China News Service, September 26. According to Taiwan’s "United Daily News", Diamond Pit State Park in Arkansas, USA is a "diamond origin" search area open to the public. As long as you pay a $10 entrance fee, you can get in and try your luck.
A few days ago, a bank manager in the state came here to try his luck with a friend during the holidays, and he actually picked up a 9.07 carat diamond.
According to reports, Diamond Pit State Park is located in southwest Arkansas. Visitors can rent equipment from the park and try their luck with a simple wet sieve method.
This lucky guy named Kevin Kinnard has come here regularly to look for diamonds since he was a child, but always returns empty-handed.
A man found a 9.07 carat diamond in Diamond Pit State Park, Arkansas, USA.
(Image source: Arkansas State Park Service social media account)
Kinnard said, “I only wet the sieve for 10 minutes that day, and then I started walking around on the plowed ground. I picked up anything that looked like crystal and stuffed it into a bag.”
According to reports, when he was active in the south of the diamond search area, Kinnard found a marble-sized crystal, "It looks very interesting and shiny. I thought it might be a piece of glass, so I put it in the bag."
A few hours later, Kinnard and his friend walked into the Diamond Discovery Center in the State Park. After seeing a friend asked the staff for identification, he also took out his "trophies", and then was told by the staff that he really found it. A diamond, "I was totally shocked."
Edmonds, Assistant Director of Diamond Pit State Park Management Office, said that Kinnard found the diamonds at the right time and place. "The staff only plowed through the search area on August 20. Tropical hurricane Laura was a few days later. It brought accumulated rainfall of more than 5 cm. When Mr. Kinnard visited, the sun had already risen, and he was walking just in time to notice the diamond reflecting the sun."