1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,960 NARRATOR: This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,160 We're literally a stone throw 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,360 from where a 1,700 ounce nugget had been found. 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,960 The Poseidon Crew finally start digging 5 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:13,120 the legendary Catto's Paddock. 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,520 The 795 ounce Kum Tow. (EXCLAIMS) You're right. 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:22,280 Just the gold alone will be worth nearly two million dollars. Yeah. 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,680 RUSSELL: How are we looking? MAN: No good, Russell. 9 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,400 How are you going? Desperate for gold... Oh, bullets. 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,400 ..Shane and Russell endure the snake ridden wilderness 11 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,240 of Western Australia's Pilbara. 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,400 Imagine that, a pocket full of gold and you end up dead by a snake. 13 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:39,840 And their persistence delivers one of their biggest nuggets this season. (EXCLAIMING) 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,600 That's a nugget. 15 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:46,240 And the Gold Timers struggle... Bro, this isn't starting. I've got no power. 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,400 ..to keep a borrowed dry blower running... 17 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:50,800 If we broke this thing... We don't have 40 grand. 18 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,880 ..knowing it's their only shot... I'm a bit stressed at the moment 19 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,960 ..at a payday. Come on, gold, where are you? 20 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,400 Oh! Oh, look, there's a couple. (LAUGHING) 21 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,240 Cheers. 22 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,440 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 23 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,640 What do you reckon, Cayde? Oh, I'm excited. Right. 24 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,120 This ground has got some of the richest nugget producing ground 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,200 anywhere on the planet, mate. I'm happy to be there to see it. 26 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,200 In the Golden Triangle of Central Victoria, 27 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,200 the Poseidon Crew, boss, Brent Shannon, 28 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,720 and right hand man, Ethan West, 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,800 have been joined for the day by Brent's 15-year-old son, Cayden. 30 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,840 Looks like your dad's already here, Eth. 31 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,400 And Ethan's father, Paul... It does, mate. Must be keen as mustard. 32 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,040 ..is also here to lend a hand. 33 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,880 You know, there's three generations of us out here now, so, loving it. 34 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:49,280 They've finally been given the green light, 35 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,440 to start mining the legendary Catto's paddock. 36 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,400 We've got to do this, Pop. It's a privilege to dig this ground. 37 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,280 Give it the respect it deserves. Yeah. And guess what, 38 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,040 we just might get rewarded with something special here. 39 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,000 We might find a 1,000oz nugget here... 40 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Yeah. ..something that hasn't been done for over 100 years. 41 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,840 And you're not getting help. No way. 42 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:11,000 Only at day. He only gets out at day. 43 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,720 He probably goes back to school. 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,040 He wants to get a bigger nugget than Pop, eh? (LAUGHTER) 45 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,800 BRENT: Well, there's every chance he might a bigger one, so. Oh, hope so. 46 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,960 The Catto family have owned this paddock for over 150 years, 47 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,200 and if I can land a 1,000oz-plus nugget, 48 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,200 and that's what I'm dreaming of doing, 49 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:28,920 it'll go a long way for all of us. 50 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,240 Hi, Matt. Brent, how are you? Good. 51 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,080 Glad to be here today, mate. It's good to have you here. 52 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:35,840 Ethan. This is Ethan. Hello, mate. 53 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,160 Matt, Matt Catto. Yeah, cool. All right. 54 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,040 On the first day of digging the hallowed ground 55 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,320 in over 150 years, 56 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,080 Brent's gathered three generations of the Catto family, 57 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,120 to mark the historic occasion. 58 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,200 So... hey, you up, Dad? 59 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,560 Jeff... Hi, Brent. Pleased to meet you. Brent. 60 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,760 I am so pleased to have yous all here today. 61 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,080 It's a special moment for all of us. 62 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,360 All we can hope, guys, is that we find some good gold here. 63 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,400 It was your grandfather... Yeah. ..that owned this property originally. Yes. 64 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,400 Right. This is a nugget replica that's come from this very paddock. Yeah. 65 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,160 This is a 249oz nugget called "The Needful". Yes. 66 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,560 Found at Catto's Paddock, 1871. 67 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:25,560 If this nugget was found today, it would be worth over $600,000. 68 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:29,960 And the 795oz Kum Tow. 69 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,760 Just the gold alone will be worth nearly two million dollars. 70 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,320 And to mention "The Precious," which was 1,700oz... Yeah. 71 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,680 ..double the size of this... Yeah. ..I think we're in a massive chance to land something special here. 72 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,440 Well, this is the area... Yeah. 73 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,640 ..which is the richest gold field in the world. Yeah. 74 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,360 And over a tonne of gold come off this property alone. 75 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,280 That's what they say. Yeah. 76 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,320 In the late 1800s, 77 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,120 this was the epicentre of the Victorian gold rush, 78 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,480 with more than 80 million dollars 79 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,800 being found on this 50,000 square metre farmland lease. 80 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,240 Brent is banking on his modern machinery and technology 81 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:14,120 to fast-track his team's season tally. 82 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,040 We better get cracking to make a start. 83 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,120 I would love for you to stick around. That's why you come out here. 84 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,920 But I want to push off a bit of dirt, and I want you to be here, to actually see 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,960 the start of the re-mining of Catto's Paddock once again. Yeah. 86 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,760 Beautiful. 87 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:33,400 I'm kind of going to meet Dad for letting me come out... 88 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,400 cos Catto's Paddock is such a big, you know, name. 89 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,640 I can't believe we're actually about to start digging this paddock. 90 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,240 I've been dreaming about this moment for a long time, 91 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,040 and now that dream is actually going to become reality. 92 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,080 This is an historic moment today. 93 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,520 We're about to strike a blow in the ground. 94 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,600 MATT: We got the right man for the job, anyway. He's that passionate about it. 95 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,240 He knows more about the paddock than we do, so. That's for sure. 96 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,360 What we're gonna do now is push off all the grass. 97 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,480 Once we get that grass off a bit, we're ready to take the surface. 98 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,920 It's gotta be be interesting to see if there's gonna be any gold just under the surface or not. 99 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,960 All right, let's go and get some detectors. 100 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,160 He's looking pretty happy with himself already. 101 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,560 He just pushed a bit off the top so, who knows what he's found. 