Digging For Diamonds At The Snake Pit - Crater of Diamonds - March 2020
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- Join me at the Crater Of Diamonds State Park, searching for big Arkansas Diamonds in the Snake Pit area. I filled 12 buckets of diamond ore. I haven’t seen centers this good in awhile! I hope you all enjoy, and like the video. Thanks for the support!!
If this video reaches 500 likes 👍 I will go back to the Crater diamonds State Park and dig in the spinal vein, where i found a flawless 6 point diamond in 14 buckets. 💎⛏
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If this video reaches 500 likes 👍 I will go back to the Crater diamonds State Park and dig in the spinal vein, where i found a flawless 6 point diamond in 14 buckets. 💎⛏
Thank you all for the support !
When you say 'points' do you mean carats? facets? Or actual stone peaks?
It takes 100 points to equal 1 carat.
I cannot thank you all enough I can’t believe we reach 500 likes on this video when I get back to the Crater Of Diamonds I will dig in the spinel vein, where i found a flawless six point.
Email me please matarkhouma@gmail.com
@@DiamondMinerIvins Save the spinels.. I would be interested in the rough. My friend owns a mine out in Az if you are interested.
When i was a kid my father used to travel to Siberia for diamonds and would bring me along. Good times!
Oh wow! Sounds like some good memories. Thanks for watching and the support
marianna peresetsky ....did you find any?? 😊
7:54 some sort of acoustic artifact in the diamond field
😂
and yet it didn't seem to be that windy !
hell no
I’ve been to the crater twice and found amethyst, quartz, and barite. I was there with my sister and daughter. It rained but I love looking for gems. I ‘seeded’ the ground near my daughter with some cubic zirconia and she got so excited until she realized the ‘diamonds’ were already cut. Sooo funny. Keep searching. I’m a new fan. Looking forward to more.
thanks for watching and the support
Number 2 and 3 have a blue looking stone in the lower left corner that looks promising. And yes I see the red garnet. You are very thorough and organized and you will continue to be successful. Way to go.
awesome! if there is one i missed it’s in a bag going to someone on ebay, or a Patron!
Thanks for watching ⛏💎
It's amazing to me to think that the peaceful spot you're working at was once the site of one of the most violent types of volcanic eruptions! Lava ejecting from the pipe at speeds, they think, broke the sound barrier! These eruptions also are extremely short lived, usually less than a week in duration with little or no warning they are coming. Gotta love geology!
Yes! It took 3 events to allow these diamonds to exist the way they are.
Heat
Pressure
Speed.
with out those 3 they couldn’t be here. It’s some of mother earth finest creations!
Thank God for safety meetings !! 4:20 brother, good luck.
So cool seeing what's up with the snake pit DMI!
Lmao he forted.
again!
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Too much effort
@@vibelove7 hello buddy. Dam that was so dam funny lmao I fart to great job thumbs up bro.
I had to rewind to make sure I wasn’t hearing things 😂😂
IR Vision Prints that was a no doubt classic ones
Looks like fun
I prospect for gold... You look for diamonds... I saw a lady today out metal detecting... Some people were agate hunting... I love how such a variety of hobbies/activities can be done, when all of us are just digging holes and washing rocks..lol.. Stay healthy and good luck out there!.
Gold is coming soon! Season is about to start for me. It’s amazing how much there is to be found. Thanks for watching and the support
Anyone else here looking at the comments because he farted
Oh that was a sound effect i added ;)
I thought it was a barking frog. Native only to Arkansas.
Yeahh 🤣🤣
Hahaha i had to replay it cause i thought, wait a second, did he just blow ass?! Lmao
Only reason I looked at the comments to make sure I wasnt just trippin lmao yeah sound effects haha
That was fun... mahalo for sharing this place and experience with all of us...aloha
i’m glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
What a neat spot, it's relaxing listening to the little waterfalls and doesn't look to hot and dusty. Great effort my friend, you got there super early and well set up. Love those flips, I saw lots of agates of coarse, fantastic material coming out of the snake pit. Thank you for taking us along.
It can get hot, and dust! That time of year is during the summer. worse time to mine for diamonds. It’s our off season, but i show up for a few trips. I can handle the heat.
Thanks for watching !
You have come a long way since I first started watching your videos! Congratz on all the new friends you have! I still love your videos!
