1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,760 This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,440 Change of plan - Kim's got poachers. I'll get straight down there. 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,560 ..halfway through the season, The Ferals confront a gold thief 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,440 who's raided their lease... 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,040 He's taken it from Bridget and Levi. Got you on camera, mate! 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,760 ..as they battle to hang onto their job. 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,880 Four ounces is really not negotiable, OK? 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,320 If we don't get that 4oz, Kim's going to kick us off the lease. 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,400 Jacqui and Andrew get their big break as professional lease explorers. 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,280 This is what we're chasing. That's lovely, hey? 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,440 Nice, chunky gold. 12 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,200 But a fuel leak stops them reaching their target zone. 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,160 We could have damaged a fuel line. 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:47,320 And The Gold Retrievers head off-road to explore a remote, new lease... 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,200 Urgh! You all right? 16 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,600 ..and discover fresh gold ground that could transform their season. 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,160 Oh, my God. Woo-hoo, that's a nugget! 18 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,000 According to the map, Ben's cut should be a little bit up here. 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,520 He knows where we're supposed to go, he's got all the maps. 20 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,520 I get excited thinking about 21 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:17,040 how many nuggets are waiting for us to come get 'em. 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:18,640 G'day, guys. G'day. 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,200 How are we? Good. This is Jacqui. 24 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,200 Andy. Good to meet you, mate. 25 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,560 We're meeting Ben at Cannibal Creek. 26 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,320 He's going to show us what roads have been opened 27 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,400 and what area to search. 28 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,320 This is what we're finding. That's lovely, hey? 29 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:38,280 This is our first gig as lease explorers, and it's pretty exciting. 30 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,560 We've worked hard to get to this point. 31 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,720 In far north Queensland, on the remote Palmer River Goldfields, 32 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,920 prospecting partners Jacqui Buzetti and Andrew Leahy 33 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,600 have secured their first-ever job as lease explorers 34 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,080 for a local mining company. 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,280 A track runs down past the dam, and puts you into this zone. 36 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,520 Awesome. A fire has blown through from the east, 37 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,200 opened all this country up. 38 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,840 Right. You're really on the cutting edge of finding gold here. 39 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:11,600 These tracks have been closed off for 40 years. 40 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,560 That's good to hear, this is a big opportunity. 41 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,520 We'll record anything we find and bring it back to you. Fantastic. 42 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,160 Get all that information back to the exploration company. 43 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,480 Talk to you soon, see ya. Good luck. 44 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,680 Cannibal Creek has great potential for gold-mining, 45 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,160 they just need someone to compile a report 46 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,320 and let them know where gold areas are. 47 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,200 We'll be going down tracks that maybe haven't been driven for years. 48 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,880 That's why so much gold is left here. 49 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,120 It's hard country - hard on people, hard on machinery. 50 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,840 The mining company is sending the pair on a 30km slog 51 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:49,520 deep into the rainforest 52 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:55,320 to explore a potential lease near an area known as Cannibal Creek. 53 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,520 We get to keep all the gold we find. 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,280 In exchange, we'll keep the GPS coordinates. 55 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,520 They'll know where to kick off when mining starts. 56 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,600 Ben was saying, no prospectors have been here for 40-odd years. 57 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,920 No good detectors have ever been over this ground, then. 58 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,720 Nothing like what we're running today. 59 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,680 This season... (LAUGHS) 60 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,440 Woo, check that out! Nice! 61 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,120 ..Jacqui and Andrew embarked on a month-long quest 62 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,640 to the wild Palmer River Goldfields... 63 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,360 I'm hoping there's gold caught up on these boulders. 64 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,840 ..which ended with their greatest gold haul ever. 65 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:37,120 5.74 ounces of gold, mate. 66 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,160 Nice! That's wicked, that's what we came for. That's the river of gold. 67 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,800 Their success has led a local mining company to give them their big break 68 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,960 as professional lease explorers. 69 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,480 We've got to try and hit the best ground we can real quick. 70 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,960 We're at the halfway mark of our season. 71 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,560 We have to keep working hard to get this gold out of the ground. 72 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,800 We'll have to head south, and have a yield a gold 73 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,200 like the Palmer River has. 74 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,360 We've got to really make it count. 75 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,080 Can you smell that? Smells like diesel. Yeah. 76 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,040 There's definitely something wrong. 77 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,080 Oh, that reeks! Great (!) 78 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,880 A diesel leak somewhere. Wonderful (!) 79 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,640 I don't see how we could damage a fuel line right up in the engine. 80 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,160 It IS dripping. 81 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,880 This is prospecting all over. Yeah. 82 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,520 If it was just a matter of finding gold, everyone would do it. 83 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,680 Seems to be on top of the motor. 84 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,560 We'll get back to camp and check it out then, eh? 85 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,360 It's about 10 Ks back to the station camp. 86 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,160 I really hope the car makes it. 87 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,640 It will take over an hour to nurse the car back to the camp 88 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,360 they set out from. 89 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,920 That diesel reeks, hey? And the one thing we're far away from - fuel. 90 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,640 I know. 91 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,640 We've made it. I'm counting my lucky stars. 92 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,360 How're you going? Good, good. 93 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,360 Good mate, you right? For sure. 94 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,920 Jacqui. How are you? 95 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,400 What's been happening? Chasing gold. What about yourself? 96 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,160 Work, work. 97 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,760 The Western Yalanji Rangers, led by Archie Levers, 98 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:26,040 are based at the station camp. 99 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,320 As the traditional owners of the Palmer River, 100 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:34,200 they protect and manage the land, and are on call for any emergencies. 101 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:38,520 Can you help us out? We've got a fuel leak in the car. OK. 102 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,640 Can you see if you can sort it out? 103 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,280 No worries. Pop the bonnet, and we'll have a look. 104 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,520 This is our first job as lease explorers. 105 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,480 We really need this chance to prove ourselves. 106 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,080 Instead, we're stuck with car troubles. 107 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:58,120 Who knows how long this could take. Doesn't look like an easy fix. 108 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,960 No, not in the middle of nowhere. We'll grab some tools 109 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,000 and see what we can do, eh? No worries. 110 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,800 I don't think we'll get time to set up camp. 111 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,080 I reckon we just get the quaddies off, and just go for it. 112 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,440 I was just thinking that myself, mate, that's a really good idea. 113 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,520 Cool, man. Let's do it, eh? 114 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,320 In Western Australia's central Goldfields, 115 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,040 The Gold Retrievers, Brad McGhie and Chris Smith, 116 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:31,520 are moving 40km north from their current dig site 117 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,920 to the new Nugget Hill lease. 118 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,840 Disappointing, leaving the lease we're on. 119 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,640 We'd just started hitting it. It's hard to walk away from gold, 120 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,920 but sometimes you don't have a choice. 121 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,600 The Devil's Cut is on hold at the moment - 122 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,240 the digger has broken down. 123 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,080 We'd need that excavator to continue that work. 124 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,440 We need to keep going, we don't have time to have a week off. 125 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,000 Last week... 126 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,160 (DETECTOR BLIPS) (LAUGHS) There we go! 127 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:00,720 Awesome! 128 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,920 ..after excavating a gold-rich quartz vein on their Devil's Cut lease... 129 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,040 Keep detecting if you find another one. 130 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,040 ..The Retrievers came through with a bumper haul. 131 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,920 That's wicked, eh? 4.924! 132 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,640 That's good. 133 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,960 Now, at the halfway point of the season, 134 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,760 with their digger out of action, they must find gold elsewhere. 135 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,920 All right, mate, this looks like a good spot to camp. 136 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,760 We'll go from here, eh? Spot on, mate, this looks great. 137 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,160 We're a million miles away from anywhere, so we need to be safe, 138 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,360 make sure we've got our GPSs, safety gear, water. 139 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:43,960 At 2 square kilometres, their lease is unexplored, rough outback terrain 140 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,920 with no tracks. 141 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,040 Good to go. Let's get into it, eh? 142 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,000 We've got the quaddies, that'll help us explore more ground, 143 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,440 get into places we can't get with a car. 144 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,360 I'll get the detectors, and we'll get into it. 145 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,960 As soon as you find something, let me know. 146 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,600 I'll check in every ten minutes anyway. Yeah. 147 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,240 The plan of attack this week - a little bit of exploring, 148 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,760 put detectors across the ground, bring the loader up if it's viable. 149 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,000 Find that for me, Nuts! (DOG BARKS) 150 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,480 What do you reckon - ground here somewhere? 151 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,360 Just looking where the ground changes, the bottom of valleys, 152 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,080 where gold could have rolled down. 153 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,520 This looks pretty good, this'll do me. 154 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,680 We could be one swing away from a massive nugget. 155 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,320 Oh, wow! Check out that quartz below. 156 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,320 I've put my life into this now. 157 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,040 We've got to make it pay a full-time wage. 158 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,400 I want to show the family that this was the right decision. 159 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,680 It'd be nice to find a nugget in amongst this. 160 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,680 Where the veins of quartz pop out of the top of the ground, 161 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,840 hopefully, it's pushed gold up. 162 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:56,000 We need to find something to make it worthwhile keeping this lease. 163 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,760 Not getting any targets at all. 164 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,080 I think it's time to keep going. 165 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,040 We've got a short time to spend on this block, 166 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,560 we've got to make the most of it. 167 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,080 (ENGINE LABOURS, THEN CUTS OUT) 168 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,640 Damn! I will not be defeated on this! 169 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,720 (ENGINE LABOURS) 170 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:26,480 (ENGINE DIES) 171 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,480 This is so embarrassing! 172 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:30,560 I'll never get into this. 173 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,520 Hey, Brad? Brad, you on-channel? 174 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,160 Yeah, got you, mate. 175 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,520 Mate, ah, can you head my way? 176 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,640 I'm down in that big river system, but I can't even get out. 177 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,480 I'll start heading your way. 178 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:49,360 One of the most embarrassing days of my life is having Brad tow me out. 179 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,640 I'm usually the one that does the towing. (WHISTLES) 180 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,240 What are you doing, mate? (LAUGHS) Save it, mate. 181 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,840 Just get me out, I'm over this. Righto. 182 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,640 Having a good mate as a partner up here is very important. 183 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,640 He's like family to me. 184 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,200 Righto! 185 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,760 We have to support each other. We've got each other's back every day. 186 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,720 You look like Colonel Klink in the trenches. Just get on your bike! 187 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,720 Righto, let's give it a go, eh? 188 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,040 You good? Ride out. 189 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,440 (GRUNTS) You all right? 190 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,480 (LAUGHS) Yes! 191 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:33,840 We got you out. We'll have a look around. 192 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,600 Stay a bit closer, I can't trust you near these sort of creeks. 193 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:41,000 All right, follow me back. (LAUGHS) Yeah. 194 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:45,320 We've got each other's backs. We'll make this game work. 195 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,520 Chris got lucky that we got him out. 196 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,600 They're the sort of problems we can run into - stupid, but problems. 197 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:53,440 We haven't found gold yet, 198 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,400 but we'll keep persisting, and surely, we'll be rewarded. 199 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,120 It's just started getting warm, if you haven't noticed, mate (!) 200 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:07,840 We're lucky to have another month before she starts cooking out here. 201 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,960 In remote Western Australia, it's the halfway point of the season 202 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,960 for The Ferals - Ryan Peters, Levi North, 203 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:20,000 and his wife and new team member, Bridget. 204 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,640 It won't be long it'll be up into the high 40s. 205 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,680 We need to find as much gold as we can 206 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,800 before that temperature gets high. 207 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,400 We're halfway through the season, and we're going to go 5.5oz, 208 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,640 that's nowhere near enough. Nothing to brag about. 209 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:38,000 Once the little digger comes back out, we'll go back to The Honey Hole 210 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,680 and open that up. Sounds good, mate. 211 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,840 If we're not producing, we're not a viable operation, 212 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,600 and your uncle will move us on. 213 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:48,240 For The Ferals... Why are we having bad luck? 214 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,160 It's not anybody's fault. ..weeks of poor yields 215 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,080 and rising tensions 216 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:58,160 led to the exit of 30-year mining veteran, Rob Beeton. 217 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,520 I'm hurting inside, but I'm getting out of prospecting. 218 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:06,960 Despite striking a new deal with Levi's uncle, Kim North, 219 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:12,520 to work his 2-square kilometre Honey Hole lease for a 70% cut, 220 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,240 the gold remained light on the scales. 221 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,200 If we don't find gold, that's the end for The Ferals. 222 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:23,480 For Levi and Bridget, there is now even more incentive to hit target. 223 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,720 I'm concerned about having you and the baby out here - 224 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,280 it's getting hot. 225 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,080 We have no choice, Levi. 226 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,120 Levi and I are excited that we're having a baby, 227 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,000 but it does bring extra financial pressure 228 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,320 and has changed things a little bit. 229 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,520 (PHONE ALERT) 230 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,560 That's Kim. "I've been trying to call. 231 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,560 There's been poachers on my lease. Can you check it out?" 232 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,640 Change of plan here. 233 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,320 Kim's sent us a text - he's got poachers. 234 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,000 I'll drop this caravan off, and get down there. 235 00:12:55,080 --> 00:13:01,520 The Honey Hole lease is still a 15km drive away over rough dirt track. 236 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,360 As soon as one person knows, they tell all their mates, 237 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:10,560 and before you know it, you've got half the town digging up your gold. 238 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,640 What these poachers don't understand is that 239 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,440 Kim's got eyes and ears everywhere. 240 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,400 I'm not far from the lease now. 241 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,920 I'm going to back off a bit, set the drone up, and chase him down. 242 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,920 Hopefully, I can sneak up on him. 243 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,320 If Kim has any chance of prosecuting this fella, 244 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,000 I need to get him on video. 245 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:40,120 The maximum fine for illegal prospecting is $150,000, 246 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:46,160 but securing a conviction often depends on photographic evidence. 247 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,640 There he is. 248 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,080 You're doing the wrong thing, aren't ya? 249 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,840 I can see him clearly, I can see him detecting. 250 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,960 I've got to get in tight on him, get a shot of his number plate, 251 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,640 hopefully capture his face. 252 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,400 He's spotted me now! 253 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,800 Yeah, I got you, buddy. 254 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,040 Mate, he's picking up rocks! 255 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,920 I'm a lot higher than he can throw. 256 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,400 Got his licence-plate number, got him in the act. 257 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,400 I don't know where he'll go, there's only one way in and one way out. 258 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:22,320 He's on his way! Good luck - I've got you on camera, mate! 259 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:27,320 What he doesn't realise is, he can lose everything. 260 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:31,160 I'll try and find the track he went in on. Here we go. 261 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,840 Mate, you're kidding me? 262 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,720 This is ridiculous! 263 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,880 That's a deep hole, so that's a decent piece of gold. 264 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,760 He's stealing money off me, off Bridget and Levi. 265 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,960 You put your heart and soul into this, 266 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,240 and it takes one idiot like that to ruin it. 267 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,920 There's that other line done. That's good, mate. 268 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Hopefully, that should get you through, brother. 269 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,200 It's only got to last a week or so. 270 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,440 On the wild Palmer River Goldfields, 271 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:09,720 Jacqui and Andrew have been forced to put their lease exploring on hold 272 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,480 to get a fuel leak fixed. 273 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,800 Once we'd cleaned that diesel away, 274 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,320 we could see the fuel injector wasn't seated properly. 275 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,080 We retightened it, it was good to go. 276 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,560 Too easy. What are friends for? That's it. 277 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:29,480 Especially in the middle of nowhere. That's right. We'll keep rolling. 278 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,760 Have fun, be safe. See you, mate. 279 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,720 Look after that car. I'll try. 280 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,840 Maybe you should let Jacqui drive, eh? Hey, easy! 281 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,400 Yalada! 282 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:44,080 The car trouble has cost the pair four hours of vital detecting 283 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,960 and exploring time. 284 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,440 I thought Andy had just about broken our target for the trip, 285 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,560 but we are still on the road. 286 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:56,800 A nice, big golden nugget would turn this day around, that's for sure. 287 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,080 Hopefully, this gold down here is as good as what they say. Yeah. 288 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:04,560 Righto. 289 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,560 Hell of a mission to get here, and we're half (BLEEP) already. 290 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,960 It's important we get onto gold quickly. 291 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,960 The bills don't stop coming in, the gold can't stop either. 292 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,160 We're not far from where the gold rush started. 293 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,560 Imagine being here 150 years ago. 294 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,840 The lease the pair have been hired to explore 295 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,520 is on ground once at the centre of an 1870s gold rush 296 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,120 that lured thousands of prospectors. 297 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:35,400 I don't know, is there gold left here or just the junk remains? 298 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,640 The old-timers often camped right on the gold, 299 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,360 so there's always a chance we're going to get a heap of junk. 300 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,880 It's never a good sign when targets come out so quick. 301 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,880 Gold is not normally hanging on the surface, but junk will. 302 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,960 Bit of (BLEEP) wire. 303 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:57,120 That's part of the game, is picking up all this junk, of course. 304 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,760 We'll stay on this creek, but we'll move downstream and try again. 305 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,560 The pair are targeting ancient dried-out riverbanks 306 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,320 where gold could have been deposited 307 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,440 when water flowed through here thousands of years ago. 308 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,240 There's the first possible target. 309 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,320 This ground is so rough and compact. 310 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,680 Yes! 311 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,560 Yes! 312 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,480 Oh, for God's sake! 313 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,080 We got gold. 314 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,120 Yoo! (LAUGHS) 315 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,080 Good job, mate, love your work. I love my work too. 316 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,720 I always try and detect creek beds. 317 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,880 If there's gold at the top of the valley, it'll get washed down 318 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:01,840 and get trapped in these pockets. 319 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,880 In remote Western Australia, The Gold Retrievers have moved their search 320 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,840 closer to camp. 321 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,400 This looks as good a place as any. 322 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,640 I'm particularly looking along this tree line, running down this hill. 323 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,960 There's a definite line along what I think is an old creek bed. 324 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,320 If gold has run down the hill, I might find surface nuggets. 325 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,640 The ground looks similar to ground the Normandy nugget was found in. 326 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,280 It was found in a creek bed just like this one. 327 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,360 Anything could happen. 328 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,160 We were fortunate to get access to the Normandy nugget 329 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,720 at the Perth Mint. 330 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,760 There she is, buddy! 331 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,120 Mate, you better find out what 820oz feels like. 332 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,480 Worth over $2 million... 333 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,320 That is so heavy! That is crazy. 334 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,040 ..the Newmont Normandy nugget 335 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:56,200 is one of Australia's largest-ever gold finds. 336 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,520 I want one of these now. Let's get back to work. 337 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,240 Absolutely amazing. 338 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,200 They're still around, the possibility of finding one is there. 339 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,360 Keep putting effort in, I think we'll find one. 340 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,400 How hard could it possibly be? 341 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,960 If we do find any sign of gold, 342 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,720 we'll end up bringing the loader down and clearing a patch 343 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,800 and seeing if there's anything slightly underneath the surface. 344 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,840 We're halfway through our season. 345 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,840 We've got to put it into high gear and start pulling in some nuggets. 346 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,760 It's important that we do well this season. 347 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,320 We've invested a lot of money into this. 348 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,840 We've got bills to pay, same as everyone. 349 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,600 The last thing I want to do is put stress on the family 350 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,080 and potentially lose the house. 351 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,200 Ooh, that sounds like a target. 352 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,480 We are definitely onto something. 353 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,920 That's a sweet sound, that is! 354 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,800 That's a good sign - it's at the bottom of the scoop. 355 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,920 Oh, and there she is there. 356 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,360 (SPITS) 357 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,360 (LAUGHS) That's the money! 358 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,800 That's the sweet sound of gold. 359 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,120 That'll be close to 2g, I think. 360 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,200 The 2g nugget is worth over $160. 361 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,360 Another couple of pieces like this, 362 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,640 it'll be worth bringing the loader in. 363 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:21,840 Every piece of gold we find has just been as exciting as the first. 364 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,920 It's something we've always been passionate about, 365 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,360 but we've got to put food on the table, 366 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,560 so we eat, sleep, and breathe prospecting, at the moment. 367 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,920 Watch it, huh? 368 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000 (DETECTOR OSCILLATES) Is that you? 369 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,960 No, that's a target nuggy! 370 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,560 How exciting is this? 371 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,040 Oh, that's out. 372 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,040 Oh-ho-ho! Please be gold. 373 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,040 Oh, wow! 374 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:59,920 Oh, my God, look at that! 375 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,720 That is a solid piece of gold. 376 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,800 That's a good half ounce! 377 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:10,280 The half-ounce nugget is worth over $1,200. 378 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:13,920 Hey, Brad? Yeah, go ahead. 379 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,280 You might want to make the little journey over here, mate. 380 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,720 Better be worth it. 381 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,520 Hey, mate! What have you found? 382 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,920 (DOG BARKS) What do YOU reckon? 383 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,720 Hopefully, gold. Close. 384 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,280 (LAUGHS) 385 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:31,480 How nice is that?! 386 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,240 Holy crap! Where'd you find that? 387 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:39,360 Right there! And I found the other one over there. Good work, mate! 388 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,360 Next step is to bring the loader down. I think so. 389 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,600 I'll make it back down in the morning. Sounds good, easy. 390 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,800 I'll keeping looking anyway. Well done. Awesome, eh? 391 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,600 Find some more gold. Woo-hoo, yeah, boy! (LAUGHS) 392 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,840 (DETECTOR OSCILLATES) I think this might be a target. 393 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,600 Oh, yeah. 394 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,920 Ooh! Come on. 395 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,720 Over 1,000km north, 396 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,280 where the blistering temperature is 10 degrees hotter, 397 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:14,320 The Ferals are back on their Honey Hole lease 398 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,080 after chasing a poacher away. 399 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,880 The poacher found a patch over there. 400 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,760 We just can't afford to be losing any gold. 401 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:28,240 (LAUGHS) Look at that - nice piece of gold. 402 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,040 I reckon I've got about a 3- or 4-grammer here, mate. 403 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:36,000 You legend, Levi! Good effort, tracking down that poacher, 404 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,240 but let's put that behind us, cos we're back on the gold 405 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,840 and Kim's not far away with the digger. 406 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,400 We've got a couple extra spots here to dig. 407 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,280 Beautiful. It'll be nice to have gold when he turns up, 408 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:49,840 put a smile on his face. 409 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,400 We've got the boss man bringing the digger. 410 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,680 We're going to start really chipping away at that 40oz target. 411 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,960 Afternoon. Afternoon! 412 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,000 How're you going, mate? I'm good. Ryan. 413 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,880 Thanks for bringing the old girl. 414 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,560 The Ferals need Kim's 8-ton excavator 415 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,640 to scrape away layers of dirt 416 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,120 so they can detect deeper-laying gold nuggets. 417 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,480 So, we had an intruder, a parasite on site? We did, mate. 418 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,520 I've got drone footage for you. Oh, good. 419 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,400 Got his licence-plate number, a clear view of his face. 420 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,440 Keep an eye on it. People are coming here badly now. 421 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,440 Yup. Anyway, good luck. 422 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,560 All right? Thanks. 423 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,400 Let's get it unloaded. 424 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,920 We got that digger! 425 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,200 With no door. But that's all right, we got a digger. 426 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,960 I'm not spoiling us any more with good gear. (STARTS ENGINE) 427 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,760 Well, it feels good. 428 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,600 You really need 4oz. 429 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,120 4oz is really not negotiable, right? 430 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,400 As long as we've got 4oz a week, happy days. 431 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,200 I'd like to see lot more. 4oz a week is your minimum... 432 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,440 Minimum 4oz a week? 433 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,120 ..or on the bikes, all right? We're out of here. 434 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,000 4oz a week - Kim's really dropped the bomb on us this time. 435 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,560 If we don't get 4oz a week, 436 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,240 we're not going to make 40oz for the season. 437 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,680 It's the kick up the bum we need. 438 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,480 Yeah, man, yeah. 439 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,680 One day at a time. It'll be sweet. 440 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,160 We've had a disastrous start to the season. 441 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,560 At this point in time, Kim North is our best option. 442 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:32,200 I'll be spending a fair bit of time in the digger, out of the elements, 443 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,560 while the fellas detect. 444 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,560 The ground is hard, I'll see what we can do. 445 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,880 It's only Bridget's second week on the digger. 446 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,680 She'll use the blade at the front to scrape away surface dirt 447 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,520 and spinifex grass to expose virgin ground 448 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,160 for Ryan and Levi to detect. 449 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,760 Woo, dust cloud! 450 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,640 I'm still learning with the digger. I'm giving it my best shot. 451 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,560 With practice, I'll get there. It's definitely warming up. 452 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,880 Creeping up to over 40 degrees. Bridget's a trooper. 453 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,320 It's hard enough being out here, let alone being pregnant. 454 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,080 The little digger is ploughing through. 455 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,440 (DETECTOR OSCILLATES) Got a target. 456 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,040 Hit close, and it's sounding good! 457 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,520 Come on, baby! 458 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,760 Whoa-ho! 459 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,200 She's noisy one. 460 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,320 Woo! 461 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,920 (LAUGHS) There she is! 462 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,560 You little ripper! (LAUGHS) 463 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,920 Man, that's a nice little chunk. 464 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,720 That's got to be at least 3g, I reckon. 465 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,880 Oh, well, better keep moving. 466 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,840 (DOG BARKS) 467 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,240 Hey, Levi and Ryan, I'm worried about 468 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,480 how much oil is coming out of the arm of this digger. 469 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,960 I noticed a bit earlier, but it's just dripping out. 470 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:04,040 Do you guys want to have a look? No worries, we'll be over in a sec. 471 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,120 All right. 472 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,280 It's not looking good. 473 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:13,160 Must be coming out of one of the seals on the ram there. 474 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,400 Not good at all. Is it mainly when you move the boom? 475 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,560 No, it's just a constant drip. I noticed a few bits of oil going down 476 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,400 and looked down again, and... She's leaking! 477 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,520 Yep, out of that top seal for that main ram, I think. 478 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,200 Yeah. It's pouring out, isn't it? Yeah. 479 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:35,000 It'll have to go in and get a new seal kit and everything. Have to go. 480 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,080 It just came back out. 481 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,600 The excavator's boom is controlled by hydraulic pressure. 482 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,320 But extreme temperatures can cause the oil in it to overheat 483 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,000 and damage the seals designed to stop it leaking. 484 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,640 If too much fluid is lost, the pressure drops, 485 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,520 and the boom can no longer be used. 486 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,320 It makes our job harder, without having the bucket work properly. 487 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,800 It's invaluable to be able to scrape the dirt and soften it up 488 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,920 before you push it, but there's no fixing that here. No. 489 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,640 Andy, this is sounding good! 490 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,360 All right. 491 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,320 Still in the scoop. 492 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,640 (DETECTOR OSCILLATES) (LAUGHS) 493 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,120 Yes. Woo! 494 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:31,280 Over 3,000km east, Jacqui and Andrew's first job as lease explorers 495 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:35,000 is finally starting to deliver results. 496 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,080 Andy, the nuggets are growing! 497 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,760 Look! Awesome! Hey, that's not a bad bit. 498 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,440 (LAUGHS) That's a couple of grand. 499 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,280 Yes. They've all come off this bank, have they? 500 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:48,640 Yeah, and just here. Righto. 501 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,000 Across onto this bank as well? Yeah. 502 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,880 All right, let's get some. 503 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,200 Good ground in this part of the world, 504 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,320 gold should come out thick and fast. 505 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:01,560 There was some historic finds, a lot of chunky gold from this area. 506 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,880 What do you reckon? Sounds pretty loud. 507 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,440 I know! Starting to get pretty deep. 508 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,240 Wow. (DETECTOR OSCILLATES) 509 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:16,040 It'd be nice if we could get a bit of gold. 510 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:18,200 Nice to get a decent chunk. 511 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,680 Two little bits doesn't put much coin in the bank. No. 512 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,520 (LAUGHS) Woo! 513 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:30,520 That's a beauty! What do you reckon? Hey. 8g or something. 514 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,240 The 8g nugget is worth just over $600, 515 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,680 and is their biggest find of the week. 516 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,720 That's a nice bit of gold. 517 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,080 If we could get a few of these, I'm not worried about the car. 518 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,680 That's given me more energy. Nice work! 519 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,120 We don't have much time left in the Palmer, 520 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,280 so we have to keep working really hard 521 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,920 to get this gold out of the ground. 522 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,880 That's pretty loud. 523 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,360 Any target that loud is usually junk, 524 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:04,160 but you never know unless you have a look, do you? 525 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,160 What are you digging? Sounds like junk - it's pretty loud. 526 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,560 I hope, for your sake, it's gold, hey, after the day we've had. 527 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,480 Still in the hole too. That's a good sign. 528 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,400 I've got my fingers crossed. 529 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,200 Starting to push down near the clay layer. 530 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,280 It's out now. 531 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,000 Holy... Jacqui! 532 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,520 Check that out! (LAUGHS) Oh, my God! 533 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,480 Look at that! Oh, my God! 534 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:39,400 Oh, my. That's got to be 5oz of gold. Oh, my God! 535 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,280 That's the biggest nugget I've ever found. 536 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,600 Oh, mate! That's pretty much secured our season. 537 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,040 Here. Oh, you legend! (SIGHS) 538 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,240 Oh, my God, whoa! 539 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,400 Yeah. 540 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,040 Get out! Wow! 541 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,440 Look at this! Let's take it to the creek and give it a wash. 542 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,400 Yes. I want to see what's in there. 543 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:08,240 We're going to wash this down! Phew! I can't believe that. 544 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,360 Every prospector dreams of finding big nuggets, 545 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,920 but when it actually happens, it's surreal. 546 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000 Whoa! (LAUGHS) 547 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,800 Well, that was the longest trip ever - 548 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,760 six-hour round trip, very slow going. 549 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,000 Chris is in the loader at the moment, 550 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,960 doing a bit of push where we found those nuggets, 551 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:33,440 but we've still got to find 21oz, so I'll keep detecting, 552 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,760 see if I can find more spots. 553 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:40,120 Using their 10-ton loader, The Gold Retrievers must scrape away 554 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,760 10cm to 15cm layers of dirt to find gold deeper underground. 555 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,680 We're trying to get down to the harder ground below this topsoil, 556 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,560 and see if there's anything at the bottom of that. 557 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,920 There's another signal. 558 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,800 That's unreal. This is a great sign. 559 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,600 There it is. Man! 560 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,680 That means this whole creek could be full of nuggets. 561 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,000 They're not huge, but they can add up to our season total. 562 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,080 I'm over the moon. We don't have a lot of time, 563 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:16,240 the heat is going to start kicking in and get too hot to be out here. 564 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,400 Can you grab my detector and come on down, mate? 565 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,760 We've got a three-row pad to go. Yeah, no worries, mate. 566 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,000 I'm heading your way now. 567 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:30,360 I'm going to detect this one, Brad will do the first one. 568 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,280 We should be good to go. 569 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,600 Show me the colour. 570 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,600 (LAUGHS) That's what we want to find. 571 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,360 100 of those would work out nicely. 572 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,360 To come up and find multiple nuggets is really good 573 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,560 in the short period of time that we've been here. 574 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,480 We're about halfway through. 575 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,440 Hopefully, we'll hit our halfway target soon. 576 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,200 Oh, that's a good signal. 577 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,160 There's a chance it could be rubbish, 578 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,760 but that's a really good signal. 579 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,440 That's a... That's a big noise. 580 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,360 That's a very big signal, that one. 581 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,200 If it is gold, that's going to be a really good piece of gold. 582 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 (LAUGHS) I can see it! 583 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,280 Oh, my God. Woo-hoo! 584 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,600 What's going on? You want to see the size of this one! 585 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,120 Really? Mate, this is a chicken nugget 586 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,040 if ever I saw a chicken nugget. 587 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:37,320 Did you get the motherlode, mate? Check this out. Hoo-hoo-hoo! 588 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,880 That's a nugget? Yeah, baby! 589 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,520 That IS a nugget! What do you reckon that weighs? 590 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,120 Close to an ounce, buddy. That's one of my best finds yet. 591 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,200 The nugget is worth close to $2,500. 592 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,800 If we get nuggets like that, God knows what could be here. 593 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,840 Absolutely. Ideally, we want to get back at Devil's Cut, 594 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,320 but at least we've got somewhere else to push now. 595 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,720 Let's make the most of that. Awesome, let's do it. 596 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,760 Let's keep going. That's so cool. 597 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,680 Well done, brother! Yeah, man! 598 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,760 Let's go and get some more gold. Yeah, boy! Woo-hoo! 599 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,080 Well, I won't use the bucket. 600 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:24,960 That'll make a bit of a difference, but she's leaking out. Yeah. 601 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,560 No fixing that here. What should do we do, 602 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,440 do I keep going but take it easy? 603 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,920 The best thing you can do is keep going, 604 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,920 cos we're not going to find any gold without it. 605 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000 Yeah. That's it. 606 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:42,800 1,000km north, The Ferals' 8-ton digger is leaking hydraulic fluid, 607 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:47,160 putting a halt to their mission to hit this week's 4oz target. 608 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,480 Maybe get a rag around that so it's soaking into the rag. 609 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,600 For the meantime, we'll wrap it up, capture it there. 610 00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:00,280 I'll grab a rag and see how we go, but we've got to do something. 611 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:05,240 The rag will slow the leak and stop abrasive particles of dirt 612 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:09,680 getting into the hydraulic system and damaging it further. 613 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:14,000 Just switch her on, Bridge, and lift the arm right up. 614 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,760 That's so frustrating. 615 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,400 The season is halfway through, we've only got 5.5oz. 616 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:20,960 We've got 34oz to go, 617 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:25,160 and there's no way we'll find it with a machine like that. 618 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:28,400 I think it's kind of stopped. Having the arm right open, 619 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,920 it's relieved a bit of pressure on it. Cool. 620 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,520 Lifting the bucket right up with the ram right open 621 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,080 seems to have stopped that leak a little bit. 622 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:42,200 The machine has just come out, you'd think this stuff would be fixed. 623 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:46,600 We've used it for a day, and that's it. Don't stop for us, digger! 624 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,480 I just got Bridge to lift it right up... Yeah. 625 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,480 ..and open up the ram - it's not leaking any more. 626 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,680 Lovely. I might just tie that around it. 627 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,240 Yeah. 628 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,320 A little rag. 629 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,800 Look at that - just like a Band-Aid. (LAUGHS) 630 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:11,560 I hope your uncle will understand this is nothing we've done. 631 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,120 All right, sweet. I'll just take it easy, 632 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,000 and I'll let you guys know if it keeps leaking. 633 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,520 All right. We'd better get out of the way. (LAUGHS) 634 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,680 The digger is going, but we're having to nurse it through. 635 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,520 It is slowing us down. It would be nice if that was running flat-out. 636 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,680 If we don't get that 4oz, Kim's going to kick us off the lease. 637 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,800 We can push dirt all day long, but it gets really hard. 638 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,040 You want to break it up with the digger bucket, you can get deeper. 639 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,440 It makes our job harder, without having the bucket. 640 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,080 I've cleared a good bit of ground, it's ready to detect. 641 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,960 Ryan, you go for it, I've got plenty of ground here to work. 642 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,040 Thanks, mate. I'll head over there now. 643 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,640 A little something something right here. 644 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,720 I've got a target. 645 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,760 Yeah, still there. 646 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:21,000 All right, Levi's got a target, Ryan's got a target. 647 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,560 Let's hope they've got a bit of size to them. 648 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,400 Far out - it sounds big. 649 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,400 Come on, baby, where are you? 650 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,840 (LAUGHS) Look at that! 651 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:38,760 That's a good 2.5g, maybe 3g if we're lucky. 652 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,280 Gold! It's a beautiful piece. 653 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,800 We're down in that harder layer. 654 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,040 We've got a bit of breeze, which is quite nice, 655 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,080 but the temps are getting up around 40 degrees, 656 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,960 so not only do we need to keep a close eye on Bridget, 657 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,160 we need to keep an eye on ourselves. 658 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,960 Oh, that's out. We've got to isolate it out now, 659 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,440 make it a bit easier to scoop up. 660 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,680 Oh, it's in the scoop, aha! 661 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,360 Those small bits, you get a bit sick of them, 662 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,160 nice to find a bigger piece. 663 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:27,240 Whoa-ho, that is noisy! 664 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,320 Still in the scoop. 665 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,360 Oh, it's in the hand. I can see it too, there it is. 666 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,320 You little ripper. Woo-hoo! (LAUGHS) 667 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,520 We really need to find more like this, some bigger pieces, 668 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,080 if we're going to make this a viable season for us. 669 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,680 Hey, old boy, let's do this weigh-in, eh? 670 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:51,360 Sounds like a plan, buddy. 671 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:56,320 We needed 2oz to pay for the digger. Get it all out, ready, mate. 672 00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,840 After being forced to explore a new lease for the week, 673 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:05,760 The Gold Retrievers are hoping they've found at least 2oz of gold 674 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,680 to cover the cost of repairs on their digger. 675 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,160 What are we thinking, mate? I reckon, 2.8. 676 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:15,000 2.8? I reckon we're over 3. 677 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:18,880 All right, let's see, eh? Let's hope you're right. 678 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,040 There's some good gold there, mate. 679 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,680 (LAUGHS) 680 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,680 That is awesome! 3.2. 681 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,080 That's awesome, man, I'm stoked with that. This'll pay for the digger. 682 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:37,200 We fell down a bit the last few weeks, but we're back on track. 683 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:41,920 We need to have a big week coming up, get some good gold on board. 684 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,840 With enough gold to cover the digger repairs, 685 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:50,560 Brad and Chris can return to their main lease to excavate 686 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,600 and give themselves the best chance of hitting their season target. 687 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,240 Get back to Devil's Cut and hit that hard. 688 00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,400 Yeah, get back on the money. 689 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,960 I was stressing about the digger, 690 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,120 didn't know what repairs would come to. 691 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:09,320 We've got that covered, and we can come back here, it's a great option. 692 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,240 I think we deserve a beer. I think we do. 693 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,000 Here we go. Good onya, mate, cheers! 694 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,280 Well done, man. Nah, I'm happy. Woo-hoo! 695 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,160 I really hope it's enough to keep your uncle happy. 696 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:28,560 We've had to nurse that machine a little bit, but he did say 4oz. 697 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,040 We can only try, and that's what we've done. 698 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:35,920 Hopefully, he's keen to give us another week to prove ourselves. 699 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,400 One way to find out. That's it. 700 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,600 3.16oz. 701 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:50,560 Not quite there. I still think it's a fair effort, 702 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,320 but he's a businessman, he doesn't make money by keeping losses. 703 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,160 The Ferals are almost an ounce short 704 00:39:57,240 --> 00:40:03,480 of their boss, Kim North's, weekly target, set just five days ago. 705 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,960 We'll give Kim a call and let him know how much we got, 706 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:08,520 and see what he has to say. 707 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,400 The ball's in his court. I still think it's a fair effort, 708 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,880 but he's definitely going to move us on. 709 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,760 Three bar. Here we go. (LINE RINGS) 710 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:22,960 Hey. 711 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,480 Good, mate. How're you going? 712 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,400 We just did a weigh-up. 713 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,560 We got 3.16oz. 714 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,040 Not quite, mate. 715 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:49,360 We could definitely find more gold if we didn't have breakdowns. 716 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,800 We were making the most of our time out here. 717 00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:05,720 No worries, mate. 718 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,080 Yeah. All righty. 719 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,280 We won't let you down, mate. 720 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:12,840 Thanks, Kim. 721 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,360 Thanks, buddy. You take care. See ya, mate. 722 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,240 Ooh! (LAUGHS) 723 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,000 I really thought that was borderline then. 724 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,200 He thought about it for a bit too long. 725 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,800 If we got any less gold than what we did, 726 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:31,440 there was a fair chance he would have thrown us off then. Absolutely. 727 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,080 A bit of anxiety, waiting for Kim's response. 728 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,160 It needs to be financially viable for us to continue. 729 00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:40,560 We need to get that 4oz next week. We need to, yeah. 730 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,560 Ah, well. Pack this up and get some more gold. 731 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,640 Pretty damn lucky. 732 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,520 All right, moment of truth. 733 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,400 What do you reckon the big boy weighs? I'm not sure. 734 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,000 What do you think? I'm going to say, 5oz. 735 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:57,800 5oz? Yeah. 736 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:03,160 Over 3,000km east, Jacqui and Andrew are about to weigh in 737 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:07,080 their first gold haul as lease explorers. 738 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,160 Ready? Yeah. 739 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:11,440 Oh, yes! 740 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,760 5.98 - that's pretty wicked. 741 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:18,160 Congratulations! I've never found a nugget that big before. 742 00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,200 That's wicked! Good job, seriously! 743 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,120 Their biggest nugget ever skyrockets their tally 744 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:29,280 to leave them less than $5,000 short of target 745 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,080 with half the season still left. 746 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:34,840 We wanted to prove that we're great explorers. 747 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:38,680 Hopefully, we can keep hitting that chunky gold. 748 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:44,240 Let's put the rest on, and see what we've got for a total. There's more! 749 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,840 Oh, 6.6oz. 750 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:50,440 6.6oz! That's, like, 15 grand's worth of gold. 751 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,960 We're 1oz behind what we found in our entire season last year. 752 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:55,520 That's amazing. 753 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:59,200 We don't have much time left in Palmer, so it's ambitious, 754 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,880 but we're going to go for an extra 15oz. 755 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,000 We've still got half a season, so we're aiming high. 756 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,440 The river of gold - they named it right. You've been good to us. 757 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,960 We've only got one week left, we've got to make it count. 758 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,680 If we're going to get more of these, we'd better make a plan. 759 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,840 Let's do that. Let's do it! 760 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,120 subtitles by Deluxe