It’s A Giant $20,000 Payday For Rod & JC! | Outback Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Road

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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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    Swinging sledgehammers for bolder opal at Hammonds mine is hard work. Once JC cracks open a rock to find some amazing opal things start to look up and they get a huge jump towards hitting their goal.
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    From Season 1 Episode 5
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  • @ukquesttv
    @ukquesttv  Рік тому +5

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  • @Tapecutter59
    @Tapecutter59 Рік тому +67

    Rod is a top bloke, he looked after his old mate, now he's looking after his young mate. Great to see him come out ahead for a change.

  • @JohnSlaughter-x5m
    @JohnSlaughter-x5m Рік тому +31

    Really enjoy Rod’s attitude and how considerate he is of Les and others.

  • @notoioudmanboy
    @notoioudmanboy Рік тому +12

    Putting these boys together was the best idea, these blokes are my favorite in the whole show.

  • @systemspecchecker
    @systemspecchecker Рік тому +19

    Rod is obviously a good person, he deserves every bit of successes he gets.

  • @shawnice105
    @shawnice105 Рік тому +20

    Rod & JC make a pretty good team. Like to see them working together more

  • @justasnorlax7541
    @justasnorlax7541 Рік тому +8

    Feel like JC is making a good name for himself, good lookin dude, enthusiastic and he’s getting screen time and coin. Dude is going to make it

  • @kaytrim
    @kaytrim Рік тому +7

    An old timer passing on his knowledge to a young gun. Great stuff

  • @PrivateEye121
    @PrivateEye121 Рік тому +4

    So happy for Rod, he's always working bloody hard and always manages to crack a smile. Good luck in the future Rod & JC 👍

  • @colinjohnstone6469
    @colinjohnstone6469 Рік тому +17

    being an opal miner for the past 5 years I can tell you this one inescapable fact Until it is sold it is worth nothing, it's just a pretty rock sitting around, Some stones I've been holding on to for years because no-one wants to pay what they are worth, others I've had to sell at a lower price just to keep things going. I've recently switched over to gold and have never had a problem getting rid of it the second I find it I know it's cash in my hand.

    • @dirkdiggler9174
      @dirkdiggler9174 Рік тому +2

      I hear ya bud .
      I did a couple of stints at the ridge and found that price of opal can be very subjective which in turn makes it much harder to sell and get what you believe to be it’s true value .
      Unless you hold a special stone folks it can be difficult .😐

    • @guillermolopez8277
      @guillermolopez8277 Рік тому

      Creí q se podían negociar muy rápido pero veo q el comprador pone el precio muy por debajo y a veces parecen abusadores

  • @TyreenaBrooks-os7bb
    @TyreenaBrooks-os7bb Рік тому +1

    This is why i love opal, the colours, some with interesting patterns! Just so beautiful...

  • @jillianbeardmore6994
    @jillianbeardmore6994 5 місяців тому

    Just watched the whole season 2 and it does not dissapoint Rod is an absolute legend of a gentleman JC is ao lucky to have him as his mentor 😊 I need tickle me grandmother as my next ring tone 😅 all the best please make a season 3 🙏 xx

  • @jeremyr7147
    @jeremyr7147 Рік тому +2

    0:56 I like when he says pickle me grandmother.. sounds like a leprechaun!

  • @ieatcaribou7852
    @ieatcaribou7852 Рік тому +6

    Super happy for the both of you. I've no doubt you'll hit your targets.

  • @jamesschnurbusch711
    @jamesschnurbusch711 Рік тому +2

    I got say... you boys living the life.. hard, yes but hell boys where else on the planet do you get to post up and have a camp out like that! You both are truly blessed... I cook my ass off everyday in a kitchen in Olympia Washington.. an would trade a week in the bush with you blokes any day of the week! Love your adventures and hope to see many more. Truly hope you two knuckle head's read these lol, cause if I ever get a chance to go to your beautiful, deadly, awesome, country... I'm hunting one of yo down to run a shovel or something... idc! I want to dig and see firsthand my most favorite gemstone in the world firsthand! ❤❤❤

  • @dpitt1516
    @dpitt1516 Рік тому +3

    Well done Rod and JC - The luck of the draw and hard work pays off !!!!!

  • @petrhoward
    @petrhoward Рік тому +15

    The boys got ripped off!

    • @davidrobertson5700
      @davidrobertson5700 Рік тому +1

      Rod looked happy, but Rod you should have got a bit more cos I saw the stars on each plate and I reckon it was worth more than they said.
      I just want the best for you matey you are a fair dinkum bloke. 👍
      Dave
      From
      GB 🇬🇧

    • @bryanfarley8395
      @bryanfarley8395 Рік тому +2

      I thought they would’ve got more than 20grand

    • @iwalkincircles2960
      @iwalkincircles2960 Рік тому

      Easy to get ripped off when you only think it's worth little. But you got to think, it's a show. Probably for show to keep regular people screwed.

