Aussie Gold Hunters (2016) - Season 5 Edit

A few things have come up so he gave me permission to come out.

Above the mine shaft, they need to detect the old mine waste

After Levi's wife Bridget returned home.

After targeting ground next to a century old mine shaft.

After that for the first week, I think we're doing pretty well. Yeah.

After they lost radio contact while he was scouting

After thousands of dollars' worth of equipment goes up in flames...

After travelling down inland river systems.

After Turbo lost his car and all his equipment, I thought that was going to be the end of us.

All right, let's get into it. Time is money. That's it. Let's go people.

All right, look out. Yeah, get in there mate

All right. Let's get stuck into it.

An average of five people a year drown in boating accidents

And are relying on Rob to scout out gold ground back on the mainland

And every little bit counts but right now,

And everything went up in flames,

And find some gold. Last week...

And given us money up front. That's right.

And he's just bottomed out up there somewhere, just stuck in the mud.

And if we can't get to it, it's a slap in the face.

And it's out of our pocket until we find gold.

And over $10,000 of gold hunting equipment

And the hire of the machinery, cos otherwise we're going to run at a loss.

And the second one, 1.26.

And the surrounding coastal area.

And then get lower each level, getting to the good gold that's right down deep.

And they desperately need to recoup the cost

And they're about to discover if their expensive gamble,

And we come together and we find gold.

And we stick to it. Keep going off, mate.

And we've had to bring in some caravans to make our existence out here more comfortable.

And we've just gotta work our butts off.

Are heading out for a critical new season.

Are using machinery for the first time ever to boost their gold tally.

Are you confident enough to put your savings into this? Yeah, mate.

As long as there's some gold coming home, we're able to make it work.

As soon as you realised, why didn't you come back?

Assess our options and yeah, go from there. Yeah.

At over $2,500, the nugget

At the moment the loader's struggled with some of that calcrete.

Back home, bruz. Yeah. Back for another season.

Back home, bruz. Yeah. Back for another season.

Be mean to her, she's not going to start, we'd be stuffed.

Because I got a lot of this ground I haven't even covered yet.

Because I have! (LAUGHS) Really?

Because of different circumstances this year, we're looking at 20 ounces for this season

Before Rob and Turbo can start scraping and detecting the ground

Being away from the wife and kids, it's hard on my kids.

Best friends and gold prospecting partners,

Bit of weight there. Might have done a little bit better than we thought. Yeah.

Bridge and I got married a couple of months ago.

Bridget gave us a hand. It was nice to have her out here.

Brings back those memories. It's been nearly 20 years

Brothers Marcus and Linden, alongside mining partner Dale,

Brothers Marcus McGuire and Linden Brownley are heading

But hopefully we're not going to come across any of the really, really big pieces

But it could mean they're getting closer

But it's a good indication that we're on gold ground.

But much of its gold hunting ground is still unexplored.

But not enough to cover their expedition costs so far.

But rock hard ground throws their plans into question. Oh, come on.

But the rewards are going to be greater

But the team have lost radio contact, leaving Bridget and Levi

But the trio still fell short of their 15 ounce season target.

But this is just a blank canvas.

But we'll have a look anyway. There it is.

But, mate, I'm out getting bounced around in the waves, nearly got flipped over, out looking for you.

By a gold boom, attracting huge mining companies

Carrying gold that became trapped at the bottom of riverbeds.

Causing tempers to flare. We set a plan, all right, we stick to it.

Check that little baby out!

Close to mines that have recovered over 100 million dollars' worth

Come on, baby. Well, moment of truth. Here we go.

Come on, Ferals. That sounds like a good plan

Come on, get it out. Oh, it's out. It's out, bro.

Come on, go dig me a hole.

Come on, man. I pretty much spent most of my savings

Come on, Robbie, where are you mate? You're not answering your radio.

Cos we've got 40 ounces to get.

Could be rubbish. Could be a nuggie.

Could be rust but you've got to dig everything as they say.

Could have been the batteries. No idea how it started but I've just lost a lot of money.

