Diamond Mining at The Crater Of Diamonds - January 2020
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- Join DMI at the Crater Diamond State Park the only Diamond Mine in the world that let’s you keep the Diamonds you find!! I found some James Archer type gravel. Will it produce a big diamond?
These diamonds are one-of-a-kind and can only be found at the Crater Of Diamonds state park in Murfreesboro, AR.
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Let’s try & reach 200 👍 on this video, & i’ll make a video in the Snake pit where i found my half carat diamond, which was Gem Quality. Thanks for watching !! ⛏💎🐍
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You're headed to the snake pit. 210 right now.
I sure am! I’ll be digging where i found a .53 white gem quality diamond in just 5 buckets! Got it the 1st day out of a 7 day trip. It was also my 1st diamond on a center while at the park.
@@DiamondMinerIvins Good luck dude, time to set some personal records.
585👍 so 🐍pit video i cant wait and great video
Thanks for the videos. My Dad and I are taking a trip down from N.J. in April for the weekend. Thanks for giving us a fighting chance!!
Joseph Walker Awesome! Good luck when you go! Thanks for the support! ⛏💎 maybe i’ll see you there!
Looks like a bunch of work. Hope you hit a big one. Thanks for sharing..
timothy chack It’s always a lot of work finding these 3 plus billion year old stones. Thanks for watching !
I love seeing those big beautiful centers, especially considering how much work went into each one.
Ralph Watson glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to watch the video. I needed a few more buckets washed. could have gotten one.
Great video, hope these gravels finally cough up a diamond for your efforts!!
iowa panner Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video! ⛏💎
Last time I was there about Five Guys dug a hole 6 ft deep 12 ft across and pulled 28 diamonds out of there.
Michael Robertson what year was this? Thanks for Watching
Michael Robertson Nice! I’ve been in the good stuff before. my first hole 4 diamonds out is 12 buckets 6 ft down. next time i got my 1.03 white carat by the same area. Can’t wait to get back in that gravel!
Such a tranquil day there!
Really interesting stuff, thanks for taking us with you !
Jason Jarvis Glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching ⛏💎
I can’t believe you found a Dr Pepper can from James Archer! I can’t wait for your next adventure!
Greg p I found it, along with a old pull tab mountain dew, which was another OG diamond miner from the 1970’s who found 2800 or more diamonds. Plus there was a diet pepsi, and a mr. Pibb. not sure who’s those were, all stacked in one area. like those guys teamed up on this gravel.
Thanks for watching
Coming back in may to give it another try, thanks for the great info. I’m learning a lot from your videos, keep it up.
We were there in late October, I learned a lot more what to look for,from your videos.
Glad they are helping! Thanks for taking the time to watch them! ⛏💎
I miss that place, I'm on the west coast now cool video👍👍👍🤙
Michael Robertson Yeah that would be a good drive for maybe getting a diamond!! Thanks for watching and the support!⛏💎
Give the Himalaya mine a go if you're in southern California. I found some awesome stuff there!
I really enjoy watching. When you flip those pans and zoom in on the center I always think those probably crystals are diamonds lol. I would have such a hard time telling which were and weren't. Thanks for sharing, good luck, happy hunting and take care.
Clayton County History Hound These diamonds are resorbed, meaning all the diamonds here aren’t octahedron. These diamonds have a shine you can’t miss, because of their facets, and colors. White, yellow, brown are the common colors. There have been green, blue, pink, orange, rainbow, black, red, purple also found. They glow when the sun isn’t out.
Alien 👽 diamonds!
@@DiamondMinerIvins that's so cool sounding. Thanks for the explanation. Good luck, happy hunting and take care.
Nice to see who gave you your name 💎⛏️and your subs over 3000 and rising👋👋 well done ✅✅
Trudy Taylor Thank for watching the whole video! Thanks for the support !
@@DiamondMinerIvins your welcome my friend, I don't comment all the time now but I'm still here and you always get a 👍 hope you well 💎⛏️😁👋👋
For your clayey soils....leave in bucket and add a solution of Sodium hexameta phosphate, mix it in and let it set for an hour or two...it will make the clay disperse and very easy to wash away.
Hour or two!?? Time is money !!
I might try that, and leave it in over night. Thanks for the tip, and the support!
Looks like fun
Larry D's tanks & more. Thanks a lot for watching!
