1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,440 NARRATOR: This time, on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,200 It's 40, 42 degrees. 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,160 It's hot as hell out here. I'm not gonna get that to beat me. 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,680 ..the Ferals face off against dangerous summer heat 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,600 that could shut them down before they hit target... 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,600 There's a lot of stress building on us, 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,480 because we need gold, we need it now. 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,480 ..but a last minute run of nuggets 9 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,280 could transform their final two weeks. (DETECTOR BEEPS) Ah! 10 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,440 That's blinking out of control, eh. 11 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,080 Look at that. (EXCLAIMS) Oh, no way. 12 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,680 That's the biggest piece of gold I've found in days. 13 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,480 In their final week... 14 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,000 It'll be nice to finish off the season with a nice gold bar. 15 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,080 ..The Gold Retrievers chase deep-lying paydirt. 16 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:42,400 If we don't make target, it's over. 17 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:45,160 Man, it is scorching, eh? I can see you're struggling. 18 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,400 ..before they're rocked by a medical emergency. Ah! Geez! 19 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:51,080 If we don't get his EpiPen, he could die. 20 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:55,800 And it's Marcus, Linden, and Dale's last chance to save their season, 21 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,480 using high-tech equipment on a remote salt lake... 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,960 There's a fair bit of area to cover, try and push as much as I can. 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,000 ..but car thieves could ruin their final push. 24 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,840 Your car's gone, Marcus. 25 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,960 I'm coming, I'm coming. 26 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,240 (MUSIC PLAYING) 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,760 MAN: Is it worth wasting time on this, man? 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,920 Yeah, give us 30 seconds. 29 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,480 All right, hit the... fire it up. 30 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,160 (CLICKING) 31 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,560 Oh, mate, that... No, stop it. 32 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,240 Man... There's no fuel coming through here anyway. 33 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:37,360 In Western Australia's wild Pilbara region, 34 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,920 The Ferals have run into mechanical trouble 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,840 as they race to find new ground 36 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,560 before their season ends in two weeks' time 37 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,680 due to dangerous summer heat. 38 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,680 When you turn that one, you can hear the fuel pump priming up. 39 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,000 Yeah, we got one working four-wheeler and one bloody yanker. 40 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,600 One of their two quad bikes won't fire, 41 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,160 holding up their plans to recce the area's harsh terrain. 42 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,960 The honey hole that we've been working the last few weeks 43 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,000 is starting to peter out. You got to know 44 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,840 when to pull up stumps on an area, so we've decided to move on 45 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,520 and try new ground. 46 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,520 I'm better off just getting the drone up. 47 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,920 You're better off hitting the ground. 48 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,160 I can't even hear it. No. 49 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,160 All right, well, I might saddle up, get all my gear ready, 50 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,000 we'll try something else. 51 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,200 It worked fine when we put it on the trailer, 52 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,160 so whether it was rattled loose on the way out, I don't know. 53 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,320 Levi is just going to get out on the ground, 54 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,000 I'll get the drone up in the air, 55 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,040 and see if we can locate some other spots, 56 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,840 because we need gold, we need it now. 57 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:38,080 When you have breakdowns, you really just got to think on your feet, 58 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,960 so we'll just make do with what we got at the moment. 59 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,800 We got the drone up in the air, that will pinpoint some nice areas. 60 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,680 We're still a long way away from reaching our target, 61 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,400 but, you know, we just got to put in a few extra hours, 62 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,840 and, yeah, just cross our fingers and hope that we hold up. 63 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:56,720 Let's go on in there, hit up a couple of spots. 64 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,000 The ground looks OK. 65 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,800 Yeah, there's a lot of area here, but so much of it is not gold-bearing ground. 66 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,760 This is the colour of the rock and the geology that's there. 67 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,080 Now we really need to hit that 40-oz target, 68 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,400 if we don't get it, I can't see The Ferals going on for much longer. 69 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,800 This area here looks interesting. 70 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,120 I've got two creeks running into one, 71 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,320 and then all the way down to where there's been some old workings. 72 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,560 The amount of workings that's been done there, 73 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:24,240 there's got to be gold there. 74 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,560 The extensive diggings mean gold must have been found here, 75 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:30,600 and there could be more lying along the dried up creek. 76 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,840 At this point of the season, we can't waste any more time. 77 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,720 We got to get out there, and we need to hit the ground, 78 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,880 and find as many nuggets as we can. 79 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,720 You got a copy there, Levi? 80 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,920 Yeah, Ryan, how are you going? 81 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Yeah, really good. I have found a really interesting place. 82 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,840 There's creek systems that run through 83 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,520 down into some old workings, 84 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,480 they're digging up gold down the bottom. 85 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,840 There's got to be gold all the way through that creek system. 86 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,400 Yeah, mate, I'm keen to check it out. 87 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,720 All right, buddy. I can access from the top, 88 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,720 if you want to come in from the bottom, 89 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,240 we can meet in the middle. Yeah, sweet, Ryan. 90 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,400 All right, let's go get some nuggies. 91 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,640 Last week, 92 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,880 The Ferals welcomed a new team member, Nathan Moncrief. 93 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,920 Yeah, I believe we got a good layer of nuggies under there. 94 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,920 But the team's 20-tonne digger broke down, 95 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,520 forcing Nathan to take it to a workshop 96 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,160 100km away for repairs 97 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,280 before the crucial final push of the season. 98 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,560 Hopefully, get this repaired down on this ramp, 99 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,040 and hopefully get this back out onto the lease as soon as we can. 100 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,680 Hopefully, Nathan's got that digger up and running, 101 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,960 it'll make all the difference to get that here. 102 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,360 We'll be finding at least ten ounces a week to try and make our target. 103 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,240 At the moment, we're really pushing that uphill. 104 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,600 This place looks really good. Very nice. 105 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,000 Get out there and see how we go. 106 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,520 It's just imperative that we really finish our season off with a bang. 107 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,440 We've got hope in this creek up, and hopefully, find a lot of gold. 108 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,000 So anything, really, that's gonna make our season. 