1 00:00:01,620 --> 00:00:03,724 Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "PARKER'S TRAIL"... 2 00:00:03,758 --> 00:00:05,310 SHOW ME THE MONEY. 3 00:00:05,344 --> 00:00:07,689 ...PARKER AND HIS TEAM FIND THEMSELVES 4 00:00:07,724 --> 00:00:09,620 CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK... 5 00:00:09,655 --> 00:00:11,482 WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 6 00:00:11,517 --> 00:00:13,206 THERE COULD BE A LOAD OF GOLD IN IT. 7 00:00:13,241 --> 00:00:14,689 ...AND A HARD PLACE... 8 00:00:14,724 --> 00:00:16,758 -I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING! 9 00:00:16,793 --> 00:00:19,862 Narrator: ...AS THEY GRAPPLE WITH A MONSTER MACHINE... 10 00:00:19,896 --> 00:00:22,379 PARKER SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON THAT DRY BLOWER. 11 00:00:22,413 --> 00:00:24,034 WHOLE THING JUST SHUT DOWN. 12 00:00:24,068 --> 00:00:26,206 Narrator: ...AND MINE THE RICHEST GROUND 13 00:00:26,241 --> 00:00:27,241 THEY'VE EVER SEEN. 14 00:00:27,275 --> 00:00:28,655 THAT'S A NUGGET. 15 00:00:28,689 --> 00:00:30,517 WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS MUCH ON THE LINE FOR THE WHOLE TRIP. 16 00:00:30,551 --> 00:00:32,413 FOR SAKE! 17 00:00:32,448 --> 00:00:34,551 GO ON! THE WHOLE THING'S GOING IN HALF! 18 00:00:34,586 --> 00:00:37,758 YEAH! 19 00:00:37,793 --> 00:00:40,758 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 20 00:00:40,793 --> 00:00:43,724 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 21 00:00:50,620 --> 00:00:53,000 -GOOD FIRE, TYLER. -THANK YOU. 22 00:00:53,034 --> 00:00:54,655 I LIKE OUR STOVE. 23 00:00:54,689 --> 00:00:56,655 -IT'S WICKED, ISN'T IT? -YEAH. 24 00:00:56,689 --> 00:00:57,827 THIS IS AN OLD SHEEP STATION, 25 00:00:57,862 --> 00:00:59,655 AND THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD. 26 00:00:59,689 --> 00:01:02,310 -IS THIS THE ORIGINAL OVEN? -YEAH. 27 00:01:02,344 --> 00:01:03,931 THIS IS WHAT THEY USED TO COOK THEIR FOOD. 28 00:01:03,965 --> 00:01:05,655 MAKE SURE YOU DON'T BURN MY TOAST. 29 00:01:05,689 --> 00:01:06,793 WHAT WE HAVING ON IT? 30 00:01:06,827 --> 00:01:08,482 WE'VE GOT VEGEMITE AND BUTTER. 31 00:01:08,517 --> 00:01:10,068 WHAT'S VEGEMITE? 32 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:11,586 IT'S MY FAVORITE SPREAD BY FAR. 33 00:01:11,620 --> 00:01:15,206 EVERYONE LOVES VEGEMITE HERE. 34 00:01:15,241 --> 00:01:16,344 FRED, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT. 35 00:01:22,793 --> 00:01:26,275 OH, GET OUT, FRED. 36 00:01:27,413 --> 00:01:28,379 HORRIBLE. 37 00:01:28,413 --> 00:01:30,103 OH, MY GOD. 38 00:01:30,137 --> 00:01:32,551 FRED. 39 00:01:32,586 --> 00:01:34,448 YOU'RE OFFENDING A WHOLE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. 40 00:01:34,482 --> 00:01:37,344 I'M SORRY, AUSTRALIA, BUT THAT IS HORRIBLE. 41 00:01:38,827 --> 00:01:41,793 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL AND HIS TEAM ARE SIX WEEKS 42 00:01:41,827 --> 00:01:44,379 INTO AN 8-WEEK PROSPECTING MISSION... 43 00:01:44,413 --> 00:01:46,482 -LET'S GO, GUYS. -WE'RE COMING. 44 00:01:46,517 --> 00:01:48,793 Narrator: ...TO EXPAND AND EXTEND 45 00:01:48,827 --> 00:01:50,655 HIS MINING SEASON YEAR-ROUND. 46 00:01:56,655 --> 00:02:00,275 FROM SANDSTONE, THEY'RE HEADING 30 MILES NORTHEAST 47 00:02:00,310 --> 00:02:04,517 TO THE MURCHISON GOLD FIELDS TO MEET A LOCAL MINING CLAN. 48 00:02:09,413 --> 00:02:13,000 SO THE PEOPLE WE'RE GOING TO MEET TODAY ARE THE McCLARENS, 49 00:02:13,034 --> 00:02:16,517 AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST MINING FAMILIES BY FAR. 50 00:02:16,551 --> 00:02:17,793 Parker: OH, WOW. 51 00:02:17,827 --> 00:02:19,413 THEY'VE GOT SOME LAND AND LEASES TO SELL. 52 00:02:19,448 --> 00:02:21,344 THIS IS A GOOD LEAD THEN.YEAH. 53 00:02:21,379 --> 00:02:24,482 THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 800 SQUARE KILOMETERS OF MINING LEASES. 54 00:02:24,517 --> 00:02:25,689 WOW. 55 00:02:25,724 --> 00:02:27,827 IS HE, LIKE, ACTIVELY MINING THIS GROUND? 56 00:02:27,862 --> 00:02:29,931 YEAH, YEAH. SURE IS. 57 00:02:29,965 --> 00:02:32,275 WITH WHAT? A WASH PLANT? 58 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:34,586 I HAVEN'T SEEN A DROP OF WATER. 59 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:37,068 HE'S GOT A DRY BLOWER ACTUALLY. 60 00:02:37,103 --> 00:02:39,551 WELL, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY OPTION OUT HERE, IS DRY BLOWING. 61 00:02:39,586 --> 00:02:41,517 SHOW ME THE MONEY. 62 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:50,620 Narrator: THE McCLARENS' LEASES ARE LOCATED 63 00:02:50,655 --> 00:02:53,275 IN ONE OF THE DRIEST PLACES ON EARTH, 64 00:02:53,310 --> 00:02:55,896 WITH ONLY 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL A YEAR, 65 00:02:55,931 --> 00:03:00,103 THE FAMILY OPERATES WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DRY BLOWER. 66 00:03:00,137 --> 00:03:02,068 WORTH HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, 67 00:03:02,103 --> 00:03:04,655 IT'S DESIGNED TO REMOVE FINE GOLD 68 00:03:04,689 --> 00:03:07,137 FROM PAY DIRT WITHOUT A DROP OF WATER. 69 00:03:07,172 --> 00:03:08,620 LOOK AT THAT. 70 00:03:08,655 --> 00:03:10,000 OH. WHAT? 71 00:03:10,034 --> 00:03:11,137 THAT'S ENORMOUS. -THAT'S HUGE. 72 00:03:11,172 --> 00:03:13,034 IT'S THE BIGGEST BY FAR IN THE AREA. 73 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,068 YEAH. 74 00:03:15,103 --> 00:03:18,655 Narrator: THE FIRST DRY BLOWER WAS INVENTED 75 00:03:18,689 --> 00:03:21,793 BY PROSPECTOR STEPHEN LORDEN IN 1893. 76 00:03:21,827 --> 00:03:24,068 IT REVOLUTIONIZED MINING 77 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:26,896 IN THE DROUGHT-RAVAGED REGIONS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 78 00:03:26,931 --> 00:03:28,241 HELLO. 79 00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:29,620 SO WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 80 00:03:29,655 --> 00:03:31,275 CASS, THIS IS FRED. 81 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:32,620 -NICE TO MEET YOU. -HELLO. 82 00:03:32,655 --> 00:03:33,758 I'M PARKER. 83 00:03:33,793 --> 00:03:36,172 DANNY. NICE TO MEET YOU. 84 00:03:36,206 --> 00:03:37,551 Cass: NICE MACHINE, ISN'T IT? 85 00:03:37,586 --> 00:03:39,931 -OH, WOW. -THAT'S A BIG OLD PLANT. 86 00:03:39,965 --> 00:03:41,172 THE BIGGEST THING WE'VE SEEN 87 00:03:41,206 --> 00:03:42,931 SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN AUSTRALIA ACTUALLY. 88 00:03:42,965 --> 00:03:44,034 REALLY? 89 00:03:44,068 --> 00:03:46,344 GET THIS SHUT DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR, EH? 90 00:03:46,379 --> 00:03:47,448 Tyler: YEAH. 91 00:03:49,551 --> 00:03:52,344 SO, MUZ, HOW MUCH GOLD WERE YOU GETTING OUT OF THE DRY BLOWER? 92 00:03:56,310 --> 00:03:58,827 THAT'S PRETTY COOL. QUITE THE MACHINE. 93 00:03:58,862 --> 00:04:01,103 Cass: SO YOU HAVEN'T USED A DRY BLOWER BEFORE? 94 00:04:01,137 --> 00:04:02,379 NO. WE SAW, LIKE, 95 00:04:02,413 --> 00:04:05,068 A VERY MINIATURE VERSION OF THIS THE OTHER DAY, 96 00:04:05,103 --> 00:04:07,551 BUT I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN AROUND THEM BEFORE. 97 00:04:07,586 --> 00:04:08,931 YEAH. 98 00:04:08,965 --> 00:04:11,827 SO WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THIS END OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA? 99 00:04:11,862 --> 00:04:13,137 WELL, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A BUNCH 100 00:04:13,172 --> 00:04:15,413 OF MINING PROPERTY ALL OVER AUSTRALIA, 101 00:04:15,448 --> 00:04:18,379 AND TYLER SUGGESTED WE COME TALK TO YOU GUYS 102 00:04:18,413 --> 00:04:20,172 AND SEE IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY GROUND AROUND. 