Yes i have! Thanks for watching and the good support
I just subscribed . I've been a rock hound all my life and so was my daddy. I haven't been active for a while but have watched lots of different videos over the years. I finally can do more than walk local areas. Thanks for your video's I have enjoyed them.
Glad you’re getting back into it! Good luck and thanks for the support ⛏💎
Watch the video again awesome can’t wait to get Bank there be safe good luck digging
Good morning Respected Sir. I am watching your all Videos. You making every video Very Knowledgeable and helpful for identifying Gemstones and Minerals Diamonds Very well. Thank you so much for Videos🙏🙏💎💍👌💎💍👍💎💍👌💎💎
Rocks Searcher Thanks a lot for watching the video, and the support ⛏💎
Your are definitely the diamond man💯 great videos always wonderful information, relaxing 🌻
Thanks again for the kind words. ⛏💎
Part of that land was my great grandfather's, John Franklin Sanders. He's buried at the Roy Cemetery. My mother was born in Roy. My Great Uncles Jim and Joe Sanders lived in Murfreesboro.
I miss home sweet home. Can't wait to diamond hunt! I got the fever!
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the like!
Love snakes and diamonds lol great video ..
I can't believe you stopped the flow of water... WOW!!!!! The flow of the water is most precious than the diamonds you were seeking.
😂 can’t get diamonds with water. Thanks for watching
Nice hunt, thanks for taking us along :)
Thanks for taking the time to watch it! glad you liked it
So happy this popped up on my feed, killer video!
I’m happy you clicked it! Thanks for watching ! ⛏💎
@@DiamondMinerIvins you bet!
It would be an awesome video if you took out a bit of various sizes of all the different materials, like when you are at home going through things more slowly and carefully, then did a video detailing exactly what each material is and looks like when not around all the other stuff.
I have one already, just poor video quality. I’ll make one with my bette camera. Thanks for watching, and the support.
I'm rotflmao,had to rewind, thought it was one of my cats !! Guess that shovel is literally working the shit outta you. Hilarious ! Keep digging brother when you go to your wash tub, wash your drawers too. Lmfao🤣🤣🤣💯👍👊✌️
Slightly more exciting then watching paint dry.
Bahaha 😂
6.75 carat, eight sided. It was number 7 on the list for many years. Cannon was the park manager at the time. About a week or to after the Amarillo Starlight was found. I have been at the Diamond mine many times before it was bought by the State.
Very cool! My parents went in 1968 before I was a state park. They picked up over 200 glass bottles off the search field
min 7:55 xD epico that wind that blew in the minute jajajajaja lol , I want a diamond
Nice job, great video
Thank you!
Yes, you had a nice haul from this outing. I saw at least 3 nice lookin stones! Congrats.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for making this video. It was an A+ effort. As a geologist I really appreciate the close up photos. I now have a better understanding of what to expect if I ever went to CD state park.
Glad you liked it
@@DiamondMinerIvins When I look at Carter of Diamonds of Google Earth it's noticed that the SW corner of the park has "greener" soil. Have you noticed anything different in that area? Have you tried to systematically map the mine's surface by accessory mineral concentrations? Maybe half a bucket per 10,000 SF.
that’s Canary Hill. Lots of Volcanic tuff over there, and lamproite. Used to be a hot spot back in 1920’s-1930’s
@@DiamondMinerIvins when you were collecting gravel in the run off bed I noticed a vesicular rock. You know the saying about "one man's trash"...Can you collect hand samples there or just diamonds?
Truely enjoyed the video thanks and god bless
Around 25 minutes what you called an agate, is a Carnelian.♡ I search for Carnelian here in Oregon when ever I get the time.
The crater doesn’t have that. This was agate, that got a little warmer then most. Thanks for watching!
Wow Thts so freakin cool. I’d love to have found a diamond like tht myself, 💯 great job 👍👋👏🙏♥️
I’d really be sure about that yellow quartz. So many people don’t check what they think are quarts and it ends up being diamond. Rough diamonds are tricky. And yes I saw diamonds.
Good morning sweets ! I love your channel . Thank you so much for all the information you provide ! Your awesome ! I love watching your finds . keep it coming 💗
Thank you for the kind words, and the great support! ⛏💎
@@DiamondMinerIvins you are so very welcome ! I hope you have a great day !!
