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This time on Aussie Gold Hunters...

I'm more under pressure than ever before.

We've just gotta keep digging, keep persevering,

that's all I can say.

..the Poseidon is dealt a devastating blow

when mechanical failures threaten to shut down their operation

just as their season is starting.

This ain't gonna be a $400 fix.

This is gonna be a $40,000 fix.

Shane and Russell return for one last roll of the dice...

Nothing's gonna stop us!

A little bit of rain, who cares.

..as they unleash a custom built, 25 tonne dirt moving monster...

I love it! I love it!

..to hunt for an ancient gold rich channel.

This is a riverbed. This is the Paleo channel.

The Ferals return for a shot at redemption...

Boys, I think your Christmases have come early.

..but when an accident leaves them a man down...

You wouldn't think that excavator would just push it

around like that, would you?

It's amazing. That's a heavy machine

but he's rag-dolling that with that excavator.

I might get your Dad up in there, mate.

Jump on the brakes if you do need them

but if it starts to run away down hill,

Eth, then pick up the pace.

Yeah keep it going, Eth. Keep it going, Eth.

Keep it going, Eth. Keep it going, mate.

Keep it going, Eth. Keep it going, mate. Keep it going.

Keep it going. Keep it going, Eth, Keep it going.

Left hand down a bit, Eth.

Yeah, I reckon about there, Eth.

It should be out of the way enough I think, mate.

Beautiful.

I tell you what, these things are sent to try ya.

Hey Eth, nothing down here, mate.

What's happening up there, bud?

Nothing at all really.

This is just highlighting the fact to me

why I want the big licence back so much

and just that consistency, the fine gold,

and something coming in always.

In their time on the big licence,

Brent and Ethan extracted over $650,000

worth of fine gold from its wash plant.

Mate, that is good gold.

Look, right now with these results I'm happy to stay here

and I'm happy to continue to mine this.

You got a copy, Brent?

How's this deal looking, mate? What's happening there?

What, the big licence one?

yeah, mate. Big licence.

I can't make any promises to you when exactly it' going to come back.

It's sort of somewhat out of my hands.

I really just don't know.

Mate, I was under the impression it was going to be

days, weeks, not months.

to try and find something that potentially doesn't exist.

00:19:39.720 -- 00:19:41.040 I don't know if I've twisted the axle.

It's no good. It's dead in the water but.

Get a shovel out, man.

Far out.

You hung up good, bro.

Rock's broken.

There you go, bro.

There's some of it. Let me roll back.

Just keep an eye on it, bro. Give us a yell.

Alright.

I hope this works.

Alright, go a bit more.

Yeah, you stop right there.

Woo hoo hoo.

All the gold goes across his desk and then after that

we'll split it up between ourselves.

Well, should we have a swing? Yeah, I'm keen.

Well, let's saddle up and get out there.

Yeah, sounds good.

Alrighty. Woo hoo.

Go on you bunch of Ferals, get out there!

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

Pressure's on for Team Feral at the moment

and if we don't find gold for him we're gone.

Yeah, the boys are out on the quad bikes

having a scout around and a bit of a detect.

Yeah, hopefully, they can come across some good ground.

The small nuggets Zane found are good indicators

but now the race is on to identify

what they hope is a gold-rich seam

running along the lease's fault line.

I'm out here.

It's not a holiday,

Detectorist and self-confessed gold addict,

Zane Mettner was born in the Pilbara.

Taught to hunt for gold by his grandfather,

Zane was given his first detector at the age of six.

Now, Zane is an expert lease explorer

who looks to pass on his 30 years of knowledge

to the next generation of miners.

Hopefully, I can pull something to show these boys

that I'm worth to be part of the team.

Midday and temperatures have already exceeded 40 degrees

and heat reflecting off the rocks is interfering

with The Ferals' detectors.

Man, you get these hot rocks.

Bit of mineralisation.

Yeah. Nothing.

causing them to give off a signal.

The signal is processed into an audio tone

that mirrors variations in the field.

In extreme conditions mineralisation in rocks

can become energised by the sun's heat,

bombarding the receiver with false signals.

Hey, Zane man. Any luck?

Not yet. How about yourself?

Nah, man.

But I reckon it's a bit noisy,

so I wouldn't mind coming back tonight

when she's a bit quieter.

Yep.

In the cooler valley below,

Levi is able to get a cleaner signal.

(MACHINE BEEPS)

Little bit of something goin' on here.

Oh, yeah.

Something really loud.

I got it in the scoop.

You're kidding.

Over 380,000 Model 35 Massey Ferguson tractors

were made in the US between 1958 and 1964

before being shipped worldwide.

The one-tonne tractor's three-cylinder diesel motor

can pull over three times its own weight.

Need a bit of weight, Russell.

Jump on and give us a bit of weight.

It's not...not quite enough weight on the blade,

so I'm going to jump on the back of the blade,

hopefully, dig it in and get some more dirt out.

That's better.

Here comes Shane. Good.

We could do with some more weight on the back.

Do you wanna hop on the back because we need some more weight?

