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Classes & training: where to buy

Some shops do more than sell: they teach. Classes range from a first panning lesson and metal detector clinics to lapidary courses where you learn to cut and polish your own stones, and some shops run guided outings where you practice on real ground. For a beginner, a good lesson can save a lot of trial and error, and money spent on the wrong gear.

Rock and prospecting clubs are the other way in. Many run monthly meetings, field trips and shared lapidary shops, and you will find them on the Eureka map in every state we have covered.

Before you sign up, ask what the class covers, how long it runs, whether equipment is provided and, for outings, where you will go and whether you keep what you find.

3 shops across the US that sell classes & training. Each one links to its own website, so you can compare them one by one.

• Havasu Rocks

  Dealer · Storefront · Lake Havasu City, Arizona

  Shop of the Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society, run by volunteers

  Rock shop and lapidary workshop of the Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society, open to the public: rocks, slabs, crystals, fossils and London Bridge granite, with a club workshop, classes and field trips for members.

  Also sells: Mineral specimens · Rough & slabs · Fossils

  lakehavasugms.com ↗Eureka listing →

• Miners Rock Shop

  Dealer · Storefront · Tempe, Arizona

  Family shop with a lapidary lab, UV room and jewelry classes

  Family rock shop in Tempe with a UV room of fluorescent minerals, geodes, fossils, lapidary rough, and lapidary supplies and equipment including faceting machines. The family works five mining claims in Arizona, and the shop runs a Facet Club with gem faceting classes.

  Also sells: Mineral specimens · Rough & slabs · Lapidary equipment · Fossils

  minersrockshop.com ↗Eureka listing →

• Nugget Shooter Metal Detector Sales

  Dealer · Online or by order · Morristown, Arizona · Ships nationwide

  Minelab Certified Expert; shop in a miner's cabin near Morristown

  Metal detector dealer and trainer in Morristown, near Wickenburg, run by Bill Southern of the Nugget Shooter forum. Authorized dealer for Minelab, Nokta, XP, Garrett, Coiltek and DetectorPro, with a focus on gold nugget detecting, and gives hands-on training in the Arizona goldfields.

  Also sells: Metal detectors

  nuggetshooter.com ↗Eureka listing →

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