"Young man. ”

The owner of the gas station, dressed in a denim suit and with a long beard, exclaimed, "Your car is very good." ”

His gaze swept over Ji Yu, who was picking out snacks in front of the shelves, and winked at Gao Jing, revealing a smile that all men understand: "Your girl is even better, she is a good horse." ”

Gao Jing hehehe.

The journey from New City to Arkansas is more than 1,000 miles, and it takes almost two days to drive.

And Gao Jing took his senior sister all the way to stop and stop.

Take in the scenery along the way, and take a night break in one of the scenic towns every now and then.

It's been five days since the two left New City.

Still not there yet.

But that's exactly where the fun of a road trip lies, and it's rare for Gaojing to be so relaxed.

Ji Yu came over with the selected snacks.

The owner of the gas station scanned the code one by one and checked, and asked, "Where are you going?"

He doesn't usually have that much curiosity, but it's rare to see two Asians in his store.

So I asked a few more questions.

Gao Jing replied, "Little Rock." ”

"Little Rock?"

The owner of the gas station looked disapproving: "What's so fun there!"

He's Arkansas though.

But he doesn't have much affection for his own state capital.

In fact, Arkansas, located in the southern region, is also a small transparent state in Merrican.

With an area of 130,000 square kilometers, it has a population of just over 2 million.

Apart from the good scenery and abundant natural resources, there is nothing else to praise.

Gao Jing smiled: "Let's dig diamonds." ”

"Huh?"

The owner of the gas station was stunned.

He immediately laughed: "Young man, I know where you're going." ”

"But believe me, there are no diamonds to dig in that place for a long time, and you will definitely be disappointed if you go!"

Gao Jing nodded: "Thank you for your advice." ”

After paying for gas and snacks, Gao Jing left the roadside gas station with Ji Yu.

The boss looked at the figures of the two and shook his head helplessly.

It's a fooled tourist again.

A fully fueled BMW station wagon is back on the road.

Ji Yu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but ask, "Are we really going to dig for diamonds?"

She already knew the destination of the trip, and she was quite interested.

But the reminder from the owner of the local gas station just now was clearly well-intentioned.

Gao Jing smiled: "Of course, the tickets are not expensive, just to play." ”

Senior Sister Ji was right to think about it, and nodded: "Hmm." ”

After continuing along the highway for more than half an hour, the car entered the city limits of Arkansas' capital city.

Ji Yu was a little disappointed: "This is Little Rock?"

Although it is the capital of a state and the largest city.

But if you only look at the cityscape, Little Rock is really not as good as many county-level cities in China.

There are no modern high-rise buildings here, and most of the buildings are products of the last century.

The number of people is also not large.

After arriving at their destination, the two stayed at the hotel they had booked.

The next morning, Gao Jing took Ji Yu to Diamond Crater State Park, located in southwestern Arkansas!

It's the only diamond mining park in the world that's open to the public, and anyone can dig for diamonds with a ticket, at no additional cost.

If you are lucky enough to find a diamond, the park also offers a free appraisal service.

No taxes or fees!

Since Diamond Cratter State Park opened to the public in 1972, more than 29,000 diamonds have been discovered, which equates to an average of one to two diamonds found every day.

Of these diamonds, more than 700 diamonds are over 1 carat!

And the largest diamond in North America is produced here, and the highest record in Diamond Park is 40 carats.

In 1990, a lucky winner mined a 3.03-carat diamond here and sent it to New York for processing.

Later, the diamond was given an O/O/O grade.

This is the highest grade of a diamond.

Only one in a billion diamonds are so perfect!

It is also worth mentioning.

Former First Lady's favorite diamond, Kang Canary, is also from this park.

At the two inauguration ceremonies of the president's husband, she borrowed to show off her beauty.

Gao Jing smiled and asked the senior sister, "Do you want to dig one out too?"

Ji Yu was thrilled when he heard it, but he knew himself: "How can there be such good luck!"

Gao Jing winked at her: "Maybe." ”

Believe in miracles!

Just an hour's drive from Little Rock to Diamond Crater State Park, you'll see a dark brown landscape of trees, meadows and lakes.

And it was ploughed into neat ridges.

Gao Jing parked his car in the parking lot outside the park and came down to buy two tickets.

Admission to Diamond Park is $6 and children are only half price.

Of course, Gao Jing and Ji Yu can't buy children's tickets, but the entrance fee of 12 mai yuan is really cheap.

This famous park is actually very small, only 15 hectares.

It looks like a small farm surrounded by woods.

It is said that the underground area was originally a volcanic passage 95 million years ago.

When a volcano erupts, diamonds from deep layers are thrown into the upper part of the lava, so a large number of diamonds appear on the surface.

When the two of them came in, there were already quite a few tourists digging inside.

Mining diamonds naturally requires tools.

According to the rules of the park, no machinery can be used here.

Only the tools they provide can be rented.

Gao Jing rented a set of equipment at the tourist center, including shovels, plastic buckets, gloves, screens, and more.

Now it's time to get started.

The method of digging diamonds is actually very simple, you use a shovel to load the soil from the ground into a plastic bucket, then take it to the nearby sink to sift it, and finally pick out the gems from the stone grains.

If you're lucky.

In addition to diamonds, there are also semi-precious stones such as peridot, garnet, amethyst, and agate.

Tourists who don't understand it at all can compare and choose through the photos posted in the park.

There is also a dedicated appraiser to help with the identification.

"Let's divide the work. ”

Gao Jing proposed: "I'll dig the soil, and you will sift and wash it." ”

Today's weather is very good, the sky is clear and the sun is shining, and of course he will do the rough work.

Ji Yu was eager to try: "Okay." ”

Gao Jing picked a spot not far from the sieve sink.

Began to be a digging party.

The soil here is very hard, and the park has used excavators to dig neat trenches.

Digging is undoubtedly hard work.

But it's nothing at all for Gao Jing.

He first dug up the mud layer above and dug out a pit about a meter in diameter.

Another half bucket of dirt was dug out of it.

Mention it to Ji Yu to play.

Ji Yu had already put on plastic gloves.

To her left and right, there were people carefully sifting through the dirt in the sink.

Among them are a couple of guys who are professional at first glance.

If you look at it for a while, you will be able to understand the basic operation process.

“WOW！”

Gao Jing had just put the excavated soil on the sieve lattice.

A red-necked cowboy who was very close to him suddenly let out a cheer of surprise.

The people around all came close to watch the excitement.

The lucky cowboy had just discovered a rough stone that was a little bigger than a grain of rice.

The estimate is around two or three hundred miles.

He is also the first treasure digger to make a harvest today.

It is said that some people have been digging here for years or even more than ten years, living on the excavated gemstones.

These people are known as gem hunters.

Everyone congratulated the cowboy man and encouraged each other at the same time, making the atmosphere lively.

As a result, Ji Yu was stimulated.

The senior sister was full of confidence: "Look at me!"

I don't dare to think about big diamonds, and a few melee diamonds are worth the ticket price.

What if you hit the jackpot?

Well, those who spend five dollars and ten dollars to buy lottery tickets, they all think so!

Gao Jing smiled but said nothing, and asked her to hold the screen and work hard to sift it.

He went back and continued to dig the pit.

When Gao Jing was searching for information about Diamond Crater State Park on the Internet, he saw someone on the Internet saying that the surface gems here had been dug up for a long time.

For the sake of business, the park will secretly scatter some small grains of rough gemstones every once in a while.

Continue to attract tourists to patronize.

Gao Jing thinks this statement is very reasonable, and the owner of the gas station has also reminded him.

But the surface is gone.

What about beneath the surface?

He dug a pit more than half a meter deep.

Seeing left and right that no one was paying attention to him, Gao Jing quietly took off the bell hanging on his chest.

He threw his hand in the dirt pit.

Meow~

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