Aussie Gold Hunters Season 10 Episode 9 (March 10, 2025) FULL EPISODE HD
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00:00It's been out there. I hope it all works out sweet get through this last section and we can relax a bit
00:06How you going up there Kyle? Yeah, mate. I'm just a couple of K's up ahead of you guys
00:11Tracks definitely pretty chopped up. You're gonna need to take it nice and easy
00:15Cheers, buddy. Yeah, this is definitely the sketchiest part of the road. So I'm a bit nervous about getting the bus through
00:21Yeah, the worst thing that could possibly happen is we roll the bus over
00:25Or we blow a couple of tires on these really narrow areas
00:31Tie it around that bend on the creek Levi. Yep
00:34Alright, Sonny. We're gonna wait up here and just make sure dad gets through that creek. Okay a
00:40little bit nerve-wracking
00:42Hopefully there's no damage. It's like taking your entire home through a two-hour earthquake
01:00Oh
01:13My goodness
01:18Hi, that was pretty sketchy actually
01:27Everywhere in here
01:30So let's go
01:32Let's get in there
01:34We're here Levi, we made it
01:36Welcome
01:38Let's go, let's get in there
01:40Here we are
01:42Home sweet home for the next little while
01:44Oh man, that was crazy
01:46We did it
01:48What do you reckon the plan for the wake is?
01:50Well, let's just hope this channel keeps producing mate
01:52I reckon we just keep digging and following it down like the gold's telling us it's going down that way
01:56Let's just dig it up
01:58Let's just follow the gold
02:00Sounds like a plan there
02:02We can go in the bus
02:04And we're gonna set up the fire pit
02:06Cook some dinner on the fire
02:08Set some shade up
02:10Alright, let's get into it
02:12Okay, let's go set up inside Sonny
02:14We're home
02:16You're in a digger
02:18I'm in a digger
02:20Sweet, alright, I'm gonna gear up and get ready to go
02:22Let's do it
02:24We picked up
02:26Four and a half ounces last week
02:28It's a pretty bloody good week
02:30Considering the breakdown
02:32That's why we're staying on this area
02:34We're gonna make sure
02:36We keep finding enough gold to pay each other
02:38And to pay off the digger
02:40This digger cost us
02:42About $70,000
02:44In gold numbers that's about
02:4620 ounces
02:48We're not even half way to paying off
02:50This machine
02:52Half way through the season
02:54This is the beginning of the Wanderers
02:56This season Levi and Bridget North
02:58Have teamed up with Kyle Wilson
03:00Wow
03:02What a beautiful steak
03:04Gambling their life savings
03:06To stake the Excalibur lease
03:08In the harsh Pilbara region
03:10Of North Western Australia
03:12This lease
03:14Has gold all over it
03:16After proving up their ground
03:18They've moved their converted
03:20School bus home onto the lease
03:22Saving them the gruelling
03:24Four hour daily round trip from town
03:30There's little Target
03:32Watch the ground
03:36She's out
03:38Let's see what we've got
03:40Straight in the scoop too
03:44Straight in the hand
03:46What a shark
03:48And a little bit of steel
03:50That's come off the bucket
03:52Because the ground that we're working so hard
03:54As the bucket scratches along
03:56Sometimes it can peel little bits of metal off
04:00Yeah the ground's getting super hard
04:02The deeper we go
04:04It's really compacted
04:06But the gold's just down deep
04:08So we've just got to keep digging down to it
04:10Millions of years ago
04:12An ancient river system carried gold
04:14From the surrounding area into the valley
04:16As the water dried up
04:18The riverbed was exposed to the sun
04:20Forming a dense hardened layer
04:22Known as calcrete
04:24Trapping the gold bearing pay dirt
04:26How's it going?
04:28Hard digging man
04:30Even the batter bucket's getting a bit worn out
04:32What's the plan?
04:34Let's split it in half and we'll walk the pad
04:36And we'll go down again mate
04:38Let's rip in
04:42I recognise that noise
04:46Jota fault
04:48There's a little signal down there
04:54Still in there
04:56It's right in the middle
04:58That's what we want
05:00That's just over a gram
05:02Another 100 bucks in the kitty
05:04Look at that
05:06I won't get that one out
05:08I reckon probably 22
05:1025 dollar nugget
05:12Down a couple under it
05:14Let's get it out now
05:16So hard to dig
05:22There it is
05:24100 bucks right there
05:26Alrighty there she is
05:28Another little bit of gold
05:30But I'm working hard for it
05:32My pick's getting pretty blunt
05:40Yep still in there
05:44I'm going to go grab another pick
05:46I can't keep battling on with this thing
05:48It's cooked
05:58This just isn't working
06:00Every nugget is taking like 5 times longer
06:02To get out of the ground than it should
06:04Oi Levi
06:06What's up mate?
