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Grinding through solid rock
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Outback Opal Hunters

Grinding through solid rock, their first test holewill bore down 27 metres

Grinding through solid rock, their first test hole
will bore down 27 metres

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Grinding through solid rock,
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their first test hole will bore down 27 metres.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:38
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

The series follows crews of fearless opal miners on their mission to unearth a fortune in some of Australia's harshest and remote landscapes.
S01 • E08 The Cooke brothers' one-ton Plutus is once again stuck - Outback Opal Hunters 00:08
The Cooke brothers' one-ton Plutus is once again stuck
S01 • E02 But before they can start digging, their excavator needs repair. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
But before they can start digging, their excavator needs rep...
S01 • E03 Next morning, the boys and dad, Rob, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Next morning, the boys and dad, Rob,
S01 • E05 It's gone. Yeah. She's gone. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
It's gone. Yeah. She's gone.
S01 • E05 Dan and Justin are also having their hopes dashed. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Dan and Justin are also having their hopes dashed.
S01 • E02 One of the teeth on the bucket has worn down and is too loose. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
One of the teeth on the bucket has worn down and is too loos...
S01 • E03 One last ditch effort to find clues for opal. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
One last ditch effort to find clues for opal.
S01 • E07 You see this? Look at that. I knocked this whole area. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
You see this? Look at that. I knocked this whole area.
S01 • E07 Just moved it, and then, in closer inspection, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
Just moved it, and then, in closer inspection,
S01 • E06 Finally Col, Aaron and Greg - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
Finally Col, Aaron and Greg
S01 • E02 But in the remote outback, there are no machine shops for miles. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
But in the remote outback, there are no machine shops for mi...
S01 • E05 You can see a little bit of seam and then, before you know it, it's gone. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
You can see a little bit of seam and then, before you know i...
S01 • E01 With all they've invested, their gamble on this new claim - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
With all they've invested, their gamble on this new cla...
S01 • E04 In Lightning Ridge, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
In Lightning Ridge,
S01 • E02 The nearest town is over 120km away. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
The nearest town is over 120km away.
S01 • E08 And Mick's not relishing the prospect. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
And Mick's not relishing the prospect.
S01 • E06 "Eellura" means opal in Aboriginal language. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
"Eellura" means opal in Aboriginal language.
S01 • E07 Pipe opal can be worth $1,500 a carat. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Pipe opal can be worth $1,500 a carat.
S01 • E08 It's painful. I've got to go down that hole and try - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
It's painful. I've got to go down that hole and tr...
S01 • E05 'It just drives you nuts in the end.' - Outback Opal Hunters 00:11
'It just drives you nuts in the end.'