Opal Miner Hits Underground Cascade Of Dirt Filled With Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Gems!
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2023
- A new season on the opal field begins and I must say we are filled with hope, at the possibility that this year will be the year we find the big one!
To kick things off myself and JC head down into the family opal mine in an attempt to make some quick money fossicking for opal in old timer backfill.
We spend considerable time sieving by hand with an old school shaker table.
To our great excitement we discovered quite a few killer gems along with fossil wood and specimens pieces.
While underground we also had to do a little work on our kanga loader replacing a tyre which with the proper tool for the job was easy done!
We also found a bit of wildlife making its home done the mine!
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It’s a bad day to be a rock! 
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Love that these guys find a cave full of precious gems and the first thing they do is sit around and hang out with a frog for a while.
Leaving the tools and parts for your kids to figure out is totally something a dad would do.
Hahahah classic dad move
My dad left me on a small motorbike in the middle of nowhere. I couldn't start it he came back an hour later to show me one more time and he left. After that he couldn't get me off😂
I grew up on a farm. When I was 13, my dad brought a box with a part for INSIDE the tractor transmission. He put a box of tools on top of the box and gave me 3 days to finish the part change. I finished it before 36 hours were up, and I love mechanicking ever since.
It's a great dad move, he helped but you have to figure it out. Self-reliance is a valuable lesson everyone needs to learn.
my grandfather mined for opals. he found a fabulous huge stone, had it cut, set in 18ct gold and mailed it to me in canada in a matchbox, with a stamp on one side, and a partial address on the other. I got it on my 12 birthday, and have worn it every day since then. it's been resized, reset, stepped on my horses, bashed around, and fallen out of its setting, and I'm still wearing it. i'm over 65 now. it still looks great.
Wow that’s a brilliant story ! How special that is, I bet you wear it with pride of your grandfathers toils ! So cool
I would have been so worried about it being destroyed in the mail
Hey Guys. Just watched your filtering through dust and stones for those beautiful coloured stones we call Opal. My Grandfather, Herbert Wilson with Grandmother Ethel were one of Coober Pedys Pioneers. Grandad in the 50's, found a giant piece that made it to World status called the Australis Olympus. HE sold it back in the day for over £500's. Today worth Millions IF it's not cut up and on display in Sydney. Your show melted my Heart with nostalgia. I am 75 yrs, but I missed living in Dugouts.
Never give up because there is a Vein just waiting for you both. Cheers Shirley V. Vic. Goodluck
I can only imagine the keen eyes old timers had to spot opal without the UV light
The uv light is a godsend!
Back in my day sunny we didn't have any of those new fangled lights. We had to walk 15 miles up hill both ways to just get to the mines.
Same with gold before metal detectors so much missed gold
I was think that When he was talking about them throwing away the smaller Opal… it’s possible it was just missed
All that dust you're breathing in is very bad for your health and long life, do it out in the fresh air where the wind or water can whip it away, otherwise I'd recommend a good dust mask.
My dad was a coal miner, I know how hard you guys graft, keep going, it’s great viewing.
Thank you for watching! It’s a miners life for me!!
@@younggunsopalhunters pppp😊😊
Where is this, where do you find this stuff. I assume you can't find this in an unmonitored place surely? Aren't they hella expensive
take some water down the mine for the frogs make a little puddle pond down there , you wouldn't believe the benefit for the little guy, you never know boys if you do gods work for the frogs god might smile on you for the opels.
We have had a bit of rain down one end of the mine it has a few ft of water in one of the lower sections, I should have checked down there could have been a whole frog army 😂
@@younggunsopalhunters cool, the frog didnt look too dry when i think about it
Why Are you excited by seeing wood??
@@jeanetteilm50 any wood down there is beyond “AGED” possibly hundreds of thousands of years or more & as you can see there are ZERO trees there & so how old do you think the wood would actually be? Wood changes composition over thousands of years, when compacted with other organic material & even under heated pressure. Even sometimes it can change into an actual gem- like a black gem (forgot the name), but where you’ll still see the lines of the original wood in the gems.. The age & the process it must go thru over the years is pretty amazing. You can bet whatever age & process these opals went through, that wood has went thru the same; making them very old & valuable to the right collector.
