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Finding a Pearl
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Finding a pearl...so exciting!




Finding a pearl is clearly one of the most fun messages I receive from my website visitors. I get excited for them, because even I have found a natural pearl. It was thrilling. I still remember my surprise and joy.

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Of course, not all natural pearls that folks find are worth lots of money...but some accidentally discovered natural pearls are valuable, so don't overlook them or take your pearl for granted.

You never know when you'll find a gem quality pearl that is worth a high price.

If you know what kind of pearl you have, you can click on the right category photo above, or if you're not sure, you can use the form on this page below.

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Have You Had the Joy of Finding a Pearl?

I LOVE hearing about finding a pearl! Natural pearls are my favorites and there is such a thrill when finding a pearl.

They can be found anywhere there are mollusks. I once found one while eating oysters. Sure, some are valuable and some are not...but they all are special...especially to the one who found it.

Tell us all about finding a pearl and be sure to include a photo. Give us all the juicy details, where, when, how, why, and what you've decided to do with it, like maybe you've put it into a ring or just a neat little box to show all your friends.

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What Other Visitors Have Said

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I almost ate a saltwater mussel pearl!  starstarstarstarstar
I got some mussels from Assateague Island and took them home. I steamed them and was eating them when I noticed that some of them were just a little crunchy....

9yr Old Finds Pearl in Supermarket Oyster!  starstarstarstarstar
I was at the grocery store with my dad, brother, sister and cousin. While my dad was getting sandwich meat, I decided to check out the seafood counter....

Found a Pearl in Slidell, La!  starstarstarstarstar
We live in Slidell, La. We had intentions for months to try the seafood distributor across the street, so we finally ventured over there and got a few ...

What is this sea object?  starstarstarstarstar
My Dad fought in WWII and got several of these from the Philippines. He said they came off something in the sea and called them "cat eyes". Do you know ...

Red Abalone Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
This Pearl has been in my family for over 30 years and I am excited to share the beauty of it with others. I was given a gunny sack of abalone shells my ...

Verne  starstarstarstarstar
Is there such things as fish bites on pearls? I recently bought 3 pieces of black south sea pearls which the jeweller made it into a pair of earrings and ...

Pearl In Campbell's Clam Chowder?!?!  starstarstarstarstar
I found what appears to be a tiny (~2mm) pearl in my first ever bowl of Campbell's Chunky New England Clam Chowder. Is this possible?

Found a Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
Twenty five years ago I was eating a oyster and bit down on something hard it was a white shiny pearl almost perfect shape and it is shiny. Also pretty ...

Is this a Pearl?  starstarstarstarstar
I found what appears to be a pearl while snorkeling in Florida. Can you tell me if it's a pearl or a conch pearl and what is the difference in value if ...

Two Pearls in One Oyster - What a surprise! : )  starstarstarstarstar
Saturday evening was a great day. I went to the seafood market and bought a bushel of freshwater oysters. I came home and steamed them a little and then ...

I found a pearl from a Long Island Sound oyster!  starstarstarstarstar
My husband and I were vacationing in Key West and I ordered fresh oysters. I found a pearl in one - about 6mm. It's white, but has a rounded point on ...

Found a pearl   starstarstarstarstar
WELL I WAS JUST EATING DINNER WHEN MY STEP FATHER SAYS, MY TOOTH! HE SPITS OUT SOME THING ROUND. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A TOOTH AT FIRST BUT THEN HE THOUGHT ...

Found a pearl!  starstarstarstarstar
My boyfriend and I went out to eat at a Chinese buffet. I was eating oysters in a half shell (pulling them out with a fork) and found a pearl! It doesn'...

Florida Fossil Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
The pearl I found is a fossil pearl, I’m certain, as I found it in the sea shell “mulch” which we have used extensively in our landscape, along with Florida ...

Three Blue Mussel pearls  starstarstarstarstar
I found three pearls in a giant 7 3/4 inch blue mussel shell off the coast of California in Fort Bragg, California. But actually the shells were on my ...