06:08Look
06:10Well I got the last pick mate
06:12Look at the difference in the two of them
06:14These things are 200 bucks a pop
06:16This patch of ground that we're working on
06:18Is just too hard for picks
06:20Look
06:22I've got a bit of a plan
06:24I'm going to head into town, leave her with me
06:26Alright mate you do that
06:28Catch ya
06:30See ya buddy
06:42Over the last few seasons
06:44We've found gold but it's been so hit and miss
06:46Trying to desperately find something
06:48That can deliver something on a consistent basis
06:50So I can say right
06:52We know what we're going to get each week
06:54We're here on my mate Ian's mining license
06:56Because we might be able to do a deal
06:58To buy his pay dirt that he's got stockpiled
07:00That hopefully
07:02Has got enough fine gold in it
07:04To deliver the 100% consistency of gold
07:06That we really need
07:08And particularly Ethan
07:10So the test bed first
07:12To make sure there's actually enough gold in it
07:16How's it looking mate
07:18You're getting a pop through there
07:20Well there's definitely gold there
07:22Mate there is
07:24Did you get those samples all over the heap
07:26Yeah
07:28What do you reckon mate
07:30Well if it's up to me mate
07:32I reckon we've got to try and make a deal
07:34Because that's too good mate
07:36Hey Ian
07:38How'd you go boys
07:40Yeah, pretty good
07:42Mate if that deal is still available to us
07:44The 300 tonnes plus transport
07:46Five grand, deal
07:48Yeah I think most definitely on that one
07:50Appreciate it
07:52Lifesaver
07:54Let's go make it happen
07:58We've got trucks coming over
08:00So that's all done and sorted out
08:02How'd you go with Big List
08:04I've been in contact with them mate
08:06I've got the keys now, everything should turn on and just fire over
08:08So that deal's in place
08:10Everything else is sorted there
08:12But we've got 300 tonnes to test
08:14Long term though
08:16If this all works out
08:18There's a hell of a lot more dirt there
08:20So there is future opportunity to it
08:22We'd need to see out of that 300 tonnes
08:24At least three ounces
08:26It's a big risk
08:28Paying five grand
08:30To wash some dirt
08:32We don't know if there's five golds in it
08:34But there could be
08:3650 grand in it
08:38I think these are the risks we kind of need to take right now mate
08:42Didn't think we'd be back here mate or what
08:44I don't know, it's like my first lump
08:46Look at it
08:48Two years ago
08:50Brent sold the team's 250 hectare
08:52Big Licence lease
08:54Including it's million dollar wash plant
08:56Walking away
08:58From a consistent supply of fine gold
09:02So this is it, this could be our future
09:04Right here mate
09:06All to finance Brent's dream of finding
09:08A record breaking monster nugget
09:10At the legendary Caddo's paddock
09:12There's only half a tonne of nuggets coming out of this paddock
09:14Half a tonne
09:16But so far he's failed to deliver
09:18We're not getting any closer to finding anything
09:20I know mate, I'm under pressure just as much as you
09:22Causing tension with right hand man
09:24And brother in law
09:26Ethan West
09:28I know the history
09:30600, 500
09:32I don't care
09:34After last weeks disastrous weigh in
09:36It's not worth the cost of the time
09:38They're banking on their 5000 dollar pay dirt purchase
09:40To get them back
09:42On the consistent gold
09:44Let's get into it hey
09:46Alright mate
09:48We haven't got this licence for very long
09:50Whatever we can do over the next
09:52Few days to get all this test done
09:54Might just give us that consistency
09:56That we can do a deal long term
09:58So we can turn our season around
10:00Being back here brings back a lot of
10:02Yeah it's a lot of nostalgia
10:04So it's just one of them things
10:06I'm really just looking forward to
10:08Actually running the plant again
10:10Alright Ethan
10:12Ian's coming in now mate
10:14I think we might be good to go bud
10:16Yeah no worries mate
10:18I'll fire off the plant now mate and get it happening
10:20Yeah you can bring it down here Ian
10:22Start dumping them here mate
10:24Basically right in front of the bucket
10:26Now it's just a series of sequences
10:28Just to get her up going
10:30Just trying to remember them all
10:32Keep it coming Ian
10:34Keep it coming
10:36Yeah I'll leave it mate
10:38No worries mate we'll send her
10:42Thanks mate
10:44Got about another 29 more lanes to go hey
10:46Yeah no worries mate
10:48I'll keep it going
10:50Good on you buddy
10:52Beautiful
10:54That's spinning
10:56Just a big brown guard
11:00Hey Heath are we right to go yet or what?
