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NARRATOR:
This time on Aussie Gold Hunters...
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No way. (LAUGHS)
Ohh!
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Yes!
Oh, Andy, look at that!
That's a chunk.
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..Jackie and Andrew scour
an ancient riverbed...
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(GRUNTS) This stuff's hard.
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..but end up striking more
than gold.
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Argh! Ow!
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Don't you faint on me.
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The Brumbies
bring in the big guns...
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The stump is gone! Ha-ha!
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..opening new gold-bearing ground.
Ooh!
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But when the water runs out...
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The pond!
Oh, yeah,. Got it, got it.
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..it threatens to shut down
their operation.
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We're losing gold.
My biggest worry is that gearbox.
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Shane's been forced
out of retirement.
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It's time to fire it up and show us
that it works.
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But his machinery refuses
to come back to life.
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Come on, start!
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Start!
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(WIND HOWLS)
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Welcome to my country.
Yalata country. Western Yalata.
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Take yous down and show you some
paintings, big galleries
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we call it "The Magnificent",
cos there's no other word to it.
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How old is this one down here?
They're about 60,000.
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There's a couple
even more than that.
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It's crazy. Cos we're gonna be
working in this country,
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but we want to be able to know
what we're working in
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and the significance of it.
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In remote Far North Queensland,
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Jacqui Buzetti and Andrew Leahy
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have come to witness something
that few outsiders have ever seen.
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Through their respectful treatment
of this land,
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Jacqui and Andrew
built a relationship
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with its traditional owners
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who today want to share with them
a long-lost Outback treasure.
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How did you find this place?
My big brothers,
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Brad and Johnny.
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They found it?
They found this.
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Oh, wow.
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Welcome to Magnificent.
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This is our teaching, our ways.
That's a barramundi.
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Yep.
And that's a possum on top.
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So they painted this on the wall
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to let you know you get barra here
and you get possum here.
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All the signs around you, everything
that you get from the plants,
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and the resources,
I just love all of that.
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We know now what to look for
on other parts of the station.
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And if we come across anything
like that,
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we'll let the traditional owners
know.
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Jacqui and Andrew are pushing into
untouched gold hunting ground
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in the valleys of Fish Creek.
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We're going for gold that no-one's
ever been near before.
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But exploring this isolated corner
of Far North Queensland
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has been far more challenging than
Jacqui and Andrew expected.
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It's there,
we just need to get to it.
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After building a road to the gold...
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Whoo!
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..bush fires forced the duo
to abandon the area.
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It's about time those fires
finished.
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I'm glad we're gonna get
a shot at Fish Creek now.
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Where we're headed has been cut off
from everyone for so long
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it's our best shot.
Yeah, hopefully
a bit of luck comes our way,
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it's what we need.
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Well, this is looking good.
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This is exactly
what we want to see.
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When you're in a real gorgy part
of the creek like this,
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it doesn't take much for the gold
to pull up.
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The dried-up creek acts like
a natural sluice box.
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When flood waters wash through,
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cracks in the bedrock
act like riffles,
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trapping the heavy gold.
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(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
Hey, there we go.
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A signal. Not a real strong one,
but there's something there.
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Oh, there it is. Excellent.
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Nice flat little piece of gold.
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That's bedrock gold all over.
Really water-worn.
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We've got a long way to go
to reach 50 ounces,
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but every one of those will help.
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Hopefully Jacqui's onto a bit
as well.
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This whole year has just been
delay after delay.
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We should be halfway through
our season target
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at this point in the season
and we're really, really behind.
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So I just got a target.
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So, we'll see.
(DETECTOR HUMS)
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We really need some gold.
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(DETECTOR HUMS)
Come on, Fish Creek.
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(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
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Just rusty tin.
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This old blunt pick's not
helping me out much.
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(SIGHS)
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It's pure rock.
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(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
I think it's still down in there.
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All right.
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I don't know what to do.
I might give Jacqui a call.
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Jacqui, you got a copy, mate?
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Yeah, mate.
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I've got a target
trapped in bedrock here.
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I just can't get it out
and I picked up
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a few little ones just above it
so I'm pretty sure it's gold.
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All right, I'm just around the
corner, I might come have a look.
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Might have to get some more serious
tools to try and get this out.
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All right.
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I've got a hammer and chisel
in here.
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I will grab this little crowbar
so we can pry it out,
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and these guys should make the job
a lot easier for us.
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Got 'em!
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That's looser.
Where's that crowbar?
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Do you want to try that one?
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Oh, I don't know, mate. I don't know
if we're gonna get this off.
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It's coming.
Get out!
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Wait! Wait!
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Oh, no way.
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Come on, let's get that stump out.
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Come on! Come on!
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Give it to it!
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We've found about 15 ounces
throughout this area here
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and that stump is just right smack
bang in the middle of it.
