How to find diamonds! Crater of Diamonds State Park.

How to find diamonds! Crater of Diamonds State Park.

The only public diamond dig site in North America, the Crater of Diamond state park in Arkansas. Join us on our adventure in the start park looking for those elusive diamonds. And along the ay I will teach you all the hows, whys and what-fors of diamond digging.

Please Check out these other amazing Youtubers I got to spend time with on this trip:

Frank and Kyndal “That Camping Couple” – @That Camping Couple
Brian “The Crystal Collector” – @The Crystal Collector
Paul “Pioneer Pauly” – @PioneerPauly

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This video is produced by Dan Hurd, Prospector, Miner, Teacher and YouTuber, as part of his YouTube channel based on educational videos about gold mining, gold panning, prospecting, rock hounding, and mineral collecting.
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50 Comments

  1. Aravalli stone shows on September 4, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    Looking good

  2. Yarah 12 stones on September 4, 2023 at 8:26 pm

    Esau can never get enough. Obediah 18:1

  3. Erin Healy on September 4, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    When you do those close-ups and talk about all the different things you’re finding some arrows to point to them for those of us still learning would be awesome especially if you’re saying things like color aren’t coming through

  4. Tom Horn on September 4, 2023 at 8:29 pm

    after further reveiw……….( for these last three years i feel as if i had just studied for a college exam everyday as i seek truth about diamonds ), i think your people who have tried to find diamonds have thrown away many carats worth by not being able to identify them in the field and the washing stations. you need to notify everyone so they can identify not only kimberlite, but also lamproite. you also need to install x-ray equipment at all your washing stations so no more will be tossed at least if the finds make it back to the stations.

  5. Vonda Cupit on September 4, 2023 at 8:29 pm

    Looks like y’all are the only ones there is it a private party

  6. Jason Ferry on September 4, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    Is there not a part 2? That ended abruptly. Did Pauly find a diamond????

  7. Robert Smith on September 4, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    The round green/aluminum sieves they are using to flip the gems over with, what brand are those? I’ve been looking for something like that.

  8. Black Stone Kh on September 4, 2023 at 8:33 pm

    Wow! great father!

  9. James Bryant on September 4, 2023 at 8:34 pm

    got a good way to find them faster use a diamond tester

  10. Connor McLernon on September 4, 2023 at 8:34 pm

    This place is one of my bucket list items to visit. If and when I do make it out, I hope to find a diamond, even though I know odds are long against me.

  11. Angela Gullett on September 4, 2023 at 8:36 pm

    I just started out so I call myself

  12. ra dow on September 4, 2023 at 8:36 pm

    Pauly needs a vacation.

  13. William Roberts BOLIN on September 4, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    Dan im from Berryville Arkansas and my best friend back in my working years found one of the biggest yellow diamonds ever found there 💛 ✨

  14. 1 1 on September 4, 2023 at 8:38 pm

    This place has been on my Bucket List for years. One day maybe..

  15. Enoch The Trucker on September 4, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    I’ve drove by the sign to this place over 100 times in my semi and have never had the time to stop. I doubt they have truck parking, but I’ve considered finding a truck stop near Nashville Arkansas next time I’m there, doing a 34 hour reset and taking an uber to the park for 2 days in a row. Lol

  16. FamilyLunar on September 4, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    Me who lives in Arkansas:

  17. Vanessa Kroening on September 4, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    Lesson of the day folks, deworm your local pioneers hahahaha.

  18. smelly balls669 on September 4, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    Next to the susey baka river there is a lot of gold

  19. John Howlett on September 4, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    Dan hurd!!HEY!!! How the heck are you ? Wonderful I HOPE !! Shows are GReat, well I have a genius genius IDEA👍👀⚖️😂 !!! After you flip the pans over, make a small shadow box , with a window view to look through, inside box put a black light IN IT , battery run!!! Than put it over the gems turn the light on,, look inside ! Look for glowing DIAMONDS DIAMONDS !!!!😂😊 JOHNNYPOTATOES GOD BLESS YOUR WELCOME !!! PEOPLE! I CAN’T BELIEVE NOBODY HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT TILL ME YES! MAKE ONE ,DO IT !!! IT WILL BE THE BEST SHOW YOU WILL EVER DO MAYBE ?

  20. K Magnussen on September 4, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    Not heavy dense.

  21. stiv joz on September 4, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    Been there done that! Fun week in the mud
    Found jasper & agates no ice…

  22. Merlin Twiggles on September 4, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    How can i take this video seriously when the clown behind you is photobombing and pretending to eat dirt?

  23. Paj Tawg Xav Txawj on September 4, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    Good job from lao

  24. chris allen on September 4, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    Anyone else see that shiner 12:37

  25. Jelly Fish143 on September 4, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    I went there when I was younger and had a blast! Found a diamond, or at least what I’m almost 100% sure was a diamond, but sadly I put it in the paper bags that they had free and it fell out. It was a super small one and wouldn’t have been worth anything, but it was still super sad to lose. Plan on going back either this summer or next with my family

  26. Ahmad Al Masarani on September 4, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    found 1 full mica geode is 30 cm also orange

  27. Lispyy on September 4, 2023 at 8:53 pm

    Andrew Schulz ruined the word Heavies for me

  28. B Meetze on September 4, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    Diamonds in the raw always seem to have an oily sheen to them. Does anyone else notice that?

  29. ChickenFarmerMarty on September 4, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    hehe pretty funny when the red tophat dude ate gravel at 5:10 😀

  30. HighOnTacos on September 4, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    I’m going to be in crater of diamonds next week, any last minute tips? I’ve seen a few videos use the big plastic bin for wet sifting – Are those available at the park or did you bring one?

  31. BONG, JAMES, BONG on September 4, 2023 at 9:00 pm

    Ty for ur videos 😀 enjoy the humor n professionalism 👍

  32. Providence Swamper on September 4, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    huge Thumb’s up Thanks Dan Hurd for Sharing this educational video with us.

  33. botfoblhrp on September 4, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    thats not really for me, i’m glad to see this cause i was gonna try this but now …..not. Seen the story of the big one but … no thank you.

  34. BriteWorksEtc on September 4, 2023 at 9:03 pm

    Never thought to see you here in AR Dan. Nice to see a local video made.
    Welcome.
    Swing by through Flippin sometime

  35. DEEZ on September 4, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    Dan, I really enjoy watching you all work outside, digging in the dirt, excited for your next exposure…while I sit at my work desk hammering out reports and presentations…ugh, I chose the wrong profession

  36. Tony Ennis on September 4, 2023 at 9:05 pm

    Pauly is insane.

  37. Jack Elsey on September 4, 2023 at 9:05 pm

    At 5:07 some guy eats dirt behind you

  38. Connie Hughes on September 4, 2023 at 9:05 pm

    Can diamonds be found in the areas were gold or coal is at

  39. Alton Lynch on September 4, 2023 at 9:06 pm

    I hope you tested it for gold?

  40. Connie Hughes on September 4, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    Can diamonds be found in areas for coal is mined

  41. Callie Phillips on September 4, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    Did you get a chance to go to hotsprings ar when you were there

  42. Michael D. Nash on September 4, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    Paulie casually eating dirt

  43. Jessica Maldonado on September 4, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    SOMEBODY has watched old "Benny Hill" clips, lol

  44. Matt green on September 4, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    I’ve enjoyed everytime I’ve been there. I dated a girl that worked there for a few months and used to get some breaks on rentals. Lol. Never found a diamond, but always find some interesting minerals. I’ll find one this year.

  45. Kitti on September 4, 2023 at 9:10 pm

    5:07
    dont eat Daimonds dude.

  46. Jax on September 4, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    ‘…actually shovel! wow!’ if u looked behind you a bit ago, he was shoveling dirt into his mouth.

  47. GEMAS PRECIOSAS DO BRASIL on September 4, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    Ok

  48. Freddy Oliver on September 4, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    Watching.. going there in a week..

  49. Jax on September 4, 2023 at 9:20 pm

    "makin’ mud pies. for pauly to eat."

  50. Angela Gullett on September 4, 2023 at 9:22 pm

    I’m sorry that was a lame comment but I am a newbie that’s starting out and I don’t know anything so I appreciate you getting on this channel so send me an email if you would to let me know that you got this message but I need some help

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