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You can sift for your own diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Pike County, Arkansas. In 1906, farmer John Huddleston found two strange crystals on the surface of one of his fields. After determining the crystals were in fact diamonds, Huddleston sold the farm to a group of Little Rock based investors. Several attempts at commercial diamond mining failed. The only significant yields came from the original surface layer of farmland, where erosion over a long period of time had concentrated diamonds. Today, Crater of Diamonds State Park is famous for its 37.5 acre field where visitors can search for diamonds themselves. On average, two diamonds are found per day by park visitors.