1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,480 NARRATOR: This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,440 Please stop raining. 3 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:07,360 NARRATOR: ..The Poseidon Crew's hopes are sinking fast... 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,840 We can't mine Catto's. It's gonna take weeks to dry out. 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,560 NARRATOR: ...but a chance return to an old claim 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,160 ..throws them a lifeline... 7 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:17,880 We can get back into the Big License. 8 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,120 What? 9 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,360 NARRATOR: ...if they can restart Ethan's beloved wash plant. 10 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,400 Even though it's a wet plant, it won't operate in the wet. 11 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,560 NARRATOR: On Shane's Galah lease, patience is wearing thin... 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Not gonna pay the bills. 13 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:32,480 It's a waste of time to be here. 14 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,040 NARRATOR: But Kate's geological expertise 15 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,240 and some vintage machinery... 16 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,360 It looks like we've got a convoy here. 17 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,720 NARRATOR: ..gets them back on the gold. 18 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,720 Whoa that's a massive relief 19 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,320 to know that there is actually gold here. 20 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,200 NARRATOR: And in far north Queensland, 21 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,680 Jacqui and Andrew divide and conquer... 22 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,480 Nice. This one will probably go about a gram. 23 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,120 NARRATOR: ..resulting in a bumper payday. 24 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,160 Wow! I needed to see that. 25 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,320 NARRATOR: But working deep into the night, 26 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,040 the plan quickly unravels. 27 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,680 Andy, are you on channel? 28 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:04,760 If he's more than half an hour late 29 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:06,080 something's happened. 30 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,280 Oh God! 31 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,960 Victoria's flood emergency is growing tonight 32 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,040 with towns and hundred of properties 33 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,040 under threat across the state. 34 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,160 Help was quick to arrive in Bendigo, 35 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,200 locals completing one of at least thirty car rescues 36 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,480 across the state. 37 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,080 Almost everyone in Victoria will be affected 38 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,520 by this monster weather system as it moves east. 39 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:55,800 I don't know what we're going to do. 40 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:56,880 I really don't. 41 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,520 The rain has washed us out. We can't work out here. 42 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,880 It's going to take weeks to dry out. 43 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,080 We can't move machines around in this. 44 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,280 The wheels could clog up with mud straight away 45 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:10,840 and we can't move the machines around, 46 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:12,320 physically can not move them around. 47 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,680 The issue is right now without those nuggets coming in 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:16,880 I'm not going forward. 49 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,160 I'm just literally scraping by. 50 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,080 Here comes Brent. 51 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,480 This is most likely gonna be a short day. 52 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:29,920 Look at it. BRENT: Pretty wet, isn't it mate? 53 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,720 That's buggered. We can't do anything, mate. 54 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,520 I don't know what you plan on doing but this is rubbish. 55 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,800 I know. I have got a plan and it doesn't involve here, mate. 56 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,560 We can get back into the Big License. 57 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:40,920 What? 58 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,760 We can actually get back in there and actually start doing something. 59 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,080 What do you mean, mate? 60 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,240 I'll explain it in detail as we go. 61 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:48,680 Don't ask too many questions. 62 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,440 Put a smile on your face and let's go. 63 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,400 Roads are flooded, licences are flooded, 64 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,040 everything's just flooded. 65 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:03,480 Brent, fire away mate. 66 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,080 What's happening with this big Licence Buddy? 67 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:06,960 Explain to me exactly what's happening. 68 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,680 In the agreement we had a settlement date 69 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,760 which has been missed and right now 70 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,240 we've got an opportunity to get back 71 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,520 into the Big Licence 72 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,320 until they actually finally come up with the money. 73 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,880 We can now get back in there and actually run that plant 74 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,600 and actually start getting, hopefully some good gold 75 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:23,960 back on the scales, mate. 76 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,040 I'm actually excited about that, Buddy. 77 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,640 It's good to have good news for once. 78 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,320 NARRATOR: The 254-hectare Big Licence lease 79 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,800 produced consistent gold for The Poseidon Crew, 80 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,400 Brent Shannon and Ethan West. 81 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,520 The one million-dollar wash plant 82 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,280 was capable of processing 80 tonnes of gold-rich gravel every hour. 83 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,440 44.28. That's actually pretty good boys. 84 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 That's good. 85 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:53,600 I'm happy to stay here 86 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:54,800 and I'm happy to continue to mine this. 87 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,480 NARRATOR: But a year ago Brent sold the reliable claim 88 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,080 and its equipment and moving their operation 89 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,400 to the legendary Catto's Paddock 90 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:05,440 to pursue his dream of finding 91 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,280 a monster one thousand-ounce nugget. 92 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,040 Some of the biggest nuggets that have been found in the world 93 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,120 have been found right here in this paddock. 94 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,960 NARRATOR: A decision that has put 95 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,600 a lot of pressure on Ethan's finances. 96 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,480 I've got a new house, small family 97 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:20,840 that I'm providing for. 98 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,120 I rely on gold. 99 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,000 That is where the money is for me. 100 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,800 I don't want to chase just big nuggets. 101 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:26,960 I want to make an income. 102 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,960 There she is again, mate. Your wash plant. 103 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,680 It is, mate. It it's a welcome sight, Buddy. 104 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,080 Have a look at this again, Eth. 105 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,840 We can't cop a trick at the moment, mate. 106 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,480 I was hoping I was gonna run the plant today. 107 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,320 NARRATOR: With the sale in limbo the Big Licence has sat idle, 108 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,680 just as they left it a year ago 109 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,960 with stockpiles of pay dirt ready for processing. 110 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,440 This is the material. It is just mud. 111 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:58,560 See how it's sticking to my hand. 112 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:00,840 That's why we can't run it through the plant. 113 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,080 It'll just stick to everything, the belt, the hopper. 114 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,480 It just will not run. 115 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,200 Even though it's a wet plant it won't operate in the wet. 116 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,800 We're going to have to come up with plan B I think. 