The diamonds in this park, 6 dollars to dig, dig is your

The holidays are here, too many good places to go do not know how to choose? And if you're short of money, you don't know how to spend a meaningful vacation! So today we have a great place for you - Diamond Pit Park in Arkansas, USA.

For only $6, you can dig in the park, dig out the diamonds are yours, there are people to help you identify for free, is not it cool! Here we will give you a good introduction to this park.

Arkansas "Diamond Pit" State Park is the world's only diamond mining park open to the public, the park is about 15 hectares large, in 95 million years ago, the park underground was a volcanic channel, the volcanic eruption, the deep underground diamonds brought to the upper lava, making the park below the surface storage of a large number of diamonds.

In the nineteenth century, the owner of this land, John Hudson, discovered the first diamond and triggered a Diamond Rush, which brought people from all over the United States to dig for diamonds, and various violent conflicts ensued. So the Arkansas government bought the place back in 1972 and established it as a park, open to the public.

Admission to the park is $6, half price for children, and visitors can bring tools such as shovels and shovels, but are not allowed to bring tools with power systems, in other words, you can only dig diamonds purely by hand.

Some people may question, this is not a government gimmick to "make money" it! Of course not, the $6 entrance fee, according to park statistics, the park has opened so far, has dug more than 25,000 diamonds, of which more than one carat of diamonds have more than 700.

In 1990, a person named Shirley Strang dug up a 3.03-carat diamond, which was later identified by authorities as the highest grade of diamond.

The most famous diamond dug up here is a diamond called Kahn Canary Diamond, weighing 4.25 carats shaped like a pillow and sparkling yellow. This diamond was so beloved by Hillary that she wore it at both of Clinton's inaugurations.

This park has been open for decades, although the diamonds are digging less and less, but many people still tend to, not only diamonds here, but also can dig the crystal, agate and other gems. Interested partners go treasure hunting!