Dale gave Marcus a call. Said, "Meet me out in the bush,"

Don't come any better than this. Come to those who wait.

Especially with the first week. That's basically covered our costs

Extra money we do find, it allows us to have things

Find some gold, put in the hard yards.

First bit of gold, bruz. Finally.

First day. So this is it.

First time we're actually doing something like this.

For a moment, I got stuck on the mud. I had to get out and push the boat.

For any gold the old timers might have missed

For the first time ever, brothers Marcus and Linden are stepping up

Four years ago we decided to come out and look for gold.

From around the world.

From her hometown to help out.

From the land's traditional owners, expires.

From the stuff on my ute that got burnt.

Get stuffed, mate. Cracking it. It's bloody hot in here too.

Get two of us on the detectors, we're cutting my time in half.

Give it a quick magnet.

Given my performance over the last few seasons, I'm quite proud of this. I know it's not much,

Glad you made it back, Robbie. We were pretty worried.

Go on, check that hole again, bro. (BEEPING)

God willing we've got some gold. (BEEPING) All right.

Gold ain't going to find itself out here. That's our job.

Gold is pretty much everything. I haven't got a nine to five job.

Gold's where you find it, lads, and we ain't finding any out here.

Gone down a fair bit now, going to park up here. Yeah, park it up.

Good news, we found Robbie. We'll see what he's got to say.

Got a bit of a signal there, but it's just...

Got a copy there, Robbie?

Got a copy, Robbie?

Got to strap those detectors on and get out, hit that ground.

Gotta keep working until we dig something up, just keep pressing on.

Happy, mate, to be back out, looking for gold.

Hate to think what we'd have to do if we do.

Haven't been so fingers crossed, we find decent gold.

Haven't detected 'em yet, so hopefully we'll get a few nugs.

Having our own lease, doing a bit of pushing with some machinery and I'm on the ball with that and...

He just wants to know the GPS coordinates.

He was meant to call me every hour.

He's a little one but, er, it's gold.

He's been gone longer than he should have.

He's given me permission to work the ground. I've got machinery coming in

Heavy rain and floods, could have washed any alluvial nuggets down

Hello. How you going?

Here it goes.

Here, mate. Let me check it.

Hey, Auntie! We in this all together. Oh, thank you.

Hey, boys, I found another one!

Hey, bro, any luck? Usually find a nugget in that first push

Hey, how good is this, mate? We're heading to the islands.

Hey, I got a target.

Hey, old boy! Yo, bro, any luck? Nah, man.

Hey, Robbie, you got a copy, mate?

Hey, Ryan, I got a visual on Robbie. He's coming in from the east.

Hoo hoo. That's come out of the same hole, man. How much is this going to turn into?

Hope you're not stuck on the mudflats somewhere.

Hopefully he'll find some spots there that we can get into

Hopefully I'm going to find some gold in this first cut.

Hopefully something comes of it

Hopefully we can start seeing some colour soon.

How are you going over there, honey? Any luck?

How confident are you, Auntie, that there's gold there?

How you going there, guys, with the machinery?

How you guys going up there? Have you found any gold yet?

I can't do this, man. I really can't. I've just lost everything.

I can't see him, the swell's too big. He's only got a little boat.

I did tell him to give us a bit of a check call but it's been too long without hearing from him.

I didn't think we'd be coming out for another season. I'm out of pocket a fair bit.

I don't have to worry too much about the machine because you can actually cut through this like butter.

I don't know about you, bro, but I know the expenses

I found one little piece of gold, mate. Oh, yeah?

I had to recoup everything on the back of my ute that got burnt.

I heard a dunk. (LAUGHS) Come on. Is it gold?

I know exactly where you're coming from. But who knows, you know?

I looked back and there's flames, absolutely everything was on fire.

I mean, this season it just goes to show that pushing pads has really paid off. Yeah. Certainly is

I mean, we really need to start to find some gold.

I might jump in the boat and go for a look. See you on the beach.

I reckon it sounds exciting. If you give us a bit of time, let us two have a bit of a quick yarn and...

I reckon, let's do it, bruz. All right.

