1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,120 This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:04,760 The gold's running thin, hey? 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,000 How hard this ground is. 4 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,720 Rock solid ground... 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,800 I ain't gonna waste me time doing this. 6 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,160 This ain't working. 7 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,200 ..forces The Ferals to come up with a unique solution... 8 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:17,720 Whoo, look at that. 9 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,240 ..that gets them back on the gold. 10 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:21,840 No way! 11 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,440 ALL: Whoo! 12 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,640 In the extreme Western Australian heat... 13 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,160 I just got to check on her. 14 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,280 ..The Gold Devils feel the strain... 15 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:31,840 Let's get you inside. Whoo. 16 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:33,400 We're a team member down 17 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:35,160 but we've just got to keep persevering. 18 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,160 Geez, that's not good. The temperature's going right up. 19 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,320 ..as they push their operation to its limits. 20 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,080 Temperature on this machine has just gone through the roof. 21 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:44,240 We've got engine failure. 22 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,440 It's got to be around here somewhere. 23 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,160 Jacqui and Andrew face a night-time search 24 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:51,360 for lost gold... 25 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,560 She won't rest until she finds that gold. 26 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,800 ..where they make a grisly discovery. 27 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,520 This is really strange. 28 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,400 I think somebody might have died here 29 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,840 and this is all their remains. 30 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:05,680 And one team takes a huge step towards their season total. 31 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:20,840 Most of...half of that pile is gone. 32 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:22,640 They've taken a heap off the side over there. 33 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,840 Most of that pile over there's gone now too. 34 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,120 Smashin' it. 35 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,320 Yeah, it's all going pretty good. 36 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,800 We've got the crushing circuit running now. 37 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,000 We've got the wet plant, 38 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,600 Barnabee running over there as well. 39 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,160 We've got a lot of work to do. 40 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,720 We've got a lot of tonnes to move 41 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,440 so we need to have all hands on deck 42 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:46,520 and everything running. 43 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,920 So we can actually make a dent 44 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,240 in that thousand-ounce target this year. 45 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,400 In the remote goldfields of Western Australia, 46 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,440 the Gold Devils are processing 47 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,440 over 200 tonnes of pay dirt a day 48 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,720 through their crushing plant, Lloyd, 49 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,560 and wash plant, Barnaby, 50 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,960 as they push for a massive 1000 ounce, 51 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,120 2.6 million dollar season target. 52 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,160 I think we're only gonna get there 53 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,720 if every single thing we've got is ticking along. 54 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,880 Did you see that big rock, Paul? 55 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,280 Yeah, it's gone through. OK. Awesome. 56 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,400 We can't afford to have any down time. 57 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,440 If a big rock comes down here 58 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,400 we've just got to smash it up to make sure it runs smoothly. 59 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:35,600 We need everything running here at the Phoenix Project. 60 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,160 We've got the other, you know, leases that are warming up 61 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,800 but until we can process there, 62 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,280 it's our only option at the moment and we need this. 63 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,000 Last week, after disappointing gold returns...Not enough. 64 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,720 We're not going to get there this season. 65 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:50,800 We need solutions. 66 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,280 ..the Gold Devils bought a 40,000 dollar 67 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,560 hard rock breaker... 68 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:56,280 Let's stop mucking around 69 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,560 and put some decent gold weigh-ins on the board. 70 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:01,960 ..and tried to run their sluice and crushing circuit 71 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,600 to maximise production. 72 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,000 Plant's full. 73 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,480 Yep, she's pretty full. 74 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,440 And the team's new strategy delivered promising early results. 75 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,280 And with this particular rock 76 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,240 we should be able to increase the production - 77 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,480 once we crush it, melt it down and pour some gold bars. 78 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,480 Oh, for goodness sake, the water's going. 79 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,120 Totally losing pressure. 80 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,480 Paul, can you come up to the wet plant? 81 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,520 I think I've got a bit of an issue. 82 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,400 What's up? 83 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,600 Losing a bit of water pressure on the spray bars. 84 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,080 Oh, yeah, they're not even working. 85 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,600 There's no water coming out at all. 86 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,520 Barnaby uses 200,000 litres of water 87 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,400 to process up to 50 tonnes of pay dirt an hour. 88 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,280 Spray bars wash the material on the screen deck, 89 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,840 separating gold from the pay dirt. 90 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,560 If it's not washed thoroughly 91 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,440 gold can be lost in the tailings. 92 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,440 That's pumping water but... 93 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,800 ..from the water there's lots of bits, twigs and roots. 94 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,920 Yeah, we're sucking it all up. We're sucking it all up. 95 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,280 It's going from this big pipe to this little pipe 96 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,400 and just getting clogged up. 97 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,920 Alright, so we've got to take these off and flush it out, eh? 98 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,040 Yeah. 99 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,040 The pumps are sucking up a lot of rubbish. 100 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,440 Everything is getting blocked up and it's stopping the water 101 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,160 so we suspect it's right at the end of these hoses. 102 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,440 Yeah, like that. 103 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,360 It's still not very free, though. 104 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,600 It might be blocked down the other end as well. 105 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:39,800 Because you'd expect more pressure 106 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,400 to be coming out of that. Yeah. 107 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,640 Where's the hose for this one because this one's... 108 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,480 (THEY LAUGH) 109 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,160 "Be a miner", they said. 110 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,360 "It'll be fun", they said. 111 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,480 There we go. 112 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:08,640 Oh, yeah, that went right in my face. 113 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:14,760 That's better. 