I’ve also heard this opal is only found in Australia, no where else in the world. If that be the case, then not only is the Opal gem worth way more than it’s given credit, but everything else in that mine should be considered as such as well- in my opinion. I’m in North Carolina, USA & in my small town I love to check our local water area for gems & do get lucky sometimes. I found a black gem that used to be a tree- I had no idea until last week what exactly I found- it looks like coal, but it’s not, it’s much harder & you can see the lines in it. So, I guess the beauty is in the eye of the beholder really if one asks “why the wood”? Life is precious in all forms, but there is something extra special about these finds, especially for those of us that seek them out. 🤗
@@jillellis62 you probably found Jet, which if you want to confirm will scratch not black like coal, but rich brown onto an abrasive surface.
1:56 The beginning of that beautiful cascade was just incredibly satisfying. I know the profession is hard and sporadic, but it sure seems like a lot of fun down there. Who doesn't love digging in the dirt for treasure?! And with these guys it is ACTUAL treasure!!!
This is my dream job. Imagine going to work, and literally being a treasure hunter.
So cool to clear an old shaft and still find a couple grand worth of quality opals. Living the dream.
I’ve never actually seen a cascade explained so well. But seeing all those rocks fall through that hole was a visual explanation.
I could literally watch you guys all day. Have watched you from the start on outback opal hunters and so glad to see you succeed in your opal mining career!.
Thank you for watching! It’s been an adventure with many more to come!
I could spend all day doing this and not find anything and still be happy what a fantastic hobby and a job
Trust me there are plenty of days like that! But they days you do find them are even more special!
The technology to cut stones has improved a lot by now as well. That is probably a major factor in what was kept and what was thrown back then. What you can use today is far larger then what they could use back then.
That’s a very good point! The smaller pieces are much easier and worthwhile for us to cut these days!
@@younggunsopalhunters There has been a similar situation with the Gold Fields down here in Victoria. Tech to find gold has improved so much that 'old workings' are being re-searched to find gold that the 'old timers' might have missed. Always interesting to see the effect new tech has on these kinds of industries. LOVE the look of opals, glad to see they are still going strong up there.
And opal is used for what?
Does every human need opal for living a good life!?
Give yourself a respet!
Take care anyone!
now they jewlers that specialize in flaws stones..they cut the stone in certain ways to accentuate the flaws. it's very interesting. flawed diamonds cut into slices instead of stones are beautiful.
Good to see you guys back in action after the summer months, and that opal is beautiful gentlemen! Well done you two, can't wait to see what else you guys pull out next, and excited for your next claim! Well done once again, keep it up!
Hopefully the new claim is the one!
@@younggunsopalhunters So what is the end process here? You sand/cut the stone or will sell this stone after a quick sand and a jewelry maker will encase it, or create ways to wear it? Looks so fun
@Maria CANCER hey, go find soursop fruit and eat it everyday. It cures it 100%. Boil soursop leaves as tea for 1hr, let it steep, drink before bed. Google what soursop fruit does.
@@younggunsopalhunters Pineapples Galore BHOYS 😂💚💛🏴💪
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It's great that I found your channel. I've watched you guys on Discovery but I'm in the US and haven't seen the show in a while. Now I've got to binge watch your videos. I'm glad I'm an Ole Retired Guy 😂. Lot's of time on my hands. Good Hunting Guys!!!
Thank you for watching!
Same here! It's great to watch glad you enjoy too mate 😁
Thank you for the fun of looking. I also love to watch Black Opal Direct!!
Justin is amazing love his channel!
I'm over the moon for you guys, started watching the show last year with the hubby and now we're addicted. Awesome find.
Hahaha awesome Tiara ! Glad you guys enjoy, cheers !
I would have been afraid of a ceiling collapse with all of that dirt coming out!!! CONGRATS!!!