109 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,440 Without getting our 40oz target, I won't be able to see my kids. 110 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,120 I want to put some money towards my children's future, and that's my goal, 111 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,320 is to be able to help my kids along in life, 112 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,440 and that's why I need to find gold. 113 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,160 I'm working every day towards starting a family at the moment, 114 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,480 Bridget's about six months pregnant, 115 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,280 so I'm just trying to find as much gold as I can 116 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,680 before it gets too hot to be out here. 117 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,680 Quite of a little target here. Come on. 118 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,920 Don't be a bit of rubbish, be a bit of gold. 119 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,760 We need an indicator. 120 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:36,360 Bring that 20-tonner up here and start digging. 121 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,160 (DETECTOR BEEPING) It's still in there. 122 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,160 (DETECTOR BEEPING) It's in the scoop. In the scoop. 123 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,920 Oh, look at that! (LAUGHS) 124 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,760 I can see it there on top. 125 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:52,840 (LAUGHS) You little ripper! 126 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,480 Such a good indicator for us, there's got to be more gold here. 127 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,080 Whoo-hoo. Ah. 128 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,200 Got the monkey off the back. 129 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:04,160 Yeah, it's got to be 45 degrees out here at the moment, 130 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,160 so we're gonna make the best of the time that we've got left on the ground out here, 131 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,200 and try and fill our pockets full of gold. 132 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,680 BRAD: This season for us is make or break. 133 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,160 I mean, you know, the season target that we've set 134 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,280 is absolutely the bare minimum, 135 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,960 so, yeah, look, I mean, if we don't even hit season target, 136 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,080 then I don't really see any way we can continue. 137 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,880 NARRATOR: At their Devil's Cut lease in remote western Australia, 138 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,440 The Gold Retrievers are starting their crucial final week, 139 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,520 before rising temperatures force them to shut down. 140 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,480 Right now, here, er, we're in the peak of summer, 141 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,680 so the heat is absolutely unbearable. 142 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,360 You know, we can get temperatures up to around, 143 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,760 you know, 45, close to 50 degrees, 144 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:53,240 but look, you've got to do what you gotta do. 145 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,040 Looks like your truck's coming there, Chris. 146 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,400 Yeah, mate. Can you see us up here? 147 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,920 Yeah, I can see you there amongst some of the dust. 148 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,120 I've convinced Brad that we should send out a truckload, 149 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,760 about 25 tonne, and have the processing done. 150 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,720 At the end of the day, we need to pull a profit out of that. 151 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,920 I sort of caved a little bit with Chris, 152 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,200 well, it's been a bit of an ongoing argument. 153 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:16,880 The pair are loading up rock 154 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,360 excavated from the bottom of their pit. 155 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,360 Chris is gambling that after it's crushed 156 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,800 and processed at a nearby plant, 157 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,040 it will deliver enough gold to help them hit target. 158 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,960 I'm not 100% in on it, but let's just get it done, 159 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,680 and hopefully that'll shut Chris up a little bit. 160 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,720 For us to send up a box sample, it's a huge risk. 161 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,080 I don't think there's enough gold in there 162 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,120 to, er, make it viable. 163 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,640 It'll be nice to finish off the season with a nice gold bar 164 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,240 coming back from this processing, eh? 165 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,920 No guarantees, but, yeah, it will certainly be nice to have. 166 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,680 You're always the optimist, aren't you, mate? Always the optimist. 167 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,960 It's better to stay alive to get my hopes up. 168 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,280 Brad and Chris started this season under huge pressure. 169 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,080 We've got a lot riding on it, mate. 170 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,160 We don't have any other income coming in, so this is it. 171 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,360 They suffered break-ins... Stop! 172 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,560 Go get him, Chris. Chase him, go. Go, go! ..and disputes. 173 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,640 I've got the paperwork for you to sign over to a mining lease... 174 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,120 Get it out of your arse. I'm not interested in signing to a mining lease. 175 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,560 If you want to do hard rock mining, do it your (BLEEP) self, all right! 176 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:23,360 I'm over it, man. 177 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,200 But the discovery of a fault line on their lease... 178 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,080 I didn't think it would be that clear, 179 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,320 you've got a contact zone, which leaves a gap, 180 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,280 hopefully, we've got a bit of gold up here, and happy days. 181 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,680 ..means they're still in with a chance of success. (DETECTOR BEEPING) 182 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,640 Can see it already, buddy. Is that it? 183 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,680 That's gotta be the biggest, eh? 184 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,000 That front sand here you can start loading, 185 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,240 I'll load the back. 186 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:47,920 Yeah, roger. 187 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,840 The box sample's gonna cost us about five grand, 188 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,360 so we really got to make that back just to pay for the processing, 189 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,440 so, we got another couple of ounces to hit, 190 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,080 and not a lot of time to do it. 191 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,480 Well, I think that's about it, eh, Chris? 192 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:07,480 Looks good, mate. Got a good 23 tonne on there, I reckon. 193 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:11,160 I'm not concerned about what the truck's taking out, we need to meet targets, 194 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,120 so I'm chasing what we need to chase. 195 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,240 If we're gonna hit this target, it's just gone up a little bit. 196 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,760 I'm going to build a ramp down into the pit for Brad 197 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,520 and see what we can find. 198 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,920 So the plan this week is to dig inside the pits. 199 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,760 We'll build a ramp, we'll try and get the digger in there, 200 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,760 and we'll try to get to a lot of material 201 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,040 that we haven't been able to get to previously. 202 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,680 There's gonna be two or three quarter ounces in here before we got home. 203 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:40,160 We're gonna have to do, mate, otherwise we won't be banging here next year, that's for sure. 204 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,440 Hey, I'm missing the kids, eh. Mate, I've only spent about 205 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,680 six days home in the last three months. 206 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,760 Hope the kids still recognise me. 207 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,360 It's gonna be nice to go home, but it's gonna be nicer to go home if we at least hit target. 