This time on Aussie Gold Hunters...
Oh, man. ..in three corners of the continent,
prospectors fight extreme heat, humidity...
Come on, Jackhammer. ..and rain.
Get out, seriously!
In Victoria, a waterlogged Poseidon Crew...
I've got to go, mate. ..loses Ethan.
Ethan's going to be a dad again! ..forcing Cayden to step up.
There couldn't be many 15-year-olds driving 40-tonne trucks.
In Queensland, Jackie and Andrew struggle in 40-degree heat
to make the final push of their season.
This heat is unbearable.
But using a digger for the first time...
Look at that! ..could be key to hitting target.
That 30oz is in trouble now, mate!
And in the red dust of Western Australia...
How long have we got to think about it? A week.
..the Goldtimers try to cash in on a mining company buying up leases.
I want this to be over.
But deadly summer heat could end their season early.
I'm dizzy, bro. Shaking too.
You're all right, come on.
We've had a heap of rain overnight, more storms predicted.
Ethan isn't here, I don't know where he is.
It's just Cayden and I, we're way behind target.
But all we need is one big nugget and it could change everything.
In the state of Victoria, the Poseidon Crew are running out of time
to find the remaining 250oz needed to make their season target.
We're not tracking for a very good target.
We've only got maybe two weeks left in the season.
Cayden, take that one away, mate. Gently take off, OK?
Righto. I'll dump it on the other side of the topsoil pile.
Yeah, mate - good spot.
Mine boss Brent Shannon has called on his 15-year-old son Cayden
to boost the team
and get through as much ground as possible in the dying weeks.
Dad's under pressure.
Things are looking grim.
We're digging more than we should be digging ground to find gold,
but if we don't get this water out, we won't be finding any gold.
I've got to really step up to the plate,
got to be on the ball these next few days.
Yeah, beautiful, mate.
Hey, Cayden, what's the rain doing?
It says, about an 80% chance of rain,
20 to 40 mil coming later today or early tomorrow.
Did you say, 20 to 40 mil?
20 to 40. You better pray we don't get that.
You can't believe it.
All's we can do is dig, dig, dig as fast as we can to beat the weather,
and hopefully, we can get to a big nugget.
Brent is banking on the area's history of monster nuggets
now his dream of mining Catto's Paddock has finally come true.
We're in a massive chance to land something.
It's a bit of gold!
But so far, they've barely covered their weekly expenses
with the small nuggets they've found.
There is a real possibility that the old blokes grabbed all the big gold
and left us with the bits that aren't really worth digging for.
How you going, buddy? I thought you weren't going to make it,
I thought Chels must have had the baby. No, I had my phone on silent.
She's about to have the baby?
She's overdue now. Could be tomorrow, could be a week from now.
Ethan's wife Chelsey is about to give birth,
adding a second child to their growing family.
If I get a call, I'll have to take off.
The more we dig, the closer we are to that nugget we need.
All right, let's go.
One of them frustrating things.
I can't make gold appear and I can't make the baby come any quicker.
I want to be there for Chelsey, and I don't want to leave Brent.
When this baby comes, I'll be out of here for two weeks.
It's a hard road.
Right now, I'm feeling the pressure.
I believe in this paddock, but I want to see it delivering,
and I'll move heaven and earth to make that happen.
With most of the water finally removed,
the Poseidon Crew can get back to their usual process.
6 metre X 6 metre area.
We dig down to the bedrock, where the wash dirt sits,
throw it in the truck, take it to what we call the pad area.
Ethan bulldozes that out around about 4" to 6" deep,
and any gold will be detected.
We repeat that process, working across the paddock.
Hopefully, we'll come to an area
where they've left a good nugget behind.
This is meant to be the last push
to get as much ground moved as we can.
But I'm waiting for Chelsey any time to give me a call,
to say, "I'm in labour, get to the hospital."
We're ages away from the target, you know,
but we're in the highest large-nugget producing ground
in the world.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) That's a good sound there.
That's a really good sound!
That's out.
Hey-hey, beautiful!
It seems to be 6 to 8 grams, round about there, maybe 7. Exciting.
The first nugget of the week is worth over $500,
but with 150 tonnes of heavy earth-moving equipment,
it will only cover a single day's fuel costs.
