12-year-old bags rare souvenir: £7,700 diamond

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Michael Detlaff, a 12-year-old boy scout from North Carolina, picked up an impressive souvenir in July - spending just £2.50 at a diamond hunting tourist attraction, and netting an incredible diamond worth £7,700.

He hit the jackpot at a diamond park in Arkansas - which lets visitors keep any diamonds they find. So is your fortune just waiting to be dug up?
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