103 00:04:20,206 --> 00:04:21,827 DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 104 00:04:21,862 --> 00:04:23,551 WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BIG BLOCK OF GROUND 105 00:04:23,586 --> 00:04:24,862 THAT HAS LOTS OF GOLD ON IT 106 00:04:24,896 --> 00:04:27,137 THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY COME MINE 12 MONTHS A YEAR. 107 00:04:27,172 --> 00:04:28,137 YOU'RE FROM THE SNOW. 108 00:04:28,172 --> 00:04:29,620 YEAH, EXACTLY. 109 00:04:40,758 --> 00:04:43,241 HUH. IS THERE GROUND FOR SALE? 110 00:04:51,689 --> 00:04:53,896 YEAH, SO WE'RE HERE AT THE GOAT FARM. 111 00:04:53,931 --> 00:04:57,689 WE ESSENTIALLY WANT TO GO OVER TO THE 3 MILE. 112 00:04:57,724 --> 00:04:59,620 SO THIS IS THE PIECE OF GROUND 113 00:04:59,655 --> 00:05:01,896 THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROSPECT ON? 114 00:05:01,931 --> 00:05:02,896 AWESOME. 115 00:05:02,931 --> 00:05:04,172 SHOULD WE GO CHECK IT OUT? 116 00:05:04,206 --> 00:05:06,482 DEFINITELY.LET'S DO IT. 117 00:05:09,655 --> 00:05:12,172 Narrator: THE GROUND THE McCLARENS ARE WILLING TO SELL 118 00:05:12,206 --> 00:05:15,724 IS A 29-ACRE PLOT CALLED 3 MILE. 119 00:05:15,758 --> 00:05:19,344 IT'S A PRIME PIECE OF VIRGIN GROUND LOCATED ON THE EDGE 120 00:05:19,379 --> 00:05:23,931 OF THEIR 200,000-ACRE PROPERTY, ALL OF WHICH SITS ON TOP 121 00:05:23,965 --> 00:05:28,241 OF THE 25,000-SQUARE-MILE YILGARN CRATON, 122 00:05:28,275 --> 00:05:30,103 WHERE GEOLOGISTS ESTIMATE 123 00:05:30,137 --> 00:05:33,689 30% OF THE WORLD'S UNMINED GOLD IS BURIED -- 124 00:05:33,724 --> 00:05:35,482 WORTH $800 BILLION. 125 00:05:35,517 --> 00:05:39,000 TYLER, HAVE YOU MINED HERE BEFORE? 126 00:05:39,034 --> 00:05:41,793 ME AND FAMILY MINED JUST OVER THAT WAY. 127 00:05:41,827 --> 00:05:44,137 AND IS IT GOOD?YEAH, WE DID WELL OUT OF IT. 128 00:05:44,172 --> 00:05:47,137 WE GOT 25 OUNCES OF NUGGETS. 129 00:05:47,172 --> 00:05:48,275 Fred: OH, WOW. 130 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:50,689 SO I CAN ACTUALLY VOUCH FOR THE GROUND. 131 00:05:50,724 --> 00:05:53,586 IT'S THE RICHEST IN AREA BY FAR. 132 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:55,206 WOW. 133 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,379 SO IS THIS 3 MILE? 134 00:06:05,896 --> 00:06:07,172 GOT YOU. 135 00:06:08,896 --> 00:06:12,137 IS IT ALRIGHT IF WE COME TEST SOME OF THIS GROUND? 136 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:16,103 I GUESS THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL TESTING EQUIPMENT. 137 00:06:16,137 --> 00:06:17,551 WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A DRY BLOWER, 138 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:20,482 BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING THAT WORKS 139 00:06:20,517 --> 00:06:22,551 OR THAT PEOPLE WILL LET US USE, 140 00:06:22,586 --> 00:06:24,931 SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD YOUR GUYS'? 141 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,206 THE DRY BLOWER IS IN REALLY HIGH DEMAND, TO BE HONEST. 142 00:06:29,241 --> 00:06:30,655 OKAY. 143 00:06:30,689 --> 00:06:32,000 SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR. 144 00:06:32,034 --> 00:06:33,275 MAYBE A COUPLE DAYS? 145 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:34,689 OKAY. 146 00:06:34,724 --> 00:06:37,517 WHAT KIND OF, LIKE, MONEY WOULD YOU WANT FOR IT? 147 00:06:37,551 --> 00:06:40,206 SO $3,000 A DAY WOULD BE WHAT YOU WOULD USUALLY 148 00:06:40,241 --> 00:06:42,310 HIRE THE DRY BLOWER OUT FOR. 149 00:06:45,965 --> 00:06:49,448 I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 150 00:06:49,482 --> 00:06:51,034 I'M GUESSING THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE WITHIN, LIKE, 151 00:06:51,068 --> 00:06:52,655 100 MILES OF HERE, IS THERE? 152 00:06:52,689 --> 00:06:54,000 NO. 153 00:06:54,034 --> 00:06:55,758 THAT'S WHY WE'RE PAYING YOU 3 GRAND A DAY. 154 00:06:57,724 --> 00:06:59,517 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GOLD WE FIND? 155 00:07:01,965 --> 00:07:04,758 HOW ABOUT WE SPLIT IT HALF AND HALF, 50/50? 156 00:07:13,758 --> 00:07:15,379 WELL, WE'RE DOING THE LABOR. 157 00:07:28,724 --> 00:07:30,758 ALRIGHT. 158 00:07:30,793 --> 00:07:33,517 THAT'S A DEAL. LET'S DO IT. 159 00:07:33,551 --> 00:07:36,206 -ALRIGHT. -THANK YOU, GUYS. 160 00:07:36,241 --> 00:07:39,068 Parker: CASS AND MUZ SEEM LIKE THEY'RE A BIT CAGEY, 161 00:07:39,103 --> 00:07:40,241 WHICH I'M USED TO. 162 00:07:40,275 --> 00:07:42,068 YOU KNOW, HEY, MUZ IS NOT SCREWING AROUND 163 00:07:42,103 --> 00:07:43,793 WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING, 164 00:07:43,827 --> 00:07:46,689 AND 3 GRAND A DAY IS A LOT FOR A WASH PLANT. 165 00:07:46,724 --> 00:07:49,689 BUT, YOU KNOW, TYLER IS PERSONALLY VOUCHING 166 00:07:49,724 --> 00:07:53,517 FOR THIS GROUND, SO THAT MEANS SOMETHING. 167 00:07:53,551 --> 00:07:56,896 YOU KNOW, SHE WOULDN'T BE AS CONFIDENT AS SHE SEEMS 168 00:07:56,931 --> 00:07:59,172 IF THERE WEREN'T A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE. 169 00:07:59,206 --> 00:08:01,103 Cass: PARKER HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN AROUND AUSTRALIA, 170 00:08:01,137 --> 00:08:03,758 BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES 171 00:08:03,793 --> 00:08:05,413 HE'S GONNA COME ACROSS. 172 00:08:13,896 --> 00:08:15,793 I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'VE LET US USE THE DRY BLOWER 173 00:08:15,827 --> 00:08:18,068 BECAUSE WE HAVE ZERO OTHER OPTIONS, 174 00:08:18,103 --> 00:08:20,206 BUT, YEAH, WE HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE FOR IT, 175 00:08:20,241 --> 00:08:21,344 WHICH I UNDERSTAND. 176 00:08:21,379 --> 00:08:22,620 I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND ENOUGH GOLD 177 00:08:22,655 --> 00:08:24,137 TO HOPEFULLY PAY FOR SOME OF IT. 178 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,620 ALRIGHT. WHERE SHOULD WE START? 179 00:08:30,172 --> 00:08:31,448 YEAH. LET'S DO IT. 180 00:08:31,482 --> 00:08:34,448 Narrator: PARKER'S $6,000 DEAL FOR JUST 2 DAYS 181 00:08:34,482 --> 00:08:37,000 PROSPECTING WITH THE DRY BLOWER 182 00:08:37,034 --> 00:08:42,551 MEANS HE NEEDS OVER 10 OUNCES OF GOLD TO BREAK EVEN. 183 00:08:42,586 --> 00:08:44,965 IF HE'S SUCCESSFUL, IT WILL ALSO MEAN 184 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,103 THE 3 MILE CLAIM IS THE RICHEST HE HAS EVER TESTED. 185 00:08:56,758 --> 00:08:58,034 I WAS SAYING THAT WAS THE EASY PART. 186 00:08:58,068 --> 00:08:59,241 NOW WE GOT TO GET IT THERE. 187 00:08:59,275 --> 00:09:01,310 Tyler: WHO'S DRIVING THE TRUCK? 188 00:09:03,379 --> 00:09:05,689 I'M NOT A SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER. 189 00:09:05,724 --> 00:09:07,482 ARE YOU SURE YOU TRUST ME? 190 00:09:09,275 --> 00:09:11,551 ALRIGHT. 191 00:09:11,586 --> 00:09:13,862 SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT. 192 00:09:13,896 --> 00:09:16,068 Fred: GOOD TO GO. 193 00:09:16,103 --> 00:09:17,931 HEY. 194 00:09:17,965 --> 00:09:19,000 Danny: COME ON, MATE. 195 00:09:19,034 --> 00:09:20,172 WE'RE MOVING. 196 00:09:20,206 --> 00:09:22,172 YES. 197 00:09:22,206 --> 00:09:24,379 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DROVE ONE OF THESE? 198 00:09:24,413 --> 00:09:25,689 OH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. 199 00:09:25,724 --> 00:09:28,724 MITCH DOES ALL THIS STUFF NOW. 200 00:09:28,758 --> 00:09:32,206 Narrator: TO REACH THE McCLARENS' VIRGIN GROUND, 201 00:09:32,241 --> 00:09:36,172 PARKER MUST DRIVE THE 45-TON PLANT 3 MILES 202 00:09:36,206 --> 00:09:39,000 ALONG A BUSH TRACK. 203 00:09:39,034 --> 00:09:41,448 Danny: HOW FAR OFF ARE WE? HAVE WE ANY IDEAS? 204 00:09:41,482 --> 00:09:43,275 I THINK LESS THAN A MILE. 205 00:09:43,310 --> 00:09:45,310 HEY, FRED. YOU CAN HEAR US? 206 00:09:45,344 --> 00:09:46,724 YEAH. COPY. 207 00:09:46,758 --> 00:09:47,655 HOW IS SHE LOOKING UP THERE, MAN? 208 00:09:47,689 --> 00:09:49,103 ARE WE ALL GOOD? 209 00:09:49,137 --> 00:09:50,931 IT'S LOOKING GOOD, BUT IT'S GETTING A LITTLE NARROW. 