MURFREESBORO (KFSM) — A Montana man with Arkansas roots found a 2.78-carat diamond at the Arkansas Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Wendell Fox, who grew up in Arkansas, dreamt of finding a diamond in the Natural State since his youth, according to a state park press release. The 70-year-old retiree found the gem on his second day searching the state park for diamonds with his wife, Jennifer.
“I was 80 to 90 percent sure that it was a diamond when I saw it,” Fox said.
The recent rain helped bring the diamond to the surface, said Waymon Cox, park interpreter.
“It has rained a lot at the park this spring, and so far we have registered 11 diamonds that were found on top of the ground in May,” Cox said.
