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A lot more than in the yukon, That's for sure.

Where we get frozen out After six months,

Here you don't Have that problem.

Take a look at the nuggets That come out of australia

And tell me that you wouldn't Want to come here.

It's just going to be A whole new world.

All right, here we go.

Oh, my !

this season,

Parker schnabel is on the hunt For gold-rich ground...

I've never seen anything Like this.

...Searching An entire continent...

oh, my !

It's all reflecting On your face, parker.

...To realize his Dream of a global operation

And a year-round mining season.

-it's an 80-ounce nugget. -is this thing real?

Parker and a brand-new team...

Oh!

...Must face australia's Brutal outback....

- now.

...Discover new ways Of finding gold.

Don't touch it or drink it. It's got cyanide in it.

We've done some crazy for gold,

But this is ridiculous.

...And win over Local miners...

It looks like It's written in blood.

...To prosper In a new frontier.

look at that.

Holy . That's a nice chunk.

Are you kidding me?

I guess there's gold here.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

-uhh! -go easy.

grab the truck!

Good ground makes everything Else just a minor detail.

-this is dangerous.

I will mine in hell If the ground's good.

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It's cool to finally be here On the ground.

The yukon has been so great And for me as a business,

And the big downside to that Is that you've

Only got a very short season To make money.

And in a country Like australia, man,

You've got 12 months A year to mine.

There's a huge history Of mining in australia.

It's got biggest gold reserves In the world,

And australia's gold production Is higher than it's ever been.

So there's a lot of things Going for it right now,

And hopefully we can find Some for ourselves.

veterans of the 1849 California gold rush

Struck gold in victoria in 1851,

Sparking a series of gold rushes Across australia.

For the next eight weeks, Parker will explore

These historic regions hunting For good ground and gold...

...Beginning in victoria's Golden triangle.

Parker and his team will travel North to palmer river,

Then west to the kimberleys,

And finally south to the gold Fields of western australia,

Traveling 6,000 miles Over difficult,

Drought-affected terrain.

in the 1800s, how much Dirt were they moving a day?

How much dirt Are we capable of moving?

You look at all the technology We've got now,

And there's a huge amount Of opportunity still here.

Whoa! Fred.

Tactical driving skills.

joining parker on The trail for a second time

Is former special forces medic Fred lewis.

You know, parker brought me here To make sure everybody's safe,

And I think there's going To be some challenges

Here in australia, you know?

It's a really hot continent.

We're talking temperatures above 115, 120 degrees fahrenheit.

And then there's lots of things That want to kill you,

So adventure aside, we think We've got our hands full.

documenting every Step of the journey

Is two-time "Parker's trail" cameraman

And close friend Danny etheridge.

These trails are not Easy things to film.

I'm in amongst it. Are you kidding me?

I'm nearer the emotion, I'm nearer it all happening,

And it's happening to me too,

So I think a lot of that is Going to come through on camera.

The final member of the team

Is 24-year-old gold prospector Tyler mahoney.

So I'm a fourth generation gold Miner from western australia.

I've been doing it Since I was a little girl

And absolutely love it.

I'm lucky that my family Has had good success.

So I know firsthand That there is

A lot of opportunity In australia to find gold.

I'm hoping to use my contacts

And my local Prospecting knowledge

To help find a business Opportunity for parker.

And if everything goes to plan,

It can lead to something For me in the future.

There she is.

howdy, stranger. Hey guys.

What's up?

I don't know parker very well, And he's going to be

Quite critical of Where I take him and what I do.

I'm definitely going to be Feeling the pressure.

Since australia's first Major gold rush in 1851,

Nearly 2,500 tons of gold Have been discovered

In victoria's golden triangle.

Geologists estimate Millions of tons

Are still waiting to be found.

you've brought us To the middle of nowhere.

I did it for reason though. Come with me.

I can't get it out of the car.

-what the hell - off.

So this is where the "Welcome Stranger" nugget was found.

So that was the biggest Nugget in the world.

So it was pretty bloody big.

Is that made out of gold?

Okay, so this is a replica,

But it's the exact replica, And that's how big it was.

Oh, man. That's nuts.

It's cool, hey?

Hey, fred, go throw it On the hood.

