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This time on Aussie Gold Hunters...

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We've got a monstrous week
ahead of us.

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The Poseidon Crew has one week
to work their big licence ground

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before it's sold.

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It's just not starting.

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But fuel theft leaves
16 year-old Cayden

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to run their million-dollar
wash plant on his own.

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I've been thrown in the deep end now
and I can't afford to mess this up.

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Somewhere in this little lagoon...
There's a shipwreck.

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..there's a shipwreck.

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Alan and Salty
pause their mainland hunt for gold

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to brave uncharted waters
in search of sunken treasure...

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I found it!

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..and make a potentially historic
discovery...

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That's insane.
Yeehoo!

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Woo!

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Been relentless rain.

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We've had a one in one hundred
year flood event.

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We've lost that much of the season
it ain't funny.

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..and Brent must call in help from
an Aussie Gold Hunters legend...

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That should get us there Brent.

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..to rescue the flood-damaged
Catto's Paddock

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as the team runs two
leases...

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Woohoo!

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..in a desperate push
to reach season target.

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Ha ha! Mwha!

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Everywhere you go there's roads
blocked at the moment.

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Just can't find a way through.

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Over the past month,

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torrential rain has battered
the state of Victoria.

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Every road is closed.

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We'll be lucky to get back home,
I'll tell you what Eth.

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Leading to devastating floods

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that caused over one point five
billion dollars worth of damage,

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leaving homes submerged,
livelihoods destroyed

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and thousands of families stranded.

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With Catto's Paddock worst affected.

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The Poseidon Crew's only glimmer
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has been their big licence lease.

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So Caydes, how does it feel
driving Dad to work

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for the first time, hey?
It feels a bit different.

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Mate, it's not like driving
the dump truck around the paddock.

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There's so many things
you get to look at.

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Your clutch control
and your brake control

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is going pretty good.

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Some of the things that you really
got to be wary of is other vehicles.

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Yeah.
You got to drive for them

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not just for yourself.
Well Dad, guess what?

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Yeah.
I think it's your time

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to get the gate.

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And how the times are changing
my boy.

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You're doing a good job, mate.

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Yeah it's a bit strange that
I'm now starting to get the gates.

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He might start telling me
what to do out here now.

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Alright, mate.

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Righto.

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Alright, don't get carried away
with yourself.

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Hey Eth.
G'day mate.

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How's it going mate?
Mate, all done.

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Good to see you out here Cayden.

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Yeah it's good to be out here.

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Silly boy, you should be
on school holidays, mate,

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living it up.

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Mate, now that this is finally
starting to dry up for us,

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mate we've had the year from hell
in relation to the weather.

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It just hasn't stopped raining.

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I should be able to run it
now anyway.

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I think so, mate.
But I've got some news for you mate.

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You know how we said we have
a limited time here at the licence,

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well that time has come.

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By the end of this week
we're handing the keys over.

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What do you mean?
Well we knew that there was not

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much time here.
I understand that.

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I just didn't think
it was going to be that soon.

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We've got to the end of this week
to get as much of this dirt through

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as we can.
OK.

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But I need to get Catto's
up and running, right?

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Yep.
It's still flooded out.

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We pumped it out three weeks ago
but it's full again.

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That's going to take a fair bit
of work to get that up and running.

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Right.
So I'm thinking of leaving you here

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and Cayden and I are going to go
over and get Catto's prepared.

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So I've got til the end of this week
and you're taking off?

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You can do it by yourself.

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I can do it by meself mate

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but at the end of the day
I need all hands here

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as much as I need.

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How about I stay here with Ethan,
help him?

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We've got gold here.
We know it's consistent gold.

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Why don't we have as much hands
on deck as we can to get it out?

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Well I'll tell you why, right?

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We've got nearly seventeen ounces
to get to target, OK,

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and the only way I see to get that
is getting over back over

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the Catto's and chancing, lucking
a nugget to get us over the line.

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The last time we were there, mate
we got forty-six ounces

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or close to it.

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And the week before that
we got nothing.

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Yeah alright. Fair.

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So it comes and it goes, mate.

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We've got a limited time.

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Let's spend it where we know
there's gold.

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Over there, it's a pipe dream.

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I reckon I should stay here
with Ethan.

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Alright, alright.

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This is your boys' call
but this is your ultimate call.

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I need to see some gold
on the scales, boys.

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I completely understand that, Dad.

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I need to see eight ounces or better
to make it worthwhile

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you staying here.

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I understand, Dad.

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I believe we can make that.
Are you sure?

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Because this ain't, mate,
this ain't school.

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OK? This is real life.
You know what I mean?

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The pressure is on you now my boy.
I understand that, Dad.

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Let's make it happen.
Alright?

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It's good to see Cayden you know,
stepping up to the plate,

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putting a plan into place
and taking responsibility for it.

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Cayd, go fire up
that water pump for me.

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Yeah righto.
I'll get the plant fired up.

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So now it's sort of on him,
you know, what happens here.

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But right now I've got to find
someone to give me a hand

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over at Catto's
because after this week,

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we've got to have a place
to keep digging

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and there ain't much time left
in the season.

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The pressure's definitely on
at the moment.

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I've promised Dad that we'll be able
to get all this dirt through.

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I hope I made the right decision.

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Alright Eth, that's uh,
pump turned on now.

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Alright so we've got this plant up
and going right now.

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Everything seems to be running
pretty smooth.

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We've got a monstrous week
ahead of us.

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We're trying to push through
just over five hundred tonnes

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for the day.

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Brent's put us under the pressure
and Cayden backed me

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a hundred per cent
so we really need to produce

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and make it worthwhile

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other wise it will be
a complete waste of time.

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Go jump in that loader, mate.
We'll get that happening.

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Righto. We need to be as efficient
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We've got a lot of dirt
to get through.

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The sooner we start the better.

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Now we got the plant started,
get in the loader,

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get the dirt in the plant.

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Hey Ethan,
the uh,

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the loader's not turning on.

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I'm turning the keys
a couple of times

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and it's just not starting.

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Generally when these thing's
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it's normally a fuelling issue
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Um it's not the turbo timer.

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We got bugger all fuel in this,
mate.

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When I left this last time mate
this was basically near on full.

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Three quarters full.

