Rare Opal Pineapple worth $65,000 found 40ft underground!
Opal pineapples are one of the rarest minerals on the planet with fewer than 400 of them discovered intact to date.
These pineapples are double Pseudomorphs which means they have replaced another mineral structure in this case an Ikaite. Then calcite.
The Ikaite mineral would have originally formed over 100 million years ago and can only crystallise in freezing condition!
Today Noah and I explore my family opal mine with my sister Elaura and Moo the dog coming along for the adventure!
It was amazing to see the sheer amount of work that our father Graeme has put in digging underground.
The mine itself is a labyrinth one could get lost in for days. Luckily I have walked the tunnels regularly and know my way around.
The only area I had yet to explore was some of the historical diggings which date back to 1902.
It is crazy to think how hard they had it digging back then by hand with only a candle for light and in such tight confined spaces!
After some serious caving in the old timers tunnels, we decided to check out a section of the mine that has been flooded for some time in the hope that it might have dried out.
Unfortunately the water was still up to a meter deep in places and was ice cold.
To work the area we would need to spend days pumping it out.
We decided to head around and see if Graeme was having any luck and he invited us to help him dig the pineapple patch.
We got stuck in and Elaura had great success and found one!
With the help of Graeme she carefully excavated the piece before handing it over to him to take back and begin the cleaning process.
We unfortunately had no further luck digging the area.
Upon arriving home we found the specimens partially cleaned up by Graeme who informed us of the staggering value of the piece!
To celebrate we called the family together including Noah’s parents, Tracy and Norm and his aunt who happened to all be in town visiting!
All in all a fantastic adventure!
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About Us:
Our names are Jaymin Sullivan, James Caruana and Noah Mcdonough we are the ‘Young Guns’ Opal Mining Crew from Discovery Channel tv show ‘Outback Opal Hunters.’
Our love for treasure hunting led us to quit our jobs and move to the desert in search of precious Australian Opal!
It’s a bad day to be a rock!
That pineapple was flippin' INCREDIBLE!! I had no idea opals could form like that! But watching you squirm through those tiny holes in that mine, and wade through that water had my heart in my throat. There's NO WAY I could do that!
This is giving me anxiety how do you guys remember your way out crawling through all these little holes? Aren't you terrified one of these might collapse and you won't be able to get out?
The dog knows the way 😂 hahah honestly its just remembering which turns you take, there was only so many spots we could get through. As for the rest of the mine I’m very familiar with it! Not so worried about collapse in the old tunnels they are working in some pretty rough ground and weren’t taking lots of dirt away, it’s more dangerous in big open rooms.
lol same id take the dog🤔
Good point but nothing worth having is easily gotten! Just some old school stuff my grandfather told me
Watch the video of a kid who crawled into a hole and ended up head under heals and died after a couple hours of failed rescues... his body is still there to this day
A lot of mine shafts are hundred + years old and if they haven’t collapsed by now you would think today would be the random day it decides to
This is the first time watching you guys crawl through the tunnels that made me nervous. Congrats on that fantastic find!
Thanks for watching! Was definitely a tight fit but a lot of fun!
near gave me Costa phobia ??????
same here
MN as requested. :)
Much respect from Alaska! Love how excited Dad got for his little girl scoring huge! Jaymin's video editing is just as good as the Outback Opal Hunters show. Always happy to get a notification on a new video dropping.
Thank you for the kind words we try our best to show you all what is happening and we are still learning! Definitely the best job we have ever had tho!
I really like watching her. Shes pretty. Fearless and a bit of a badass . beautiful find.
I will pass that on hopefully we can convince her to come back soon!
Baked you took that wrong. I have granddaughters older than her.
Yess!! I been waiting thanks for the content 😊
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely amazing... congratulations! I'm envious of that stunning gem, but more envious of your opportunity to mine for opal. Thank you for sharing your work.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! We are so privileged to be able to do this job and share it with the world!
One of your best yet! Love it. What a great setup and a lovely bit of ground that holds such amazing treasure.
Definitely a fantastic day! Thanks for watching!
much better here than the Discovery show, bit more real 👍🏼. Keep em coming, stay safe
That is a massive complement thank you very much! We love being able to share our adventures and create our own videos! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
100% agree. Can't stand the Discovery Producer's default formula, I.e. constantly manufacture drama in a manner that makes it clear that they think entire fan base is retarded.