117 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,760 JACQUI: So it's Andy's birthday today. 118 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,080 Happy birthday! (LAUGHS) What have you made? 119 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,040 I made you banana bread. 120 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:31,160 Did you? Yes. 121 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,480 It's proper stuck in there. 122 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,080 I don't know if that's worked, mate. 123 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:39,640 It's the thought that counts. 124 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:40,960 It is, mate. Thank you for trying. 125 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,120 (LAUGHS) 126 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,080 Here, I've been checking out maps as usual. 127 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,480 Yeah. And uh, yeah, 128 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,800 there's a couple of areas that I actually want to check out. 129 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,680 You know, when they put names on creeks in these maps, 130 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,880 it's for a reason because they found gold there. 131 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,200 But some of them are a bit further away from here. 132 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:00,880 I think it'd be an hours walk at least. 133 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,400 I don't mind like, if we, if that's what we gotta do. 134 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,120 If I drop you off there and you do the big walk 135 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,360 into that one and then I'll drive to the other spot 136 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,320 and then pick you up on the way back out. 137 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,680 Yeah. OK. 138 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,520 NARRATOR: In the remote Palmer River area 139 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,480 of far north Queensland, Jacqui Buzetti and Andrew Leahy 140 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,440 need to widen their hunt for gold 141 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,960 if they hope to hit their target. 142 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,760 Man, I just don't know how we're going to do 21 more ounces 143 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,320 in such a short amount of time. 144 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:36,320 I'm stressed. 145 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:38,920 Yeah we set that 50-ounce target 146 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,080 for a reason and we're noteven close. 147 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,480 We're barely over half way 148 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:44,880 and the season's nearly finished, mate. 149 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,200 This plan of splitting up gives us better chances 150 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:49,520 of covering more ground. 151 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,320 Dropping you off at this time of day, 152 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,640 if you work into the night 153 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,800 and then yeah, walk back out 154 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,040 and I'll pick you up at 9 o'clock at the meet zone. 155 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,720 Yep. Problem is at night 156 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,280 you've got the dingos and pigs foraging around. 157 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,360 Just keep your head on a swivel, mate. 158 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:06,760 You're a long way away from help. 159 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:07,920 I know. 160 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,080 Oh well this is about the end of the line, mate. 161 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,800 I don't think I can get any further than this. 162 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,440 Alright, I'll just get my gear ready. 163 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,040 Make sure you've got everything you need in there. 164 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,480 Yeah, radio, snake bite kit. 165 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,640 Righto. I'll driveto the other spot. 166 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,920 Alright, let's keep pushing. 167 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,320 Righto. Good luck. You too. 168 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,760 So to get into this new gully system, 169 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,400 it's probably gonna take me about an hour. 170 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,760 It's about four Ks as the crow flies. 171 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,360 It's getting this hot during the day. 172 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,760 Our only option is to start detecting at night. 173 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,560 We've literally just got to throw everything we've got at this 174 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:00,960 from this point in. 175 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,040 I don't really like splitting up when we're this remote. 176 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,320 You worry about your friend 177 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,360 when they're out in a situation like this, 178 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:10,880 it only takes one thing to go wrong 179 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,920 and it all goes pear-shaped really quick. 180 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,800 KATE: So I'm going to start laying out some of these piles 181 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,160 and finding some of this gold that Shane's been talking about. 182 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,040 SHANE: Come on, let's get on the gold. 183 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,440 I've been on this block for bloody years. 184 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,000 Everybody's found 185 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,400 a bit of gold here 186 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,320 so there's no reason why 187 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,520 I shouldn't find a bit of gold here. 188 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,680 But whether it's enough to... for Kate to be happy. 189 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:57,200 We've both got differing opinions about what to do with this ground. 190 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,200 He wants to sit down here in the back corner of his Galah lease 191 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,520 and move around some dirt that some old timers have put there. 192 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,280 I think this has been really overworked. 193 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,360 I don't actually think there's as much gold in here 194 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,000 as Shane thinks there is. 195 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,560 We really need to find some gold while we're here though 196 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,960 because you know, I've taken time away from my family 197 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,000 and my real job to be here. 198 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,400 You know, I need to make some money out of it. 199 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:24,720 I need to make it worth it. 200 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,720 NARRATOR: Veteran gold miner Shane Calegari 201 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,680 has recruited long-time family friend 202 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,520 and exploration geologist Kate Dundas 203 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,560 to work his Galah lease 204 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,440 as he prepares the ground 205 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,400 for what could be a multimillion-dollar sale 206 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,080 to a mining corporation. 207 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,000 You can detect that end down there and I will concentrate 208 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,840 on this little piece here. Yep. Let's do it, Shane. 209 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,320 You know Shane was a really good mate of my Dad's 210 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:56,840 and I just want to help him out. 211 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,000 You know, as a geologist I've got a lot of uh expertise 212 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,720 in this area and I want to see him get a really good deal 213 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,880 with the mining company. 214 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,240 We're on a bit of a race against time you know. 215 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,160 This mining deal is going to go through, 216 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:10,560 well we don't know when it's gonna go through 217 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,760 but probably sooner rather than later. 218 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,600 So we really need to get as much free gold 219 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:17,080 out of this lease as we can 220 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,880 before the mining company takes it over. 221 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,640 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 222 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,760 Mmm. 223 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,720 (FLIES BUZZING) 224 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,360 Geez that's disappointing. 225 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,320 Some sort of a clip. 226 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,760 Copy Kate. Copy. 227 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,520 How are we going? 228 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,320 No luck yet. How about you? 229 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,960 No, I'm not having any luck. 230 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,800 I've got the flies and I'm finding metal 231 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,800 so I'm going real well. 232 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,320 (DETECTOR BEEPS) Actually that sounds alright. 