The Boulder Boys Mine A Treasure When They Were About To Quit | Outback Opal Hunters
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- In Opalton, Queensland, the Boulder Boys find what they needed to get back to the game!
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These 2 are the definition of "Mate". Can't get better than that.
Good for them! I don't envy the stress of losing everything but I DO envy finding those opals. Magical
6:32 "it's alright" - those two guys are so entertaining.
I found a black opal ring when i was a kid set in platinum. I handed it in to the police and 6 weeks later it was mine as no one claimed it. I got £4k for it which was a lot of money in the 80s.
Why would you ever turn it in to the police?
@@getchasome6230 because its the right thing to do. My mother lost her purse the year before and somebody handed that in to the police so i was paying it on. I got it back when novbody had claimed it so what does matter anyway.
@@howey935 I guess it dont matter to a kid. 🤷♂️
@@getchasome6230 my mam put the £4k in a high intrest account and it went towards my first car.
@@howey935 oh ok, I had to buy my own first car but that's cool too.
So basically a butterfly is their calling card
That electric blue is stunning. You Really struck a great spot. Such an incredible lot of opal you struck. Congratulations 🇳🇿🙏🙏🙏🌸💞💜💐
That one guy: “you’re always pocketing me lighter!”
In any language, living right side up or even upside down, hard work + determination = success. Blimey!
Very happy for the Boulder Boys. Hard work pays off
You boulder boys need to hit it big you guys work so hard I'm praying for big opal good luck and God bless
very dear .... why the stone in the middle? Try to cut the stone starting from the edges ... scrape the skin little by little.
Butterflies see UV light and opal glows in UV.
ole mate sounds like he's straight out of the 1950's
Ron got the voice for a actor/pirate GRRRRRG MATEY
Find after find that’s amazing congrats for you boys hard work pays or for some
In Memorium: Les Walsh 2020. Gone but not forgotten.
Just love their toughness to see it out.
I always wanted to travel the world And find amazing rocks like that 😍✨
I found one in my back garden worth $150,000
1:46
“That’s a nice bloody pancake”
It may not be big chunks in some of those but wow the color in those nodules! Some of those are absolutely incredible! I'd give my entire collection of prehistoric stone spear points for one rough bit of color.
If u follow the pinch and find the ledge where they fall off, you trace that down and you will find treasure that drop off is where a old reef or beach use to brace a cliff or a nice rock where a lot of shell fish use to gather.
I respect this guys they knows the public safety.... Awesome 👍👍👍👍👍
Man they found some big pieces👍 What a good day🙂
His dad would be so proud
This guy just licking the raw minerals 🤣 that don’t seem safe
RIP Ron 💙
I love this Quest Watching here in the philippines 💙
“I’m eating fish tonight!”
~Bruce the great white shark from “Finding Nemo”
Tell me why the old man has the perfect shark voice lmao
He's Australian
U know it’s a good day when u both leave arm in arm;) bloody good day hehe
Wow guys the colors are amazing good finds
6:30 gets me rofling every time XDXDXD
I like how mr croc dundee done to his shirt for aeration and ease of drying😆😆😆
Luv these 2 fellas
Best TV show ever
I can watch this over and over , awesome video 👍
That guy looks and sounds like the guy from waterboy 😂😂😂
lol
RIP Ron 🙏
Good on ya Ron...from the Point of Gulf of St Vincent!
2:27 pause it and see the opal behind
There hiding the biggest and best stuff for themselves, the camera wasn't supposed to see that.
@@itz_ghosty9775 because they were never really about to quit, it's all for TV.
@@jimmyc00l i was wondering about that they walked away with two bags yet it looked like hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around
Good for you. Cheers
I may be an Aussie but I still need sub titles for these blokes
Les Jay Co 😲😂 I work with an Irishman teacher and I often have to tell him please speak slowly and clearly and in English!😂
If your been in the Bush most of ya Life, you can understand em.
Lumber Jaxe Too right digger
I think that's the most beautiful stone
You boys are legendary 👍
Do they look at their piles of dirt with black lights at night. I've seen other videos and the opals glow and are easily spotted.
Great find for all their work.
Good progress
Older guy was like Sean Connery in Indiana Jones.
Nice Boulder opal specimens there mate!
German Bill and your dad dug that it was a very deep level with good opal from memory it was about 60 foot maybe even 80 probably the deepest mined in opalton
Awesome finds
Wanna be drunk in less than 7 mins? Take a drink every time they say "mate." Doesn't even have to be hard liquor. Doesn't need to be a shot. Guarentee you're still hammered by the end
Yeah I also do not understand why these guys are slicing and cracking the stones in half, when they know there's Opal in there.
I think they're just excited and want to see more of the color, and "crack the egg open" to see the surprise inside. However, in cracking that egg, they're losing a lot of value in stones that would've been 2x the size. Guy slices the rock right in half, then opens it up to show the opal is now cut in half. So a 120ct stone is now 2 60ct pieces. Doesn't seem logical.
M Jay
They are slicing it because buyers will only pay for what they see. If the rock is 15cm x 15cm and is only showing one little seam where it has been knocked the buyer won’t pay much for it. Cut it in half it could show half a dozen seams, cut it in half again and if it is still showing half a dozen seams, you have hit a jackpot. Massive increase in value to what the original piece was showing. I’m speaking from a miner and cutters experience. I mined and cut boulder for 30 years. I even worked in this mine with Aaron’s father for a few weeks a lot off years ago.
In rough form as these are, they're sold by weight. You can smash them to dust (in theory) and still have the same value.
another armchair expert talking shit in the comments?
