1 00:00:06,619 --> 00:00:11,420 There's a secret war going on in the outback town of Clemson. 2 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:18,560 The gold here is so good and the value of gold now is so high. 3 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,000 Look at that. Dog ain't dog. The wars are off. 4 00:00:22,660 --> 00:00:25,220 You've ripped me off since day nine. There needs to be a partnership. 5 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,560 You are bleak. Righto. Well, good on you. Good on you. 6 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:30,580 Have a good time. 7 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:32,960 Three mining teams. We have a foot. 8 00:00:33,290 --> 00:00:36,010 I've run into the mine, so we have to make it work. 9 00:00:36,230 --> 00:00:38,350 On the one patch of land. 10 00:00:38,710 --> 00:00:41,650 This is just some of the stuff Donnie's been walking over. 11 00:00:41,990 --> 00:00:45,190 Guys, you'd be lucky if I don't walk over his big nose. 12 00:00:45,650 --> 00:00:51,270 Biting it out to see who can uncover the biggest nugget. Can you get down here, 13 00:00:51,350 --> 00:00:54,650 please? And the most gold. 14 00:00:56,710 --> 00:00:58,430 Awesome, that's a work of art. 15 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:01,190 There's a lot of it to be found here. 16 00:01:01,530 --> 00:01:02,530 Hands shaking. 17 00:01:03,210 --> 00:01:08,390 Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of high -grade gold preserves. Price of 18 00:01:08,390 --> 00:01:11,470 gold is just making them doing really silly things. 19 00:01:11,850 --> 00:01:12,708 Hang on. 20 00:01:12,710 --> 00:01:18,430 The teams have ten weeks to hit their season targets. 21 00:01:19,090 --> 00:01:20,090 Oh, my God. 22 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:25,810 How much are we? Aussies risking it all to strike it rich. 23 00:01:26,410 --> 00:01:28,390 Perry, get your... off. 24 00:01:48,490 --> 00:01:52,530 Yeah, I'm a bit lost at the moment. I'm bloody... I knew the writing was on the 25 00:01:52,530 --> 00:01:55,290 wall, but I didn't expect it to happen as quick as it did. 26 00:01:56,150 --> 00:01:58,190 And just to get the email the way I did. 27 00:01:59,010 --> 00:02:03,370 Donnie has just been fired from 1870 by email. 28 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:06,850 If the goal's not coming through, what do you want me to do? It's a business to 29 00:02:06,850 --> 00:02:07,850 be run. 30 00:02:08,270 --> 00:02:11,470 What do you expect? If the goal's not coming in, how are we going to keep... 31 00:02:11,470 --> 00:02:14,650 Yeah, that's fine. What about the gutless way it was done, though? Why 32 00:02:14,650 --> 00:02:15,890 you come down and talk to me then? 33 00:02:16,710 --> 00:02:21,830 Donnie's heading to nearby Swiss Diggies to see if he can secure some work off 34 00:02:21,830 --> 00:02:25,010 Dennis. I'm hoping Dennis will take me on as a contractor. 35 00:02:25,750 --> 00:02:30,170 He may not. I might get turfed out on my arse. And that'll be the end of it for 36 00:02:30,170 --> 00:02:31,170 me. 37 00:02:31,350 --> 00:02:35,870 This last hole here, it hasn't been real good to me at all, actually. 38 00:02:37,010 --> 00:02:40,530 Dennis runs a one -man scrape -and -detect operation. 39 00:02:42,210 --> 00:02:43,910 But he's in a spot of trouble. 40 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:50,900 He's lost his lucrative riverbed gold run and he's a long way short of his 41 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:52,760 ,000 season target. 42 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,740 At the end of the day, all us miners and the other miners, we're all rowing the 43 00:02:57,740 --> 00:02:58,740 same boat here. 44 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:03,780 We've all got to hit our targets in order to get what we want out of it. 45 00:03:04,180 --> 00:03:08,740 There's nine weeks of the season left to go and the pressure is on. 46 00:03:09,220 --> 00:03:12,920 I don't imagine Dennis is going to welcome me with open arms, I can tell 47 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:13,920 now. 48 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,820 I don't know how we're going to get along. I don't know whether we'll 49 00:03:16,820 --> 00:03:17,820 clash a bit. 50 00:03:18,380 --> 00:03:21,860 But we're both pretty headstrong. 51 00:03:23,140 --> 00:03:29,100 Before Dennis bought Swiss Dickings, he used to be an investor in 1870 and 52 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,500 bankrolled Donnie and Lee's mining operations. 53 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:36,340 Their dealings back then were volatile at best. 54 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,640 There's no grey area with Dennis. It's either black or white. It's either this 55 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:42,640 or that. 56 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,880 Base camp, 1870. 57 00:03:51,380 --> 00:03:56,300 We need it to vibrate a hell of a lot more because we need this dirt to come 58 00:03:56,300 --> 00:03:57,300 over to ripples. 59 00:03:58,460 --> 00:04:03,200 Dan's just got rid of Donnie and is now desperate to get the mine's new dry 60 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,420 blower up and running. 61 00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:11,820 So far, he's only managed to bank $81 ,000 worth of gold for the season. 62 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:15,120 The dry blower is meant to change all that. 63 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:18,120 There's issues, you know, and... 64 00:04:18,390 --> 00:04:20,630 For every issue, it takes time to fix it. 65 00:04:21,010 --> 00:04:22,530 I don't know how it's going to go. 66 00:04:23,470 --> 00:04:25,390 But help is on its way. 67 00:04:26,090 --> 00:04:29,090 Nine and a half hours to drive up here. 68 00:04:30,150 --> 00:04:34,950 The mine's owners, Richie and Kimberly, are on their way in from the gold mine. 69 00:04:35,810 --> 00:04:38,170 I'll teach you to buy a gold mine in the middle of nowhere. 70 00:04:41,310 --> 00:04:44,590 It is like you're driving. 71 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:50,100 Richie's expecting the dry blower to be fully operational by the time he gets to 72 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:51,100 1870. 73 00:04:52,980 --> 00:04:56,060 Richie ringing me up, how's it going, how's it going, are we at production, 74 00:04:56,060 --> 00:04:57,060 we ready for production? 75 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:58,720 The answer's no. 76 00:04:59,180 --> 00:05:00,300 Speak of the devil. 77 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:08,560 The cashed up Gold Coasters have arrived and Richie's all smiles, but for how 78 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:09,560 long? 79 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:16,650 Kim rocks up as if she's going out for dinner at the Gold Coast at some fancy 80 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:17,650 -ass restaurant. 81 00:05:17,830 --> 00:05:21,730 These are wearing the correct attire. Gold Coast city folks. 82 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:23,930 It's all got to change. 83 00:05:24,590 --> 00:05:28,130 I wasn't expecting when we bought the gold mine that I would be getting 84 00:05:28,130 --> 00:05:28,809 out here. 85 00:05:28,810 --> 00:05:29,830 Are we close? 86 00:05:30,650 --> 00:05:34,130 Close. But, yeah, like, it's been pretty chaotic. 87 00:05:35,270 --> 00:05:39,390 When I arrived up here, I was under the understanding that a lot more progress 88 00:05:39,390 --> 00:05:40,390 had happened. 89 00:05:41,190 --> 00:05:43,210 weeks behind where I thought we were at. 90 00:05:43,430 --> 00:05:45,710 So will we have it up and going today, you reckon? 91 00:05:46,250 --> 00:05:47,690 If I can get a hand, I will, yeah. 92 00:05:48,110 --> 00:05:51,590 No, I might just show Kimberley around first so she can see our new digs. 93 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:52,810 Too easy. 94 00:05:53,630 --> 00:05:54,630 Claremont Hilton. 95 00:05:59,230 --> 00:06:00,189 Copy, Swiss. 96 00:06:00,190 --> 00:06:01,190 Copy, Swiss. 