Diamond Hill Mine SC March 8 2012

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:21 pm

Goin to diamond hill mine in SC tommorrow morning. If anyone is game let me know and Ill see you there. Pm or reply to this message so I can get in touch with you. I already have reservations to be there so let me know. see ya there.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:07 pm

Thats one place I want to check out, but it won't be tomorrow. Take some pics and post a report.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:25 pm

Any gold there? Or crystals only.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:30 pm

There is a lot of different quartz, amethyst and other crystals. I haven't heard of anyone finding gold there.It looks like a cool place to spend a day.
http://www.dhmine.com/

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:11 am

I have been to Diamond Hill quite a few times. Its a great place to find some nice quartz specimens. Brian, the owner of Diamond Hill, let me pan the creek but I didn't find any gold. I didn't spend a whole lot of time because the mosquitoes were tearing me up. Good luck and have fun Pete!

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:13 am

Check out my post from last summer. If you are lucky you can find something like this.

http://southernprospector.s2.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=1973

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:24 pm

I want to go there at some point as well..

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:17 pm

had a blast just got in from a 5 day prospecting adventure. I did score a very nice amethyst cluster and brought home approzimately 6 buckets worth of clusters. Got a big specimen that was as big as my cooler and weighed about 40 pounds. Ill have to get them cleaned up and shoot some pics later. Im beat. As far as this place goes, I loved it. I havent had an opportunity to go gem grubbin like that since I was a kid. Truly an authentic non salted experience. You never know what you find but clusters are plentiful. I only played in the amethyst pit today but I found some skeletal and smoke quartz clusters in the amethyst pit. also found alot of yellow/amber quartz clusters as well. I dug for a good 6 hours today and the buckets fill up faster than you think so if you ever go bring plenty of room for specimens because you can take home as many as you like. For 15 bucks its a steal of a deal adventure. I wouldnt wanna do this one in the summertime though but today was perfect weather.

Dredger Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 487 Location: ohio

wow id say a heck of a deal for $15 ... we have some gem places in ohio that are pay to play , but im sure nothing like where you were ... cant wait for the picks !!!

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:41 am

Take pics and post when you get back.

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:54 am

Sounds great man.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:33 am

Pete,
Which pit is the Amethyst pit? Is it the one in and to the right or the pit to the left as you come in thru the entrance? Last year that one was like a double pit with a small ridge dividing it. Further over to the left, or down the side road is the smoky quartz pit. I got some real nice smoky quartz the last time I was there. Some of sparkles as much as any diamond I've ever seen.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:42 am

Tim wrote:

Pete,
Which pit is the Amethyst pit? Is it the one in and to the right or the pit to the left as you come in thru the entrance? Last year that one was like a double pit with a small ridge dividing it. Further over to the left, or down the side road is the smoky quartz pit. I got some real nice smoky quartz the last time I was there. Some of sparkles as much as any diamond I've ever seen.

You go in you have skeletal, then amethyst, then smokey. Ill get some pics of my samples soon, just moving in between jobs, enjoying time off, etc. etc. cough cough lazy cough cough. lol

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:21 pm

Here are some of the specimens I took home and cleaned up. These are just the better ones out of the bunch, I have good bit more as well.

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:37 pm

Nice!

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:39 pm

Hey Pete, my kids think those are really cool and now they want to go digging

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:31 pm

jmb3270 wrote:

Hey Pete, my kids think those are really cool and now they want to go digging

Take em, each one of your kids could take home a bucket of memories and create your own as well. I plan on taking my daughter out with me one of these days as well. It was great, digging finding your own stuff much like prospecting however here it was very rewarding and you dont have to dig long to atleast find something cool to look at if not take home. I cant say the same for jackson crossroads, I worked twice as hard over there and moved twice the material and barely came home with anything. I plan to go back to diamond hill again with my kid but will probably do it with a community dig so she can attend. If not she will have to wait till shes 12 and whos to say that place will be open or as good by then?

Dredger Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 487 Location: ohio

thats some cool stuff ... coolest thing i have are a few geostones , a rock full of prehistoric fish bones and underwater plant life ... all are in my parents yard as they decided to burry them in mulch .. i have been looking for them since .. i will find them i hope !!! Crying or Very sad

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:49 pm

WOW

Pete way cool and great pictures
Thats not far from me. My sisters and I have though about going there a few time might make it this time.