I stuffed up, yes, all right, because we've got a 40 ounce target, right, to get this year.

I think it's on the surface. Yeah, nah, I got him. Oh, I can see it.

I think that just like last season, we are the team. We're the A Team.

I thought the season's over before it started.

I thought you could be dead, mate. You know, we make an agreement, we set a plan,

I wanna put money back in the bank.

I was trying to look for some gold, mate.

I work in emergency, a high dependency unit in town in the hospital. That's my day job.

I'd like to use the gold towards starting a family, you know, getting that little nest egg going.

I'll get in the loader. Yeah, mate, I'll grab the detector and find some gold.

I'll give you a yell when she's ready. All good, man.

I'll kick it in the guts. If she won't start, then I'm putting this on you.

I'll try and give him a call, mate. Can't be out here driving around the ocean looking for someone.

I'm a bit excited to get into it. Own claim now.

I'm desperate to find some gold

I'm getting the pick in there.

I'm glad you made it out of there alive, mate.

I'm going to get all these piles first, spread 'em out.

I'm going to go for a yonder further down.

I'm going to keep following it down, I'll catch up with you later.

I'm going to park up here. Yeah, park it up.

I'm hoping that Robbie's poked up the creek

I'm just going to start detecting this pad now

I'm not going to survive if I'm not out here finding gold.

I'm not sure, seriously, if this is something that we can handle.

I'm only just trying my best, OK?

I'm really hopeful that Robbie will find a nice location that we can find some gold on cos we need it.

I'm scared if I go any lower that I'll damage this machine. I understand.

I'm scared if I go lower, that I'm going to damage this machine.

I'm very confident, mate. My friend, he's picked up some good gold.

I've come straight back to where I found that bit of gold.

I've come up with an agreement with a mate of mine. He's unable to get out here and work the ground.

I've got a really good target here. Yeah, bro. No more rubbish here.

I've got family that are relying on me. My kids, partner.

I've had this thing for ten years.

I've just wasted time out there, I'm worried sick about you.

I've lost thousands and thousands of dollars' worth of stuff. All stuff I need to be out here.

I've never seen better ground.

If he's broken down and been washed up against the rocks, it'll just smash his boat in pieces.

If he's broken down, that's where he'll be.

If he's not back within a couple of hours, I'll give them a call. Yeah, Roger.

If I don't find gold, I can't live. Pretty sure there's something here.

If I go any deeper, I'm going to hurt the machine. I don't want to break it.

If I see him, I'll give you a call on the radio. And likewise, it will be appreciated.

If it wasn't for you pushing, we wouldn't have found it.

If Rob can work out what direction the old timers were tunnelling underground,

If there's one piece, hopefully there could be more.

If we can come up with that every week, we'll be laughing. I got a good feeling about this season.

If we don't find any gold, we're essentially $200 in the red

If we don't find something today,

If you want to get your detector... All good? ..we should be ready to go. OK.

In a roadside fire.

In a spot that we can go. We'll go there and back on the high tide.

In previous seasons we were just wandering around on pending leases

In springtime. (LAUGHS)

In the central Goldfields of Western Australia,

In the legendary Goldfields of Western Australia,

In the north of Western Australia.

In the vast and arid goldfields of Western Australia,

Including exploratory prospecting team, the Ferals.

Is the team's most successful start to a season ever.

Is their first find of the season.

It could be deep, I don't know. Whatever it is, could be deep.

It could help zero in on more gold.

It definitely looks like Robbie.

It doesn't matter what size machinery that you operated back in the day

It is fun coming out and helping but there is a financial side too.

It is very important that I find as much gold as I can.

It must be six metres wide, a metre and a half high.

It's a good sign. Finally into the hard ground now where the old timers

It's a little specie. Look at that, a little bit of gold. (LAUGHS)

It's all good, as long as we find it.

It's an old bullet shell.

It's been a hard week.

It's been a hard week.

It's either extremely hot or extremely cold, so tents have had to be moved aside

It's either extremely hot or extremely cold, so tents have had to be moved aside

It's gotta pay off sooner or later, surely. So I spent all my savings..

