1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,360 This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:05,600 Jacqui! ..in their final week, 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,280 a freak accident leaves Jacqui and Andrew a man down... 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,320 Me hand won't even work properly. 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,720 ..but a young station hand steps in... 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:14,960 Look at that! 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,280 ..as they fight to reach their target 8 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,800 before the heat puts an end their season. 9 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,000 We're not quitting until we are literally forced out of here. 10 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:24,560 A lot of hard work went into it. 11 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,120 The ocean was a nice change but so good to be back. 12 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:30,880 Out of time and options, 13 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,200 Salty and Alan turn to mentor and mining legend Vern Strange 14 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:36,720 for new ground. 15 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,760 Got to find a lot of gold in a short amount of time. 16 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,600 But after spending thousands hiring a loader... 17 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,200 Mate, what are we doing? 18 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,960 I thought we were just doing one cut. 19 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,640 ..they hit a roadblock... 20 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,800 This is hard. Too hard on the loader. 21 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,880 Just don't do anymore, mate. I've had enough of this. 22 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,840 ..that threatens to send them home empty handed. 23 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,400 And in their final week... 24 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,240 Shane, why are you going down the hole? 25 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,360 ..Shane and Kate's search for gold sends them down 26 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,440 a century old mine shaft... 27 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,240 Geez, there's nice quartz here, Kate. 28 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:09,320 ..but a relic from the past puts their lives at risk. 29 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,120 Out! Out! There's a bit of old explosives here. 30 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,360 Get out of the hole! 31 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,440 We've found this burnt ground 32 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,080 so we thought we'd come and have a swing here. 33 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 You haven't got all of the grass in your way. 34 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,520 You can see all the rocks and the ground so clearly and easily. 35 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,240 It's so hot working out here in this. 36 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,400 Most prospectors are pretty much done for the season. 37 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,760 This time of year in north Queensland 38 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,200 is absolutely brutal. 39 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,840 Every day it's just getting hotter and hotter. 40 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,360 Wow, that's a huge termite mound. 41 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,920 You see a lot of them around this part of the world 42 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,320 but you don't see many as big as that one. 43 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,480 Shame there's no gold around it. 44 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,640 Far north Queensland, 45 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,400 in the remote Palmer River Goldfields, 46 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,560 Jacqui Buzetti and Andrew Leahy 47 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,120 are battling the intense tropical heat 48 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,880 in their hunt for life changing gold. 49 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,960 The wet season's approaching, 50 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,400 there's afternoon storms kicking in. 51 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,960 So, really, we know that our time's running out. 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:41,600 Soon, scorching temperatures will rise above 45 degrees Celsius, 53 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,440 followed by tropical storms 54 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,200 that can unleash 250 millimetres of rainfall in a day - 55 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,080 making gold detecting impossible. 56 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:52,680 The only reason we're still here 57 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,720 is because we haven't hit 50 ounces yet. 58 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,720 But we're running out of places to find it. 59 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,840 I don't really know if we're actually going to make it 60 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,680 by the time the rains kick us out of here. 61 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,240 Well, let's go and find another spot. 62 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:08,440 This one's done. 63 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,320 Let's go and make a new plan. It's a big property. 64 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,880 There'll be somewhere else we can go. 65 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,120 The end of the season is just around the corner, mate. 66 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,680 Yeah, I know. Have you seen my radio? 67 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,120 I took it off down here 68 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,080 when I sat down for a drink on that log. 69 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,760 I'll just go grab it, hey? Yeah, yeah. 70 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:34,040 Jacqui! 71 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,320 Andy! 72 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,640 You alright? 73 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,200 Oh! 74 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,440 Are you OK? 75 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,200 What happened, man? 76 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,520 Just tripped over coming back with me radio, 77 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,720 smashed me elbow, mate. Whoa! 78 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,040 Man, you wanna take that for us? 79 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:57,840 That is so sore. 80 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,080 I landed straight on it. 81 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,720 Ah, gee, me hand won't even work properly. 82 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,120 Are you serious? Yeah. 83 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,560 Um, alright. Come on, let's go. 84 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:09,880 I know it's ages away 85 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,240 but I think you need a doctor to look at that, hey? 86 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:13,720 Four hour drive. 87 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,560 Yeah, well, that could be really bad. 88 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,480 What if you've broken it? (SIGHS) 89 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:24,080 This is the last thing we needed, mate. 90 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,760 It's already starting to swell up, hey? 91 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:28,440 Seriously? Yeah. 92 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,560 We were going to struggle to make our target anyway 93 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,640 and now I've pretty much thrown in the towel for us. 94 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,440 Like, we're not going to get there now. 95 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:43,920 No, we still can. 96 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,080 This season, Jacqui and Andrew 97 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:50,760 pushed further than ever 98 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,800 into the depths of the Palmer River rainforest... 99 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,680 We're not getting through that, mate. 100 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,440 ..to search for big gold on the infamous Cannibal Creek... 101 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,440 No way, mate. That is epic. 102 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,160 Yes! ..finding success early on... 103 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,160 Over a thousand ounces worth of gold. 104 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,160 Whew! That's what the Palmer's all about. 105 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,120 ..but their luck was short lived... 106 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,400 Piece of junk. 107 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:14,760 Not what I came here for. 108 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:15,880 Ouch! 109 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,400 ..coming face to face with the wildlife... 110 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,480 Green ants. 111 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,320 What's that? That's a feral pig. 112 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,480 No food left at all. 113 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,520 ..and extreme heat of Far North Queensland. 114 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,160 Oh, you're cooked, mate. 115 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,440 Now with the season rapidly coming to a close, 116 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,160 they still need over 40,000 dollars worth of gold 117 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,760 to hit their ambitious 50 ounce target. 