1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,400 Oh. Oh, no. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,240 Oh! What the hell just happened? 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,320 My car's just full on fire. I don't know what the hell's going on. Oh! 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,400 I've had this thing for ten years. 5 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:23,120 Oh, man, brand-new generator, fridge, all my work tools. 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,320 I can't do this, man. I really can't. I've just lost everything. 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,960 (NARRATOR) This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... Whoo-hoo! 8 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,440 We got some colour! Marcus and Linden upgrade 9 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,440 with a new lease and powerful machinery. 10 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,400 Gone down a fair bit now, going to park up here. Yeah, park it up. 11 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:50,880 But rock hard ground throws their plans into question. Oh, come on. 12 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,680 I'm scared if I go lower, that I'm going to damage this machine. 13 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,040 The Goldtimers suffer a catastrophe 14 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,600 after thousands of dollars' worth of equipment goes up in flames... 15 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,760 What the hell just happened? That's it, I'm done. 16 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,080 ..before a hunt near century-old workings pays off. 17 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,760 Hoo-hoo. That's come out of the same hole, man. How much is this going to turn into? 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:18,800 The Ferals are forced to launch a rescue mission when Rob goes missing. 19 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,520 You got a copy Robbie? The worst time you'd want to be out there. 20 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:27,600 Causing tempers to flare. We set a plan, all right, we stick to it. 21 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,360 Oh, man, when I found out your car went up in flames, 22 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,880 I didn't think we'd be coming out for another season. I'm out of pocket a fair bit. 23 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:47,080 I looked back and there's flames, absolutely everything was on fire. 24 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,800 Thousands and thousands of dollars down the drain. 25 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,800 I'm glad you made it out of there alive, mate. 26 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:58,000 Could have been the batteries. No idea how it started but I've just lost a lot of money. 27 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,880 In the vast and arid goldfields of Western Australia, 28 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,920 best friends and gold prospecting partners, 29 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,200 Rob "Turbo" Linton and Rob Dale 30 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,440 are heading out for a critical new season. 31 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,800 When I got the news from Turbo that his car 32 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,880 and everything went up in flames, 33 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,160 I thought the season's over before it started. 34 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,760 Luckily I convinced him it's worth having another go. 35 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,000 This is where it all happened, bro. 36 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,240 This is where my ute died, right here. 37 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,600 That's a bit of a burn mark, mate. That really, really burnt hot there. 38 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,240 It's melted the tar in the road. Yep. 39 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,120 Two days ago, the fire-ravaged remains of Turbo's ute 40 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,680 and over $10,000 of gold hunting equipment 41 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,600 were trucked to a nearby scrapyard. 42 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,360 Oh, man, lost all my stuff on the back, man, that was... 43 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:53,000 That's a pretty hard hit to take. I was this close to quitting. 44 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,640 Well, I'm glad you haven't. We belong out here. We've worked really hard. 45 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,640 We've really, really worked our way up to where we are now. 46 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,240 Four years ago we decided to come out and look for gold. 47 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,200 Let me have a look. From the very first trip, we were both hooked. 48 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,200 This was something we wanted to do, and having success... 49 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,320 Oh, bro. Yeah. ..we thought, "Let's buy a lease and see how we go." 50 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,960 Get stuffed, mate. Cracking it. It's bloody hot in here too. 51 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:27,920 We've had decent finds Oh, my God! (BOTH LAUGH) 52 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,400 Yeah, the old gold game, one nugget could change your life. 53 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,480 Well, what do you reckon? 54 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,040 Leave this behind us, mate, move on? Yeah, man. 55 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,040 Come on, man. I pretty much spent most of my savings 56 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,920 to replace everything to get back out here. 57 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,240 So, fingers crossed the next couple of weeks 58 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,080 that we find some decent gold to help us stay out here. 59 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,120 We've set our target this season at 20 ounces. 60 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:59,800 We're going to spend the whole season out here, work as hard as we can to recoup what we've lost. 61 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:05,720 The Goldtimers' remote camp and lease is located in arid scrubland desert, 62 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,800 600 kilometres north east from their home city of Perth. 63 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,000 We'll get in there, find some gold, we'll pay it off. 64 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,720 Wives are on our backs, unless we really bring home the bacon. 65 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,680 Back home, bruz. Yeah. Back for another season. 66 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,160 Yeah. We're out here with the elements. 67 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,400 It's either extremely hot or extremely cold, so tents have had to be moved aside 68 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:32,360 and we've had to bring in some caravans to make our existence out here more comfortable. 69 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,120 With over $10,000 of equipment destroyed, 70 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,520 the Goldtimers have had the worst start to a season ever. 71 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,720 They have no option but to recover that debt as fast as possible. 72 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,960 I'll get in the loader. Yeah, mate, I'll grab the detector and find some gold. 73 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,320 Hopefully I'm going to find some gold in this first cut. 74 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:02,920 The pair rely on an eight-ton loader to scrape away 15-centimetre layers 75 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,920 of dirt, before detecting each cut for nuggets. 76 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,560 Rob's starting the detecting. Hopefully he finds a few targets in the ground. 77 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,400 I wanna put money back in the bank. 78 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,800 Being away from the wife and kids, it's hard on my kids. 79 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,720 As long as there's some gold coming home, we're able to make it work. 80 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:28,640 After Turbo lost his car and all his equipment, I thought that was going to be the end of us. 81 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,920 There's a lot of pressure on me now to prove to him and myself 82 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,560 that it was a good decision to get back out here and keep working and, 83 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,000 you know, this has to pay off. 84 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,920 Western Australia and the extreme wilderness of the Pilbara region. 