The WORST episodes of Outback Opal Hunters
Every episode of Outback Opal Hunters ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Outback Opal Hunters!
The world's toughest treasure hunters push their bodies and bank accounts to the limit on a quest to strike it rich, hunting the legendary Queen of Gems - Opal. Australia produces more than 90% of the world’s opals. Hidden beneath outback desert plains lies a hidden bounty, 30 million years in the making, waiting to be discovered. Opals are one of the most valuable gemstones on the planet – one stone alone can fetch a million dollars – and it's the dream of striking it rich that drives these crews to push their bodies and bank accounts to breaking point.
#1 - Episode 12
Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2024
#2 - Episode 11
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/28/2024
#3 - Episode 10
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/2024
#4 - Episode 9
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2024
#5 - High Goals
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/2023
The Bushmen struggle to locate the source of water flooding their mine. The Misfits are forced to work Issy’s mine Honey Hole as they wait for bulldozer repairs. The Blacklighters are forced to help a fellow miner on a dangerous night dig.
#6 - A Mine That Stings
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2022
#7 - Episode 2
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2023
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.
#8 - The Foreign Claim
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/2023
Isaac from the Opal Whisperers works an abandoned, dangerous mine, and partners up with a veteran Yowah miner. The Mooka Boys are confronted by an irate miner as they peg a claim too close to his mine
#10 - Honestly Shared
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/2023
The Blacklighters must work a new claim using an ancient opal processing plant. The Misfits discover they're losing precious opal, so they attempt a night dig.
#11 - A Glimmer of Hope
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2023
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.
#12 - Soldier of Fortune
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2023
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.
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Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2023
A vicious storm threatens to end the Misfits' season early; Issy attempts a new black-lighting technique to impress Opal Joe; the Digi Diggers mine is flooded, forcing the pair to scour the Outback for a new claim.
#14 - Hard On The Edge
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2023
The Bushmen’s home-made hoist and bucket fails and Rod is forced to down tools with busted ribs. Sofia and Isaac, from The Opal Whisperers, get trapped at the bottom of their open cut mine in sweltering temperatures.
#15 - The Reward of the Effort
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2023
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.
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Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/2023
The Bushmen’s drill rig loses a vital pin, forcing 74-year old Les to undertake emergency repairs four metres in the air. The Digi Diggers flooded mine wall collapses as Josiah and Lisa attempt a new method of extracting Yowah nuts.
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