102 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,760 I'll be shocked if there's no gold left here. 103 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,120 I wouldn't be here if I didn't think there's gold. 104 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,840 But there's always that risk. 105 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,360 It's not the first licence that I've actually really 106 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,480 had high hopes for has let me down. 107 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,720 Well, this is a historic moment, folks. 108 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,320 Doing something that hasn't been done right in this paddock for over 150 years or thereabouts. 109 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,160 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 110 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,960 The Catto family will get a generous share 111 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,520 of any big nugget finds. 112 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,520 MATT: No pressure. No pressure, eh. 113 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,880 PAUL: We call him Mr. Gold. 114 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,160 (METAL DETECTOR BEEPING) 115 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,680 Just try to get in there. No pressure. (LAUGHTER) 116 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,640 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) If this is gold... 117 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,040 you're gonna have to stay here with us everyday, 118 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,040 and just say, "No pressure. No pressure." 119 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,080 (EXCLAIMS) 120 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,480 PAUL: Definitely getting the signal. Yeah. 121 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,760 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) ETHAN: Yeah, it's a strong signal. 122 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:20,440 A .22 bullet. 123 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,640 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) But it's not all bad. 124 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,560 You want to know what it is? .22, I reckon. 125 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,920 It's a bit of gold. PAUL: Straight away. 126 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,160 It's in there. We'll get him. Here you go. 127 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,880 (EXCLAIMS) Yeah, don't back down. Look at that, sitting in that bottom material. 128 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,240 Look at that stuff there. What a start, eh? 129 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,920 It's a bit of a custom to give the land owners the first bit I find, so... 130 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,040 How's that, eh? Thank you. 131 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,680 We couldn't be happier. Thanks, mate, I appreciate it. 132 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,920 You'll have to go deeper for the bigger ones. (LAUGHTER) 133 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,240 So you prefer the bigger ones. 134 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,880 I'm really starting to feel the pressure now building 135 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,440 because the Cattos have got high expectations. 136 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,520 They didn't give this paddock up easy 137 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,520 for the last, you know, 150 years 138 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,160 since the old-timers have been here, to anyone else, 139 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,640 because they probably know what may be left under that ground. 140 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,520 And so, I'm feeling the pressure 141 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,560 cos it's a privilege to mine this ground. 142 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,920 SHANE: Well, we're here. Well, we're here. 143 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,440 Have a look at the countryside. Absolutely stunning. 144 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,120 We got a great chance of finding gold out here. Yeah, I know. We want big gold. 145 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,280 I think we were about 16 ounces behind. 146 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,280 We've paid for fuel. That's about it. 147 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,000 We're breathing down the barrel. 148 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,600 Shane Calegari and Russell Nash are near Nullagine 149 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,280 in the Pilbara district, 150 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,240 more than halfway into a season-long expedition, 151 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,040 hunting gold in some of Western Australia's 152 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,240 most remote wilderness. 153 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,120 We're a mile off season target at the moment, so things are getting pretty tough. 154 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,800 And it's not like I can send a heap of money home at the moment, because there ain't any. 155 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,920 OK, Russell, where are we going? Well, this is Dusty's old lease here. 156 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,520 We got an old friend, Dusty, and he's got a few tenements around the place, 157 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,560 and he's given Shane and I a chance at finding some gold there. 158 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,480 Just park me under the shade there, brother. I'm still at that. 159 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,720 So, a couple of kids, just took out mortgages. 160 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,520 My life's expensive so, I can't come up here for nothing. 161 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,000 It's not for the play money, it's for the good money. 162 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:26,920 The duo will be braving the Pilbara's 40-plus degree Celsius summer temperatures. 163 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,600 Dusty's secret corner, is a 200 hectare lease 164 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:36,040 located on the banks of the Nullagine River. 165 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,160 All I really know is it's been renowned 166 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,800 for large gold. I've seen it... 167 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,400 I've actually held some of it, and it's big gold. 168 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,440 There's gold in the hills here. Where is it going to come to? 169 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,120 As lowest point, and this is it. 170 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,600 Creek bed comes through here, and joins up to the main river line. 171 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:54,280 His lease is all back up, just on the hill there so, 172 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,800 if it shed, it shed down here, isn't it? 173 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,200 In the Pilbara region, gold deposits have been pushed up 174 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,600 as hills and mountains formed through the collision of the Earth's plates. 175 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,280 As the hills eroded over millions of years, 176 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,280 some of the heavier gold is washed down from the ridge lines 177 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,440 and collects in gullies and waterways below. 178 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,840 I believe all the fine gold would have washed to the creek bed, 179 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,520 and maybe I'll find some larger pieces of the gold. 180 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:27,800 But the Pilbara also holds the world's largest reserves of iron ore, 181 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,840 making it some of the most mineralised and difficult ground to detect for gold. 182 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,120 Oh, it's gold. 183 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,080 It's noisy. 184 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,600 I've got a signal here, so it's either ironstone 185 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:48,600 or a bit of steel in the bottom of the creek bed, or it's gold. 186 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,040 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 187 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,880 Don't know. 188 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,680 Oh, it's a big one. It's a great sign, if something that big can be washed down, 189 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,720 that means a bit of gold that big can be washed down as well. 190 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,560 That's out. 191 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:09,640 Please. 192 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,280 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 193 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,280 Just a hot rock, full of ironstone. 194 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,160 Iron ore, that's what that is. 195 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,080 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 196 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,160 There's a sound here, but this sound is a little bit different. 197 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,440 It could be a bullet shell or something like that, or a piece of brass. 198 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,000 But you always gotta check. You never know, you know. 199 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,160 That's not there. 200 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,560 (METAL DETECTOR BEEPING) It's still there. 201 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,920 And I'm digging about that deep. Might be a big piece of something. 202 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,480 Right, this could be the next 30-0. 203 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,120 But inside is a beer can. 204 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,760 Well, it sure ain't gold, brother. 205 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,920 This is the heartbreaker. 