Time out.
Big Caddy rolls into a full service gas station on the West Biloxi Strip (U.S. 90) in the early ‘60’s.
An obvious high roller type gets out of the car, orders the works, walks around stretching, telling everyone in sight he’s in a hurry to get to New Orleans for a big business meeting. Pays for the gas from a sizable roll, and just before he gets into car:
“Oh shit, my diamond fell out of my ring”
Looks all around frantically on the ground and shows the owner of gas station the sizable empty setting in a big gold ring:
“Paid $20,000.00 for that stone . . . I got to get to New Orleans . . . reward . . . here’s my business card . . .”
Roars off down the highway toward the Big Easy.
A couple of hours later, a customer bends over and pulls a 10 carat sparkler out of the gravel in front of the gas station:
“Look at this . . you think it could be real?”
Gas station owner hears the ruckus, and (long story short) buys the stone for something like 3K, and goes flying downtown to the local jeweler to determine the size of his haul only to be told he bought a piece of glass.
True story.