER)

822
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,120
In a minute
I'm going to pull out my T-shirt,

823
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,480
put the battery in
and fingers-crossed she ticks over

824
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:06,720
and I can get back to work

825
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:11,640
because I'm not getting paid
to sit around.

826
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,320
This detector issue
and that dead end

827
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,400
that we had yesterday
is really putting us behind.

828
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,520
We really need to get
out of this rut we're in.

829
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,120
I really didn't think
we'd run into this many issues

830
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,400
so quickly in the season.

831
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,520
Uh, you know, I can't afford it.

832
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:28,840
Alan can't afford it.

833
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,440
You know,
we as a team can't afford it.

834
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,920
In the desolate Kimberley region,

835
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,880
Salty Davenport
is desperate to dry out

836
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,720
his waterlogged detector
and continue his gold search.

837
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,000
(SIGHS)

838
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,440
I'm nervous. I'm actually nervous.

839
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,040
Alrighty, here we go, mate.

840
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,400
(SIGHS)

841
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:55,480
Moment of truth.

842
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,400
Come on now, come on,
come on, come on, come on, come on.

843
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,880
(LAUGHS)

844
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,760
Oh, my god that's a beautiful sound.

845
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,840
Hey, Alan,
have you got a copy, mate?

846
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,360
Yeah, man, gotcha.

847
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,840
Hey, you want to hear something?
Show me. Listen to it.

848
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,200
Go on, do it.

849
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,719
Hoo-hoo!
(LAUGHS)

850
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:25,800
Yes, you fixed it.

851
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,640
So, happy to hear that sound, man.

852
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,000
So, happy to hear that sound.

853
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,520
I think,
maybe you should get up here

854
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,080
and join me
on this beautiful gold patch.

855
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:34,680
Yeah, mate,
I might give the water a miss

856
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:35,760
for a minute, alright?

857
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:36,960
And I'll come join ya.

858
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,360
Oh, you beauty. Phew!

859
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,680
I think,
I just didn't seal it properly.

860
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,800
Uh, had a little bit of moisture
in there,

861
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,800
was enough maybe just to trigger it,
to turn off,

862
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,080
probably
just like a safety mechanism

863
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:55,239
and uh and sure enough
we're back in action.

864
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,000
Beautiful thing!

865
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,040
Yeah,
it cost Salty and meself a fair bit

866
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:05,120
to get up here.

867
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,880
Definitely need to get some gold
in the uh, in the bank account

868
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,080
so we can get
that target knocked over.

869
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,200
So, I'm going to head down
this little creek bed here

870
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,360
and turn around
and work my way back up to Al.

871
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,120
It was really looking pretty dismal
and depressing for a while there

872
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:25,520
but I think, we're back on,
back on the good track.

873
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,760
(MACHINE BEEPS)

874
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,400
Yeah,
there's definitely something here.

875
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,239
(MACHINE BEEPS)

876
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,640
Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

877
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:41,520
Oh, you ripper.

878
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:42,600
Look at that.

879
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,360
That's probably 7gm,
maybe even a little bit more.

880
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:46,800
Oh, the relief.

881
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,760
Oi! I know that sound.

882
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,800
Oh, unreal.

883
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,160
This is such a relief.

884
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:57,520
This is what we do it for.

885
00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,840
Oh, there's something

886
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,040
and now it's just a matter
of trying to find it

887
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,640
without having to pull out
this whole riverbank.

888
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:05,719
Oh, oh.

889
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,640
(LAUGHS)

890
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:08,960
Look at this.

891
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,320
Ee, ee, oo, look at that.

892
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:14,920
Oh, another one!

893
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,440
I can add to the little pocket
full of gold I've got now.

894
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,160
I think, it's time for some water

895
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:21,840
and have a weigh up
this arvo with Alan.

896
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,920
A good eight hours in this sun
is enough for anyone.

897
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,200
Hey, Al, have you got a copy, mate?

898
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:29,600
Yeah, man, got ya.

899
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,040
Guess what, mate?

900
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,239
Got a pocketful of gold
but, ah, this sun down

901
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:35,640
in this creek bed
is starting to get to me.

902
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:36,760
How are you feeling?

903
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,480
Yeah, understandable.

904
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:39,640
Oh, well,
at least you're coming back

905
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:40,719
with gold, mate.

906
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:42,080
That's exactly
what we come here for.

907
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:43,840
Legend, mate. Let's do it.

908
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,239
I like the sound of that.

