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I don't mind at all that you are asking for clarification. Rain hits our roof and runs to the gutter. Then it goes down the downspout. It used to dump on the ground and puddle up. I dug and trench and ran two pipes underground over to a polyculvert that is stood up on end. Usually, they are used so a driveway can pass over a ditch. I used an excavator to dig an 8-foot-deep hole in our back yard. Then I covered the bottom end with a tarp and fastened it tight with a wire. I stood the culvert up so that one foot is sticking up out of the ground. I drilled two, 4-inch-diameter holes in the side up high and ran the drain pipes from the downspouts to dump into the vertical polyculvert. When it rains, it fills it with water. Even when it doesn't rain, our water table is very high here, and we always have ground water even in a drought. The water is really cold, too. I then covered the top of the polyculvert with treated plywood and added a hand pump and electric pump. Both work great. A cylinder that is 4-feet in diameter like this one hold 100 gallons per foot. I usually have between 4 and 5 feet of water in it. That is 400 to 500 gallons. We water a big garden and never run out of good, clean, non-chlorinated water. Our plants love it! Thank you for watching my video and commenting.

Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! It's very kind... which is why I hate to ask for more😬 but I'm going to go for it: When it doesn't rain and it fills due to a high water table, how does the water get in and stay in? I understand the rain set up, I just don't understand how the ground water penetrates the cistern or how it is directed in. Thank you again. I'm sorry for the confusion. I have a large yard and have been thinking about a set up like this. Yours is an inspiration.

@@JenniferMoleski I put a tarp on the bottom of the vertical polyculvert. It allows water to seep in but keeps the mud out. If I had sealed it 100% at the bottom, it would have floated up out of the ground---disaster. Battleships float! Our neighbors have ponds that never run dry. The ground water here---the water table---is very high. That is great for us! We never run out of water. It is like having a spring-fed cistern. If this isn't clear, I don't mind further questions. Honestly, this has turned out better than I planned. IF the water table had been low, even my rain water would have leaked out eventually. Water always seeks out its own level. Fortunately for us here, our water level underground is high.

@genuinediamondsinar3253 ⚙️⚙️⚙️ 🎰 🧠 It all clicked! I get it now. Thank you for the time you took to explain it. Our water table is also high. We have springs and seeps everywhere, especially in the spring. I wondered about the possibility of a "floating up disaster" with cisterns or formed pond liners. I'm happy to hear you confirm my suspicions. Your video and comments have really helped me. Thank you. 🤝

Can you not see these diamonds?

What an ass, I can see the stones just fine.

My wife would kill me if I let anyone mine there but us. We have paid SO MUCH for the land, mineral rights, and excavation she wants the diamonds for us. I hope you will understand.

@@genuinediamondsinar3253 well you have every righ to state such. However, I'm younger and willing to assist. Don't always let go of Good help. Someone might know lil more than you know Bout your own land. Be inquisitive. As my opinion. It's hard work. MiniNG your business

Yes, diamonds are denser than over rocks, but not as dense as gold. The lamproite has a specific gravity/density of 2.14. In other words it is a little over 2 times as heavy as the same amount of water. Jaspers and the typical rocks in the area are 2.65--over 2 1/2 times are dense as the same amount of water. Diamonds are 3.52. Gold, depending on its purity, is 19.3.

Yes, you are exactly right. Diamonds are contained in those chunks. We will break them down, release the diamonds and capture them. Thank you for watching my videos and for commenting. I appreciate it.

This video shows what we will do next. After completing the contact zone excavation, we will have hundreds of tons of great, olivine, breccia lamproite to process. We will haul it all 1,000 feet to our diamond recovery plant. Please watch this: czcams.com/video/i3vaIKCeYhc/video.html

Thank you for watching. I'm glad you find it interesting, too. I didn't know whether anyone else would or not, but I find it fascinating.

@@genuinediamondsinar3253 .. it's always interesting to see what's beneath your feet .. you might be walking on an ancient native site .. or on diamonds or gold!!

Thank you for sharing this idea with me. A friend owns a dump truck I could rent, and I considered it. My 82-year-old neighbor, Mack, has a skidsteer that carries away 1/2 ton with each scoop. He takes it out of the pit and spreads it where I want it. He's doing a great job! If we just had a dump truck, we'd still have to smooth it. Things are going pretty well this way.

@@genuinediamondsinar3253 .. So yes, I get that the skidsteer can move a lot of material and spread it. Everything needs to make economic and mechanical sense when you are moving material like this. I've moved a lot of clay&rock on my own place with just the 5 ft. front-end loader on my 27 hp tractor. I had no choice because of the terrain and obstacles. I have a 14 ft. dump bed .. and my tractor can drop about 7 loads into the trailer before it needs to be moved. Once dumped then it is spread. However, we are talking more about the difference in time going back and forth with the loader vs trailer. So it will depend on what can be carried each time. I have no axe to grind here .. and you know your situation much better than I do. 🙂

@@MerwinARTist I understand your point well. I appreciate your suggestions.