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So we need it out to find the gold
that's underneath it.
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It's gotta be a massive nugget
holding it in place.
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Come on, do it! Come on!
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(REVVING)
Get it out!
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Nope. Nope.
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Er, nope. She's not gonna shift.
Bad news.
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Well, what are we gonna do?
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We need the big excavator in there,
but it's a helluva hike.
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It'd be tramming it for,
I don't know, a couple of hours.
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Or we try something
that's a little bit closer
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and we save a few bucks
on diesel.
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This stump has got to go.
It has given me blisters.
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It has caused me grief. This stump,
it just needs to go.
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It's got to go.
Well, I'm sick of hearing about it
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so just to end it,
we'll get the exci.
We'll get the big exci out here.
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Come on, let's go get the excavator.
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BRETT:
Welcome to your new home, baby.
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Kitchen.
The wall is coming apart.
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This is what we've got, dear.
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Yup. (SIGHS)
It's gonna be tough.
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After losing their home,
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Brett Brumby and Kat Dubberley
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were forced to move into
a gold-mining ghost town.
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They've been desperate to find
enough gold
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from their 30-hectare
Dead Horse Lease
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to get their lives back on track.
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What have you done? We've got
so much to do with the house
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and you've gone and spent money
that we don't have.
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Well, this didn't actually cost us
any money.
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The arrival of a 25-tonne excavator
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is keeping their hopes of finding
a life-changing haul of gold alive.
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This is gonna get us the gold that
we need to get you your kitchen.
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We're not close to
our gold target yet.
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Er...
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It's a bit of a concern.
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We've got hardly any money
coming in.
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But that machine
is a real game changer for us.
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Kat's still getting used to
the bigger excavator,
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but, er, she seems to be doing
all right.
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We've got a fairly gnarly
bit of creek coming up here.
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This is absolutely terrifying.
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You're gonna rock a little bit
coming through here
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and she might sink or slide
a little bit.
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Ohh!Come on, dear,
we've got faith in you.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Hoo-hoo!
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Oh, and I'm back on solid ground.
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I did it! Did you see me?
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There's nothing stopping me now
from getting that stump.
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Ha-ha!
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This is the last-ditch effort
to try and get this stump out.
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Just take your time, and have
a little bit of power on as well.
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Whoa! (LAUGHS)
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That's it, you're doing all right.
Keep coming.
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Over.
Whoo-hoo!
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Yes! It's gone! The stump has gone!
Ha-ha!
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During periods of heavy rainfall,
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this creek fills with
fast-moving water,
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carrying gold-bearing sediment.
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Variations in the creek
act like natural riffles.
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Brett and Kat think
the roots of this tree
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have slowed the water enough
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to give the heavy gold time
to settle in and around its roots.
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Let's see what we can find.
Yep. There you go.Awesome.
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This is the moment of truth
to see if we've got the big nugget
that I was hoping for.
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I just keep on telling Brett there's
gotta be something under there.
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So the pressure's kind of on me now
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if there's no gold and we've just
tracked the excavator over,
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So we just really need this
to pay off.
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(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
Well, that's a nice noise.
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I mean, we're finding gold
in this area,
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but we're still getting
a lot of stuff that isn't gold.
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All right, it's in my hand.
(HIGH TONE)
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Oh, I can see it right there!
Whoa!
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That's a massive one!
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That's amazing.
That's the biggest one yet, I think.
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You know what? That's such a relief,
cos it means we're on
a lucky strike here.
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Copy, Amy. How you going?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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We have a high target.
Shane's got a big wet plant
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that he's bringing in at the moment.
Once he gets that up and running,
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then we can put much more dirt
through it
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and actually get more gold
out of the ground.
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So we're not just relying
on finding nuggets by detecting,
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we've actually got a big operation
going and getting as much gold
as we can.
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Last week, Kate Dundas lured
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family friend and fifth-generation
miner Shane Calegari
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out of retirement
with the promise of big gold
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on Messenger's Patch.
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With the help of fellow geologist,
Amy Doherty,
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Kate proved Messenger's Patch
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to be worthy of the big machines.
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Just shy of four grand.
That's not a bad effort.
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Kate convinced me
there's gold here.
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I have got all the gear.
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She helped me out last season.
I suppose I owe her.
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AMY: (LAUGHS)
What the hell is that, Kate?
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Oh, my God.
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Kate, this is Toddy.
Hi, Todd. How are you?
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This is Amy.
Toddy's my right-hand man at work.
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This is the fabulous bit of gear
I've got.
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I know it's not quite completed.
It's in pieces!
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Kate, I told you from the beginning,
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I am not throwing good money
after bad!
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There's nothing wrong with it.
Yeah, all right.
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But if you got it for nothing,
you got your money's worth.
