Get your buckets and shovels ready! Starting Friday April 1, visitors to Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Oklahoma can dig for crystals in the refuge's 13,000-acre salt flat.

JET, Okla. — Grab some sunscreen, shovels and water... it's time to dig for crystals! The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Jet, Okla. opens for crystal-digging season April 1 - Oct. 15.

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It's almost crystal digging season in Oklahoma. Starting April 1, you can enjoy the 11,200-acre salt flats and collect the state crystal of Oklahoma free at the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHEROKEE, Okla. (KFOR) — Crystal digging ...