We're all feeling the pinch. There's not much gold coming in.
We had high hopes of Catto's Paddock,
and we're really just picking scraps.
It's looking like it's more challenging than I thought,
and I'm feeling the pressure, to be brutally honest.
(PHONE ALERT)
Chelsey's in labour - I've got to go.
I need to go, mate. Chelsey's in labour now. You're kidding?
I've had a missed call.
I've got to go, mate, I've had a few missed calls! Woo-hoo!
What happened? Looks like Chels is having the baby.
Just drive safely, mate, will you?
I will. I've just got to get there.
Good luck, Eth. Thanks, mate.
Looks like it's just you and me. Yeah.
It's good, but bad timing. Very good. Well put, Cayden -
it's good, but bad timing.
You can see by all the turkey bush in here that
it hasn't been worked, so that's a good spot to have a push around.
Over 1,500km north, in tropical Queensland,
Jacqui Buzetti and Andrew Leahy have done a deal to work a friend,
Dan Herlaar's, lease...
It looks all right here, but just not getting anything.
..desperate to get the last ounces they need
before building heat ends their season.
Dan checked the spots we detected last week,
and it didn't lead to a run for him, which is a shame.
We've got to find richer ground, and we don't have much time left.
4.8oz to go on our target, and we've got to find Dan new ground.
Time is ticking, heat's coming in, that's for sure.
Yeah, pressure's pretty high at this stage.
Most days, it's getting up around 42.
You've got to stay on top of your hydration.
If you wait till you're thirsty, it's already too late.
This season has seriously been amazing for Andy and I.
We hit our target halfway through, we doubled it from 15oz to 30oz,
which is beyond any of our expectations.
This season, Jacqui and Andrew travelled to far-north Queensland
to work as guns for hire finding gold ground for lease owners
on the legendary Palmer River.
This is our first gig as lease explorers, it's exciting.
Woo! Yes, that's awesome. Good work, mate.
The first week was great. After that, it went a bit south.
I lost the keys to the car.
We camped out in limestone country, away from the gold.
Jacqui! But the duo's huge gamble soon paid off...
That's the biggest nugget I've ever found. 5.74oz of gold, mate.
..the Palmer River living up to its nickname...
River of Gold, right there.
..and ending with them working on Dan's ground as lease explorers.
When I've found gold on the surface, I've found gold down to the bedrock.
We'll find that surface gold, then you take over.
Whatever gold you guys find, youse can keep it. Oh, right, excellent.
It's been a long, hard season, and I need a break.
I also need to see my kids - I haven't seen them for months now.
I'm pretty keen to hit that 30oz so we can call it a day.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) This one actually sounds like a target.
Oh, nice.
Finally got some gold, what a relief.
It's not big, but it's what I'm looking for.
You've got to really push into these turkey bushes.
If you want to get underneath them, you've got to drive that coil in.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES)
What the hell's going on there?
I've given the coil a bit of a hit on that stump,
and now it's going berko.
Oh, no.
Oh, that's just great (!)
I've broken wires inside that coil for sure.
For a detector coil to work, electricity must flow uninterrupted
around a loop of wire on its edge. Dammit!
You got a copy, Jacqui? Yeah, copy.
You're not going to believe it, mate - I've broken a coil.
You're kidding? I'll jump in the ute and head to town.
Hopefully, they've got a spare. OK, good luck.
That means that I'm now out here alone while Andy goes shopping.
Having to get this coil will cost me half a day.
I've only got 4oz to go to reach that 30oz.
We might not reach our target now.
2 00:11:07.560 -- 00:11:10.720 align:middle line:90% position:50% I'm over the heat, mate. Oh, same, man.
This has got to be the last week. The other prospectors have left.
We're within striking distance, first time in three years.
In the goldfields of Western Australia,
Rob Dale and Rob "Turbo" Linton must find over 3.5oz of gold
to reach their 20oz target.
Today's the day, this is what we've been working up to.
They're meeting representatives of a mining company
who are buying nearby leases.
How much do you reckon we'll get? The neighbours got 100,000.
I'm hoping they'll come with a good, realistic offer.
The company has been paying well over the going rate,
which could result in a huge cash bonus for the Goldtimers
on top of their gold tally.