11:02Yeah you're right to go mate
11:04As Brent loads dirt
11:06Into the hopper
11:08Grizzly bars filter out larger rocks
11:10Allowing the finer material to enter
11:12Into the barrel of the trommel
11:14Which uses a tumbling action
11:16And water to release the gold
11:18First bucket in Heath
11:24Hey don't jump it in there mate
11:26Just hold off
11:28Mate this is absolutely rubbish
11:30Bloody hell
11:32Look at that
11:34This is clay
11:36This should just be basically running through me fingers
11:38Not clay balls
11:40You dump half a load in look how much is stuck up on those grizzly bars
11:42We're going to have to scoop this up
11:44Re-run it
11:46And how much gold do we lose in the process
11:48From transferring from here to here to here again
11:50Especially on a test
11:52We're going to try and keep it as accurate as we can
11:56Just 300 tonne of dirt or mud coming
11:58Look at this
12:00Not ideal
12:02Hey it's got a blockage
12:04It's not dropping down that material it's too wet
12:06We're going to unblock that hopper
12:18Oh mate I hope this idea pays off
12:20This is such a big risk heading out here
12:22Look babe
12:24We've still got 47 ounces to find
12:26I just think we have to take a risk
12:28We've got to throw everything at it
12:30And try these new spots
12:32Otherwise we're never going to get that target
12:34Yeah I know we're nearly at the halfway point
12:36Of the season
12:38But this spot gets a good ride up
12:40In the history books and you can see on satellite
12:42Imagery that there's been some work
12:44Go on there as well
12:46You said it was on that historical map
12:48This is a Chinese camp so I'm just worried
12:50It's all going to be done
12:52Yeah I know what you're saying mate
12:54They were very good at what they did
12:56But they didn't have detectors
12:58They didn't have cars
13:00They didn't have satellite imagery
13:02We've got all these advantages
13:04Surely we can track down some gold they missed
13:06Well I suppose we've just got to find a way in then
13:18What's going on?
13:20We're not driving down there mate
13:22Oh no
13:24Where's the road gone?
13:26That's completely washed out
13:28We're pretty well on foot from here
13:30Let's just get the map out and have a look
13:32Try and find some sort of shortcut
13:34I think I've got a better idea
13:36Than the maps
13:38What?
13:40Oh the drone!
13:42Let's send up the drone
13:44That's a great idea
13:46This is exactly what we got it for
13:50Alrighty
13:52Stand back a bit
13:54I'm still learning
13:56It's going to save us a lot of leg work
14:00Alrighty
14:02Now we can go wherever we want
14:04So there's the road
14:06If we follow that ridge line
14:08That will take us exactly down to the point
14:10Where we want to be
14:12It looks pretty open and clear
14:14What's that over there?
14:16Hang on
14:18That's workings or something
14:20It certainly looks like old timers workings to me
14:22Well we're tying for that spot then
14:24At least we know where we're going now
14:26We did it!
14:28We crossed the Palmer
14:30After finally crossing the Palmer River
14:32Jackie and Andy returned
14:34To the Goldridge area
14:36They worked last season
14:38Yes! Look at that!