-yeah. -I think you'll be able

To lift it.

I'll grab a blanket if you want To chuck it on the hood.

Oh, my , look at that.

Oop. Dropped it. No, I'm just kidding.

that is monstrous.

-holy . -pretty impressive, eh?

- wow. -can you imagine finding that?

So obviously this area's Been hammered now,

But victoria is known For their big gold

And a lot of opportunity.

The original "Welcome stranger"

Was melted into gold bars

Worth nearly 3 million U.S. Dollars today.

Why are we standing here there? Let's go find some gold.

So what is the plan?

I'm hoping that we've actually, Like,

Got some ground around To prospect.

So I've set something up With a guy named raymo,

And he's got some massive Shafts out in a property.

Of course, The other big thing

I was hoping that you could Maybe find, like,

A little test trommel or a Little screen deck or something.

Okay.

Probably got like 8 or 10 grand.

I've got some contacts. I'm sure We could try and maybe buy one.

Earn your wages here.

Don't worry.

okay. Are we out of this, schnabel?

We are out of here.

Let's go.

All right, fred. I'm pumped.

Yeah.

Tyler and fred head south

In search of a mini wash plant

So parker can test any ground They find for gold.

Let's see if I can drive on The right side of the road here.

Stay on the left. Stay on the left.

Parker and danny are driving Eight miles to german gully

To prospect a hard rock mine

From the original victoria Gold rush.

There're tons of hard rock In australia,

And that's something that I'm really unfamiliar with.

The hard rock game is...

It's always intrigued me.

Would that be an option Over here?

It's not an option in the yukon, It could be an option over here.

Yeah.

It's not an option In the yukon

Because nobody knows Where these sources are.

Old timers risked their lives

In underground shafts At german gully,

Chiseling nearly half a billion Dollars of gold from hard rock.

That must be raymo.

You look serious. I certainly do.

How you going, bro? Pleased to meet you.

-I'm parker. -I'm raymo.

-nice to meet you. -likewise.

We've got you a kit Over there, bro.

All you got to do is saddle up

And we'll show you the ropes,

And we'll get you Going down these winds here.

How far down there is it?

Probably about 20 meters Or so deep.

60 feet? You don't want To fall down that.

Well, no, definitely not. And that's why

We use...

That's why we use All this safety equipment.

Could be in for anything.

Could be a snake,

It could be, You know, rockfalls

Coming down from the back It could be anything.

So if you get bitten By anything,

If you're feel anything Like stings,

Just remain really calm, And we'll, you know,

Rescue you out And we'll get you a way out.

What about gold?

Well, yeah, especially gold. Let's hope there's gold.

All right, so you just Step in through here.

All right, that's it. oh, I love this.

And then over to that side. This is perfect.

Danny's been Trying to kill me for years.

I'm not nervous.

So you use those as your brakes Pretty much.

And if you're not sure Anything happens,

Just look out with the lever.

-so if he faints raymo. -yeah, he might.

-he sees a snake or whatever... -yeah.

-...And faints... -yep.

-...He's safe? -yeah, mate.

This is one experience, bro,

That you're never Going to forget.

I'm a little nervous.

Like, if I see a big Spider down there,

Especially if I'm attached to a rope,

I might lose my .

But hopefully we can get in There and find something cool.

They must have got a bit Of gold out of there

Because there's An old mine door there.

They normally don't have Mine doors on them, you know,

But this one must have been Quite profitable

Back in its day.

You'll start checking Some of these quartz veins,

All these reefs up And around here.

in hard rock mining, Prospectors extract gold

From quartz veins That run into the ground.

To follow these veins,

Old timers using Only basic hand tools

And explosives dug Underground mine shafts.

It was dangerous work, costing Many of them their lives.

amazing, isn't it?

I'm just waiting to stick My head in a hole

That has Some massive

Spiders in it and I'm going To freak the out.

Aren't we looking for gold?

You're forgetting about The gold.

You're more interested In the spiders.

There's something dead. What is that?

Dead kangaroo, By the looks of things.

I feel like indiana jones.

Oh, that's perfect. Thank you so much.

So we found something To look at.