233 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,440 For Shane's sake I hope it's gold. 234 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:00,640 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 235 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,120 It's in there somewhere. 236 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,160 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 237 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,840 Oh that's definitely not going to pay the bills. 238 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,320 We can't just be finding tiny little bits of gold today 239 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:14,520 to make it worth it. 240 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,640 We need to be finding five or ten grams of gold, you know. 241 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,720 Copy Shane. - Yes Kate. 242 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:24,640 I found some gold. Do you want to come have a look? 243 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:30,200 Shane, I think even you'll agree that that's not enough gold. 244 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,520 We have been looking at this ground all day 245 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,840 and that is all that we have to show for it. 246 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,480 Kate, shove it where the sun doesn't go. 247 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,040 Let's got out of here. Alright. 248 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,720 It's a waste of time to be here. 249 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,400 That's terrible. 250 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,400 I think we go and head up to Iron Bar 251 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:44,480 and have a look up there 252 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:45,880 'cause I think there's a big alluvial system 253 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:46,960 that's heading up that way. 254 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:53,480 NARRATOR: Iron Bar is the most northerly section of Shane's lease. 255 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:57,760 Kate suspects it could be the source of the ancient channel 256 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,200 they've been detecting, 257 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,560 a channel that's produced fine gold 258 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,040 just under the surface 259 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,840 known as alluvial gold. 260 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,320 We're here on that corner, aren't we? Up there. 261 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,680 So I think we're coming down this drainage channel here. 262 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,560 It lines up perfectly with that alluvial deposit. 263 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,280 I reckon if we just take one strip through that area, 264 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,200 take that back and chuck it through the sluice 265 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,760 we can just have a look and see if, if it's throwing any gold. 266 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,560 The problem I've got here, Kate, is getting over this ground. 267 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,040 I'll be really struggling to clear it, 268 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,680 what you want to do here. 269 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:27,320 But Shane you know a lot of people. 270 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,920 You know, call in a couple of favours. 271 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,680 Come on Shane. Make some calls. 272 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,600 Get yourself a machine and let's get onto it. 273 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:37,960 ANDY: I'm at this gully today 274 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,240 because it's dried up. 275 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:40,960 It was only two or three weeks ago 276 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:42,360 it still had water in it. 277 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,000 Hopefully I can prove that there's some gold in it 278 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,040 and uh, prove that this detector works. 279 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,800 NARRATOR: In the Palmer River Goldfields 280 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,360 of far north Queensland, 281 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,920 Andrew Leahy recently spent 282 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,280 six thousand dollars worth of the team's hard earned gold 283 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:58,760 on another detector. 284 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,160 I'll be happy to have one of those detectors. 285 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,440 We all know how good they are on the big stuff. 286 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,360 NARRATOR: The top of the range detector's power 287 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,640 comes from its three coils. 288 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,000 Two double D coils 289 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,760 to hunt surface nuggets 290 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,480 and a bigger mono coil, 291 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,440 which can detect gold 292 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:19,960 forty per cent deeper 293 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,400 than a standard coil. 294 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,920 It was a massive risk buying this detector 295 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,160 this late in the season. 296 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,560 You know, we could of just kept that gold in our pocket. 297 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,640 At the moment though, it's all pretty quiet. 298 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,040 I'm getting a whole lot of nothing. 299 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,800 JACQUI: We got two areas we need to search. 300 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,680 It was quite a walk in 301 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,040 but more chances that no one else has detected here. 302 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,280 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 303 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,200 First target since I've gotten in here 304 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,560 so I'll see what it is. 305 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,440 (DETECTOR WHIRRS) False alarm. 306 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,200 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 307 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,920 Hey, it does make noises. About time. 308 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,960 I haven't had a single target all day 309 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,160 so we'll see what it is. 310 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:15,680 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 311 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:17,080 That sounds good. 312 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,560 The slate and siltstone makes it hard 313 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,680 but perfect place for the gold to hang out too 314 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:23,920 so I don't mind that. 315 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,800 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 316 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,560 Alright. You're in there. 317 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:34,360 Perfect! We got gold. We're good. 318 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,720 Thank God. Made that walk worthwhile for sure. 319 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,320 Righto, I'm out. That's a nice deep hole though 320 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,520 and that's what these detectors are known for. 321 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,760 I don't know if I'd have got that with my other machine. 322 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,840 Oh nice! Wow I needed to see that. 323 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,520 There's a good eighteen hundred dollars 324 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:56,800 worth of gold there. 325 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,600 Nice. 326 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,560 This one would probably go about a gram. 327 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,320 Picked up a few of these now. 328 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,960 Somewhere between the half a gram to a grammy sort of. 329 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:10,440 This is a good amount of gold 330 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,240 for any prospector on an afternoon. 331 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,640 I'm just detecting my way back out of this gully now. 332 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,120 I've been finding gold all day. 333 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,880 It's really worth coming back to. 334 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,360 Andy is going to be there to meet me soon 335 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:35,400 but I'm not too worried. 336 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,000 The walk out shouldn't be too bad. 337 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,840 It's actually really nice and cool now. 338 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,040 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 339 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:41,840 Yep, I've got another one here again. 340 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,000 She's out. 341 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:54,680 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 342 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,040 Sounding good. 343 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,800 You can see it. Shines bright. That's nice. 344 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:03,920 I think there's a really good chance 345 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,120 that there could be some deeper, larger targets in here. 346 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,520 I definitely want to come back with Andy and work this more. 347 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,040 Alright. 