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sedwheathome
Explorer
Jun 04, 2016

Black Hills Gold - Panning (for kids) & Shopping for Jewelry

2 part question. 8 yr old boy not interested in digging dinosaurs BUT LOVES "gem mining" :-) Looking for a nice place while in the Black Hills area/Rapid City to Deadwood to Custer areas for him to ...
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TexasShadow
Explorer II
Jun 04, 2016
to start him off, take him to the town of Lead and take the gold mine tour.
as stated above, be careful of phony gold. I like the Pawn shop idea.

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