Did they find 3
You guys are amazing. Great video, as usual. So stoked for you. Hope the 'treasures' keep on coming. All power to you.
Days like this make it all worth it thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
One of your best videos yet guys. Need your sisters lucky streak with you more often. Stunning pineapple!!! I know you guys are busy but we would love to see more videos from you guys.
Will definitely try and have more videos ASAP !
Sis is a cutee, she could dig my opals anyday. Grats on the pineapple!
Man that dog is having the time of his life!!
Hahahah not just the dog 😂 but yes it’s awesome to see moo having fun and being able to join in!
Gotta love family!
Who better to share the adventure with and celebrate the good times!
Eureka Yeee Haaa Well done guys. Cheers Famo59 👍🍻⛏🤓
Thanks for watching! Yewww 🤠⛏
Love the "sisterly love" guys. Moo had no problem getting through. 👌 thx guys for taking us along with you.
You guys deserve all that you work so hard for. Well done 👍🏻👍🏻
Legend thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
Well done guy’s, that’s a terrific find for you all. Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming. 👍🏻
Hey thanks again for watching! New video will be in two weeks not as long a wait this time!
Thought Elaura was going swimming for a sec, great to see the fam into it, she goes hard.
Had to send her in was too cold 😂😂
Love it guys!! Great job on the editing. Super fun to watch 🙌🏽
Thanks you! Still learning but hopefully getting better with each video!
Love the videos, more frequent uploads would be awesome!
Would love to share more often just hard to find the opal and the time! Promise to have another video out in 2 weeks!
@@younggunsopalhunters Totally understand! Treasure hunting can be slow, just release then as you guys get the chance to! ❤🙏
It's amazing what mother nature creates absolutely gorgeous
What a gift the earth creates!
Wow an incredible find. Congratulations opal family!!! Your so fortunate to have such an opportunity to find such treasures. It's quite a gift from God!!! Opals are my favorite....
What better people to share in an adventure with than family :) thanks for watching!
niceee hope it will be on the show awesome find girl, thats the way to show up them boys LOL
She’s a good luck charm that’s for sure!
Loved the video great to see young people not afraid of good old fashioned hard work. Keep going and you will find your fortune ✨️
Fortune favours those who chase there dreams and do what they love!
Wow, I have never seen a pineapple opal before. How beautiful, what an amazing find.... Totally thrilled for you all 😊💕
What a lovely asset that young lady is, - daughter of the boss.
Hopefully she comes back out again soon!
Really nice work putting these videos together for us! Super enjoyable!
Just stumbled upon your video and really enjoyed it and wish you much success in your future adventures.
Hey thanks for checking it out!
I know you guys might feel obligated to show yourselves finding opal before you upload but please don't, you'd be surprised how many people would love to just see the day to day operation and stuff. :)
Honestly just makes it more enjoyable for us to show you guys the cool things we find as well :) we have hundreds of hours of footage just mining and finding nothing but being able to share what we discover and share the excitement is the best part! We do post a lot more of our day to day stuff on our tiktok and Instagram accounts :) Thanks for watching!
@@younggunsopalhunters absolute man, you guys are living the dream. I don't do much of the social media and found you guys thanks to watching the show mixed with the algorithm i guess. You upload however you like and i'll keep watching. :)
I am claustrophobic and watching these youngsters climbing in these tunnels has my heart racing.
Moo the dog is so cute! Good job guys. I always get excited for you when you find amazing opals. Living the dream you are.
Thank you for watching!
Big fan of the show and love watching you fellas hard at it. I'm glad for you guys it's paid of with a great find. All the best for the future 🙏💪👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🍻🍻
Definitely a great find can’t wait to see what comes out of the area in the future!
The absolute thrill of finding a pineapple would be incredible! Awesome find guys
Definitely a special find! Thanks for watching brother 🤠⛏
Wow from anxiety to seeing noz and Lauren the cutest couple we need to see more of her 🙌🙌
Hahaha hopefully she will come back to visit and find us more pineapples soon :)
Wow you guys rock it !! Thanks for the visit and what a beauty !! Well done !!