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That's hurtful, Kate.
(TODD CHUCKLES)
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Yeah, all right. You've got two days
to get that thing working.
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But time is money, Shane.
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Well, at the yard I've got
a thousand-odd litres of water.
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I've got a little sluice,
and you girls being
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the great geologists you are can
come and find me the best posi's
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where the gold is.
All right, well...
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Come on, Toddy, let's go.
We've been abused enough.
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How's it going, Marko? Can you come
and give us a lift, please?
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Yeah, no worries, Shane. On my way.
Okay, thank you, Marko.
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A very well-respected prospector's
coming here, named Mark Wells.
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He's gonna lift this off.
It weighs about three tons.
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The problem is that the weight
of the piece at the back there,
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the hopper it's called,
239
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it's a lot heavier
than the rest of it.
240
00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,760
So what happens is,
it can tilt over.
241
00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,920
So what he's gonna try and do is
get the weight equal.
242
00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,280
Chains aren't long enough.
We're just gonna have to see...
243
00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,160
..how it goes.
244
00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,800
Just guide me in
so I'm in the middle.
245
00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,280
This takes a bit of experience,
so it's very important
they get this right.
246
00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,160
Come around.
If they don't get this right,
247
00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,000
the thing's gonna pivot
and it'll break the sluice.
It'll be the end of it.
248
00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,640
(CREAKING)
249
00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,600
Wait! Wait! Hang on!
250
00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,280
No way.
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
251
00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,440
Yes!
(GASPS)
252
00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,960
Oh! Ha-ha-ha! Yes!
Oh, Andy, look at that!
253
00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,800
That's a chunk.
Oh, feel that weight.
254
00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,320
That's a half ounce easy, mate.
255
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,520
There's 1500 dollars right there.
256
00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,680
Isn't it good to see that big,
chunky gold?
257
00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:19,760
That's nice.
That's the one.
258
00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,840
Nice work, mate. Great job.
Too easy. Whoo!
259
00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,960
Hey, watch out,
there's a snake there.
260
00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,280
A really serious snake.
Really fast.
261
00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,240
And super deadly.
262
00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,000
The Inland Taipan's
highly toxic venom
263
00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,760
can kill a healthy adult
in less than an hour.
264
00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,080
Jacqui and Andrew carry
a snake bite bandage
265
00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,240
which delays the effects
of the venom.
266
00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,800
But without immediate
medical intervention,
267
00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,480
the chances of surviving a bite
are slim.
268
00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,400
Second deadliest snake in the world.
269
00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,040
He's a big Taipan too.
270
00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,720
We're a long way from
any sort of help.
271
00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,680
If one of those gets us,
it's all over.
272
00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,520
He can go that way,
I'm going this way.
273
00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,640
Oh, yeah, there's some bedrock.
274
00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,120
You ripper!
That's what I'm looking for.
275
00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,040
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
Hey, that sounds nice.
276
00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,520
See how we went.
277
00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,640
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
All right, something in the pile.
Scoop it out now, eh.
278
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,640
Look at that, sitting in there!
279
00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,320
Excellent little nug.
280
00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,720
That's the stuff.
281
00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,040
Your ounces of gold build up
really quick
282
00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,720
when you're getting
five or six gram nuggets like this.
283
00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,560
That's a $500 nugget right there.
284
00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,840
If and when you get onto a run
of chunky gold,
285
00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,440
it just keep coming.
All right, keep finding them.
286
00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:05,960
(DETECTOR HUMMING)
287
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,600
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
288
00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:15,000
Okay, I got a target just in
this sheet of bedrock here.
289
00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:19,960
But that's the type of spot we've
been pulling them out from
in this area.
290
00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,000
God, this stuff's hard.
291
00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,400
It's so hard to get it... Argh!
292
00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,480
Ow!
293
00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,280
(GROANS)
Hey!
294
00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:41,440
(GROANS)
Are you all right?
295
00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,760
What have you done?
I hit a rock.
296
00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,800
Oh, give us a look.
297
00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,640
All right, all right, all right.
Ow!
298
00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,880
(GROANS)
Let's just bandage it up.
299
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,960
Don't you faint on me.
300
00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,680
He's gonna lift this up.
It weighs about three tonne.
301
00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,840
The problem is the hopper.
It's a lot heavier than
the rest of it.
302
00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,800
That's it, Toddy,
you've got that right. That's it.
303
00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,280
Get it out. Drive.
304
00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,360
Toddy, I can't hear you! What?
Drive!
305
00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,720
Drive!
Am I right?Go! Go!
306
00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,440
Let's try walking it that way
a little bit.Back it up a bit.
307
00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,880
Tell me when.
That's it, Marko.That's it.
308
00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,240
Down, down, down.
309
00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:44,080
It's now in.