It's hard work digging up the old timers' trash

It's just getting rougher and rougher out here.

It's just so important out here

It's kinda hard when you've gotta juggle time to be free to get out and do a bit of detecting.

It's melted the tar in the road. Yep.

It's really good that Levi's with Bridge.

It's really handy having Bridge come out

It's really important that we find something to cover the fuel

It's still there. With the gold it's always a gamble.

It's the team's last chance to prospect before their permission

It's time we get into it. Yeah, man.

It's yellow!

Jesus Christ, man, that is massive in there

Just be good to her. (ENGINE STARTS)

Just clear the area.

Just come up to the lighthouse.

Just get rid of all these sticks and stuff first. Come on, baby.

Just going to have a detect around here and also keep a lookout for Robbie at the same time.

Just off the Pilbara region's coastline, the Ferals are a man down.

Just outside the old gold town of Ora Banda.

Just skimming the top off. Then you can detect it. Let's go.

Last season... Bit of cloud today, so don't forget to do your air tune

Last year, all I came up with was just a three ouncer

Leave this behind us, mate, move on? Yeah, man.

Let me have a look. From the very first trip, we were both hooked.

Let's get out of here. That's it.

Let's see what it's starting to look like

Levi's new wife, Bridget, has also made a 350 kilometre trip

Little nugget. One gram maybe. That's good.

Look, Levi, I haven't been able to get radio contact with Rob.

Looks great, doesn't it? Yeah.

Luckily I convinced him it's worth having another go.

Magnet's just to pick up any rubbish.

Making ends meet has been pretty stressful.

Marcus, Linden and Dale are about to tackle

Marcus, Linden and Dale are also hungry for a strong start

Marcus, Marcus! Can you come and take a scoop out for me? Yeah.

Mate, never get sick of that noise, bro. (BEEPING)

Mate, thanks so much for that. You know, I was getting really stressed.

Maybe it's worth us sort of going down the rocks. Sounds good.

Maybe the Lord left a piece there for us. Maybe.

Might be two to three grams. First gold for the season for me,

Millions of years ago, water coursed through this area,

Mining iron ore and diamonds and gold as well.

My car's just full on fire. I don't know what the hell's going on. Oh!

My mate sort of started out here following those old paleochannels.

Nah

Nah, the Goldtimers are going to get it all, mate.

Nice piece of gold, probably about a gram.

Nice piece of gold. Look at that.

No worries man. We know the old timers didn't get it all.

Nobody can come on here. You might have sold me on that

Nobody said it was going to be easy, mate. I reckon she's going to go. Go and kick her in the guts.

North of Kalgoorlie, roughly about 2,000 people, a rich mining history.

Not yet, a few noises, but no luck yet.

Now that Marcus and I have brought machinery into this prospecting game

Now we're talking. Come on, gold.

Now we've decided to have another crack on the mainland, see if we can find more gold.

Of dirt, before detecting each cut for nuggets.

Of gold in recent years.

Of losing Turbo's prospecting equipment and truck

Off Western Australia's treacherous coastline.

Oh, 7

Oh, boy.

Oh, bro. Yeah. ..we thought, "Let's buy a lease and see how we go."

Oh, Ferals. Head to the mainland. Beautiful. Let's go to the mainland.

Oh, I heard it. There it is.

Oh, I think I just heard it. Come on, nuggies.

Oh, it's gold. (LAUGHS)

Oh, look at this. Pull it out. Where? Grab it, grab it. Grab it.

Oh, man, brand new generator, fridge, all my work tools.

Oh, man, look at that. Like the sunshine on a waterfall

Oh, man, lost all my stuff on the back, man, that was...

Oh, man, when I found out your car went up in flames,

Oh, man. Finally.

Oh, my God, man, we found a pocket. Look out, bro. Watch out.

Oh, there she is. Look out.

Oh, there we go, big chunk of wire.

Oh, there's another target, man. The same hole. I didn't check the hole again.

