Crater Of Diamonds

[Bear]

The largest diamond found in a year!

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/man-finds-candy-like-diamond-while-exploring-arkansas-state-park-chance-lifetime.amp

[okara gold]

I've been there twice and no diamonds to show... Yet

Maybe the next time will be the charm!

[mn90403]

We just spent two days there in April before that guy found that bigger one.  We had no luck this time either.

It had been about 3 weeks since the last good rain so we were regulated to digging, panning and washing the rocks at the stations.  I should have brought my round classifiers that Keene makes for the buckets.  They are faster than the equipment you rent at the park.  I did have some gold pans.

There was someone else there using the round classifiers and I could tell I would have a series of them rather than use what we had.

[okara gold]

I have four graduated sizes of classifiers that fit on a 5-gallon bucket. I used them when cleaning concentrates after dredging years ago and searching for diamonds.

The first time I was at the park I had no idea what a rough diamond looked like. There were 2 guys digging by hand and were in a hole over their heads. I struck up a conversation with them and the next day they showed me their technique for classifying the dirt, what a diamond looked like and the "pay" layer they were looking for while digging. Just bought a small camper and will try to make it there this summer.