I can't wait to be able to do this,just waiting on my new vehicle
This is cool...lots of hard work
had fun watching thanks, I always click thumbs up on your videos
Glad you enjoyed the video! 🤙🏻
I seen 23 in that first screen. Good job👍👏👏👏
Nice! Thanks for watching !
Nice
Enjoyed ✅✅🍺🍺✌️✌️
I’m glad you enjoyed the video Flour gold Wizards. Thanks for taking the time to watch it!⛏💎🍺
Very neat thanks for sharing, great information appreciate your time.
Happy Hunting
Best wishes
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it!
Cant hate a man who farts on a video that millions of people could view 😂 instantly qualify as person to been seen i public with in my book
It was its the barking spiders!!
No!! I went back, and I see it! I see it! Maybe I do have a shot! I'm just not physically capable of picking up and hauling all of those buckets, so I must only do a walkthrough and look for something on top of the ground. I just turned 60 years old, and was deserted after a 21-year marriage and left all alone to start my life all over alone. I have just always wanted to go find one. Congrats!
Granny’s are always finding big diamonds on the surface while sitting down! 2.32 carat found few weeks ago!
Was it the black one?
I just joined your patreon. Super cool that these diamonds can be found in the us. I know a couple ct diamond was found in ohio which is more or less an anomoly. found by a fellow gold prospector. I used to put small diamonds in my paydirt super cool how heavy the diamond is
Welcome to the team, and thanks for the amazing support! I’ll have your Patron thank you goodie baggy shipped once i get a good address to ship. i sent you a message on Patreon.
Thanks again for watching the video, and the support
my husband and i were walking the dog on the ohio river in beaver, pa and my husband found a opal, he saw something sparkly in the sand gravel on this small beach, it was very large black oval with multi color sparkles
Im saw your video its Nice place in the Mountain
Thank you for watching
Another awesome video 👍👍,,,, you're a hoot,,,or should I say, a toot,,, I laughed so hard I farted,, thanks for sharing 😁😉👍👍😀😀✌️
Oh that was a buck snort. ;)
@@DiamondMinerIvins lol 😁😁😉
I'm waiting for that diamond
Maybe next video! 😂
Stumbled across your video after watching some metal detecting videos, gotta say I thoroughly enjoyed it! I also really enjoyed 7:54 😂
🤭. lol
thanks for watching and the support !
Ha ha! Hunting for rock salt!
Diamonds my friend!
Cute so sparking
Thanks for watching !
It was hard to tell because it was wet not dry but I got a good eye for spotting gems on camera I hope you search them heavies a whole lot closer because I saw at least 10 or 13 possibles in them gravels good job pulling all that up I enjoyed the video👍
Thank you!
My Husband and i go at least once a year to the mind, i just love it .
Awesome! Diamond mining is the best! Thanks for liking the video! 💎⛏
Dude!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice professional setup. To speed up the drying process, have you ever taken a sheet of stainless steel about 2' x 3' to reflect more sunshine onto your centers? Or does that thought process highlight that I'm 1500 miles away and in need of a Diamond Diggers Anonymous meeting? Great video. Living Vicariously is better than not at all...
I never wait for it to dry. the sun, plus wind works great when it’s warm out. Thanks for watching
one other Ideal, place a small sluice box at the bottom of where you want to work, Raining and a good flow of water helps, go up stream as you go rake out all rocks and let the material you want wash down this should help with the muck, also would put small dam above to help wash if needed,,works good on small creeks in the hills when you cant shovel what you want
stewduntdryvir Ainsworth I’m glad you liked the video ! thanks for the support ⛏💎
7:55 lol
Great video, that is sure a lot of work!!!
Yes it was! Thanks for watching
You got me hooked watching’ you from Arizona.
as thank you so much! wish i could visit AZ
Same
That was a very informative video. Good job
very glad to hear that.
Thank you for watching it.
real cool ivins that would be so cool thank you for this great vid
Thanks for watching and the support! ⛏💎
You can make a homemade tripod from round Wood beams and ROPE to use with that water tub your using to take all the pressure off you so you don't have to hold heavyweight anymore while sifting the mud from the rocks
Barking spider 😂🤣🤣
good morning how are you have a nice evening to I hope you find some diamonds there
Quite the operation you have here. It's like a little mine! :o That 100ct is waiting for you! ;)
Yeah it took some years. lol 😂
Thanks a lot for watching
Wait, you found a 100ct diamond?
hahah several! those are easy to get ;)
@@DiamondMinerIvins Haha see now I know you're making things up.