348 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,440 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 349 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,560 Hey Andy, you got a copy? 350 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,000 Andy! 351 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,920 Andy are you on channel? 352 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,440 (RADIO BEEPS) 353 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:48,960 Hey Andy, do you copy? 354 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,160 Just give him a minute, 355 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,440 I suppose. 356 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,760 If he's more than half an hour late something's happened. 357 00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:06,840 This is when you wonder, you know, 358 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,360 if he got bitten by a snake? 359 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,440 We separated so there would have been 360 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:11,800 no one there to help him. 361 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,880 (TENSE MUSIC) 362 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:17,680 Hey Andy, are you on channel? 363 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:25,720 Oh my God, I'm at least 25, 30K deep in here. 364 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,360 (ANIMAL CRIES OUT) 365 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,520 BRENT: This is the material 366 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:43,720 that we actually want to run 367 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,920 and it's just mud. 368 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,720 Plan A's blown, plan B's gone, we're up to plan C now, Eth. 369 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:52,880 We're going to go over here and start detecting. 370 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,640 We're gonna try and bring the uh, 371 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,040 digger down in here and maybe have a scratch around in here. 372 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,080 Just need to check over these machines. 373 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,600 They haven't been going for nearly twelve months. 374 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,040 Hopefully they'll start. 375 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:07,640 (ENGINE STARTS) 376 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,040 Oh bit of good news. 377 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,320 Right now we're just gonna do what we can 378 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,400 to get some gold on the scales. 379 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,000 Brent from uh, when they first started this operation 380 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,400 they said they used to get a lot of fine gold out of here, 381 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:23,560 a lot of small little nuggets. 382 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,920 Brent's just cleared off this little bit of area here. 383 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,640 We're not doing very big pads. 384 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,400 Just keep going down layer by layer. 385 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,800 (DETECTOR BEEPS) Hang on. 386 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,560 That's a target there. 387 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:37,640 A target? First pass. 388 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,400 First pass in and we've got a target. 389 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,600 Nah you got it out. 390 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,560 There it is there. Look at that Eth. 391 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,240 Only a little tacker. 392 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,480 Oh well, this is a pretty good start, Eth. 393 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,160 The amount of gold that must have been in this area. 394 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,120 (DETECTOR BEEPS) Beautiful. That sounds lovely. 395 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,200 That's out, it's out, it's out. 396 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,280 There it is. Look at that, Eth. 397 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:00,920 Look at that. Actually not a bad little piece - actually. 398 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,320 That's a good piece. 399 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,160 The good news is it's getting a little bit bigger. 400 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:05,640 Yeah mate we come out here for two minutes 401 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,160 and we've already got more gold 402 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:08,520 than we got in a month in Catto's. 403 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,760 I don't know why I sold this joint. 404 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,160 What's that? Nothing. 405 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,320 You don't know what? Nothing. 406 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,560 I am happy. We are working. We are digging for gold. 407 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,560 I never thought you'd be happy with about half a gram, Eth. 408 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,360 Neither did I. That's how sad it's become. 409 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,000 Please stop raining. 410 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,280 You just can't even get one tonne of material 411 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:41,400 through the plant. 412 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,520 We need to be running five hundred tonne or more a day. 413 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,280 This wet weather just will not let up. 414 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:48,560 In the meantime we'll just keep plodding through here 415 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,000 and just keep going. 416 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,720 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 417 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,000 That sounds alright, Eth. 418 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,320 That sounds pretty good, Eth. Mate, that's not bad. 419 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,080 That's gonna be our best target so far, mate, 420 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,200 and we've got bedrock starting to come through there. 421 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,000 I don't want to hit it. 422 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,640 Look at that. Here we go. Look at that! 423 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:15,480 Uh huh. Have a look at this. 424 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,880 Ha, ha, ha. A couple of ounces out of that Eth, 425 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,640 I reckon. There's a bit of a payday. 426 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,320 It adds a smile to your dial. 427 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,680 Mate I told you we wanted to get back here. 428 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:25,800 That's a little ripper, isn't it? 429 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,200 And you walked away from this. 430 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,160 Alright Eth. 431 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,320 It's actually starting to dry out now, mate. 432 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,320 I reckon we could get a chance to run this stuff, mate. 433 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,000 This material looks nice, mate. 434 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,360 Oh she's still a bit damp on the surface 435 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,120 but if you dig in here a little bit I reckon. 436 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,920 If you get it off from in the guts of it mate, 437 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,080 it might be a bit better. Yeah. 438 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,400 In here it's starting to dry out a bit, mate. 439 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:49,680 OK. 440 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,960 NARRATOR: With a chance to process pay dirt on the cards 441 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,760 they need to test their wash plant. 442 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,440 Yeah right now we're just gonna fire this plant up 443 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:00,760 and make sure there's no gremlins with it. 444 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,080 We haven't started it for over twelve months. 445 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,640 Because right now we're gonna get small opportunities, 446 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,320 small windows to actually run some dirt 447 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,120 so the last thing we want is to have the fine weather turn up 448 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,000 and then we actually can't run it 449 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:14,520 because there's something wrong with the plant. 450 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,320 Right, Eth. Fire her up, mate. Everything's all ready. 451 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,480 It's good to go? Basically crack it over 452 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:19,600 and that should start. 453 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,680 (MACHINE WHIRRS) 454 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,040 That's dead. Dead as a maggot. 455 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,960 Without electricity we have nothing. 456 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,600 (HORN HONKS) 457 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,040 What's that racket? 458 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:47,640 Looks like your help's arrived, Shane. 459 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,280 Yeah, it's trouble-shooter Jim. 460 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:52,120 He's come to pull me out of it again. 