    • @jerrymatzen1622
      @jerrymatzen1622 Рік тому +3

      That ol lady was a con artist ,you find it they make you come back after they cut it and whatever else,and give you only 20% hmmm that's like if both of you guys were mining gold for a month and one of you left the mine to go to town for supplys but at the last minit decided to take your bag of gold in and cash it in then came back and told your partner here's your half of our bag of gold I decided to cash it in ,😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 not being present while the opal was being worked on is a big mistake when it's worth that much you guys probably didn't even get a look at the King stone 😮😮😮😮 that's just dirty grimey tactics by those old geezers 😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @TheOriginalBobbyD1492
      @TheOriginalBobbyD1492 Рік тому +3

      I saw $300K. What a shame.

  • @Bobby.D.1776
    @Bobby.D.1776 Рік тому +38

    THAT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG FOLKS... I'VE CUT OPAL/GEMS BEFORE AND THAT WAS EASILY 200,000 DOLLARS!!!! AND WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH GRANNY HID UNDER THE MATTRESS???

  • @grahamethompson3270
    @grahamethompson3270 Рік тому +1

    This has been a great series with two top blokes, love it and all the best to them.

  • @83ngt
    @83ngt Рік тому +3

    Those opals We are absolutely spectacular

  • @waynemassingham7038
    @waynemassingham7038 Рік тому +3

    Absolutely stunning Opal
    Great find lad's

  • @malaysiagoldrecoveryandscr466
    @malaysiagoldrecoveryandscr466 Рік тому +3

    i miss rod old partners less ... hope he happy and well .. for jc u with a good guy and stay with him..

  • @davidrobertson5700
    @davidrobertson5700 4 місяці тому

    Rod is the uncle I always wanted and wished I could have and have a beer with
    Signed
    Dave

  • @mariorabottini5687
    @mariorabottini5687 Рік тому

    Congratulations fellas…couldn’t happen to better people!

  • @joerobilotta2199
    @joerobilotta2199 Рік тому +2

    JC is an Opal whisperer

  • @steveballard3957
    @steveballard3957 Рік тому

    Hammonds was worked out way back in the early 70's....I knew the mine well.

  • @Antmac75
    @Antmac75 Рік тому +2

    These guys are the main reason i watch

  • @allangooge7871
    @allangooge7871 Рік тому +2

    Rod so good to see you on top for a change. And taking J. C. under your wing so to speak. Nice one fella’s. 👍🏻🇬🇧

  • @kateymateymusic1
    @kateymateymusic1 Рік тому

    "Pickle me grandmother".....as an Australian I can honestly say that is the funniest and strangest saying I've ever heard

  • @gambitkiller457
    @gambitkiller457 Рік тому +1

    Pickle me grandma! Its big and its cheesy! Love it!

  • @donaldinnewmexico
    @donaldinnewmexico Рік тому +1

    Congratulations. I always wish you continued good luck.

  • @MrGOTJOE
    @MrGOTJOE Рік тому +1

    I love these 2 guys!

  • @lorettaspaven4158
    @lorettaspaven4158 Рік тому +2

    Loving the boys trip enjoying it

  • @Khusringoldminers
    @Khusringoldminers Рік тому

    Amazing, very good, good lucky sir

  • @ericgrierson3435
    @ericgrierson3435 7 місяців тому

    Would love to come down under and try opal mining so fun

  • @dean4817
    @dean4817 Рік тому +4

    There is over $500.000 worth there

  • @cb175s
    @cb175s Рік тому +3

    Safety glasses......
    It don't matter how tough you think you are, it only takes 1 mistake without them and your life is changed forever.
    No joking
    Very serious deal

    • @journeywithnichole
      @journeywithnichole Рік тому

      That is what i was thinking the whole time. No experience here whatsoever, just a mom cringing and unable to watch using a blade with no eye protection 😬😳

  • @Sam-bz4hf
    @Sam-bz4hf 7 місяців тому

    Luv seeing people inspire people with great knowledge.my name is Sam Oates bideford and demi the dog 🐶

  • @JoelLopez-ur2kb
    @JoelLopez-ur2kb Рік тому

    ❤😮😮😮 Where's your safety glasses Knucklehead! 😅😂😅😂😅 😮😮😮 😊

  • @jennirosemeier2980
    @jennirosemeier2980 Рік тому

    Love this show

  • @reallife7375
    @reallife7375 Рік тому +2

    Should have got blackopal direct to cut it!!!

  • @BuboyandFengTV
    @BuboyandFengTV Рік тому

    I always love to watch

  • @rotisumbuErikGemstone
    @rotisumbuErikGemstone Рік тому

    Semangat dalam mencapai tujuan untuk batu permata❤

  • @TheWeardale1
    @TheWeardale1 Рік тому

    wow, stunning!

  • @mamipautu1225
    @mamipautu1225 Рік тому

    I don't understand how big a block of rock and how little the pieces come out of it.