118 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,240 We've still got 17 ounces to go, mate. 119 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,400 I reckon the season's done. I reckon we're cooked. 120 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:45,880 We're nearly at the end now. 121 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,920 Don't fall down before the finish line, mate. 122 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,120 Oh, so they've just taken him in. 123 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,160 They said they're going to triage him soon. 124 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,880 Hopefully we're not stuck here too long 125 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,040 but it's just one of those things - 126 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,960 you've got to do something about it. 127 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,080 We're not going to be any good to find gold 128 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,560 if he's broken and busted like that. 129 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,840 So...now we wait. 130 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,280 Right, what have we got here, Shane? 131 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,320 Well, this is the heap of dirt that come from the old mine 132 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,280 that the old prospectors left behind. 133 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,520 How long has this stuff been here, do you know? 134 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,680 Well, this lot probably came out in about the early '70s, 135 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,200 so it's probably been here 50 years. 136 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:41,640 They would have dug this out here looking for really rich gold, 137 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,240 'cause the price wasn't quite good enough to process it 138 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,800 so they stock piled it here. 139 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,040 But for today's prices 140 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,040 it's worth...absolutely worth treating. 141 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,960 Well, why don't we grab a small sample of this 142 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,600 and we can sieve it and pan it off and see what we've got. 143 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,520 Exactly. That's what we'll do. Let's get on with it. 144 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:56,720 Alright. Come on. 145 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,880 In Western Australia's remote Yalgoo Goldfields, 146 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,120 Shane Calegari and Kate Dundas are up against the clock 147 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,560 as soaring temperatures threaten to bring their season to a close. 148 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,480 Targeting the piles of dirt - 149 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,720 left by old timer miners decades ago - 150 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,880 could be their last hope of hitting a 30 ounce target. 151 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,600 We're trying to take samples 152 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,480 from a few different places across the pile 153 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,200 so we can get a good representative sample. 154 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,760 Right. 155 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,560 Time's running out. 156 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:33,680 It's really our last option 157 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,600 so we've got to get gold out of this.Yeah. 158 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,520 This is really our last chance to get something. 159 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:39,840 With this little bit of dirt, 160 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,440 if we got three to four specs or five specs...Yeah, OK. 161 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:43,800 ..it'd be very good. 162 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,280 OK, Kate, here's the big swirl. 163 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,040 I can see it from here, Shane. 164 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:52,840 That is absolutely fantastic. That's brilliant! 165 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:53,960 Yeah. 166 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,560 Without modern wash plants 167 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,000 capable of processing high volumes of pay dirt, 168 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,920 the old timers focused on hard rock mining, 169 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,840 chasing gold suspended in quartz veins. 170 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,800 Let's fire it up. 171 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,120 Shane and Kate believe the workings 172 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,280 left behind by the old timers are rich with fine gold - 173 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,080 perfect for their wash plant, Mr Fragile. 174 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,480 Alright, let's get on the gold. 175 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,080 This season... 176 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,600 I've just made great money, I can go home pretty happy now. 177 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,680 Thanks very much. Great journey, Rusty. 178 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:26,960 Shane's partnership 179 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,720 with long-standing teammate Russell Nash 180 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:30,920 came to an end... 181 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,400 Whoa! 182 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,520 ..but geologist and family friend Kate Dundas 183 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,200 stepped in to keep the operation running... 184 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,480 I've known Shane for most of my life. 185 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:42,520 He was a really good mate of my Dad's 186 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,520 and coming up here was something my Dad always wanted to do 187 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,240 but he never made it. 188 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,280 He passed away before he got up here. 189 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:53,200 ..and help negotiate the potential purchase of his Galah lease 190 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,080 by a local mining company... 191 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,480 It's a six-figure sum for the option, 192 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:59,520 seven-figure sum to exercise it 193 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,920 and a one percent weldy if we go ahead. 194 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,720 But with just one week left 195 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,680 and the sale of the lease still not guaranteed... 196 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:08,920 That's perfect. 197 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,360 ..Shane and Kate are doing whatever it takes 198 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,840 to reach their 30 ounce target. 199 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,120 Because the dirt's so good here 200 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,280 I'm starting to think what's left down there, 201 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,600 there might be a couple of tonne of really good dirt 202 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:22,040 that hasn't been taken out of there. 203 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:26,280 Shane, what are you doing? 204 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,160 Why are you going down the hole? 205 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,320 Kate, there's good dirt left behind. 206 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,200 It'll probably be three times richer. 207 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,320 I'll stockpile it here then I can sieve the whole lot. 208 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,880 Alright. I like your thinking. Get on with it.OK. Let's go. 209 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:46,840 Whoa! 210 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,000 I don't know why this ground is so soft for, I don't know why. 211 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,240 Look at this. 212 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,080 Yeah, it's already super fine. 213 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,080 Kate, this ground shouldn't be so soft. 214 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,080 No, I'm not expecting it to be that soft. 215 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:02,440 I don't know why it is. 216 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,960 I've got a gut feeling it might have been blasted 217 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:06,160 and they never picked it out. 218 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,000 I might go down and have a look. You want to go down the hole? 219 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,720 I better go down and have a look. Alright. 220 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,800 This ground shouldn't be so soft 221 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,880 so I don't know what's going on down there. 222 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,160 So I'm going to go down and just have a little look 223 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,240 and if I don't like it I'll abandon it. 224 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,200 Well, this is like the old days. 225 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,760 50-years-ago I used to go down these holes. 226 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:33,920 Look at this. 227 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,760 This has been blasted and never dug out 228 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,880 but I can't get in here with my back hoe bucket. 229 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,240 So I'm going to fill this bucket up like this 230 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,560 until I clean this shaft out. 231 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,120 Geez, some nice quartz here, Kate. 232 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,400 Well, make sure you bring some up with you, Shane. 