That’s exactly what happened to lucky Frenchman Julien Navas, who turned prospector during a visit to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Navas rented a diamond-hunting kit from the park on Jan. 11, but after a few hours of “back-breaking work,” he decided to stop digging and only look for gems lying on the surface of the 37.5-acre preserve.
Amazingly, he spotted a deep chocolate-colored diamond, rounded like a marble and about the size of a candy gumdrop.
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