Discover Your Inner Explorer
at Discovery Depot
and bring those discoveries home with you!
OPEN EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY!
1 to 5 pm
Dig for crystals and minerals hidden in our one-of-a-kind replica silver mines! Yes, you get to keep everything you find!
Use your hands to dig for crystals and minerals hidden in our one-of-a-kind replica silver mines!
Dig for gemstones in Southeastern Connecticut’s only replica silver mine. Yes, you get to keep everything you find!
Learn the fun technique of panning and pan for “fools gold” nuggets in our indoor gold sluice. Yes, you can keep everything you find!
Relive the California Gold Rush in Thunder Creek! Here your kids will learn the fun technique of panning and pan for “fools gold” nuggets in our indoor gold sluice. Carry your riches home in a souvenir prospector’s pouch. Yes, you can keep everything you find!
Enjoy indoor educational fun with unique science activities in the only Geode Center in New England!
Geodes are Nature’s Lottery Ticket — you never know what you’re going to get! Be the first to see inside a geode that is millions of years old. Hand-pick your very own geode from our collection of unique geodes from around the world.
Fun Educational Activities For Kids
Gold Panning at Thunder Creek:
STANDARD: $11.99 per prospector
🪙Ages 2 and up
🪙 Relive California Gold Rush
🪙10 minutes to pan
🪙 Keep everything you find!
DELUXE: $18.99 per prospector
Deluxe: 20% more panning time/Take home your own oversized gold nugget and your own gold pan!
Gem Digging at Jackpot Mine:
(The child must be potty trained — for sanitary purposes)
STANDARD: $14.99
💎 Dig for over 50 kinds of gems & crystals
💎 10 minute dig
💎 Keep everything you find!
DELUXE: $27.99
Deluxe: 20% more digging time/Take home your own miner’s helmet and dig in the dark mine like a real miner!
SAVE BY COMBINING PACKAGES!
Standard Combination Package (Jackpot Mine & Thunder Creek): $22.99
Deluxe Combination Package (Jackpot Mine & Thunder Creek): $42.99
Great VALUE & PARKING is always FREE!