She first decided about two years ago that she wanted to find her own diamond, the park said. Her partner agreed to wait to get engaged until she found the gem.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

A New York woman traveled all the way to Arkansas, but the journey paid off when she found a 2.3 carat diamond in a state park. Micherre Fox says had the time to go on the hunt for a stone in July, a hunt she had been thinking about for the past two years.