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It's right down there now.

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I can't see any leaks down here.

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There's no, there's no diesel
floating around in here.

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Basically what it's looking like,
Cayden,

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is that we've had fuel theft.

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That's the only thing I can put it
down to, mate.

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You're kidding.

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You know Dad's just left
and cannot believe it.

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We haven't even started yet
and we're already behind.

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I love the coast
but I'm just so sceptical, mate.

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You know, we don't really have
all that much time.

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We've got three ounces to find
to hit our target

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and you wanna go out on a limb
based on what someone has said.

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Of course I do.

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You know, if we're walking away
with a million bucks

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worth of treasure it's gonna be uh,
it's gonna be worth it.

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Mate, come on. Treasure hunting?

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What makes you think
there's something out here?

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Well a mate of mine was out here
fishing

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and he spotted this anchor
in this lagoon

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that you can only get to
once or twice a year

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and he said the size of the anchor
just, it shouldn't,

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it should not be there,

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just physically can't be there

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unless a big ship ran aground
during a storm

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or something like that.

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And are we talking like a new anchor
or old anchor?

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Nah, well he said it's,
it's been there for a long time,

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probably a hundred odd years

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so that puts
into the late eighteen hundreds.

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I reckon we'd just be absolutely mad
to not give this a go.

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I hear you mate. I hear you.

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I just might need
a little more convincing.

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Well funnily enough, I've um,

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I've actually done some research
behind the scenes.

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I've got this shipwreck expert
coming out to meet us.

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His name is Mike Scott
and this guy's the real deal.

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He's found some crazy shipwrecks
before, lots of treasure

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and um if he reckons it's worth it
then we're going to go out there

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and fingers crossed we can jump in
the history books.

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The best case scenario for this week

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would obviously be to find chests
full of treasure

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and the worst case
is we find a bunch of broken dreams

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and we gotta go back out
to the goldfields and you know,

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dread this, the heat that's coming.

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You are joking!

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This season, Alan and Salty's hunt
for gold

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has taken them to some of the most
remote and inhospitable locations

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in Western Australia.

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No way!

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Using underwater detectors
and dive gear,

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they've been able to target gold
on untouched ground.

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You beauty! I got it!

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But now a narrow weather window
has presented the duo

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with a unique opportunity
too rare to pass up.

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To hunt over nine kilometres
off the coast for sunken treasure.

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G'day Mike.
How are you?

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Yeah good, yourself?
Salty. Nice to meet you mate.

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Nice to meet you guys too.

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Oh well thanks for coming out here.
Really appreciate it.

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A mate of mine spotted
what he thinks was an anchor

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out in this lagoon that you can only
get to maybe once or twice a year.

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You cannot get anything big enough
to drop this anchor in there

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because it's protected
by a reef and a sand bar.

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Yeah, yeah.

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And he goes well
there's an anchor here.

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Where's the rest of the ship?

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That's why I've asked you
to come up.

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We don't even know
if it is an anchor.

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Yeah.
So I don't even know if it's worth

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going out there.
I'm sure it's worth going out.

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The Dutch East India company
was the biggest company

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in the world.

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They had about five thousand trips
out here.

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It was a big trade route
to the Spice Islands

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and they made fortunes out of it.

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You know they'd get like whatever
they paid for,

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they got about a thousand times
returns on their investment

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when they got back to Europe.

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They could easily crash along
this sort of coast or get wrecked.

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All these low reefs out here,

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you can imagine coming here
at night,

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you don't see them.

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So there's any chance
there's stuff up there.

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Between 1611 and 1890,

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the Dutch East India Company
transported billions of dollars

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worth of gold and silver

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along the rugged
twelve thousand-kilometre coastline

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of Western Australia.

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Many meeting their fate
as they struggled to navigate

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the hidden reefs
and dangerous swells.

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During his lifetime
veteran shipwreck expert Mike Scott

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has been instrumental
in the discovery

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of two of these major shipwrecks:

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the Gilt Dragon
and the infamous Batavia.

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It's believed
that over 750 shipwrecks

250
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still remain undiscovered

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and if Alan and Salty can locate
just one,

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it could hold hundreds of millions
of dollars worth of lost treasure.

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It's you know, a big detour
from what we're actually here to do

254
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uh but from what you've said,

255
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it sounds like there's still
millions in treasure and gold

256
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out there.
There definitely is. Yeah.

257
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And like there's unknown wrecks
there somewhere.

258
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If that anchor
is in a very difficult spot,

259
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that's what intrigues me.

260
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It could probably only get there
if a boat went over the reef

261
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or crashed through it
or did something.

262
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Exactly. Yeah.
On the Batavia up there,

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they found that because a fisherman
saw an anchor you know

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and that honed them
right into where that was.

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I know it's restricted
to when you can get there

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because it looks like
it's a pretty nasty spot.

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Every now and again
you'll get a lull where it's,

268
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you know, magic and you can,
you know, dive there easily.

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There's missing ones out there.

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Mike's just said, "go for it".

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I would, definitely.
Now you've got me, Mike, you might,

272
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yeah you've got me here.

273
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Get out there. Have a look.
I'm so excited.

274
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I've always wanted to do this.

275
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Thanks very much, mate.
Good luck, Al.

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Thanks for that.

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We'll be back in a few days
hopefully,

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otherwise send help.
Ha, ha, ha.

279
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Beauty. Thanks for that, Mike.
We'll be in touch.

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See you guys.

281
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We're back over here at Catto's.

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This place we haven't been able
to work.

283
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It's just been relentless rain.

284
00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,400
We've had one in one hundred
near flood event.

285
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We've lost that much of the season
it ain't funny.

286
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It's hard to believe
that under that water level

287
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it's ten foot to the bottom,

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we've got a lot of work ahead of us
and uh the pressure is on me

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like never before.

290
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But hopefully me and me mate
can get this sorted out and ready

291
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and hopefully we can get some yeah,
things happening.

292
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Brent's mate is a mining legend

293
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who has discovered
some of the biggest nuggets

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in Aussie Gold Hunters history.

295
00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,840
Gold to me is just part of life,
runs through your blood.

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It's in your veins.

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Been all sorts
of hold ups for people,

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particularly with the amount
of rainfall that we've been getting.

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So uh to get the call from Brent,

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it just made me day.

