After reading this 4 months old post: Diamond distribution in Snapshot 23w31a compared to 1.20.1
I started a new world on the latest snapshot, 23w46a moved a few blocks from spawn to get a tree and get myself to sea level Y64 then i started digging down with only 8 oak planks and a wooden pickaxe and crafting table in my inv.
Halfway down i found a mineshaft that provided me with 32 torches 10 more planks, 12 coal and 2 diamonds in a chest.
Upon hitting deepslate i found 6 iron.
Continued digging down to Y-57 then started strip-mining with a stone pickaxe, until it died, then made an iron one.
5 minutes later got a 5 diamond vein; made myself a Diamond Pickaxe and continued strip mining, it took me 47 minutes to get enough for full diamond armor and I stopped.
I am technical and my early game is usually a boat to find a village so i dont know if 47 minutes for diamond armor is fast or slow but i made that test.
Why i am geting negative karma for sharing something i tested?