When it comes to engagement rings, finding the right diamond — or at least one beyond reproach of the internet — is tricky business. Go too small, and you risk borderline invisibility . Go gargantuan, à la Cristiano Ronaldo , and holding up your finger is basically the same as lifting weights. One solution? Follow in the footsteps of 31-year-old Micherre Fox, who traveled from New York to Arkansas last month and spent three weeks digging for her own diamond.

In July, Fox, who lives in the West Village with her boyfriend, 37-year-old Trevor Ballou, spent three weeks solo camping at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, an eroded volcanic crater surface where visitors bring their own equipment and search for rocks, minerals, and gemstones, then keep whatever valuables t

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