LOWER TWP.--Down the far end of Cape May county is a place where the sunsets are spectacular and the beaches sparkle with Cape May diamonds.

Here at Sunset Beach along the Delaware Bay, people of all ages seem to always have their heads down, and for a very good reason. "Looking for rocks, Cape May diamonds, right Rach?" said one dad to his daughter sifting through pebbles.

"They find diamonds and go home enormously wealthy," chuckled Marvin Hume, who bought the property 35 years ago. There are many different attractions here, but probably none as famous as Cape May diamonds. "They're beautiful," said Hume, "these are pure quartz crystals."

A Native American tribe is credited with being the first to find Cape May diamonds, and traded them with other tribes and newly arriving European colonists, or gave them as gifts. Now, centuries later, the polished gems are still a popular keepsake.

The gems make the long journey down the Delaware River, and are tossed and turned along the way. The wind up on the beaches here in part, because of the sunken concrete ship off the coast that creates a whirlpool effect, causing them to wash ashore.

"The thing with a Cape May diamond is cause they're quartz, they're a semi precious gem, they don't reflect the colors of the rainbow like your diamond," explained Jeanette Bartolomeo, who specializes in the jewelry. You can find polished and cut Cape May diamonds in all sorts of setting just like a real diamond in the gift shop.

The only thing more beautiful than these gems is the amazing sunsets, and the nightly flag ceremony held here performed by 87 year-old Hume, who still comes to work every single day. "Every flag that I fly, I consider it an honor," said Hume. Every night a different deceased veteran is honored, a ceremony that is close to Hume's heart, "I served and lost many friends. I was in the Navy Air and five major invasions," explained Hume, "so I'm totally aware of friends that I lost and what it means to me and I know it means much to the families that come down."

Families that know there's something special about Sunset Beach, something that Marvin Hume and his family have known all along.

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