233 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,320 What the (BLEEP) hell's that? 234 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,320 What is it, Shane? Out of here. 235 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:55,480 Let's go. What is it? 236 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,560 There's a bit of old explosives here. 237 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,240 Out of here! Out, out! 238 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,760 Come on, move, move, move. 239 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,400 Get out of the hole! Get out of the hole! 240 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,760 Finally back in the desert, mate. 241 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,600 Oh, so good to be back. 242 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:14,400 The ocean was a nice change 243 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,560 but, oh, we got to come back here to finish this season. 244 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,240 Three ounces to go, mate. 245 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,440 Thankfully Vern's let us, uh, jump on his lease. 246 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,640 There's a lot of history out here. 247 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,040 Lots of gold has been found. 248 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,760 This has got good promise, this area. 249 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,880 I guess the next challenge is seeing (BLEEP) 250 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,120 cut a deal, hey? 251 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,200 Yeah, he likes his pound of flesh. 252 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,960 In the final week of their season, 253 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:41,040 Alan and Salty have travelled 500 kilometres inland 254 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,880 from the lush coast of Western Australia 255 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,280 to the Southern Cross goldfields. 256 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:51,640 Just three ounces shy of their 15 ounce season target, 257 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,600 they're hoping mining mogul Vern Strange, 258 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:58,120 will grant them access to his Mount Jackson lease. 259 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,480 G'day, lads. Hey, Vern. 260 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:02,400 Good to see you again. 261 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,080 It's good to be back. Yeah. 262 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,600 Mate, we're out here for one reason. 263 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:07,240 You need some cash. Yeah, man, we do. 264 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:08,800 We need some cash. Fair enough. 265 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,560 I got a site only about a kilometre east of here. 266 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,440 Uh, a bloke found a three ounce nugget there detecting 267 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,360 and he got about another six ounces just virgin ground. 268 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,280 I reckon you take a bit of dirt off it, 269 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,000 it should produce a few goodies. 270 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,080 What are you thinking for the, uh, for a deal? 271 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,920 Well, I'll give you a nice brand new loader 272 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,600 for 150 an hour. 273 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:30,800 How about first ounce you keep 274 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,200 and then 50-50 straight down the line. 275 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:34,760 Happy with that? 276 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,680 Sounds good, mate. You got yourself a deal. 277 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,840 You wait until you see this landscape.Yeah? 278 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:40,920 It'll blow your mind. 279 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,200 This season, 280 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,520 rookie team Alan and Salty took their hunt for gold 281 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,800 to some of Western Australia's most remote locations... 282 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,240 I can almost guarantee 283 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,120 there's never been a coil out here before. 284 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,400 ..in the hope of finding untouched gold deposits 285 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,080 using outback knowledge 286 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,680 and underwater gold hunting equipment. 287 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,000 Oh, I got it! 288 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,200 Last week they took a gamble, 289 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,840 diving a shipwreck in search of treasure. 290 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,120 We've got to be onto a trail here of a...of some sort of shipwreck. 291 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,520 They turned up clues that could lead to a massive find... 292 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,080 I found the anchor! 293 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:16,520 ..but no gold. 294 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,760 Maybe this shipwreck thing is a bit of a bust. 295 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,240 Now they've returned to the desert to face the heat 296 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,200 in the hope of hitting their 15 ounce target. 297 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,600 Well, we got three ounces left of the, ah, 298 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:30,800 season target, Salty. 299 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,480 We've got to include Vern's cut 300 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:35,320 and the fuel and the rental of this loader. 301 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,360 So, yeah, I reckon we're looking at more like five or six, eh? 302 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,360 Yeah, it's a...it's a safe guess, I reckon. 303 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,440 We are here. 304 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:45,680 Got the co-ords here 305 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,520 for that three ounce nugget that Vern's mate found. 306 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,760 Alright, we'll start here. 307 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,080 Vern's 14 tonne front loader 308 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,240 can quickly strip away undergrowth and topsoil - 309 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:04,520 to expose pads of virgin ground ready to be detected. 310 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,280 Two hours in, so roughly 300 bucks. 311 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,760 Hopefully we can make that back by finding some gold out here. 312 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,200 We'll start over in this corner. 313 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:26,600 What do you reckon, mate? 314 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:27,760 Well, that's me done. 315 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,840 That's pretty much an hour of, ah, no signal.Yeah. 316 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,600 We can't go any deeper here. Maybe over there. 317 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,200 The plan is do a couple more cuts in this area, nice and deep. 318 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,280 It actually sounds like you're already hitting that calcrete. 319 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,040 Yeah, nah I can feel it and see it. 320 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,520 Calcrete is a layer of compressed rocks and dirt 321 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,320 as hard as concrete. 322 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,640 You do occasionally get nuggets hiding in the calcrete 323 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,120 but very rarely. 324 00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,840 I mean, we might be wasting our time 325 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:01,160 and our money. 326 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,920 Come on, bite in. 327 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:06,280 The wheel's spinning. 328 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,160 This is hard, too hard on the loader. 329 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,240 Move, move, move! 330 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:16,520 Quickly! Come on! 331 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:17,880 Get out of here. 332 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,160 That's why these guys didn't dig it all out. 333 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,680 They've got unexploded plugs down here. 334 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,920 I tell you what, if I would have hit that with my backhoe bucket 335 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,280 it would've been all over. 336 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,120 Peep the safety fuse, it's like an unexploded bomb down there. 337 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,240 Nobody's going near this hole again. 338 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,640 In the remote Western Australian goldfields, 339 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,640 an unexploded charge has forced Shane Calegari 340 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,480 to evacuate an old mineshaft on his Galah lease. 341 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,600 My great grandfather lost his leg at Leonora 342 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,760 under exactly the same circumstances. 