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why u cant find any at crater of diamonds.?
my latest trip again i found none. the problem as i see it
is no discarding of worked out materiel.
i read a book about the park and the deposit is like 600
feet deep. underground cone shaped.
everyone thats looking now is in the top 10 feet.
the same top 10 feet since 1800s.
sure they go out there and move the suface around w
a dozer every twice a year. but its still the same top 10 feet.
thats why the only guys scoring are teams that dig down
as far asa possible in a day. fill a buncha buckets
and wash by seruca a different day.
according to the rules they gotta fill their hole by quitting
time the same day as dug.
i guess the only token effort would be for every miner
to take the allowed 5 gal bucket of materiel out every day
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when I'm at the park....thuis is where I dig. I STILL dig w/ Charles Newman....actually, he made me a set of screens.
Perhaps He'll be able to set ya up w/ a team. Will you be staying at the Miner's Camp?
vibes don't go away. my cousin has been wanting me to go down there with him and try our luck. I hear they look just like regular rocks when you dig them up,so I guess I need to do some research to see what I would be looking for. have you found anything there?
vibes don't go away. my cousin has been wanting me to go down there with him and try our luck. I hear they look just like regular rocks when you dig them up,so I guess I need to do some research to see what I would be looking for. have you found anything there?
Vibes,
Please do stay around. He just seemed to want to tick someone off, or was a ticked of tourist with minimal knowledge..
Knowledge is key to success .
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Re: why u cant find any at crater of diamonds.?
Originally Posted by vibes
I've shared good info w/ you...thanks for the non-reply. I think I'm done with this board.
no, i did not mean to offend anyone.
i have elderly relatives that i must visit often to take care of
they do not have a computer there. so i cannot reply to tnet
during while i am there.
thank you so much for sharing. those are truly gorgeous
stones u showed. if i count right u have found 20?
ggod greif thats a great haul.
i will try to look up this charles newman fellow
if its ok with you / him.
when i visited i stayed at arkadelphia, 40 mi each way everyday
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Originally Posted by scrounger d detector collector
Originally Posted by vibes
I've shared good info w/ you...thanks for the non-reply. I think I'm done with this board.
no, i did not mean to offend anyone.
i have elderly relatives that i must visit often to take care of
they do not have a computer there. so i cannot reply to tnet
during while i am there.
thank you so much for sharing. those are truly gorgeous
stones u showed. if i count right u have found 20?
ggod greif thats a great haul.
i will try to look up this charles newman fellow
if its ok with you / him.
when i visited i stayed at arkadelphia, 40 mi each way everyday
why do you stay so far away? When you go, stay at the miner's camp that way you'll meet some of the regular diggers! Plus it's just down the street from the park and reasonably priced heads up! He'll teach you everything you'll need to know! But some incredible diamonds have been found this past 1 1/2 weeks due to all the rain....I know of an 8.66 found last week but it hasn't been released to the media!!! A nice one too! Good luck...it's a lot of work digging, sifting and saruca'ing....but the pay off is there if you're diligent!
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Re: why u cant find any at crater of diamonds.?
well.i used an online travel guide. since it had been many
years since i went there. thats where they recommended
to stay.and i booked and paid in advance.
i would assume the miners camp is regular camping.
i travel with wifey who wantsa motel room due to not
being interested in treasure hunting of any kind.
i must say the drive was very pretty but got long quick.
i realize now that there are motels in murfreesboro
itself which is a lot closer.
how exciting to hear from someone who has actually been
there and done it sucessfully. you obviously have
inside connections and are getting reports from down
there.
the main info i got was from a man who said he was
writing books about his life and trying to sell it.
he was still pretty young and had been around
the world to many interesting areas and had hair
raising almost unbelivable stories to tell.
working in partnership with a woman he found 3
diamonds incl a 3 karat yellow.
he was the only one that would talk to me.
and i tried not to be in his way tto much.
the other miners were working in teams.
and would only grunt or anser in monosylllables.
it was obvious they wanted me gone and didnt want to share info.
even after i kept coming around 4 days.
again thanks for helping
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Re: why u cant find any at crater of diamonds.?
Originally Posted by vibes
The Shamrock is a decent place to stay....I've stayed there...and the Queen of Diamonds Hotel is a step above that!
The guy who spoke to you...I'm wondering if that's Charles Newman? Or perhaps Glen Worthington? I'll try to share a pic of Charles later today.
this guy was youngish maybe mid 20s to early 30s.
i thought the first pic u put up of the miner washing
was chuck.
thanks for the motel info. whatever one he was staying at.
was a weekly rate. that was probably the one ill stay at.
on the right hand side if ur headed back to arkadelphia.
it was the only place that i noticed that actually
had the price on their sign out front.
is that the shamrock ?
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Re: why u cant find any at crater of diamonds.?
Originally Posted by vibes
Ooops...yes, that is him but PLEASE don't call him Chuck to his face!
oh ok. why , does he prefer charles.
also in the case of glen worthington. hes the guy that
wrote the book on this place. genuine diamonds found
in arkansas. itsa pretty new book but at the end it sez
that he had spent many years of his life there. and at his
wifes request he promised not to go diamond mining
anymore so he could spend more time w/her.
maybe that didnt take? was he so addicted to mining
that he couldnt stay away ?
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