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Couple stops at national park, leaves with giant diamond
NY Post ^ | 30 Sept 2021 | Be Cost

Posted on 09/30/2021 4:38:22 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A mere 40 minutes later, Wredberg discovered the glimmering gemstone on the ground and handed it to her husband.

The excited gal didn’t initially realize what it was, “but it was clean and shiny, so I picked it up!” she exclaimed.

He added that the pear-shaped rock, which weighed “more than four carats” was about the size of a “jellybean,” making it the largest gemstone discovered at the site this year.

More than 250 diamonds have been registered at the state park in 2021, with visitors finding around two diamonds a day on average.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Outdoors
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I have been there and had a fun experience with many nice people. Way nicer than the gold prospectors, had one show me his piece as we walked past.

In the few days I was there, I was shown twenty or more finds. For some reason most do NOT report their finds?

Try it you will like it!

1 posted on 09/30/2021 4:38:22 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’m planning on going. Have more homework to do before I go, though.


2 posted on 09/30/2021 4:40:59 PM PDT by sauropod (Bidet was no prize before he put the “d” in “dementia.” - Schlichter)
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It was fun, didn't find a diamond, found a bunch of other crystals though.

Had planned to name any one I did find "sweetliberty"...

3 posted on 09/30/2021 4:44:30 PM PDT by null and void (As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The IRS will shoot their dogs for this.


4 posted on 09/30/2021 4:44:45 PM PDT by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

For some reason most do NOT report their finds?

Probably fear the Gmnt will attack them and a well founded fear these days


5 posted on 09/30/2021 4:45:02 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: sauropod

They allow you for you to take a 5 gallon bucket of the gravel to go through at home. Supposedly many people find diamonds in this after they go home. I have been there


6 posted on 09/30/2021 4:46:41 PM PDT by Osagegirl
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They allow you to take one 5 gallon bucket of gravel to go through when you get home. Heard many people found diamonds after going through it at home. I have been there. Had a great camping ground


7 posted on 09/30/2021 4:49:08 PM PDT by Osagegirl
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To: Osagegirl

Sorry for double posting. Having technical issues


8 posted on 09/30/2021 4:49:49 PM PDT by Osagegirl
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To: DUMBGRUNT

national park?

Do these “Reporters”, “Correspondents”, “Editors”, “Headline Writers”, Headline Editors”, “Publishers”. “Senior Reporters”, Executive Editors”, etc. have ANY mastery of language?


9 posted on 09/30/2021 4:52:08 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

They should have kept their mouths shut. Now the Feds will be after them to get it back.


10 posted on 09/30/2021 4:52:32 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Osagegirl

Thx!


11 posted on 09/30/2021 4:54:24 PM PDT by sauropod (Bidet was no prize before he put the “d” in “dementia.” - Schlichter)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Cannot access the site. Brave tells me it is unsafe. What park was it? I have no intention to visit it, but this is what is called a teaser, nothing more than click bait. Stop posting click bait.


12 posted on 09/30/2021 4:54:40 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Son and his fam lived in Texarkana for a few years—I had wanted to go, but then he upped and moved up north ;(

Still plan to go someday :)


13 posted on 09/30/2021 4:55:00 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (It's not the job of the unvaxxed to protect the vaxxed. That's the job of the "vaccine.")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’m not crazy about diamonds - I prefer colored stones.

But it’s a neat story.


14 posted on 09/30/2021 4:57:01 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Great looking yellow diamond.


15 posted on 09/30/2021 4:57:50 PM PDT by sauropod (Bidet was no prize before he put the “d” in “dementia.” - Schlichter)
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Kind of fun sifting through the dirt. A lot of people find them right on top of the ground. The best time to search is right after a big rainstorm, but you may want to wait for the ground to dry out a little.

The locals actually find the most, because they are there all the time.


16 posted on 09/30/2021 5:00:06 PM PDT by hopespringseternal
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“What park was it?”

What’s that got to do with it?


17 posted on 09/30/2021 5:00:39 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Idiot editor didn’t even skim the story.


18 posted on 09/30/2021 5:02:07 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: BobL

Are you sane? That was the part of the story. Never mind.


19 posted on 09/30/2021 5:05:21 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Fungi

My browser isn’t telling me anything like that.

The name of the park is clear in the article.


20 posted on 09/30/2021 5:13:30 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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