1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,560 NARRATOR: This time on Aussie Gold Hunters. 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,560 Our chances of hitting that target are a little bit now. 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,160 Marcus, Linden and Dale desperately need new ground 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,320 before intense heat shuts down their operation. 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,320 Ha-ha! Giddy-up! Look out now. 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,360 But a 90-tonne loader 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,280 and a close friend's lease could save their season. 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,360 Ha-hey! (LAUGHS) 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,440 Yeah! 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,720 In Victoria, the Poseidon crew's hopes 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,240 for a 1,000-ounce nugget are slipping through their fingers... 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,400 This could end up being our worst season ever. 13 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:37,760 ..as they hit yet another setback. 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,800 Wait! 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,560 Can't take a trick at the minute. No gold, but now a puncture. 16 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,640 She's all yours. In the final weeks of their season, 17 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,000 Shane and Russell take a huge gamble. 18 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,680 You just bought a gold mine. We just bought a gold mine, Russell. 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,080 But their plan to hit season target... 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,440 Shane! Shut her down, shut her down! 21 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,200 ..comes to a grinding halt. 22 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,840 Oh, you're joking. Broken a shaft. 23 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,360 (WIND WHISTLING) 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,800 Have a look at that. There's a right big head under there. 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,920 It's kind of hard to imagine the old-timers were actually down 26 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 and under here 150 years ago, 27 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,640 toiling away, working away with pick and shovel. 28 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,280 There's a good indication the old boys might have been onto something here. 29 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,600 We've got a real advantage. What took them weeks, 30 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,440 we can do just in hours. We're doing this with excavators 31 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,320 and modern equipment. I'm just really hoping they've left 32 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,120 something behind for us. We definitely need something badly right now. 33 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,960 NARRATOR: In the Golden Triangle region of Victoria 34 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,040 are the Poseidon crew, 35 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,480 Brent Shannon and his brother-in-law Ethan West. 36 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,640 They're just in front of you there, Eth. 37 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Yeah, keep coming, Cayden. Perfect, mate. 38 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,120 With time running out, they've drafted Brent's 39 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,000 15-year-old son Cayden to help excavate 40 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,080 the historic Catto's Paddock. 41 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,440 Thanks for coming out and giving us a hand today, Cayden. 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,920 We need as much hands as we can get on deck, mate, 43 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,600 to get as much gold out of the ground. No problem, Dad. 44 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,800 Hopefully a big nugget turns up sooner rather than later. 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,480 With the results we're seeing right now here at Catto's 46 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,120 and what time we've got left, this could end up being 47 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,320 our worst season ever. 48 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,480 I ain't got much time left in this season 49 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,200 and I've gotta find a lot of gold to even make a half-decent target. 50 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,280 It's high risk, high reward. 51 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,360 You can go, you know, broke in a heartbeat out here. 52 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,440 It's not an easy game. 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,360 Are you all right, Kade, to keep coming, mate? 54 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,240 Righto. I left behind a lot 55 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,960 to live this dream out. This is a huge gamble. 56 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,920 We're searching now for the biggest pay day of our lives. 57 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,200 We're looking for a needle in a haystack. 58 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,280 Expectation is really high. 59 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,920 This is huge nugget ground. 60 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,040 But getting that gold, you start doubting everything. 61 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,440 NARRATOR: This season, Brent's took the biggest chance 62 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,640 of his mining career when he sold 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,280 his million-dollar wash plant operation 64 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,560 and remaining gold leases to help secure 65 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:21,720 the five-hectare Catto's Paddock site. 66 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,840 Catto's Paddock has got a massive gold history. 67 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,680 Nearly one third of all of Victoria's largest nuggets 68 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,760 have been found in this paddock, in the join. 69 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,240 And to get a chance to dig it with modern equipment 70 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,320 and nobody else has dug it before, we are in a massive chance 71 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,400 to find some massive gold. 72 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,120 But for the past few weeks, they've struggled just to cover costs. 73 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,840 Three-point-zero-five. 74 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,240 I can feel the season slipping away right now. 75 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,120 That tally, you know, he wants a 1,000-ounce nugget, whatever, 76 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,760 it's not a living. 77 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,960 Right now the pressure is on big time. 78 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,040 Burning though about 400 bucks a day 79 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,760 between the excavator and dump truck running around. 80 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,280 Plus, there's land owners to pay, there's Ethan to pay. 81 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,920 You know, it costs a lot of money to do all this. 82 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,480 And, uh, you know, you've gotta have a lot of gold 83 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,400 start coming out of the ground. I've put a lot eggs in one basket 84 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,720 with this paddock. If this gets continues like this, 85 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,800 we're gonna be in trouble. 86 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,760 Hey, Cayden, just out of the truck, mate. I wanna show you something. 87 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:23,840 Yeah, righto. 88 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,440 We're working a big, wide and ancient riverbed. 89 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,880 OK? There was water flowing through here 90 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,000 millions and millions of years ago. 91 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,600 It's all been sedimented over and created the landscape we've got now. 92 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,480 Yeah. What do you see through that wall through there? 93 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,560 All the same dirt. Boring, nothing. Yeah. 94 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,720 But more importantly, what don't you see? 95 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,320 You don't see any gravels. Nothing. No... 96 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,440 Why don't you see that? They've... 97 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,800 The old boys went through it all, got it all. To get the gold out of it. 98 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,480 The gold's on the bottom of that river-washed crevice. 99 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,760 Now have a look at this. 100 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:03,040 Have a look at that. So that is untouched ground. 101 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,680 Virgin ground. They've left us that there, untouched ground, 102 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:09,960 and we're about to find out what's in it. 103 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,560 This guarantee us gold, but guess what it does. 104 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,080 Give us a big chance. It raises the chances 105 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,520 from down here to up here. 106 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,680 It's exciting. It's exciting all right. 