1 Tip to Higher Volume at The Crater of Diamonds

Sometimes the smallest thing can make a significant impact on your ability to find a Diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park. This tip should help you up your game in processing material, giving you better chances to find a diamond!
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[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

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[@charleskelly505]

You are so full of information!

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

Thanks for watching! I hope this helps!

[@bucracass1196]

I found one today after 3 days, but I would not have found it if not for your videos about collecting centers, thanks for all of the great information

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

Bucracass1 Awesome, congratulations! I am glad the videos helped!!

[@allybaughman8460]

Very informative! 👍🏻

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

I am glad you found it helpful, thanks for watching!!

[@origvodoochild]

Great tip, never would have thought of this.

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

It definitely helps, thanks for watching!

[@homesteadaquarius]

That would be wonderful to spend a month there and rent one of those. Ok.. so why did you fill them with water? To help them separate from the mud better when it's time to sift? Tell me you found a few diamonds out of all that.

[@cal82252]

Good tip, thanks! Approximately how many buckets of raw ore to one bucket of cons (washed gravel)?

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

Rusty Wrench it varies widely from one part of the search field to another. I sampled some gravel a few weeks back that had less than 1/3 of a bucket of washed gravel sized by 1/4” from 24 buckets of material. I have had 17 buckets yield a full bucket of centers, but loaded with calcite and quartz.

[@AM-dm1pl]

So how do you get the buckets to the pens?

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

A M I use a yoke to carry them to a level area, then a wagon from there.