How you going, Denni? I'm good, Shane.

Oh, that's made it better.

What if we both go on one side, does that help?

Look at that.

I just hope Ethan doesn't give up.

Big nugget hunting isn't for the faint-hearted.

It...it is the ultimate, you know, high risk,

high reward sort of effort.

The Poseidon Crew's bulldozer is out of action

after suffering critical engine failure,

forcing Ethan to use the loader to push paydirt

into 15cm thick pads for detection.

You've got four wheels that are,

got 30 odd tonne so you got roughly 7.5 tonne on each wheel.

With a bulldozer spreads it across the road,

across the tracks,

the loaders sink into the dirt really easily.

The problem with these wheeled machines is that

this is soft ground and you've gone down into it

and if we've got gold

that falls into one of these trenches down here,

There it is.

The average Joe Blow like meself.

Pieces like this, yeah, we dream about finding.

For Brent, they don't make the fortune that he's looking for,

and...and keep Ethan on board.

We need a lot more than this.

00:32:15.360 -- 00:32:16.800 Yeah Zane's come off the bike, brother.

Righto brother, I'm headed over. I've just seen it too.

Mate, are you alright?

Just relax. Lean back against me, please.

Yep.

Bro, he's alright. Oh, man.

There's nothing sticking out. The arm's alright.

Just the shoulder, man.

I got a little bit of a graze but that's nothing.

Look, you stay here with Nath.

I've got some ice and that in there, mate.

We'll come and grab you, uh? Stop there, buddy.

Be careful of my shoulder bud. Yeah, man.

That's really sore.

Well.

He was excited we were on the gold

and he wants to, you know, help us out

but he can't go killing himself.

You get some ice on him.

Cheers, bro. Oh, wicked.

Oh, sorry, boys.

Just want to make sure you're alright.

Nah, don't apologise, bro. That's alright.

We'll just get you going in a bit.

That hand's alright, eh? That's all good.

My elbow graze is sore but my shoulder man.

I can't move it. Oh, yeah.

Oh, you big heavy horse.

Yeah righto. Yeah righto.

That really sucks 'cause I can't hold you up there.

You good though? Yep.

My knee. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You right? Cheers, boys.

I reckon that's the best spot for you, mate.

You rest up, mend up.

Yep. No worries. I'll kick back here for a bit.

Down a man,

The Ferals are forced to push on into the night.

Hey, boys, how good is it to be back out here on night shift?

Yee hee hew.

Nice and cool and on the gold.

Yeah, boy, woo!

Yeah, it's good to be back on the ground.

Couple of big ones would be nice.

Love detecting at night time.

No flies.

They are hoping Levi's earlier nugget find

will lead to the seam they've been looking for.

He picked the spot actually, he come through and he said,

"Look, that is definitely the fault line there."

And if we don't find any gold this time for Kim, that's it.

That's our last chance. He's not going to bring us back.

(MACHINE BEEPS)

Oh, got a little signal here.

We're running that same line along the fault line.

C'mon, be the big bit.

(LAUGHS)

Hey, boys, I've found a big chunk.

Woo! Great!

Probably nine, 10 grams.

10 grams if we're lucky.

This spot that Levi's put us on

that runs right along this little fault line

is definitely producing gold.

And it's the biggest piece that I've found in a while.

So, that is a beauty!

(MACHINE BEEPS) Oh, yeah.

Right, come on, baby.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Have a look at this!

No way.

No way.

That thing's mental.

Wow!

Oh, ho! We're on the nuggies.

The Ferals are on the nuggies.

Lovin' it.

Nathan's taking the location down so you know, we know where we are.

We can come back here in the morning,

take some photos, maybe even take some samples

but I really hope it's enough gold for Kim though

because we want to get a machine out here.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

He's bogged.

He's not going too well at the moment.

Because he can't steer.

See he's sliding, front end, he can't turn the truck around.

The more he digs it up, he's in trouble.

He's made it.

Now, he can't straighten up again.

Nope, going in the wrong direction.

Oh.

Unbelievable!

Right now he's on the sandy stuff he's alright.

Righto Rusty, how far back have I got to go?

Yeah mate, another 5m.

You're going well.

Another three, two, one.

About 500 mils, 300 mils.

Woo! That's it, mate.

Has landed. Apollo has landed.

I love it! I love it! I love it!

Well, tell me all about this, Brucie.

This is the result of some months of ah,

fabrication and work.

And you did this

all on your own back.

I did, yes.

To build his one-of-a-kind dirt-moving monster,

Bruce joined the front of a standard grader

to the back of a massive farm tractor

before fitting it with a custom set of tracks.

The secret to the whole thing was the tracks.

So, with those tracks, you got extra grunt.

Extra grunt, extra grip.

The only one in the world.

Well, the sooner we get it off,

the sooner we can see what we can do with it

and we'll see how good it is, Brucie.

Nothing is going to stop us.

Little bit of rain, who cares? Fight on!

C'mon. C'mon.

Oh, watch the deck. Watch the deck.

And you're clear. Oh, just.

Alright!