Trip to Crater of Diamonds

We took a trip to the Crater of Diamonds State Park yesterday. We had a blast and a half! We took dozens and dozens of pictures and we hope that you enjoy them!

Inside the Visitors Center were several Diamonds that had been found at the Crater.

After we walked around the Visitor's Center, we went outside and watched a few videos to learn to how to find our riches.

Then it was time to pick up the tools of our trade. Luckily, they sold tools right there on site. They even rented out sift boxes.

And then, we were off! Off and running and ready to find our Diamonds! The Plan? Divide and conquer!

Well. As if to taunt us, there were several of these "markers" scattered around to show where giant diamonds had been found. The markers did us absolutely no good, whatsoever.

We found this building in the back of one of the fields.

Linda took a moment to dig through her haul.

Whatcha got there?

After we had our fill of playing in the dirt, we headed to a specialist to our finds appraised.

As fun sounding as "Volcanic Ash" might be, it wasn't worth a thing. Lyn ended up with the best find of the day! Sadly, no one in our bunch took home a diamond. We did discover that at least two diamonds are found each and every day at the park. And that does not even include the locals! We were told that locals will come ang gather dirt and that they can gather 9-11 diamonds each and every time they come out! Practice makes perfect, eh?


We washed our hands and got ready to head home. It was only after we stopped for a quick photoshoot that we realized that we weren't quite done with our Crater of Diamonds Adventure just yet!

HELP!!!!!

Thankfully, we were saved by two Park Rangers. These guys were wonderful!

We had a fabulous trip to the Crater of Diamonds and look forward to making another trip soon! Well, maybe after we take some "diamond hunting" lessons....and have the bus spend a day or two at a mechanic shop! But we sure do have a great story to tell!