Yeah, we're going to have to Have a good look at the trommel

And make sure That it's actually working.

fred and tyler Are in the town of ballarat

To inspect a trommel Wash plant for sale.

You gavin? Yeah.

-hey. Gavin. -I'm fred. Nice to meet you.

-nice to meet you, fred. -I'm tyler.

Hi, tyler, how you going?

Do you mind just giving us A run through?

All right. This one has

A seven horsepower Diesel key start.

Okay.

What is your recovery rate? Probably 95% recovery.

Oh, . Okay. That's not too bad.

Definitely.

So what are you Pricing this one at?

This one here is

I'd have to give it 12 grand for this one.

And that's our entire budget Plus some.

Have a look at that.

what the ?

It's enough to take your breath Away, isn't it, bro?

parker and raymo Are at the top

Of a 60-foot vertical drop.

. Danny, why did I let Anybody talk me

Into this ?

I'm all for trusting My equipment,

But I don't even want to Look over the edge right now.

It's okay.

This is up there with some of My favorite schnabel moments.

Am I popping right down Next to where you're at?

that's it. Just sit down, bro.

Swing off the edge.

-okay, so sit down? -that's it, bro.

Okay.

Nice and slow.

Bye, dan.

See you, mate. I'll follow you down.

that's it, bro. Keep those legs underneath you.

Watch out!

Oh, !

No, no, no, no!

that's it, bro. Keep those legs underneath you.

Watch out!

Oh, !

Hey!

You okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Just a bunch of off The wall here, I banged into it.

Holy .

60 feet below ground, Parker is in a 150-year-old

Abandoned mine shaft, Prospecting for any gold

Old timers May have left behind.

That's it, bro. Nice work.

Check this out, bro.

Little bugs in here, bro. Oh.

You want to check All these different contours

Up in around here Because you just never know.

Okay, now, that's

That's live, bro. That's live.

That could just be...

Here you go. Oh.

You found a coin, bro.

Halfpenny from 1873.

It's amazing, bro. I've never seen one.

That's amazing.

Yeah, I always like To check all around

All these veins up And around on the edges here

Because something, A very long time ago...

Right, for some reason

And they've decided to Widen out right there.

Yeah, man, yeah.

Hey, here we go. Sounds like We're on it, bro.

It didn't take much.

I'll knock a bit of this down.

What have we got here?

Oh!

Oh, have a look in there.

Oh, yeah. She's out, bro.

Holy , bro. Is that it?

You are the chosen one.

Check that out What you just found.

Wow. That's so crazy.

It's unbelievable, isn't it?

People aren't even going To believe watching this.

Like, there's some more. Just look at that.

I'm just going to Throw that in my pocket.

-yeah, mate. -I can look after that for you.

Yeah, right, danny. Here you go.

a 10th of an ounce of Gold attached to quartz

Proves the vein Chased over a century ago

Still contains gold.

Pretty awesome way To start this trip.

140-year-old coin and a bunch Of really sweet pieces of gold.

What do you reckon about Exploring down under?

Pretty sweet. yeah,

That was sick.

There's one last thing though. Yeah.

I want to show you down over The other side, bro.

Sweet.

Yeah, check this out, Very exciting.

So, what are you pricing This one at?

I'd have to give it 12 grand For this one.

Tyler and fred have a budget Of 10,000 australian dollars

To buy a trommel To take on their journey

Around australia.

Right here, right now, 10 cash.

No, I've got to stick the 12 On this one.

What about that one?

That one I'd be looking at About 10, as is.

-can we turn it on, run it up? -if you want to.

I'd like to at least Make sure it runs.

Is this normal? Ah, no.

Fuel's on. Choke's on.

how old is this?

this one's probably Two years old.

It's probably had a good Hundred hours put through it.

Do you mind if we Just have a quick chat?

Go for it. What are your thoughts?

Well, biggest concern I have is,

With that one, Doesn't really...

-yeah. -...Seem as reliable.

I'd rather rock up to parker With something brand new

Than something Looking like that,

But we obviously Don't have an option, do we?

I mean, did you find Another trommel?

No.

Try and get him down, obviously.

All right, gav. That one is obviously older.

-yes. -so on something like that,

I don't want to spend More than seven.

I definitely want to try And get about nine for it.

Nine.

