Dean Hendricks
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Crisson Gold Mine
Expensive tourist experience that left missed feelings. I heard about this and watched multiple YouTube videos where content providers received gifts that yielded nuggets and pretty good hauls. The lingering question from all was, is the pay dirt seeded. My thoughts, absolutely. Here’s my review of our $349.37 experience:
- walking in the door you will be met with friendly customer service
- I purchased the 75:1 passport at $195 and was told to select the 30:1 paydirt that’s clearly marked $110. After picking it up and noticing the different written on the bottle, I asked is this correct and was told yes by the same friendly women. This started my experience off in question as I was absolutely charged for the highest paydirt, but given the middle value.
- my mistake was I said I didn’t need a receipt because they use a digital cash register.
I then purchased the gemstones package for us.
- They charge a $15 admission fee per person which provided what’s needed for the experience.
- We were given 5 small vials to collect the gold that was panned. We only needed 1, since the actual amount mined was very little in the form of flakes.
- The customer service throughout the process is good and it was a fun experience for my kids, however, as an adult I feel uneasy about the experience.
- if this is a gem mine, how did all the rocks get “crushed” down to ratios, but the gems remain intact? Make me feel like they are mixed in to the gem stone paydirt.
In the end, my experience was positive from a facility and customer service experience. The grounds are nice and the gift shop is cool. The panning practice was fun, however the feeling I have is the gold flakes we found were significantly less than any amount I saw from anyone else’s review, along with the gem stone observations, makes this experience appear very well coordinated.
Go to enjoy the experience not to find gold. If you goal is to get gold, just buy it from the gift shop at a significantly reduced price. I could have purchased 30 bottles of gold flakes from the gift shop and saved 50% of my money while walking away with 99% more gold.
I guess my uneasy feeling is because this is advertised as a genuine search but just doesn’t feel that way to me. I could be wrong and encourage you to form your own opinion so I give it a middle
Of the road review.
- walking in the door you will be met with friendly customer service
- I purchased the 75:1 passport at $195 and was told to select the 30:1 paydirt that’s clearly marked $110. After picking it up and noticing the different written on the bottle, I asked is this correct and was told yes by the same friendly women. This started my experience off in question as I was absolutely charged for the highest paydirt, but given the middle value.
- my mistake was I said I didn’t need a receipt because they use a digital cash register.
I then purchased the gemstones package for us.
- They charge a $15 admission fee per person which provided what’s needed for the experience.
- We were given 5 small vials to collect the gold that was panned. We only needed 1, since the actual amount mined was very little in the form of flakes.
- The customer service throughout the process is good and it was a fun experience for my kids, however, as an adult I feel uneasy about the experience.
- if this is a gem mine, how did all the rocks get “crushed” down to ratios, but the gems remain intact? Make me feel like they are mixed in to the gem stone paydirt.
In the end, my experience was positive from a facility and customer service experience. The grounds are nice and the gift shop is cool. The panning practice was fun, however the feeling I have is the gold flakes we found were significantly less than any amount I saw from anyone else’s review, along with the gem stone observations, makes this experience appear very well coordinated.
Go to enjoy the experience not to find gold. If you goal is to get gold, just buy it from the gift shop at a significantly reduced price. I could have purchased 30 bottles of gold flakes from the gift shop and saved 50% of my money while walking away with 99% more gold.
I guess my uneasy feeling is because this is advertised as a genuine search but just doesn’t feel that way to me. I could be wrong and encourage you to form your own opinion so I give it a middle
Of the road review.