114 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,080 Touch... 115 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,000 Got enough water? Yeah. 116 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,000 Get this fixed and then it's up and running. 117 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,000 What's going on with Mel? 118 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,640 Looks like she's stopped feeding the plant. 119 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,360 That's weird. 120 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:33,640 Mel, got a copy? 121 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:39,560 Mel, copy? 122 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,280 Mel, are you OK? 123 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,000 Just got to check on her. 124 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,400 How are you going down there, Nath? 125 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:00,960 Haven't seen you digging too many holes. 126 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,720 Yeah. Nah, mate. It's, um, it's definitely drying up. 127 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,560 It's not looking real flash, that's for sure. 128 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,480 Yeah, it looks like Levi's opening it up 129 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:10,960 a little bit more up there. 130 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,240 So maybe you can get back onto that line 131 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,400 and hopefully we can get back onto some bigger nuggets, mate. 132 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,120 Yeah, I'm gonna find what I can. 133 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,160 Nathan's out there on the ground 134 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,880 and he's only just chasing little bits at the moment. 135 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,200 Levi's doing a secondary cut down there. 136 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,520 Hopefully there's some bigger nuggets down lower 137 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,600 but we're really just not sure at the moment. 138 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,240 The start of summer, it's definitely hotter. 139 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,600 You know, we're all feeling the pressure out here. 140 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,280 Kim wants his fifteen ounces. 141 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,400 Yeah, I don't even think we're getting close to that. 142 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:43,480 In Western Australia's scorching Pilbara region, 143 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,760 The Ferals are working a lease for local mining boss, Kim North. 144 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:51,200 But the gold has dried up in the ancient creek bed 145 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:52,480 they've been digging. 146 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,440 I've got another target here 147 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,080 but we haven't been getting much so...I hope it's worth the dig. 148 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,520 This gold runs out, it'll be devastating. 149 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,160 Yeah, another little bit. 150 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,080 We're out here busting our ass for...for this. 151 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,480 Yeah, we can't stay out here and keep running machines, 152 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,480 digging all this dirt 153 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,040 and breaking ourselves for the tiny bit of gold 154 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:33,240 that we're getting. 155 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,760 Yeah, we've been on the gold for a few weeks now 156 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,240 so, at some point, you expect it to dry up. 157 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,600 We're hoping that it wasn't going to be this soon. 158 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,960 We really want to finish strong 159 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,600 and hopefully get another 15 ounces for us and for Kim. 160 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,720 KIM: I just want to lift the weights up a little bit. 161 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,440 OK, what do you want now? 162 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:56,800 I would like 15 ounces. 163 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,280 You're kidding, right? 164 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,920 Last week, The Ferals' boss raised their weekly target 165 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,600 to 15 ounces. 166 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,000 Dude, we got to get this going. Yeah, I know, man. 167 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:07,640 I'm going as quick as I can, eh. 168 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,400 And the threat of losing their contract 169 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,440 caused tempers to flare. 170 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,160 How about you go and have a look and try and fix this thing. 171 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,520 That's not my job, mate. That's why we got you out here. 172 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,280 Yeah, you got a copy there, Levi? 173 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,480 Yeah, mate. How's it going? 174 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,200 Uh, crap, mate. 175 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:26,680 There's really nothing here. 176 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,760 Gold's running thin, eh? 177 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,520 We've got to come up with a different plan 178 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,200 because we're just burning fuel at the moment. 179 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,640 Well, maybe we dig a costine down the bottom there 180 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,120 and see if we can catch it. 181 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,720 But it's got to be heading that way somewhere mate, so... 182 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,920 No worries, mate. 183 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Digging a costine sounds like our best bet. 184 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,920 The gold is running from north to south down this valley. 185 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,680 So I'm going to dig this costine now 186 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,080 or a trench from east to west, 187 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,280 maybe ten metres long. 188 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,080 Then we try and get back on top of this gold. 189 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,560 Oh, mate, I'll have a quick swing over it 190 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,400 and I'll let you know if I find anything. 191 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:22,880 I really hope there's something down here. 192 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:28,280 Oh, oh! (LOUD BEEPING) 193 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,240 Wow, I've got a coil blanket here. 194 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,880 (LAUGHS) 195 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,720 Come on, baby. Come on, where are you? 196 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,560 Oh. Oh, man. 197 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,160 It's in the scoop. 198 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:43,760 It's still in there. 199 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,200 (LAUGHS) I can see it! 200 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,680 Woo-hoo! Yee-hoo! 201 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,720 Is it a speccy or is it gold? 202 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,320 Oh, bro, it's a big speccy. 203 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,920 Loads of gold in it, though. 204 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,760 Yeah, give us a look. Woo-hoo-hoo! 205 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,080 Chunky monkey, mate. 206 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,200 Back on it. Ooh! 207 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,240 Dude, that's got an ounce in it easy. 208 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:03,520 That's so good. 209 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,280 Alright, well, looks like we got ourselves 210 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:06,520 a new dig zone. 211 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,920 Levi sort of thinks that we've got this rock bar 212 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,880 that's sort of running across here, north-south, 213 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,520 sort of parallel to our gold line that we've been picking up. 214 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,280 So hopefully the old creek's hit that 215 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,560 and all the gold's washed this side. 216 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,760 When water flowed through the creek millions of years ago, 217 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,880 the rock bar slowed it down - 218 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,920 causing any gold to fall to the bottom and collect there. 