How to find diamonds! Crater of Diamonds State Park.

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The only public diamond dig site in North America, the Crater of Diamond state park in Arkansas. Join us on our adventure in the start park looking for those elusive diamonds. And along the ay I will teach you all the hows, whys and what-fors of diamond digging.
Please Check out these other amazing RU-vidrs I got to spend time with on this trip:
Frank and Kyndal "That Camping Couple" - @That Camping Couple
Brian "The Crystal Collector" - @The Crystal Collector
Paul "Pioneer Pauly" - @PioneerPauly

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@thefrenchgunsmith6488 2 года назад

I love how pauly is eating clay and no one is reacting, normal day with pauly haha

@FinalFront 2 года назад

Is that something he does for a reason or just as a goof for the audience?

@mordinkainen1844 2 года назад

hahahah just getting his breakfast?

@bring6not12 2 года назад

@@FinalFront try it and find out :D

@thefrenchgunsmith6488 2 года назад

@@mordinkainen1844 might be ahhaha

@thefrenchgunsmith6488 2 года назад

@@FinalFront Both, pauly is pauly ahha

@KH-sv3bk 2 года назад

I'm reflecting on what a great God we have, that the waste and byproduct of his creation is precious and beautiful. His creation process produces our gold, diamonds, gems and all other natural minerals held dear. The perfection of all that is physical is a witness to His existence, knowledge, wisdom, power and love. I have much respect for those scientists brilliant and passionate enough to realize through their studies that there must be a creator of such perfection. Peace be with you all.

@dereklamphere2774 2 года назад

A friend of mine found the diamond known as the esperanza diamond there. I guess it was on the surface less then a 100 yards away from the entance. They were there less then 15 minuts. Talk about luck!!

@wil950 10 месяцев назад

Dan im from Berryville Arkansas and my best friend back in my working years found one of the biggest yellow diamonds ever found there 💛 ✨

@desertshadow6098 Год назад

Love this state park. Three decent diamonds and lots of gem quality miscellaneous stones. Not bad for 10 bucks and several fun hours in the outdoors 💎

@williambradley611 11 месяцев назад

Did you know that rubies, morganite, sapphires, emeralds, opals, jadeite, beryl, tanzanite and alexandrite are actually way rarer than diamonds

@Alb410 8 месяцев назад

@@williambradley611 Yeah, but its all fun anyways :D

@youknoweverything7643 8 месяцев назад

@@williambradley611yup I think everyone knows that. But the diamonds that are high quality and natural are what is rare. There is more and tons of non jeweler quality diamonds found then clear and beautiful diamonds that are worth a lot of money. So actually high end and quality diamonds is what's more rare then anything else.

@cjpham6614 2 месяца назад

It's $15 for adults now.

@4thgenfarmer371 2 года назад

We were there in 2019 during the summer. It was ungodly hot and we didn't find much at the creator of diamonds. However we bought some dirt in bags and took it home and found chocolate diamonds in that.

@PenumbralBehemoth 2 года назад

I used to visit this park a lot when I was younger. Made for great camping too! In elementary my mother and I found a 10th of a karot diamond imbedded in the mud on our boots. That was our only one but man what a blast.

@corvusheller328 День назад

I went there once back in the summer of 2014. BTW, my maternal grandmother was from Van Buren. She was born there during the Great Depression

@Everything.On.Wheels519 2 года назад

Pauly at 5:00 mins in has me cracking up 🤣🤣🤣 What a guy lol

@dennisreed7181 2 года назад

Only from MY experience - I am NOT a doctor. I have 3 ruptured disks in my lower back. That was diagnosed 20 years ago. (I am 65 years old.) It started with 1 herniated disk. But after the 3rd rupture, I started stretching over backward and a little to each side - before and during lifting or bending forward. I seldom have any back pain - only when I forget to stretch. Dan, I enjoy your enthusiasm.

@jcouch1993 2 года назад

As an Arkansas native, I went once when I was younger. Before my real love of rocks, minerals and crystals began. All we left with were pretty rocks lol. But I did fit a 6ft pit someone dug and played in it

@markmckeown5855 8 месяцев назад

Everyone loves "Pauly ".... I do!!! He is just Pauly!! Good character!! All you rock hounds are good people!!! That's what I see!!!

@blackopal3138 2 года назад

The close up shot of your first flip, at 14:0. You are talking about the clear quartz in the center, but there is a diamond right beside it, to the left, it's touching it actually. there is another clear one in the background as well. peace

@susankaempfer8427 5 месяцев назад

I’ve been there! I was there literally 45 years ago on a family vacation! It was a fun day.

