Twelve-year-old Michael Dettlaff of North Carolina unearthed a 5-carat diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park while on vacation with his family.<br /><br />After searching for less than 10 minutes Dettlaff stumbled upon a strange looking rock.<br /><br />"We were probably there about 10 minutes and I was looking around on the ground and found it on top," he told ABC News. "It was very glassy. Very smooth."<br /><br />The boy showed the unassuming rock to his parents who initially didn't pay much attention to it.<br /><br />"Later on in the day, right when we were ready to quit, my wife showed it to me again and then I thought, you know, that might really be something," Chris Dettlaff told ABC.<br /><br />It was only later when Dettlaff took his discovery to the park's free identification center that the boy realized he had a real diamond in the rock in his hands.<br /><br />"We let the kids go up to the rock identification people by themselves and all of a sudden it's like this five-carat diamond," he said. "It was just crazy after that."<br /><br />According to appraisers, the jelly bean sized gem could be worth as much as $15,000. The lucky boy is still considering his options though. <br /><br />"If it can get cut and it's valuable, I think I'd probably want to have it cut and sell it," he said. "If it's not, well, then it's a souvenir."<br /><br />Forty-niners will no doubt be rushing to Arkansas to get a shot at that kind of fortune.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. <br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