219 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,040 But it also trapped layers of silt, 220 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,760 which encased the gold and became compacted 221 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,440 before hardening into silcrete when the river dried up. 222 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,120 Another target. 223 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,120 (LOUD BEEPING) Man, that is still in the ground. 224 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,720 Getting lots of targets. 225 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,080 Exhausting, I'll tell you that. 226 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,520 I ain't going to waste me time doing this. 227 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,560 I need to work smarter with this (BLEEP). 228 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,960 Now I've had a gut full, this ain't working. 229 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,360 Not working for me. 230 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,960 So we're prospecting Cannibal Creek at the moment. 231 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,160 So we're right in the centre of the Palmerville station now. 232 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,560 We've pushed in about as far as you can go. 233 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,640 This is the area that's just got to pay off for us. 234 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,520 We need some big chunky gold to put some weight away. 235 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:44,560 So, yeah, big days at the moment. 236 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,600 This heat is just out of control. 237 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:50,600 We have been working through the heat of the day 238 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:52,800 and it's just been insane. 239 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,480 We just gotta keep going as much as we can handle, though, 240 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:59,960 'cause we need every bit of gold we can get. 241 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,280 On Queensland's sweltering Palmer River Gold Fields, 242 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,400 exploration prospectors Jacqui Buzetti and Andrew Leahy 243 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,120 have taken their hunt into the heart of the rainforest 244 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,040 to the historic Cannibal Creek, 245 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,760 with its 40 degree heat and extreme humidity. 246 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,800 Today's been alright, we've picked up a few. 247 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,280 Oh, sweet! 248 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,160 Probably one of the bigger ones I've picked up today. 249 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,440 Nice waterworn pieces 250 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,040 we're getting out of this area too. 251 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,080 Definitely a couple of grams. It might even push three. 252 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,800 Just really on the hunt for that fresh ground now. 253 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,560 We'll push on before it gets dark. 254 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,000 Try and get as much as we can. 255 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,480 Jacqui's on a great little run down there. 256 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:05,200 She's, you know, getting some good gold. 257 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,600 But we've only got 20 ounces and we really need to walk out 258 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:11,200 with that 50 ounces in our pocket this year. 259 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,240 We've got no back up plan anymore. 260 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,000 We've walked away from our trades and this is what we do now. 261 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,720 (LOUD BEEPING) 262 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,560 That's a loud signal. 263 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,360 I've been getting a few so, here's hoping, 264 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,960 this one might...might be the end of me for today. 265 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,000 Pretty well broken. 266 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,760 Barely swing me pick, I've been at it that much. 267 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,160 (LOUD BEEPING) 268 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,960 Still in there. 269 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,000 (LOUD BEEPING) 270 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,520 Alright. 271 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,360 Thank god for that. 272 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:57,600 There it is. 273 00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:59,560 That's not a bad piece of gold. 274 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,520 There's five or six grams in that one. 275 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,640 Oh, a bit closer to the 50 ounces. 276 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,000 I'm done for today. 277 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,200 I'm going to set up camp before it gets dark. 278 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,880 How did you go today? 279 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,360 Oh, yeah. Pretty good day, actually. 280 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,360 Oh, sweet. Check this out. 281 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,360 Oh! Hit a good run up there, eh? 282 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,440 They were just coming out thick. Oh, my god! 283 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:32,680 How did you go? 284 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:34,440 Oh, I actually did pretty well. 285 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,600 Hang on a sec. 286 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:43,440 Come on, where is it? 287 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,080 I want to see what you got. 288 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,720 I don't know where it is. 289 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,280 Where is it? I don't know. 290 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,280 I don't know. 291 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,680 How do you not know where your gold is? 292 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,320 I don't know, Andy! 293 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:01,160 Have you lost it? 294 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,760 I don't know where it is. 295 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,480 We've got to go back. Not now, it's nearly dark. 296 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,840 There's a lot of gold in that jar. 297 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:10,800 I need to go back and have a look. 298 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,080 I'll come with you. 299 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,520 Two sets of eyes are better than one, aren't they? 300 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,360 It was just up this way. 301 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,120 Alright, well, I might check that flat ground. 302 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,560 Well, I'll start detecting along this creek as well. 303 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:22,760 Alright, well, good luck. 304 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,840 Let me know on radio if you find it. 305 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:25,960 Righto. 306 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,160 I really don't feel like doing this 307 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,720 but I know Jacqui 308 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,080 and she won't rest until she finds that gold. 309 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,120 So we might as well just try and find it. 310 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,160 Yeah, I just don't like the idea of that gold lying around 311 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:46,600 God knows where. 312 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,800 Hopefully the detector will pick it up. 313 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,760 It's got to be around here somewhere. 314 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,840 I'm just so worn out right now. 315 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,040 It's been such a long day and it's so hot. 316 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,000 Really should have been in bed already. 317 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,280 This grass is driving me crazy. 318 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,200 Sometimes you got to ask yourself why you do this. 319 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,720 There could be over a couple of thousand dollars worth of gold 320 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:20,920 in that jar. 321 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,600 I'm not going to be able to sleep until I get it back. 322 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,400 Hey, what's going on? 323 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,960 Uh, I just don't feel so good. 324 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,480 I feel a bit dizzy. OK. 325 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,480 Put your foot down and just hold onto me, OK? 326 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,760 In the blistering heat of remote Western Australia, 327 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,280 the Gold Devils have suffered a setback... 