I'll give you eight.

Eight cash today And we're done.

Uh...Yeah. Come on, gav.

I'll look after you. I'll go with eight for that.

Just to help you out.

Yeah. Legend. I appreciate that.

No worries. Thank you.

Thank you. Appreciate it.

All right, we've got a trommel. We've done it.

You know, we settled For the older one

Because we had to,

And 6,000 miles Is a long ways to go,

So kind of a gamble.

But I think it was a gamble We had to take at this point.

Yeah, it's kind of all hit me.

Now we've just bought The trommel

And we actually got To go find gold

And then I've obviously got to Find the ground with gold in it.

So I've got a bit of a

Yeah, a little bit Of a challenge on my hands.

I am anxious. Yeah, I'm anxious about it.

This is one of victoria's Richest areas.

Back at german gully,

Raymo shows parker a bonanza Mine site from 1851.

would have been about 10,000 miners

That had flocked To this area here.

-these were all shafts? -yeah, mate.

Here, ancient rivers

Fragmented gold-bearing quartz Over millions of years,

And scattered nuggets Across the landscape.

This is what they would Have been looking for.

Have a look at the size Of that, mate.

Aye, you ever see anything Back like that in the yukon?

Is this thing real?

Yeah, mate, certainly is.

-how many ounces is that? -it's an 80-ounce nugget.

holy !

Nuggets fetch a premium

If they are unique And undamaged.

At 170,000 u.S. Dollars,

This one is worth more Than its weight in gold.

Feel that, danny.

That's insane!

Jeez!

Just imagine, bro. This was fan 12 months ago, bro.

Holy cow. Can we go mine In here for some of that?

Nah, mate. They've been Shut down at the moment.

historic mining sites Are protected

By the australian Government.

Getting a permit to mine Older sites can take years.

Unbelievable piece of property.

It's a shame that we can't spend More time here

And do some mining Because it's, like...

Some gold here.

But hopefully Tyler and fred

Find a piece of ground That we can work on.

All right, cool. I've got Some other phone calls to make.

Okay. after trekking down

A working trommel,

Tyler still needs To find minors with land

That parker can prospect.

Thank you so much.

Have a good day. Okay, thank you. Bye.

Thanks, mark.

Use your skills.

Just the old miners, They just don't want to talk.

So I'm a little bit nervous That I might run short

On contacts here.

Don't be nervous.

It's supposed to be My bloody job to go

And get some good ground, And I...

Well, this is your jam.

You just have been swinging A little bit and missing.

That's not a big deal.

I've got another guy I want to ring.

Okay. Ian holland.

He's got one of the biggest Setups in vic,

And let's hope he doesn't Hang up on me, eh?

Right, you got it.

All right. Come on, ian.

Hi, ian, my name's tyler.

Basically I'm a gold miner From wa and I'm...

Yeah, I'm over in victoria With some american miners.

I've heard that you're On big gold

And you're on a lot of gold, So I am really,

Really hoping You can help me out here

And we can come out And have a chat to you and see

If there's maybe potential For us to do some work together.

Uh...

Oh, that's awesome. I really do appreciate that.

Okay, bye.

Now we've got to Go face parker.

Hopefully he's okay With it all.

Fred, I'm actually really I just

Oh, what the hell is that? Far out.

That's a dredge.

-you ready? -let's do it, yeah.

-hey, game face on. -game face.

- you made it.

trommel.

There was a brand new one And there was this one

And we had to settle for This one because it...

-what did this one cost? -was it eight?

Yeah, he wanted 10 But we got him down

To eight, Which is not too bad.

The other one was like 12 And he wouldn't budge on it.

I think it's a good deal.

I think we got probably The best option we could find.

-and this thing runs? -yeah, it runs. We saw it run.

This engine looks old As .

This thing sat on a farm For while.

It's all Weather checked.

Oh, well.

we'll make it work. -definitely.

We had an interesting time.

Yeah. How'd it go?

The mine shaft Was pretty cool.

We found this, Which is a coin from...

Whoa! ...1873...

Oh, wow. That's awesome.

And we found this.

Holy ! Ah!

Which apparently is like two Or three grams of gold.

Mate, I'm not even kidding.