I'm hoping to make a heap of money,
maybe buy a new excavator, some bigger leases, who knows.
At the start of the season, everything burned.
The ute cost me around ten grand.
I can't do this, man, I really can't. I've just lost everything!
It was a big loss. We don't have money in the bank.
Selling the lease for good money,
we've got the potential to make that.
Fingers crossed it's going to pay off for us.
My main focus right now is, we've got 3.5oz to find.
We'll head to the creek.
We found good gold where we left off last week.
This is our last run home, so it's time to go mining.
Yeah, mate, we finished up here.
Looking on the map from the drone survey,
I reckon, if we keep working further down the creek,
we'll be onto some good gold. For sure.
Last week, they finally got the results
from a drone survey of their lease.
A lot of gold is associated with faults and structures and shears
all throughout that zone I've marked out.
It might be worth a shot for you guys to look at.
The survey showed signs of potential deep gold
attractive to mining companies as well as some surface deposits.
We're starting off where we finished off last week.
Hopefully, we finish off on a high and hit target, fingers crossed.
It's absolutely stifling out here.
In this heat, you've got to drink six, seven litres of water a day.
I've had heatstroke before, it caught me in the blink of an eye.
That was it, I was gone.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) Oh, that sounds nice.
We need this first nugget.
Sounds all right.
There it is - it's gold.
It's not big, but it's our first bit of gold in the new pushing.
That's a relief!
Hey, bro, I'm finished with this cut.
Copy that, bud.
Our first meeting with the company to potentially sell leases.
Let's see what happens out of this.
Hey, how are youse going? Yeah, good.
Rob. Turbo.
Mel. Turbo.
Youse have come to talk about your lease.
We're here for a mining company, they've given us an offer.
Yeah. We'll let youse give us an offer, then we'll go from there.
Basically, the offer is 20 grand.
Is that per lease?
No, that's both.
That's not what we're looking for, not now.
Our neighbour got 100,000 bucks for their lease.
Speaking of your neighbour, we looked up his drilling results,
and they came in at 3.5 grams per tonne,
whereas you have no results for these leases.
We got drone results, and there's gold on here.
We have seen the drone results, but we have seen better.
OK, yep.
How long have we got to think about it?
A week or so.
We'll have a think about it. Definitely.
Your choice.
Nice to meet you. No worries.
We'll get back to you in a week or so. No worries, mate.
Well, that was pretty disappointing, man.
They're really playing hardball.
Once they said the figure of 20,000, I was absolutely gutted.
Caught us a little bit by surprise,
thought it would be better than that.
Yeah, obviously, 20 grand is pretty disappointing.
Yeah, we won't be taking that offer.
I'm not getting any targets around here.
Today, things seem to be going from bad to worse.
Andy's broken a coil, so he's had to go into town to get another one.
I can't find any gold, and this heat is getting absolutely unbearable.
If Andy can't find a replacement coil and I can't find gold,
this could be the end of our season.
(BIRDS CALL)
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES)
Yeah, that's definitely a target.
(LAUGHS) Check that out.
Giant centipedes like this have pincers that inject venom
potent enough to kill small rodents and give humans a nasty sting.
Out you get. Sorry, buddy.
I'm not having you stinging me today.
It sounds big.
(LAUGHS) Yes!
That's a beauty!
It's probably about 6 grams there, hey - exactly what I'm looking for.
The Centipede Nugget. Such a relief, finding that.
It motives me to keep going.
At this stage, I don't even know
if Andy's going to be able to get a replacement coil.
How'd you go?
I had a win. (LAUGHS) Yes! Oh, thank God.
I know. What a relief, that's so good.
Check this out. Hey, that sounds all right.
That's from our new spot. That's a nice nug, well done.
Good $500 nug there. Thank you.
$500 coil, $500 nug. Where have YOU been? (LAUGHS)
There you go. Thank you.
Righto, time to go and test it out.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES)
Yeah, there's something down in there.
Ah, there it is.
There's probably a couple of grams of gold here.
One for the new coil.
This is a good, strong signal, hiding under timber.
I only just heard it, actually.
Now all I've got to do is find it.
Here we go. There it is - I felt that hitting my hand.
