Avoid appraisers who offer extremely low rates or those who base their fee on a percentage of your ring's appraisal value or price. Hourly rates range from $50 to $150; ask about the minimum fee before you commit. Most jewelers will charge either a flat rate, or will charge by the piece or by the hour.
Eureka Springs, in the Ozark Mountains, and Hot Springs, in the Ouachita Mountains, are two spa cities in Arkansas that have long drawn vacationers in search of healing and relaxation. At the center of the state, Little Rock is Arkansas's capital city.
With an estimated population of 87,443 in 2012, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian and the Oklahoma counties Le Flore and Sequoyah.