Can you leave the immediate digging site to go to your vehicle for water and food without paying another entry fee or must you drag your cooler into the digging site? ALSO when was the last time that the site was machine dug?

You can cone and go they have food and rest area out by car love this place

There was one section of the mine with newly turned dirt a week ago

There's a lot of digging sites and you're free to move around and go to your car in the parking lot and back. You just can't leave in your car and come back without paying another entrance fee