1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 NARRATOR: This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:05,360 BRETT: We need to get this gold out now 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,560 because if you're trying to do this kind of job in the heat you'll die. 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,640 ..soaring temperatures 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,760 come to The Brumbies' Dead Horse lease... 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,200 It will be 50 degrees next month. 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,680 ..but they have to take on more than the heat 8 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,840 to stand a chance of reaching their 50-ounce target. 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,320 It's not sucking. Without this, 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,520 we may as well shut everything down. 11 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,440 The clock is ticking for the McGhies... 12 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,600 It's a bit of a worry if we are actually going to make target now. 13 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,000 Last week I was pretty confident but this week everything is drying up. 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,640 ..and Brad's plan to move their $60,000 dry blower 15 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,160 hits a roadblock. 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,640 If I tip this thing it's game over. 17 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,320 DANNY: Whoa! 18 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,440 Last week of gold for us this season. 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,160 NARRATOR: Alan and Salty are on a final push 20 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,440 to reach their season target... 21 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,640 Problem is it's not gold and we've got a big season target to match. 22 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,800 ..as they take on Australia's 23 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,080 most dangerous gold field. 24 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,280 If there's a croc here, he's going to be really angry now. 25 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 (WIND WHOOSHING) 26 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,480 (BIRDS SQUAWKING) 27 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,760 (UPBEAT MUSIC) 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,640 This is it, mate. Here's the last week. 29 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,520 Last week of gold for us this season. 30 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,320 Yeah. Seven ounces to find in one week. 31 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,400 That's a big week. 32 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,280 I've been kicking myself all season 33 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,800 with that target we set ourselves. 34 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,120 All it's done is stress me out, 35 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,200 but I bet you not many people 36 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,920 have been through this rainforest with a coil. 37 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 I reckon they haven't. It's here. 38 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,600 We've just gotta get on the ground and find it. 39 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,440 Where we're going is just around the corner 40 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,840 from a World War Two war base. 41 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,200 Yeah. So I'm hoping for gold, but, mate, 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,440 I'm also kind of hoping for a little bit of, you know, 43 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,640 uncover some relics or something. 44 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,320 NARRATOR: Cape York is in the northernmost part of Australia, 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,400 close to Papua New Guinea. 46 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,480 During World War Two, 47 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,080 airstrips were built in the area for the US Air Force. 48 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,320 Legend has it that gold nuggets were discovered 49 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,400 when the base was constructed, 50 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,480 and now Alan Williams 51 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,560 and Caleb Salty Davenport 52 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,000 are back to prove those legends right. 53 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,360 Let's find some gold. 54 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,800 JUSTIN: Well, there she is, boys. 55 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:44,880 Mount Augustus, the world's biggest rock 56 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,120 situated right here in outback WA. 57 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,200 How good, mate. Yoo-hoo! 58 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,200 NARRATOR: This season, Alan and Salty trekked 59 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,640 to the furthest corners of the Australian continent... 60 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,720 My God! 61 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,080 ..from the biggest monolith on Earth 62 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,240 to the top of Western Australia. 63 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,640 Mate, just outside these heads, 64 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,800 Karratha coastline. 65 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,240 (LAUGHS) Look at that beautiful nugget. 66 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,520 NARRATOR: After some early success... 67 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,600 Well done, well done. 68 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,000 ..they hit a roadblock in Margaret River. 69 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,200 Oh, my gosh! I thought you had more than that. 70 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,280 I thought you had more than that. 71 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,800 NARRATOR: Now, after a 5,700-kilometre drive, 72 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,120 they're keen to get on the gold. 73 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,560 All righty, mate! 74 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:44,440 This looks like a pretty good spot to kick things off. 75 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,680 Yeah. Which way are you gonna go? 76 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,760 I'll go that way, if you want to go that way? 77 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,200 That's good, mate, cos the gold is this way, so... 78 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,480 One week, mate. Season target. 79 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,560 We'll get it! Hee-hew! 80 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,600 So we've come across this nice open area. 81 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,640 Looks like a potentially old World War Two camp. 82 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,320 It's all nice and cleared so I've got the bigger coil on 83 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,680 just to cover this area and then I'll stick the smaller one on later 84 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,200 and go into there. (METAL DETECTOR HUMMING) 85 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,760 There's actually live ammunition still out here 86 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,320 and the last thing you'd want to be doing is, uh, 87 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,400 putting a pick into one of those 88 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,320 because if you hit it in the wrong spot, it still could, um... 89 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,760 still could go off. So I've got to be very careful. 90 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:29,280 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) All right, we've got a target here. 91 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,040 Jeez! Loud! 92 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,000 There was 7,000 people camped all up along this area 93 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,480 and you can imagine the rubbish and that they've left behind. 94 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,960 This could be rubbish, but we'll never know until we dig it up. 95 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 What was that? 96 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,840 I have no idea what that is. 97 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,000 That is definitely not gold. 98 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,000 What the hell is that? 99 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,720 Just got to see what other weird and wonderful things are out here. 100 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,880 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) All right, whatever it is, it's out. 101 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,440 Oh what is that? 102 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,560 It's like rope in a tin. It's almost like a little ration pack. 103 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,080 Maybe all the, uh, all the soldiers were actually given a little, 104 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,600 little vessel with five metres of rope in there. 