461 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,240 Shane, how are you going? Very good. 462 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,080 Hi Kate. It's good to see you. Hello Jimmy, how are you? 463 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,160 Good to see you again. 464 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,440 What have you got for me, Jimmy? 465 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,760 Well it's an old Massey 65 horsepower. 466 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,120 This one was probably built in the sixties 467 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,240 with a three point linkage grader on the back. 468 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,120 So it's just a matter of unloading it now. 469 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,200 Kate's going to build you a ramp and we'll back it up. 470 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,720 Thanks Kate. No worries. 471 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,480 It's really good to have someone useful here. 472 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:16,600 (LAUGHS) 473 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,640 Yeah last night Shane rang me 474 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,280 and um, as usual he wanted something. 475 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:26,920 He wants to do some scraping 476 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,520 over at the Iron Bar 477 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,760 and um the Massey would do the job 478 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,120 so I thought I would bring it up for him 479 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,760 to have a go with it. 480 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,920 As soon as we get this in position, 481 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,360 the tractor off, then we can go to the Iron Bar. 482 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,320 Keep going, Jimmy. 483 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,920 Yep, keep coming. 484 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,200 Bit more. 485 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,600 That's it, Jim. That's it. 486 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,160 Let's get the show on the road. 487 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,560 That's it. 488 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,000 Hopefully. That's it. 489 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,120 Right that's one part done. 490 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,440 Now we put the weight on the back there 491 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,000 so he can't pivot up now. 492 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,200 Beautifully done! This is a skilful man. 493 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:11,520 Well done Jimmy. 494 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,240 We'll get on the gold in no time, Shane. 495 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,320 It looks like we've got a convoy here. 496 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,160 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 497 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,800 So what do you reckon, Kate? 498 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,720 What I want to do is scrape down basically 499 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,160 from the road straight into that gum tree down there. 500 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:41,560 Kate's gone there just cleaning 501 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:42,880 the sticks outta the road 502 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,080 then Jim's just gonna follow behind her. 503 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,520 Kate will be able to identify any sort of materials there 504 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,080 and if it's what she likes. 505 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,960 We will probably do four or five of these scrapes. 506 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,080 NARRATOR: Kate's plan is to cut shallow trenches 507 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,600 at right angles 508 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,080 to the direction of a channel 509 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,480 she believes 510 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:05,840 connects to alluvial gold 511 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,400 near Shane's camp. 512 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,080 Plotting a line between 513 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,760 each alluvial gravel deposit 514 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,360 in the trenches should reveal 515 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,040 the channel's path, 516 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:18,840 leading them to the gold. 517 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,320 I have a feeling that Iron Bar could be, 518 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,160 well possibly the source for a lot of the gold 519 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:27,600 that's in this area. 520 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:29,800 You know there's a lot of interest 521 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,120 from this mining company. 522 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,920 If we can learn as much about this tenement as we can, 523 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,680 give the mining companies some information 524 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,120 that might even increase the offer 525 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,600 and make the deal a bit sweeter, then we've got to do it. 526 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,160 Alright, we've done our four lines now. 527 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,160 What do you reckon, Kate? 528 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,360 It's the right colour. It's the right grain size. 529 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,160 It's the right amount of iron stone. 530 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,480 I think this is where we need to take the sample. 531 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,240 So we get the bobcat trailer? 532 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,520 Alright, come on. 533 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,080 We will pick it up, 534 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,040 some of that material and run it through the sluice. 535 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,800 The gold is in where the gravel is and that's what we got to find. 536 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,400 OK Kate, jump out. 537 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,080 Alright Shane, bring it back. 538 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,600 I want to take this under the hitch, OK? 539 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,000 Yep. Alright, straight back if you can. 540 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,480 Whoa! 541 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,400 OK time to get it in the sluice. 542 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,640 Well how do we get it in there? 543 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,560 With this little baby. 544 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,560 Up you jump and I'll go and get everything going. 545 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,200 Alright, that's good. 546 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,720 This isn't really what I had in mind 547 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,560 in terms of maximising our, our gold return. 548 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,760 Shane, we can't just sit here shovelling this dirt. 549 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,840 So you need to come up with a solution and make something work. 550 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,320 I'm feeling the pressure. I've got to find a solution. 551 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,400 I'll have to sleep on it. 552 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,200 I will have an answer in the morning. 553 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,240 ANDY: I'm on me way to pick up Jacqui now. 554 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,080 It's getting pretty late. 555 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,960 I hope she's not freaking out in the bush. 556 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,840 (BANG!) What's that? 557 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:50,960 Oh crap it! 558 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,400 That's rooted! That's just totally shot. 559 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,440 Hey Jacqui, you got a copy? 560 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,680 I don't think I'm going to get her. 561 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,600 The best thing I can do is just change this as quick as possible. 562 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,240 This is why I don't like splitting up. 563 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,400 She's gonna be out there by herself worried about me, 564 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,400 worried if I'm even coming to get her. 565 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:31,880 Murphy's Law. If it can go wrong it will. 566 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,080 This is the last thing I need at the end of a long day. 567 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,320 I'm just going to chuck this in here 568 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:43,560 and get going. 569 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,520 Jacqui will be wondering where the hell I am. 570 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,320 Jacqui are you there? You got a copy? 571 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:54,400 JACQUI: Are you there? 572 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,200 Yeah mate. Look I'm on my way. 573 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,880 I had a flat tyre. Don't panic. I'm not far away now, OK? 574 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:08,000 Finally! 575 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,000 You've made it. That took you long enough. 576 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,240 You've been sitting here for a fair while. 577 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,200 This is not nine o'clock. At all. 578 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,200 How was your day? 579 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,120 Oh yeah, yeah actually alright. 