206 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,880 I dug a hole here 400 deep with a scoop, 207 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,000 in a hot day, sweating myself to death 208 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,080 to find it's a dirty old can, 209 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,520 and the worst thing about it it's empty. 210 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,200 (CHUCKLES) 211 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,240 I don't know, Russell, we've had a good journey so far, 212 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,200 but the gold hasn't been too promising. 213 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,120 OK. What have made so far? Four and a half ounces. 214 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,720 Four and a half ounces? That's over ten grand. Yeah. But that's... 215 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,160 I mean, nobody put a gun at our head and said we had to do it. 216 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:34,160 No. I mean, you've got bills to pay. I understand that. 217 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,000 I'd like to leave a little bit more gold to my grandkids. 218 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,360 Just think we're still in the game. 219 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,040 Well, tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow is another day. 220 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,120 I got a nice feed cooking up here. We've got a wonderful camp. 221 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,960 We'll have a good night's sleep here, and away we go. (BIRDS CHIRP) 222 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,920 Up at sunrise? Yep. 223 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:52,250 2 00:11:54.880 -- 00:11:57.560 align:middle line:90% position:50% Boys. All right. Here we are, mate. Ground zero. 224 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,680 TURBO: Yeah, this is it. This is our little patch, mate. Yeah. 225 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,920 Obviously, we got a few piles here to dry blow. 226 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,400 You've done a bit of work already. You've got a lot of dirt to go through. 227 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,360 Yeah, we've had a bit of luck dry blowing that area down there. 228 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,800 Yeah, obviously we need to dry blow a bit more. Yeah, you got a bit to do. 229 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,200 But we had a real ridge that was zoned down here, 230 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,760 so we're really, really steady now. 231 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,440 We're getting some serious tonnes through, man. Yeah. This is a...big step up for us. 232 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,240 In Kookynie, Western Australia, 233 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,960 the Gold Timers, Rob Dale and Rob Linton, a.k.a Turbo, 234 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,480 want to hire a 30-tonne dry blower from Nathan, 235 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,200 a neighbouring miner. 236 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,120 So you a got a bit of dirt to blow? Yeah, we need to, erm, 237 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,400 sort of rehab it all cos, yeah, we've sort of come to our limit. 238 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,000 Rob and Turbo have cleared the maximum permitted area 239 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,120 for their 300-hectare lease, 240 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,400 and stockpiled 1,000 tonnes of pushed-up dirt 241 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:55,040 that showed signs of containing lots of fine gold. 242 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,400 That's another one, bro. Still coming up though, bro. 243 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,480 Little over half a gramme. This is what the dry blower just ate up. 244 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,440 Another target, bro. Whoo. 245 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,840 Oh, I'm big on this dry blower. Ah! 246 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,720 Now they need to negotiate a percentage 247 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,440 for the use of Nathan's dry blower. 248 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,440 I don't know what you're thinking. (LAUGHS) 249 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,600 I'll start at 30 percent. Thirty? Oh. 250 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:24,560 Twenty. Twenty. Yeah. (SIGHS) Well, I'll meet you in the middle. Yeah, meet you in the middle. 251 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,720 25 percent. All right. I'm happy with that. Yeah. 252 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,000 I think we can make something out of that. Yeah. 253 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,560 One condition, boys. If you break it, you own it. 254 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,040 Yeah, OK. I mean, 40 grand. Yeah. Forty grand? 255 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,920 Don't break it. Don't run into the loader, back into it. 256 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,360 I will look after, mate. Yeah. We'll be all right. 257 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,200 Time is money, boys. Yeah, let's do it. Yeah, mate. Get to blowing that dirt. 258 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,160 Yeah, this gold game is tough, you know, 259 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,960 and we're not finding as much gold as we'd like. 260 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,840 And it gets harder every season cos of the gold. 261 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:53,680 We're not making a fortune out here, 262 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,320 we're only make enough money to keep this going just, 263 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,880 erm, and make some time with our kids and stuff. 264 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,200 Only a quarter of the way to their target, 265 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,760 and with time running out... It's pretty good, mate. 266 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,080 ..they now have to hand over 25 percent of their gold take this week 267 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,080 to pay for the dry blower. 268 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,680 Third season in, it's do or die. 269 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,520 We're really hoping that something's really gonna pay off for us this time around. 270 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,280 Pretty good there, eh? All right, let's chuck these wheels up, eh. Yeah. 271 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:26,320 In this semi-arid environment, with no reliable sources of water, 272 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,760 dry blowing is the only way to separate the fine gold 273 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,760 from the red dirt and dust. 274 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,520 We have power! 275 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,080 The blower is powered by a 10 horsepower portable generator. 276 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:42,040 All right, I'll give you a quick rundown on how to start it up and shut it down. 277 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,280 The brain of the machine's in here. Yeah. Start to get the genny on. 278 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,120 The old green's all good. Start up the oversize conveyor... 279 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:49,960 Yeah, cool. Cool. 280 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,200 Mate, reckons it runs, you know, 20 to 30 tonne an hour. 281 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,760 We know there's gold in here and we're gonna make some money. 282 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,880 Fingers crossed. Bang! We're getting heaps of gold. 283 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:02,240 (ENGINE STARTS) 284 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,400 The dry blower hopper filters out larger rocks 285 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,880 and feeds the gold bearing dirt into the riffle trays, 286 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:18,160 where compressed air and vibrations will blow the lighter material out, 287 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,880 leaving the heavier gold trapped in the riffles. 288 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,000 We are really going to move a lot of tonnes with this machine. 289 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,600 So, you move a lot of tonnes, and you make a lot of gold. 290 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:30,480 Yeah, everything's running real, erm... 291 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:32,440 Fingers crossed, we have no breakdowns, 292 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,720 have a look in a couple hours, see if we've got any gold in the trays. 293 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,080 We thought of doing a bit of a pan sample there, 294 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,160 and, erm, see what comes with it, so, yeah. 295 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,480 The only way to know if the dry blower is running properly... 296 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,000 All right. That's it. ..is to sample some of the concentrate... 297 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,160 Shut the genny off. ..and look for traces of gold. 298 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,600 We're just gonna take a scoop out of the top riffle, 299 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,520 make sure we're catching, make sure we're not running too fast. 300 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,720 That's really what we want to know right now. 301 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:01,520 Go. 302 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,360 You got a pan done, eh? Yeah, man. 303 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,520 Little bit of a sample out of, er, that top riffle. I'm a bit excited. 304 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,280 We're all excited, mate. 305 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,160 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 306 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,240 Look at that. Ah. Oh, we got some colour. 307 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,240 All right, man. Let's take the powder out. 308 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,360 Look at that. That's what we want. Well, we're on the money. 309 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,720 The specks of gold weigh just a couple of grammes, 310 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,520 but a full week of consistent dry blowing... 311 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,200 Fire her up, mate. Fire her up. 312 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,680 ..should bring them at least a two ounce, $5,000 payday. 313 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,600 I'm gonna get out of here now. The boys got it all running, they're getting gold, 314 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,720 so if they don't break it, it'll be all good. 315 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,680 Yeah, look, Nate's gone now. It's all in our hands. 316 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,480 Pretty sure I've got a good understanding of what's going on. 317 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,920 Oh, it's exciting. Everything going to plan so far. 318 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,080 We haven't hit nothing, that's a good thing. 319 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,800 We're absolutely pumping. We're running about 30 tonne an hour at the moment, but... 320 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:02,720 We've got a weather system coming this way. 321 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,040 If it turns in, this whole trip would be over. 322 00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:07,920 No, I really hope it's not gonna rain. If it rains... 323 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,240 No point of having a dry blower here, cos all the ground's gonna be wet. 324 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,840 Rain will turn the paydirt to mud, choking the dry blower, 325 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,640 and putting an end to the Gold Timers' operation 326 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,440 for days, if not weeks. 327 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,480 It just drops, it doesn't get any worse, so, we just... 328 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,720 Yeah, we need to keep dry dirt, without that dry dirt we're stuck. 329 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,280 Oh, man. This is not looking good. 330 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,240 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 331 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,960 SHANE: I just want to find a piece, not the dirty old can. 332 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,680 Well, if we just get higher up the ground... Yep. 333 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,440 ..we'll try and find a ridge and get up there, and that's where we'll work from. 334 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,640 OK. I'm total agreeing to that. 335 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,800 I don t like being in the river bed, there's too much material. 336 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,720 So we work our way up the creek, and we'll see what we can find. 337 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,280 In Western Australia, after failing to find gold 338 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,360 in the dried up Nullagine River, 339 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,640 Shane and Russell are switching their hunt 340 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,480 to the surrounding hills. 341 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,560 Make sure the hand brakes are nice and tight. (HAND BRAKES ENGAGING) 342 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,280 This is exciting. 343 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,920 Oh, getting my weary old body up here. 344 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,440 It looks pretty impressive, doesn't it? Stunning. 345 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:24,920 I'll be quite honest with you, 346 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,400 there wouldn't have been many people who get up here. 347 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,360 Not too many as bright as us, is there? 348 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,400 Well, Russell, let's go get our detectors out and do our thing. 349 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,360 I'm gonna concentrate on that there, 350 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,880 and I'll walk all the way down to the creek bed. 351 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,000 I might go for a walk across the top there. 352 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,360 Yeah, you go for the bit higher than me. You're a shy younger. 353 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,480 Hopefully, we can find some gold and get back on the board. But, erm... We need it. 354 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,960 I'm not making money at home, so it's pretty hard on the wife and the kids, 355 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,880 but end of the day, I'm doing this for them. I'm trying to make it better for them. 356 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,600 If we can stumble on a patch, 357 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,280 and I've heard of guys getting two kilos from a patch, I mean... 358 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:02,680 that's a big, that's a life changer, that is. That's a couple $100,000. 359 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,200 You got your... (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 360 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,240 I've got a signal just in this rock. 361 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,000 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 362 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,920 Well, that's a strong signal, but none of these other ones are hot, just that one. 363 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,880 I'll give it a hit and see how we go. 364 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,400 Hot rocks are stones that can contain gold... 365 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,400 Come on. ..and often have dense enough concentrations of iron minerals 366 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,240 to register as a metal to a detector. 367 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,400 I hit the ironstone on this corner here, so it might just be that. 368 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,120 You can see there, the tinge down the side there, that's ironstone. 369 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:36,200 I was hoping that was gonna be gold. It would have been a nice specimen, that one. 370 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,200 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 371 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,360 Sure, still there. Wonder how deep it is. 372 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,720 At least in plumbing I get paid to move soil. Here I get nothing. 373 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,360 Just gotta clean this out a bit better. 374 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,440 It's something very tiny. 375 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,840 I can't even see it. Look how tiny that is. 376 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,600 I don't think it's gold, it's a bit of metal. 377 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,600 I'm gonna put that in my pocket. 378 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,960 So, that's another heartbreak. (METAL DETECTOR BUZZING) That's a different signal. 379 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,640 That's a good signal. That's nice and strong and sharp. 380 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,480 Please be gold. Please be gold. 381 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,120 (METAL DETECTOR BUZZING) Here we go. Come on. 382 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,440 Yeah. (EXCLAIMS) 383 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,520 A lump of lead, bullet. That's an old .22 calibre. 384 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,720 That could have been 50 years ago. Could have been 70 years ago. 385 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,240 I had a very, very disappointing day. 386 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,640 I just didn't find any gold, and I thought there wouldn't be much other material here, 387 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,640 but it's riddled with bullets and bits of metal and all sorts, 388 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,680 so, been very disappointing. 389 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,520 How are we looking? 390 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,600 No good, Russell. 391 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,920 How are you going? Huh... That's it. Bullets. 392 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,880 Yeah, well, I'm in the same position. 393 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,080 No gold. We're off. 394 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,760 OK, we gave this a red hot go anyway. 395 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,960 It's definitely no good for our present target, 396 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,600 and no good for our morale, and it's getting hotter, 397 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,480 and it's not getting any easier. 398 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:03,250 2 00:21:03.400 -- 00:21:05.240 align:middle line:90% position:50% ETHAN: Er, Brent's on the dozer. 399 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,240 I'm pushing all the top soil up into heaps. 400 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,200 We've got an area here that we can start digging out our holes. 401 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,520 Bringing them up and out within that basically, 402 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,400 hopefully we get two peds going. 403 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,800 In Victoria, The Poseidon Crew have started mining 404 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,560 the Catto family's pastoral lease, 405 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,800 the first time it's been done in 150 years. 406 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,240 Normally, we'd push off a bit more ground, 407 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,760 but right now I want to find out what the bottom is like 408 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,080 and start pulling out some chunks of gold. 409 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,520 This unique paddock once held some of the biggest nuggets 410 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,640 ever found in Australia. 411 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,080 Well, this is our first bucket going in the truck, mate. 412 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,120 That's it. Perfect. Always, bud. 413 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,240 Keep coming, mate. Keep coming. 414 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,120 Yeah, that'll do. You reached. 415 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,560 This is a big moment. It is, mate. It is. 416 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,960 It'll be even better if we get something out of it. 417 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,840 Brent and Ethan are separating the less promising top soil 418 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,880 from the gold-bearing levels of gravel and clay 419 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,040 sitting just above the bedrock bottom 420 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,760 where most of the big nuggets were found. 421 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,200 It's the bedrock where the gravel's hit the bedrock. 422 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,560 We are literally a stone throw 423 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,480 from where a 1,700 ounce nugget had been found. 424 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,880 I want to get to the bottom around 12ft deep, 425 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,040 to the top of the bedrock. That's where they found the nuggets. 426 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:29,640 I just want to get down there and really get as much gold on the scale 427 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,800 before the end of the season. Cos time is running out. 428 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,800 Hey, Eth. Yeah, mate, take that load, Eth. 429 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,120 Yeah, right. How's the ground looking like? 430 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,720 They've absolutely smashed this ground most places, 431 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:47,480 but it looks like there's a little bit of virgin gravel they've actually left here. 432 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,840 I'm gonna jump out and have a look, Brent. 433 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,320 Look at that. Do you see that? 434 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,480 That orange stuff is actually red gravels and clays that haven't been turned over. 435 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,600 That's all we know. That's half encouraging. 436 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,040 That is, cos it's the first dig and they've left little patches like that. 437 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,480 If I leave little patches like this, exactly, Eth. 438 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,360 Yes, we might dig for days with nothing... I know. 439 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,120 I only have to leave a patch like that and we could find a nugget...like that. 440 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,800 Well, as you can see, that rock, 441 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,840 that rock could be... Could be a nugget. 442 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:17,880 Anyway, it's encouraging. It'll be fine. 443 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,960 What we're doing in this ground which we don't normally do is, 444 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,760 we're detecting everything, from top to bottom. 445 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,040 We have to take it all out and detect it because there could be gold, 446 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,080 two foot off the bottom, or it could be ten feet off the bottom. 447 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,600 We don't know, and we're not gonna take that risk. 448 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,680 We're running two peds... 449 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,480 the bottom and the top, and I'm doing the top. 450 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,880 I don't expect to find much here, but... 451 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,360 you never know what the Old Timers has left. 452 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,040 I've just jumped on this ped now, 453 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,960 just because we're running a little bit behind time basically, 454 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,920 that way, Brent can still continue to dump all the top sub soils out. 455 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,800 We haven't got much time left this season to reach targets, 456 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,000 so now it's just a matter of getting it up. 457 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,280 Digging done to actually start to rack up some gold on the scales. 458 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:03,520 You just never know though, in this ground. 459 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,160 This is a big elephant, nugget country here. 460 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,520 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 461 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,920 Brent, I've got a nice little sound here, mate. 462 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,120 Right, yeah, I'll come out and have a listen. 463 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,000 (DETECTOR BUZZING) Well, that's not too bad. 464 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,920 I've scraped it out. Oh, so you've scraped it out. 465 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,200 Go on, Mr. Gold. 466 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,680 (METAL DETECTOR BEEPING LOUDLY) 467 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,920 Look at that boy. (LAUGHS) You can pick it up, mate. 468 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,160 Look at that. Eh? Look at that. It's like a button. 469 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,000 (EXCLAIMS) Oh, beautiful. Oh, look at that. Eh! 470 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,200 You weren't far wrong. Beautiful, mate. About an ounce. 471 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,080 I'm getting a bit of a shake here, mate. 472 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,920 I'm getting a bit of a shake there. (LAUGHS) 473 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,400 It's just what the Poseidon Crew needs. 474 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,560 Almost two-thirds of the way through their season, 475 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:58,800 this 20 gramme nugget is worth at least $1,600. 476 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,840 It's all to pay wages, running costs, 477 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,920 and what it cost me to mine this ground, 478 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,600 I still haven't made a cent. 479 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,120 So, I need to find some more gold. 480 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:13,200 You know, we need around about $5,000 a week. 481 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,560 If we don't get that, you know, we're basically going backwards. 482 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,000 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) A bit of gold. 483 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,840 It's only a little tucker, but it's good to see them. 484 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,680 Hopefully, it'll start adding up. 485 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,960 Just gotta keep digging, and keep swinging. 486 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,960 Nice little bit. 487 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,800 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) Maybe two grammes. Not a bad little piece. 488 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,560 That's nice. 489 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,160 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) Eth. Eth. Come on and have a look, boys. 490 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,320 ETHAN: We're coming. 491 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,440 Will yous hurry up! Hey... 492 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,960 there's a 100 years nearly here... I know that. 493 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,680 ..walking across. I'm not waiting. I've spent long enough. (CHUCKLES) 494 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,800 There? Yeah. Do the honours. 495 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,200 You got the first grub. 496 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,000 Please don't disappoint us. 497 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,720 That's gold. (ALL CHEERING) 498 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,640 That is a little chunk. 499 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,720 That is a good little bit. Eh? 500 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,760 Told ya. Chunky gold. 501 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,000 Look, it's not a 50-ouncer. Hey, but that's a good sign. 502 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,080 Open it. We could get a smile there, eh. All right. (LAUGHS) 503 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,120 I'm happy with that. You know what? 504 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,880 If you pick one out of every ped, just one piece like that every ped, you're doing all right everyday. 505 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,520 Then get a monster nugget... and you're doing really well. That will pay the bills. 506 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,480 Correct. The other one's a bit of crap. Absolutely. 507 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,600 We ain't wasting our time here, Ethan. Good. 508 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,040 We won't be wasting our time here, mate. We will find some good gold here. 509 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,160 ROB: How did you sleep last night? TURBO: Ah! 510 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:39,960 Yeah, I was a bit (BLEEP) worried. 511 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,920 Each time I heard the pitter patter I opened my eyes and I went, 512 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,080 "Oh, God, please don't let this be shutting us down." 513 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,120 In western Australia, the Gold Timers, Rob and Turbo, 514 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,480 are hoping overnight rain hasn't soaked pay dirt, 515 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,680 stockpiled at their nearby lease. 516 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,240 And you know what it's like out here? 517 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,240 It could be dry there, and it could be 10 mill over there. 518 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,560 (LAUGHS) We've seen it before. Yep. 519 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,120 The pair have hired a dry blower for the week 520 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,320 from a neighbouring miner to recover fine gold. 521 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,440 They'll pay him a 25% cut of anything they find. 522 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,880 But the blower can't process water-laden pay dirt. 523 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,440 I just want to get working. Yeah, man. 524 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,160 We're not making gold if we're not running the dry blower. Yeah, that's right. 525 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,160 (GROANS) 526 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:33,920 This is a tell-tale here. 527 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,760 Beautiful! Let's do some dry blowing. 528 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,920 Well, we've had doubts to pull it. The rain didn't get down here. 529 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,640 Everything's beautiful. We're ready just to get started. 530 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,720 (GENERATOR STARTING) 531 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,680 Well, start her up. 532 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,920 We've got no power. 533 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,920 Bro, this isn't starting. 534 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,120 I've got no power. I flipped the switch and there's nothing. 535 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,360 It'll be better off to just give him a call. 536 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,880 I don't really want to touch anything, do we? Yeah. So... 537 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,320 No, mate, I don't. Yeah. 538 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,120 I've got... 539 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,160 It's very easy if we start something out here. Yeah. All right. 540 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,200 We've got the genny fired up. 541 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,640 We turned the main switch, and there's no power coming up to the board. 542 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,760 So, erm... 543 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,320 I'll have to try to find out what's going on with it. 544 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,200 I'll ring Nathan. 545 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,080 Mate, just remember, 546 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,000 if we broke this thing, we bought it, we don't have 40 grand. 547 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,400 So, erm, hopefully, it's something simple. 548 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,200 Look, this is our first day with it since he's left, 549 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,360 and I don't want to risk us... 550 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,880 doing anything wrong that could damage this machine. 551 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,720 So, yeah, I'll go make a call, mate. 552 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,680 Now I'm going to shoot up to the hill up here. 553 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,880 Try and get enough reception to give Nathan a ring. 554 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:02,000 The Gold Timers lease is 600km from the coast, 555 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,720 at the very edge of cell phone coverage. 556 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,280 (MOBILE PHONE RINGS) Nate. 557 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,600 Yeah, mate, it's Rob. Yeah, there is something going on. Erm... 558 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,440 I've gone and flicked the power button in the box 559 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,480 to crank everything up, and there's just no power. 560 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,640 I hope nothing has happened to this machine, 561 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,960 it's 40 grand we don't have. If we broke it, we bought it. 562 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,760 I'm really hoping it's something simple. 563 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,520 I don't know. I'm a bit stressed at the moment. 564 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,520 Check the lead to the genny? 565 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,600 Check the RCD switch. 566 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,840 That's really all it could be. 567 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,640 Yeah, Turbo. Have you got a copy, mate? 568 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,320 Yeah, mate, how'd you go? 569 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,120 Yeah, I got hold of him. Erm, he said... (CHUCKLES) 570 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,800 He said check the RCD. If I've shut one of them out of the right way, 571 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,800 it could have flipped the switch. So, yeah, check the RCD. 572 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:57,080 Not checking the residual current device... All right. ..or RCD, 573 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,720 is s a rookie mistake. Hey, Rob, dum-dum. 574 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,000 It's designed to switch off if there's any power surges 575 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,520 or electrical issues with the dry blower. 576 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,120 Yeah, I'll turn it on, see how we go. 577 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,480 How'd you go, mate? 578 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,920 Yeah, it was turned off, mate. 579 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,480 Hey, Rob did it again. (BLEEP) Dum-dum. 580 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,960 (LAUGHS) All right, mate. Well, that's good news. 581 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,040 (GENERATOR STARTS) 582 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,480 (SIGHS) That's, erm... 583 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,840 That's a big load off my shoulders. 584 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,880 Oh! Dum-dum. (MACHINE RUNNING) 585 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,320 Yeah, it's fixed. Back in business. 586 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,480 Got to load her up. Oh, happy days. 587 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,400 Everything's running, we're blowing dirt. 588 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,560 We've avoided rain, and we've avoided a catastrophe with the machine. 589 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,080 So, let's just get back into blowing some dirt. 590 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,120 Thank God it was that simple, man. (LAUGHS) 591 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,040 I was freaked out a bit, you know. It's not ours, 592 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,160 I didn't wanna go playing with that. 593 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,280 Always next time. Dum-dum. (BOTH LAUGHING) 594 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,440 All right, that's the end of that drum. 595 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,880 Things are going well. We're pumping out 30-plus tonnes an hour. 596 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,480 So we're really hoping there's gonna be a really good clean-up out of this. 597 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,840 We need it. 598 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,680 This is the last step in working this part of the lease, 599 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:23,720 before starting a process of returning the land to its original state. 600 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,680 Once you've done your pushing, you got to rehab your ground. 601 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,480 You bring all the dirt back, re-spread it, back-blade it, 602 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,720 bring any trees that you've scraped away, put them back into place. 603 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,320 It's a really important part of what you do out here. 604 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,360 Well, last bucket. Moment of truth, going to be the clean-up, 605 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,880 and hopefully we got a few ounces. 606 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,400 The Gold Timers have spent the better part of the week 607 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:53,040 feeding almost 1,000 tonnes of material into the dry blower. 608 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,680 Hey, mate, that's it. We're all done, mate. 609 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,240 Let's just go and see how much money we've made. 610 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,720 (SIGHS) 611 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,000 And, hopefully, eh... Well... 612 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,920 There's 20 ounces in there. Twenty ounces. There better be. 613 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,680 The next step is to separate tiny gold particles 614 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,400 from the remaining lightweight dirt and dust. 615 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,240 Let's go. 616 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,800 Right, so this is our clean-up station. A little loose sluice. 617 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:30,600 Pour our dirt in. The water there will start cleaning all the dirt and dust... 618 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,920 and the mud out of it. 619 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,480 And then we start brushing dirt. What it's doing is, it's letting all the fine gold 620 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,320 fall through to this little tray, which gets washed down onto the riffle mats. 621 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,800 Be the brush. It's gotta be the brush. 622 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,560 Eh, be the brush. Be the brush. 623 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,520 Oh, it's all boiling down to this, mate. 624 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,400 Well, if this pays off, then we've a bit of pressure on us. 625 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,600 We're over halfway the season now, 626 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,320 and we've only got five ounces... 627 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,280 We got some catching up to do on the gold counts, so... 628 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,200 We need at least a couple of ounces... Oh, yeah. ..seriously. 629 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,840 All the work we've done, it's been a hell of a week, man. Yup. 630 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:09,720 Come on, gold. Where are you? 631 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,720 Oh! Oh, look, there's a couple. (LAUGHING) 632 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,560 Dang! Here's another one. 633 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,840 Oh, we're starting to get onto it. (EXCLAIMS) 634 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,640 Eh? Got him. Got him. 635 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,520 Yeah, we're getting some pickings out. 636 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,920 This is the stuff that won't go through the screen. 637 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,120 All the fines are going straight through down into the riffles. 638 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,520 So, yeah, this is, er, this is what we're here for. 639 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,560 If we get a few pickings every scoop, 640 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,840 that'll amount to quite a lot of lighter stuff. 641 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,440 That's another bit. You got another one? Yeah. 642 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,160 (LAUGHS) Bang! 643 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,160 Well, this is exciting, mate. That's what we're here for, bro. 644 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:42,920 Well, that's a good sign. 645 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,360 We're on the gold. Yeah, we're on the gold, bro. 646 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:46,250 2 00:33:47.760 -- 00:33:50.240 align:middle line:90% position:50% Maybe we should check in a few of these valleys here. 647 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,520 I just hope they're not the valley of death. 648 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:59,840 Shane and Russell are travelling to some of the most remote areas in Western Australia 649 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,880 in search of big gold, 650 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,200 but they found nothing but rubbish this week. 651 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,960 We're in the Pilbara, and this is the Wild West. 652 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,160 Man, it's north, it's about 1,300km from Perth. 653 00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:13,560 We just gotta be careful of snakes in this grass, 654 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,600 but I'll find a nice clear spot for us and we'll be all right. 655 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,920 I like this, a bit of salt and pepper. 656 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,040 Just the right mix. I like this a lot. 657 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:27,960 Salt and pepper, is a mix of black ironstone and white quartz pebbles 658 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,640 that is often a good indicator of gold. 659 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,480 But what I don't like is this benefice. 660 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,440 You know what's in that, don't you? 661 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,200 Tell me. A Death Adder. 662 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,680 So you put these on. Well, it's just not worth the risk, Shane. 663 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,680 These are all very nice. You imagine that, 664 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,160 a pocket full of gold and you end up dead by a snake. 665 00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:48,720 There's a snake up here called the Death Adder. 666 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,520 And within half an hour, you might as well do a video, 667 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,440 tell your wife and kids you love 'em, 668 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,040 because it's all over. They're not gonna get you out. 669 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:57,880 This protection is a gaiter. 670 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,880 So, it's just a hard layer, just around the calf. 671 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,560 We're gonna be all right. 672 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,920 Oh, I'm gonna go through it. 673 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,320 I'm glad I got these gaiters on. 674 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,280 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 675 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,880 (LOUDER METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 676 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,280 That's a good sound. 677 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,280 I'm going to have a scrape. 678 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,720 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) I've got a sound here. 679 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,760 Right, it's in my hand. 680 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,120 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) It's still in here. 681 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,960 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) So I'll just go halfway now. 682 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,280 Still in here. Still in my scoop. 683 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,040 Oh! There it is. There. Look at that. 684 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,000 I'd say it's about 0.8, 685 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,320 but it's got quite a bit of ironstone in it. 686 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,360 But I don't care, it's a piece of gold. 687 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,440 The nugget is worth about $60, 688 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,840 and it's the first gold they found 689 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,400 after nearly three days of hard work. 690 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,520 That's in the bin, one for Shaney boy. 691 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,520 Well, hopefully, Shane's finding some gold, cos it's been a bit quiet. 692 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,480 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 693 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,840 That's a signal. It's just slight, it's a signal. 694 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,080 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) (LAUGHS) You beauty. 695 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,480 (METAL DETECTOR BUZZING) 696 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,160 (EXCLAIMS, LAUGHS) 697 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:34,000 That's a nugget. That's five or six, at least. I'd have to weigh it up to find out, 698 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,160 but that's my biggest bit for a long time. 699 00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:39,920 Unbelievable. You beauty. There might be more. 700 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,040 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 701 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,920 Gee, that's too convincing. It sounds like a bullet to me. 702 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,760 Oh, yeah. I should be able to see that, it's on the top. 703 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,000 It's here somewhere. 704 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,200 I've probably heard about it a million times. 705 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,280 This is what you call a Sunbaker. 706 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,480 It's just a piece of gold that's just been sitting on the surface. 707 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,360 I don't need a detector to find this. 708 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,480 Look at that, covered in ironstone. 709 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,200 You know what? I've got two bits of gold in this container. Now I can rattle. 710 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,360 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) That's not bad, that is. 711 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,720 Just like that, it's what we want. 712 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,680 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 713 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,080 (METAL DETECTOR STATIC) 714 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,920 Ha, ha. You little beauty. 715 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,080 That's gold. That's specimen. That's got gold right through it. 716 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,080 It's got a big section of gold this side, 717 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,000 and it's got gold splatter right through on the other side. 718 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,360 That's gonna be an ounce at least, that is. 719 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,680 That's as good as money in the bank, that is. 720 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:47,280 BRENT: All right, boys. Let's actually see what we've got. 721 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,600 In Victoria, The Poseidon Crew are eager to find out 722 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,000 if the first week of digging on their new lease 723 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,360 was profitable or not. 724 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,400 We got a late start, we met the Cattos, 725 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,000 we pushed a bit off, found a little bit of gold, 726 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,440 between that and keeping the light running late, 727 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,480 I think we've done OK. 728 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,880 I think so, too, mate. Plus, just finding our feet, it's a new site. 729 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,000 It's been a while. What do you reckon, Pauly? 