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 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.
#2 - A Mine That Stings
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2022
#3 - 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
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#10 - Light and Shadow
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 - 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.
#16 - Dangers Of The Abandoned
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/21/2022
#17 - 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.
#18 - Follow The Clues
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2022
#19 - Episode 1
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2023
Brand new team Digi Diggers bring brand new technology to the opal fields; Josiah and Lisa soon find themselves at breaking point.
#20 - Episode 3
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2023
The Opal Whisperers work underground together for the first time on a legendary claim where the million-dollar opal The Angel of Yowah was found decades earlier.
#21 - 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.
#23 - Episode 4
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2023
The Digi Diggers, Josiah and Lisa, need to explore new ground after mining opal too brittle to sell; they discover their entire claim is at risk of being flooded.