208 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,720 It's bloody hard being up here, you know what I mean? But I realise, 209 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,400 the work that we do, you know, 210 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,840 12 hours a day (BLEEP) in this stinking heat. 211 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,720 This week, we got to watch each other and these machines, 212 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,080 and try not to cook the machines, and try not to cook us. 213 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,520 We've got some... some real hard base here. 214 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,160 Look, I'd say that's like a granite sort of bottom, 215 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,040 so I'm assuming that the gold's not going to go below that. 216 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,600 If there's any gold, your mine will be on top of it, 217 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:20,280 so keep following that down. 218 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,720 Yeah, might even detect this ramp as well. 219 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,920 Yeah, it sounds good, mate. In the pit, there's a fall of granite, 220 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,120 it's nice and shallow at the top, then it sort of drops right off. 221 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,360 We found gold sitting just on top, if we can follow that down, 222 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,200 then see if the gold is sitting on top of it. 223 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,680 All right, Brad, it's all up to you now. Got your ramp down for you, 224 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,160 so you go and dig some gold up for us, mate. 225 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,000 All right, mate. It's what I do best. 226 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,560 So every little bit that comes out of there, I'm laying it all out, 227 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,440 just gonna through every inch of it. 228 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,640 It'll be tough. We're gonna have to work our bloody arses off now, 229 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,320 so we need to get cracking, 230 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,000 so hopefully, we spot the gold down here somewhere. 231 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,250 2 00:11:01.720 -- 00:11:04.360 align:middle line:58% position:50% LINDEN: You know, the season's end is almost upon us, 232 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,240 so, you know, I'm looking forward to getting out on this lake. 233 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,360 I've never detected on a salt lake, 234 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,000 so it's all new, and likely we find some gold on it. 235 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,440 NARRATOR: In the Western Australian gold fields, 236 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,720 brothers Marcus McGuire and Linden Brownley, 237 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,800 alongside prospecting partner, Dale Harring, 238 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,160 are spending the final week of their season 239 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,520 detecting a harsh five-kilometre long salt lake 240 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,760 called Red Lake. 241 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,800 The gold runs off from the landscape down into the lake, 242 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,480 so the likelihood of finding gold on lakes is very high. 243 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:42,520 No-one's really doing this sort of stuff this time of the year, 244 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,440 you know, it'll just be us out here, 245 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,600 so we just need to get in there, hit it hard, 246 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:51,200 and hopefully, come up with some good colour. 247 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,840 The trio are gambling that the extreme temperatures on the lake 248 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,920 have deterred other prospectors, 249 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,240 leaving them more gold. 250 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,760 The temperature's are getting way up into the 40s, 251 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,480 it's gonna be a lot of hard work. 252 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,480 Right now, I'm determined more than ever 253 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:07,400 to try and find gold out on this lake. 254 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,080 We'll be definitely working 255 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,240 and building up a bit of a sweat at the same time. 256 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,360 Tens of millions of years ago, 257 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:18,320 this area was dominated by powerful river systems. 258 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,360 This lake was part of the drainage system, 259 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,640 water flowed through here from higher ground, 260 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,320 potentially carrying gold now buried under layers of sediment. 261 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,960 We thought walking ped was tough, this will be harder. 262 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,040 Look at the ground that we've got to cover. 263 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,520 It's exciting, mate. Yeah, but we're gonna have to put the work in 264 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,440 because we're at the end of the season. 265 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:43,320 My brother and Aunty Dale are what's keeping me in this, 266 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,960 and, you know, supporting them. 267 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,800 This season, Marcus and Linden stepped up their operation... 268 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,760 Hey! How the heck did he get that? 269 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,520 ..investing in machinery and a new lease, 270 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,320 alongside mentor, Dale... This puts us back in the game, 271 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,720 it's going to be able to clear a much bigger area 272 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,600 in a shorter amount of time. 273 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:05,840 ..but their plans were left in ruins 274 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,920 when they were forced to return critical equipment. 275 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,680 I'm gonna have to take the loader back, I'm sorry to say. 276 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,920 This could definitely spell the end of our season. 277 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,160 The setback has left them with only four oz, 278 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,240 a long way off their 20-oz target. 279 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,800 MARCUS: It's devastating, you know, being this far into the actual season. 280 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,800 What's keeping me in this is my family, 281 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,280 and I still have that sort of drive to keep pushing forward. 282 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,640 I don't like giving up on things too easily. 283 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,440 Let's hope we pull up some gold from this lake, eh? 284 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,800 Let's get into it. DALE: Yeah. Come on. 285 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,440 Marcus, you have to help, we'll get down all the coil, 286 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,360 the drag coil, and all that out first. 287 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,600 To maximise the time left, 288 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:49,920 the team have borrowed specialised prospecting equipment. 289 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,120 This is what they call the big UFO. 290 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,320 Well, this is some high-tech equipment here. 291 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,520 That will still pick up small stuff, OK? 292 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,480 Just like you would a normal machine, but we're on a trolley. 293 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:02,120 The metre-long UFO coil will generate 294 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,720 a larger magnetic field than a standard-sized one, 295 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,880 detecting gold over a wider area and at a greater depth, 296 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,960 perfect for working open ground like a salt lake. 297 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,440 All right, I'm going. So just go out in a straight line. 298 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,200 The more coils we got running on the ground, the better. 299 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,960 There we go. Bring it back. 300 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,720 But you can help me and set the coil up. Yeah. 301 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,840 A drag coil, usually dragging behind a bike. That's tight. 302 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,680 And it just covers more ground, er, to find the targets. 303 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:34,440 You just have someone come up behind 304 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,480 with the smaller detector and dig it up, 305 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,240 so you're saving a lot of time. 306 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,600 Go get 'em, Aunty. Bring that gold back. 307 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,080 I better get hooked up with the detector. 308 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:45,880 We're basically ready to roll. 309 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,880 We need to do everything we have to do 310 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,440 to try and find gold to reach our target. 311 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,920 BRAD: This is the defining season, if we don't make target, then we're out. 312 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,600 There's no ifs or buts about it, it's over. 313 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,480 Oh, there's a target already. 314 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,400 That sounds like gold. 315 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,320 There we go. A little nuggie. 316 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,880 Literally, the first bucket of dirt that I put down, 317 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,760 I've picked up a nugget within not even three metres, 318 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,360 so that's a really good sign. See if there's more. 319 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:24,600 Push down on with this thing, I'm losing a bit of power here. 320 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,120 Hey, er, Chris, you got a copy there? 321 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,000 Yeah, go for Chris. 