Aussies Look for Gold in the Harsh Australian Outback | Aussie Gold Hunters Season 1

in the harsh wildlands of the world's oldest continent three crews are hunting a hidden fortune in aussie gold follow me to the gold engulfed in my veins and i live and breathe it gold is a passion we have spent our life savings on this little project this is my office why would you choose anywhere else braving the unforgiving outback all sorts of things wouldn't mind a piece of you how much gold have they taken with big and machines dollar dreams we've got a target this year of 600 ounces survival means staying on target scar gets amore on time season's closing really quickly hunting the big stride yes yes yes that can change their lives show me the money right there in a heartbeat this is the biggest nugget we've ever found greg and christine clark are the gold gypsies a husband and wife crew chasing a single dream what brought us together yeah the shiny stuff gold i don't know if you call it arse or class but my wife has a talent in locating gold it's just in her blood could this be the first nugget for jacks hill whoa congratulations sweetheart you got your first jackshield nugget it's dirty but it's lovely 400 kilometers northwest something big is stirring in the bush its name goldzilla the 45-ton monster is a dry blower a vast processing machine which uses air to separate gold nuggets and particles from rocks soil and fine dust gold means income at the end of the day a lot of fun finding it a lot of challenges but at the end of the day it converts to the mighty dollar plenty more of that to come in this stuff i reckon 350 kilometres east friends and business partners henry chasing and kelly carter are getting set for a hardcore gold hunt do we need anything else yeah the fuel did jenny after five years working together it's a familiar routine we have a very good friendship kelly and i kelly is passionate about the bush kelly's born and bred here i can trust kelly she can trust me yeah i think we make a really good team we complement each other very well can i close the chat girl yeah lock her up let's roll the duo are remote prospectors their office the depths of the wild outback where rival gold hunters fear to go it's hot the sun you need water the snakes push fire you have to be ready for anything that can happen out bush 400 kilometres northwest dirt dogs vern and leon are stuck fast they need to hit the road hauling their half a million dollar dry blower goldzilla to a remote mine site 70 kilometers away worth giving to the yank give it a yank if a 14 ton loader can't haul goldzilla free the dogs will be stuck here putting their whole season at risk [Music] finally vern and leon can hit the rough bullfinch evanston dirt road on route to an isolated gold patch at catherine star kelly carter and henry chasing reached the end of the road get this squad off from here they're relying on their new six thousand dollar quad bike this quad's going to be so awesome it's going to make us get to places where we just couldn't access before 40 ounces shy of their season target they need to hit the dirt and the gold fast we've got a target here could be rubbish let's see [Music] i like it when i've done the first scraping and it's still there well it means more chance not not being [Music] rubbish oh i can see it there you go that's my first catherine star nugget we're on the on gold road to their new mine site dirt dogs vern and leon are closing fast on a major hazard there leon got a copy there mate [Music] coming up to the diary shortly just make sure we pull up well short of the hill and we'll uh get all the equipment checked over and uh into it [Music] the die hardy pass is a steep twisting hill descent okay in a 4x4 but with 45 tonnes of dry blower to hold in check it's a severe test for leon's breaks and skill to navigate the pass vern needs to anchor leon and goldzilla one slip or a broken chain could spell the end of the dog's season or worse what do you got there bring the pick over bring the pick over oh looks nice i think it might be it's a big sound so a big nugget oh that's nice [Applause] [Music] oh you know what that is that's what it's all about with 40 ounces to find in three months they need at least 140 grams to get off to a good start 4 5 10 15 16 22 12 30 oh 40 good luck 74 74.3 barely two and a half ounces just over three thousand dollars despite all their efforts it's barely halfway to target it doesn't cut it it's not good enough 2.44 ounces two and a half two and a half ounces for the week well that's about two and a half ounces short two and a half ounces is three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars barely enough to pay chris and greg's running costs we're not doing it right we're losing gold yeah and it's not economical all right we haven't earned any wages this week ourselves [Music]

Channel: Discovery Australia

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Rating: 4.8459458 out of 5

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Id: 6ffUbcs6cvU

Length: 7min 54sec (474 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 04 2020