Ha! Still at the box store, I guess. I've moved up top to dig from there. But don't worry about me falling in. I'll be wearing a parachute.

Even utility locators use dowsers.

Ha!

Thank you for watching. I'll try to be safe. We plan to excavate this again this morning before the terrific heat and humidity build. Heat index of 107 forecast for today.

Yes, both Don and Mollie Mayes were very kind folks. I remember Don used to tell me about his interest in old, steam-powered tractors. I'm glad you had the pleasure of knowing them. Thank you for watching my videos and for commenting.

Thank you so very much. I've been dreaming about it all winter and spring. We had to wait for dry, summer weather to dig this otherwise wet and sticky clay. Now that it is nearly 100 degrees every day the clay is hard and we don't have to fear getting stuck. Great conditions for the equipment, but the heat is rough on this old man with heat indexes of between 105 and 110. You gotta love it! What else are you going to do?

I'm glad you plan to keep watching. I expect I will upload some more videos of our progress here in an hour or so. Thanks for your encouraging comments.

I have wondered that myself. I checked the creeks downstream from this intrusion and there's nothing. I also dredged the river immediately downhill from The Crater of Diamonds State Park. There was nothing worth all of the time, equipment, and gas to pursue the 1-point, 2-point and 3-point diamonds I found after weeks of dredging tons of river gravel. Geologists tell us these intrusions used to be 50 meters (150 feet) higher than they are today after 10,000 years of erosion. They also say those diamonds have probably washed all the way to The Gulf of Mexico by now. Water is powerful. Since it can move a car or truck you know it can move diamonds a long way.

I have been to every site except Winkler, which is the largest. Bala is the worst for chances of having anything, but it is an interesting, geological feature. I had permission to go in and dig at The Stockdale Intrusion many years ago. It was LOADED with garnet and ilmenite. Here is a couple of tips: Go to the creeks that drain from these sites and dig gravel there. Also, when sorting through your gravel concentrates, put on a pair of amber sunglasses. I discovered this by accident, but that really makes the red, garnets stand out. You won't find any diamonds, though. All of the Kansas kimberlites came to the surface too slowly, and all of the diamonds completely resorbed to co2 gas. I have read reports from a doctor of geology who spent a summer studying these Kansas intrusions north of Manhattan. Thank you for watching my videos and for commenting. Happy gem hunting!!!

It IS a funny coincidence that you were just there then you watched my video where I mentioned those kimberlite intrusion north of Manhattan, Kansas. Diamonds, garnets, and ilmenite are denser than other rocks and minerals, but not nearly as dense as gold. Still, you will find a concentration of them at the bottom of a creek. Here is a link to a video I recorded about 30 years ago when my then teenage son and I visited The Stockdale Intrusion where we had permission to dig: czcams.com/video/0-wci3vhqjg/video.html

@@genuinediamondsinar3253 That’s nice you got access to that site. I tried to drive near one of the Randolph locations, but the roads weren’t that great and I didn’t see anybody around, so I left. Do you think most of the garnets are near the sources due to their density? There’s likely not much to find around the lake than what I mentioned. My recreational efforts might be better spent elsewhere next time.

@@FreshUF The best concentration of garnets would be directly downstream from each site. You don't have to get anyone's permission to dig at a county road culvert. I suggest you just figure out by google maps where each site is then follow the roads around the one-square-mile sections until you find the low spot, creek, or ditch that drains each one, pull over and dig there. I am confident you will find abundant garnets.

oh but they will make a fortune selling tickets for people to dig... capitalism

How silly. You want who to own it & do what with it? And why? The government? lol! So my tax dollars can be wasted as they let it grow up & go to waste. Again, how silly.

We want to study the wall of the diamond-bearing volcanic intrusion. I don't know that anyone has ever done that. AND a geologist told me years ago that the contact zone may be more naturally rich in diamonds because that magma cooled quicker because it was in close contact with the room-temperature clay and rock that was there before that molten-hot, volcanic intrusion. If the magma doesn't cool quickly, the diamonds will turn to co2 gas. When it does cool quickly, they are preserved. So, there may be more diamonds and bigger ones in this contact zone material. We purchased the land and mineral rights that have this volcanic vent on it. Thank you for watching my video and for commenting.

@@Tripplesmoke No, we won't be selling any tickets. We paid a lot of money for this land and mineral rights, building an access road to this once, land-locked property, and excavating it all. I think we will just keep the diamonds ourselves.

@@6grandsons That would be silly, but that is not the case here. We are OUTSIDE the state park property by 1/2 mile. We are on private land with a similar, diamondiferous, lamproite intrusion. We are mining it for diamonds. My wife and I funded this entire project with our own money--no government funds are involved. Thank you for watching our video and for your questions so we could clear up the confusion.

We got 1/4 inch of rain yesterday right after we quick excavating. We worked 8AM to 11AM then stopped due to lightning and thunder. We will resume digging in a couple of days.

Thank you for asking. I am the author of the book, "Genuine Diamonds Found In Arkansas." It is now out of print and available only as an ebook download through our website. The DVD is one I host titled, "How To Find Genuine Diamonds In Arkansas." A copy can be mailed to you or you can download the eDVD by visiting our website which is www.DiamondsInAR.com

That is wonderful! Thank you for sharing that with us, and thank you for watching this video.

Yes, and he earned and worked for every one of those 200-plus diamonds. I am glad you can appreciate it. Thank you for watching this video and for commenting.

That is sad. I have found an octahedron and a frosty diamond. I got both of them registered. When you plan to return to the Crater, please let me know. I will go with you and argue for you. We WILL get them registered. I understand how they have to be careful. Some people have brought in diamonds from Africa to register. Yours are not. Write me when you plan to head back to the state park. My email is usadiamonds@yahoo.com

@@genuinediamondsinar3253 Thank you, My next trip down isn’t until the last week in October. I will email you as many good pictures as I can get, so you at least know what you’re fighting to get registered.

@@spencerr5254 That is a great plan! I will work with you. Not coming until late October is brilliant. The heat index here now is 105. I like late October here MUCH better.

@@spencerr5254 Where do you live? Have far is your drive?

@@genuinediamondsinar3253 I live in Wisconsin, it’s a 15 hour drive

I like your dad. I know Scott well. I have seen photos of him with Leo. I tease him that I can tell they are related because their hair was exactly the same in the photo. We joke with each other a lot. Did he ever show you the photo of me down on my knee proposing? I think he just wanted my diamond.

Yes, I think so, too.

Yes, I agree. I am sorry, but I had no control over the crowd that was there to see the diamonds at The Prospector's Gemboree held at the state park.

Yes, thank you. We are planning to drive to Hot Springs early next week to show a Crater diamond to a customer anyway. So, we'll just pick up another gallon then.

If we could leave this ol' city And head for the cabin we love Back deep in the woods Woah, baby we would If we could jump some big ol' jet plane And head for the islands Where the weather is always good Oh, don't you know we would Well we can't do this and we can't do that But baby we can stay right where we're at Take a little trip, take a little trip Take a little trip up to heaven tonight Take a little time leave it all behind Take a little trip up to heaven tonight

You did a great job! And I'm grateful to you that you were not camera shy and granted me this interview. People love to see what you two have found at the state park.

A man had a lot of cedar trees on his acreage. He cut a lot of them down and took them to my 82-year-old neighbor who has a saw mill. He made the round logs square and cut a lot of planks for him to use inside his house. The half-round, outside slabs were left over. They have a lot of bark on the bottom sides. We felt this was the best use for them for now. I would love to have some cedar planks for inside the house. Maybe someday.

Yes, maybe so. I have a map that shows where all of that was done as well as some trenches they dug for sampling. I'll have to check. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thank you so very much! My wife is full of good ideas, and she helped me do the work. We were both out there in the heat sweating together to get this job done.

I would love to get in there with a light and camera. I can't get permission to go past the safety barricade. I hope and plan to be there to video them digging it out whenever the state park finally decides what they are going to do. Thank you for watching my videos and for commenting. Stay tuned for updates.

Thank you. We are both retired now and have worked all of our lives for this place of quiet in the country. We enjoy it. Thank you for watching our videos and for your kind comment.

It is wonderful! Our plants love it! It is located at: 318 Davidson Drive, Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is near Carpenter Dam Road and the Bypass. Here is a link to their website: for their hours and more info: www.cityhs.net/240/Compost

This video shows a variety of the things we are growing with the compost from Hot Springs (excluding the deer food plot at the beginning: czcams.com/video/PZJwjw6z694/video.html

I guess it is the kid in me, but I like seeing it, too. Thank you for watching my video and for commenting.

Thank you so much!!! I told Cindy what you said, and that makes her happy, too. We were pleased we could show you what we are growing. We also have strawberries and blueberries growing at our place in Murfreesboro. Those are our really old, mature blueberry bushes. Thank you for watching our video and for your positive comment/feedback.

That is so awesome! I LOVE growing blueberries and strawberries! I'm excited to grow gala apples in my own backyard too! Anoone I love to grow is thornless blackberries! :)

@@EvelynJoy I'm glad you share and appreciate the joy of growing your own fruit to eat. You know it is organic and pesticide free. Home grown tomatoes are the best, too.

Yes, this is a great alternative to the hot, diamond search field. Thank you for watching, and I appreciate your comment.

Maybe so!

I'd be checking there first.

Yes, you really should go to the Crater of Diamonds soon. Today would not be a good day. It is supposed to rain all day. Tomorrow it will be muddy, hot and humid at the park. This Friday and Saturday look nice. I hope you will go. Conditions will be ideal for finding a diamond on the surface. You can also see if all of these recent, heavy rains have made that sink hole bigger.

No one has dug under there. This is natural, underground erosion and the overburden finally collapsed into the cavity.

No, that was to the southwest of that spot.

Yes, you're exactly right. The hard rain washes the silt away and leaves the heavier/denser diamonds sitting exposed on the surface. It rained there again this morning about 7AM.