322 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,240 Mate, this digger seems to be dying. 323 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,880 Would you be able to bring me some tools down please? 324 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,840 Roger, on my away. 325 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,680 The last thing we need is another machine breaking down. 326 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,960 We need these machines running full time. 327 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:44,840 What seems to be the problem, Bradley? 328 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,680 I changed the fuel field yesterday, so just, uh, I reckon, 329 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,520 it might have air in the fuel system. 330 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,040 So I wanna crack the injectors out... Yeah. We need to get that air out. 331 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,960 I'm gonna undo all these injector lines to the injectors, 332 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,720 turn the motor over, and that will push that air out. 333 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,560 All right. 334 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,880 You all right to go, Chris? Fire in the hole. 335 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,360 (ENGINE CRANKING) 336 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,320 Shut it down! Eh! 337 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,600 What? I've just got a face full of diesel, mate. 338 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,520 Ah, right in the eyeballs, mate. 339 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,280 You all right? I've got to go and wash it up. 340 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,560 And I should be able to keep going, but, er, 341 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,680 yeah, hopefully he's all right. 342 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,400 Stinging like hell. Just get me back to the van, I'll wash it up. 343 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,320 It was a good shot. Short term, having some diesel in your eye, 344 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,640 it won't really hurt you. You've just got to wash it out quickly. 345 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,040 If you leave any diesel in your eye, it can seriously burn you. 346 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,320 Oh, that's better. Ah! Geez! 347 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,440 Ah! MAN: What's wrong? 348 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,920 Ah, I just got stung by something. 349 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Is it a bee? Yeah, that's a bee sting. 350 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,200 Can you guys go and get my EpiPen? You're allergic to bees? Yeah. Yeah. 351 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,880 Just sit down. Brad, Myers, you got a copy? 352 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,000 Yeah, go ahead, mate. Can you come over? 353 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,600 Grab Chris's EpiPen, he's been stung by a bee. 354 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,520 Yeah, all right. All right, I'll do it. 355 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,600 I'll be there in a second. 356 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:17,000 In Australia, bee stings kill around two people every year, 357 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,320 the same number as snake bites, 358 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,960 and put twice as many people in hospital. 359 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,080 All right, do we need to get to a hospital? 360 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,960 Or do you... No, I need just stab it. 361 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:30,000 I'll just stab myself and see if it calms down, it should calm it straight down. 362 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,800 He gets stung by a bee, he goes into an anaphylactic shock 363 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,480 very, very quickly so, 364 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,560 we'll have to go back and get his EpiPen. 365 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,560 If we don't get this thing to him quick, 366 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,640 yeah, he could die. 367 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,840 Now one thing about the Pilbara heat, 368 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,040 it's just relentless, it doesn't give up. 369 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:50,320 You know, once it starts, you know it's coming. 370 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,240 The last thing we want to be doing is spending all day walking around this sun. 371 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,280 We're better off concentrating, targeting where the gold is, and digging it up. 372 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:02,040 The only way that's going to happen is if Nathan gets those excavators going. 373 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:05,960 In the wild goldfields of Western Australia's Pilbara region, 374 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,920 The Ferals' digger is still out for repairs, 375 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,280 leaving them no option but to detect for surface gold 376 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:14,600 over Spinifex-heavy ground. 377 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,920 LEVI: Hopefully, Nathan can fix the diggers. 378 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,880 It's all fun and games walking around, 379 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:23,520 but it's just gonna be so good being able to rip some of the spinning out of the way, 380 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,760 and get down to that gold layer. 381 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,640 Yeah, you can imagine how much ground that I can't detect. 382 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,760 The Spinifex is all overgrown. 383 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,880 Spinifex is a species of grass 384 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,240 that covers the arid Australian outback, 385 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,560 making detecting difficult if it's not cleared. 386 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,800 If we're gonna make our 40oz target this year, 387 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,200 you'd have the 20-tonner in the hole digging up, 388 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,080 chasing the creek line, clearing the Spinifex. 389 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,400 We're getting towards the end of the season, 390 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,520 it's getting hot, and a lot of hard work now. 391 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,480 Bridget and I are starting a family, so we need as much gold as we can 392 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:59,480 so that we can provide for the future of our kids. 393 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,440 (DETECTOR BEEPING) Speaking of gold, 394 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,720 we want to be able to find a few areas that's got gold in the ground, 395 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,800 so that we can just get straight in there and start moving dirt. 396 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,360 Oh, no way. It's gold. 397 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,320 There it is right there, sitting on top. 398 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,080 (CHUCKLES) That's... Hey, Ryan, I got a piece of gold, mate. 399 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,560 Probably about a gram, two grams. 400 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,360 (LAUGHS) You little ripper! Whoo! 401 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,840 That tells me we definitely got to dig that creek up. 402 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,520 Finally. 403 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,160 This creek's going to be a really good place to start. 404 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,240 We'll hopefully have the diggers out here, 405 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,440 and we can start ripping it up. 406 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,120 NATHAN: You two boys down there, got a copy? 407 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,800 Code man's back. 408 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,480 Come on over. 409 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,760 All right, guys, see you soon. 410 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,160 Hopefully, he's got good news about the digger. 411 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,640 Otherwise, I don't really want to hear about it. 412 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,760 All right, boys. How's it going? Good, mate. Good, mate, how'd you go? 413 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,400 Oh, man. Yeah, man. 414 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,120 I got some news. I got... he 20-tonner's good. 415 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,120 Is it? Yeah, bro. Good stuff, man. Well done. 416 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,840 Awesome. So when's it coming out? Hey, that's coming out tomorrow morning. 417 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:17,080 Is it? Yeah. Beautiful. Yeah. I'm excited about that 20-tonner. 418 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,760 We got a little spot down there, 419 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,840 we picked up a couple little nuggets, so... 420 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,680 Yeah. Nothing to brag about, but that is the right colour. 421 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,560 I don't know. What do we got? Whoo! Oh, yeah. 422 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,120 Let's get all the... we'll run you through the plan, 423 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,840 we're going to dig it out once the excavator gets here. 424 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,520 Let's get into it. All right. 425 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,440 That's my boy. We got to go find it. 426 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,840 (EXCLAIMS) Let's go, boys. Get some nuggies. 427 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,800 (EXCLAIMS) 428 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:51,080 There's a fair bit of area to cover, we're back on both sides, 429 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,360 but try and push as much as I can. 430 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,080 It's getting hot under the collar, she's warm out here. 431 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,680 Everybody else is starting to get warm together. 