909
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,200
This sun beating down on me
is just becoming just unbearable.

910
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:50,800
I'm running out of water as well.

911
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,280
Marco.
Hello. I see you.

912
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,360
Hey.
Oi!

913
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,360
(MACHINE BEEPS)

914
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,640
Come on, mate. Get out.
This sounds big too.

915
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,400
How good will it be
if it's a big chunk?

916
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,960
Whoa, imagine that.

917
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,160
Just right in the middle of that.
Still under there.

918
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:13,880
Don't hurt it, whatever you do.

919
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,200
Ah, ha, ha, hoo.

920
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,280
(LAUGHTER)

921
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:29,280
Mate!

922
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:30,360
Finders diggers, eh?

923
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,000
(BLEEP) in your dream.

924
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:35,480
Man...

925
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,880
Holy.
..that is a beautiful piece.

926
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:39,480
That's our biggest yet, by far.

927
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,960
Now, that is going to
put a big dent in our tally.

928
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:51,000
Alright, there's our finds, mate.
Alright.

929
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,360
That's quite a heavy cup,

930
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,239
so, I'm hoping
for a couple of ounces out of that.

931
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:55,600
Let's do it, eh?
What do you reckon?

932
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,360
Absolutely.
No time like the present.

933
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:58,440
Alrighty.

934
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,400
Despite
this week's wet plant troubles,

935
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,920
the Gold Retrievers have recovered
enough fine gold for a gold pour.

936
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,520
Beautiful. Beautiful.
Every little bit.

937
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,320
Tap it on the bottom.
Alrighty.

938
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,800
20 minutes, mate.
Baking a cake.

939
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,400
So, we've poured the last
of the concentrate in there

940
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:18,480
that's holding the gold

941
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,719
so we wait for this to get
to 1,150 degrees,

942
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,160
which will melt the gold
and then we can pour a gold bar.

943
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,600
So, what I'm doing now,
I'm just preheating the mould.

944
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,440
Make the gold sit in there better

945
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:29,880
and it just gives it
a better finish.

946
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,880
How are we looking?
138.

947
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,880
I reckon it must be almost at temp.

948
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,960
Thunderbirds are go.
Alrighty.

949
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,640
Alright, are we ready?
Go for it?

950
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,800
Everyone clear.
Alright, here we go guys.

951
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,200
Beautiful.

952
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,280
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

953
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:47,520
No way!

954
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:48,880
Oh, wow!

955
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,239
Check that out!
That looks amazing.

956
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,719
That's unreal.
That looks great.

957
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,560
You know, still amazes me though,

958
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:58,320
the amount of dirt
we had to put through

959
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,719
to get that tiny little thing
but I mean that thing

960
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,160
is just worth so much, isn't it?

961
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:03,239
That's not tiny, mate.

962
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:04,440
It's tiny compared
to the amount of dirt

963
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:05,800
we put through.

964
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,640
Nah, that is absolutely amazing.

965
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:08,719
Let's go do a weigh in.

966
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:09,800
Yeah, I reckon we, um...

967
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:10,880
That sounds like a plan.
Yeah.

968
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,719
Grab the nuggets that you found
and we weigh that in

969
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,200
and, um, see where we're at.

970
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,600
Hooly-dooly.
Let's do it.

971
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,640
Awesome.
That is so good.

972
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:18,800
Woo!

973
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,600
Not a bad week, hey, team?
Yeah, great.

974
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:26,200
No, not a bad week at all.

975
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,640
Alright,
let's put these on the scales

976
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:29,840
and have a look.

977
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,320
OK, 1.687.

978
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,640
Alright. Well, I'll go next.

979
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,640
I've got a couple of nice chunks
for the week.

980
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:40,800
Yep.

981
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:47,320
That beauty. 5.753.
Yep.

982
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,680
Get it on there. What have we got?
Let's see what she says.

983
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:54,600
Woo-hoo-hoo. 7.218.

984
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:58,400
With $18,500 worth of gold found

985
00:39:58,480 --> 00:39:59,480
just this week,

986
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:01,040
the team are finally

987
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,520
over halfway towards their target.

988
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,760
Woo!
A good week's work.

989
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:08,480
Woo!
Well done, team.

990
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,680
You might have made a good call
this week, Murray.

991
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,000
I was a bit doubtful but...

992
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,360
Yeah, but look we still got
to go back to your spot yet, mate.

993
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,160
It might even be better.
Yep. Let's hope.

994
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,000
And for this to be
a profitable project

995
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,600
that has to continue.

