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Scratching for opal in long abandoned mines
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Outback Opal Hunters

Scratching for opalin long abandoned mines

Scratching for opal
in long abandoned mines

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Scratching for opal in long abandoned mines.
Duration
4 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:08
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 • E06 We done the nitro, you know? Yeah.Now we make the bombs. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
We done the nitro, you know? Yeah.Now we make the bombs.
S01 • E07 I've just drilled into the floor - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
I've just drilled into the floor
S01 • E01 Digging out shards with simple hand tools, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
Digging out shards with simple hand tools,
S01 • E05 This outback town is home to the most valuable opal of them all... - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
This outback town is home to the most valuable opal of them ...
S01 • E06 OK. What you do, you go like that. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
OK. What you do, you go like that.
S01 • E04 But...whether we can nut it out in the next 28 days, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
But...whether we can nut it out in the next 28 days,
S01 • E06 While George has been using explosives for 40 years... - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
While George has been using explosives for 40 years...
S01 • E07 18km away, the Bomb Kings, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:10
18km away, the Bomb Kings,
S01 • E06 And then you tuck it in there. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
And then you tuck it in there.
S01 • E05 It's also the stomping ground of brothers Mick and Pete Cooke. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
It's also the stomping ground of brothers Mick and Pete...
S01 • E02 600 kilometres northwest of Sydney, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
600 kilometres northwest of Sydney,
S01 • E03 Opalton, central Queensland. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
Opalton, central Queensland.
S01 • E04 Their lease is the size of 300 football fields, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
Their lease is the size of 300 football fields,
S01 • E06 ..Dan and Justin don't want their first time to be their last. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
..Dan and Justin don't want their first time to be thei...
S01 • E08 You know, you already put your life on the line coming down here. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
You know, you already put your life on the line coming down ...
S01 • E01 (LAUGHTER) - Outback Opal Hunters 00:08
(LAUGHTER)
S01 • E06 Take it down. And then you come down like this. Put your body in roll. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
Take it down. And then you come down like this. Put your bod...
S01 • E08 Why not put your life on the line a little bit more. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
Why not put your life on the line a little bit more.
S01 • E05 The Cookes are midway through their exploration dig - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
The Cookes are midway through their exploration dig
S01 • E06 Very important. Don't go like that. Don't expose the detonator there. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
Very important. Don't go like that. Don't expose t...