@@toptier2800 are you?
That old white haired Donny sounds like bane from Batman
Amazing specimens, well done
If i ever won lotto , first thing ill do is seek out gentlemen like these fine ozzies & buy up their mighty opal...Diamonds are worthless....
This might surprise you but diamonds may soon be used for rocket fuel.
@Logging Inc. Yeah cutting rock to get to the opals...
@Logging Inc. diamonds are manufactured, they are also not very rare in the earths crust which effects the true value. You may pay a high price buying diamonds, just don't try to resell them and if you do, find someone dumb.
I guess I do not know much as some just look like slivers and they think it is great. What is done with the thin sections? Can someone explain? 🤔
You guys deserve so much luck, you work so hard, and don't get the price it's worth in my eyes. Maybe in the future you will team up with someone that will cut and sell for you. You could triple your money..
RIP Ron 😢
Wow that was some fire opal!!! 🔥🔥🔥
i knew a couple boulder boys in high school but it was the kind you smoke
I never understand why they snap the opal in half instead of cutting around it surely they could get a better price if it's one whole piece, I know opal is a soft material but are large opals really fragile or something
If a miner relies on a diamond saw to cut right through a stone he risks shattering the opal that it hides. By making a shallow cut then splitting it with a hammer and wedge it will split along the grain and hardly damage the opal at all.
@@MaxB6851 But why cut it in two at all? Surely one big opal is worth more than two smaller ones?
You truly are real fools. How on earth do you think they have the resources to cut every single rock they find by saw? Hammer it in half and find out if it’s good or not, if not In the rubbish pile.
@@mmountain1233 dude, no need to be rude. It was just a question. Calm down man
Because people who cut the opals buy them with the other rock still ontop of it. The best way to show the true size of the opal contained inside Is to cut the bolder in half. It's the only way to show the stream goes through the entire rock and you will get more value out of it this way. They're not stupid, there's a reason why every single miner does the same. It's not the job of the miners to make the whole opal visible.
I thought a picture of Sean Connery as Indiana Jone's father was in the damn thumbnail
How do I get a job with these guys
You surch some prisius stone n destroy erth🤣🤣
Sha-bam, nice colors man. Too bad you gotta break those rocks to find the gemstone. Could an X-ray machine help, do you think?
Great if you have the power and money
some lovely shades of brown there. shame they had that coloured stuff in them.
Love their accent
C'mon guys... get it for Dad.
Edit: So happy for the guys.
The value total should only be tallied up on payment from a buyer.
good luck lads 👍
I want an opal for my big sister. She likes opals.
Old man with the beard had like a American southern/Australian accent
I was thinking Dwarf dialog from Lord of the Rings
You can guess for anything . But he proof is in the buyers pocket after they’ve walked away with it.
When we there be a new season by the boulder boys?
Spent 7 and a half minutes having “a look at that”
I m looking out for Emerald gemstone, if you have than I would love to buy it.
I have two ..
Brilliant lads 👍🏻
Fucking premium mates good on ya
Muito bom 👍👍
In opal mining, is there an overburden like gold mining?
Great job boys 👍👍💪💪
How long is a season for Opal
guess the Butterfly is leading where is the Best place to find your gems!
Wonder if there is gold in there...
You beauty!
THE BOULDER BOY'S COLOR
Aren't they ruining the pieces by cutting them randomly ?
Boys found a tomascus opal
All of these but 1 are what I would consider potch. Almost useless slivers of opal. Original haul realistically, about 5000. After cutting,maybe and I mean MAYBE 20,000
How do they do this math- 12 kilos call it 25 pounds yielded 60 grams or roughly 2 ounces of opal????? I deal with opal, one of those opals is more than 60 grams alone.
Maybe change the mines name to Dragonfly- Butterfy mine!
Okay, who else thinks they ruined a lot of opal with their technique?
I think they made it more valuable for themselves. Going from small coloured, to thick colourbar inside. Otherwise they would have sold it as it is, and not knowing what is actually inside, making it a better deal for the buyer.
One way or another, the rocks would have to be cut.
They made it clear that had they not cut the rocks, they would have gotten a pittance compared to color bars showing big opal deposits. They know what they are doing.
@@davidgraham2673 Thanks for your input. They took all the time to get the rough, and they use ham handed techniques to see what they have. Go ahead and do it that way. I would not.
That is nice
i cant fathom that they sell the shit not cut up
Watching this stuff is so interesting
Very noice maits💪
❤this pair ❤️❤️❤️
Don't get y slicing in half... Don't cut edges to keep in one piece?
Obviously these guys are experts and this is the way opal mining is done, but the way they are so rough with such a fragile material and how the break rocks in half and and up with two small pieces rather than cutting it properly and having larger prices. I don't get it, literally cutting opal bearing rough pieces directly in half and splitting the opal in half instead of working closer and closer to the colour, seems lazy. You'd never see a sapphire miner cut straight through the middle of a rock, they work it as they read the rock to find the most amount of gem
I think part of it is just because of the TV show aspect, like they gotta show the audience something real, and the producers don't want to film months in advance + shell out for having this stuff professionally cut.
@@Rob_Fordd Yea of for sure they need to see action and the whole process from mining to a finished cut opal is months I believe, but I'm pretty sure it's common practice to just whack their boulders in half to reveal the opal inside, that's with boulder opal anyway. I just feel like of they were a bit more careful it would pay off more. Black and crystal opal is different. Someone correct me if I'm wrong! Also we are talking about good ol Aussie country boys, they don't tend to fluff around
I need to get me one of those hammers. It breaks rock cleaner than my saw can cut them FFS