This Man Found A 2.2-Carat Diamond While Visiting A Park
Murfreesboro, Arkansas. People from around the world come to the Crater of Diamonds State Park every year since it’s one of the only places on earth where you can try to find a real diamond of your own.
If you dig for a diamond in the park and find it, you get to actually keep it and bring it home with you; no strings attached.
It only costs $10 for an adult to head to the park and start digging for a diamond, and you can also rent equipment from the park to help you in your hunt for treasure if you don’t have your own.
According to the Crater of Diamonds State Park, every single day someone finds at least a diamond or two.
This year alone, 121 diamonds have already been found this year, totaling more than 20 carats if you put them all together.
26-year-old Christian Liden lives in Poulsbo, Washington, and now he can count himself among the lucky few to find a diamond in the park.
Earlier this month, Christian came to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in hopes of finding a diamond or other precious gemstone to make a ring for his girlfriend, whom he plans to propose to sometime soon.
Christian has dreamed of literally making the engagement ring he wants to propose with, and over the past few years, he has mined enough gold to make the band.
Crater of Diamonds State Park; pictured above Christian holds up his incredible find
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His next big endeavor was finding the stones to put in the ring, and so he and his friend made mining equipment and made a trip to the Crater of Diamonds State Park.
After three days of mining in the park, Christian for a 2.2-carat yellow diamond.
Crater of Diamonds State Park; pictured above is the beautiful diamond Christian found at the park
“I saw it shining as soon as I turned the screen over and immediately knew it was a diamond,” Christian said in a press release.
“I was shaking so bad, I asked my buddy to grab it out of the gravel for me!”
Although this is a pretty big deal diamond to find, Christian isn’t done mining for gemstones. He hopes to find a few opals when he heads to Nevada.
Last Halloween, another man found a 4.49-carat canary diamond in the same park that you can read about here.
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