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Gold ‘n Gem Grubbin in the North Georgia Mountains!!

November 18, 2012 by Bill Stuart 5 Comments

Gold ‘n Gem Grubbin in the North Georgia Mountains! 

For any of you who have been following my posts, you know that I love to go gem hunting in the north Georgia mountains. It was during one of my trips that my grandson suggested that I write a book incorporating the “magical” properties of gemstones with a quest and some elves and The Gemstone Chronicles were born!

My favorite place to hunt gemstones is Gold ‘n Gem Grubbin in Cleveland, GA. You can visit their website at: http://www.goldngemgrubbinstore.com.

Gold n Gem Grubbin Entrance
Gold n Gem Grubbin Entrance

Here you can pan for gold, work buckets at the sluice, or dig at the creek. I prefer the creek. There is something about sitting in a chair, sifting through pans of dirt in the creek, and looking for shiny rocks that relaxes me. We were doing this when Aidan suggested the book. Below is a picture of the sluice area where you can buy buckets of rocks and sift through them to find treasures!

Gold n Gem Grubbin Sluice Area
Gold n Gem Grubbin Sluice Area

Mining at the Creek!

As I said, I prefer mining at the creek. I didn’t take any pictures of the dirt pile that I worked. Gold ‘n Gem Grubbin is part of an operating gold mine. The owners will dump loads of dirt from the gold mine next to the creek and you can fill up buckets with dirt and screen them right there in the creek and take home what you find. While you aren’t guaranteed to find anything, I have been going almost monthly for a few years now and I have never come home empty-handed. November 16 was no exception!

Gold n Gem Grubbin Haul
This is my haul from about 4 hours of work! There are various quartz, some amethysts, garnets, rubies, sapphires, aventurine, emeralds, hematite, and a few others.

Below are some closer shots of some of the stones! I apologize for the quality of the photos in advance…

Gold n Gem Grubbin Amethysts
Various amethysts that I found Nov. 16 2012. They vary in color from a light purple to a much darker purple!
Gold n' Gems Grubbin' various stones
Rubies, Sapphires, and Hematite
Gold 'n Gem Grubbin Quartz
Quartz

What will I do with my stones?

Now, I am not a skilled maker of cabochons or faceted gemstones (though I would really like to learn). I know some people who are and I may tumble some of the stones, have them made into cabs, or have them faceted. I don’t know yet, but my collection continues to grow. Assuming the weather is nice, I may be back there in December with shovel and sifting box in hand!

If you are ever in the Cleveland, GA area and need a neat activity for you to enjoy, give Gold ‘n Gem Grubbin a try!

Have you visited Gold ‘n Gem Grubbin? If so, leave me a comment and let me know how your day went. If you prefer to connect with me on social media, I can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, or email me at bill@williamlstuart.com. You can also subscribe to the blog and never miss a post!

P.S. This is not an endorsement and I did not receive any compensation for this post. I like going up there and thought I would share!!

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