14:40That's a nice chunk
14:42By an out of control bushfire
14:44Let's go mate
14:46Let's get the hell out of here
14:48Now with half their season gone
14:50And only 20 ounces
14:52Towards their 65 ounce target
14:54They're betting on a historic
14:56Mine site to put them back on track
15:02This is some pretty interesting ground here
15:04This looks fantastic
15:06This is an ancient river bed for sure
15:08Well I'll keep walking down
15:10Towards that next gully if you want to drop into this one
15:12Sounds good, get some gold in your jar mate
15:14I'll try
15:16Good luck
15:22So I'm just trying to find
15:24These old timers workings that we saw
15:26On the drone
15:28Look at this
15:30These rock formations aren't
15:32Natural
15:34I think we're standing on an old timers camp
15:36See how it's like this rectangle shape
15:38I actually think that could be a grave
15:40This is facing
15:42Straight down into that gully
15:44Which would have been where the water ran through
15:46And one thing we know
15:48About the Chinese
15:50Was that it was quite a ritual
15:52When someone had passed
15:54They would bury them
15:56On the top of a hill like this
15:58Facing, overlooking the water
16:02During the 1800's
16:04With the promise of vast amounts of gold
16:06Over 40,000 Chinese
16:08Immigrants made the 4 month
16:10Journey by sea to Australia
16:14They then travelled for weeks by foot
16:16Just to reach the Palmer River
16:18Some found a fortune in gold
16:20But many returned to China
16:22Penniless or perished
16:24Under the harsh Australian sun
16:30So I'm going to head into this gully
16:32And start detecting around these edges
16:34See what I can pick up
16:40Oh look at this
16:42There's diggings everywhere
16:44This is great
16:46I hope they're less than gold behind though
17:04Getting a lot of false signals in here
17:06A lot of hot rocks
17:08Or just noisy ground
17:10I actually haven't
17:12Got a normal signal yet
17:14I haven't picked up a bit of junk
17:16I definitely have picked up a bit of gold
17:18And the jars are still empty
17:20I'm starting to get a bit worried
17:22As to what's going on
17:24When you see this many old timers working
17:26There should just be junk everywhere
17:28There should be bits of rusty tin
17:30And old boot tacks and shotgun pellets
17:32And all types of junk sitting around
17:34The fact that I haven't found
17:36A single thing yet
17:38Is starting to make me a little bit worried
17:40That somebody's already been in here
17:42And detected this gully out
17:54Are you going to copy there Levi?
17:56Hey buddy
17:58You're back
18:00I'm back mate
18:02I've got something here that might
18:04Solve our problems
18:06Hey mate
18:08What's happening?
18:10Say hello to my little friend
18:12What is that?
18:14What are you doing?
18:16That's a petrol jackhammer
18:18I've never even seen
18:20A petrol jackhammer before
18:22How much does this cost us?
18:24Two and a half pigs man, five hundred bucks
18:26No way
18:28It's a super light too
18:30Let's wind it down the pad and see if we can kick it in the guts
18:32Alright mate, sounds good
18:38Hey there we go
18:40Beautiful little target there
18:42We're going to put a bit of a circle around it
18:44Like that
18:46I'll come back with the jackhammer after
18:48Break this ground up for Levi
18:50And then he can go through and get the target out
18:52Target
18:54What?
18:56Light burn up here
18:58Looks like we've got a bit of digging to do
19:00Certainly does
19:16Oh yeah, like a hot dietary butter
19:20Look at that
19:22Look at that
19:24Look how soft that is now
19:26That takes me 20 minutes to dig that deep
19:28In this ground
19:30I'm really stoked
19:34Get a little bit deeper
19:36Not too far away
19:40Let's have a listen
19:42It's singing to me baby
19:44The scoop
19:46The scoop
19:52There it is, look at that beauty
19:54That is nice
19:56That's a good couple of grams right there
19:58That's 200 bucks in the pocket
20:00Took me 30 seconds to dig it up
20:02So that's a pretty good hourly rate right there
20:04Bit of a different story to yesterday right?
20:06Yep
20:08Sounds good
20:10We'll just rip it straight out of the ground
20:12Not muck around here
20:14We're getting late in the day
20:16Yep, she's out
20:20There it is
20:22Nice little one
20:24This thing's booming
20:26I definitely reckon I'm on to a multi-gram here
20:28It's in the hand
20:32That thing's got to be going close to 10 grams
20:34$1,000 right there
20:36Congrats mate
20:38We did it on today
20:40Been our day buddy
20:46Hey buddy
20:48Hey buddy
20:50Hey buddy
20:52Hey buddy
20:54Hey buddy
20:56Hey buddy
20:58Welcome back team
21:02Hey honey
21:04There's no better feeling than coming back to a breeding league campfire
21:06after a day's work
21:08Dinner's on the stove
21:10And camping out tonight Kyle
21:12I've got my swag, I'll make sure I keep the scorpions at bay
21:14How did you go today?
