Newcomers Shocked To Score $116,000 Worth Of Opal In Their First Week | Outback Opal Hunters

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The Blacklighters have just begun digging at Coober Pedy, but they appear to have struck it big - thanks to some help from their friend James as well as their trusty opal processing plant, Opalzilla.

[@TurkishBenAirsoft]

Love seeing the ones that need it get scores like that. Well done guys.

[@stevenkaukau5228]

Why dont they spend time cutting and polishing down
some rough stones to increase its value.They get enough rough stuff to atleast practice on.Doesn't make sense to me to sell themselves short. $116k can turn into $250k +with right grinding toolz a bit of skill and practise. I kno
I'd Rather be grinding than digging🤣🤣🤣

[@TurkishBenAirsoft]

@@stevenkaukau5228 They dont all have the skill to cut and polish

[@stevenkaukau5228]

@@TurkishBenAirsoft i understand they cant cut and polish atm BUT with practice,skill,time,good equipment and bit of faith they can double even triple the value. I'm not a polisher of stones like these but with the right tools and practise material and time this would be quite acheiveable.

[@melhawk8045]

@@stevenkaukau5228 Your argument speaks well of having at least one person trained to cut on each crew. That would be my strategy, and you just made me think it's a sound one!

[@P.Subaeruginosa]

@@stevenkaukau5228 doing it wrong is worse than selling them raw, they likely will after this but they really needed this haul so I'm thinking they put everything they had into the stake, it paid off.

[@donaldnicol8415]

I'm so so happy for this family's luck and good fortune!

[@smokedog123456789]

Me too!

[@bredesigns]

I love opals and enjoy cutting and polishing them. I have a collection of cut and uncut opals. It's time to start cutting and polishing my hoard of uncut stones.

[@_manz_]

do a video and let me know I will subscribe

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

@@_manz_ same

[@mariolorenzo563]

Do you mine opals?

[@glennbauer333]

Come to the Australian gold Fields mate I'll show you Opal just as good, Coober Pedy opal is beautiful, so is Western Australia opal that I'm mining over here, came 6 thousand k's across and around Australia to come back here after I inherited a lease from a fellow veteran now passed away god bless him.

[@Sandman330]

Nice one,,👍🏻💲 good luck I wish I could get that blessing in life.🇿🇦🇬🇧➡️🇵🇬

[@dreamSurfers5912]

I'd love to come , I'd dig all day long

[@Dklinge]

If you are ever in the market to sell look me up.... cheers

[@Chasing_spores]

If you're going to learn from a professional, Glenn bauer is the man to learn from!

[@erdon466]

Wanted to do this or somthing like it my whole life. Living in Ohio working a factory job not what i wanted to do but i do lol.

[@berttini]

Opal Miners: We hit the jackpot!
Flies: We hit he jackpot!

[@georgeplaxton3067]

I thought you wore corks from your hats, lol

[@speedypanda454]

just great to see how an Idea and hard work brings success

[@iAtomicHaze]

I love this opal hunting show been watching for a long time! Keep it up!

[@jonathongraham9953]

Love this show just came across it recently and I must admit I’m hooked. Would love to be able to do something like this it’s right up my alley in terms of equipment operations / knowledge / work ethic I would just be clueless as to what I’m after but I do enjoy the dream I receive from watching the show. Awesome job guys

[@garyhughes4326]

Good onya boys. Im really happy for you and hope that you find a ton more of this great stuff.
Congratulations on a fantastic find.

[@agentskeet]

That's amazing!!! I wish you guys the best on many more finds to come 🔥

[@faithfamilyseller2991]

I can’t stop watching these lol so happy for these guys

[@CelticAngel555]

Well done! I am so happy to see you guys and your families have such a good start! Keep up the great work! 🙂

[@kencarbon2346]

Enjoyed watching your video so happy for you all now you can feed your family's nice find of beautiful opels.🙂

[@nikitovitch5113]

Am glad they hit a good spot

[@jimpikoulis6726]

Now Now boys don't get too carried away.. the pub is just down the road

[@brianjohnson8918]

I like those excited electrons! They're looking around, like Hey! this is cool! Maybe I'll get to be a nice piece of jewelry! "The Boss Has Lost It!"

[@ieatcaribou7852]

One of my favorite teams on the show!

[@avacadman2155]

Just what they all needed, perfect timing! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Tiddler754]

Good luck in all your findings and future hope you all strike it rich

[@biggiebigs5617]

jeeze those aussie flies are relentless

[@samuelrabal4480]

WOOOO NOW THEY CAN AFFORD A FLY ZAPPER

[@davidclay5054]

mean invention my dad was Australian good watch ys remind me how he was!! a good bloke

[@Mr.ForceRipe]

And I always throw these away when I find them😳

[@Flu1dyt]

if opal hunting gets me a pool like that count us in lad

[@Dino-pq3eu]

Its damm hot 🔥 in Pedy but its still a great place .... Thank god you stay underground.

[@brendanashby6624]

Wow good work boys what a find

[@amozmozez6480]

Fuggin flies I'm swatting them and I am in my office in the US!

[@dalecain1158]

That’s what dreams are made of!

[@ispanksya1269]

Man i wish i could mine ofor opal

[@zoranzoranic4534]

That is a job for really man

[@jefferyholland8019]

Yep lightning ridge here I come

[@Victoria-nh9sp]

No way would I run that so fast

[@hazemetz7896]

"In the rough that's about $116,200"
*group Aussie screaming commences"

[@dukeman7595]

Great day for you boys!