Now we can start assembling it.
Then I can get some gold.
310
00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,000
KATE: Now we have a wet plant,
we need to find an area
311
00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,040
that has the high concentration
of gold.
312
00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:53,880
Okay, so this is where we are now.
313
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,280
So this is where the nugget was.
All our nuggets from last week
314
00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,440
are all along here.
And so we can see
315
00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,840
this drainage channel coming through
which is exactly where
we thought we would find the gold.
316
00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,520
We've got our mini sluice here.
We'll just put a little material,
317
00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,000
get it through in the same way
a big wet plant works.
318
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,560
Our plan is to sample a number
of different areas
319
00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,400
across the pads that we've cleared.
320
00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,400
All right, so we need to pick
some spots for samples, then,
321
00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,040
for this mini sluice.
All right, let's go.
322
00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:22,400
Off we go.
323
00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,920
To justify the expense of running
Shane's full-size wet plant,
324
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,440
Kate and fellow geologist Amy
325
00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,560
need to find pay dirt
with a high yield of fine gold.
326
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,920
All right, you carry that.
You gonna be all right with that?
327
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,840
It should be all right.
Okay.
328
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,120
We've got the water going.
It's looking good.
329
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,640
I see you've got me here for the
muscles, eh, Kate? (LAUGHS)
330
00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,760
The material's gonna come down here
and be washed.
331
00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,040
It's not getting clogged up
anywhere.
332
00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:08,120
It's giving any gold
a bit of a chance to settle to the
bottom, which is what we want.
333
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:16,120
It's looking really nice. I've got a
lot of material coming through here.
334
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,960
So that's our first sample through.
335
00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,080
I can't see anything at the moment.
336
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,160
I was really hoping so see a few
more shining nuggets.
337
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,040
It might just mean that this isn't
the best sample area.Yep.
338
00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,040
Just got to keep trying.
Yep.
339
00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:34,800
Now this is an old bicycle rack.
340
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,880
All this stuff I've got here has
come from recycling places.
341
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,880
Now... (GRUNTS)
342
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,240
God, this is about as tight
as me old man's wallet.
343
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,000
(SIGHS)
344
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,000
I can see those girls over there.
I can feel their eyes on me.
345
00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:55,840
They're making me nervous.
346
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,320
They're geologists
and they're expecting
347
00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,240
to get a yield back
on their expertise.
348
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,120
Trouble is,
I hope I know what I'm doing.
349
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,600
It's up to me to get this
up and going.
350
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,280
But my biggest worry is
that gearbox.
351
00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,200
I don't know whether
it's gonna turn or not turn.
352
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,840
I've just got to assemble it
as quick as I can.
That's all I can do.
353
00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,360
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
Oh, there's a signal!
354
00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,200
Do you want the pick?
355
00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:34,640
(DETECTOR BEEPING)
It's really hard to pinpoint.
356
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,640
It's, um,
kind of sounding everywhere.
357
00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,760
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
Oh, that got better.
358
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,240
Oh, ho!
Yeah, I can see it.
359
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,640
Whereabouts is it?
In the hole.
360
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,320
(LAUGHS)
361
00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,880
I told ya!
362
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,840
Check that out.
Ooh!
363
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,960
Look at that.
That's over the ounce.
364
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:07,920
That's probably 40 grams.
365
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,480
Yeah, that's not bad.
366
00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,520
Always check your holes
just in case there's
something else in there.
367
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,560
(DETECTOR HUMMING)
368
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,800
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
There's still something in there.
369
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,480
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
370
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,040
Ah!
371
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,160
And we got gold.
372
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,920
I think we need to dig
this whole area out
373
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,720
and run it over to the wash plant.
What do you reckon?
Yup. Awesome.
374
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,320
Brett's gonna go and grab the truck.
375
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,880
We're gonna dig up a bit more
of the dirt here
376
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,080
and then truck it back
to the wet plant.
377
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,760
So, hopefully,
378
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,720
I'm onto a really good win here.
379
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,760
Pretty excited to be able to run
this dirt, eh?Yeah.
380
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,720
G'day, g'day.
Morning.
381
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,760
Hey, man.
How you been?
382
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,680
Not too bad. Yourself?
Yeah, good. Good.
383
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,600
Bush mechanic Chris van Zweden
384
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,000
is one of Brett and Kat's
few neighbours
385
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,240
in their new hometown
of Gwalia.
386
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,000
Thanks for coming
and giving us a hand today.
Kat knows how to run everything.
387
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:28,360
I've got to shoot into town
and get a some bits and pieces done.
We'll look after her.
388
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,800
Good luck. Take it easy.
Have fun.No worries.
389
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,640
Yeah, he never mentioned
any of this to me.
390
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,520
Yeah, busy boy, so.