That's the biggest one I've found in Clermont this year.
The new coil paid for itself already.
Dan's going to be over the moon at these sort of finds.
A lease owner needs the big stuff.
This is exactly what he's looking for.
Hello, Dan. Hello, mate.
Onto a bit of a run down there, getting a few.
Have you done much digging in that area? Not really.
I think we've found our spot.
We've hit a few nuggets through this area.
We'll use the excavator and see if they go to depth.
I've used excavators on other leases.
It's been a few years, so, a bit of a refresher course
and I'll get used to it again.
Keys there on the back. Yeah.
That's your revs. That's to go forward and backwards.
Much the same as one I've driven.
You guys focus on this scrape.
What youse find, it's yours, just save me some area around it.
Will do, mate. Legend. Too easy. See you later on, mate.
This is our last roll of the dice.
We've got over 4oz to go to reach that 30oz target.
Hand tools aren't going to get us there, so we'll have a scrape.
We haven't got much time left now.
All right, Jackhammer, show us what you got. Sweet.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES)
That's definitely a target.
Look at that. There it is, right there.
(LAUGHS) Yes!
It's a nice one too - that's 3, 4 grams. Nice!
We're in this good layer, it feels like the right sort of ground.
Jackhammer, Jackhammer, Jackhammer! You can do it!
(LAUGHS) OK. (DETECTOR OSCILLATES)
That's a screamer!
Put your back into it, Andy!
It's out? I reckon it's right there.
Oh! Look at that.
Yes! (LAUGHS) That's a ripper.
Well done, mate. Yes! This is beautiful.
I'm starting to feel like our target is within reach, hopefully.
Righto. I'll do another scrape, see how we go. Perfect.
(TURNS KEY, ENGINE DOESN'T START) Oh, man!
I got nothing! What do you mean, it won't switch on?
No, it's just not starting.
When Dan's excavator stopped working, I was dreading the worst.
It's not kicking in at all.
As soon as that excavator stopped working, my heart absolutely sank.
Well, there you go! Ethan's going to be a dad.
Looks like it's just you and me, boy.
(LAUGHS) Yeah, sure is.
All's we can do it top it off with a big nugget, eh? Yeah.
Cayden's going to have to step it up a little bit.
We have to work a bit harder, that's for certain.
Cayden's only 15 years of age, and he handles it pretty damn well.
I couldn't be prouder.
Cayd, take that one away, go and dump it over the edge.
Righto, beautiful.
First, Cayden removes the overburden, or waste material,
to reach the pay dirt, which will then be detected on a pad.
I've really got to get my head in the game.
I'm only 15. There wouldn't be many other 15-year-olds
driving 40-tonne trucks.
I've just got to push through and do my best.
Beautiful. Keep going. Yeah, tip her there, mate.
Do you want to jump on the bulldozer, mate, back it back
so we can dump the pad material, mate?
Yeah, righto.
You know, my boy is doing a great job.
He's on his school holiday. He could be mucking around with his mates,
but he chooses to be out here, and he wants to find a big nugget.
After this, I'll jump back in the truck,
dump in front of the bulldozer, and Dad can jump back in
so it's here, all ready.
Take her back now, mate. Right hand down a little bit.
That's it, straighten her up now.
Keep her going. Yeah, dump her about there, mate.
Perfect.
Jump on your detector, mate, while I push this pad out.
Yeah, righto.
I really am hoping there's a bit of gold on this pad.
Only one way to find out.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES)
It's spiking a little bit.
(LAUGHS) Hey!
Beautiful.
We're getting a bit of gold, but it's like a needle in a haystack.
I believe there's good nuggets,
I want to find them before the season's out.
I hate losing. If we don't land a good nugget
by the end of the season, I feel like we've lost.
I'm hoping that this will be the paddock
that sets us up for retirement,
the paddock that might land us the 1,000-ouncer,
a $2.5, $3 million bit of gold.
They've been found here in the past,
there's every real chance we could find one in the future.
2 00:24:03.840 -- 00:24:06.280 align:middle line:68% position:50% There you go - have a look at that,
what the sunlight can do to a plastic bottle -
warped and melted.
And I'm detecting in this.
It's absolutely stifling out here,
probably 40-something degrees in the shade.
