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This time on Aussie Gold Hunters...

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We've got to try anywhere to keep
the gold coming in. Absolutely.

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..the Poseidon Crew's new mining
permits are delayed,

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forcing them to hunt Victoria's
frigid and isolated High Country.

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It's dangerous, it's cold,
it's wet.

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Look at that. That is good.

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But their gamble could lead them
to a bumper payday.

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There literally might be tons of
gold in these creeks yet to be
found.

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I can't believe it.
We've got an excavator.

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The Gold Timers use their last of
their savings on big machinery...

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Yeah, we're in!

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Yes! We're in there now.
Woo! Look at that!

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..and call in extra help to break
through

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to a century-old mine shaft.

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I think we're onto something, boys.
Finally. Yes!

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Let's go and put some pans!
(LAUGHS)

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Marcus, Linden and Dale dig deeper
to uncover gold-rich ground.

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Right there, right there,
right there, right there.

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(LAUGHTER)

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What's going on? But a machinery
shutdown could cost them thousands.

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Come on!

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This isn't good.
This ain't good at all.

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There's some tough tracks up here,
mate. It is rough.

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We've gotta try any way to keep
the gold coming in. Absolutely.

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In Australia's gold-rich state of
Victoria,

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mine boss Brent Shannon and his
brother-in-law Ethan West

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have ventured over 200km
from their base

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into the bitter two degree Celsius
temperatures of mountainous Victoria.

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This High Country,
there is untold wealth.

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Every mountaintop could potentially
have gold

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that hasn't been uncovered yet.

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Keep going? Yeah.

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It's a massive area of mountains
after mountains.

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It's dangerous.
It's cold. It's wet.

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Another river crossing, eh?
Few up it, mate, isn't there?

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That's exactly the type of places
that I wanna go.

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I wanna get up and explore areas

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where a lot of other people don't
get to.

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It's serious four-drive country in
places up here.

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No-one in a little Sedan is gonna
trudge down here

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and try and find gold, you gotta
have an equipped vehicle. I agree.

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It's a hard business, this business
to find gold.

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We're gonna look far and wide to
keep our mining future afloat.

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Nearly half a ton of nuggets come
out of this paddock. Half a ton!

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Nearly $40 million worth of gold.

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Last week, Brent secured the biggest
deal of his mining career.

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He gained landowner approval to dig
Catto's Paddock,

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a 50,000 square metre farmland lease

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that hasn't been mined
in over a century.

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Some of Australia's biggest nuggets
were found here,

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including the Previous,

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worth well over $4 million.

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The Holy Grail is to find
a 1,000 oz-plus nugget.

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It's the pinnacle that I wanna
reach.

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But to help finance the deal, they
sold their $1 million wash plant

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and big-licence lease,
forcing them to stop work,

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and walk away from gold-rich ground.

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We've got a new house, a small
family that I'd providing for

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and trying to live the best I can.

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By walking around from gold,
throwing me back into the unknown,

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it's hard for me to do.

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The pair need to find
at least $2,000 of gold a week

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to cover fuel and wages while
they wait for mining approvals

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to dig Catto's Paddock.

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Ethan works on a percentage
so, the more gold that we find,

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the more money he makes, so there's
a bit of pressure on my shoulders

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to keep it happening.

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History says the old boys got a
couple of nuggets, one over 100 oz

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in 2' ground, so I think
we should go sniffing around.

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If we can get some of those spots
where there's detected gold

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straight off the bat... Exactly.
Could lead to something.

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After Victoria's Gold Rush of 1851,
high demand for virgin ground

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pushed intrepid prospectors
to these mountains,

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where they unearthed gold
up to 1½km above sea level.

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I believe there is hundreds
and hundreds of ounces

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the old boys missed.

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Brent and Ethan are using historic
mining maps

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and modern metal detectors to target
remote areas of crown land

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that anyone can prospect on with
a $25 miner's right licence.

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We just need to push deep,
get off the beaten track

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and really find out
what could be up here.

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Hey, hey. Oh, look at that.

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It's all their old diggings.

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This isn't on the map, mate. This
isn't on the map. Not on the map?

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The location of many of the isolated
19th-century dig sites remains
unknown.

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They haven't done that much work in
here, mate.

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The Old Timers, they never get it
all. Technology evolves, which
allows you to get more

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and, with metal detectors,
we're in for a massive advantage.

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I think you're pretty remote.
Boom! The old boys have been there.

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There is diggings all the way
through here.

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It's crazy to think the work that
these boys have been through

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and how far they really pushed into
the Bush.

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We're a bit off the beaten track.

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But for those boys to get to where
they did, it's absolutely crazy.

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I don't think anyone's been here
recently, that's for certain.

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Grab a rain jacket, grab our
detectors,

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I reckon we give it a go
here for a while, Eth'.

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It's our best shot, buddy. I've got
a little 'un to think about, my
missus to think about.

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You know, bills, they don't pay
themselves,

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so hopefully snag
a good one or two.

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Just enough to get us through.

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All right, mate.
Let's get detecting.

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This is the only option that we
have to keep our operation alive.

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I've got a mate down the road.
He's a pretty good bloke.

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Hopefully, he can give us
a bit of a hand

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and we can stay on track and keep
pushing.

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2,500km northwest is the two square
kilometre Ora Banda lease,

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home to the new mining operation of
Marcus McGuire,

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Linden Brownley and their new
business partner Dale Harring.

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Yeah, we've had to come to a big,
screaming halt.

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We've got some issues with the
loader we're hiring,

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it's not capable of pushing
the dirt we're hitting.

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Marcus has just taken off up
the road, to catch up with a mate.

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He told us two to get out there, do
a bit of detecting.

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Right now, we've got no option,
we've just got to find some gold.

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It's so disappointing. The point of
us coming out here for this season

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was to get a lease and to start
pushing some pads.

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If we can't do that, then what
the heck are we doing out here?

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Last week, the brothers embarked on
their riskiest prospecting venture
ever.

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So the No.1 objective for this
season is pushing pads.

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We've hired a mini loader, we're
gonna come through,

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take off that top soil, get to the
good gold right down deep.

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They gambled on a new lease and
loader,

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in partnership with Dale Harring.

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It's $200 a day just to hire.

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If we don't find any gold, we're
$200 in the red.