We were digging, just smashing Rocks out the side of the wall

And putting gold out the wall -yeah. There's a couple other

Cool pieces with a little bit of Gold in the quartz,

But that one was the most. You found more than one?

Yeah. That's very interesting.

So why don't we just Go mine there?

None of it's licensed.

Oh, crap. Oh, that's frustrating.

Yeah.

Well, we've actually got A contact,

A bloke named ian holland.

Apparently he does Very well around here.

So we've teed up A little meet-and-greet

And we'll go out and have A look at his property.

Good job. Good job. You did great.

I think that was good.

I think that was A good reaction.

-yeah, do you think so? -I think so.

I was happy with it.

Overall, in the three years That we've been going

To other countries Doing this stuff,

We're way ahead Of where we've ever been.

Like, we've got a trommel, We're in a country

Where we can drive To places to test it.

Like, I'm pretty actually pumped About where we're at.

And hopefully we're going To find some gold.

Like, we've already Seen way more gold

Than I've ever seen In any place outside the yukon.

Whew!

Where are my sunglasses?

I think they're there.

They're not up there. Whoa!

-aah! -ah!

you.

Oh, my god.

I I hit myself.

I knew he jumped you.

This is going to be A long trip.

Parker schnabel and his team

Are on an eight-week mission

To find gold-rich ground In australia.

If we do find some good ground And some good opportunities,

Like, we can actually build A mine site here,

And you could run a business.

they're in the Nugget-rich state of victoria

At the beginning Of their journey.

So is this the guy?

Yeah, this is ian holland. He does very well.

He's found some of the biggest Nuggets in this area.

Tyler has arranged a meeting With veteran miner ian holland,

Who has a promising claim He may be willing to sell.

-hey, ian. -good morning.

It's nice to finally meet you. Pleased to meet you too.

-nice to meet you. -I'm parker.

Good day, parker, I'm ian.

Welcome to victoria. Thank you.

Welcome to my lease.

Where are you at With this current lease?

Like, are you setting up here?

So I've had the lease here In the past,

Which was really good, But this is a new one,

And the new lease I'm confident It's going to go really well.

And there's plenty of work Here to be done,

And you're digging Straight away,

And not waiting two years To get permits in place.

Yeah, that's another thing, Hey, it's ready to go.

ian's 12-acre claim is On the site of an ancient river.

He believes it washed fine gold

And some huge nuggets Under the site,

And he's excavating one pit To begin prospecting the ground.

Is that all right with you, If we...

That's absolutely fine.

...Spent some time here For a little bit?

Test the ground properly.

Yeah, that's absolutely fine.

what I'm doing, This is shallow lead mining.

I will take all the overburden Out of the way till I see

What I believe is The wash dirt layer

Coming in, and in this example You can see a whiter line

About two-thirds Of the way down.

Well, that's The wash dirt starting.

I'll just carve off About six inches each time

And try and leave A flat floor.

Go in there With a metal detector

And just metal detect it.

-for the nuggets, see? -gotcha.

Right. That's yours.

Look at my hard hat. Did you pick these out?

let's see that. Oh, who did that?

I mean, considering you've Actually been shot in the head,

That might be In poor taste.

This is historically Accurate.

Not that many times, was it?

I hope not. duck, fred, jeez.

Well, I'll jump back in The machine and do the next cut.

Guys this is pretty cool, Don't you think?

-it is actually sick. -don't you think it's good?

Yeah, I'm really, I'm excited.

All right.

Never done this before.

that doesn't sound great, Does it?

now this is what I'm used to, ian.

-breakdowns? - not working.

Metal is hot out here.

Everything is just roasting.

That is a bit of a difference

From the yukon, isn't it? Yeah.

Try starting it.

It's just unlucky.

We've all spent the best part Of 30 hours on this,

Turning it on and off.

30 times we've had this Happening,

And just bang, Draw it around

It does something like this.

all right. Try it. Try starting it, ian.

Starting.

-well, that worked. -yes!

See if it will idle.

It won't idle.

I have to hold it.

I have to keep jumping it up To full throttle

And it just died Because I didn't move it

From half to full fast enough.

-hey, ian? -yeah?

I'm going to hold the throttle All the way open

And then once it starts, just Crank it all the way to 10.