391
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,840
I don't have any worries
about leaving Kat and Chris
out there on their own.
392
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,840
Chris is clever enough that, er,
if something goes wrong
393
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,960
he knows how to fix it.
Kat and the excavator,
394
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,520
she's actually doing pretty good.
395
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,120
I'm taking this opportunity
to sneak into town
396
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,480
and, er, and finish the kitchen
and surprise Kat with it.
397
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,880
We had to shift to the ghost town
when Kat lost her job.
398
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,040
It's been a bit rough on Kat.
399
00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,800
She's sick of using the camping gear
to cook food.
400
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,760
It's very important to have someone
like Kat in your life
401
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,800
because she's just a joy
to be around
402
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,440
and you wouldn't hang around,
you wouldn't live out here
403
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:25,840
unless you had someone
that just made your day
every time you seen 'em.
404
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,520
Did you want to start the gen up?
Yeah, no worries.
405
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,640
And I'll get in and start
moving some dirt.
Fantastic. Let's do it.
406
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,080
The Brumbies' work plant
is supplied by ponds
407
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,200
that continually recycle
its water.
408
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,960
Kat feeds the trommel with material
from around the stump.
409
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:53,560
As it spins, it washes
and breaks down the pay dirt.
410
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,480
The resulting slurry runs down
the sluice box
411
00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,560
where the heavier gold particles
are caught in the riffles.
412
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,320
We're getting through this dirt
pretty well. It's so handy
413
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:10,640
having Chris out here, and it makes
my life a lot easier
414
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,920
because I can just focus on
feeding it
415
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,440
and not have to worry about
everything else.
416
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,560
Kat seems to be doing really well.
Friendship's amazing out here.
417
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,440
Try to help each other out
as much as possible when we can.
418
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,360
Kat! Whoa, whoa, whoa!
419
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,680
What's the matter?
Dirty rock.
420
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,080
Dirty rock?
421
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,240
The pond! The pond!
Okay, yeah. Got it, got it.
422
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,800
Oh! There's no water coming through,
that's the problem.
423
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,280
Without water, we're not washing
rock and not getting any gold.
424
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,080
(TEARFULLY) There's still a target
stuck in there!
425
00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,800
Don't worry about that now.
426
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,440
We'll deal with that later.
Let's just get you sorted first.
427
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,600
What did you do?
My hand slipped
428
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,520
when I hammered it
and I sliced it open.
429
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,760
Well, it's a bit hard to tell
how bad it was. You have to get it
home tonight and wash it.
430
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,640
Check it out.
Oh, my God!
431
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,200
All right, all right.
(GROANS IN PAIN)
432
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,200
You're gonna be all right, mate.
(WHIMPERS)
433
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,720
It's not as bad as it looks.
It's really gonna be all right.
434
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,920
Okay. I need some water.
Yeah. Go and have a drink,
435
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,960
sit down in the shade, mate.
Your day is pretty well done,
I think.
436
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,680
I want to get that out.
I want to know what that is.
437
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:39,040
We should just call it
for the day. I'll get that nugget
out. You chill out in the shade
438
00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:40,920
and we'll go home.
(SIGHS)
439
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,400
I can do it. I want to do it.
440
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,880
All right.We got this.
But take it easy though.
441
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,080
If you want to call quits
and go home just let me know
and we'll go.
442
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,040
Thank you.
Well done, mate,
you're a trooper.
443
00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,120
Thank you.
444
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,960
I was just trying to get this rock
apart here and...
445
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,000
just went to hit that
and my hand slipped
446
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,600
and hit the edge of my hand
down the side.
447
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,280
(SHUDDERS)
448
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,400
I'm scared now.
449
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:22,400
Surely...it's in here somewhere.
Right.
450
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,480
Let's have a listen.
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
451
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,080
It's got to be in there.
452
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:33,280
All right.
It's gotta be in here somewhere.
453
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,680
It's gold. Thank God for that.
454
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,600
Not a bad piece of gold,
455
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,000
but I had to put my blood,
sweat and tears into that one.
456
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,920
Looks like some old caves
up in there.
457
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,800
Looks like the mouth of a cave there
and another little entry there.
458
00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,880
I might have to let the TO's know
because after the rock art tour
459
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,160
this could be significant to them.
460
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,360
I'm not gonna crawl up there
and have a look.
461
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,720
I'll just drop a pin
and let the boys know.
462
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,400
They'll come and check it out.
463
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,480
(DETECTOR HUMMING)
Oh, yeah.
464
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,160
Awesome.
465
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,320
That's what I like to see.
Straight into that grey clay.
466
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,840
A lot of our gold's been
hanging out in there.
467
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,720
Oh, yeah, here we go. Excellent.
468
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,760
(HIGH-PITCHED TONE)
469
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:50,080
There we go. There's another one.