107 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,520 When I see that I get rather excited, I can tell you. 108 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,040 (LAUGHS) 109 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,400 Game on now. I believe we're in for a chance here, 110 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,000 but in big nugget country like this, 111 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,080 a bit of ground missed 112 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,200 could be a fortune for us. 113 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:37,440 Ethan, you got a copy there, mate? 114 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,880 Yeah, mate, I do. This ground is virgin ground, OK? 115 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,120 Virgin ground? Yeah, mate. 116 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,000 If there's anywhere there's gonna be gold, it's gonna be on this one. 117 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,360 Yeah, right, Cayden, take that all the way, mate. 118 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:55,760 Righto. This could be the moment we're waiting for. 119 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:58,920 Any time, any tick of the clock, any bucket, 120 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,440 there could be a life-changing nugget. 121 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,800 (AIR HISSING) 122 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,280 Dad, I think we've got a puncture. 123 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,880 Yeah, I can hear it, I can hear the air coming out. 124 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,200 Well, keep going, mate. Don't let it go flat. 125 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:19,080 Go take it over to the pad. I'll come over now. 126 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,640 Keep going, keep going. 127 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,520 (AIR HISSING) 128 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,840 Wait! 129 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,880 Yeah. Side wall puncture, mate. 130 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,400 It is a side wall? Keep going, mate. Go back. 131 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,160 Loaded tyres can often crack with age. 132 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,080 I can't believe it. A process accelerated 133 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,240 by UV rays, water and weather extremes. 134 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,600 Can't take a trick at the minute. No gold... 135 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,680 but now a puncture. 136 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,400 Tyres this size usually cost 6,000 dollars. 137 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,360 Take it forward a bit, Cayd. And the team have recently used 138 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,440 their only spare. 139 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,520 Hold her there for a second. 140 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,040 Yeah, right here, Eth. So when the tyre goes around, 141 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,840 it balloons out the bottom and the split opens up 142 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,640 and lets air out. 143 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,400 We're gonna have to just hopefully get some gold 144 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,000 to pay for time. It's just one thing after another, mate. 145 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,760 Never-ending at the minute. No gold, machinery. 146 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,960 I just can't believe it. 147 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,800 So where are you taking me, Shane? The season's nearly over, mate. 148 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,120 It's gonna 50 degrees out here very shortly. 149 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,480 Some of the biggest gold deposits in the world are here. 150 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,120 NARRATOR: Over 2,000 kilometres northwest, 151 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,240 near the town of Leonora, 152 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,520 prospecting partners Shane Calegari 153 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,720 and Russell Nash are on the hunt for new ground 154 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,800 as time runs out on their season. 155 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:53,120 We've got a couple of weeks left and it's getting stinking out here now - 48-50 degrees. 156 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,200 We are miles behind on where we should be. 157 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,720 Heard about a tenement for sale around here 158 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,320 from a mate of a mate of mine. 159 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,040 It's just down the road from the Goana Patch, 160 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,120 where some prospectors in the '80s 161 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,600 found 2,000 ounces in a very short period of time. 162 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,640 And it's also next to a very large open cut mine, 163 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,160 which only the other day I heard they found a piece of gold there 164 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,200 worth about 80,000 dollars. 165 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,680 So I think it will be a big win for us. 166 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,280 Hopefully he's right cos we need a change of fortunes 167 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,800 because at this stage we're going downhill big time. 168 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,520 So we need some good country with some good gold. 169 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,600 (CAR DOOR OPENS) 170 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,320 Oh! (CAR DOOR CLOSES) 171 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,000 This is the tenement. It's 300-odd hectares. 172 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,160 Got a PAW, it's got absolutely everything we need 173 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,680 to start prospecting. We can just start digging. 174 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,960 As soon as I cut the deal with the bloke, we can start playing around. 175 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,280 NARRATOR: Shane's POW, or programme of work, 176 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,960 it's official approval from the Mines Department 177 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,320 to use machinery to dig ground. 178 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,960 I've got a bit of money. I don't mind contributing that to it. 179 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,040 It's not your responsibility. It's all my responsibility 180 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,320 and that's the end of the story. I don't want to be dying wondering. 181 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,920 I'm quite prepared to pay my dough. I just haven't got time at my age. 182 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,640 I've got to get on with stuff. And that's his nest egg, 183 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,160 that's his retirement and it puts some pressure on me. 184 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,240 It means I've got to try and provide 185 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,680 and make it a windfall for us both. 186 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,720 I hope you're right. I am right. 187 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,000 There's no tomorrows. We've got to do it. 188 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,080 It's very, very important that we succeed. 189 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,160 A, to be loyal to Russell. 190 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,920 He's done the whole journey with me and now it's my turn to reciprocate. 191 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,400 I'm at the end of my career. Russell's still got 192 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,800 a good many years to go. He's got bills, he's got family to support 193 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,200 and he's got to look after his future. 194 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,640 All right. See you, guys. See you! Be safe. 195 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,760 Be good. We're off. Love you. 196 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,120 NARRATOR: This season the pair left their families in the city of Perth 197 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,120 to navigate a 3,000-kilometre expedition 198 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,640 through Western Australia's most isolated goldfields. 199 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,720 The further you go up in this country, 200 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,960 the bigger the gold deposits are because most people prospect 201 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,840 closer to the city. But despite some successful weigh-ins... 202 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,920 1.966. 203 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,040 ..the pair are still a long way from their 20-ounce target. 204 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,920 Yeah, we've got nine ounces. It's a lot of gold, but it's not enough. 205 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,520 By the time we start paying for cars and fuel and food, 206 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,240 it's not even paying my wage. 207 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,320 That's him there. 208 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,640 Well, we'll see how we go. 209 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:25,920 How you going, guys? All right. 210 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,240 How you going, Neville? Shane Calegari. 211 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,200 Russell Nash. How you going, Russ? Nice to meet you. How are you? 212 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,920 Good. Good to meet you. Your place, is it? Yeah, mate. 213 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,960 I've had it for about four years. 214 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,040 There's gold here? Oh, there's gold here all right, mate. 215 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,000 I found about 30 pieces down through here. 216 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,280 And, er... over the back - 217 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,680 I haven't even been over there. 218 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,000 I've got an old grader blade over there. 219 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,560 You can have that, you know? The whole lot's going. 