Man finds 2.38-carat diamond after decade-long search at park

Adam Hardin and his 2.38-carat brown diamond that was found at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park. (Credit: Arkansas State Park) MURFREESBORO, Ark. - It took more than a decade for Adam Hardin to find treasure at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park.When he did, he discovered a 2.38-carat brown diamond on April 10, the largest diamond found at the park this year, according to park officials.

Hardin, a regular visitor to the park, sifted through wet soil from the East Drain of the park’s 37.5-acre search area when he found the gem.RELATED: 'Extremely rare' 555.55-carat black diamond going up for auction"It was right in the middle when I flipped my screen over," Hardin said in a news release. "When I saw it, I said, ‘Wow, that’s a big diamond!’""Mr.

Hardin’s diamond is about the size of a pinto bean, with a coffee brown color and a rounded shape," Park Interpreter Waymon Cox said. "It has a metallic shine typical of all diamonds found at the park, with a few inclusions and crevices running all along the surface."Hardin said the competition to find a diamond at the park actually builds camaraderie among other searchers. "One of the other guys and I have been going back and forth, seeing who can find the biggest diamond," he continued. "I found a big one, then he got a 1.79-carat, and we were joking about who would find the next big diamond and be ‘king of the mountain.’ As soon as I found this one, I had a feeling I had him beat.