301
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Just being able to get out there
and help mates.

302
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It takes your mind off
of all the other problems

303
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and all the worries you have
in the world.

304
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We're all here for a purpose
and we never know how long for,

305
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so enjoy the moment while you can.

306
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My help's arrived.

307
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How are you going Brent?

308
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How are you going there Nevvy?

309
00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,160
I tell you what,
it was good to get a call.

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Mate I was reluctant to call you,
you know

311
00:12:58,360 --> 00:12:59,960
with all the stuff
you're going through.

312
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I had no one else to turn to.
Well mate.

313
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How are you, more importantly?
Oh well all the drama,

314
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I want to still try to bloody
be able to work on me land

315
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and court stuff is happening.

316
00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,360
More importantly mate,
how's your health?

317
00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:14,760
Me health's crap mate.

318
00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,640
I'm undergoing treatment
and whatever but uh yeah,

319
00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,480
so terminal cancer.
I know.

320
00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:22,840
They give me about another
eighteen months.

321
00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,800
I'm, I'm planning another five years

322
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and if I get that
then I'll go another five.

323
00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,440
You've been through such a hell
of a lot and to...

324
00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,320
..have the problems you've got
and for you to be out here mate,

325
00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,640
I just, uh.

326
00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:40,400
Mate, I'm telling ya the call,
I, gold's our life, Brent.

327
00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,520
I know that.
And we're passionate about it.

328
00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,320
I know that.
Anyway we need to get...

329
00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,680
Get to work?
We need to get this sorted, mate,

330
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because I don't know how much time
I'll have left so let's get it done.

331
00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:54,680
That's a chunk mate.

332
00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,360
That. Is. A. Chunk.

333
00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:58,480
Jesus Christ!

334
00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:00,840
Mate, that is what we're here
for Buddy.

335
00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,440
Four years ago Aussie Gold Veterans
Neville Perry

336
00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,440
and mining partner Mick Clark

337
00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,200
made a promising start

338
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on their historic
German Gully lease.

339
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Seventy-nine point nine.

340
00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,920
It's a two.
It's a two thousand dollar nugget.

341
00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,880
But after investing nearly
one point five million dollars

342
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to work the ground,

343
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their success came to an abrupt end

344
00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,240
when Heritage Victoria
accused the pair

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of mining in a protected area.

346
00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,960
When you've got a twenty five,
thirty-year dream

347
00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,520
sitting here,

348
00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,400
you're going to fight tooth and nail
to keep it alive.

349
00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,800
Facing twelve months in jail

350
00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,320
and a one hundred thousand
dollar fine,

351
00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,240
Neville chose to defend himself
in court.

352
00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,880
This wasn't just a fight for me

353
00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,840
and it's not just a fight
for prospectors' rights,

354
00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,480
it's a fight for landowners.

355
00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,880
And you know and the rights
that landowners should have to work

356
00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,840
and go to work on their own land.

357
00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,800
Unfortunately this doesn't allow me
to go back to work on my land.

358
00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,680
That's another fight
that I've gotta have

359
00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,120
so it's certainly not the end
of where I'm at.

360
00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,680
Right now it's an emotional moment
for everyone, particularly Nev,

361
00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,960
but he's been proven not guilty

362
00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:23,080
and right now he's gotta fight
to actually get back to mine,

363
00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,440
and hopefully he wins that fight
before he loses his fight for life.

364
00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,560
While my project's held up

365
00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,600
and the hunt
for those bigger nuggets

366
00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,920
that's sort of been put on hold,

367
00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,360
I can't think of anything better
than helping a mate,

368
00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,400
hopefully finding
that larger nugget right here

369
00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:43,640
on Catto's paddock.

370
00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,160
That should get us there, Brent.

371
00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,880
I've known Nev now
for nearly twenty years.

372
00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,800
You know we met
just through the gold industry.

373
00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,440
You know, we've got a shared passion
and that's the hunt for big nuggets

374
00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,960
and while Ethan and Cayden
are running the big licence

375
00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:57,760
until the end of that,

376
00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,040
you know we'll get this prepared
and ready to go.

377
00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,440
Get it fired up and get it pumping.

378
00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,440
Fair bit of water in there mate.
Yeah.

379
00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,240
It's a four-inch pump.
What's it pumping?

380
00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,240
Yeah about 80,000 litres an hour,
it should do.

381
00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,000
We've got a few days
to pump her out

382
00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,920
but we'll go and get these machines
sorted out.

383
00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,080
Yep.

384
00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,400
Start cleaning up this area.
Got a fair bit to do.

385
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,440
Do you want to go
and maybe jump in the dump truck?

386
00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:25,680
Mate, more than happy.

387
00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,360
Right now we've got all this sludge
that's starting to dry out

388
00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,400
so we're going to clear all this up,

389
00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:31,920
get this site prepared,

390
00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,360
get the hole pumped out

391
00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,040
and um maybe we can get
some good gold next week

392
00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:37,280
that can get us over target.

393
00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,840
What's the chances you reckon
finding a thousand ounce nugget

394
00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,480
here, given the history here?

395
00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,520
Mate, I reckon there's a chance
of even something bigger.

396
00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,240
Ha, ha, ha,

397
00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:49,880
he's got gold in the veins like me.

398
00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,960
We are in it for the hunt
of finding massive nuggets

399
00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,200
that built this country
of Australia.

400
00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,240
The nuggets that brought
hundreds of thousands of people

401
00:16:58,320 --> 00:16:59,560
from around the world

402
00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,640
and we are following
in the footsteps of the old timers

403
00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,520
and Nev's got that in his blood
and so do I.

404
00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,920
We'll go see Vern.
I reckon so.

405
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,200
Here we are mate, treasure hunters.

406
00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:13,640
Yeah, something different.

407
00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,320
Mate, it's going to be nice
in the lagoon,

408
00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:16,520
I guarantee it.

409
00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,080
G'day boys.
Hey Vern.

410
00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,080
Long time no see.
Yeah. It's been a little while.

411
00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,080
How are you Al?
Yeah good, good. Yeah.

412
00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,520
Salty, mate. Nice to meet you.
Pleasure to meet ya Salty.

413
00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,840
So you want to try and find
this old anchor I've seen hey?

