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November 2023 by aj schlub
Drove 30 minutes out , Monday Nov 6th with our 3 and 4 year old too mine Gems. Pulled in at 1pm, no one in sight. Closed down. Clearly states open Monday 10-4. If you are going to close that's fine, just please update your page. Not a good look
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July 2023 by Edward Stoneking
This place was incredible, the guys were so friendly and Zach was really knowledgeable on the different stones. This will be our go too place for gem mining in the future. I'm really wanting to try the turning my stones into jewelry next time. Then guys just blew my expectations out of the water and my mind.
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July 2023 by Jonathan Johnson
Always want to try here because it looked cool but was overall disappointed. They use dirt/clay to hide rocks and it was a muddy red clay mess with kids. The troughs were full of dirt and in much need of being cleaned out.Did get a few good rocks and I liked the way they tape them to an identification board.Also no bathrooms on site - have to go to the jewelry store. Not a great place to take 5yr olds to use the potty with all the nice fragile stuff around.
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January 2023 by Mel L
The BEST in the area. The staff was so enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Dubois (hopefully the right spelling) was such a cool dude, was so engaging, and hooked us up with lots of treasures. This place rocks!
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January 2023 by Jeff Crompton
Place was awesome found all kinds of stuff even more than we expected.Dubois was super knowledgeable and walked us through the whole experience. Will definitely be back
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January 2023 by LeAnn Jackson
Fosco Mining is one of my family’s favorite activities! The people are so friendly, knowledgeable, and kind. We purchased the largest bucket and one of our gems literally more than paid for our visit plus some.I cannot say enough great things about this gem of a place!
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December 2022 by Michelle Gladhill
We went yesterday and had a 5&3yr old with us. We were going to do a small bucket for them and a big bucket for us. Instead of just taking our money the guy was amazing and said it would be better just to get the bigger bucket we wanted as there would be enough for all six of us. He was amazing with the kiddos and explained all of our gems. We can not wait to go back today and pick up our geode we are having cut opening and our other stone we had cut.
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November 2022 by Wes Young
We had an AMAZING time gem mining here! The staff are super friendly and happy to help you get going to have a good time. The rock sorting at the end is really fun to watch with how fast they are and how knowledgeable to sort everything out for you! We highly recommend a visit when you're in the area!
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November 2022 by Heather Borge
My daughter and I came here and I had a blast! Lots of awesome gems found in our bucket! DuBois is also personable and super friendly and knowledgeable! Will definitely recommend!
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November 2022 by Melissa Manns
Our family had such a great experience at Greater Foscoe Mining Company.It was an extremely rainy day so we decided to go gem mining. The staff at Foscoe made the experience totally worth toughing out the rain. We will be back next year for our annual mountain trip!
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November 2022 by Ashlyn and Zach
This was by far one of the best experiences I’ve had traveling! It was so personal. DB was so amazing and made me fall in love with gems and him as a person! I will be taking everyone back here for this experience!
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November 2022 by Anna Brazel
My toddler loves sifting through the sand and mud and cleaning rocks. He even enjoyed the identification done by the staff.
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October 2022 by Jake Palmer
My family had a great experience here sifting and sluicing for gems with a view of Grandfather Mountain! Shared a $26 bucket between two kids (5 and 3) for their first panning experience, was worried it would go too fast but certainly didn't. They loved hunting for the gems in the dirt and used sluices at a perfect height for each of them and happily ended up with some muddy sleeves. The staff (DB) was friendly, patient and eager to help!
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October 2022 by Holly Morgan
Had an awesome time gem mining! We found some pretty gems and the attendant DB was super knowledgeable and sweet! Be sure to tip! (:
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October 2022 by Zack M.
This place is bomb dot com. If you need some cool rocks this is the place to be. Highly recommend