210 00:09:50,965 --> 00:09:52,931 OKAY. ROGER THAT, MATE. 211 00:09:52,965 --> 00:09:55,275 Narrator: AT THE REAR, TYLER KEEPS A LOOKOUT 212 00:09:55,310 --> 00:09:59,103 FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE LOAD. 213 00:09:59,137 --> 00:10:02,068 I'M EXCITED, BUT I'M ALSO VERY NERVOUS. 214 00:10:02,103 --> 00:10:04,103 NOT EXACTLY THE IDEAL ROAD TO BE TAKING 215 00:10:04,137 --> 00:10:07,827 THE $500,000 DRY BLOWER DOWN. 216 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,551 WHOA. 217 00:10:10,586 --> 00:10:12,448 WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT NOISE WAS? 218 00:10:12,482 --> 00:10:15,448 SOMETHING. 219 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:16,827 COPY, DANNY. 220 00:10:16,862 --> 00:10:18,448 GO, TYLER. 221 00:10:18,482 --> 00:10:21,413 YEAH, THE LEFT CONVEYOR'S QUITE WOBBLY. 222 00:10:21,448 --> 00:10:23,241 DO YOU SEE THAT? 223 00:10:23,275 --> 00:10:25,896 YEAH, THAT THING IS SHAKING QUITE VIOLENTLY. 224 00:10:25,931 --> 00:10:27,448 SHOULD I GO SLOWER? 225 00:10:27,482 --> 00:10:29,413 YEAH, MAYBE JUST SLOW HER UP A LITTLE BIT. 226 00:10:32,862 --> 00:10:34,206 Fred: THIS IS OUR LAST BIG TURN? 227 00:10:36,413 --> 00:10:38,551 HEY, GUYS, WATCH THIS LAST BIG CORNER. 228 00:10:38,586 --> 00:10:41,275 IT'S GONNA BE A TIGHT TURN GOING INTO THAT OPEN AREA. 229 00:10:41,310 --> 00:10:42,620 ROGER THAT, MATE. 230 00:10:42,655 --> 00:10:46,206 WE'LL JUST KEEP CREEPING ALONG HERE NICE AND SLOW. 231 00:10:46,241 --> 00:10:47,379 Parker: ALRIGHT. 232 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:49,275 IT'S A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT LET'S DO IT. 233 00:10:58,655 --> 00:11:00,793 THAT'S A TIGHT SQUEEZE. 234 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:02,586 GETTING A LITTLE BIT TIGHT HERE. 235 00:11:02,620 --> 00:11:04,724 WE GONNA GET THROUGH HERE? 236 00:11:04,758 --> 00:11:06,379 WHAT THE... 237 00:11:06,413 --> 00:11:07,448 Narrator: UP AHEAD... 238 00:11:07,482 --> 00:11:10,137 Parker: A LITTLE DUSTY. 239 00:11:10,172 --> 00:11:12,172 Narrator: ...FRED GETS GOLD FEVER. 240 00:11:12,206 --> 00:11:13,965 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO AROUND WITH YOUR ROCK. 241 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,862 AND PARKER LEARNS DRY BLOWING THE HARD WAY. 242 00:11:16,896 --> 00:11:19,103 -I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. 243 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:20,137 Danny: FRED! 244 00:11:24,344 --> 00:11:26,379 Parker: IT'S A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT LET'S DO IT. 245 00:11:26,413 --> 00:11:28,068 Narrator: PARKER IS MOVING 246 00:11:28,103 --> 00:11:30,724 WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST DRY BLOWER 247 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:34,310 TO TEST GROUND IN A VIRGIN CLAIM CALLED 3 MILE. 248 00:11:34,344 --> 00:11:36,827 THAT'S A TIGHT SPACE. 249 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:38,379 GETTING A LITTLE BIT TIGHT HERE. 250 00:11:38,413 --> 00:11:40,413 WE GONNA GET THROUGH HERE? 251 00:11:40,448 --> 00:11:42,896 WHAT THE... 252 00:11:42,931 --> 00:11:44,586 SLOW AND STEADY, GUYS. 253 00:11:48,965 --> 00:11:50,586 NEARLY THERE. 254 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:57,000 -YEAH, WE MADE IT. -YES. 255 00:11:57,034 --> 00:11:59,413 YEAH! 256 00:11:59,448 --> 00:12:02,000 -YEAH. -YEAH. 257 00:12:02,034 --> 00:12:05,379 -UP TOP. -WE MADE IT. 258 00:12:05,413 --> 00:12:07,482 Fred: THIS IS THE BEST PART RIGHT HERE. 259 00:12:07,517 --> 00:12:09,620 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM HAVE JUST TWO DAYS 260 00:12:09,655 --> 00:12:12,344 TO TEST THE VIABILITY OF THE GROUND 261 00:12:12,379 --> 00:12:17,551 AND FIND ENOUGH GOLD TO COVER HIS $6,000 DRY BLOWER RENTAL. 262 00:12:17,586 --> 00:12:19,344 DO YOU FEEL THE GOLD?WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 263 00:12:19,379 --> 00:12:20,586 OH, I CAN FEEL THE GOLD. 264 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:21,724 DON'T GET TOO EXCITED. 265 00:12:21,758 --> 00:12:23,689 I FEEL THE GOLD. 266 00:12:23,724 --> 00:12:27,379 THAT WAS REALLY STRESSFUL, BUT WE GOT IT HERE IN ONE PIECE. 267 00:12:29,241 --> 00:12:31,034 -YEAH! -WHOO! 268 00:12:31,068 --> 00:12:34,103 NOTHING IS BROKEN, AND IT'S WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. 269 00:12:34,137 --> 00:12:36,310 Parker: YEAH, THERE'S NOT MUCH SETUP ON THIS PLANT TO DO, 270 00:12:36,344 --> 00:12:39,448 SO ASSUMING WE DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING IN TRANSPORT, 271 00:12:39,482 --> 00:12:42,000 THEN WE SHOULD BE RUNNING PRETTY SOON HERE. 272 00:12:53,655 --> 00:12:55,310 Narrator: BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK 273 00:12:55,344 --> 00:12:56,655 ON ANOTHER OF HIS MINE SITES, 274 00:12:56,689 --> 00:12:59,551 MUZ GIVES PARKER AND HIS TEAM A BEGINNER'S GUIDE 275 00:12:59,586 --> 00:13:03,172 ON HOW TO OPERATE THE HALF A MILLION DOLLAR DRY BLOWER. 276 00:13:04,689 --> 00:13:05,724 YEAH. 277 00:13:22,862 --> 00:13:25,551 A LITTLE DUSTY. 278 00:13:33,068 --> 00:13:35,172 WHOO. THAT WORKS. 279 00:13:40,862 --> 00:13:44,827 AND THEN YOU JUST HOPE THE WIND BLOWS THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 280 00:13:44,862 --> 00:13:45,896 ALRIGHT. WELL, WE'RE RUNNING. 281 00:13:45,931 --> 00:13:47,758 THANKS, MUZ. APPRECIATE IT. 282 00:13:51,275 --> 00:13:52,724 Danny: CHEERS, MATE. 283 00:13:52,758 --> 00:13:53,931 -WE'RE BLOWING ROCKS. -WE'RE BLOWING. 284 00:13:53,965 --> 00:13:56,517 BLOWING. WE'RE BLOWING. 285 00:13:56,551 --> 00:13:59,310 Narrator: UNLIKE PARKER'S WASH PLANTS IN THE YUKON, 286 00:13:59,344 --> 00:14:02,896 THE DRY BLOWER IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE FINE GOLD 287 00:14:02,931 --> 00:14:04,931 WITHOUT USING ANY WATER. 288 00:14:07,241 --> 00:14:09,586 PAY DIRT IS LOADED INTO THE HOPPER 289 00:14:09,620 --> 00:14:14,344 AND FED DIRECTLY INTO A ROTARY TROMMEL. 290 00:14:14,379 --> 00:14:17,000 THE TROMMEL DRY SPINS THE DIRT, 291 00:14:17,034 --> 00:14:21,206 SEPARATES ROCKS FROM PAY LESS THAN 1/3 INCH, 292 00:14:21,241 --> 00:14:23,724 AND FEEDS THAT INTO A CLAY BREAKER, 293 00:14:23,758 --> 00:14:27,379 REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE DIRT FURTHER. 294 00:14:27,413 --> 00:14:32,344 THIS IS THEN SPREAD EVENLY ONTO THE SCREENS ON THE SHAKE DECK. 295 00:14:32,379 --> 00:14:35,827 FANS THEN BLAST CONTROLLED AIR THROUGH THE DIRT 296 00:14:35,862 --> 00:14:39,620 TO LIFT LIGHTER DUST UP AND AWAY FROM THE SCREENS 297 00:14:39,655 --> 00:14:42,896 AND ONTO A WASTE CONVEYOR, 298 00:14:42,931 --> 00:14:45,310 LEAVING THE HEAVIER GOLD CONCENTRATE 299 00:14:45,344 --> 00:14:49,137 TRAPPED IN THE RIFFLES. 300 00:14:49,172 --> 00:14:52,620 ALRIGHT. I'D BETTER START THROWING SOME DIRT IN IT. 301 00:14:57,586 --> 00:14:59,413 HERE WE GO. FIRST BUCKET. 302 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:06,482 IN SHE GOES. 303 00:15:06,517 --> 00:15:08,206 -WHOO. -YAY. 304 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,344 WHOA! 305 00:15:10,379 --> 00:15:12,724 -YEAH! -YEAH! 306 00:15:12,758 --> 00:15:15,448 Danny: WE ARE RUNNING. 307 00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:16,965 PERFECT. 308 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,103 -OH -OH 309 00:15:20,137 --> 00:15:21,620 OH, MY 310 00:15:23,103 --> 00:15:25,241 GEEZ! 311 00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:29,413 I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY. 312 00:15:29,448 --> 00:15:30,551 BEHIND ME? 313 00:15:30,586 --> 00:15:32,620 CAREFUL WITH THE LOADER! 314 00:15:32,655 --> 00:15:34,310 WHERE'S THE LOADER? 315 00:15:36,551 --> 00:15:38,172 FRED! 316 00:15:38,206 --> 00:15:39,827 TYLER, THIS WAY! 317 00:15:41,965 --> 00:15:44,517 FRED? FRED! 318 00:15:44,551 --> 00:15:46,724 -FRED! -FRED! 319 00:15:51,758 --> 00:15:53,517 OH 320 00:15:54,448 --> 00:15:57,896 HELL, MAN. 321 00:15:57,931 --> 00:15:59,586 Tyler: LET'S JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE LOADER. 