1 00:00:02,448 --> 00:00:03,965 Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "PARKER'S TRAIL"... 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,206 WHAT THE IS THAT? 3 00:00:05,241 --> 00:00:07,103 Narrator: ...PARKER SCHNABEL AND HIS TEAM... 4 00:00:07,137 --> 00:00:09,620 WE'RE BASICALLY GOING FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO HELL. 5 00:00:09,655 --> 00:00:13,689 ...ARE IN A GHOST TOWN, KNOWN AS HELL'S CRACK. 6 00:00:13,724 --> 00:00:14,896 THAT'S THE OLD CEMETERY. 7 00:00:14,931 --> 00:00:16,689 Fred: OH, THAT'S CREEPY. 8 00:00:16,724 --> 00:00:18,586 BATTLING EXTREME HEAT... 9 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:21,068 LIKE, I'M USED TO THE HEAT, BUT THIS IS NEXT-LEVEL. 10 00:00:21,103 --> 00:00:23,482 Narrator: ...AND MECHANICAL MELTDOWNS... 11 00:00:23,517 --> 00:00:25,275 BULL. 12 00:00:25,310 --> 00:00:26,379 OH! OH, OH, OH! 13 00:00:26,413 --> 00:00:28,655 Narrator: ...PROSPECTING ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S 14 00:00:28,689 --> 00:00:30,172 RICHEST GOLDFIELDS... 15 00:00:30,206 --> 00:00:32,655 OH! THAT'S A NICE CHUNK. 16 00:00:32,689 --> 00:00:36,517 ...WHERE ONLY THE TOUGHEST SURVIVE. 17 00:00:36,551 --> 00:00:38,137 HOW HAS IT COME TO THIS? 18 00:00:38,172 --> 00:00:41,137 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 19 00:00:41,172 --> 00:00:44,551 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 20 00:00:44,586 --> 00:00:46,068 OH, GREAT. 21 00:00:46,103 --> 00:00:47,275 -WHAT'S THIS? -WHAT? 22 00:00:47,310 --> 00:00:49,758 ROAD ENDS. 23 00:00:49,793 --> 00:00:51,827 GEEZ, THAT'S A LOT OF WATER. 24 00:00:54,034 --> 00:00:57,448 Narrator: TO REACH THEIR TARGET MINE AT OLD HALLS CREEK, 25 00:00:57,482 --> 00:01:00,827 PARKER AND HIS TEAM MUST DRIVE OVER THE IVANHOE CROSSING'S 26 00:01:00,862 --> 00:01:04,551 NARROW 67-YEAR-OLD CAUSEWAY. 27 00:01:04,586 --> 00:01:07,068 Tyler: I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE THIS FULL. 28 00:01:09,275 --> 00:01:12,137 Fred: WELL, OUR TRAILER'S LIKE 1,000 POUNDS. 29 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:15,379 YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A BIT LIGHT GOING ACROSS, ISN'T IT? 30 00:01:15,413 --> 00:01:18,275 FLOWING AT NEARLY A MILLION GALLONS A MINUTE, 31 00:01:18,310 --> 00:01:21,379 THE RIVER COULD SWEEP AWAY THE MINI TROMMEL, 32 00:01:21,413 --> 00:01:25,068 VITAL FOR THEIR PROSPECTING MISSION. 33 00:01:25,103 --> 00:01:27,310 WE'RE GOING TO NEED EYES ON THAT TRAILER 34 00:01:27,344 --> 00:01:28,965 TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT MOVING. 35 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,655 WANT ME TO, LIKE, HANG OFF THE SIDE OF THE CAR? 36 00:01:32,689 --> 00:01:34,241 WOULD YOU? 37 00:01:37,310 --> 00:01:38,793 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO IF IT STARTS MOVING? 38 00:01:38,827 --> 00:01:41,137 WE'RE EITHER GONNA HAVE TO UNHOOK IT OR GO. 39 00:01:43,344 --> 00:01:45,586 DON'T SLAM ON THE BRAKE OR THROTTLE 40 00:01:45,620 --> 00:01:47,068 WITH ME HANGING OFF THE SIDE. 41 00:01:47,103 --> 00:01:48,655 I WON'T. 42 00:01:55,379 --> 00:01:56,689 ALL RIGHT, WE READY? 43 00:01:56,724 --> 00:01:58,344 YEAH, WE'RE READY. 44 00:02:00,689 --> 00:02:04,620 THE TROMMEL'S MADE IT THIS FAR. WE AIN'T LOSING IT NOW. 45 00:02:04,655 --> 00:02:06,206 FAMOUS LAST WORDS. 46 00:02:10,793 --> 00:02:12,862 THAT'S PRETTY GNARLY THERE. 47 00:02:15,827 --> 00:02:17,586 HOLY . 48 00:02:19,310 --> 00:02:22,448 SLOW DOWN, FRED! IT'S, LIKE, ALL THE WAY UP THE TIRES. 49 00:02:22,482 --> 00:02:24,482 RIGHT, FRED, SLOW, SLOW, SLOW. 50 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:28,137 YOU GOT THE WHOLE MOTOR UNDERWATER. 51 00:02:28,172 --> 00:02:29,517 OH, . 52 00:02:31,551 --> 00:02:33,965 WE'RE ALMOST THERE. 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,413 THAT. 54 00:02:35,448 --> 00:02:37,206 HOLY . WHOO! 55 00:02:37,241 --> 00:02:38,896 Tyler: YEAH, GOOD WORK.Danny: GOOD WORK, MATE. 56 00:02:38,931 --> 00:02:40,000 OOH! 57 00:02:40,034 --> 00:02:42,034 YEAH, SHE GOT SOME WATER IN HER. 58 00:02:43,724 --> 00:02:45,275 WE MADE IT, THOUGH. 59 00:02:47,793 --> 00:02:50,103 Danny: THAT'S THE LAST WATER THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE. 60 00:02:50,137 --> 00:02:52,000 YAY, HALLS CREEK, HERE WE COME! 61 00:02:52,034 --> 00:02:54,206 LET'S DO IT. 62 00:02:54,241 --> 00:02:56,689 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ARE 4,000 MILES 63 00:02:56,724 --> 00:03:00,103 INTO THEIR SEARCH FOR GOLD-RICH GROUND IN AUSTRALIA 64 00:03:00,137 --> 00:03:03,310 THAT COULD EXTEND HIS MINING SEASON YEAR-ROUND. 65 00:03:03,344 --> 00:03:06,827 THEY'RE HEADING DEEP INTO THE OUTBACK TO OLD HALLS CREEK, 66 00:03:06,862 --> 00:03:11,793 WHICH HAS PRODUCED NEARLY $400 MILLION OF GOLD SINCE 1885. 67 00:03:15,482 --> 00:03:20,413 SO, TODAY, WE'RE GOING OUT TO SOME LEASES OWNED BY MARTIN. 68 00:03:20,448 --> 00:03:22,310 I KNOW HIM THROUGH A BLOKE CALLED STEVE. 69 00:03:22,344 --> 00:03:24,586 STEVE SAID HE'S PRETTY KEEN ON SELLING AND GETTING OUT. 70 00:03:24,620 --> 00:03:25,931 WELL, THAT'S COOL. 71 00:03:25,965 --> 00:03:27,689 THAT'S NICE TO BE GOING TO SEE SOMEONE 72 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:30,172 THAT'S DEFINITELY GOT AN OFFER ON THE TABLE, I SUPPOSE. 73 00:03:30,206 --> 00:03:32,379 YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. 74 00:03:32,413 --> 00:03:33,551 GOOD TO KNOW. 75 00:03:33,586 --> 00:03:35,551 THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST GOLD RUSH 76 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:38,379 OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WAS -- RIGHT HERE. 77 00:03:38,413 --> 00:03:39,862 WELL THAT'S COOL. 78 00:03:39,896 --> 00:03:44,586 YEAH. A GUY IN 1885 FOUND A KILO NUGGET ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 79 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:46,655 -GREAT DAY TO FIND IT. -MERRY CHRISTMAS. 80 00:03:46,689 --> 00:03:48,448 THERE'S SO MUCH GOLD HERE. 81 00:03:48,482 --> 00:03:52,206 THERE'S A MASSIVE MINE ABOUT 50 Ks OUT IN THAT DIRECTION 82 00:03:52,241 --> 00:03:55,310 THAT PRODUCES 55,000 OUNCES A YEAR. 83 00:03:55,344 --> 00:03:56,758 THIS DIRECTION WE'RE DRIVING? 84 00:03:56,793 --> 00:03:58,931 YEAH. 85 00:03:58,965 --> 00:04:02,137 Narrator: AFTER THE FIRST GOLD STRIKE IN 1885, 86 00:04:02,172 --> 00:04:06,586 OVER 15,000 PEOPLE RUSHED TO OLD HALLS CREEK. 87 00:04:06,620 --> 00:04:09,862 MOST WERE ILL-PREPARED FOR THE HARSH CONDITIONS 88 00:04:09,896 --> 00:04:11,689 AND SCORCHING TEMPERATURES, 89 00:04:11,724 --> 00:04:15,517 AND MANY DIED OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND THIRST. 90 00:04:15,551 --> 00:04:17,344 ONLY THE TOUGHEST SURVIVED, 91 00:04:17,379 --> 00:04:21,275 AND IN JUST THREE MONTHS, THE GOLD RUSH WAS OVER. 92 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:27,034 Fred: IS THIS IT?YEAH, THIS IS IT. 93 00:04:27,068 --> 00:04:30,758 WHAT'S IT SAY? "LODGE OLD TOWN." 94 00:04:30,793 --> 00:04:36,206 ALL THAT REMAINS OF OLD HALLS CREEK ARE A FEW RUINS 95 00:04:36,241 --> 00:04:40,551 AND A CEMETERY ESTABLISHED IN THE 1885 RUSH. 96 00:04:40,586 --> 00:04:42,551 OH, MAN. 97 00:04:42,586 --> 00:04:44,172 OH, THAT'S CREEPY. 98 00:04:50,965 --> 00:04:53,241 WHAT DO YOU RECKON, PARKER? 99 00:04:53,275 --> 00:04:55,413 ROCK AND ROLL. 100 00:04:55,448 --> 00:04:58,620 OH, IT'S SO HOT. 101 00:04:58,655 --> 00:04:59,896 HOW'S IT GOING? I'M PARKER. 102 00:04:59,931 --> 00:05:01,620 YEP, MARTIN. 103 00:05:01,655 --> 00:05:03,413 STEVE.YOUNG BLOKE ADI. 104 00:05:03,448 --> 00:05:04,448 I'M ADI.Parker: NICE TO MEET YA. 105 00:05:04,482 --> 00:05:05,620 PLEASURE TO MEET YA. 106 00:05:05,655 --> 00:05:06,931 FRED.HOW'S IT GOIN'? 107 00:05:06,965 --> 00:05:08,344 -HI. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. -YEAH, HOW ARE YOU? 108 00:05:08,379 --> 00:05:09,586 GOOD, BABE, GOOD. YOU? 109 00:05:09,620 --> 00:05:11,413 OH, YEAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 110 00:05:11,448 --> 00:05:13,379 Martin: NICE AND COOL TODAY. 111 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,241 IS THIS NICE AND COOL? YEAH. 112 00:05:17,413 --> 00:05:19,620 Tyler: HAVE YOU DONE MUCH MINING LATELY ON THESE LEASES? 113 00:05:19,655 --> 00:05:23,344 NO. NO. NO WATER. 114 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:25,241 BIT OF A SHORTAGE OF WATER FOR A FEW YEARS. 115 00:05:25,275 --> 00:05:29,448 IT SORT OF SLOWED THINGS DOWN, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE TREES. 116 00:05:29,482 --> 00:05:31,448 Parker: HOW MANY HECTORS DO YOU HAVE FOR SALE? 117 00:05:31,482 --> 00:05:34,344 AROUND ABOUT 160. 118 00:05:34,379 --> 00:05:37,517 AND WHAT KIND OF PRICE ARE YOU WANTING TO GET FOR IT? 119 00:05:37,551 --> 00:05:41,448 FOR THE WHOLE ISSUE, AROUND ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. 120 00:05:41,482 --> 00:05:43,413 $1.2 MILLION AUSTRALIAN? 121 00:05:43,448 --> 00:05:45,517 YEAH. 122 00:05:45,551 --> 00:05:48,724 GET ME INTO RETIREMENT MODE. 123 00:05:48,758 --> 00:05:50,586 HE'S ALREADY THERE. 124 00:05:53,862 --> 00:05:55,034 SO, CAN YOU SHOW US AROUND? 125 00:05:55,068 --> 00:05:58,068 YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY. 126 00:05:58,103 --> 00:06:00,413 Tyler: SO, I MET STEVE WHEN I WAS UP HERE DETECTING. 127 00:06:00,448 --> 00:06:02,206 HE'S A GOOD BLOKE, AND HE'S ACTUALLY BEST FRIENDS 128 00:06:02,241 --> 00:06:05,448 WITH MARTIN, AND MARTIN'S HAD MOST OF THE GOLD-MINING LEASES 129 00:06:05,482 --> 00:06:08,000 TIED UP IN HALLS CREEK FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 130 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:09,862 SO THE FACT HE IS WILLING TO SELL 131 00:06:09,896 --> 00:06:12,793 AND WE'LL BE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO GIVE IT A GOOD GO 132 00:06:12,827 --> 00:06:14,310 IS REALLY EXCITING. 133 00:06:14,344 --> 00:06:16,586 IF THERE'S GOOD GOLD HERE, THEN THE PRICE WILL BE WORTH IT. 134 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:18,586 Martin: SO, I BUILT THE WHOLE LOT OF THE TEST PLANT ON HERE. 135 00:06:18,620 --> 00:06:21,827 IT'S GOT ITS OWN GENERATOR. 136 00:06:21,862 --> 00:06:25,000 THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALL MADE OF SCRAPS. 137 00:06:25,034 --> 00:06:26,931 IT'S LIKE MY GRANDPA'S WASH PLANT. 138 00:06:26,965 --> 00:06:28,172 SAME THING. 139 00:06:28,206 --> 00:06:31,931 YEAH. SOMETIMES YOU GET 5 OUNCES, 10 OUNCES. 140 00:06:31,965 --> 00:06:33,482 BUT SHE WAS DOING GOOD. 141 00:06:33,517 --> 00:06:35,379 WHAT WERE YOU FEEDING THAT WITH? 142 00:06:35,413 --> 00:06:37,965 TESTED UP 5 MILLION TONS GOING A THIRD OF A GRAM, 143 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,517 WHICH WORKED OUT QUITE A FEW DOLLARS IN MONEY. 144 00:06:40,551 --> 00:06:44,137 RIGHT.AND IT WAS VERY EASY MINING. 145 00:06:44,172 --> 00:06:49,000 THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST ANOTHER 65,000 OUNCES LEFT, 146 00:06:49,034 --> 00:06:50,517 BUT I'M 73. 147 00:06:50,551 --> 00:06:53,517 PARKER IS AT THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE. 148 00:06:53,551 --> 00:06:56,103 HE'S GOT THE ENERGY. 149 00:06:56,137 --> 00:06:59,172 HIS TESTS SHOW 1/3 OF A GRAM A TON, 150 00:06:59,206 --> 00:07:02,758 WHICH IS LIKE AN OUNCE PER 20 OR 30 YARDS, 151 00:07:02,793 --> 00:07:04,137 WHICH IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD, RIGHT? 152 00:07:04,172 --> 00:07:05,379 WE'RE DOING ENOUGH FOR 100 YARDS. 153 00:07:05,413 --> 00:07:07,275 THREE TIMES BETTER THAN KLONDIKE. 154 00:07:07,310 --> 00:07:11,241 YEAH, THREE TO FIVE TIMES BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE MINING. 155 00:07:11,275 --> 00:07:13,310 LACK OF WATER IS A PROBLEM. 156 00:07:13,344 --> 00:07:16,517 THIS WEEK, WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT ENOUGH TO SAY, "OKAY, 157 00:07:16,551 --> 00:07:19,758 DO WE TAKE IT THE NEXT STEP?" 158 00:07:19,793 --> 00:07:22,137 Narrator: MARTIN BELIEVES HIS CLAIM HOLDS 159 00:07:22,172 --> 00:07:25,413 OVER $100 MILLION OF GOLD. 160 00:07:25,448 --> 00:07:27,310 AT NEARLY 400 ACRES, 161 00:07:27,344 --> 00:07:31,137 IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF 300 FOOTBALL FIELDS. 162 00:07:31,172 --> 00:07:34,172 MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, AN ANCIENT RIVER RAN THROUGH 163 00:07:34,206 --> 00:07:38,103 THE CLAIM, CARRYING DEPOSITS OF FINE GOLD AND NUGGETS, 164 00:07:38,137 --> 00:07:41,620 MUCH LIKE THE GROUND PARKER MINES IN THE YUKON. 165 00:07:41,655 --> 00:07:44,241 THE SITE INCLUDES THE OLD TOWN LODGE 166 00:07:44,275 --> 00:07:45,724 AND JUBILEE LEASE, 167 00:07:45,758 --> 00:07:49,241 WHICH PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT GOLD IN THE 1890s. 168 00:07:52,551 --> 00:07:57,724 Parker: IT'S JUST, LIKE, A VERY BONY SHALE. 169 00:07:57,758 --> 00:08:01,689 GOOD GOLD-CATCHER STUFF. IT'S LIKE A SLUICE BOX. 170 00:08:01,724 --> 00:08:04,275 SO, CAN WE BRING THAT DOZER UP AND DO SOME TESTING HERE? 171 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:05,551 Martin: YEP. 172 00:08:05,586 --> 00:08:07,137 Parker: SO, I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD GET FRED AND TYLER 173 00:08:07,172 --> 00:08:10,103 GOING ON THE TROMMEL, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE DEAD. 174 00:08:10,137 --> 00:08:13,068 FRED DECIDED TO DRIVE THROUGH A RIVER WITH IT. 175 00:08:13,103 --> 00:08:14,517 Fred: HOW DID I GET BLAMED FOR THAT? 176 00:08:14,551 --> 00:08:16,379 WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT -- IVANHOE CROSSING? 177 00:08:16,413 --> 00:08:19,310 WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING IN THERE? 178 00:08:20,827 --> 00:08:22,758 THERE'S SOME BIG BLOODY CROCODILES 179 00:08:22,793 --> 00:08:24,586 JUST SITTING AT THE BOTTOM, WAITING FOR THE BARRIER 180 00:08:24,620 --> 00:08:26,793 TO COME OVER -- GULP AND THEN GONE. 181 00:08:31,103 --> 00:08:32,965 RIGHT THERE.THAT WASN'T TOO BAD. 182 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,620 YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE GOOD. 183 00:08:34,655 --> 00:08:36,310 Narrator: FRED AND TYLER GET TO WORK 184 00:08:36,344 --> 00:08:38,862 SETTING UP THE TEST TROMMEL. 185 00:08:38,896 --> 00:08:41,724 ANYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS THING? 186 00:08:41,758 --> 00:08:44,000 Narrator: PARKER PREPARES TO DRIVE MARTIN'S 187 00:08:44,034 --> 00:08:47,827 60-TON 9L DOZER 2 MILES SOUTHWEST 188 00:08:47,862 --> 00:08:51,103 TO THE JUBILEE LEASE TO DIG PAY DIRT. 189 00:08:51,137 --> 00:08:53,517 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SOME SEAT TIME IN A DOZER, 190 00:08:53,551 --> 00:08:56,551 BUT I FEEL LIKE THE 9Ls -- THEY DIDN'T HAVE A/C, DID THEY? 191 00:08:56,586 --> 00:08:59,862 NO. THE CHAINS AND EVERYTHING ARE PRETTY WELL NEW. 192 00:08:59,896 --> 00:09:02,172 IT TOOK ME FOUR YEARS TO PUT AN ENGINE TOGETHER. 193 00:09:02,206 --> 00:09:03,931 Danny: WOW. LABOR OF LOVE. 194 00:09:03,965 --> 00:09:04,965 YEAH. 195 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,586 MOST PEOPLE HAVE DRINKING HABITS. 196 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:08,482 I GOT A MACHINERY HABIT. 197 00:09:10,793 --> 00:09:12,172 THIS THING'S INSANE. 198 00:09:12,206 --> 00:09:13,620 I MEAN, I'VE RAN A LOT OF DOZERS, 199 00:09:13,655 --> 00:09:15,965 BUT NEVER ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS. 200 00:09:23,793 --> 00:09:26,000 MATE, SHE'S A BEAST. 201 00:09:36,310 --> 00:09:37,896 WICKED! 202 00:09:44,413 --> 00:09:46,862 SO, WE'RE GONNA TEST THE TEST TROMMEL, MAKE SURE IT WORKS. 203 00:09:46,896 --> 00:09:50,000 WE TOOK IT THROUGH A RIVER, AND THE MOTOR WAS SUBMERGED, 204 00:09:50,034 --> 00:09:52,413 SO JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL UP AND RUNNING. 205 00:09:52,448 --> 00:09:54,068 Narrator: PARKER'S TEST TROMMEL, 206 00:09:54,103 --> 00:09:56,034 BOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR TRIP, 207 00:09:56,068 --> 00:09:59,689 IS THE ONLY MACHINE ONSITE THAT CAN TEST IF MARTIN'S GROUND 208 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:04,137 IS AS RICH IN GOLD AS HE CLAIMS. 209 00:10:04,172 --> 00:10:06,551 A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS. 210 00:10:06,586 --> 00:10:08,965 I PUT AN ENGINE TOGETHER IN COLLEGE. 211 00:10:10,482 --> 00:10:11,931 THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT, 212 00:10:11,965 --> 00:10:16,103 BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT. 213 00:10:16,137 --> 00:10:18,827 Fred: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY. 214 00:10:18,862 --> 00:10:20,103 OH, GOSH. 215 00:10:36,896 --> 00:10:39,344 YOU DID CHECK THE OIL ON IT, RIGHT? 216 00:10:39,379 --> 00:10:42,586 MAKE SURE NO WATER WENT INTO IT? 217 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:44,206 WELL, NO. 218 00:10:46,896 --> 00:10:48,517 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE DIPSTICK THERE, 219 00:10:48,551 --> 00:10:51,620 YOU GOT WATER IN THERE WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE CROSSING. 220 00:10:51,655 --> 00:10:54,000 Tyler: SO YOU CAN'T HAVE WATER IN YOUR OIL, CAN -- 221 00:10:54,034 --> 00:10:57,206 NO, YOU CANNOT BECAUSE THIS WILL GO BOOM. 222 00:11:01,517 --> 00:11:03,344 YEAH, THAT SUCKS. 223 00:11:03,379 --> 00:11:06,931 WE KNEW CROSSING THAT RIVER WAS GONNA CAUSE SOME ISSUES. 224 00:11:06,965 --> 00:11:11,275 SO AT THIS POINT THE THING TO DO IS DRAIN THE OIL. 225 00:11:11,310 --> 00:11:14,724 SHOULD PUT NEW OIL IN IT AND THEN WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. 226 00:11:21,862 --> 00:11:25,758 HERE WE GO. SEE IF THERE'S ANY GOLD OUT HERE, 227 00:11:25,793 --> 00:11:27,344 MAD MAX STYLE. 228 00:11:31,379 --> 00:11:36,275 Narrator: AT THE JUBILEE LEASE, PARKER IS USING THE 9L DOZER 229 00:11:36,310 --> 00:11:40,620 TO REMOVE A 6-INCH LAYER OF PAY FROM A 1/2-ACRE TEST AREA. 230 00:11:44,068 --> 00:11:46,413 THE TEAM WILL RUN THE PAY THROUGH THE TROMMEL 231 00:11:46,448 --> 00:11:49,206 TO ASSESS HOW MUCH GOLD IS IN THE GROUND. 232 00:11:51,655 --> 00:11:53,896 LOOK AT IT. IT'S A MONSTER. 233 00:12:06,931 --> 00:12:08,758 WHAT THE WAS THAT? 234 00:12:18,896 --> 00:12:21,620 LOOK AT IT. IT'S A MONSTER. 235 00:12:23,862 --> 00:12:27,206 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL IS PROSPECTING THE JUBILEE LEASE, 236 00:12:27,241 --> 00:12:29,896 A CLAIM FOR SALE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 237 00:12:29,931 --> 00:12:32,931 THAT COULD HOLD $100 MILLION OF GOLD. 238 00:12:39,068 --> 00:12:40,965 WHAT THE WAS THAT? 239 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,931 Narrator: BUT A PROBLEM WITH THE DOZER... 240 00:12:42,965 --> 00:12:45,620 Parker: DANNY! 241 00:12:45,655 --> 00:12:48,862 Danny: OH, YOU ARE ME. 242 00:12:48,896 --> 00:12:52,103 ...STOPS PROSPECTING IN ITS TRACKS. 243 00:12:57,068 --> 00:13:00,068 PAIN IN THE ASS. 244 00:13:00,103 --> 00:13:01,896 Parker: THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE... 245 00:13:01,931 --> 00:13:05,068 Danny: OH, MAN. ...UP THERE. 246 00:13:05,103 --> 00:13:06,724 THAT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. 247 00:13:06,758 --> 00:13:10,137 BLEW THE BLOODY SEAL, MAIN LIFT SEAL. 248 00:13:10,172 --> 00:13:13,103 IT'LL TAKE OVER A WEEK TO GET THE DAMN PARTS, 249 00:13:13,137 --> 00:13:17,551 UNLESS YOU FLY A HELICOPTER UP FROM PERTH. 250 00:13:17,586 --> 00:13:20,758 SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT AROUND? 251 00:13:20,793 --> 00:13:23,965 YEAH, ANOTHER BIG LOADER THAT'S IN WYNDHAM. 252 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,172 IT'S IN WYNDHAM? YEAH. 253 00:13:25,206 --> 00:13:26,586 WHERE'S THAT, 500 CLICKS? 254 00:13:26,620 --> 00:13:28,034 IT'S GONNA TAKE A DAY TO GET DOWN. 255 00:13:28,068 --> 00:13:30,068 WE SHOULD TO HAVE IT DOWN HERE TOMORROW NIGHT. 256 00:13:30,103 --> 00:13:31,586 AWESOME. 257 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:34,068 I'LL HAVE TO ORGANIZE A FLOAT AND EVERYTHING TO PICK IT UP, 258 00:13:34,103 --> 00:13:36,344 AND THAT'LL BE ABOUT 4 GRAND. 259 00:13:36,379 --> 00:13:37,448 GOTCHA. 260 00:13:41,068 --> 00:13:44,586 WELL, THEN... 261 00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:48,068 I'LL PAY IT, BUT LET US KEEP THE FIRST 2 OUNCES WE FIND. 262 00:13:48,103 --> 00:13:49,586 THAT'S 4 GRAND. 263 00:13:51,896 --> 00:13:53,172 YOU GOT IT. 264 00:13:55,586 --> 00:13:57,413 I'M COUNTING ON THIS GROUND BEING GOOD ENOUGH 265 00:13:57,448 --> 00:13:59,827 THAT IT JUSTIFIES BRINGING THIS LOADER IN HERE. 266 00:13:59,862 --> 00:14:01,344 WE'RE GONNA FIND 2 OUNCES OF GOLD? 267 00:14:01,379 --> 00:14:03,379 YOU THINK SO? YEAH. 268 00:14:03,413 --> 00:14:05,000 Parker: WE'VE BEEN IN COUNTRY AWHILE, 269 00:14:05,034 --> 00:14:07,068 AND WE'VE FOUND SOME INTERESTING STUFF, 270 00:14:07,103 --> 00:14:09,482 AND, YOU KNOW, THE EXCITING THING FOR ME 271 00:14:09,517 --> 00:14:12,827 IS THAT THIS PLACE COULD BE EXTREMELY RICH GROUND, 272 00:14:12,862 --> 00:14:18,655 BUT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO TEST IT... 273 00:14:18,689 --> 00:14:21,137 YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT WORTH? 274 00:14:21,172 --> 00:14:23,000 IF THIS GROUND HAS THAT GOOD A HISTORY, 275 00:14:23,034 --> 00:14:27,344 THEN $4,000 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. 276 00:14:27,379 --> 00:14:29,137 HERE, THIS HEAT DOESN'T HELP ANYTHING. 277 00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:32,000 COLD'S PROBABLY A LOT BETTER FOR A MACHINE THAN THIS HEAT. 278 00:14:39,448 --> 00:14:42,448 Fred: I'M GONNA DUMP THIS OLD OIL OUT. 279 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:43,827 YEAH, LOOK AT THAT. 280 00:14:43,862 --> 00:14:46,965 FULL OF WATER. HOLY COW. 281 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,551 Narrator: TYLER, FRED, ADI, AND STEVE ARE ATTEMPTING 282 00:14:50,586 --> 00:14:55,586 TO FIX THE WATERLOGGED ENGINE ON THE SECONDHAND TEST TROMMEL. 283 00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:58,137 NOW WE JUST HAVE TO HOPE THAT PUTTING FRESH FUEL AND FRESH OIL 284 00:14:58,172 --> 00:15:00,137 IN IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. 285 00:15:00,172 --> 00:15:02,965 ALREADY $4,000 IN THE HOLE 286 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 TO TRUCK IN A REPLACEMENT LOADER, 287 00:15:05,034 --> 00:15:08,448 PARKER NEEDS A WORKING TROMMEL TO TEST THE GROUND 288 00:15:08,482 --> 00:15:12,137 AND HAVE ANY CHANCE OF RECOUPING HIS INVESTMENT. 289 00:15:12,172 --> 00:15:16,034 STARTING TO GET HOT, SO LET'S BRING IT THROUGH THIS. 290 00:15:16,068 --> 00:15:17,655 HOPEFULLY WE SAVED. 291 00:15:17,689 --> 00:15:19,896 GOOD JOB, GUYS. 292 00:15:19,931 --> 00:15:22,344 FINGERS CROSSED ON THIS ONE, HUH? 293 00:15:22,379 --> 00:15:24,655 YEAH. PLEASE WORK. 294 00:15:24,689 --> 00:15:25,655 YOU READY? 295 00:15:25,689 --> 00:15:27,275 I'M NERVOUS. 296 00:15:38,137 --> 00:15:39,655 Steve: HELL OF A LOT BETTER NOW. 297 00:15:42,793 --> 00:15:44,137 WHOO! 298 00:15:44,172 --> 00:15:45,413 YOU READY OVER THERE TO TURN THE WATER ON? 299 00:15:45,448 --> 00:15:47,034 DO YOU WANT ME TO TURN IT ON NOW? 300 00:15:47,068 --> 00:15:48,310 YEP. LET HER GO. 301 00:15:48,344 --> 00:15:51,344 Narrator: YEARS OF DROUGHT MEANS THE ONLY WATER AVAILABLE 302 00:15:51,379 --> 00:15:54,793 ON MARTIN'S CLAIM COMES FROM A 60-FOOT DEEP WELL 303 00:15:54,827 --> 00:15:59,862 AT THE OLD TOWN LODGE 2 MILES FROM THE JUBILEE LEASE. 304 00:15:59,896 --> 00:16:01,724 Fred: WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX THIS. 305 00:16:01,758 --> 00:16:04,000 WE'RE MISSING A DIVIDER RIGHT HERE. 306 00:16:04,034 --> 00:16:05,689 THAT'S FALLEN OFF ON OUR TRIP. 307 00:16:08,689 --> 00:16:09,827 HOLD ON. 308 00:16:15,379 --> 00:16:17,965 THAT'S DANGEROUS. EVERYTHING'S GOING WRONG. 309 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,655 THINGS ARE FALLING OFF THAT SHOULDN'T. 310 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:23,275 I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA LAST MUCH LONGER. 311 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:24,862 Steve: CHOKING UP A BIT. 312 00:16:27,724 --> 00:16:29,275 OH! OH, OH, OH! 313 00:16:31,586 --> 00:16:34,068 MIGHT WANT TO STAND BACK. 314 00:16:34,103 --> 00:16:36,206 YOU GUYS, THAT LOOKS LIKE A DEATH TRAP. 315 00:16:36,241 --> 00:16:38,482 I MEAN, THE ENGINE'S SMOKING A LOT. 316 00:16:38,517 --> 00:16:41,448 THROTTLE'S NOT HOLDING. 317 00:16:41,482 --> 00:16:42,827 OH, . 318 00:16:42,862 --> 00:16:43,896 AH, . 319 00:16:43,931 --> 00:16:47,068 I THINK IT MUST HAVE HAD IT. 320 00:16:47,103 --> 00:16:48,931 THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE MOST FRUSTRATED 321 00:16:48,965 --> 00:16:50,793 I'VE BEEN ON THIS ENTIRE TRIP. 322 00:16:50,827 --> 00:16:52,758 THE SLUICE BOX IS FALLING OFF. 323 00:16:52,793 --> 00:16:54,586 THE TOP SHOOTS OUT ROCKS FAST ENOUGH AT YOU 324 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:56,068 TO SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE. 325 00:16:56,103 --> 00:16:58,448 THE CHAINS ARE LOOSE. I COULD GO ON AND ON. 326 00:16:58,482 --> 00:17:00,827 HONEST OPINION, THIS THING'S . 327 00:17:00,862 --> 00:17:02,275 YEAH, THAT'S JUST FRUSTRATING 'CAUSE WE REALLY NEED 328 00:17:02,310 --> 00:17:03,379 TO BE TESTING GROUND. 329 00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:05,000 WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 330 00:17:05,034 --> 00:17:06,413 AND IN THIS COUNTRY, 331 00:17:06,448 --> 00:17:09,068 EVERYTHING'S GOT A BLOODY USE-BY DATE. 332 00:17:09,103 --> 00:17:11,448 WE HERE -- WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, 333 00:17:11,482 --> 00:17:14,793 SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO FROM HERE. 334 00:17:14,827 --> 00:17:16,689 IT'S JUST . 335 00:17:23,793 --> 00:17:24,793 Danny: FRED! 336 00:17:24,827 --> 00:17:25,827 Fred: HEY GUYS. 337 00:17:25,862 --> 00:17:27,862 HOW'S IT GOING?WE GOT SOME PROBLEMS. 338 00:17:27,896 --> 00:17:29,827 I DON'T THINK THESE THINGS ARE MEANT 339 00:17:29,862 --> 00:17:31,931 FOR TRAVELING 4,000 MILES DOWN THE HIGHWAY. 340 00:17:31,965 --> 00:17:33,379 NO. IS THIS SALVAGEABLE? 341 00:17:33,413 --> 00:17:36,137 WE CAN'T JUST GIVE UP. WE NEED THIS TO TEST THE GROUND. 342 00:17:36,172 --> 00:17:38,482 DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY BETTER LUCK? PLEASE? 343 00:17:38,517 --> 00:17:42,206 NO. WE -- WE BROKE THE DOZER. 344 00:17:44,206 --> 00:17:46,103 WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? 345 00:17:46,137 --> 00:17:47,620 I DO HAVE A MATE. HE'S A LOCAL. 346 00:17:47,655 --> 00:17:49,413 IF I COULD GIVE HIM A CALL, HE'D PROBABLY COME AND HELP OUT. 347 00:17:49,448 --> 00:17:50,758 IS HE A WIZARD WITH TOOLS? 348 00:17:50,793 --> 00:17:52,689 -YES. -OH, WELL THERE WE GO. 349 00:17:52,724 --> 00:17:54,413 Danny: IS HE REALLY?NO, HE'S REALLY GOOD. 350 00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:56,034 YEAH, HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. 351 00:17:56,068 --> 00:17:58,310 SO, SHOULD WE JUST SET UP CAMP? 352 00:17:58,344 --> 00:17:59,344 YEAH, WE CAN SET UP CAMP. 353 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:00,551 Tyler: COOL.YEAH? 354 00:18:00,586 --> 00:18:02,344 YEP, LET'S DO IT.LET'S DO IT. 355 00:18:02,379 --> 00:18:03,758 Parker: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, 356 00:18:03,793 --> 00:18:06,551 I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT GENUINE OPPORTUNITIES, 357 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:10,689 AND THINGS LIKE THIS ARE REALLY PUTTING ROADBLOCKS IN OUR WAY. 358 00:18:10,724 --> 00:18:13,103 WE GENUINELY COULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME DIRT MOVED TODAY 359 00:18:13,137 --> 00:18:14,413 AND COULD HAVE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEST IN 360 00:18:14,448 --> 00:18:15,758 IF THE TROMMEL WOULD HAVE WORKED, 361 00:18:15,793 --> 00:18:17,827 AND THEY BOTH THE BED. 362 00:18:17,862 --> 00:18:20,724 AND THAT'S NOT COOL. 363 00:18:22,482 --> 00:18:25,517 HOPEFULLY, GET BACK ON TRACK. 364 00:18:34,344 --> 00:18:36,034 SOMEBODY'S COMING.IS THAT YOUR BUDDY? 365 00:18:36,068 --> 00:18:37,793 Tyler: YEAH, THAT'S DUANE. 366 00:18:37,827 --> 00:18:39,758 HE HASN'T GOT A SPARE TROMMEL, HAS HE? 367 00:18:41,517 --> 00:18:42,620 Tyler: HI, DUANE. 368 00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:43,793 HI, TYLER. HOW YOU DOING, MATE? 369 00:18:43,827 --> 00:18:44,862 I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 370 00:18:44,896 --> 00:18:45,965 PARKER. PLEASED TO MEET YOU, PARKER. 371 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,137 NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO. 372 00:18:47,172 --> 00:18:48,137 -FRED. -FRED? 373 00:18:48,172 --> 00:18:49,620 THIS IS FRED.NICE TO MEET YOU. 374 00:18:49,655 --> 00:18:51,000 OH, WOW.SO IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY? 375 00:18:51,034 --> 00:18:52,137 OH, . 376 00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:53,965 Danny: IT'S BEEN A PRETTY RUBBISH DAY. 377 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,206 SO WE'RE GETTING DESPERATE, THEN? 378 00:18:55,241 --> 00:18:56,310 YEAH, WE ARE. 379 00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:58,206 Fred: WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT DINNER. 380 00:18:58,241 --> 00:19:00,137 ALL RIGHT. I GOT A BIT OF KANGAROO IN THE CAR. 381 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:01,344 FOR REAL?Duane: YEAH. 382 00:19:01,379 --> 00:19:02,724 OH, MATE. KANGAROO FOR DINNER? 383 00:19:02,758 --> 00:19:04,620 YEAH.DO THEY TASTE GOOD? 384 00:19:04,655 --> 00:19:06,758 YEAH, THEY'RE ALL RIGHT, COOKED RIGHT. 385 00:19:06,793 --> 00:19:09,655 THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THOUGH. WE'D GET A REAL MEAL IN US. 386 00:19:09,689 --> 00:19:11,793 THAT MIGHT HELP. 387 00:19:11,827 --> 00:19:15,275 Narrator: AUSTRALIA'S ESTIMATED 50 MILLION KANGAROOS 388 00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:18,862 OUTNUMBER THE POPULATION BY 2 TO 1. 389 00:19:18,896 --> 00:19:21,137 GRUBS UP, GRUBS UP. 390 00:19:21,172 --> 00:19:23,517 CONSUMED BY ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES 391 00:19:23,551 --> 00:19:25,310 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 392 00:19:25,344 --> 00:19:30,275 KANGAROO MEAT IS LEANER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE THAN PORK OR BEEF. 393 00:19:30,310 --> 00:19:32,517 MMM! MMM! 394 00:19:32,551 --> 00:19:34,448 Danny: SUPER GOOD.OH, YEAH. 395 00:19:34,482 --> 00:19:35,655 I'M DOWN WITH THIS. 396 00:19:35,689 --> 00:19:37,275 Duane: YEAH? OH, THAT'S GOOD MATE. 397 00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:40,655 DUANE, YOU TURNED A DAY INTO A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 398 00:19:40,689 --> 00:19:43,517 YEAH. SOME PEOPLE CALL IT HELL'S CRACK. 399 00:19:43,551 --> 00:19:44,689 IS THAT WHAT THIS PLACE IS CALLED? 400 00:19:44,724 --> 00:19:47,137 YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 401 00:19:47,172 --> 00:19:49,413 I'M GONNA CASH IN, AND WE'LL HIT HER TOMORROW. 402 00:19:49,448 --> 00:19:50,827 I'M GONNA BRING THIS TO BED WITH ME. 403 00:19:54,517 --> 00:19:56,482 Tyler: I'M REALLY HAPPY I GOT DUANE OUT HERE, 404 00:19:56,517 --> 00:20:00,000 BUT TODAY WAS HARD. 405 00:20:00,034 --> 00:20:02,758 LIKE, PARKER HAD TO SPEND 4 GRAND TO GET THAT LOADER HERE. 406 00:20:02,793 --> 00:20:06,620 THERE'S 2 OUNCES WE HAVE TO FIND JUST TO COVER COSTS, 407 00:20:06,655 --> 00:20:11,344 LET ALONE FINDING OUT IF THE GROUND'S ACTUALLY VIABLE. 408 00:20:11,379 --> 00:20:12,551 SO YEAH, I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED 409 00:20:12,586 --> 00:20:14,000 ABOUT LETTING PARKER DOWN. 410 00:20:14,034 --> 00:20:15,344 HE OBVIOUSLY WON'T WANT TO WORK WITH ME AGAIN 411 00:20:15,379 --> 00:20:18,000 IF I CAN'T PRODUCE SOME GOOD OPTIONS FOR HIM. 412 00:20:28,862 --> 00:20:30,206 MORNING, FRED. 413 00:20:30,241 --> 00:20:32,931 DOESN'T FEEL LIKE MORNING. IT FEELS LIKE NOON. IT'S SO HOT. 414 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:34,862 HOW'D YOU SLEEP? 415 00:20:34,896 --> 00:20:36,000 IN A POOL OF SWEAT. 416 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:38,275 IT WAS SO HOT. 417 00:20:38,310 --> 00:20:40,482 ONE OF THE ONLY TIMES IT'S QUITE EASY TO GET PARKER UP 418 00:20:40,517 --> 00:20:42,758 'CAUSE HE AIN'T GONNA WANT TO STAY IN THERE FOR MUCH LONGER. 419 00:20:42,793 --> 00:20:43,827 Parker: I HEARD THAT, DAN. 420 00:20:43,862 --> 00:20:46,413 WHAT? 421 00:20:46,448 --> 00:20:49,137 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ARE PROSPECTING ON GROUND 422 00:20:49,172 --> 00:20:53,310 THAT COULD HOLD $100 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD. 423 00:20:53,344 --> 00:20:54,793 BUT WITH A BROKEN TROMMEL 424 00:20:54,827 --> 00:20:57,827 AND A REPLACEMENT LOADER STILL ONE DAY AWAY, 425 00:20:57,862 --> 00:21:01,000 THEY LACK THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO GET THE GOLD. 426 00:21:02,482 --> 00:21:03,896 HERE YOU GO, PARKER. 427 00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:05,344 OH, THANK YOU. 428 00:21:05,379 --> 00:21:08,275 TYLER'S FRIEND AND FELLOW PROSPECTOR DUANE 429 00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:11,965 JOINS THE TEAM TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON TRACK. 430 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,620 SO, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE DAY? 431 00:21:13,655 --> 00:21:15,896 I SUPPOSE A COUPLE OF US SHOULD FIX THE TROMMEL. 432 00:21:15,931 --> 00:21:18,793 YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A KNOCK AT THAT TROMMEL. 433 00:21:18,827 --> 00:21:20,206 I'VE GOT A FEW TOOLS IN ME TOOLBOX. 434 00:21:20,241 --> 00:21:23,517 I CAN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE FRED A HAND IF YOU WANT. 435 00:21:23,551 --> 00:21:25,793 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE AROUND HERE WE CAN DO? 436 00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:27,827 THERE'S A PLACE THAT I'VE BEEN PROSPECTING BEFORE 437 00:21:27,862 --> 00:21:29,689 THAT WE COULD GO HAVE A LOOK AT. 438 00:21:29,724 --> 00:21:30,965 WELL, I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN 439 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,793 WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR MARTIN WITH THE LOADER. 440 00:21:32,827 --> 00:21:35,931 COOL.Fred: DIVIDE AND CONQUER. 441 00:21:35,965 --> 00:21:37,448 Danny: THE MAIN REASON WE'RE HERE IS TO TEST THE GROUND, 442 00:21:37,482 --> 00:21:39,896 AND THE TROMMEL IS INTEGRAL TO THAT, SO... 443 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:42,379 MY OLD MAN WAS A MECHANIC. MY BROTHER'S A MECHANIC. 444 00:21:42,413 --> 00:21:43,827 I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, AS WELL, 445 00:21:43,862 --> 00:21:46,241 AND OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE NOW GOT DUANE. 446 00:21:46,275 --> 00:21:47,724 BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, 447 00:21:47,758 --> 00:21:51,448 I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT. 448 00:21:51,482 --> 00:21:56,068 ALL RIGHT, SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 449 00:21:56,103 --> 00:21:57,689 Danny: IT'S NOT GREAT. 450 00:21:57,724 --> 00:22:00,275 WE HAVEN'T GOT A SPARK PLUG SOCKET, HAVE WE? 451 00:22:00,310 --> 00:22:01,758 YEAH. I'VE GOT A SOCKET. 452 00:22:01,793 --> 00:22:05,241 WICKED. SO, THE OLD SPARK PLUG IS PRETTY GACKED UP. 453 00:22:05,275 --> 00:22:07,482 DUANE'S SORTING THAT OUT.OKAY. 454 00:22:07,517 --> 00:22:11,724 AND THEN I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CLEAN THIS FAT BOY UP. 455 00:22:11,758 --> 00:22:13,862 I'M GONNA START WORKING ON THE SLUICE. 456 00:22:13,896 --> 00:22:15,827 DURING THE TRANSIT, WE LOST THIS DIVIDER. 457 00:22:15,862 --> 00:22:18,000 WHEN THE WATER COMES OUT, IT DIRECTS 458 00:22:18,034 --> 00:22:19,862 THE FLOW EVENLY DOWN HERE. 459 00:22:19,896 --> 00:22:21,172 WITHOUT THAT, WE'RE SCREWED, 460 00:22:21,206 --> 00:22:22,689 SO I NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO GO IN THERE. 461 00:22:22,724 --> 00:22:25,241 I THINK I'VE GOT AN IDEA. 462 00:22:27,275 --> 00:22:30,793 I THINK THIS WILL WORK. 463 00:22:36,517 --> 00:22:38,103 BOOM. 464 00:22:45,931 --> 00:22:49,275 SO, WE ARE GOING TO A REALLY COOL PLACE -- 465 00:22:49,310 --> 00:22:50,931 A NATURAL SPRINGS, LIKE A WATERING HOLE. 466 00:22:50,965 --> 00:22:53,655 AND LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE FOUND GOLD IN IT. 467 00:22:58,655 --> 00:23:00,965 Parker: OH MAN. 468 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,172 IT'S NICE, ISN'T IT? 469 00:23:02,206 --> 00:23:03,310 LOOK AT THIS. 470 00:23:08,379 --> 00:23:10,000 COOL. 471 00:23:10,034 --> 00:23:12,551 Narrator: TYLER AND PARKER ARE AT A NATURAL SPRING 472 00:23:12,586 --> 00:23:15,344 20 MILES SOUTH OF OLD HALLS CREEK. 473 00:23:17,655 --> 00:23:19,931 SO, I'VE FOUND A BIT OF GOLD HERE, ACTUALLY, 474 00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:22,724 IN THE EXACT PLACE WE'RE GONNA GO DETECTING. 475 00:23:22,758 --> 00:23:26,275 THE LOADER LOST 4 GRAND, SO WE REALLY DO NEED SOME GOLD. 476 00:23:26,310 --> 00:23:28,310 HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET SOME GOLD WITH PARKER 477 00:23:28,344 --> 00:23:31,172 AND HE ENJOYS IT, AND, YEAH, WE GET TO SEE THE MORE 478 00:23:31,206 --> 00:23:34,241 PRETTIER SIDE OF HALLS CREEK. 479 00:23:34,275 --> 00:23:38,379 DON'T FALL IN TO YOUR LEFT. THAT'S WHERE THE CROCS ARE. 480 00:23:38,413 --> 00:23:39,620 OH, THERE'S A CROC RIGHT THERE. 481 00:23:39,655 --> 00:23:41,275 OH, MY . I'M KIDDING. 482 00:23:45,896 --> 00:23:48,586 Narrator: BENEATH THIS POOL, HEAT AND PRESSURE FORCE 483 00:23:48,620 --> 00:23:50,724 WATER UP THROUGH GOLD VEINS, 484 00:23:50,758 --> 00:23:53,620 PICKING UP FLAKES WHICH SETTLE IN THE POOL. 485 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,310 OKAY, THAT'S A SIGNAL.WHAT'D YOU FIND? 486 00:24:02,344 --> 00:24:03,827 I HAVE A SIGNAL JUST THERE. 487 00:24:03,862 --> 00:24:05,827 WE MIGHT NEED TO GET INTO THE CREVICES. 488 00:24:13,275 --> 00:24:15,448 FOUND IT? OH, YEAH. 489 00:24:16,758 --> 00:24:21,931 YEAH! WHAT IS IT? OH, WE GOT US SOME BAILING WIRE. 490 00:24:23,724 --> 00:24:26,275 OH, THIS DOES NOT HELP MY CASE. 491 00:24:26,310 --> 00:24:28,827 THE GOLD THAT YOU'D FIND HERE IS ACTUALLY QUITE SMALL, 492 00:24:28,862 --> 00:24:30,758 SO IT'S HARD TO PICK IT UP. 493 00:24:30,793 --> 00:24:33,379 THERE'S A DIFFERENT TECHNIQUE CALLED SNIPING. 494 00:24:33,413 --> 00:24:35,275 COOL. 495 00:24:35,310 --> 00:24:38,448 Narrator: SNIPING IS A FORM OF UNDERWATER MINING 496 00:24:38,482 --> 00:24:41,586 WHERE PROSPECTORS PINPOINT GOLD CAUGHT IN CRACKS 497 00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:43,827 AND CREVICES OF THE BEDROCK. 498 00:24:43,862 --> 00:24:47,931 SO, WHAT YOU'D WANT TO DO -- COME IN ON THIS ANGLE. 499 00:24:47,965 --> 00:24:51,862 SO YOU JUST TRY TO FLUFF ALL THAT DEBRIS OUT THE WAY. 500 00:24:51,896 --> 00:24:54,206 SO YOU'RE JUST GETTING RID OF ALL THE TOP STUFF, 501 00:24:54,241 --> 00:24:57,620 AND THEN WE WOULD SEE THE GOLD PRETTY QUICKLY. 502 00:24:57,655 --> 00:25:00,517 OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THAT. 503 00:25:00,551 --> 00:25:03,448 THAT'S A NUGGET. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. 504 00:25:03,482 --> 00:25:05,965 THAT'S A NICE LITTLE NUGGET. 505 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,931 SO, NOW, GO GET GET THAT LITTLE BOTTLE THING. 506 00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:09,275 WHAT'S THAT? 507 00:25:09,310 --> 00:25:11,379 THIS IS A SNUFF BOTTLE. SO YOU WANT TO DO THIS NOW. 508 00:25:11,413 --> 00:25:12,482 ALL RIGHT. 509 00:25:12,517 --> 00:25:14,034 NOW GO. 510 00:25:14,068 --> 00:25:16,655 WOW. 511 00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:17,827 IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY 512 00:25:17,862 --> 00:25:19,586 NICE-LOOKING LITTLE PIECE OF GOLD. 513 00:25:19,620 --> 00:25:21,137 YEAH. 514 00:25:21,172 --> 00:25:23,206 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT. 515 00:25:23,241 --> 00:25:24,344 YEAH. 516 00:25:24,379 --> 00:25:26,137 FIND 700 MORE OF THOSE, 517 00:25:26,172 --> 00:25:29,034 AND WE MIGHT PAY FOR A LOADER GETTING FROM WYNDHAM TO HERE. 518 00:25:36,482 --> 00:25:38,965 Danny: RIGHT. I'M GONNA SIT THERE, DUANE. 519 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,137 YOU ALRIGHT, FRED? 520 00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:42,689 YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT, JUST HOT. 521 00:25:42,724 --> 00:25:44,137 WHAT DO YOU RECKON, FRED? 522 00:25:44,172 --> 00:25:45,931 LET'S PUT IT IN THERE AND GET THIS THING GOING. 523 00:25:47,310 --> 00:25:52,689 RIGHT. THE LITTLE BABY -- HERE SHE COMES. 524 00:25:52,724 --> 00:25:54,275 Danny: WE'VE TAKEN THE ENGINE OFF, 525 00:25:54,310 --> 00:25:56,275 GIVEN THE ENGINE A BIT OF A CLEANUP. 526 00:25:56,310 --> 00:25:57,896 IT'S GOT COMPRESSION. IT'S GOT SPARK. 527 00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:00,413 FRED'S GOT THE SLUICE LOOKING BRILLIANT. 528 00:26:00,448 --> 00:26:01,620 IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS RUNNING, 529 00:26:01,655 --> 00:26:03,862 WE DON'T TEST THE GROUND, BASICALLY. 530 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:06,206 SO THIS IS IT. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. 531 00:26:06,241 --> 00:26:07,620 ALRIGHT. 532 00:26:07,655 --> 00:26:09,896 SHE IN? SHE'S IN, BOYS. 533 00:26:09,931 --> 00:26:11,586 WHOA, HERE WE GO. 534 00:26:11,620 --> 00:26:14,103 Duane: ONE OF THE TRICKS THE OLD TIMERS USED TO USE -- 535 00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:16,758 JUST GET LITTLE BITS OF LEAD AND PUT IT THROUGH YOUR PLAN, 536 00:26:16,793 --> 00:26:20,068 AND 'CAUSE LEAD'S CLOSE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE GOLD, 537 00:26:20,103 --> 00:26:21,344 YEAH.IF YOU CATCH YOUR LEAD, 538 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:23,275 WELL, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU'RE GONNA CATCH GOLD. 539 00:26:23,310 --> 00:26:25,344 AH, I LIKE THAT. 540 00:26:25,379 --> 00:26:27,344 HAVE YOU GOT ANY LEAD? YEP. 541 00:26:27,379 --> 00:26:30,689 I'M READY TO DO THIS. TURNING THE WATER ON. 542 00:26:30,724 --> 00:26:32,448 YEAH, YEAH, WE GOT PRESSURE. 543 00:26:32,482 --> 00:26:33,965 OH, THAT'S GOOD. 544 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,517 COME ON, BABY. MOMENT OF TRUTH. 545 00:26:39,206 --> 00:26:41,000 SHE'S ALIVE! 546 00:26:45,931 --> 00:26:49,241 Narrator: TO TEST THE TROMMEL, FRED LOADS JUNK DIRT 547 00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:51,965 PEPPERED WITH LEAD SHOT INTO THE HOPPER. 548 00:26:53,689 --> 00:26:55,724 Fred: I THINK I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 549 00:26:55,758 --> 00:26:58,379 I THINK IT LOOKS PRETTY SMOOTH. BUSH FIX WORKING. 550 00:26:58,413 --> 00:27:00,931 Danny: NICE. THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD. 551 00:27:00,965 --> 00:27:04,000 SO, WE GOT AN OPERATING TEST TROMMEL. 552 00:27:04,034 --> 00:27:05,689 OKAY, OKAY. READY? I'LL SHUT THE WATER OFF. 553 00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:07,586 YOU SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. 554 00:27:13,275 --> 00:27:16,758 THERE IT IS. YEP. 555 00:27:16,793 --> 00:27:18,517 HEY, LOOK AT THAT, EVEN CATCH A BIT OF GOLD. 556 00:27:18,551 --> 00:27:20,344 THAT'S NOT GOLD. 557 00:27:20,379 --> 00:27:21,448 IS THAT GOLD? 558 00:27:21,482 --> 00:27:22,620 IS! 559 00:27:22,655 --> 00:27:24,137 THAT'S GOLD! 560 00:27:24,172 --> 00:27:26,068 SHUT UP. 561 00:27:26,103 --> 00:27:29,448 OH, NICE.I'D SAY THAT'S A SUCCESS. 562 00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:31,620 THIS IS LIKE A COLD BEER.YEAH. 563 00:27:31,655 --> 00:27:32,931 IF THIS IS JUST JUNK DIRT, 564 00:27:32,965 --> 00:27:35,379 I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT PAY DIRT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 565 00:27:39,103 --> 00:27:41,103 I DO FEEL A LITTLE BAD THAT THEY WERE BACK HERE, 566 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:44,551 LIKE, SWEATING THEIR ASS OFF WORKING ON THE TROMMEL. 567 00:27:44,586 --> 00:27:46,758 BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THEY GOT THE TROMMEL FIXED. 568 00:27:46,793 --> 00:27:49,862 AND HOPEFULLY, THE TEST TROMMEL CAN STAY RUNNING 569 00:27:49,896 --> 00:27:52,931 AND FIND SOME GOLD AND REALLY GET A GOOD TEST ON THIS GROUND. 570 00:27:52,965 --> 00:27:56,758 SO, WE'VE GOT DUANE HERE. WE'VE GOT TYLER. 571 00:27:56,793 --> 00:27:58,586 IF THE LOADER IS RUNNING GOOD, 572 00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:01,103 I THINK WE COULD COVER A LOT OF GROUND WITH THE DETECTORS 573 00:28:01,137 --> 00:28:03,827 AND HOPEFULLY GET BACK ON TRACK. 574 00:28:11,689 --> 00:28:14,862 WHERE'S OUR LOADER? 575 00:28:14,896 --> 00:28:16,344 Fred: YEAH, THIS SUCKS. 576 00:28:16,379 --> 00:28:19,379 Tyler: YEAH, IT'S GETTING HOT, ISN'T IT? 577 00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:21,896 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ARE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S 578 00:28:21,931 --> 00:28:25,206 OLD HALLS CREEK, PROSPECTING A LEASE FOR SALE 579 00:28:25,241 --> 00:28:28,931 THAT COULD HOLD $100 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD. 580 00:28:30,965 --> 00:28:33,655 AFTER A SERIES OF EQUIPMENT FAILURES, 581 00:28:33,689 --> 00:28:35,724 THEY'RE A DAY BEHIND SCHEDULE. 582 00:28:38,103 --> 00:28:41,068 I SEE IT. I SEE IT. THERE IT IS. 583 00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:48,620 SOUNDS LIKE A TANK. 584 00:28:48,655 --> 00:28:50,310 WE'RE IN BUSINESS. 585 00:28:50,344 --> 00:28:53,241 Narrator: DETERMINED TO TEST THE GROUND, PARKER PAID OUT 586 00:28:53,275 --> 00:28:58,551 $4,000 AUSTRALIAN TO SHIP IN A WORKING LOADER. 587 00:28:58,586 --> 00:29:01,655 YOU GOT HERE.IT EVENTUALLY GOT HERE. 588 00:29:01,689 --> 00:29:03,689 MARTIN, I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD MAKE A COUPLE OF CUTS 589 00:29:03,724 --> 00:29:06,517 FOR DUANE AND TYLER TO START DETECTING 590 00:29:06,551 --> 00:29:10,103 AND BRING A BUCKET TO THE CAMP FOR THE TROMMEL. 591 00:29:10,137 --> 00:29:11,965 NO WORRIES.SWEET. LET'S DO IT. 592 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,034 Fred: YEAH. ALRIGHT. 593 00:29:13,068 --> 00:29:15,620 LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED. 594 00:29:15,655 --> 00:29:18,689 Tyler: SO, WE HAVE FINALLY GOT THE LOADER HERE. 595 00:29:18,724 --> 00:29:20,344 TODAY IS DEFINITELY THE LAST PUSH. 596 00:29:20,379 --> 00:29:21,551 WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 597 00:29:21,586 --> 00:29:22,862 IT'S QUITE CRUCIAL THAT WE GET GOLD 598 00:29:22,896 --> 00:29:26,103 AND EVERYTHING GOES TO PLAN. 599 00:29:26,137 --> 00:29:27,310 HERE WE GO, GUYS. 600 00:29:27,344 --> 00:29:29,758 Fred: YEAH! 601 00:29:29,793 --> 00:29:31,413 THIS IS OUR LUCK CHANGING. 602 00:29:33,655 --> 00:29:36,413 THIS IS IT, FREDDIE BOY. 603 00:29:36,448 --> 00:29:38,000 THANK FOR THAT. 604 00:29:43,068 --> 00:29:44,758 Fred: UH-OH. 605 00:29:47,448 --> 00:29:49,034 COME ON! 606 00:29:54,965 --> 00:29:56,517 PAY DIRT. 607 00:30:03,482 --> 00:30:06,034 UH-OH. . UH-OH. 608 00:30:06,068 --> 00:30:07,620 OH, PARKER. 609 00:30:09,172 --> 00:30:11,379 BULL. 610 00:30:11,413 --> 00:30:13,655 Fred: WHAT'D HE SAY? 611 00:30:14,862 --> 00:30:16,448 Parker: I THINK YOU'VE HAD A BREAKDOWN. 612 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:18,551 I SAW HIM JUST WAVE HIS ARMS. 613 00:30:18,586 --> 00:30:21,655 IT'S SHOOTING OIL OUT. 614 00:30:21,689 --> 00:30:26,344 OH, YOU ARE KIDDING ME. NO. 615 00:30:26,379 --> 00:30:31,206 I DON'T BLOODY BELIEVE IT. WHAT BLOODY ONE WENT THIS TIME? 616 00:30:31,241 --> 00:30:33,827 OH, MY . 617 00:30:33,862 --> 00:30:35,655 . I DON'T BELIEVE IT. 618 00:30:35,689 --> 00:30:37,689 OF COURSE THIS HAPPENS -- WE PAY 4 GRAND TO GET IT HERE, 619 00:30:37,724 --> 00:30:40,344 AND IT BREAKS DOWN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. 620 00:30:40,379 --> 00:30:42,344 Martin: LOOKS LIKE THE STEERING. 621 00:30:42,379 --> 00:30:45,896 Narrator: IN A 1,000 TO 1 SHOT, A SPLINTERED TREE BRANCH 622 00:30:45,931 --> 00:30:50,862 PUNCTURED A HYDRAULIC STEERING HOSE, DISABLING THE LOADER. 623 00:30:50,896 --> 00:30:53,137 Parker: I WOULD SAY THERE'S NOT MUCH LIFE LEFT IN THAT. 624 00:30:53,172 --> 00:30:55,620 Martin: NO. NONE WHATSOEVER. 625 00:30:55,655 --> 00:30:59,620 WELL, I'D STILL LIKE TO GET A TROMMEL TEST DONE. 626 00:30:59,655 --> 00:31:03,241 WE'LL DO THE ACTUAL SHOVELING THE HARD WAY, BY HAND. 627 00:31:03,275 --> 00:31:05,275 I THINK THAT YOU GUYS COULD PROBABLY GO DETECT 628 00:31:05,310 --> 00:31:06,862 WHENEVER YOU CAN FIND. 629 00:31:06,896 --> 00:31:08,931 WE CAN DO THAT, HEY, DUANE?Duane: YEAH. 630 00:31:08,965 --> 00:31:10,689 Parker: WE JUST GOT TO DEAL WITH THE HAND WE'RE DEALT, I GUESS, 631 00:31:10,724 --> 00:31:14,827 AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT. 632 00:31:14,862 --> 00:31:16,413 POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE. 633 00:31:29,068 --> 00:31:32,758 WHY ARE WE HERE? HOW HAS IT COME TO THIS? 634 00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:46,517 PARKER HAD TO SPEND $4,000 TO GET THAT LOADER OUT HERE. 635 00:31:46,551 --> 00:31:51,206 SO IF WE DON'T FIND GOLD HERE, IT'S GONNA TAKE A HIT. 636 00:31:51,241 --> 00:31:53,103 I'VE DRAGGED THEM OUT TO HELL'S CRACK, 637 00:31:53,137 --> 00:31:56,206 AND I'VE PROMISED THAT THERE'S GREAT GROUND OUT HERE. 638 00:31:56,241 --> 00:31:58,827 SO I REALLY CANNOT GO BACK EMPTY-HANDED. 639 00:32:02,413 --> 00:32:04,068 IT'S REALLY HOT. 640 00:32:04,103 --> 00:32:06,896 LIKE, I'M USED TO THE HEAT, BUT THIS IS NEXT-LEVEL. 641 00:32:06,931 --> 00:32:10,655 LIKE, IT'S RADIATING OFF THE GROUND, AND THERE'S NO SHADE. 642 00:32:10,689 --> 00:32:12,448 Tyler: I'M THINKING, LIKE, IF WE TARGET 643 00:32:12,482 --> 00:32:14,310 THE TREE ROOTS AND THE BEDROCK... 644 00:32:14,344 --> 00:32:15,344 Duane: YEP. 645 00:32:15,379 --> 00:32:16,413 ...MAKE SURE THEY'RE DEFINITELY DONE. 646 00:32:16,448 --> 00:32:19,413 YEAH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN. 647 00:32:19,448 --> 00:32:22,551 Narrator: THE LARGEST NUGGET EVER FOUND WITH A METAL DETECTOR 648 00:32:22,586 --> 00:32:25,379 WAS IN AUSTRALIA IN 1980. 649 00:32:25,413 --> 00:32:30,965 WEIGHING OVER 60 POUNDS AND WORTH AN ESTIMATED $1.3 MILLION, 650 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,068 IT WAS JUST 12 INCHES BENEATH THE SURFACE. 651 00:32:35,103 --> 00:32:36,758 Duane: IT HAS MOVED SOME DIRT. 652 00:32:36,793 --> 00:32:38,068 SO IT'S GIVEN US SOME SORT OF CHANCE, 653 00:32:38,103 --> 00:32:40,655 I GUESS, TO FIND SOMETHING. 654 00:32:40,689 --> 00:32:43,896 THAT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD SOUND. IT'S A NICE, LIKE, LOUD BEEP. 655 00:32:43,931 --> 00:32:47,896 SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A BAD SIZE. 656 00:32:47,931 --> 00:32:49,344 HEY, TYLER! 657 00:32:49,379 --> 00:32:51,310 LOOK AT THAT. 658 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:52,689 Tyler: YAY! 659 00:32:52,724 --> 00:32:54,137 IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ROCK WITH IT, BUT THAT'S STILL -- 660 00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:55,586 THAT'S A NICE, WEIGHTY PIECE. 661 00:32:55,620 --> 00:32:57,931 YEAH! GOOD JOB! 662 00:32:57,965 --> 00:33:00,310 OH, MY . THAT IS SUCH A RELIEF! 663 00:33:00,344 --> 00:33:01,931 I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. 664 00:33:01,965 --> 00:33:05,275 Narrator: THIS NUGGET WEIGHS IN AT NEARLY 1/4 OUNCE, 665 00:33:05,310 --> 00:33:07,724 WORTH OVER $300. 666 00:33:07,758 --> 00:33:09,413 Duane: IF WE CAN FIND ANOTHER 12 OF THEM, 667 00:33:09,448 --> 00:33:11,586 WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE LOADER. 668 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:13,103 Duane: NO PRESSURE NOW, TY! 669 00:33:13,137 --> 00:33:16,034 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME, DUANE? YOU'VE UPPED THE ANTE. 670 00:33:16,068 --> 00:33:18,758 AT LEAST WE KNOW THERE'S GOLD HERE. THAT'S ONE POSITIVE. 671 00:33:18,793 --> 00:33:20,344 THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. 672 00:33:24,413 --> 00:33:28,689 OH. THAT'S GOOD. 673 00:33:28,724 --> 00:33:31,034 WE TURN THE WATER ON AND DO IT? 674 00:33:31,068 --> 00:33:32,758 YEAH. IT'S COMING. 675 00:33:32,793 --> 00:33:35,793 Fred: YEP. 676 00:33:35,827 --> 00:33:37,482 Narrator: PARKER FIRES UP THE TROMMEL 677 00:33:37,517 --> 00:33:40,586 TO TEST HIS SAMPLE YARD OF DIRT FOR GOLD. 678 00:33:42,448 --> 00:33:44,137 LAST CHANCE SALOON. 679 00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:46,068 Fred: IT'S ALIVE! 680 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,793 OH, SAKE. 681 00:33:55,827 --> 00:33:59,310 Danny: IT'S DIED. DID YOU PUT THE CHOKE IN? 682 00:33:59,344 --> 00:34:02,655 SAKE. 683 00:34:02,689 --> 00:34:04,310 WHAT'S UP, DANNY? 684 00:34:04,344 --> 00:34:07,068 I DON'T LIKE THAT S-- THAT SCREECHING NOISE ISN'T NORMAL. 685 00:34:08,275 --> 00:34:11,034 HEAR THAT? THAT LITTLE EH-EH. 686 00:34:11,068 --> 00:34:12,482 Parker: I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUT OF THE MOTOR. 687 00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:15,344 OIL EVERYWHERE. 688 00:34:15,379 --> 00:34:17,241 SOUNDS LIKE DEATH. 689 00:34:17,275 --> 00:34:20,068 OH, . . YEAH. 690 00:34:22,551 --> 00:34:23,758 CAN WE TURN IT BY HAND? 691 00:34:23,793 --> 00:34:25,310 AT THIS POINT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER 692 00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:27,724 THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. 693 00:34:27,758 --> 00:34:29,482 IS THIS FOR REAL? 694 00:34:29,517 --> 00:34:31,241 Narrator: WITHOUT A WORKING MOTOR, 695 00:34:31,275 --> 00:34:33,517 THE ONLY WAY TO RUN THE PAY DIRT 696 00:34:33,551 --> 00:34:36,655 IS TO TURN THE TROMMEL DRUM MANUALLY. 697 00:34:36,689 --> 00:34:38,172 THIS HOW WE DOING THIS? 698 00:34:38,206 --> 00:34:42,482 WHAT ARE WE CALLING THIS NOW? IT'S A HAMSTER-POWERED TROMMEL? 699 00:34:42,517 --> 00:34:43,758 HELL'S HAMSTER WHEEL? 700 00:34:43,793 --> 00:34:46,068 HELL'S HAMSTER WHEEL! 701 00:34:46,103 --> 00:34:47,413 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, 702 00:34:47,448 --> 00:34:52,793 I WANT TO LEAVE HERE FEELING LIKE WE GAVE IT OUR BEST CHANCE. 703 00:34:52,827 --> 00:34:54,758 RUN IT UNTIL IT'S DONE. 704 00:34:54,793 --> 00:34:56,379 THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE AFTER THIS. 705 00:34:56,413 --> 00:34:57,862 THANK . 706 00:35:05,551 --> 00:35:07,689 HEY, DUANE? I'VE GOT A SIGNAL. 707 00:35:07,724 --> 00:35:10,241 DO YOU MIND COMING OVER AND JUST CHECKING IT FOR ME? 708 00:35:13,655 --> 00:35:15,655 Duane: IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD SIGNAL. 709 00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,862 OH, WE'VE GOT IT. SEE IF IT'S... 710 00:35:22,896 --> 00:35:25,517 OH! . 711 00:35:31,034 --> 00:35:34,310 SO, GUYS, ON THE WAY IN, SAW THERE'S A CEMETERY. 712 00:35:34,344 --> 00:35:35,620 THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ONLY PART OF IT. 713 00:35:35,655 --> 00:35:38,344 THE ACTUAL CEMETERY WAS A LOT BIGGER THAN THAT. 714 00:35:38,379 --> 00:35:40,896 Narrator: THE CEMETERY AT OLD HALLS CREEK 715 00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:43,793 IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF JIMMY DARCY, 716 00:35:43,827 --> 00:35:47,482 WHO DIED IN 1917 AFTER WAITING TWO WEEKS 717 00:35:47,517 --> 00:35:50,103 FOR THE NEAREST DOCTOR TO REACH HIM. 718 00:35:50,137 --> 00:35:52,482 DARCY'S DEATH INSPIRED THE FOUNDING 719 00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:55,000 OF THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE, 720 00:35:55,034 --> 00:35:57,827 WHICH IS STILL PROVIDING EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE 721 00:35:57,862 --> 00:36:01,862 TO THOUSANDS OF REMOTE COMMUNITIES ACROSS AUSTRALIA. 722 00:36:01,896 --> 00:36:03,689 THE CEMETERY'S FULL OF BLOODY GOLD. 723 00:36:03,724 --> 00:36:05,896 GOLD TEETH? 724 00:36:12,793 --> 00:36:17,172 OH, MAYBE IF WE MOVE IT HERE? SEE IF IT'S ONE OF THESE? 725 00:36:17,206 --> 00:36:19,586 OH, WE'VE GOT IT. 726 00:36:19,620 --> 00:36:21,379 OH! . 727 00:36:22,689 --> 00:36:24,344 Duane: HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. 728 00:36:24,379 --> 00:36:26,931 THAT'S A NICE CHUNK! 729 00:36:26,965 --> 00:36:28,068 THAT'S UNREAL. 730 00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:29,896 GOOD WORK! 731 00:36:29,931 --> 00:36:33,206 Narrator: IN OLD HALLS CREEK, TYLER DETECTS A SECOND, 732 00:36:33,241 --> 00:36:37,586 LARGER NUGGET ON THE GROUND PARKER IS PROSPECTING. 733 00:36:37,620 --> 00:36:38,724 THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD PIECE, 734 00:36:38,758 --> 00:36:40,413 ABOUT 9 OR 10 GRAMS, I RECKON, FOR SURE. 735 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:41,862 $600, $700? YEP. 736 00:36:41,896 --> 00:36:44,034 HOW GOOD DOES THAT FEEL?NOT WRONG. 737 00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:45,793 LET'S GO BACK AND SHOW PARKER. 738 00:36:45,827 --> 00:36:48,448 YEAH, LET'S SEE WHAT SORT OF INTERESTING DAY THEY HAD. 739 00:36:53,413 --> 00:36:56,344 Parker: SHOULD WE START CLEANING THIS UP? 740 00:36:56,379 --> 00:36:59,379 THIS FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE HALLS CREEK 741 00:36:59,413 --> 00:37:01,551 IS BEATING THE OUT OF US. 742 00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:03,172 YEAH, IT WASN'T TOO FUN. 743 00:37:06,551 --> 00:37:08,206 Fred: HERE THEY COME. 744 00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:12,827 YOU'RE NOT HOLDING A MASSIVE NUG. 745 00:37:12,862 --> 00:37:14,896 Tyler: HANG ON. WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE PRETTY WELL. 746 00:37:14,931 --> 00:37:18,137 Danny: YOU'RE KIDDING? 747 00:37:18,172 --> 00:37:19,724 NOT BAD, HEY? 748 00:37:22,103 --> 00:37:24,551 Narrator: TOGETHER, TYLER AND DUANE HAVE FOUND 749 00:37:24,586 --> 00:37:28,034 $1,000 AUSTRALIAN OF GOLD. 750 00:37:28,068 --> 00:37:29,758 Danny: OH, MATE! THAT'S DECENT-SIZED! 751 00:37:29,793 --> 00:37:30,896 Parker: WHO FOUND THOSE? 752 00:37:30,931 --> 00:37:32,551 Tyler: I FOUND THAT ONE. DUANE FOUND THAT ONE. 753 00:37:32,586 --> 00:37:33,655 REALLY? 754 00:37:33,689 --> 00:37:34,896 Duane: I WAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD. 755 00:37:34,931 --> 00:37:36,413 OH, WELL DONE, GUYS. 756 00:37:36,448 --> 00:37:38,000 WE HAVE NOT DONE SO WELL. 757 00:37:38,034 --> 00:37:39,689 THE ENGINE THE BED, 758 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:43,034 AND WE WERE HAND-TURNING THE TROMMEL. 759 00:37:43,068 --> 00:37:45,275 Narrator: EVEN WITH TYLER AND DUANE'S NUGGETS, 760 00:37:45,310 --> 00:37:48,896 PARKER IS STILL DOWN $3,000 ON THE LOADER. 761 00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:52,586 HOW MANY YARDS DID YOU PUT THROUGH? 762 00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:53,724 ONE. 763 00:37:53,758 --> 00:37:55,413 Duane: DO THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, IS IT? 764 00:37:55,448 --> 00:37:58,310 PAN WHAT MIGHT BE THERE. 765 00:37:58,344 --> 00:38:00,310 Narrator: DESPITE THE HARSH CONDITIONS, 766 00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:03,758 IF PARKER DISCOVERS FINE GOLD IN THE PAN, 767 00:38:03,793 --> 00:38:07,413 OLD HALLS CREEK COULD BE A VIABLE MINING OPERATION. 768 00:38:09,827 --> 00:38:10,965 COME ON. 769 00:38:12,793 --> 00:38:13,827 Parker: COME ON. 770 00:38:19,724 --> 00:38:22,068 Danny: WELL, IT'S THERE. 771 00:38:22,103 --> 00:38:23,551 IT'S COLOR. 772 00:38:23,586 --> 00:38:24,896 I MEAN, IT'S -- 773 00:38:24,931 --> 00:38:28,310 IT'S PRETTY SMALL, AND THIS IS STILL NOT BAD. 774 00:38:28,344 --> 00:38:29,724 I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY -- 775 00:38:29,758 --> 00:38:32,896 YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS WE CAN CONSIDERING THE CONDITIONS. 776 00:38:32,931 --> 00:38:34,620 FOR YOU GUYS TO FIND THAT MUCH DETECTING, 777 00:38:34,655 --> 00:38:36,896 I'M QUITE SURPRISED BY THAT, 778 00:38:36,931 --> 00:38:39,172 CONSIDERING HOW BAD THE CONDITIONS ARE. 779 00:38:39,206 --> 00:38:43,827 ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M GONNA GO HAVE A QUICK CHAT WITH MARTIN. 780 00:38:43,862 --> 00:38:45,344 Parker: THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME GOLD HERE, 781 00:38:45,379 --> 00:38:48,482 AND THESE ACTUALLY ARE THE PIECES OF GROUND 782 00:38:48,517 --> 00:38:52,862 THAT I'M INTERESTED IN 783 00:38:52,896 --> 00:38:54,862 BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCH A HARSH ENVIRONMENT, 784 00:38:54,896 --> 00:38:58,206 LIKE, NOBODY WOULD EVER HAVE MINED IT. 785 00:38:58,241 --> 00:38:59,620 HEY, MARTIN. 786 00:38:59,655 --> 00:39:01,896 OH, HOW YOU GOING, PARKER?GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? 787 00:39:01,931 --> 00:39:04,896 NOT TOO BAD. HOW'D YOU GOT? 788 00:39:04,931 --> 00:39:05,931 WE WENT ALL RIGHT. 789 00:39:05,965 --> 00:39:07,413 ALL RIGHT.THEY FOUND THESE. 790 00:39:07,448 --> 00:39:10,551 I'LL BE BLOWN. LOOK AT THAT. 791 00:39:10,586 --> 00:39:13,551 I DEFINITELY ADMIRE WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH HERE 792 00:39:13,586 --> 00:39:15,206 TO GET GOLD OUT OF THE GROUND, 793 00:39:15,241 --> 00:39:17,137 WITHOUT WATER AND WITH THIS HEAT. 794 00:39:17,172 --> 00:39:18,275 YEAH. 795 00:39:18,310 --> 00:39:20,689 IT'S BRUTAL, AND... 796 00:39:20,724 --> 00:39:25,206 YOU KNOW, GIVEN THOSE FACTORS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN, 797 00:39:25,241 --> 00:39:26,931 I DON'T THINK THIS IS FOR US. 798 00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:28,413 OH, YEAH. RIGHT ON. 799 00:39:28,448 --> 00:39:30,448 AND, I'M SURE THAT SOMEBODY 800 00:39:30,482 --> 00:39:31,965 WILL COME ALONG THAT CAN MAKE THIS WORK. 801 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,379 YEAH, NO, SOMEBODY WILL. 802 00:39:33,413 --> 00:39:35,620 IT'S A CHALLENGING PLACE TO WORK. 803 00:39:35,655 --> 00:39:36,655 YEAH, YEAH. 804 00:39:36,689 --> 00:39:38,241 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. 805 00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:42,000 YEAH. YEAH, NO WORRIES. 806 00:39:42,034 --> 00:39:45,551 I GUESS THE ONLY LAST THING IS I SEE YOU HAVE 807 00:39:45,586 --> 00:39:46,724 A LITTLE BONEYARD OVER THERE. 808 00:39:46,758 --> 00:39:48,965 CAN WE ADD A TROMMEL TO IT? 809 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,551 YEAH. 810 00:39:50,586 --> 00:39:52,448 YEAH. NO WORRIES. 811 00:39:54,965 --> 00:39:57,068 ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PARKER. NO WORRIES. 812 00:39:57,103 --> 00:39:58,896 TAKE CARE, MAN. 813 00:39:58,931 --> 00:40:02,034 IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY HARSH UP HERE. VERY HARSH. 814 00:40:02,068 --> 00:40:04,551 I WISH PARKER ALL THE BEST 815 00:40:04,586 --> 00:40:07,551 IN HIS ENDEAVORS AROUND AUSTRALIA. 816 00:40:07,586 --> 00:40:11,551 BETWEEN BUSH FIRES, DROUGHTS, AND NO RAINS, 817 00:40:11,586 --> 00:40:13,103 HE'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN. 818 00:40:13,137 --> 00:40:14,482 Danny: DUANE, YOU'VE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE, 819 00:40:14,517 --> 00:40:15,586 ABSOLUTE DIAMOND, MATE. 820 00:40:15,620 --> 00:40:17,206 YOU'VE LOOKED AFTER US SO WELL. 821 00:40:17,241 --> 00:40:18,620 ALL RIGHT, MATE. ANYTIME. 822 00:40:18,655 --> 00:40:20,103 Tyler: IT WAS JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER. 823 00:40:20,137 --> 00:40:23,103 THIS TRIP DEFINITELY TOOK A TOLL ON EVERYONE, UNFORTUNATELY. 824 00:40:23,137 --> 00:40:24,931 BUT ME AND DUANE MANAGED TO FIND SOME GOLD, 825 00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:27,517 SO AT LEAST THAT'S ONE POSITIVE. 826 00:40:27,551 --> 00:40:29,275 THE OLD TIMERS LASTED THROUGH EIGHT MONTHS. 827 00:40:29,310 --> 00:40:32,862 I'M IMPRESSED THEY LASTED THAT LONG. 828 00:40:32,896 --> 00:40:35,206 READY? HEAVE! 829 00:40:40,586 --> 00:40:42,275 Parker: I'VE BEEN IN SOME DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, 830 00:40:42,310 --> 00:40:45,068 AND THIS TAKES THE CAKE. 831 00:40:45,103 --> 00:40:48,862 YOU CAN GIVE ME -30° OR -40 ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. 832 00:40:48,896 --> 00:40:52,379 THIS 120 OR 130 DEGREES IS... 833 00:40:52,413 --> 00:40:53,689 IT'S BRUTAL. 834 00:40:57,517 --> 00:40:59,000 Parker: WHERE TO, NOW, TYLER? 835 00:40:59,034 --> 00:41:00,517 Tyler: SOUTH. 836 00:41:00,551 --> 00:41:02,344 I HOPE IT'S COOLER THERE. 837 00:41:02,379 --> 00:41:03,931 DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH. 838 00:41:08,103 --> 00:41:09,241 Narrator: NEXT TIME... 839 00:41:09,275 --> 00:41:12,068 GUYS, LOCK THE DOORS. 840 00:41:12,103 --> 00:41:14,896 ...PARKER AND HIS TEAM COME FACE TO FACE 841 00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:16,965 WITH BRAND-NEW MINING METHODS. 842 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,793 I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 843 00:41:18,827 --> 00:41:21,344 ...THAT COMES...Fred: CYANIDE? 844 00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:23,517 ...WITH A MAJOR HEALTH WARNING. 845 00:41:23,551 --> 00:41:26,551 CAN GO FROM PRETTY BAD TO DEAD PRETTY QUICK. 846 00:41:27,827 --> 00:41:28,965 Parker: DANNY! 847 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,172 Danny: MY EYES ARE BURNING. 848 00:41:30,206 --> 00:41:31,517 NOT TOO USER-FRIENDLY. 849 00:41:31,551 --> 00:41:33,103 GO EASY! 850 00:41:33,137 --> 00:41:34,103 AAH!