328 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:51,720 Here you go. Let go. 329 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,840 ..just as the team were stepping up production 330 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:55,760 on the Phoenix Project lease. 331 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,080 Let's get you inside. 332 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,720 Come on. 333 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:01,720 Oh, I just couldn't breathe. 334 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,400 I'm just going to lay down for a few moments 335 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:05,920 and then I will come back out. 336 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,640 No, don't worry we've got that out there. 337 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:08,960 Oh! 338 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,200 Oh, gosh. 339 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,880 I'll come and check on you in 20 minutes, alright?OK. 340 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,520 Do you need anything now? No, I'm good. Thanks. 341 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,120 You just take it easy, alright? OK. 342 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,160 How is she? 343 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,920 She wanted to get straight back out 344 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,160 but there's no way. 345 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:30,600 If she's not feeling 100 percent, 346 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,400 it's hot out here and we need everyone on their game. 347 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:34,560 I agree with you. 348 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,840 I don't really want her out here if she's not feeling well. 349 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,120 Just get her to park up for the next couple of days 350 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:40,200 until she's feeling better. 351 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,640 That puts us one woman down and we were short handed anyway. 352 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,160 Yeah, well, let's just make sure we're all on radio contact. 353 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,160 Yep.I'll go and have a chat with Darren now. 354 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,040 I'll let him know what's going on.No worries. 355 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,640 Um, I've just got to be really careful. 356 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:00,720 I get run down easy and um...yeah, I have... 357 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,200 I don't have a spleen 358 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,120 so I have a weakened immune system. 359 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,800 I've got a blood disorder called ITP. 360 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,920 Years ago my body decided to start attacking itself 361 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,760 and it was destroying my platelets. 362 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,760 And they're what kind of make you heal 363 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,040 so you don't bleed to death. 364 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:18,560 Um, I wasn't feeling very well so I went to the doctors 365 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,360 and he took some blood tests 366 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,160 and I was told that my platelet count was one - 367 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,960 and that they didn't know if they could help me 368 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,200 and that I might haemorrhage. 369 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,400 Um, yeah. 370 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,800 So they asked if I wanted to talk to a priest or um... 371 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,000 ..sorry. 372 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,360 If I had to say goodbye to people and, um... 373 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:40,600 Yeah. 374 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,200 Spent two years in ICU 375 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,560 and they eventually took my spleen out, 376 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,000 hoping that that would help and luckily it did. 377 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,400 So I've been in remission for 18 years. 378 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,000 I still have to make sure that I don't get sick or hurt myself, 379 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,320 um, without, you know, 380 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,960 holding me back from life and all these adventures. 381 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,760 So I'm feeling a little bit better. 382 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,320 I'm going to sit down for a while 383 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,000 and then hope that the boys are out there getting some gold. 384 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:11,680 We're a team member down 385 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,240 but we've just got to keep persevering. 386 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,720 You know, we've got so much work ahead of us we can't, 387 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,480 we can't afford to stop. 388 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,200 So she's just resting up at the moment. 389 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,960 Hopefully she gets better in a day or so 390 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,360 and we can have all hands back on deck. 391 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,200 (BEEPING) Hold on a second. 392 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:41,920 I'll just go and get this parked up. 393 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,720 Jeez, that's not good. 394 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,160 The temperature's going right up. 395 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:46,480 (BEEPING) 396 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,280 Paul? Paul, got a copy? 397 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:50,880 Yeah. Go ahead, Alex. 398 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,520 Temperature on this machine has just gone through the roof. 399 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,040 We've got an engine failure. 400 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:57,160 Alright, mate. 401 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,520 I'll just park this up and be over there in a sec. 402 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,280 What did you do to it? 403 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,080 Let's have a look. 404 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:08,880 There's no oil dripping anywhere. 405 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,320 I reckon it's that belt. 406 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,920 The one at the back of that motor. 407 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,680 Have a look at that. Oh, yeah. 408 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,640 That goes to your water pump. 409 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,840 Uh, right. That'll be why it's overheating, then. 410 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,320 If that water pump's not turning 411 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,480 it's not circulating the water, so...Yep. 412 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:23,720 OK. 413 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,160 We're lucky you caught that in time 414 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,200 because...if you didn't we could have blown a motor. 415 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,480 Yeah, as soon as I saw that temperature shooting up, 416 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:32,840 I turned it straight off. 417 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,480 Have a look from the other side. 418 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,320 Might be able to see it better. 419 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:37,440 The front-end loader 420 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,960 can lift up to seven tonnes of pay dirt with every bucket - 421 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,760 vital for keeping the team's plants running at capacity. 422 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,760 Oh, yeah, she's cactus. Oh, there's your problem. 423 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,160 We're going to be out of action for a couple of hours 424 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:52,520 while we fix this. Yeah. 425 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,640 Ah, without this machine we can't move any dirt. 426 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,560 We can't bring any more coarser material over to run Lloyd, 427 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,080 uh, and we can't stockpile more dirt to run Barnabee. 428 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,200 We need this plant to keep producing gold 429 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,520 and if it fails then so have we. 430 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:14,280 Well, mate, 431 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,560 I'm glad that we left before the sun was up this morning. 432 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:17,960 We can't waste any time, mate. 433 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,520 This is going to make us up time, 434 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,120 having this jack hammer and the generator. 