Oh, we've never found a pocket before, man. How much is this going to turn into? (BOTH LAUGH)

Oh, well, go down lower. Drop another fade on it, give him a haircut. No time to waste.

Oh, wicked. I'm just so glad that this has reproduced another one.

Oh! What the hell just happened?

Oh. Oh, no.

OK.

OK. And then we've got somewhere else to push if need be.

Okey dokey. Where's that lovely big one? (LAUGHS)

Old timers didn't have detectors.

On the hard to access coastline, where gold may have been deposited

On their two square kilometre Ora Banda lease.

Only thing I can think of is his battery's gone flat on his two way.

Ooh, 0.21 grams

Ooh, man, that's... This is where we're gonna go, OK, as soon as we get off of here.

Oooh.

Or even alluvial nuggets from inland, so... Amazing, see what we find. Yep.

Or until the next step is contacting sea rescue if he doesn't show up.

Ora Banda is on Wongutha country, our traditional land and it was once a bustling place,

Over the past decade, this rugged landscape has been gripped

Phew!

Phew! Let's get out there. We've got a bit of a walk

Phew. Well done, Robbie. Keep picking up those nuggies

Please, please, please, please. It's in me hand.

Point 638, man. That's just under 20 grams.

Point one...four...five,

Promising ground on a coastal creek system.

Prospectors sank hundreds of deep mine shafts

Push it all back towards you, love. Please Lord, let this be gold.

Real good being back on this machine.

Really the worst time that you'd want to be out there. Robbie, you got a channel mate?

Rob "Turbo" Linton and Rob Dale

Rob has failed to make contact during a scouting mission on the mainland,

Rob left this morning on a scouting mission to find gold ground

Rob's starting the detecting. Hopefully he finds a few targets in the ground.

Robbie, you got a copy? Really starting to get worried about him.

Robbie's out scouting for some other locations on the mainland.

Sc**** it up. It doesn't sound too bad.

Searching for teammate Rob Beeton

See this area, mate, this is where my mate's been pushing

See you when you get back. I'll give you a call. See you soon.

Seen Robbie? Nah, negative mate.

Serious, bro, I'm trying to look after our interests, OK?

Set up for emergencies, in case things may happen.

Since Marcus operated heavy machinery for mining companies

So coming into this season, I'm very jaded about committing to it.

So far things aren't really going our way, kinda late in the day

So getting on the gold is very, very important.

So hopefully today's the day where we'll find something.

So hopefully we'll make some really good money out of this.

So I'm out here having a bit of a scout around. It's cost us a lot of money

So smaller mining teams search for gold closer to the surface,

So things are looking up.

So this is where he reckons we work.

So we haven't got long left before this tide runs out, so I'll celebrate later.

So we should probably start thinking about heading back there.

So we're going to regroup now and see what we can come up with. These are getting bigger and bigger.

So we're out on the road again.

So we've decided to set it at 20 ounces

So what do you reckon?

So when he comes back out, he'll finish off where we started.

So, at the end of the day we've gotta find gold to be here.

So, fingers crossed the next couple of weeks

So, where's Dale? She's out here at Ora Banda? Waiting there for us. OK.

So, you know, we might be going like this deep at times.

So...give me your gold. (LAUGHS)

Sometimes you think, "What are we doing out here?"

Sounds all right.

Spread this out and Rob will get in here and detect this little bit.

Steel sticks to magnets so... (BEEPING) Still there.

Still sits at under an ounce of gold.

Stop mucking around. Scoop it in ya hand. Scoop it in ya hand.

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Super keen. Good plan, Robbie. What do you reckon? Let's go, Ferals!

Sweet, let's go. Let's go.

Targeting unworked ground, has paid off. Hello, yellow.

Teammate Ryan is searching the island's high ground.

That gold's heavy and it's going to sit with that bedrock.

That is $200 a day just to hire,

That is beautiful. How big do you think that is? An ounce and a bit maybe.

That it was a good decision to get back out here and keep working and,

That sounds like a great idea to me. We've got nothing to lose.

That tide's running out fast. If he's stuck on the mudflats,

That we find some decent gold to help us stay out here.