That's exactly what
I'm talking about.
470
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,800
That's a nice clunker too.
Probably six or seven grams there.
471
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,040
There it is. There's another
little gram nugget.
472
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:02,960
Look at this. This is great.
473
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,160
Fish Creek is my new
favourite place, let me tell you.
474
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,880
After all the battles to get here,
it has absolutely paid off
475
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,720
and it's been worth the heartache.
476
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,600
(RATTLING)
Oh, listen to that.
477
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,600
(HIGH TONE)Sounds like there's
another one hiding down there.
478
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,800
Stuck right down in that
bedrock crack there.
479
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,040
I thought I saw it.
480
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,840
Here he is. Here's another one.
Straight out of
that grey clay again.
481
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,440
This is gonna save
mine and Jacqui's season.
482
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,640
Another step closer to getting
that 50 ounces.
483
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,960
Dug that many pieces out of this
hard bedrock now,
484
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,120
it's starting to wear us down.
But I'm not gonna stop.
485
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,240
(HIGH TONE)
Ooh, that sounds pretty big.
486
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:55,560
Okay. So, the target's just in
here, which is a pretty good spot.
487
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,160
And these sort of traps here
are great for gold.
488
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,800
Holy crap! Ha-ha!
489
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,080
Yes! Whoo!
490
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,760
God, yes!
491
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:15,040
Look at that. That's the biggest
piece I have found this season.
492
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,880
It's probably an ounce.
Could be over an ounce.
493
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,800
It's just unreal. This is the type
of gold we were looking for
at Fish Creek and it's here.
494
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,160
There's no water coming through.
No.
495
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,720
Settling pond's just run out
of water.
496
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:44,120
Is the pump on up at the tanks?
It should be running.
497
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,120
It all should be running.
I'm gonna have to go check it out.
498
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,960
This isn't what we need. We're meant
to be ticking along smoothly,
especially with Brett not here.
499
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,760
We're definitely not getting enough
water to clean these rocks.
500
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,280
Where that dirt is, that's where all
the fine gold likes to hang around
501
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,200
and that's what the whole idea of
a trommel is,
502
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,040
is to clean the rocks.
503
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,600
They should be coming out crystal
and not muddy.
504
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,960
It's not gonna give us
a really good read
505
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:15,360
to actually know what's in this
stuff if we're not cleaning it
properly.
506
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,680
We're losing gold,
basically.
507
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,360
So, um, this is Gwalia.
508
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,080
It was a thriving town
at one stage,
509
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,360
but when the Sons of Gwalia mine
shut down,
510
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:33,320
within two weeks it was just dead.
Everything was abandoned.
511
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,640
Everyone racked off
and went elsewhere.
512
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:42,560
It's a little bit heartbreaking.
It's pulling the community apart
in two seconds flat.
513
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,400
Welcome to the ghost house
and the kitchen project.
514
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:57,120
Kat hasn't been allowed in here.
It's a bit of a secret project
for her.
515
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,840
It's a five-hour round trip
to the local hardware store
516
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,400
so everything that I've done
is all second-hand materials.
517
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,240
(DRILLING)
518
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,960
It's cool living in
an old ghost house.
519
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,840
But in the same respect,
it's a nightmare to work on 'em.
520
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,680
I have to be a little sneaky getting
the gas man out to hook the gas up.
521
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,000
Yeah, I think this is a win.
522
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,120
So, obviously with got a bit of an
issue up at the plant with water.
523
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,200
And this would be the main cause.
I'd say the pump's off.
524
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,160
It happens occasionally.
It's the generator
525
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:40,920
just looking after itself. Obviously
there was a bit of an issue
with the fuel going through,
526
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,360
or air bubble through the pipe
and it's just shut itself off.
527
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,200
So, hopefully it's as easy as
switching it back on and...
528
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:50,840
(PUMP STARTS)
529
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,600
We have water!
We have water again!
530
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,480
Want to turn the trommel on?
Yup.
531
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:03,960
Away she goes.
532
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,160
Beautiful!
Yes, that looks pretty good.
533
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,840
Kat's doing a great job
on that excavator.
Keeping it fed and running.
534
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,360
This looks like the last bucket.
Last bucket?Yeah.
535
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,920
Shut her down.
I'll go and check the sluice.
536
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,240
Let's see what we've got.
537
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,520
Oh, wow!
There's a couple in there.
538
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,760
There's a few.
Oh, that is awesome!
539
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,920
If that's what's on top, who knows
what else is gonna be in here?
540
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,600
Truth's in the maths, isn't it?
In the weigh-in.
That's exactly right.
541
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,320
Nuggets in the tray!
Nicely done.Yeah!
542
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,280
Well done, Kat. Good effort.
543
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,880
Our last sample
is not what I expected.