It's really starting to take its toll on me now.
I'm sick of sweating, sick of drinking water.
Just got to keep moving till we hit this target.
It's the end of the season now, starting to heat up.
A lot of prospectors have left.
It's just too hot out here, too dangerous.
In Western Australia, the Goldtimers are pushing to finish their season
before summer heat shuts them down.
Turbo's in the loader with no air-con, so I feel for him.
They're weighing up an offer from a mining company
to sell their two leases.
The deal they've offered us,
it's pretty much half of what we'd expected.
We haven't had any other offers. It's something we'll think about.
We've got 3.5oz to find, we don't have any time to lose.
The Goldtimers are pushing and scraping for deeper nuggets.
The ideal depth for each cut is 10cm to 15cm.
Most metal detectors have an effective range of around 30cm.
Any push deeper than that risks losing gold in the waste heap.
This season has the most pressure on us.
We haven't hit target once in the last couple of years.
I am not going to go home without a good paycheque.
I want to find 3.5oz and go home a winner.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) Oh.
There's a good noise there.
Depressing, when you're working in the heat
and you go a while without any gold.
As soon as you get a decent target like that, it changes everything.
There it is.
That's a much better bit of gold. Probably about 3 grams there.
Mate, I tell you what, we needed this.
It's so hot out here, I just want this to be over.
The nugget is worth $240...
Yes! ..but they'll need over 36 similar ones to get to 3.6oz.
That's a good target.
I've got two targets here!
One there and one there.
It's out.
Oh, man.
Oh, I got him. There it is.
Another nice bit.
Oh, man. Come on, target!
(SIGHS) Far out, man.
OK, I dropped it in that hole.
There it is.
It's right there. Oh, beautiful!
At least 3 grams, that one.
Normally I wouldn't say I'm sick of digging holes,
but in this heat, I am sick of digging holes.
(FLIES BUZZ) Urgh!
(GROANS)
Is Rob all right or what?
You all right? You look dizzy, bro.
My stomach is really cramping up, man. You're shaking too.
Get me out of the sun, bro. Come on.
All right, come on.
(GROANS) Into the car.
When I got to him, he had the shakes and he didn't know where he was.
Drink some water, man.
Then I knew, the heat's got to him.
Is the air-con on? Yes. I'm sorry, bro.
Don't be sorry, it's hot out here. Oh, man.
We had our storm come through at the start of the week,
now it looks like there may be more storm fronts moving through.
That's a bit of a challenge - the weather.
I'm feeling the pressure, we're all feeling it.
Just got to push through, do our best. We're on the clock here.
I am still desperate to get something on the scales
because if we don't,
this is likely going to be the worst season, target-tallywise.
But it still ain't over, and I'll fight to the death.
We've still got a chance of landing a good nugget at any time.
(MOBILE RINGS)
How're you going, Eth? Hey, mate, how'd you go?
What's going on? They've had the bubs.
Have they? How's Chelsey?
Chelsey's doing well. Hey, Eth!
Mum and bubs is all good?
Yeah, really healthy, and Chelsey's doing well.
Hello, baby boy! Hello!
This is Odin. Odin! How're you going, mate?
Hey, Chels. Hey, Chelsey! Congratulations.
You've got joy there. I'm very happy for youse.
We got no joy out here.
How are youse doing? A couple of bits, and that's about it.
All right. Well, take it easy, eh?
Congratulations! Keep in touch, bye.
That's brilliant! How's that, eh?
There's some good news for the week so far, mate, anyway.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
I'm hoping this rain, thunder and lightning moves around us
cos we can't afford to be rained out at the moment.
If this lightning gets too bad,
you're going to go sit in the car, all right? Can't be THAT bad.
I'll jump on the pad. We've got storms coming.
I'm hoping to get this pad done before it rains.
They're predicting 20 to 40 mil of rain.
If we get it here, which is looking likely, we'll be stuffed.
Over 100 people are seriously injured from lightning strikes
every year in Australia, with up to ten deaths.
This spike can make it hard to pinpoint.
Leave it, just keep detecting.
It's really difficult to detect through this electrical activity.
It increases EMI activity - electromagnetic interference.
The detectors don't detect well at all.
You got a target? Just a big, big hot rock.