That we got to factor in, but yeah, I'd be willing to help her.

That we keep communication channels open.

That's a bit of a burn mark, mate. That really, really burnt hot there.

That's a good plan. We'll see you after.

That's a pretty hard hit to take. I was this close to quitting.

That's basically where we're going to be. Get some nuggies, boys! Phew.

That's gonna come up nice. Oh, boy.

That's just without all the dirt that's been caved in inside there.

That's not his boots? You're too close, mate. Get out of there, old boy, hurry up.

That's where all the action was happening, wasn't it? Yeah.

That's where the deep gold can be.

That's yellow. Fair dinkum, mate, that's yellow.

The $1,600 haul is the season start they desperately needed

The $3,500 haul is their strongest start to a season ever.

The $50 specie is a gold nugget encased in rock.

The best start we've had.

The better chance we've got of finding that real wow factor.

The Ferals are forced to launch a rescue mission when Rob goes missing.

The Ferals are racing to detect parts of the island

The Ferals have just a few days left to hunt on the island

The Ferals have relocated to the mainland after Rob found

The Ferals have spent the past two hours

The Ferals' two week expedition exploring

The first week of the Goldtimers' season is over

The Goldtimers are targeting ground near a century old mine shaft

The Goldtimers have had the worst start to a season ever.

The Goldtimers suffer a catastrophe

The Goldtimers' remote camp and lease is located in arid scrubland desert,

The half gram nugget is worth just $40,

The harder I work now, the more time I get to spend with her and our future family.

The main thing with team Feral, you know, we work our differences out

The meagre haul means the Ferals' season tally

The Ngarluma people, to search for untapped resources on Jarman Island

The number one objective for this season is pushing pads.

The old timers here were doing a lot of blasting.

The old timers were chasing the main gold veins.

The one gram nugget, worth close to $80,

The other shafts have been documented and how much was found was written down.

The pair rely on an eight ton loader to sc**** away 15 centimetre layers

The Pilbara region's wild coastal areas, has come to an end,

The remote Pilbara coastline for new gold ground.

The season ahead.

The season depends on going down each level to find that deep gold

The stakes are much higher, the risks have increased,

The start of good things to come, people.

The swell's picking up. The tide's running out.

The tide's running out now. Hope Robbie's all right.

The trio are making the last ditch mission

The trio have just secured permission from indigenous owners,

The two gram nugget is worth almost $160

The two square kilometre lease is in a renowned gold producing area,

The way the wind's going, I'll need to go over to the shoreline, over the other side.

Their biggest gold nugget ever, worth close to $20,000. (LAUGHTER)

Their island mission has left them $3,000 in debt.

Their operation, using a 1

Their riskiest, most expensive gold venture yet.

There could be gold washed out from all the tributaries and all the rivers.

There it is!

There still is an opportunity of finding gold.

There was one good thing coming out of where I was.

There you go, that's how hard it gets.

There's a good chance that we might find some gold down here.

There's a lot of pressure on me now to prove to him and myself

There's a lot riding on this trip this time, you know, with all the costs we've outlaid.

There's no way they dug a shaft for nothing so we'd be mad not to get in there.

There's not really much else we can do until he shows up

They can keep detecting on the island and I can head off and look for Rob.

They have no option but to recover that debt as fast as possible.

They haven't covered yet.

They weren't going to dig the area up looking for a couple of nuggets so we're chasing what they've missed.

They're the ones we want. Donk

They've gone equal partners on a two square kilometre lease

They've headed off in a different direction.

Thing is, we can keep all the gold.

This calcrete here is like nature's concrete.

This ground is such a pleasure to push.

This is a big step up.

This is it boys, this is the spot. Seriously,

This is our one and only opportunity so the more time we spend detecting,

This is perfect. This is the best spot we could possibly ever have for a weigh in, I'll tell you that

This is roughly where I was the other day

This is the best start to a season we've had. Yeah, man.

This is where it all happened, bro.

This is where my ute died, right here.

This season we've hired a mini loader. Those costs are 200 bucks a day to hire

This shaft could be an absolute game changer.