105 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,680 The problem is it's not gold 106 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,080 and we've got a big season target to match. 107 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,600 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 108 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,960 (SIGHS) 109 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,400 (METAL DETECTOR CHIRPING) Another signal. 110 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,480 That's a big one. Ooh. 111 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,760 Sounds really shallow, this one. 112 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,120 Oh, right on the surface. 113 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,520 That's a big bullet. This would be a 50 cal. 114 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,840 This would tear apart pretty much anything that is shot at. 115 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:02,880 There's probably many more around here. 116 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,000 Ooh! Ooh! 117 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,960 There's a massive one there and that's completely intact 118 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,120 and that means it's live. 119 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,200 Um... 120 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:15,280 I'm not going to leave it here. 121 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,280 I'm going to carefully dig this one out. 122 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,560 The last thing I want to do is have this act as the firing pin 123 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,640 and hit the bullet the wrong way. 124 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,080 We're a long way from any kind of help. 125 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,160 It's making me nervous. 126 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,240 (SOFT MUSIC) 127 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:41,040 DANNY: How are you going, Bailey? I'm almost done this bucket now. 128 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,120 Yeah, it's close to the end. 129 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,320 Hopefully we can find something soon. 130 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:51,120 About a 20-kilo bucket of dirt from Bailey's patch 131 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,720 and I'm just running it through the sluice now. 132 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,920 Those big nuggets are starting to die off 133 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,040 so all the small little specks of gold that's potentially there, 134 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,800 um, I'm hoping there's heaps of fines, as well. 135 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,120 Danny, there's a couple of specks here. 136 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,320 Is there? Yeah. 137 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,680 What have you got? 138 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,800 Oh, my God, let me see. Look at that one. 139 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,160 There's a good few pieces through there, eh? 140 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,240 Yeah. That's showing good ground. 141 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,760 We gotta show Mum and Dad, eh? Yeah.Show them what we've found. 142 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,400 So we're still on Bailey's patch. 143 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,080 It's a bit of a worry if we're going to make target now. 144 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,400 Last week I was pretty confident, but this week 145 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,360 everything's drying up. So we're going to open up new ground. 146 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,600 We've got Bailey's patch here and we've got Max's patch over there. 147 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,800 So what I'm going to try and do is close them in and join them up. 148 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,120 So eventually it'll just be one big open area. 149 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,480 Unfortunately this season's coming to a close. 150 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,320 It's getting into summer now. The temperatures out here 151 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,800 can get up to, you know, 45, 50 degrees so we need 152 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,560 to get this job done and get the season over and done with, 153 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,440 make target and go home with a heap of gold in our pockets and be happy. 154 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,200 NARRATOR: This season, the McGhies, 155 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,200 Brad, Wendy and their son Bailey, 156 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,680 took on the 200 hectare Devil's Cut lease 157 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,000 in search of big gold. 158 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,360 I support Brad in what he's doing 159 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,440 so hopefully we can make it work. 160 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,720 And with the addition of new equipment... 161 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,720 With more machinery we need more hands. 162 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,400 ..the team added Brad's stepson, Danny Sullivan... 163 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,960 Danny! (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 164 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,560 Are you serious? (LAUGHS) 165 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,800 ..and a patch of big nuggets gave them early success... 166 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,880 That's what dreams are made of right there. I love you so much.(LAUGHS) 167 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,160 ..but with the nuggets now gone, 168 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,240 they need a new plan. 169 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,280 How did you go?Yeah, good. Some good news. Promising news. 170 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,240 What have you got? I need good news. Yeah, so, um, I took a... 171 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,560 20-kilo bucket of the pay dirt from up here, 172 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,760 processed it...Ah-ha-ha. ..and that's what we got from it. 173 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,840 And that's out of 20 kilos? 174 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,600 That's out of a 20-kilo bucket. Yeah.Good job.Mm. 175 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,360 These are good results. So that might be another resource 176 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,320 for us, you know. Look, the nuggets are slowing down...Yeah. 177 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,880 ..so we need something. It's definitely promising. 178 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,360 It's probably worth bringing the dry blower up here 179 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,400 and running a good parcel through. Maybe 100 tonnes through it. 180 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,680 We're only half an ounce off target. I reckon we should up it a bit. 181 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,000 Up the target? Yeah, to about 30 ounces. 182 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,680 You're pushing it. 183 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,760 Just think we're close, so... 184 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,080 Look, I agree. I agree. Got a bit more time to go. 185 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,920 Gives us something to work towards, I suppose, doesn't it? 186 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,680 Gives us a bit of incentive to keep going. I say we do it. 187 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,880 What have we got to lose?Yeah. We'll get the dry blower organised 188 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,040 and we'll start getting it up here. Yeah.Sounds good. Good luck. 189 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,120 See yous later. Find some more gold.Yeah, will do. 190 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,680 All right, mate. If you want to grab the chain, hook it up to the hitch, 191 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,520 I'll go grab the excavator.Yeah, easy done.We'll get it over there. 192 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,200 We're just going to, um, hook up the dry blower 193 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,000 and the plan is to take it to Bailey's patch. 194 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,040 So that that way we can, um, you know, bring the dry blower 195 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,800 to the dirt instead of having to truck the dirt all the way 196 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,880 to the dry blower. 197 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,920 We'll see how we go. You know, I've got to be very careful. 198 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,200 It's about a $60,000 dry blower. 199 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,760 It's a mate of mine's dry blower and, um, I can't afford to damage it 200 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,800 and I can't afford to buy it. How's she looking there, Danny? 