Crater Of Diamonds
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Crater Of Diamonds
My Old Lady and myself will be spending this weekend down there trying to strike it rich. Is there anything worth exploring in the vicinity?
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Re: Crater Of Diamonds
Yeah, it looks like it will be awesome. We'll be down there for four days digging in the dirt!
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Re: Crater Of Diamonds
I've heard that the most successful digs there are from people who look near the drainage ditches. Rain runoff/water flow causes some nice stones to get flushed into those ditches. I heard that works better than just aimlessly digging in the mounds all over the place.
Good luck, that place can be fun.
Good luck, that place can be fun.
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Re: Crater Of Diamonds
Diamond mining was hard work, best reserved for impoverished African child soldiers. We had a lot more fun collecting quartz in an abandoned mine. It was fun, though.
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Re: Crater Of Diamonds
that is all that counts
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RE: Crater Of Diamonds
I want to say there is or used to be a commercial diamond mining operation at the below coordinates. I remember riding up on it oneday with my four-wheeler with some friends. A 10 foot razor wire fence in the middle of the woods and dirt roads will stick with you. I know now they have gates on a majority part of the main access roads, but if your lucky, a gate will be open or there is always other ways into the areas if you just keep looking for trails/roads.
I used to live not far from this area, if I ever get a chance to try out my 4wd again i'll go check it out sometime when I'm visiting my relatives.
34° 3.201'N
93° 38.376'W
and possibly
34° 2.769'N
93° 38.676'W
I used to live not far from this area, if I ever get a chance to try out my 4wd again i'll go check it out sometime when I'm visiting my relatives.
34° 3.201'N
93° 38.376'W
and possibly
34° 2.769'N
93° 38.676'W
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Re: Crater Of Diamonds
If I even get down that way again I will have to check that out. Also, I didn't realize I'd be near Caddo Gap (drove through it to find the Quartz mine), I wish I'd had access to the net, I would have checked out this thing. Oh, well- next time, I guess.
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Re: Crater Of Diamonds
I know exactly where it is at. I grew up about 10 miles from there. There are two ways to get there. Either turn and go through Hopper or take the back roads through Albert Pike.gimpface wrote:If I even get down that way again I will have to check that out. Also, I didn't realize I'd be near Caddo Gap (drove through it to find the Quartz mine), I wish I'd had access to the net, I would have checked out this thing. Oh, well- next time, I guess.