Outback Opal Hunters

Cool to see real life treasure hunters doing there thing love the young guys giving it a go.

Sad to see all these people spend their life doing ...nothing.

Although they produce quite a lot of blood (sometimes), sweat (buckets) and tears (at the end of the day) most of them never get any richer, either physically, metaphorically, intellectually or morally.

Unfortunately an image of scurrying rodents comes to mind when I see them digging in the dirt, breaking every Little Rock into even smaller pieces. Makes you wonder how many of these people commit suicide, become alcoholics or get addicted to drugs.

Like with all similar setups, the real money is made by the dealers and buyers of the Opal, who pay the diggers a pittance and sell the stuff for a fortune. Having lived in Sierra Leone almost thirty years ago and having seen what so-called 'blood diamond' does to a society I am truly appalled by this series.

Season 1-4 was 'real', it was exciting & broadcast genuine people. Until Season 5! Adding pathetic actors, being "The Bishop & his wierd sidekick Scott" that just want to blow everything up, acting skills 2/10 🙄 & "The Opal Whisperers" are pathetic & the "Misfits" are just paid actors.

Why ruin a great show & try to turn it into yet another "fake reality" Very disappointing!! Bring back the old REAL cast!!

Interesting subject, but way too americanized and overdramatic show. Ridiculous narrator and music, who tries to make everything sound dramatic as F.

I like the premise of this show. Are the opal finds staged...? I think probably. I have a hard enough time understanding Australian English. The most horrible music overplays the dialog...thus I give 5* out of 10. Lose the music and this would improve the show. However that will never happen with immature direction. This is what happens when you let children run the show.....