544
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,640
We're not getting gold. We'll see
how we go with these next samples.
545
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,920
All right, slow and steady.
546
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,360
All right, that's all that dirt
through. Let's turn it off
and have a look.
547
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,760
I'm really hoping to see
a few bits of colour.
548
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,280
Oh, look, look, look.
Ah, yes!
549
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,920
That's what we want to see.
Nice.
550
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,000
That's good. That means
we're in the right place.Yup.
551
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,440
All right, well,
we know we're getting warm.
552
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,520
So we're taking
our third sample now.
553
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,320
In the same area I found
my really big nugget yesterday.
554
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,600
And this is right in the middle of
that alluvial channel,
555
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:37,080
which is where we're finding
the most gold.
556
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,240
All right,
I think that's probably enough.
557
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:51,640
All right. See any colour?
Yeah, I've got one here, Kate.
558
00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:55,440
Oh, that's a nice one right there.
Big, isn't it?Yeah. Absolutely.
559
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,480
Oh, here's one here!
Two. That's pretty good.
560
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,480
That's a great result.
We're gonna take this off,
561
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,040
wash the mat down,
and then pan off.
562
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,400
Can you see anything yet?
Um...
563
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,640
Get rid of those big nuggets
if you can.Yeah.
564
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,600
Whoa, Kate, look!
Whoa!
565
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,480
That wasn't much to be put through
the sluice.We now know
566
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,600
which dirt to put through
the wet plant.
567
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,320
But first, Shane had two days.
He better have that thing together.
568
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:33,160
Okay, I've got it assembled now.
It better start and it better work.
569
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,760
Turn it on.
570
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,880
I've got fuel.
571
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,840
All right, let's go.
572
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,760
Nup. Come on. Keep...
573
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,640
Come on! Start!
574
00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,320
Start!
575
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,120
Hi, Brett.
576
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,200
Well, you're both alive.
How did yous go?
577
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,160
No major breakdowns.
578
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,360
We finally nailed that stump
this week.
579
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,720
Well, I've got the scales.
Let's see what we've got.
580
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,440
Ready to rock.
Let's check out this big nugget.
581
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,240
Ready?
Oh, wow.
582
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,280
Isn't it awesome!
That's awesome.
583
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,200
Let's see how much she weighs.
584
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,680
One point one six.
Yeah, wow. Nicely done.
585
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,360
These are the ones that were also
under the stump that I detected up.
586
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:44,000
One point two six.
587
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,360
So we've got a few little pickers
in the sluice
588
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,880
and we got a bit of fines as well.
So, let's see how they come up.
589
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,680
One point seven six.
Wow!
590
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,840
That's reasonably good.
That's awesome.
591
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,280
This week's
one point seven ounce haul
592
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,640
is worth just over $5,200.
593
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:12,440
With half the season
already behind them,
594
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,920
the Brumbies need
to step up production
595
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:19,720
if they want to hit their ambitious
50-ounce season target.
596
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,880
Minus the one, carry the four.
That's about...
597
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:27,360
nearly 16 grams in fines.
Yeah.
598
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,120
So that's four grams a ton.
That's pretty good dirt.
599
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,240
That's well worth washing.
600
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,440
I think we've got a bit more digging
to do. Have a cup of coffee...
601
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,680
Cup of coffee?
Yeah, and celebrate, yeah.
602
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,680
Sounds good.Cup of coffee?
I'll go and boil the billy.
603
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,040
Er, I think you can use
the inside kettle now, dear.
604
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,560
What?!
Yep.
605
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,640
I finally get to have a look
at my kitchen?!
606
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,640
Come on I want to have a look.
Are you ready,
607
00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:55,920
steady...
608
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,640
Ta-dah!
Geez!
609
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:01,840
Oh, my goodness!
You did a good job, man.
610
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,400
This looks insane!
Like I said, not finished
611
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,240
but functional.
It looks awesome!
612
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,880
It's getting there.
Everything works.
613
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,560
Everything's hooked up.
Yeah, you got some water?
614
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,440
It's been so tough without running
water on the inside of the house.
615
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,720
Thank you so much, my love.
That's fantastic.
616
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,080
No worries. Come here.
Thank you.
617
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,120
Yeah. Well...
618
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,400
Coffee!
Time for coffee.
619
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,800
The pressure's on me here.
The last thing it could be
620
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:36,680
is the air filter.
621
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,560
It's very, very dusty.
622
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,920
There's the answer for sure. I hope.
I hope that's the answer.
623
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:50,120
As I always said, there's diesel,
dust and disappointment.
624
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,440
Well, here's the dust.
625
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,640
Here comes the ladies.
626
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:57,920
Hello, ladies.
627
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,080
Looks like it's good timing, Shane.
How's it going?
628
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,920
I've got it together, Kate.