97 00:06:02,290 --> 00:06:03,970 Yeah, Dennis here. Who's this? 98 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:06,310 Good morning, mate. 99 00:06:06,850 --> 00:06:09,250 Just wondering if I could come in and see you. 100 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,460 Yeah, right. No worries. We'll come up. 101 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:18,580 Donnie and Dennis have had their fair share of conflict in the past, but 102 00:06:18,580 --> 00:06:21,340 always managed to stay on good talking terms. 103 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,680 I thought to myself, what's he doing here? Why does he want to come over 104 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:26,260 How are you, mate? 105 00:06:26,940 --> 00:06:28,040 Yeah, not so good. 106 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,880 I got the DCM on 1870 the other day. 107 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:34,420 Do not come Monday. 108 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:36,480 What's going on over there? 109 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,280 I have no idea. No idea. 110 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:45,460 Didn't come and talk to me face -to -face, just one minute I'm working, next 111 00:06:45,460 --> 00:06:47,900 minute I'm getting an email on my phone. 112 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:53,080 Thought I'd come and see you. I was hoping you might have something 113 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,080 for me. 114 00:06:54,660 --> 00:06:57,860 At the moment, I've got nothing, mate. 115 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:02,960 So as far as Donnie coming over here, I don't think it's a real good idea. 116 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,820 We're strong characters, both of us are strong characters, and we're going to 117 00:07:06,820 --> 00:07:07,679 butt heads. 118 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,080 He's not exactly the smoothest operator when it comes to machinery. 119 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,260 He's not the cleanest operator around. He hasn't got the most agility either. 120 00:07:14,780 --> 00:07:16,000 There's a lot to weigh up. 121 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,080 Yep, this is near digs. 122 00:07:23,540 --> 00:07:29,420 Richie and Kimberly have breezed into 1870 to try and help Dan speed things up 123 00:07:29,420 --> 00:07:32,520 and to get some much -needed cash flow into the business. 124 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:33,840 Let me show you the kitchen. 125 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:35,700 What the hell? 126 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:39,600 Joking, aren't you? No, this is the kitchen. 127 00:07:40,380 --> 00:07:43,440 I don't know what I envisioned when I knew I was coming out here. 128 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,520 I guess no matter what, it's a bit of a shock. 129 00:07:45,780 --> 00:07:46,780 Well, you're awesome. 130 00:07:46,820 --> 00:07:49,840 Obviously, the wild animals, some of the living quarters out here. 131 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:51,760 That doesn't even work. It does work. 132 00:07:51,980 --> 00:07:53,000 Look at that water pressure. 133 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,280 That's not really my lifestyle and what I envisioned. 134 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:58,480 That's original. 135 00:07:58,540 --> 00:07:59,980 Hey, you want to see your fridge? 136 00:08:00,260 --> 00:08:02,300 I'm really paranoid about the snakes, the spiders. 137 00:08:02,820 --> 00:08:05,640 You hear things at night creeping around. I don't know what it is. 138 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,820 Comes equipped with a spicer. Pantry. 139 00:08:09,060 --> 00:08:10,039 That's the pantry. 140 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,500 Oh, my God. Yeah. 141 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:13,520 I don't know. 142 00:08:13,540 --> 00:08:14,540 Here's your fridge. 143 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:16,560 That's disgusting. 144 00:08:22,180 --> 00:08:24,740 Yeah, I... You know. 145 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,780 At Swiss Diggings, Donnie's hoping Dennis will throw him a lifeline. 146 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:33,760 His livelihood depends on it. 147 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:36,080 What, um... 148 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:38,520 What deal? 149 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,440 Um, 50 -50. 150 00:08:42,860 --> 00:08:43,860 Whoa. 151 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,080 Yeah, whoa. 152 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,000 And you're running my machine at 50 -50. 153 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,580 So Dennis is one of these guys where you never know what he's thinking. 154 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:58,500 He's sort of got them eyes that just sort of, you know, look straight through 155 00:08:58,500 --> 00:08:59,500 you. 156 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:04,760 Donnie comes with a lot of knowledge, but he is a difficult character. 157 00:09:06,020 --> 00:09:09,150 Hmm. I don't think we'll be doing 50 -50. 158 00:09:09,990 --> 00:09:12,530 Well, what are you saying? 159 00:09:13,350 --> 00:09:18,110 At the moment, I'm totally undecided about which way I'll go. 160 00:09:26,910 --> 00:09:27,910 Scratchy moon. 161 00:09:28,010 --> 00:09:33,050 It's a good -sized lease. It takes in 150 hectares, which is probably 350 -odd 162 00:09:33,050 --> 00:09:35,110 acres, and that's sort of... 163 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:36,760 Quite a large area. 164 00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:44,020 At Scratchy Moo, business partners Damo and Matt are making good progress as 165 00:09:44,020 --> 00:09:48,300 they zero in on their 100 -ounce season target. 166 00:09:48,580 --> 00:09:55,580 So far, they've pulled out more than a kilo of gold valued at around $220 ,000. 167 00:09:56,660 --> 00:10:01,600 And they've barely scratched the surface of their 150 -hectare lease. 168 00:10:02,220 --> 00:10:05,060 I think there's at least 100 kilos under Scotchie Moor. 169 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,280 It's probably $15 or $20 million worth of gold there. 170 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:10,100 $20 million. 171 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:16,300 Little Wonder Lee, Donnie's ex -business partner at 1870, is sniffing around. 172 00:10:16,860 --> 00:10:20,200 I've come here to talk to Matt and Damo about pegging some land. 173 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:24,920 And just to see the operations, and even to see these guys coming from being a 174 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:29,280 prospector, coming in running mines, it's pretty good going. 175 00:10:29,710 --> 00:10:33,190 It's a big step to go from just a prospect and to buying a mine and to 176 00:10:33,190 --> 00:10:37,130 equipment. You spend a lot of money. You spend a lot of money, a lot of money 177 00:10:37,130 --> 00:10:38,710 quickly, and you're going to lose a lot of money quickly. 178 00:10:40,550 --> 00:10:46,510 Matt and Damo own the mineral exploration rights for 9 ,500 hectares 179 00:10:46,510 --> 00:10:47,510 -rich ground. 180 00:10:48,490 --> 00:10:54,430 Lee is looking to peg a 60 -hectare parcel of land right next door to 1870. 181 00:10:54,650 --> 00:10:57,890 It'll cost him between $50 ,000 and $100 ,000. 182 00:10:59,290 --> 00:11:05,170 If Damo's estimates are correct, Lee could expect a return of 50 times that 183 00:11:05,170 --> 00:11:09,450 amount, a 50 -bagger, if they can strike a deal. 184 00:11:10,730 --> 00:11:12,010 Oh, getting close now. 185 00:11:12,410 --> 00:11:14,270 Pretty sure I just got up, come up in the pile. 186 00:11:14,670 --> 00:11:15,990 Looked like a pretty decent one. 187 00:11:19,630 --> 00:11:24,850 Not massive, but it looked like a good two or three, Grandma. 188 00:11:26,430 --> 00:11:27,430 Bingo! 189 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,760 That's the one we want. That's a nice one. 190 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:34,520 Yeah, I'd say probably a solid two. 191 00:11:35,340 --> 00:11:36,340 That's what you want. 192 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,740 Lee's offered to help Damo as a goodwill gesture. 