414
00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,080
Definitely.
You've sparked some fire in me.

415
00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,400
Well you know, it's out there.
I'd seen it years ago.

416
00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:32,680
Yep.

417
00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,360
And a bit of luck
and we can find it again.

418
00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,720
Fingers crossed there's some
treasure attached to it.

419
00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,320
Yeah, so chuck your gear on board
and we'll push off and have a go.

420
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,840
Alright, sounds good.

421
00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:42,440
Follow me to the gold.

422
00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:46,960
Vern Strange is a forty-year veteran
of the gold game

423
00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,720
and has extracted millions
of dollars worth of gold

424
00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:55,720
from dozens of mining operations
throughout Western Australia.

425
00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,600
So 240 ounces.

426
00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,200
That'll help the bank account a bit.

427
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,480
You've followed me to the gold,
now follow me to the pub.

428
00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,560
Let's go.

429
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,920
Today Vern is taking
underwater specialists

430
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,880
Alan and Salty
nine kilometres offshore

431
00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,640
to a secret location

432
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,760
where they hope to uncover
a shipwreck

433
00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,280
that could hold millions
in sunken treasure.

434
00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,680
It's dangerous water
where we're going.

435
00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,720
To get right into where I saw this
anchor years ago

436
00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,920
it's really hard to get to.

437
00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,440
You need exceptionally calm weather.

438
00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,360
I've been trying
to get back in there for years

439
00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,920
and haven't been able to do it.

440
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,560
Yeah well this is the only chance
to really come out here and do it,

441
00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,160
right?
Yeah you don't get many windows

442
00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,000
where you get this really calm
weather...

443
00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:36,920
Yeah OK.
..um but it changes really quickly

444
00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,360
so it'll be a point
where we have to pack up and run.

445
00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:41,440
If it blows up

446
00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,520
and if the swell comes up too much,

447
00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,960
it closes up all the passages
into this area

448
00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,680
and we're in trouble so,
when I say we got to go,

449
00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,120
we got to go.
Yep.

450
00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,960
Otherwise we're swimming home
the long way.

451
00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,680
The old anchor was in that,

452
00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,440
between the two islands there
that's where we need to be looking.

453
00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,480
I can't get you around
into the lagoon.

454
00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,000
Yep.

455
00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,840
It's too rough.
We've got a big swell on

456
00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,160
and we'll get swamped
if we try and come in at the back.

457
00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,040
Unfortunately I'm gonna have to
drop you on this side,

458
00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,440
which means you'll have to cart
a bit of gear up the beach.

459
00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,440
I'd rather not be
the next shipwreck mate, so.

460
00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:14,960
Yeah, one shipwreck is enough.

461
00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,760
Got to get this boat moored securely

462
00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,360
because we're in amongst
rocky ground.

463
00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,040
There's no room for error here.

464
00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:24,120
If an anchor lets go,

465
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,480
we get washed up on the rocks
straight away,

466
00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,000
like that seal over there.

467
00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,920
If there's wildlife like that
out here,

468
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,080
not many humans come out here
at all,

469
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,280
because where there's seals
like this there's uh,

470
00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,440
there's definitely
some good sized sharks

471
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,080
and we're in great white country
up here

472
00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,760
so there's some very big sharks
around.

473
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,040
Boasting over one hundred species
of sharks,

474
00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:50,560
Western Australia's reefs
are prime feeding grounds for bull,

475
00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,560
tiger and great white sharks,

476
00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,320
some of which can grow
up to five metres in length.

477
00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,360
Got this little window
of opportunity,

478
00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,240
a couple of reasonable days
of weather

479
00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,240
and I want to get in there
and solve this mystery.

480
00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,560
Got the right guys,
got the right equipment

481
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,280
and we've got the right weather
just to have a quick look.

482
00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:09,880
I'll have to stay with the boat
while you blokes jump in the water

483
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,240
and find this treasure.

484
00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:12,760
We're on.
Let's go mate. Let's do it.

485
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:16,320
See you a bit later Vern.

486
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:17,400
Rip into it.

487
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,360
This is it mate.
It is. This is the lagoon.

488
00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,520
Somewhere in this little lagoon...
There's a shipwreck.

489
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,120
..there's a shipwreck

490
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,360
and we need to find it.

491
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,960
This is absolutely
a rubbish scenario.

492
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,160
Someone's knocked the fuel
out of the loader,

493
00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:44,920
Brent's gone away to Catto's,

494
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,640
Cayden fought to stay here
right now

495
00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,240
and we can't even fire up.

496
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,280
That'll be the local coppa,

497
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:54,880
I let know about this fuel theft.

498
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,040
How are you going?
Good.

499
00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:01,600
Thanks for coming out.
Good. Dennis.

500
00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:02,680
Appreciate it. Ethan.

501
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,280
I've received a report you've had
some uh diesel knocked off.

502
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,440
Yes we have, mate.
How many litres are we looking at?

503
00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,200
Oh look, we're talking
probably two, three hundred litres

504
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,760
so you're probably looking
at 650 worth.

505
00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,200
It's about that.

506
00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,080
Yeah there's been a little bit
of theft going on through the area.

507
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,400
OK.
We'll have a look at this machine.

508
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:21,720
That's the plate just there.

509
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,560
Yeah I'll just take a photograph
of it.

510
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,000
Yep, no worries.

511
00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,040
Alright, mate. I'll uh,
I'll send you that report.

512
00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,560
Yep.
And um if you've got any further

513
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,120
questions or whatever,
just give us a bell.

514
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:33,360
Perfect.
Alright mate.

515
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:34,680
Appreciate it.
Good to see you.

516
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:35,880
Thank you very much.
See ya.

517
00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:36,960
Not much he can do.

518
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,520
He's given us a few handy
little hints

519
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:39,800
that we can try in the future

520
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,200
and he's going to step up
his patrols a little bit more

521
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,160
and we'll put a few more
cameras out.

522
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,160
But right now,
I need to get this fuel system bled.

523
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,840
Basically because there's bugger
all fuel in here,

524
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,320
all the fuel has just ran
back into the tank

525
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:53,840
and there's air in the system.

526
00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,200
This right here...
Uh huh.

527
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,480
..is just like a fuel pump.

528
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,560
It's just a manual one.