That's not a hot rock, that's a target.
There it is. Look, mate, that's gold.
Keep going, mate. The lightning's so close. Cayden, hurry up.
Cayden, can you sit in the car, please?
I'll finish this off, mate. Righto. Don't get struck!
Looks like we're going to get wet.
I'm frustrated, I want to help Dad.
He doesn't want me struck by lightning,
but it feels bad, sitting here.
(THUNDER)
I think it's time to go.
There you go. I'm getting out of here.
Jesus Christ! Get out, seriously.
Get up against the excavator, mate. The lightning is close.
I hope Rob's all right.
I hope he doesn't feel too bad. It is hot out here.
We need to hit this target, so I'll keep pushing on,
and hopefully, I'll get a few nuggets.
Oh, man.
I really needed a break. It's getting dangerous, working out here.
I'm glad this is the end of the season, cos I'm ready to go home.
I want to wrap this up and call it a year.
But we want to get our deal done, and we want the money for this.
I'm looking forward to these guys getting here
so we can tell them our final offer.
I think that's them. I hope this goes well.
I got back up to camp, got myself back together,
and had the mining company come out to have a quick meeting.
I decided it's our time to play hard ball.
Rob, how're you going? How are youse?
Still out here, mate? We're still out here.
Thanks for coming back out. No worries. Come to a decision yet?
We're not going to take 20 grand.
We want 20 grand each lease - that's 40 grand.
We want our camp and the alluvial rights. We're firm on that.
That's double what we offered. I know it is,
but we're not willing to budge on that.
We'll have a chat, tell them that's your offer,
and get back to you, no worries. Thanks.
Alluvial rights will allow the Goldtimers to still hunt gold
in the surface soil down to 2 metres
until the full-scale mining operation starts in the deeper ground.
I think they were shocked with what we came back with.
We won't let it go for nothing. If they want it, they'll pay.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) Oh, yes! (LAUGHS)
It's too hot to be touching, it actually burns you.
Oh, there it is. (LAUGHS)
There's one for the jar.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) Oh, that's a nice noise.
Where are ya?
Oh, yes. Phew!
That's a nice piece. I'm calling it.
Hopefully, we hit season target
and get the deal we want with this mining company.
I'm ready to go home.
What's Dan going to do if we break his digger? I don't know.
We'll cross that bridge when we get to it, don't panic.
In Queensland, in the final days of their season,
Jacqui and Andrew have hit a hurdle in their quest
to find the 5oz they need to make target.
Hey, Dan, you on channel? Sure am.
We're having trouble getting the digger started.
I can handle breaking my own gear, but when it belongs to someone else,
you feel really bad.
It's got a brand-new battery in it.
We'll start with the basics and see if we can sort it out.
Hopefully, you haven't broken it on me.
I've been on a run lately, so I'm not confident.
I've had a bad run since I've been in Clermont. I broke a pick.
Oh, that's just great (!)
Broke my coil.
I didn't want to break one of mate's bits of machinery.
I've got a blown starter fuse. There's got to be a reason for it.
Yeah. It's rubbed and burned through.
There's a rubbed-out wire that goes to the starter motor.
Dan fixed that in no time.
(ENGINE STARTS) Yes!
Good stuff, mate, well done. You're so lucky!
It wasn't my fault, but Jacqui will probably say it was.
What about if I jump on the excavator and give you a hand? Yes!
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) There's two.
Look at that clay. The deeper we go, the harder it gets.
This one sounds good. Yeah.
Look - look at that.
That's awesome, yes! They're getting bigger, eh?
Come on, Jacqui, get us another one. There you go.
This is great!
Look at that, hanging out of that quartz there. Nice!
Very good. We're on a roll here.
Come on, Jacqui.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) There we go.
I think we should get you on the jackhammer, Jackhammer.
All right, let's have a listen.
Oh, this is good, this is good!
That sounds pretty good. Let's find out, eh?
DAN AND JACQUI: Here we go.
Can you feel any weight?
Look at that! (LAUGHS)
That 30oz is in trouble now, mate. Look at that! Oh, my God!
Well done, mate.
That's huge! That's a beauty.
Check that out!
That is awesome, guys. Got to be close to an ounce.
