A photo shared online in September 2024 authentically showed a 75-pound pearl with an estimated value of $100 million that a Filipino fisherman kept under his bed for 10 years.

They say to “clam up” is to become silent, but for one lucky man, a clam caused him to shout in celebration. Scott Overland, a husband and father-of-two who works in corporate communications ...

AMERICAN PEARL FISHERIES GIVE OUT; Large Shipments of Clam Shells to Button Factories Ruin Chances of Big Finds -- Arkansas Specimens Better Than Oriental. Share full article Sept. 28, 1902 ...

A rare purple pearl that a Chester County couple found in a clam while vacating in Rehoboth Beach in August has been appraised at a value of $4,071. The non-nacreous pearl was authenticated by the ...

The jeweler told her the 9.8-millimeter pearl comes from a mercenaria or hard clam. The jeweler wanted the couple to work with Marc Fishbone from Black Orchid Jewelers, whom Sikorski knew already.

The couple took the stroke of shucked luck as a sign and turned the tiny treasure into a tailor-made trinket.