322 00:15:59,620 --> 00:16:01,586 COME ON. COME ON.LET'S JUST MOVE OUT, FRED. 323 00:16:01,620 --> 00:16:04,517 HOLY 324 00:16:04,551 --> 00:16:06,448 ARE YOU ALRIGHT? 325 00:16:06,482 --> 00:16:09,655 COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. 326 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,310 DUDE, WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL 327 00:16:12,344 --> 00:16:15,344 BECAUSE HE IS WHERE WE WERE JUST STANDING. 328 00:16:15,379 --> 00:16:16,793 I COULDN'T EVEN SEE TYLER. 329 00:16:16,827 --> 00:16:19,482 I ACTUALLY MYSELF THEN. 330 00:16:19,517 --> 00:16:20,896 WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? 331 00:16:20,931 --> 00:16:22,517 ALL GOOD. ALL GOOD, PARKER. 332 00:16:22,551 --> 00:16:23,862 WE PANICKED A LITTLE BIT 333 00:16:23,896 --> 00:16:25,724 BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SEE WHERE YOU WERE GOING. 334 00:16:25,758 --> 00:16:28,206 I STILL CAN'T SEE YOU GUYS. 335 00:16:28,241 --> 00:16:30,206 WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DRY BLOWER NOW. 336 00:16:30,241 --> 00:16:31,586 YOU CAN'T HIT US NOW. 337 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:34,310 COPY. 338 00:16:34,344 --> 00:16:36,793 THIS IS DANGEROUS 339 00:16:36,827 --> 00:16:39,689 BECAUSE MY VISIBILITY IS WORSE 340 00:16:39,724 --> 00:16:42,103 THAN ANY OTHER CONDITIONS YOU COULD BE IN. 341 00:16:42,137 --> 00:16:45,724 LIKE, RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST DRIVING THROUGH A CLOUD OF DUST. 342 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:48,655 OKAY. 343 00:16:48,689 --> 00:16:49,724 AS SOON AS THIS HOPPER RUNS OUT, DANNY, 344 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:52,482 I'M PROBABLY GONNA SHUT IT DOWN. 345 00:16:52,517 --> 00:16:54,137 OKAY. ROGER THAT. 346 00:16:57,517 --> 00:16:59,310 Tyler: ALRIGHT. I NEED A BEER AFTER THAT. 347 00:16:59,344 --> 00:17:00,965 OH YEAH. 348 00:17:07,586 --> 00:17:09,758 Parker: I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY WORRIED 349 00:17:09,793 --> 00:17:11,448 ABOUT RUNNING SOMEBODY OVER. 350 00:17:11,482 --> 00:17:13,344 IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD BE DOING? 351 00:17:13,379 --> 00:17:15,793 DETECTING?YEAH, SOUNDS GREAT. 352 00:17:15,827 --> 00:17:17,827 Tyler: WE'LL HAVE TO DETECT THE SCRAPES ANYWAY, 353 00:17:17,862 --> 00:17:20,206 SO ME AND FRED CAN DO THAT. 354 00:17:20,241 --> 00:17:22,137 NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT FINDING SOME GOLD. 355 00:17:25,931 --> 00:17:27,620 I'VE BEEN IN SOME PRETTY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS, 356 00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:30,586 AND I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THAT... 357 00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:33,448 WHEN THE DUST JUST KIND OF DESCENDED ON ME, 358 00:17:33,482 --> 00:17:38,068 TYLER AND DANNY, THAT WAS SCARY. 359 00:17:38,103 --> 00:17:40,068 I'VE BEEN AROUND DRY BLOWERS SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, 360 00:17:40,103 --> 00:17:45,241 SO THAT WAS JUST A VERY STUPID MISTAKE ON MY BEHALF. 361 00:17:45,275 --> 00:17:47,758 YEAH, I THOUGHT WE'D LOST FRED THERE FOR A SECOND. 362 00:17:47,793 --> 00:17:49,000 THIS DUST. 363 00:17:49,034 --> 00:17:51,551 THAT THING SPITS OUT DUST IN EVERY DIRECTION, 364 00:17:51,586 --> 00:17:53,724 AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE 2 FEET IN FRONT OF YOU, 365 00:17:53,758 --> 00:17:56,275 SO RUNNING THIS THING FOR AN ENTIRE DAY 366 00:17:56,310 --> 00:18:00,068 IS GONNA SUCK BALLS. 367 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:16,862 WHAT'S THE PLAN, DANNY? WHAT ARE WE DOING? 368 00:18:16,896 --> 00:18:18,034 YEAH. 369 00:18:18,068 --> 00:18:21,620 WELL, PLAN "A" WOULD BE TO GET PARKER UP. 370 00:18:21,655 --> 00:18:23,448 -I AM UP! -AH. 371 00:18:25,793 --> 00:18:28,034 IN MY BOOTS, ALL READY TO GO TO WORK. 372 00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:35,344 AND I'LL HAVE TO START CLEARING AND SCRAPING, 373 00:18:35,379 --> 00:18:37,586 AND YOU GUYS CAN DETECT WHEREVER I GO. 374 00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:39,172 Fred: YEAH, SOUNDS GREAT. 375 00:18:39,206 --> 00:18:40,689 WELL, SHOULD WE GET TO IT? 376 00:18:40,724 --> 00:18:41,931 GOLD IS NOT FINDING ITSELF. 377 00:18:41,965 --> 00:18:45,206 YEAH, LET'S DO IT. 378 00:18:45,241 --> 00:18:48,275 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ARE TESTING A VIRGIN CLAIM 379 00:18:48,310 --> 00:18:51,344 LOCATED WITHIN THE YILGARN CRATON, 380 00:18:51,379 --> 00:18:55,482 WHERE AN ESTIMATED 30% OF THE WORLD'S UNMINED GOLD 381 00:18:55,517 --> 00:18:57,931 IS STILL IN THE GROUND. 382 00:18:57,965 --> 00:19:00,413 WOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO! 383 00:19:00,448 --> 00:19:02,206 TYLER, IS THERE GOLD DOWN THERE? 384 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:05,103 Tyler: I'LL HAVE TO GET THE DETECTOR OUT. 385 00:19:05,137 --> 00:19:07,896 IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE ON THIS VIRGIN GROUND. 386 00:19:07,931 --> 00:19:09,931 ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE WORKED THE GROUND JUST OUT FROM IT, 387 00:19:09,965 --> 00:19:11,724 AND WE PULLED A LOT OF GOLD. 388 00:19:11,758 --> 00:19:13,827 UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO DRY BLOW, 389 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:18,000 SO THE FACT THAT WE GET TO DO IT TODAY IS REALLY EXCITING. 390 00:19:18,034 --> 00:19:20,793 Narrator: WITH THE HALF A MILLION DOLLAR DRY BLOWER 391 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:22,896 SUCCESSFULLY SET UP AND READY TO RUN, 392 00:19:22,931 --> 00:19:26,310 PARKER CLEARS 100 SQUARE YARDS OF LAND. 393 00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:33,103 WELL, RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST CLEARING A PIECE OF GROUND 394 00:19:33,137 --> 00:19:34,758 THAT WE'RE GONNA TEST HERE. 395 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,172 IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT DIFFERENT GROUND 396 00:19:38,206 --> 00:19:39,586 THAN I'M USED TO, YOU KNOW? 397 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:43,448 NO PERMAFROST, NO OVERBURDEN REALLY. 398 00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:47,034 Narrator: PARKER AVERAGES $15 TO $20 WORTH OF GOLD 399 00:19:47,068 --> 00:19:51,068 IN EVERY YARD OF PAY DIRT HE PROCESSES IN THE YUKON. 400 00:19:51,103 --> 00:19:53,448 A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF GOLD HERE, 401 00:19:53,482 --> 00:19:56,689 WITH NO PERMAFROST AND NO OVERBURDEN, 402 00:19:56,724 --> 00:20:00,068 COULD MEAN A MUCH LARGER PROFIT. 403 00:20:00,103 --> 00:20:01,448 THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF IN MY MIND 404 00:20:01,482 --> 00:20:03,517 IS THERE'S A KILOGRAM NUGGET SITTING OVER THERE, 405 00:20:03,551 --> 00:20:06,482 AND WE JUST DISTURBED ALL THESE NICE TREES. 406 00:20:06,517 --> 00:20:09,172 AND NOW IT'S JUST POPPED RIGHT UP TO THE SURFACE. 407 00:20:09,206 --> 00:20:11,689 IS THAT GOLD FEVER, OR IS THAT ACTUAL INSTINCT? 408 00:20:11,724 --> 00:20:13,275 HEY, PARKER. 409 00:20:13,310 --> 00:20:14,724 LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE, AND I'LL COME IN AND DETECT. 410 00:20:14,758 --> 00:20:18,655 YOU CAN START OVER THERE ON MY RIGHT WHERE I STARTED. 411 00:20:18,689 --> 00:20:20,000 YEAH, SWEET. I'LL START OVER THERE. 412 00:20:20,034 --> 00:20:22,241 I ALREADY CLAIMED THIS SPOT, TYLER. 413 00:20:22,275 --> 00:20:23,413 BACK OFF. 414 00:20:23,448 --> 00:20:26,103 YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE. 415 00:20:26,137 --> 00:20:28,482 Narrator: IN ADDITION TO NO OVERBURDEN, 416 00:20:28,517 --> 00:20:32,068 THIS CLAIM OFFERS ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OVER THE YUKON -- 417 00:20:32,103 --> 00:20:34,275 THE POTENTIAL OF BIG GOLD NUGGETS. 418 00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:37,379 SOUNDS LIKE A DYING MANATEE. 419 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,172 Tyler: YOU CAN WALK A LITTLE BIT FASTER. 420 00:20:43,206 --> 00:20:45,931 NO, I CAN'T. 421 00:20:45,965 --> 00:20:47,655 I WOULD FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING THINGS. 422 00:20:47,689 --> 00:20:50,344 YOU'VE GOT GOLD FEVER BAD, FRED. 423 00:20:50,379 --> 00:20:52,793 NOTHING SO FAR, HUH, TYLER? 424 00:20:52,827 --> 00:20:53,655 NOTHING SO FAR, 425 00:20:53,689 --> 00:20:54,758 BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 426 00:20:54,793 --> 00:20:56,931 WE GET A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, I THINK. 427 00:20:56,965 --> 00:20:59,172 ALRIGHT. I'LL TAKE ANOTHER PASS AT IT NOW. 428 00:20:59,206 --> 00:21:00,241 YEAH, PERFECT. 429 00:21:00,275 --> 00:21:02,586 LIKE, 6 TO 8 INCHES WOULD BE GREAT. 430 00:21:02,620 --> 00:21:03,896 COPY. 431 00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:06,655 Narrator: PARKER SCRAPES ANOTHER 6 INCHES OF PAY DIRT 432 00:21:06,689 --> 00:21:10,241 AND STOCKPILES IT TO BE RUN THROUGH THE DRY BLOWER. 433 00:21:10,275 --> 00:21:12,517 Tyler: SO WE'RE TAKING OFF, LIKE, A GOOD AMOUNT OF DIRT, 434 00:21:12,551 --> 00:21:15,448 WHICH MEANS THE DETECTORS CAN GET DEEPER. 435 00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:17,413 THAT LOOKS GOOD. 436 00:21:17,448 --> 00:21:19,241 YEAH, HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT. 437 00:21:19,275 --> 00:21:20,931 ALRIGHT. LET'S DO THIS AGAIN. 438 00:21:25,172 --> 00:21:27,896 I'M A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS. 439 00:21:27,931 --> 00:21:30,172 I'VE SAID THAT THERE'S GOLD HERE, 440 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:34,448 AND PARKER HAS SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON THAT DRY BLOWER. 441 00:21:34,482 --> 00:21:36,655 SO IF WE TAKE 6 INCHES OFF THIS SPOT RIGHT NOW 442 00:21:36,689 --> 00:21:41,172 AND DIDN'T HIT A SINGLE NUGGET, WE'D BE IN THE 443 00:21:41,206 --> 00:21:43,206 YEAH, I'VE GOT A LOT RIDING ON THIS ONE. 444 00:21:47,793 --> 00:21:49,482 OOH! THERE WE GO! 445 00:21:49,517 --> 00:21:50,655 YES, FRED! 446 00:21:50,689 --> 00:21:51,931 -BLOODY GOOD NOISE. -IS IT? 447 00:21:51,965 --> 00:21:52,862 YEP. 448 00:21:54,896 --> 00:21:56,241 IT'S IN THERE. 449 00:22:00,137 --> 00:22:01,896 OOH. 450 00:22:01,931 --> 00:22:03,862 OH, IT'S GOLD! GOOD JOB. 451 00:22:03,896 --> 00:22:05,275 -IS THAT GOLD? -YEAH. 452 00:22:05,310 --> 00:22:07,206 IT'S NOT MASSIVE, BUT... 453 00:22:07,241 --> 00:22:08,482 IT'S A START. 454 00:22:08,517 --> 00:22:10,103 FRED, THE BEST INDICATOR FOR GOLD IS GOLD. 455 00:22:10,137 --> 00:22:11,931 IS GOLD. GOOD. 456 00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:13,275 TO ME, IT'S TAKEN THE WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS 457 00:22:13,310 --> 00:22:14,344 BECAUSE IT MEANS WE'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT. 458 00:22:14,379 --> 00:22:16,241 AWESOME. 459 00:22:16,275 --> 00:22:18,344 YOU GUYS ARE STANDING ON MY WORK STATION. 460 00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:23,965 WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, TYLER? 461 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,827 I'M JUST DETECTING THE EDGES OF THE SCRAPES 462 00:22:25,862 --> 00:22:27,517 TO MAKE SURE I HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING. 463 00:22:33,655 --> 00:22:34,689 IT'S A SIGNAL. 464 00:22:40,724 --> 00:22:42,965 I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY THE ROCK. 465 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,344 THE ROCK ITSELF? 466 00:22:44,379 --> 00:22:47,172 YEAH, BECAUSE... YEAH, IT IS. 467 00:22:48,482 --> 00:22:49,758 OH, WOW. DO THAT AGAIN. 468 00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:57,517 THAT'S... 469 00:22:57,551 --> 00:23:00,448 -WHAT IS THAT? -FRED, COME HERE. 470 00:23:02,586 --> 00:23:04,000 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A GOOD THING OR NOT, 471 00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:07,275 BUT WE'VE GOT A MASSIVE SIGNAL IN THIS MASSIVE ROCK. 472 00:23:07,310 --> 00:23:08,413 LIKE GOLD SIGNAL? 473 00:23:08,448 --> 00:23:10,413 YEAH, WELL, IT'S A DEFINITE SIGNAL. 474 00:23:10,448 --> 00:23:12,586 THERE COULD BE A LOAD OF GOLD IN THAT BOONDIE. 475 00:23:12,620 --> 00:23:14,862 A BUNDIE? A...NO, BOONDIE. 476 00:23:14,896 --> 00:23:16,241 BOONDIE. BOONDIE, YEAH. 477 00:23:16,275 --> 00:23:17,206 BOONDIE. 478 00:23:17,241 --> 00:23:18,724 TRY IT WITH YOURS. SEE. 479 00:23:21,344 --> 00:23:22,655 I THINK IT'S DEEPER THAN WHAT -- 480 00:23:22,689 --> 00:23:24,448 WHOA. WHOA. THERE. 481 00:23:25,655 --> 00:23:27,655 CAN YOU HEAR THAT? 482 00:23:27,689 --> 00:23:30,655 I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 483 00:23:30,689 --> 00:23:33,103 I DON'T REALLY WANT TO LEAVE IT. I WANT TO GET IT OPEN. 484 00:23:33,137 --> 00:23:34,344 LET'S BREAK IT OPEN.THAT'S IT, FRED. 485 00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:36,344 OUT OF THE WAY, DANNY. 486 00:23:36,379 --> 00:23:37,310 OH. 487 00:23:37,344 --> 00:23:38,931 HELLO. COME ON. 488 00:23:38,965 --> 00:23:40,517 HIT IT, FRED!OH, HE'S ACTUALLY HITTING... 489 00:23:40,551 --> 00:23:42,103 WHOA! 490 00:23:42,137 --> 00:23:43,482 BREAK IT!BREAK IT! 491 00:23:47,379 --> 00:23:48,586 DID YOU GET ANY? 492 00:23:48,620 --> 00:23:51,724 YEAH, I MEAN, A COUPLE HOURS OF THAT, WE'D BE IN THERE. 493 00:23:58,413 --> 00:24:01,034 OH, WHAT THE HAPPENED NOW? 494 00:24:03,965 --> 00:24:06,517 WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 495 00:24:06,551 --> 00:24:07,586 Tyler: WE'VE GOT A SIGNAL. 496 00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,517 WE'RE HITTING THIS BIG BOONDIE! 497 00:24:09,551 --> 00:24:10,586 BOONDIE. BOONDIE. 498 00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:11,551 -BOONDIE. -IT'S A BOONDIE. 499 00:24:11,586 --> 00:24:12,793 WHAT'S A BOONDIE? 500 00:24:12,827 --> 00:24:14,034 IT'S A BIG ROCK. OKAY. 501 00:24:14,068 --> 00:24:15,758 YOU FOUND A BIG ROCK. WE HAVE TO DO. 502 00:24:15,793 --> 00:24:19,068 NO, THERE'S A SIGNAL INSIDE OF THE BOONDIE. 503 00:24:19,103 --> 00:24:21,034 THE DETECTORS ARE GOING CRAZY, DUDE. 504 00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:22,896 IT'S PROBABLY JUST SOME IRON. 505 00:24:22,931 --> 00:24:25,000 I DOUBT IT. HONESTLY. 506 00:24:25,034 --> 00:24:27,172 Fred: I WAS TRYING TO HIT IT, AND IT DOESN'T WORK. 507 00:24:27,206 --> 00:24:28,586 -WE CANNOT LEAVE. -FRED...FRED... 508 00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:30,379 -WE CAN'T LEAVE IT. -NO. 509 00:24:30,413 --> 00:24:32,586 WE'LL HAVE TO DROP IT ON SOMETHING, 510 00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:34,758 LIKE YOUR HEAD. 511 00:24:34,793 --> 00:24:37,344 Fred: IT'S NOT OUR FAULT WE HAVE GOLD FEVER. 512 00:24:37,379 --> 00:24:39,896 HOW ABOUT IF YOU PUT IT IN THERE 513 00:24:39,931 --> 00:24:41,793 AND THEN LIFT IT UP REALLY HIGH... 514 00:24:41,827 --> 00:24:43,482 WE NEED TO BLOW, MAN. 515 00:24:43,517 --> 00:24:44,896 HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO LIFT THIS UP... 516 00:24:44,931 --> 00:24:46,000 YOU'RE CUTTING INTO MY BLOW... 517 00:24:46,034 --> 00:24:47,413 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DROP IT ON, FRED? 518 00:24:47,448 --> 00:24:49,931 ANOTHER BOONDIE.I'M LOOKING FOR ONE. 519 00:24:49,965 --> 00:24:51,482 -THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE. -WHERE? 520 00:24:51,517 --> 00:24:53,793 Tyler: RIGHT BEHIND THAT TREE. THAT'S PERFECT. 521 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:55,827 WE COULD PICK THAT ONE UP AND DROP IT ON THAT ONE. 522 00:24:58,172 --> 00:24:59,413 WELL, LET'S JUST SEE IF I CAN PICK IT UP. 523 00:24:59,448 --> 00:25:00,551 -YES! -YES! 524 00:25:00,586 --> 00:25:02,310 YES, PARKER! 525 00:25:02,344 --> 00:25:03,758 Fred: WE GOT TO NAME THIS THING 526 00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:05,413 SO WE CAN STOP CALLING IT THE ROCK. 527 00:25:05,448 --> 00:25:07,310 THE ROCK? WHAT'S IN THE ROCK? 528 00:25:07,344 --> 00:25:08,448 -CALL IT... -LET'S NAME IT. 529 00:25:08,482 --> 00:25:11,448 CROCODILE BOONDIE. 530 00:25:11,482 --> 00:25:14,551 Narrator: FINDING A HUGE NUGGET IN CROCODILE BOONDIE... 531 00:25:14,586 --> 00:25:16,000 -WHERE'S HE GOING? -TO GET THE ROCK. 532 00:25:16,034 --> 00:25:17,482 Narrator: ...COULD BE WORTH MORE 533 00:25:17,517 --> 00:25:19,275 THAN ALL OF THE FINE GOLD PARKER RECOVERS 534 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:20,655 USING THE DRY BLOWER, 535 00:25:20,689 --> 00:25:23,172 PAY FOR ITS HIRE AND MAKE A PROFIT OFF IT. 536 00:25:23,206 --> 00:25:26,448 YES. NICE. 537 00:25:26,482 --> 00:25:27,482 Tyler: FRED, HE'S GOT THE OTHER BOONDIE. 538 00:25:27,517 --> 00:25:28,620 Fred: THE BABY BOONDIE? 539 00:25:28,655 --> 00:25:31,586 GOOD START. 540 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:34,137 SO I'M GONNA BRING THIS ROCK OVER TO THE OTHER ROCK 541 00:25:34,172 --> 00:25:36,206 WITH THE SIGNAL IN IT AND START, 542 00:25:36,241 --> 00:25:39,241 I DON'T KNOW, DROPPING THEM ON EACH OTHER, I GUESS. 543 00:25:40,965 --> 00:25:43,793 IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I... 544 00:25:45,793 --> 00:25:48,206 IF I PAY SOMEBODY TO BE GOLD MINING, 545 00:25:48,241 --> 00:25:52,172 AND THEY WERE DOING THIS, THEY WOULD PROBABLY GET FIRED, 546 00:25:52,206 --> 00:25:56,827 BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, 547 00:25:56,862 --> 00:25:59,034 WE'RE ALL CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE SIGNAL IS. 548 00:26:01,275 --> 00:26:04,241 I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON IT. 549 00:26:04,275 --> 00:26:05,448 YEP. YEP. 550 00:26:05,482 --> 00:26:06,689 THAT'S GONNA BE A DIRECT HIT. 551 00:26:06,724 --> 00:26:09,103 ALRIGHT. LET'S TRY DROPPING IT. 552 00:26:10,827 --> 00:26:13,517 OH. 553 00:26:20,586 --> 00:26:22,241 -OH! -GEEZ. 554 00:26:22,275 --> 00:26:24,586 THAT'S GOT TO HAVE DONE IT. 555 00:26:24,620 --> 00:26:26,241 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 556 00:26:28,793 --> 00:26:30,137 NO! 557 00:26:30,172 --> 00:26:32,620 IT JUST CRACKED THAT ONE IN HALF. 558 00:26:32,655 --> 00:26:36,034 -OH, MY GOODNESS. -WE BROKE THE WRONG ROCK. 559 00:26:36,068 --> 00:26:39,448 WE KILLED THE WRONG BOONDIE. 560 00:26:39,482 --> 00:26:41,206 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO AROUND WITH YOUR ROCK. 561 00:26:41,241 --> 00:26:43,241 -OH. -WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. 562 00:26:43,275 --> 00:26:44,482 -DON'T GO. -WHAT? 563 00:26:44,517 --> 00:26:46,275 DON'T GO. CALL MUZ. 564 00:26:46,310 --> 00:26:48,000 MAYBE HE'S GOT SOME DYNAMITE OR SOME 565 00:26:48,034 --> 00:26:49,413 I GOT TO GET BACK TO THE PLANT. 566 00:26:49,448 --> 00:26:50,793 BOO. 567 00:26:50,827 --> 00:26:54,000 THAT'S ANNOYING. 568 00:26:54,034 --> 00:26:56,689 THE ROCK SURVIVES FOR NOW. 569 00:27:05,896 --> 00:27:07,551 Parker: WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD PILES STACKED UP HERE, 570 00:27:07,586 --> 00:27:10,551 SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO FIRE UP. 571 00:27:10,586 --> 00:27:14,034 Narrator: AFTER 2 HOURS SCRAPING GROUND AT 3 MILE, 572 00:27:14,068 --> 00:27:15,896 PARKER IS READY TO RUN PAY DIRT 573 00:27:15,931 --> 00:27:20,344 THROUGH THE DRY BLOWER TO TEST FOR FINE GOLD. 574 00:27:20,379 --> 00:27:22,448 Parker: ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT. 575 00:27:33,034 --> 00:27:35,137 FOUR IS THE... 576 00:27:35,172 --> 00:27:37,413 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FEED PLATE IS, 577 00:27:37,448 --> 00:27:39,034 BUT WE'RE TURNING IT ON. 578 00:27:41,586 --> 00:27:44,827 ALRIGHT. WE'RE...BLOWING? 579 00:27:46,655 --> 00:27:47,862 I'M GONNA STICK WITH SLUICING, 580 00:27:47,896 --> 00:27:49,586 EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 581 00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:52,448 WE'RE SLUICING. 582 00:27:52,482 --> 00:27:56,068 I THINK I STARTED EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT ORDER. 583 00:27:56,103 --> 00:27:57,655 THERE'S A LIST IN THE ORDER 584 00:27:57,689 --> 00:28:02,000 THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN, SO, YOU KNOW, 585 00:28:02,034 --> 00:28:03,517 I A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS UP, 586 00:28:03,551 --> 00:28:05,517 BUT HOPEFULLY THAT ONE, I DON'T. 587 00:28:05,551 --> 00:28:08,689 SO LET'S SEE IF OLD BLOW DIRT CAN FIND ANY GOLD. 588 00:28:17,827 --> 00:28:19,689 I LIKE THE SIMPLICITY OF IT. 589 00:28:19,724 --> 00:28:22,275 LIKE, WHAT A NICE WAY OF SLUICING. 590 00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:27,068 LIKE, NO WATER, NO PONDS, NO STUPID PUMPS. 591 00:28:30,931 --> 00:28:33,137 IT COSTS 1,000 BUCKS A DAY TO RUN. 592 00:28:33,172 --> 00:28:35,448 IN THE YUKON, WE SPEND THAT EVERY HOUR. 593 00:28:37,655 --> 00:28:39,068 YEAH, I MEAN, FIRST IMPRESSION 594 00:28:39,103 --> 00:28:40,896 IS THAT DRY BLOWER IS PRETTY SWEET. 595 00:28:45,965 --> 00:28:48,655 OH, WHAT THE 596 00:28:48,689 --> 00:28:51,344 THE WHOLE THING JUST SHUT DOWN. 597 00:28:54,137 --> 00:28:56,241 FOR SAKE! 598 00:28:56,275 --> 00:28:58,344 Narrator: AT $3,000 A DAY, 599 00:28:58,379 --> 00:29:00,758 EVERY MINUTE OF DOWNTIME COSTS PARKER 600 00:29:00,793 --> 00:29:03,551 THE GOLD HE NEEDS TO COVER HIS INVESTMENT. 601 00:29:03,586 --> 00:29:06,758 HMM. 602 00:29:06,793 --> 00:29:08,413 THAT'S NOT GOOD. 603 00:29:13,172 --> 00:29:16,310 OH. 604 00:29:16,344 --> 00:29:19,793 BIT OF A LOOSE BATTERY CONNECTION THERE. 605 00:29:19,827 --> 00:29:22,482 WE CAN START BY TIGHTENING THAT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 606 00:29:26,724 --> 00:29:28,758 ALRIGHT. 607 00:29:28,793 --> 00:29:30,413 LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. 608 00:29:42,551 --> 00:29:45,068 ALRIGHT. MAYBE THIS THING WILL STAY RUNNING NOW. 609 00:29:45,103 --> 00:29:50,034 WE DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANY MAJOR ISSUES. 610 00:29:50,068 --> 00:29:53,172 Narrator: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE McCLARENS' 3 MILE CLAIM, 611 00:29:53,206 --> 00:29:56,517 FRED, DANNY AND TYLER HAVE GOLD FEVER, 612 00:29:56,551 --> 00:30:00,586 TRYING TO CRACK OPEN THE BOULDER THEY NAMED CROCODILE BOONDIE... 613 00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:03,344 -YES, FRED. -COME ON, FRED. 614 00:30:03,379 --> 00:30:07,517 Narrator: ...HOPING TO FIND A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR NUGGET. 615 00:30:07,551 --> 00:30:09,310 SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THESE... 616 00:30:09,344 --> 00:30:11,206 WE DRILLED THESE HOLES IN HERE, 617 00:30:11,241 --> 00:30:13,379 AND WE'RE TRYING TO POUND THE WEDGES IN 618 00:30:13,413 --> 00:30:16,758 HOPEFULLY FAR ENOUGH TO CRACK THIS PART OF THE ROCK OFF. 619 00:30:16,793 --> 00:30:19,103 IS IT WORKING? 620 00:30:19,137 --> 00:30:20,758 NOPE. 621 00:30:24,137 --> 00:30:25,103 OOH. GO ON, FRED. 622 00:30:25,137 --> 00:30:26,413 Tyler: YES, FRED, GO! 623 00:30:26,448 --> 00:30:27,724 GIVE IT SOME. 624 00:30:27,758 --> 00:30:28,896 IT'S CRACKING.IT'S CRACKING. 625 00:30:28,931 --> 00:30:30,206 IT'S CRACKING. GO!HIT IT! 626 00:30:30,241 --> 00:30:31,758 GIVE IT ONE, FRED! 627 00:30:31,793 --> 00:30:33,241 HARDER!IT'S GOING! 628 00:30:33,275 --> 00:30:34,517 GO ON! 629 00:30:34,551 --> 00:30:35,758 HOLY YOU'RE TAKING OFF THE WHOLE ROCK. 630 00:30:35,793 --> 00:30:37,586 OH, MY. THE WHOLE THING'S GOING IN HALF. 631 00:30:37,620 --> 00:30:38,862 YES, FRED! GO! 632 00:30:38,896 --> 00:30:39,862 OH! OH, MY! 633 00:30:39,896 --> 00:30:41,310 LOOK AT ALL THAT. 634 00:30:41,344 --> 00:30:43,241 HOLY 635 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:46,758 OH, MY GOSH. CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING? 636 00:30:46,793 --> 00:30:48,275 GET BOTH OF YOU ON IT. 637 00:30:48,310 --> 00:30:49,931 DOUBLE ARM IT, NO? 638 00:30:52,931 --> 00:30:53,793 OOF. 639 00:30:53,827 --> 00:30:56,310 YES. ANYTHING? 640 00:30:56,344 --> 00:30:59,827 I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. 641 00:30:59,862 --> 00:31:02,379 IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN SEPARATE THESE TWO? 642 00:31:02,413 --> 00:31:03,413 DRAG IT WITH THE TRUCK. 643 00:31:03,448 --> 00:31:05,103 YEAH. 644 00:31:05,137 --> 00:31:06,068 YEAH. LET'S DO THAT. 645 00:31:06,103 --> 00:31:07,206 YES, LET'S DO THAT. 646 00:31:12,344 --> 00:31:14,275 THIS IS IT. 647 00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:17,034 YES, FRED. 648 00:31:17,068 --> 00:31:19,655 WE WERE PICKING UP A SIGNAL IN HERE, 649 00:31:19,689 --> 00:31:21,310 AND IT'S JUST AN ENORMOUS SIGNAL. 650 00:31:21,344 --> 00:31:25,137 THE DETECTOR WAS SCREAMING, SO IF WE CAN'T FIND IT IN HERE, 651 00:31:25,172 --> 00:31:26,724 AND IT'S IN THIS ONE, IT'S GONNA BE, LIKE, 652 00:31:26,758 --> 00:31:28,448 AT LEAST 4- OR 5-OUNCE PIECE. 653 00:31:28,482 --> 00:31:30,689 WHAT?THIS IS EXCITING. 654 00:31:33,275 --> 00:31:34,827 Fred: HERE WE GO. 655 00:31:40,068 --> 00:31:42,206 HERE WE GO. WATCH OUT. IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD. 656 00:31:42,241 --> 00:31:44,241 IT'S COMING. OH, YEAH. 657 00:31:44,275 --> 00:31:45,689 OH! YES, THAT'LL DO. 658 00:31:45,724 --> 00:31:46,896 BEAUTIFUL. THAT'LL DO, RIGHT? 659 00:31:46,931 --> 00:31:48,724 GOOD JOB. YEP.THAT'LL DO. 660 00:31:49,655 --> 00:31:52,413 CHECK IT, TYLER. 661 00:31:52,448 --> 00:31:54,275 HOPE IT'S GOLD. 662 00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:55,896 HEY, TYLER. 663 00:31:55,931 --> 00:31:58,068 THIS IS THE PIECE OVER HERE THAT WAS WHERE THE SIGNAL WAS. 664 00:31:58,103 --> 00:31:59,724 LET'S START THERE. 665 00:32:06,137 --> 00:32:07,241 I THINK WE'VE FOUND IT, GUYS. 666 00:32:07,275 --> 00:32:08,413 WE'VE FOUND IT, HAVEN'T WE? 667 00:32:08,448 --> 00:32:10,068 YEAH. WE HAVE. 668 00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:11,965 IT'S IN THAT ROCK. IF YOU CRACK THAT OPEN... 669 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:12,965 YOU READY? 670 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,310 READY. 671 00:32:18,862 --> 00:32:20,448 SO IT'S IN THERE. 672 00:32:20,482 --> 00:32:22,827 IT'S IN THERE. 673 00:32:22,862 --> 00:32:24,724 IT'S GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER! 674 00:32:24,758 --> 00:32:27,137 YEAH. IT'S GOT TO BE SHOWING NOW. 675 00:32:27,172 --> 00:32:28,344 COME ON. 676 00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:34,068 OH THAT'S SCREAMING NOW. 677 00:32:34,103 --> 00:32:35,482 OH! THAT'S GOLD. 678 00:32:35,517 --> 00:32:37,068 IS THAT GOLD? YEAH. 679 00:32:37,103 --> 00:32:39,275 GUYS, WE GOT THE GOLD. 680 00:32:41,103 --> 00:32:42,620 IS THAT IT?YEAH. 681 00:32:42,655 --> 00:32:43,896 WOW. 682 00:32:43,931 --> 00:32:45,586 WE BROKE A ROCK OPEN AND PULLED GOLD OUT OF IT. 683 00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:46,862 YEAH. YEAH. 684 00:32:46,896 --> 00:32:48,517 WE MINED A BIT OF GOLD THERE. 685 00:32:48,551 --> 00:32:49,896 YOU DON'T SOUND VERY ENTHUSED. 686 00:32:49,931 --> 00:32:51,206 YEAH. 687 00:32:51,241 --> 00:32:53,586 I WAS KIND OF HOPING IT WAS GONNA BE THAT SIZE. 688 00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:54,896 YEAH. 689 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:59,241 Narrator: THIS TINY NUGGET IS WORTH LESS THAN $100. 690 00:32:59,275 --> 00:33:02,551 WE HAVE NOT JUST DONE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF GRAMS THOUGH, SURELY. 691 00:33:05,413 --> 00:33:06,448 THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE THAN THAT. 692 00:33:06,482 --> 00:33:07,862 THERE'S GOT TO BE. COME ON. 693 00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:12,413 ANYTHING? 694 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:13,620 NO. 695 00:33:13,655 --> 00:33:14,931 THAT'S BAD. 696 00:33:14,965 --> 00:33:17,206 Narrator: AFTER BURNING THREE HOURS 697 00:33:17,241 --> 00:33:19,137 PLAYING THE GOLD-MINING LOTTERY, 698 00:33:19,172 --> 00:33:22,068 THEY HAVE LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT. 699 00:33:22,103 --> 00:33:23,862 Tyler: I'M REALLY WORRIED. 700 00:33:23,896 --> 00:33:27,241 I'VE GOT A REPUTATION I HAVE TO KEEP GOING HERE. 701 00:33:27,275 --> 00:33:29,793 I'VE SAID THERE'S 100% GOLD HERE, 702 00:33:29,827 --> 00:33:31,655 BUT WE'VE ONLY GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT, 703 00:33:31,689 --> 00:33:35,344 AND PARKER SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON THAT DRY BLOWER. 704 00:33:36,344 --> 00:33:38,793 SO IF THIS FLOPS, AND THERE'S NO GOLD, 705 00:33:38,827 --> 00:33:41,724 PARKER IS GOING TO HAVE NO TRUST IN ME WHATSOEVER, 706 00:33:41,758 --> 00:33:44,896 AND I'M GONNA LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT. 707 00:33:53,172 --> 00:33:55,241 THEY SAY IN AUSTRALIA, 708 00:33:55,275 --> 00:33:59,379 ONE THING YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT IS SPIDERS. 709 00:33:59,413 --> 00:34:00,931 Narrator: AUSTRALIA IS HOME 710 00:34:00,965 --> 00:34:03,586 TO SOME OF THE DEADLIEST SPIDERS IN THE WORLD, 711 00:34:03,620 --> 00:34:07,000 INCLUDING THE REDBACK AND FUNNEL-WEB. 712 00:34:07,034 --> 00:34:09,103 LURKING UNDER TOILET SEATS, 713 00:34:09,137 --> 00:34:13,862 AUSTRALIA'S SPIDERS BITE UP TO 4,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR. 714 00:34:13,896 --> 00:34:15,482 WHY WOULD THEY PUT A SPIDER ON A TOILET? 715 00:34:15,517 --> 00:34:18,034 IT JUST MAKES YOU MORE SCARED. 716 00:34:18,068 --> 00:34:19,758 SO YOU GOT TO REALLY LOOK UNDER HERE. 717 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:21,793 IT'S NOT BAD. 718 00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:23,551 OKAY. IT'S ALL CLEAR. 719 00:34:23,586 --> 00:34:26,379 Narrator: ONE BITE FROM THE SYDNEY FUNNEL-WEB SPIDER 720 00:34:26,413 --> 00:34:31,758 COULD BE FATAL, WITH 13 DEATHS RECORDED SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. 721 00:34:41,241 --> 00:34:43,344 ALRIGHT. LET'S VACUUM THIS STUFF UP. 722 00:34:45,310 --> 00:34:48,068 Narrator: AFTER RUNNING 42 YARDS OF DIRT 723 00:34:48,103 --> 00:34:49,896 TO TEST THE GROUND AT 3 MILE... 724 00:34:49,931 --> 00:34:51,448 SEE HOW THIS GOES. 725 00:34:51,482 --> 00:34:53,103 Narrator: ...IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT 726 00:34:53,137 --> 00:34:57,275 IF PARKER'S $6,000 INVESTMENT WILL PAY OFF. 727 00:34:57,310 --> 00:35:00,551 Tyler: I'M SUPER ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS CLEANUP. 728 00:35:00,586 --> 00:35:02,275 THIS IS DEFINITELY THE FIRST PLACE 729 00:35:02,310 --> 00:35:04,034 THAT I'VE PUT MY NAME ON THE LINE, 730 00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:09,620 AND PARKER SPENT 6 GRAND TO PUT THE DRY BLOWER HERE, 731 00:35:09,655 --> 00:35:11,965 AND THAT'S SO MUCH MONEY. 732 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,448 IF THERE'S NO GOLD HERE, WE'RE LITERALLY IN THE 733 00:35:17,586 --> 00:35:19,758 Danny: FRED, SEE ANYTHING? 734 00:35:22,034 --> 00:35:23,655 Narrator: PARKER AND THE TEAM 735 00:35:23,689 --> 00:35:25,689 USE THE DRY BLOWER'S VACUUM SYSTEM 736 00:35:25,724 --> 00:35:28,655 TO COLLECT THE GOLD CONCENTRATE FROM THE RIFFLES 737 00:35:28,689 --> 00:35:30,172 AND INTO A BARREL. 738 00:35:33,724 --> 00:35:34,965 I DON'T SEE ANYTHING YET. 739 00:35:39,344 --> 00:35:40,620 SEE ANYTHING, TYLER? 740 00:35:47,206 --> 00:35:50,000 THERE'S THREE LITTLE PIECES THERE. 741 00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:52,862 THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE OF GOLD 742 00:35:52,896 --> 00:35:57,620 I'VE SEEN OUT OF THIS THING, BUT THEY WERE TINY, 743 00:35:57,655 --> 00:36:01,655 WHICH FROM WHAT I'M USED TO IN THE YUKON, 744 00:36:01,689 --> 00:36:03,275 WOULD BE DOG TERRIBLE, 745 00:36:03,310 --> 00:36:07,448 BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN HERE? 746 00:36:07,482 --> 00:36:09,862 THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING IN THE WORLD. 