435 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,320 It'll make all the difference. Oh, absolutely. 436 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:24,640 Instead of trying to picket 437 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:25,960 through that hard concrete ground. 438 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,120 In the wild Pilbara region, 439 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,640 The Ferals' Ryan Peters and Nathan Moncrieff 440 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,760 have made a five-hour round trip - 441 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,520 to get a tool that can tackle a hard silcrete layer 442 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:38,840 of creek bed. 443 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,320 Ha-ha! Check this baby out. 444 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,280 Whoo! Ha-ha! Yeah! 445 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,440 Wow, look at that. Hey, Levi! 446 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,720 I can see you've got a couple of targets on the ground 447 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:50,800 there ready to go. 448 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,560 Yeah, there's a few there. Too easy, man. 449 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,360 We'll rig up and start jack- hammering. 450 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,880 He's a purrer. (LAUGHTER) 451 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,240 This jackhammer is a perfect tool for the job. 452 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,680 We come in here with the excavator 453 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:04,840 and rip it all up. 454 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,440 We're actually going to lose nuggets 455 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,000 and we'll lose the line of the gold. 456 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,600 Alright, where to start? 457 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,400 Right here, I guess, is the best point. 458 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,320 See how this goes. 459 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:16,840 Ho, ho, ho, ho! 460 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:18,520 Whoo! Look at that! 461 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,960 Oh, straight through it! 462 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,960 You know that takes ten seconds rather than ten minutes. 463 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,920 The jackhammer can deliver 1,900 blows a minute, 464 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,920 quickly penetrating the creek bed's compacted silt layer. 465 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,160 Look at that - smashed it out. 466 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,240 That's a ripper. 467 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,400 They're slowly getting bigger, 468 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,880 the further we're getting down here where Levi's cut. 469 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,840 I'm picking up a lot of this. 470 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,240 These are some bigger ones 471 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,680 but there's so many little bits in there. 472 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,440 In the hand. 473 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:58,840 Still in the hand. 474 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,080 (LOUD BEEPING) 475 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,520 Oh, there it is. 476 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:02,840 A nice chunk. 477 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,720 Ah-ha-ha-ha, another good speccy. 478 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,920 Have to widen it up. 479 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,040 They reckon it's gonna be a deep one. 480 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,720 (LOUD BEEPING) 481 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,360 That sounds way deep to me. 482 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:27,640 Let's get this big nuggie. 483 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,160 Oh, yeah. Hard. 484 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:34,680 That's hard as hell, bro. 485 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:41,320 That a go, mate. 486 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,760 Geez, picking away at that. 487 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,240 That's crazy. 488 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,760 We sorely need some bigger gold, man. 489 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,480 Nah, definitely not there. 490 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:49,680 (LAUGHS) 491 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,920 (LOUD BEEPING) That still sounds about the same. 492 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,240 Alright, bro, we're gonna need the excavator for this. 493 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,160 Sounds like we're on a nice piece here. 494 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,880 The boys are getting excited. 495 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,800 This is a deep target we've got here. 496 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,200 We're definitely going to need the excavator to get down to it 497 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,680 and I really hope that this is a big chunk - 498 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,760 'cause at this point in time we seriously need some big gold. 499 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,960 I just feel like I'm wasting time 500 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,080 trying to find gold that I've already found. 501 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,880 And all this leafy stuff - it could've fallen down. 502 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,200 Maybe I've kicked some leaves over it as I've walked out. 503 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,400 (LOUD BEEPING) 504 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,040 What the hell's going... Oh, look! 505 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:36,800 There's an old Chinese coin just laying on the ground. 506 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:37,920 That's pretty sweet. 507 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,080 It's not gold but I'm going to keep it. 508 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,240 In the Palmer River's historic Cannibal Creek, 509 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,120 Jacqui and Andrew are on a detecting mission 510 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,800 to find Jacqui's missing gold jar. 511 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,240 (LOUD BEEPING) 512 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,960 There's stuff everywhere here. 513 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,520 Can't even put the detector down. 514 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,720 Let's have a look around, see what I can scratch up. 515 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,560 Oh, look. Sweet. 516 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,520 That's actually the top of one of their old purses. 517 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,640 So this would be from the original rush. 518 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,400 This is, like, 1870s stuff. 519 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,240 Right. 520 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,680 There's one of his old buttons too. 521 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,040 There's another coin. 522 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,120 Oh, yeah, here's his old pocket knife. 523 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,040 This is really strange. 524 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:25,320 It's like everything that a person would carry on them 525 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,560 in the gold fields. 526 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,760 I think somebody might have died here 527 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,440 and this is all their remains just left on the ground. 528 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,520 In 1873, a nugget find on the Palmer River 529 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,920 sparked a rush that lured over 20,000 gold hunters - 530 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,680 mostly from China. 531 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,640 But life in the tropical heat was hard. 532 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,440 Some died of starvation and disease. 533 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,000 A few even fell victim to cannibalism 534 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,840 and others were killed for their gold. 535 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,000 Foreboding names like Cannibal Creek 536 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,840 are a reminder of those brutal times. 537 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,200 I found all this laying on the surface right here. 538 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,640 Everything an old timer would have had on him, 539 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,840 from their shirt buttons to their boot heels, 540 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,760 pocketknife, magnifying glass, matches. 541 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,080 It's not the normal stuff they throw away. 542 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,160 It just feels more like somebody passed away here. 543 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,080 That must makes you think of all these people 544 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,760 who came to the goldfields and some of them just never left. 545 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,040 These guys come all the way over from China on a boat 546 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,640 and sort of worked here for 10 years or so 547 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,720 to take back enough gold for their family. 