One of Discovery’s most loved mining series, Outback Opal Hunters, will soon air an all-new episode this week. Get ready to witness the Opal hunters back in their groove as they try to find opals that are a pleasure to the eyes as well as their pockets. With the Bushmen spending $8,000 on treasured land last week, the bar for getting ahold of the most expensive opals has reached a new level.
Produced by Prospero Productions, Outback Opal Hunters aired its first-ever episode on February 8, 2018. Since then, it has managed to attract viewers from all over the world and had also been nominated for the best documentary award in the year of its premiere. It’s no surprise considering just how well the documentary shows us the hard work, money, and hope that goes into the mining of these rare and treasured gemstones.
Throughout the series, these opal miners have introduced us to various kinds of opals that each have their special kind of beauty. The show also consists of various separate groups of miners all working at locations like New South Wales, South, and Western Australia as well as Queensland. These locations featured on Outback Opal Hunters are known for their opal ores and are also home to the rare Aurora Australis, the most expensive opal ever seen.
With almost 100 countries airing the episodes of the show, this Discovery documentary has managed to carve a name for itself in its genre. In season 9 of Outback Opal Hunters, the groups that we’ll be seeing are The Mooka Boys, The Misfits, Opal Whisperers, The Tarantos, The Bishop, The Cheals, The Blacklighters, The Young Guns, and The Bushmen. The latest installment has been airing since February 16th, 2023.
Outback Opal Hunters Season 9 Episode 4: Recap
In the previous episode, we see The Bushmen head over to Grawin to make a deal with Lefty Marshall. They have been in search of good land to start mining and take off the new season with a high yield. When Lefty asks for 8 grand for the land, the Bushmen start to contemplate the deal, as they would have to definitely find opals to make profits or they’d end up in loss.
Grawin is a famous opal mining area and the group checks the land out before buying it from Lefty, who wouldn’t go a dollar down on his price. Seeing the land up close, they notice its near to the million-dollar mile, a strip of land that’s known to have many opal ores. The only concern was that the ores could have been already worked out, and would leave the Bushmen empty-handed.
After entering the mines they notice that most of the mine had been dug out. A chewed pillar indicates that miners who had shifted to their “Dark side” had visited the place and had done some secret mining at night to make money without paying the lease fees. The Bushmen come out and agree to buy the land from Lefty. They’ve been looking for a soft mine and were excited to get a hold of the Grawin land and start their work.
They start mining seriously and split to look for soft spots. After just a few minutes of mining, they find a big piece of opal within the walls, giving the Bushmen hope that they finally might be able to reach their goal for this season. The stones they find are black seam opals which they sell to Benny for $7,000. They later shave his head in honor of a good start to the season.
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Outback Opal Hunters Season 9 Episode 5: Release Date
The next episode of the Australian mining series will be aired on March 16th, 2023. New episodes of Outback Opal Hunters are usually aired on Thursdays, and a single episode can last around 45-50 minutes.
Outback Opal Hunters Season 9 Episode 5: Where To Watch?
New episodes of the Prospero Production series will be released on Discovery Channel (AU) at 4:30 am EST. The new season of Outback Opal Hunters hasn’t premiered outside of Australia, but short parts of the episodes will be available to stream on Quest‘s and Aussie Gold and Opal Hunters‘ YouTube channels.
Previous episodes of the opal mining show can be streamed at Foxtel, Discovery+, and Quest (UK). CTV hosts the episodes for Canadian viewers. The timing of the release of the new episodes will be:
- United States: 1:30 pm, Wednesdays, March 15th, 2023
- United Kingdom: 5:30 pm, Wednesdays, March 15th, 2023
- Canada: 1:30 pm, Wednesdays, March 15th, 2023
- Germany: 6:30 pm, Wednesdays, March 15th, 2023
- India: 11:00 pm, Wednesdays, March 15th, 2023
- Philippines: 1:30 am, Thursdays, March 16th, 2023
- Japan: 2:30 am, Thursdays, March 16th, 2023
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