Doc's Rocks Gem Mine

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Hey Doc,

I just wanted to thank you and your staff for the "AWESOME" experience you gave to me and my family. We never thought that our trip to the North Carolina mountains would be so fun and profitable. After finding and learning about the gems at your mine, we got you to cut a lot of them into beautiful jewels for us. The last batch was worth over $4000! Needless to say, we all can't wait for our next vacation to Blowing Rock/Boone and Doc's Gem Mine! It's been over two weeks since our trip and we're all still talking about rocks & gems. I just found out that my stepson Shawn ordered a batch of ORE-TO-GO from y'all, so it won't be long before we're digging in the dirt again. (HE'S HOOKED ON ROCKS!) I'd also like to mention that we were there when "KNOT HEAD" the dinosaur arrived at the mine. It was the first time any of us had seen a "real" dinosaur skeleton up close and personal. My grandson Alex was truly excited with the whole experience, and still talks about "Doc" as if he lives just down the street. You made my family feel like your family, and for that, we'll never forget you. Thank you!

                                                                                                                                                                                       "The Crazy Cajuns",

                                                                                                                                                                                        Andre' & Susie Breaux

                                                                                                                                                                                        Bourg, Louisiana   7/8/2010 

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Just wanted to tell you what a great time we had gem hunting last month.  Three generations had something we could do together on a cold, wet day.  We appreciated all your help identifying the gems as well as giving us a great geology lesson.  We bought a $50 dollar bucket and were able to get 10 stones cut by you in just 24 hour!  We found garnet, emerald, peridot,smoky quartz,white quartz, amethyst, citrine, ruby and star ruby.  The pendants that you set turned out great.  Enclosed is a picture of the 9 carat star ruby I had set in a gold setting with an accent diamond.  Everyone loves the pendant!  We hope to get back to Boone sometime so we can try again. Patty from Tabb, Virginia

 Hey Doc, just wanted to write you this email and ay thank you for a wonderful experience mining....this was the first time for my son and he absolutly had a wonderful time and just so you know he was actually paying attention whe you were explaining the stones, I was amazed when we got home and he was showing my mother the stones that he found and was naming them...also I wanted to thank you for making up for the "other gem mining person" that told me to get a book and look it up...we are planing another trip next year and you will be the ONLY mine we will visit...Again thank you and thanks for taking time with my son William....

Doc, thanks so much for the fast turn-around on my "ruby". I was so excited to know that it was 1 1/2 carats. I will probably have it appraised so will let you know what my fine turns out to be. I look forward to visiting again. The experience was so much fun and my whole family enjoyed the panning and history lesson. Thanks again. Sandra Bradley, Huntersville, NC

We discovered Doc early last year and have been back to visit about twenty times since then. We love how when you walk in everyone greets you like family that they haven't seen in forever. We always have a blast every time we're there and are already planning another trip again in two weeks. See you then Doc.

Linda from VA

We enjoyed visiting your business with our daughter and friends last week (we are all from Florida and spent a lot of time there on Friday, then my wife and daughter and I came back Saturday). If you're interested, below is the link to what I wrote about the experience on my travel blog. It's not a big blog, but it's what I like to do in my spare time.

John Stanton                                                                 This blog was awesome!!! Thanks

WOW!!! We had a great time!!! My two girls, wife, and I found over $2000.00 of gems playing in warm water  in your indoor flume!!! It was 29 degrees outside! The two highlights of our trip included finding a 2 POUND ROSE QUARTZ and an EMERALD ORE the size of a baseball. The educational experience and personal attention was exceptional... thanks Mike and Doc!!! We were excited that you cut our gems and had them ready within 24 hours. I have included 2 photos for everyone's enjoyment. Check out the endless possibilities that you can find at DOC'S GEM MINE!!! You will find our 2lb. Rose Quartz in the center of the plate with our other mining discoveries, and a photo of our cut stones that Doc fashioned for us (including the current book value). CHECK OUT THE EMERALD...IT'S 63 CARROTS!!! We will be back as soon as we can. Remember big rocks don't fit in small buckets!!!

Blease Family, Columbia, SC

New Year's Eve and Day (Yes, we came back again and loved it)!!!

     Just wanted to let everyone know that I found a ruby at Doc's Rocks Gem Mine that cut out to 8.5 carats. Doc told me that I should get it appraised because he doesn't usually see them cut out that big. Honestly, at first I thought that he was just hyping it up to make me proud of my finding. However, when I got home I took Doc's advice and had my ruby appraised by a well known jeweler in my community. It appraised for $10,000. To top that off, the jeweler that did the appraisal offered to buy it right then and there for $7,000. I'm happy to say that I am now $7,000 richer thanks to Doc, and it all started with a small bucket of dirt. My family and I are already planning another trip up next month to do it again.

Ronda Mullins from Ashville, NC

     Doc's Rocks is my favorite place to go mining. Every time I visit, I find something new and exciting. I'm looking forward to going on a rock hound tour with Doc this summer. Thank you Doc for providing such a cool place to visit.

Derik Johannan Age 13 from Wilksboro NC

      i love the fact that you guys don't salt your buckets. I've been to alot of other gem mines where you pay a fortune for  a bucket of white gravel or sand and find a few crappy stones that they stuck in there for you, most of which is not even worth keeping in your fish tank. at your place, we bought a ten dollar bucket (1 shovel full) and fill up a full size sandwich bag with some amazing finds. needless to say, we will be back to see you guys again soon to be getting our stones cut. Thanks for an amazing experience.

Donna and Phil from Atlanta GA

Reid and Robin from Columbus, Georgia.

  Just wanted to write a quick note to let you know how much fun we had 

gem mining with you! I have to admit, my parents had to coerce us into  

gem mining and I can now say we are hooked. We found so many beautiful  

stones and appreciate the time you took to sit down with us and review  

our findings. We learned a ton about different gems and rocks from you  

and your wonderful staff. We love all our stones and your lightening  

fast turn around time cutting them for us! We will definitely tell  

everyone we know about Doc's Rocks! Hope to see you again soon.

Wren and Dan Dickens From Hamilton, GA

     Merry Christmas to Doc's Rocks. We visited you guys last month and had a blast, and just wanted to let you know that we are hooked on gem mining after visiting your place. We never knew that playing in the dirt could be so much fun. Thanks for such a good time.

Sally McNeil from South Carolina 

     Hey Doc, just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our visit. We are avid gem miners and focus our vacations on cool places to go just to go mining. In all of our years mining, we have never visited another mine where they actually sit down with you one on one and identify your stones. Your staff also went one step further then that and gave an awesome lesson on how the stones formed and why North Carolina is such a cool place geologically speaking. I'm so glad we discovered you. Thank you so much, See you guys in April.

Susan Mullins from Knoxville TN 

    Hey Doc, My name is Jesse Parker (the honeymooner). I just wanted to say that i think you guys are great. Your staff is excellent and we had a lot of fun just learning about the gems and the history of North Carolina mines. We can't wait to bring the entire family. We are planning to come back in a couple months. See you guys soon.

   We had our best vacation yet, thanks to doc. he and his staff were really friendly. Their knowledge about geology and gemstones was awesome. We learned so much in just one visit.  Love ya Doc and we'll see you again next summer!

Jill Hanson from Canada

William from Florida

    I had such a good time at your mine.  Thank you doc for teaching me so much about rocks

Amy age 8 from Texas