21:16We went really well
21:18We had a cracker of a day
21:20We got full jars
21:22I mean how beautiful is this
21:24Look what's coming up over the hills
21:26Cheers to the wanderers
21:28Cheers to the wanderers
21:30What an effort
21:32All we've got to do is walk down that little red driveway here
21:34and we're straight back on the gold
21:48The ground's really quiet
21:50Hardly a signal
21:52to be found at this point in time
21:54It makes me a little bit worried
21:56We've gambled a fair bit coming in here
21:58Based it all on
22:00this history and the Chinese diggings
22:02and the old township
22:14Finally a signal
22:20Yeah
22:26Alright, hopefully this is gold
22:36Ah look at that sitting there, that is a piece of gold
22:38It's probably a gram or so there too
22:40It's a hundred dollars worth
22:42So that's not a bad piece of gold
22:44but it's one of the first signals
22:46I've got in this whole area
22:48It just doesn't make any sense that there's no targets
22:50in the ground
22:52Anyway, we'll just keep going for now
22:54Let's hope this area's got
22:56some more gold in it
22:58At least we know there's some here
23:00About a hundred more pieces
23:02that size
23:10That's a really weird signal
23:12It's like a double signal
23:18We do know
23:20the old timers
23:22dug these gullies right down to the bedrock
23:24but it doesn't mean they got it all
23:26as we've found a lot of times
23:32Hang on, did you hear that?
23:34So there's two targets
23:36that's why it sounded weird
23:38Alright, I'll get this one first
23:40because it's out of the hole
23:44Alright
23:46What's that?
23:48Whatever it is, I've got it in the scoop now
23:52I think
23:54I just felt a piece of gold
23:56I did! There is gold here
23:58Thank God
24:00Brilliant
24:02Cool, that piece is probably over a gram
24:04as well, so maybe
24:06$150 worth of gold
24:08Now let's see what this one is
24:10Sounds like it's coming from
24:12right up against that bedrock there
24:16You're literally just
24:18chipping away at anything
24:20that's caught in the crevices in the bedrock
24:28Oh, it's out
24:30Alright
24:32First scoop that time, here we go
24:36Not seeing anything
24:40There we go
24:42Awesome
24:44That one's even bigger than the other one
24:46that's great, at least two grams in that
24:48so another couple of hundred dollars
24:50That's brilliant
25:02No way
25:04Andy, you got a copy?
25:06Hey mate, yeah I got ya
25:08You gotta get up here
25:10What's going on, are you alright?
25:12It's good to see you this late
25:14Where are ya?
25:16I'm not far, keep walking
25:18Yo
25:20Yeah, I'll see ya
25:22Look at this
25:24You've gotta be kidding me
25:26What the hell is this?
25:36Mate, big club's getting locked up down there
25:38that's a problem
25:40I reckon we lift that chute up mate
25:42Lift it right up
25:56Look at this
25:58They get caught up behind that door
26:00they bind up, they hit on each other
26:02and they just don't break down, they don't pull through
26:04Now the dirt can start flowing out a bit freely
26:06but we can't have
26:08too much material going through otherwise
26:10it'll start to lose gold
26:12it won't wash it through the trough
26:14too much going in
26:16not enough wash time, gold going out the end
26:18I dare you
26:20coming back in again mate
26:22We still haven't washed the first load yet
26:24We haven't got the time
26:26to be stuffing around, we want to be able to keep
26:28feeding dirt in this plant, we've got 300 ton
26:30to put through in a limited time
26:32I'm hoping to see out of that
26:34300 ton, three ounces
26:36at an absolute minimum
26:38If we do
26:40we can do a future deal on all of Ian's dirt
26:42because if we can have
26:44something that can bring in
26:46consistent gold, that's really
26:48what I'm trying to achieve right now
26:50Ethan can only
26:52go on so long on just hopes
26:54and dreams, he's got to
26:56see some consistent gold
26:58because he works on a percentage
27:00so I feel this season has made a break for us
27:02I need to deliver
27:04I need to deliver this season target
27:10Everything seems to be running real smooth
27:12with the plant, apart from this material being the main
27:14issue
27:18Sorry mate, I've just got to take this
27:22How you going mate?
27:24Everything's going good buddy
27:26No real major hiccups at all mate, so it's all turning
27:30Yeah right, ok
27:32Full time
27:34I just need to nut out
27:36a few things mate, I'm definitely
27:38interested, give me
27:40the time I need mate and I'll get back to you
27:42as soon as I possibly can
27:44Thanks mate, bye
27:48So that was the new owners of this
27:50licence
27:52They've offered me
27:54a job to be basically plant manager
27:56out here
27:58Now I've really got to decide what I want to do
28:00I don't want to stick it out with Brent going forward
28:02It's my brother-in-law
28:04he's married to my sister so I've got a difficult
28:06decision to make
28:18What the hell is this?