529
00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,480
What I'm basically going to have
to do, Cayden,

530
00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:00,960
is just pump through the air.

531
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,240
If you have any air in this system
at all it won't run.

532
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,320
When fuel is syphoned from a tank,

533
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,080
gravity pulls diesel
left in the fuel line

534
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,560
away from the engine,
creating an air pocket.

535
00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,680
Ethan must manually re-pressurise
the system

536
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,360
allowing the fuel
to get back to the engine.

537
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,920
I can't stop thinking
that if Dad comes back

538
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,920
and he sees we've done nothing

539
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,280
he is going to be that disappointed
in me.

540
00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:27,280
Look Cayden, mate, breakdowns,
especially on these plants mate,

541
00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:29,280
you can never choose
when they're gonna happen

542
00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:30,640
so it's always at the worst times

543
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,720
and to be honest,
I know you're stepping up into it

544
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,200
and you're looking like you love it
and all that,

545
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,480
but just be aware
that it is high risk, high reward.

546
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,120
Yeah.

547
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,960
In this tank they've been nice
enough to leave us with some fuel.

548
00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,400
They didn't take it all

549
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,600
but we have to still go into town
to go get some fuel.

550
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,840
Without it we'll get maybe one,
two hours run time max.

551
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,720
What I'm thinking is, mate,
you know this plant now well enough.

552
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:57,840
OK.

553
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,480
That I'm going to go into town
by meself.

554
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,640
You stay here.
You run this operation.

555
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,000
How do you feel about that?

556
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,360
Well I reckon we've got to get some
dirt through it.

557
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,640
I reckon if you can do that for me,

558
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,920
that would be a massive help
mate but your safety,

559
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000
you have to be careful, yeah?
Yeah, no.

560
00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,400
If you get any major issue mate,
you just shut her down

561
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:16,920
and leave it.
Will do.

562
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,600
Alright. Jump up in there mate
and we'll get this fired up and...

563
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,840
Alright, beautiful.
..hopefully she'll kick over.

564
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:22,920
Alright.

565
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,400
It's a bloody big move for him
to run the plant while I'm gone.

566
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,520
It's a bit daunting for me
to leave him here to run it

567
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,400
but I reckon he's got the ability
to do so. So.

568
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,640
All good to fire it up, Ethan?

569
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:32,720
Yeah mate, fire her up.

570
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,560
Oh ho ho ho!

571
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,040
We're on limited time now
with how much fuel we've got.

572
00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:44,840
We had very little left in there.

573
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,160
I'm going to duck back into town

574
00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,440
but the quicker I can get there
and get back is going to be the key

575
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,320
right now.
Cayden will be right here.

576
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,920
I've been thrown in
the deep end now

577
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,280
and it's just a matter
of seeing if I sink or if I swim.

578
00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,200
I can't afford to mess this up.

579
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,520
We're very limited for time today.

580
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,880
We know that wind is going to swing
and once it does swing

581
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,360
it's going to chop up the way
to get back out

582
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,160
so we need to make sure
we're out on time and safely

583
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,080
otherwise yeah,
we're going to be marooned out here.

584
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,440
Nine kilometres off the coast

585
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,840
Alan, Salty and mentor Vern Strange

586
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,960
have spent the morning
racing a narrow weather window

587
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,720
to search for a potential
treasure-laden shipwreck

588
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,520
they believe could have collided
with this reef centuries ago.

589
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,840
We've got the underwater detector
just to basically pick up

590
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,080
any kind of metal
that could have come off an old boat

591
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,280
but yeah, I haven't picked up
any signals yet so hopefully soon

592
00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,240
and I mean Alan on the Hookah,
he can stay down for much longer

593
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,600
than I can.

594
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,960
Fingers crossed he comes up
with the goods soon.

595
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,040
As Salty free dives the tight spaces
of the reef,

596
00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,280
Alan relies on his Hookah Diver

597
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:56,680
to search up to ten metres
below the surface.

598
00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:03,280
The dive unit uses a battery-powered
compressor to deliver air

599
00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:05,000
to a breathing regulator,

600
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:09,160
enabling Alan to remain underwater
for hours at a time.

601
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,920
Location's awesome.

602
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000
The hookah diver is working
an absolute dream

603
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,400
but we're not finding anything.

604
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:16,680
We're running out of time.

605
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,200
Need to get back in there
before the,

606
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,880
before the weather changes
and kicks us out for good.

607
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,560
So I better get back into it.

608
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:25,680
I'm feeling the heat a little bit.

609
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,880
We're so close to getting our season
target, almost twelve ounces.

610
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,480
Three to go
so hopefully this can pay off.

611
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,800
We could find millions of dollars
worth of gold out here.

612
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,600
It's needle in a haystack
times ten thousand

613
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,440
and the weather's really not gonna
look that flash in the next few days

614
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,320
so if we are going
to make it happen

615
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,320
we gotta move pretty quick.

616
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:09,520
Hey Al, come here.

617
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,040
Yew!
You got something?

618
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,560
Yeah, I think it's an old nail.
Come here.

619
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,480
I got a signal
and I started digging out the sand

620
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,960
and it was just nursed there
in the rock.

621
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,920
There's never been any kind of
homestead

622
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,640
or anything on this island
so this has come from an old boat,

623
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,240
an old ship and it's ended up here.

624
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,680
What have you got?
Mate, how's this.

625
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,360
Wow.
You don't see nails like that around

626
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,840
anymore mate. That's old.

627
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,640
What is that doing here?

628
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,480
Man, I've never seen anything
like that.

629
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,760
That's awesome.

630
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,880
I was having my doubts
but now I understand.

631
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,480
This really gets me excited
about what else is out here

632
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,360
in this secluded little bay
with no one else around.

633
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:52,920
Yeah we've got to tell Vern.

634
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,280
He'll be wrapped to see this.

635
00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,440
Hey Vern, mate, you got a copy?

636
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,360
Yeah.

637
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,560
You wouldn't believe it mate,
we've uh, We've found something.

638
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:05,840
Found like an old nail I think,

639
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,240
from the uh, or we're hoping
it's from this shipwreck.

640
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,440
Really?

641
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:31,920
I'm on borrowed time at the moment.

642
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,200
I've only got a limited amount
of uh fuel remaining.

