The Diamond Hunters 2001 Set against the background of South Africas emerald coast and diamond mines, Diamond Hunters traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget Johnny, a successful diamond hunter, gets sucked back into a family that had been his own, before the patriarch, Jacob Van der Byl, abandoned him 20 years ago Painful memories of an unjust father and a long lost love come back to reality as Johnny is pitted against his own half brother Benedict in a fight over two women, a diamond empire and ultimately, his very survival Played out over two episodes, Diamond Hunters describes Johnnys thwarted attempts to win the approval of Jacob, and the under hand schemes by which the inimical Benedict plans to defeat him Tracey, Benedicts sister and Johnnys true love, further complicates the fraternal rivalry, as all attempt to overcome the demons that survive from their troubled childhood