343 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,800 They drilled into an old plug, blew his leg off. 344 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,360 So I'm going to make sure 345 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,640 nobody else goes down there again and we're done here. 346 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,440 We've got the bucket and the backhoe down there 347 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,440 so we need to get that out really, really carefully 348 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:02,560 without touching anything. 349 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:07,320 Over time, nitro-glycerine leaches out of explosive charges 350 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,200 forming extremely fragile crystals. 351 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:14,160 If this crystalized nitro-glycerine is disturbed 352 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,600 the explosion could be fatal. 353 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,160 Kate, I'm out! 354 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:35,520 Good job. 355 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,360 I'm glad that's out of me life. 356 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,240 Yeah, well... Shane, what do you reckon? 357 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,800 Is it still safe to take this material from the top here? 358 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,440 As long as I don't let any material 359 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,400 fall down that hole, it won't be a problem. 360 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,400 So we need to sieve it 361 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,560 because we can only send fine materials 362 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:55,880 through the wet plant, 363 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,680 through Mr Fragile and we really need the fines. 364 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,320 The gold is in the fines anyway. 365 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,560 OK, Kate, just run it down to Mr Fragile 366 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,200 but do not back it up. 367 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:06,560 I'll come and talk to you. 368 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,600 Now, Kate, there's something I've got to tell ya. 369 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,360 What's wrong? 370 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,440 The brakes are a bit average here, right? 371 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,520 OK? Yeah. 372 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,040 Just back it up there as slow as anything 373 00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:24,240 and as soon as I say stop, just stop. 374 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,880 I'll put a chock in there and you put the brakes on there 375 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,520 and that will hold up there, OK? 376 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,360 You're in reverse. Are you serious? 377 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,760 Absolute. You can do it. Just get it done. Let's do it. 378 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,600 Right, you need to yell at me, though, 379 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,920 'cause I can't hear very well. I'm not gonna yell at ya. 380 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,720 I really, really hope I don't run him over 381 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:39,920 because this could be really dangerous. 382 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,480 And if I roll back down the hill 383 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,880 then I'm going straight into the camp. 384 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,520 That's it, Kate. Now give it to her. 385 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:45,920 Straight back? Yeah, straight back. 386 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,280 Keep going! 387 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,320 So the doctor has basically said 388 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,840 I'm stuck in this sling for, like, four weeks, mate. 389 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:02,640 I've just bruised the bones in my elbow, 390 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,520 smacked the tendons around 391 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,440 and I've got a heap of swelling in there. 392 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,240 You're going to have to rest that arm like they told you to 393 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:10,640 or it won't get better, Andy. 394 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:11,800 Yeah, I know. 395 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,720 It's just such bad timing. 396 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,080 In far North Queensland, 397 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,880 Jacqui and Andrew have suffered a serious blow to their hopes 398 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:21,360 of hitting target, 399 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,680 before the looming monsoons end their season. 400 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,200 Storms are just around the corner. 401 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,360 I know. 402 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,320 We're running out of ground to detect. 403 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,640 It's a massive property. 404 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:33,360 We're going to go see Adam. 405 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:34,640 Get some new ground. 406 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,040 What am I going to be able to do with one hand? 407 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:38,760 We'll make it work. 408 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,200 It's just what we do. 409 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,680 We'll get through this. 410 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,560 The pair are meeting with Adam Mellers who manages 411 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:50,040 the 1,300 square kilometre Palmerville Cattle Station. 412 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:51,720 Hey, how are yous? 413 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,040 We're on the hunt for some fresh ground, hey? 414 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:56,520 I've just been thinking about some options. 415 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:01,040 Um, the station has got a lease that it's coming up for renewal 416 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:03,720 and, um, we want to just make sure 417 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,320 it's worth extending the lease. 418 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,640 We'd like you to go there 419 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,560 and see if you could prove it up for us. 420 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,960 But if you do that we'd want 421 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,840 at least 50 percent of everything you get. 422 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,600 It would be good to search the ground, definitely. Um... 423 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,720 It's going to be hard with just one of us, mate. 424 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,960 We're only one set of hands at the moment. 425 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:27,680 It's going to be a struggle. 426 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:31,400 My young son Nash has come up for school holidays. 427 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,320 He's always wanted to learn about gold. 428 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,440 He'd probably be happy to go and give yous a hand 429 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:36,960 if you were interested. 430 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,280 What do you reckon? 431 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:41,840 I reckon we should do it. 432 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,680 Alright, then. Good. Yeah, right. We'll do that. 433 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,280 Sounds good. Cheers. 434 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:46,400 Good on ya. Thank you. 435 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:47,920 I'll send Nash over. 436 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,560 Their new team mate, 16 year-old Nash Mellers, 437 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,960 is meeting them at their new hunting ground - 438 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,000 the two kilometre square Capricorn lease. 439 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,960 This is like the last roll of the dice for us. 440 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:05,080 I know. 441 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,080 I just really hope it pays off. 442 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,240 Oh, this will be him. Yeah, here he comes. 443 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:11,560 How are yous? Yeah, good. 444 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:12,640 Nash, is it? Yeah. 445 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,240 Yeah, Andy. Good to meet you, mate. 446 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:15,360 Yeah. Jacqui. 447 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,400 Thanks for coming down. How are you? No...no worries. 448 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:18,960 So you ever done this before, mate? 449 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:20,960 Nah, never, but I'm pretty keen to learn. 450 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,200 Excellent. Well, we're pretty keen to teach you 451 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,360 so I'm just going to grab a pick and a bucket 452 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,320 and I'm going to go and collect some dirt. 453 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,960 And I'll go down to the water holes 454 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,520 and, yeah, just pan it off. 455 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,480 Hopefully I can get some good fine gold somewhere. 456 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,360 Yeah, well, we'll jump on these detectors 457 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,440 and we'll just start searching these gullies nearby. 458 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,920 Well, best of luck. We'll catch up with yous, hey? 459 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,640 Yeah, let us know how you go, Andy. 460 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:45,000 And we'll just start walking up the creek. 