996
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,280
It can't just be this one week.

997
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:23,560
No. Every week.

998
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:24,960
Yeah.
Absolutely.

999
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,239
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

1000
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,640
What a spot to wrap it up, mate.

1001
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:40,840
Yeah, this is unreal.

1002
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:43,920
What a week, mate!

1003
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,239
Not wrong there.

1004
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,640
Man, we did it.

1005
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,239
All that research.

1006
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,360
I'm glad I did it
'cause it put us on the ground.

1007
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,480
Few setbacks but hey, we got there.

1008
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,320
Should we do this?
I reckon.

1009
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,480
Alright, let's go.

1010
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,880
Look at that. 2.66.

1011
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,360
Oh, that is huge.

1012
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,400
(LAUGHS)
That's unreal.

1013
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:10,520
That's what we're here for.

1014
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:11,600
It is.

1015
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:13,280
Alan and Salty's haul of nuggets

1016
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,600
has boosted the pair's season tally

1017
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,320
to over 7 ounces.

1018
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:19,520
That's just under 7 grand

1019
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:20,600
for the week.

1020
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:21,680
Well, on our way to our target.

1021
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,719
I reckon, we, ah,
we do another week.

1022
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,480
Another week?
Yeah, another week.

1023
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,080
The research that I put
into it is paying off.

1024
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:29,800
We finish off that area

1025
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,160
'cause there's days
of walking through there

1026
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,680
and if that's what
it's producing in a week.

1027
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:35,840
There's months there, mate.

1028
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,760
Yeah, definitely.
We could spend months.

1029
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:38,840
Yeah.

1030
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:39,920
What you say we get out of here?

1031
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,080
Crack a couple of cold beers
and, um, plan the next week ahead.

1032
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,480
I reckon that sounds good.

1033
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,600
A couple of cold ones on you, eh?
Yeah, 'cause I got the biggest.

1034
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,080
Alright, that sounds alright.

1035
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,040
The thing is you can't afford it
with your little ones.

1036
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:51,200
(LAUGHTER)

1037
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:00,800
It's been a bloody tough week.

1038
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,000
It has.
Again.

1039
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,239
I think, we've been doing
more fixing than processing.

1040
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,480
Well, for all the downtime
that we had we still managed to get

1041
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:07,560
some good tonnage through.

1042
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:09,640
Yeah, you did really well.
I did.

1043
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:10,719
Yeah.

1044
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:11,800
Yeah,
that was some good ground out there.

1045
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,480
You think you saved the day, hey?
I hope so.

1046
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,520
Let's see what we've got.
Absolutely.

1047
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:16,880
I'm pretty excited about it.

1048
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,920
Gee, there's some good size nuggets
in there, isn't there?

1049
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,320
1.5 ounces, mate.
You're welcome.

1050
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:22,880
(LAUGHTER)

1051
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:24,560
No, you've done well.
What else you got there?

1052
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,360
Alright, we've got a few.
This the little stuff eh?

1053
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:27,520
Yeah.
Wow.

1054
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,160
Holy crap!
3.6.

1055
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,000
Well done.
Let's see what the gold bar weighs.

1056
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,320
So, this clean up
worked really well.

1057
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,760
What have we got?
7.16.

1058
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:37,840
Wow.

1059
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:38,920
(LAUGHTER)
Amazing!

1060
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,400
Yeah!
Well done.

1061
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,120
I'm stoked with that, hey.
Yeah, that's so good.

1062
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:44,960
And I'll tell you what,
all the problems we had

1063
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:46,400
with that (BLEEP) conveyor...

1064
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:47,480
Yep.

1065
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,440
..to still end up with a good chunk
of gold at the end of it,

1066
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,000
is absolutely awesome.

1067
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,520
Combined with the nuggets,

1068
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,600
the 3.5 ounce gold bar

1069
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:55,760
from the wet plant

1070
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:56,840
has made this,

1071
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,800
their biggest haul so far

1072
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,160
giving their season

1073
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:01,680
a much-needed boost.

1074
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,640
We're almost halfway to our target

1075
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:04,800
but we're over halfway

1076
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:05,880
through the season.

1077
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:07,800
I think, that once we get this
up and running properly,

1078
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,080
this wet plant, I think,
we're going to find a lot more gold

1079
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:11,440
than we're finding right now.

1080
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:12,520
Alrighty.
Very good.

1081
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:14,239
Let's go and have a beer, guys.
Well done.

1082
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:16,480
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1083
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,560
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