Outback Opal Hunters

Rookie Opal Hunters Daniel Becker and Justin Lang leave their families behind, risking it all to chase an opal fortune. Lucky enough to stake a claim on a legendary site known as Shell Patch Reserve, will their luck continue or come to a costly end? Disc S1 E1 11/15/19

Rookies Justin and Daniel tread a dangerous path underground in Coober Pedy, while father-and-daughter mining team Kelly and Al race to stake a claim in Lightning Ridge in an attempt to turn their fortunes around. Disc S1 E2 11/22/19

Pete and Mick's mining operation grinds to a sudden halt, while Col's Crew heads underground. The Rookies are in despair until mentor John Dunstan steps in with a last-minute lifeline. Disc S1 E3 11/29/19

A new season opal hunting begins! The Rookies face potential disaster from the get go; for Col's Crew, their mining quest is derailed by a serious illness, and the Opal Queen brings in new muscle and new machines for an underground opal hunt. Disc S2 E1 1/17/20

Rookie Justin has cracks in his equipment and his relationships. Col's Crew are a man down and on their last drum of fuel. The Fire Crew are on a wild goose chase hunting a bounty of fabled fire opal. Disc S2 E2 1/24/20

For the rookies, there's tension as a new partner leads them on a wild-goose chase underground. Plus, the Cooke brothers' season is off to a bad and dangerous start. Disc S2 E3 1/31/20

The Bushmen clash with opal thieves raiding one of their mines. The Cookes hack an old digging machine, while the Fire Crew hunt for a new deposit of rare black opal.

Synopsis Bushmen Rod and Les risk their lives reopening a long-abandoned mine. New team the Young Guns go deep underground for the first time, hunting pineapple opal.

Rookie team the Young Guns have a life-threatening moment hunting legendary pineapple opal. The Cooke Bros scramble to hunt on another miner's claim for a share of the find.

In Mintabie, South Australia, The Tunnel Rats are under extra pressure as rival miners close in on their claim. In Sheepyards, NSW, The Bushmen must brave an abandoned mine to remove a dead animal. Meanwhile, rookie prospectors The Poms seek a prize opal to kickstart their mining career.

The Bushmen face off against a miner who has illegally dug on their claim.

The Tunnel Rats deal with an unexploded bomb and hazardous gases; The Bros attempt to fit their equipment into a new mine; The Poms make their first trip underground.

In outback NSW, the worst storm in 20 years devastates the Bushmen's and Chris Cheal's mine; in Coober Pedy, the new team, the Blacklighters, need opal to re-establish

Pete and Sam begin a risky project that could pay off big time with opal riches; the Bushmen's new equipment doesn't deliver

The Young Guns spend all of their savings on a hydraulic digger that only causes problems; the Blacklights run out of opal.

The Young Guns' season is threatened when JC is injured at a steer riding competition. The Bushmen finally strike opal while digging on the boundary of their claim;. The Cheal's struggle to get to their claim. Disc S5 E1 6/3/22

Isaac and Sofia -- the Opal Whisperers -- set out to prove themselves as miners. Jaymin and Noah explore a dangerous mine alone while the Blacklighters are hit with a crippling excavator breakdown. Disc S5 E2 6/10/22

Rory and Oscar are forced to operate their dad's 20-tonne drill rig for the first time. The Tarantos are struck down by sickness as they struggle to find Opals on their massive claim, and the Bushmen build a dangerous mine roof. Disc S5 E3 6/17/22

The Bushmen's new rookie rushes into a deadly no-go zone while the Cheals attempt to revive their season; the Mooka Boys try a new technique to expose opal in colorless rock.

A bomb expert comes in to blast impenetrable rock for the Bishop; the Cheals race to move a rock-extracting blower before heat damages their machine and the Misfits battle avalanches and dust storms.

Handwritten clues left by Leif's late father help the Mooka Boys hunt for an abandoned mine; the Blacklighters battle choking dust on their dry claim and the Tarantos make emergency repairs on their machine. Disc S5 E11 7/15/22

Brand new team Digi Diggers bring brand new technology to the opal fields; Josiah and Lisa soon find themselves at breaking point. The Bushmen bring in an explosives expert to blast through the toughest rock in Grawin; plus, a brand new team brings cutting edge technology to the opal fields. Disc S6 E1 6/30/23

The Cheals take on their most dangerous dig ever. The Bushmen trial a rookie miner, Ben, to operate their drill to find new opal bearing ground, but he falls short at the first challenge. Disc S6 E2 7/7/23

The Opal Whisperers work underground together for the first time on a claim where million-dollar opal Angel of Yowah was discovered decades earlier. The Mooka Boys are forced to work Leif's late father's abandoned mine. Disc S6 E3 7/14/23

Mooka Boys brothers Matt and Cozza topple their excavator while attempting to reach a new mine on a treacherous opal field; the Blacklighters are almost buried alive while mining opal in unstable tunnels.

A busted dirt hauling bogger bucket threatens the Cheals' ambitions for mammoth back-to-back opal hauls; the Opal Whisperers' partnership with veteran miner Uwe ends abruptly; Angel attempts her first opal sale at the Lightning Ridge Opal Festival.

The broke Bushmen are forced to trade opal to get a shaft drilled on a new claim; the Mooka Boys attempt to revive a dump truck and their opal processing plant with disastrous results; the Digi Diggers get lost exploring a terrifying abandoned mine.

Gross incompetence lands The Blacklighters in hot water with Mark's wife.

The Bushmen are blindsided by a catastrophic digger failure.

The Misfits struggle to find an opal king stone for an interstate buyer.

The Bushmen are forced back into their deadly mine.

Blacklighters Mark L'Anson and Paul Coon get boxed-in during their mission.

The Misfits are forced to use untested contraptions to find the rainbow matrix.

Mark gets back on the heavy machinery that nearly killed him.

The Mooka Boys face the new season without Chief mechanic Leif Tanzer. Opal thieves have ransacked The Bushmen’s claim.

When the excavator breaks down, Mark comes up with a solution that ends up costing a small fortune. Lee and Roger's old dry rumbler refuses to start.

The Mooka Boys are at the end of their tether. Sam Mehan calls in some tech gurus to map out the treacherous parts of their underground mine with the help of “Spot” the robot dog. The Opal Whisperers return to Queensland to search for the ‘Yowah Nut’.

The Bushmen have grand plans to drill a new shaft to connect some old underground drives. Slim Pickings' entire operation is shut down when their 60-year-old tractor breaks down. The Cheals must head underground to reach their enormous $500k target.

The Mooka Boys make a discovery that could turn their fortunes around. The Cheals face constant machinery failures. After collapsing the decades old underground mine on their claim, The Opal Whisperers search for Yowah Nuts in the scorching heat.

The Mooka Boys may crack the rock layer at their Andamooka mine site just in time for Matt's baby, the Bushmen are facing a hostile neighbour and the Blacklighters are shutting down Opalzilla and betting everything on open-cut mining at the Servo Claim.

The Opalton Boulder Crew need to find a new source of boulder opal, the Mooka Boys are gambling their season on a rented digger to get through cap rock and Slim Pickings are trying to stay dry after floods washed out their mine site.

The Opal Whisperers have sold opal before they've even found it, putting Isaac and Kelly on edge, the Bushmen are facing mechanical troubles yet again and the Opalton Boulder Crew are back, with one mine underwater and another failing to deliver.