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My point is please be careful !!!

So true, i'll take one to him one day hopefully.

Hey mate, was great meeting you too. Will see you around :D

Have you tried a black light down there??

Yep always do, normally two on my helmet, one little emergency one on my belt and sometimes spare 18650 batteries in my pocket. I never need that much but it's good piece of mind. Will say hi to Unc for ya! :)

My understanding is was that it was quite rich (but not the richest). I think I recall Nipper telling me that the best they ever got was $140,000 in about 10 truckloads of dirt - but there was alot of digging unproductive areas too where they got $0 - Some of the timbers are not so good as you can see (where more weight is) - others are fine. We need to put a few more in some places, some areas just aren't going to be mined any further so we don't worry about us much and I'm only really going to those areas for the camera.

great vid but your bloody crazy lol

@@MrComfyAustralia I remember you were amongst our first subscribers - I remember your Newcastle drone footage. I was born at the Mater Hospital. I don't think I'm that crazy but apparently a lot of other people do. Thanks MrComfy glad you enjoyed the video, I personally like exploring the mines as much as I do digging in them. I'm always in awe of all the work that has been done.

There's much worst than this I reckon. I'll show you worst in upcoming videos. Fingers crossed they don't fall while I'm there.

It's been slow but getting out there when we can. Our truck is currently under repair and will be back in action soon, so far, you've only seen us gouging but hopefully soon we will be washing our dirt at the agitator site, so we will share some of that. Still got to check and keep on eye on the mail - it's front of mind. We don't have mailboxes here, so it involves a trip to the post office. :)

I'll stay tuned for your exciting videos - no need to watch mine if you find them boring though :) thanks for your constructive feedback it was a wonderful part of my day

Doesn't work well in Lightning Ridge

Thanks Fae, it's been fun sharing a bit of what we do out here & we love you too. One day we hope you and Dylan make it here for a visit, you will really enjoy it here :)

Thank you! We passed on your feedback to the owner and he says, "That's very true" about everything you said 👍- and we will do that - Cheers for commenting and thanks for watching!

I love your comment especially the capitilization

Haha yea no time time for leaning, more digging! 😂 Cheers will do!

Yeah, I realised when watching it back I kept saying the wrong word - shows my inexperience too.

Thanks! Visited BH a couple months ago, beautiful heritage city and wonderful people. I was lucky to have stumbled on a small chunk of silver ore near Silverton...no opals though 😂

@@opalAdventures Yes sadly no Opals here, but plenty of lead & zinc, Cheers again, I have enjoyed your videos, take care , keep living the dream.

I was speechless alright! Dont know why I kept touching the props, bit of nerves and excitement being a rookie I suppose. They did tell us about this in the Mines Safety Course. Gotta always make sure to be vigilant under ground. It is easy to get complacent though. Cheers heaps for the tips on using the Jack hammer! I've got a long way to go on that drive. Will need all the tips I can get.

@@XinnyOpalAdventures like I said... I believe you did better than me, just going in... it's always easy watching someone else do it and commenting on this and that... I believe you'll be fine. I was worried, like it was live 😂 You've got people training you and I believe with the way you responded you'll learn without prejudice... Be safe... Find those HUGE Opals for us... It's going to be an exciting adventure. I'm 6ft 220... Couldn't imagine walking around down there... You're a brave person... Good luck and best wishes to you and yours 🤞

Thanks for your kind words of encouragement! Stay tuned... 😉

Righto mate, haven't checked the mail in a couple of weeks (and haven't been mining much due to rain and life) but will do!!

@@opalAdventures no hurry! We're all in it together! Your doing great!

It's so true!

It is amazing isn't it. I'm glad you enjoy the channel, I hope to be able to post some more soon. Thanks for hoping with us that we find the biggest opal :)

Awesome & Thanks 👍

You got to keep an out for them - i've seen two snakes in my time - go back to mine tour exploration video to hear the story :)

God loves a working man

I read this comment to the owner of the mine who is a lay preacher and said how do you want to respond he said "He's already given us better than that in Jesus" - and I hope so :)

Amen, brother (mate), friend

Exactly, even when we find nothing the experience is still enjoyable. Thankyou

I haven't been there yet - but I will make it there soon. Glad your enjoying watching :)

Will do!

Your right I sometimes call opal 'tears of god' because they are that awesome, and indeed they are hard to find! Thank you so much, we're loving sharing a bit of what we enjoy and that others are loving it too!

Thanks for the mention!! Michigan has the most fresh water in America! 5 great lakes! I've heard of lightning ridge! But only in the movies

We're really glad you enjoyed it & thankyou for the kind words!

Thanks, subscribed to your beautiful channel and looking forward to watching, we'd be looking for gold if we were not looking for opal :D

No I don't think they are as useful in Lightning Ridge as opposed to other places opal in mined.

