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Outback Opal Hunters

The series follows crews of fearless opal miners on their mission to unearth a fortune in some of Australia's harshest and remote landscapes.

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NARRATOR: Back in town,
The Rookies battle hard graft... - Outback Opal Hunters

NARRATOR: Back in town, The Rookies battle hard graft...

(GROANS) - Outback Opal Hunters

Whoa!NARRATOR: The mining season
is almost over. - Outback Opal Hunters

Whoa!NARRATOR: The mining season is almost over.

NARRATOR: In a race to move
the most dirt, - Outback Opal Hunters

NARRATOR: In a race to move the most dirt,

NARRATOR: In the world
of treasure hunting, - Outback Opal Hunters

NARRATOR: In the world of treasure hunting,

NARRATOR: Desperate for cash,
The Rookies take a dangerous
path underground... - Outback Opal Hunters

NARRATOR: Desperate for cash, The Rookies take a dangerous p...

As The Rookies race against time... - Outback Opal Hunters

As The Rookies race against time...

Time's running out for the Rookies
risking cave-ins... - Outback Opal Hunters

Time's running out for the Rookies risking cave-ins...

Bloody dangerous. There's a billion
tons of dirt above us, so... - Outback Opal Hunters

Bloody dangerous. There's a billion tons of dirt above ...

Hopefully, this will be ready to go
before yours is finished.Oh. - Outback Opal Hunters

Hopefully, this will be ready to go before yours is finished...

Once you put them all together,
that's when things become real. - Outback Opal Hunters

Once you put them all together, that's when things beco...

(MAN EXCLAIMS) - Outback Opal Hunters

And Col's Crew
take on an ageing monster. - Outback Opal Hunters

And Col's Crew take on an ageing monster.

The Cooke brothers - Outback Opal Hunters

The Cooke brothers

The brothers...
(ELECTRICAL CRACKLING) - Outback Opal Hunters

The brothers... (ELECTRICAL CRACKLING)

JOHN: Once you've found
that first lot of opal, - Outback Opal Hunters

JOHN: Once you've found that first lot of opal,

The Opal Queen struggles with man and
machine...Don't, don't. - Outback Opal Hunters

The Opal Queen struggles with man and machine...Don't, ...

The Brothers take on a gruelling
rescue mission. - Outback Opal Hunters

The Brothers take on a gruelling rescue mission.

I'm really impressed.Greg, have a
look where they've been loaded. - Outback Opal Hunters

I'm really impressed.Greg, have a look where they'...

It's gone.
..and face danger in the dark. - Outback Opal Hunters

It's gone. ..and face danger in the dark.

..pushing themselves harder and
deeper. - Outback Opal Hunters

..pushing themselves harder and deeper.

..have one last chance
to save their mega opal machine... - Outback Opal Hunters

..have one last chance to save their mega opal machine...

A single piece can be worth
millions of dollars... - Outback Opal Hunters

A single piece can be worth millions of dollars...

Then the bloody thing gave way
underneath.(ALL GASP) - Outback Opal Hunters

Then the bloody thing gave way underneath.(ALL GASP)

..in the search
for the legendary black opal. - Outback Opal Hunters

..in the search for the legendary black opal.

Greggy's been getting to me today.
Greg, watch out! - Outback Opal Hunters

Greggy's been getting to me today. Greg, watch out!

We have to make it work
because we don't know anything else. - Outback Opal Hunters

We have to make it work because we don't know anything ...

(ENGINE STARTS) - Outback Opal Hunters

(ENGINE STARTS)

Deep below ground...
I'm getting no air. - Outback Opal Hunters

Deep below ground... I'm getting no air.

(EXHALES DEEPLY) - Outback Opal Hunters

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

..and over 90% of it comes from
only one place on the planet... - Outback Opal Hunters

..and over 90% of it comes from only one place on the planet...

And the Bomb Kings are trapped
20m down in the blast zone. - Outback Opal Hunters

And the Bomb Kings are trapped 20m down in the blast zone.

# Money - Outback Opal Hunters

Col's Crew fight frustrations...
It's probably going to pieces. - Outback Opal Hunters

Col's Crew fight frustrations... It's probably goi...

..overground...
(BLEEP) - Outback Opal Hunters

..overground... (BLEEP)

And Col's crew call in the cavalry, - Outback Opal Hunters

And Col's crew call in the cavalry,

Getting bogged
and getting flogged. - Outback Opal Hunters

Getting bogged and getting flogged.

..as they chase
Queensland's prized boulder opal. - Outback Opal Hunters

..as they chase Queensland's prized boulder opal.

Hot, harsh and unforgiving. - Outback Opal Hunters

Hot, harsh and unforgiving.

# Telling you what to do - Outback Opal Hunters

# Telling you what to do

# Money - Outback Opal Hunters

# Money - Outback Opal Hunters

You there?
..and the lucky survive. - Outback Opal Hunters

You there? ..and the lucky survive.

NARRATOR: 20,000ft above the outback, - Outback Opal Hunters

NARRATOR: 20,000ft above the outback,

# Telling you what to do - Outback Opal Hunters

# Telling you what to do

# Telling you what to do - Outback Opal Hunters

# Telling you what to do

# Money - Outback Opal Hunters

Coober Pedy.
Thousands of deserted mine shafts. - Outback Opal Hunters

Coober Pedy. Thousands of deserted mine shafts.