580 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,640 Like nothing big but like it just kept coming. 581 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,240 Wow that's a good day. It's a good spot. 582 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:26,400 I reckon we should go back in there. 583 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:27,640 Unless, how did you go? 584 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,920 Oh I only got one. So no good. 585 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,640 That was the only target I got for the whole day. 586 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,520 Never. No junk. Nothing. 587 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:36,360 Holy crap! It's a nice nugget though. 588 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:37,840 That's massive. 589 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,360 And I probably wouldn't have got it without, without my new detector. 590 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,200 In this gully then where I've been working, 591 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,360 you're walking in there with me tomorrow. 592 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:47,720 Yep, let's do that. Yep. 593 00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,560 NARRATOR: A new day on the Palmer River. 594 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,240 Andy has joined Jacqui to detect 595 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,160 the promising gully she found. 596 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:06,760 We need to try and get 597 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,200 to that 50 ounces. 598 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,800 We need a miracle right now to make 50. 599 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,080 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 600 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,440 There is something down there. 601 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:25,960 Hope this is a nug. 602 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,680 Can do with some decent chunky. 603 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,320 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 604 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,960 Let's find out. 605 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,800 It is a nice nug too. 606 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,520 It's probably, I don't know, eight or ten grams 607 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:38,880 in that little one. 608 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,040 Bloody champion! 609 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,200 Pretty safe to assume 610 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,680 it's another piece, which is what we want. 611 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,760 They are adding up quickly now. 612 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,480 Oh perfect. 613 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,320 Another one just there. 614 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,360 Nothing big but you can't complain about that rattle. 615 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,720 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 616 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,080 Righto. 617 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,040 I can see it already. 618 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,800 You ripper. There's another three or four or five grams 619 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,720 there as well. That's fantastic to see. 620 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,720 That's the way. 621 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,240 Right... More. 622 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,440 KATE: Last night I told Shane 623 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,640 that I didn't come up here to help him shovel 624 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,840 two hundred tonnes of dirt through the wet plant. 625 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,480 Um, you know I came up here to help him find gold. 626 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,640 NARRATOR: Leaving Shane to find an alternative 627 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:51,000 to shovelling pay dirt, Kate is back exploring Iron Bar. 628 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,080 I've come down here to have a detect 629 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,040 through the lines that we cleared yesterday. 630 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,720 You know we really don't know the potential of this. 631 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,160 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 632 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,480 That sounds promising. 633 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,440 Let's see what we've got. 634 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,840 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 635 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,200 Alright. Oh, you've got to be kidding me. 636 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,040 Whoa! 637 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:15,920 That's got to be a gram. 638 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,600 That's easily a gram. Oh my gosh! 639 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,000 That's a massive relief to know 640 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,480 that there is actually gold here. 641 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:23,840 You know I told Shane that 642 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:24,960 this is where I think we'd find it 643 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,200 and now we've actually found it. 644 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,560 I can go back to him and tell him 645 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,560 that I do know what I'm talking about. 646 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,880 Hey! You arrived. 647 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,560 Oh what have we got here, Shane? 648 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,120 Well we've got a truck, Kate. 649 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,800 And the best part about it... it's a tipper! 650 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:45,920 OK. 651 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,120 That means we don't have to shovel or do anything like that. 652 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,040 This is Trevor. Hi Trevor. Kate. 653 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:52,280 Kate, how are you? How are you? 654 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,400 Shane rang me up in a bit of a state, 655 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:58,200 needing some dirt moved and uh, needed a truck. 656 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,160 A tip truck. I owed him a few favours as usual, 657 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,040 so I thought I'd come down and give him a bit of a hand. 658 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,000 Well I'm glad you're actually getting the right equipment. 659 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,360 Let's get onto it. OK, rightio, that's good. 660 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:09,440 Let's move. 661 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:17,920 Well done, Kate. 662 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,600 We're gonna take the surface dirt off, 663 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:20,840 whack it in the truck. 664 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:22,560 I'm going to head down to the sluice, 665 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:23,800 get that fired up. 666 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,360 Kate's going to load it up and then we'll start 667 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:26,680 putting it through the sluice. 668 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,600 We can get a, a big amount of dirt through the sluice 669 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,320 and actually start to pull out 670 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:35,920 some of those finds that we think are here. 671 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,320 Alright Trevor, that's it, I'm done. 672 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,440 You can take that down to Shane. No worries at all. 673 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,160 NARRATOR: The fifty-five year-old truck 674 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,280 has a payload of four tonnes. 675 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,960 Added to yesterday's trailer load, 676 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,600 this bulk sample will tell how much gold per tonne 677 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,360 the Iron Bar alluvial channel holds. 678 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,000 I'm hoping to get a gram to the tonne. 679 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,280 Keep going, Trev. 680 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:11,720 Keep coming, Trevor. That's OK. 681 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,240 That's it now, Trev. That's it. Let's get it out. 682 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,640 She's going up. 683 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,840 That's it, Trevor. That's good. 684 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:25,680 Well done, Trevor. 685 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,280 My pleasure, Shane. Now you owe me one. 686 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,000 Yep that's right, Trevor. On your bike. Let's go. Come on. 687 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,480 Good on you mate. You've got things to do. 688 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:33,800 I'll catch you later. Good on ya. 689 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,880 Rightio, I'm going to start putting the dirt through. 690 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,240 I'm on me way. 691 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:46,800 NARRATOR: While Shane processes the sample 692 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,280 Kate is hunting for nuggets in the channel. 693 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,680 So I'm just going to see if I can show Shane 694 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,440 that there's even more gold here than he thinks. 695 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,160 (DETECTOR BEEPS) 696 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,680 Oh my God! I can see that one. 697 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,800 That's got to be two grams maybe. 