643
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,320
Ethan's now gone off
to go get more fuel.

644
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,560
He's put his trust in me
to stay out here by myself

645
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:42,760
and run this on my own.

646
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,400
Beautiful, it's feeding well.

647
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,360
We've got to be getting through
roughly about five hundred tonnes

648
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,160
a day

649
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,880
so our number one priority
at the moment

650
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,560
is to keep this plant running.

651
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,920
The Poseidon Crew
have just one week left

652
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,720
to work their Big Licence ground
before it's sold

653
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,680
but with Ethan
forced on a fuel supply run

654
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:03,800
to Bendigo,

655
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,080
Cayden has spent the past two hours

656
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,560
running their million-dollar
wash plant alone.

657
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,240
After every single bucket
I have got to jump out,

658
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:14,320
gotta stop.

659
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,520
Then go check the plant on foot.

660
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,520
It's a lot of responsibility
on my shoulders at the moment.

661
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,120
So basically I'm just going to check
that uh this hopper here

662
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,960
is feeding into the plant,
make sure it's not blocked up.

663
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,320
I've operated the plant before
and I've run the loader before

664
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,360
but never have I put the two
together and done both.

665
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:33,800
That looks good.

666
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,120
So, you know, it's a real test
of my abilities

667
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,360
and sort of an opportunity
to show how far I've come

668
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:39,840
and what I'm capable of doing.

669
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,680
This is the problem
about running a plant by yourself.

670
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,440
You've got to check everything
manually.

671
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:46,520
You lose a lot of time.

672
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,480
Part of me just wants
to make my Dad proud

673
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,120
but I'm also proving myself
to Ethan.

674
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,040
I have to keep pushing through,
putting dirt into the hopper.

675
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,280
Ever since I was a little boy

676
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,560
I've been dreaming
about doing this exact thing

677
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,200
and this is honestly my sort
of dream job

678
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,120
and to be able to do it
will mean the whole world to me.

679
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,520
Alright, beautiful.

680
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,360
Looks like Ethan's coming back now.

681
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,880
My fuel's getting low so it seems
like this is perfect timing.

682
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,400
Got the fuel?
I do mate, I do.

683
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,320
How did you go Buddy?
Yeah, good.

684
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,600
Firing along smoothly, yeah.

685
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,800
Beautiful mate.
Do you want to uh fire that up, Bud?

686
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,240
Just over three thousand dollars
to fill up that container mate.

687
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,120
We're talking about liquid gold
right there.

688
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,640
So you've done really, really well.
I'm really impressed.

689
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,000
Thank you.
It's not a small thing

690
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,240
to take on a plant like this,

691
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,160
especially with the experience
you got.

692
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,600
So you got thrown in the deep end,
so good stuff mate.

693
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,640
Well there's a first time
for everything, yeah.

694
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,440
Alright that's done.
Shut it down mate.

695
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:45,560
Alright. Beautiful.

696
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,800
And we'll get back into this, Bud.

697
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,800
Now we got Ethan back we can run
the plant at full capacity

698
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,360
and ready to get some dirt
through it.

699
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:54,720
He's doing well.

700
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:55,800
He's pushing himself.

701
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,400
He's growing up into quite
a you know, smart young man.

702
00:29:58,480 --> 00:29:59,640
You're doing well Cayden.

703
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:00,760
Thanks Eth.

704
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,760
Hopefully we can get the results
we need to make it worthwhile

705
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,400
for Brent to have us out here.

706
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,920
Yeah it'll be interesting to see
how Brent's going out there,

707
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,920
if he's getting through everything
he needs to.

708
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,680
I just cannot wait
to see my Dad's face

709
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,200
and see him be proud
of what I've done

710
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,240
and what I've accomplished
and how far I've come.

711
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,160
This is our last opportunity
probably for a long time

712
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,680
because from here on there's
lots of wind, lots of swell

713
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,240
so um you found a nail

714
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,640
so that's some evidence
that there's something there.

715
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,480
Yeah well a nail's not going to pay
the bills

716
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,800
so we definitely need to find
a lot more today.

717
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,400
Yeah well, a bit of luck
you get in there

718
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:36,800
and find a bit of gold.

719
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,800
A nice gold bar would get us
where we want really quick.

720
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,480
In Western Australia,

721
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,560
Alan and Salty
are hoping to capitalise

722
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,200
on a narrow weather window
that has allowed them

723
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,960
to access a dive site

724
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,720
where they've uncovered
promising signs of a lost shipwreck

725
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,880
potentially holding millions
of dollars in gold and silver.

726
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:01,720
If we don't find anything out here

727
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,400
then it's going to set us back
definitely

728
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,600
and put the pressure on
for the next few weeks ahead.

729
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,120
So yeah, the pressure's on today

730
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,480
and it will reveal
whether this was worthwhile or not.

731
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,760
This is it mate.
Last day.

732
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,040
Last day, a couple of hours.
We'd better make this work.

733
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:26,680
We've searched
this half of the lagoon,

734
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:27,920
let's hit the other side.

735
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,400
Just search high and low, mate.

736
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,360
The wind's already here
so time's a ticking.

737
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,120
Yep, let's see what we can find.

738
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,320
So I'm feeling the heat
a little bit.

739
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,400
Um I brought Salty out here.

740
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:42,840
He didn't really want to come.

741
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,760
So obviously we're a team

742
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,160
so I am feeling a bit of pressure
for this to pay off.

743
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:50,880
Yesterday we found that nail

744
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,000
and today we're gonna find
that shipwreck.

745
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,720
Underwater visibility is great.

746
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:13,360
Plenty to see but neither of us seem
to be picking up any signals

747
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,040
so if we are going to hit our target
this season,

748
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,000
we really can't be wasting time
like this.

749
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:29,840
How are you going mate?

750
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:34,160
I'm going good but no good
in the finding anything department.

751
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,680
Yeah well we're going to have
to get out of here shortly.

752
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,440
Vern's not going to hang around
all day

753
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,280
and I don't want to swim back
to the mainland.

754
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:41,480
Yeah.

755
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,640
Unfortunately you know,
maybe this shipwreck thing

756
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:44,840
might be a bit of a bust.

757
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,280
When do we make the call
to head back into the goldfields,

758
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,960
mate and start finding
some real gold?