193 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:47,000 On the flip side, the work will help Lee to get to know the land better. 194 00:11:47,860 --> 00:11:50,540 What is 60 hectares here really worth? 195 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,920 It sounds like that's a bit more of a clunk in the bottle. 196 00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:05,390 Down the road at 1870, owner Richie is giving his wife Kimberley a tour of the 197 00:12:05,390 --> 00:12:06,390 camp's facilities. 198 00:12:06,850 --> 00:12:09,150 That's actually disgusting. The can's exploding. 199 00:12:10,810 --> 00:12:15,630 I'm going to stay down the road at the hotel, motel. I don't care where I stay. 200 00:12:15,710 --> 00:12:16,710 I'm not staying here. 201 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:19,850 This will be their home for the next few months. 202 00:12:20,470 --> 00:12:22,370 Here's your shower. Jump in, jump up. 203 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:23,770 Yeah, lovely. 204 00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:25,530 That's rotten. 205 00:12:26,090 --> 00:12:28,450 Where's the bathroom in here? Oh. 206 00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:30,620 No, bathroom's outside. 207 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:36,040 I was a bit of a shock that this was going to be my new home in here. A bit 208 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,000 down and, yeah, I wanted to run to the hills. 209 00:12:38,260 --> 00:12:41,580 The nearest hotel's over an hour away. I don't mind. I'll drive. I like driving. 210 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,360 I think Kimmy's going to adapt really fine out here. 211 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,320 I've seen her do some amazing things, so she's not afraid to give everything a 212 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:49,320 go. 213 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,480 Richie and Kimberly have been married for 14 years. 214 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,200 It's over this way. 215 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,300 They've made a good life for themselves on the Gold Coast. 216 00:12:58,010 --> 00:12:59,010 Is there a toilet? 217 00:12:59,150 --> 00:13:02,450 Living rough has never been on Kimberley's bucket list. 218 00:13:03,230 --> 00:13:04,410 Yeah, I might be using that. 219 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:08,490 Maybe she's brought the wrong type of clothes, but she loves her fashion, so 220 00:13:08,490 --> 00:13:10,010 she'll make it work. 221 00:13:11,390 --> 00:13:12,710 Oh, they're pretty in pink. 222 00:13:13,130 --> 00:13:14,930 They are pretty, aren't they? They're mine. 223 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:17,290 All right, have fun. 224 00:13:18,630 --> 00:13:22,230 But Richie's no fool. He knows how to keep Kimberley sweet. 225 00:13:24,690 --> 00:13:26,530 Ah, your castle on wheels. 226 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,340 A five -star caravan. 227 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,740 Richie had it delivered a few days ago. 228 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,200 The gold mining outfits aren't really me. 229 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:35,520 They're not blingy enough. 230 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,400 They're just a bit boring, a bit dirty. I just don't get dirty. 231 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:41,080 Kimberly. 232 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:42,680 What's wrong with that? 233 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,180 It may not be the Gold Coast, but it's better than the shed. 234 00:13:47,540 --> 00:13:49,580 First time you allowed me to buy you boots. 235 00:13:55,690 --> 00:14:00,210 At Swiss Diggings, Dennis is keeping his cards close to his chest. 236 00:14:00,890 --> 00:14:05,690 I'll tell you what, I've got a bit of a predicament down there and I wouldn't 237 00:14:05,690 --> 00:14:07,070 mind getting your take on it. 238 00:14:07,630 --> 00:14:13,690 He knows he needs help to get back onto the gold, but he can sense Donnie's 239 00:14:13,690 --> 00:14:16,750 desperation and thinks he can drive a hard bargain. 240 00:14:17,350 --> 00:14:21,570 I'm sort of playing it a bit cool because I'm sort of thinking to myself, 241 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:25,310 I reckon I can use you, my friend. 242 00:14:26,710 --> 00:14:28,950 Yeah, no, I'll definitely come and have a look, mate. Very interested. 243 00:14:29,170 --> 00:14:30,910 Yeah, I'm happy to help you out. 244 00:14:32,130 --> 00:14:34,690 All right, mate, well, let's go down and have a look in the cutter. All right, 245 00:14:34,690 --> 00:14:35,690 yeah, cool. 246 00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:41,670 Having Donnie here, if we go down that path, it has merit, but it also has a 247 00:14:41,670 --> 00:14:42,670 downside. 248 00:14:42,910 --> 00:14:45,090 Donnie minds differently to the way that I mind. 249 00:14:45,610 --> 00:14:48,270 Is he going to want to try to convert me to the way that he minds? 250 00:14:48,810 --> 00:14:51,090 Can I convert him to the way that I mind? 251 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,580 I don't really know until we try. 252 00:14:54,140 --> 00:14:57,420 Yeah, Donnie, so I'm working down here, mate. You'll see I'm tracking up this 253 00:14:57,420 --> 00:14:58,420 line. 254 00:14:58,620 --> 00:15:02,560 Yeah, I can see that. Yeah, you've opened a bit of ground up here. 255 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,260 It's been quite rewarding. 256 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,600 But I've just sort of come to a bit of a stop. 257 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:15,540 Currently, at the moment, where I'm going, I've literally hit this wall and 258 00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:18,780 ground's coming up at me. I've been getting gold all the way through here. 259 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:21,020 all been reasonably okay. Yeah. 260 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:26,460 But then I've now got to a point where I've come up with an enormous amount of 261 00:15:26,460 --> 00:15:28,120 bedrock and the ground's coming up at me. 262 00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:34,780 Dennis has uncovered an old riverbed, which has so far delivered 300 grams of 263 00:15:34,780 --> 00:15:38,720 alluvial gold, valued at around $50 ,000. 264 00:15:39,020 --> 00:15:42,240 But that gold trail has suddenly disappeared. 265 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,180 You've been getting good gold just behind you. 266 00:15:46,010 --> 00:15:50,530 then I would say she's turning into this bend here. There might be a spur coming 267 00:15:50,530 --> 00:15:54,390 down through there. Yeah. And I think you'll find she probably wraps around 268 00:15:54,750 --> 00:15:57,090 It's make -or -break time for Donnie. 269 00:15:57,550 --> 00:16:02,130 Some good advice now might be enough to land him a new mining contract. 270 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:06,650 Fail, and he could be out of Claremont for good. 271 00:16:07,050 --> 00:16:11,230 So I'd move down and try and find that drop -off ledge or where it deepens down 272 00:16:11,230 --> 00:16:13,890 into there, into the bend here. 273 00:16:14,830 --> 00:16:16,670 and I'd go forward to the left. 274 00:16:17,890 --> 00:16:20,010 What are you doing for the next couple of hours? Want to hang around? 275 00:16:20,890 --> 00:16:21,890 We'll open her up. 276 00:16:22,290 --> 00:16:23,290 Yeah, sure. 277 00:16:23,630 --> 00:16:24,790 See what's there. Yeah, cool. 278 00:16:25,370 --> 00:16:28,950 Yeah, with Dennis, I was just lucky that I turned up at Dennis's on a day where 279 00:16:28,950 --> 00:16:33,190 he was having problems, and I'm hoping that he'll see the worth in what I gave 280 00:16:33,190 --> 00:16:36,150 him. All right, mate. Yeah, no worries. All right, cheers. 281 00:16:36,410 --> 00:16:37,109 All right. 