Jaymin Sullivan of the Young Guns Opal Hunters (from the Outback Opal Hunters) happened to drop by my workshop. With him, he brought one of the best rough opal pieces they have ever found while ...
Our Lightning Ridge road trip was way overdue, however, we finally were able to jump in the car and head south-west to the best mining town in Australia — in our humble opinion. BOD’s wonderful fr...
Almost as rare as the Rainbow Serpent gem; welcome to the secret world of opal buying. Across the state of New South Wales and down a long stretch of gravel, my son, Saxon and I bring you along on...
The video explains the process of mining the Rainbow Serpent opal and takes you underground to where it was found. We show you what it had to endure to become the beautiful polished piece that it i...
Justin heads out to Lightning Ridge to talk about how to find opal. After drilling in excess of 3000 holes in the pursuit of opal, Sebastian, our expert miner, knows a thing or two. Opal prospectin...
WANTED WHO: The Opal RatterDESCRIPTION: Sleeps all day spends evenings lurking in the shadows eavesdropping and listing to others storiesANSWERS TO: Only himself and the devilHABITAT: Other peoples...
Opal mines are amazing and dangerous places. Most people imagine mines to be like a coal mine, a diamond mine, or a gold mine, but actually, an opal mine is relatively small. Here in Lightning Ridg...
Lightning Ridge has many different opal fields or mines in and around it. The opal from each mine and area can differ from black opal to white opal and even grey opal. The opal mines in Lightning R...
You can feel the ‘buzz in the air’! Justin has just received news from his mining crew at Lightning Ridge that they have struck opal. Justin is on his way in his 4WD to see what his mining crew ha...