we went to the mine a couple times during our visit after other things were closed and we had a great time! the staff was nice and very helpful, the man working chatted with us and showed us things we may have not kept in our bags!

My Wife & I absolutely loved this place & my Wife is wearing the ring mqde from stones we found while here. There really is something that makes the jewelry even more special when you not only found the stones yourself, but got to see them before they were cut & polished. If you find any stones that you really... More

I recommend getting at least the $50 bucket as you get a free cut with that. That works out great. We instead got a $15 (cheapest) and a $25 gem and fossil bucket(was marked off ten bucks) They have 'buckets' that go up to $1000 (though those have huge geodes and are full of items. Our selction didn't come with... More

We had a great time. Everyone got to collect their own rocks and take them home. A little bit expensive,so try to get the bigger bucketif its a large group. One person in your group will leave with a real stone setting.

My eight and twelve year old shared a $15 bucket. I wish I would have bought the larger bucket---they loved sifting through the sand and finding cool rocks and gems. One of my boys even found an arrowhead. The ladies inside review what you have found---they were excellent! We had a coupon for a free bag of gems---and they said... More

Took my two kids (11 and 14) along with my parents (81) and they all enjoyed going through the buckets. After you mine the gems, you go inside and they told you what you found. It was interesting but our assayer was not very engaging. She seemed to just want to get us out of there. Overall was good.

This is a great gem mining place. The people were very friendly and helpful and very reasonable prices. We enjoyed the mining and learning what gems we found. Will definitely revisit next time in Pigeon Forge.

Stopped for an indoor activity on a cold, rainy day and we had a great time. Kids really liked "panning" for gems themselves. And we got a surprising number of gems, some very large. Well worth the money and time. Really liked that they sat down with us after and identified all the gems that we got. Only suggestion would... More

My 20 yo daughter and 8 yo niece both thought it was great. They purchased the $15.00 buckets and had plenty of pretty gems when they were finished.