Thank you for watching !
So awesome that it's a family owned business! Truly one of my dreams and so love the " dunmpy " first 😂 I'm gonna use that! Keep it up and I hope the mine never goes dry!❣️🥰
Hahah no better people to have by your side doing what you love then family!
I am extremely claustrophobic(like I’ll go into a panic if my head doesn’t go through the neck hole of a shirt fast enough claustrophobic) and watching you guys literally altered my breathing. If somebody told me there’s $1 million Opal in there all you have to do is go and get it….nope ain’t happening. The thought of being trapped in there or having my light go out while I was in there is honestly enough to want to send me into a full scale panic just thinking about it. At the risk of sounding like a mother hen I hope that you guys always leave word with somebody as to where you’re going.
Thank you for the concern this job definitely isn’t for everyone we do take a lot of safety precarious not all of which we show on camera :)
A million dollars nope nope never!
I wondered the perspective of a person w claustrophobia.
I too get claustrophobic while putting a sweatshirt over my head so now I just buy zip ups...lol I couldn't go down there...I would probably pass out or have a heart attack during a panic attack... I truly appreciate the work you do so that we can have nice things!!
You guys are just awesome! Thanks for sharing and we love watching y'all! 💜💜💜💜💜💜
Thank you for watching!
Seriously what a stunning Opal formation guys! That was intense. From the start to finish!!!! Yewwwwww!
Thank you for watching! Definitely a fantastic find!
That is awesome. I've never heard of this specimen type before, but wow am I impressed.
Definitely one of Australia’s most unique specimens
That made my caving experience look so lame! Keep making these videos guys! they are awesome!
Thanks for watching! Any caving is good caving!
Love watching you guys mine for opals! Such a precious gem that hold a special place in my heart! Hopefully one day I’ll be able to travel up the road from Broken Hill to come and see the mining process for myself! Cheers for another fantastic video - Ayla Faith
Thank you for watching and sharing in the adventure!
Great vid guys, the pineapple is amazing congrats on that find.
Definitely an interesting piece and soo lucky to find one :)
Love it guys, hope to seem you pull these millions in, but if not and you still have fun thats what I'm here for, education and the scenes from true opal miners, what a fantastic find, with love guys and I hope to buy some if your opal chips soon (from your etsy store)
Thank you for watching!
Well done! Loved the video and awesome camera work. 1 million pocket coming 👍
Thanks! Still learning how to do all the camera work and the editing but thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! $1 mil pocket here we come!
Great video as always. Love watching your finds 😊
Thank you for watching!
way to go guys i really want to see it after its all been cleaned up. and of course I really wish i could be there to help and to have as much fun as you are.
I highly recommend it! Best job in the world! Thank you for watching and shareing in the excitement!
Guys you are crazy to go through those tiny holes at the same time I have the utmost respect for y’all and biggups to little sis for that amazing find🤩 Young Guns is the best
Thank you for watching life’s an adventure out here that’s for sure!
@@younggunsopalhunters True that🤟🏽 Thank you for letting us join along with these amazing content
Best clip yet, thanks!...sissy is adorable she should be in more often!...as women miners, we have to inspire the up and coming generations!
Good to see that no meals are being missed, in your family. Same in my family, we're all...... robust !!!!! 😁
Hahaha too many good cooks in this family 😂
Great editing, great find. I especially enjoyed the exploration part, and the lovely dog. A question: Are pineapples never found right next to eachother in this mine? I would not dare using the jackhammer on such good rock that has already produced.
Thank you still learning how to make videos but getting better :) They can be though we are able to identify them before we use the jackhammers! Definitely wouldn’t want to break one like that!
The tunnels made me a bit nervous too!! I'm amazed at your find, thanks for bringing to the rest of us. It was awesome to see your sister, is she going to do some more camera work and editing on the back end so we can see more opal mining from your guys, or be the next Young Gun member down in the mines?
Thanks for watching it’s our privilege to be able to do this job and share it with some many :) Haha I wish she was unfortunately she has to head back home and get back to work! We hope to see her out here again soon tho and if this video does well then maybe we can convince her to do it full time 😂
Awesome job guys. I can’t wait to see the next series on Outback Opal Hunters and see how well you do. The pineapple opal is such a rarity and great to see you guys in amongst them. Good luck and happy digging.
Thanks for watching we hope to share some insane opal fines this year with you all!
crazy bastards crawling through those holes like that.. you all deserve success
Mothafucka if crawling through holes deserves success I'll crawl through any hole you want
Hahaha thank you for watching!
This was a great video showing what raw opal looks like straight out the ground! Great find!! Beautiful
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Much love from the Midwest America. Love the family vibe, keep on keeping on.
No better people to spend time with then family!
HUGE Opal mine. Great find. I wish you continued success in all your Opal mining efforts.
Hard working and encouraging I salute you thanks
My head was screaming "nooooooo!" throughout all the squeezes, so scary!
Just got to suck it in and keep on rigglin 😂
😂 dumpy first. Now that's a Thiqq boi 😂. Much love brother.
Hahahahah
Right now I'm going to watch more of your videos. 😍
Legend! Thanks for watching!
You guys are such a wonderful, lovely family! Wonderful find. Well done!
Thanks for watching!
Love your video, you need to post more often!!!!
We will try to post more soon!
Awesome you guys .can't wait for the next one
Thanks for watching new video will be out in two weeks :)
Loved it keep up the good work and tnx for the video
Thanks for watching !
I am very proud of you guys and gelouse...love and respect
That is so friggen beautiful!
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You critters would make good plumbers . Been in alot of tight spots under homes myself . Closterphobia is a no no in plumbing.
Hahaha definitely!
I love how the dog is worried for you guys and always howling quietly when you scream or seem to go through ight stuff
Ironic that the mad King George in fact provided many a convict, a bounty of riches and a wonderful and rich life! Oi! Oi! Oi! Enjoyed watching this! All the best to ya', hey.
Hahaha best comment so far!
some cool vids guys keep up the amazing work!
Thank you 🙏
Good video and an awesome pineapple find congrats added a like and FB share.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share we really appreciate the support!
You guys deserve every penny. I'd be chipping every hole twice as big as it needed to be before I even thought about going through.
Nice find!! That is amazingly beautiful!!👍😁
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Yea new video! Keep them coming!!!!
Yewww new video 2 weeks time!
Great Job! just love seeing you guys win!
It’s not every day we have a win but days like this keep us going! Thanks for being apart of the journey!
Sis your good luck charm buddy.well done.made me smile.when Dad said.ill take it home.and see what we've found 😅 awesome.love these video's.along with the Ausie Gold.and.outback trucker's keep them coming.cheers from across the ditch
Fabulous to watch this, I really love your videos x
Thank you for watching!
Incredible and thanks for sharing.
Great job little lady. That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
Definitely an awesome find!
Great video love watching you on TV.
Thank you we have a blast doing this job!
She is gorgeous and adventurous
Great Team work Awesome Find💞💞
What a cool yet intense job. Love watching videos about opal mining. Never heard of an opal pineapple before this video. It’s an amazing piece. Aloha from Hawaii
Absolutely stunning piece ! omg !
good to see White Cliffs still kicking
Let’s hope WC can hold on a bit longer!
Well done guys! You deserve that find by all the effort you put in, fair play to you all!!
Hi, just found your channel. That was very exciting! I definately be following you guys. I've never heard of pineapple opals before. Thanks for the education and all the best of luck with it. 👍😀
Thanks for watching and commenting!
That's badass!! Congrats!!
Fantastic find. We'll done
Just one look! I’m hooked forever!!! You’re the wind beneath my wings. That pineapple opal is breathtaking. Please consider eye protection.
Hahaha thanks for watching and for the concern!
Great find guys, avva drink for me. Keep it, look forward to your next vid. 🚀
Will do 🍻
Great video. Thanks for sharing. . What an awesome thing to have in ur family..
Hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck. Y’all deserve every penny.
Cutest opal miner I've seen. Nice find
Wow guys I would love to see it when it's done
We will list it up soon :)
Congratulations young lady🫡 I hope this reaches you and those you love in great health and happiness❤️🙏👍
Love these videos boys keep it up
Thank you for watching!
Awsome pineapple guys. Keep up the good work.