The visual treasure hunt challenges viewers to “find a lost diamond ring in this garden”.

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 jeweller William May, challenges viewers to “find a lost diamond ring in this garden”, the New York Post reports.

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

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

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 tiny bejewelled band wrapped around one of the carrots between a wheelbarrow and the last sunflower on the right.

This story originally appeared on the New York Post and has been reproduced with permission.

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