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Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine的点评
点评：Me and my husband came here for the mining experience (after several other crystals mines across the south) expecting to go out into a mine and dig for North Carolina emeralds. We paid $100 per person for four hours at this place and once we got there we were told we'd be looking for aquamarine, Smokey quartz, garnets and obsidian and it was pretty obvious that they just scattered different stones around.
It felt like an Easter egg hunt for kids, it was way to easy, which would be fine if they TOLD us we'd be surface hunting, bc we never would have booked this.
We asked our guide several times if it was supposed to be this easy, and he said yes, "because they blast every month and they just had a heavy rain."
There was NO evidence of either.
The day got better when we went to their second mine and and we actually found some emeralds in a dirt pile that's supposed to be have come from another of their mines an hour away.
Only to be disappointed again when we took some of our stones to have cut into jewelry to another local place just to be told that they are Brazilian Emeralds, definitely not from NC. The woman showed us the difference between the two and I don't know how this place doesn't realize people will figure out that these emeralds are not from NC.
We're super bummed bc we feel this description is VERY misleading. We were not looking for seeded buckets or mines, we were really hoping to do some real digging and come home with legitimate finds. Naïvely we thought that by paying more money to dig we would go somewhere a little more exclusive with a little better chance of finding something good as opposed to the $20 per person mines.
We just wanted to leave an honest review for people who think that they are going out into a mine to go digging. Save yourself the $100 and just buy a bucket.
The reasons for the 2 star review is because the experience we had is not as described. We understand this is a great place for people to buy a bucket and sluce, and we know there is no guarantee of finding anything when you dig. And while we did come home with a bucket of finds, we would not have paid $100 to do this.
It felt like an Easter egg hunt for kids, it was way to easy, which would be fine if they TOLD us we'd be surface hunting, bc we never would have booked this.
We asked our guide several times if it was supposed to be this easy, and he said yes, "because they blast every month and they just had a heavy rain."
There was NO evidence of either.
The day got better when we went to their second mine and and we actually found some emeralds in a dirt pile that's supposed to be have come from another of their mines an hour away.
Only to be disappointed again when we took some of our stones to have cut into jewelry to another local place just to be told that they are Brazilian Emeralds, definitely not from NC. The woman showed us the difference between the two and I don't know how this place doesn't realize people will figure out that these emeralds are not from NC.
We're super bummed bc we feel this description is VERY misleading. We were not looking for seeded buckets or mines, we were really hoping to do some real digging and come home with legitimate finds. Naïvely we thought that by paying more money to dig we would go somewhere a little more exclusive with a little better chance of finding something good as opposed to the $20 per person mines.
We just wanted to leave an honest review for people who think that they are going out into a mine to go digging. Save yourself the $100 and just buy a bucket.
The reasons for the 2 star review is because the experience we had is not as described. We understand this is a great place for people to buy a bucket and sluce, and we know there is no guarantee of finding anything when you dig. And while we did come home with a bucket of finds, we would not have paid $100 to do this.
翻译：我和我的丈夫来这里是为了采矿经验（在南部的其他几个水晶矿之后）期望进入一个矿山并挖掘北卡罗来纳州的祖母绿。我们花了每人 100 美元在这个地方待了四个小时，我们一到那里就被告知我们要寻找海蓝宝石、烟石英、石榴石和黑曜石，很明显他们只是在周围散落了不同的石头。
感觉就像是为孩子们寻找复活节彩蛋，这很容易，如果他们告诉我们我们会在地面上狩猎，那会很好，因为我们永远不会预订这个。
我们多次问我们的导游是否应该这么容易，他说是的，“因为他们每个月都会爆炸，而且他们只是下了一场大雨。”
两者都没有证据。
当我们去他们的第二个矿山时，天气变好了，我们实际上在一堆泥土中发现了一些祖母绿，这些祖母绿应该来自一个小时以外的另一个矿山。
当我们将一些宝石切割成珠宝到另一个当地时，却被告知它们是巴西祖母绿，绝对不是来自北卡罗来纳州，这让我们再次感到失望。这位女士向我们展示了两者之间的区别，我不知道这个地方怎么没有意识到人们会发现这些祖母绿不是来自北卡罗来纳州。
我们非常沮丧，因为我们觉得这个描述非常具有误导性。我们不是在寻找种子桶或地雷，我们真的希望做一些真正的挖掘，然后带着合法的发现回家。我们天真地认为，通过支付更多的钱来挖掘，我们会去一个更独特的地方，找到更好的机会，而不是每人 20 美元的矿山。
我们只是想为那些认为自己要去矿山挖矿的人留下诚实的评论。为自己节省 100 美元，只需购买一个水桶即可。
2 星评论的原因是因为我们的经历与描述的不一样。我们知道这是人们购买水桶和水闸的好地方，而且我们知道不能保证您在挖掘时能找到任何东西。虽然我们确实带着一桶发现物回家，但我们不会为此支付 100 美元。
感觉就像是为孩子们寻找复活节彩蛋，这很容易，如果他们告诉我们我们会在地面上狩猎，那会很好，因为我们永远不会预订这个。
我们多次问我们的导游是否应该这么容易，他说是的，“因为他们每个月都会爆炸，而且他们只是下了一场大雨。”
两者都没有证据。
当我们去他们的第二个矿山时，天气变好了，我们实际上在一堆泥土中发现了一些祖母绿，这些祖母绿应该来自一个小时以外的另一个矿山。
当我们将一些宝石切割成珠宝到另一个当地时，却被告知它们是巴西祖母绿，绝对不是来自北卡罗来纳州，这让我们再次感到失望。这位女士向我们展示了两者之间的区别，我不知道这个地方怎么没有意识到人们会发现这些祖母绿不是来自北卡罗来纳州。
我们非常沮丧，因为我们觉得这个描述非常具有误导性。我们不是在寻找种子桶或地雷，我们真的希望做一些真正的挖掘，然后带着合法的发现回家。我们天真地认为，通过支付更多的钱来挖掘，我们会去一个更独特的地方，找到更好的机会，而不是每人 20 美元的矿山。
我们只是想为那些认为自己要去矿山挖矿的人留下诚实的评论。为自己节省 100 美元，只需购买一个水桶即可。
2 星评论的原因是因为我们的经历与描述的不一样。我们知道这是人们购买水桶和水闸的好地方，而且我们知道不能保证您在挖掘时能找到任何东西。虽然我们确实带着一桶发现物回家，但我们不会为此支付 100 美元。
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