Miners Use 20 Tonne Auger Drill And It Doesn't Go Well | Outback Opal Hunters

After heavy rain, access to the Cheal’s second claim is flooded, so in order to make the most of their downtime, the two Cheal brothers use their 20 tonne auger drill for the first time to find other opal-rich parcels of land on their claim. From season 7 episode 3.
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[@bunyonfirewood]

7k a year seems light. If there is even decent opal, you can pay that back in a month

[@jbzrs]

There is typically not decent opal. Chasing trace for sometimes 7 years at a time with no opal. If you ask old time miners like Sebastian it's feast and famine, just like any other mining.

[@zurairkhan]

Amazing e

[@reptar69]

7th!!!

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170👍👊👊

[@lesleyanderson539]

209

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Something about the father
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