Otto's Mining Sluice
Spruceberry Farm's Otto's Mining Sluice, located in Central Virginia, offers a thrilling and educational family-friendly activity. Visitors of all ages can pan and sift for an array of hidden treasures, including beautiful amethysts, sparkling gemstones, fascinating fossils, arrowheads, and even shark's teeth. This hands-on, outdoor adventure allows guests to roll up their sleeves and experience the excitement of discovering their own prized finds
Current Pay Dirt Offerings
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Red Bag - 5-6 Ounce Mixture of Stones
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Arrowhead Bag – For a real enthusiast, all types of Arrowheads
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Yellow Bag - 8–10-ounce mixture of stones including an arrowhead, crystal, shark teeth, a few fossils, and piece of geode.
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Blue Bag - 5-6 oz. mixture of fossils plus sharks’ teeth and a small geode piece.
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Ocean Collection - Includes a mixture of seashells, shark's teeth, and sea glass.
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Polished Stone Bag - a mix of polished gemstones and minerals from around the world.
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Celebration Bag - An 8-10 oz. mixture of colorful stones with a small amethyst druze and small geode piece.
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Sharks Teeth Bag - Shark’s teeth, Shark’s teeth, and more Shark’s teeth,
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Green Bag - Contains approximately 10-12 oz. mixture of gems including what is in the red bag with the addition of emeralds, rubies, a quartz point and arrowhead.
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Purple Bag - Approximately 14 oz of Amethyst, Citrine, and Quartz Crystals plus a geode piece.
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Cloth Bag & Bucket- Consists of approximately one pound of stones including what's in the green bag plus shark teeth, fossils, and either one large or two medium amethyst druze.
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2-Gallon Mining Bucket - This big boy contains 2 gallons of mining rough dirt loaded with a mixture of everything you find in our other bags.