1. Highlands Road Gem Mine

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    Highlands Road Gem Mine

    5.0 (3 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Rose Creek Mine

    Rose Creek Mine

    5.0
    (38 reviews)
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    As a self-proclaimed rock hound, Rose Creek Mine met all expectations and more…read more Our family of 6 went on Sunday, most of us choosing the "DIY Dig" buckets for $20 per person. The experience consisted of digging up two buckets of dirt from the pile that was recently hauled from their Smokey Mountain mine, and using the provided equipment to sift through little by little. The DIY dig touts "non-salted" buckets, which was important to me, giving us as close to a real boots on the ground mining experience that a family of all ages can expect. The pictured peach moonstone was my favorite find of the day, and I also took home some really unique and reasonably priced pieces from the gift shop. I've done a few "dig & sifts" across the states and I was especially impressed with the staff helping to identify the material found and packaging up and labeling for later. The extra few minutes spent was so appreciated. Special shout out to Miss. Nancy for making my family's visit extra special!

    This place was amazing. The staff is incredibly helpful, it's a great value and the setup is…read morecomfortable and well shaded. My wife, myself and two girls found a ton of garnets, lots of quarts, a little bit of amethyst, moonstone, ruby and sapphires. Most of the gems were significantly included but they tell you ahead of time that it's pretty rare to find near perfect gems. It's still a great value and a lot of fun. If you want an extra bucket to shift through it's only an additional $5. As far as value the only place around here that might be better offers unlimited buckets for twice the price. That pretty much means you would have to sift through six buckets just to break even. If you only plan to go through 1-3 buckets this is a much better value and the people are nicer as well.

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    Peach Moonstone found in the DIY dig
    Peach Moonstone found in the DIY dig
    The garnets found in one bucket.
    The garnets found in one bucket.
    Perfectly double terminated quartz. Sometimes called Herkimer diamond.

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    Perfectly double terminated quartz. Sometimes called Herkimer diamond.

    Highlands Road Gem Mine - gemstonesandminerals - Updated July 2026

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