432 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,440 Marcus, Linden, and Dale are prospecting on a huge salt lake 433 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,240 using mobile drag coils. 434 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,000 LINDEN: To be out there in the 40s, 435 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:08,840 a salt lake is the last place to be, 436 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,560 but it's critical that we work together, 437 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,280 and, er, that we find some gold. 438 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,320 Our whole season is resting on 439 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,440 this last effort out here on the salt lake. 440 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,320 If we don't find any gold, then I'm best to just go back to my nine-to-five job, 441 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,680 because this just isn't cutting it out here. 442 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,240 With under a week left of their season, 443 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,200 the trio are hoping the extreme 45-degree summer heat 444 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:36,040 on the exposed salt lake has deterred other prospectors. 445 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:38,720 DALE: It beats walking for miles and miles, 446 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,520 at least the quad can cover so much ground within minutes. 447 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,760 Their new high-tech equipment 448 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,400 can also detect gold at greater depths, 449 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,840 while Linden backs them up with a smaller detector. 450 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,120 When you're running a coil that's so big, 451 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,400 and you're dragging one behind a quad bike, 452 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,680 you'll get the sound, you'll get the signal, 453 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:02,040 but what we need to do is pinpoint where that signal is. 454 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,840 (DETECTOR BEEPING) Ooh. 455 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,800 A bit of a signal there. 456 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,640 Hey, Linden, you got ears on? 457 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,560 Go, Aunty Dale. I've picked up a little target, 458 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,960 we need your machine to actually pinpoint it for us. 459 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,320 Obviously, my name's not Usain Bolt, 460 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,880 but I'll make my way over there as quickly as I can. 461 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,720 Come in, and hurry up. 462 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,320 Oh, give me a break, Aunty. 463 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,720 I know, I've got some water here for you to have. 464 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,640 Oh, it's not like a walk in the park. Have a drink. 465 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,480 Here, push the button. Yeah, push the button. 466 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,920 It's been pushing my button, I reckon. (CHUCKLES) 467 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,360 Did we get any gold? That sounded really good. 468 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:48,080 OK, let's check this out, eh. Got the size of that. 469 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,720 (DETECTOR BEEPING) (CHUCKLES) Hear that? That's metal. 470 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,960 (EXCLAIMS) Something's here. It's good here. 471 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,480 Something right in here, I think. (DETECTOR BEEPING) 472 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:03,560 Now, you've got it. You've got it in the scoop. 473 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,200 (DETECTOR BEEPING) Yes. Yes. 474 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,280 Wow! That's... Yay! (LAUGHS) 475 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,120 You beauty. Look at that. 476 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,200 Our first salt lake gold. You beauty. 477 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:21,720 I'm gonna have a break. 478 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,800 Can you pass that water to me, Aunty? OK. 479 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,000 Just meet us back at the car. 480 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,120 You need to be mindful, you know, when you're out in the bush, 481 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,080 particularly in this sort of weather. 482 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,160 The weather's hot, we don't have much time, 483 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,280 so, you know, we could push it hard, 484 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,960 but in this sort of weather, in these conditions, 485 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,840 you need to be careful. 486 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,320 Oh, hell, no. 487 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,720 Hey, you two, both got a copy? 488 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,120 We're receiving, mate, what's up? 489 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,880 Marcus' car... is gone. 490 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,840 I can only see your car where we packed. 491 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,600 You know, I'm coming there right now. 492 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,080 Something's seriously gone wrong. 493 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:07,250 2 00:24:09.360 -- 00:24:11.200 align:middle line:90% position:50% LEVI: Finally, you got the digger. 494 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,440 So we've just come out to the spot that we banged the bull horn, 495 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,800 It's gonna take me a little while to open it up, 496 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,840 so Ryan and Nathan are just having a swing around the area. 497 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,200 RYAN: Nathan's got that digger up and running, 498 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,280 that will make all the difference out here. 499 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,560 NARRATOR: In the scorching Pilbara region, 500 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,840 The Ferals are racing to clear ground 501 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,360 before it gets too hot to hunt for the $60,000 of gold they need 502 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,320 to make target. 503 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,760 It's gonna be hard. There's a lot of stress building up on all of us, 504 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,960 but, er, we just got to put our heads down 505 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,800 and keep it together. 506 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,840 It's getting pretty hot now, it's, er, probably around 40, 42 degrees. 507 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,760 There's not much breeze out there at the moment, so I'm feeling for the fellas. 508 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,240 It was hot as hell out here, man. I'm not gonna get that to beat me. 509 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,800 Phew! All right. 510 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,680 Whoa. See what we got then. 511 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,360 Come on, baby. (DETECTOR BEEPING) 512 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,880 Ah, you're kidding. (LAUGHS) 513 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,840 Oh, no way. 514 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,560 I don't even know what that weighs, that's pretty heavy. 515 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,600 Well, I'm gonna keep going. 516 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,120 Oh, that's about it. 517 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,840 We're only just getting into it, 518 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,720 so, really hoping, you know, there's a few kilos here. 519 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,600 You know, that's a big dream, but you've got to dream big. 520 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,760 With the recently returned digger, 521 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,480 Levi is exposing large sections of virgin ground 522 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,680 for the rest of the team to detect. 523 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,920 We got two creeks coming in here, 524 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,480 so I'll do this one, then walk over and do that one, 525 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,600 and hopefully, we get on the gold soon. 526 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,240 You know when it's getting hot when you're machine really starts to play up. 527 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,640 The heat affects them, makes them really noisy, 528 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,840 especially with the small gold, makes it really hard to find. 529 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,480 The Pilbara has highly-mineralized ground 530 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,520 with lots of ironstone. 531 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,920 High temperatures increase ironstone's conductivity, 532 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,160 causing detectors to pick up false signals. 533 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,200 You just gotta go low and slow, 534 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,040 concentrate, try not to leave anything behind. 535 00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:12,640 (DETECTOR STATIC) Whoa. 536 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,080 (CHUCKLES) That... 537 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,440 That's blinking out of control, eh. 538 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,520 Whoo-hoo! Oh, that's out. 539 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,280 This is so much fun. 540 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,920 (CHUCKLES) Far out, man. 541 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,440 Oh, this is really good. 542 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,200 Man, that weighs, like, I don't know, man. 543 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,760 That would have to be close on half-an-ounce. 