548 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,720 And it's quite possible this guy never returned home. 549 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:42,960 It's quite confronting, hey? 550 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,120 It makes you really think of what happened here 551 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,640 150 years ago. 552 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,760 I'm going to leave all this right here. 553 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,480 I think it's the best spot for it. 554 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,560 We'll just have to look for the gold in the morning. 555 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,520 Sorry, but... We need sleep. 556 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:57,760 Yeah. 557 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,400 Come on, let's get out of here. 558 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,840 So it's already starting to get hot 559 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,880 and I still haven't found my gold jar from yesterday. 560 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,720 And this grass - driving me crazy. 561 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,520 As soon as we find this gold we're outta here. 562 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,360 This long grass, it's just a nightmare to work in. 563 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,160 It's so hard to keep the coil flowing 564 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,400 and you're always getting tangled up. 565 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:34,680 (LOUD BEEPING) 566 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,720 Oh, found my gold! 567 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,440 Time to get out of here. 568 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:47,920 So where to now? 569 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,440 Well, the station was saying 570 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,120 they burnt some ground off around here 571 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,400 so maybe we should go and have a look at that. 572 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,000 I think that sounds good. 573 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,560 Well, this looks good. 574 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,680 Yeah. Definitely. Fire went through all this area. 575 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:07,800 Ooh, yeah! 576 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,600 Plenty of room to swing the coil here. 577 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,000 Let's grab the detectors 578 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,200 and see if we can track some down, eh?Yeah. 579 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,440 Perfect. 580 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,160 Controlled burns are carried out in the Palmer River 581 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,640 to stop the build up of foliage that could cause wildfires 582 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,720 during the peak summer months. 583 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,440 The only thing about this burnt ground 584 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,560 is it's a lot hotter in here. 585 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,040 There's a lot of radiant heat coming off the ground. 586 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,960 Anyway, it's easier to swing the coil 587 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,080 and hopefully easier to find gold. 588 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,600 (LOUD BEEPING) 589 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,680 Alright, what's that down in there? 590 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,160 Straight into bed rock there so that's a good sign. 591 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,240 Sort of place gold hangs out. 592 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,360 (LOUD BEEPING) That's the noise that we want. 593 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:19,640 (LOUD BEEPING) 594 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,960 Oh, look I can see that one. 595 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:25,320 Nice! 596 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,680 Palmer River gold. 597 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,160 You got to love how chunky the gold is up here. 598 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,080 It's a good, I dunno, ten or 15 grams in that one. 599 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,280 Might even be 1,500 dollars there. 600 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:48,160 It is insanely hot out here but we'll push on. 601 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,040 Try and get as much as we can. 602 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,800 (COUGHS) Andy! 603 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:02,440 (COUGHS) Are you alright, mate? 604 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,080 Eugh. 605 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,680 Well, at the moment, the loader's out of action. 606 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,920 Um, seems to be just a belt 607 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,920 but the...it's overheating so we can't even operate. 608 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,880 We can't even turn it on at the moment so... 609 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,600 Hey, Paul. That looks better. 610 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,880 It's the main belt that drives the water pump. 611 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,200 It's completely given up. 612 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,000 My worry is if we do that belt and it's something else 613 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,640 it could be a bigger problem. 614 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,480 On their Phoenix Project lease, 615 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,440 an overheating loader has brought The Gold Devils' operation 616 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,000 to a halt. 617 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,320 Whenever I'm here, the crushing circuit is down. 618 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,880 It means that while we're doing this 619 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,520 we're not actually producing anything. 620 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,960 Alright, now I've got to get this alternator back in line. 621 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,640 Belt's back on. Everything's tight again. 622 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,480 Cross both sets of fingers, please. 623 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,880 Hopefully this works 'cause that'll be the obvious fix. 624 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,960 If it's not, something major. 625 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,240 Ready, Paul? Yeah. Ready when you are, mate. 626 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:15,240 Whoa, she works! (LAUGHS) You beauty! 627 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:16,640 No warnings. 628 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,600 I think she's a goer. 629 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:23,240 Thank god for that. 630 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,320 Job done. 631 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,800 Sorry, old girl. No rest for the wicked. 632 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,920 We are behind the eight-ball at the moment. 633 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,840 Hopefully we can get back on track. 634 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,520 You know, we've got a massive target 635 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:49,880 of a thousand ounces this year. 636 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,160 So we're basically running around everywhere 637 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,200 trying to get this work done as quick as possible. 638 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,000 Gently does it. 639 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,120 I don't want to rip up too much ground. 640 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,840 If this is a big nugget 641 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,760 I don't want to damage it with the bucket. 642 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,960 This could be the big chunk we've been looking for 643 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,320 for the last few days. 644 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,120 This could bump us up, get us over this tally. 645 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,600 The Ferals are hoping a deep-lying signal 646 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,720 will produce the nugget they need 647 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,400 to hit their 15 ounce weekly target. 648 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,520 I reckon one more grab, brother. 649 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:31,600 You just pulled up a bit of quartz, 650 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,000 a bit of rock there with it. 651 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,840 So I reckon you're at the bottom there now. 652 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:38,240 No worries, fellas. 