Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park has certainly lived up to its name for one Oklahoma family.
Raynae Madison traveled there on an excursion to celebrate her nephew’s birthday, bringing along a beach digging kit and some sand sifting tools they got at the dollar store.
After sifting through several buckets, they made a discovery — but Raynae was skeptical.
“At first I thought it looked really neat, but I wasn’t sure what it was,” Raynae said in an Arkansas State Parks news release. “I honestly thought it was too big to be a diamond.”
They took it to the park’s Diamond Discovery Center, which confirmed their find was a 2.79-carat brown diamond.
How much is it worth? Anywhere from $11,500 to $100,000, based on color, quality and clarity, according to Google.