201 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,560 Yeah, that looks good there. Yeah, look, it's gonna be 202 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,200 a bit sketchy coming down through this track so, yeah, 203 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,800 just keep a close eye on it. Yeah, easy. I'll just follow behind. 204 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:33,040 If we can move this out the back and that product moves through 205 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,360 the dry blower properly, the way it should do, 206 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,680 then this could be a massive win for us. 207 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,480 I can't even see behind me, to be honest, so I don't even know 208 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,400 where I'm going here. I'm just pretty much winging it. 209 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,040 Man, if I tip this thing, it's game over. 210 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 (SLOW MUSIC) 211 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,480 (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) 212 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,280 Here we go. Another truck full of pay dirt. 213 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,760 Brilliant. I'm pumping it through 214 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,840 like there's no tomorrow. 215 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,320 No worries. I'll go and get another one. 216 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,600 Awesome. Thank you. 217 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,600 The heat's not doing the old machinery any favours. 218 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:39,880 It'll be 40 degrees this month. 219 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,120 50 degrees next month. 220 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,920 NARRATOR: The Dead Horse lease lies in the most extreme area 221 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,000 of the Great Victorian Desert. 222 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,080 Soon dangerous temperatures 223 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,760 will bring The Brumbies' season to an end. 224 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,480 We're trying to finish off the season on a good note, 225 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:57,560 so we need to get this gold out 226 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,040 and we need to get everything processed now 227 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,280 because if you're trying to do this kind of job in the heat, 228 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,920 you'll die. 229 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,280 It's running pretty good. 230 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,680 I just got a couple of big rocks. 231 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,560 Better to unblock it now than when it's completely blocked. 232 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,680 Can't have anything else go wrong now. 233 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,440 Not whilst we're on the gold and, um... 234 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,360 you know, we've worked so hard to get here. 235 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,120 This is what we've got, dear. Bloody hell. 236 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,640 NARRATOR: After losing her job and the home that came with it, 237 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,400 Kat Dubberley took up mining with her partner Brett Brumby. 238 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:41,040 Hey!After pushing themselves to breaking point... 239 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,760 I am beyond stressed. I'm beyond everything. 240 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,360 ..the pair found gold rich pay dirt. 241 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,440 Ohh! 242 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,080 But despite finding the source of the gold... 243 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,400 Watch the truck! Watch the truck! 244 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,360 ..they've been thwarted by accidents 245 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,440 and mechanical failures. 246 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,520 Have a bit of a treasure hunt. 247 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,440 Now, with just a few days left in the season, 248 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,720 they're willing to do whatever it takes 249 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,240 to hit their ambitious 50-ounce season target. 250 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,960 Seems heavy. Oh, goodness gracious. 251 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,360 What have we got? 252 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,960 Yes! There's some nuggets in here. 253 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,120 Hey, that's bloody exciting stuff. 254 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,120 It's really good to see these nuggets sitting on top. 255 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,200 What else is in this mat? 256 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,400 We've had a very slow start to the year. 257 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,200 Only about 12, 13 ounces of our 50-ounce target. 258 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,240 So it's so good to see something actually finally coming out 259 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,320 of this sluice. 260 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,720 We can pay bills and do a bit more renos on the house. 261 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,800 Oh, it's so good. 262 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,880 I can't wait to tell Brett. 263 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,040 SALTY: So I'm trying to be careful because bullets work 264 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,960 by the firing pin of a rifle hitting the end circle. 265 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,480 Last thing I want to do is hit the bullet the wrong way. 266 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,760 Oh. (CHUCKLES) 267 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,960 Oh, that's corroded through. 268 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,600 Jesus. (CHUCKLES) 269 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,280 Had me worried for a minute. 270 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,840 There must be so much more around here. 271 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,400 As good as this is finding these army relics, 272 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,480 that's not what we're here for. 273 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,560 It's not going to hit our season target. 274 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,560 Our only option is to head into the jungle, 275 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,640 and in Salty goes. 276 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,440 The goal for the past two years 277 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,560 has been to basically get enough gold 278 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,040 so I can start up my own operation. 279 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,760 And if we hit this season target, 280 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,440 I reckon that's a big possibility. 281 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,720 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING, HUMMING) 282 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,800 Something here. 283 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,120 Honestly, get off! 284 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,920 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Something there. 285 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,520 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Something there. 286 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,640 This is absolutely ridiculous. 287 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,720 This... that's not gold. 288 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,200 This is rubbish. (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 289 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,280 I'm done. I... (EXHALES) 290 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,680 I'm out of here. 291 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,920 It's wasting our time. 292 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,400 Oh, yes! 293 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,480 This is what we're here for. 294 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,560 Nice little creek. 295 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,200 This will act like a bit of a natural run-off 296 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,160 so we might have a chance if there is gold here. 297 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,080 Oh. A big skull. 298 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,600 Oh, my God, it's a croc skull. 299 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,800 Wow! Look at the size of that thing. 300 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,920 Probably be two-and-a-half, three metres. 301 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,520 Doesn't take much, though. 302 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,320 Two-and-a-half, three-metre croc will still have you for dinner. 