Aussie Gold Hunters
Upcoming episodes
Apr 21st
1200a
Episode 11
"The Scrappers are just over halfway to their season target and bleeding money. Alex decides tobring in machinery and push on a section of their Kings Hill lease called Relief Creek. He’sconvinced it holds the key to fast track their strike rate and a much-needed cash injection. ButAlex is forced to fly back to England and sell one of his small businesses to cash flow his golddream.The Gold Gypsies are desperate to find their final thirty ounces to reach target. After a flurry ofsmall nuggets, they venture to a remote creek bed on their Taurus lease and unearth a surprisefind.Earlier in the season, the Mahoneys unearthed six ounces of surface nuggets at their 8-Mile lease andthey’re now returning to find more. But will their $5,000 investment on a hired loader deliver thefifteen ounces they need to reach their season target?"
Apr 21st
100a
Episode 12
"The Dirt Dogs’ one million dollar target looks like a far-fetched dream as they chase over$350,000 of gold just weeks out from season end. Even with their three processing plantsworking around the clock, they may still not reach their “magic million.” But Jake has a plan toquickly restore an old ball mill that could deliver 4 – 5 more ounces a day. But will Jake get it upand running fast enough to help get his team to their target?The Mahoneys are over $22,000 of gold short of their target. If they don’t reach it, they won’t beable to finance a new four-wheel drive for next season, which will seriously hamper where theycan detect in the new year.Rick has just one ounce left to find to reach target, but finding that final $1600 of gold proves tobe much tougher than he could ever imagine."
Apr 21st
200a
Episode 13
"With the season end just days away, the Dirt Dogs have to deliver $233,000 of gold to reachtarget, so they need all three of their processing plants to be at peak performance. Last seasontheir huge Heap Leach plant delivered a monster eleventh hour payday to get them across theline, but that won’t be enough to close out this season. Entrepreneurial Jake is hoping his refittedold mill will deliver the gold they need to reach target.Alex returns from a UK business trip to find his mining partner Rod Bell has quit the Scrappers team.Not only is Alex a man down, but he and his father-in-law have to find thirty ounces of gold to reachtheir 100-ounce goal.The Gold Gypsies may be down but they’re never out, so they once again overcome gold thieveswhile hunting out the final few nuggets to make target."
Apr 28th
1200a
Episode 1
"The Dirt Dogs invest over three hundred thousand dollars into a new hardrock mining venture at Piefinch but with gold rich paydirt exhausted at theirMt Jackson lease, Vern needs Jake to step up and manage the newoperation while he hunts out new gold ground. But has Jake got what ittakes to take charge and get the team on gold?The hunt also expands from the extremes of the vast West Australianoutback, 2500 kilometres to the east in the lush green goldfields of Victoria -home to the world’s biggest gold nugget ever found. Here a new team ofAussie Gold Hunters risk their life savings to secure their gold ground andunearth monster nuggets.The Gold Gypsies are back and buoyed by last seasons gold haul, but a$20,000 excavator repair leaves them desperate to find gold quickly at theirnew Horseshoe Gully lease."
Apr 28th
100a
Episode 2
"The Scrappers launch their season determined to find the huge gold haulthey’ve dreamed of on their new twelve hundred hectare “Linger & Die”lease. But delays getting their new ball mill up and running, push Eric tobreaking point before they process any gold from the new plant.In the Golden Triangle region of the South-east of Australia, the VictoriaDiggers may have stumbled on a million dollar motherlode while their matesnext door unveil an $180,000 nugget of 98% pure gold.Dirt Dog Jake and his new recruits are urgently trying to supersize theiroperation. They decide to join their two crushing plants together to tripletheir gold output, but that requires moving their huge heavy ball mill called“Old Yella” to the Piefinch site. Can Jake and his team get the supersizedplant online and on gold before the end of the week?"
Apr 28th
200a
Episode 3
"History is made this week as one team breaks all records, unearthing thebiggest gold nugget ever found by the Aussie Gold Hunters.Neville & Mick decide to target a promising new lead called Charlie’s Gully butare soon confronted by a deadly snake; a baby Eastern Brown, one of thedeadliest snakes on the planet.The Gold Gypsies finally get their excavator back from $20,000 repairsand they’re hoping it can unearth nuggets hidden beneath the hard calcreteground of their Horseshoe Gully lease. After a slow start Greg and Chrisfinally hit a patch of gold nuggets.Ted, Lecky & Tyler launch their season haggling over how they’ll split theirprofits this season before detecting on a lease near Kalgoorlie. This pendingground delivered over 250 ounces in the 1950’s and the team are hoping theirmodern metal detectors will target gold previous prospectors couldn’t find."
May 4th
900p
Gold Gamble
New super team the Gold Devils set their sights on a record-breaking 1000 oz total, a gold drought causes one member of the Poseidon Crew to question his future and the Gold Retrievers gamble on a new wash plant.
May 4th
1000p
Golden Moves Breakdown
The Gold Devils move their multi-million-dollar operation in search of big gold, new team Vince, Bibi and Murray break ground on their dream lease and Jacqui and Andrew return to Australia’s wildest gold field: The Palmer River.
May 4th
1100p
Deadline
The Ferals are on the gold when a four-wheeler crash leaves them man down, while the Poseidon Crew battles to overcome a catastrophic mechanical failure and Shane an Russel are reunited to hunt for an ancient Paleo channel that could hold the motherload