Welcome to DMG!
Current Hours of Operation:
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 11 - 2
Trips to Mt Mica are held every Sunday, rain or shine, meet at 9:00 am at 110 Bethel Rd in West Paris.
Check tabs above for Field trip and Dig site prices,
we accept cash and credit!
Reservations are not required but a heads up is appreciated
IF you are a group of 10+
What is the difference between...
Our Dig Site, aka Dig Maine Gems
What is it?
Dig Maine Gems is our physical location where you choose a product (bucket of mine material), we teach you how to go through the material and what to look for, and you keep what you find! It's fun for all ages and beginner-friendly.
Prices?
Our buckets of material range from $25 to $100+.
We also have the option to get a to-go bucket of material. The price of a to-go depends on what bucket of material you wish to purchase.
Where is it?
110 Bethel Road, West Paris, Maine, 04289
Hours
Hours at Dig Maine Gems are seasonal. Typically we are open from April to November. We start off being open on weekends, then opening more days as the weather is nicer. Then as the weather starts to get colder, we go the other way and lessen our hours gradually. Eventually only being open during weekends and then closing altogether during winter.
What to expect
Buy a bucket, and we will personally show you how to sift, clean, and pick through the material at our custom-built tables to find lots of fun and pretty rocks, gems, and minerals.
We have a couple picnic tables for eating or sitting.
We have a porta potty.
We accept cash AND cards.
We have chairs available to customers.
Reservations are appreciated if you are a group of 10+.
Field Trips to the famous Mt. Mica
What is it?
Our field trip to Mt. Mica happens every Sunday we are open. We meet at Dig Maine Gems at 9am to pay and sign papers. At 9:30 sharp, the guide will lead everyone up to the mine. The trip goes till 3pm, and you can leave whenever you would like.
Prices?
$65 per adult and $35 per child, age 7 and up.
Where is it?
The meetup for the field trip is at 110 Bethel Road, West Paris, Maine, 04289. We meet starting at 9am and will lead you up to the Mt. Mica mine at 9:30am
Hours
Once trips to the mine are announced, we will go every Sunday, rain or shine until the end of our season. All field trips start by meeting at 9am, following the guide at 9:30am to the mine, and the trips go until 3pm.
What to expect
Meet up at 9am, pay, and sign papers.
Follow the guide in your car up to the mine at 9:30am.
Dig and sift as much as you like until 3pm.
You may leave the mine whenever you wish.
Handicapped individuals can access the mine.
There is a porta potty up at the mine.
Bring a lunch, drinking water, rain gear, and good footwear.
No reservation needed as of right now.
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Our Dig Site
Our family-friendly dig site is fully outfitted with everything you need to sift through tailings from one of the most prolific tourmaline mines in the world. Our specially designed tables and sifitng trays allow you to rinse dig material to quickly spot specimins. School Groups are welcome with a reservtion. Outdoor fun for all ages!
Mineral Identification
Need help identifying some of your minerals? Click here for images, names, general specimen sizes, and details of some of the specific gems and minerals that you can find in all of our different varieties of mine dirt!
Field Trips
We have special access to several mines in western Maine where we take families and individuals for location field trips. Click here for details on the localities, their known minerals and everything you need to know to have a great trip!
Mine Store
Can't make it to our site? No problem. Buy dirt in our online store and we will ship it to your door. Every box is guaranteed to have pieces of Maine tourmaline and/or other amazing minerals. Visit our store to shop for different kinds of mine dirt, jewelry, mineral specimens and one-of-a-kind finds.
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We host individuals, families, camps & school groups. Educational fun for all ages!
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Sift for a variety of minerals including but not limited to Apatite, Aquamarine, Beryl, Garnet, Lepidolite, Mica , Pollucite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rose quartz, Smokey Quartz, Spodumene, pink, blue, green, black and watermelon colored Tourmaline, and many more. Keep what you find!
