Mavrick88
Newbie
- Sep 19, 2014
- 3
- 4
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hello,
I went to this gem/gold mine in person a few months back and had a really good time going through their 'condensed' 5 gallon buckets that were going for $50 each. The setup is quite nice and my girlfriend and I had a great time! The company is called Crisson Gold Mine in Dahlonega, GA. They seem very reputable and my finds on their $50 buckets were quite nice. I also tried for some gold! I had to go through 3 buckets because I'm a sucker for "you never know what you'll find!!" type of things
. I guess that's why I'm here on Treasurenet, right? Haha.
Earlier this week I decided to purchase one of their buckets online that is $100. Here's their description:
This gets you the most Gemstones for your Money. This is Our SUPER GEMSTONE Concentrates. You can find RUBIES, SAPHIRES, EMERALDS, GARNETS, AMETHYST, AGATES, CITRINE, AND MANY OTHER types of Gemstones. This ore is very rich and they can be cut. This is 75 gallons of our Gemstone Ore concentrated to 1 gallons of ore. This is so rich that you can see the Gemstones just fall out of the Ore. We have a lot of repeat orders from happy customers. Shipping is $10.35 and we can fit 2 bags into 1 box for the same amount. (They need to fix the shipping charge, it was a few bucks more).
Sounds good for us happy go get'em treasure hunters!
So, as you would expect, I went through the whole thing as soon as I got them. From what I can 'see' I think that I got a few nice finds but want to check on here before I decided to get anything cut or to see if any of you say "Just toss them in your rock tumbler". Either way, spending money on these buckets was just fun in general and worth the money to me to have a good time doing it. So anything is a bonus if it's 'worth' anything. I'm skeptical on stuff like this as well. I mean, if you could truly "strike it rich" on these, why isn't everyone doing it? Right?
Again, it was all about the fun!
I had some pretty nice, from what I can tell, Rubies? I think! I'm not a gem expert, so I thought I'd ask here. In just some of your opinions, are these worth getting looked at to get cut or should I just toss them in my rock tumbler? Weird that after I cleaned most of them, they all had a gluey sticky like surface. The big ones were the worst. It was like an oily/gluey stickiness to them.
![SAM_1041.JPG SAM_1041.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985156-8870ac56f4a372868f017ee0c4bb799b.jpg)
![SAM_1044.JPG SAM_1044.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985193-0c231dd41b2df84e69fae83457ab88a8.jpg)
![SAM_1046.JPG SAM_1046.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985215-64a652d1fbb22f110f1cc5fa2ab45b52.jpg)
I "think" this is the same type. Not 100% sure.
![SAM_1049.JPG SAM_1049.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985248-f03508acb7e4f136268928a0f863b46d.jpg)
Here is a couple of these weighed by CT.
![SAM_1050.JPG SAM_1050.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985268-2e5a7bd54e4957f72b69f19c78ed53e9.jpg)
![SAM_1051.JPG SAM_1051.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985282-3694e1f9203690721ae0d415c68da5d0.jpg)
![SAM_1052.JPG SAM_1052.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985318-37dc9b46ccfc15489edceadc60fd55f1.jpg)
I wasn't too sure what these were. Garnet? Sapphire? Have smaller ones of these as well.
![SAM_1056.JPG SAM_1056.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985345-9fd4d4441cb970921e07d0a7d9358516.jpg)
![SAM_1065.JPG SAM_1065.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985377-2903ba12aa6af22612f5a35a7d6981eb.jpg)
![SAM_1068.JPG SAM_1068.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985411-9405106d9c9a770bd331b5dc6b0decd7.jpg)
More Rubies, I think. Not sure about the oblong ones. Some kind of resemble moonstone like rocks.
![SAM_1069.JPG SAM_1069.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985430-f3673b92b465a44031aebc8010b0bef9.jpg)
![SAM_1071.JPG SAM_1071.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985451-b310bfc49ebbf51c1756082861b7cea8.jpg)
![SAM_1076.JPG SAM_1076.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985472-28bde87b6f799f2efcb7c7cefca402e0.jpg)
![SAM_1077.JPG SAM_1077.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985495-d637cb85d0c4e8e0b7ca8114c164add5.jpg)
Emeralds. Not sure if they all are and not sure why some of them have that 'shinny' black stuff in them. Maybe these are not worth cutting but maybe tumbling for fun?
![SAM_1078.JPG SAM_1078.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985507-ee7f936d07ae02739832c133c1d109fb.jpg)
![SAM_1079.JPG SAM_1079.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985527-e78f343f2d8110829099ba9b990f3599.jpg)
![SAM_1080.JPG SAM_1080.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985542-61247767d8696034e46070074833e3d5.jpg)
This one looked like the best/biggest one I got out of all the Emeralds. 66 CT. and doesn't have all that black shinny stuff on it.
![SAM_1090.JPG SAM_1090.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985561-e7e62e1c3fd808a585189b6966be6074.jpg)
![SAM_1091.JPG SAM_1091.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985572-5dcebe2457bf6c3820b1c48752b1c34a.jpg)
![SAM_1092.JPG SAM_1092.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985586-fc9410c0955fe78884661c8862121fbf.jpg)
Bunch of little Emeralds. Again, not 100% sure if they all are Emeralds. These are prob good for tumbling or learning how to gem cut
.
![SAM_1095.JPG SAM_1095.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985605-0474714c47eed8c1ceae66d4d03afecb.jpg)
Of course, I also got a lot of Tiger Eyes, Solidate, Citrine (mostly the yellow soapy ones), Quartz, Moss Agate, Red Jasper, Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Pyrite, Aventurine, Smoky Quartz, ect. Great for my rock tumbler!
I know this was a long post. Thank you if you took the time to read it!
I went to this gem/gold mine in person a few months back and had a really good time going through their 'condensed' 5 gallon buckets that were going for $50 each. The setup is quite nice and my girlfriend and I had a great time! The company is called Crisson Gold Mine in Dahlonega, GA. They seem very reputable and my finds on their $50 buckets were quite nice. I also tried for some gold! I had to go through 3 buckets because I'm a sucker for "you never know what you'll find!!" type of things
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
Earlier this week I decided to purchase one of their buckets online that is $100. Here's their description:
This gets you the most Gemstones for your Money. This is Our SUPER GEMSTONE Concentrates. You can find RUBIES, SAPHIRES, EMERALDS, GARNETS, AMETHYST, AGATES, CITRINE, AND MANY OTHER types of Gemstones. This ore is very rich and they can be cut. This is 75 gallons of our Gemstone Ore concentrated to 1 gallons of ore. This is so rich that you can see the Gemstones just fall out of the Ore. We have a lot of repeat orders from happy customers. Shipping is $10.35 and we can fit 2 bags into 1 box for the same amount. (They need to fix the shipping charge, it was a few bucks more).
Sounds good for us happy go get'em treasure hunters!
So, as you would expect, I went through the whole thing as soon as I got them. From what I can 'see' I think that I got a few nice finds but want to check on here before I decided to get anything cut or to see if any of you say "Just toss them in your rock tumbler". Either way, spending money on these buckets was just fun in general and worth the money to me to have a good time doing it. So anything is a bonus if it's 'worth' anything. I'm skeptical on stuff like this as well. I mean, if you could truly "strike it rich" on these, why isn't everyone doing it? Right?
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
I had some pretty nice, from what I can tell, Rubies? I think! I'm not a gem expert, so I thought I'd ask here. In just some of your opinions, are these worth getting looked at to get cut or should I just toss them in my rock tumbler? Weird that after I cleaned most of them, they all had a gluey sticky like surface. The big ones were the worst. It was like an oily/gluey stickiness to them.
![SAM_1041.JPG SAM_1041.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985156-8870ac56f4a372868f017ee0c4bb799b.jpg)
![SAM_1044.JPG SAM_1044.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985193-0c231dd41b2df84e69fae83457ab88a8.jpg)
![SAM_1046.JPG SAM_1046.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985215-64a652d1fbb22f110f1cc5fa2ab45b52.jpg)
I "think" this is the same type. Not 100% sure.
![SAM_1049.JPG SAM_1049.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985248-f03508acb7e4f136268928a0f863b46d.jpg)
Here is a couple of these weighed by CT.
![SAM_1050.JPG SAM_1050.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985268-2e5a7bd54e4957f72b69f19c78ed53e9.jpg)
![SAM_1051.JPG SAM_1051.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985282-3694e1f9203690721ae0d415c68da5d0.jpg)
![SAM_1052.JPG SAM_1052.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985318-37dc9b46ccfc15489edceadc60fd55f1.jpg)
I wasn't too sure what these were. Garnet? Sapphire? Have smaller ones of these as well.
![SAM_1056.JPG SAM_1056.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985345-9fd4d4441cb970921e07d0a7d9358516.jpg)
![SAM_1065.JPG SAM_1065.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985377-2903ba12aa6af22612f5a35a7d6981eb.jpg)
![SAM_1068.JPG SAM_1068.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985411-9405106d9c9a770bd331b5dc6b0decd7.jpg)
More Rubies, I think. Not sure about the oblong ones. Some kind of resemble moonstone like rocks.
![SAM_1069.JPG SAM_1069.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985430-f3673b92b465a44031aebc8010b0bef9.jpg)
![SAM_1071.JPG SAM_1071.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985451-b310bfc49ebbf51c1756082861b7cea8.jpg)
![SAM_1076.JPG SAM_1076.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985472-28bde87b6f799f2efcb7c7cefca402e0.jpg)
![SAM_1077.JPG SAM_1077.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985495-d637cb85d0c4e8e0b7ca8114c164add5.jpg)
Emeralds. Not sure if they all are and not sure why some of them have that 'shinny' black stuff in them. Maybe these are not worth cutting but maybe tumbling for fun?
![SAM_1078.JPG SAM_1078.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985507-ee7f936d07ae02739832c133c1d109fb.jpg)
![SAM_1079.JPG SAM_1079.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985527-e78f343f2d8110829099ba9b990f3599.jpg)
![SAM_1080.JPG SAM_1080.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985542-61247767d8696034e46070074833e3d5.jpg)
This one looked like the best/biggest one I got out of all the Emeralds. 66 CT. and doesn't have all that black shinny stuff on it.
![SAM_1090.JPG SAM_1090.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985561-e7e62e1c3fd808a585189b6966be6074.jpg)
![SAM_1091.JPG SAM_1091.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985572-5dcebe2457bf6c3820b1c48752b1c34a.jpg)
![SAM_1092.JPG SAM_1092.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985586-fc9410c0955fe78884661c8862121fbf.jpg)
Bunch of little Emeralds. Again, not 100% sure if they all are Emeralds. These are prob good for tumbling or learning how to gem cut
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
![SAM_1095.JPG SAM_1095.JPG](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/985/985605-0474714c47eed8c1ceae66d4d03afecb.jpg)
Of course, I also got a lot of Tiger Eyes, Solidate, Citrine (mostly the yellow soapy ones), Quartz, Moss Agate, Red Jasper, Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Pyrite, Aventurine, Smoky Quartz, ect. Great for my rock tumbler!
I know this was a long post. Thank you if you took the time to read it!
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