759
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,040
Hey Nev, we're definitely good
to go here, mate.

760
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,680
We got gravel through here.
You got your detector with you, Bud?

761
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,040
Never leave home without it, Brent.

762
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,720
I thought you would say that.
Alright mate,

763
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,720
do you want to suit up
and get down the hole

764
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,480
and maybe find us some gold, Nev.

765
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,360
Alright, no worries mate.
I'm on me way.

766
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,360
Well having Nev here
has really sped things up.

767
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,720
We've got the water pumped out,
we've got the site all ready to go.

768
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,440
Now we've actually bottomed
the hole

769
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,400
and we're hopeful
we're gonna get a bit of gold.

770
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:16,960
That'd be just the bonus.

771
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,480
Well this should be pretty good.
This is what I'm born to do.

772
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,080
Get out there and start looking
for those bigger nuggets.

773
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,320
That's what we love.

774
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:26,400
Hey Nevvy.
Hey mate.

775
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:27,880
What I'm actually thinking mate

776
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,360
is that we're going to work
exactly like you used to work

777
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,360
so I've got to get you down
in the pit

778
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,280
and you're going to wander back
and forth

779
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,280
as I strip four or five inches off.

780
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:37,680
That's, that's terrific.

781
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,880
We're on the gold layer right now
so you can get anything at any time

782
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,760
mate, as you know.
Well, hopefully it will be big.

783
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,560
Something as big as your head,
Brent.

784
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,320
It's gotta be over bloody
two thousand ounces.

785
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:50,440
My head's pretty big.

786
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,280
So as Nev detects it, I'll come in
and take another layer off

787
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:56,360
and then just repeat that

788
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,240
and hopefully we'll find
a big nugget.

789
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:03,720
We can see some of this ground
already by the colour,

790
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,720
hasn't been paddocked over

791
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,840
so that's a good sign that there
might be some untouched ground here.

792
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,640
Any sort of noise
has the potential

793
00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:15,160
of being a good bit of gold.

794
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:21,200
(BEEPING)

795
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,520
Got a target there, mate.

796
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,320
Right now Nev looks like
he's got a target down here.

797
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:29,400
Bloody wet down there, innet?

798
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,120
It is, mate.

799
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:32,640
Sounds a bit better.

800
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:33,960
I'm getting excited.

801
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:37,560
She's out mate.

802
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,920
I can see it sitting here.

803
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,040
Right here.

804
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,400
Is it gold?
Yeah it's gold. Yeah.

805
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,400
You beauty. You grab it.

806
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,840
You can see how nice and clean
it is.

807
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,200
Yeah, nice bit.
About seven or eight grams.

808
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,200
That'll put three, four hundred
bucks of fuel in the machine there,

809
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:57,280
mate.
It's a start.

810
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,400
At least we've got something
happening mate.

811
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,320
I can't thank you enough man.
All good mate.

812
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,880
You've honestly sped me up
probably three or four days, mate.

813
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,080
It's been my pleasure.

814
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,120
I've got to probably head off
because I've got...

815
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:08,560
You know I've got...
Court stuff.

816
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,440
I've got court stuff to sort out.
Yep.

817
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,320
But you need to come with me
because I've got something for ya.

818
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,160
I can't believe
you've got something for me.

819
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,280
As you know I've got a historian,
John Campbell.

820
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:19,360
Yep.

821
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,120
He's put through some documents
together.

822
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,520
They're for you to look at.
Wow.

823
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,400
They're great history of this place.

824
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,840
I hope there's something in there
that can lead you to that big find.

825
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,280
Any information is good information.
Nev, thank you so much.

826
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,840
You and the boys, you take care
and find that big one.

827
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,320
Alright I'll keep in touch, eh?

828
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:40,480
No worries mate.

829
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,080
Thanks so much.
The nuggets are there.

830
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,200
Keep the faith.
I will keep the faith. Thanks Bud.

831
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,720
When you reflect on the things
that Nev is going through,

832
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,320
it's a good time to reflect
on life in general,

833
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,440
because your life can be ended
far too soon...

834
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,400
..and that does actually
get to you...

835
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,600
..because the man's been through
a hell of a lot...

836
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,400
..and um it's rather upsetting

837
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:12,640
that some people can be dealt hands
like that in life

838
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:16,400
but the way he carries himself
is really inspirational.

839
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:17,760
It is for me.

840
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,160
And to be able to still come out
and help prepare a mine site

841
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:25,040
when he knows he's only may have got
twelve months to two years maximum.

842
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,720
I'm just praying there's a miracle
that keeps him on the planet

843
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:29,800
a lot longer

844
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,080
because uh people like Nev

845
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,320
shouldn't be lost to the world
so soon.

846
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,280
Discovering things.
I think we're born for that.

847
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,240
I think we like the thrill
of that chase

848
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,600
and those sorts of things
also give people hope

849
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,040
and when people have hope
they have inspiration

850
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,200
and they have aspirations

851
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,920
and that's what it should inspire
all people in all walks of life.

852
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,960
Just the thrill of that hunt
and being successful at what you do.

853
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,520
We've almost finished detecting
this uh, this lagoon.

854
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:04,960
Unfortunately no treasure.

855
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,640
Um all we've found is this nail.

856
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,760
If we don't find anything more
we're going home empty handed.

857
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,520
It's starting to give me some doubts

858
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,200
whether we're even gonna find
this shipwreck.

859
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,000
Alan and I have been working
really hard.

860
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,840
We have been scanning this lagoon,
every single reef hole,

861
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,800
every nook and cranny we can find

862
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,800
and all we've come up
with so far is this nail.

863
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:27,640
The clock is ticking.

864
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,640
I found it! I found the anchor.
Oh no way.

865
00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:01,120
Salty!

866
00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:02,800
Oi!

867
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,120
Come and have a look at this.

868
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,240
Come and have a look at this.
Have you got something?

869
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:14,360
Have a look just down in here.
You're never gonna guess.

870
00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:24,520
Yes, you legend.
How good is that?

871
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,240
Oh I just stumbled upon it,

872
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,520
the detector went off and I thought,
"What is that?"

873
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,840
and there's a length of chain
just next to it as well.

874
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:35,840
It's huge.
Yeah. It's ridiculous.