@motherhubbard3428 2 года назад

I can’t watch any of my favorite channels anymore without seeing the glomming glamping couple. They horn in on every channel on my subscribe list.

@Moved2Rumble Год назад

This place has been on my Bucket List for years. One day maybe..

@WORKERBEEFORCNY 2 года назад

I've been wanting to get there for YEARS!

@johndavid1611 Год назад

Dan Hurd is in the land of my people!

@JabeGabe 2 года назад

Yum nothing's better than a good bite of diamond gravel

@holleylafary6594 2 года назад

Hope you had fun diamond panning here in my back yard and the locals were southern sweet, like our tea. You should also have a dig right after a rain. Next trip...arrowhead hunt as well.

@pennyberg2204 2 года назад

Excited to see if Pauly found a diamond!

@Deadpool_collector247 Год назад

Dan is being super serious and Pauly is chewing dirt XD What a pair XD

@denisemessier2815 2 года назад

A friend lived close to that state park. She use to bring her children when they were young. She never found a diamond and called it the crater of mud lol lol. The kids had a blast in the mud.

@CanadianGoldMining 2 года назад

Thanks for the surprise Saturday morning premiere Dan !!!.. Nothing makes the morning more enjoyable then chatting with you guys and another great Dan video to start the day !! Spring is coming .. soon well all be out looking for treasure !!! Take Care aLL

@alexdacat 2 года назад

I have never gone gem hunting, but it looks like so much fun. I may have to try it some day! Thank you for all your content Dan!

@chadf1034 2 года назад

I love watching you on the gold. But watching you play in my backyard is really cool too.

@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692 2 года назад

Dan, you’re such a wonderful, fantastic, lovable, inspiring, kind hearted, adventurous brilliant man!! My buddies & I truly enjoy your channel & all the adventures you take us on!!

@madelinerose5326 2 года назад

It is decievingly hard work! Be safe, watch your back. Good lesson in minerals and gemstones.

@AuthorJenniferNAdams 3 месяца назад

It started out being a fun visit, especially for the kids. It's over an hour's drive for me and have been 12 times. Yet, the only thing I've ever gotten there was a sunburn, lol!

@timwilliams990 2 года назад

I have been there several times, going back to about 1993. Never found anything, but had some great family vacations and made memories. It is really nice now, with the water park and concessions. In '93 there was nothing there but the visitor center and two troughs with hand pumps.

@michaelpass2176 2 года назад

Pauly is the best goof off all around. Without Pauly there is no fun!

@davidjackson7051 Месяц назад

I would pick a bright sunshiny day cause the eye doesn't lie when u see that beautiful diamond staring at you from that pile of mud n undesirable rubish lol😂❤😊

@steven_ewen 2 года назад

The suspense! Thanks for sharing your adventures. Looking forward to the next one

@sharonmckenzie3594 2 года назад

This is a dream of mine, I love searching for "treasures" thank you for all the amazing videos

@slmchnce4lve 2 года назад

You are so knowledgeable and i'm grateful for it. The enthusiasm and love you have for what you do shows everytime. I have lived in Arkansas almost all my life and have never been i think im going to try and take my boys.

@benjamincobb1024 2 года назад

Loved it, can't wait for the next video no matter what it may be

@georgecuyler7563 2 года назад

One day I was up checking on our cattle on the range and I found what I thought was melted glass about an inch and half long. My foster parent took it away from me and gave it away. I keep thinking I should either borrow a horse or rent one to go back to the area that I found the said melted glass. It was clear, super clear. The thing is where I found it never had any buildings in the area ever.

@TylerSmith_Wx Год назад

In arkansas? Invite me ill help ya 😂

@sedland7955 Год назад

Go back! That was so mean of your parent! That could have been your chance of becoming wealthy. God bless you always.

@Wreckz_Tea Год назад

Gave it to who?? Why would they give suspected glass to somebody?

@georgecuyler7563 Год назад

@@Wreckz_Tea because it was heavy glass and in a volcanic valley. It was given to one of our truck driver's. He retired within a year of getting said piece. I listened to the old timers stories about said valley and one has to be physically fit to go hunting in there. And the goats are said to be larger than anywhere else. We didn't go in there without firearms or some sort of protection. Especially if we were going to go deep, grizzlies and wolves are plenty in there. We lost some cattle. By the time I aged out we could drive up and I'd get out and give one of my whistle's and give them a day or two and the cattle would come out to the gate. Through the summer they would only go about half way into the valley. But one day I'll go back in there and see what I can find. Lot's of old lava rock.