282 00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:38,110 Let's do it. 283 00:16:44,910 --> 00:16:49,290 First of all, what we've got to do is... He's got to put me on the goldie. 284 00:16:52,650 --> 00:16:53,650 Oh, look. 285 00:16:54,270 --> 00:16:55,270 Look at that baby. 286 00:16:55,630 --> 00:16:59,050 Well, you're going to walk through that, aren't you? I'm going to walk through 287 00:16:59,050 --> 00:17:00,050 with my leggings. 288 00:17:00,990 --> 00:17:05,930 At Scratchy Moo, Lee's getting kitted out with snake pads for a trek into the 289 00:17:05,930 --> 00:17:10,329 bush. The boys are off to recce the area Lee wants to sublease. 290 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:14,250 There's not that much that can kill you out there that you need. I'm not worried 291 00:17:14,250 --> 00:17:16,890 about getting killed or anything. I'm just walking through the bush. He's got 292 00:17:16,890 --> 00:17:20,250 worry about his mate Donnie and the snake coming through the bush and 293 00:17:20,250 --> 00:17:21,250 him on the leg. 294 00:17:24,170 --> 00:17:27,670 Black snakes, brown snakes, taipans. 295 00:17:28,450 --> 00:17:31,490 They're all out there, and they're all deadly. 296 00:17:32,590 --> 00:17:35,410 Do you want me to give you a piggyback already, Lee? 297 00:17:35,690 --> 00:17:37,710 We've got two of them, so we don't get lost, do we? 298 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:40,780 Let's go and look at this peg in the leaf up these blokes. 299 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,380 They've got some ground up here that's available. 300 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,700 I'm not trying to do a deal with the price of gold in a couple of years. It's 301 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:48,680 going to keep going, so it's a good investment. 302 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:55,280 For nearly 50 years, this remote stretch of bushland has been off -limits to 303 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:56,280 commercial mining. 304 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,280 It borders the gold -rich grounds of 1870. 305 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,380 We're trying to find our way back to the corner peg with 1870. 306 00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:10,560 So we can show Lee that corner and then discuss the ground that's on the other 307 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,220 side. It's available for pegging. 308 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,420 The most exciting part is where it is. 309 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,480 Backing on the back of 1870, coming back off this big gold hill. 310 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:22,800 The bottom end of 1870 was super, super rich. 311 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,600 The 1870 peg sits over the hill here. 312 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,200 Land's hard to get. Like, it's really hard to get up here. 313 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,320 You dick around too long, the boys will sell it to someone else. But then it's 314 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,320 not going to wait. Money's money. 315 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,840 The challenge for Lee is finding the cash. 316 00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:43,280 To have a realistic chance of closing the deal, he's going to need $100 ,000. 317 00:18:44,180 --> 00:18:47,940 He's waiting on money to come through from the sale of his family home. 318 00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:52,640 Just waiting on a call back from the lawyer. So hopefully we'll get this call 319 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,560 today. It's freezed up my cash, so it's a big call. Hopefully it comes through 320 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,180 today and, yeah, I can start pressing some buttons and moving on. 321 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,400 So does that look familiar? 322 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:02,920 I understand this one. 323 00:19:03,260 --> 00:19:09,940 Lee standing right on the border of 1870. A bittersweet moment 324 00:19:09,940 --> 00:19:15,380 because he used to own the lease until his partnership with Donnie blew up in 325 00:19:15,380 --> 00:19:19,540 flames. So you've got the 1870 in there. Yep. So I've got us in there. 326 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:25,840 Yep. And then they give you the opportunity to have that piece in there. 327 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:27,960 That's your option. 328 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:37,760 So just got to make sure there's no leads or anything dragging along. 329 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:44,280 At 1870, owner Richie's helping Dan get the drive lower prepped and ready to 330 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:45,620 move to the processing site. 331 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,880 The challenge is going to be getting it from camp down to site. 332 00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:54,280 Oh, we're probably looking, we're going to take this about 800 metres, I reckon. 333 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,560 And there's one part which is a bit hairy, I think. It's going into a bit of 334 00:19:58,560 --> 00:19:59,620 gully and up the other side. 335 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,900 The biggest priority that we have now is generating an income. 336 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,540 the quickest way for us to generate an income is to get the dry blower going. 337 00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:11,480 In mining areas like Claremore, where water is in short supply, 338 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:17,340 dry blowers are vital to help separate heavy gold particles from dry soil. 339 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:20,340 But you need to be able to get them to site. 340 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:26,020 We asked for a normal Australian tow hitch, and unfortunately they've just 341 00:20:26,020 --> 00:20:27,320 provided us with this type of hitch. 342 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:30,520 It's got the wrong tow hitch on it, and I've got to... 343 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,680 Basically push it with a front end loader. 344 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:37,520 Perfect. 345 00:20:37,940 --> 00:20:42,660 Dan will need to use the loader to push the drive blower along a rough -as -guts 346 00:20:42,660 --> 00:20:43,660 booth track. 347 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,200 Spent over, I'd say, maybe $50 ,000, $60 ,000 on this. 348 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,420 The roads aren't going to be good, so I'm worried that it won't get there in 349 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:56,260 piece. So let's see what happens. 350 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,080 But at least they've got Kimberley for moral support. 351 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,780 The boys are having a little bit of a hard time at the moment. I think it was 352 00:21:03,780 --> 00:21:04,619 built wrong. 353 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:07,500 So they've got a little bit of work to do, I think. 354 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:09,900 Yeah, we're going to take it fairly easy. 355 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:14,300 Just let us know what the tail end of this is doing. I'll try to keep nine to 356 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:15,740 front. No problem. 357 00:21:17,820 --> 00:21:19,220 This is going to be bloody scary. 358 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:20,760 This ain't going to be fun. 359 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,380 Me and Donnie, we've had our issues in the past. 360 00:21:38,020 --> 00:21:41,460 Hopefully we'll have to move past all that. 361 00:21:41,980 --> 00:21:46,920 He can be a bit of a Dennis, but at least he's always been an honest. 