Casis Cornuta Pearl Natural from Indonesia  starstarstarstarstar
We have casis cornuta pearl best flame and luster.
Now the pearl in my hand weight 4.10 gram,
surface good, no crack, best structure. The pearl good ...

I believe I found a pearl in an oyster I was eating!  starstarstarstarstar
So I was eating some raw oysters in a restaurant and I almost broke my tooth on something that I believe is a pearl. I have attached a photo of it. I ...

Claudia Watkins Natural Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
In about 1951-1952, my brother sailed and worked on the Luxury Liner the USS Luraline, traveling back and forth from San Fran to Honolulu. While he was ...

Cassis Cornuta  starstarstarstarstar
We just got one big and really great beautiful
pearl from cassis cornuta, 22 gramm.
It's from eastern island of Indonesia.
Please enjoy the picture....

Found while eating oysters San Francisco Wharf  starstarstarstarstar
My husband ordered a dozen raw oysters while eating at Sabella's and De Torres on the wharf, in San Francisco California...of course I had to try a few....

I THINK I FOUND A PEARL BUT NOT SURE  starstarstarstarstar
MY NAME IS DAN AND I LIVE ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND,NY. MY FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE FISHING BUSINESS ANY WAY POSSIBLE, WHETHER IT ...

Could this be a Pearl?  starstarstarstarstar
A friend of mine was mixing sand for a golf coarse and found a five cm wide heavy white ball shaped object in the mix.

It seems to be solid white but ...

Disney Pearls  starstarstarstarstar
My mom took my siblings and I to Disney World in Orlando this past holiday season, and in the Epcot park they have a world showcase exhibit, featuring ...

Not sure if it is real  starstarstarstarstar
I found (I think) a pearl in my fried oyster. We went out the night before and brought home the leftovers, and decided to warm up the rest the next day ...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!!  starstarstarstarstar
While out to dinner the day after Christmas at a seafood restaurant I found a pearl. I ordered oysters and was eating one when I bit down on something ...

My Christmas Surprise  starstarstarstarstar
My boyfriend Kevin of about 8 months and I went to the Half Shell Raw Bar in Key West where we live on Christmas Eve. We were teasing each other about ...

Pearl Found in Fried Oyster  starstarstarstarstar
While eating fried oysters at local restaurant in Raleigh, NC I thought I had bitten a shell.

This is what turned up. Any help in identifying the type ...

Went to a hibachi bar! Oysters on the half shell. husband bit into an pearl!!  starstarstarstarstar
Is this good luck? It's about the size of a bb gun pellet, white with an kinda orange stripe around it, very pale. Is this a good omen? Is it worth anything?...

my pearl  starstarstarstarstar
My name is Darilyn Rivera. I live in Rochester N.Y. I work in Daves Lockers. My job in there is stuffing clams casino. Four people working here. Of the ...

Found a pearl eating oysters tonight  starstarstarstarstar
I was eating oysters at a local oyster roast and almost swallowed this pearl (see attached picture). I feel so blessed and fortunate. What a wonderful ...

My husband found a pearl  starstarstarstarstar
My husband and I were eating oysters when he found a pearl and it still has a hard coating around it with black in the middle, is it still good and what ...

CAN'T BELIEVE IT  starstarstarstarstar
FOUND THIS PEARL IN A OYSTER AT THE RED LOBSTER RESTAURANT IN FORT COLLINS COLORADO, OCT 20, 2009

Are These Pearls?   starstarstarstarstar
While working in Grand Isle, Vermont, doing cable tv construction, I discovered my 3 pearls at a base of a telephone pole. Looks like there was a tall ...

Stingray Stomach "Pearl"  starstarstarstarstar
We have one piece of Pearl wich we get at Andaman sea from sting ray stomach. We want to sell it.

Can you kindly advise us for this matter.

Found Two Small Pearls  starstarstarstarstar
I went out with my husband to a Portugese reataurant,we had a paeya for dinner and I felt something hard in my mouth and there there were.. 2 small pearls....

Purple and White pearl  starstarstarstarstar
Well I have been harvesting clams on and off for some thirty years and never seen anything like it. Was sucking them for a chowder broth when this purple ...

I found a BLACK Pearl in an Oyster!  starstarstarstarstar
A BLACK pearl!


I’ve always wanted to find a pearl in an oyster!

So The Boo™ and I went to Blue Fin ( Blue Fin Memphis ) for dinner this evening ...

Pearl In Shell  starstarstarstarstar
Hi,

I have this pearl still in the shell and I believe that my dad got it from Iraq and brought it back. He worked the oil rigs over there in the 70'...

Anniversary Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
We went to a fancy restaurant in Honolulu to celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary. We ordered a half dozen raw oysters as an appetizer. My wife picked ...

Pearls from Pismo Clam  starstarstarstarstar
I found TWO pearls inside a Pismo clam. The shell was damaged and the clam made these two pretty pearls. white and tan.

Anyone ever heard of pearls ...

Amazing find of 7 pearls in my first time trying a raw oyster!  starstarstarstarstar
While on vacation with my boyfriend in Destin, Florida last week (June 2009), we ate at The Crabshack. He has been introducing me to new things and ordered ...

Found my first pearl!!!  starstarstarstarstar
Hi,

On Friday May 8th 2009 I was having lunch at The Brewmasters Tavern w/my daughter Brittni in Williamsburg Mass.. We were going home to get her ...

Burma's Natural Colored Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
I just purchased this pearls, the seller said it comes from Burma. It's the drilled natural pearls. I need to tell story more but my English is not good....

My Gorgeous Peach Colored Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
One time I did not find it but my grandma gave us these clams or something so we could open them. My sister found a beautiful white pearl and I found a ...

Natural Pearl from Java Island  starstarstarstarstar
A man who likes to find fish and crabs in the river found this thing about 3 months ago. This man sold this pearl to KH. Marzuki, a famous religious leader ...

Karen found a pearl after 40 years of eating oysters!  starstarstarstarstar
I always eat oysters whenever and wherever I can. I love them so much I even eat raw preshucked oysters from trusted seafood vendors. My local grocery ...

Maybe it's the natural pearl.   starstarstarstarstar
Hello,

I have the pearl necklace and maybe one piece is the natural pearl.

Sincerely,
Dara

Mystery Stone From The Bahamas  starstarstarstarstar
Hi, found this pearl on a sandy Nassau beach. Would greatly appreciate your help in identifying it with a view to having it's value appraised. This stone ...

My friend found a pearl in oysters from H.E.B  starstarstarstarstar
Well I have a friend who loves to eat oyster. Well today he went to buy some at H.E.B and he went home got them ready and starting eating them till he ...

We hope it's a pearl worth lots :)  starstarstarstarstar
Hi there,

My 10 year old daughter just found what we hope is a pearl deep in the sand in Orange Beach, AL along a small stretch of sand along the bay....

Extraordinary 18mm Biscuit Pearl- discovered in TN River  starstarstarstarstar
This extraordinary NATURAL pearl was discovered by my brother in the TN River near the bank of Benton County- Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park where the ...

Natural Pearl from Burma  starstarstarstarstar
Hello everyone,


I'm not good in English. I use Google translation help. This is the Story.

14-15 years ago, a male Burmese traveled from Burma,...

Pearl Treasure in the Trash  starstarstarstarstar
My boy friend found 3 boxes with pearl. I don't know if they are cultivated or not but I know they are real.

I don't have a digital camera to take picture....

Is this a Pearl?  starstarstarstarstar
On my anniversary eating oysters found this in my oyster shell. Just wondering what it may be.

Finding a Quahog Pearl Twice in a Lifetime  starstarstarstarstar
Every summer we go quahoging on the weekends....8 years ago we found our first purple pearl, while making clam chowder! We had it put in a cage for my ...

Surprise in mussels  starstarstarstarstar
I had a craving for mussels and thus I made my journey to my local Korean market. I got a bag of fresh mussels some clams and other odds and ends. When ...

Found a Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
I was once sharing a plate of oysters rockefeller with some friends. I picked up an oyster and ate it. I felt something hard and pulled out a pearl! The ...

Found pearl while eating raw oysters  starstarstarstarstar
I found a pearl in an oyster for the first time! I don't know if it could be worth anything and don't know if the fact of it being still attached to the ...

Giddy with Joy after Given a Blister Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
My fiance was deer hunting on the Kalamazoo River in Michigan October 2008, when he came upon this find. The shell, 5 3/8" long, was open and empty. He ...

John's Pearl Collection  starstarstarstarstar
Hi, I'm John from MA. I work with seafood, mainly shucking and delivery.

Over the years I have been collecting pearls.

I would love to sell my pearls ...

Scottish River Pearls?  starstarstarstarstar
Hello there,

I was having a look through your site because i was researching a necklace that I bought in a job lot of costume jewellery. I am UK based ...

Fossil Pearl Found in Iowa  starstarstarstarstar
The last week in September 2008. My 8 year old niece, I call her Sweet Pea, and I were fossil hunting the rock cliffs along the West Des Moines River in ...

Darwin Treasure  starstarstarstarstar
I'm in the Australian Navy and posted to the Northern Territory. I was enjoying some oysters with my mate a few nights ago and I bit down on a pearl! It ...

Found 2 Pearls in a Clam!  starstarstarstarstar
My husband and I went out to lunch with my dad.

My dad ordered steamed clams and while eating one he made a funny face like "O my! I think theres ...

Photo of My South Dakota Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
As I described in an earlier post, I recently found a very nice pearl, virtually flawless, white, and round, here in South Dakota while hunting for fossils ...

Wanting to Sell Natural Pearls  starstarstarstarstar
On the other end . We are also interested in selling. How do we get started? Thanks Jane

Saltwater Pearls  starstarstarstarstar
While working on a Island in Wash. state, I walked down to the water. Out a ways into the water I saw something in the sand. I believe it to be a saltwater ...

Purple Clam Pearls  starstarstarstarstar
My name is James and I have been a bayman for 39 years. Throughout my years I have found several clam pearls. Almost always in a clam that has a bent lip,...

Andrew Found A Blister Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
Found a pearl in an oyster from publix... How do I get it out? It´s attached to the wall.

Found this pearl eating oysters on the half shell ON MY BIRTHDAY!  starstarstarstarstar
WOW! Was I surprised when I felt something hard in the middle of my delicious raw oyster appetizer!! My boyfriend took me to one of my favorite restaurants ...

Twin Purple Pearls   starstarstarstarstar
Hi,

We went to Maui last February 2007, and luckily when we opened up an oyster it was there twin purple pearls.

Just wondering since it is a rare ...

I keep wishing to find a pearl  starstarstarstarstar
I keep wishing that one day I will find a pearl. That will be one special pearl to me.
Karen

Wife found pearl in oyster  starstarstarstarstar
We were enjoying our appetizer of fried oysters at a restaurant when my wife bit down on something hard. She removed it and found that it was a pearl ...

Found a Purple Pearl!  starstarstarstarstar
I recently found a purple pearl in a clam. It is perfectly round and the size of a pea. The lustre is not high. Please if anyone knows what I can do ...

My Cream Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
It was Christmas Day and my family and I were ripping off the wrappers off the gifts. Then I found a box. I opened it and inside there was a mussel.I was ...

Oyster on Chinese Buffet Yields a Pearl   starstarstarstarstar
A lifelong love affair with oysters finally paid off for a Silver Creek man.

LaDon McDaniel was dining with his wife Wednesday at New China Buffet ...

Found a Pearl While Getting Oysters   starstarstarstarstar
Would anyone be able to tell if this is worth anything?

