Airdate: Aussie Gold Hunters

Discovery premieres a new locally-produced series this week Aussie Gold Hunters.

The 8 part series, produced by Electric Pictures, follows gold prospectors in WA and has already premiered in the UK.

Join three hard-core crews of gold prospectors, as they take the gamble of a lifetime and battle to strike it big, deep in the wild west of outback Australia. The series follows the soaring highs and crushing lows of the gold season, as each crew pursues their all-important targets – braving brutal heat, punishing conditions, mechanical breakdowns and constant pressure.

Just ask husband and wife team the ‘Gold Gypsies’. Six years ago, Christine and Greg Clark walked away from their Brisbane home and construction careers to chase their dream of striking it big, 4000km away in the West Australian Goldfields. Thinking big are Vernon Strange and Leon Marsh, aka ‘The Dirt Dogs’. The best mates have sunk a million dollars into their heavyweight mining operation. Finally, remote prospectors Henri Chassaing and Kellie Carter are going it alone. Armed with their high tech detectors, the best friends seek their fortune out in the farthest depths of the wild outback – where rival prospectors fear to tread.

It’s all or nothing, as these gold miners put everything on the line in the hopes of striking it rich. Welcome to the new rush.

Thursdays from 15 September at 7:30pm on Discovery.