Can't find one every time my friend! Good Luck when you go back, I will be waiting to see the video!
Victoria Roman Carter Nope! I wish i could! Thanks for watching the video!
We used to go there when I was a kid. Loved that place!
That’s cool! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching
Thanks for the video!👍
Thank you for watching and the support. I’m glad you liked it! ⛏💎
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Another awesome video 👍👍😀😀✌️
Thanks for watching!!
Man I really enjoy your videos! Finding 1000 in one year sounds like he found a natural concentrator. Somewhere the gravel was being washed and sorted naturally. Wouldn't that be something to find!?! Those old guys new what they were doing. Glad you learned from him!
Marshall found some gravel the early mining companies missed. He said there is more. i know exactly where ! It’s 12 ft down. lol
@@DiamondMinerIvins Lol of course it is! Dig dig dig dig dig dig dig.... 👍👍👍
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glad you like it! Thanks for watching!
Diamond Miner Ivins you’re welcome. 😀
I think I met you out there in the diamond mine about 6years ago , I learned alot from you thank you so very much we thought you where very nice
That’s cool! I appreciate that! Thanks for watching my video i’m glad it’s helping. Hope you find a big one your next visit!💎⛏
Laces out!!! lol that’s awesome 😂😂
Nice ending and a whole lot of work. One day you may be posted up there with your Mentor. HH TC AL
Oldies&Goodies Everyday is a lot of work at the diamond mine!! Thanks for all the support.
that is real cool dmi great vid
Glad you enjoyed it! Maybe next video i’ll have that big double digit million dollar stone!
Great video! Thanks Diamond Miner Ivins!!! 👍😎
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the support!⛏💎
Magnif 👏👍🌟
Are you allowed to pick at night? If so, a UV light might be your ticket to a surface find....
That’s really interesting!! I’m a gold prospector and considering both are heavy it’s weird how much different the process is. Thanks for sharing!!
Promising spot..enjoyed the flips ...thanks for the tips 👍
Get you some boy!! lol Sorry watched Tombstone last night. Glad you liked it.
Thanks for watching !
you so lucky that place is awesome. hi from Slovenija.
Thank you for taking the time to watch the video. i’m glad you liked it. ⛏💎
@@DiamondMinerIvins will share it now to few friends . np
I need to get down there, but first ...New Hampshire Tourmalines and NY/CT Garnets :) Glad to see what I get too look forward too when I do get there! TY
I’m glad my videos helped! Thanks for the support !
I am going to try this thanks for the video
Be sure and wear your safety glasses while washing rock! Good Luck & Thanks for watching!
Nice video. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Hello from Texas!
12:48 Laces out!!
Is that an Ace Ventura reference? "Hmmm... what do you know... They're little footballs!" ;-)
There is a story behind why i have laces out written on my screen. it let’s me know which way is out when i’m using my wash tub at the crater. thanks for watching, and the support !
I live less than an hour away and I yet to go try my luck out. Great video maybe I’ll see you there one day. You should travel a little farther Northeast and go pick up a truck load of Quartz crystals. Tell everyone you found a million carrots of diamonds
Good luck when you go! Thanks for watching and the support
If you bring your concentrates home with you, spread them out after you thoroughly examine them and hit them with a uv flashlight that night. Not all diamonds fluoresce, but hey, it's worth a shot.
I never miss a diamond on the tray. i look at each rock one by one. I check my diamonds with my black light to see if they fluorescent. I have found at least six or seven diamonds that fluorescent.
Thanks for watching !
Got back pain just seeing.....but for a diamond 😀
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We use modified cement mixers to "deslime" very silty-clayey samples.
Wow, this place has been stripped down from my childhood! Still a wonderful place to have some cheap family fun! Wonder if they still turn the earth like they used to?
Actually all the material along the east drain had washed into the woods. I have put a dent in the gravel deep tho! Thanks for watching. !
I found a 37 point on our first day there. Love to go back.
Lucky ! Took me four trips lol. Thanks for watching !
I just found you... Great stuff and sharing of knowledge, now I wanna go....
Glad you found me! i’ve been hiding for weeks now! 😆⛏💎
Awesome job bud keep up the great work
Thanks a lot M&M i appreciate the support! Thanks for taking the time to watch my video. ⛏💎 New gold season is upon us!! Good Luck this year!