Hahaha
hey by New York. I found a diamond of almost 2000 carats. rough diamond. in the middle of the road like an ordinary stone. It was so dirty that when washing that diamond shine it looks beautiful.
Since you’re in New York it’s 99% crystals not a diamond. Herkimer Crystals are known for that state, diamonds are not,
no friend. It is not quartz or any other kind. of stone. it is a real diamond. I have my tools to see if it is a quartz or a diamond. and indeed. is a tremendous. rough diamond. has diamond conductivity. its hardness is equal to that of a diamond. I have small diamonds and managed to scratch the rough diamond. which it's. with something else I did not do any harm whatsoever. I put an ultraviolet laser to see the quality of this diamond. and it has almost no bloom. which indicates that it is indeed a white and transparent diamond. I dedicate myself. to collect Rare gems like Rubies. Tanzanite. But when I came across this diamond in the rough I don't know what they are with, not how much it could be worth. it has a weight of approximately 2000 carats to sell it. maybe they are. but i need first. advisory. on this diamond what is the step to follow and seen. diamonds already in facets. worth tens of millions. But I've never seen diamonds in the rough sold. I think I only know that the Sierra Leone diamond exists in Africa. and that is worth more than 300 million dollars.
really friend I'm not kidding that's why I'm looking. among the most expert. What I can do. since I believe this diamond. it would be the first huge diamond found here. And from what I see of rough diamond out there there must be a large diamond mine. but to know where it is. why some truck with dirt and stones. you will have thrown it on the road. and how they do not realize that. those stones. they are diamonds. or other situations. It may be that it came stuck in a truck tire. or maybe they dug around. and like never before. diamonds are known to exist. Well, it looked like a simple rock. usually. I walk. searching. stones. Rare all the time. And if I found quartz. granite. among other.
@@DiamondMinerIvins another friend and how much a 2000 carat diamond would be worth
It all depends on the 4 C’s when you’re talking about a diamond that size. The most perfect Domon ever found in the world was found in Arkansas at the Crater Of Diamonds state park and it’s cut down to a 1 carat. And to this day they’re still not a diamond as beautiful with a round cut brilliant grade 0\0\0
My girlfriend and I went their in 2018 for 4 days no rain and ground was hard as cement couldn't even dig more then 2 inches.... but how do you know if it's a diamond when everything in the center looks like a diamond? Where did you get them screens I would love to buy them? By the way we found no diamonds can't wait to go back but it's 18 hour drive... good luck out there.....
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Imagine finding one on the 1/2 in screen! Awesome video man
I look every time for that dream diamond. i was in a hole about 6/7 ft down in some gravel tho, when i had my dream diamond. it was at least 60-80 carat. Needed sunglasses to look at it. lol
Thanks for watching !
@@DiamondMinerIvins holy jeez that's a honker. That made for a good day I'm sure.
Keep searching my friend I hope you get a nice one
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Wow 😮 you have your own storage cage thing that permanently sits there for your stuff !?!?
It would take me days to go through 12 buckets !!! 👍🙏
Not if you have a DMI Classifiers to wet sifting your material! You’ll be washing a buckets at a time like me! Thanks for watching !
That wasn't a fart ! You yanks !! He just slept on a big frog. GREAT video, Good luck my Friend Wish I was there.!!!!!
Actually it was a little wet. 😩
Brrrrrrraaaaaaap! Get your money brother . That looks like a great day .
Lol 😂 just decided to not cut that out . I love it raw and uncut !
I hope to one day have enough time to get out and dig , pan, or metal detect
yeah better next time,good luck
Thank you for watching !
Just subscribed keep up the great work
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Get a black light to scan to heavies to make the diamonds jump out a little easier!
Only like 25% of the worlds diamonds will glow. It’s something to do, once you have found diamonds. thanks for watching!!
Was in that area in February 2021.
So is there any market for the other stuff in your concentrate besides diamonds? In other words could you make something from the effort even without a diamond? I know that garnet and barite are sometimes worth something, but is this stuff too small to have value? Thanks for the effort to take us along.
not really, just the diamonds.
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I sold fine jewelry for 16 years, up to a 5 carat diamond. But I have no idea what a rough diamond looks like.