That’s why we kept the hole small to control the inrush lucky the ground is so solid around it all
I thought the same thing!
Right!?!? 😮
Shew can't wait to see a million dollar plus pocket of that beautiful Opal. Much love brothers and good luck.
Thanks legend! We can’t wait to share the million dollar find video just have to find it hahah
@@younggunsopalhunters DO you offer work and chance to buy in with you at all ? I asked a year ago and no Reply.. Need to rebuild after Government destroyed everything 💢
@@younggunsopalhunters That's a lot of loose soil to fall out !?? Holes everywhere it seems ?
@@younggunsopalhunters you say " it's old loose dirt that's already been dug" ? But it seems like the entrance is on flat land .. So how is it already dug mate ?
So happy for you guys!! Thanks for a great video.
Opals are hands down the prettiest. That green one 🥹
I couldn’t agree more!
That was a frog
Good to see more content straight from the source!
It’s awesome doing our own videos hopefully many more to come!
26:00 Can't HELP but wonder just HOW MANY good opal pieces you two are leaving behind this way!!!
You find some ya miss some the real money is in digging it out not going throw backfill, but if we ever need a little more diesel money we just go back to this spot and give it another go round! :) thanks for watching!
They should definitely go back and save today's tailings for round two of $1000 stones.
Great throw away finds!
@@younggunsopalhunters ?
Now I know why you are opal hunters, as you don't need to spell good.
Like?
[quoute] not going throw backfill, [unquote]
You what?
Now did you mean THROW, or through - or maybe even threw?
One is to go from one side to the other, as to go THROUGH old scree material, looking for something missed, whereas both THROW & THREW deal with the tossing of something (now 0r some time ago)
We are going to THROW a ball, but need to work THROUGH some scree.
@@QUIX4U lol why are you so mad
@@QUIX4U Are you okay dude? Don't worry about it man, it is just a word. 💀
Awesome. They are beautiful.
So fun to watch these opal miners, such a beautiful stone! These miners are brave as well, going into mine shafts.. thank you and best of luck!
Good onya Boy’s great to see you back amongst the Opal. Have fun and work safely guys 👍🏻.
Thank you as always for watching!
@@younggunsopalhunters
It’s great stuff you’re presenting us with, so it’s my pleasure to watch you blokes living the life.
Glad to see you guys keep up the hard word and posting the vids I love opal and watching people find it
Thank you for watching!
ITS RAINING ROCKS HALLELUJAH!!!! 🪨 🎉
Hahaha let it keep on raining!
i love EVERYTHING about this video . there is literally NOTHING i don't like . these guys are the chillist dudes. not once was i nor did I become alarmed about being in a effing MINE UNDERGROUND in the middle of australia. good times
Hahaha thank you for watching it’s a pretty chill laid back lifestyle out here!
I have worn an opal for years and it’s a beautiful picture of a broken and contrite heart❤️
Best gemstone!
It's an avalanche of colour!
Well done Young Guns
Now that would be awesome to find!
Have a safe and successful season ladds! Nice to see ya back!
Thank you hopefully it’s a good one!
Like raining pennies from heaven , but opals from the ground gods! You guys rock!
You'll find your fortune's fallin' all over the town 🎶
Wow amazing beautiful natural gems keep it up my friend good luck 👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
Hey! Thank you for watching the video it’s a privilege to be able to share the adventures!
Good luck this season you guys. Those old timers pickings were stellar.
Thank you hopefully a good year!
Oh man, I'd love to be down there with you guys! I'm a trained Goldsmith and I know I'd be so keen to work with every opal we find! All the best and good finds guys! This is just awesome!
That’s awesome Moritz ! Would love to see what you could create with the beautiful stones. !
I agree I’d be a kid for sure my dad was a jeweler and i learned tons about gems and grading now i wanna go dig for them
@@6699JAMES6699 unfortunately I don't have many fotos of the work I've done in the past but these stones would make some lovely pendants and rings! I mean there is an opal for pretty much any piece since there is such a high variety :)
@@angelaoconner1927 oh yeah! Once you're into jewelry the fascination for gems won't end! Would be so cool to make a piece from start to finish including digging up the materials for it! :)
I think the frog was happy to have company!! What beauties!