653 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,160 Well, it's either in the hole or in the pile. 654 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,320 Ooh! Big nuggies! 655 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:44,960 Come on! 656 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,640 She gone? 657 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,280 It's disappeared, bro. It's up here. 658 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:50,560 Could be up here, bro. 659 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,280 I'll move the digger out of the way. 660 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,240 Come on, nuggie. Where are ya? 661 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:57,880 (LOUD BEEPING) You got it? 662 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,120 Yeah. (LAUGHS) 663 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,200 Right there, bro! 664 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:04,960 That's in there, somewhere. 665 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,600 Hey, is that it? 666 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,080 I can see a little bit of yellow. 667 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,640 No way! 668 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,720 ALL: Woo-hoo! 669 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,000 Oh, boys, look at this chunk! 670 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,640 Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! We got it! 671 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,840 That's got to be at least four or five ounces there, fellas. 672 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,400 We've only got one day left, fellas. 673 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,960 So we'd better get all these nuggies out 674 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,560 while the day's still young. 675 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,680 Roger, mate. 676 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,400 Well, let's just go hard then and get as much gold as we can. 677 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,240 We've got to get that fifteen-ounce target. 678 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:41,680 So we're going pretty hard trying to finish off this area. 679 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:46,000 Boys will go over the ground, thoroughly... 680 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:48,720 ..make sure we haven't missed anything. 681 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,680 Time's running out. 682 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:55,040 We need about 15 ounces and, ah, I reckon we're short of that. 683 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,600 I really don't know what we're gonna do 684 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,320 if Kim moves us on from this lease. 685 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,520 If we don't get that fifteen-ounce target this week 686 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,480 we'll be gone for sure. 687 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:05,840 Andy! 688 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,960 (SIGHS) Are you OK? 689 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,240 I think I'm done, mate. (BLEEP) cooked. 690 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:18,800 Eugh. 691 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:20,640 Have you got any water left in there? 692 00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:22,720 Hardly any. There's water in the car. 693 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,480 Alright. 694 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,280 Oh, my god. Are you OK? 695 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,840 Aw, you're cooked, mate. 696 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,520 It's not good. 697 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,520 The tropical humidity 698 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,320 makes it impossible for sweat to evaporate properly - 699 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,240 making it difficult for the body to cool itself. 700 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,560 This increases the risk of heat stroke, 701 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:47,600 which can be fatal without water and shelter from the sun. 702 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,920 Right. Air. Cold. 703 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,640 You sit. Windows up. 704 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,640 I'll go grab all your gear. You just stay here, OK? 705 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,200 Alright, honk if you need anything. 706 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,960 He's talking, he could walk back up. 707 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,440 He's still responding so I don't think it's critical. 708 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:25,400 (LOUD BEEPING) 709 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,080 That sounds like a large target. 710 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,280 Oh! 711 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,880 (LOUD BEEPING) 712 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,400 (LOUD BEEPING) 713 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,800 (LOUD BEEPING) 714 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,520 Oh, my god! 715 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:05,560 Oh, oh, oh! It's huge! 716 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,400 That's over an ounce worth of gold. 717 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,000 Oh, my god! 718 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,880 Oh, my god! 719 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,000 This makes all my other nuggets look so small. 720 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:24,800 I've got to get Andy's stuff. 721 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,160 It's hot but I've got energy again. 722 00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:32,720 Oh, wow. 723 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,200 How are you going over here? 724 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,520 I'm alright. Just got a smashing headache now. 725 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,080 I'm feeling alright. 726 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,640 Check this out. Open your hand. 727 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:54,640 Aw, nice one, mate. 728 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:55,840 Well done. (LAUGHS) 729 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,000 There's well over an ounce there. I know! 730 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,000 That's the biggest one all year. 731 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,400 I had to get it out. 732 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,720 After your nugget, I just had to get it out. 733 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,040 Well done, mate. 734 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,720 Alright, I'll load the gear up in the car 735 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,320 and we'll head off, OK? 736 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:11,520 Yep. 737 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,560 I'd love to keep going down the valley more 738 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,720 but just gonna finish off this area. 739 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,040 Hopefully there's a few more 740 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,840 and, yeah, we're going to have to knock off. 741 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,160 (LOUD BEEPING) 742 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,720 (LAUGHS) (LOUD BEEPING) 743 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:43,040 (LAUGHS) 744 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,160 Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. Yeah, baby. 745 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,040 It's got to be close on an ounce. 746 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,120 It's just a roller coaster ride when you're out here. 747 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,480 Oh, can't take this off. 748 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:54,840 Hands are so sore. 749 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,960 I'm getting all these... 750 00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,760 All these little ones, as well. 751 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,040 Absolute roller coaster ride. 752 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,080 After battling all week to get back on the gold, 753 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,080 The Ferals are about to find out 754 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,360 if they did enough to hit their fifteen-ounce target. 755 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:14,680 Come on, Levi. 756 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,640 It's that time of the week again, bro. 757 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,120 Favourite time of the week. 758 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,440 There's some nice chunks in there.Yeah. 759 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:22,800 So we've got the two scales again. 760 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:24,200 Yeah. 761 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,600 Oh, you know this one maxes out at 15 ounces. 762 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,800 Yep.And we've been hitting that lately, so... 763 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,600 Well, there's one way to find out, fellas. 764 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:31,840 Let's drop him on. 765 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,360 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, 766 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:38,200 nine, 10.9. 