28:20I've never come across anything like this
28:22It's like an old site where they used to live
28:24while they were mining here
28:26This isn't good mate
28:28Look around here and there's concrete and all the tin
28:30I think this is from the 1980s
28:32When they came back and
28:34re-mined all the original workings
28:42Hey, this is pottery
28:44Looks like old pottery too
28:46Perhaps these guys
28:48built their camp on top of an old
28:50timers camp
28:52So they could mine their old diggings
28:54It makes sense to me
28:56What happened?
28:58This is where they would have cooked their dinner?
29:00Or were they melting gold in here you reckon?
29:02It's just an oven, that's not a furnace
29:04I don't think. There's some more old pottery
29:06over in there too
29:08Another piece of it
29:10Hang on
29:12Andy, this is a whole pot
29:14That's an old Chinese water jug
29:16mate
29:18There's another one Andy!
29:20Are you serious?
29:22Yes, I'm serious
29:24They look like little teapots
29:26Are these worth anything?
29:28Two or three hundred dollars
29:30What?
29:32Goldfields pottery is really collectible
29:34Alright, let's stash them here
29:36and then we'll come back on the way out
29:38when we leave today
29:40Mate, this area was worked
29:42so thoroughly for at least
29:44100 years from what I can see
29:46just being here. Seems like they scoured
29:48the area pretty well
29:50The 1980s crews might have taken all the pay to
29:52Yeah, so I think these are
29:54our best finds
29:56So far
29:58Alright mate, good luck
30:00Alright
30:02Back in the
30:041800s gold rush, the old
30:06timers worked this country with
30:08picks and shovels, really basic
30:10but then in the 1980s
30:12there was another gold rush
30:14a lot of contractors came in with
30:16heavy machinery and they extracted
30:18all the pay dirt from all the old mining
30:20sites. It was pretty much a smash
30:22and grab. Now we're just hoping
30:24that these guys didn't get all the gold
30:26out of the gullies and they've left some
30:28for us
30:38That's a screamer
30:50Okay
30:52Could be a nugget, could be a boot tack, let's hope
30:54it's a nugget
30:58Oh, she loud
31:02Whatever you got
31:04Oh, that's gold
31:06Yes
31:08Woo, that's a nice one
31:10At least 4 grams or so, that's a
31:12decent piece. So, 4-500
31:14bucks just there out of that hole
31:16Alright, another one to the kitty
31:20We're going to end up doing pretty well here
31:36Hey Brent, you got a minute mate?
31:38Yeah bud
31:40Yeah, pull up here mate, let's go have a chat to you
31:42Bloody hell, what's wrong man?
31:46Everything alright mate?
31:48What's wrong?
31:50I've had a call from the new owners of the
31:52license here. In a nutshell mate,
31:54they've offered me a job
31:56Right
31:58I'll be basically managing this whole operation
32:00Job security behind it
32:02I don't have to rely
32:04on a gold percentage
32:06Yeah, right
32:08Mate, if this
32:10dirt goes really well, it could be
32:123 or 4 years of dirt down there
32:14at Ian's, right, that can give us
32:16that consistency back
32:18We don't know what's in it. It could have 30 ounces
32:20come out of this stuff, or it could only
32:22have a couple of grams
32:24I don't know, but just give us that chance
32:26What do you think?
32:323 ounces mate
32:343 ounces on the scale? That's the deal
32:36Are you still sticking with us? Yep, if not, I'm gone
32:38Alright, done
32:40Hey, it'll work out, we'll get 3 ounces
32:46Bloody hell
32:48They're trying to poach me, boy
32:50This could be the most important
32:523 ounces that I've ever had to try and find
32:54that's for certain
32:58I don't want to see Ethan go
33:00and I'm going to fight tooth and nail
33:02to get all this dirt through
33:04and all the gold on the scales
33:06because he's more than a worker for me
33:08He's my brother-in-law, he's my mate
33:10he's someone that I trust
33:12and I really don't want to lose him
33:14This is about
33:16me and my future
33:18me and my family's future and how we go forward
33:20from here on in
33:22We've set a target, if it's not there
33:26I'm off
33:28Well...
33:42It's getting to the pointy end of the week now
33:44probably the last cut
33:46and then we'll probably think about
33:48doing a weigh up
33:50We're all pretty tired
33:52You know, hands are sore
33:54backs are sore
33:56Ah, we've worked really hard this week.
34:00Let's do it, last pad, mate.