747 00:36:13,862 --> 00:36:17,379 I DON'T THINK PARKER IS HAPPY RIGHT NOW. 748 00:36:17,413 --> 00:36:20,068 NOW, THE CONCENTRATE SHOULD BE IN HERE. 749 00:36:27,793 --> 00:36:29,172 THE DRY BLOWING IS SOMETHING 750 00:36:29,206 --> 00:36:33,275 THAT I'M JUST COMPLETELY UNFAMILIAR WITH, 751 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:38,482 AND THEY'RE NOT VERY EFFICIENT MACHINES. 752 00:36:38,517 --> 00:36:40,413 IN THE YUKON, I'M USED TO DEALING 753 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:42,931 WITH A 99% RECOVERY RATE. 754 00:36:42,965 --> 00:36:44,586 AND DRY BLOWERS SOUND LIKE THEY HAVE, 755 00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:49,482 LIKE, 60% OR 70%, BUT, YOU KNOW, 756 00:36:49,517 --> 00:36:51,965 TYLER IS PERSONALLY VOUCHING FOR THIS GROUND, 757 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,551 SO THAT MEANS SOMETHING. 758 00:36:56,379 --> 00:36:57,413 PARKER. Parker: WHAT? 759 00:36:57,448 --> 00:36:58,689 WE'VE GOT THE CONCENTRATE. 760 00:36:58,724 --> 00:37:00,379 ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. 761 00:37:00,413 --> 00:37:03,793 LET'S DO IT, OKAY?YEAH. 762 00:37:03,827 --> 00:37:06,482 Narrator: WHILE TYLER AND FRED WASH THE CONCENTRATE 763 00:37:06,517 --> 00:37:11,172 THROUGH THE GOLD QUEUE, PARKER HAS ONE LAST TEST TO DO 764 00:37:11,206 --> 00:37:14,000 IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE THE LAND IS VIABLE. 765 00:37:14,034 --> 00:37:17,379 SO NOW THIS IS THE COARSE ROCK, 766 00:37:17,413 --> 00:37:22,000 AND I'M JUST GONNA SPREAD IT OUT AND METAL DETECT IT. 767 00:37:22,034 --> 00:37:26,172 Narrator: THE DRY BLOWER IS 30% LESS EFFICIENT AT GOLD RECOVERY 768 00:37:26,206 --> 00:37:29,379 THAN PARKER'S WASH PLANTS IN THE YUKON. 769 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:32,689 BUT UNLIKE THE YUKON, THE TAILINGS IN AUSTRALIA 770 00:37:32,724 --> 00:37:35,448 ARE ALWAYS DETECTED FOR NUGGETS. 771 00:37:37,448 --> 00:37:39,862 THE TROMMEL IS, LIKE, 1/2 INCH MINUS, 772 00:37:39,896 --> 00:37:41,689 BUT WHAT'S GOING INTO THE TROMMEL IS, 773 00:37:41,724 --> 00:37:45,000 WELL, THIS SIZE, SO ANY NUGGETS THAT WE FIND IN HERE 774 00:37:45,034 --> 00:37:47,862 WILL BE OVER 1/2 INCH, 775 00:37:47,896 --> 00:37:50,206 SO THAT'LL BE A BIG ONE IF WE DO FIND ANYTHING. 776 00:37:50,241 --> 00:37:51,862 Danny: NO WAY. 777 00:37:56,517 --> 00:37:57,482 ANYTHING? 778 00:37:57,517 --> 00:37:59,620 NOPE. 779 00:38:02,827 --> 00:38:06,000 OH! 780 00:38:06,034 --> 00:38:08,724 OH, YEAH. 781 00:38:08,758 --> 00:38:10,379 THERE'S SOMETHING THERE. 782 00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:17,172 LOOK AT THAT. 783 00:38:17,206 --> 00:38:18,793 SHUT UP! 784 00:38:18,827 --> 00:38:21,000 IS THAT IT, WHAT YOU TOOK OFF IT THEN? 785 00:38:22,793 --> 00:38:24,344 OH, MY GOD. 786 00:38:24,379 --> 00:38:27,379 THAT'S A NUGGET. 787 00:38:27,413 --> 00:38:29,586 OH, MAN. LOOK AT THAT. 788 00:38:31,965 --> 00:38:34,413 THAT'S A BEAST. 789 00:38:34,448 --> 00:38:37,137 PROBABLY OVER 1/2 AN OUNCE... 790 00:38:37,172 --> 00:38:39,724 AT LEAST. 791 00:38:39,758 --> 00:38:43,103 CHUCK US YOUR WATER. 792 00:38:43,137 --> 00:38:45,103 OH, DUDE. 793 00:38:45,137 --> 00:38:48,034 HOW COOL WAS THAT, FINDING THAT, PARKER? 794 00:38:48,068 --> 00:38:50,827 WELL, IN THE YUKON, WE'VE NEVER FOUND A NUGGET THAT SIZE, 795 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:54,586 BUT THAT'S A REALLY NICE ONE. 796 00:38:54,620 --> 00:38:56,482 I BET THAT NUGGET IS PROBABLY WORTH 2 GRAND. 797 00:38:56,517 --> 00:38:57,689 REALLY? 798 00:38:57,724 --> 00:38:59,413 YEAH, IT'S A GOOD CHUNK OF GOLD. 799 00:39:10,689 --> 00:39:12,413 HOW'S IT GOING? ALRIGHT. 800 00:39:12,448 --> 00:39:13,931 YOU GUYS FIND SOME NUGS? 801 00:39:13,965 --> 00:39:15,344 YEAH. 802 00:39:15,379 --> 00:39:17,275 28 NUGGETS. YEAH. 803 00:39:17,310 --> 00:39:18,586 WELL DONE, MATE. 804 00:39:18,620 --> 00:39:19,862 Parker: THAT'S PRETTY COOL. 805 00:39:19,896 --> 00:39:22,068 I'M STOKED. 806 00:39:22,103 --> 00:39:24,620 ALRIGHT. LET'S COOK THIS UP. 807 00:39:24,655 --> 00:39:27,172 Narrator: TYLER DRIES THE FINE GOLD COLLECTED 808 00:39:27,206 --> 00:39:28,413 FROM THE CONCENTRATE... 809 00:39:28,448 --> 00:39:30,310 YOU CAN PUT THE NUGGETS IN THERE. 810 00:39:30,344 --> 00:39:33,758 ...AND ADDS IT TO THE NUGGETS FOR THE FINAL GOLD WEIGH. 811 00:39:33,793 --> 00:39:35,206 Tyler: HEY, MUZ. 812 00:39:35,241 --> 00:39:36,620 GOOD. 813 00:39:36,655 --> 00:39:38,068 Narrator: TO BREAK EVEN, 814 00:39:38,103 --> 00:39:42,413 PARKER NEEDS AT LEAST 10 OUNCES OF GOLD. 815 00:39:42,448 --> 00:39:44,275 Parker: ALRIGHT. LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT. 816 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:49,448 Fred: 2.1. 817 00:39:49,482 --> 00:39:51,965 -2.4 OUNCES. -OH, YEAH. 818 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,793 Narrator: WORTH $3,600 U.S. 819 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:56,931 THAT'S NOT BAD. 820 00:39:56,965 --> 00:39:59,482 THAT'S 85 BUCKS A YARD, 821 00:39:59,517 --> 00:40:02,000 I MEAN, IN THE YUKON, WE'RE MINING 20. 822 00:40:02,034 --> 00:40:03,206 -NICE. -WOW. 823 00:40:03,241 --> 00:40:05,172 THAT'S REALLY GOOD GROUND. 824 00:40:07,965 --> 00:40:11,379 Narrator: THE GROUND HERE IS MORE THAN THREE TIMES RICHER 825 00:40:11,413 --> 00:40:13,896 THAN PARKER MINES IN THE YUKON, 826 00:40:13,931 --> 00:40:17,551 SO DESPITE NOT BREAKING EVEN ON HIS PROSPECTING COSTS, 827 00:40:17,586 --> 00:40:20,931 THERE IS CLEARLY A BIG OPPORTUNITY. 828 00:40:20,965 --> 00:40:23,655 Parker: I AM GENUINELY INTERESTED 829 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:24,724 IN WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON HERE. 830 00:40:26,689 --> 00:40:28,689 YEAH, THANKS, MUZ. THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HELP. 831 00:40:28,724 --> 00:40:30,344 -THANK YOU. -THANK YOU, MUZ. 832 00:40:33,448 --> 00:40:35,655 Parker: YEAH, I MEAN, OVERALL, GOOD RESULT. 833 00:40:35,689 --> 00:40:38,586 THE BEST GROUND WE'VE FOUND ON THIS WHOLE TRIP. 834 00:40:38,620 --> 00:40:42,241 THE FACT THAT WE TESTED ALL THAT GROUND AND THE RESULTS 835 00:40:42,275 --> 00:40:44,896 WERE SO GOOD, YEAH, IT'S JUST THE BIGGEST RELIEF. 836 00:40:44,931 --> 00:40:47,310 YEAH, WE'VE PROVEN THAT THERE'S GOLD HERE. 837 00:40:47,344 --> 00:40:50,413 Parker: BUT TYLER HAS STILL GOT A COUPLE OTHER PLACES LINED UP 838 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:53,448 FOR US TO GO TO, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON OUR TRIP. 839 00:40:55,517 --> 00:40:57,137 WHOA! 840 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:02,482 MISSION SUCCESSFUL. 841 00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:06,206 Narrator: NEXT TIME... 842 00:41:06,241 --> 00:41:07,379 FRED, LOOK OUT! 843 00:41:07,413 --> 00:41:08,655 ...THE PRESSURE MOUNTS... 844 00:41:08,689 --> 00:41:10,206 Tyler: PRESSURE! PRESSURE! PRESSURE! 845 00:41:10,241 --> 00:41:11,482 GIVE IT A MINUTE, FRED. 846 00:41:11,517 --> 00:41:13,034 THIS IS ON ME. 847 00:41:13,068 --> 00:41:16,206 Narrator: ...AS PARKER BREAKS NEW GROUND... 848 00:41:16,241 --> 00:41:18,689 SMELL IT? THAT'S THE SMELL OF MONEY. 849 00:41:18,724 --> 00:41:20,724 MAN, I WISH I COULD HAVE SOME OF THAT. 850 00:41:20,758 --> 00:41:22,965 ...PROSPECTING A HARD ROCK MINE. 851 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,482 HOW DEEP ARE WE RIGHT NOW? 852 00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:25,793 Man: 40 METERS. 853 00:41:25,827 --> 00:41:27,448 Danny: THAT COULD BLOW YOUR HAND OFF. 854 00:41:27,482 --> 00:41:29,448 THAT WOULD KILL YOU.THAT WOULD KILL YOU? 855 00:41:29,482 --> 00:41:30,931 Man #2: FIRE IN THE HOLE! 856 00:41:32,827 --> 00:41:33,965 OOH, BOY.