Christian Liden, a visitor at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, discovered a two-carat diamond.
A Washington man made the discovery of a lifetime when he found a two-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
“I was at work speaking with a co-worker talking to them about my idea and he was like, ‘Well, why haven't you looked into Arkansas?’” Liden told TODAY. “I had never even heard about it and he told me about the state park and how it was $10 a day and you could go in there and hunt for diamonds and whatever you found you got to keep. So from that point, I just started planning my trip, researching how to hunt for diamonds, and what to look for.
Liden and his friend arrived in Arkansas on May 7 to begin their search at the Crater of Diamonds. The duo searched for three days on-site before discovering the now-famous diamond on May 10. “I knew it wasn't a piece of glass, so I instantly started shaking, and I just covered it up with my hand and waved my buddy over to come and see,” he said. “He came over and lifted my hand and he knew instantly, just seeing it never seeing a diamond before, but knowing my reaction, that's what it was. I was shaking so bad, I was afraid to pick it up because if you drop it, you're not gonna find it.
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