220 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,640 That's it. I just want to retire. 221 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,720 OK, well, let's cut to the chase, Neville. What do you want for it? 222 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,960 Well, I'm looking at ten grand for it. 223 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,880 You know, there's still stacks of gold here, mate. 224 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,960 We haven't had a particularly good season, 225 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,920 but we're here now. I can find you 6,000. 226 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,040 (SIGHS) 6,000 dollars. 227 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,200 Whatever is on this tenement belongs to us 228 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,280 and that's the end of the story. 229 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,360 Hmmm. 230 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,560 Yeah, OK. 231 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,840 Done deal. I wanna get rid of it, so she's all yours. 232 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,920 OK. You just bought a goldmine. 233 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,880 I just bought a goldmine. We just bought a goldmine, Russell! 234 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,360 Well done. OK, Nev. Thank you, Nev. 235 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,440 Thanks very much. Not a prob. We haven't got a lot of time left. 236 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,560 It's been a long haul but it's not over 237 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,640 and hopefully in the next week, 238 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,840 Shane and I can make some good numbers. 239 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 (BIRD CAWS) 240 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,120 There's a little bit of steel. (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPS) 241 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,160 It sounded good, too. Hmm. 242 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,200 Things were looking quite up at the beginning of the season. 243 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,320 We got some nice nuggets, and before you know it, 244 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,920 um, things have just taken really a turn for the worse. 245 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,800 NARRATOR: In the goldfields of Western Australia, 246 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,440 Marcus, Linden and Dale are back detecting 247 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,520 publicly available ground 248 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,440 with just two weeks left in their season. 249 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,520 More rubbish. 250 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,520 It's been flogged, it's been used, it's been abused. 251 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,240 What are we doing out here, except wasting our time? 252 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,000 Getting to the point where it's pretty crucial times. 253 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,400 We've been here for a few hours now 254 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,920 and, er, she's really starting to warm up. 255 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,000 In just two weeks, intense summer heat 256 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,880 could reach almost 50 degrees Celsius 257 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,160 and force them to shut down their season for months. 258 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,560 It's gonna be a hard slog in these next couple of weeks. 259 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,400 But right now we've got no other option. We've just got to try 260 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,480 to find some gold. 261 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:59,280 Oh, gold, come on. 262 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,440 This is our third season 263 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,640 and we're so far away from our target it's not funny. 264 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,920 This could be the end. This could be the - 265 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,240 could be the last dance. You know, we're back at square one now. 266 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,760 It's almost as if we've taken five steps forward 267 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,840 and now 15 back. 268 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,440 Coming from an operation where we had machinery 269 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,720 and now, you know, having to walk again, 270 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,920 um, sort of breaks your spirit. 271 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,720 Just like cutting through butter. 272 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,920 (LAUGHS) 273 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,240 NARRATOR: Earlier this season, the team borrowed an eight-tonne loader. 274 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,440 Hey! (LAUGHS) ..to uncover gold on a private lease in Ora Banda. 275 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,640 (ALL LAUGHING) 276 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,520 Oh, look at that thing, man. It's looks like this pushing pad 277 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,240 is gonna be paying off. But they had to return the loader 278 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,800 to friend Dave Askew after just four weeks... 279 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,680 Yeah, I'm really sorry, boys. Nothing much I can do about it. 280 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,960 I've got to make a living, too, so. Yeah. Yeah, that's right, make. 281 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,120 ..leaving the team with no choice but to return to detecting 282 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,240 overworked public ground. 283 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,320 Our options are pretty slim now. 284 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,680 (EXHALES) (TEXT ALERT) 285 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,480 Dave. 286 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,560 Yeah, Dave's just said, you know, 287 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,720 "Meet me ASAP at the Ora Banda lease. 288 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,800 You need to get there now." 289 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,400 I hope everything is all right. We've only just given the machines back. 290 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,480 Yeah, just got a message from Dave 291 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:32,160 saying that we have to get back to the Ora Banda lease ASAP. 292 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,440 I hope you didn't break anything. 293 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,120 Yeah, now you've got me thinking about it, too. 294 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,120 It doesn't sound good and if something is damaged, 295 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,240 this is more costs. Costs that we can't cover right now 296 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,280 because we haven't found any gold. 297 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,600 Let's get over and see what the problem is. Yeah, for sure. 298 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,480 I hate to think what Dave's got to say to us 299 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,040 once we get over, man. Let's just wait and see. 300 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,480 I know that when I dropped that loader back 301 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,800 that it was in perfect working condition. 302 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,680 If something is wrong, we're skint, we can't pay for nothing. 303 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,480 I've got a family and-and-and, you know, 304 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,280 Dale's got expenses, too. Linden does. 305 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,640 You know, feeling the pressures financially. 306 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,560 If something is broke, it could be very expensive. 307 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,360 Fellas. How you going? (INDISTINCT) 308 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,600 Hey, man. Good to meet you. What's happening? What's going on? 309 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,480 What's happening, brother? Marcus. Come to check you out. 310 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,240 How you going, Dave? Dale, how are you doing? Good, mate. 311 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,800 Good to see you. So I suppose you're wondering why I called you out, eh? 312 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,880 Yeah. Yeah. Did he break something? 313 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,280 Remember before when I said if you break it, you own it? Yeah. 314 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,920 Well, you didn't break it. (LAUGHS) Oh, thank God! 315 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,960 See? Told you that, eh? The loader's good, man. (LAUGHTER) See? 316 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,120 We're a bit strapped for time before the heat comes. Yeah. 317 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,600 So I really need someone to help me do some pushing. 318 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,720 We need about a week. You'll be in a loader, 319 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,040 Linden and Dale on the detectors. Mm. 320 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,280 Big girl here... Yeah! 321 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,360 ..we're gonna be pushing with that. 322 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,640 So you guys are gonna be run off your feet. 323 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,280 I've got to ask you now how much you're gonna want. 324 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,240 This thing hold 1,500 litres of fuel. Yeah. Mm-hm. 325 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,160 And she's gonna use a bit of fuel. How about - how about we - 326 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,240 because we're using your machine, 327 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,680 your lease, your ground. 