544 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,160 Oh, you beauty. 545 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,360 (DETECTOR BEEPING) Whoa! 546 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,440 Oh, mate, that is screaming. 547 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,360 Oh, look at that. You know, it's in these beautiful river sands. 548 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,440 Nice gravels. 549 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,840 Oh, look at that. (LAUGHS) 550 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,560 It's right there. Look at that! 551 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,360 (EXCLAIMS) 552 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,520 Mate, that's pushing us up. 553 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,600 This is the biggest piece of gold I've found in days, weeks. 554 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,800 All that effort that we've put in, Levi's digging like a madman, 555 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,960 and we're out swinging, picking up gold. 556 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,520 We're chipping away at that 40-oz target. 557 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,360 That's beautiful. That is a beautiful piece of Pilbara gold. 558 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,840 BRAD: Yeah, I've got it. 559 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,080 Are you all right? CHRIS: Yeah. Yeah. 560 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,280 It's definitely a bee sting, mate. I'm rashing up straight away. 561 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:30,200 Here you go, mate. You all right? 562 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,680 Were you were washing your face down there? Yeah. 563 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,960 In remote western Australia... (GROANS) That's a thick needle. 564 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,600 ..Gold Retriever, Chris Smith, has suffered an allergic reaction 565 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,880 to a bee sting. (GROANS) 566 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,560 That's working a treat. You all right? Yeah. 567 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,080 The adrenaline's just making me tremble. Do you wanna get to a hospital? 568 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,880 The adrenaline from an EpiPen can stop an allergic reaction 569 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,320 by quickly decreasing inflammation. 570 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,640 It was lucky we're all here, mate, could have died. 571 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,520 You gotta sit down and relax, eh. 572 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,680 It takes a while for it to... 573 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,440 for the adrenaline to wear off as well. 574 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,320 Don't fall over... No, I'll be all right. ..and bust a hip. 575 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,160 (LAUGHS) All right, let's go relax, man. 576 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,200 There's no snakes here to worry about. 577 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,800 For the rest of the day, I could keep working. 578 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,240 We still need to make target, so I'm chasing what we need to chase. 579 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,760 The afternoon shift's arrived, has it? 580 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,440 Yeah, still not feeling the best, 581 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,560 but I can't let you hit target without me. 582 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,360 We need both of us to get this done. 583 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,240 After a three-hour break, Chris has recovered, 584 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,960 and The Gold Retrievers are back at full strength. 585 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,000 I'm glad you're up and about anyway, mate, 586 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,120 so, let's get stuck into it, eh. Yeah. 587 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,680 I'll jump in the loader and just go as hard as I can, 588 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,760 it's just getting roasting hot. 589 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,720 We promised our families we'd hit target this year, 590 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,600 so I'm gonna be very, very upset 591 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,560 if we don't get that target before we go home. 592 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,880 We wanted to get down to the bottom of the pit, 593 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:58,680 we've got granite level coming down, 594 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,600 so, I think I've just hit that, 595 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,920 I don't think I can get through it. 596 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,360 Yeah, that's starting to get really hard now. 597 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,880 This is pretty much the end of the rope. 598 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,840 Damn, why pull out there? There's no point going in. 599 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,880 So, I think we're gonna... 600 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,920 We got a heap of dirt to get through, lay out in the side. 601 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,280 I'll park up, and I'll come up top and grab the detector. 602 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,880 Chris spreads the paydirt into 15cm pads 603 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,840 for The Gold Retrievers to detect, 604 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,960 their last chance to find gold this season. 605 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,000 All right, so this is it. I'll go at this, hopefully, we can find a bit of gold. 606 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,360 We've gotta try and keep hydrated as well, 607 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,600 that's probably the biggest danger out here, the temperature, so... 608 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,120 you know, that's something we need to be aware of. 609 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,800 (DETECTOR BEEPING) 610 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,640 That's a good signal. 611 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,560 (DETECTOR BEEPING) It's in the scoop. 612 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,680 (DETECTOR BEEPING) Oh, yes. 613 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,960 Whoo-hoo! A bit of gold. 614 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,640 Ah, I'll tell you what. That's so good... 615 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,520 That'll be at least two grams there, two or three grams. 616 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,400 These are the sort of finds we need. Let's hope there's a heap more. 617 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,120 This heat's really knocking us around at the moment, 618 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,480 but we got a season target to hit, 619 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,800 so, I'm going to push the machines to the limit, 620 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,680 push us to the limit, and get this job done. 621 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,560 So it's nice to find gold, for sure, 622 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,840 but I certainly don't want to die doing it. 623 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,960 When it gets to these sort of temperatures, 624 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:22,800 you need to watch what you're doing. 625 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,520 But we need to make season target, 626 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,200 so this is what's going to either make us or break us. 627 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,920 Come on, you people, get over here. Your car's gone, Marcus. 628 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,800 Four people, this just had to happen to us. 629 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,320 In the last place they'd expect thieves, 630 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,080 Marcus and Linden's car has been stolen 631 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,560 while the team was searching for gold 500m away. 632 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,480 DALE: I could hardly hear cos I had the headphones on. 633 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,000 Your car's gone. Yeah... I'm gonna need this. 634 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,840 Yeah, yeah, no problem. 635 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,840 MAN: Keep that camera going. Take that way. 636 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,200 Hang on. 637 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,640 You can see the tracks is going that way. 638 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,440 Hopefully, we'll catch them. 639 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,160 If we can't find them, that's gonna be the end of us. 640 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:12,960 That's it. 641 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,720 Is that one or two tracks? 642 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,080 That's two tracks, man. Two. 643 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,960 Keep your eyes out there. I am, I am. 644 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,600 Marcus, it's cutting back around over here. Yeah. 645 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,000 Take it easy, man. Yeah, I will, Linden. 646 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,040 What's out there? 647 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,720 Hey, that looks like it there. 648 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,760 Can you see anyone over there, or is it just your car? 649 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,560 No. Nobody around. 650 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,400 What the heck is going on? 651 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,160 Like they've just been having fun, 652 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,320 that's all they've been doing around here. 653 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,400 (SIGHS) Hurry up. 654 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,600 Your detector is still here. 655 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,840 Oh, damn. Stupid kids. 656 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,520 People come out here, get a joy riding around. 