Record-breaking floods block Rod and JC on the first leg of their road trip. Plus, JC is taught how to make explosives and mine with them by local legends, the Bomb Kings.
Rod and JC battle extreme weather and steep terrain as they search for sapphires. Then, the duo undertakes a huge fishing expedition: hunting the mythical Tassie Tiger.
Rod and JC get a painful lesson while mining in the hot and hostile Andamooka. Then, they provide an urgently needed airdrop of supplies to flood-ravaged farmers.
Stuck in Andamooka with a broken-down vehicle and little money, Rod and JC hit rock bottom. And, a final opal sale decides whether they can continue their road trip.
While in Queensland, Rod musters over 200 pregnant cows for cash. Plus, a financial bombshell from home forces JC to double his earnings goal for the trip.
With only a week before JC must return home for the birth of his first child, Rod has planned numerous money-making schemes. Can they reach their new $20,000 target?
The world's toughest treasure hunters, Rod and JC, push their bodies and bank accounts to the limit on a quest to strike it rich. Let the adventure begin!
In the world famous Margaret River wine region in Western Australia, JC sets the duo up with a job pruning vines at a winery. In the aptly named, Shark Bay, the boys do a deal with pearl farmer, Rob Morgan, to create a unique gemstone.
Rod and JC prospect a long-defunct diamond mine. Plus, saving an orphaned baby wallaby leads to important volunteer work for Rod and JC. And, in Broome, their rough diamonds are transformed into $10,000 worth of cut stones.
Rod and JC team up with Kakadu Park Rangers to catalogue the world's largest species of crocodile. Plus, Rod finds a monster ruby at the isolated gem filled Harts Range.
In Australia’s last travelling boxing tent, JC’s boxing skills are put to the test. Plus, Rod and JC team up with opal mining matriarch, Sue White and her granddaughter to hunt for unique Yowah Nuts and valuable opalized fossils.
In the final week of their trip, the race to reach $40,000 each is down to the wire on Rod and JC's epic red dirt road trip. They strike it big mining giant garnet clusters before embarking on a treasure-hunting mission with a personal connection.