328 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,360 You decide. You decide. We're happy with that. 329 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,840 If we don't make a lot, we can't pay a lot. Yeah. 330 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,320 But we'll put it on a sliding scale. 331 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,360 50% as we start making more money. 332 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,240 This is after cost, don't forget. We've got to pay for the fuel. 333 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,120 Yeah. Yep? It sounds good. Yeah? Sounds good. Yeah. Yeah. 334 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,200 All right. Yeah, yeah, all good. 335 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,960 Dale. Thanks, mate. (LAUGHS) 336 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,480 I'm thinking the worst and-and... 337 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,720 before you know it, I mean, it's turned into, 338 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,120 I suppose, one of the best opportunities. 339 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,560 Yeah, how you going? It's Ethan West. 340 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,840 We normally bring in those very large tyres to you to get fixed. 341 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,760 We're just wondering, by any chance do you have any around? 342 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,480 MAN: No, sorry, mate. We're completely out of stock. 343 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,480 Oh, that's frustrating. Can't take a trick at the minute. 344 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,600 This could be a tyre puncture 345 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,880 that might keep us down for two or three days. 346 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,920 It's not going down immediately. 347 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,040 It's just every time the tyre rotates, it swishes the sidewall 348 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:20,680 and let's all the air out of it and it closes up again. 349 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,640 Right now we haven't got a spare and it's hurting us badly. 350 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,040 I've been ringing around now for some time 351 00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:28,760 and I haven't been able to source anything anywhere. 352 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,880 We can get this tyre repaired, but it's gonna take two to three days. 353 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,880 We'll have to keep operating on this puncture for the time being 354 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,080 and get as much virgin ground up as we can 355 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,160 before we send this tyre off. 356 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,120 Yeah, that'll do us. Cayden, go and suit up, mate. 357 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,680 Get ready for detecting. Yeah, righto. 358 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,560 Hey, Eth, do you wanna take over in the dump truck, mate? 359 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,800 We've gotta get as much of this dirt out as we can. Yeah, mate. 360 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,880 Just spade it up. 361 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,080 Right now the pressure is on, big time. 362 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,520 We're coming across a little bit of virgin ground, 363 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,560 which lifts the chances. 364 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,800 They keep leaving ground like this, 365 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,400 one of these days they're gonna make a mistake 366 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,480 and leave a monster nugget behind. 367 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,880 And we're in the game as long as we can keep digging. 368 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,360 Pressure's mounting on Dad cos he's got money going out 369 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,880 left, right and centre, but he's got no money coming in. 370 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,320 So I'm hoping I can find something for the boys. 371 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,120 All right, take that one away, Eth. Roger. 372 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,000 We've got to get back on the gold. I need to prove this ground 373 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,480 for myself and we need to find gold, 374 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,680 cos that is our business. 375 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,760 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING AND BEEPING) 376 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,440 It's a good sound. 377 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,200 Hey, Dad, have a listen to this target. 378 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,680 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING AND BEEPING) 379 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,520 All right. All right, I'm coming over. 380 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,600 That might be good. 381 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,880 I'm getting really excited about this target. 382 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,360 All right, mate. I tripped over. (LAUGHS) 383 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,680 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING AND BEEPING) Come on. 384 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,120 All right, give me a pick. Righto, Dad. 385 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,480 Do the honours. Oh, I hope it's a nice little piece. 386 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,560 We do need it. 387 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Go on, mate. 388 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,920 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING AND BEEPING) Oh, gold! 389 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,120 It is gold! Beauty. It is. 390 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,160 Ho-hoy! 391 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,400 There we go. (LAUGHS) Hey, you! 392 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,000 God! You're our lucky charm, my boy! (LAUGHS) 393 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,240 There we go. Finally. 394 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,480 I reckon you've hit the run of gold, Dad. 395 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,760 Oh, we're starting to hit some gold, Eth. 396 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,440 We're gonna start paying for some dump truck tyres. 397 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,160 NARRATOR: The nugget is worth around 1,900 dollars, 398 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,720 but the crew will need at least three more like this 399 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,880 just to pay for a new tyre. 400 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,960 I know it's not massive, but... 401 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,400 (LAUGHS) ..any gold at the moment is good. 402 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,600 Well, good-o! All right, let's get back to work. Righto. 403 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,600 We have to just keep chewing through the ground 404 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,480 and hopefully we can land one or two big bits, 405 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,600 or even three or four would be nice. 406 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,560 This is the grade of blade that he said. 407 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,200 But he said he's never used it, so we'll see how we go, but... 408 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,720 The thing he threw in as a so-called bonus - is that right? Yeah. It'll work. 409 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,800 Just hook it behind your toe ball. Yep. Hook it up behind the truck, put a heap of weight onto that. 410 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,320 Tow it along and that will clear the scrub for us. 411 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,240 It basically gives an opportunity to prospect where others haven't been. Exactly. 412 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,560 In Western Australia, Shane has gambled 6,000 dollars 413 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,200 of his retirement fund on the purchase of a new lease. 414 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,160 All right, Shane, bring it over. They are hoping that an adapted 415 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,360 grader blade, once used on a small excavator for surface levelling... 416 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,480 Here comes the drum roll! ..will give them an advantage 417 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,000 as they hunt for the 11 ounces they still need to make target. 418 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,120 It's a very large tenement. Over 300 hectares. 419 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,960 There's large nuggets around here somewhere, 420 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,000 and we can make our target if we can find a few of those. 421 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,800 Give it a whack. (INDISTINCT) the top out of the drum, 422 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,360 and then we put a heap of rocks and put some weight in that. 423 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,960 And that'll help the grader blade dig into the dirt and move the dirt out of the way. 424 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,520 Detectors have been around for 40 years, so a lot of people have walked around here. 425 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,680 So if we can get down a bit, just take out all the vegetation off the top, 426 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,960 it's becomes fresh, where no one has been and that's what we need. 427 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:08,960 Are you all right with this or what? You'll be all right? Yeah, I'm all right. That's good. 428 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,320 All right, Shane, I'm gonna put some weight on the back of this thing. 429 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,080 The more weight, the more depth you'll get. OK, Russell. 430 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,520 I reckon I can get 100 kilo in this. Just load it up, 431 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,600 then I can get cracking. 432 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,760 It's getting hotter here every day. 433 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,400 It's gonna be tough. It's got to be at least 42-43 at the moment. 