Atomic frog for the win!
It Raining Gem 💎
Hallelujah Its Raining Gem 💎
💎 ...Amen 😉👍🏻
Hahahah 🎉🎉
I love that frog now 😊. Need more frog updates and facts on the show . 🐸
We will definitely bring you all the froggy updates hahah
So fascinating to see mining methods from the best opal in the world today, i hope you can continue sharing your journeys
Bit of an old school technique but sometimes simple is best!
Love it guys. More of this
Hahah thanks for watching bloody good fun! Need to find some big bits to send to you! Just need the opal gods to smile on us with something worthy to be cut by the master!
I collected bits in the late 90s and have a few of those smooth hard stones. No color, but now I know what they are…glacial…thanks JC!
Thanks for watching!
Sure it's not just wood?
I love seeing you guy’s finding opal, it’s so addictive. You produce amazing content please please please keep it coming. I wish you all every success and any luck going. As another great miner says “it’s big and it’s cheesy” 👍
Awesome find!
Wow, that looks real fun. Congrats boys
Opal falls 😃 and fast wheel change. Glad to see you're having a good run of finds. I have just started my opal obsession journey, I would be too scared to cut and polish stones that good yet. Fantastic work young guns.
That green tree frog brought y'all some good luck. Hello from West Virginia, USA..👍 opals are beautiful 😍
Jefferey take me hooooooome 🤠
Thank you for watching!
Beautiful! Indescribably so.
Good days work.💵💵
An awesome days work!
I don't know what's more beautiful, the colours are gorgeous. You guys have come such a long way. Keep digging 😁😁😁
Thanks for following our journey!
I'm not normally given to envy, but your jobs look awesome - and the opals are amazing. Thanks for the ride, guys.
Thank you for coming along on the adventure! Best job we have ever had
This is my first time watching but I will say if y’all’s father owns that and you respectfully left it instead of digging it out your dad must be a proud man 👍🏻💪🏻🇺🇸
Definitely a nice little clean out !!
Definitely!
Hell yeah man it's good to see you guys back in business, looking forward to awesome season full of amazing stones!
Yes can't wait this season is gonna be rock solid 😅💎
We where counting the days till we got back! There’s lots of work ahead but we are making progress and hopefully it will be a good year!
@@younggunsopalhunters it's always a lot of work man, that's just part of the game. Looking forward to you guys finding a big cheesy seam that launches you guys to the next level!
I fell asleep while RUclips and woke up to the sound of you guys having so much fun! 😂 what an education! I’m now a subscriber.
@@brendadavis8248 hahahah
Just discovered this channel today, this makes mining look like so much fun. I'm sure there's a ton of really hard work that goes on behind the scenes to make these videos but man what a rush. It's a modern day treasure hunt!
Same
Yes & NO - just like any "tunnelling work" - being down an opal mine with loose rock/scree left, right, & directly overhead, some of the shafts are death traps.
One of my high school friends, who went to the WA opal fields, is still somewhere under a pile of scree.
In other words - he suffered a cave-in & it killed him.
Probably only in his mid 20's.
Glad you found us! There’s a lot of rough moments and we sometimes share that stuff but it’s the good moments like this that make it all worthwhile!
Gday Young Guns. Thank you for the none stop viewing over the weekend. Watched all 25 videos and now have subscribe to your channel. Almost feel like a miner now as Listening to you all has been like a school room lesson. Almost think its time I donated myself to come and offer a hand working the tailings and shoveling the buckets to the top. Thanks guys for the great videos. I will keep and eye on what's to come from you all. Stay safe and happy mining.
Hahah thank you for watching our videos! It’s a heck of a lot of fun doing this job!
