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My son has been interested in old prospecting stories, and I thought he would enjoy this gift. He loved being able to excavate the pyrite himself, and I thought the educational booklet was an added bonus. Highly recommended for kids interested in mining, gold, geology, and learning while having fun!

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An excellent product for an older child. Got this for my grandson who is 7 and it was a little difficult for him. It turned out to be a family project . They had fun with it

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Everywhere we seem to look these days there are signs out saying "We Buy Gold." For centuries "gold has fascinated and tempted humans for thousands of years, and it still does today." There are all kinds of metals, but what is so special about it that keeps us wanting it? Dr. Cool has written a small Adventure Guide that will tell you about the properties of gold, its history, the California Gold Rush, mining towns, you'll learn about the uses for gold, what 24 karat gold means, gold mining, fool's gold (pyrite), and the modern day price of gold.

Dr. Cool has illustrated his booklet with loads of full color pictures. He's also got some "Cool Science Facts" for you to discover before or after you dig for your Fool's Gold or pyrite. For example, did you know that "A single ounce of gold can be beaten into a sheet so thin it covers 300 square feet (about twice the size of the average bedroom) and becomes transparent?" It's not only true, it's amazing. Along with your Adventure Guide there's an Activity Booklet with some "A-Maze-Ing" puzzles for you to work out.

WHAT'S IN THE BOX:

* A gold "bar" containing three nuggets of Fool's Gold (pyrite)

* 3 1/2" digging tool

* 2 3/4" magnifying glass (1" in diameter lens)

* 3 /12" brush

* An Activity Booklet with ten puzzles (crossword, hidden pictures, word search, dot-to-dot, a treasure chest maze, cryptogram, jumble, and a hidden image)

* An eleven page Adventure Guide to learn about gold

This is an excellent hands-on excavation kit that children will love. Of course it won't take long for any overly-enthusiastic youngster to dig out that "gold," but that's half the fun of it. What I like about it is that this kit has the educational element about it that I like. The Adventure Guide doesn't provide a lengthy history of gold, but is quite close to what I see in many curriculum-based books of it's nature. The layout is quite nice and very appealing. All in all, this is an excellent kit that could be used in the homeschool setting or just for fun ... a lot of it!

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Fun to dig, but the rocks aren't very quality sparkly like the picture. Over priced.

My son had fun digging.