Oh wow that cool! Well these diamonds are different from any other diamond mine being mined. These are resorbed.
Great content, I have not yet had the opportunity to go, but your video helps me figure out what I need. I was thinking of hauling my buckets of dirt back to my camp, but now I see how hard it is to transport. I realize I should not do that but take back the good stuff instead. I am thinking pizza boxes lined in plastic would be perfect to flip the final batch into and haul back. Do they have water hoses everywhere so you don’t have to pull your dirt to the wash station?
goal is s bucket of centers in a day. Thanks for watching !
Diamond Miner Ivins I wished they were open. I hope you had a great time at Crystal Vista. I was lucky enough to hit a beautiful vein while you were gone off with Frank. Lol. I got way more than one bucket of joy out if it, kidding aside it was a pleasure meeting you. Hope to run into you again someday. We are headed out west for some gold mining and trading.
7:55
Your breakfast wanted to be heard? 😆
What was for breakfast? Bacon n eggs? Pancakes?
bahaha thanks for watching
Beans !!
THAT WAS SO FUNNY HE FARTED THAT'S OKAY GUY WE ALL DO IT YOU GET A THUMB UP IM GONNA WATCH IT AGAIN
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Take a roll of toilet paper, if you have to fart you might pass some solids.
You need a show a cable TV Show... Cheers
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@@DiamondMinerIvins you are welcome....
Could you not put some small holes...1/32" in the bottom and sides of the buckets and let the excess water drain out so those buckets would not weigh quite so much ?
Thanks for the tips!
Great to see the likes and comments. Keep trucking.
great job
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He needed a safety meeting after that blurt!
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You are a character, ty
10/10 would watch again
Wow such good
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Great job wish I could be there with ya
I’m glad ya’ll liked it. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video !
You could also have a bunch of gold in that creek bed. Just look at those rocks! See if that black sand is magnetic. If it is.... whooo hooo you better! Then you need to see videos from Jeff Williams Gold Prospector!
i’ve been finding gold for years. The crater of diamonds contained very little gold since this was a blow out with lava, and pressure. All the gold was melted.
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Josh Bartley send me here I like what I’m see hope to see more
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I'd rather be beat with a stick than try to find one there again lol. It's very hot, no shade, the rocks are sharp, and I didn't find anything. Not even a gemstone. I'm too old for that crap. It's hard, hot, dirty work. I'll just buy any diamonds I may want.
Sounds like you went at the wrong time. It’s a fall, or winter trip. Or it is miserable out in the 100 plus heat. When i would dig holes in the summer, it’s around 130 degrees in the hole.
Thanks for watching !
😂I think he did FART 😂
IT WAS A SOUND EFFECT!!! I swear it was!!
Thanks for watching 😅
@@DiamondMinerIvins That was to funny lol. I kept watching just because of that.
that there microphone is quite sensitive
It is? thanks for watching
PDRRRTTT!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, the only stone, even with my glasses on, that met all of the qualifications for being a diamond, having a smooth surface, with nothing sticking to it, the light glistening off of it, was a black color. Was that the diamond? Or do I just need to stay at home?
sounds like Spinel! A very good heavy mineral indicator to have for diamonds !
@@DiamondMinerIvins That looks like hematite to me!
I've only heard about this place before. Thanks for sharing with us ☺️
Did you bring all that supplies? 😯 Or was it rented? It looks like theres a lock on that cage. Sorry for the ignorant questions🤣 This is literally the second video I've ever watched about rock hounding, the first one being your Ruby mountain in beautiful Co
Oh welcome to the fam!
thanks for watching the Ruby Mt.
Yes I take all that equipment for my wash station. The lock is to keep locals like Mikes Williams out!
Thanks for watching !
i bet there is a huge diamond beyond the dig boundary
There very well could be 1,000s out there. Be nice to get the whole search field back. not the little 37 acres we are forced to have.
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@@DiamondMinerIvins I hear people have found diamonds walking down the sidewalk in Murfreesboro. They are not isolated, if you own land within a few miles, you have a good chance of there being a LOT of diamonds under your feet!
I’d go dig just outside the boundary in ,the water channel on all the inside bends and bottoms of any deeper pools at night quietly
hell no that was a good fart for a good start lol 7:25
It was not me!! it was the spider!