Address: 100 Shoppes on the Parkway Rd, Blowing Rock, NC 28605, USA
Phone: +18282952034
Sunday: 9:30AM–5PM
Monday: 9:30AM–5PM
Tuesday: 9:30AM–5PM
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 9:30AM–5PM
Friday: 9:30AM–5PM
Saturday: 9:30AM–5PM
Scott J. Sebok, MA CCEP
In one $40 bucket, my daughter found a 7.23-carat sapphire worth $600 and her friend found a 4.125-carat ruby worth $350. Friendly staff and now indoors with music and air conditioning. Loved it!
Chad Kirkman
Nice little place for the kids to go. Employees were very nice. They actually go over what you find with the kids. Very informative
Jay B
What a great spot. My son didn’t want to go to one of the other gem mining places because it looked like it was “for kids.” We then initially planned to stop at a gem mine farther away but they were closed. My wife and I were hesitant about Docs initially for the “for kids” feel we saw in pictures. BUT this place was awesome. My 9 and 6 year old kiddos had a BLAST and are super excited to be sending some of their gems away to be cut into gemstones. Couldn’t be more pleased that we stopped.
Victoria Layton
We came here about 2 days ago. We did the combo package for the museum, putt putt and the emerald strike mining package. For myself, my husband and my 5 year old daughter it was about $61. I honestly thought it was going to be a big rip off. I was incredibly wrong. We did the mining first. It took my daughter 20 to 30 minutes to get through the bag and she had a blast. Afterwards they gave us a lot of information about a few of the gems/rocks we mined. We all learned a few new things. Then we went on the tour of the dinosaur museum. Looking back on it I would happily pay the $60 just for the museum. The manager (who's name I can't remember for the life of me. So sorry) took us on a personalized private tour. He was so incredibly knowledgeable and took his time explaining stuff to us and answering my daughter's questions. We were in the museum for at least an hour. It was such a cool experience for all of us. We'll be visiting again whenever we come back to Blowing Rock.
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They're sourced from mines in the NC mountains and 2 mines close to the line in TN.
Yes
It is worth it. Best to get a big bucket and maybe an arrowhead bag. They explain what it is afterwards. They also have an inside mini golf with Dinosaurs!
They are real but raw. The, give you the option to have them cut for you. We did that with two tourmalines and they turned out beautiful
Regional ore bucket is $36.30. There are also seeded bags. Arrowhead find and paydirt are $8.54. Lucky strike, Fossil dig and Emerald dig are $14.95 and the Mother lode is $32.03. These prices include tax.
Yes they do
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