That's us for the season. We can hang our head on that one
and pack this up, eh? I'm happy to finish on that.
I'm happy for you guys to finish on that too.
It's my turn now, I can go and get the rest of the gold.
Get one of those big slugs out.
I need it more than you can imagine.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) There we go. (LAUGHS)
Come on, Jackhammer.
(DETECTOR OSCILLATES) Come on!
(LAUGHS) You beauty!
It's another good one! Man, that's a chunker.
Oh, man - shaking! Another big one.
Well done, man, good start. (LAUGHS)
Great. You deserve it! That's awesome.
Loss of words. These guys are fantastic at what they do.
This is what keeps me awake every night.
There's got to be 25g of gold in that.
We came to Clermont to do a job, and we've done that.
Dan's really happy and so are we.
To see the smile on his face and get that handshake,
that's as good as the gold in my pocket.
So excited for the weigh-in. Today, it's going to be awesome.
Looking forward to this weigh-in, last one of the season.
In the Golden Triangle of Victoria...
Let's weigh up what we got, mate.
..the Poseidon Crew have had another disappointing week,
cut short by electrical storms.
I know things aren't going fantastically well,
but let's see what we got.
It ain't a lot, but it's still something.
What have we got? I can't quite see, what is it?
.57.
That's just over half an ounce.
The $1,400 of gold still leaves a staggering $632,000
or 253oz to find to hit their target in just one week.
Feels like we're failing. Don't worry.
I am extremely frustrated and disappointed with the results,
but it will turn.
We should get more for the effort we put in. I understand.
We've got one more week, it can still happen.
Any bucket, any pass with the detector
could be a nugget that changes everything.
Feel better now, understand we're not wasting our time out here? Yeah.
You're here for the right reasons, and I love you for it. Thanks, Dad.
Seriously, mate.
All right? Keep it up, we'll be right.
Go and find a big nugget. One more week.
Keep telling yourself, visualise that we're finding a big nugget.
All right, Jacqui, time to find out how we went.
I'm so nervous! I am too, actually.
Fifteen hundred kilometres north, the sun is beating down in Queensland
as Jacqui and Andrew have their final weigh-in of the season.
How much do we need to get to that 30oz? 4.8.
I don't know. Just do it, man - rip the Band-Aid off.
Righto, let's go. Urgh!
Don't panic - still got this one to go.
Oh, my God, I don't want to look! (LAUGHS) OK, I'll do it.
I think you'd better have a look. (SQUEALS)
5.1. We did it, mate. (LAUGHS)
We busted 30. Yes, yes!
This week's haul of more than $12,000 of gold
has pushed their tally over $76,000,
more than double their original target.
Seriously, congratulations. Well done, great season.
After this year and the amount of gold we've found,
we can call ourselves prospectors.
If there's gold in those hills, we'll find it.
Out of my way, Jacqui, I'm going in!
I know how to track down gold, and I've found a lot of it.
While I don't like to use the word "professional" for myself,
I'm confident in my abilities.
You're a pro, mate.
Over 2,700km away...
I think we'll get close.
..in the goldfields of Western Australia,
the Goldtimers are about to find out if they've found the 3.5oz they need
to make their 20oz season target.
Pour that out. Yeah.
.5, 1,
1.5, 2, 2.5, 3,
3.5, 4! (LAUGHS)
4.28, bro! Are you kidding? Come here! (LAUGHS)
We've done it, we've done it!
For the first time in their careers as prospectors,
Rob and Turbo have reached their season target,
breaking through the $50,000 mark with over $10,000 of gold this week.
Yeah, mate. Thanks for getting back to us.
Can you do me a favour, can you send me through an email?
All right, thank you. See ya.
How'd the phone call go, mate?
We'll see if this email's come in. Come on!
You should read this, mate.
Confirmation of offer. Forty grand plus alluvial rights and the camp!
Everything! (LAUGHS) Yes, man!
It's everything! AND we hit target.
Thank God for that.
I can't believe it - we've not only hit our target
we've got everything we wanted for our leases.
This is such a win, and we've worked so hard to get to this point.
Yeah, boy! (LAUGHS)
This season has been absolutely epic, mate. We've done it.
Our families are going to be stoked.
(CACKLES)
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