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This diamond in the roughage is throwing the internet for a “loupe.”

Competitive puzzle enthusiasts are straining their eyes trying to solve this optical illusion, in which the object is to find a hidden gem on a farm.

The visual treasure hunt, originally posted on Reader’s Digest by jeweler William May, challenges viewers to “find a lost diamond ring in this garden” — like a human metal-detecting device of sorts.


  Can you find the diamond in the garden? COURTESY WILLIAM MAY / Reader's Digest Can you find the diamond in the garden? COURTESY WILLIAM MAY / Reader's Digest

This task seems especially difficult as, at first glance, the colorful illustration depicts a pastoral farm scene with carrots, a few bunny rabbits, flowers and a wheelbarrow with seemingly no diamond in sight.

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Can you find the hidden gem in this optical illusion?

Still can’t spot the sparkler? Keep scrolling for the big reveal.

[Warning: Spoilers Below]


  Hint: The ring is so small viewers seemingly need a jeweler’s loupe to locate it. COURTESY WILLIAM MAY / Reader's Digest Hint: The ring is so small viewers seemingly need a jeweler’s loupe to locate it. COURTESY WILLIAM MAY / Reader's Digest

Fortunately, May provides some handy tips on spotting the carats among the carrots.

“Note: This puzzle is not to scale,” he wrote, adding that “the ring’s band is yellow, and it has a good-sized white diamond.”

Still can’t find the diamond in the roughage? Not to worry, May includes a spoiler image below that shows the infinitesimal bejeweled band wrapped around one of the carrots between a wheelbarrow and the last sunflower on the right.

This isn’t the first visual jigsaw to throw puzzle lovers for a “loupe.” Last week, brainteaser buffs blew a gasket trying to solve this compilation of trippy illusions, which included a snake camouflaged in a tree, and a butterfly hidden among a pile of leaves.


  Thankfully, May provides a handy spoiler on finding the carat among the carrots. COURTESY WILLIAM MAY / Reader's Digest Thankfully, May provides a handy spoiler on finding the carat among the carrots. COURTESY WILLIAM MAY / Reader's Digest
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