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(LAUGHTER)

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Woo! Oh, my God.

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But, despite uncovering a run of
nuggets,

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their mini loader
couldn't handle the hard ground.

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Oh, come on!

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I'm scared, if I'm gonna go any
lower,

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that I'm gonna damage this machine.

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Marcus is hoping his old
prospecting mate Dave Askew

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can help secure
a machine powerful enough

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to push through the hard rock layer.

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Hey! Hey. How are you, brother?

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Yeah, good, man. What's happened?
Oh, man.

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I need your help. You need my help?
What for?

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Yeah. We're over here,
pushing pads. Mm.

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The little machine that we're using
just ain't cutting it.

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Hard ground, brother. Hard ground,
man.

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I was wondering what you were doing
with the blue machine.

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I was wondering if I'd be able to
borrow it for a couple of days.

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Can you operate one?

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Been about 20 years.

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Well, as long as you don't break
it... You break it, you buy it.

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So we'd better have a run through
it.

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At the end of the day, if I don't
feel safe with you going on it,

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I've just gotta draw the line.
I understand. If I'm happy, yeah.

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No worries, I'll follow you.
Come on.

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Nervous as all buggery.
This machine is all new

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and totally different
from what I used 20 years ago.

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I used to work in the mines,
operating machines all the time.

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I know the machines these days
are probably a lot different.

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Your lights, wipers,
all that sort of thing here.

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Your coolant gauge, fuel gauge and
your air pressure. Air pressure.

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Without air pressure, it don't go.

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We haven't got much time to spend
the whole day with it,

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so hopefully I'm on the game and
he's happy with me using it,

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and fingers crossed
we'll be pushing pads again today.

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Treat it like
you treat your mother, mate. Yeah.

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And she'll look after you. If you
thrash it, you flog it,

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or be silly, you'll break it. Yeah.

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All right, so - Yeah, bro.
..turn her on.

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(ENGINE STARTS)

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Marcus is a good mate, so I'll let
him have it if he can operate it.

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We'll get him over here pushing,
give him a little go at that
and see how he is.

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If he breaks it, he's gotta pay for
the damage and he knows that.

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OK, man, let's get some dirt.

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The $35,000 loader can shift
two tons of dirt with every bucket.

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My mate's machine, pride and joy.

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Don't wanna hurt it.

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Wouldn't want him to turn around
and say, "No, you can't use it."

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Got to get on my A game right now.

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Oh, come on. Come on.

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Feeling all right? You comfortable?

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Just getting used to it, bro.

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A little bit more dirt.
A little bit more dirt.

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He's got a lot of years to catch up
on.

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What do you reckon? You all right?

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I'm, um, feeling a bit nervous at
the start, but...

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You've just gotta work on
that level a little bit,

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cos you're not digging enough. Nah.

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But you'll get used to that.
All right, well, I trust you.

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OK. It's my livelihood.
Yeah, bloody oath.

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You look after me, I'll look after
you, eh? Appreciate it. Thank you.

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All right.

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Any machine, even if you're
a really good machine operator,

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takes you a little while
to get used to.

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After a couple of hours, he'll be
fine.

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Woo-hoo!

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I can't wait to see Linden's face,
man, when he sees us on this.

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(LAUGHS)

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(HORN HONKS) You hear that?

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(HORN HONKING)
Looks like machinery, mate.

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It's coming this way too.
Can you see it?

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There it is. I spotted it straight
through the trees there.

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Don't tell me that's Old Boy!
(HORN CONTINUES HONKING)

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Hey!

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It is! (LAUGHS)

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Oh, my God.

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Hey! Woo-hoo-hoo!

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How the heck did he get that?

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Woo-hoo!

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Yeah! Hey! Look out! Hey!

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What do you reckon about this?
Hey! Where did you get this from?

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I've got a mate that stays down the
road. Got it for a couple of days.

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We're back in the game,
I tell you both that. Yes.

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Let's go and put some pads.
(CHUCKLES)

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Woo-hoo!

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(LAUGHS)

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With this loader,
we are back in the game,

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but there is that worry, that
concern, if something goes wrong,

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we're gonna have to pay some big
bucks.

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Not far to go now, mate.
Roger that.

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Can't believe it. We've got an
excavator.

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$1,000, mate,
to have this for a few days.

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Who knows
what we'll turn that into.

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I hope it's gonna pay off.

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On the outskirts of the historic
mining town of Kookynie,

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Gold Timers Rob Dale
and Turbo Linton

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are gambling big on the hire of
a 5½ ton mini excavator.

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I've invested a lot of my savings
into coming back out this season.

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Finding gold is the only option I
have.

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What happened with my Ute, I pretty
much spent most of my savings

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to replace everything.

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Turbo had a catastrophic start
to the season

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when his Ute and mining equipment
caught fire,

230
00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,920
leaving him thousands of dollars in
debt.

231
00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000
I've lost everything.

232
00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,280
I've just lost, like, $6,000,
$7,000, back of my Ute.

233
00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,160
We're using gold we've already
found to fund this.

234
00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:06,840
If we don't find any gold,

235
00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,120
we've blown some of our tally for
the season.

236
00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,200
It really does have to pay off.

237
00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,160
It's like a big cathedral in there.

238
00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,120
Last week, the pair uncovered a run
of nuggets

239
00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,000
close to an old mineshaft

240
00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,800
they discovered on
their 3.2 square km lease.

241
00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,520
Oh, man! Starting to get
really hard here.

242
00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,920
But their eight ton loader wasn't
designed to break through

243
00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,720
the hard terrain and prevented them
from pushing deeper.

244
00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,120
I was thinking about getting
something in here

245
00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,200
to rip this ground up.

246
00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:38,960
(INDISTINCT VOICE OVER RADIO)

247
00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,040
Yeah, mate. With the excavator,

248
00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,200
it's a lot easier to dig into the
rock.

249
00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:47,160
With the loader, you're gonna wreck
your machine. The excavator's the
way to go.

250
00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,320
We definitely are ripping ground
with this. Yeah, you'd better.

251
00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,800
We could have
a $100,000, $200,000 pay day

252
00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,200
below the surface that the Old
Timers have missed.

253
00:12:55,280 --> 00:13:00,040
Gold was discovered here in the
late-1890s, triggering a Gold Rush

254
00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,760
that attracted thousands of hungry
prospectors

255
00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,520
who pulled almost $1 billion worth
of gold from the ground.

256
00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,920
But, just 30 years later, falling
gold prices

257
00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,200
made mining too costly,

258
00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,520
leaving Kookynie
a Gold Rush ghost town.

259
00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,680
The Old Timers, they were only
chasing the real big stuff.

260
00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,520
Back in the day, it wasn't worth
chasing little stuff,

261
00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,080
they don't have the tech and big
machinery.

262
00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,960
Thanks, mate. Yeah, cheers, man.

263
00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,360
Really hoping it's gonna cut
through this dirt

264
00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,920
and we're gonna make Red here
operate it,

265
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,280
so hopefully this is gonna pay off.

266
00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,680
G'day, boys. How you been, mate?

267
00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,160
Good, buddy. How are you, Robbo?
Yeah, good, mate.

268
00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,840
We hired an excavator and have only
got a couple of days.

269
00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,120
We thought we'd give you a ring cos
you've had the experience.

270
00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,000
I'm more than happy to give you a
hand.

271
00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,080
I've got a couple of days off.
What sort of deal do you want?

272
00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,680
Do you wanna - Look, boys, I know
you had a rough run with your Ute.

273
00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,400
I don't want your gold. Cook us and
feed us, put on a couple of beers.

274
00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,440
We'll have a yarn. You never know,

275
00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,880
you may need us one day. I tell you
what, if we hit a half kilo...

276
00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:03,920
(LAUGHS) ..I'll have a little bit.

277
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000
(LAUGHTER) Come and have a look.
Yeah, mate. Give us a look.

278
00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,040
I've got a lot of mining
experience, operating machinery.

279
00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,080
Spent 20-odd years in mining,

280
00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,520
so, more than happy
to come and give the boys a hand.

281
00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,560
This is the shaft, Big Red. Yeah.

282
00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,480
We found some gold in here and we'd
like to get our way into the tunnel
over there.

283
00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,200
Sort of - You wanna open it right
up? Yeah. Yeah.

284
00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,560
A series of ancient mine shafts

285
00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,200
are believed to be linked

286
00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,320
by an underground cavern or tunnels.

287
00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,640
Their plan is to use the excavator

288
00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,680
to expose the concealed system

289
00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:36,840
before using their modern technology

290
00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,080
to find gold
that may have been missed.

291
00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,120
What do you reckon?
Dig up some gold, eh?

292
00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,840
Yeah, mate, let's make some dust.

293
00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,080
We don't have to only pay off what
we've invested

294
00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,720
in hiring this excavator, we need
to make some profit.

295
00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,080
I'm gonna start digging. Hopefully
we can find a bit of gold, eh.

296
00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,440
Fingers crossed it's gonna pay off
for us.

297
00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,320
I can't afford to come here with no
savings if we're not finding any
gold.

298
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000
It's a completely different world
up here

299
00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,960
and I know why they call it God's
country,

300
00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,000
it is beautiful countryside.

301
00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,040
But it's cold and it's wet.

302
00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,960
In this type of trade, you've got
no idea sometimes what you're
stepping on.

303
00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:17,240
2,500km southeast,
in the Victorian High Country,

304
00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,480
the Poseidon Crew are battling
treacherous, frigid conditions,

305
00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:26,800
desperate to find gold while they
wait for their new mining permits to
be approved.

306
00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,360
Right now, we've got no ground to
dig, so I'm feeling the pressure

307
00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,600
until we get the approval through
to Catto's,

308
00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,320
to make sure we've got gold still
on the scales.

309
00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,840
That's the reason I want to head up
into areas

310
00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,600
where other people don't get to.

311
00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,640
The pair are using their modern
detectors

312
00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,440
to target a remote area once worked
by prospectors

313
00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,720
over 150 years ago.

314
00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,080
These old boys have been following
the gold,

315
00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,040
the gold down the creeks
and what we're doing now,

316
00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,240
we're trying to find pieces the old
boys have missed or thrown out

317
00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,080
of the old river course.

318
00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,000
Millions of years ago, massive
shifts in tectonic plates

319
00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,280
created fault lines in the Earth's
crust.

320
00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:10,720
Quartz veins rich in gold
were forced to the surface,

321
00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,760
creating gold reefs.

322
00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,800
Over time, the reef erodes,

323
00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,120
depositing nuggets in ancient river
systems

324
00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:19,800
and adjacent soils.

325
00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,320
There's not many people get up in
here.

326
00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,200
There's a chance that nobody has
been here with detectors.

327
00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,560
Can't see a detector hole at all
anywhere.

328
00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,760
I always go to where the Old Timers
have found gold,

329
00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,920
because they had to find gold
to survive.

330
00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,960
With metal detectors, we're in for a
massive advantage on what they had.

331
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,000
We've all got bills to pay, Red's
got bills, I've got bills

332
00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,480
and, uh, right now, it is the best
shot we've got.

333
00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,520
(DETECTOR BUZZING)

334
00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,840
Little target here. There's a good
chance there's gonna be a bit of
gold.

335
00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,680
You've got all the rubble there.
The old boys have been getting to
the old river bed.

336
00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,960
They're gonna throw out material
to get close to the bottom.

337
00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,720
And, with that, there's a chance
they're throwing out gold,

338
00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,040
because, where the river pebbles
were towards the bottom of the
creek,

339
00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:07,080
that's where the gold was too.

340
00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,720
Just trying for a bit of gold.

341
00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,800
I've got it out.

342
00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:14,040
(BUZZING) I've got...

343
00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,000
I feel weight.

344
00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,640
It's gold. Ha! It's gold.

345
00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,680
Look at that.

346
00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:25,040
That's my first bit of gold
up in the High Country.

347
00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:27,600
That's a flat, long piece.

348
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:32,560
Just been smashed and flattened by
all these rocks acting like hammers
over millions of years.

349
00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,320
Woo-hoo!

350
00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:35,960
Gold!

351
00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,800
The 2g nugget is worth $160,

352
00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:45,120
but they'll need to find 13 more
just to cover weekly expenses

353
00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,560
while they wait for the licence
approvals.

354
00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,240
One for the jar.

355
00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,480
I love doing it but, unfortunately,
we need gold to keep our business
alive.

356
00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,680
We just need to keep going until we
get these licences through.

357
00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,760
I'm loving this. Makes it so much
easier than a mini loader.

358
00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,800
It's almost like it's effortless.

359
00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:07,840
At their Ora Banda lease,

360
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,240
Marcus, Linden and Dale are using a
borrowed eight-ton loader

361
00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,680
to scrape off layers
of hard top soil

362
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,640
after their mini loader struggled to
do the job.

363
00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,520
This puts us back in the game.

364
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,840
This loader's gonna go deeper and
it's gonna be able to clear

365
00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,680
a much bigger area in
a shorter amount of time.

366
00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,200
Hey, Old Boy,
how are you doing there, mate?

367
00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,240
This is just like cutting through
butter.

368
00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,280
(BOTH LAUGH)

369
00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:36,160
The team has been granted
to push and detect the ground.

370
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,520
This involves removing
10cm layers of dirt each push,

371
00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,800
allowing the team's metal detectors
to penetrate deeper and deeper

372
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,440
with every pass.

373
00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,800
The deeper that gold is, the better
the chance of striking a big one.

374
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,720
You're doing a good job, Old Boy,
let me know when you're ready.

375
00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,840
I wanna start finding some gold,
man.

376
00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,280
All right, mate, I'm just gonna be
parking it up,

377
00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,320
so, soon as I've done, come in.

378
00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,960
He's borrowed it in good faith,

379
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,400
so we wanna be able to return this
in the condition that we got it.

380
00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,640
My mate's machine, pride and joy.

381
00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,480
Don't wanna damage it. That could
be quite expensive.

382
00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,760
I wanna keep the machine in one
piece.

383
00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,360
Come on, gold, where are you? The
pressure to find gold, it's huge.

384
00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,400
Machines cost daily and we can only
push so much with the money we've
got,

385
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,080
so we need to find gold 24/7 while
we've got that machine out here.

386
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,040
If we don't find anything, we think
we've gone two steps forward,

387
00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:35,080
but we've just taken five back.

388
00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,160
(BUZZING)

389
00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,520
Got a good signal here.

390
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,120
(BUZZING CONTINUES)
Marcus, can you come over here?

391
00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,160
There's something there.

392
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,200
Ooh, that sounds all right. It's
right in the middle there.

393
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,840
It's a bit deep.
I'm starting to dig now.

394
00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,880
We need some gold, man.

395
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,920
Try that.

396
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,600
(BUZZING DROWNS SPEECH)

397
00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,640
(BUZZING CONTINUES)

398
00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,120
Oh! It's in there.
Something here, Dale.

399
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,800
Oh, go away! Where?

400
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,400
That little one. Wahey!

401
00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,440
(LAUGHTER)

402
00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,080
Look at that!
Probably 2g or 3g, eh?

403
00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,440
The nugget could be worth
up to $240

404
00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,040
and indicates there's more in the
same section of ground.

405
00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:27,320
But they'll need at least six more
to cover their weekly costs.

406
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,560
That's it, man. Thanks, Old Boy.

407
00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,520
Well done, mate.
What do you reckon?

408
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,680
I reckon he should get back in his
horse again,

409
00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,800
take it for another walk around the
paddock.

410
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,840
The plan is working, the machine is
working. It's all gravy.

411
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,560
Back into it. Rightio.

412
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,160
(CLICKING)

413
00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,080
What's going on here?

414
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,960
Everything seems to be...normal.

415
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,240
I can see the power coming through
here onboard,

416
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,280
but it's not starting at all.

417
00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:07,960
What's going on?

418
00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:09,640
(CLICKING)

419
00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,680
(GRUNTS)

420
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,240
I've got that voice inside my
head...

421
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,080
..saying, "You know the rules,
you break it, you're paying."

422
00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,680
Hey, Marcus, what's going on?

423
00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,320
She's not starting at the moment.

424
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,440
What do you mean, it's not
starting? I don't know, man.

425
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,520
I'm trying to find out and I'm just
checking to see

426
00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,760
that I haven't broken anything.

427
00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,560
I know he lent it out in good faith
and I told him I'd look after it.

428
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,600
This isn't good.

429
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,680
This ain't good at all.

430
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,560
Bit of slow going at the moment,
can't do too much.

431
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,920
We're literally taking...
centimetres off of the top.

432
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,800
We've been chasing this tunnel that
comes out of the shaft.

433
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,880
But it's got a wall of really hard
rock.

434
00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,920
Come on, baby.

435
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,680
Unfortunately, we haven't hit the
level we've been aiming for yet.

436
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,600
Without any gold either yet, it's
getting a bit frustrating.

437
00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,640
At their remote Kookynie lease,

438
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,480
Gold Timers Rob and Turbo
have risked $1,000

439
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,600
on hiring an excavator for the week.

440
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,640
Just thinking to myself, is this
gamble actually gonna pay off?

441
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,760
Just hoping something's gonna give.

442
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,160
They've called in their mate Big Red
to help expose

443
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,760
the tunnel system dug by miners over
100 years ago.

444
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,600
But this small 5½ ton machine

445
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,360
is struggling with the job.

446
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,240
It's chewing diesel.
Costs us money.

447
00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,360
Every day we don't find gold with
it, where you're thinking,

448
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,400
"Oh! Have we gone bust again?"

449
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,680
There's a lot of pressure. I've had
to spend my reserve money for this
season.

450
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,960
Yeah, we need to find gold and got
to find it quick.

451
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,560
(CLATTERING) Oh!

452
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,200
Did that just go in a hole? Yay!
We're on it!

453
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,960
We've got it!

454
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,800
Yoooo! Yes!

455
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,840
(LAUGHTER) Oh, boys!

456
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,960
I've been waiting to feel
that give, eh!

457
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,720
Awesome. We're in there now, mate.
Woo! Look at that.

458
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,160
We're in there now. We finally
opened up into the shaft now,

459
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,080
now we can get down there,
and have a good look. Woo!

460
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:11,800
Who knows what we're gonna find?

461
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,840
I reckon better you than me. Yeah.

462
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,320
You might get stuck. (LAUGHS)

463
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,560
Just be careful, mate, please.
Yeah.

464
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,680
Let's hope there's no bloody snakes
down here hibernating.

465
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:27,120
During cooler months, snakes can
find their way into old mine shafts

466
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,520
where they can lay in a semi-dormant
state

467
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,760
until warmer temperatures arrive.

468
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,840
Oh, what the hell is this thing?

469
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,280
An old shovel, man. (LAUGHS)

470
00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:38,520
That'll be good for the relic tray,
man.

471
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,560
I'll pass it up. I'll just... Yeah.
Oh. Got it?

472
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,200
Yeah, right.

473
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,520
There's a few other things down
here, eh.

474
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,560
What have you got, mate?

475
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,600
It's a pan! What?

476
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,720
You ready? Yeah, yeah.

477
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,200
(GRUNTS)

478
00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:56,440
Look at that. All the holes punched
in.

479
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,800
They were using that for a sieve.
Definitely.

480
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,840
Oh, my God. What the hell...?

481
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,080
Something's shining at me, boys.

482
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,760
Something shiny? It's a little
medicine bottle.

483
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,600
Oh, yeah?

484
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,600
There's something in there. Have a
look. Oh, be stuffed, mate!

485
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,720
What have you got? Oh, you're
joking!

486
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,960
There's a couple of bits of gold in
here.

487
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,600
There's three or four little pieces
of gold in there.

488
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,920
There's probably nearly 2g there.
Yeah.

489
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,560
Bonus, bro.

490
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,080
Clearly, they were finding gold
down here.

491
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,720
It was a really cool little find.

492
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,480
It was only a couple of pieces. I
wish they'd filled it for us.

493
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,400
I reckon we spread it out. Yeah,
mate. Take it all.

494
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,440
We'll see what we find, eh?

495
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,960
We need a good payday
and we need to get our money back

496
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,760
for hiring the excavator so fingers
crossed there's a couple of ounces.

497
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,880
(BUZZING)

498
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:47,520
There's another target here.

499
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,120
In the remote High Country state of
Victoria,

500
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,440
Brent and Ethan's plans to retrace
Old Timers' mine workings

501
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,400
has paid off with a run of nuggets.
(BUZZING CONTINUES)

502
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,040
Another target here.

503
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,600
The decision to sell
the big licence has put a lot of
pressure on my shoulders.

504
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,720
I've gotta make sure we've still
got gold coming outta the ground.

505
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,360
Doesn't matter where it is.

506
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,000
It's another bit of gold.

507
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,080
Had a few pieces now out of this
little spot.

508
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,440
The pair need at least
$2,000 of gold a week

509
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,320
after Brent recently sold their big
mining licence and mining plant

510
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,160
to secure new gold ground.

511
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,880
Actually, that's not a bad little
bit, that one.

512
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,720
Could be 6g in that one.

513
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,400
It's starting to add up.

514
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,440
Winter's coming in, in the High
Country.

515
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,120
I know I've got limited time, so I
wanna prospect some of the creeks

516
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,560
and hopefully get
some ounces on the scales.

517
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:39,640
Over millions of years, weathering
and gravity forces heavy gold
downwards,

518
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,480
where it's washed into rivers and
creek systems.

519
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,760
There could be a great amount of
gold

520
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,600
in those creeks and it's flowing
through for kilometres.

521
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,560
That's why we wanna search 'em
and try and retrieve

522
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,680
as much gold as we can with the
limited time we have up here.

523
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,480
How you going there, Eth?
I'm doing really well.

524
00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,960
You beauty! How'd you go, mate?
Yeah, good, mate.

525
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,640
Got a few bits. Have a look at that.

526
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,960
Yeah, right. That's not too bad.
Yeah.

527
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,000
That's all right, Eth.

528
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,720
I reckon we head off, mate - Yeah.

529
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,880
..and try and find some gold
in some creeks.

530
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,640
I reckon that'd be good, mate.
All right. Let's go.

531
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,720
Next spot.

532
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,800
This is actually looking
pretty good here, Eth. Yeah.

533
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,520
Right on that bend, mate.
We'll go and look at it. Yeah.

534
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,560
Grab a pan. All right.
I'll grab a shovel.

535
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,200
I love getting into these creeks.

536
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,360
This is where it all started for
me, basically, when I was ten, 11.

537
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,040
We were in the creeks, panning,
basically how they did back in the
day.

538
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,080
You can see that quite clear.

539
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,680
The water's gushing right around
there pretty fast

540
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,040
and it slows down on these inside
edges.

541
00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,400
The inside banks - So, where it
slows down,

542
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,760
that's where the gold will drop out.
Yeah. Got a pan here, eh.

543
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,760
So, to get back up here in the High
Country,

544
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,800
and do that again, it's exciting.

545
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,680
It is enjoyable for me, but we've
gotta be trying to find a buck.

546
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,200
Look at that.
There's a few good colours.

547
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,880
That's actually quite nice.

548
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,640
All right, Ethan. It's good.

549
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,680
I think we might do all right here,
mate.

550
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,040
If we go back, we'll bob this out.

551
00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:13,080
We'll get enough to do a good run.
Yeah.

552
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,680
And then we'll have a good look to
see what we've got.

553
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,240
What we've found so far is really
good gold.

554
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,120
But we're not doing this on a
weekend as a hobby.

555
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,280
We have to find gold for a living.

556
00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,360
It's a hard thing to do.

557
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,800
It's not one thing, it's another.

558
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,840
At their Ora Banda lease,

559
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,880
Marcus, Linden and Dale's mining
operation has stalled.

560
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,640
What's going on, Old Boy? Not
kicking over, man.

561
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,480
At all? Not at all, mate.

562
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,400
The eight ton loader they borrowed
from a mate has shut down.

563
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,320
I'm just trying to check to see if
nothing's been snapped.

564
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,960
Right now, we're losing time. We
know we're on gold ground

565
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,080
and, with this loader
out of action,

566
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:55,920
it's not looking good for us
at all.

567
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,440
Kick it in the guts again.
Just hold on a sec.

568
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,680
I'll try it again in a minute. If
there's no fluid leaking,

569
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,840
just get up there and do it. For
goodness' sake, mate.

570
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,200
It's frustrating as it bloody is
already.

571
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,880
(CLICK) Yeah, you see,
there's plenty of battery.

572
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,920
Still not starting.

573
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,600
What the heck is going on?

574
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,640
Come on!

575
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,480
I feel a bit gutted at the moment.

576
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,000
If something's broke, it could be
very expensive.

577
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,360
I mean, you didn't run it too hard,
did you?

578
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,600
Just detect, all right? Go and find
some gold!

579
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,640
This ain't good.

580
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,320
This ain't good at all.

581
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,360
I've got family that are relying on
me.

582
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,680
Got a new grandson that's coming on
the way,

583
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,720
so it's very important for me to
find as much gold as I can.

584
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,960
If that machine isn't operating,

585
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,280
then we're gonna be stuck in the
red.

586
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,080
We didn't do too well over the last
couple of seasons.

587
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,360
We were prospecting just with our
detectors,

588
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,600
and I don't know if it was really
worth it.

589
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,440
I run my own business. I'm an
agricultural tool operator.

590
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,480
There's a lot of costs involved.

591
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,240
And if I'm out Bush, trying to find
gold and not actually getting any,

592
00:28:56,320 --> 00:29:00,040
that's gotta take its toll on the
business, the business is gonna
suffer.

593
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,920
If we can't push pads, then what
the heck are we doing out here?

594
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,120
(BLEEPING)

595
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,040
Wooo-hoo! There's a speci.

596
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,360
Can just see on the tip here.

597
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,120
A speci, or specimen,

598
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,680
is fragments of gold
encased in rock.

599
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,440
In this case, quartz.

600
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,880
If Marcus can get that machine up
and running,

601
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,920
we should be pushing down here.

602
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,240
Hey, Marcus. Yeah, mate?

603
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,400
You got that machine up and running
yet? Hopefully soon.

604
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,160
Just trying something.

605
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,760
Well, you'd better hurry up, cos I
just found a speci down the creek.

606
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,000
Ooh. Nice size?

607
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,240
Yeah. I don't know how much gold's
in it yet,

608
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,800
but this is where we should be
pushing next, mate.

609
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,240
I'll try and get it done. I want to
hear that motor going, mate.

610
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,480
One thing I did find,
so this little yellow cord here,

611
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,440
that's connected, is a safety
mechanism.

612
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,720
So, as you've got these gears that
are here,

613
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,360
they go up and down, that's your
forward and reverse.

614
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,400
Look like they're level now,

615
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,240
which means it's in neutral.

616
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,080
If this yellow cord comes loose -
I've just tightened it back up -

617
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,720
the machine won't start.

618
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,760
That's like a safety mechanism.

619
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:15,000
So, you don't just drive off
automatically, if somebody's
standing in front of you.

620
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,160
Because it's been so low to the
ground,

621
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,920
there could've been some sticks
that came up and bumped it,

622
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,600
knocked it over to the side.

623
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,040
That's the only thing I haven't
tested just yet.

624
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,520
So I'm hoping, fingers crossed,
that she's gonna kick over.

625
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,560
(GROANS) Right.

626
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,800
(EXHALES SHARPLY) Please, please
work. Please, please.

627
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,840
(ENGINE STARTS)
Ha-ha-ha-ha!

628
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:37,920
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

629
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,200
Hey, do you hear that?

630
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,840
Yeah, I hear it, Old Boy. Woo-hoo!

631
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,280
We're back in business. Yeah, we're
up and running again, man.

632
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,320
Nothing gonna stop me.

633
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,760
Get over here, where I found that
speci, eh?

634
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,880
We'll start fishing there. Yeah.
Making my way there right now.

635
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,920
Got it going! Yes! Woo!

636
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,080
We'll start getting down to
business,

637
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,560
getting dirty,
start flogging some dust.

638
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,200
We worked late into the night last
night.

639
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,920
We've found everything from Old
Timer shovels

640
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,960
and mugs, pans...

641
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,800
Righto, mate, here we go.

642
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,840
We're under the pump here. We've
only got the machine a few days.

643
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,960
We need to make the most of it
while we have it.

644
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,000
At the Gold Timers' Kookynie lease,

645
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,400
Rob and Turbo are working long hours

646
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,720
to dig into an old tunnel system

647
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:30,760
with a 5½ ton excavator operated by
their mate Big Red.

648
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,200
This cost us a bit over 1,000 bucks

649
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,840
plus our diesel,

650
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,160
so we need to make some profit out
of this.

651
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,400
So I'm just getting in here every
five minutes,

652
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,520
detecting, obviously Red's coming
in, taking off a layer at a time.

653
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,960
Hopefully this pays off. We're
bloody working hard for our money.

654
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,000
(BUZZING)

655
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,040
Oh.

656
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,160
(BUZZING) Listen to that!
Gee, that sounds all right, mate.

657
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,920
(BUZZING CONTINUES)
That sounds good, mate.

658
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,440
Oh! Finally. Yes!

659
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,480
Finally! Come on.

660
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,520
(BUZZING) Ooh!

661
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,560
(BUZZING CONTINUES)

662
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,840
I like that sound, man.
It sounds lovely.

663
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,960
In my hand.

664
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,000
Here we go.

665
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:14,880
Gee, that's all right.

666
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,560
That's probably a gram.

667
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,080
The nugget could be worth $80,

668
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:23,680
but it barely makes a dent in the
cost of hiring the excavator.

669
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,160
Get another couple of hundred of
them, we'll be laughing. Yeah.

670
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,880
(BUZZING)

671
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,920
There's another target. Yeah.

672
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,600
Sounds good.
That little split right there.

673
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,120
Oh, yeah, there it is. Got him?
Yeah.

674
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:40,960
Might be a zero point six, mate.

675
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,000
I think we're onto something, boys.

676
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,320
Now that you've found this little
bit here, I might spread it out.

677
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,680
Have a go with two detectors on the
go and see what happens. Sweet.

678
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,120
OK. I'm gonna stay down here
and detect.

679
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,840
Hopefully we pick up more gold.

680
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,160
Hopefully the boys pick up some
gold up there.

681
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,200
Got Robbie to spread out some of
that dirt that came out the hole.

682
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,240
We'll see what we can find.

683
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,480
(BUZZING) Ooh!
Jeez, that sounds all right.

684
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,360
Gets your heart racing, gets your
mind racing.

685
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,400
You never know what you're gonna
pull out.

686
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,440
(BUZZING) No way! (LAUGHS)

687
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,480
Look at that!

688
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,120
That's a nice piece.

689
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,880
I reckon it's gotta be 3g.

690
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,320
The third nugget adds
another $240 to their tally.

691
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,600
That was literally my first walk on
the push.

692
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,000
Look at that. We've got nuggets
coming out left, right and centre.

693
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,520
We're gonna keep spreading out what
we've excavated out

694
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,600
and we can't wait to see what the
weigh-out's gonna produce.

695
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:38,250
2
00:33:38.720 -- 00:33:41.760 align:middle line:90% position:50%
All right, Eth? All set up, mate?
Yeah, it's all good to go.

696
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,280
Now we've established there's gold
in these hills,

697
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,920
the creeks is where we're focusing
attention.

698
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,720
The Poseidon Crew have been forced
into the wet, freezing conditions

699
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,760
of High Country, Victoria,

700
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,480
while they wait for permits to dig
their new Catto's Paddock lease.

701
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,520
Right now, we're in limbo.

702
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,760
I'm feeling the pressure until we
get approvals through to Catto's

703
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,680
to make sure we've got gold
still on the scales.

704
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,720
The pair are working the creek bed,

705
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:10,400
sieving out large rocks, and running
the fine concentrate

706
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,080
through their small,
mobile wash plant.

707
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,120
Take it to the plant, mate.
Yeah, right.

708
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,520
I'll just keep stripping ground
here, all right?

709
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,360
We've got no ground to dig,
we might as well keep doing this.

710
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,400
It's not my choice of things to be
doing,

711
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,120
but cost per ton is right down
there, so we can really try

712
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,200
and make some money out of the
smaller gold that's in these creeks.

713
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,640
I'm just bringing up the buckets of
concentrate.

714
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:34,480
We've sieved out all the bigger
rocks, stones and all that.

715
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,520
We're putting it all into this
bucket

716
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,960
ready to run through what we call
the little plant.

717
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,640
The mobile wash plant, or high
banker,

718
00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:45,080
works by feeding concentrate
into the hopper

719
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:49,600
as water is pumped from the river and
washes it over a series of riffles

720
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:54,360
that catch the heavier gold particles
while the lighter dirt is washed
away.

721
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,160
If you get, you know, 5g or 10g a
day out of this stuff,

722
00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:02,760
with the amount it costs you to get
in here, that's profitable ground.

723
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,720
It is. It's not costing us much to
be here. Exactly.

724
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,600
I've always known fine gold's where
the money's at for me.

725
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,240
I've been running a plant and that's
where I've always made the most
money.

726
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,280
With the operation on hold right
now,

727
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,520
feeling the pressure on me a lot
more, just to provide for my family

728
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,680
to make sure that no-one goes
without.

729
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,720
Get this last little bit out.

730
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,760
Shut her down, mate. We'll have a
look if we've got any gold.

731
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,000
I love my job but you need to find
gold to make a living.

732
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,120
(LAUGHS) Look at that!

733
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,800
There's some chunky little...
Ooh, look at that.

734
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,240
We'll put her in the pan,
and pan her off, eh?

735
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,360
I've gotta keep gold coming
on those scales

736
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,400
so I don't lose Ethan.

737
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,680
I don't wanna lose Ethan because,
mate, he's my right-hand man.

738
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,800
The bloke I trust the most. There's
a bit of pressure on my shoulders

739
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,880
right now to keep it happening.

740
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,240
Actually, that looks pretty good,
mate. Looks good. Look at that.

741
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,960
I'm surprised. Look at that!

742
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,240
It's been a bit of work.
Easily, a ton of dirt we processed.

743
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:02,280
But that's gold. We're cold,
we're wet, but that is gold.

744
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,080
I reckon there's more than 4g, 5g
there, mate.

745
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:11,040
The $370 haul could see them
recover almost $2,500 a day.

746
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:15,000
There literally might be tons of
gold in these creeks yet to be
found, mate.

747
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,560
There could be, we don't know.
I'm pretty...

748
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,560
I'm pretty happy with that. We'll
take this back to camp.

749
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,920
We'll clean it up properly, maybe
put it on the scales. Done.

750
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,400
I'm a happy man, Eth. We're finding
gold.

751
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,040
We've already wasted enough time.
That's it. Keep going.

752
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,400
Glad this machine is up and running
again.

753
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,080
Quite happy it didn't cost any
money.

754
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,120
At their Ora Band lease,

755
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,240
Marcus, Linden and Dale are back
using their borrowed loader

756
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,400
after a faulty safety wire brought
their operation to a standstill.

757
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,920
Getting on the gold is very, very
important.

758
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,760
We need to find as much as we can,
quickly as possible,

759
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,520
because we've gotta pay for the
fuel, every single day.

760
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,640
Pad's nearly done. Might be time
to give it a bit of a detect.

761
00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:06,480
Over the past hour, Marcus has
scraped off another 10cm layer of
dirt

762
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,600
and exposed a fresh pad.

763
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,960
This allows their metal detectors to
find any nuggets

764
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,400
buried deep below the surface.

765
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,120
This machine takes us two steps
forward,

766
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:21,480
but if we don't find any gold out
here, that leaves us in the red.

767
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,840
Hopefully it's gonna yield us some
gold.

768
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,760
(BUZZING)

769
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,680
All the scratching that we've done,
something's gotta pay off, man.

770
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,320
Keep going, Old Boy. I will, mate.

771
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,400
Don't give up, man.

772
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,280
(BUZZING) Hello?

773
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,360
(BUZZING)

774
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,440
Ah! You got something there, mate.

775
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,480
That's a strong sound, man.

776
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,800
Marcus has got a real good signal
here.

777
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,000
(SIGHS) So hopefully there's some
gold.

778
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,080
Today just might be your lucky day.
(GRUNTS)

779
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,160
Come on, Old Boy.

780
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,360
(BUZZING)

781
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,640
Ooh, man. Give me a pick.

782
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:10,880
That's it.

783
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,560
Rightio.

784
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,640
(BUZZING) She's out. Oh-ho!
She's out.

785
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,760
No. (BUZZING)

786
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,440
Hey!

787
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,680
(BUZZING) Right there, right there,
right there, right there!

788
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,360
Oh!

789
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,400
(LAUGHTER)

790
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,440
Oh, look at that thing, man.

791
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:37,440
Wooo! Oh! That's a beauty.

792
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,760
That! No wonder she was screaming.

793
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,200
The nugget could be worth $1200.

794
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,760
Looks like this pushing pads is
paying off. What do you reckon?

795
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,800
That's it, man. Let's go, people.

796
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,480
Overall, it's been
a pretty good day for us

797
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,200
and we've still got a lot more to
cover on this pad.

798
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,400
Let's have a weigh-up. I think
it's been a pretty good week.

799
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,200
The Gold Timers and Big Red

800
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,680
have spent the week excavating
an old mine shaft system

801
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,440
on their Kookynie lease.

802
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,720
We've definitely found a bit of
gold, boys.

803
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,520
Oh, look at that, mate! That's what
we're here for, boys.

804
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,600
All right. Come on.

805
00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:16,360
0.1.

806
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,400
0.2.

807
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,240
Three. That's a big pile.

808
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,280
Oh, look at that!

809
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,040
(LAUGHS)

810
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,800
2.02, mate.

811
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,760
Oh, mate! What a week there!

812
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,400
That is bloody great.
That is bloody good, mate.

813
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,680
At just over $5,000,

814
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,800
the haul easily covers
their excavator hire costs

815
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,560
and fuel for the week.

816
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,800
The gamble we took spending that
money on the excavator has off.

817
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,040
(LAUGHS) Man, thanks heaps for your
help.

818
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,080
No worries, boys. Happy to help.

819
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,640
We need to take this fella to the
pub. Mate, I've earned a couple.

820
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:52,840
Man, I reckon. (LAUGHS)
Nearest pub, mate, on us.

821
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,600
It's good. It's given us
a good cash injection,

822
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,240
um, we've covered all our costs,
we've made a little bit of money.

823
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,280
It's probably the best start to a
season we've had. Let's go.

824
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,000
Off to the pub. Let's go. Woo!

825
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:08,720
Come on, bring it in.

826
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,120
Marcus, Linden and Dale have come to
the end of a long, challenging week.

827
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,800
What a week, people.

828
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,640
Certainly is, man, having that new
loader.

829
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:19,480
Been able to push a lot quicker.

830
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,920
Yeah, but, uh, let's see
if it's all paid off, eh?

831
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,760
That's it. Don't forget those.

832
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,680
Yeah, those two specis. Ooh.

833
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,880
Those two specis,
I reckon there's roughly 5g,

834
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,480
or about 400 bucks' worth.
This one especially.

835
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,760
That's got some good ones in there.
Sounds good. What else have we got?

836
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:37,480
We got this.

837
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,400
(RATTLING)

838
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,280
Ooh, rattle, rattle, rattle.

839
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,440
Rightio, guys.

840
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,480
That sounds awesome.

841
00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:51,000
Ooh! Oh!

842
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,040
29.6.

843
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,400
Oh-oh! Don't forget these.

844
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,920
Oh, yeah. There's about 5g in that.

845
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,160
That takes us over. That takes you
over an ounce, guys. Yeah.

846
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:04,200
(LAUGHS) Yeah, that's really good.

847
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,240
Come here. Come on.

848
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,640
(LAUGHTER) Well done, everyone.
Well done. We've done well.

849
00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:13,440
The trio have bagged
just over $2,700,

850
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:17,320
covering fuel and expenses, while
delivering a healthy profit.

851
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,160
The loader has definitely done
awesome this week,

852
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:22,880
but at some stage,
Dave's gonna want his loader back.

853
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:24,920
So time is off the essence. Yeah.

854
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,360
So, we need to be out here pushing
pads. Exactly.

855
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,200
Making sure that we're covering as
much ground as we can.

856
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,360
Who knows what lies underneath what
we're standing on right now?

857
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,720
That's true. Whoa-ho! Right, back
into it.

858
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,760
Rightio.

859
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,240
I think we've done pretty good so
far, Eth.

860
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,160
The first time up in the High
Country.

861
00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:50,320
We've had a good look. I know it's
been a bit cold, wet and miserable
at times,

862
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,680
but you know what? This is just
like the Old Boys used to do it.

863
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:57,320
It is, mate. I reckon we've done
all right. I reckon we've done well.

864
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,800
So... How did we go? Let's see what
we've got, mate.

865
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,800
That comes to 0.33, Eth.

866
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,480
That's not too bad.

867
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,480
I know we did hard yards to get it,

868
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,320
but you know what?
That's not too bad going.

869
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,720
All right, mate,
this is the nuggets we got.

870
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:21,760
Have a look. That comes now to a
total of 1.18oz.

871
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,800
That's... Not bad.

872
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,080
That's good going, mate.
I'm happy with that.

873
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,120
At just under $3,000,

874
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,760
the pay day has covered their weekly
costs,

875
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,040
and given them a small profit.

876
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:36,080
So what have you got in store
for us next? Well, look, mate,

877
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,960
hopefully we can get approvals
through for Catto's - Yeah.

878
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,800
..sooner rather than later.

879
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,640
But we keep prospecting like this,

880
00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:44,480
one of these prospecting days,

881
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,360
we just might find, you know,
a real good lot of gold. Right.

882
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,640
Seeing that we've worked the creeks
now - Yeah.

883
00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,600
..we know there's gold in the
creeks.

884
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:57,480
I really wanna push up and get into
places where other people fear to
go, mate.

885
00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,000
I reckon we get up into some of
this High Country through here,

886
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,360
it looks pretty steep, it looks
pretty...

887
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,640
It looks maybe pretty hard to get
to.

888
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:07,680
So you wanna push harder, deeper.

889
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,320
Well, we wanna get to areas where
other people don't go.

890
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,080
Right. That's my plan.

891
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,320
All right, mate. We'll do the best
we can.

892
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,520
I've really started to put all eggs
into one basket at Catto's,

893
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:19,960
chasing big nuggets,
it's a dream of mine.

894
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,680
I wanna do it, but
the pressure's on my shoulder.

895
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:24,320
Cos at the end of the day,

896
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,720
I've gotta keep
the gold coming on the scales.

897
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:29,640
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