461 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,920 Move the detector around 462 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,600 so it's always sort of touching that bottom. 463 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:49,680 Yep. 464 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,320 This is all good for trapping gold 465 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,320 in these low points and crevices 466 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,000 'cause it gets stuck in the bedrock 467 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,880 where the river pushed it through.Yep. 468 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,800 All these clays here - gold can get trapped in them 469 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:01,680 so you sort of want to swing your detector 470 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,760 up and over these clays. 471 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,240 That's running nice and smooth 472 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,800 and I think you got a good idea of what to do.Yep. 473 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,240 Alright, cool. Well, I'll see you soon. 474 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,440 Righto. 475 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,640 Dad, um, threw me under the bus and said that I would come out 476 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,360 so...which is pretty good, actually. 477 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,480 I was hoping to meet Jacqui and Andy 478 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,520 and now I get to work with them, which is pretty cool. 479 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,880 Hopefully we get their target. 480 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,080 It's a lot. 481 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,480 So I've left Nash down the other end of the creek. 482 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,600 These cattle boys are hard workers 483 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,800 and I think he was a pretty quick learner 484 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,880 so we'll see how he goes. 485 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,840 The plan of attack is to cover as much ground as humanly possible - 486 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,120 or super humanly possible - 487 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,120 because that's what it feels like at the moment. 488 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,480 (BEEPING) Ooh! 489 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,760 There we go. 490 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,960 (BEEPING) Sounding pretty good. 491 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:05,880 Oh, there it is there. 492 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,320 Good old wire. 493 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,240 So I'm just going around this main gully 494 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,120 taking gravels out from behind the rock bars, 495 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,400 pan them off and seeing how much fine gold's here. 496 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,880 It's really the information that the lease owners 497 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:26,120 want to know the most. 498 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,600 While we're giving away half our gold, 499 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,080 our agreement with Adam is still really good, I think. 500 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,920 We were running out of ground to work 501 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,320 so at least we've got some option to get some good gold now. 502 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,680 But we need 35 ounces out of this - 503 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,880 that's more than we've found all year to date. 504 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,560 That's huge. 505 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,480 Working this at this stage in the season 506 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,920 is a massive gamble for Andy and I. 507 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,200 We do really have such limited time left 508 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,520 with the elements chasing us out left, right and centre 509 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,560 but we're not quitting until 510 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,480 we are literally forced out of here. 511 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,560 It's to the death at this point. 512 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,480 Just keep pushing. 513 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,640 What do you reckon, mate? Is that deep enough? 514 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,280 Uh, it's going to have to be for now. 515 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,720 Your front wheels were off the ground 90 percent of that, ah, 516 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:22,840 that push then. 517 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,800 In remote Western Australia, 518 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,800 Alan and Salty have had a frustrating start to their week 519 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,440 using a 150 dollar an hour loader 520 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,880 to push and detect on the Mount Jackson lease. 521 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,440 Uh, so far not so good. 522 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,880 Ah, but I'm only a third of the way through this, um, 523 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,080 these deeper cuts. 524 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,520 (BEEPING) 525 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:48,760 That sounds nice. 526 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,480 Um, just knock, knock that out there. 527 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,720 (BEEPING) Still there. 528 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,280 Yeah. Ooh! 529 00:23:57,360 --> 00:23:59,160 There we go. Look at that. 530 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:00,440 Well, there you go. 531 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,240 It'll be a gram, I reckon. 532 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:07,680 (BEEP) So just give that a scrape back. 533 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,240 (BEEPING) Still in there. 534 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,520 Yeah, it's moved. It's right there. 535 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:17,800 (BEEPING) 536 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,960 Yep, there we go. 537 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,040 Another one. Yep. 538 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,240 Another grammer. What do you reckon? 539 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:25,320 Yeah, maybe a grammer. 540 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,680 So we got two on that one. 541 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,160 They're not really big size chunks 542 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,600 to keep us going, are they? 543 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,320 Not really kind of breaking even. 544 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,800 Now we're starting a new one, 545 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,360 I'm just going to continue on, uh, down the stride here 546 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,840 and fingers crossed it produces more gold. 547 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,400 If not, I'm going to have to come up with another plan. 548 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:03,000 Probably getting on 44, 45 degrees right now out here 549 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,560 so it's not pleasant. 550 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:05,800 Hopefully that's not it. 551 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,120 Oh, it is just swarf from the bucket. 552 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,120 Swarf is a shard of metal that's broken off 553 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,800 from the loader bucket on the hard ground. 554 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,320 While Salty is finishing off the rest of this pad, 555 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,720 I'm just going to do some, ah, 556 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,000 little small cuts over here - just like exploratory cuts. 557 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,720 Alan's plan is not really working for us at the moment 558 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,240 and every minute we've got that machine going 559 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,120 and every cut he decides to do, 560 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,840 that's money out of our pocket... 561 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,800 ..because we're definitely in the negative now. 562 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,120 Oh, I can't believe that. 563 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,600 The whole pad we got absolutely nothing. 564 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,320 I got go to talk to Al. 565 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,680 I think we're wasting a bloody lot of time. 566 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,040 Hey, I'm coming behind you, Al. 567 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,000 Mate, what are we doing? 568 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,680 I thought we were just doing one cut? 569 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,680 We should just check them one by one before we make another cut. 570 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,880 We need to do a series of these down strike. 571 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,080 If there's no nuggets in it 572 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,800 then we know that it doesn't go any further 573 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,360 and then we come up with another plan. 574 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,920 Just don't do any more, mate, because, like, 575 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,640 this is coming out of both of our money. 