698 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,760 As a geologist it's actually really exciting seeing real gold 699 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,320 that you pick up from the ground, you know? 700 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,280 In my job you actually don't get to see the real gold. 701 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,960 That feeling to get it out of the ground is just, 702 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,960 oh it's just such a good feeling. 703 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,280 (MACHINE WHIRRS) 704 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,640 It's dead. Dead as a maggot. Oh! 705 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,360 Batteries. We need batteries. 706 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,440 You got those batteries mate? They're dead. 707 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:45,720 Flat are they? Dead. Dead as a maggot mate. 708 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,560 Alright. There's some in the back of me car, mate. 709 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,600 Yep. Let's hope it fires up after that. 710 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,920 We will get these in and hopefully it's uh, 711 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,240 get the plant fired up. 712 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,080 They're a twenty-four volt system 713 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,120 so you don't want to stuff it up. 714 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,640 I have actually had it where I have cross-wired it the wrong way 715 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:06,040 and you hit the key and they literally have exploded. 716 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:07,840 A very dangerous situation there. 717 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,600 Every little bit of time we get now 718 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,200 to run this plant is crucial. 719 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,520 We need to start making money and right now with Catto's out, 720 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:16,920 we can't mine Catto's. 721 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,200 With it just so wet everywhere else, 722 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,520 this is our best shot to make serious money. 723 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,000 Alright, if I've done my job properly 724 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,320 this should turn over straight away. 725 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,160 Done. 726 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:29,840 Now we'll try and get this barrel spinning. 727 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,480 That's probably the most critical part. 728 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,240 Happy days! 729 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,680 Looks like everything's working pretty well. 730 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:46,960 I've missed it. 731 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,160 Taking me back down memory lane that's for sure. 732 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:52,840 Right now it looks like it's dry enough to run. 733 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,960 There's still a bit of wet crud around the outside of the pile 734 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:56,560 so I'm actually going to try and just scrape that off 735 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,040 and get to the dry material underneath 736 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,080 but right now it's dry enough and we're going to run it. 737 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,440 What I'm trying to do here is I'm just trying 738 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,280 to cherry pick which is the driest stuff. 739 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,760 Hey mate is that dirt right to go now, mate? 740 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,280 Put in the plant? 741 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,520 Sure is Eth. Run it, mate, run it. 742 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,440 So we'll Get some ground moving 743 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,400 and basically get her up and going completely. 744 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:18,880 Going to be good. 745 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,560 Get some gold back on these scales. 746 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,240 Ethan's about to put the first bucket of material 747 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,560 through the big plant and after twelve months 748 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,520 it's sort of an exciting moment. 749 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:34,720 There we go. 750 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:38,720 Boom. 751 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,400 Right now we've got a window of opportunity, 752 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,840 beautiful blue skies, sun's shining 753 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,800 so we're gonna make gold while the sun shines. 754 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,880 At the moment we're running about sixty-five tonne an hour 755 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,080 through the plant. Hopefully 756 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,520 we'll be able to get some fine gold out of it because, 757 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,080 you know, the fine gold is where it's at 758 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,800 when it comes to the plant, you know, 759 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,080 it's, it's its chief recovery so. 760 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,160 Having this plant up and going 761 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:09,520 it's a bit of a stress relief 762 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,560 because to have this back right now, 763 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,280 even though it might be only for a limited time, 764 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,440 it's just, I can breathe again. 765 00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:22,080 You got a copy Brent? 766 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,200 Yeah Bud. 767 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:24,920 We've been putting a bit of material through now. 768 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,080 What do you reckon we go and do a weigh in shortly? 769 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,320 I was thinking the same thing so we might as well do that, mate. 770 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,000 It's always the best part of the day 771 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,120 hearing that travel stop. 772 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:37,840 It's a bloody loud piece of equipment. 773 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,720 There should be gold in this first bed here. 774 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,520 All the bigger, coarser gold will get stuck in here 775 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,880 and then flow on and all the finer gold 776 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,080 will eventually get sucked, 777 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,320 sucked through before it goes over the edge 778 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,080 and it falls down into the spinner concentrator. 779 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,440 And once it goes into the spinner concentrator 780 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,200 it flings out, gets stuck in there 781 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,200 and that's where the gold or all the fine gold should be. 782 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,480 The more gold you get up here 783 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,960 the more hopeful you are to see the gold down the bottom. 784 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,320 There's a bit there. There's a bit there. 785 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,720 Alright, well that's encouraging. 786 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,240 Right now just gonna go down to the bottom 787 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,720 and check the spinner concentrator out. 788 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,400 That's where the real gold should be. 789 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,160 That's just the stragglers that we missed. 790 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:16,760 Alright, mate. We'll get this cleaned out. 791 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:17,960 Hopefully it's a... 792 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,000 That looks alright doesn't it? 793 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:22,680 There's actually some good gold coming out of there, Eth, 794 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,360 considering the material we're running. 795 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,240 It's a sight I haven't seen in a very long time. 796 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:27,480 I reckon you should go back, mate, 797 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:28,640 and start processing that 798 00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:30,200 and get that cleaned up, the fine gold. 799 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:31,360 Mate, gladly. 800 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,480 I'll clean up all the nuggets and we'll come do a weigh in. 801 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,680 SHANE: That's a good one. That's a beauty. 802 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,480 NARRATOR: At his Galah lease, 803 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,920 Shane is processing the last of the paydirt samples from Iron Bar. 804 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:52,360 Right, I'm done. 805 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,040 Keys off. Shut her down. 806 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:58,760 We need a big boost. 807 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,480 This may be the boost we're gonna get. I hope so. 808 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,600 This here should have very, very good gold in it. 809 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,160 So I'm going to go pan this off. 810 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:12,720 The gold will be down the bottom. 