点评:Not an experience I will soon forget. Can’t say I had a ton of fun but where else are you able to do this?
Park is located kind of in the middle of nowhere. Drove from Hot Springs and it took about an hour and a half. Almost a two hour drive from Little Rock and over an hour from Texarkana.
Went on a beautiful Saturday spring day with the temperature at about sixty degrees. Park was very crowded. If coming on a nice weekend day, get here early. Got here at 9 and had short wait for admission and tool rental. By 11, wait for admission tickets was out the visitors center door and wait for tool rental was at least a half hour wait.
We rented the advanced kit for $25 (plus $75 deposit) that included a shovel, bucket, two box sifters, and a circle sifter called a saruca.
You actually spend more time in the shade at the washing station than you do out in the field. Easy to shovel the material into the bucket. Then, you go to the washing station and sift the material you dumped in the bucket. Found lots of small pieces of jasper and calcite but no diamonds.
The field itself is extremely muddy and it can be hard to walk in spots. If bringing a wagon, make sure it has heavy duty wheels. Bring boots and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. If coming on a cold day, bring rubber gloves, which will keep your hands from going numb when wet sifting. There is a hose station where you can wash off your boots and tools that will be caked with mud.
Had two kids, 8 and 11, that got kind of bored after a while. Spending 1-2 hours digging and sifting is plenty. Admission for a family of four was $44 and tool rental was $25, so definitely not a cheap state park to visit
翻译:这不是我很快就会忘记的经历。不能说我玩得很开心,但是你还能在哪里做到这一点呢?
公园位于一个偏僻的地方。从温泉出发,大约需要一个半小时。距离小石城约两个小时车程,距离特克萨卡纳一个多小时车程。
在一个美丽的周六春日去的,气温约为六十度。公园里非常拥挤。如果周末天气好的时候来,请早点到。 9点到达这里,等待入场和工具租赁的时间很短。到了11点,在游客中心门口等待门票和等待工具租赁至少要等半个小时。
我们以 25 美元(另加 75 美元押金)租用了高级套件,其中包括铲子、水桶、两个箱式筛子和一个名为 saruca 的圆形筛子。
实际上,您在清洗站的阴凉处花费的时间比在田野里花费的时间还要多。轻松将物料铲入桶中。然后,您前往清洗站并筛选倒入桶中的材料。发现了很多小块碧玉和方解石,但没有发现钻石。
场地本身非常泥泞,有些地方很难行走。如果携带马车,请确保其具有重型车轮。带上你不介意弄脏的靴子和衣服。如果在寒冷的日子来,请带上橡胶手套,这样可以防止双手在湿筛时发麻。有一个软管站,您可以在那里清洗沾满泥浆的靴子和工具。
有两个孩子,一个 8 岁,一个 11 岁,过了一段时间就有点无聊了。花 1-2 小时挖掘和筛选就足够了。四口之家的入场费为 44 美元,工具租赁费为 25 美元,所以绝对不是一个便宜的州立公园