This shaft hasn't been worked on for probably 100 years.

This shaft here, there's no information on it.

This swell's getting big, so I can't really see much from the ocean.

This time of the year, the weather could turn quickly and we have 40 knot winds, the swell comes up.

This time, you know, there's bigger expenses involved, you know,

This was something we wanted to do, and having success...

Thousands and thousands of dollars down the drain.

Through the old river system.

To a meeting with prospecting partner Dale Harring to discuss

To be out there wasting more fuel and time. I'm back, buddy!

To chase gold bearing quartz veins, during a gold rush in the 1890s.

To come to these islands and have a look.

To detect the remainder of the island while Ryan goes in search of Rob.

To gold rich ground buried below.

To pay their living and fuel costs and start recovering Turbo's losses.

To recover gold on a friend's lease.

To replace everything to get back out here.

To sc**** back the top layer of ground

To the little different tributaries that are running off the mainland.

To their new season, after hiring in a mini loader

Two days ago, the fire ravaged remains of Turbo's ute

Unfortunately nothing this time round.

We can use this island as our home base and then we can duck in

We can't even find gold, we're stuffin' around with your car.

We didn't know what was going on. The tide's running out, the swell was huge.

We do need to find gold and make a living out of this.

We find lots of exploded detonators. Until we've taken off some good layers, it's just riddled in trash.

We got some colour! Marcus and Linden upgrade

We got some colour. Whoo!

We haven't found anything on here, so how about we move on down where I found that nugget?

We just don't know. You know, I'm just guessing at the moment.

We just gotta keep high spirited and um... Find some gold.

We just gotta keep on keeping on

We know where the gold is and it's back on the mainland

We might have to pull up and start assessing somewhere else.

We need to be keeping to the left of this, all right?

We need to find gold, at least two ounces to cover costs.

We need to get in there and start working with it.

We need two ounces to make this trip viable.

We set ourselves a target of 40 ounces this season,

We sort of figured out that the gold's coming from them.

We want to put that towards building up Feral Exploration to get some leases and more machinery.

We won't see him until tomorrow.

We'll check the pile.

We'll get in there, find some gold, we'll pay it off.

We're doing it, bro.

We're getting somewhere man. We are. Yeah. That ground down there's fantastic, man.

We're going to need the places to go. Yeah. Look what I found, mate, one little piece of gold.

We're going to pick up stuff they couldn't see or they chucked out.

We're going to spend the whole season out here, work as hard as we can to recoup what we've lost.

We're hoping a lot of that gold is still left behind.

We're the A Team. Come on now. Bring it on in now. (LAUGHTER)

We're working up to these shafts.

We've got bills and mortgages so we gotta make it happen out here,

We've got two hours so we've got to hit the ground running.

We've had decent finds Oh, my God! (BOTH LAUGH)

We've hired a mini loader and we're going to take off that topsoil

We've only got 13 grams of gold and we can't afford

We've really, really worked our way up to where we are now.

We've set our target this season at 20 ounces.

We've set targets over the last two seasons and we haven't reached it.

We've stepped up our game, got some machines involved. It's gold time, baby. Ready, mate?

We've taken on a bigger commitment this year.

Well what are we doing here Auntie? Well, this is the deal, guys. This is my mate's lease.

Well, I'm glad you haven't. We belong out here. We've worked really hard.

Well, I've been out exploring, mate. My battery went flat on the radio.

Well, looks like we know what we're doing. Yeah. Man, finally. Yeah.

Well, mate. Pretty excited. First weigh in of the season.

Well, there's the little ones. Yeah.

Well, what do you reckon?

Were covered by layers of dirt, encasing the gold below.

Were trucked to a nearby scrapyard.

Western Australia and the extreme wilderness of the Pilbara region.

Wha hey! (LAUGHS)

What a week. Been a big week. D day, D day.

What are you so happy about, mate? You were meant to do radio checks.

What do you reckon it weighs, bruz? Oh, around half a gram. Yeah, OK.