@@younggunsopalhunters I know its not a quick get rich job but the rewards of seeing something that's been underground for thousands of years is the reward. But there is that big payday factor in there to. Would love to spend a week in the fields and get some hands on work. Would be amazing.
perfect
I love Opal, this show is so amazing and I love the whole bunch of the Aussie crews. They're so fun and I love that Aussie get up and go plus that fantastic accent. You all Rock, get it 😄😂
What accent 😂 jks
What an incredible start to the new season! Your passion and hard work in searching for that elusive "big one" is truly inspiring. 🌟 The gems and fossil wood you found are amazing, and it's great to see you keeping the tradition of hand-sieving alive with the shaker table. 🔍💎
Kudos for handling the kanga loader repair so efficiently! 🛠 It's always interesting to see the different aspects of working in an opal mine.
I'd love to see more of your daily life on the opal field, perhaps showing the processes involved in cutting and polishing the gems you find. Keep up the fantastic work and best of luck in your search for the big one! Can't wait for the next episode! 😊👍 #OpalAdventure
Thanks so much for the awesome comment ! So awesome to find some gems when you don’t really expect to !
Love to hear feedback on what you want to see, we will definitely get more cutting and day to day stuff and general living in the future, all part of the process
one man's trash is another man's treasure 🎉🎉🎉
That’s the saying!
Glad to see y'all !! 😊
Thanks for watching!
The frog is toatally cool. Reminds me of Justin's dad's black opal frog. Cool stuff and hope you guys find a killer patch of opal or two!
The frog is awesome if he’s still there we know there is no snakes hahah
Holy moly!!! Lucky find, boys! Hell ya!
🤠⛏
Good times right there!
Always my dude !
Awe those little frogs are so cute! 🐸
I'm a gold prospector but also like all treasure and I would be in my element down there in that honey hole! I could see loads more you didn't notice when you were tipping the classifier out but I'm sure you will probably go through it all once it's on the top so nothing will be lost. 👍👌❤️💛💚
Wish I could come help you lot out...
Brilliant again...you're a bunch of top lads ,and from England, I hope you find that streak that gives you all a fantastic life...
She’s a pretty fantastic life right now doing this job with great friends and sharing the adventure with awesome people! Thank you for watching! Hopefully we’ll make a decent find this year so we can do more of what we love in other parts of Australia as well! Lightning ridge here we come hahah
Stunning. Lucky devils! Good on ya, God bless ya!
Awesome thanks!
Opals were my grandmother's birthstone, and she had a giant ring with one - it fascinated me as a kid (sadly it was stolen later). I'm in Canada, but I've traveled to the Opal mine areas in Idaho - and I really wanted to do some opal hunting while I was there! Unfortunately it didn't happen. you guys must have so much fun doing this kind of hunt! What a beautiful rock.
It's my gmas first name Opal and her mom's name was Ruby
These videos are so well done. I love this content!
Thank you this one was a bit of a rush but glad you enjoyed it next one will hopefully be even better!
@@younggunsopalhunters :)
I'm so happy your channel popped up on my feed.
I lo♡e Opals.
This will be fun.
Aloha fun from Hawaii.
Yay!
Thank you for watching!
Great video and great find!
Looking forward for Many more to come🎉Have a time and best of luck!
More coming asap!
Glad to see you back with a new video. Nice finds boys!
Hopefully many more finds and videos this year :)
Opal is the King and Queen of Gemstones.
Frankston Lapidary Club;Victoria, Australia. Great stuff of dreams. Thank you both 💎
Thank you for taking a look!
holy shit good job guys!
Thank you was a fun video to shoot!
Great stuff fellas! I just wish that I could see all of the Outback Opal Hunters episodes that I've missed, especially season 8. Be nice to be able to buy/rent them easily, without joining a big provider or buying Discovery etc. I don't watch TV and mainly watch youtube. Bought at least a couple thousand dollars worth of Opal since I started watching OOH, some from the Blacklighters but mainly various others. Trying to support the miners plus I've always been fascinated with Opal. Love it!..and love your episodes of Young Guns. Thanks.
