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Our California Gold Rush Experience Options
On Campus Field Trip
This is our premier, full-service Gold Rush Experience! This immersive experience includes our team on-site, guiding your students through an unforgettable, hands-on adventure. It’s an experience your students will never forget.
What’s Included:
- Hands-on panning experience where you can discover real gold, cool rocks, and gems
- Pre-visit lessons and videos to get you started
- An engaging 50 - 60-minute gold mining story and lesson
- Post-visit activities and videos for deeper learning
- Pre-test and post-test to gauge understanding
- Keep the treasures you find—cool rocks, genuine gold, and gems
- We set it all up... no stress
Do it Yourself & Rent Our Equipment
Want your students to have a similar Gold Rush experience at about half the cost? We’ll deliver all the equipment needed to your site, including pans, paydirt, cool rocks, gems, and—yes—real gold! Your teachers, parents, or staff will run the experience, giving students a hands-on journey through history. The key difference?
What’s Included:
- Hands-on panning experience where you can discover real gold, cool rocks, and gems
- Pre-visit lessons and videos to get you started
- Post-visit activities and videos for deeper learning
- Pre-test and post-test to gauge understanding
- Keep the treasures you find—cool rocks, genuine gold, and gems
- Equipment delivery/pick up
What's NOT Included:
- Guarantee of gold - we won't be on-site to support your students
- Our team won’t be on-site to create the experience, and setup/cleanup will be your responsibility.
Treasure Hunt Gold Paydirt Kit w/ Workbook & A Real School Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt Bag - School Paydirt!
Starting at $149/bag and free shipping. This option is great for teachers to demonstrate how to pan for gold and treasures.
- Old timers didn’t just find gold on their treasure hunt journey and neither will you with our treasure hunt paydirt with all the fixings for a treasure hunt demonstration.
- Our school pay dirt consists of 3-pounds of easy to pan dirt that is glittered with real gold and other treasures such as cool rocks and gems that will have your students' attention from afar.
Each Order includes:
- A least 1 gold picker & gold flakes
- Cool rocks, gems, and crystals
- A free vial to keep all your gold in a safe place.
- 1 slightly used prospecting pan - the pan will be scuffed & ready to catch gold.
- A Ready to Use Schoolwide Treasure Hunt