85 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,400 Over the past decade, this rugged landscape has been gripped 86 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,840 by a gold boom, attracting huge mining companies 87 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,520 from around the world. 88 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,040 But much of its gold-hunting ground is still unexplored. 89 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,960 So smaller mining teams search for gold closer to the surface, 90 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,400 including exploratory prospecting team, the Ferals. 91 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,280 The trio have just secured permission from indigenous owners, 92 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:19,240 the Ngarluma people, to search for untapped resources on Jarman Island 93 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,000 and the surrounding coastal area. 94 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:28,440 So I'm out here having a bit of a scout around. It's cost us a lot of money 95 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,080 to come to these islands and have a look. 96 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,920 We need two ounces to make this trip viable. 97 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,120 With just a few days left, 98 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,840 the Ferals are racing to detect parts of the island 99 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,640 they haven't covered yet. 100 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:47,320 This is our one and only opportunity so the more time we spend detecting, 101 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,920 the better chance we've got of finding that real wow factor. 102 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,640 Levi's new wife, Bridget, has also made a 350-kilometre trip 103 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,760 from her hometown to help out. 104 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:04,240 How are you going over there, honey? Any luck? 105 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,720 Not yet, a few noises, but no luck yet. 106 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,120 Maybe it's worth us sort of going down the rocks. Sounds good. 107 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,280 It's really handy having Bridge come out 108 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:19,320 because I got a lot of this ground I haven't even covered yet. 109 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,160 Get two of us on the detectors, we're cutting my time in half. 110 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,560 There's a good chance that we might find some gold down here. 111 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,520 Heavy rain and floods, could have washed any alluvial nuggets down 112 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,160 or even alluvial nuggets from inland, so... Amazing, see what we find. Yep. 113 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,080 Bridge and I got married a couple of months ago. 114 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:43,800 I'd like to use the gold towards starting a family, you know, getting that little nest egg going. 115 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:49,480 The harder I work now, the more time I get to spend with her and our future family. 116 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,000 It's still there. With the gold it's always a gamble. 117 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:57,320 It is fun coming out and helping but there is a financial side too. 118 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,200 What have you got? It's gone green, a copper nail. 119 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,760 We do need to find gold and make a living out of this. 120 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,320 While Levi and Bridget focus on the shoreline, 121 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,960 teammate Ryan is searching the island's high ground. 122 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,560 We set ourselves a target of 40 ounces this season, 123 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,120 we want to put that towards building up Feral Exploration to get some leases and more machinery. 124 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,160 It's an old bullet shell. 125 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,680 There still is an opportunity of finding gold. 126 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,360 Robbie's out scouting for some other locations on the mainland. 127 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,720 There could be gold washed out from all the tributaries and all the rivers. 128 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:39,000 I'm really hopeful that Robbie will find a nice location that we can find some gold on cos we need it. 129 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:43,240 Rob left this morning on a scouting mission to find gold ground 130 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:47,960 on the hard-to-access coastline, where gold may have been deposited 131 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,440 after travelling down inland river systems. 132 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,400 Hopefully he'll find some spots there that we can get into 133 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,560 and find some gold. Last week... 134 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,920 Hey, how good is this, mate? We're heading to the islands. 135 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:06,880 ..the team launched their exploration mission, costing them over $5,000... 136 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:11,000 We can use this island as our home base and then we can duck in 137 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,320 to the little different tributaries that are running off the mainland. 138 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,200 ..uncovering a decent haul by a treacherous creek system. Hoo-hoo! 139 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,120 It's yellow! 140 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,720 But not enough to cover their expedition costs so far. 141 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,200 12.94. Call it 13. We need that two ounces. Yep. 142 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,360 13 grams is really not enough for us, you know. We're in the red. 143 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,480 The tide's running out now. Hope Robbie's all right. 144 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,360 Hey, Robbie, you got a copy, mate? 145 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:49,560 Got a copy there, Robbie? 146 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:56,160 This time of the year, the weather could turn quickly and we have 40 knot winds, the swell comes up. 147 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,240 That tide's running out fast. If he's stuck on the mudflats, 148 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,720 we won't see him until tomorrow. 149 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,600 Robbie, you got a copy? Really starting to get worried about him. 150 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,800 Only thing I can think of is his battery's gone flat on his two-way. 151 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,480 Look, Levi, I haven't been able to get radio contact with Rob. 152 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:18,600 I might jump in the boat and go for a look. See you on the beach. 153 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:21,080 It's really good that Levi's with Bridge. 154 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,640 They can keep detecting on the island and I can head off and look for Rob. 155 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,120 He's been gone longer than he should have. 156 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:33,480 If I see him, I'll give you a call on the radio. And likewise, it will be appreciated. 157 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:37,280 See you when you get back. I'll give you a call. See you soon. 158 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,080 It's just so important out here 159 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,480 that we keep communication channels open. 160 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:48,360 I did tell him to give us a bit of a check call but it's been too long without hearing from him. 161 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,360 Got a copy, Robbie? 162 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,480 The swell's picking up. The tide's running out. 163 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:59,920 Really the worst time that you'd want to be out there. Robbie, you got a channel mate? 164 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,320 We can't even find gold, we're stuffin' around with your car. 165 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:09,920 Nobody said it was going to be easy, mate. I reckon she's going to go. Go and kick her in the guts. 166 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,640 I'll kick it in the guts. If she won't start, then I'm putting this on you. 167 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,480 Just be good to her. (ENGINE STARTS) 168 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:20,560 Yes, yes. Aye! What'd I tell ya? 169 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,160 Be mean to her, she's not going to start, we'd be stuffed. 170 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:28,160 Yeah, get in, man. Haha, come on. We gotta meet Dale. Let's go. 171 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,000 In the legendary Goldfields of Western Australia, 172 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:36,800 brothers Marcus McGuire and Linden Brownley are heading 173 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:41,120 to a meeting with prospecting partner Dale Harring to discuss 174 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,800 the season ahead. 175 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,640 Dale gave Marcus a call. Said, "Meet me out in the bush," 176 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,800 so we're out on the road again. 177 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,160 Happy, mate, to be back out, looking for gold. 178 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,880 It's all good, as long as we find it. 179 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,480 Yeah. Right now, it's not paying for itself. 180 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:03,400 We've set targets over the last two seasons and we haven't reached it. 181 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:08,720 So coming into this season, I'm very jaded about committing to it. 182 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,320 I know exactly where you're coming from. But who knows, you know? 183 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,080 It is very important that I find as much gold as I can. 184 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,480 I've got family that are relying on me. My kids, partner. 185 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:22,760 Maybe the Lord left a piece there for us. Maybe. 186 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,920 You know what I mean, mate? 187 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,720 I work in emergency, a high dependency unit in town in the hospital. That's my day job. 188 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:35,760 It's kinda hard when you've gotta juggle time to be free to get out and do a bit of detecting. 189 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,640 So, at the end of the day we've gotta find gold to be here. 190 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,320 So, where's Dale? She's out here at Ora Banda? Waiting there for us. OK. 191 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,960 Last season... Bit of cloud today, so don't forget to do your air tune. 192 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,240 ..prospecting guru, Dale Harring, helped the brothers uncover 193 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:58,960 their biggest gold nugget ever, worth close to $20,000. (LAUGHTER) 194 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,960 Oh, 7.12! (LAUGHS) 195 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:08,040 But the trio still fell short of their 15-ounce season target. 196 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,000 Oh, there she is. Look out. 197 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,600 Hello. How you going? 198 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,240 Looks great, doesn't it? Yeah. 199 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:21,920 Well what are we doing here Auntie? Well, this is the deal, guys. This is my mate's lease. 200 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:28,400 He's given me permission to work the ground. I've got machinery coming in. 201 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,840 Thing is, we can keep all the gold. 202 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,560 He just wants to know the GPS coordinates. 203 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:38,320 So when he comes back out, he'll finish off where we started. 204 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,040 How confident are you, Auntie, that there's gold there? 205 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,760 I'm very confident, mate. My friend, he's picked up some good gold. 206 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:50,680 I've come up with an agreement with a mate of mine. He's unable to get out here and work the ground. 207 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,840 A few things have come up so he gave me permission to come out. 208 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:59,840 The two-square kilometre lease is in a renowned gold-producing area, 209 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:04,320 close to mines that have recovered over 100 million dollars' worth 210 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,720 of gold in recent years. 211 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:13,320 I reckon it sounds exciting. If you give us a bit of time, let us two have a bit of a quick yarn and... 212 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,560 Yeah, no problem. Come down and see me when you're finished. No worries. 213 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,720 So what do you reckon? 214 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:24,520 Yeah, I don't know, man. My sense of commitment right now is very 50/50. 215 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,120 I'm not sure, seriously, if this is something that we can handle. 216 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,360 This is a big step up. 217 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,800 You've got big costs involved, fuel, oil, hire of machinery. 218 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,280 I don't know about you, bro, but I know the expenses 219 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,400 that we got to factor in, but yeah, I'd be willing to help her. 220 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,440 I've never seen better ground. 221 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,120 Are you confident enough to put your savings into this? Yeah, mate. 222 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:54,320 Having our own lease, doing a bit of pushing with some machinery and I'm on the ball with that and... 223 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,400 I'm a bit excited to get into it. Own claim now. 224 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:02,520 Nobody can come on here. You might have sold me on that. 225 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,280 OK. 226 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,920 I reckon, let's do it, bruz. All right. 227 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,960 In previous seasons we were just wandering around on pending leases 228 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:18,200 where, you know, every man and his dog can come out there and run amok and we've been picking up scraps. 229 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,320 Hey, Auntie! We in this all together. Oh, thank you. 230 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,320 Woo-hoo! A-Team back again! 231 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,440 Come on, Robbie, where are you mate? You're not answering your radio. 232 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,120 Hope you're not stuck on the mudflats somewhere. 233 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:40,000 Just off the Pilbara region's coastline, the Ferals are a man down. 234 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:45,160 Rob has failed to make contact during a scouting mission on the mainland, 235 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:50,400 with the nearest marine rescue team eight kilometres away. 236 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,760 Just come up to the lighthouse. 237 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:58,240 Just going to have a detect around here and also keep a lookout for Robbie at the same time. 238 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:03,640 The way the wind's going, I'll need to go over to the shoreline, over the other side. 239 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,960 If he's broken down, that's where he'll be. 240 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,440 Would have taken him back to the mainland. 241 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,480 There's not really much else we can do until he shows up 242 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:17,840 or until the next step is contacting sea rescue if he doesn't show up. 243 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,320 The Ferals have just a few days left to hunt on the island 244 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:27,720 and are relying on Rob to scout out gold ground back on the mainland. 245 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,640 But the team have lost radio contact, leaving Bridget and Levi 246 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:36,320 to detect the remainder of the island while Ryan goes in search of Rob. 247 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,760 Got a bit of a signal there, but it's just... 248 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,160 (SIGHS) ..looking like an old ring pull off a tin. 249 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,680 I can't see him, the swell's too big. He's only got a little boat. 250 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:54,320 If he's broken down and been washed up against the rocks, it'll just smash his boat in pieces. 251 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,320 You got a copy there, Levi? 252 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,000 Yeah, Ryan, any luck yet? 253 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,880 Seen Robbie? Nah, negative mate. 254 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,720 This swell's getting big, so I can't really see much from the ocean. 255 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:11,320 You know if we don't find him soon Ryan, we might have to let sea rescue know. Absolutely. I'll um... 256 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,800 If he's not back within a couple of hours, I'll give them a call. Yeah, Roger. 257 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:21,280 An average of five people a year drown in boating accidents 258 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:25,560 off Western Australia's treacherous coastline. 259 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,320 I'm hoping that Robbie's poked up the creek 260 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,800 and he's just bottomed out up there somewhere, just stuck in the mud. 261 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,560 We just don't know. You know, I'm just guessing at the moment. 262 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,200 Hey, Ryan, I got a visual on Robbie. He's coming in from the east. 263 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,200 It definitely looks like Robbie. 264 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,360 Mate, thanks so much for that. You know, I was getting really stressed. 265 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,120 It's just getting rougher and rougher out here. 266 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:57,640 I'll try and give him a call, mate. Can't be out here driving around the ocean looking for someone. 267 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,920 You know, trying to find some gold. 268 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,720 Hey, bro, any luck? Usually find a nugget in that first push. 269 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,600 Unfortunately nothing this time round. 270 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:12,560 The Goldtimers are targeting ground near a century-old mine shaft 271 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,640 where they had success last season. 272 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,400 We're working up to these shafts. 273 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,880 We sort of figured out that the gold's coming from them. 274 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,640 I'm desperate to find some gold. I've lost thousands and thousands of dollars, 275 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,680 from the stuff on my ute that got burnt. 276 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,720 This shaft here, there's no information on it. 277 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,920 The other shafts have been documented and how much was found was written down. 278 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,400 But this is just a blank canvas. 279 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,040 Prospectors sank hundreds of deep mine shafts 280 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:48,400 to chase gold-bearing quartz veins, during a gold rush in the 1890s. 281 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,720 You know what bro? Clearly this gold was coming from that shaft. 282 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,160 We need to get in there and start working with it. 283 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:00,280 No worries man. We know the old timers didn't get it all. 284 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:03,240 Nah, the Goldtimers are going to get it all, mate. 285 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:08,360 There's no way they dug a shaft for nothing so we'd be mad not to get in there. 286 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,760 You want to do the honours? I'll get down there. Let's have a look. 287 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:17,680 If Rob can work out what direction the old timers were tunnelling underground, 288 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,760 it could help zero in on more gold. 289 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,320 Jesus Christ, man, that is massive in there. Really? 290 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,880 We need to be keeping to the left of this, all right? 291 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,880 That's where all the action was happening, wasn't it? Yeah. 292 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,640 It's time we get into it. Yeah, man. 293 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,520 It must be six metres wide, a-metre-and-a-half high. 294 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,400 That's just without all the dirt that's been caved in inside there. 295 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,160 The old timers were chasing the main gold veins. 296 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:50,200 They weren't going to dig the area up looking for a couple of nuggets so we're chasing what they've missed. 297 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,240 I'm going to get all these piles first, spread 'em out. 298 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,520 Haven't detected 'em yet, so hopefully we'll get a few nugs. 299 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:02,000 Before Rob and Turbo can start scraping and detecting the ground 300 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,360 above the mine shaft, they need to detect the old mine waste 301 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,400 for any gold the old timers might have missed. 302 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,760 This shaft hasn't been worked on for probably 100 years. 303 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,720 Old timers didn't have detectors. 304 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,960 We're going to pick up stuff they couldn't see or they chucked out. 305 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,920 (BEEPING) Yeah, this sounds like a big fat piece of rubbish 306 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,000 but we'll have a look anyway. There it is. 307 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,960 The old timers here were doing a lot of blasting. 308 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:37,960 We find lots of exploded detonators. Until we've taken off some good layers, it's just riddled in trash. 309 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:42,640 Gotta keep working until we dig something up, just keep pressing on. 310 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,440 Good news, we found Robbie. We'll see what he's got to say. 311 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:53,000 The Ferals have spent the past two hours 312 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,280 searching for teammate Rob Beeton 313 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:59,120 after they lost radio contact while he was scouting 314 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,520 the remote Pilbara coastline for new gold ground. 315 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,280 He was meant to call me every hour. 316 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:08,600 We've only got 13 grams of gold and we can't afford 317 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,160 to be out there wasting more fuel and time. I'm back, buddy! 318 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,200 What are you so happy about, mate? You were meant to do radio checks. 319 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:20,720 Well, I've been out exploring, mate. My battery went flat on the radio. 320 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,160 As soon as you realised, why didn't you come back? 321 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,240 I was trying to look for some gold, mate. 322 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,720 I've just wasted time out there, I'm worried sick about you. 323 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,880 I thought you could be dead, mate. You know, we make an agreement, we set a plan, 324 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,520 and we stick to it. Keep going off, mate. 325 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,880 We didn't know what was going on. The tide's running out, the swell was huge. 326 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,400 We need to find gold, at least two ounces to cover costs. 327 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:52,240 But, mate, I'm out getting bounced around in the waves, nearly got flipped over, out looking for you. 328 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,800 Serious, bro, I'm trying to look after our interests, OK? 329 00:21:55,880 --> 00:22:00,880 For a moment, I got stuck on the mud. I had to get out and push the boat. 330 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:06,640 I stuffed up, yes, all right, because we've got a 40-ounce target, right, to get this year. 331 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:12,200 We're going to need the places to go. Yeah. Look what I found, mate, one little piece of gold. 332 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:18,280 Ooh, man, that's... This is where we're gonna go, OK, as soon as we get off of here. 333 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,760 I'm only just trying my best, OK? 334 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,440 The main thing with team Feral, you know, we work our differences out 335 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,360 and we come together and we find gold. 336 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,320 Glad you made it back, Robbie. We were pretty worried. 337 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,400 There was one good thing coming out of where I was. 338 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,480 I found one little piece of gold, mate. Oh, yeah? 339 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:42,240 In a spot that we can go. We'll go there and back on the high tide. 340 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,960 Super keen. Good plan, Robbie. What do you reckon? Let's go, Ferals! 341 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,960 Come on, Ferals. That sounds like a good plan. 342 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,680 How you going there, guys, with the machinery? 343 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,200 Yeah, just coming along steady. 344 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,280 In the central Goldfields of Western Australia, 345 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:02,760 Marcus, Linden and Dale are about to tackle 346 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,800 their riskiest, most expensive gold venture yet. 347 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,760 This season we've hired a mini loader. Those costs are 200 bucks a day to hire. 348 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,920 So getting on the gold is very, very important. 349 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,640 They've gone equal partners on a two-square kilometre lease 350 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,360 just outside the old gold town of Ora Banda. 351 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:29,520 Ora Banda is on Wongutha country, our traditional land and it was once a bustling place, 352 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:34,400 north of Kalgoorlie, roughly about 2,000 people, a rich mining history. 353 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,560 We're hoping a lot of that gold is still left behind. 354 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:42,000 See this area, mate, this is where my mate's been pushing 355 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,440 so this is where he reckons we work. 356 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,960 My mate sort of started out here following those old paleochannels. 357 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,240 That's where the deep gold can be. 358 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,240 Millions of years ago, water coursed through this area, 359 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,720 carrying gold that became trapped at the bottom of riverbeds. 360 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,760 When the water dried up, these old river systems 361 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:09,240 were covered by layers of dirt, encasing the gold below. 362 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,320 First day. So this is it. 363 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,640 The number one objective for this season is pushing pads. 364 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,400 We've hired a mini loader and we're going to take off that topsoil 365 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,920 and then get lower each level, getting to the good gold that's right down deep. 366 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,080 So, you know, we might be going like this deep at times. 367 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,680 Just skimming the top off. Then you can detect it. Let's go. 368 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,880 All right. Let's get stuck into it. 369 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,240 Years ago I worked in the mine, did a few years, 370 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,360 mining iron ore and diamonds and gold as well. 371 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:44,200 It doesn't matter what size machinery that you operated back in the day. It's always fun, 372 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:48,080 brings back those memories. It's been nearly 20 years 373 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,120 since Marcus operated heavy machinery for mining companies 374 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,800 in the north of Western Australia. 375 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,880 Real good being back on this machine. 376 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,200 Hopefully we can start seeing some colour soon. 377 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,840 Making ends meet has been pretty stressful. 378 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,680 If you want to get your detector... All good? ..we should be ready to go. OK. 379 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,000 Extra money we do find, it allows us to have things 380 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,960 set up for emergencies, in case things may happen. 381 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,320 I'm going to go for a yonder further down. 382 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,600 OK. And then we've got somewhere else to push if need be. 383 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:26,440 There's a lot riding on this trip this time, you know, with all the costs we've outlaid. 384 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,720 So hopefully today's the day where we'll find something. 385 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,040 (BEEPING) Ooh, that's all right. 386 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:43,040 Could be rubbish. Could be a nuggie. 387 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:51,000 (BEEPING) Hoo-hoo, how's that? Second scoop. 388 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,120 (BEEPING) 389 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:57,840 (LAUGHS) Voila. Look at that. 390 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:03,280 Little nugget. One gram maybe. That's good. 391 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:07,760 The one gram nugget, worth close to $80, 392 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,600 is their first find of the season. 393 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,400 How you guys going up there? Have you found any gold yet? 394 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,960 Because I have! (LAUGHS) Really? 395 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,600 I'm going to keep following it down, I'll catch up with you later. 396 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,240 That's a good plan. We'll see you after. 397 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,160 Whoo-hoo! Man, we are in this all the way. 398 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,440 This is it boys, this is the spot. Seriously, 399 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,520 we've got two hours so we've got to hit the ground running. 400 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,200 The Ferals have relocated to the mainland after Rob found 401 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,080 promising ground on a coastal creek system. 402 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,920 If there's one piece, hopefully there could be more. 403 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,760 Got to strap those detectors on and get out, hit that ground. 404 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,400 The trio are making the last-ditch mission 405 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,960 after Levi's wife Bridget returned home. 406 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,800 Bridget gave us a hand. It was nice to have her out here. 407 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:04,760 Now we've decided to have another crack on the mainland, see if we can find more gold. 408 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,400 Phew! Let's get out there. We've got a bit of a walk. 409 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,280 It's the team's last chance to prospect before their permission 410 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:15,040 from the land's traditional owners, expires. 411 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,680 You see them hills over there? Yep. 412 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,120 That's basically where we're going to be. Get some nuggies, boys! Phew. 413 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,720 This is roughly where I was the other day. 414 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,120 They've headed off in a different direction. 415 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,640 I've come straight back to where I found that bit of gold. 416 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,040 Gold is pretty much everything. I haven't got a nine-to-five job. 417 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:39,920 If I don't find gold, I can't live. Pretty sure there's something here. 418 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,840 Just get rid of all these sticks and stuff first. Come on, baby. 419 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,200 (BEEPING) 420 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:52,080 Yeah, that's getting louder now. And it sounds like gold! 421 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,880 Yeah, boys! There's more here! 422 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,480 Check that little baby out! 423 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:10,080 Oh, wicked. I'm just so glad that this has reproduced another one. 424 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,440 The two-gram nugget is worth almost $160. 425 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,280 Hey, boys, I found another one! 426 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,920 Phew. Well done, Robbie. Keep picking up those nuggies. 427 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,360 (BEEPING) Got a little signal. 428 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,840 Just clear the area. 429 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,080 Scrape it up. It doesn't sound too bad. 430 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,560 Sounds all right. 431 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,400 Give it a quick magnet. 432 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,640 Magnet's just to pick up any rubbish. 433 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:48,160 Steel sticks to magnets so... (BEEPING) Still there. 434 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,720 You beauty. 435 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,680 (BEEPING) All right, it's in the scoop. 436 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,400 Oh, I think I just heard it. Come on, nuggies. 437 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,160 There it is! 438 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,560 Nice piece of gold. Look at that. 439 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,920 Nice piece of gold, probably about a gram. 440 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:14,160 So we haven't got long left before this tide runs out, so I'll celebrate later. 441 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,880 Gold ain't going to find itself out here. That's our job. 442 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:25,440 First time we're actually doing something like this. 443 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:31,320 We've stepped up our game, got some machines involved. It's gold time, baby. Ready, mate? 444 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,160 I'm going to park up here. Yeah, park it up. 445 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,200 For the first time ever, brothers Marcus and Linden are stepping up 446 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,960 their operation, using a 1.2-ton mini loader 447 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,120 to scrape back the top layer of ground 448 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,400 on their two-square kilometre Ora Banda lease. 449 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,800 Come on, go dig me a hole. 450 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,560 Now that Marcus and I have brought machinery into this prospecting game 451 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,320 that is $200 a day just to hire, 452 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:02,440 if we don't find any gold, we're essentially $200 in the red. 453 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,320 We've taken on a bigger commitment this year. 454 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,920 You know, before it was just detecting. 455 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,240 This time, you know, there's bigger expenses involved, you know, 456 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,400 and it's out of our pocket until we find gold. 457 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,920 Hey, old boy! Yo, bro, any luck? Nah, man. 458 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:24,360 Oh, well, go down lower. Drop another fade on it, give him a haircut. No time to waste. 459 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,840 I'll give you a yell when she's ready. All good, man. 460 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,800 The season depends on going down each level to find that deep gold 461 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,760 and if we can't get to it, it's a slap in the face. 462 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:40,120 Last year, all I came up with was just a three-ouncer 463 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,240 and every little bit counts but right now, 464 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,960 I'm not going to survive if I'm not out here finding gold. 465 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,840 (BEEPING) Got a signal here. 466 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,680 It could be deep, I don't know. Whatever it is, could be deep. 467 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,240 Could be rust but you've got to dig everything as they say. 468 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,440 (BEEPING) OK. 469 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,760 God willing we've got some gold. (BEEPING) All right. 470 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,800 Now we're talking. Come on, gold. 471 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,120 (BEEPING) 472 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,600 Yes! (LAUGHS) Hey. 473 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,280 We got some colour. Whoo! 474 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,000 He's a little one but, er, it's gold. 475 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:31,400 Might be two to three grams. First gold for the season for me, 476 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,080 so things are looking up. 477 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:39,200 Given my performance over the last few seasons, I'm quite proud of this. I know it's not much, 478 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:43,160 but it's a good indication that we're on gold ground. 479 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,640 We just gotta keep on keeping on. 480 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,920 What we're actually looking for is that rounded bedrock 481 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,760 through the old river system. 482 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,560 That gold's heavy and it's going to sit with that bedrock. 483 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,880 At the moment the loader's struggled with some of that calcrete. 484 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,120 If we don't find something today, 485 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:05,200 we might have to pull up and start assessing somewhere else. 486 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,480 This calcrete here is like nature's concrete. 487 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,560 When you hit big chunks, it'll stop you dead. 488 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:15,320 But hopefully we're not going to come across any of the really, really big pieces. 489 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,800 Hate to think what we'd have to do if we do. 490 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,320 It's hard work digging up the old timers' trash. 491 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,000 (SIGHS) Oh, man. 492 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,080 130 kilometres north east... 493 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,640 Oh, there we go, big chunk of wire. 494 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,280 ..Rob and Turbo have hit an old rubbish dump 495 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,560 after targeting ground next to a century-old mine shaft. 496 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,520 Spread this out and Rob will get in here and detect this little bit. 497 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,560 Hopefully something comes of it. 498 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:53,600 It's gotta pay off sooner or later, surely. So I spent all my savings.. 499 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:58,160 I had to recoup everything on the back of my ute that got burnt. 500 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:03,720 I've lost thousands and thousands of dollars' worth of stuff. All stuff I need to be out here. 501 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,560 Let's see what it's starting to look like. 502 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,280 Sometimes you think, "What are we doing out here?" 503 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,360 We've got bills and mortgages so we gotta make it happen out here, 504 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,880 and we've just gotta work our butts off. 505 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,400 (BEEPING) 506 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,440 Hey, I got a target. 507 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,520 You need the pick? Ah, hang on. On the surface? 508 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:30,640 I think it's on the surface. Yeah, nah, I got him. Oh, I can see it. 509 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:35,000 It's a little specie. Look at that, a little bit of gold. (LAUGHS) 510 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,080 First bit of gold, bruz. Finally. 511 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,320 Well, looks like we know what we're doing. Yeah. Man, finally. Yeah. 512 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:46,680 The $50 specie is a gold nugget encased in rock. 513 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:52,320 What do you reckon, we get back into it? Yeah. Awesome, man. First bit of gold. I'll leave you the pick. 514 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,360 (LAUGHS) Finally found our first bit of gold for the season. 515 00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:01,480 It's a good sign. Finally into the hard ground now where the old timers 516 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,840 haven't been so fingers crossed, we find decent gold. 517 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,320 (BEEPING) Ooh. 518 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:13,320 I've got a really good target here. Yeah, bro. No more rubbish here. 519 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,520 We'll check the pile. 520 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:23,080 (BEEPING) Oh yeah, you've got it out. Come on. 521 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,360 Please, please, please, please. It's in me hand. 522 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:31,560 I heard a dunk. (LAUGHS) Come on. Is it gold? 523 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,640 Oh, it's gold. (LAUGHS) 524 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:37,360 Oh, man. Finally. 525 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:42,040 What do you reckon it weighs, bruz? Oh, around half a gram. Yeah, OK. 526 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:46,120 The half-gram nugget is worth just $40, 527 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,560 but it could mean they're getting closer 528 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,080 to gold-rich ground buried below. 529 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,960 They're the ones we want. Donk. (LAUGHS) 530 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,640 Mate, never get sick of that noise, bro. (BEEPING) 531 00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:02,840 Oh, there's another target, man. The same hole. I didn't check the hole again. 532 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,720 All right, look out. Yeah, get in there mate. 533 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:10,800 Come on, get it out. Oh, it's out. It's out, bro. 534 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,520 Oh, I heard it. There it is. 535 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,120 (LAUGHS) It's come out of the same hole, man. 536 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,920 We're doing it, bro. 537 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,560 Go on, check that hole again, bro. (BEEPING) 538 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,600 (LAUGHS) There's another target, man. Are you serious? 539 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:32,080 Oh, my God, man, we found a pocket. Look out, bro. Watch out. 540 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,080 I'm getting the pick in there. 541 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:40,000 Oh, we've never found a pocket before, man. How much is this going to turn into? (BOTH LAUGH) 542 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:41,250 2 00:35:42.200 -- 00:35:47.800 align:middle line:90% position:50% This little machine, these big boulders that are coming out are not good for it. Oh, come on! 543 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:51,520 On the outskirts of the old mining town of Ora Banda, 544 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,840 brothers Marcus and Linden, alongside mining partner Dale, 545 00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:00,440 are using machinery for the first time ever to boost their gold tally. 546 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,120 There you go, that's how hard it gets. 547 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:08,120 If I go any deeper, I'm going to hurt the machine. I don't want to break it. 548 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:13,600 So we're going to regroup now and see what we can come up with. These are getting bigger and bigger. 549 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,920 I'm scared if I go any lower that I'll damage this machine. I understand. 550 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:23,920 We haven't found anything on here, so how about we move on down where I found that nugget? 551 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,080 That sounds like a great idea to me. We've got nothing to lose. 552 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,120 It's really important that we find something to cover the fuel 553 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,200 and the hire of the machinery, cos otherwise we're going to run at a loss. 554 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,880 All right, let's get into it. Time is money. That's it. Let's go people. 555 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,480 This ground is such a pleasure to push. 556 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:51,440 I don't have to worry too much about the machine because you can actually cut through this like butter. 557 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:56,640 So far things aren't really going our way, kinda late in the day. 558 00:36:56,720 --> 00:37:00,080 I mean, we really need to start to find some gold. 559 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,960 I'm just going to start detecting this pad now 560 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,040 while he keeps going over there because we're running out of daylight now. 561 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,680 (BEEPING) Got a little noise. 562 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:19,360 Marcus, Marcus! Can you come and take a scoop out for me? Yeah. 563 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:33,320 (BEEPING) Oi, oi, turn it off. Hey, Linden, come over here. 564 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,720 (BEEPING) (LAUGHS) Hey, don't muck around with that. 565 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,320 Push it all back towards you, love. Please Lord, let this be gold. 566 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,720 Here, mate. Let me check it. 567 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:52,920 That's not his boots? You're too close, mate. Get out of there, old boy, hurry up. 568 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,240 (BEEPING) 569 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,520 Nah. 570 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,080 (BEEPING) (LAUGHS) 571 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:05,560 Stop mucking around. Scoop it in ya hand. Scoop it in ya hand. 572 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:16,400 Oh, look at this. Pull it out. Where? Grab it, grab it. Grab it. 573 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,040 (LAUGHS) 574 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,680 (LAUGHS) Whoo! Oh, my God! 575 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,160 Wha-hey! (LAUGHS) 576 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,560 (LAUGHS) 577 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,120 Oh, boy. 578 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,520 That's gonna come up nice. Oh, boy. 579 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,840 (ALL LAUGH) 580 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:39,720 That is beautiful. How big do you think that is? An ounce and a bit maybe. 581 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:43,600 At over $2,500, the nugget 582 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:48,200 is the team's most successful start to a season ever. 583 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,720 The start of good things to come, people. 584 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,720 Don't come any better than this. Come to those who wait. 585 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,000 If it wasn't for you pushing, we wouldn't have found it. 586 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:06,360 This is perfect. This is the best spot we could possibly ever have for a weigh-in, I'll tell you that. 587 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,240 The Ferals' two-week expedition exploring 588 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:13,600 the Pilbara region's wild coastal areas, has come to an end, 589 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,960 and they're about to discover if their expensive gamble, 590 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,680 targeting unworked ground, has paid off. Hello, yellow. 591 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,720 That's yellow. Fair dinkum, mate, that's yellow. 592 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,440 Oooh. 593 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:34,680 11.38 grams. 594 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,000 Cos we've got 40 ounces to get. 595 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:41,040 Gold's where you find it, lads, and we ain't finding any out here. 596 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,800 The meagre haul means the Ferals' season tally 597 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,560 still sits at under an ounce of gold. 598 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:51,440 Their island mission has left them $3,000 in debt. 599 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,160 We know where the gold is and it's back on the mainland 600 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:57,560 so we should probably start thinking about heading back there. 601 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,280 Yeah. Pack it up, head back to the mainland. Regroup. 602 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,800 Assess our options and yeah, go from there. Yeah. 603 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,960 We just gotta keep high spirited and um... Find some gold. 604 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,680 Find some gold, put in the hard yards. 605 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:13,720 Let's get out of here. That's it. 606 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:17,360 Oh, Ferals. Head to the mainland. Beautiful. Let's go to the mainland. 607 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:18,720 Phew! 608 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,720 Well, mate. Pretty excited. First weigh-in of the season. 609 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:32,640 Bit of weight there. Might have done a little bit better than we thought. Yeah. 610 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:36,040 The first week of the Goldtimers' season is over 611 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,880 and they desperately need to recoup the cost 612 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,360 of losing Turbo's prospecting equipment and truck 613 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,400 in a roadside fire. 614 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:48,640 Come on, baby. Well, moment of truth. Here we go. 615 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:53,200 Point one...four...five, 616 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,840 point 638, man. That's just under 20 grams. 617 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,560 This is the best start to a season we've had. Yeah, man. 618 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:05,040 The $1,600 haul is the season start they desperately needed 619 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:11,120 to pay their living and fuel costs and start recovering Turbo's losses. 620 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:16,720 We're getting somewhere man. We are. Yeah. That ground down there's fantastic, man. 621 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,400 This shaft could be an absolute game changer. 622 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,680 So hopefully we'll make some really good money out of this. 623 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,200 Sweet, let's go. Let's go. 624 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,480 What a week. Been a big week. D-day, D-day. 625 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:35,000 So...give me your gold. (LAUGHS) 626 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,320 It's been a hard week. 627 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,600 Well, there's the little ones. Yeah. 628 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:44,040 130 kilometres south west in the central Goldfields, 629 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:48,680 Marcus, Linden and Dale are also hungry for a strong start 630 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:52,600 to their new season, after hiring in a mini loader 631 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,000 to recover gold on a friend's lease. 632 00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:00,000 Because of different circumstances this year, we're looking at 20 ounces for this season. 633 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,160 The stakes are much higher, the risks have increased, 634 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:05,640 but the rewards are going to be greater 635 00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,200 so we've decided to set it at 20 ounces. 636 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,800 Ooh, 0.21 grams 637 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:15,080 and the second one, 1.26. 638 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,880 Okey dokey. Where's that lovely big one? (LAUGHS) 639 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:23,440 Oh, man, look at that. Like the sunshine on a waterfall 640 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,560 in springtime. (LAUGHS) 641 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:29,360 What do you reckon? I reckon an ounce. I reckon an ounce. 642 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:33,520 Yeah, I reckon just over maybe. Yeah? Just over? Yeah. Righto. 643 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,480 Here it goes. 644 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,040 1.42. (ALL CHEER) 645 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,200 (ALL LAUGH) 646 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,200 Whoo! Unreal. 647 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:51,000 The $3,500 haul is their strongest start to a season ever. 648 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,840 After that for the first week, I think we're doing pretty well. Yeah. 649 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,720 The best start we've had. 650 00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:02,120 I mean, this season it just goes to show that pushing pads has really paid off. Yeah. Certainly is. 651 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,800 Especially with the first week. That's basically covered our costs 652 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,760 and given us money up front. That's right. 653 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:13,840 If we can come up with that every week, we'll be laughing. I got a good feeling about this season. 654 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:18,320 I think that just like last season, we are the team. We're the A-Team. 655 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:23,520 We're the A-Team. Come on now. Bring it on in now. (LAUGHTER) 656 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,920 Whoo! Just got to keep doing it. Yes. 657 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,800 Subtitles by Deluxe