434 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,960 Next week's forecast is even more, so. 435 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,600 We haven't long left in the season - two weeks - so every hour counts. 436 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,040 Just got to keep moving dirt - that's the key. 437 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:39,400 We need a bit of a reward here, so we can hopefully find some colour. 438 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,360 If not, we're in trouble. OK, mate, get into it! 439 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,240 Let's go! 440 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,040 It's dragging along. 441 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:56,320 Oh, that's working fantastic, that is. 442 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,560 This is a great idea. 443 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,600 Go wide, Shane, and then start running in closer. 444 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,960 We're just gonna go three of 400 mil. 445 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,720 Put a detector over it and see how we go. 446 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,200 Yeah, looking absolutely fantastic, even if I say so myself. 447 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,320 (METAL DETECTOR GENTLY HUMMING) 448 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,400 Come on, magic wand! 449 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,720 Find me some gold. 450 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,200 Yeah, it is pretty stressful. We are miles behind on where we should be. 451 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,800 We've only got half the target and it's not enough. 452 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,280 Really we need a minimum of ten grams a day. 453 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:38,560 That's only just. That's just keeping us alive. 454 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,280 That's - that's floating, that's not swimming. 455 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,320 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 456 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,920 I've got a sound here. I like it. 457 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,520 I just hope there's a nice bit of gold. 458 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,840 It will be nice to get the first bit of gold 459 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,760 after a scrape, you know? Just put that scraper to work 460 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,880 and it's worth the exercise 461 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,120 and spending time getting it all made up. 462 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,560 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) That's out. 463 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,760 It could be in this scoop here. I'm hopeful. 464 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,840 (DETECTOR WHOOPING LOUDLY) 465 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,840 I think it's in my hand. 466 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,240 (DETECTOR WHOOPING) 467 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,120 There it is! First bit of gold I've found 468 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,120 since we scraped. But this is two grams. 469 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,480 Probably worth about 160-180 dollars. 470 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,000 Nice piece of gold and I'm gonna find some more 471 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,120 of his brothers and sisters. 472 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,520 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Ha-ha! 473 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,600 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Hello. (LAUGHS) 474 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,920 Look at that. That's at least five or six, that is. 475 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,640 It's what we want. The nugget could be worth 476 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,800 up to 480 dollars. 477 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,440 Look at that. Beautiful piece of gold. 478 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,040 That's money in the bank straight away, that is. 479 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:03,320 You beauty. Well done, Russell. 480 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,480 You know the rule, don't you? Where's the two, there's four! 481 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,920 OK, well, just keep going. That's very good. 482 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 I'm liking this lease. 483 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:13,250 2 00:24:13.880 -- 00:24:15.880 align:middle line:90% position:50% Over there, Marcus. 484 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,600 Yeah, mate, we're all good. Thanks for coming out here again, 485 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,120 but it's the end, eh? Always a pleasure, brother. 486 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,440 NARRATOR: 240 kilometres south-west, 487 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,640 Marcus, Linden and Dale are helping push and detect 488 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,680 a friend's lease before blistering summer heat 489 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,200 shuts all mining down. 490 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,240 I'm looking forward to seeing that big loader in action there. 491 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,880 Well, at the end of the day you'll see this thing push. 492 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,960 You'll be galloping across... 493 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,440 (LAUGHS) Giddy-up! Look out now. 494 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,920 Looking back at that - the size of that thing there. 495 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,360 Reminds me of back in the day from when we were all up the mines. 496 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,200 NARRATOR: The 90-tonne loader boasts a five-metre-wide bucket 497 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,200 capable of shifting 11 cubic metres of dirt 498 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,280 with every push. 499 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:59,960 We're gonna need to be just really, really punching it, 500 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,880 pushing out the work, because Dave's on a time schedule 501 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,400 and so are we. I mean, we are almost at the end of the season. 502 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,120 Yeah, so, Dave, where do you want me to start, mate? 503 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,240 Just get those windrows out and just, er... flatten them out. 504 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,080 Otherwise I'm using 200 litres an hour. 505 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,200 It's costing me too much. Yeah, no. 506 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,280 All good, brother. I'll start that. 507 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:21,520 Marcus creates a level surface to detect 508 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,600 by flattening the windrows - 509 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,760 ridges of turned up dirt left by the big loader. 510 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,840 This machine, man, she's pushing quick. 511 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,480 Dale or Linden, this one is ready for you to come down 512 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,160 and have a quick look. Yeah, Dave's gonna be putting 513 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,440 the pressure on a bit, so let's go. 514 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,160 Let's get busy. We've still got a long way to reach our target. 515 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,560 So hopefully we can pull something out. 516 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,800 That's a - that's a big snake track there. 517 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,880 Right through there. Look at that. 518 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,360 You can see where it's come from. That side. 519 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,760 NARRATOR: Australia is home to 20 520 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,920 of the 25 most venomous snakes in the world. 521 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,240 Dave may have scared it off. 522 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,000 But, I mean, they are out here. 523 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,200 It just means that we've got to be on high alert 524 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,120 because, I mean, one bite from one of these - from... 525 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,560 Oh, man. This cord. 526 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,920 Sorry, man. I'm... (LAUGHS) 527 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,920 Oh. One bite from these things and we're gone, man. 528 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,280 We're - we're so far away and we are out in the bush. 529 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:26,600 The closest hospital is like hundreds of kilometres away. 530 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,360 I mean, we're talking some of the most venomous snakes in the world. 531 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,640 I've seen more snakes this year than I've seen the last ten years. 532 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,720 King Brown, you'd be dead in half an hour. If you've got... 533 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,680 a reasonably fit body, you might get away with it a bit longer, 534 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,080 but you haven't got a lot of time. 535 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,360 Come over and get into it, eh. 536 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,480 Just coming behind you now. Right. 537 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,080 (BLEEP) It's coming this way! 538 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:55,720 Far out. That's one of the most venomous snakes 539 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,800 in Australia. 