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Ducati may well know the exact size (weight? I'm blanking) of the diamond because the grateful owner told him. What I find implausible* is the Gettysburg remark. Oh, not that the rangers don't chase people off who do this, but that he would seem amazed by their attitude. Gettysburg is highly trafficked and practically fetishized. If the metal detecting types had free run, it'd be a 12 foot hole in the ground.  |
"Oh, thank you, my good man, for returning my 7.07 carat emerald cut, semi-bezel-set ring in 18K white gold with channel-set baguettes on the split shank and filigree gallery, which I bought at the Atlanta Tiffany's store for $1,003,468.01 and never bothered trying to find and which was just lying in the same spot for months until you just happened to find it and pick it up! Let me offer you a cookie for your honesty!"
The Gettysburg thing is funny considering he's the king of "Git off mah property!" himself, yet when he gets chased out of somewhere...