730 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,320 Happy back digging again? I'm happy. Finding gold. I can see that smile. 731 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,040 I like finding gold. We can't wait. 732 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,160 I like finding gold. We can smell it. Yeah. 733 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:21,840 All right. What do we got here? Let's weigh this stuff up, eh. 734 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,800 But anyway, it's not too bad. 735 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,880 So, I'm weighing the small stuff, boys. 736 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:32,040 We got 0.7... 737 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,080 Yeah. ..which is, you know, all right. 738 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,480 Plus these slightly bigger ones. 739 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,320 You've got 1.38. Yeah. 740 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:45,160 And then all up, boys. We've got... 741 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,680 ..2.09. 742 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,960 Not too bad for the time we were pushing on that. Which is all right. 743 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,080 We got gold every haul we pulled out. That's the main thing. 744 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,560 I reckon that's a good start, really. Absolutely. 745 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,760 The first two ounces of gold from Catto's Paddock 746 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,040 are barely enough to pay their expenses for the week, 747 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,840 but they're proof the Old Timers left gold's behind. 748 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:13,360 Considering the amount of digging we've actually done here, this is all right. 749 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,520 Considering how much they flogged this ground... I think so. 750 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,440 ..this is good gold. And it's heavy little pieces, too. 751 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:23,120 It's a little bit heavy. It's quite solid, so... This place must've been rich. 752 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,440 This must have been rich. Would've been exciting. 753 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,480 Oh, mate, imagine being here when that was first here, mate. 754 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:34,680 And now I'm hearing that a 1,700-ouncer being just found, and a 795... 755 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,360 It's only just a matter of time, boys, before we come across a good slug. 756 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:42,040 I agree. It really is. I do agree. It really is. Absolutely. Yeah, OK. 757 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,080 Let's go on. Well done. 758 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,960 RUSSELL: How's this country, eh? SHANE: It's unbelievable. 759 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,080 I just can't get over the gold that's up here. That's ridiculous. 760 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,640 In Western Australia, Shane and Russell 761 00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:00,800 are hoping that they've clawed back some of the expenses 762 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:05,160 from their season-long trip, costing them $5,000 a week. 763 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,000 See if it's worthwhile being here. 764 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,040 It's a good-sized gold. 765 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,200 Beautiful-sized gold. 766 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,880 1.67. That's not bad. 767 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,240 Russell, tell me what that is in dollars. That's about four Gs. 768 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,320 Just over. Very good, Russell. 769 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,560 Very good. That's good. And then this specie, 770 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,240 I reckon it's about 15 grands worth of gold in here. Let me have a look at that. 771 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,160 The gold shed right through coming out the other side as well, 772 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:35,880 so that, there could be a huge amount in the middle. 773 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,560 All gold there. We'll crush it and weigh it. Weigh it up. 774 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,440 I reckon it'll be, I feel at about 15 grammes in there. OK. 775 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,440 3.1, so... 776 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,920 I reckon about 2.1 ounces is what we've got. Just hit me with me a number. 777 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,320 Oh, that's over $5,000. That's good enough for me. 778 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,520 That's very good. It's all right. That's a very, very good week. 779 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:58,880 Russell has estimated that a third of the 1.5-ounce specimen is gold. 780 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:03,280 The haul means they've finally covered their expenses for the week. 781 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,640 So, the bottom line is we're still in the game. 782 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,680 Worth staying in there, with that money. Just give it another week 783 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:12,640 and I might be able to find a couple of other spots for us to go to. Yeah? Mm. 784 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,960 Just be careful there. That's hard enough to find. 785 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:19,440 What are you doing there? The wind will blow it off. It's not gonna blow these ones off. 786 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,000 This is proper gold. This is big stuff. Yeah. 787 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:26,120 Well done, Russell. Game on, still. Game on. Let's go. Let's find some more. 788 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,120 We've done all right. Yep. We're still in the game. Let's do it. 789 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:30,920 Another week, eh? Yep. 790 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,440 ROB: All right. There he is. TURBO: Yeah, he's coming. 791 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,920 In Kookynie, Rob and Turbo 792 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,520 are about to find out how much gold they found this week, 793 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:46,520 and give Nathan, the dry blower owner, his 25% cut. 794 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,480 Nathan. Hey, y'all. How are ya? 795 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,120 Good. Cut the draws on the machine, I hear. 796 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,760 Yeah. So, yeah, now he wants me to say. Yeah. 797 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,480 Because I know how to use a power player. (BOTH LAUGH) 798 00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,040 On and off? Ah, yeah. Yeah, mate. Yeah. 799 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,880 We got a little bit of gold for you. Good news or bad news? 800 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,960 No. Hold it, you have a feeling. Yeah. 801 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,200 Have a bit of a guesstimation. 802 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,560 Oh, that's pretty good. Three ounces, maybe? 803 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,080 Yeah, I'm calling two and a half. Mm-hm. 804 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,640 2.8, something like that. Well, it looks pretty good. 805 00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:19,320 That's a good weight there. We're all getting paid, I know that. Yeah. Payday. 806 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,680 Let's see how much it's gonna be. All right, boys. 807 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:23,600 All right, this is the moment of truth. 808 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:29,520 0.5... 809 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,520 One, one and a half, two, three, three and a half... 810 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,600 Four, four ounces. That's pretty good, boys. 811 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,240 (LAUGHTER) Yeah. Go on, take out your percentage. 812 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,680 The Gold Timers will keep three out of four ounces 813 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,800 in their best weigh-in of the season, 814 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:49,480 giving them a real chance of finally making their target this year. 815 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,840 Well, there's an ounce straight up, mate, for you. 816 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,840 Yeah, I appreciate it, it's good. 817 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,040 But, look, after this week, do you reckon we could continue this on 818 00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,760 for another week on the same percent? Yeah, sure. Yeah? 819 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,240 I'll be happy to do it. All right. Well, that's... 820 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:06,040 Keep bringing results like that, you can keep it for as long as you want. Yeah. 821 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:07,760 All right, mate. Done deal, mate. 822 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,680 What do you reckon? Shall we go have a few beers at the pub 823 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,040 and celebrate? Yeah, Rob's share. No, your share, mate. (LAUGHTER) 824 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,280 Yeah, let's do it. Right. Let's go. Let's go have a few beers. 825 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:20,880 Subtitles by Deluxe