576 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,080 Yeah, I know, I get that. But this has got to be done. 577 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,080 (BLEEP) had enough of this. Oh, well. Fine. 578 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,840 This has got to be done. 579 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:35,440 Keep going! 580 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,760 Keep going! Yeah. Keep going! 581 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,040 That'll do you Kate. Stop! 582 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:40,640 Argh! Done. 583 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,400 You've done it. 584 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,000 Did we get there? 585 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,960 We're there, Kate, OK. 586 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:58,960 Go forward a bit. 587 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,000 Stop!You know I don't have a lot of control? 588 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,760 I know, I know, Kate, you're alright. 589 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,880 In the scorching Yalgoo goldfields, 590 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,120 time is running out for Shane and Kate 591 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,360 to find the seventeen ounces they need to hit target 592 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,360 in what could be Shane's final season 593 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,800 in the goldfields. 594 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,320 OK, Kate, I can handle this on me own. 595 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,640 Go off and do a bit of metal detecting. 596 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:25,800 Yeah, alright. 597 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,240 You don't have to ask me twice. 598 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,040 Don't have to ask you twice, I know. 599 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,440 I can handle it. 600 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,560 Yeah, so I've just come back up to the shafts 601 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,120 that we moved the dirt around on. 602 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,600 I'm hoping that I can find a couple of nuggets 603 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,920 that we can add to our gold tally for the week. 604 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,120 (BEEPING) 605 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,560 That's a different sound. 606 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,560 Right, there's definitely something in that. 607 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,320 It's in my hand. 608 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,160 Oh, ho, ho. 609 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,960 Have a look at that! 610 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:00,640 That's gold. 611 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,320 Maybe two grams? 612 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,040 There's got to be more here. 613 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:05,880 We've just got to keep looking. 614 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,000 (BEEPING) 615 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,680 I'm liking how that sounds. 616 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:12,720 I think my Dad - 617 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,280 had he been able to come out here - 618 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:15,360 he would have loved it. 619 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,360 He would have loved pottering around with Shane. 620 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,720 Probably would have given him 621 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,640 a bit abuse about the cleanliness of his site, 622 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,840 but he probably would have had a go at the detecting 623 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,520 on the machines. 624 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,920 You know what? I can see that right there. 625 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,280 Whoa! It's quite flat, quite thin. 626 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,800 We're on the gold, for sure. 627 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:42,800 The more gold we find, 628 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,680 the more likely it is that a mining deal could go through. 629 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,360 So all that we're finding here adds to that tally 630 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,880 and makes it possible for Shane to, you know, sell his leases. 631 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,360 I got mixed emotions here. 632 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,960 You know, I've been here a long time... 633 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,120 ..and, uh, it's going to be sad. 634 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,320 I think about coming up here with me Dad 85 years of age, 635 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,720 coming up here with Russell and all me other friends. 636 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,080 You know, a lot of my life's been here... 637 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,880 ..but life goes on. 638 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,600 Well, I'm about to kill this for the last time. 639 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,760 It's all hinging on that thing there. 640 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:37,800 This location, 641 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,040 I reckon it's got a lot more promise than over there. 642 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:41,320 A bit more deeper. 643 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,960 We've got to find a lot of gold in a short amount of time. 644 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,000 Alright, rip into this cut. 645 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,440 It's the final day of Alan and Salty's season - 646 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,360 and hiring an expensive loader to push pads 647 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,440 has failed to produce the three ounces of gold 648 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,240 they need to hit target. 649 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,600 This kinda has to be the pad that saves our season 650 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,000 because we're running out of options. 651 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,800 Well, I think this is the last option. 652 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,200 (BEEPING) 653 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:13,640 Hey, Al? Yo? 654 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,200 I might have something here. 655 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:19,560 (BEEPING) 656 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:22,800 Come on. 657 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,000 Ay! (LAUGHS) 658 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:29,680 Oh, you little ripper. 659 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,840 There's 500 bucks. 660 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,640 That's the loader hire and some diesel. 661 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:34,920 The rest is profit. 662 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,480 Woo-hoo-hoo, singing! 663 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,240 Oh, mate. 664 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,560 Look at that! That is unreal. 665 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,000 That is unreal. 666 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,560 Look at the size of that. 667 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,240 What do you reckon? Eight or nine? 668 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:57,440 I reckon eight or nine, yeah. 669 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:58,840 That gives me, ah, even more reason 670 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,520 to widen this a lot further. 671 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,600 Oh, so far so good. 672 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,480 Even more reason to do some more cuts. 673 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,280 I just want to see where this run goes. 674 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,480 (BEEPING) 675 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,560 Yew! Oh, you beauty! 676 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,800 I think that's my biggest one yet. 677 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,800 That's the sound I want to hear. 678 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,760 I didn't expect to hear that this morning. 679 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,320 (BEEPING) 680 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,400 Whoo, there we go. 681 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,080 Bit of a sound there. 682 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,080 On the Palmer River in tropical Queensland... 683 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,160 Come on, please be gold. 684 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,760 ..16 year-old first time prospector Nash Mellers 685 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,800 is helping Jackie and Andrew explore a remote lease 686 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,520 with just days left in the season. 687 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,640 Oh! Look at that! 688 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,560 There we go. 689 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,440 The first piece of gold I've ever found. 690 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,240 I'm thinking about a gram or two. 691 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,640 It's pretty awesome if you're telling me. 692 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:24,440 Oh, yeah, look at that. 693 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,480 There is definitely some good gold in this one. 694 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,640 Might get the high-banker out. 695 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,000 I think if we run a heap of those concentrates 696 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,320 we could end up with a reasonable amount of fine gold. 697 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,000 We've got to make sure we do this job properly 698 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,800 and...and prove this lease one way or the other. 