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What they are looking for, is Queensland's boulder opal
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Outback Opal Hunters

What they are looking for,is Queensland's boulder opal, identified byits brown ironstone...

What they are looking for,
is Queensland's boulder opal, identified by
its brown ironstone backing, and can be worth
up to $4,000 a carat

Full Transcript

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What they are looking for, is Queensland's boulder opal,
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identified by its brown ironstone backing,
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and can be worth up to $4,000 a carat.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:50
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E04 The last time they were here, John's excavator - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
The last time they were here, John's excavator
S01 • E08 Now if they've hit a clay level, that clay gets bleached by the sun - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
Now if they've hit a clay level, that clay gets bleache...
S01 • E01 Brothers Mick and Pete Cooke are following clues, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
Brothers Mick and Pete Cooke are following clues,
S01 • E06 Just go through to see if we can sell anything. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
Just go through to see if we can sell anything.
S01 • E04 We got green opal! Look at the trace in here. Look at the trace. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
We got green opal! Look at the trace in here. Look at the tr...
S01 • E05 It said in the manual you've gotta turn that screw twice and pump the top. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
It said in the manual you've gotta turn that screw twic...
S01 • E08 It's not long before Col's gamble pays off. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
It's not long before Col's gamble pays off.
S01 • E07 And I have been digging for a while now. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:04
And I have been digging for a while now.
S01 • E02 They say that opal's, erm, one of the only gems that has emotions - Outback Opal Hunters 00:09
They say that opal's, erm, one of the only gems that ha...
S01 • E05 Outside Coober Pedy, the rookies still aren't mining. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Outside Coober Pedy, the rookies still aren't mining.
S01 • E04 (LAUGHS)(GRUNTS DRAMATICALLY) (LAUGHS) - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
(LAUGHS)(GRUNTS DRAMATICALLY) (LAUGHS)
S01 • E07 I've amassed all this dirt here - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
I've amassed all this dirt here
S01 • E06 Hopefully he'll like the opal - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
Hopefully he'll like the opal
S01 • E03 ..has taken its toll on their mining schedule and on Col. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
..has taken its toll on their mining schedule and on Col.
S01 • E05 Yeah, but don't do it until this is here, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
Yeah, but don't do it until this is here,
S01 • E04 Once the level's exposed like that, you're gonna get people coming around to look. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
Once the level's exposed like that, you're gonna g...
S01 • E06 She's banking on selling these stones to keep her mining operation - Outback Opal Hunters 00:07
She's banking on selling these stones to keep her minin...
S01 • E04 ..John re-buried it under tons of rubble. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
..John re-buried it under tons of rubble.
S01 • E07 My motivation, I think, has reached rock bottom. - Outback Opal Hunters 00:05
My motivation, I think, has reached rock bottom.
S01 • E06 But until they're cleaned up for sale, - Outback Opal Hunters 00:06
But until they're cleaned up for sale,