811 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,280 I should see a colour. 812 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:18,560 Listen, Kate, I've got a colour. 813 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,640 Really? It's a good colour. 814 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:21,920 OK. That's a really good colour. 815 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,680 Have a look at that. 816 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,200 I can see it from here. We've got both fines and nuggets 817 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:27,880 and that's only in the first bucket, Shane. 818 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,960 So there's a lot more to come. 819 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:32,880 I haven't shown you these yet either. 820 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,200 You've been holding out on me! I have. 821 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,360 We've done really well I think, Shane. 822 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,520 So all in all we've done very well. 823 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:41,760 Yep, you've come through, Shane. 824 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,200 That's good. So have you. 825 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,440 Let's see how well we've done. 826 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:46,200 Let's tip the fines in here. 827 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:48,840 That's looking very good. 828 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,360 Gee whiz, Kate. 829 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,200 That's over an ounce. Yeah. 830 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,920 That's really good. And what about these ones? 831 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,240 This is what I've been working hard on, Shane. 832 00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:58,680 Tip 'em in. You ready? 833 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,000 Yep. 834 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:03,440 Just under two ounces. 835 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,320 So that's terrific gold. I like it. 836 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,800 NARRATOR: They've found over five thousand dollars worth of gold 837 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,680 at Iron Bar with Kate getting a fifty percent share. 838 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:15,560 Is that enough - to keep you around? 839 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,040 Yeah, absolutely for this week it is. 840 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:19,880 That sort of makes it all worthwhile. 841 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,880 I mean we spent a lot of time developing stuff 842 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,040 so that's a good deal. 843 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,960 And do you admit that I'm right now? 844 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,600 I'll never do that. 845 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,240 Not in me nature. 846 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,360 Happy birthday, Andy. 847 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,400 Oh another banana brick. You shouldn't have. 848 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:45,680 We're going to let it cool this time 849 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,000 because maybe that's why the last one got stuck. 850 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:50,160 Righto. We'll weigh in 851 00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:51,720 and then we've got this for dessert. 852 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,280 It's going to be great. 853 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:55,520 See how we went. 854 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:56,800 Let's do it. 855 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,280 Just a touch over four ounces, mate. 856 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,000 That's great. Yes! 857 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,200 That's pretty good. 858 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:05,920 I was hoping we would crack four ounces. 859 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,200 Yeah that's pretty good. 860 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:08,480 That's awesome. 861 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,520 Well that detector's proving itself too. 862 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,080 Especially some of those big pieces down deep. 863 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,240 Yeah, yeah. It's amazing. 864 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:16,520 And that puts us on thirty-three 865 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:17,760 for the year now. 866 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,480 We beat last year. 867 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:20,960 We're already beating last year, mate. 868 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:22,240 Yes! That's so good 869 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,280 but we've still got 17 ounces to go 870 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,640 to get to this year's target. 871 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,400 It's a big ask, mate, but it's possible too. 872 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,600 I think it's possible. 873 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:31,880 We don't know what we're going to hit next 874 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,200 and it's going to keep us working, that's for sure. 875 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,040 Alright, well let's try the banana bread. 876 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:38,240 There you go. 877 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,720 That's really yummy. 878 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,080 Good! Thank you. 879 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,360 Yay! 880 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,640 That's good. Happy birthday to me. 881 00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:48,880 Alright. Thank you. 882 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,640 Hopefully Eth, we get some gold on the scales, mate. 883 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,680 It wouldn't turn out to be too bad a time, mate, eh? 884 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:04,960 Are you glad to be back here? 885 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:06,840 Mate, I am. I am, I'm actually, yeah. 886 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:08,320 I can't promise you it's going to be permanent 887 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,320 but at least we're back here for the time being. 888 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:11,640 Go on. Get yours on there. 889 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:13,200 Alright Eth, let's see what we got. 890 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:14,560 That bigger one, mate, comes to 891 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:15,960 about one and three-quarter ounces. 892 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:17,040 (LAUGHS) 893 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,080 Alright, the rest of it Eth, which is not too bad mate. 894 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,240 That's bloody great. Look at it. That's not bad. 895 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,120 Five point seven eight. 896 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,560 Fine gold. What do you reckon? 897 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,520 Come on, mate, I'm getting the little bits out. 898 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,360 There you go. Seven point zero three. 899 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,160 So... what's that? 900 00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:35,520 Between that and that, 901 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:36,880 12.8 ounces there abouts, mate. 902 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,360 Yep. That's a good recovery. 903 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:39,760 I don't know whether to smile or bloody cry 904 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,920 because I don't know why I'm selling this joint. 905 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,640 I'm smiling mate because that's money. 906 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:46,160 Look, I'm hoping the deal falls over to tell you the truth. 907 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,280 Mate, look at this. Look at this. 908 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,320 Yeah well I hate to say it, Eth. I think you're right, mate. 909 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,480 It's nearly thirty-three thousand dollars worth of gold 910 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,280 and considering all the rain delays we had mate, 911 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,000 that is some pretty good gold. 912 00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:59,720 It's pretty good going. 913 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:01,960 We're at roughly now, what? 914 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:03,760 Eight two and a half ounces or thereabouts, right? 915 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,520 Yes. So we ain't that far away now. 916 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,240 We only got to get roughly eighteen ounces 917 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:09,920 and we can make target. 918 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,720 If we stick here, mate, I reckon it's doable. 919 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,720 Yeah I know but we've only got a slim window here, mate. 920 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:15,840 I might get a phone call right now 921 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:16,960 and they'll say we're outta here. 922 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,280 Either way we need to make the most of every situation. 923 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:20,560 Are you happy? I'm happy. 924 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,000 I'll tell you what, that's just music to my ears. 925 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:24,440 That's a rare event. 926 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:25,920 Make the most of it while you can. 927 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:32,640 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv