Docs Rocks Gem Mine

Specialties

Our Business Goal

To educate the general public on the historical geology of the Appalachian Mountains, how they were formed and what can be found here.

Doc’s Rocks Gem Mine is an Appalachian Mountain based gemstone mining operation. We purchase mine ore by the ton from local gemstone mines located in North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee. We then randomly shovel the ore into buckets and resell it to the general public. Since we don’t intentionally put stones into your buckets for you to find, we can’t guarantee what you’ll find in the ore. However, if you don’t find anything of value, we’ll provide an equal amount of the ore you purchased for free so you’ll have another chance to find something good.

History

Established in 2007.

Randy «Doc» McCoy is a retired US Army Special Forces (Green Beret, 7^th SFG), Emergency Field Surgeon. Doc retired from the Army in 2002 and after completing 4 medical degrees and 7 Years of medical school, decided to go back to college for geology. He attended Appalachian State University where he double majored in Geology and Recreation Management. His sophomore year, Doc came up with a business plan for an education based gemstone mine where he could share his passion with others. ‘Doc’s Rocks Gen Mine’ was born May 1, 2007 and has rapidly grown to be North Carolina’s premier educational gem mine.