699 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,040 Righto, so just grab a bucket 700 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,440 and slowly start pouring some in there, mate. 701 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,600 The gold rich pay dirt Andrew has found 702 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,240 is fed into the mobile wash plant, or high banker, 703 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:56,920 via the hopper. 704 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,440 Water, pumped from the river, 705 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,600 will wash it over a series of riffles, 706 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,920 catching the heavier gold particles 707 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,360 and allowing the lighter dirt to be flushed away. 708 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,560 You won't see any gold until we turn it off. 709 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,360 So you just got to keep punching it through, mate, 710 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,800 and at the end of the day we'll sort of have an idea 711 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,040 how we're going then. Yep. 712 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,640 (BEEPING) 713 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,480 You never know with this bedrock stuff, 714 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,440 junk could get stuck in there 715 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,560 but it's actually a great place to find gold too. 716 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,760 Oh, awesome! 717 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,160 Nice. 718 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,480 That's a big chunk there. 719 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,560 I've been finding a few pieces 720 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,520 that still have a little bit of rock in it. 721 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,600 So it means they must be pretty close to the source. 722 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,800 Good ten grams of gold in that one. 723 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,880 (BEEPING) Whoa! 724 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,160 That actually sounds pretty junky. 725 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,120 Straight out of that gravel next to bedrock, could be anything. 726 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,800 (BEEPING) 727 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,480 Sending the machine a bit crazy, though. 728 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,600 Ha ha, yes! 729 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:27,240 That's a really, really good nugget. 730 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,200 Probably looking at about ten grams of gold there. 731 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,000 Pretty much just picked up a thousand bucks off the floor. 732 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,800 Add that to the total of what I'm getting today 733 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,880 and it's actually really starting to put away 734 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,120 some decent weight - 735 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,120 which is good because it is so hot 736 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,960 and this is probably the only thing 737 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,200 that's fuelling me right now to keep going. 738 00:34:47,240 --> 00:34:50,640 At this stage we are racing to the finish line. 739 00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:54,280 This is pretty much our last chance 740 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,440 to try and hit this season target. 741 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,120 Well, the gold finds so far have been really good 742 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,480 but the heat is just not ideal. 743 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,680 Um, I'm kinda at the breaking point 744 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,760 where it's, uh, we're about to call it 745 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:15,920 and head off home, 746 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,240 'cause it's just too hot and I would rather be safe. 747 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,960 On the last day of Alan and Salty's season, 748 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,160 they're battling to hit their 15 ounce target 749 00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:30,440 as the temperature climbs above 45 degrees Celsius. 750 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,600 (BEEPING) What was that? 751 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,880 Yeah, look how high the coil is and I'm still picking that up. 752 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,240 Big or multiple? 753 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,080 Oh, I just kicked it out. 754 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,480 Oh, unreal! 755 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,600 400 to 500 dollars. 756 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,760 Like I said, I think there's another one in here. 757 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,080 I'll just check this. 758 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,680 (BEEPING) 759 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:55,880 Wow! 760 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,920 That is a good sound and it's out. 761 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,720 Oh ho, wow! 762 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,440 Look at the size of that! 763 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:13,080 No wonder I could hear it so high. 764 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,200 That is massive. 765 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,600 That's got to be two ounces, easy. 766 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,080 That's put a big dent in the target. 767 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:24,200 This is why we are out here in the heat and the flies... 768 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,600 ..away from family and loved ones. 769 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:28,800 I'm getting out of here. 770 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,560 I'm going to call Salty, stick this in the container... 771 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,160 Oh, that looks good in there. 772 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:36,440 ..and see if we're out of here. 773 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,760 How are you feeling? Man, I'm feeling good. 774 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,080 How about yourself? I've got my doubts. 775 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,360 Really? We needed three ounces. 776 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:48,600 Yep. 777 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:52,200 Then we had to take into account the extra two ounces for Vern. 778 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:53,280 Yeah, gotcha. 779 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,960 And it was about another .3 of an ounce...OK. 780 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,120 ..for the loader hire. 781 00:36:58,200 --> 00:36:59,880 So that's 5.3. 5.3. 782 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:02,440 After abandoning their expedition 783 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,480 to bank on what they thought would be a sure thing, 784 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,680 Salty and Alan are about to find out 785 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,640 if their first attempt at running big machinery has paid off. 786 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:13,840 5.8. 787 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,160 Yew! 788 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,880 Come here, mate. Mate, we did it. 789 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,200 We did it! 790 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:25,640 The pair's final week has produced a 5.8 ounce haul 791 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,480 worth over 15,000 dollars. 792 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,560 Alan and Salty have surpassed their 15 ounce target 793 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,080 with a final tally of 17.8 ounces - 794 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,880 over 46,000 dollars worth of gold. 795 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,880 I think our whole season... 796 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:43,280 It was an adventure. 797 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,760 Pulling us out of the desert and going underwater, 798 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:46,840 that was awesome. 799 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,320 I hope you are ready for more 'cause we're going back. 800 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,240 Yeah? You reckon? Yeah, we're going back. 801 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,880 We've got enough there to cover some fuel and a bit, 802 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,080 bit more diving gear. Yep. 803 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,040 Let's have a few beers and then, uh, 804 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,200 and then we can sit around the fire tonight 805 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,480 and make some serious plans for next season. 806 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:02,720 Sounds good. 807 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,440 Cut him off now and see how we go. 808 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,160 Holy! 809 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:22,920 That is some good gold in there. 810 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,720 How did you guys go? 811 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,040 Uh, it's looking pretty good in here.Oh, really? 812 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:28,920 Yeah, check out the chunky bits hanging around. 