657 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,320 You do get some young punks out here 658 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,320 who come out and think they can touch other people's stuff. 659 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,160 (ENGINE CRANKS) All right. 660 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,000 Get in there, man. Get in there, give it a bit of juice... stuff. 661 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,680 That's it. Give it a bit of herbs. 662 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,480 She's sweet, mate. 663 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,240 Oh, good thing it's running. 664 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,360 All right, you're gonna drive her back? 665 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:35,240 You know, you get idiots that run amok all day, and pin something off you. 666 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,400 (GROANS) Stupid kids. 667 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,960 But I never thought that this would happen to us. 668 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,400 If this car had rolled, that would have been done. 669 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,440 That would have been game over. 670 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,840 BRAD: It's starting to get a bit too hot for this. 671 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,120 I'll go as long as I can, but I don't want to get dehydrated, that's for sure, so... 672 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,280 OK, yeah, for a bit longer, but... 673 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,360 It's the final day of The Gold Retrievers' season. 674 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,200 The pair are battling to uncover the nuggets they need 675 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,400 to hit their 30-oz target. 676 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,360 (DETECTOR BEEPING) That's a hell of a signal. (EXCLAIMS) 677 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,040 Let's see what it is. (LAUGHS) 678 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,880 I can see it. Holy crap! 679 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,040 I reckon that'll be pushing half-an-ounce, easy. 680 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,920 I'll tell you, I'm pissing out sweat, 681 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,600 but, mate, that makes it all worthwhile. 682 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,440 Hey, Chris, pull up for a second. 683 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,640 I've got something to show you. 684 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,440 Check that one out. 685 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,120 That's a good-size nugget. 686 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,360 Do you want to have a break? Jump in the cabin? Yeah, I'll tell you, 687 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,520 I'm bugging. A bit warm. Absolutely bugging. 688 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,840 It is scorching. I can see you're struggling. 689 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,520 See if you can find a few of these. Yeah. We need them. 690 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,160 I've only been out of the cab for a couple of minutes, 691 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,480 and I'm already roasting. This sun is a killer. 692 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,160 Each day is just getting hotter and hotter. It's all for the gold. 693 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,560 (DETECTOR BEEPING) That's a target. 694 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,680 It's at the bottom of the scoop somewhere. 695 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,440 There we go. That's a good three, four grams, that one. 696 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,200 That'll look nice when it's cleaned up. 697 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,280 (DETECTOR BEEPING) (LAUGHS) 698 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,000 Hey, Brad, I just hit another target. 699 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:19,680 Dig it up, dig it up. 700 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,840 (LAUGHS) Oh, there she is. 701 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,240 A bit smaller, but it's still gold. 702 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,760 You know, it's tough out here. Everything out here, 703 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,080 with the environment and all that is working against you. 704 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,080 When you stop sweating, you know you've got a serious problem, 705 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:37,760 that's going into heat stroke. 706 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,960 I don't know how much more I can do of this. Little bit to go. 707 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,480 I'll smash this out, and go and have a break, I think. 708 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:50,440 It's warm again, mate? Mate, I'm cooking. 709 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,000 (DETECTOR BEEPS) Are you kidding me? 710 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,040 This is all yours, mate. I can't even bend down. (LAUGHS) 711 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,600 I reckon I can. All right, mate. 712 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,920 You might have to help me back up. (LAUGHS) 713 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,600 Is it about here? Yeah, about there somewhere. 714 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,800 (BEEPING) Yeah, you got it in the scoop, for sure. Thank Christ for that. 715 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,360 It's a nice sound. There it is. There, look at that. 716 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,160 Mate. That's a good one. 717 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:18,360 Holy crap. Look, mate, in all honesty, 718 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,400 it's extreme heat, it'll only get hotter, 719 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,840 so I'll say we call it before one of us gets hurt. 720 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,840 Yeah, it would cook the loader... Yeah. ..it would cook us, 721 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,680 Now the heat has shut down Brad and Chris' operation... 722 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,400 Well, it's a wrap. All right. Let's call it? Yeah. 723 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,760 ..the last chance of adding to their tally, 724 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,240 is at a plant 40km away, 725 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,840 where 23 tonnes of rocky paydirt they couldn't process 726 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,760 is being crushed to see if it contains gold. 727 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:47,720 It's a huge risk, but let's hope that we make a profit out of it. 728 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:52,240 Let's go and have a weigh up, and I'll finish it off... Yeah. ..find out. Yeah. 729 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,720 I just need a big, tall drink of water. 730 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:57,250 2 00:35:59.080 -- 00:36:01.480 align:middle line:90% position:50% LINDEN: No-one wants to see their stuff taken away, 731 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,360 so we're just happy that everything is back, 732 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,040 you know, we've got the detectors, you know, our season isn't over. 733 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:12,320 I want to get back on this, start hitting this quartz, 734 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,760 I'm just a bit inquisitive to see what's in here. 735 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,560 NARRATOR: After recovering their car, 736 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,560 it's the last few hours of Marcus and Linden's season. 737 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,480 We're back on the salt lake now, 738 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:24,520 I'd probably not walk as far as we were. 739 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,440 It's definitely a lesson that's been learned pretty quick. 740 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:32,960 So far, they've failed to get much closer to their 20oz season target. 741 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,800 (DETECTOR BEEPING) I think I'm onto something right here. Oh, that sounds good. 742 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:38,960 I've got family that are relying on me, 743 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,080 er, my kids, partner. 744 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,240 This will be nice if there's something here, 745 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,680 I don't like giving up on looking for gold. 746 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,520 I'll never stop looking for it. 747 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,080 Oh, look at that, sitting right up on top. 748 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,960 That's definitely lifted my spirits 749 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,560 after the drama that I had today, 750 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,520 and that's what we're out here, eh. 751 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,320 It definitely is a mood changer 752 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,200 when you see a shiny thing like that. 753 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,640 Whoo-hoo. 754 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:10,640 Well, I'm onto some good colour. 755 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:12,960 Who knows what else might be here. 756 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,960 Oi, yo, bring it in, guys. 757 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,440 Oh, she's been a warm one. Sure has. 758 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,560 It's good to have a bit of shade. Aye. 759 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,680 How are you feeling, mate? Ah. 760 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,680 Stick a fork in me, I'm done. 761 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,960 After a punishing final week on the salt lake, 762 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,080 Marcus, Linden, and Dale are about to find out 763 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,560 if their efforts rocketed them to their 20oz target or not. 764 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:46,800 Talk about tough season, man. Well, it is what it is, mate. 765 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,480 Let's weigh it up. Yeah. OK, let's put them on there. 