Gemstone Mining

SLUICE, DISCOVER, & IDENTIFY!

Gemstone Mining At Indiana Caverns

Enjoy sifting through the sand to uncover gemstones and fossils. Pick your bag in the gift shop and head to the Peccary Mining Sluice outside. Once you’ve found your treasures, enjoy identifying the rocks and fossils. 

Discover treasure as you sluice, and enjoy learning about rocks as you identify your finds. Rain or shine with a covered roof or take your bag home!

Purchase your mining bag in the gift shop and head to the Peccary Mining Sluice. Gemstone mining bags are not available for online purchase.

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Open Rain or Shine! 

Gemstone mining is available year round. We have two partially covered sluices. Mine with us today! 

Multiple Children?

Do you have two children and want to share a gemstone mining bag between them? No problem! Dump half the bag in one sifter and the remainder in another. However, we can't promise the treasure will be split evenly. 

Finders. Keepers. 

Anything you find is yours to keep! Your discoveries are 100% yours to take home.

Gemstone Mining Bags

Upon arrival, purchase your bag in the gift shop and head to the Peccary Mining Sluice.

Gemstone mining bags are not available for online purchase.

SLUICE, DISCOVER, & IDENTIFY!

Perfect for a beginner with gemstones, pyrite, arrowhead, crystal & more.

$9

YELLOW BAG

Gemstone

Bag

Contains emeralds, gemstones, pyrite, arrowheads, and much more. 

$12

GREEN BAG

Emerald

Bag

Perfect for a budding paleontologist with shark teeth and 15 different fossils.

$12

BLUE BAG

Fossil

Bag

Enjoy fireworks of color in this bag with red, white, and blue crystal and pyrite gemstones.

$12

RED BAG

Patriot

Bag

Enjoy crystals from all over the world in this amazing gemstone mining bag!

$22

PURPLE BAG

Crystal

Bag

The BB+ bag contains gemstones, arrowhead, crystal, pyrite, fossils, plus a big surprise!

$28

BLACK BAG

BB+

Bag

The Bonanza bucket contains XL gems and amethyst, plus a surprise in every bucket.

$55

BUCKET

Bonanza

Bucket

Gemstone Mining Bags

Upon arrival, purchase your bag in the gift shop and head to the Peccary Mining Sluice.

Gemstone mining bags are not available for online purchase.

SLUICE, DISCOVER, & IDENTIFY!

Perfect for a beginner with gemstones, pyrite, arrowhead, crystal & more.

$9

YELLOW BAG

Gemstone

Bag

Contains emeralds, gemstones, pyrite, arrowheads, and much more. 

$12

GREEN BAG

Emerald

Bag

Perfect for a budding paleontologist with shark teeth and 15 different fossils.

$12

BLUE BAG

Fossil

Bag

Enjoy fireworks of color in this bag with red, white, and blue crystal and pyrite gemstones.

$12

RED BAG

Patriot

Bag

Enjoy crystals from all over the world in this amazing gemstone mining bag!

$22

PURPLE BAG

Crystal

Bag

The BB+ bag contains gemstones, arrowhead, crystal, pyrite, fossils, plus a big surprise!

$25

BLACK BAG

BB+

Bag

The Bonanza bucket contains XL gems and amethyst, plus a surprise in every bucket.

$55

BUCKET

Bonanza

Bucket

Upon arrival, purchase your bag in the gift shop and head to the Peccary Mining Sluice.

Gemstone mining bags are not available for online purchase.

Enjoy sifting through the sand to uncover gemstones and fossils. Pick your bag in the gift shop and head to the Peccary Mining Sluice outside. Once you’ve found your treasures, enjoy identifying the rocks and fossils. 

Discover treasure as you sluice, and enjoy learning about rocks as you identify your finds. Rain or shine with a covered roof or take your bag home!

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