Hi Michigan! UNC Otto - I'll let him know that, he will like it (i don't think he's gotten around to reading the comments yet, he's newish to CZcams) The heart does go a little but faster - especially when you hit it and some color exposes! and you hope it could be an extravagant stone, and I'm yelling something like "Otto, Otto, I've got color", and he will rush over and we will dig it out together and often still not know how good it is or isn't till it goes through a wash. Tying off with a belt makes me laugh (it's sounds like something Lightning Ridge people would do) - I'm not sure if I want to rely on my belt? and using ropes would probably complicate things for me, so luckily the ladders I climb are never 200ft! That would certainly require rests. Where are you climbing to? (a gold mine?) The biggest I go down are 65ft so a small standing rest is enough for that distance if and as needed and I get up and down pretty comfortably, I have also used one foot against the back of the shaft wall in the past (but that's probably not ideal)

@@opalAdventures I'm a boilermaker here in Michigan! The smoke stacks are 250 feet! The emergency exits to the iron Orr mines are ladders! Guess who inspects and repairs them!! ( Boilermakers) I wash beach sand from lake Michigan for fun! I've found a few arrows head's! you just need 3 feet sorry 1 meter! LoL of rope! It's for just in case! Tie one end to your belt the other one to the ladder! Only if you need a break!! My last name is Foster ask Otto if he knows any fosters! Might be my dad!! That's a joke!! Everybody always asks me if I'm a Aussie( last name) till we talk again!! Stay safe down there!!

Wow about your job - Americans all think we drink fosters, no Aussie I have ever met drinks Fosters (it's not a good beer), I have no idea why people think that lol. We will do our best to stay safe. Thanks! oh your mentioned in the next video too :)

@@opalAdventures LMAO oooo I know about nobody drinking that beer!! I've heard it my hole life!! That's my last name!! Thanks for mentioning me!!! I'll be watching for sure!! I Found some pudding stone while washing beach sand!! Very rare!!

@@jrfmichigian Cool, maybe you could send us some and we will show it properly in a video (as a gift from a subscriber, if it's not too precious)? - and if you include a return address, we will send some equivalent value opal back in return :D. Someone else asked if they could send us something so we decided we will be putting our PO BOX mailing address in from next video and opening all mail on camera if anyone does send us anything.

I'll give that a go soon too.

Thanks & Welcome!!

Thanks!!

haha, yeah i had to stop recording this day because we had work to get done :D

Yep, I've tried, but it's seemingly not that effective in Nobby turf for me, some miners have told me the black lights don't work well in Lightning Ridge as opposed to places like Cooper Peedy. In places where there is seam opal i think it's more usefull?

yeah i do have my ticket, but very inexperienced, but i know what i was doing was a bit dangerous, owner of the mine told me not to go back there after seeing footage, curiosity gets the better of me sometimes

@@opalAdventures Yeah I reckon your mine would be pretty safe from the ratters after watching that,curiosity killed the cat.The first thing the mine owner should show you are the no go zones,honestly couldn't believe what I was watching.Did you learn anything doing the course.

Yeah I did learn a lot from the course (although they didn't talk about where you shouldn't crawl, but I guess it's obvious) - I also probably stupidly justify it by saying well cave explorers do dangerous stuff like this too and I'm only going here once and of it hasn't fallen after all this time i don't think it's going to fall this second while I'm here. I believe most falls would happen at night when the lower temperatures cause everything to contract and make gaps between rocks bigger. Or if you dig someone stupid no just crawling around if I'm careful not to bump things? Tell me I'm wrong and stupid cause I appreciate it

@@opalAdventures Great to see new opal mining channels mate! Ive spent years crawling around in dangerous areas, not many this bad but as long as you sneak around like a mouse and don't touch anything not much chance it will move, still puckery AF though!

@@Opaldigger Yeah i had a camera and took it down with me one day because some relatives from far away wanted to see what it's like down there so I thought why not post it on CZcams and now we got a bunch of views so it's encouraged me to post some more. And WOW about your channel - I'm so excited you came and commented here so I got to find your channel! - I'm looking forward to getting some time to watch your videos! Yep it's hard to believe it will come down suddenly when it's been like how it is for so long if you don't knock anything and that's what we try to do be like a mouse.

We love that Michigan USA is watching us in remote outback underground Australia, don't worry we will be posting more. I don't pay him for his help, we split what we find, but I do appreciate him teaching me!

@@opalAdventures he reminds me of one of my uncles!! Always telling me about the old day's!!! We wash beach sand off lake Michigan for gold! Just for fun! Not getting rich!!

It's funny you say that, because I've never told him, but he reminds me of my favorite uncle - he looks and sounds just like him. Otto has a lot of gold prospecting experience also in WA, Australia he might share stories about one day. I don't need to get rich from opal mining but indeed it's all about the fun doing it and you never know you could hit the big one.

@@opalAdventures lmao! I didn't want to sound cheaky and say he looks like my uncle!! It's dark in there! My uncle is 5'5" not tall! Looks. Like he has not eating anything his hole life (skinny) the way he will stop you if he thinks your saying something about him!! Then you got to explain! (Quickly) LMAO! Good on yea!!! Me and my boy!! (He's 20 know) Been sifting sand on the beach for gold! Never found a bunch! Just enough to keep us going!! My last name is foster! Everybody always asks if I'm from Australia! Lol! Id imagine there's a few Foster's over there! Ask around A? See if my dad's over there! I haven't found him over here!!! LMFAO!!! Little joke there!