You are a bloody legend hoodatman ! Good on you for buying straight from the miners and supporting the guys getting their hands dirty to find these beautiful gems
It's amazing there's no dust hardly.
Very moist claystone!
This rather reminds me of what I was doing many, many years ago. I had a grinder, two or three saws (commercially made) a couple I built (can lid blades -mud) built a faceting machine. Did some carvings. Actually made a little money!
The best part of the operation was when I began buying "mine run" mail-order from "Coober Peddy" if memory serves. Half-pound bags.
Lot of books probably about 2-year degree in geology & minerology. Self directed with input from a couple geology ProfsI knew.
Lots of fun, but a lot headaches and "midnight oil"
Thanks much. Subscribed.
Absolutely love you guys! Hoping to come to white cliffs next for a tour 💚
Hope to see you out here come say hello 👋🏻
nice find there. I wish I had the stuff those miners were tossing. Loved this video. the quality is great, the sound is great, the shots are great, the editing...man, you guys are getting better at production than mining...(almost 😉)
Keep up the good work. and thanks from all of us, especially we who cut opals. without all your hard efforts we wouldnt have these beautiful gems.
Wishing you lots of success this year.
Probably need to upgrade the main camera soon to the one we use for the close ups then the quality would be hectic! If the channel keeps going well I’ll have to invest in some better gear but glad it’s still decent enough quality for now :) thanks as always for watching mate!
So-so - beautiful!!
It’s crazy what’s buried in the earth!
This reminds me of an episode of Outback Opal Hunters from Mintabe, just before it was all shut down. One family, (father, son, daughter-in-law) operation was trying to get as much opal as they could in their final few weeks before all miners had to leave, so the father had them dig out an old mine shaft where he’d dumped tons of opal-bearing rock years before, as he wasn’t able to work it at the time. It was loaded with prime Mintabe opal!
Your consideration for the frogs well being got you a new subscriber.
Gotta respect the wild life that makes it home in such a harsh place ! Love our furry, feathered, scaly, slimy and spiked friends !
It's an extraordinary struggle that you go through with joy, I hope that what you do reaps maximum results. I like this adventure greetings from Indonesia 👌👍👍
Thanks so much legend ! We do it for the big find one day but also the lifestyle and love of it !
WOW! Bunch of beautiful glow. Cute frogs.
Thanks for watching!
Opal is my birthstone, I’m just drooling.
Great to see you guys in action. Met Jaymin and Noah at the water treatment plant in white cliffs the other day....they're bloody legends as I thought
Hey mate! Thanks for checking out the video!
Here's to a good season boys. Guessing the new claim is surrounded by owls being called hooters. Really enjoy your videos thanks for keeping the story rolling.
Yeah mate !! Was checking out one of the big peppercorn trees on the claim when a white owl flew out in the middle of the day !
WOW... POCKETS of JOY!!! MANNNN Nothing like going into a pocket and feeling around, But this one has them just flying out!
those tunnles would make the coolest home i could ever want you are so lucky !!
Epic channel, think you guys are trending.
Thank you for watching! The video is doing unbelievably well we are so grateful and privileged to be able to share the adventure!
I don't think he's missed it, us old miners would leave minerals sometimes so we can follow the veins
They left a lot of material in there, and we know they didn’t have a market for the slightly lower grade opal,
This was at the bottom of around a 35 foot shaft that they would have to dig all the backfill to get unless they by chance dig into it from underneath like us
Y'all have the coolest job
We think so!
Love seeing your hauls!! ❤
Need more videos from you guys let’s goooooo! One of the best teams mining Opal these days!!!!
Hahah we are working on it slow and steady we’ll get there!
How the heck are you guys not dusted out with all of that falling dirt and debris? There's like zero dust!!! It's amazing really!!
Moisture is my guess crystal need moisture right?
I wonder why there's zero dust. Weird haha
The CGI isnt good enough to create realistic dust clouds yet. Mine shafts tho... 👍
@@casucasueq4479 dude I didn't wanna think it but... haha
@@casucasueq4479 then again how do you know it's CGI