[@brwnjohnnysvage7251]

I got opal in my back yard in northern Ontario Canada

[@criselledadiz8924]

Im so happy with the flies

[@66hobgoblin81]

I wonder how many larger pieces of opal are busted into smaller pieces by the way that trommel is dropping the material back down on itself ?

[@hi-tonemichael8030]

Great find well done lads

[@gregoryvillagomez1855]

Great job Gents 👏🌴🤘

[@itsridaali6083]

I had buy 1 Ethiopia opal before
But this are pretty beautiful

[@x07charlie07x]

Love this show!!!

[@charlenewhitehouse8246]

Congratulations

[@TheAlexdx7]

Congratz

[@gusman37]

Well done 👏 ... God Bless

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

B.S. They could slow down the belt as to not miss any stones.

[@radar0412]

He commented that he couldn't keep up with the Belt. Just think how much they missed!

[@barrybrooks753]

Wow good find boys

[@seanhogan7552]

The flies - nightmare

[@johnnylaw26]

Shoulda slowed the thing down when you see more

[@roxiediezel4692]

Love you Guy's and you know it.

[@mhand6910]

Nice payday! Keep it up.

[@therubenlopez8379]

GO THROUGH THE #TAILINGS! 💯💥👀👈🏽🤠

[@viewlazor8898]

i wish i work there... my dream job...

[@johnestupido1418]

What is with all the flies?

[@nathaneverson4940]

Save it polish it up : )- keep working hard

[@allenonthespotyumacommunit2775]

Good job 👏👍

[@Cola64]

I think the real fortune in hunting opal is to find a way to rid the area of the flies 💰

[@mjohnroll9310]

Yes.awesome

[@andrewjensen8189]

Source: Drunken miner

[@danvango]

very nice

[@bartduynstee1577]

but when you think of it....why did nobody else come up with this? instead of digging like everybody else, you simply go thru the tailings with extra dirt and under neon light, the stones will light up.

[@RedElectric3]

That's awesome!

[@proukraineanticommie4509]

Not all precious opal glows though. I know for a fact working with opal for some time now.

[@kennethwalker8402]

Nice find, but $100/carat for rough??!! Not likely for the quality they showed. Even when you take into account that the Aussie dollar is worth less than the USD that price would be hard to get from any cutter. I prefer when they show what the stones actually sold for rather than a highly inflated estimate.

[@Dklinge]

I agree. I regularly pay around $1,000 per oz AUD for quality Coober Pedy. You are never going to meet a nicer bunch of people than the blacklighters crew and their families. I have bought some beautiful opal from them at very fair prices. Their live auctions are awesome.... well done fellas....

[@Bloomcycle]

That will last about a week

[@uriellopez9058]

What do I have to study to extract opals?

[@Bigsoot7393]

Luck

[@sambrodi4049]

Wow amazing,,,

[@601salsa]

Just a question...... given the sun... why arent they harvesting solar energy to run these machines?

[@bigthd2044]

And 500gr of flies. Feel sorry for these people. Well done boys.

[@jmc655]

They should slow down the belt the stuff is too expensive to miss.

[@fuzzysniper]

Opalzilla looks spot like gold zilla.

[@ow2750]

darkroom.... totally different meaning to cidney boy play ground

[@leifbrandin5744]

first week,lol!!!

[@edition-deluxe]

They will be chasing that dragon for the rest of their lives.

[@shanecourtemanche8771]

Zdx?

[@AT-st5dr]

Why doesn’t Victoria have opal :-(

[@stevebenstead4786]

It would be nice if the amount paid for the opal was made public

[@iWh15tl3]

God is generous and good!

[@Umakemelaff]

Buy a fly shatter!

[@mcspad]

Nice but over valued. Would be good to know what they actually got for the parcel

[@alexsurles]

Just look on ebay at someone like the opal queen's parcels and how much they go for. But yeah you are correct. They would never get this much for that as is.

[@aminjigar4390]

Hi

[@dreamSurfers5912]

Well in felas .

[@Lily-tt1re]

Y'all gotta jump in the water that makes it .

[@reptar69]

Whats wrong with the audio?

[@DrDIYhax]

nothing

[@juicebooxx76]

gg bois

[@abztrakt7071]

Lucky bastards this REALLY MAKES ME WANNA go out and try opal mining, start out small maybe team up with a partner than later after finding the mother load, rip off my partner run off with the loot 😉 JOKING

[@annakeye]

Twelve mouths to feed on AU$116,000? Just under ten grand each. Still, if they've found the sweet spot, then yee-haaaa!

[@Squashed8Ball]

That’s in one week! If they can keep that up over a year they’ll all be millionaires in no time!

[@trptrungblogs]

❤️❤️❤️❤️💎💎💎💎🇻🇳❤️🇻🇳

[@abelpolanco]

😁

[@ChanvibolPen]

😱😲🙂😉

[@doctorcoqui999]

And those are not even semi polished... 😰

[@jaredmesgar7695]

Overvalued ,sounds like a TV show than reality of this business.

[@hurchgoer]

...

[@yungcartier4370]

oooooo000000OOOOOOOO

[@cableguy8093]

The flies look awful

[@trevoror8668]

Please you guys wear eye protection black like WILL blind you or at the least damage eyesight for ever or don't

[@dennislindqvist8443]

Discrimination. All stones and metals should have equal value. At least acknowledge what iron and granite have done for mankind.

[@ronaldolson3393]

Bs