12-Year-Old Finds 5.16-Carat Diamond

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MURFREESBORO, AR (AP) - A 12-year-old North Carolina boy on vacation with his family has unearthed a 5.16 carat diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Park officials said Saturday that Michael Dettlaff of Apex, NC, found the honey brown diamond on July 31 after searching for less than 10 minutes. He named it God's Glory Diamond. :huh:

Park officials say the diamond is about the size of a jellybean and is the 328th diamond found this year.

More than 75,000 diamonds have been found at the site since the first discovery in 1906 by John Huddleston, the farmer who owned the land at the time.

The largest diamond ever discovered in the United States was unearthed at the site in 1924 and weighed 40.23 carats.

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[theyarecomingforyou]

He named it God's Glory Diamond. :huh:

I guess the indoctrination starts early in North Carolina. :no:

[Raa]

Geez, that's worth a few pennies!

 

Lucky lad. :)

[+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹]

Geez, that's worth a few pennies!

 

Lucky lad. :)

 

God's Glory is Not for sale!

[Charisma Veteran]

I guess the indoctrination starts early in North Carolina. :no:

Could be worse, could have been born to Westboro Baptists >.<

[leesmithg]

It could had been <sarcasm> in the U.K. and he would be charged local taxes, treasure trove and half the resulting money being shared 50/50 with the land owner.

Then there would had been red tape in bucket full's about was it hidden, whom owned it before etcetera etcetera.

[nfiniti9]

I guess the indoctrination starts early in North Carolina. :no:

 

It is called the bible belt.  I live 10 mins from Apex.  It's an old school town.

[Hum]

God's Glory is Not for sale!

I would have named it the Devil's Eye :shifty:

[AJerman]

I guess the indoctrination starts early in North Carolina. :no:

Oh yes, it most certainly does, unfortunately. I take it you haven't seen the embarrassment our state has been recently in the news.

 

On topic: That's pretty cool though. I need to go find one of those!

[Crisp]

I like Carats.

[Neowinian]

Why don't I find stuff like this? Grrr  :laugh:

[Mockingbird]

Oh yes, it most certainly does, unfortunately. I take it you haven't seen the embarrassment our state has been recently in the news.

 

On topic: That's pretty cool though. I need to go find one of those!

 

Yes. After the Republicans took control of North Carolina for the first time in 140 years, they went crazy!

[Hum]

I like Carats.

[ILikeTobacco]

Could be worse, could have been born to Westboro Baptists >.<

Or someone from Falmouth, UK. Really the crazies are all the same worldwide. :shifty:

[Growled Member]

A really beautiful piece. Lucky lad. :)