Crisson Gold Mine

What a gem of a place!! Truly 😜 It was such a FUN family experience we will surely remember (and keep coming back too!). The staff were so helpful and kind. The owners are precious and just genuine people. We had kids ages 3,5,6 - our almost 4 year old needed help the whole time, but our 5/6 year old could do it all on their own (the gem panning part). The gold panning obviously takes a little more skill, so we helped more with that/staff was super helpful as well in getting the gold part at the end! It’s a beautiful facility and the gift shop is amazing too!! So many cool treasures for kids and adults!

Great experience! Fun to learn about panning. Glad we visited while in Georgia and would recommend.

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.

I have been twice in two weeks time ! This is a must do for a real gold panning and gem stone panning experience.. Family owned and operated and it shows they truly care everyone has a great experience. Today I brought my 81 year old mother as an early Mother’s Day treat finding precious gems she had a blast . They had a seat waiting for her and they were so attentive to her which I totally appreciated. IF YOU COME TO DAHOLONEGA you must do this !!!!! Guaranteed great memories will be made !

This place was absolutely amazing! My son had such a great time! The employees were extremely friendly and knowledgeable about this whole process. It is a Family owned mining business and it shows by the passion and enthusiasm of the staff! We got the $175 scoop and rented the trommel. We found so much gold and 1 absolutely huge nugget! I will highly recommend going here and supporting them! We will definitely be back! Thanks for a great time!!

I'd definitely give the place more than 5 stars if I could! we panned for gold for real, and then did gem mining, they have a HUGE almost museum of the old gold mine equipment all still set up and I believe most of it still works!! couple of interactive pieces to enjoy, then the store is absolutely Massive, they will even cut jewelry from the stones you mine! really cool experience! Very friendly people! Highly recommend

Definitely go here! Best mine in town. I went with two small kids and they left with tons of gems. The gold mining lessons are also wonderful. I was alone with a stroller (there are some steps to manage down to the mining area) and an employee named Hunter ran up to help me down. He spent a lot of time teaching my daughter how to pan for gold and told her all about the gems she found. He also carried the stroller all the way back to the top for us. It’s a great mine, and Hunter’s excellent service really made it for us!

This place is great. We are just getting into prospecting and we supported this place 100%. They are very knowledgeable and know their equipment. We bought our bags to find gold and gems. There was so much to take home. The girls at the counter were very nice and helped me pick out a ring setting for a garnet out of one of my finds today. My husband got a beautiful wedding band. I highly recommend going at least once.