813 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,000 Oh, what? 814 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:31,640 So you know that there's got to be 815 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:34,320 some good fines in through there if there's that much lumpy gold. 816 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,440 Righto, so now we've just got to get this off the top first 817 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,000 and then get that mat into there, 818 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:42,760 without spilling any of the gravels. 819 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,840 Righto, I'll pan it off 820 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:46,720 and we'll see how much fine gold we get. 821 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,240 And we can weight it up and find out whether this ground 822 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,160 really is good to work on or not. 823 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:55,160 With the final week of their season over, 824 00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:59,120 Andrew and Jacqui produced nuggets and fine gold. 825 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,040 Now, they're hoping their hard work 826 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,360 will get them over their 50 ounce target 827 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,560 and prove to station manager Adam Mellers 828 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,880 that the Capricorn lease is viable. 829 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,080 Hey, guys, how did yous go? 830 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:13,840 Yeah, pretty good mate. Pretty good. 831 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:15,440 Yeah. Bit of weight there. 832 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,840 Yeah, that feels alright. Yeah. 833 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:19,280 How did Nash go? 834 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,160 Yeah. Good, mate. He worked really well. 835 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:23,280 Very good. I knew he wouldn't let you down. 836 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:24,880 Alrighty. See how you go. 837 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,800 Yep. I'm a bit nervous for this. 838 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,600 This is our last weigh-in of the season.Yeah. 839 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,840 A lot of hard work went into it, mate. 840 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,160 Ten ounces of gold. Ten ounces? 841 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,720 And we still got your fine gold to go yet. 842 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,880 I know you guys got a fair bit. 843 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:43,080 Oh, another 1.1 ounces there, mate. 844 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:44,360 That's a great load of gold. 845 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:45,480 You did well. 846 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,240 I think we proved it for you, anyway. 847 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,440 So how did you go? 848 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,120 Did you end up hitting your target? 849 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,280 Nah, we're falling short, mate, which is the way it goes. 850 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:54,680 We set a really high target. 851 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,800 But getting the chance to search that ground for you, 852 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,000 it's been fantastic. 853 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,280 So I'm happy regardless. 854 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,680 Alright, well, I'll split this up, hey? 855 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,680 That's 5.85 ounces each. 856 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,880 Well, before you go to that trouble, 857 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,640 we really appreciate what yous have done. 858 00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:12,040 We know it's been a hard week 859 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,640 so we'd like you to hang onto our five ounces 860 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:19,280 and take it as a down payment for coming back - 861 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:20,600 if you come back next year 862 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,120 and do a little bit more proving up for us. 863 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:25,800 Done. Very good. 864 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,840 We'd love to come back. It would be a pleasure. 865 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,720 Thanks, Nash, for everything. So what does that mean? 866 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:35,680 Well, we had 33 ounces. 11.1. That's 44.1 ounces, mate. 867 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:37,360 For all their hard work, 868 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,480 Jacqui and Andrew will walk away 869 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,520 with over 114,000 dollars worth of gold - 870 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,600 securing their future on the Palmer River. 871 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,520 We'll be coming back next year. Awesome. 872 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,360 We're coming back to the Palmer. 873 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:06,880 Shane, are you done yet in there? 874 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:08,560 'Cause I'm finished out here? 875 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,200 Yep, I'm done. Done? 876 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,800 OK, well, let's have a weigh up. 877 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,600 Alright. Let's go do it. 878 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,080 After joining forces and setting a 30 ounce target, 879 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,000 Kate and Shane's first prospecting season together is over. 880 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,760 Well, let's just weigh it up 881 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:26,880 and see how much gold we actually got.Alright. 882 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,960 Well, that's one ounce, two ounces. 883 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,560 That's 3.1 ounces, Shane. 884 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,720 That's great but I just got something to top that up with. 885 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,480 I smelted that when I was in me kennel there. 886 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:43,480 Wow. 887 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,480 And that was from all the excess stuff when I washed up the sluice 888 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:47,960 and cleaned everything up. 889 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,560 Shane, you've just topped us on five ounces. 890 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,560 The five ounce haul leaves the pair over 12 ounces short - 891 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,440 but it's still their best return this season, 892 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,760 giving them a final total 893 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:03,560 of 46,540 dollars. 894 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,360 Your dad would be very proud of ya. 895 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:06,840 He never made it, as you know. 896 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:08,800 And, uh, you've fulfilled something 897 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,160 that he didn't get the opportunity to do. 898 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:13,520 So, all in all, it's been good. 899 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,120 Yep, but I do have some news for you. 900 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,320 What's that Kate? 901 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:18,960 I've just been on the phone with Adam 902 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,320 and the mining company have offered you a deal. 903 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,240 OK. Do you want to know how much? 904 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:26,200 Just write it on a bit of paper and I'll walk away with it. 905 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:32,800 What do you think? 906 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,680 Well, that's a damn sight more than what I expected. 907 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,200 That's a really, really good result. 908 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,200 I won't even be thinking about this. 909 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:41,760 I'm done. I'm out of here. 910 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:42,960 The chapter is finished. 911 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,280 Shane's seven-figure deal 912 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,840 comes with a six figure down payment 913 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:51,840 and royalties on all future gold finds on the lease. 914 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,160 So I'm going to go. 915 00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:55,360 I'll give the dough to my grandchildren 916 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,400 for their education and their future. 917 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,240 That piece of gold there is yours.Why? 918 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,600 You can take that home, home as a bonus on top 919 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,440 of what your share of your gold is.What? 920 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:05,800 That's amazing. 921 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:07,160 That's very good. Oh, thank you. 922 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:08,760 That's brilliant. Thank you. 923 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,640 So I guess you're going to need a hand packing up then? 924 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:13,840 Where would I start here? 925 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,640 Just take all the good stuff. 926 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:18,160 Take all the good stuff? There's probably not much of it. 927 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,520 Get a bulldozer in. It's very, very valuable to me. 928 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,960 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv