1 00:00:01,275 --> 00:00:02,482 Parker: HOLY COW! 2 00:00:02,482 --> 00:00:06,241 Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "PARKER'S TRAIL"... 3 00:00:06,241 --> 00:00:07,586 OH, YEAH! 4 00:00:07,586 --> 00:00:09,310 ...KALGOORLIE, 5 00:00:09,310 --> 00:00:14,241 THE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR CENTER OF GOLD IN AUSTRALIA... 6 00:00:14,241 --> 00:00:16,310 Parker: THAT PIT PRODUCES 10 TIMES THE GOLD 7 00:00:16,310 --> 00:00:18,689 ALL THE MINERS IN THE YUKON PRODUCE. 8 00:00:18,689 --> 00:00:21,137 Narrator: ...PARKER'S HUNT FOR A NEW CLAIM... 9 00:00:21,137 --> 00:00:22,448 GO NOW! GO! 10 00:00:22,448 --> 00:00:24,689 ...TURNS INTO A RACE AGAINST TIME. 11 00:00:24,689 --> 00:00:26,275 Parker: AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITING 12 00:00:26,275 --> 00:00:27,379 THAT'S OUR PIECE OF GROUND. 13 00:00:27,379 --> 00:00:29,482 I'M SHAKING. 14 00:00:29,482 --> 00:00:31,655 Narrator: BUT HE'S GOT COMPETITION. 15 00:00:31,655 --> 00:00:33,310 -HE'S A POACHER! -THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE! 16 00:00:33,310 --> 00:00:36,551 Parker: SOME TRYING TO STEAL OUR GOLD. 17 00:00:36,551 --> 00:00:39,275 YEAH! 18 00:00:39,275 --> 00:00:42,000 Narrator: AND AT THE END OF THE EXPEDITION... 19 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,241 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GAVE YOU GUYS A CALL 20 00:00:44,241 --> 00:00:45,965 TO TALK ABOUT YOUR GROUND. 21 00:00:45,965 --> 00:00:47,310 I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE SOMETHING. 22 00:00:47,310 --> 00:00:48,724 Narrator: ...PARKER DECIDES 23 00:00:48,724 --> 00:00:52,586 ON WHERE HE WANTS TO MINE IN AUSTRALIA. 24 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:54,482 WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD START 25 00:00:54,482 --> 00:00:56,965 TO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A GREAT THING. 26 00:00:56,965 --> 00:00:59,206 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 27 00:00:59,206 --> 00:01:01,586 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 28 00:01:01,586 --> 00:01:03,068 -WHERE WE GOING? -DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS CAR 29 00:01:03,068 --> 00:01:04,827 TO TURN INTO A WATER PARK? 30 00:01:04,827 --> 00:01:06,034 Fred: STOP ARGUING! 31 00:01:06,034 --> 00:01:08,206 I'M GONNA PULL THIS THING OVER RIGHT NOW. 32 00:01:08,206 --> 00:01:09,206 ALL OUR FOOD -- 33 00:01:11,275 --> 00:01:14,000 YOU PIECE OF 34 00:01:15,724 --> 00:01:18,344 NO! 35 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:19,931 YOU GUYS ARE WATERBOARDING HIM! 36 00:01:31,689 --> 00:01:36,000 Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ARE ON A 6,000-MILE GOLD HUNT 37 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,172 ACROSS FIVE STATES. 38 00:01:38,172 --> 00:01:40,896 THEY'RE ENDING THEIR JOURNEY IN KALGOORLIE, 39 00:01:40,896 --> 00:01:45,275 THE EPICENTER OF GOLD MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 40 00:01:45,275 --> 00:01:47,206 SO, GUYS, I'M EXCITED TO TAKE YOU TO KALGOORLIE, 41 00:01:47,206 --> 00:01:48,586 TO MY HOMETOWN. 42 00:01:48,586 --> 00:01:50,793 IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST MINING TOWNS IN THE WHOLE OF AUSTRALIA. 43 00:01:50,793 --> 00:01:52,965 ARE THERE MANY GOOD LEASES THAT YOU KNOW OF AROUND HERE 44 00:01:52,965 --> 00:01:54,344 FOR SALE? -YEAH. THERE'S A FEW. 45 00:01:54,344 --> 00:01:56,103 I'M STILL WORKING ON TEEING IT ALL UP, 46 00:01:56,103 --> 00:01:57,482 BUT WE'LL GET YOU SOMETHING. 47 00:01:57,482 --> 00:02:01,379 FRED AND I WILL FINISH OFF THE RESEARCH. 48 00:02:01,379 --> 00:02:04,137 SO, WE'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWING LEADS, BASICALLY. 49 00:02:04,137 --> 00:02:05,482 EXACTLY RIGHT. 50 00:02:05,482 --> 00:02:07,724 -SO, WHAT'S THE PLAN? -YOU GUYS ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY. 51 00:02:07,724 --> 00:02:09,241 YOU ACTUALLY GET TO GO VISIT THE SUPER PIT. 52 00:02:09,241 --> 00:02:10,827 THE SUPER PIT IS INSANE. -YEAH. 53 00:02:10,827 --> 00:02:13,482 IT PRODUCES, LIKE, 700,000 OUNCES OF GOLD A YEAR. 54 00:02:13,482 --> 00:02:16,068 LET'S GO CHECK OUT THIS SUPER PIT. 55 00:02:18,482 --> 00:02:23,275 Narrator: KALGOORLIE GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1893 56 00:02:23,275 --> 00:02:26,137 BY OLD-TIMER PADDY HANNAN. 57 00:02:26,137 --> 00:02:29,862 IT BECAME KNOWN AS "THE GOLDEN MILE," 58 00:02:29,862 --> 00:02:33,862 AND WAS THE RICHEST SQUARE MILE OF GROUND ON THE PLANET. 59 00:02:35,620 --> 00:02:38,862 AND IT'S STILL BEING MINED TODAY. 60 00:02:38,862 --> 00:02:41,689 HOLY COW! 61 00:02:41,689 --> 00:02:44,206 WHAT THE 62 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:46,965 THE MACHINES LOOK LIKE ANTS OUT THERE. 63 00:02:46,965 --> 00:02:49,034 Fred: THIS IS THE BIGGEST HOLE I'VE EVER SEEN. 64 00:02:50,724 --> 00:02:55,137 Narrator: WHERE THE GOLDEN MILE ONCE STOOD IS NOW THE SUPER PIT, 65 00:02:55,137 --> 00:02:59,896 A 1,900-FOOT-DEEP HOLE THAT'S STILL PAYING OUT. 66 00:02:59,896 --> 00:03:02,206 Tyler: YEAH, YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE SIDE OF THE PIT 67 00:03:02,206 --> 00:03:04,758 ALL THOSE OLD HOLES FROM WHERE ALL THE OLD MINERS' SHAFTS WERE. 68 00:03:04,758 --> 00:03:06,448 AND THESE ARE ALL OLD-TIMER WORKINGS, 69 00:03:06,448 --> 00:03:07,827 THE TUNNELS AND THE WALLS? 70 00:03:07,827 --> 00:03:09,275 YEAH. 71 00:03:09,275 --> 00:03:13,551 THE REMAINS OF 2,100 MILES OF OLD-TIMERS' TUNNELS 72 00:03:13,551 --> 00:03:16,413 STILL PEPPER THE WALLS OF THE PIT. 73 00:03:16,413 --> 00:03:18,620 -KELLY, THIS IS PARKER. -HI. NICE TO MEET YOU. 74 00:03:18,620 --> 00:03:20,172 HI. NICE TO MEET YOU. 75 00:03:20,172 --> 00:03:21,793 Tyler: KELLY IS ONE OF THE MANAGERS HERE AT THE SUPER PIT, 76 00:03:21,793 --> 00:03:24,896 SO SHE'S ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE PARKER AND YOU, DANNY, 77 00:03:24,896 --> 00:03:26,689 INTO THE PIT TODAY. -SWEET. 78 00:03:26,689 --> 00:03:28,068 I'LL SEE YOU GUYS ON THE FLIP SIDE. 79 00:03:28,068 --> 00:03:29,379 -HAVE FUN. TAKE PICTURES. -HAVE FUN. 80 00:03:29,379 --> 00:03:31,310 -CATCH YOU LATER. -SEE YOU, KEL. SEE YOU, DAN. 81 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:33,000 Fred: SEE YOU, BUDDY. HAVE FUN. 82 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,862 SO, WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THE TRAIL, HERE. 83 00:03:34,862 --> 00:03:36,413 WHILE PARKER AND DANNY ARE GETTING THE TOUR, 84 00:03:36,413 --> 00:03:38,241 TYLER AND I ARE GONNA FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF HER LEADS, 85 00:03:38,241 --> 00:03:39,758 AND HOPEFULLY FIND ANOTHER SPOT FOR US 86 00:03:39,758 --> 00:03:41,724 TO CHECK OUT WHILE WE'RE HERE. 87 00:03:41,724 --> 00:03:43,517 -I GET FRONT SEAT. -YEAH, RIGHT? 88 00:03:43,517 --> 00:03:46,241 -YAY. 89 00:03:47,655 --> 00:03:49,758 WE NEED AT LEAST ONE MORE VIABLE OPTION. 90 00:03:49,758 --> 00:03:52,896 Tyler: IF I DON'T GET HIM SOMETHING IN KALGOORLIE, ON MY HOME TURF, 91 00:03:52,896 --> 00:03:55,103 HE'S GONNA THINK IT'S A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY, 92 00:03:55,103 --> 00:03:56,655 ME BRINGING HIM HERE. 93 00:03:56,655 --> 00:03:58,551 DIG DEEP INTO YOUR TANK ON THIS ONE. 94 00:04:02,896 --> 00:04:06,275 WE ARE WAY DOWN HERE, HUH? 95 00:04:06,275 --> 00:04:10,931 Narrator: EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SUPER PIT IS SUPERSIZED... 96 00:04:10,931 --> 00:04:12,482 THIS IS A LOT DIFFERENT-LOOKING 97 00:04:12,482 --> 00:04:15,103 FROM DOWN HERE THAN AT THE LOOKOUT. 98 00:04:15,103 --> 00:04:17,137 YEAH, SHE'S DEFINITELY DEEPER. 99 00:04:17,137 --> 00:04:22,241 ...INCLUDING HOW THEY EXTRACT GOLD ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE. 100 00:04:22,241 --> 00:04:24,517 FIRST STEP -- BLASTING. 101 00:04:24,517 --> 00:04:26,172 WHAT WE'RE FIRING TODAY IS HERE. 102 00:04:26,172 --> 00:04:28,931 SO, THESE ARE ALL -- THESE ARE LOADED HOLES ALREADY, HUH? 103 00:04:28,931 --> 00:04:31,827 YEP. THERE'S A MIXTURE OF AMMONIUM NITRATE AND FUEL OIL. 104 00:04:31,827 --> 00:04:34,310 AND DO YOU MIX THE EXPLOSIVES ON-SITE? 105 00:04:34,310 --> 00:04:36,103 YEP. THAT'S WHAT THAT DOES. 106 00:04:36,103 --> 00:04:37,965 THAT'S A MOBILE MANUFACTURING UNIT, AN MMU. 107 00:04:37,965 --> 00:04:39,241 OH, IT DOES IT RIGHT IN THE TRUCK. 108 00:04:39,241 --> 00:04:40,275 YEP. 109 00:04:40,275 --> 00:04:42,206 Narrator: LARGE BLASTS AT THE SUPER PIT 110 00:04:42,206 --> 00:04:47,137 USE THE EQUIVALENT OF UP TO 150 TONS OF TNT. 111 00:04:47,137 --> 00:04:50,000 SO, THE RADARS WILL BE ON THAT WALL. 112 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,482 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT WE HAVEN'T 113 00:04:51,482 --> 00:04:52,724 GOT ANY WALL MOVEMENT, 114 00:04:52,724 --> 00:04:54,758 AND THAT WE CAN GO BACK INTO THE PIT QUICKLY, 115 00:04:54,758 --> 00:04:56,172 AND GET BACK INTO IT. -GOT YOU. 116 00:04:56,172 --> 00:04:58,103 SO, IF THAT ALARM GOES OFF, WE'VE GOT TO WAIT TWO HOURS 117 00:04:58,103 --> 00:04:59,206 BEFORE WE CAN GO BACK IN. 118 00:04:59,206 --> 00:05:00,275 GOT YOU. 119 00:05:00,275 --> 00:05:02,827 IT MAKES OUR PROCESS LOOK PRETTY SIMPLE. 120 00:05:02,827 --> 00:05:04,206 WE JUST DIG SOME DIRT OUT OF THE GROUND, 121 00:05:04,206 --> 00:05:06,827 AND WASH IT WITH SOME WATER. 122 00:05:06,827 --> 00:05:08,344 RIGHT, BEN. YOU CLEAR TO FIRE? 123 00:05:11,206 --> 00:05:14,068 RIGHTO. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS, WHEN HE SAYS, "FIRE NOW," 124 00:05:14,068 --> 00:05:15,482 JUST PUSH THE TWO FIRE BUTTONS, 125 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,517 HOLD THEM DOWN UNTIL IT BEEPS. AND THAT'S IT. 126 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:19,758 LOOK UP, OR YOU'LL MISS IT. -ALL RIGHT. 127 00:05:19,758 --> 00:05:21,448 DO YOU KNOW WHICH TWO BUTTONS YOU'RE PRESSING? 128 00:05:21,448 --> 00:05:23,620 BEN: Firing now. 129 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:25,758 ALRIGHT. HERE WE GO. 130 00:05:25,758 --> 00:05:26,896 FIRING UP! 131 00:05:40,413 --> 00:05:41,689 HOLY CRAP! 132 00:05:41,689 --> 00:05:43,206 OH, YEAH! 133 00:05:43,206 --> 00:05:45,689 THAT WAS A WICKED DELAY ON WHEN YOU SEE IT 134 00:05:45,689 --> 00:05:47,344 TO WHEN YOU HEAR IT, HUH? 135 00:05:49,103 --> 00:05:51,758 THANK YOU, GUYS. 136 00:05:51,758 --> 00:05:53,068 THANKS. -WELL DONE. CHEERS. 137 00:05:53,068 --> 00:05:55,000 THAT'S AWESOME. 138 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,137 THIS IS THE BIGGEST GOLD-MINING OUTFIT HE'S EVER SEEN, 139 00:05:57,137 --> 00:06:00,689 AND THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE EXCITING FOR HIM, FOR SURE. 140 00:06:00,689 --> 00:06:03,586 ALRIGHT. LET'S DO IT. 141 00:06:03,586 --> 00:06:08,034 Narrator: NEXT STAGE OF THE OPERATION -- REMOVE THE BLASTED ROCK. 142 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:12,793 PARKER RIDES SHOTGUN ON AN $18 MILLION EXCAVATOR. 143 00:06:18,275 --> 00:06:20,586 WE ARE NOW IN THE LAND OF DINOSAURS. 144 00:06:20,586 --> 00:06:23,827 THE AMOUNT OF ROCK YOU GUYS MOVE MUST JUST BE CRAZY. 145 00:06:23,827 --> 00:06:25,758 GOT TO KEEP THOSE BLASTERS BUSY, RIGHT? 146 00:06:25,758 --> 00:06:26,793 EXACTLY. 147 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:37,068 THAT'S A BIG LOAD. 148 00:06:37,068 --> 00:06:38,344 IT IS. 149 00:06:38,344 --> 00:06:41,137 EVERYTHING HERE IS JUST GINORMOUS. 150 00:06:42,827 --> 00:06:44,137 THIS THING'S HUGE! 151 00:06:47,586 --> 00:06:49,275 70 TO 80 TON, HUH? 152 00:06:49,275 --> 00:06:51,413 WOW. 153 00:06:51,413 --> 00:06:52,655 RIGHT. 154 00:06:52,655 --> 00:06:56,793 Narrator: 423-TON ROCK TRUCKS HAUL THE ORE. 155 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:59,724 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, PARKER'S ROCK TRUCK IS 40 TONS. 156 00:06:59,724 --> 00:07:02,241 THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 157 00:07:02,241 --> 00:07:04,034 I RECOMMEND EARPLUGS. 158 00:07:10,413 --> 00:07:11,517 AWESOME. 159 00:07:13,620 --> 00:07:15,275 WHAT'S THE PAYLOAD OF THESE? 160 00:07:21,379 --> 00:07:24,413 THESE SCOOPS ARE, LIKE, CRAZY. 161 00:07:24,413 --> 00:07:27,000 THIS IS JUST A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCALE. 162 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,827 Narrator: THE LAST STOP IS A COLOSSAL MILL, 163 00:07:29,827 --> 00:07:32,931 WHICH, AT ITS HEIGHT IN 2017, 164 00:07:32,931 --> 00:07:36,931 EXTRACTED 700,000 OUNCES OF GOLD, 165 00:07:36,931 --> 00:07:40,000 A RECOVERY RATE 100 TIMES GREATER 166 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,896 THAN PARKER'S IN THE YUKON. 167 00:07:41,896 --> 00:07:44,758 THE SCALE OF THIS PLACE IS INSANE. 168 00:07:44,758 --> 00:07:47,862 THIS USES AROUND 12 MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY, 169 00:07:47,862 --> 00:07:50,517 SO THAT'S ENOUGH TO POWER 12,000 HOMES. 170 00:07:50,517 --> 00:07:51,655 THAT'S JUST THIS THING? 171 00:07:51,655 --> 00:07:54,517 JUST THIS MILL ALONE. 172 00:07:54,517 --> 00:07:58,206 Parker: THE PIT'S HUGE, BUT THIS MILL -- 173 00:07:58,206 --> 00:08:02,551 I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PIPES, AND SO MUCH CABLE, 174 00:08:02,551 --> 00:08:06,620 AND SO MANY TANKS GOING EVERY POSSIBLE DIRECTION. 175 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:09,586 THAT PIT ALONE PRODUCES, LIKE, 10 TIMES THE GOLD 176 00:08:09,586 --> 00:08:12,931 THAT ALL THE MINERS IN THE YUKON PRODUCES. 177 00:08:12,931 --> 00:08:14,620 IT'S PRETTY COOL. 178 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:18,000 SOMEDAY, I HOPE TO BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 179 00:08:20,034 --> 00:08:23,862 Narrator: OUT OF LEADS TO FIND GROUND FOR PARKER TO MINE, 180 00:08:23,862 --> 00:08:27,724 TYLER HAS ONE MORE TRICK UP HER SLEEVE. 181 00:08:27,724 --> 00:08:29,724 SO, THIS IS TENGRAPH. 182 00:08:29,724 --> 00:08:30,931 THIS IS, LIKE, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 183 00:08:30,931 --> 00:08:32,103 TENEMENT-MAPPING SYSTEM. 184 00:08:32,103 --> 00:08:33,620 SO, IT'S GOT ALL THE LEASES, AND TENEMENTS, 185 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:35,586 AND EVERYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE. 186 00:08:35,586 --> 00:08:39,344 THIS IS ALL THE LEASES. GREEN MEANS LIVE LEASES. 187 00:08:39,344 --> 00:08:40,724 BLUE MEANS PENDING. 188 00:08:40,724 --> 00:08:42,517 YOU CAN GO IN, AND IF IT IS EXPIRING -- 189 00:08:42,517 --> 00:08:44,724 YOU NORMALLY PLAN IT, LIKE, A COUPLE WEEKS OR A MONTH AHEAD. 190 00:08:44,724 --> 00:08:46,793 SO, YOU GO, "OKAY, THAT ONE'S EXPIRING IN A MONTH. 191 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:48,137 I'M GONNA TRY AND GET THAT." 192 00:08:48,137 --> 00:08:49,758 -BUT ANYBODY COULD DO THAT? -OH, ANYONE CAN DO IT. 193 00:08:49,758 --> 00:08:52,068 YEAH, DEFINITELY. 194 00:08:52,068 --> 00:08:53,275 WHAT'S THE DATE TODAY? 195 00:08:57,862 --> 00:08:58,896 16th. 196 00:09:01,034 --> 00:09:02,103 HANG ON. 197 00:09:04,793 --> 00:09:06,862 THIS IS EXPIRING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, 198 00:09:06,862 --> 00:09:08,206 AND ANYONE CAN GO STAKE IT. 199 00:09:08,206 --> 00:09:09,586 WHY WOULDN'T THEY JUST RENEW IT? 200 00:09:09,586 --> 00:09:10,896 WELL, CLEARLY, THEY'RE NOT RENEWING IT 201 00:09:10,896 --> 00:09:11,931 'CAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN DONE BY NOW. 202 00:09:11,931 --> 00:09:14,827 OH. SO, JUST SO I'M CLEAR ON THIS, 203 00:09:14,827 --> 00:09:16,482 IF IT EXPIRES, 204 00:09:16,482 --> 00:09:18,793 ANYBODY CAN THEN GO AHEAD, AND TAKE THAT CLAIM? 205 00:09:18,793 --> 00:09:20,103 YES. YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE, 206 00:09:20,103 --> 00:09:22,000 AND YOU HAVE TO PUT A PEG IN THE GROUND, 207 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,241 LODGE YOUR APPLICATION. 208 00:09:23,241 --> 00:09:25,275 AND IF YOU DO EVERYTHING CORRECTLY, IT'S YOURS. 209 00:09:25,275 --> 00:09:27,172 THIS IS NOT VERY MUCH TIME. 210 00:09:27,172 --> 00:09:28,310 I NEED TO SPEAK TO MY MOM AND DAD, 211 00:09:28,310 --> 00:09:29,620 JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OKAY. 212 00:09:29,620 --> 00:09:30,931 I WANT TO CHECK WITH THEM, 213 00:09:30,931 --> 00:09:33,000 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE PARKER A LEASE. 214 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,655 WE HAVE TO GO. WE DON'T HAVE TIME. 215 00:09:34,655 --> 00:09:38,034 SORRY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE THAT. 216 00:09:38,034 --> 00:09:40,931 ONE MORE. I'M COMING. 217 00:09:46,275 --> 00:09:48,724 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL IS IN KALGOORLIE, 218 00:09:48,724 --> 00:09:51,931 THE RICHEST GOLD FIELDS IN AUSTRALIA. 219 00:09:51,931 --> 00:09:55,689 Parker: SOMEDAY, I HOPE TO BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 220 00:09:55,689 --> 00:09:58,517 Narrator: TYLER MAHONEY HAS ONE LAST CHANCE 221 00:09:58,517 --> 00:10:01,689 TO FIND PARKER VIRGIN GROUND TO MINE. 222 00:10:01,689 --> 00:10:03,965 THIS IS EXPIRING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 223 00:10:03,965 --> 00:10:05,137 WE HAVE TO GO. 224 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,793 FOR AN EXPERT OPINION, SHE RUNS THE LEAD PAST HER MOM AND DAD. 225 00:10:11,793 --> 00:10:14,931 FRED, IF THIS IS A "NO," I'M STUFFED. I'VE GOT NOTHING. 226 00:10:14,931 --> 00:10:18,862 I HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT IT. I THINK YOU GOT IT. 227 00:10:18,862 --> 00:10:21,103 -HI, PRINCESS. HOW YOU GOING? -GOOD. I MISSED YOU GUYS. 228 00:10:21,103 --> 00:10:22,793 -HOW YOU BEEN? -GOOD. 229 00:10:22,793 --> 00:10:27,344 Narrator: TED AND LECKY HAVE PROSPECTED THE AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 230 00:10:27,344 --> 00:10:28,689 OKAY. I NEED HELP. 231 00:10:28,689 --> 00:10:30,344 -OH, GEEZ. -WHAT? 232 00:10:30,344 --> 00:10:32,379 FRED AND I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH. 233 00:10:32,379 --> 00:10:35,310 BASICALLY, I'VE COME ACROSS THIS LEASE, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING. 234 00:10:35,310 --> 00:10:37,724 BUT I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU THAT IT'S GOOD 235 00:10:37,724 --> 00:10:40,000 BEFORE WE RUSH OUT AND GO PEG THIS LEASE. 236 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,034 AND THIS LEASE IS EXPIRING TONIGHT. 237 00:10:42,034 --> 00:10:44,344 -TONIGHT? -TONIGHT. 238 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:45,482 -OKAY. - ME. 239 00:10:45,482 --> 00:10:47,517 I KNOW. AND LOOK AT THIS. I'VE GOT THE GEO-MAP. 240 00:10:47,517 --> 00:10:49,344 Ted: OH, I THINK I KNOW THE SPOT. 241 00:10:49,344 --> 00:10:52,241 THERE WAS, LIKE, NEARLY 1,000 OUNCES RECOVERED OFF THAT HILL. 242 00:10:52,241 --> 00:10:54,310 -1,000 OUNCES? -SO, THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD JUMP ON, THEN. 243 00:10:54,310 --> 00:10:56,103 Ted: YOU'RE TALKING A REALLY HOT PIECE OF GROUND. 244 00:10:56,103 --> 00:10:57,793 WE'VE DONE A FAIR BIT AROUND THAT AREA. 245 00:10:57,793 --> 00:10:59,620 WE NEED TO PEG A LEASE. 246 00:10:59,620 --> 00:11:00,896 Narrator: PEGGING A LEASE 247 00:11:00,896 --> 00:11:04,620 IS THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF STAKING A CLAIM. 248 00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:07,413 IT STARTED IN 1855, 249 00:11:07,413 --> 00:11:12,586 WHEN OLD-TIMERS LEASED LAND BY STAKING SET BOUNDARIES. 250 00:11:12,586 --> 00:11:15,344 LEASES EXPIRED EVERY EIGHT YEARS, 251 00:11:15,344 --> 00:11:20,034 AND MINERS RACED TO BE THE FIRST TO CLAIM THE GROUND. 252 00:11:20,034 --> 00:11:24,758 THE RULES SET BY THE OLD-TIMERS ARE STILL IN OPERATION TODAY. 253 00:11:26,379 --> 00:11:28,620 FRED AND I WILL GO GET PARKER AND DANNY, 254 00:11:28,620 --> 00:11:30,344 AND THEN, WE'LL MEET YOU THERE. -RIGHTO. 255 00:11:30,344 --> 00:11:32,586 TIME'S A-TICKING, PARTNERS. 256 00:11:32,586 --> 00:11:33,793 FRED, I'M NERVOUS. 257 00:11:37,965 --> 00:11:40,172 ALL I WANT NOW IS A MASSIVE HOLE IN THE GROUND 258 00:11:40,172 --> 00:11:42,965 THAT I CAN CALL "PARKER'S PIT." 259 00:11:42,965 --> 00:11:44,448 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO FIND FRED AND TYLER. 260 00:11:44,448 --> 00:11:45,931 -LET'S FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE. -LET'S JUST WAIT OVER THERE. 261 00:11:45,931 --> 00:11:48,275 Danny: YEAH, MAN. 262 00:11:48,275 --> 00:11:49,827 SO, WE'VE GOT A BIG DRIVE AHEAD OF US. 263 00:11:49,827 --> 00:11:52,034 -WE NEED TO HURRY. -YEAH. 264 00:11:52,034 --> 00:11:58,793 Narrator: THE LEASE EXPIRES IN SIX HOURS, BUT IT'S 140 MILES AWAY. 265 00:11:58,793 --> 00:12:00,206 -THERE THEY ARE. -OH, YEAH. THERE THEY ARE. 266 00:12:00,206 --> 00:12:01,379 PERFECT. 267 00:12:01,379 --> 00:12:02,413 HEY, WE GOT TO HURRY! 268 00:12:02,413 --> 00:12:03,862 WE GOT SOMETHING GOING ON. WE GOT TO GO. 269 00:12:03,862 --> 00:12:06,172 -TO WHAT? -WE'VE GOT A LEAD, BUT WE NEED TO GO NOW. 270 00:12:06,172 --> 00:12:08,206 Danny: WHAT'S GOING ON? 271 00:12:08,206 --> 00:12:09,275 WHAT'S UP? 272 00:12:09,275 --> 00:12:10,827 Tyler: WE MANAGED TO FIND AN AMAZING LEASE. 273 00:12:10,827 --> 00:12:13,655 IT'S EXPIRING AT MIDNIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GET OUT THERE, 274 00:12:13,655 --> 00:12:16,137 STAKE IT, AND THEN, HOPEFULLY, MAKE IT YOURS. 275 00:12:16,137 --> 00:12:17,620 GOOD NEWS. 276 00:12:17,620 --> 00:12:18,827 YEAH, NO KIDDING -- 277 00:12:18,827 --> 00:12:21,551 ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, 278 00:12:21,551 --> 00:12:23,103 PAY SOMEBODY A PILE OF MONEY. 279 00:12:23,103 --> 00:12:25,137 EXACTLY. YEP. 280 00:12:25,137 --> 00:12:27,896 NO ROYALTIES. IT'LL BE YOURS. 281 00:12:27,896 --> 00:12:29,034 Fred: BASICALLY GOT LUCKY. 282 00:12:29,034 --> 00:12:30,379 YEAH, SUPER LUCKY. 283 00:12:30,379 --> 00:12:32,172 DAD ACTUALLY KNOWS THE LEASE, AS WELL. 284 00:12:32,172 --> 00:12:34,413 -THAT'S AWESOME. -BUT WE'RE IN A RUSH. 285 00:12:34,413 --> 00:12:35,724 LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT. 286 00:12:47,586 --> 00:12:50,448 I CAN SEE LIGHTS. I CAN SEE LIGHTS DOWN THERE, DOWN TO THE RIGHT. 287 00:12:50,448 --> 00:12:51,862 -YEAH. -OH, OKAY. -YOU GOT HIM? 288 00:12:51,862 --> 00:12:53,413 -YEAH, WAY UP THERE? -YEAH. 289 00:12:53,413 --> 00:12:54,448 2:00? 290 00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:01,655 -WELL, G'DAY, GUYS. HOW WE DOING? -HEY. 291 00:13:01,655 --> 00:13:03,620 -I'M TED, MATE. -TED, NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M PARKER. 292 00:13:03,620 --> 00:13:05,586 -FRED. HOW YOU GOING, MATE? -HOW'S IT GOING? GOOD. 293 00:13:05,586 --> 00:13:07,517 PLEASED TO MEET YOU GUYS, ANYWAY. 294 00:13:07,517 --> 00:13:09,482 SO, HERE WE ARE, MIDDLE OF THE BUSH, HEY? 295 00:13:09,482 --> 00:13:12,793 -WHAT A WAY TO MEET YA. -YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 296 00:13:12,793 --> 00:13:13,965 YOU WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A RUNDOWN? 297 00:13:13,965 --> 00:13:15,482 YEAH, NO DRAMAS. 298 00:13:15,482 --> 00:13:18,241 SO, BASICALLY, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND ACHIEVE TONIGHT IS, 299 00:13:18,241 --> 00:13:20,275 WE'RE GONNA GO AND PEG A LEASE. 300 00:13:20,275 --> 00:13:23,689 WE'RE BASICALLY GONNA NEED TO DRIVE FOUR PEGS IN. 301 00:13:23,689 --> 00:13:27,310 SO, WE CAN SPLIT INTO FOUR, SO WE CAN DO IT NICE AND QUICK. 302 00:13:27,310 --> 00:13:28,655 Narrator: STARTING AT MIDNIGHT, 303 00:13:28,655 --> 00:13:31,241 THE TEAM WILL ALLOW THEMSELVES FIVE MINUTES 304 00:13:31,241 --> 00:13:33,862 TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. 305 00:13:33,862 --> 00:13:37,206 EACH PEG MUST BE 1 METER HIGH. 306 00:13:37,206 --> 00:13:40,000 THEN, TWO TRENCHES, 1 METER LONG, 307 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,344 POINT TO THE ADJOINING PEGS. 308 00:13:42,344 --> 00:13:45,137 THE FIRST THREE PEGS WILL BE KNOCKED IN 309 00:13:45,137 --> 00:13:48,103 BY LECKY, FRED, AND TYLER. 310 00:13:48,103 --> 00:13:52,275 THEN, PARKER WILL SINK THE FINAL DATUM PEG, 311 00:13:52,275 --> 00:13:55,793 WHICH HOLDS THE PAPERWORK FOR THEIR CLAIM. 312 00:13:55,793 --> 00:13:58,034 Ted: NOTHING STARTS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 313 00:13:58,034 --> 00:13:59,655 WHEN I SAY "GO," GO. 314 00:13:59,655 --> 00:14:01,482 WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DID START BEFORE MIDNIGHT? 315 00:14:01,482 --> 00:14:03,758 -WELL, YOU'VE JUST BONED IT. -OH, REALLY? 316 00:14:03,758 --> 00:14:05,241 YEAH. IT'S 317 00:14:05,241 --> 00:14:07,689 'CAUSE YOU'VE PRECEDED TO MARKING OUT 318 00:14:07,689 --> 00:14:10,068 BEFORE THE TENEMENT HAS BECOME AVAILABLE. 319 00:14:10,068 --> 00:14:11,827 RIGHTO, GUYS. WE'RE READY TO GO. 320 00:14:14,275 --> 00:14:19,000 Narrator: TYLER'S MOM, LECKY, HEADS TO THE LOCATION FOR PEG NUMBER ONE. 321 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,448 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE IN HERE. 322 00:14:20,448 --> 00:14:27,275 THERE'S SNAKES, SPIDERS, MANY THINGS THAT CAN BITE YOU. 323 00:14:27,275 --> 00:14:30,586 AND I'VE GOT TO TRY AND FIND THE RIGHT PLACE, 324 00:14:30,586 --> 00:14:33,413 WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BIT, TO GET THE PEG IN. 325 00:14:33,413 --> 00:14:36,517 Narrator: THE TEAM ARE EQUIPPED WITH GPS LOCATORS 326 00:14:36,517 --> 00:14:38,310 THAT ARE LOADED WITH THE COORDINATES 327 00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:41,172 TO THEIR PEGGING POSITION. 328 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:44,275 Danny: STRAIGHT ON. 329 00:14:44,275 --> 00:14:46,344 BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE IS PEGGING AT THE SAME TIME? 330 00:14:46,344 --> 00:14:48,448 WELL, WE PUT OUR TIME IN AS 12:05. 331 00:14:48,448 --> 00:14:51,827 WE GAVE OURSELVES FIVE MINUTES, NO MATTER WHAT. 332 00:14:51,827 --> 00:14:53,793 ABOUT ANOTHER 200 METERS THIS WAY. 333 00:14:57,103 --> 00:14:59,517 THIS WAY. 334 00:14:59,517 --> 00:15:00,827 OH 335 00:15:00,827 --> 00:15:01,862 AAH! 336 00:15:04,931 --> 00:15:06,896 WHAT THE WAS THAT? AAH! 337 00:15:06,896 --> 00:15:09,034 SPIDERWEB! 338 00:15:09,034 --> 00:15:10,586 IT'S IN MY BEARD! 339 00:15:10,586 --> 00:15:13,448 UGH! 340 00:15:13,448 --> 00:15:16,241 WHAT THE IS THIS? 341 00:15:18,586 --> 00:15:22,034 I'M JUST WALKING TO MY GPS POINT, 342 00:15:22,034 --> 00:15:24,586 AND THEN, I'LL WAIT FOR THE GO FROM DAD, 343 00:15:24,586 --> 00:15:27,482 AND GET THE PEG IN THE GROUND. 344 00:15:27,482 --> 00:15:30,965 WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST UP HERE, I THINK. 345 00:15:35,068 --> 00:15:36,827 RIGHTO, CREW. WE'RE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OUT. 346 00:15:36,827 --> 00:15:38,275 WE'LL JUST DO A LAST RADIO CHECK, 347 00:15:38,275 --> 00:15:40,172 AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S SWEET. 348 00:15:40,172 --> 00:15:41,965 RIGHTO. LECK, YOU ON CHANNEL? 349 00:15:43,758 --> 00:15:45,551 LECKY: Roger. 350 00:15:45,551 --> 00:15:47,965 FRED, YOU ON CHANNEL, MATE? 351 00:15:47,965 --> 00:15:49,620 FRED: Roger that. 352 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:52,103 PARKER, YOU ON CHANNEL, BUDDY? 353 00:15:52,103 --> 00:15:54,034 PARKER: Yeah. 354 00:15:54,034 --> 00:15:56,000 TY, ARE YOU ON CHANNEL, SWEET? 355 00:16:03,172 --> 00:16:06,448 TYLER, ARE YOU ON CHANNEL? 356 00:16:08,517 --> 00:16:09,862 ME. 357 00:16:09,862 --> 00:16:12,793 BETTER GO AND MAKE SURE SHE'S ALRIGHT. 358 00:16:12,793 --> 00:16:14,862 OH. 359 00:16:14,862 --> 00:16:16,413 TY, ARE YOU ON CHANNEL? 360 00:16:23,931 --> 00:16:26,620 THAT'S GONE DEAD. 361 00:16:26,620 --> 00:16:29,448 THE BATTERY'S GONE DEAD WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT. 362 00:16:31,551 --> 00:16:32,655 Ted: TYLER?! 363 00:16:32,655 --> 00:16:34,586 YEAH? 364 00:16:34,586 --> 00:16:37,000 WHERE'S YOUR RADIO? 365 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,068 DAD, IT'S GONE FLAT! 366 00:16:39,068 --> 00:16:40,137 UGH! 367 00:16:40,137 --> 00:16:41,275 IT'S NOT MY FAULT. 368 00:16:41,275 --> 00:16:42,896 WELL, COME ON. GRAB SOME BATTERIES. 369 00:16:42,896 --> 00:16:44,413 GET BACK ON-SITE. 370 00:16:51,758 --> 00:16:54,172 Righto, crew. 30 seconds out. 371 00:16:54,172 --> 00:16:56,172 Danny: OKAY. LET'S JUST GET THIS RIGHT. 372 00:16:56,172 --> 00:16:58,586 CONCENTRATE. 373 00:16:58,586 --> 00:17:02,379 I'M GONNA COUNT FROM 10 DOWN. EVERYONE READY? 374 00:17:02,379 --> 00:17:03,517 TYLER: Ready. 375 00:17:03,517 --> 00:17:05,482 FRED: Fred's ready. 376 00:17:05,482 --> 00:17:08,000 I'M READY. 377 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:14,241 Ted: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 378 00:17:14,241 --> 00:17:19,758 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 379 00:17:19,758 --> 00:17:21,206 GO NOW! GO NOW! 380 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,344 HERE WE GO, MATE. 381 00:17:34,758 --> 00:17:35,931 IS THAT GOOD? 382 00:17:35,931 --> 00:17:36,965 Ted: TRENCHES, TRENCHES. 383 00:17:36,965 --> 00:17:38,862 Narrator: TO BE A VALID CLAIM, 384 00:17:38,862 --> 00:17:41,310 EACH PEG MUST HAVE 1-METER TRENCHES 385 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:44,413 THAT POINT TO THE OTHER CORNERS. 386 00:17:44,413 --> 00:17:46,310 1 METER, 1 METER, 1 METER. 387 00:17:50,620 --> 00:17:53,103 BOOM. NAILED IT. 388 00:17:53,103 --> 00:17:55,896 Narrator: THE TEAM MUST SUPPLY TIME-STAMPED VIDEO 389 00:17:55,896 --> 00:17:58,965 AND PHOTO EVIDENCE OF ALL FOUR PEGS 390 00:17:58,965 --> 00:18:01,172 TO REGISTER THE CLAIM. 391 00:18:01,172 --> 00:18:02,379 ALL DONE. 392 00:18:02,379 --> 00:18:04,413 -IS THAT OKAY? -THAT'S PERFECT. 393 00:18:04,413 --> 00:18:05,517 I HOPE THE OTHER BOYS ARE DOING IT. 394 00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:07,103 RIGHTO. TY IS DONE. 395 00:18:07,103 --> 00:18:09,034 PARKER, GO WITH THE MARKER NOW, MATE. 396 00:18:11,827 --> 00:18:14,586 -NO! - HELL, MATE. 397 00:18:14,586 --> 00:18:18,724 Narrator: A BROKEN PEG WILL RENDER THEIR CLAIM INVALID. 398 00:18:18,724 --> 00:18:20,827 CALL HIM, QUICK. CALL TED ON THE RADIO. 399 00:18:20,827 --> 00:18:23,206 TED, I BROKE THE PEG. 400 00:18:23,206 --> 00:18:26,241 -AW, MATE. 401 00:18:32,793 --> 00:18:35,137 Narrator: PARKER'S RACE TO STAKE A CLAIM 402 00:18:35,137 --> 00:18:41,068 ON SOME OF THE RICHEST GROUND IN AUSTRALIA IS IN TROUBLE. 403 00:18:41,068 --> 00:18:43,620 -NO! - HELL, MATE. 404 00:18:43,620 --> 00:18:46,413 TED, I BROKE THE PEG. 405 00:18:46,413 --> 00:18:49,103 COMING NOW, MATE. COME ON. COME ON, TY. LET'S GO. 406 00:18:49,103 --> 00:18:50,448 QUICK. 407 00:18:50,448 --> 00:18:52,862 WE'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GET IT THERE. 408 00:18:52,862 --> 00:18:54,862 Narrator: WITH A BROKEN CLAIM PEG, 409 00:18:54,862 --> 00:18:57,827 PARKER NEEDS AN INTACT 1-METER STAKE 410 00:18:57,827 --> 00:19:01,068 TO REGISTER A VALID CLAIM. 411 00:19:01,068 --> 00:19:02,103 I'LL MEET HIM AT THE ROAD, 412 00:19:02,103 --> 00:19:05,758 AND HE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE IN THE TRUCK. 413 00:19:05,758 --> 00:19:08,379 THERE'S HIS LIGHT, DOWN THERE. 414 00:19:08,379 --> 00:19:10,448 On the way now, matey. 415 00:19:10,448 --> 00:19:13,275 GRAB A PEG OUT THE BACK, TY, AND RUN LIKE MATE. 416 00:19:13,275 --> 00:19:15,551 PARKER, WE'RE COMING IN TO YOU, MATE. 417 00:19:15,551 --> 00:19:17,275 RIGHTO, TY. GO. 418 00:19:20,586 --> 00:19:23,137 TY'S REALLY CLOSE. 419 00:19:23,137 --> 00:19:25,275 Tyler: WE'VE GOT SECONDS. 420 00:19:25,275 --> 00:19:26,827 COME ON. LET'S GO. LET'S GO. 421 00:19:29,827 --> 00:19:31,379 -WHAT HAPPENED? -IT BROKE IN HALF. 422 00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:33,172 Tyler: 423 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:34,827 -IS THAT, LIKE, ENOUGH? -YEAH. THAT'S PERFECT. 424 00:19:34,827 --> 00:19:36,586 Tyler: JUST MEASURE IT QUICKLY. 425 00:19:36,586 --> 00:19:38,310 YEAH. THAT'S A METER. 426 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:40,206 IS THAT OKAY? 427 00:19:40,206 --> 00:19:42,413 Ted: HOW WE GOING, GUYS? IT'S 12:04. 428 00:19:42,413 --> 00:19:44,551 -WE DONE IT. WE DONE IT. -IT'S IN. IT'S IN. -OH 429 00:19:44,551 --> 00:19:47,413 THANK FOR THAT MATE. 430 00:19:47,413 --> 00:19:49,448 OH, I'M TOO OLD FOR THAT 431 00:19:49,448 --> 00:19:51,034 -SO, WE'VE DONE IT. -WE'VE DONE IT. 432 00:19:51,034 --> 00:19:54,275 -AND FRED AND MUM ARE GOOD? -YEP. THEY'RE ALL IN. 433 00:19:54,275 --> 00:19:56,172 -OH. -SWEET. 434 00:19:56,172 --> 00:19:58,413 -WE DID IT, THOUGH. -THANKS, TED. 435 00:19:58,413 --> 00:20:00,275 -YES! -PARKER! 436 00:20:00,275 --> 00:20:04,034 Narrator: AFTER 6,000 MILES, AND TWO MONTHS, 437 00:20:04,034 --> 00:20:07,206 PARKER FINALLY HAS HIS OWN GROUND. 438 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:08,724 Parker: AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITING. 439 00:20:08,724 --> 00:20:13,137 IT'S OUR PIECE OF GROUND, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. 440 00:20:13,137 --> 00:20:16,413 TYLER -- YOU KNOW, I'VE COME TO TRUST HER, 441 00:20:16,413 --> 00:20:18,655 AND IT SEEMS LIKE HER MOM AND DAD 442 00:20:18,655 --> 00:20:19,793 KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, 443 00:20:19,793 --> 00:20:23,000 AND, LIKE, THEY ALL SEEM PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 444 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,206 YEAH. I'M GLAD WE GOT IT. 445 00:20:24,206 --> 00:20:25,413 WE'VE JUST GOT TO GO TEST IT TOMORROW, 446 00:20:25,413 --> 00:20:28,655 AND PROVE TO THE BOYS THAT THERE IS GOLD. 447 00:20:28,655 --> 00:20:29,931 BUT, YEAH, I'M EXHAUSTED, 448 00:20:29,931 --> 00:20:32,275 SO I'M GONNA GO OFF TO BED, AND GET SOME SLEEP. 449 00:20:40,310 --> 00:20:42,413 -OH, TYLER! -AAH! WHAT? 450 00:20:42,413 --> 00:20:45,241 AAH! 451 00:20:45,241 --> 00:20:47,448 OH IT DIDN'T EVEN WORK. 452 00:20:47,448 --> 00:20:49,068 I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THEM. 453 00:20:49,068 --> 00:20:52,379 YOU ALL. 454 00:20:52,379 --> 00:20:54,551 Narrator: TO VALIDATE PARKER'S CLAIM, 455 00:20:54,551 --> 00:20:58,379 THE TEAM NEEDS TO PROVE THERE'S GOLD ON THE LAND. 456 00:20:58,379 --> 00:21:01,241 TED AND LECKY ARE SKILLED PROSPECTORS. 457 00:21:01,241 --> 00:21:05,172 THEIR LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON DETECTING BURIED NUGGETS. 458 00:21:05,172 --> 00:21:06,827 SO, WE'RE GONNA HEAD DOWN THIS WAY. 459 00:21:06,827 --> 00:21:09,034 SO, IF WE SEND THE BOYS UP THE OTHER END OF THE LEASE, 460 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:11,068 BASICALLY. -YEAH. COOL. 461 00:21:11,068 --> 00:21:13,241 -SOUND LIKE A PLAN, BOYS? -ALRIGHT. WE'LL JUST DRIVE OVER THERE, THEN. 462 00:21:13,241 --> 00:21:16,034 PULL UP ON THE ROAD, FIND THE NEAREST RISE THAT YOU CAN, 463 00:21:16,034 --> 00:21:17,931 JUST WORK THE EDGE OF THE HILL. 464 00:21:17,931 --> 00:21:19,620 -AWESOME. -PLAN? 465 00:21:19,620 --> 00:21:22,000 RIGHTO, MATIES. -LET'S DO IT. 466 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,862 LET'S PARTY ON, EH? 467 00:21:23,862 --> 00:21:25,448 I'M EXCITED, GUYS. THIS IS AWESOME. 468 00:21:25,448 --> 00:21:26,862 YEAH, NO. IT SHOULD BE 469 00:21:26,862 --> 00:21:28,379 WE GOT LUCKY TO GET THIS LEASE. 470 00:21:28,379 --> 00:21:31,275 -YOU'VE DONE WELL, TY. -YEAH. -YEAH. 471 00:21:31,275 --> 00:21:33,034 Danny: WELL, LOOK AT ALL THIS. 472 00:21:33,034 --> 00:21:34,896 WHERE SHOULD WE DETECT? 473 00:21:34,896 --> 00:21:36,655 WE ONLY HAVE ONE DETECTOR. 474 00:21:36,655 --> 00:21:38,137 YEAH, I KNOW. IT KIND OF BLOWS. 475 00:21:38,137 --> 00:21:39,862 WELL, I'M FILMING. 476 00:21:39,862 --> 00:21:42,655 I'LL BE FINE. 477 00:21:42,655 --> 00:21:44,896 HEY, THIS LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF OLD WORKINGS. 478 00:21:44,896 --> 00:21:47,206 YOU WANT TO CHECK THIS OUT? 479 00:21:47,206 --> 00:21:49,068 IT MEANS THERE'S GOLD THERE, RIGHT? 480 00:21:49,068 --> 00:21:52,551 -LET'S DO IT. -LET'S FIND SOME GOLD. 481 00:21:52,551 --> 00:21:53,689 FIND SOME NUGS. 482 00:21:53,689 --> 00:21:55,137 I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE GOLD HERE. 483 00:21:55,137 --> 00:21:56,896 I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED 484 00:21:56,896 --> 00:21:59,310 IF IT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH, OR OKAY, FOR PARKER. 485 00:21:59,310 --> 00:22:01,482 BUT I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GET OUT THERE, 486 00:22:01,482 --> 00:22:04,862 SAMPLE IT, TEST IT, AND SEE HOW WE GO. 487 00:22:04,862 --> 00:22:06,206 Lecky: IT'D BE PRETTY BLOODY EMBARRASSING 488 00:22:06,206 --> 00:22:10,068 IF WE'VE DONE ALL THIS EFFORT, AND THERE'S NO GOLD. 489 00:22:10,068 --> 00:22:16,931 SO, HOPEFULLY, A LOT OF GOLD COMES OUR WAY. 490 00:22:16,931 --> 00:22:18,965 Ted: THE LEASE NEXT DOOR TO THE ONE WE'VE JUST PEGGED 491 00:22:18,965 --> 00:22:23,241 HAS HISTORICALLY PRODUCED A HEAP OF ALLUVIAL GOLD, 492 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:25,517 SO WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE RIGHT AREA. 493 00:22:25,517 --> 00:22:29,482 SO, IF WE CAN FIND A COUPLE OF PIECES TO PROVE IT UP, 494 00:22:29,482 --> 00:22:32,620 THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE A REALLY FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY 495 00:22:32,620 --> 00:22:35,827 FOR PARKER, AND FOR TYLER. 496 00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:43,620 ALRIGHT. GIVE THAT A BIT OF A KICKOFF. 497 00:22:46,310 --> 00:22:48,724 YEAH. THAT'S STILL IN THE GROUND, AND... 498 00:22:51,310 --> 00:22:55,724 ...THAT SOUNDS PRETTY SWEET, SO I'LL HAVE A BIT OF A DIG. 499 00:23:03,862 --> 00:23:06,275 THAT SOUNDS BLOODY GOOD, ACTUALLY. 500 00:23:06,275 --> 00:23:08,655 COME ON, BABY. 501 00:23:17,586 --> 00:23:20,344 AND THERE WE GO. GOT A NICE LITTLE NUGGET. 502 00:23:20,344 --> 00:23:24,896 THAT'S PROBABLY A GRAM AND A HALF, TWO GRAMS, 503 00:23:24,896 --> 00:23:28,344 BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED INDICATORS. 504 00:23:28,344 --> 00:23:30,517 IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE GOLD. 505 00:23:30,517 --> 00:23:32,793 ALL THAT MATTERS ABOUT, IS THE GOLD IS RUNNING THIS WAY. 506 00:23:32,793 --> 00:23:35,448 SO, THAT'S PRETTY BLOODY EXCITING. 507 00:23:40,827 --> 00:23:44,000 I'D SAY THAT'S PRETTY BLOODY GOOD, TOO. 508 00:23:46,172 --> 00:23:49,310 THERE WE GO. LOOK AT THAT. 509 00:23:49,310 --> 00:23:51,000 BLOODY RIPPER. 510 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,827 SOUNDS LIKE A NUGGET. I THINK IT'S A NUGGET. 511 00:23:52,827 --> 00:23:56,068 AND IF IT IS, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. 512 00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:58,827 ACTUALLY, IT'S VERYEXCITING. 513 00:24:03,896 --> 00:24:06,931 THERE WE ARE. GOT A PIECE. 514 00:24:06,931 --> 00:24:08,137 PHEW. 515 00:24:08,137 --> 00:24:11,103 AND I'M NOT TOO FAR FROM TEDDY'S PIECES, TOO. 516 00:24:13,103 --> 00:24:15,551 AM I SUPPOSED TO, LIKE, GO IN SOME SORT OF PATTERN? 517 00:24:15,551 --> 00:24:17,206 YEAH, A FIGURE EIGHT. 518 00:24:17,206 --> 00:24:20,655 HOPEFULLY DETECTING SOME BIG OLD NUGGETS OUT OF THE GROUND. 519 00:24:20,655 --> 00:24:23,241 Narrator: 1 MILE AWAY, PARKER PROSPECTS 520 00:24:23,241 --> 00:24:25,586 THE WESTERN EDGE OF HIS NEW CLAIM. 521 00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:27,000 WITH NO DETECTOR, 522 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,965 FRED COMES UP WITH HIS OWN THEORY FOR MINING NUGGETS. 523 00:24:30,965 --> 00:24:32,137 Fred: I'M GONNA LOOK FOR BUNGARRA HOLES, 524 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:33,931 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD IS. 525 00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:37,068 Narrator: THE BUNGARRA IS A FORAGING MONITOR LIZARD 526 00:24:37,068 --> 00:24:39,103 NATIVE TO AUSTRALIA. 527 00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:41,758 Fred: THEY LIKE TO DIG IN THE GROUND, AND THEY PULL THE NUGGETS UP. 528 00:24:44,310 --> 00:24:45,965 YEAH, RIGHT HERE. CHECK THIS OUT. 529 00:24:45,965 --> 00:24:48,275 OH, YEAH, I GOT A FRESH BUNGARRA HOLE OVER HERE. 530 00:24:50,344 --> 00:24:52,103 -NO? -NOTHING. 531 00:24:52,103 --> 00:24:54,448 NOT EVERY BUNGARRA HAS A GOLD NUGGET. 532 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:08,448 NOT A BAD SIGNAL. 533 00:25:08,448 --> 00:25:09,965 OKAY. THIS IS GOOD. 534 00:25:09,965 --> 00:25:13,137 AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE THE GOLD SHOULD BE. 535 00:25:13,137 --> 00:25:14,689 DAD'S GOT TWO ABOVE ME, 536 00:25:14,689 --> 00:25:16,482 SO, IF THIS IS GOLD, 537 00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:20,413 IT MEANS THE RUN IS A VERY GOOD LENGTH. 538 00:25:20,413 --> 00:25:23,965 Narrator: DIGGING DOWNHILL FROM WHERE TED FOUND HIS NUGGETS, 539 00:25:23,965 --> 00:25:28,000 TYLER WANTS TO CONFIRM THEY'RE ON CONSISTENTLY GOOD GROUND. 540 00:25:32,862 --> 00:25:33,896 Tyler: ALRIGHT. 541 00:25:37,241 --> 00:25:39,655 I HOPE IT'S A DECENT-SIZED NUGGET, ACTUALLY. 542 00:25:41,448 --> 00:25:43,896 THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 543 00:25:43,896 --> 00:25:47,551 THE DEEPER YOU GET, THE CHANCES OF IT BEING RUBBISH 544 00:25:47,551 --> 00:25:48,724 GET LESS AND LESS. 545 00:25:52,827 --> 00:25:55,862 IF I CAN PULL OUT A DECENT-SIZED NUGGET RIGHT NOW, 546 00:25:55,862 --> 00:25:59,000 THAT WOULD BE THE CHERRY ON THE CAKE. 547 00:26:02,724 --> 00:26:04,103 THAT'S GETTING LOUD! 548 00:26:04,103 --> 00:26:05,275 THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD. 549 00:26:10,551 --> 00:26:12,000 COME ON! 550 00:26:14,103 --> 00:26:16,000 I'VE NEVER BEEN THIS EXCITED 551 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,586 ABOUT GETTING A NUGGET OUT OF THE GROUND. 552 00:26:21,068 --> 00:26:23,413 OH, THANK OKAY, IT'S OUT. 553 00:26:27,379 --> 00:26:30,068 THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. 554 00:26:30,068 --> 00:26:31,206 IT COULD BE ON HERE. 555 00:26:36,655 --> 00:26:39,241 HOLY 556 00:26:40,862 --> 00:26:43,275 OH, THANK 557 00:26:43,275 --> 00:26:46,413 THAT'S SICK. 558 00:26:46,413 --> 00:26:49,034 I'M SHAKING. 559 00:26:49,034 --> 00:26:51,241 THAT'S A NICE NUGGET. 560 00:26:51,241 --> 00:26:53,068 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. 561 00:26:54,551 --> 00:26:56,586 THANK 562 00:26:56,586 --> 00:27:00,241 Narrator: TYLER'S FIND WEIGHS IN AT 1/3 OUNCE. 563 00:27:00,241 --> 00:27:04,103 BETTER YET, IT'S THE FOURTH NUGGET OF THE DAY. 564 00:27:04,103 --> 00:27:07,655 THIS MUCH GOLD NEAR THE SURFACE BODES WELL 565 00:27:07,655 --> 00:27:13,655 FOR A LARGE-SCALE OPERATION ON PARKER'S NEW 494-ACRE LEASE. 566 00:27:13,655 --> 00:27:16,758 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE LOOK FOR BEFORE WE MINE. 567 00:27:16,758 --> 00:27:17,793 WE FOUND IT. 568 00:27:27,448 --> 00:27:28,724 THERE YOU GO. 569 00:27:28,724 --> 00:27:30,517 Tyler: GOT TO SEE GOLD. I'M STOKED WITH THAT. 570 00:27:30,517 --> 00:27:33,206 A FEW NUGS -- IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. 571 00:27:33,206 --> 00:27:35,827 Narrator: IN THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DESERT, 572 00:27:35,827 --> 00:27:40,172 AFTER HELPING PARKER STAKE A 494-ACRE CLAIM, 573 00:27:40,172 --> 00:27:43,482 TYLER, WITH HER PARENTS, STRIKE GOLD. 574 00:27:43,482 --> 00:27:44,655 SICK! 575 00:27:44,655 --> 00:27:46,931 PARKER, FRED, AND DANNY 576 00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:50,068 ARE STILL HUNTING FOR THEIR FIRST NUGGET. 577 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:52,517 THAT'S A BOOT MARK. 578 00:27:52,517 --> 00:27:55,275 Danny: THAT IS A BOOT MARK. 579 00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:56,620 PARKER? -WHAT? 580 00:27:56,620 --> 00:27:58,620 HAS TEDDY AND LECKY BEEN OUT HERE? 581 00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:00,793 I DON'T KNOW. 582 00:28:00,793 --> 00:28:04,137 SOME PRETTY FRESH DIGGINGS OVER HERE, AND A BOOT MARK. 583 00:28:06,413 --> 00:28:08,103 Danny: STILL NEED TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND 584 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,000 HOW TED READS THIS GROUND. 585 00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:15,448 IS THAT SOMEBODY, OVER THERE? 586 00:28:15,448 --> 00:28:17,517 THAT'S NOT TYLER OR TED OR LECKY, IS IT? 587 00:28:17,517 --> 00:28:20,068 NO. I CAN SEE THEM ON THE CAMERA. THAT'S SOMEONE. 588 00:28:20,068 --> 00:28:21,724 THAT'S NOT ONE OF THEM, IS IT? 589 00:28:24,655 --> 00:28:26,689 THEY'RE WAY THE OVER THERE. 590 00:28:26,689 --> 00:28:28,517 YEAH, THEY'RE THE OTHER WAY. 591 00:28:28,517 --> 00:28:30,172 THEY'VE GOT A DETECTOR OUT. 592 00:28:30,172 --> 00:28:32,896 GUYS, DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT CAR? 593 00:28:32,896 --> 00:28:36,206 -YEAH. -THAT'S NOT A SEPARATE LEASE. 594 00:28:36,206 --> 00:28:37,482 THAT'S NOT A DIFFERENT LEASE FROM US, IS IT? -NO. 595 00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:40,068 WE PUT THE POST DOWN ANOTHER, LIKE, 1/2 MILE THAT WAY. 596 00:28:40,068 --> 00:28:42,103 IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE LEASE. 597 00:28:42,103 --> 00:28:43,206 Danny: WHAT DO WE DO? SHOULD WE JUST -- 598 00:28:43,206 --> 00:28:44,482 DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM FIRST? 599 00:28:47,103 --> 00:28:48,965 YEAH. THEY SHOULDN'T BE HERE, RIGHT? 600 00:28:48,965 --> 00:28:50,793 -NO. -WE PEGGED THIS 601 00:28:55,103 --> 00:28:57,793 HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 602 00:29:02,551 --> 00:29:05,896 HE'S TAKING OFF. GET A SHOT OF HIS LICENSE PLATE. 603 00:29:05,896 --> 00:29:07,896 FRED, GRAB THE TRUCK! 604 00:29:07,896 --> 00:29:09,517 GOT IT! 605 00:29:09,517 --> 00:29:11,103 DIGGING UP OUR GOLD. 606 00:29:11,103 --> 00:29:13,103 RIGHT. GET IN THE TRUCK! 607 00:29:15,724 --> 00:29:16,862 GET IN! GET IN! GET IN! 608 00:29:16,862 --> 00:29:18,241 Danny: HE'S A POACHER OVER THERE! 609 00:29:18,241 --> 00:29:19,379 SEAT BELT, SEAT BELT! 610 00:29:22,206 --> 00:29:24,068 WE NEED TO GET A PLATE NUMBER, OR SOMETHING. 611 00:29:24,068 --> 00:29:26,241 WHERE'S HIS CAR AT? -THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE! 612 00:29:26,241 --> 00:29:28,206 -I'LL GET HIS NUMBER PLATE. -THERE, THERE, THERE! 613 00:29:28,206 --> 00:29:29,448 DUST. -DUSTY! 614 00:29:29,448 --> 00:29:30,517 UGH! 615 00:29:30,517 --> 00:29:32,896 WAIT, WAIT, YEAH! 616 00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:35,068 UGH! I CAN'T SEE IT! 617 00:29:35,068 --> 00:29:38,103 SOME ROCKED UP IN HERE, 618 00:29:38,103 --> 00:29:40,344 TRYING TO STEAL OUR GOLD. 619 00:29:40,344 --> 00:29:42,137 IT'S JUST DUST! 620 00:29:42,137 --> 00:29:43,793 OH, 621 00:29:43,793 --> 00:29:45,862 -NAH. -THIS IS DANGEROUS. 622 00:29:48,793 --> 00:29:50,206 LET HIM GO. LET HIM GO. 623 00:29:50,206 --> 00:29:52,137 -DON'T. - THAT. 624 00:29:52,137 --> 00:29:55,655 HE'S NOT COMING BACK, BUT WE NEVER GOT HIS NUMBER PLATE. 625 00:29:55,655 --> 00:29:57,793 THAT WAS DANGEROUS. 626 00:29:57,793 --> 00:29:59,241 GOOD DRIVING, FRED. 627 00:29:59,241 --> 00:30:01,241 I ALMOST LOST IT ON THIS DUST. 628 00:30:02,448 --> 00:30:06,068 I BET THAT GUY IS NOT COMING BACK. -NO WAY. 629 00:30:06,068 --> 00:30:08,275 WE SHOULD GO AND CHECK THAT HOLE. 630 00:30:08,275 --> 00:30:09,724 -WAS IT IN HERE? -YEAH. 631 00:30:12,551 --> 00:30:14,793 'CAUSE WE CHASED HIM DOWN THAT WAY. 632 00:30:14,793 --> 00:30:15,896 GOT TO BE RIGHT OVER IN HERE SOMEWHERE, 633 00:30:15,896 --> 00:30:17,413 'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE HE LEFT. 634 00:30:17,413 --> 00:30:19,931 YEAH, IT WAS -- OH, YEAH. THERE'S HIS TRACKS. 635 00:30:19,931 --> 00:30:21,344 YEP. LIKE, WALK IN A LINE, MAYBE, 636 00:30:21,344 --> 00:30:22,551 AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A HOLE. 637 00:30:27,241 --> 00:30:29,862 -THERE HE IS. -THERE HE IS. 638 00:30:29,862 --> 00:30:33,206 HOLY 639 00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:37,275 -MATE. -THAT'S A BIG HOLE. 640 00:30:37,275 --> 00:30:39,482 LOTS OF QUARTZ AROUND HERE, TOO. LOOK AT ALL THE QUARTZ. 641 00:30:44,586 --> 00:30:46,000 I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING. 642 00:30:50,896 --> 00:30:53,241 HE MUST HAVE GOT IT. -OH 643 00:30:53,241 --> 00:30:54,482 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IT WAS, 644 00:30:54,482 --> 00:30:56,241 BUT DEFINITELY A START. 645 00:30:56,241 --> 00:30:58,931 I GUESS WE COULD KIND OF -- WE STILL GOT SOME TIME LEFT. 646 00:30:58,931 --> 00:31:00,137 WE CAN KEEP LOOKING. 647 00:31:00,137 --> 00:31:03,620 BUT THAT'S KIND OF TAKEN THE WIND OUT OF MY SAILS. 648 00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:08,482 WE'LL SEE WHAT TED AND LECKY AND TYLER HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. 649 00:31:14,793 --> 00:31:17,620 -OH, THERE'S THE BOYS. -YEAH, COMING BACK IN NOW. 650 00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:19,310 -I HOPE THEY WENT WELL. -YEAH, WOW. 651 00:31:19,310 --> 00:31:20,655 -THAT WOULD BE SO GOOD. -YEAH. 652 00:31:20,655 --> 00:31:22,586 IF THEY PICKED UP GOLD DOWN THE OTHER END OF THE TENEMENT, 653 00:31:22,586 --> 00:31:24,517 THAT'S 2Ks LONG. 654 00:31:26,379 --> 00:31:28,275 WELL, THERE'S ALL THREE OF THEM IN THERE, ANYWAY, 655 00:31:28,275 --> 00:31:29,724 SO THEY HAVEN'T GOT LOST. 656 00:31:29,724 --> 00:31:31,379 -GOOD START. -THAT'S A GREAT START. 657 00:31:31,379 --> 00:31:34,965 -HELLO. -HEY, GUYS. -HEY, MATE. 658 00:31:34,965 --> 00:31:36,206 HOW'D YOU GO? 659 00:31:36,206 --> 00:31:39,172 WE HAD A VERY GOOD DAY. DO YOU HAVE THE GOLD? 660 00:31:39,172 --> 00:31:41,517 OH, COME ON. LET'S HAVE A LOOK. YES! 661 00:31:41,517 --> 00:31:43,344 -OH. -WHAT'D YOU FIND? 662 00:31:43,344 --> 00:31:44,896 HOLY... -YEAH. 663 00:31:44,896 --> 00:31:47,137 -FOR REAL? -YEAH. 664 00:31:48,413 --> 00:31:50,689 NOT BAD, HEY? MOM AND DAD FOUND THE OTHERS. 665 00:31:50,689 --> 00:31:53,620 DAD FOUND TWO OF THEM. MOM FOUND ONE OF THEM. 666 00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:55,793 THAT'S PRETTY COOL. 667 00:31:55,793 --> 00:31:57,103 LIKE, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT MASSIVE, 668 00:31:57,103 --> 00:31:58,310 BUT IT JUST PROVES THAT THE RUN'S STILL THERE. 669 00:31:58,310 --> 00:32:00,793 Danny: OH, THEY'RE NICE, THOUGH. THAT'S AWESOME. 670 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:03,034 -HOW'D YOU GUYS GO? -NOT SO GOOD. 671 00:32:03,034 --> 00:32:05,448 -NOT SO GOOD? 672 00:32:05,448 --> 00:32:09,827 WE FOUND SOME DUDE DIGGING A HOLE, LIKE A POACHER. 673 00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:11,862 -YEAH, RIGHTO. -WHAT'D YOU DO? 674 00:32:11,862 --> 00:32:15,344 CHASED HIS ASS DOWN. WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? 675 00:32:15,344 --> 00:32:17,620 Ted: MM. YOU'RE PROBABLY LUCKY YOU DIDN'T CATCH HIM, 676 00:32:17,620 --> 00:32:19,068 AND GIVE HIM A FLOGGING. -WHY? 677 00:32:19,068 --> 00:32:22,896 BECAUSE HE'S PERFECTLY ENTITLED TO BE EXACTLY WHERE HE IS. 678 00:32:24,448 --> 00:32:27,827 Tyler: WHEN YOU PEG, YOU DON'T GET INSTANT -- 679 00:32:27,827 --> 00:32:28,965 IT'S NOT INSTANTLY YOURS. 680 00:32:28,965 --> 00:32:30,448 THERE'S A PROCESS IT HAS TO GO THROUGH. 681 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:31,862 AND WHILE THE PROCESS IS HAPPENING, 682 00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:33,793 THE GROUND IS PENDING, SO IT MEANS ANYONE CAN COME ON IT. 683 00:32:33,793 --> 00:32:36,689 SO, BASICALLY, THE NEXT 9 TO 12 MONTHS, 684 00:32:36,689 --> 00:32:39,206 ANYONE CAN COME OUT HERE, AND IS LEGALLY ENTITLED TO -- 685 00:32:39,206 --> 00:32:41,517 -9 TO 12 MONTHS? -YEAH. 686 00:32:41,517 --> 00:32:43,931 SO, LIKE, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, 687 00:32:43,931 --> 00:32:46,275 PEOPLE CAN JUST COME HERE, AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT? 688 00:32:46,275 --> 00:32:47,724 THEY CAN'T BRING MACHINERY OUT HERE, 689 00:32:47,724 --> 00:32:49,655 BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DETECT, BECAUSE IT'S PENDING GROUND. 690 00:32:49,655 --> 00:32:51,551 IT'S NOT OURS. -IT'S NOT YOURS 691 00:32:51,551 --> 00:32:54,620 UNTIL IT'S BEEN FINALLY APPROVED. 692 00:32:54,620 --> 00:32:56,379 I'M SORRY. I PROBABLY SHOULD'VE, LIKE, GIVEN YOU 693 00:32:56,379 --> 00:32:58,931 A RUNDOWN OF THAT PROCESS, MAYBE. 694 00:32:58,931 --> 00:33:02,758 DON'T BE WORRIED, MATE. WAIT A WHILE. 695 00:33:02,758 --> 00:33:04,068 GEEZ. 696 00:33:04,068 --> 00:33:05,482 THAT'S THE MINING INDUSTRY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 697 00:33:05,482 --> 00:33:08,448 I GUESS THAT PUT THIS ON THE OLD BACK BURNER. 698 00:33:08,448 --> 00:33:11,965 IT MIGHT NOT BE THE ANSWER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT... 699 00:33:11,965 --> 00:33:13,724 Fred: THAT'S KIND OF 700 00:33:13,724 --> 00:33:17,103 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL YOUR TENEMENT. 701 00:33:22,275 --> 00:33:24,448 Tyler: THAT WAS, LIKE, MY LAST EFFORT, REALLY. 702 00:33:24,448 --> 00:33:27,206 I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR PARKER, NOW. 703 00:33:27,206 --> 00:33:29,034 THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. 704 00:33:29,034 --> 00:33:30,620 IT'S, LIKE, ALWAYS THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT 705 00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:31,896 TO BITE YOU THAT BITE YOU. 706 00:33:31,896 --> 00:33:34,689 I JUST HAD NO IDEA HOW DIFFERENT IT WAS IN THE YUKON. 707 00:33:34,689 --> 00:33:37,689 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS 708 00:33:37,689 --> 00:33:38,758 WERE SO DIFFERENT. 709 00:33:41,448 --> 00:33:44,896 Parker: I MEAN, IT'S STILL AN OPTION, AND -- 710 00:33:44,896 --> 00:33:47,655 AND... 711 00:33:47,655 --> 00:33:49,103 IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE A LOT OF TIME. 712 00:33:49,103 --> 00:33:51,344 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE MINING WORLD, 713 00:33:51,344 --> 00:33:53,862 TIME IS THE MOST VALUABLE THING YOU'VE GOT. 714 00:33:53,862 --> 00:33:57,793 I GET PARKER'S FRUSTRATION, BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 715 00:33:57,793 --> 00:34:00,068 THAT'S JUST WHAT IT'S LIKE MINING IN AUSTRALIA. 716 00:34:00,068 --> 00:34:02,758 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN CHANGE. 717 00:34:02,758 --> 00:34:04,103 YEAH. 718 00:34:04,103 --> 00:34:05,482 AND TOMORROW IS THE END OF THIS TRIP, 719 00:34:05,482 --> 00:34:09,551 AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD A LONG TIME, 720 00:34:09,551 --> 00:34:15,862 AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE. 721 00:34:15,862 --> 00:34:18,655 WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GROUND -- SOME GOOD, SOME BAD. 722 00:34:18,655 --> 00:34:22,172 BUT... 723 00:34:22,172 --> 00:34:25,862 YOU KNOW, WHERE WE TAKE IT FROM HERE NEEDS TO BE DECIDED. 724 00:34:30,620 --> 00:34:32,482 Narrator: COMING UP... 725 00:34:32,482 --> 00:34:33,517 Danny: QUITE A TRIP, HUH? 726 00:34:33,517 --> 00:34:35,620 Narrator: ...PARKER ENDS HIS TWO-MONTH 727 00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:37,379 AUSTRALIAN GOLD HUNT... 728 00:34:37,379 --> 00:34:39,551 THIS FEELS MORE LIKE AMERICA! 729 00:34:39,551 --> 00:34:42,103 ...AT THE HOME OF A U.S. PRESIDENT... 730 00:34:42,103 --> 00:34:43,620 Tyler: SO, THIS IS HERBERT HOOVER'S HOUSE. 731 00:34:43,620 --> 00:34:45,758 Fred: MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE JUST ONE OF THOSE SPOTS. 732 00:34:45,758 --> 00:34:47,275 IT'S ALMOST KIND OF MAGICAL. 733 00:34:47,275 --> 00:34:50,275 WE'VE CRACKED THE EGG, AND THERE IS GOLD ELSEWHERE TO BE FOUND. 734 00:34:50,275 --> 00:34:53,896 Narrator: ...AND MUST MAKE THE DECISION OF HIS LIFE. 735 00:34:53,896 --> 00:34:56,000 WHERE TO FROM HERE? 736 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,965 REALLY, I WANT TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH YOU GUYS. 737 00:34:57,965 --> 00:34:59,965 WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD START 738 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:03,586 TO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A GREAT THING. 739 00:35:11,724 --> 00:35:13,793 OH, THEY'RE LOOKING -- OOH, THEY GOT GUNS. 740 00:35:13,793 --> 00:35:16,896 Narrator: WESTERN AUSTRALIAN IS THE ONLY PLACE ON EARTH 741 00:35:16,896 --> 00:35:19,896 TO HAVE ITS OWN DEDICATED GOLD COPS. 742 00:35:19,896 --> 00:35:21,965 -HEY, GUYS. HOW ARE YOU? -HOW ARE YOU? -HELLO. 743 00:35:21,965 --> 00:35:23,758 -NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M PARKER. -PARKER. 744 00:35:23,758 --> 00:35:28,206 Narrator: THEY PATROL AN AREA OF OVER 1 MILLION SQUARE MILES. 745 00:35:28,206 --> 00:35:31,620 SO, ARE THERE VERY MANY, LIKE, BIG THEFTS? 746 00:35:31,620 --> 00:35:33,482 WE'VE HAVE THEFTS IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS 747 00:35:33,482 --> 00:35:35,551 UP TO $250,000 WORTH OF GOLD. 748 00:35:35,551 --> 00:35:37,241 Fred: 749 00:35:37,241 --> 00:35:38,655 -DID YOU CATCH THEM? -YEAH. 750 00:35:38,655 --> 00:35:40,620 -GOOD. -YEAH. GOT MOST OF THE GOLD BACK, AS WELL. 751 00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:42,103 -WOW. -WOW. 752 00:35:42,103 --> 00:35:45,000 WHAT IF SOMEBODY WERE TO STAKE A CLAIM, 753 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,482 AND THEN, THE NEXT DAY, THEY CAME, 754 00:35:46,482 --> 00:35:48,310 AND THERE WAS SOMEONE THEY THOUGHT WAS A POACHER ON IT... 755 00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:50,379 -THIS IS PURELY HYPOTHETICAL. -HYPOTHETICAL. 756 00:35:50,379 --> 00:35:51,827 AND THEY CHASED THEM OFF. 757 00:35:51,827 --> 00:35:54,034 -I WASN'T A PART OF THIS. -IS THAT A CRIME? 758 00:35:54,034 --> 00:35:56,103 PENDING GROUND, IT'S OPEN GROUND. 759 00:35:56,103 --> 00:35:57,275 ASKING FOR A FRIEND. 760 00:35:57,275 --> 00:35:58,482 WELL, IF THERE'S A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION, 761 00:35:58,482 --> 00:36:00,862 THEN IT'S AN ASSAULT, YEAH, OR IF THERE'S THREATS... 762 00:36:00,862 --> 00:36:02,827 NO THREATS. I MEAN, HYPOTHETICALLY. 763 00:36:16,655 --> 00:36:18,137 Fred: QUITE A TRIP, HUH? 764 00:36:18,137 --> 00:36:19,689 Parker: YEAH, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 765 00:36:19,689 --> 00:36:20,931 WELL DONE, EVERYONE. 766 00:36:23,103 --> 00:36:25,310 Narrator: PARKER SCHNABEL AND HIS TEAM 767 00:36:25,310 --> 00:36:28,448 FINISH THEIR 6,000-MILE EXPEDITION 768 00:36:28,448 --> 00:36:32,827 IN A MINE SITE WITH AN HISTORIC LINK TO AMERICA. 769 00:36:32,827 --> 00:36:35,517 Tyler: SO, THIS IS HERBERT HOOVER'S HOUSE. 770 00:36:35,517 --> 00:36:40,310 HERBERT HOOVER WAS THE 31st PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 771 00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:41,551 Danny: NO WAY! 772 00:36:41,551 --> 00:36:43,206 HE WAS THE FIRST MINE MANAGER HERE. 773 00:36:43,206 --> 00:36:45,551 -OH, WHAT? -WICKED! 774 00:36:48,482 --> 00:36:50,448 LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS BAD BOY. 775 00:36:53,620 --> 00:36:58,965 Narrator: HIS HOUSE STILL STANDS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE HUGE OPEN PIT. 776 00:36:58,965 --> 00:37:03,000 Parker: YEAH, THIS FEELS MORE LIKE AMERICA! 777 00:37:04,689 --> 00:37:05,827 YEAH! 778 00:37:07,275 --> 00:37:12,655 AFTER A TWO-MONTH SEARCH, PARKER HAS A HUGE DECISION -- 779 00:37:12,655 --> 00:37:16,206 GO BACK TO NORTH AMERICA EMPTY-HANDED 780 00:37:16,206 --> 00:37:20,034 OR FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF A U.S. PRESIDENT, 781 00:37:20,034 --> 00:37:24,448 AND RUN HIS OWN GOLD MINE IN AUSTRALIA? 782 00:37:24,448 --> 00:37:26,965 I'M THINKING MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE JUST ONE OF THOSE SPOTS 783 00:37:26,965 --> 00:37:32,000 WHERE BRILLIANT MINE BOSSES COME TO MAKE BRILLIANT DECISIONS. 784 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,413 IT'S ALMOST KIND OF MAGICAL. 785 00:37:33,413 --> 00:37:36,034 I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE SOMETHING. 786 00:37:36,034 --> 00:37:38,586 I BET THERE'S BEEN SOME DEALS DONE AT THIS TABLE. 787 00:37:38,586 --> 00:37:41,448 -CHEERS, GUYS. -CHEERS. 788 00:37:41,448 --> 00:37:42,896 WHAT A TRIP. 789 00:37:42,896 --> 00:37:44,793 -TO SURVIVING. -WHAT A JOURNEY. 790 00:37:44,793 --> 00:37:46,344 JUST. 791 00:37:46,344 --> 00:37:48,586 TYLER, PROPS TO YOU FOR FINDING THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE 792 00:37:48,586 --> 00:37:50,896 THAT WE'VE SEEN. 793 00:37:50,896 --> 00:37:55,482 BECAUSE, IN THREE YEARS OF DOING THIS TRIP, 794 00:37:55,482 --> 00:37:57,620 LIKE, WE'VE SEEN WAY MORE REAL OPPORTUNITY 795 00:37:57,620 --> 00:38:00,206 THAN THE OTHER TWO YEARS COMBINED. 796 00:38:00,206 --> 00:38:02,275 -OH, IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT. -SO, THANKS FOR DOING THAT. 797 00:38:02,275 --> 00:38:04,310 -THANKS FOR HAVING ME, GUYS. -YOU DID A GREAT JOB, TYLER. 798 00:38:04,310 --> 00:38:06,068 Parker: I WOULDN'T MIND MINING IN AUSTRALIA. 799 00:38:06,068 --> 00:38:09,068 BUT WHERE ON EARTH ARE THERE MINING LAWS 800 00:38:09,068 --> 00:38:11,827 WHERE YOU STAKE A CLAIM, 801 00:38:11,827 --> 00:38:13,655 AND EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'VE STAKED A CLAIM, 802 00:38:13,655 --> 00:38:18,827 AND ANYBODY CAN GO MINE ON IT FOR, LIKE, A YEAR? 803 00:38:18,827 --> 00:38:20,275 I DON'T MAKE THE RULES. 804 00:38:20,275 --> 00:38:22,827 I DON'T AGREE WITH THEM, EITHER, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS. 805 00:38:22,827 --> 00:38:24,068 IT DEPENDS HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE. 806 00:38:24,068 --> 00:38:26,448 I GUESS IF THERE'S MORE DEEPER STUFF... 807 00:38:26,448 --> 00:38:28,379 YEAH. WELL, THEY CAN'T GET IN THERE WITH A LOADER AND EXCAVATOR. 808 00:38:28,379 --> 00:38:30,551 THEY CAN ONLY DETECT AND PAN. 809 00:38:30,551 --> 00:38:33,379 I MEAN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD OPTIONS. 810 00:38:33,379 --> 00:38:37,689 WE'VE CRACKED THE EGG, AND THERE IS GOLD ELSEWHERE TO BE FOUND. 811 00:38:37,689 --> 00:38:38,965 I FEEL LIKE, EVERYWHERE WE'VE BEEN, 812 00:38:38,965 --> 00:38:41,620 WE'VE MET SOME REALLY COOL PEOPLE, AS WELL, WHICH HELPS. 813 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:44,517 I MEAN, IAN HOLLAND WAS A GREAT GUY 814 00:38:44,517 --> 00:38:47,862 THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GO, LIKE, NUGGET-HUNTING WITH. 815 00:38:47,862 --> 00:38:50,931 AND THEN PALMER RIVER, WITH FITZGERALD, RIGHT? 816 00:38:50,931 --> 00:38:53,103 I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY ALL AGREE ON THAT. 817 00:38:53,103 --> 00:38:54,620 -YEAH. -MM-HMM. 818 00:38:54,620 --> 00:38:57,448 I THINK THE PALMER GOLD FIELDS WOULD BE A GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. 819 00:38:57,448 --> 00:39:03,068 THE AMOUNT OF TRUST AND COMFORT THAT I HAD WITH THE FITZGERALDS 820 00:39:03,068 --> 00:39:04,310 IS HARD TO REPLACE. 821 00:39:04,310 --> 00:39:06,862 SO, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH WHITTLED IT DOWN 822 00:39:06,862 --> 00:39:10,034 TO JUST A FEW FROM THIS ENTIRE TRIP. 823 00:39:10,034 --> 00:39:12,827 WHERE TO FROM HERE? 824 00:39:13,965 --> 00:39:16,413 I MEAN, IT'S A TOUGH CALL, REALLY. 825 00:39:16,413 --> 00:39:18,172 THERE'S A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD OPTIONS. 826 00:39:18,172 --> 00:39:24,034 BUT FROM MY STANDPOINT, GROUND THAT GRADES WELL, 827 00:39:24,034 --> 00:39:26,551 AND I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF VOLUME OF, 828 00:39:26,551 --> 00:39:28,103 OR THE POTENTIAL FOR LOTS OF VOLUME OF, 829 00:39:28,103 --> 00:39:29,448 WAS IN PALMER RIVER. 830 00:39:29,448 --> 00:39:31,965 SO, I'M GOING GONNA GIVE JACK AND CHERYL A CALL, 831 00:39:31,965 --> 00:39:34,172 AND SEE IF WE CAN EITHER MAKE A DEAL, 832 00:39:34,172 --> 00:39:35,482 OR SET UP A TIME TO MEET. 833 00:39:35,482 --> 00:39:37,137 I PREFER DOING THINGS FACE-TO-FACE, 834 00:39:37,137 --> 00:39:40,517 SO I'LL JUST TRY TO SET UP A MEETING, AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. 835 00:39:40,517 --> 00:39:42,551 THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DETAILS TO HASH OUT, BUT... 836 00:39:42,551 --> 00:39:43,793 -DUDE! -THAT'S EXCITING. 837 00:39:43,793 --> 00:39:45,413 Parker: WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GAME FOR IT. 838 00:39:45,413 --> 00:39:47,793 I'LL DIG MY TEETH INTO IT, AND SEE WHERE WE GET. 839 00:39:47,793 --> 00:39:49,896 -AMAZING. -THANK YOU, GUYS. -THAT'S AWESOME. 840 00:39:49,896 --> 00:39:51,000 -YEAH! -YES! 841 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,275 -CHEERS. -I'M GONNA GO CALL THEM. 842 00:39:52,275 --> 00:39:53,379 I'M GONNA GO CALL THEM RIGHT NOW. 843 00:39:53,379 --> 00:39:56,137 -YES! -YES! 844 00:39:56,137 --> 00:39:57,344 Danny: GOOD STUFF, MAN. 845 00:40:04,896 --> 00:40:08,241 SO THAT'S IT -- PALMER RIVER. HE'S MADE HIS DECISION. 846 00:40:08,241 --> 00:40:12,241 I THINK I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S CHOSEN THAT PLACE. 847 00:40:12,241 --> 00:40:14,724 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE METHODS THEY'RE USING, 848 00:40:14,724 --> 00:40:16,172 THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE MET, 849 00:40:16,172 --> 00:40:19,034 IT'S ABSOLUTELY, I THINK, THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE. 850 00:40:20,413 --> 00:40:21,586 HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? 851 00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:23,103 Tyler: I'M STOKED. 852 00:40:23,103 --> 00:40:24,793 PALMER GOLD FIELDS IS A GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM. 853 00:40:24,793 --> 00:40:27,034 I WOULD LOVE IF HE WOULD CONSIDER WORKING WITH ME 854 00:40:27,034 --> 00:40:28,068 AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. 855 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,241 YEAH, JUST FINISHING THE TRIP OFF, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE 856 00:40:32,241 --> 00:40:36,724 I GAVE YOU GUYS A CALL TO TALK ABOUT YOUR GROUND. 857 00:40:39,068 --> 00:40:41,034 Fred: THERE'S DEFINITELY A FUTURE FOR HIM IN AUSTRALIA. 858 00:40:41,034 --> 00:40:43,241 PALMER RIVER, TO ME, WAS THE TOTAL PACKAGE. 859 00:40:43,241 --> 00:40:44,413 I DON'T THINK WE BEAT IT. 860 00:40:44,413 --> 00:40:49,068 I THINK THAT WAS THE PEAK OF THE ENTIRE TRIP. 861 00:40:49,068 --> 00:40:50,724 REALLY, I WANT TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH YOU GUYS. 862 00:40:50,724 --> 00:40:52,379 YOU KNOW, IT'S -- A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO 863 00:40:52,379 --> 00:40:53,862 WITH JUST THAT KIND OF TRUST. 864 00:40:53,862 --> 00:40:55,655 AND I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION IS, 865 00:40:55,655 --> 00:40:58,068 IS IT, YOU KNOW -- 866 00:40:58,068 --> 00:41:00,586 IS IT IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY FOR US 867 00:41:00,586 --> 00:41:02,931 TO GET THAT PIECE OF GROUND THAT WE WERE TESTING? 868 00:41:03,793 --> 00:41:06,137 CHERYL: Yeah. We'll -- we'll be in touch. 869 00:41:06,137 --> 00:41:07,413 Parker: ALRIGHT. 870 00:41:09,793 --> 00:41:13,862 WELL, WE MAY NOT HAVE A SIGNED DEAL ON A GREAT PIECE OF GROUND, 871 00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:16,310 BUT WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD CONNECTIONS 872 00:41:16,310 --> 00:41:19,965 WITH WHAT I THINK IS THE BEST PIECE OF GROUND AVAILABLE. 873 00:41:19,965 --> 00:41:22,689 AND HOPEFULLY, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING WORK, YOU KNOW? 874 00:41:22,689 --> 00:41:24,620 WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD START 875 00:41:24,620 --> 00:41:28,241 TO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE... 876 00:41:28,241 --> 00:41:29,413 A GREAT THING.