Comments on: Digging for Diamonds: For $6, it's Finders Keepers!

By: Ajan

Ajan — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:57:47 +0000

$400?? Wow! That's a lot of money, I knew that there was some way to get money from this diamond field... $400?? hmm... 16,500 Rs. in Indian Currency...brr... thats freaky now..depends on the luck

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:02:59 +0000

20 years ago? People have been pulling diamonds out of that place for almost a century now. Not to mention it would have cost a fortune a seed a field with some of the enormous diamonds that have been found there. Crater of Diamonds is a great place. I've never found much of anything other than a lot of Jasper and Volcanic Ash. But I have had some fun times and good exercise in a beautiful outdoor area, not to mention that it is very inspiring if you are there and hear that siren blare. The last time I was there someone found a diamond weighing in at 219 carats (This was at the end of June this year). Imagine that. The thing must have been the size of your fist.

By: dead_red_eyes

dead_red_eyes — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:52:00 +0000

They don't seed the diamonds, and it's not in the Ozarks. I've been there twice, and it was years (15+)ago when I lived in Arkansas. It's a really cool place.

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:00:12 +0000

When I was 5 or 6 we went to Crater of Diamonds on the way back from my Grandfather's funeral. Found a couple small industrial-grade diamonds that I promptly lost later. (What can I say, I didn't understand their worth at the time...) But it gets HOT out there in the Summer...

--TwoDragons

By: Nora

Nora — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:26:10 +0000

Theres a place like this near where my parents live. They thought it would be neat to go dig up diamonds for the day. However when they went to see what the fee was they were in for a shock. You have to sign up for a $400 membership that runs for several months first. Who needs diamonds, when you can scam the public?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:28:38 +0000

OH, and one more thing, that park is not even in the Ozarks. It's more to the south.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:26:48 +0000

My parents visited there (and we are all native Arkansans) just a few months before this diamond was found. I can't imagine that they "seed" the diamonds. It's not like people find them there very often, if at all.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:17:15 +0000

I heard about twenty years ago, those were all seeded there just to maintain the tourism.
Seriously, that place has been there for years, back when the Ozarks was still real hillbilly country.