Right.

All right. So turn it to 10 And turn it over.

Yeah. Is that good?

So what does that at throttle Wise, what are you at right now?

I put it on full throttle,

But it's not going The full throttle.

But that will do us, We're going.

That'll be enough reps To at least do the job.

Parker the champion, That's for sure.

Done well, mate.

Fingers crossed it Stays on.

Wicked.

-nice. -all right, well, I'm ready

For a cut if everyone else Is ready.

Ready to do it?

We're moving.

That was like utter disaster, 30 seconds into the trip.

Not happening.

It's not happening. She just won't work under load.

I know how it goes.

I'm quite used to this kind of Stuff, so...

Yeah. Happens to everybody.

That's a real pity, But it is what it is.

The one universal thing About mining

Is if it can break, it will.

excavator broken,

Ian must source new parts Before parker

Can test the ground for gold.

-here we go. -where are we camping out?

In there?

Guys, this a spot.

That was a rough day.

You know, I know it's going To get a lot hotter,

But it was freaking hot today, And we didn't get a lot done.

Kind of a show,

But take it as it goes.

That's mining.

-fred. -yo.

What's the protocol If we get a

If we get beastie snake Paying a visit

In the middle of the night? -kill it!

Kill it? We don't do the sucking

The snake venom Out at the wound anymore?

-that doesn't do anything. -no?

No.

Except for embarrass you

Because you're sucking On someone else's leg.

I see two Pitchers of beer.

A good end to a hole Day with no gold.

I wish it could have been A little bit better to do with

Getting a bit more work done On machinery work and prop up,

But we'll get into it tomorrow And just hope for the best.

I'm pretty sure you've had Some good days

In the past, haven't you?

I have many good days In the past.

Yeah. Yeah. Rough ones and good ones,

And I've got a sample of what Can be good when things go well.

oh, wow. but these...

Oh! Did you find those?

Hey, parker, these are the two Largest nuggets

I have ever found.

This one comes in At 2.4 kilograms

And this one Is 1.4 kilograms.

-holy cow. -do you mind if I hold one?

77 ounces and 46 ounces.

-whoa! -that's amazing.

this is like the shiniest Gold I've ever seen.

It's beautiful, isn't it? Yeah.

you wouldn't take less Than a quarter million for this?

premium would definitely be A quarter of a million dollars.

You know, it's worth Something like that.

There's a retirement fund. Yeah, exactly.

Tyler's done a great job Of getting us access

To this piece of ground With ian,

And he's pretty keen to show us, Like, that it is viable

And get some gold Out of the ground.

But with these breakdowns, it's Just not really been possible.

Yeah, I've got kind of mixed Emotions about seeing

And those two big nuggets,

Like, it's super cool,

But they didn't come off This piece of ground, right?

And...

I...

Really need to test ian's ground

And see what's viable here.

Were you infested with ants?

I had like seven I had to kill.

You murderer.

To me, it was the windiest Night in history last night.

I thought that was going To blow over.

Mate, I got up in the middle Of the night

With a bit of tree panic.

Should we go Find some big nugs?

All right.

Parker and his team

Are on an eight-week mission In australia

To find viable ground He can mine in the off season

When the yukon freezes up.

There's no way to feasibly, Comfortably,

And cleanly poop out here.

If you just get your pick out, You can sit on your pick,

And then you just Put your bum over.

I'm having a hard time Imagining sitting on a pick.

So we've dug our hole.

This is an extremely High pick, okay.

So, our picks are A lot shorter than this.

But yeah, then you sit on it, And then there's your seat.

He doesn't want anything to do With this conversation.

-let's go find some gold. -yeah.

Let's do it.

Local miner ian holland

Is hoping to sell his lease,

But a broken excavator Is preventing parker

From testing the ground.

My greatest fear is that We come away from here

Without really having Any idea

About how good this ground is, Do you know what I mean?

Yeah. That'd be the worst thing.

unable to source Spare parts quickly,

Ian brings in a new excavator.

where we're playing On mining now

Was where a lot of good gold

Was found in the past By the old miners.

It's where they concentrated on Mainly and got the better gold.

So I'm confident It's going to go really well.

