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With Spring seemingly hidden behind an impenetrable wall of rain, here's a couple of stories that'll keep me going...
#1) Sierra Leone pastor discovers 706-carat diamond in village
The punch line is when the Pastor gives it to the President. Uh-huh. I somehow just can't imagine it's going to do any good, but that's just my opinion...
An image of the diamond is below:
and the second story, a 14 year old kid finds a 7.6 Carat diamond at "Crater of Diamonds" State park in Arkensas, the seventh largest diamond found there since 1972.
Presumably he couldn't find any high-ranking government officials to give it to because he decided to keep it.
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The greatest hoard of Anglo-Saxon Treasures ever found, discovered in 2009 by a metal detectorist near the village of Hammerwich in Staffordshire, England.
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Depending on who you believe, the largest, or second or third largest, diamond found in North America. Found at the Diavik Mine in the NWT - I've searched, I can find no larger finds in North America.
187.7 Carats.
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As winter is settled in and attempts at prospecting have failed (still too much snow, and it falls, still it falls) I fall upon YouTube to deliver me it's treasures.
Thank you Nicola White. Makes me want to return to London, if only to stroll the Thames...
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Of course, half the trick of finding treasure is recognizing it when you find it. Apparently a rather astute New Yorker noticed an unattended Loomis Truck and made off with a bucket containing 86 Lbs of Gold Flakes. I've a new hero...
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