A crazy story in the United States, that of a young man who proposed to marry him a sublime ring bought only ten dollars. Christian, 26, has had a dream since elementary school: to propose a marriage with a diamond he found himself.
He discusses it with a friend, who tells him about the Crater of Diamonds, a park in Arkansas. The principle is simple: ten dollars entrance fee, and if you find a gemstone, on a path or in a river, then it is yours.
On the third day, Christian sees something shine on the ground, trembling, he asks his friend to retrieve the gemstone. Verdict of park officials: it is a 2.2 carat yellow diamond. The value will depend on the purity and the size, but definitely several thousand dollars.
Christian didn’t wait for the diamond to be cut and mounted, he made his request upon his return during a mushroom picking. His fiancée, who is named Désirée, said yes. For now for Christian, everything is going as in his childhood dream.
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