362 00:21:49,140 --> 00:21:53,940 There's definitely a sedimentary layer thrown in through there, so I'm hoping 363 00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:55,060 find that rock drop -off. 364 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,280 Donnie comes with lots of red flags. 365 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,780 But hard -nosed Dennis has a soft spot for him. 366 00:22:02,140 --> 00:22:05,720 Yeah, Donnie, this ground, man, she's looking really, really ironstone. 367 00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:07,020 It's a little dark. 368 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:08,420 A little dark red. Yeah. 369 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:15,000 And he also knows he needs him to have any hope of rediscovering the gold seam 370 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000 of Swiss diggings. 371 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,000 He's just not going to tell Donnie that. 372 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,720 That first scrape. Just for a wash straight out. 373 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:25,940 Yeah, I was actually going to say I wouldn't take too much off the top 374 00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:27,480 reckon you're going to be straight into gravel. 375 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:29,760 Well, I think we'll give that one a detect. 376 00:22:30,780 --> 00:22:34,480 Yeah, I mean, gravels, gravels look good all the time. 377 00:22:35,540 --> 00:22:38,160 Finding the gravel with the gold in it, that's the trick. 378 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,180 Just a drop off. 379 00:22:42,020 --> 00:22:43,640 Just where I'm coming off the edge. 380 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:49,760 Donnie's confident his extensive knowledge of the area will help him to 381 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,740 Dennis get back to the gold. 382 00:22:52,540 --> 00:22:54,660 His future depends on it. 383 00:22:55,780 --> 00:22:56,780 I do know. 384 00:22:57,980 --> 00:23:03,220 I'm hoping that he'll take that on board because Dennis is more of a hobbyist 385 00:23:03,220 --> 00:23:04,220 miner. 386 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:07,160 A bit different the way I do it. 387 00:23:07,860 --> 00:23:09,980 A bit of battle, I think, mate. 388 00:23:10,340 --> 00:23:11,340 You reckon? 389 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,840 I am on my best behaviour at the moment. 390 00:23:14,140 --> 00:23:15,380 I'm not an idiot. 391 00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:21,620 I know that I'm not going to win any friends by coming in and telling him. 392 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,119 No go. 393 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:25,120 No go. 394 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:26,760 Not yet. 395 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,520 Are we close or are we not close? 396 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:38,820 At Scratchy Moo, Lee has reached an in -principle agreement to sublease 60 397 00:23:38,820 --> 00:23:42,900 hectares of potentially gold -rich land from Matt and Damo. 398 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,880 I'm confident enough to want to do a deal. 399 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:51,100 And sometimes there's always doubt in everything you do. At times you've just 400 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,640 got to take the opportunity when it's there and this is an opportunity and I'm 401 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:54,339 not going to miss it. 402 00:23:54,340 --> 00:23:56,720 Let's just cut to the chase. You're all waiting on... 403 00:23:57,550 --> 00:24:00,730 A call from the lawyer, which will money on Friday. 404 00:24:01,230 --> 00:24:07,090 Matt and Damo are all too aware of Lee's reputation as a slippery customer. 405 00:24:07,730 --> 00:24:12,170 They want to be sure that if they do a deal, he'll be good for the money. 406 00:24:12,570 --> 00:24:18,290 And then we're going to have a separate discussion about how you want to pay for 407 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,290 it if you want to do it. 408 00:24:19,390 --> 00:24:22,950 He must leave some sort of trail of destruction behind him. 409 00:24:23,590 --> 00:24:26,650 But so far he's been smart enough not to do that. 410 00:24:27,050 --> 00:24:28,110 with myself and the move. 411 00:24:29,970 --> 00:24:33,290 I've got time pressure to get this done so I don't get gazumped on it. 412 00:24:33,510 --> 00:24:36,830 If I can't get the cash together fast enough, I could lose it. 413 00:24:41,110 --> 00:24:42,130 That looks good, mate. 414 00:24:43,690 --> 00:24:46,470 Team 1870 are on tenterhooks. 415 00:24:46,730 --> 00:24:52,690 The $50 ,000 drive lower, which could make or break their season, is finally 416 00:24:52,690 --> 00:24:53,690 the move. 417 00:24:55,050 --> 00:24:58,130 Go up next to it. I want to see it. No, I want to see this. 418 00:24:58,810 --> 00:24:59,810 Stop. 419 00:25:00,910 --> 00:25:02,710 Go up a little bit higher. 420 00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:05,710 Yeah, that height looks good, mate. 421 00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:09,730 I've got no idea what a dry blower is. I know it's going to be dirty and dusty, 422 00:25:09,850 --> 00:25:11,110 and that's not really my thing. 423 00:25:12,770 --> 00:25:16,690 The dry blower is designed to process pay dirt in volume. 424 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:21,430 That's if they can get it to the processing site without damaging it. 425 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,760 I'm actually thinking instead of reverse and I might have to try and push it, 426 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,280 guys. Mate, I don't think he's going to be able to do it this way. 427 00:25:33,860 --> 00:25:34,860 Good luck, buddy. 428 00:25:39,460 --> 00:25:40,800 Lift the bucket up. 429 00:25:41,860 --> 00:25:44,920 You're a good eight, ten inches off the ground at the front, so you're okay. 430 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:46,620 Lift, lift, lift. 431 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:51,800 I think that's the perfect height where you're doing things at now. 432 00:25:52,909 --> 00:25:55,650 Yeah, but as soon as I hit a bump, it's all going to change. 433 00:25:57,510 --> 00:26:00,030 I just can't see the actual hitch. 434 00:26:04,090 --> 00:26:08,450 I'm just absolutely stressed and I can't see everything that I'm doing. 435 00:26:09,450 --> 00:26:13,790 Trying to get this to go around the corner and it's just pissing me off. 436 00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:15,830 Raise it a bit. 437 00:26:16,690 --> 00:26:17,690 That's perfect. 438 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:21,790 No matter what I do, that hitch is always going to be dragging a bit. 439 00:26:23,530 --> 00:26:26,430 The road's going all over the place, plus up and down. 440 00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:30,890 We're either going to rip the front of the bay off or chip the bloody thing. 441 00:26:38,990 --> 00:26:39,990 In the bottom. 442 00:26:41,050 --> 00:26:43,410 Well, it's looking to me like my run has gone. 443 00:26:44,510 --> 00:26:49,820 With Dennis still no closer to finding his lost gold run... Donnie has just a 444 00:26:49,820 --> 00:26:52,080 few hours to pull a rabbit out of his hat. 445 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:59,880 So the pressure for me is to try and have a win, to try and show Dennis that 446 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:00,880 can put him on it. 447 00:27:01,140 --> 00:27:06,580 Gold hunting's all about risk and reward, and Donnie's about as risky as 448 00:27:06,580 --> 00:27:07,580 come. 449 00:27:09,580 --> 00:27:16,020 The drop -off could be over in there too. Do you want to give that a scratch 450 00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:18,340 quickly and just have a go over there and just have a quick... 