34:02And then we're due for a big ol' weigh-up, eh?
34:03Oh, that sounds awesome.
34:08Ready?
34:09I'm ready, mate.
34:10I'm gonna bring the noise!
34:11You dig them, I'll detect them.
34:12Woo!
34:13Ha, ha, ha!
34:14Ready?
34:19I love this thing!
34:20Ha, ha!
34:21So good!
34:26Football.
34:27Man, give me goosebumps.
34:29This one's gonna be so good, I can feel it.
34:39Getting hard again!
34:41Alrighty!
34:41Move your jackhammer over, mate.
34:43Oh, that's a good sign!
34:45Just bust around and go.
34:46I'll just punch around the outsides and be careful.
34:52It's gonna be a good one!
34:56I'll pull that out!
34:58There you go!
35:03Nothing on the edge yet.
35:04Another 200, bro.
35:05Ha, ha, ha, ha!
35:15Trip into that, man!
35:21Oh, she's going nuts!
35:22Ha, ha, ha, ha!
35:24I reckon I might have to get the pointer, eh?
35:26Yeah, we don't want to damage this one, eh?
35:29Get this thing to work.
35:31See if we can locate this sucker.
35:33The last thing that we want to do
35:35is ruin a beautiful nugget with a jackhammer or a pick.
35:38It just decreases the value.
35:39We want to keep this thing looking naturally beautiful.
35:42We'll get a signal.
35:43Oh!
35:46Close.
35:47Oh, ha, ha, ha!
35:48Oh!
35:49Dude!
35:50Dude!
35:51No way!
35:52Woo!
35:54Look at that!
35:54Hey, what a jack!
35:56That's an ounce nugget right there.
35:58What a slug!
35:59That's at least three and a half grand.
36:01Oh, just gives you faith in us being out here,
36:04doesn't it, man?
36:05It does.
36:06When something like that comes out of the ground.
36:06Yeah, man.
36:07This has just got to bump us up for the end of the week.
36:10I guess we just don't really know what we've got
36:11until we get up there and get a lot of scales.
36:13Let's do it, eh?
36:14What, a week?
36:24I absolutely love these water pots.
36:28They're a great find, that's for sure.
36:31Never seen anything like it before.
36:33Yeah, a little collector's item for us.
36:36The gold in that area, it was there,
36:38but it's just small.
36:39There's not much weight here, mate.
36:41Yeah.
36:42Well, we're sitting on about 17 ounces plus
36:46whatever comes out of that jar.
36:49Ready?
36:50I'm ready.
36:51At least get over an ounce, hey?
36:55Oh!
36:56Dead on two ounces on the nose.
36:58Two ounces!
36:59That's not so bad.
37:01Yep.
37:02That's seven grand's worth.
37:03So that puts us not too far under 20 ounces now,
37:07but we're at the halfway mark.
37:0845 to go, and it's only going to get
37:11hotter and harder from here.
37:13I feel like I let us down a bit, to be honest.
37:15I mean, you know, I picked that spot
37:17and thought it was going to be the one for the year.
37:19What we do is 100% a gamble.
37:22Will it pay or won't it pay?
37:23And the only way to find out is going in there and doing it.
37:26Yeah.
37:27If we use all that technology we've got as well,
37:29the drone, the good detectors,
37:30just our know-how of the Palmer too,
37:33like we're pretty experienced here now.
37:35We'll make a plan and get ready,
37:37and we'll do it all again.
37:39Hit the maps, find the next spot.
37:41Get the gold.
37:43Right, I'm going to wash my jar first.
37:45I want to be able to have water out of my water jug.
37:48At least you can keep cool with some nice cold water now,
37:52just like the old-timers did.
38:03Hey, buddy.
38:04Howdy, guys.
38:05Hey, Kyle.
38:06How are we?
38:07Fire out.
38:08I'm knackered.
38:09Yeah, man.
38:09I mean, the hard ground was killing me,
38:11and it was costing us time.
38:13That jackhammer just changed everything for us.
38:15Like, we were just motoring through.
38:17I was having a blast on that thing yesterday.
38:18You were out of control, mate.
38:22Couldn't get the thing out of your hands.
38:24Now we're going to need a fair bit on the scales
38:26to be getting close to this 120-ounce target.
38:29We are nearly halfway through our season,
38:32and our total is 9.4 ounces.
38:34We've got a fair bit of gold to get there.
38:37Yeah, we haven't hit five ounces yet for a week's work,
38:39so I think this week we'll get it.