540 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,200 Oh, man. 541 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,280 Dale, do you copy? 542 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,360 Yo. Um... 543 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,520 ..I've seen a you-know-what over here. 544 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,040 Is that why you are standing still? 545 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:13,120 (CHUCKLES) Yes. Oh. 546 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,200 Just by taking a bit of scrub off, 547 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,960 you know, that's where usually the snakes hide - 548 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,920 under sticks and all that. And Linden is petrified of them. 549 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Where? 550 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,600 See there? 551 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,680 Far out. 552 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,000 Gone. 553 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,120 You'll be all right. It can't stop you from looking for gold, bruv. 554 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,200 You've got to keep going. 555 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,120 Marcus, Marcus, where are you, man? 556 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,440 Yeah, right on my way down. 557 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,120 Pretty crucial times now. You know, for the season 558 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,720 we've had two-and-a-half ounces. It's - it's not enough at all 559 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,400 with the 20-ounce target that we set. 560 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,480 We've just got to keep going. 561 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,520 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 562 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,600 That sounds all right. 563 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,400 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 564 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,280 (CHUCKLES) Look at that. 565 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:13,360 (CHUCKLES) That's the first bit of gold. 566 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,400 It's only small, 567 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,560 but small things can lead to big things. 568 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,120 NARRATOR: The one-gram nugget is worth around 80 dollars. 569 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,400 Hey, boys, just letting you know I've found a small one up here. 570 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,480 Ah, good stuff! 571 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,960 Hey, Linden, do you wanna come over here and, um... 572 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,240 start walking these pads? 573 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,680 Yeah, I'll come over there in a minute. 574 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,360 I'm just, um... I'm just waiting till my nerves 575 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,440 settle a bit 576 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,520 and I'll come over there. 577 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,800 Oh, Linden. (CHUCKLES) 578 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,800 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Someone hasn't been there. 579 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,880 It's nice. Plenty of signal, that. 580 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,160 So there might be another one here, too. 581 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,800 NARRATOR: At their newly-purchased lease near Leonora, Shane and Russell 582 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,800 are on a run of nuggets... Oh! Look at that! 583 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,240 ..after clearing the surface of vegetation 584 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,320 with an old grader blade. 585 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,080 Oh, she's out. The grader's done a great job for us 586 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,160 and that's given us a big head start. 587 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,840 Oh, here it is. (LAUGHS) 588 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,280 Another one. That's why we do it - because of that. 589 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,600 The colour of gold. That's got to be a couple of grams at least. 590 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,920 NARRATOR: The nugget could be worth up to 160 dollars. 591 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,600 That nugget has been worn, so there's been a lot of dirt 592 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,280 travelled pass that, and that's washed the gold off. 593 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,840 So all the finer gold is gonna be further down the hill. 594 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,080 So we'll start working down the bottom there. I'll get the dry blower setup. 595 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,800 I'll do a big scrape down here. That'll hopefully give us another ten or 20 grams at least. 596 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,600 That's what we need. We haven't got a great deal of time left. 597 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,920 The dry blower gives us a bit of bread and butter, gives us fine gold. 598 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000 And I think it will be a big win for us. 599 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,840 You ready to eat some dust? Yeah, I'm ready. Come on, Rusty, 600 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,960 let's get on with it. (MOTOR RUNNING) 601 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,640 Whoa! Whoa! First go! (LAUGHS) 602 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,720 Well done, Rusty! You beauty. 603 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,120 Let's get into it. 604 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,240 We need 11 ounces and that's a big call. 605 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,040 But we've got the equipment, the detectors, the dry blower, 606 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,280 we've got the machine so we can shift some dirt, 607 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,400 hopefully find some gold. We need it. 608 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,760 NARRATOR: Paydirt is fed into the dry blower's hopper. 609 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,960 It then passes into a series of riffle trays 610 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,240 that use air and gravity to trap heavier gold particles, 611 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,880 while excess, lighter dirt is blown away. 612 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,080 We've got a couple of weeks left and I've got family at home 613 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,240 and the daughter has got a birthday coming up, which is pretty big, 614 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:38,400 and I've got to be home for that. And it's getting stinking hot out here now. 48-50 degrees. 615 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,000 So hopefully I'll find some gold, some good gold. 616 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,120 If this goes well, which it should do, 617 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,400 a couple of tonne an hour easy. 618 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,560 Let's make some good money. 619 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,720 (RATTLING) Shane! 620 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,800 Shut her down, shut her down! OK! 621 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,360 Shut her down, shut her - Yeah, not yet. 622 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,440 (MACHINE POWERING DOWN) 623 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,280 You are joking. You see that? 624 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,480 It's broken a shaft. 625 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,120 Oh, you're joking. It snapped, is it? 626 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,480 It's knocked the shaft out. Yep, straight through. 627 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,480 It's hot. It's 47-48 degrees. 628 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,560 Running on the pulley. 629 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,440 Only way I can fix that is to weld it, or get another shaft. 630 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,440 You've only got a couple of weeks left. Yeah, we've got nine ounces, but it's not enough. 631 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,440 We need 20. That was our goal and that's where we need to be. 632 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,280 Um, and the way we are going at the moment, we're not gonna see it. 633 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,840 You can take it into town and get it welded. You can do that. 634 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,120 Two hours there, two hours back. That's four hours it's down for. 635 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,240 Yeah, I mean, big setback. Without a dry blower, we are in big trouble. 636 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,560 So I'll try and see how I can get that fixed. 637 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,240 We can't afford to be down, not with two weeks of the season left. 638 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,360 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 639 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,120 Hey, there it is! It's another bit of gold! 640 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,840 15-18 grams, somewhere around that. 641 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,920 I've only done about a quarter of the pad 642 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,760 and I've already gotten this good result so far. 643 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,840 I'm excited now we are actually seeing some gold out of here. 644 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:02,960 It's not monstrous, but little bits add up. 645 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,080 NARRATOR: At Catto's Paddock, the Poseidon crew are racing 646 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,160 to remove as much dirt as possible 647 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,560 before a slow puncture makes their dump truck undriveable. 