Thread: A pearl of great value

Fisherman found giant 34kg pearl worth $100million - but kept the two-foot long gem under his bed for TEN YEARS as a good luck charm

-This giant pearl could be the biggest ever found in the world and five times larger than the previous record - after being handed in by a fisherman.

The man, who has not been identified, found the priceless 34kg gem ten years ago in sea off the coast of Palawan Island, Philippines.

He didn't know the potential eye-watering value of $100 million and kept it as a 'good luck charm' in his rundown wooden home.

But a fire at the property earlier this year forced him to have a clear out and move house.
The fisherman handed it in to the stunned local tourism officer in remote Puerto Princesca who verified that it had been found in a giant clam.

The priceless rock measures a staggering 1ft foot wide and 2.2 feet long - dwarfing the current world's biggest Pearl of Allah which weighed 6.4kg and is worth $35million.

Tourism officer Aileen Cynthia Amurao said: 'The fisherman threw the anchor down and it got stuck on a rock during a storm.

'He noticed that it was lodged on a shell and swam down to pull up the anchor, and also brought the shell with him. This was a decade ago and he kept it at home...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...uck-charm.html

Pearly gates

Originally Posted by papabrett

That must have been one irritated clam

Seriously.

That is magnificent! I had no idea that pearls could be that large! Pearly gates indeed.

Like we say down here in the south, that's a big ole pearl.

Am I the only one who thought it would be a giant round pearl

Originally Posted by Cardinal TT

Am I the only one who thought it would be a giant round pearl

I'm pretty sure you are.