What do you reckon, we get back into it? Yeah. Awesome, man. First bit of gold. I'll leave you the pick.

What do you reckon? I reckon an ounce. I reckon an ounce.

What have you got? It's gone green, a copper nail.

What the hell just happened? That's it, I'm done.

What we're actually looking for is that rounded bedrock

When I got the news from Turbo that his car

When the water dried up, these old river systems

When you hit big chunks, it'll stop you dead.

Where they had success last season.

Where, you know, every man and his dog can come out there and run amok and we've been picking up scraps.

While he keeps going over there because we're running out of daylight now.

While Levi and Bridget focus on the shoreline,

Whoo hoo! Man, we are in this all the way.

Whoo! Just got to keep doing it. Yes

Whoo! Unreal.

With a new lease and powerful machinery.

With just a few days left,

With over $10,000 of equipment destroyed,

With the nearest marine rescue team eight kilometres away.

Wives are on our backs, unless we really bring home the bacon.

Woo hoo! A Team back again!

Would have taken him back to the mainland.

Yeah, boys! There's more here!

Yeah, get in, man. Haha, come on. We gotta meet Dale. Let's go.

Yeah, I don't know, man. My sense of commitment right now is very 50/50.

Yeah, I reckon just over maybe. Yeah? Just over? Yeah. Righto.

Yeah, just coming along steady.

Yeah, no problem. Come down and see me when you're finished. No worries.

Yeah, Ryan, any luck yet?

Yeah, that's getting louder now. And it sounds like gold!

Yeah, the old gold game, one nugget could change your life.

Yeah. Pack it up, head back to the mainland. Regroup.

Yeah. Right now, it's not paying for itself.

Yeah. We're out here with the elements.

Years ago I worked in the mine, did a few years,

Yes, yes. Aye! What'd I tell ya?

Yes! (LAUGHS) Hey.

You beauty.

You got a copy Robbie? The worst time you'd want to be out there.

You got a copy there, Levi?

You know if we don't find him soon Ryan, we might have to let sea rescue know. Absolutely. I'll um..

You know what bro? Clearly this gold was coming from that shaft.

You know what I mean, mate?

You know, before it was just detecting.

You know, this has to pay off.

You know, trying to find some gold.

You need the pick? Ah, hang on. On the surface?

You see them hills over there? Yep.

You want to do the honours? I'll get down there. Let's have a look.

You've got big costs involved, fuel, oil, hire of machinery.

1.42. (ALL CHEER)

11.38 grams.

12.94. Call it 13. We need that two ounces. Yep.

13 grams is really not enough for us, you know. We're in the red.

130 kilometres north east...

130 kilometres south west in the central Goldfields,

600 kilometres north east from their home city of Perth.

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..before a hunt near century old workings pays off.

..Rob and Turbo have hit an old rubbish dump

..the team launched their exploration mission, costing them over $5,000...

..uncovering a decent haul by a treacherous creek system. Hoo hoo!

(ALL LAUGH)

(ALL LAUGH)

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(BEEPING) (LAUGHS)

(BEEPING) (LAUGHS) Hey, don't muck around with that.

(BEEPING) All right, it's in the scoop

(BEEPING) Got a little noise.

(BEEPING) Got a little signal.

(BEEPING) Got a signal here.

(BEEPING) Hoo hoo, how's that? Second scoop.

(BEEPING) Oh yeah, you've got it out. Come on.

(BEEPING) Oi, oi, turn it off. Hey, Linden, come over here.

(BEEPING) OK.

(BEEPING) Ooh, that's all right.

(BEEPING) Ooh.

(BEEPING) Yeah, this sounds like a big fat piece of rubbish

(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS) Finally found our first bit of gold for the season.

(LAUGHS) It's come out of the same hole, man.

(LAUGHS) There's another target, man. Are you serious?

(LAUGHS) Voila. Look at that.

(LAUGHS) Whoo! Oh, my God!

(NARRATOR) This time on Aussie Gold Hunters... Whoo hoo!

(SIGHS) ..looking like an old ring pull off a tin.

(SIGHS) Oh, man.