But as you know,
629
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,200
it's a tired bit of gear.
Look at this.
630
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,280
This is what we got off the pan.
Oh, that's good.
631
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,080
Very good.
632
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,440
You know, you just came over to put
a bit of extra pressure on me.
633
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,840
We sure did.So it's time
to fire it up and show us it works.
634
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,360
Don't try to bother me.
635
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,280
Come on!
636
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,840
(ENGINE STARTS)
Have a listen to that purr!
637
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,800
Have a little gawk at that!
638
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,440
She's working!
Well, that's very good.
639
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,520
You came through. You got
the wet plant up and running.
640
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,560
So all I'm sweating on now
is the rains.
641
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,240
Come on.
Give us a hand up.
642
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,320
Oh!
(LAUGHS)
643
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,160
Okay, let's weight the gold up.
All right.
644
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:58,840
Where are we up to?
645
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,480
What have we got there?
646
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,200
Right. That's an ounce,
ounce and a half,
647
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,880
two...
648
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:12,200
Wow!
Three and a half.
Nearly three and a half ounces.
649
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,840
This week's
three point four ounce haul
650
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,280
has made a dent in the team's
18-ounce season target,
651
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:25,120
delivering a pay day
of over $10,000.
652
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,320
That's pretty good.
That's very good.Yeah.
653
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,320
Yeah, that's a fair way
towards our target.
654
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,920
We're going very well with this.
You've put us
on the right path here.
655
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,480
That fabulous bit of junk
is working very well.
656
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,080
You did come through with that,
I'll give that to you.
We've got a good dam.
657
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:43,640
We can hold a lot of water
and sluice for a long time.
Now the big issue is
658
00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:45,880
we've got to wait for the rain.
We need rain.
659
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,280
We have a lot of dirt to put through
that sluice.
660
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,080
If we've got no water,
we can't do it.
661
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,520
Grab the gold, we're out of here.
662
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,000
The boys in the bush
praying for the rain.
663
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,880
That was a massive prospect.
When we'd had to wait so long
664
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,160
to get in there,
then when we got the chance
665
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:11,960
it as just go hard or go home.
Absolutely.
666
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:16,240
It's good to make the most of it.
I've been stressing about
how much gold we've got so far
667
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,600
this whole time.
I reckon we need
668
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,920
ten ounces every weigh-in
from here on in.
669
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,200
If we have a shot at even getting
50 ounces this season.
(JAR RATTLES)
670
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,280
So you got more than me then,
obviously,
671
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,960
with your giant jar.
Oh, I think so.
672
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:33,000
Maybe. I don't know.
I don't know. It's pretty heavy.
673
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,960
How's your hand feeling?
It's actually not too bad.
674
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,720
Pretty tender, but just gonna
keep it clean
675
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,640
and, yeah, should be right.
But you did well.
676
00:41:41,720 --> 00:41:43,720
If you ever decide to give up
prospecting,
677
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,880
you could always be a nurse.
Thanks, mate.
678
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,880
They'll give you one of them
cute hats.I'll take that on board.
679
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,520
(LAUGHS)
Ready?Yeah.
680
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,280
Holy crap, you got heaps.
681
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,640
Six point two six ounces.
Ha!
682
00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:01,960
Nice.Oh, man.
That's wicked.
683
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,360
I don't think I can beat that.
It's not very often
684
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,440
I want to get beaten, but I hope
you beat me today.
685
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,640
My turn.
Show us what you're made of.
686
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,960
Sweat and bandages.
687
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,120
(GROANS)
Hey!
688
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,600
You beat me. Nice work, mate.
Six point four six.
689
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:26,440
At over 12 ounces,
690
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,680
that's almost $40,000
for the week,
691
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,120
putting Jacqui and Andrew
on track
692
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:37,040
to hit their 50-ounce, $150,000
season target.
693
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,640
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Well done, mate.
694
00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:41,880
Cracker. That's awesome.
695
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,720
So, all up, that's 12.72.
696
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,680
That's more than we got all year!
Yes!More than all year.
697
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:51,080
Yes, yes, yes! Finally!
Champion, mate. Well done.
698
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:54,240
You reckon I can get a necklace now?
Oh, that'll weigh you down.
699
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:57,240
I'll be walking around like this.
(LAUGHTER)
700
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,560
At least it'll help me dig the gold
up better. We deserve a nice little
break after that.
701
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,920
Might even go to the pub and have
a big pub feed.That sounds good.
702
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,200
We got cold drinks in the fridge
for us.Good.
703
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,320
I'm gonna need 'em cos I can't
believe you just rolled me.
704
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,120
(LAUGHS)
705
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,840
You got the biggest nugget
and the most gold. I better try
harder next time.
706
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:20,920
(THEME MUSIC)
707
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,960
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