@youknoweverything7643 8 месяцев назад

@@georgecuyler7563your comments and story is so confusing why would they give a object that looked like a piece of smooth glass to their truck driver. What would he want with it. And maybe it was a diamond worth lots of money who knows but I wouldn't expect to find any diamonds in that area again even if it was a diamond your chances are very slim of finding another diamond. And that is messed up that your foster parents just gave something away that their kid found. I found a nice sized ruby playing in the creek near our house lookingbfor cool rocks and showed my mom and dad and they didn't know if it was a gem or just a really pretty rock and they took it to a jeweler and we was told it was a bright red ruby worth around 1300 Dollars. I still have it to this day in my safe and it's been 21 years since I found it by luck

@Unbridled13 2 года назад

I have been to the Crater of Diamonds and it is a blast. Enjoyed the day even if we didn't find a diamond. Kids loved it. Bring extra clothes for the kids and yourself for the ride home or to hotel.

@709badwolf 2 года назад

looks like a fun adventure! thanks for bringing us all along! 👍

@chriswertz1438 2 года назад

Looks like so much fun, and an ice on the lower back.

@Derekdichiara1 2 года назад

Never saw a diamond hunt video before but it popped up on RU-vid and within the first 10 seconds of this video I subbed. Your happy outlook is what I need in life right now. Thanks a lot :)

@MetalDetectingDonna 2 года назад

This was so Informative! Now I feel I can try it! So much fun!

@roseanaburnett6257 2 года назад

I have learned so much from him I’m now into rock tumbling because of his shows great just great

@radialwavellite5310 2 года назад

I am from Arkansas but have never been to Creater of Diamonds state park.I would really like to go through.Arkasas has giant quarts crystals and other gems as well.My favorite is Radial Wavelite.It looks like frozen slices of limes! Look it up,its beautiful 💚

@PowRKord 2 года назад

This is a nice surprise. It's been over 20 years since we've been at the COD. Spent a fair amount of time up there in the mid-latter '90s when entrance fee was about $3.50, camping was $12 or $13 with hookup -- and before the slide was built. It's pretty neat when watching, knowing exactly where y'all are in the field.

@alvenatgolden1781 2 года назад

Coming Soon I believe.where can you park your RV there. Do you need a reservation? They do have guides available?

@bongjamesbong3245 Год назад

Ty for ur videos 😀 enjoy the humor n professionalism 👍

@homesteaderwant2b 2 года назад

I love that place. I have plans to go back for my 3 time.

@chrisfrench2130 2 года назад

You prospecting group are amazing keep up the great content.

@connormclernon26 Год назад

This place is one of my bucket list items to visit. If and when I do make it out, I hope to find a diamond, even though I know odds are long against me.

@pappaspoko 2 года назад

Having weird friends is amazing! Pioneer Pauly around 5:15 is my future best buddy!

@OverMyDadBody 2 года назад

Haha, dang it, I missed this video, but watched the others, so I'm watching this, "HOPING" that you find a diamond.

@dr.fruityboots4706 2 года назад

these gem hunting vids are my favorite though i love the gold videos too. always learn something new on yhis channel.

@delizard523 2 года назад

what a great place i did not have any luck my first trip i will be back. awesome content please keep em coming dan

@testickles8834 2 года назад

been there several times. It's a beautiful drive

@eddieroberts3402 2 года назад

Go after a rain and not after a couple weeks of drought. That's the hardest field I have "tried" to dig. I was raised farming. That field gets like concrete chunks.

@andrewwalsh6177 2 года назад

Dan is like a magnet always on the money

@TacticalPeace 2 года назад

Was just think of planning a trip here this and part 2 will be a huge help!

@realbigdeals2048 2 года назад

I have been meaning to go there for years. Love your channel! I haven’t watched the video yet but I hope you find a diamond!

@cottonhiker 2 года назад

Love the channel! For those of us who are “color blind”, maybe use a pointer to point out the object of interest on the close ups!?🙏👍🏻

@fishingfun5071 2 года назад

Yah I doubt see blue

@Ironman829 2 года назад

How about you figure it out? You have a disability not an attention pass..

@edpaslaski9477 2 года назад

maybe purchase the glasses that help instead of making someone else do something for you. 🤷

@danialjaved4265 2 года назад

@@edpaslaski9477 maybe mind your own business instead of helping them

@edpaslaski9477 2 года назад

@@danialjaved4265 go ahead

@mrpuggerson 2 года назад

I love this group that he’s with

@andywellborn 2 года назад

You guys are having tons of fun in Arkansas, my wife's home state. I've been there a couple of time, no diamond yet..

@thatswrightoutdoors 2 года назад

From Somebody who's been paralyzed from the waist down, and had three back surgeries. I hope your discs get better and don't get surgery... Unless you absolutely have to.

