Activity Dig Kit – Mother Lode Includes Fossils, Arrowheads, Shark Teeth, Excavate Real Crystals, Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones - STEM/STEAM – Ideal for Geology Enthusiasts

Used for 8 yr. old son’s bday, with a 5 yr. old, 9 yr. old and 12-yr. old present as well. Great to have experience outside in driveway instead of booking in mountains. All liked, though 12 yr. is especially understanding boy, to be fair, 9 yr. girl didn’t keep all of hers but seemed to enjoy going through it with her mom, the younger ones were thrilled. (Especially the 5 yr. girl, who made constant exclamations or delighted surprise.) birthday boy loved, too. One note is that parents helped pour right amount and even sifting for 5-yr., and all kids were kind of caught up separately, though there were shouts on especially interesting finds and showing parents, the kids themselves were so focused on their own. It was fine, but that’s just how it went.Contents:It’s a small bag of sand, with tons of chunks of ‘gems’ as you pour it out, you kind of don’t need to sift a whole lot bc it’s mostly uncovered but it’s fun if you pour a little at a time, it still takes a bit. Great for us for easily 30 minutes, then we let them rinse trays with the hose and left it outside to dry.There are also tons upon tons of teeth, which are not identified in the otherwise nice chart. Most gems are easy to tell, as differences between amethyst and pyrite is obvious, and many are pretty large. I think each kit had an arrowhead - definitely the most exciting, and pieces of geodes. Each kit comes with a nice red plastic sifting tray, a bag of sand about the size of a small bag of sugar (3 lbs?), a chart in plastic ziplock, and a nice pull string bag (have marker handy bc there is place to write their names) for each.

Beautiful and high quality assortment and kiddos loved planning for the treasures. Took another reviewers suggestion to add it to a bag of sand and that was a great idea! This was expensive but worth it.

My daughter and I found some incredible pieces in this mining kit! It was so much fun and well worth the cost! One of the geode crystals piece we found is beautiful and definitely one of our instant favorites! Beyond that we found dozens of fossils, shark teeth and a few arrow heads which made my daughters day! I highly recommend this kit for adults and kids everywhere!!!

We had so much fun and throughly enjoyed sitting and finding the different stones! So many beautiful specimens. We lived Identifying the stones.

My son wants to be a geologist when he grows up and we’ve gone through all the “dig for gems” kits. After he visited a local cave and missing the panning experience, I found this and gifted it to him for Christmas in July. He loves it! The rocks are huge and a great variety. He found a stone arrowhead and some shark teeth too. I just wish it was cheaper.

Fun activity with a large variety of fossils and minerals. I wish there weren’t so many shark teeth as my daughter wasn’t interested in those. The identification cards that are included are handy to identify some of the items you find in your bag after sifting.

My 11 year old has been a rock hound since he started walking. He loves finding cool rocks, gemstones and fossils! We've gotten the cheaper gemstone kits from Walmart, and he had fun with them for about 20 minutes. This kit came with so much sand, he was able to do a little bit here and there, and it lasted almost a month!! He got 2 huge geodes, lots of cool rocks and gems, and tons of fossils and shark teeth! My son LOVED this kit so much- he finished it tonight and asked us to hide some of the rocks in the sand so he could do it again and said "it's infinite fun!" 😂 I highly recommend this for anyone who loves panning & rocks! ☺️

My kids are 11 and 13 years old and I purchased one mother load for my 11 year olds birthday. She loved it! So then my mother purchased one bag for each kid for their bdays. My kids were so excited! They couldn’t wait for them to get here. They loved everything about this. Sifting through the dirt, collecting the finds and washing them off. What a great idea and I can’t wait to get more! These are filled with goodness! The picture above shows what you get for 2 bags!! Such beautiful rocks and fossils and gems!