451 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,560 Detect there and just see if we can't pick something up. 452 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:25,240 Somewhere there's going to be deep ground. Look, it's got to go down to 453 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:26,640 something. Yeah, right, yeah. 454 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,160 I don't jump holes. I don't like that jumping hole business. 455 00:27:30,380 --> 00:27:34,660 I systematically just keep moving the dirt in front of me, moving the dirt in 456 00:27:34,660 --> 00:27:35,940 front of me, moving the dirt in front of me. 457 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:37,640 Let's give it a go. 458 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,440 All right, let's give it a go. 459 00:27:40,860 --> 00:27:43,760 Dennis is not thrilled about Donnie's radical idea. 460 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:47,820 Trouble is, he doesn't have a better one. 461 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:54,990 They've agreed to move the excavator out of the main workings and onto virgin 462 00:27:54,990 --> 00:27:55,990 ground. 463 00:27:57,030 --> 00:28:01,670 Do or die, you know, you don't ever go, you'll never, never know. So sometimes 464 00:28:01,670 --> 00:28:03,730 it's just a flip of the coin. 465 00:28:04,010 --> 00:28:06,650 I don't know, I'm a bit skeptical on all of this. 466 00:28:08,110 --> 00:28:11,650 I'm not sure what it wants me to do, to go over the creek here. 467 00:28:12,450 --> 00:28:18,090 I've seen it happen so many times where you'll hear nothing and then you take 468 00:28:18,090 --> 00:28:19,330 that little bit of... 469 00:28:19,660 --> 00:28:22,480 Top off and then bang, there's the targets. 470 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,760 It's hard for me to comprehend what he's exactly saying as well. 471 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,000 It's not easy for me to get a picture. 472 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:40,340 Sounds a bit better. 473 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:47,240 At Scratchy Moo, it's also a case of hit and miss for Matt and Damo. 474 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:50,660 Yep. There it is there. 475 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:52,440 Beautiful ripper. 476 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:53,580 Have a look at that beauty. 477 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:55,620 On the gold. 478 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:58,780 Matt's on the gold. 479 00:28:58,980 --> 00:29:00,280 $300 notes, all right. 480 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,100 But Damo isn't. What's that? 481 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,120 Very disappointing. 482 00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,220 Very disappointing. This is ridiculous. 483 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,380 It's a swarf best thing right now. 484 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,580 We're going to have to, like, call on the powers. 485 00:29:13,820 --> 00:29:15,140 Yeah, come on, the gold gods. 486 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:22,500 One way or the other, we've got a target to get today. This is a bit light on. 487 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,460 What's the trick here? 488 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:32,160 Damo and Matt need at least one ounce per machine per day if they want to hit 489 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,780 their 100 -ounce, $500 ,000 season target. 490 00:29:36,140 --> 00:29:40,240 Well, when the cut's not firing, the cut's not firing. That's it. 491 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,960 Let's all come up and have a chat with Matt. 492 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,300 See how Matt's going over here. 493 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,560 And hopefully he's pulling some big gold. 494 00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:55,220 Hello. There you go. I think I need to climb on your shoulders and climb out of 495 00:29:55,220 --> 00:29:56,940 here. That's good. Oh, what's going on here? 496 00:29:57,300 --> 00:30:00,220 Are they getting a couple of grammars? How do we go? A couple of good ones 497 00:30:00,220 --> 00:30:01,220 there. 498 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:02,280 There's a couple of good bits in there. 499 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,600 We just need to see a bit more gold come out. 500 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,660 Well, how much do you want? 501 00:30:08,110 --> 00:30:11,930 I'd like to see a kilo come out. That would be exciting. The goalposts for me 502 00:30:11,930 --> 00:30:13,910 and Scratchy are a kilo a day. 503 00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:16,390 Very interesting. Now I'm getting wet like a duck. 504 00:30:16,670 --> 00:30:19,130 Yeah, well, you get that. It's raining here. 505 00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:21,370 We're in a hole picking out gold and it's raining. 506 00:30:21,710 --> 00:30:25,090 If it's too wet, you'll have to hop out. Yeah, I could slip and... Hurt 507 00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:26,310 yourself. Land on your pick. 508 00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:36,710 I mean, it's an unknown until you dig it. 509 00:30:37,770 --> 00:30:42,550 There could be a drop -off over on that side, but we're not finding it, so I 510 00:30:42,550 --> 00:30:44,750 thought we'd give it a scratch over this side. 511 00:30:46,310 --> 00:30:51,650 At Swiss Diggies, Donnie has convinced Dennis to open a new cut on the other 512 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:53,250 side of the old creek line. 513 00:30:54,210 --> 00:30:57,370 It's risky, just the way Donnie likes it. 514 00:30:59,170 --> 00:31:01,810 Donnie's turned around and said to me, go on the other side of the creek line 515 00:31:01,810 --> 00:31:03,350 and then open up a bit over there. 516 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:08,020 which is completely against what I normally do because I don't like to be a 517 00:31:08,020 --> 00:31:10,100 messy in any way, shape or form. 518 00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:15,120 Any bigger gold that we're going to find will be on the drop -off side pretty 519 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,480 much, so... Will you rag it all, mate, that much? 520 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,180 Probably bring it up a bit higher, mate. 521 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,060 Bring it up a bit higher? Yeah, bring it up a bit higher. 522 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:38,980 We can only try, mate. 523 00:31:44,340 --> 00:31:45,420 Bit of me and mine. 524 00:31:47,420 --> 00:31:53,280 Daylight is fading fast, as are Donnie's hopes of locking in a new contract with 525 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,280 Dennis. 526 00:31:54,660 --> 00:31:55,660 Nice. 527 00:31:57,860 --> 00:31:59,420 Bit of metal, I think, mate. 528 00:32:00,260 --> 00:32:01,260 Yeah. 529 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,700 Caught it on that rock. Yeah, I just sent it there. 530 00:32:04,350 --> 00:32:09,550 He convinced me that that's the way to go, but it's just completely against 531 00:32:09,550 --> 00:32:10,550 I would do. 532 00:32:20,370 --> 00:32:22,890 Nothing worse than a bit of rain. It stuffs everything. 533 00:32:23,250 --> 00:32:25,250 I'm going to be absolutely in a bog in a minute. 534 00:32:27,530 --> 00:32:30,770 Scratchy Moo has been hit by an isolated rain shower. 535 00:32:31,130 --> 00:32:33,330 The rain, it just turns. 536 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,980 Stuff to mush and you can't detect. 537 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,860 It's just an absolute pain in the arse. 538 00:32:38,940 --> 00:32:41,780 But the challenging conditions aren't stopping Damo. 539 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:47,740 So, of course, right when the bottom comes alive, the rain starts, and all my 540 00:32:47,740 --> 00:32:50,240 help disappears back into the car, into the warm heater zone. 541 00:32:50,740 --> 00:32:51,740 He's up in the warm. 542 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,500 He's taken off, bailed, left the boss to it. 543 00:32:54,920 --> 00:33:00,000 Lee McGrath, once you get five or ten mil, you've just got to sit it out, 544 00:33:00,060 --> 00:33:01,480 generally. You've just got to wait. 545 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:03,480 Damo's mad. 546 00:33:04,980 --> 00:33:09,400 When you're on the gold, it's very hard to walk away, no matter what the 547 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,400 conditions are. 548 00:33:10,860 --> 00:33:11,940 Where are you exactly? 549 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:18,280 To tell you the truth, what I hope might have been a five -grammer, I think is 550 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,960 going to be a nice nugget. It is a very nice nugget, but it's not a five 551 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:25,480 -grammer. It's pretty solid, so it's probably very close to two, which is 552 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:26,480 excellent. 553 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:31,940 A $350 nugget is nothing to sneeze at, unless you leave. 554 00:33:32,510 --> 00:33:35,550 I'm a little bit surprised by the smallness of the gold. 555 00:33:36,210 --> 00:33:38,570 I would have thought they would have got some bigger ones by now. 556 00:33:39,010 --> 00:33:43,170 But it takes a bit of time to really work the ground, get down and chase the 557 00:33:43,170 --> 00:33:48,810 bottom. Lee's tone has shifted from eager investor to low ball spin master. 558 00:33:49,270 --> 00:33:53,570 The more he talks the mine down, the better the deal he's hoping to get. 559 00:33:53,810 --> 00:33:58,490 Unless you're getting a lot of little gold per cut, then your numbers don't 560 00:33:58,490 --> 00:33:59,490 stack up. 561 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:05,200 He wants to get his buying price lower, closer to the $50 ,000 mark. 562 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,199 He likes to stay in paperwork zone a bit more than he does in work zone. 563 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,060 Right now, it's pretty sketchy. 564 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:23,260 It's about to go over some gullyways which could rip the conveyor off. 565 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:25,500 At $18 .70. 566 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,179 Richie's costly dry blower has reached the halfway mark. 567 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:35,699 They've got another 400 metres to go and the terrain is getting tougher. 568 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:41,440 Their entire season comes down to this. 569 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:46,580 Can they get the dry blower to side without damaging it? 570 00:34:56,310 --> 00:34:57,310 Lift it a little bit, mate. 571 00:34:57,670 --> 00:34:59,170 Lift. Yep, that's it. 572 00:34:59,550 --> 00:35:00,550 That's it. 573 00:35:00,570 --> 00:35:04,310 We've got two gullies up here. I thought it was just the one, but hopefully it's 574 00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:05,310 not too bad. 575 00:35:05,690 --> 00:35:08,190 It's very dodgy tracks and it's dangerous. 576 00:35:08,410 --> 00:35:10,510 And it's an expensive piece of machinery. 577 00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:12,410 Heaps of ruts on the road. 578 00:35:12,630 --> 00:35:13,750 Try and get around them. 579 00:35:14,470 --> 00:35:16,330 Yeah, those ruts are pretty bad, man. 580 00:35:17,550 --> 00:35:19,210 You should be right going over that bump. 581 00:35:19,590 --> 00:35:22,450 Lower it a little bit. 582 00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:23,790 Lower. Lower. 583 00:35:23,990 --> 00:35:28,340 Perfect. Look, these forks are going to drag no matter what, so we're just going 584 00:35:28,340 --> 00:35:29,340 to have to cop that. 585 00:35:29,820 --> 00:35:33,300 We can always get more forks, but we can't get another bloody dry blower. 586 00:35:34,620 --> 00:35:39,060 He's doing really well, but we're coming up to the dodgy area that we're both 587 00:35:39,060 --> 00:35:40,058 afraid of. 588 00:35:40,060 --> 00:35:42,760 I think he's going to be himself. 589 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,840 At Swiss Diggings, Donnie's reputation is on the line. 590 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,080 It's make or break time for the down on his luck gold liner. 591 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:05,840 You look at that flat area and you've got to know that underneath there is 592 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,560 change. See up in here? 593 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:13,680 Yep. But then you've got gravel all down through here, so there's definitely a 594 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:14,860 downward trend there, mate. 595 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:16,940 Like a downward dog. 596 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:24,680 Whoa, whoa, whoa? 597 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:31,180 That one's down in the right, isn't it? Just a bit of ground off the top, see? 598 00:36:32,180 --> 00:36:33,420 I think we'll go to dig. 599 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:44,980 Oh, that's all right. Come on! 600 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:50,880 Oh! 601 00:36:52,910 --> 00:36:54,770 Whenever you're tired of them Macsies, mate. 602 00:36:55,610 --> 00:36:56,770 How good's that? 603 00:36:57,450 --> 00:36:58,450 Come on! 604 00:37:03,450 --> 00:37:04,450 Oh, look at that. 605 00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:05,910 That's the schist. 606 00:37:07,270 --> 00:37:09,550 Big targets are always hard to find, bro. 607 00:37:09,870 --> 00:37:10,870 Oh! 608 00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:15,270 All right. 609 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,340 That's got to be an ounce or more. 610 00:37:25,580 --> 00:37:26,640 Come on, baby. 611 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:28,620 Come on. 612 00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:37,420 Donnie might just have saved his and Dennis' bacon just when it looked like 613 00:37:37,420 --> 00:37:38,420 was game over. 614 00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:51,580 At Scratchy Moo, it's tally -up time. 615 00:37:51,860 --> 00:37:52,860 There's been some rain. 616 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:54,420 Yes, rain, hail and shine. 617 00:37:55,020 --> 00:37:58,100 Well, we're not going to be 10 ounces like we were the other week. Remember 618 00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:00,020 you sat in the car and it started raining, Lee? 619 00:38:00,260 --> 00:38:02,200 You're holding us up a bit there too, mate. 620 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:07,860 Lee's never going to harden up. Lee's always going to have his angle of having 621 00:38:07,860 --> 00:38:09,540 someone else do the dirty work. 622 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:11,480 I'm a potential purchaser. 623 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,140 Doesn't mean I have to get wet, does it? I got the sack before you even started. 624 00:38:15,740 --> 00:38:18,040 It wasn't a job interview. 625 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:19,600 I don't know. 626 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:20,720 It's a lease interview. 627 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:23,440 It's like, is he allowed to be our neighbour? 628 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,860 Yes. Is he going to be a worker? 629 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:27,100 Is he a worker? 630 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:32,380 Lee is trying his best to get his buying price as low as possible. 631 00:38:35,420 --> 00:38:36,420 Under an 18. 632 00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:40,200 What's that? We're just under four ounces, so about half. 633 00:38:41,020 --> 00:38:42,260 Yeah, it's a bit wet. 634 00:38:43,540 --> 00:38:47,380 Yeah, it's strengthened out like a couple of weeks and it's not a lot of 635 00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:48,500 It's not enough gold. 636 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,660 And if that's the numbers, the numbers, that's not good enough. 