They're hoping to repeat their
remarkable last-minute success - Outback Opal Hunters

They're hoping to repeat their remarkable last-minute s...

In the deserts of Coober Pedy,
things are hotting up. - Outback Opal Hunters

In the deserts of Coober Pedy, things are hotting up.

# Telling you what to do
Back when it went to gold # - Outback Opal Hunters

# Telling you what to do Back when it went to gold #

Harsh landscapes,
unforgiving conditions, - Outback Opal Hunters

Harsh landscapes, unforgiving conditions,

Summer's fast approaching - Outback Opal Hunters

Summer's fast approaching

Oh, my God.(BOTH LAUGH) - Outback Opal Hunters

Oh, my God.(BOTH LAUGH)

(DRILLING) - Outback Opal Hunters

A powerful symbol of one of the few
certainties in opal mining. - Outback Opal Hunters

A powerful symbol of one of the few certainties in opal mini...

A remote town
of just a few thousand souls, - Outback Opal Hunters

A remote town of just a few thousand souls,

Their supersized 200 by 100 metre
claim - Outback Opal Hunters

Their supersized 200 by 100 metre claim

It will, you know, if you go, - Outback Opal Hunters

It will, you know, if you go,

Hiding beneath these desert plains
lies a fortune. - Outback Opal Hunters

Hiding beneath these desert plains lies a fortune.

..the Rookies are facing their
Great Wall of Shell Patch. - Outback Opal Hunters

..the Rookies are facing their Great Wall of Shell Patch.

33 kilometres north of town, - Outback Opal Hunters

33 kilometres north of town,

Justin Lang and Daniel Becker are two
of the new kids on the block, - Outback Opal Hunters

Justin Lang and Daniel Becker are two of the new kids on the...

Their open-cut mine at Shell Patch
has failed to deliver. - Outback Opal Hunters

Their open-cut mine at Shell Patch has failed to deliver.

I think you probably got about 20-30
grand.(BOTH LAUGH)Rrarr! - Outback Opal Hunters

I think you probably got about 20-30 grand.(BOTH LAUGH)Rrarr...

NARRATOR: Rookies, Justin and Dan,
are at loggerheads. - Outback Opal Hunters

NARRATOR: Rookies, Justin and Dan, are at loggerheads.

So, I've got a business in Hahndorf,
a cuckoo-clock shop. - Outback Opal Hunters

So, I've got a business in Hahndorf, a cuckoo-clock sho...

Millions of years ago,
an ancient inland sea - Outback Opal Hunters

Millions of years ago, an ancient inland sea

(BOTH LAUGHING)
JUSTIN: Hey, come here. - Outback Opal Hunters

(BOTH LAUGHING) JUSTIN: Hey, come here.

This trip, they've been away
from their families for a week, - Outback Opal Hunters

This trip, they've been away from their families for a ...

Its speciality is white opal. - Outback Opal Hunters

Its speciality is white opal.

To make up the short fall, they're
heading back down their other claim, - Outback Opal Hunters

To make up the short fall, they're heading back down th...

Recently, they hit
a motherlode of opal, - Outback Opal Hunters

Recently, they hit a motherlode of opal,

Worth up to $1,500 a carat,
or a fifth of a gram, - Outback Opal Hunters

Worth up to $1,500 a carat, or a fifth of a gram,

They're hoping they'll find the
fortune reputed to hide beneath it. - Outback Opal Hunters

They're hoping they'll find the fortune reputed to...

As the sea dried up,
water seeping underground - Outback Opal Hunters

As the sea dried up, water seeping underground

But the season is about to end,
and the boys are still - Outback Opal Hunters

But the season is about to end, and the boys are still

We've come here to 17 Mile
to try our luck underground. - Outback Opal Hunters

We've come here to 17 Mile to try our luck underground.

This next treasure hunt
will take some serious digging. - Outback Opal Hunters

This next treasure hunt will take some serious digging.

The treasures they are hunting
are ancient shells - Outback Opal Hunters

The treasures they are hunting are ancient shells

Over $50,000 short
of their $100,000 target, - Outback Opal Hunters

Over $50,000 short of their $100,000 target,

Is this sort of what you do, John?
Really gouge underneath it. - Outback Opal Hunters

Is this sort of what you do, John? Really gouge underneath i...

A lot of friends of mine,
they found millions of dollars, - Outback Opal Hunters

A lot of friends of mine, they found millions of dollars,

In order to protect
the opal-bearing ground, - Outback Opal Hunters

In order to protect the opal-bearing ground,

To reach it, they need to agree
to go back underground. - Outback Opal Hunters

To reach it, they need to agree to go back underground.

If it's good opal, - Outback Opal Hunters

If it's good opal,

Pick and shovel is gonna be
the weapon of choice, so to speak. - Outback Opal Hunters

Pick and shovel is gonna be the weapon of choice, so to spea...

To chase the opal dream, - Outback Opal Hunters

To chase the opal dream,

I don't know how many
more times we can do this - Outback Opal Hunters

I don't know how many more times we can do this

Shell Patch is where the big opal is
so, hopefully, we find something. - Outback Opal Hunters

Shell Patch is where the big opal is so, hopefully, we find ...

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The series follows crews of fearless opal miners on their mission to unearth a fortune in some of Australia's harshest and remote landscapes.

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

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Released: 08 Feb 2018

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