First diamond:

[NZ49er]

Howdy folks,

I found this 14pt yellow yesterday at the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas. Found while wet sifting in the first few hours of the day. The park only averages around 1 find per day out of hundreds of visitors, so I was pretty stoked. The plan is to have it set in a ring made out of the gold I found earlier this year in AZ.

Thanks for looking,
NZ49er

 

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[Hunk-a-lead]

Howdy folks,

I found this 14pt yellow yesterday at the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas. Found while wet sifting in the first few hours of the day. The park only averages around 1 find per day out of hundreds of visitors, so I was pretty stoked. The plan is to have it set in a ring made out of the gold I found earlier this year in AZ.

Thanks for looking,
NZ49er View attachment 2022267 View attachment 2022268

that is very cool. bring my new diamond ring when you are in town

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Love to see it when it's set...looks like there are alot of different colors of stone or gems there? I imagine they must have rules what and how much can be carried out...but it sounds fun...from the picture it looks more clear than yellow but I'm no expert... congratulations 👍

 

[Digger RJ]

Howdy folks,

I found this 14pt yellow yesterday at the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas. Found while wet sifting in the first few hours of the day. The park only averages around 1 find per day out of hundreds of visitors, so I was pretty stoked. The plan is to have it set in a ring made out of the gold I found earlier this year in AZ.

Thanks for looking,
NZ49er View attachment 2022267 View attachment 2022268

Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[jewelerguy]

stopped there for a day a good many years back while on vacation. Me and my daughter dug and sifted while my wife complained that it was boring. Didn't find anything, but had a decent amount of fun

 

[billb]

Congratulations on a great recovery
I got to go there one day

 

[ARC]

Just did some research on the Park... some cool ones have been found there... thanks for showing.

 

[NZ49er]

Love to see it when it's set...looks like there are alot of different colors of stone or gems there? I imagine they must have rules what and how much can be carried out...but it sounds fun...from the picture it looks more clear than yellow but I'm no expert... congratulations 👍

They say there are white, brown, and yellow diamonds. Yellow is the rarest color. You are allowed to take one 5 gallon bucket of gravels out per day. I've been hard at it for the last 4 days, but haven't found another one yet! A lady did find a .86 carat yesterday, though.

Thanks for looking,
-Nz49er

 

[Blak bart]

Howdy folks,

I found this 14pt yellow yesterday at the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas. Found while wet sifting in the first few hours of the day. The park only averages around 1 find per day out of hundreds of visitors, so I was pretty stoked. The plan is to have it set in a ring made out of the gold I found earlier this year in AZ.

Thanks for looking,
NZ49er View attachment 2022267 View attachment 2022268

Thats cool and I vote banner....congrats on a very rare American diamond !!

 

[tamrock]

That is a place I wanna visit some day. Thanks for the hope on when and if I ever do go there I just might get lucky.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

They say there are white, brown, and yellow diamonds. Yellow is the rarest color. You are allowed to take one 5 gallon bucket of gravels out per day. I've been hard at it for the last 4 days, but haven't found another one yet! A lady did find a .86 carat yesterday, though.

Thanks for looking,
-Nz49er

That sounds fun...do you bring any magnifying glasses for that kind of thing?