This is a lots of hard work put in place, wedon, just met you at Ralph's trucking stream
So much work it will break a man down fast! Thanks for watching !!
Safety first.
always!! 👌🏼
Hit Like button!! :D
OcOmegaShadow Stacking Thank a lot ! I’m glad you liked it! ⛏💎
@@DiamondMinerIvins you're very welcome!!!
Have you tried sluicing the gravel? Due to their mass, it would probably work like with gold, only a little lighter. I might also try to take everything from the general density spot and wash through with a gold pan. Density won't lie, but the colors and outside clearness of diamonds totally do, and may look like ordinary rocks, given away by their shape and hardness as far as I know, having found 0 diamonds.
There is no running water for a sluice setup allowed at the park. it’s all old fashion by hand. They finally allowed wheels like 2006 or something. 😅
I would be dead if i didn’t have my wagon. lol.
Diamonds hate water. Some say they have seen some diamonds float!
The Saruka is the best way! pick em right off the top!
Magnus Thanks for watching the video!
@@DiamondMinerIvins They stick to petroleum jelly atleast, whereas other minerals will be washed away by water. Never heard of floating diamonds before now, but gold floats too, so who knows.
Wondering what you doing with all that gravel after your done with it,,,,bet you have alot 😁😁
Some goes in with my centers in the paydirt i sell on ebay.
So seeings how this is my first time watching one of your videos, I have to ask.. I guess you guys aren't allowed to use any kind of sluice box or anything to go through the material there? Diamonds will get trapped in a sluice box just like gold will, if you were allowed I'd definitely use a pump and high banker/mini trommel to make it much easier on you.
it wouldn’t be a very good idea, these diamonds can be flat, and some have known to float in muddy water. The sakura is you best tool to find any type of gem stone, because the heavy minerals will concentrate in the center, and all you have to do is pick your diamonds!!
Thanks for watching!
Laces out? Lol I wander where that came from! 🤣 😜
haha ! Thanks for watching and the support!
like finding a needle in a hay stack
lol, once you learn the basics, you’ll start finding them. Thanks for watching !
You said when you walk out onto the field that's the East drain. Is that to your left, to your right, or straight ahead as you enter the field? Are you referring to north, south, east and west as directions of the field, or are you referring to where it would be if you have a compass pointing in that direction you are referencing? It would be really nice if you had a map as you came out of the entrance into the field and pointed to where all of these places are that you're referring to, such as the east drain and west drain and North Hill and snake pit, because when you are walking around with a camera all we see is dirt and trees, you turn the camera off, then when you turn it back on, it is confusing which area you are walking to. Where you said you had found eight of your diamonds, I have no idea what part of the park you were in. Just a 3-minute video with the video showing what you're talking about and pointing to it would be absolutely phenomenal, and I would greatly appreciate it, kind sir if you would do something like that. You are absolutely very kind for showing us how you look for diamonds, what you look for, where to look for it, and you share your knowledge and your adventures, and it's greatly appreciated! But. I just need some DMI ground markers LOL. Thank you so very much!
I just watched your video you uploaded 23 hours ago that did just exactly what I asked you to do, minus a map in your hand. That's okay though, because you showed me what you were talking about. Now I can follow along with you on your journeys and know where you are! Thank you so much! I can't wait to find the video where you actually find a diamond! Well, I did last night, but you never confirmed which one it was, so I don't know if I was right or not LOL
Oh perfect timing 😆
i have two videos where i found diamonds in them.
here is the masters video with a diamond being found czcams.com/video/1627woQ9cBY/video.html
Please, please get some tweezers and point out what you are trying to focus on. It makes all the difference when you see the stones of interest in the substrate before you remove them. The eyes of the viewers then are more trained to recognize what you are trying to show us to look for.
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i forgot my pick.
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video!
it’s the only light colored brown rock in the pile. it wasn’t a diamond. false alarm!
No worries, I am just trying to focus on what you are looking at in the substrate before it is removed. I hunt artifacts, fossils and gold. So you get my drift when I say I need to train my eyes of What or What Not to look for before it is removed. 😉 I have always wanted to visit the Diamond Park In ARkansas but wasn’t sure what to look for. I didn’t realize it was a lot like panning for gold! Very nice video!!