Are you happy to have A go at carving?

Wow. Let's see if parker Can't break your excavator.

looking forward To seeing your drive.

-I've heard you're a gun. -all right.

See how this goes.

Probably just go back Maybe five feet

And just sweep that up In front of the machine.

It's been a little while Since I've been

In a piece of equipment.

So, where parker's from, He's used to chasing fine gold

And running it Through big machines.

It doesn't matter If the gold gets damaged.

But here, the gold can have Quite a good premium,

So it's got to be done properly

To ensure you do not Damage that gold.

Yeah, I'm definitely not used To needing

To, like, be careful About digging.

Like, in the yukon, It's just blow and go

And not worry about A thing, really.

See this coloration Of the blue?

Mm-hmm.

That's not normal.

And this here, This is a dead giveaway.

That's timber. That's a piece of wood.

gotcha.

Here we go.

So, the old miners Have mined along here,

So we'll definitely Persist with this.

This is as good a chance As any at finding something.

ian relies on finding Large, collectible nuggets

To sell at premium price.

Parker's preferred Mining technique

Relies on ground rich In fine gold, like the yukon,

Where a steady source Earns him a profit.

These obviously are going to Catch the smaller things.

Smaller stuff. Yeah.

I feel A bit of pressure because

Obviously I'm meant to be The one showing good ground,

So I'm really hoping There is gold in that dirt.

tyler and fred set up The trommel

To catch any fine gold From one yard of sample dirt.

-you ready? -let's do it.

Well, I'm hopefully

This thing started Like a dead horse

Last time we tried to start it,

So we're kind of hoping It fires up the first time.

Yay!

Nice work.

We've got the trommel working, Thank god.

So now we're going to put The pay dirt through.

I'm just having a look at it

And I'm seeing this,

Which is A big cluster of clay,

Like a conglomerate, Full of rocks.

Can you see how Weathered away they are?

This is a very good Gold indicator

And this is what You're looking for

When you're running pay dirt Through this area.

the pay dirt is Fed into the plant

Through the hopper...

...And then enters The rotating drum,

Where jets of water wash it,

Separating the worthless Material from the heavier gold,

Which falls into The sluices below.

So, the big question now Is, will parker be happy?

That's always the question.

Oh.

We've got something.

You see what this.

That's the sound, right?

Ian?

Yeah, that sounds Absolutely awesome.

If we move that loose stuff...

Well, pop the detector down

And run each half Over it separately.

Yeah.

So, I'm thinking We've got a bit here.

-hey, hey, here we go. -yeah, really?

-yeah. -it's finally happened.

Yes!

That's what I'm looking for,

But nowhere near as large As what I'm looking for.

That's impressive. Beautiful gold.

Hell of a lot different Than what we do in the yukon.

You could go a month and Not find a single piece of gold,

And work 12 hours a day and then Find a hundred-ounce nugget

And you just made A quarter-million dollars

In a month, but you spent 29 days finding nothing.

It's kind of like the lottery Of gold mining right here.

I'm going to, like, lose Everything I've ever made

Trying to hunt gold nuggets In australia.

-let's go check this thing out. -oh, no way.

I've never seen a conveyor belt Like this.

crude.

So this was a low-budget Outfit that did this.

Oh, you can tell that For sure?

That's the rear end of a pickup.

Ah, you're right. , it is.

So they just had a motor here

And drove a diff To run the trommel.

This australian dragline dredge

Near ian holland's claim

Was built from repurposed Car and truck parts

By old-timer george hayward.

From 1958 until 1984,

He dragged The dredge with this crane

Up and down the creek,

But found little gold, And abandoned it here.

Send tony a photo.

Maybe he'll come want To move to the yukon.

One more.

We got one more bucket To drive through,

And then we'll give it Another check,

But everything's Looking great right now.

parker and his team Are in victoria, australia,

Looking for a viable mine with A more consistent fine gold.

Does it seem all right?

Yeah. Yep.

Back to doing cleanups, fred.

It's a lot warmer than the last One you did, huh?

This is fantastic. I'll take this any day.

The mats beneath the sluices Hold the gold-rich concentrate.

The team wash them in buckets,

And then parker uses a pan To separate the gold.

First pan of parker's trail, Australia.

