Do NOT waste your time or money! I ordered a bag of their so called "Picker Gold Nugget Bag" and…read morewas immediately disappointed. I was charged $18 for "Priority Mail" shipping. I live 50 miles away and it took over a week to arrive! When it did, The box was crushed and the insides has started to spill out. When I finally got to panning this 'concentrate', I doubt I got more than $10 worth of gold from it. Next time I want to throw my money away I will just play the lottery.

I love gem grubbin. I LOVE it. If there's a grubbin spot, I will find it and visit for a big old…read morebucket of gems. As far as grubbin spots go, this one is pretty good. I got myself the $60 bucket of gems, which was the five gallon size. Some places will make the bucket with sand, so finding the pretties is super easy. Not here! They mix them with regular old rocks from the property, which can make finding some of the stones a challenge, especially those ugly old sapphires. The water is so cold, and on a cold day, I had frozen fingers, but I really didn't mind. I did find some lovely stones, a really great variety actually, and the gal sorted them for me on a mat. I got a blue tiger's eye, lots of quartz, garnets, sapphires, emeralds and so much more. While we were there, a group came to do gold panning, and did end up finding some flakes. You could tell which person LOVED it, he wanted to get another bucket and everybody was like, NO, BRAD. Clearly, this kind of attraction really appeals to some people, myself included.