648 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,880 Right now we're working on borrowed time. 649 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,280 We've got a tyre puncture that's slowly going down 650 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,080 every time we roll around on it. And I'm not too sure exactly 651 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,160 how much longer it's gonna last. 652 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,720 Basically all we can do is just keep going 653 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,400 until, uh... until it goes flat. 654 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,120 Any time you've got to stop digging, 655 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,200 it's money you're losing. 656 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,480 It's opportunities that you're not gonna get. 657 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,920 Yeah, I can go, Eth. Roger. 658 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,600 The only chance we've got in finding 1,000 ounces 659 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,280 is to keep digging this ground. Each bucket we pull out 660 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,400 is the next bucket we're closer to finding that big nugget. 661 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,200 That glory nugget, that thousand ounces that I'm dreaming 662 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,360 and I'm not gonna give up the chase. 663 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,880 I think this tyre is done for now. 664 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,760 Yeah, look, that's knackered. 665 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,120 That's knackered. If I keep going on it, 666 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,280 what I could do is basically, um - it's just gonna rip off the rim. 667 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:09,560 And if the tyre falls off the rim, or comes off the rim, it's gonna be a nightmare to get off. 668 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,240 And, you know, it's just gonna be more frustration, more time waste. 669 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,440 Best bet is I'll just jump on the pad now, 670 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,520 go detect, help Cayd now. 671 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,600 It's not ideal in a time sensitive operation out here at all. 672 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,760 But you've just got to adapt and do the best you can. 673 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,840 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 674 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,320 All right. It's another good sound. 675 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,160 Ah-hey! It's another nice bit of gold, too. 676 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,440 Around tennish grams, I would say, for this one. 677 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,560 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 678 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,040 Hoping this is gold. 679 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,800 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) It sounds good, Eth. 680 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,880 It does sound good, Cayden. 681 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,560 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 682 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,080 There you go! Shane's got a target now. 683 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,880 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 684 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,200 Yeah, that is gold. Ah, that's good! 685 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,880 See if I've got a bit, too. 686 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,160 Should be out now. 687 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,160 There it is! 688 00:34:19,240 --> 00:34:21,240 Beautiful! 689 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,240 Yeah, a bit of gold, Eth! About 15-16 grams. 690 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,520 Somewhere around that. Good job, buddy. 691 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,400 NARRATOR: The nugget adds a much-needed 1,200 dollars 692 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,760 to their tally. Hey, Dad. 693 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,280 Yeah, buddy? I just got a pretty nice bit here. 694 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,080 About 15-16 grams, somewhere around that. 695 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,360 Oh, you ripper, mate. Keep 'em coming. 696 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,000 It's good. That's really good. 697 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,520 It's just good to see a little bit of colour come through. 698 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,200 It keeps the bills ticking along till we land the monster nugget. 699 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:53,040 2 00:34:53.040 -- 00:34:56.840 align:middle line:90% position:50% Hey, Marcus, just go around behind it, mate. Push it back. 700 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,880 Yeah, no worries, brother. 701 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,960 The temperature is starting to pick up. 702 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,480 It's so important that we keep an eye on each other, 703 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,640 that we look out for ourselves and we stay well-hydrated. 704 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,400 You know, we are careful not to get any heatstroke. 705 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,480 NARRATOR: Marcus, Linden and Dale 706 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,120 have spent the week working their friend Dave Askew's lease, 707 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,600 desperate to have a shot at making target 708 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,440 before summer heat shuts them down. 709 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,680 They're feeling the pinch. I don't want them to end their season 710 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,680 without making any money, so I've offered 50% after costs. 711 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,000 It's so important that, you know, 712 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,800 we get in here and we really do as much as we can, 713 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,280 because, you know, time is against us. 714 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,200 And, er, we need to start getting on some gold. 715 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,960 Uh, Dave, you got a copy there, bruvs? 716 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,320 Yo. Yeah, man, she's running really warm, 717 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,520 looking at the gauge. She's going up around the 100 mark. 718 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,560 I think I'm gonna have to shut her down. I don't want to cause any damage. 719 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,240 You can jump on a detector for us, then. 720 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,320 We're getting a bit behind here. 721 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,400 Yeah, no worries. 722 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,520 We are at a critical point in the season 723 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,880 where, you know, it's literally make or break time. 724 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,960 Come on, gold, where are you? 725 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,720 If we don't find gold, we are gonna have to really question 726 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,000 whether or not we are gonna continue. 727 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,280 Just got to keep it nice and low. 728 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,360 (METAL DETECTOR HUMMING) 729 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,000 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING AND BEEPING) 730 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,080 Ho-ho! (CHUCKLES) 731 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,480 That sounds good. There's a strong chance 732 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,040 that we're on to gold here. Let's go. 733 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,120 It's now or never. 734 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,960 Oh, it's not for the fainthearted. 735 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,160 Come on. (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING AND BEEPING) 736 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,000 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Oh, yeah! 737 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,080 Oh, that sounds cool. 738 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,160 This could be something 739 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:51,880 that'll put us up on the board. 740 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,040 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Ho-ho! 741 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,520 Oh-ho! Heh-heh-hey! 742 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,600 (LAUGHS) 743 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,600 Whoo-hoo! I reckon about half an ounce. 744 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,880 NARRATOR: Linden's first nugget for the week 745 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,200 is worth more than 1,200 dollars. 746 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,440 Look at that. That was just waiting for me 747 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,720 to come and pick her up. Oh. 748 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,280 (LAUGHS) 749 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,360 That's a decent nugget. 750 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,720 Can feel a bit of weight to that. Maybe just shy of an ounce. 751 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,360 This is what it's about right here. (LAUGHS) 752 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,360 Hopefully this is just a sign of bigger things, 753 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,440 bigger and better things to come. 754 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,840 That's what you call a gold nugget, baby. 755 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,920 Yeah. (LAUGHS) 756 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000 Whoo-hoo! 757 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,160 Yeah! (LAUGHS) 758 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,840 Here we come! 759 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,480 NARRATOR: 150 kilometres outside of Leonora, 760 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,680 Russell has returned from a four-hour round trip 761 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:57,040 to fix a broken driveshaft from their dry blower. 