Fee mining sites are places where you can pay a fee to dig, pan, or search for rocks, minerals or gemstones and keep whatever you. There are many places in the United States where you can pan for gold, wash gravel for gemstones, or split rocks to find fossils and have a reasonable chance of being very can you make money on gemstones found in virginia. We have been to fee mining sites many times, had some fun, and found some nice materials. We did not make a great find every time, but it was a good experience overall. One of our favorites is looking for Herkimer «Diamonds». If you know of other fee mining sites not listed here, please let us know by emailing the URL of their website to: contact at rocktumbler.