More episodes from Season 5
E1 • Disaster Strikes
Disaster strikes for the Young Guns as JC faces a major injury.
44m • 2021Disaster strikes for the Young Guns as JC faces a major injury.
E2 • The Opal Whisperers
The Blacklighters face deadly taipans and a crippling excavator breakdown.
44m • 2021The Blacklighters face deadly taipans and a crippling excavator breakdown.
E3 • Glory Days
Days into mining, the Taranto family is suddenly struck down by illness.
44m • 2021Days into mining, the Taranto family is suddenly struck down by illness.
E4 • Young Gun Returns
The Tunnel Rats begin their season battling a vermin-infested mine.
43m • 2021The Tunnel Rats begin their season battling a vermin-infested mine.
E5 • Trouble Underground
The Cheals are hit with machinery failure when a digger busts underground.
44m • 2021The Cheals are hit with machinery failure when a digger busts underground.
E6 • The Value of Misfits
The Misfits aim to prove themselves in mine fields of South Australia.
44m • 2021The Misfits aim to prove themselves in mine fields of South Australia.
E7 • Scrap Noodler
The Tarantos are forced to fossick on the surface with hand tools.
44m • 2021The Tarantos are forced to fossick on the surface with hand tools.
E8 • Walls Closing In
The Cheals' machinery woes put an end to their season and opal dreams.
44m • 2021The Cheals' machinery woes put an end to their season and opal dreams.
E9 • Rookie Mistake
The Bushmen's new rookie ignores protocols and rushes into a no-go zone.
44m • 2021The Bushmen's new rookie ignores protocols and rushes into a no-go zone.
E10 • Impenetrable No More
The Bishop blasts some sturdy rock that's barring access to a rich seam.
44m • 2021The Bishop blasts some sturdy rock that's barring access to a rich seam.
E11 • Follow the Clues
Leif hunts for an abandoned mine using his late father's handwritten clues.
44m • 2021Leif hunts for an abandoned mine using his late father's handwritten clues.
E12 • Cathedral Secrets
Greg Scully explores hidden tunnels on his massive claim, the Cathedral.
44m • 2021Greg Scully explores hidden tunnels on his massive claim, the Cathedral.
E13 • A Mine that Stings
The Bushmen attempt drilling with a 50-year-old exploration rig.
44m • 2021The Bushmen attempt drilling with a 50-year-old exploration rig.
E14 • Sparks Fly
The Young Guns rethink their hunt when they face impenetrable mine walls.
44m • 2021The Young Guns rethink their hunt when they face impenetrable mine walls.
E15 • Free Falling
A busted jackhammer forces the Young Guns to undertake emergency repairs.
44m • 2021A busted jackhammer forces the Young Guns to undertake emergency repairs.
E16 • Treachery
The Bushmen take over a new claim that proves to be equally treacherous.
44m • 2021The Bushmen take over a new claim that proves to be equally treacherous.
E17 • Dangers of the Abandoned
The Bishop's struggle to make safe a wall ends up causing an avalanche.
44m • 2021The Bishop's struggle to make safe a wall ends up causing an avalanche.
E18 • Smashed
The Tarantos' hopes of exposing a rare pocket of opal are in jeopardy.
44m • 2021The Tarantos' hopes of exposing a rare pocket of opal are in jeopardy.
E19 • Digging with a Dinosaur
The Misfits put their faith in an old bulldozer for the season's last dig.
44m • 2021The Misfits put their faith in an old bulldozer for the season's last dig.
E20 • No Risk, No Reward
The Bushmen risk their lives by digging beneath unsupported ceilings.
44m • 2021The Bushmen risk their lives by digging beneath unsupported ceilings.