762 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,440 Couldn't weld it. It kept on busting. 763 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,000 But guess what. (LAUGHS) 764 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,240 Brand-new one. I'm gonna go sort this out, 765 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,280 bolt everything onto it, away we go. OK, well, go fit it. 766 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,360 Give me an hour. I'll go and detect. 767 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,720 Have you been finding gold? I'm going well, Russell. 768 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,200 We're on the gold! You beauty. Let's get into it. 769 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,960 We need the dry blower to work. That's our bread and butter. 770 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:20,200 We should be able to get at least 20 grams a day with this thing, at least. 771 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,040 And that's what we need. To make target, that's what we need. 772 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,000 I just have to bolt all the pulleys on and we're back in business, 773 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,280 and make some money. (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 774 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,360 I've got a sound here. 775 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,640 I hope this is a decent bit of gold. 776 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:39,880 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING AND BEEPING) 777 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,440 Right, I've got it in hand. 778 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,280 Look at that! 779 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,080 That's a nice piece of gold. Six or seven grams. 780 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,200 NARRATOR: The nugget is worth around 500 dollars. 781 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,480 It's a really decent-sized bit of gold. 782 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,600 That's it. Ready to go. Ready to rock 'n' roll. 783 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,240 Come on. 784 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:05,320 (MOTOR RUNNING) 785 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,400 (LAUGHS) 786 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,720 We are back in, Shane! Back in! 787 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,680 Let's go! 788 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,240 I'm pretty happy with that, Shane. It's looking good. 789 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,480 That's working better than it's ever worked. 790 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,040 We haven't got a lot of time left, but we can still make it. I'm not gonna give up yet. 791 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,040 Let's start lighting at up! Let's light her right up! 792 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:30,320 It's all about the tonnes. The dirt we can shift, the dirt we can put in the dry blower. 793 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,400 Go most of the night 794 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,480 and see how we go. 795 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,960 Have you got the gold, Cayd? Yeah, sure do. You beauty. 796 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:43,640 NARRATOR: In Victoria at the legendary Catto's Paddock lease, 797 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,080 the Poseidon crew's operation has been hampered 798 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,560 by a damaged tyre. OK. 799 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,280 Let's throw some gold on the scales. Here you go. 800 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,520 OK. 801 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,640 1.26 of smalls. Of smalls. All right, which is all right. 802 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:00,720 Where's the bigger ones, mate? 803 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,080 Right here. Throw it on. 804 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,800 So that's 1.75. 805 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:08,880 What's he doing? And... 806 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,920 the last bit. 807 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,560 That brings it to 2.52. 808 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,680 Considering the weight with that, mate, 809 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,960 I don't think that's really that bad. Yeah. 810 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:22,240 NARRATOR: This week's haul adds 6,300 dollars to their tally. 811 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,560 From where my expectations are... Yeah. 812 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,640 ..it's really poor. Yeah. 813 00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:29,640 Like, really poor. Expectations versus reality. 814 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:32,600 It's... But we are in big nugget country. 815 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,720 I think it's just a waiting game, mate. This will get us through, 816 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,280 but we're really waiting for that big one to pop out. Yeah. 817 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:42,360 And that's what's getting us through. It's nowhere near where we want to be, right? 818 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,960 We've got a 350-ounce target now, which I still think 819 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,760 could be achievable, and I believe we can achieve that in five seconds. 820 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,560 We're just gonna have to keep digging and keep digging. Yep. 821 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:55,080 And the nuggets will come. That's the way we've got to tackle it, mate. 822 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,840 Let's get going, eh? Righto. All right. 823 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,000 Eh, second last weigh-in. Let see how we went. 824 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,840 NARRATOR: Shane and Russell are about to find out 825 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:09,880 if the 6,000 dollars Shane spent buying their new Leonora lease 826 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,920 has paid off. 827 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,520 Hey, it feels pretty good to me. Give us a little feel. 828 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:19,280 I don't know if you got your money back yet. Come on, just have it out, Rusty! See how we go. 829 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,360 There's one. 830 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,240 There's two. Three. Look at that. 831 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,320 And there's my piece. 832 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,400 4.318. 833 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,560 Just under 11,000 dollars. Well, that's a very good effort. 834 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,240 That's not bad. That's our best ever, for sure. 835 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,120 Paid for the lease already. I've never seen so much gold. 836 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,880 It's fantastic. We are on the gold, and if we can stay on it 837 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,200 we're gonna make some money. It's great. 838 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,000 Don't forget we've got to make target, mate. Don't boast yet. 839 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,880 We have another seven ounces to find. It's gonna be a big week. 840 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,360 I think we deserve to go and have a drink and a nice feed. 841 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:55,080 Do you mind? Absolutely. Let's pack it up and let's get out of here. 842 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,920 Hey, you fellas! Hey, how are you? How you going, guys? 843 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,000 NARRATOR: Marcus, Linden and Dale 844 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:07,040 have spent the week working a lease owned by their friend Dave Askew, 845 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,520 desperate to have a shot at making target 846 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:11,920 before the summer heat shuts them down. 847 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,320 Thanks for coming and giving me a hand, eh. 848 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,800 No worries. Thanks for letting us come out. I've seen youse jumping around a lot. 849 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:22,000 You must have found a bit of gold. I reckon let's chuck it up on the table and see what we got. 850 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,200 Let's see what the numbers have to say. 851 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,280 Here you go! Look at that! 852 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:29,800 Wow! Look at that. 853 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,880 2.97. 854 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,960 (ALL CHEERING) 855 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,240 (LAUGHTER) Hey! Cool, mate! 856 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,600 Whoo-hoo! Everyone's happy. Yeah! 857 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,200 Everyone's happy. Thanks, mate. Good, good. 858 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,920 Very close to seven-and-a-half thousand dollars. 859 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,520 NARRATOR: After covering their 1,000-dollar weekly running costs, 860 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:49,600 the team's 50% split 861 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,160 adds 3,200 dollars to their tally. 862 00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:56,920 That's all right. That's all right. That's what it's all about. Yeah! 863 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,440 Good sizes there, guys. I appreciate the opportunity, Dave. 864 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,680 Thanks again, mate. Yeah. Thank you. 865 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,760 No worries. 866 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,080 I've got your phone number. You're on speed dial. 867 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,360 (INDISTINCT) Yeah. (LAUGHS) 868 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:12,960 (MUSIC PLAYING) 869 00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:29,720 Subtitles by Deluxe