766 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,720 Some nice, shiny little pieces there. 767 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,280 Look at that. Oh. 768 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,880 Beautiful. That's all? But we still found something. 769 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,080 Well, you know, I went out for a walk up in the hill, 770 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,440 Did you now? Yeah. I was wondering where you disappeared to. 771 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,800 Then chuck that one down on, and weigh that up. 772 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,560 That's beautiful. Yeah. (LAUGHS) 773 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,960 There's someone here to pick up the game. Thanks. 774 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,880 Chuck her on all, too. Beautiful. 775 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,880 Beautiful crystalline gold. 776 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,160 Look at that mix-up. A beautiful specimen, man. 777 00:38:19,240 --> 00:38:20,840 It's pretty solid there, 778 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:24,120 so possibly, I reckon about ten grams of gold in that. 779 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,200 Beautiful, rigging out the money. Now this one's pretty light, 780 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,560 you do have a few little chunks in there. Yeah. 781 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,120 Maybe guessing three or four grams. Yeah. 782 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,160 The specimens, gold veins encased in quartz, 783 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,400 will add an estimated $1,000 to their tally. 784 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,960 So you're saying it will mean... This is a beauty. 785 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,800 we've got... About 14 grams. Maybe half-an-ounce... 786 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,480 That's what I'm saying. ..when you look at it that way. 787 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,840 Across the season, the trio have uncovered under five oz, 788 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,640 worth less than $12,000, 789 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:57,320 well-short of their 20oz target. 790 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,360 We've thrown what we've got on the scales, 791 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,720 we're just short a quarter of our target, 792 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,520 and... But, look, at the end of the day, 793 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,360 we definitely had an eventful, but enjoyable experience out here. 794 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,360 You know, any way I can help my brother, 795 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,040 and, you know, Aunty Dale out, 796 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,400 is a time well spent. 797 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,400 No reason to hang up the detectors yet, 798 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,280 next season will be bigger and better, 799 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,280 we start heading out a bit further, 800 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:23,760 places that we hear of that's got good gold everywhere. 801 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,040 Hopefully, next year we get the mother lode, 802 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,920 and when you start putting the numbers up on the table 803 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,080 to show everybody it's there, we just need to walk on it. 804 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,280 OK. All righty. All right. Ride off into the sunset. 805 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,240 Time to weigh the gold in. 806 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,240 I've been looking forward to this, eh. 807 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,240 Mate, that's been epic. Yeah. 808 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:52,120 Hey, man! It our favourite time of the week, buddy. Come on. 809 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,720 After a tough start, The Ferals turned their week around, 810 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,520 and opened up promising new gold ground, 811 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,000 Here we go, mate. Have a listen to that. 812 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,840 Wow. (LAUGHS) Hey, you guys have been hard at it. 813 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,880 Put your hand out fellow. (LAUGHS) 814 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,120 Oh, look at that. You're right. 815 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,720 Plenty of gold in that one, too. 816 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,240 But I'm pretty keen to weigh this up. 817 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,120 Ha-ha! Look at that, baby. Pour it out. 818 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,400 Chunks? Yes. Go on. 819 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,760 (EXCLAIMS) 820 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,960 Seven point one ounces, fellas. (LAUGHS) 821 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:33,880 (LAUGHS) Oh, yeah. 822 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:37,320 I didn't think we were gonna make it that far there. Good job. 823 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,560 Good stuff, man. 824 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,800 The Ferals have put their biggest haul of the season on the scales, 825 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,040 worth nearly $18,000. 826 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:48,720 With one week left, 827 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,920 they need over 18oz to make target. 828 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,080 We haven't got much time to go, so we just got to crack on, mate, 829 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,720 if we've got any hope of getting that 40oz target, 830 00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,800 we need to work day and night. Yeah, man. 831 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:03,000 I'm pretty keen to get into it after a big, old drink of water. 832 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,920 Oh, yeah. How about you boys? 833 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,640 I'm keen as, like... Have a look at that nugget I found, 834 00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:09,680 I know there's one down there waiting. 835 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,080 Got a little brother or a big sister... It's got a big sister. 836 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,800 I'll be happy with the cousin, mate. 837 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,240 To be quite honest, I want the whole family, mate. 838 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,400 Yeah, I want the whole family. (EXCLAIMS) 839 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,880 All right, let's pack it up, and let's get into it. 840 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,200 Ha-ha! Good weigh in, boys. 841 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,160 Good weigh. (LAUGHS) 842 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,240 CHRIS: This will look good. All right. 843 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,440 Final weigh-in of the season. I'm excited. 844 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,360 This is gonna be unreal. What do we need to make target? 845 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,480 We need 2.7oz to hit target. To hit target. 846 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,080 Let's find out. Man, I'm not waiting any longer. 847 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,640 It's stinking hot here. Proof's in the jar. Come on. 848 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:48,880 If Brad and Chris don't make target, 849 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,680 they will sell up and end their mining operation. 850 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,440 What a hard work there, is that real? But it's paying off. 851 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,640 That is so good. And, and... 852 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,720 What else you got? I picked up our bar. 853 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,640 Oh, nice. Yeah. Yeah, look at that. So that's from the truckload. 854 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,240 That really paid off, getting that processing done. 855 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,000 Yeah, now that's good. It's still profit. Eh, it's money. 856 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,480 Chuck it on, bro. Chuck it on. Let's see what we've got. 857 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,760 Holy dole-y! We have smashed it. 858 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,080 Yeah, baby! Whoo-hoo! (LAUGHTER) 859 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,640 Brad and Chris have rocketed past their season target, 860 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,480 with a huge 7.3oz haul, 861 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,280 worth over $18,000. 862 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,640 We're proper miners. We're officially miners. 863 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:34,680 We are, mate. We know how to find gold. 864 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,840 Worthwhile sending that truck in there. That was, that was 100... 865 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,200 I can't wait to go home and see the family, 866 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,040 they're gonna love this, let's have a beer to celebrate. 867 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:44,960 That deserves a beer. Absolutely. 868 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,120 That deserves a beer. A few beers. 869 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,800 Well done, mate. Well done. 870 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,960 That tastes even sweeter, doesn't it? Yeah. 871 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,640 We had problems along the way, 872 00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:56,520 but we come out stronger in the end, that's the main thing, 873 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,640 we'll be back next year, bigger and better than ever, I reckon. 874 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:01,600 Subtitles by Deluxe