38:42I'm nervous to see what numbers come up on those scales, though.
38:45Yeah.
38:46Team, you ready?
38:48I see you!
38:49Hey, Sonny, we're weighing it up.
38:51Weighing the gold.
38:52Do you want to come and see?
38:52You ready?
38:53We're weighing it up.
38:54Are you ready?
38:55Here we go.
39:00Ooh, 9.1 ounces.
39:04And the biggies.
39:05We've got a couple of biggies.
39:06What?
39:07One, two.
39:0911.5 ounces.
39:1111.5.
39:12What?
39:14Just over 40 grams worth.
39:15That's epic.
39:16That brings us up to just over 21 ounces.
39:18That's over 70 grand.
39:20We'll just pay that digger off.
39:21No way.
39:22Everything's all up from here,
39:23and we're actually making some profit.
39:25Amazing.
39:27Okay, Sonny, ready to pack it up?
39:28I'm going to sell this.
39:30Okay.
39:33All right.
39:34Well, I think Sonny wants to go digging.
39:36I can't see.
39:40Where's Dad going?
39:41What are we doing, Sonny?
39:42Dig.
39:43Dig?
39:43Going to dig.
39:44All right, mate.
39:45Let's pack it up.
39:46All right, I'll pack this up,
39:47and let's get into it.
39:48Here's to an epic week, guys.
39:57I'm ready.
39:58You ready?
39:59Not really, mate.
40:00I'm bloody nervous, to be honest.
40:02There's a lot riding on this, mate.
40:04Well, I'll tell you what, mate.
40:06The future is in this jar right now, mate.
40:09That's the hard part about it, mate.
40:10It's a gut-wrenching feeling, though,
40:11and that's going to determine our future.
40:13Three ounces, right?
40:15We just might get there.
40:17So you might still be stuck with me, mate.
40:20Let's just get it on there, eh?
40:21Let's see what happens.
40:28An ounce and a half, mate.
40:332.6.
40:34That's going.
40:34That's not bad, eh?
40:35Yeah.
40:372.
40:40What is it, Ethan?
40:422.82, mate.
40:43It's close.
40:45It's bloody close.
40:462.82 ounces, that's nearly 10 grand's worth of gold.
40:51At least we've got that money back.
40:53But we haven't hit target,
40:55so what's it going to be, mate?
40:58It's a tough call, mate, but I think that's it.
41:02Yeah, it's just,
41:04it's absolutely heartbreaking, mate,
41:05but I think that's the way it's going to have to go.
41:07Yeah, this is the end of the road.
41:10I've got an opportunity that I have to jump on,
41:12and you're my family.
41:15But I've got to worry about my little family.
41:17Yeah, I understand, mate.
41:18You've got all the skillset perfect for here.
41:21You know, when you first come to me,
41:22you could barely move a dozer back and forth.
41:26Now, mate, you can operate everything and anything.
41:29To be honest, mate,
41:30that's what makes it so much harder,
41:31is because I've now got those skillsets because of you,
41:35and now I've been offered that, you know?
41:38Mate, it's your turn to fly, yeah?
41:40And look, I am looking at that.
41:42It's your turn.
41:43Just spread your wings, right?
41:45And go on to maybe better and bigger things, you know?
41:48My dream over at Kato's is still very much still alive.
41:52That's my dream, which I speak now.
41:54That's my dream.
41:55You've got to start looking after your dreams,
41:56and this is it.
41:58I think so.
42:00Come here, you.
42:02Thank you, mate.
42:02Thanks.
42:03Hey, we've done all right, eh?
42:05We're still only five minutes from each other, mate.
42:06You never know.
42:07I might call you for an adventure if I need you.
42:09You know what?
42:10I'll be there, mate.
42:11I'm going to get going before I start bloody balling up.
42:14Thanks, buddy.
42:15Talk to you later, Ethan.
42:29It's by far one of the hardest things I've had to do.
42:31Yeah, it's one journey over,
42:35but another one that's going to start for me.
42:38It's time, you know?
42:40It's just ironic that where I started
42:42is where I'm going to end up.
42:48While Ethan's future looks pretty certain now,
42:52well, I just don't know where I'm going to go from here.
42:55Gold is just more than a job for me.
42:58It's a passion.
42:59And for me, that passion keeps growing stronger and stronger.
43:05Mining is not over for me.
43:07Yes, it's changed in a big way,
43:09but it's still going to be there
43:12and I'm still going to chase that dream of mine.
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