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A new generation of fearless Australian treasure hunters are on a quest to unearth some of the world's rarest & ancient crystals. Five teams scour the oldest geology on earth, fueled by an eight-billion-dollar a year global crystal industry.
2025
Patrick Gundersen's team tackles harsh terrain in the hunt for aquamarine. Plus, the Rubyvale Boys battle against mechanical malfunctions.
Newcomer, Neil Wilkinson Jr., abseils down a deadly mineshaft in search of cubic fluorite, while Jarrin and Hugh take the plunge into frigid waters.
The Rubyvale Boys help a neighbour who is in need for a cut of the sapphire spoils. Tom heads to the Tasmanian mountains in search of meteorite-impact glass.
Patrick and Kirsty revisit a 15-year-old ocean kyanite dig site. Kyle and Glenn must pivot from quartz to black agate to reach their huge dig target.
In their desperate bid to set up a second sapphire mine, The Rubyvale Boys face a cascade of equipment failures while Frankie and Ebriony trudge through dense grasslands on the hunt for peridot.
Patrick Gundersen’s delicate operation to extract Australia’s largest smoky quartz cluster is derailed by hard ground, while Jarrin and Hugh’s stichtite dig forces them to resort to more explosive measures. Kyle’s relationship with his girlfriend, Jillian, is on the rocks as the pair futilely hunt for Killiecrankie diamonds.
After a near-catastrophic cave-in at Shane Dohnt’s crocoite mine, Kyle Archer and his team must work an abandoned drive reclaimed by rainforest, while Frankie and Ebriony’s grassland garnet expedition is cut short by bushfires. Their second sapphire mine still offline, The Rubyvale Boys send Shayne underground for any hope of reaching season target.
Amidst season-ending rain, Jarrin and Hugh hunt for anything and everything in the walls of their tired mine, while Patrick Gundersen's hopes of hitting season target lie within a massive column of potentially crystal-bearing rock. Desperate for cash, The Neils return to ‘Topaz Mountain', risking life and limb against deadly boulders.
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2024
Patrick and Kirsty unearth a giant million-dollar Amethyst cluster, while Pete and Kyle struggle to extract extremely fragile and rare Crocoite crystals.
Patrick faces extreme temperatures to recover Australia’s biggest-ever, million-dollar Amethyst cluster. In contrast, Pete and Kyle struggle in frigid conditions.
Patrick and Kirsty search for rare Aquamarine crystals on their remote Queensland lease. Plus, Frankie & Ebriony face off against wild pigs and dingoes.
Hugh and Jarrin need a miracle to keep their mining operation alive. Plus, Patrick and Kirsty are desperate for an $80,000 payday of high-grade crystals.
The Rockhounds need a miracle to turn their season around. Kirsty and Patrick need to find rare Ocean Kyanite crystals to have a chance of recouping their debt.
Pete and Kyle take the biggest gamble of their season hunting valuable Tourmaline crystals as Hugh and Jarrin tackle the world's only Stitchtite quarry while Patrick and Luke explore not far from where a $250,000 crystal was unearthed.
The Rockhounds hunt a tropical rainforest river system not far from crocodile-infested waters as Patrick and Kirsty return to the site they found their million-dollar Amethyst. Jarrin and Hugh confront low oxygen levels and crumbling mine walls.
In the final week of the season, Patrick gets an offer for their million-dollar Amethyst cluster while his team race to unearth $200,000 of crystals, The Rockhounds face dangerously high tropical heat & humidity while Hugh and Jarrin hunt for $25,000 of Crocoite crystals in just five days, over 50 metres underground.
Top Gear
2002