637 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000 That bit of gold in the tray there, that'll be good. 638 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:56,700 You're doing a big sell. 639 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,580 It's a pretty slack week. It might seem like a lot of gold to some, but for us 640 00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:04,540 and where we need to be, that's a bit deflating. 641 00:39:04,940 --> 00:39:07,320 No, I like 10 ounces, though. 10 ounces is way better than... 642 00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:11,540 118 grand. Well, you shouldn't have been sitting in the car then. You should 643 00:39:11,540 --> 00:39:12,238 have been helping. 644 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:13,240 Yeah, I know. 645 00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:14,720 Oh! 646 00:39:19,580 --> 00:39:20,580 Oh! 647 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,960 I've seen it! 648 00:39:27,580 --> 00:39:28,580 Look at that! 649 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,180 Come on! 650 00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:38,510 That's got to be an ounce, isn't it? Oh, yeah, absolutely, and some probably. 651 00:39:39,570 --> 00:39:42,410 Donnie's high -risk call has paid off. 652 00:39:42,830 --> 00:39:44,250 Dennis couldn't be happier. 653 00:39:44,990 --> 00:39:46,450 All right, mate, I'll let you do the honors. 654 00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:47,650 I know. 655 00:39:49,690 --> 00:39:50,690 Oh! 656 00:39:51,610 --> 00:39:53,390 31 .16. 657 00:39:55,470 --> 00:39:59,770 How good's that? 658 00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:03,490 There's a $5 ,000 nugget there right there, bro. 659 00:40:04,140 --> 00:40:05,300 $5 ,000 a day. 660 00:40:05,860 --> 00:40:08,740 It's officially the biggest nugget of the season. 661 00:40:09,660 --> 00:40:14,620 Even cleaned up, even if it loses a bit of weight, it's still a $5 ,000 nugget 662 00:40:14,620 --> 00:40:17,600 every day of the week. I get five grand for that on auction any day of the week. 663 00:40:18,180 --> 00:40:22,460 To get that chunk in your hand, I mean, that is what you die for every day. 664 00:40:22,540 --> 00:40:23,540 That's what you go down with. 665 00:40:26,220 --> 00:40:27,220 Cheers. Cheers, brother. 666 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:28,480 How good is that? 667 00:40:28,740 --> 00:40:29,880 Give the baby a bit of a bath. 668 00:40:30,980 --> 00:40:32,200 Oh, look at that. 669 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,220 I definitely wouldn't have got this this afternoon without you. 670 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,200 Honestly, I do think we'll put you on as a contractor, eh? 671 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:45,540 Yeah, he knew full well the position I was in that, you know, if he'd have said 672 00:40:45,540 --> 00:40:47,560 no, I was up creek. 673 00:40:48,420 --> 00:40:51,200 And based on that, I think we'll do 60 -40. 674 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:52,720 60 -40? Yeah. 675 00:40:53,140 --> 00:40:54,140 Not 50 -50? 676 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:55,400 No, we'll go 60. 677 00:40:55,610 --> 00:40:56,610 You're tight. 678 00:40:57,270 --> 00:41:01,110 You couldn't have asked for better, and I was so happy with it, and that gave me 679 00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:02,670 the reason to make the offer to it. 680 00:41:03,470 --> 00:41:09,210 Donnie's one -ounce gold find put Swiss Diggings back on the board with 27 .5 681 00:41:09,210 --> 00:41:11,190 ounces of gold for the season. 682 00:41:11,410 --> 00:41:12,490 Cheers, mate. Cheers. 683 00:41:16,990 --> 00:41:19,610 Look at that. You can't even fit any more on the scales. 684 00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:25,520 Team Scratchy Moo banked $19 ,000 worth of gold for the week. 685 00:41:25,740 --> 00:41:29,720 I would like to think that it would continue, but you've got to go with your 686 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:30,279 and downs. 687 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:34,040 But it's at a critical time where we've got a lot of bills, a lot of outgoings, 688 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:38,100 and so I haven't really enjoyed the fact that that week hasn't paid up for me. 689 00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:43,920 At least the teams at Scratchy Moo and Swiss Diggings have some new gold to 690 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:44,920 count. 691 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,000 If you make it through this gully, I'll buy you a beer. 692 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,620 I think I need a bourbon or a rum or something a bit stronger after today. 693 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:58,160 At 1870, Dan and Richie just want to get their prized bit of machinery into 694 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,140 position without putting a major dent in it. 695 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:03,400 Hey, Dan. 696 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,080 To your left, we've got a big pothole, so try and stay right. 697 00:42:07,740 --> 00:42:08,740 Yeah, rightio. 698 00:42:08,940 --> 00:42:10,540 It's taking a long time to get there. 699 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,000 I think it'll be night time before we get there. 700 00:42:13,580 --> 00:42:14,580 Delicate operation. 701 00:42:14,860 --> 00:42:16,320 I just want to go a little bit faster. 702 00:42:17,190 --> 00:42:18,230 Going a bit slow for me. 703 00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:22,350 I think we're going to have to slow down even further. 704 00:42:24,050 --> 00:42:26,210 Go more to the left. You've got to hit the embankment. 705 00:42:26,870 --> 00:42:27,870 Yeah, I'm trying. 706 00:42:29,470 --> 00:42:30,530 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 707 00:42:31,310 --> 00:42:33,150 Hang on. 708 00:42:34,230 --> 00:42:38,510 Hang on, mate. Hang on. Whoa, whoa. 709 00:42:41,750 --> 00:42:42,990 Mate, you're well stuck. 710 00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:51,780 My heart just sunk. 711 00:42:56,140 --> 00:43:02,560 Just heard a massive puff, and I'm thinking, I know how delicate those 712 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,060 are. I'm thinking, game's over. 713 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:07,280 Buddy, we're stuck now. 714 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:10,800 Next time. 715 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,220 See the holes here? One there, one there, one there, one there. 716 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:15,560 So they're not shy. 717 00:43:16,700 --> 00:43:20,820 Matt and Damo go undercover to try and catch a gold thief. 718 00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:24,500 Here's a couple of shots of the poachers. Oh, full number play. Full 719 00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:25,500 play. 720 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,180 You're about to process. You're not pointing gold. 721 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:30,940 Richie gets outboxed by Dennis. 722 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,540 He got us by the balls, so we don't have a choice. 723 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,000 What do you sort of think Cross was? 724 00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:39,080 I think he more like half an ounce. 725 00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:44,600 What the... 726 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:51,040 And ex -business partners, Lee and Donnie, come face -to -face in an epic 727 00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:52,040 showdown. 728 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,600 You never paid what? Check. 729 00:43:55,980 --> 00:44:00,300 I'm the only one that contributed money into that. You're leaked. You are 730 00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:03,120 leaked. Righto, well good on you. Leach McGrath. Good on you.