@jtswhitewater4940 2 года назад

Another great video Dan and I was having a great time until you told us about the warm Temps and I am stuck in the depths of winter in Canada. Bring back some gems and the warm weather too 👍

@shaunhall6834 2 года назад

Fishing comes to mind.... You might catch something but it's fun while you're doing it.

@makcakoi2393 2 года назад

Always a good watch a fantastic content 💯💯👍 keep up the great work and videos😁👍

@seanparchim9165 2 года назад

Ok I had to pause it I'm laughing so hard at pauly photo bombing your video I'm so glad you left it in🤣🤣🤣🤣now back to the video✌️ Napa California

@caseysconcepts2012 10 месяцев назад

Never thought to see you here in AR Dan. Nice to see a local video made. Welcome. Swing by through Flippin sometime

@Unf0rG1Vin 2 года назад

Woohoo! My First Dan Premeire! So Amped!

@marisagomez7292 2 года назад

I've been there a couple times. I love this place. It's a fun place for the family. ❤

@FinalFront 2 года назад

Did you find any diamonds? I've always wanted to go, but it's about a 14 hour drive from where I'm at so it's a big trip. I've been wanting to go on some kind of gold panning trip somewhere. Where I live in West Virginia it's all sedimentary rock so there's no placer gold to be found.

@bobinmissouri 11 месяцев назад

@@FinalFront Coker Creek Tenn there's gold there and in NC Georga and other areas out east

@charlesjames4947 Год назад

pauly is my spirit animal! love your videos!

@mattgreen2559 Год назад

I've enjoyed everytime I've been there. I dated a girl that worked there for a few months and used to get some breaks on rentals. Lol. Never found a diamond, but always find some interesting minerals. I'll find one this year.

@GREEKEXPLORERS 2 года назад

Nice video,thank you for sharing!!

@scotttrujillo363 2 года назад

Awww I wished I had known y’all were comming to my state , I would’ve loved to join y’all. Maybe next time!!

@jamesquigley8628 2 года назад

Fun to watch, Be Well.

@simplesexy4659 2 года назад

Love watching your video its a treasure haunting

@elaradz 2 года назад

Wow cant believe you guys! 🎉 Well done I love your bideos

@stivjoz476 Год назад

Been there done that! Fun week in the mud Found jasper & agates no ice...

@bobbeckman3735 2 года назад

Thanks Dan

@Aravallistoneshows Год назад

Looking good

@TheArkansasDiamondMiner 2 года назад

Very nice! You’ve got some good help there!

@samb8996 2 года назад

It seems that Diamonds 💎 are a boys best friend !

@helpmesleep9754 2 года назад

Love this

@larretta88 2 года назад

Very informative, you guys are awesome 👌

@gregtisdell5747 2 года назад

Great stuff Dan and crew

@dakotahicks6725 2 года назад

That's awesome I use to live not far from there it's an awesome place our school took use there on a field trip once

@GamingforNostalgiaForFun 2 года назад

I really hope of going here soon very interesting place fascinating 🤔🤔🤔💎

@antnewbon2673 2 года назад

Not fair Dan, not fair........ love it cya tomorrow

@alanmccrum4646 Год назад

Please take no offense, in this video, watching you move, you remind me of the "miner 49er" from Scooby Doo. One of my favorite characters and episodes, btw. I can't get enough of your instructional videos. I've been a rock collector for almost 45 years, and you are living my dream. Would love to be a pack mule for one of your BC picture rock adventures some day.

@kennyarmer4092 2 года назад

My wife and I have been there twice, no diamonds but had a great time!

@DavidJones-vh5py 2 года назад

Came here twice as a kid on school field trips when I lived in Dekalb Texas

@bensnowdon3 2 года назад

Pauly just casually eating dirt!!!!

@Arkansasdiamonddenis 4 месяца назад

In 07 08 09 I found 486 diamonds in 29 months of digging, 13 over 1 carat, my biggest was 4.42 carats which Walmart now owns, good luck..

@TheHarknessMonster 2 года назад

Hi Dan. Love your videos in general and been really enjoying your Arkansas adventures. You mentioned you live green and blue gemstones, have you been to the Benitoite mine in Coalinga CA? It’s someplace I’d love to go to personally. Benitoite is a nice blue gemstone found only in this one location in CA in case you are unfamiliar with it.

@arsonarson8364 2 года назад

Guy in the background eating dirt off his shovel at 5:07 hahaha good one.

@drjohnsmith450 2 года назад

Sunday morning here in Australia 1:15am.🇦🇺😃

@patrickmay4489 2 года назад

The old timers from the crater all used rounded bottom serucas like your homemade one about 20 to 15 years ago they just gradually switched to flat bottom. That’s pretty much the normal now, but I bet many more CT’s were found with the rounded bottom.