What's the most you've seen In a pan

Where you've taken it Straight out of the cut?

Oh, god, I've had some killer Pans in the past.

-serious? -yeah.

what's a killer pan?

-a gram. -whoa.

That only happened to me That's once in seven years.

One piece there.

Look at that.

-seriously? -yeah.

-what the

are you kidding?

holy .

Oh, my god. How much is that?

That's at least a gram, Isn't it?

Wouldn't it be?

I guess the trommel works.

I've never panned gold That was that nice looking.

I wish I had some ground Like this in the yukon.

one yard of dirt Has produced $40 of gold.

That's twice as rich As the ground

Parker mines in the yukon.

This is the best start To a trail.

It is some pretty good ground, And it's unreal.

Like, it's too bad we didn't Find any massive nuggets.

I am so bloody happy with it.

I was getting So stressed all day.

The trommel was my guy,

And this ground Was kind of my guy,

So I'm glad for parker To find those gold flakes

And he get excited.

Took a weight off my shoulders.

ian has proved His ground has good gold.

Now parker and his team Must make a difficult decision.

Hey guys. Hey, what's up?

Hello. Did you guys have fun?

Yeah. A blast. Had a great time.

Yeah, it was good. How about you?

It's pretty cool.

It's pretty nice to be here And have a legitimate option.

I could spend some time here.

A landowner that invites us To come mine with him,

Finds massive golden nuggets, Makes his own beer.

yeah, pretty cool.

When's the last time Beets made you a beer?

Yeah. Tony beets never Offers me free beer.

It'd be crazy to stay here.

-oh, yeah? -yeah. 100% crazy.

You think it's going to get Better than this?

It would be silly not to try.

I've been on those gold fields For 15 years,

And I've seen a lot of gold Just like this come out,

So victoria's good, We'd be crazy

Not to try the other spots.

I don't think I'll be saying That when it's 125 degrees.

I think you'd be saying that If we find a lot more gold.

Are we going to?

Yeah, I think we will. I'm confident we're going to.

-you think we will? -I know we will.

Well, ian's over there Just packing his truck up.

I'm going to have A quick chat with him.

Okay. Yeah, sure.

All right.

-hey, parker. -hey, ian.

I just wanted To thank you again

For letting us come And check this out.

It seems like there's quite A bit of potential here.

Yeah, there is.

I'm pretty confident we're going To find gold at the other spots.

-you think so? -oh, 100%. 100%.

Tyler said something to me The other day.

She said she's struggling to Be impressed by these nuggets.

-what? -yeah, she said that.

I'm not going to lie.

Just I've seen a lot of gold In my time.

That does tell us something, Huh?

We're on the first leg of quite A long trip around the country,

But I genuinely Am pretty interested

In what you've got Going on here.

Okay.

And if it were something That we wanted to revisit,

Is there a possibility For that?

Well, I'd be happy to mine With you in the future.

Thank you, ian.

if parker was to ring me In six weeks' time,

I would be happy To hear that phone call.

It would make me feel good

And I would look forward To working with parker.

Thank you so much for that.

It was a pleasure, tyler.

it was a good start To the trip.

It took a little bit of weight Off my shoulders.

I guess it was Kind of my first test,

But for me, we really do need To see the rest of australia.

This was good, but I think We might be able to find some

Other business opportunities That could be better.

First real opportunity in years Outside of the yukon

That I've seen, And it's sad to walk away,

But we've got this In our back pocket.

So let's go see the rest Of the continent

And find some more big gold and Figure out where we're going.

next time...

-brace for impact. -whoa!

-oh! -oh, .

parker and his team Head 2,000 miles north

To the palmer goldfields In queensland...

Have we come to the right place? Wow.

It depends what place You're looking for.

...In search of Viable ground

And even more gold...

You've got to be able To make money.

It's all reflecting On your face, parker.

And I want to be able To make lots of money.

Oh, my ! Are you kidding me?

But with the terrain

And the miners Getting tougher...

The mining department.

...The new prospecting team Start to feel the strain.

-derek! -ah, !

Yeah, I'm not overly happy With this so far.

I don't think parker is Either.

She's new To working with me,

And I don't want to go Full parker on her right now.