Hey, Brother! is the Kimberlite, the Redish rocks and is that why you are going to work that first area? Did that brown one end up being a diamond, Ivins?
cool video brother, keep up the great work man.
Flash In Your Pan No Kimberlite at the Crater of Diamonds. The host for the diamonds here is called Lamproite. The red rocks are Jasper which is red because of the iron, so they are just a little heavier vs the other colored Jasper. Yes i like the red Jasper, so i worked that spot.
Unfortunately it wasn’t a diamond. 😫
@@DiamondMinerIvins Ok, thanks brother and bummer.
where did you find the meshes for the trays as well as the outer metal frame, I want to make one
I made them. The mesh is 304 Stainless steel. top of the line. I made my screens in 5 years ago. Never needed to repair,
Lol, I wonder if your "safety meeting" means the same thing as mine....
Safety First! 👌🏼
It's tiring. Not just anybody who can work so hard.....
It is very hard work! A lot harder than Gold mining because no motorized equipment is allowed. Thanks for watching !
At 21:49 in the video you had a glimmer in the middle flip towards the bottom left. did you see that?
Thanks for commenting. I looked over each rock on the tray, and didn’t spot a diamond. guess i’ll go back through each rock again. Thanks!! ⛏💎
Does the park seed the ground with stones/low grade gem for tourists to find
No!!! People do. The park doesn’t allow it.
a high banker could help
no equipment allowed at the crater that requires electricity, or a engine. all manual out here. Plus these diamonds are Hydrophobic, they hate water. the diamonds would swim in the water, and go right off the mats. The saruka is the best method finding gems.
Thanks for watching !
are these your screens or are they provided my the park
These are my first set i ever made. I have 12”x24”x4” two set classifiers #4 for the top screen and #16 for the bottom, they fit perfect inside the parks wash tubs.
Thanks for watching !
Are you keeping the spinels, or any other precious gems you find while searching for diamonds?
i used to save some back in 2014. Just save the diamonds now! Thanks is for watching
Can you run this stuff through a small sluice in the yard to separate the heavies?
Probably not. The way i do it, is the best way while at the park. If you take the material home you can use equipment that requires electricity.
I saw a diamond in that last patch
Really??! No!!!! I gave all that material away to my Patrons
Diamond Miner Ivins I’m sure of it. Look at end of the video. Bottom right of the white area. There is a perfect hedron with that oily look at 23.05
Diamond Miner Ivins I’m no expect though. Could be very wrong
Dose red jasper have any value?
yes!
Where did you get your saruka ?
I make them, just out at the moment,
OMG, what kind of camera are you using, made me sea sick watching.....
Do you keep any agate or Jasper
i have buckets and buckets full of both. Thanks for watching
Where you get your screens? If u dont mind me asking
you lost me when you didnt pick out that first "diamond" you saw, instead saying "keep it secret". what us the point of tbe video if not to show us the discovery of a diamond? sheeh.
I’m sorry you hated it. ☹️
Where do u get those classifiers
George Zink I made them. Thanks for watching !
I can make you a set. Currently making a set now. 12”x24”x4” is the most common size They are around $230 each.
email me at diamondminerivins2012@yahoo.com
How can you tell a quartz and a diamond
The diamonds have a metallic shine, plus they are very heavy for their size. Also if you have a large diamond, it won’t stick to your fingers like quartz will.
Thanks for watching!
@@DiamondMinerIvins I have another question well 2 more 1 can you find diamonds other places close to Murfreesboro? and can a diamond be fused with quartz?
Just followed you on Instagram!
awesome ! Thank you for all the support ⛏💎
Can you find black Diamonds?
there have been only a few diamonds black come out of the crater of diamonds. James Archer was one of the lucky ones
@@DiamondMinerIvins interesting. I like learning so when I read things I never knew it blows my mind. I had no idea that diamonds come in all colors. I worked for a jewelry store and was shocked that the diamonds they sold were so small like chips, or chocolate, or spinel. To me that was a con to the public to make you think you got something special not low grade.
23.20are there any diamonds,,,,,look tiddlers
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sonal patel what does this mean? lol
Thanks for watching !
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Must of been a wide angle. Not good tor a helmet cam...
aaa much as i head bang, that would be a really bad idea. Thanks for watching and the support!
Hey can u send me some jasper and agitates
I sure can. email me @ diamondminerivins2012@gmail.com