875
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,520
I had my doubts with Vern's story
but it's pulled through.

876
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,320
Mate, I'm going to get some
photos of that and the tape measure.

877
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:44,520
Yep, awesome. Sounds good.

878
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,320
How's the bit of metal
sticking out the top there?

879
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:54,480
Did you see it?
Yeah.

880
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,680
How epic's that? And the chain.
Yeah.

881
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,680
Ha, ha, ha, mate!
How good!

882
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,640
What a find!
What a find!

883
00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:11,680
We'll have to get out of here now.
Yep.

884
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,560
Vern's probably been trying
to get hold of us.

885
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:18,680
Nails, anchor, photos.
Let's go show the expert eh.

886
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,960
Let's do it.
Let's go.

887
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,040
Yew! Stoked.

888
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,520
How are you going mate?
How are you going there Eth?

889
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,880
Yeah good buddy. Good.
Getting through some dirt I see.

890
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,000
We are, mate. We are.
Cayden's going alright.

891
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:43,840
He's done well so.
Well unfortunately mate,

892
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,000
this is the time mate.

893
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:46,600
We've got to shut her down.
We're done.

894
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,520
Alright mate.
Hey Caydes you got a copy mate?

895
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:49,600
Yeah I sure do.

896
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,640
That's it. Pull the pin, Bud.

897
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:54,680
I reckon we go for a weigh in
and see how much we got out of here.

898
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:56,840
Alright. Done.
This is a bitter sweet moment, mate,

899
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,120
but when another page closes
another chapter starts.

900
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,320
Right now, pretty much end
of an era.

901
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,200
Done and dusted.
Last time I'll turn this plant off.

902
00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:09,520
No more processing dirt.

903
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:10,760
Times are changing.

904
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,240
Alright boys, are we right
for the weigh in?

905
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,640
We are done mate.

906
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,320
So it looks like you boys
have done alright.

907
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,600
We did really well, mate
but uh how did you go over there?

908
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,880
We're ready to go at Catto's.
We got a little bit of gold.

909
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,960
Not much but we got one little piece
but we started a hole.

910
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,080
Right.
Yeah well we got something.

911
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,320
Cayden, your big idea was to stay
here to get more gold on the scales.

912
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,480
So I said originally I want to see
eight ounces.

913
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:37,880
Put it on the scales.

914
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,440
Are you ready?
Oh well I don't know. Are you ready?

915
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,880
This is on your head my boy.
No faith mate.

916
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,560
Alright.
Seven, eight, nine point nine four.

917
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,240
Oh relief.
Well actually, I actually did think

918
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,640
there was going to be five ounces
there but to better that,

919
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,960
you must have got more tonnes
through it than I thought.

920
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,360
I think he needs to eat his words
on this one, doesn't he?

921
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,880
You've done well mate.

922
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,360
That's not too bad so let's throw
this little nugget on.

923
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,520
Yep, your lifesaver. Let's go.

924
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,680
That comes to a total boys
of ten point two zero, mate.

925
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:13,880
That's not bad.

926
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,680
Look we're walking away with what?
Twenty-six grands worth of gold.

927
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,800
Twenty six grands
worth of gold but...

928
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:19,960
Seven ounces short still.

929
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:21,880
We can hit Cattos' run next week,
right?

930
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,160
Give a big push towards the end
and you just, at any moment

931
00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:27,600
a monster could come out
the ground and change everything.

932
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,440
Look I believe you mate
but it's all on time.

933
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:33,240
We've got a limited time mate
and we've got to get seven ounces

934
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,720
so uh we need to find something
bigger than that little piece there.

935
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,400
Mate a hundred ounces
is a hundred ounces

936
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,480
and I'm going to push heaven
and earth to get there.

937
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,280
Alright, good job Cayden.
You proved yourself, mate.

938
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,160
You actually might make a miner.

939
00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:47,240
You might have to.

940
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,960
But you're not leaving school
to become one just yet.

941
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,040
You always say that Dad.
You always say that.

942
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,800
I know that. It's important, OK?
Then you can be a miner later.

943
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,000
I couldn't really sleep last night

944
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,720
because I was just thinking about
what might be laying out there.

945
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,040
I think you know,
I'm convinced there's more to this.

946
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:07,880
Yep.
And I reckon Mike will be too.

947
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:12,760
Hey mate.

948
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,040
Hey guys.

949
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:15,680
Well have we got something for you?

950
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,080
Have you? What have you been up to?

951
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:18,520
Come in here, Mike.

952
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:19,600
I'll walk you through it.

953
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,320
Right.
This is basically an aerial view

954
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:23,920
of the lagoon.

955
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,320
Uh here's the,
the reef on the west end.

956
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:27,880
Yep.
That's where the anchor is.

957
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,360
Have a look.
Far out! What have we got here?

958
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:32,760
That's an anchor.

959
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,280
That's not off a little boat. No.

960
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,400
That type of thing, I reckon
it's probably over a hundred years.

961
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,280
That's awesome.
That's in my opinion.

962
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:42,800
It's pretty old.
We also found a nail

963
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:44,080
while were out there.
Oh yeah.

964
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,520
They don't make these now.
It's definitely come off a boat.

965
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,720
This is awesome to hear.
Oh I'm getting excited.

966
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,600
This is how it all starts,
you know,

967
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,120
from a little lead like that.

968
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,960
You know you could have something
quite significant here.

969
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,600
There's nothing to say that it can't
be a Dutch ship at this stage,

970
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,120
you know.
And no one else has seen it.

971
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,400
There could be treasure, easily.
Millions of dollars.

972
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,320
No problems about it.

973
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:06,400
Yep.
I'd get out there

974
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,200
as quick as you can
and get stuck into that.

975
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:09,840
I reckon it's quite exciting.

976
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,480
Hearing this
and showing you the photos

977
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:12,720
and seeing your reaction,

978
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,480
you haven't stopped looking
at the screen, I, I'm pumped.

979
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,200
Now it's just waiting
for that weather window

980
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:19,480
and getting back out there.

981
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,560
Yeah get back out there
and see what we can scour up.

982
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,680
I'm hanging on for it.
And let's hope there's a prize

983
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,200
at the end of it.
That would be nice.

984
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,480
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