  • @KyleStjohn-lu6ew
    @KyleStjohn-lu6ew Рік тому +4

    I bet they took some of the opal while they were cutting it

  • @malcolmyarnold6172
    @malcolmyarnold6172 Рік тому

    Well deserved mate

  • @steventrautman7839
    @steventrautman7839 Рік тому

    😮 Beautiful

  • @TheBlueZoe
    @TheBlueZoe Рік тому

    Where is the dude, who was in that team before?

  • @mck5549
    @mck5549 Рік тому

    Wow! wow wow!

  • @guillermolopez8277
    @guillermolopez8277 Рік тому

    Por poco te das un martillazo en el pie. Buen video.

  • @Misterfox444
    @Misterfox444 Рік тому

    Dream Team

  • @Yuckster
    @Yuckster Рік тому

    Wow 🎉

  • @guillermolopez8277
    @guillermolopez8277 Рік тому

    Espero verles con su propia mina de opalo o de oro.

  • @mn7568
    @mn7568 Рік тому

    I'd swing a maul all day with Rod.

  • @adamgc73
    @adamgc73 Рік тому

    Ooooh its big and its cheesy 🧀 for sure

  • @kehieaviu
    @kehieaviu Рік тому

    And it will take another 50-100 years for the trees to grow back.

    • @mn7568
      @mn7568 Рік тому +1

      Lmao take 10 to 20 years get it rt.

  • @ChanvibolPen
    @ChanvibolPen Рік тому

    why opal is most expensive but it is not hard?

  • @steveballard3957
    @steveballard3957 Рік тому +3

    To be honest, that's nothing more than trace: no buyer is going to pay $20,000.00 for a big specimen. I was in the game when Hammonds Mine was worked: it produced millions of dollars of top gem grade....that stuff is just trace from the wrong sìde of a fault...

    • @mn7568
      @mn7568 Рік тому

      Good to know get out and mine show the world what it is.

  • @dannylinsen8080
    @dannylinsen8080 Рік тому

    Why only $20000 cut?

  • @mcscootie
    @mcscootie Рік тому

    Wasnt placed there at all for cameras....not a chance

  • @jinjerfanatic1372
    @jinjerfanatic1372 Рік тому

    Camping on a landing , bullspit ... I'm out there at night looking for Opal with the biggest BLACKLIGHT I could find...

  • @snowghost247
    @snowghost247 Рік тому

    You can't cut your self on those kinds of saws 😅 part of why I want one so bad it has no teeth 😂 alos I'm a crystal collector and I like to make stuff with crystals so one of these would be super helpful 😊

  • @yasmnkayaa
    @yasmnkayaa Рік тому

    superrrrrrrr

  • @markclifford643
    @markclifford643 Рік тому

    No hearing or eye protection, been there and lost both, 2 cent TV.

  • @douglashall2141
    @douglashall2141 Рік тому

    Quitters never win

  • @sundancesoza2575
    @sundancesoza2575 Рік тому

    I seen way bigger cuts then that.

  • @rubeng.madrigaljr.7047
    @rubeng.madrigaljr.7047 Рік тому

    Abalone

  • @brandonfelkins1982
    @brandonfelkins1982 Рік тому

    So you did all the work and paid for everything to find 100k work of opal to only get 20%

  • @sausagefingers714
    @sausagefingers714 Рік тому

    safety squints engaged

  • @KyleStjohn-lu6ew
    @KyleStjohn-lu6ew Рік тому +5

    They found it and them people took it from them

    • @waynelemmon3007
      @waynelemmon3007 Рік тому +1

      Them people owned the lease where they found it. Them people also did all the work cutting. Them people also had the interested buyer. So Rod and JC got $20000 for finding opal bearing rock on someone else lease!

    • @TheOriginalBobbyD1492
      @TheOriginalBobbyD1492 Рік тому +2

      ​@@waynelemmon3007 That's all correct. Except I calculated $300K, so their share should have been $60K.. correct??

    • @waynelemmon3007
      @waynelemmon3007 Рік тому

      @@TheOriginalBobbyD1492 no way was that parcel worth 300k. If it was, your maths are correct. 20% is still 20% no matter what the valuation is.

    • @TheOriginalBobbyD1492
      @TheOriginalBobbyD1492 Рік тому +1

      @@waynelemmon3007 Of course u would say that cus u r one of them. I know what's going on. Let's just hope they get their 60K 🙏

    • @waynelemmon3007
      @waynelemmon3007 Рік тому

      @@TheOriginalBobbyD1492 thanks for the laugh

  • @DirtyMikeandTheBoys69
    @DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 7 місяців тому

    In the second bowl/reveal, what kind of opal is that? I really like the White/Red

  • @sandram9691
    @sandram9691 Рік тому

    Ich gönne euch jeden Gramm Opal😊

  • @mikeymike4796
    @mikeymike4796 Рік тому +5

    That wasn't staged at all,2big rock in the middle of little ones,fake

    • @silverleapers
      @silverleapers Рік тому +1

      totally! Soo obvious! NOT even a little effort taken to cover it up. Color of the two out of place bigger stones were not the same either.

    • @mikeymike4796
      @mikeymike4796 Рік тому

      @@silverleapers exactly 💯