767 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,840 Ooh. 768 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,600 Well, we got the big chunky one here, mate. 769 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,320 There's a lot of ironstone and that in it 770 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,040 but there's also a lot of gold. 771 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,680 Come on, baby. What have we got? 772 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,080 Oh. A bit shy, fellas. 773 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,760 14.9. 774 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:52,040 Take the quartz and iron out, 775 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,600 we've probably got 14 ounces. 776 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:54,960 Oh, well. 777 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,440 It's close. It's so close, boys. 778 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,240 Well, fellas, we worked hard this week 779 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:00,840 and we've fallen a little bit short. 780 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,520 So I don't know what that means for the rest of our season. 781 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:04,640 Yeah, mate. 782 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,760 Well, I really hope Kim will give us another chance. 783 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,480 You know, I think, once he gets his cut. 784 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,280 Well, we're onto a good patch. He might let us stay. 785 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,720 Well, I'm the one who's gonna have to break the news to him 786 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,160 that we haven't made target 787 00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:16,960 and I don't think he's gonna be happy. 788 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,040 Well, man... 789 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,480 Look, hopefully you can persuade him, mate, 790 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:20,720 to give us another chance. 791 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,200 I dunno, boys. We'll have to see. 792 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:25,520 Yeah, well, 793 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,480 if he gets rid of us this could be the end of our season, eh? 794 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,320 Well, I'll see what the boss has to say. 795 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:31,680 Crack on. Let's do it. 796 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:32,840 Let's get into it. Yeah. 797 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,200 Nice gold. Righto. 798 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,560 Alright, Darren, kill the water. 799 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,400 Rogie, onto it. 800 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,840 Well, clean this out and see if we've got some treasure. 801 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,520 After a punishing week, 802 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,760 The Gold Devils have managed to process 803 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,280 over 1000 tonnes of pay dirt, 804 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,320 despite machinery breakdowns and reduced man power. 805 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:10,880 How's it all going? 806 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,360 Well, what do you think? Yeah, good. 807 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,320 Oh, wow! Yeah, really good. 808 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,120 That's the final clean up from today. 809 00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,320 Just from today? 810 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,800 It just goes to show that we can actually do it... 811 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,000 Yeah. ..with three people. 812 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:22,960 You don't need me now. (LAUGHS) 813 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:24,840 Don't say that. It wasn't easy. 814 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,440 Let's finish cleaning this up, 815 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,560 then we'll get the furnace out and start melting some bars, eh? 816 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:34,200 To remove impurities - and make it easier to sell on - 817 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,680 the team will use their own electric furnace 818 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,920 to smelt the gold into bars. 819 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,520 Moment of truth. 820 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,760 The material must be heated to a temperature 821 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,040 of 1150 degrees Celsius, 822 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,800 to separate the gold from the impurities - 823 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,600 known as slag - before pouring the gold bars. 824 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:55,240 (SIZZLING) 825 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,000 Sizzle, sizzle. 826 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,400 Water? Oh, thank you. 827 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:03,920 Right, are you guys ready? 828 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,680 Yeah, always. Yeah. 829 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,640 Just taken off the acid. Looks good. 830 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,080 Should we see what we've got? Yeah, I reckon. 831 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:13,360 Let's do it. Alright. 832 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,840 6.4 ounces. 833 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,920 20.685. 834 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,560 54.56. 835 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:27,880 Wow! Not a bad total. 836 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,080 That's awesome. Yes! 837 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,680 Well done. Well done, team. 838 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:32,840 Wow! 839 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,200 The Gold Devils' perseverance this week 840 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,680 has delivered over 140,000 dollars' worth of gold. 841 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,200 Well, do you reckon that's enough to pay some bills, Mel? 842 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:43,400 It is and, uh... 843 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,600 Yeah, nice. I'm off to do some shopping. 844 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,840 Back to work? Back to work for us then, yeah. 845 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,400 How's that for a crazy week? 846 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:02,840 It was pretty nuts. 847 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,480 Dead man's patch and burn out gully. 848 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,440 It burnt me out, let me tell you. 849 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,320 No. Great job getting that out, mate. 850 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:10,760 I wasn't much use, so... 851 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,200 Are you ready? Yeah, I am. 852 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,360 Ooh! Ooh! 853 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,600 1.3 ounces of goodness, right there.Yes! 854 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:18,840 And what about yours? 855 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,800 I reckon that's going to go half an ounce. 856 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,360 Chuck it on. Find out. 857 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,440 1.8 between those two. 858 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:25,560 That's brilliant. 859 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,000 Nearly two ounces with just two nuggets. 860 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,320 Yep. Alright, well, we got all this as well. 861 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:31,960 So dead man's patch. 862 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,520 6.2 ounces, mate. 863 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,120 That's way more than I thought it was gonna be. 864 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,800 Yes!That's a little mountain of gold by itself. 865 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:43,960 That's beautiful. 866 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,080 That small gold - it all adds up. 867 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,240 That's 29 ounces, mate. We're getting closer. 868 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,920 With just two weeks left of their season, 869 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:56,120 the haul leaves Jacqui and Andrew just over 20 ounces short 870 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,440 of their 50 ounce target. 871 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,760 Now we're tracking down that 50 ounces, mate. 872 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:02,600 We're not out of this yet. You're right. 873 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:06,160 Now I'm really starting to feel like it's actually within reach. 874 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:07,800 I'm jumping in there for a swim. 875 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,640 I'll leave you to pack that up, hey? 876 00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,080 (LAUGHS) I'm out. 877 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,360 That's alright. Keep yourself nice and cool. 878 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:17,760 Yew! 879 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,840 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv