1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 This time on Aussie Gold Hunters: 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,520 It's OK, just lay there, stay there. What happened? 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,600 I reckon she's a bit hot. 4 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,360 ..it's the last week of the season and the extreme heat 5 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,320 finally takes its toll on the Ferals... 6 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,680 It's been a massive couple of weeks. 7 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,000 ..as they struggle to work around the clock 8 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:18,800 in the hope of hitting their season target. 9 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,880 Yeah, babies! Whoo! 10 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:24,240 We've got a pit flood in here. 11 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,320 The Poseidon Crew suffer a huge blow 12 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,480 when the dig site they're banking on is left unworkable. 13 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,320 One of the worst things that can happen. 14 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,200 ..But 15-year-old Cayden's determination could save the day. 15 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,000 (DETECTOR WHIRS) Have a look at that! That's something. 16 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,000 (LAUGHS) That's how you move some dirt! 17 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,200 ..and Shane and Russell borrow a 30-ton grader for their final push- 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,960 Hey, Rusty! Hey, you might be on to one here. 19 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,400 ..that helps them uncover the biggest nugget of their season. 20 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:56,760 We did it. This is what you dreamed about and there it is, son! 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,400 Look at the size of that. You beauty! (LAUGHS) 22 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,440 We've had some of the worst storm events running through 23 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,280 central Victoria and when I heard all the rain last night 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,560 I thought I'd get out here early this morning. 25 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,040 I just can't believe it. This is flooded. 26 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,800 This is the most rain I've seen out here all season 27 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,960 and I can't believe it's happened right in the last week. 28 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,520 In the state of Victoria on the historic Catto's Paddock claim, 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,720 Poseidon Crew leader Brent Shannon is struggling with flood water 30 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,120 that could ruin the team's final week. 31 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,200 Right now the pressure is on. 32 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,520 If all this water floods into the fresh cut we're gonna do, 33 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,000 it's just gonna turn it just a muddy soup 34 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,520 and we can't push that soup out and detect it. 35 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,840 I've just got to bail all this water out of the hole 36 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,200 before Cayden and Paulie get here. 37 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,720 We have one week left in the season. I've gotta make something happen. 38 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,040 We're that far behind on season target, this could end up 39 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,720 being the worst season tally for a long time. 40 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,880 But I'm still living in hope that this paddock 41 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,520 can deliver the monster nugget that we're looking for. 42 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,360 At the start of their season, 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,680 Brent sold the team's most valuable lease to help fund his dream. 44 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,800 My holy grail is to find a 1,000 ounce plus nugget. That is the pinnacle that I wanna reach. 45 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,640 He moved the team's operation to Catto's Paddock to chase a monster nugget. 46 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,480 Nearly one third of all Victoria's largest nuggets 47 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,080 have been found in this paddock and adjoining. 48 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,760 But so far the historic ground has failed to deliver any big finds... 49 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,520 Right now we've been digging for absolutely no gold at all. 50 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,120 ..and the frustration is rising. 51 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,200 I don't wanna chase just big nuggets. 52 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,440 I wanna make an income, a livelihood. That's what I'm thinking about. 53 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,800 This decision could affect us for the rest of our lives. It really could. 54 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,360 Right now we need some big nuggets and we need 'em fast. 55 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:01,400 Both the paddock and me are not living up to expectations. 56 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,600 So, the only way to make that happen is 57 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,040 we've just gotta keep digging through ground and sorta force it to happen. 58 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,000 We've got the sun shining now, the wind's picking up a little bit. 59 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,480 The radar is looking good for the next couple of days 60 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,320 and with this big nugget country, it only takes one of them 61 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,400 and it changes everything. 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,040 Looks like Paulie and Cayden's here. 63 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,560 What are you doing here? I thought I'd come out, mate. 64 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:35,480 I had a chat with Chelsey and everything's going pretty smooth. 65 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,400 So, here I am, mate. Thought I better come out and chop out so... 66 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,320 You had me thinking you weren't gonna be here for the whole week. 67 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,400 (LAUGHS) I wasn't, mate, but, nah, 68 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,480 everything's going smooth, buddy. 69 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,760 Congratulations, mate! Thanks very much, mate. 70 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,880 Last week, Ethan's fiancee, Chelsey, 71 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,080 gave birth to their second child Odin. 72 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,160 It's always gonna be those pressures. You know, another newborn. 73 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,040 I wanna find as much gold as we can for me, myself, the family. 74 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,520 It's starting to dry up real quick. It was flooded. 75 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,400 I had to bail that out for the last hour and a half, two hours. 76 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,680 Yous couldn't turn up with better timing. 77 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,480 Let's make the most of it, eh? Let's go. 78 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,120 Let's go and find some gold! I'll drive the truck for you. 79 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,520 Oh, yeah, good. You're right now. I'm right now. 80 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,360 I don't need to do that. Oh, this is good. 81 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,080 We actually might find some gold this... this week. 82 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,720 Good to be out here for the last push of the season. 83 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,520 Right now we're miles away from our season target 84 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,600 but with all four of us out here, hopefully, we can er... 85 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,880 all work together and get some good gold out of the ground. 86 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,520 Couldn't be happier. That's gonna help out a hell of a lot. 87 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,440 I'm in the excavator, Cayden's in the dump truck, 88 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,920 Paulie on the pads detecting. Ethan pushing out the pads so they can be detected. 89 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,680 Now we've got a chance of making something for this week. 90 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,240 Over this side, Cayden, in front of me, mate. Yeah, righto. 91 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,200 This is our final week out here and it's been a tough season for all of us. 92 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:55,520 We're just looking now for one of those big nuggets 93 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,440 that we need so badly out here at Catto's. 94 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,800 There's over a ton of gold believed to have come off this ground, 95 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,320 which is 80 million dollars' worth of gold. 96 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,920 I can tell you the old boys don't get it all. 97 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,040 It's critical we keep digging and there's not much time left in the season to do that. 98 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,400 (MACHINE BEEPS AND WHIRRS) 99 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,400 That's a nice sound. I'm just hovering above it and it's screaming. 100 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,320 (BEEPING AND WHIRRING) 101 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,200 (GROANS) 102 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,000 (BEEPING AND WHIRRING) Oh, that sounds nice. 103 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,120 There it is. Now that's a nice piece. 104 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,200 This is what they're after. 105 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:46,560 That there, you're probably looking three quarters of an ounce. 106 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,640 The nugget could be worth up to $1,800. 107 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,600 Got a copy, Brent? Yeah, mate. 108 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,480 Nice bit, maybe three quarts. 109 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,040 Oh, yeah, that's good. That's a good start. 110 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,560 We're getting onto some so these- this whole is looking good, mate. 111 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,640 We keep going like this, you know, 112 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,240 we... we might get some good gold on the scales by the end of the week. 113 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,560 Oh, Jesus! We got a (BLEEP) pit flooding in. 114 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,920 Hey, Paulie, anyone and, Cayden, we've just hit 115 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 some sort of aquifer, some sort of water. 116 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,520 It's absolutely pouring in. You're kidding. 117 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,680 We're just starting to get onto some gold and all of a sudden this. 118 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,560 It's absolutely a joke. 119 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,760 All the recent flooding rains we've had over the last few months 120 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:34,520 has worked the way down onto the bedrock. 121 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,600 It's found itself some voids and it's accumulated in there 122 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,120 like tanks of water really and we've broken into one 123 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,720 and it's just flooded our entire pit. 124 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,560 That's bad. 125 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,920 I don't know how we're gonna detect and spread this stuff. 126 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Jesus Christ, mate. 127 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,120 The truck- It won't be able to push that out, you know. 128 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,720 It won't be able to go through it. The wheels will spin. 129 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,720 We've only got a certain amount of time left out here. 130 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,480 It's one of the worst things that could happen. It's- 131 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,800 Over 3,000 kilometres away, in Western Australia's desolate goldfields, 132 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,880 the summer heat is rising. 133 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,200 Brutal 50 degree Celsius temperatures 134 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,800 and deadly tropical cyclones are closing in 135 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,640 forcing the end of the gold hunting season in just a few days' time. 136 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,320 Only a week to go, mate. We better smash it. 137 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,840 Big days, long nights and, hopefully, lots of nuggets. 138 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,080 Suffering in these extreme conditions 139 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,800 in the final week of their season are the Ferals. 140 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,880 Ryan Peters, Levi North and newest recruit Nathan Moncrieff. 141 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,480 It's easy in the high 40s if not 50 degrees at the moment. 142 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,840 We've really gotta do what we can to get as much gold as we can. 143 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,760 Come on, where are ya? Give the Ferals a bit of something. 144 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,120 We've got a lot of gold to find if we want to get our 40-ounce target. 145 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,880 We need to be out there working 16 and 18-hour days 146 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,120 and trying to find as much gold as possible. 147 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,880 This ground. I'll tell you what, this left knee of mine's cooking at the moment. 148 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,160 Hey, Nathan, Ryan doesn't look too good. 149 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,240 (COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING) 150 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,880 (RETCHING) 151 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,640 Hey, bro, hey, bro, you right mate? 152 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:28,000 You right? Stay there, mate. It's OK. Just lay there, stay there. 153 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,800 Stay there. Have you got water? Keep calm, buddy. I'll get you some water. 154 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,840 You right, buddy? Just chill out, man. 155 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,600 What happened? You just fell over, bro. You fell over, man. 156 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,680 Too much heat. 157 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,720 Just come up here a bit and give you a bit of shade. You all right? 158 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,320 Sorry, man, I don't know what happened. Yeah, I know. 159 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,160 I reckon she's a bit hot. Aw. Far out, man. Yeah. 160 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,560 Ooh. Just lean back on me, man, on my leg. Little ones, little sip. 161 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,320 Little one, buddy, little one. Just wash it in your mouth. 162 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,480 Righto. (EXHALES) 163 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,120 Righto, bud, you right? Yeah. Ready on one. 164 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,160 Ooh. Steady. Oh, man. 165 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,280 You all right? You just stay there. Hold on to me now. I'm good, man. 166 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,800 Yeah, stress and desperation up here at the moment. 167 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,480 It's getting out of hand. You know, we're not sleeping properly. 168 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,400 Maybe getting- hurry up, man- maybe an hour or two a day. 169 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,440 You know, none of us are eating properly. 170 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,280 It's pretty crazy, man. It's pretty easy to die out here. 171 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,160 Intense heat can shut down the body's ability to regulate temperature 172 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,200 causing heatstroke... 173 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,280 Whoo! 174 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,760 ..which can be fatal without immediate treatment. 175 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,760 I'll bring the car down, man. I'll bag some electrolytes and- 176 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,760 Get him in the air con. I'll get it. You wanna grab it? Yep. Cheers. 177 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,080 You're pushing yourself way too hard. You've been digging day and night 178 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,880 harder than I have and I've been pushing myself really hard. 179 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,800 This is what we were talking about, man. 180 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,000 We've gotta look after ourselves, you know? 181 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,760 But we need to find gold. We don't have long left in the season 182 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,080 and we've got nothing in our pocket, mate. We're only just making money. 183 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,120 Yeah but there's no point in dying over it. That's ridiculous. 184 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,960 Only you know when you push yourself to the limits, man, 185 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,400 so try not to go past that red limiter mate. 186 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,760 All right? Don't put me in that situation. 187 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,840 I won't, bro. 188 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,640 Aw. Sorry, man. 189 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,760 I just need a rest, mate. It's been... it's been a long hard season. 190 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,680 I know, bro. Oh, cheers, man. 191 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,240 Get some ice on you. Oh, you're a good man. 192 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,200 Well, I reckon we just call it for the... for the day. 193 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,160 It's the hottest time of the day right now. I reckon. 194 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,720 The Ferals have struggled through 195 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,200 the toughest season of their prospecting careers. 196 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,400 You got a copy there, you pair of Ferals? 197 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,680 What's going on, man? Basically, yeah, I'm... 198 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,760 I'm gonna just get out of prospecting. 199 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,320 Team leader Rob Beeton quit the gold business. 200 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,040 You with with Robbie going, I thought that was the end of our season then. 201 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,640 And Levi's wife Bridget had to step away 202 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,360 with the birth of their first child only a few weeks away. 203 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,320 Nathan! Hey, how you going? Heard a bit about ya. 204 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,080 Ryan's been telling me a couple of childhood stories. Oh, yeah! 205 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,360 But after recruiting Ryan's childhood friend Nathan Moncrieff for the final push, 206 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,680 the Ferals still have their sights on hitting their 40-ounce target. 207 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:24,880 You all right? 208 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,640 We've been burning the candle at each ends and the stress and 209 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,600 the end of the season, they all come together at the wrong time. 210 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:33,840 My goal is to be able to help my kids along in life 211 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,880 and... and set them up and erm... 212 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,520 Levi's got a baby on the way and, you know, Nathan's got a couple of kids and... 213 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,360 and he'd like to get rid of his mortgage. 214 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,120 Oh, man. He just went down like a ton of bricks. 215 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,840 Levis yelled out, I've looked around and he's like gone. 216 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,920 Hit the deck and twitching out. 217 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,520 It's been a massive couple of weeks... 218 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,600 (WEEPS SOFTLY) 219 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,360 I think we all need some sleep and erm... 220 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,640 Yeah, I need to go home too. 221 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,720 Need to go... go home. 222 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,280 I need a minute. 223 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,120 (EXHALES DEEPLY) 224 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:26,250 2 00:12:29.000 -- 00:12:31.040 align:start line:90% position:30% Shane, you got a heap of trees under the blade, 225 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,160 a heap of trees. Pull up and I'll get them out. 226 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,560 What's against us at the moment is is just time. We're running out of time. 227 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,840 We've only got a week left and that's it. Keep going, keep going. 228 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,720 Righto, that'll do you. 229 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,840 We need seven ounces in a week to make target. 230 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,080 It's gonna be tough. Righto, go forward a bit. 231 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,040 Keep going, keep going. Righto. You're free. Go. 232 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,680 Go, go, go. Every hour counts. 233 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,960 We just need to keep opening up and moving ground. 234 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,080 It's the only way we're gonna make any money. 235 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,840 On the outskirts of Leonora, in remote Western Australia, 236 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,080 Shane Calegari and Russell Nash are racing to clear ground 237 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,000 on their new lease before the suffocating heat 238 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,320 ends their season in just a few days. 239 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,520 Come on, old girl, keep going. 240 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,720 Watch out for the temperature on that truck. This is getting hot. 241 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,800 Absolutely unbearable, this heat. 242 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,320 I've got to clear some area or we're not going to make our quota. 243 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,920 The pair are using a grader blade originally designed 244 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,440 for surface levelling to strip topsoil on their 300-hectare lease. 245 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:33,640 You put a bit of weight on top and it takes 246 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,960 all the vegetation and the large rocks away. 247 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,880 It gives us a nice clean area to detect and that's given us a big head start. 248 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,080 To get the seven ounces, we need something bigger. 249 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,440 This place is renowned for large nuggets 250 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,920 and it's next to a very large open cut mine. 251 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,360 Yeah, Red 5 is the gold mine right next door 252 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,720 They're pulling out huge chunks of alluvial gold. 253 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,800 So that looks great for us. 254 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,040 The Red 5 mine has an estimated 255 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:03,120 two million ounces of contained gold worth $5 billion. 256 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,760 Yeah, we're only scraping the surface with the plough 257 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,320 so it's not getting down to where the big gold should be 258 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,080 so I'm digging a costean, a channel straight through here. 259 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,920 Trying to work out which way the the ancient creek flows. That's what we need to find. 260 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,400 We need to find the bottom structure, the base layer 261 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,360 so we need to dig down. That's where the big rich money will be. 262 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,720 The pair have made a series of gold finds 263 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,440 running along an ancient dried-up riverbed. 264 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,840 A trench or costean will help locate its deepest point 265 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,480 where the biggest gold could be trapped. 266 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,440 The machine's getting hot, the ground's hard as... 267 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,680 cos I shouldn't be doing it with this. 268 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,760 We've only got a week left and that's it. 269 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,040 This is too hard. 270 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,680 I've got a bit more of a... a riverbed here. 271 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,080 (MACHINE BEEPS AND WHIRS) I got a sound here. 272 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,160 I got a sound here, Russell! 273 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,320 I tell you what, it's a good sound too. 274 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,400 (FRANTIC WHIRRING) Listen to that. 275 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,280 Yep. That's... that's a nice piece, that is. (WHIRRING) 276 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,320 I saw it, Russell, I saw it. There you go, Rusty, look. 277 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,160 You beauty. Problem is, there's four or 500 mil there. It's too deep. 278 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,320 We've gotta rid of that. We've gotta take the top off through here. 279 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,400 OK. This is gonna take me hours. 280 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,640 It's too (BLEEP) hot. It's stinking hot. The machine's running hot. 281 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,320 The ground's hard as. I tell you what, leave it with me. 282 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,040 You've got a solution, have you? I got an idea. 283 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,760 We've gotta shift more dirt and fast. Time's running out. 284 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,640 Well, I'm a bit of a family man. I have a couple of kids 285 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,640 and a lovely wife and... and... and I'm a dad 286 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,680 and that means if I can't make a dollar, it puts them in trouble. 287 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:47,160 All right, see you, guys. See you! Bye! Be good, we're off. Love you. 288 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:52,360 Shane and Russell took a huge gamble this season, leaving behind their families in Perth 289 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,240 to embark on a 3,000 kilometre road trip 290 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,200 to some of Western Australia's wildest goldfields. 291 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,960 Let's just get the (BLEEP) hell out of here. 292 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,080 But after failing to find big gold... 293 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,160 Done deal, she's all yours. 294 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,560 ..Shane bought the Leonora lease, their last chance 295 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,960 to uncover the seven ounces they need to make target. 296 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,600 (LAUGHS) Another one. That's why we do it because of that. 297 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,160 The colour of gold. I mean, it's fantastic. We're on the gold 298 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,160 and if we can stay on it, we're gonna make some money. It's great. 299 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,800 (LAUGHS) 300 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,840 Have a look at this! Did a deal with Red 5 mine. 301 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,920 We've got a grader for a couple of hours 302 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,480 and you're their new plumber! (LAUGHS) 303 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,040 I've swapped Shane's plumbing services for a grader 304 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,160 and that's gonna shift the dirt fast for us. 305 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,600 They said a couple of hours, that's all. Get on with it! Let's use them up. 306 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,960 Start ripping straight down here and over there. 307 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,040 OK just get on with it. Let's do it. 308 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,200 Copy, Rau, let's rip some up, mate, let's go for it. Copy that. 309 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,720 Show me some gold, please. Show me some gold. 310 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,440 Rau Maeva is an experienced heavy vehicle operator 311 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,560 who works at the nearby mine. 312 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:08,000 By the sounds of it, I'm doing the plumbing and like usual, I've been shafted. 313 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,600 Big step up from the old scraper. It's gonna show us where the base structure is, 314 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,840 where the low spots are and that's where the gold's gonna be. It's the only way to make target. 315 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,680 (LAUGHS) That's how you move some dirt! 316 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,680 Yeah, right down there, mate, bring her back here. 317 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,360 Yeah, righto, this is just gotta be sludge. 318 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,000 Right now we've just hit- I don't know how to explain it, 319 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:36,200 it's just like water underground and it's just... just flooded our entire pit. 320 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,440 On their Catto's Paddock lease... 321 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,520 Yeah, that'll do there, Cayden. 322 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,440 ..the Poseidon Crew's plan to excavate gold rich paydirt could be ruined by flood water. 323 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,320 That's ridiculous. This just looks like cement. 324 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,680 Have a look at this mess, Eth. 325 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,840 It's not what we wanna see. 326 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,280 Look at that, mate. You can't even walk through this. 327 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,560 I don't know how we're gonna detect this crud. 328 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,720 I don't know, mate. It's just really frustrating. We're starting to get onto some gold. 329 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,520 You know, this might dry out but it might take a while. 330 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,320 We're lucky we got a bit of dry dirt out before this pit completely flooded. 331 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,120 We've got some dry stuff there I'll push out. That will keep the boys going for a bit. 332 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,480 Good, mate. I'm gonna work back the other way. 333 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,920 Hopefully the ground gets a bit shallower and dryer 334 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,680 otherwise if it stays like this, we're gonna be stuffed. 335 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,880 Yeah, no worries, buddy. Well, it's already been a difficult season the way it is. 336 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,680 We've only got a week to go and this is what we're dealing with. 337 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,080 If I get in here, it's gonna sludge out everywhere. 338 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,160 I'm gonna pick all up the material and carry it everywhere so... 339 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,640 can't do much with this other than just let it sit. 340 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,880 It's absolutely frustrating. You know we're miles behind our target 341 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,000 and this ain't gonna catch us up anytime soon. 342 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,280 These things are sent to challenge you no doubt about it. 343 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:51,640 I still haven't given up hope. 344 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,680 This is just another challenge we're gonna have to figure out. 345 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,280 We need a big nugget to jump out of the ground for us. 346 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,520 (ENGINE FAILS TO START) 347 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,720 What's happened now, Eth? 348 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,360 It's ran out of fuel. 349 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,960 Cayds? What I want you to do, I want you to 350 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,440 jump on the excavator and keep the show rolling OK? 351 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,120 Righto. Be careful. 352 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,200 Will do. 353 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,280 (ENGINE FAILS TO START) 354 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,600 It's not out of fuel. It's got plenty of fuel in it. 355 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,880 Brent, check that there's no air in that filter. 356 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,760 Yeah, you've gotta have it so there's no bubbles come out of this here. 357 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,280 The engine doesn't run on bubbles, it runs on fuel. 358 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,840 Without the 30-ton front end loader, 359 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,040 the team can't spread their paydirt into pads for detecting. 360 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,120 All right try that, Eth. 361 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,200 (ENGINE FAILS TO START) 362 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,440 Hang on. 363 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,120 So, I've pretty much given that whole area a once over 364 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,680 and it is... ready, ready for a detect. 365 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,040 Yeah, wicked, man. I'm onto it now. 366 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,760 In Western Australia's Pilbara goldfields... 367 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:12,000 (WHIRRING) Sounds good! 368 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,120 .. the Ferals are working a night shift 369 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,920 to escape the searing temperatures that gave Ryan heat exhaustion. 370 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,560 It's so much better working at night. You know it really knocked me about. 371 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,560 Oh, I dropped like a ton of rocks but I've had a rest and I've got a bit of food into me. 372 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,680 Oops! She's out. Let's see what we've got. 373 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,160 Gotta look after myself a bit better. See how we go by the end of the night. 374 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,240 Hopefully, we've got a couple of ounces 375 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,920 in our pockets. There it is, another little piece. 376 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,760 We're still a long way away from reaching our target 377 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,720 but it doesn't mean we're not gonna try and get there. 378 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,480 Get back into it. We've just gotta put in a few extra hours 379 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,160 and there could be one big chunk out there with our names on it. 380 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:54,200 Whoop, there it is. They're getting slightly bigger as we're getting deeper so... 381 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,480 been getting these little, you know, one, two grammers during the day. 382 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,520 As we're digging down now, it's like we're getting down to 383 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,080 a really nice layer and that's a good three, four grammer, that one. 384 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,440 Ah, come on, wake up. 385 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,560 Little bit weary, bit exhausted but er... every little bit of gold 386 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,920 at the moment is just gonna be a bonus. 387 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,640 Have a look at this. It's just amazing. 388 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,600 We've been out here for about three hours 389 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,480 Levi's been dogging away on that machine clearing so much ground for us. 390 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:30,280 Give that a hit, bro, and see how you go. Yeah, roger that. 391 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:32,600 I've gotta be getting close to half an ounce there. 392 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,280 Ryan's evening haul could be worth over $1,000. 393 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:40,240 I'm on the gold over here. I've picked up another two small pieces. 394 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,280 Lovely, bro. Lovely! Good work! 395 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,480 Well and truly worth working into the night. 396 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,240 It's been a... a long hard season. 397 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,600 It's a bit of a shame. We've found a lot of gold here 398 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,680 and we wanna continue finding gold. 399 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,760 It's a bit of a... bit of a kick in the guts 400 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,160 knowing that we've only got a few days left so... 401 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,320 Come on, give me some more. Time is of the essence. 402 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,840 We're pushing ourselves to the limit. 403 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,160 We need to find gold and the fact that we've only got a few days left, 404 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:10,240 we've just gotta spend as much time on the ground as possible and pick up heaps of nuggets. 405 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,320 (DETECTOR BEEPS AND WHIRS) 406 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,400 (WHIRRING CONTINUES) Yeah, another signal for sure. 407 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,000 Aw, Nathan looks like he's on a massive one. 408 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,160 I'm taking one of these out. It nearly blew my ears out. 409 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,360 Oh, this is crazy! 410 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,840 Come on, baby. 411 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,720 (WHIRRING) Whoop! Still in the scoop. 412 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:41,400 (LAUGHS) You are kidding me! Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 413 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,480 Yeah, babies! Whoo! 414 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,080 No way. 415 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,280 (LAUGHS) Hey, boys, you're not gonna believe this. 416 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:54,040 I've got a huge piece of rock. 417 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:58,520 On the nuggies! Woo-hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo! 418 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,920 It's a chunk, man. It'd have to be easy 20 grams, maybe a bit over. 419 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,520 No way! 420 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,600 The nugget could be worth up to $1,600. 421 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,400 Sounded pretty excited! Can't believe it, man, eh? 422 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,600 (BOTH LAUGH) Yes! 423 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,520 Oh, you little beauty! Yeah, right. 424 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,680 We haven't got long left to go and if we can pull 425 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,000 a few more of these out of the ground... Oh, my goodness. Right. 426 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:26,760 Whoo! C'mon, boys, let's go get the nuggies! Whoo! 427 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:27,250 2 00:23:27.720 -- 00:23:30.280 align:middle line:90% position:50% How's that looking, Russell? That's looking fantastic. 428 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,760 Go as deep as you can please, mate. That's brilliant. 429 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,040 Yep, copy. 430 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:38,640 In Leonora, Western Australia, Shane and Russell have borrowed 431 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,720 an industrial 30-ton grader for a few hours 432 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,560 to speed up progress on their new lease. 433 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,960 It'd take me weeks to do this. He's just done it in half an hour. 434 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,600 We're down to our final days. We need to make 'em count. 435 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:55,400 They're hoping its five-metre long blade will expose deep-lying gold. 436 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,320 This might have been the old riverbed here, I think. 437 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,520 Yeah, it's looking good. Yeah, one more, mate, it's looking great. 438 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,400 We're looking for the ancient water course or palaeochannel 439 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,920 is what they call it and that's where the gold will be. 440 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,160 An ancient creek once flowed through here carrying gold 441 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,960 that could have become trapped in its gravel bed 442 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,680 and the grader has already cleared a 200-metre stretch. 443 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,600 Great investment to sell Shane off for a few days' work for this... this is fantastic. 444 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,920 In exchange, Shane will do a plumbing shift at the mine. 445 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,560 That's a fantastic job, mate. Thank you very much. 446 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,200 Oh, fair dinkum. Next time the toilet is blocked, we'll call Shane. 447 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,320 (LAUGHS) He'll look after it for you. 448 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,280 Hey, behave yourself, brother! (LAUGHS) 449 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,920 How good's this, eh? Look at this. It's better than good. 450 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 It's a whole new world now. Let's just get on with our detecting. 451 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:46,280 Come on. 452 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:48,480 A few more days is all we've got. It's a big push. 453 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,040 The grader's done a great job for us but seven ounces, 454 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:53,320 that's a big ask. We've a couple of days left. 455 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,920 I've got family at home. The daughter's got a birthday coming which is big 456 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,680 and I've gotta be home for that and it's getting stinking hot 457 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,400 and 48, 50 degrees, it's not a good place to be. 458 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,480 Absolutely unbearable, this heat. 459 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,520 I just gotta keep going. Time's running out. 460 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,600 (WHIRRING) 461 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:16,480 Come and check this. My weary old body doesn't move that fast under this heat. 462 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:21,160 Have a listen to this. OK, I will. Just let me wipe the sweat out of my eyes. 463 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,240 (WHIRRING) Let's have a dig. 464 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,400 Look what it's in, though. Look at this stuff. 465 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,640 River soil that's what you want. I'll bring the big guns in. 466 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,080 This is a job for a younger man. The other side. Let me in there, Shane, let me in. 467 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,160 I'll get the- (WHIRRING) 468 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,440 (LAUGHS) Hang on, Russell, why don't we do it together? 469 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,560 Ready? Under, under that. That's it, beautiful. 470 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,640 Pull that out, pull that out. 471 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,560 Give me a look, give me a look. It's out, Shane, it's out. 472 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,640 (WHIRRING) (LAUGHS) It's in here. 473 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,680 Here it is, here it is. (LAUGHS) 474 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,800 Look at the size of that! That's what we need (LAUGHS) 475 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,880 Oh! Unbelievable, Russell. 476 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,320 I'd say that's gonna be at least 14 or 15 grams. That's a nice piece of gold. 477 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:19,160 It's a $1,200 nugget and there could be more riverbed gold nearby. 478 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,480 We haven't got a lot of time left but it's not over and, hopefully, 479 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,760 in the next couple of days Shane and I can make some good numbers. 480 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,400 There you go. Great piece of gold, Russell. Well done. 481 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,920 (ENGINE FAILS TO START) Hang on. 482 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,960 In Victoria, the Poseidon Crew's vital 30-ton loader has broken down 483 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,880 with just two days left in their season. 484 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,680 We need this machine to push out the pads but when it's claggy 485 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,000 and wet, you don't wanna be using the bulldozer. 486 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,360 You can pick up a nugget stuck in the track and track it off 487 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,720 so we use the loader and right now... we just can't get a break. 488 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,720 You tell me where you want me, Cayden. 489 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,080 Yeah, just come back now, Pop. 490 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,240 Straight back. Good there. 491 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,280 Dad's left me in charge of digging out 492 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:07,360 these top layers with the excavator. 493 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,640 I haven't done it for quite a while. It's been just over a year now. 494 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,640 You have a lot of responsibility. It is very dangerous ground. It's soft. 495 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,720 So, we've gotta be on the ball. 496 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,680 Look, Cayden's been around mining all through his entire life. 497 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,920 Ever since he was a baby he was born into what we do. 498 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,520 But he's only a young man. I'll tell you what, he's good at what he does. 499 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,040 He's got a lot of knowledge. 500 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:32,240 This ground's real sandy. I'll have to batter this wall back. Yeah. 501 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,120 No worries. Battering means that instead of it being 502 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,000 a vertical straight wall down, it's a bit of a slant 503 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,040 so there's less of a chance of it collapsing in on you. 504 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,880 It's safer, there's less risk involved, especially in this 505 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,840 real sandy ground. It's coming close to the end of the season. 506 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,520 I just wanna make sure I do it right. I don't wanna mess up. 507 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,360 I hate disappointing my dad. I hate disappointing Ethan. 508 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,320 Hey, you're doing a lot better job than what I'd be doing, pal. 509 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,600 I got more faith in you than me. All good, Pop. 510 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,160 I think we've found our problem, Eth. 511 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,520 We've got a heap of crud in the fuel pick up line to the bottom filter. 512 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,600 Can't even see through it. 513 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,560 Yeah, right. I'm surprised it was running as much as it was. 514 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,880 In there you should be able to see daylight through the other side. 515 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,960 We can't because it's full of crud. 516 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,920 The blocked fuel line is cutting diesel flow to the engine 517 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 preventing it from starting. 518 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,080 There you go, mate, try that. Want me to go start it up? Yeah, mate. 519 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,160 All right, Eth, hit the guts, mate. See if she'll fire up. 520 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,480 (ENGINE STUTTERS) 521 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,720 (ENGINE COMES TO LIFE) 522 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,480 Yeah. We should be right. 523 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,080 Lost a fair bit of time this week 524 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,640 and this loader issue hopefully now is sorted out. 525 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,320 Hey, Pop, you can take that away now. No worries, buddy. 526 00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,080 Cayden, how you going, mate? How's it feel to be boss? Different. 527 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,160 (LAUGHS) You've done a really good job. 528 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,480 I'm very proud of you, mate. Well done. Thank you. 529 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,040 You battered the sides back. You've done a great job. 530 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,520 Let's hope there's some gold in it. Yeah. Go get a detector on, mate. 531 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,440 All right, beautiful. 532 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,760 I'm really proud of Cayden. While I was away, he's done a fantastic job. 533 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,240 A big responsibility on a young man's shoulders. 534 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,320 He actually might make a miner one day. 535 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,920 We've gotta get as much digging as possible done 536 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,760 to give us the best chance at landing a good nugget. 537 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,600 It's a needle in a haystack hunt 538 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,040 and we're gonna keep hunting right till the last minute. 539 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,000 I'm hoping we get that whack of gold before the season's done. 540 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,400 Open sesame... Ah, cheers, man. There you go, mate. Thanks, buddy. 541 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,880 All that dust going in through the machine, through the filters, you know, 542 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,000 you can do some major damage working it over 543 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,480 a long period of time so you have a bit of a clean out. 544 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,840 In the arid Pilbara region, the Ferals final push to hit target 545 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,280 is punishing for man and machine. 546 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,400 I have mechanical knowledge so, I mean, these guys have got diggers 547 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,360 and machinery that needs servicing so I can always help out. 548 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,480 Oop, there it is. Nice little piece of gold. 549 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,200 You know, it's gotta be up around 45, 50 degrees Celsius 550 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,640 and pressure's really on. We can't waste any time at the moment. 551 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,240 This is our last 24 hours on the lease so we've just gotta cover 552 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,000 as much ground as possible and find as much gold 553 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,560 as we possibly can before we end our season. 554 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,600 All done, Levi! Thanks, dude. 555 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,760 Let's go, Ferals. Yeah, boy, come on, Ferals! Whoo! 556 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:35,600 Woo-hoo-hoo! Another target. (WHIRRING) 557 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,920 It's just been the most epic ride for me. 558 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,600 This is a real good notch in my story in my life. 559 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,240 It's... honestly, guys, I can't thank yous enough. 560 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,320 (LAUGHS) 561 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,920 Ah. Hey, Ryan, got a copy? Yeah, bro. 562 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,920 I don't know about you, man, but I've just picked up a beauty. 563 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,120 Geez, I dunno, man, five or six at least. That's unreal, bro. 564 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:02,000 (LAUGHS) Oh, you little ripper! That's gotta be close to two grams. 565 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,080 Gold everywhere down here. 566 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,720 You can really understand why through the ages so many 567 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,800 cultures and civilisations have revered that shiny yellow stuff. 568 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,440 Have a look at that. Nice work, Nathan! 569 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,080 Oh, mate, that is awesome! 570 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,440 We continue on that legacy of being driven by the gold. 571 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,560 Come on, baby, get out of the ground. 572 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,760 You got another piece of gold, Ryan? I've got a big one in the ground here, I think. 573 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,120 I've dug down and it's just getting louder. 574 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,600 Might be a good idea for you to put your detector on, mate, and have a swing. 575 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,080 It's gut wrenching. We know how much gold's out here and we'd love to 576 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,480 stay and pick it all up but this is our last chance. 577 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,920 Come on, nuggies! 578 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,640 In the hand. (WHIRRING) 579 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,920 (LAUGHS) You little ripper! 580 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000 Check that out. 581 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,720 (LAUGHS) it's a nice chunk. 582 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,640 Boys are having fun. Speed detecting! 583 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,040 (LAUGHS) We're on the gold still, fellas! 584 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,920 (LAUGHS) Get on there, brother! Whoo! 585 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,120 (WHIRRING) I've got a very good sound here. 586 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,520 Yeah, the grounds worked out really well. 587 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,160 The graders showed us where the low spots are. 588 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,400 Sounds good! And we've found a lot of gold. 589 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,200 Look at that there. I'd say .4. It's a nice bit of gold. 590 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,320 Aw, look at that. There it is. That's about two gram. 591 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,400 It's gold but it's a long way from the seven ounces we need. 592 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,800 With just two days left in their season, 593 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:31,000 Shane and Russell have hit a run of nuggets on recently cleared ground. 594 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:32,880 Jeez, it's hot. Only one week left. 595 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,960 It's dangerous working in that heat because you dehydrate so fast. 596 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,240 People don't realise you will drink five or six 597 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,520 litres of water a day and that's just to maintain. 598 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,800 We need the gold out of the ground and fast. 599 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,600 (WHIRRING) 600 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,760 There's something there. I'm right among the tree roots. 601 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,520 (FRANTIC WHIRRING) That's a huge sound (YELLS) Hey Rusty! 602 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,200 Hey, you might be onto one here. Where is it? 603 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,040 It's hot, Russell. Stinking hot, Shane. 604 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,120 (WHIRRING) (LAUGHS) 605 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,200 Ah. 606 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,600 (WHIRRING) Listen to that. 607 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,600 (FRANTIC WHIRRING) (LAUGHS) I love it. 608 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,440 (WHIRRING) That's getting a lot bigger. 609 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,520 This might be the biggest one yet, Shane. 610 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,440 We came for the big gold. This could be it. 611 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,040 No way in the world a piece of tin's going to be in that hard. Not this deep. 612 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,080 That's out. 613 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,080 (LAUGHS) 614 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,040 I can see it! I can see it! 615 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,680 (LAUGHS) 616 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,000 We did it! (LAUGHS) 617 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,440 This is what you dreamed about and there it is, son! 618 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,360 Look at the size of that! You beauty! 619 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,520 Be at least two and a half maybe three ounces. 620 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,280 Stunning, absolutely stunning. 621 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,760 That certainly adds to the tally, old mate. Well done, mate. Fantastic. 622 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,440 The nugget could be worth up to $7,500. 623 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,800 That's a stunner, Shane. That's all we want. Don't worry. Gimme a hug! 624 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,360 Aw, settle down. Next thing you'll want a kiss! 625 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,240 Come on, let's go, Rusty, I'm thirsty. 626 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,840 Let's have a quick break then back into it. Might be more. 627 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,920 Take this with you. Put it somewhere safe. 628 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,720 Look at that. 629 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,040 # I'm on the gold! (LAUGHS) It's fantastic. 630 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:16,040 It's what we needed. A great boost to the tally but we're short. We've gotta do some work. 631 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,640 A few more nuggets in the area, we'll be on target. 632 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:21,250 2 00:34:21.960 -- 00:34:25.920 align:middle line:90% position:50% (WHIRRING) Sounds like a pretty nice bit. 633 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,640 We finally got this loader up and going so it's a good thing. 634 00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:31,840 Without it right now the operation would have been dead in the water. 635 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,840 Cayden's getting good gold so we'll get these pads pushed out 636 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,760 and we can er... you know, hopefully find a bit more. 637 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,960 Yay! About 20 grams. 638 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,880 The Poseidon Crew are detecting paydirt from their waterlogged pit... 639 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,360 It's good as. 640 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,760 ..and their efforts are finally paying off. 641 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,960 Did you get another one in that sludge, Cayden. Yeah? 642 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,040 Nice one, mate, keep 'em coming. 643 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,880 It's gotta be the wettest pad I've ever detected in my life. 644 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,240 Cayden's over there working that wet sludgy pad while it's drying out 645 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,880 and the old man's coming up behind me now so, hopefully, things are looking up. 646 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,400 This season it started off as a rollercoaster, it really did. 647 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,280 We had 16 years of going forward of consistent gold. 648 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,960 (READS SCALE) I'll ring them and say we'll accept their offer. 649 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,320 ..We sold it, we moved on. We went up to the high country, had a look... 650 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,120 (WHIRRING) There it is. A tiny bit of gold. 651 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:28,680 ..but we're here now on Catto's and while we're here digging, we've got a chance. 652 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,320 There he is look at that. That's beautiful gold. 653 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,200 That would be probably another half ouncer. 654 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,800 There's over 12 acres of land to dig here and we have to keep motoring through. 655 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,640 I'm sure out of these 12 acres we're gonna land something big. 656 00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:44,720 We are on the hunt for the biggest nugget of our lives. 657 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,240 We just gotta keep persevering. 658 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,400 (WHIRRING) 659 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:53,080 That's a nice piece. Probably about a half ouncer. 660 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:57,120 We're miles away from our target where we wanna be but guess what? 661 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,320 While we know there's still a chance of finding 1,000 ounce nuggets 662 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,800 in this paddock, we are NOT done. This season is not done. 663 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,600 (WHIRRING) 664 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,840 All right, that sounds really good. Sounds like gold. 665 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,120 (WHIRRING) 666 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,200 This sludge is ridiculous. 667 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:22,040 (WHIRRING) Oh, hey! 668 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:23,960 There we go! 669 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,800 That's a nice bit. It's gotta be over an ounce. 670 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:30,280 The nugget could be worth up to $2,500. 671 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,480 Hey, Dad. Yeah, mate. 672 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,040 I just found another bit. It's gotta be over an ounce this one. 673 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:40,040 You're kidding? Nup. That sludge hole might be kicking goals, mate. 674 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,840 Probably. All right, I'll keep moving. You keep moving. 675 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,480 We'll keep going hopefully find some more. Yeah, mate, keep it going, buddy. 676 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,560 Look at that. There's gotta be just under maybe two ounces. 677 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,120 That's paying for diesel and everything else. 678 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,520 Paul's haul today could be worth up to $5,000. 679 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,560 Let's have a look. 680 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:06,480 There's gotta be at least two and a half, three ounces here. Aw! That is brilliant. 681 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,320 Well, the good news is when the gold starts turning up like this 682 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,360 in small pieces, usually a big nugget's not that far away 683 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,520 and right now, we desperately need it, that's for certain. 684 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,720 And that's a full container. That is REALLY good. 685 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,320 Really good! 686 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,360 Far out, boys, what a way to end the season, eh? That's it. 687 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:32,400 Reward for effort, we absolutely smashed it. I'm shattered, though. 688 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,040 Oh, man, I am done, eh. Done, mate. 689 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:39,400 Physically and emotionally drained. It's just... It's been another long season. 690 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,360 We finished the way we wanted to, at least. Yes, yep. 691 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,800 Heaps of gold. Plenty of gold on the table. 692 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,840 The Ferals have survived the Pilbara's punishing conditions this season 693 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,720 but they don't know if their final push was enough to hit target. 694 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000 All right, fellas. Come on, man. 695 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,240 Slowly pour it on, eh. I wanna see this slowly come out, eh. 696 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,200 Ooh, listen to it. 697 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,960 (CHUCKLES) 698 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,080 (READS SCALE VALUE) Lads. 699 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,560 I'm shocked. 700 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:14,080 Yew! That's not the end, though. No, it's not. That's not the end. 701 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,560 Look at what we got here. Aw, that's right, no way. 702 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,160 We got the big chunks! We're gonna be nudging a few ounces more here. 703 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:23,840 It's gonna break the record. Maybe. What have we got? 704 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,200 LAUGHS) Just shy of nine ounces. (LAUGHS) 705 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:32,160 Their final week's bumper haul is worth nearly $22,500. 706 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:36,160 And takes the team's final season tally to over 30 ounces. 707 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,560 The trio are still eight ounces short of target. 708 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,800 We didn't quite get to our target which means that, you know, 709 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,520 we're not gonna have that extra money to invest in machinery and 710 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:50,080 and chasing our own leases but erm, you know, at the end of the day 711 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,720 we lost Robbie and... and erm... to be honest with you, 712 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,280 I thought that was gonna be the end of team Feral. 713 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,360 But, erm, we come together in the end 714 00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,800 and we finally put some money in our pockets. 715 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:03,000 Pretty proud of you fellas and it's been great hanging out with yous 716 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,440 but I'm really looking forward to going home and... 717 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,440 Mate, well, you've got a baby on the way so, you know, really it's not gonna be long. 718 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,520 (LAUGHS) Yeah. Awesome, fellas, wow. 719 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,880 Look, we might not have found enough gold but there's always next year. 720 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,920 Yeah. Yeah. Always next year. So, look, let's pack up and get out of here. 721 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,200 I'm so keen. Yeah. 722 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:25,640 Yeah, boys! Team Ferals! Whoo! (LAUGHS) Whoo! 723 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,160 Has all the dust been worth it, you reckon? 724 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:35,560 Well, we'll soon find out to see whether we made our target. 725 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,920 This season, Shane and Russell travelled far and wide 726 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,600 in a bid to uncover their 20-ounce target. 727 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,720 To succeed, they still need to put nearly seven ounces on the scales. 728 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,120 What a season, eh? But we're at the end. 729 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,520 How many Ks have we done this year's season? 730 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,600 I reckon over 3,000. Probably more. 731 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,160 At least. Hey, did we pay for it? I'm hoping so. 732 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,080 Aw, just in fines alone, Shane, there's 2.8. 733 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,160 Still leaves us short, though. 734 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:04,920 OK. Righto and my biggest piece for the season. 735 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000 That's a beautiful piece of gold. 736 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:11,600 Oh, hey, that's at 3.3 now. (LAUGHS) Here we go! 737 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,680 And what about Bertha? What about Bertha? Big Bertha? Eh? 738 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,080 See what that brings it to. Aw. 739 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,800 That gets us to 19.8. 19.8. 740 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,960 19.8 ounces. We're chasing 20. 19.8's good enough for me 741 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,240 especially what we've been through. What's that worth in dollar form? 742 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,160 That's just under $50,000. Good enough. That's what we needed. 743 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:35,400 I mean, it's been fantastic. For what we've learned, what we've seen. 744 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,520 It's a life experience that I'm gonna take with me until the day it's all over. 745 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,280 Well done. Well done. Fantastic season. I got a heap of gold 746 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,560 and a heap of memories. It's unbelievable. It's been a long journey. 747 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:50,200 We've been from Yalgoo, Meekatharra, Cue, Mount Magnet, 748 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:54,280 Nullagine and now Leonora. So, I think we did very, very well. 749 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,360 OK, let's go. Let's do it. 750 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,120 Right, boys. Another season done. 751 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:10,320 That's it. Done and dusted. I know it's been an upsy downsy season once again, Eth. 752 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,640 Been chasing gold around the high country, Eth. 753 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,840 We've been back out in the bush. Yes, we have. 754 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,600 But I think we've done all right to get here at Catto's 755 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,120 and we started the season out at 350 ounce target 756 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,200 but if we can make 100 ounces, 757 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:26,120 I think that would have made sort of a break even sort of season. Yeah. 758 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,320 Well, let's throw this gold on here. 759 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,680 Might as well start with some of the bigger stuff. 760 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:33,760 (READS WEIGHT) 761 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:39,840 Yeah, go on. Keep going. That brings it to 1.28. 762 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,080 There's some nice bits there. 763 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,200 That one there brings it to two ounces flat 764 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:49,120 and, Cayden, the bigger one you got out of that muck pile. 765 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:53,400 That comes up to... 3.30. 766 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,480 Then... all the smalls. 767 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:01,320 That brings us to... 7.05. 768 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,280 So, we're over the 100 mark which- 769 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:05,400 It gets us over 100 ounces for the season. 770 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:10,600 The team have scraped enough to cover their season running costs 771 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,560 with a 104 ounce total worth $260,000. 772 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:18,160 But they're still over 240 ounces short of target. 773 00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,320 We've dug five percent of the total area, if that. 774 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,080 I feel there's gonna be a ripper of a nugget somewhere. 775 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:28,600 When we find that big nugget, that moment will be etched in time. 776 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:33,400 Yeah, it will. This season wasn't a failure. We didn't make target 777 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,200 BUT we've come so far. We've made a start. 778 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,240 It's not how you start, it's how you finish. 779 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,000 We've only started here at Catto's. 780 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,920 You know what? If it comes next season, I'll take it next season. 781 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,000 I don't care but I do know that we've gotta keep digging this ground 782 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,320 cos if we don't dig this ground, we'll never know. 783 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,240 Next season it can be onwards and upwards. We'll hit the season. 784 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,560 We'll hit the ground running and we'll have... 785 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,000 all this in front of us so there's no excuses then. 786 00:42:56,080 --> 00:43:00,760 Well, boys... Eth? Hm. Thanks, mate. Seriously, good job. 787 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:02,720 Paulie, mate. No worries, pal. 788 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,320 And, Cayds, give us a cuddle cos you're my son. 789 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:08,520 You might just have a future as a mine boss. 790 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,520 I still believe there is a lot of gold to be found out there 791 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,360 and my sights are set on finding a thousand ouncer 792 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,520 and I ain't gonna stop until we find it. Well, let's go boys. 793 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,280 Subtitles by Deluxe