303 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,160 But this tells me there's another croc in here 304 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,960 that's much bigger than this one. 305 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,040 NARRATOR: Salt water crocodiles 306 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,840 are highly aggressive apex predators, 307 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,760 able to lie completely undetected 308 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,160 in less than one metre of water. 309 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,120 They ambush prey with a bite that strikes four times faster 310 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,200 than a rattlesnake. 311 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,760 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Oh, that'd be right. 312 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,840 Target right next to a deep hole 313 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,920 where the croc could be sitting. 314 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,720 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 315 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,280 I don't want to get any closer to that water. 316 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,080 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 317 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,160 Oh, little speccy. 318 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,040 Oh, you've got quartz running all through it. 319 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,640 Oh, my God, Alan's going to be over the moon. 320 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,440 Had high hopes for Cape York, 321 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,320 but after today I'm a bit frustrated. 322 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,520 No gold. Lots to find. 323 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,360 I kind of just want to go home where I know there is gold. 324 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,000 I hope Salty's on it. 325 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,080 Yo! 326 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,760 Mate, where have you been? It's been hours. 327 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,600 You've been worried about me. Yeah, I have been worried. 328 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,680 We're a long way from home. 329 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,760 This might change your attitude. 330 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,520 No way. 331 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,600 Nice finds, mate. 332 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,960 We're on the gold, mate, but we definitely have to watch our backs 333 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,280 because I reckon there's something in that water. 334 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,360 I'm knackered and you look hungry. 335 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,120 Here's your dinner. Pumpkin soup, mate. 336 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,200 Well, I'm going to bed. Don't you go giving up just yet. 337 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,640 Well, I'll hang in there. See you in the morning. 338 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,720 Thanks, mate. 339 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,760 Man, this is making me heart stop. 340 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,080 It looks like we've got a bit of a flat tyre on this front one. 341 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,520 Keeps sort of jarring around and bouncing, man. Just bounces off. 342 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,040 I'm going to roll it right back. I'll hook this back up again, then. 343 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:26,040 All right, I'll just have to be bloody careful. 344 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:29,040 So, I mean, it's a bit of a sketchy path at the moment 345 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,560 so we just got to... 346 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,640 do what we can do here. 347 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,440 Try again. 348 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,800 We've got a flat front tyre, 349 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,960 but we're dragging it by the two rear tyres 350 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,040 so that's still good at the moment. 351 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,280 WENDY: So we'll start up the end here. 352 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:55,080 I'll have a go first and you can scrape out anything 353 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,920 if I get any targets, OK? BAILEY: OK. 354 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,320 We've been up here a while now 355 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,400 so the plan is just to keep laying out pads and detecting 356 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,920 until it runs out. 357 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 The nuggets were a lot bigger, 358 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,680 but now they're getting smaller and few and far in between. 359 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,560 When they get the dry blower up here we can run some of this dirt through 360 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,680 and this dirt here actually looks perfect for it. 361 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,760 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Oh, yeah. 362 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,560 Oh, that does sound good. Scrape in there, darl. 363 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,760 Get down, yep. (MUMBLING) 364 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,840 Let me have a go. 365 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,440 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Ooh, it's still in there. 366 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,560 Sounds great. All right, keep going. 367 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:41,640 Stop. 368 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,720 Oh, it's out. (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 369 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,840 All right, it's about here. (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 370 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,200 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 371 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,800 Oh, I think I can see it. 372 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,920 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Yep. 373 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,880 Oh, wow! Look at that! 374 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:02,160 We are getting nuggets. They are small, 375 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,240 but our hopes lie in the dry blower. 376 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,920 All right. Let's keep going. Yeah, let's go. 377 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,200 It's hard to track with a digger because you've got so many 378 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,520 moving parts, you know, and I'm sort of worried 379 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,440 this chain's going to drop off. 380 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,000 DANNY: Oh, OK. That's rocking around bad there. 381 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,880 Yeah, it's hard because I've sort of turned in the tracks 382 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,280 and then you try and straighten it with the boom 383 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,800 and it's just going everywhere, man. Now this thing moves around so much, 384 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,080 the chain bounces off the little hooks. 385 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,680 Mate, my heart can't take much more of this crap. 386 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,920 Wait, hold up a second. Hold up. 387 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,880 Oi! We've got a leak in this tyre. 388 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,360 Man, that's all we need. Yeah, it's going down. 389 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,800 (AIR HISSING) Looks like this is, uh... 390 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,920 this is where it's staying, eh? Yeah. 391 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,120 All right, well that's no good. No, it's two tyres that need 392 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,080 to be replaced. 250, 300 per tyre. 393 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,000 All right. Well, there's six grams of gold down the gurgler, isn't it? 394 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,520 BRETT: There we go. Another truck full of pay dirt. 395 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,600 Yes, she's... 396 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,960 we're finding a bit of gold in the sluice. 397 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,080 Yeah? Yeah. Pretty happy about that. 398 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,360 This is what everything's led up to. We've had bad times. 399 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,440 We're into a good time at the moment. 400 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,440 We're on the gold.We're on the gold.It's pretty good gold. 401 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,120 We've just got to keep pushing this week...Yeah. 402 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,880 ..and-and see how we go. This is exciting! 403 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,960 This is very good. Yes! 404 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:58,640 All right.Awesome.Keep up the good work.Thank you. Well done. 405 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,000 Ripper gold coming through this wet plant. 406 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,680 There's a wet load in the dump truck 407 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,240 and bringing me some dirt. Some good pay dirt. 408 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,800 We're kicking goals, man. We're kicking goals. 409 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,040 Self high five. 410 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,120 These results are fantastic. 411 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,960 If only the whole year had have been this good. 412 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,360 Are you there, my love? Yes, dear. 413 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,440 Yes, something's not quite right. 414 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,440 The water seems to have disappeared. 415 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,560 It might be the pump. I have no idea what's going on. 416 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,960 On me way. 417 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,040 Thank you. 418 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:53,680 The water all of a sudden is not pumping as much as it should be. 419 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,440 Um, it keeps on cutting in and out. 420 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,600 It's not good. 421 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,360 This is a pain in the backside. 422 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,560 The red dust's out to kill everything. 423 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,320 It's particularly rough on the machinery. 424 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,040 It's not great. It's not great at all. 425 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,000 I don't know what happened. 426 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,240 It just stopped running. All right. 427 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,320 What's going on? 428 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,160 It's not sucking. 429 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,240 It's not sucking. Not sucking. 430 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,760 Without this, we may as well shut everything down. 431 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,160 (BLEEP)! 432 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:46,400 I've got a spare one in town, but that's a two-hour round trip. 433 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,480 I hate it when, you know, you've got to run back into town. 434 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,480 Go on, grab a side. Oh, God damn! 435 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,560 We've got the pay dirt just sitting there. 436 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,520 All it needs to do is get washed. 437 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,480 There we go.Jeez. All right. 438 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,560 Drive safe. 439 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,800 Nup. Doing wheelies the whole way. 440 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,640 All righty. 441 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,120 Yes. This is it, mate. Looks nice. 442 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,920 The problem is, mate, like, right there is where I found 443 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,240 the croc skull.Yep. Big water hole here, 444 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,120 deep, big one that side and this is where I found the gold. 445 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,960 So...Right. ..we need somehow, 446 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,280 if there is a croc in there, get it out. 447 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,760 Nice. 448 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,600 So the plan is poke this into the waterhole, 449 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,160 see if we can basically not hurt the crocodile, 450 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,360 just make the croc show itself so we know it's there. 451 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,560 If there is a croc in there we want to get him out of the waterhole 452 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,760 so then we don't become the prey. 453 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,640 It's deeper than I thought. 454 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,800 Yeah, wow, it's fairly deep, isn't it? 455 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,600 Mate, a very big crocodile could hang out in there. 456 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,880 If there's a croc here he's going to be really angry now. 457 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,960 I think there's nothing here. 458 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,840 Check these banks and find the source of this gold. 459 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,560 So my plan remains the same. 460 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,920 It's trying to get enough money for a good deposit 461 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,760 on a big beautiful block of land down south. 462 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,840 We know there's gold here. 463 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,440 It's just a matter of trying to pinpoint where it's coming from. 464 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,960 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) That's a signal. 465 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,080 That sounds good. 466 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,720 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Yep. There's gold. 467 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,200 There's something here. 468 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,280 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 469 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,280 Yes! Look at that! 470 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,880 Beautiful rough bit of gold right there. 471 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:01,960 Al, you got a copy, mate? 472 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,760 Yeah, man. Gotcha. Just got a bit then. 473 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,440 She's a bit deeper than I thought, but rough as guts 474 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,080 so there's a good chance that this has come from this area. 475 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,240 You might be on the source there. Mate, so... 476 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,880 quick run down.Yep. Found one here.Yep. 477 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,560 Just got another signal almost straight up that bank. 478 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,200 Do you reckon you could kinda clear some of this rubble out? 479 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,720 Ooh, it's not the easiest ground to work. 480 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,840 Oi, oi, oi, oi! Look, look, look! 481 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,440 Look.Get out! (LAUGHS) 482 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,680 (LAUGHS) 483 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,840 Holy, that's an ounce piece. 484 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,800 That is a beautiful piece of gold, mate. 485 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,200 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 486 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,240 That's another target. Right there?Yep. 487 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,960 Oh, hang on. Yep. Yep.Where?Right on the pick. Right under there. 488 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,960 Is that it? Is that a nugget? 489 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,720 (LAUGHS) 490 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,800 Oh, what a chunk! 491 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,600 Wow! Oh, get that under the sunlight. 492 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,280 Man, that is at least half an ounce. 493 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:06,640 We're on the gold. Get in there, mate. 494 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,120 I need a breather. All right, mate. 495 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,600 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Hang on. Another one. 496 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,040 Really? Right next to it. 497 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,440 There it is. I can see it. 498 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,520 Mate! 499 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,600 What's with the chunks? 500 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,480 That'd be three grand, maybe more, right there. 501 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,560 Going to keep chasing it until it runs dry. 502 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,480 Cape York gold. This is what it's all about. 503 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,080 DANNY: One of the rear tyres is now leaking air. 504 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,920 (AIR HISSING) We can't run it with two flat tyres. 505 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,560 It's about a half hour round trip for Brad to go to Bailey's patch, 506 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,960 pick up dirt, come here, drop it off. 507 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,040 So that's half an hour every single time 508 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:57,480 that we could have saved by having it right there. 509 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,640 So the pressure's really on at the moment. 510 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,800 I mean, we've upped our target to 30 ounces 511 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,880 and now we've had this setback. 512 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,320 Throw a bucket of dirt here 513 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,400 and I'll take it back 514 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,360 and we'll start running it through the dry blower. 515 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,840 I thought it was going to be reasonably easy, 516 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,920 but now we got these sort of dramas, 517 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,200 I'm having to cart this dirt all the way back 518 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,320 so it's going to be a hell of a mission. 519 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,120 You took your sweet time. Not easy. 520 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,200 Got a six tonne of dirt here. 521 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,280 Not many of us can do what I do, 522 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:35,600 but anyway, here's your dirt, all right? 523 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:43,040 I'll grab another six tonne or whatever and bring it back. 524 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,040 Yeah, sounds good. I'll start running through this. 525 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,280 The fine gold that I pulled out of the bucket from Bailey's Patch, 526 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,640 it wasn't a lot, but it is a good indication 527 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,840 that there is fine gold there. 528 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,840 We haven't ran dirt from Bailey's Patch through this dry blower yet 529 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,680 so I'm not sure how the dirt's gonna act, if it's, you know, 530 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,400 fine enough to go through. All of this is costing us, as well. 531 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,560 The diesel from Brad having to run back and forth. 532 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,640 Hopefully what we find 533 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,720 is gonna make this viable for us. 534 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,840 Pretty keen to see what's in that dry blower. 535 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,360 It's a gamble, but then again, you know, everything's a gamble 536 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,760 in the gold game so we're about to find out 537 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,760 whether we've made a huge mistake. 538 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,880 Hey, Danny, got a copy there? Yeah, Brad. 539 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,880 Got another bucket load for you, mate. How's it going? 540 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,280 Yeah, sweet, yeah. I've just started to finish off that pile there 541 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,800 so another load would be perfect. 542 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,760 Rogie, mate. I'll just keep going and get more. 543 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,840 Thank you very much. 544 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,600 So this is bucket number 13. So I'm just going to keep going backwards 545 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,080 and forwards until we've got the 100 tonne. 546 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,440 (ENGINE SWITCHES OFF) 547 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,520 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 548 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,800 I've got no gears. 549 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,080 It's not driving. I've lost forward and reverse gear. 550 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,720 Um, it's always the way. 551 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,840 This is the last thing we needed so, um... 552 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,800 this is going to take some time. I'm going to have to fault find 553 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,280 and work out what's going on with the transmission. 554 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,800 This could cost us big time. We were really hoping for 100 tonne, 555 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,280 but look, in reality we've probably got about 60 to 70 tonnes through. 556 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,160 So, look, we're just going to have to see what gold we got 557 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,440 and that's it. That's all we can do. 558 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,040 That's shut us down. It's staying where it is. 559 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,280 How'd you go? Oh, I've got the spare. 560 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,960 All right, give us a hand. We'll get this out.Yep. 561 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,800 All right, we've got to get it hooked up as quick as we can. 562 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,880 Oh, shivers. All right, let's go. 563 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,360 It's a little pump. 564 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,480 Actually, it's pretty vital. 565 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,120 It's just as important as the trommel. 566 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,640 It's just as important as the dirt itself. 567 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,320 If you can't harvest the gold out of the dirt, 568 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,480 you've got nothing. 569 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,720 It's never been so urgent to fix stuff right as it is right now. 570 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,200 We're coming up to the end of the season. 571 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,280 We've got gold in the dirt. 572 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,920 Brett's having a little bit of trouble with the spare pump. 573 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,920 So the on-off switch is a little dicky 574 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,560 by the feel of this. 575 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,640 It definitely makes the blood pump a bit faster when you're... 576 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,360 you're watching him struggle. 577 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,280 (MOTOR RUNNING) 578 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,200 We're back up! Whoo! 579 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,640 We got water! 580 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,960 We just got to get back up and properly run, 581 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,520 otherwise we're never going to get anything done. 582 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,400 All right! Let's get processing. 583 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,880 We're time critical right here at the moment. 584 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,120 You know, we've got to get this stuff done. 585 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,800 Everything's only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. 586 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,240 So we're going to need a bit more labour to help us 587 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,320 get through this last little bit. 588 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,400 I reckon I might put in a call. 589 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,120 Hey, guys. Hey, Luke. What's happening? 590 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,320 NARRATOR: Retired head chef turned prospector, Chris Van Zweden, 591 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,720 is one of Brett and Kat's few neighbours 592 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,800 in the ghost town of Gwalia, 593 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,520 38 kilometres from their Dead Horse claim. 594 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,040 Been busy? Bloody busy.Yeah? 595 00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,960 Good to see you.What's happening? Yeah. 596 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,080 On the gold, are we? Yeah.Yeah? 597 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,520 Yeah, so we're doing pretty good at the moment. 598 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,680 We're coming up on the end of the season. 599 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,040 We're going to need upwards of 30 ounces...Ooh! 600 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,120 ..to even get close to our goal. 601 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,680 Work cut out for us, then, eh? Yeah.We'll get there. 602 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,280 See how we go. All right, let's get moving. 603 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,080 There's that spot that I got off the old map 604 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,240 where they'd done some soil sampling.Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Right. 605 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,960 Might have hit up some good results or... ?Yeah. 606 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,640 I've just never come across a patch like that out here. 607 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,200 Yeah, right, OK. It's normally fairly nuggetty stuff. 608 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,880 So this is it, eh? 609 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:37,960 Yeah. 610 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,520 So easiest way to process everything is just dig it out, truck it over. 611 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,400 But you still got to detect the bedrock.Yeah, for sure. 612 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,440 Yeah, pick those nuggies out of it all.Yep. No worries at all. 613 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,000 Cool as.I'll crack into it and get the detector. 614 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,400 Yeah, so Kat and Brett have been really good to us over the years 615 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,800 and sort of want to just return the favour. 616 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,480 Like, they're hitting some all right gold now and... 617 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,000 want to help them reach their target before summer. 618 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:05,320 So we've got Kat over working the wash plant. 619 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,640 We've got Chris going to be doing a bit of detecting, 620 00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:12,320 and I'll be running some dirt. It's a full production line and... 621 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,720 ..it's not the nicest of conditions, 622 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,080 but with the third person 623 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,680 I think it'll make it a lot easier on everyone. 624 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,920 I'll clean you up a fresh spot. 625 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,240 Yeah, ripper, man. Let's get into it, eh? 626 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,520 Chris, 100% I trust him around the gold, 627 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,800 but I also trust him 628 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,880 to keep his mouth shut. 629 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,280 All it takes is one person to tell another prospector 630 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,360 and then you got other people out here trying to poach. 631 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,760 Hey, maybe I stand a bit clear while you're dumping that, eh? 632 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,520 It's a bit of a dust storm coming through. 633 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,000 Sounds like a plan, Jan. 634 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,080 I hope to get down to this bedrock. 635 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,560 We'll pick some little nuggies out of that. 636 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,360 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 637 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,440 Yeah, ripper. Awesome. 638 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,760 Doesn't sound too deep, either. Let's have a... 639 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:13,840 scratch around. 640 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,480 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Beauty! 641 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,720 I heard it. There she is. 642 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,800 Fantastic. 643 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,120 This is absolutely amazing ground. 644 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,440 They're really lucky to have found this. 645 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,040 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) That's a bit of a sound. 646 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,120 Ooh. 647 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,800 There's something there. 648 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,480 It's just sitting on the bedrock there somewhere, I reckon. 649 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,560 Brett, have you got a copy, man? 650 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,800 Yeah. Have you got a jackhammer, man? 651 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,040 This is tough ground and got a bit of a signal in it, eh. 652 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,080 Too easy. I'll come down. 653 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,520 Ah, she's just in... just in the centre. I'll give you a listen. 654 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,600 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) 655 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,920 Oh, yeah.Yeah? Not bad, eh? Yeah. 656 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000 Much easier with that thing. 657 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,080 (DRILLING) 658 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,120 (METAL DETECTOR WHOOPING) Oi!Oi! There she is. 659 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,200 There she is. She's out. 660 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,920 That's looking a bit of a size. 661 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000 Speccy! Yeah, nice. 662 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,520 A couple grams of gold or what? I don't know how much is in that. 663 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,640 Little bit through it there. But it's right the way through it. 664 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,760 Good stuff. That's a really good sign 665 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,400 that we're still getting gold even down this deep. 666 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,440 So how full that jar's looking? 667 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,360 (RATTLING)Not looking bad. That's a happy sound. 668 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,440 Back to it then, eh? Back to it. 669 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:43,760 Hopefully this gold just keeps on coming. 670 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,480 It's been absolutely sensational. 671 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,200 Hell. (LAUGHS) 672 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,680 Oh, look at it all. 673 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:56,760 Oh, my goodness! 674 00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,600 One, two, three. Oh, I love the little ones. 675 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,160 They're so cute. Adorable. 676 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:06,520 We've set this 50-ounce target and it might seem pretty high, 677 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,560 but I lost my job and this is our only income. 678 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,040 You know, when you're seeing the little stuff, 679 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,200 the sluice is doing good. You know, like... 680 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,560 she's doing her job pretty well. 681 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,240 This is the stuff people dream of. 682 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,560 WENDY: So how did you end up going with the loader? 683 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,760 Look, it's going to take some time. Yeah. 684 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,400 They just need to go through it and work it out. 685 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,800 Got the scales, boy? All right. 686 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,960 Oh, here's Danny. Yeah. 687 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,280 Hopefully he's got the last of the dry blowing stuff. 688 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,320 Are you ready for a weigh-in? Yeah. Is that what we're doing now? 689 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,160 Yeah.Ran it all through the sluice. Yeah, I did, actually, 690 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:51,800 and that pushes to quite a bit. (RATTLING)Look at that. 691 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,880 Oh, sounds good. Out of the... what? 692 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,960 60, 70-tonne that we went through? 693 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,560 Yeah, look, I was hoping to run a lot more through, 694 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,680 but obviously we had problems so we'll deal with what we've got. 695 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,880 Yeah.So let's hope it all adds up. Yeah, exactly. What about yous? 696 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,600 Did you do well, boy?Yeah. He did.Find some good gold? 697 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,680 Yeah, I did the best. Did ya? 698 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,760 All right, shall we do it? Yeah. 699 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,520 Put yours in first and then... Let's see what you got. 700 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,600 This is for me and Bailey. 701 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,280 All righty. 702 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,800 Point nine. Yeah, you guys did well, eh? 703 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,320 Yeah, no, I'm proud of that. That area produced 704 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,600 some really good nuggets for us, but they're sort of dying off now 705 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,640 so we need to look at a new source of gold. All right, let's see 706 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:33,520 what we got, eh? See what we got from the dry blower. 707 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,680 Wow! Oh, look at that mountain of gold. 708 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:42,320 Three point five, so just over three-and-a-half.That's awesome. 709 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:46,120 NARRATOR: This week smashes the McGhie's previous season target 710 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,200 of 25 ounces, 711 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,600 and with an extra $15,000 on the table, 712 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,120 the family are within striking distance 713 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,920 of their new goal. 714 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,400 Realistically we're only two ounces short of our, 715 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,760 you know, our new target. Good job, boy.Awesome. 716 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,880 I think I did the best. You probably did. 717 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,640 I think you did too, mate. Some bloody good nuggets there. 718 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:09,560 Look, we've got a week left, and it's starting to get hotter. 719 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,080 Soon it's going to be too hot to even do anything. 720 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,200 So I think we smash out the dry blower, 721 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,520 try and get that sorted and I'll bust me arse 722 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,760 trying to get that loader sorted. And we're just going to have to go 723 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,240 bloody hard.Yeah.With the weather getting hotter, too. Yep, I agree. 724 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,200 We've got a lot of work ahead of us. All right, let's pack up 725 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,080 and go and have a beer. Good week.Yeah.Yes.Again. 726 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,960 (BIRD SQUAWKING) 727 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:37,600 What a year! Going from going out on the weekends to full time. 728 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,120 Yeah, it's a bit different, isn't it? 729 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,720 Gone from losing my job to... 730 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,800 losing the house to renovating our new house, 731 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,160 so it's been... it's been huge, hasn't it? 732 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:51,560 It's not normally this bad, but... It has been bad, eh? 733 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:53,640 But I think you've done pretty good. 734 00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:57,240 So season target, you chose 50. 735 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,080 We could have done it. You never know, but let's find out. 736 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,160 Let's see if we've got enough to hopefully fix up the love shack 737 00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:05,480 a little. I've melted the fines into a slug... 738 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,800 Yeah...and you've got the nuggets. Yep, moment of truth to see... 739 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,880 Moment of truth. So let's... 740 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,280 let's see how we did. (EXHALES) 741 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,120 (RATTLING) 742 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,200 Ooh! 743 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,440 Look at that! What have we got? 744 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,320 Five point eight seven. 745 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,840 That's pretty good! 746 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,920 Let's add the fines in. 747 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000 Ohh. 748 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,840 Six point seven nine! 749 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,640 So that totals up to about 19-and-a-half ounces. 750 00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:40,720 NARRATOR: With their season over, 751 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,920 Kat and Brett have fallen well short 752 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,160 of their 50-ounce target. 753 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,080 But with almost 20 ounces in the bank, 754 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:52,560 they've found over $58,000 worth of gold. 755 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,280 We've run fairly smooth this week. Yeah. 756 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,880 So if we didn't have the breakdowns the whole year, 757 00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:59,960 we would have exceeded our target. 758 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,240 Next year we're hoping for this every week, really.Absolutely. 759 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,560 So, yeah, you're back out with me next year 760 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,360 or are you going to be handing in job applications? 761 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,440 Um... 762 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,280 You're stuck with me. Really?Yeah. 763 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:16,800 All right, darl, well done. 764 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,920 Mwah!Yeah. (LAUGHS) 765 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,400 Ahh, bloody ripper. 766 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,440 Time for holidays. Holidays? We've got a house to fix. 767 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,520 Time for holidays. 768 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,320 SALTY: The final weigh up. 769 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,480 ALAN: Yeah, the final weigh up of the season. 770 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:41,280 I am absolutely wrecked. (LAUGHS) Same. 771 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,560 Oh, I got the scales here. Yeah. Beauty. 772 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,680 Bit of a bittersweet moment, 773 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,400 but let's see what the gold comes in at. 774 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,120 We need six point one three... Mm-hm...to hit target. 775 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,200 Ready to go? (RATTLING) 776 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,080 Ready to go.All right, let's go. Come on, Al, mate. 777 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,360 Ooh. Two. 778 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,560 Three. 779 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,040 Come on, get out. 780 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,440 Oh, six point five. That's it! 781 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,520 There's more! 782 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,880 How much have we got in there? (LAUGHS) 783 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,960 Eight point five. 784 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,560 Eight point five. Oh, mate. 785 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,000 NARRATOR: Alan and Salty smashed 786 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,600 their 25-ounce season target, 787 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,120 bringing in just under $80,000 worth of gold 788 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,480 for this season. 789 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,960 That's one for the record books for us.Definitely. 790 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:37,400 That there is going to get me my next project to upscale. 791 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,560 I've smashed the dream. You made it, mate. 792 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,240 That's what we came here for.Yeah, it's been a fun two years with you. 793 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,320 Been one hell of a two years. Oh. 794 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:49,080 The adventures we've gone on, the things we've seen. 795 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,640 Yeah, I think it's time for... 796 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:54,920 me to kind of, yeah, move on from... 797 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000 going hard out prospecting. Mm. 798 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,000 Gonna use this to try and get me that block of land...Mm-hm. 799 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,000 ..but, you know, I'll definitely, uh... 800 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,440 I'll definitely answer the call, mate. 801 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,080 But I knew this would be the end of our journey together, so... 802 00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:14,400 I brought a couple of little West Australian eggs over. 803 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,840 Cheers.It's been one hell of a journey with you. 804 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:18,920 Cheers, mate. Cheers. 805 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,720 Jeez, we don't have this back home. 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