GAINESVILLE, Ga. — An NFL star’s diamond earring valued at a $150,000 is now presumed lost on the murky bottom of a Georgia lake.
WXIA-TV reported Tuesday that Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones lost it when he hit a boat wake and took a spill while jet skiing in Lake Lanier, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) outside Atlanta.
He resurfaced but his pricey earring didn’t.
The all-pro receiver hired SCUBA divers who have been searching the lake bottom, hoping to capture a flashlight’s reflection off the jewelry amid old trees that have been submerged since the man-made lake’s creation in the 1950s.
So far, no luck.
“It’s down in crevasses and nooks and crannies,” Richard Pickering, one of the salvage divers, told WXIA. “It’s impossible — absolutely impossible.”
Asked whether the earring was worth $100,000, Jones told WXIA, “Yeah, yeah, it was worth a little bit.”
Jones’ jeweler said the earring is worth $150,000.
Jones, who reports to Falcons training camp on Wednesday, said he’s just glad no one got hurt when he fell off the Jet Ski.
“As long as I’m good, it’s materialistic stuff,” he told WXIA. “You can always get that kind of stuff back.”