FOUND BLUE PEARL NAMED IT OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL PEARL  starstarstarstarstar
We are native American and believe in signs like the white buffalo, a rare powerful sign to us. So Wed. 2/13/08 we ate at a Chinese Buffet in Rome, Georgia ...

RARE MUREX RAMOSUS PEARL  starstarstarstarstar
Dear sir,

I enclosed herewith the photograph of gem valued rare pearl. It has been found in the gulf of MANNNAR-SRILANKA in 1979. since then it is ...

Looking for Natural Pearl Information  starstarstarstarstar
Hi,

While vacationing on the big island in Hawaii, I spent many hours on the beaches and rocky shores looking for shells, I was shocked to come across ...

OBX FIND  starstarstarstarstar
My sister and I were enjoying a trip to the Outer Banks, NC We purchased a bag of clams and in one of those clams was a beautiful purple pearl. I have ...

Found a Pearl in an Oyster!  starstarstarstarstar
My parents purchased oysters from a local supermarket to use in oyster stew. Upon eating the stew, my dad felt something hard in his mouth and lo and ...

Purple Pearl Found at a Raw Oyster Bar  starstarstarstarstar
working at a raw bar years ago....
opening clams and oysters...
had a hard time with this one ...
with much surprise to find......
a pearl....
but ...

Found Pearls in Oysters  starstarstarstarstar
I have found a few pearls in my oysters in the past years and just found another last night.

I would like to know how to clean these or what is the ...

Purple Pearl Question   starstarstarstarstar
Someone we know found a pearl way out on Long Island while digging for clams many, many years ago.

After learning about the purple pearl found in Florida ...

Leslie's Purple Pearl Update  starstarstarstarstar
Hi everyone, The pearl is beautiful as you probably have seen. We are still waiting for some phone calls on it as a lot of people were on vacation during ...

Marie's Pearl  starstarstarstarstar
We have had a Clam Pearl for over 25+ years and until the recent publicity over a couple finding one while eating out, we did not think of it.

Many ...

Clam Pearls from Cape Cod  starstarstarstarstar

In August of 2002 I was shucking little neck clams in the kitchen sink when I heard something fall into the sink. I was suprised to find a pearl that ...

Cherrystone Pearl Found on Long Island  starstarstarstarstar
I live on Long Island, NY. On Christmas morning, 2007, I was shucking cherrystone clams to make hot clam dip. As I opened one of the clams I heard a ...

Father and Sister Found Many Pearls  starstarstarstarstar
My father was a baysman his whole life and found several colors and shapes of pearls. My mother saved them and kept them in a glass vial. I believe my ...

Found My Pearl Again on New Year's Day  starstarstarstarstar
OK I just found it! (again)

This past summer we had clams one night. I bit into something funny, which looked like a pearl. I did not know clams ...

Purple Pearl Cherrystone Clam Find  starstarstarstarstar
We found a purple iridescent pearl, 6 mm. It's beautiful. News 12 WPEC has had it all over the news on 12-28-07. It came out of a Cherrystone Clam.

Please ...

Pearl Turns To Gold  starstarstarstarstar
I, like Corey of West Palm beach was eating clams mine were roasted, probably Cherry Stone Clams which were my favorite. This was in 1973 in Salisbury ...

3 Pearls in One Oyster  starstarstarstarstar
I found these pearls Nov. 17, 2007 in my oysters at a resturant in Mississippi. I am not sure what I am going to do with them, but would like to do something....

Quahog Pearl Information  starstarstarstarstar
Cory I am writing you to give you a little more information about your pearl. I also have a rare quahog pearl it is a bit larger than the one you have....

Lucky night  starstarstarstarstar
One of my friends, Andrew, took his girlfriend to eat at a seafood restaurant. They ordered oysters and while they were eating, his girlfriend found a ...

Trash to Treasure  starstarstarstarstar
Somebody's junk became my treasure.

I was rummaging in a junk store and found what looked to be a pair if 6mm screwback pearl earrings. They passed ...

Pearl found while fossil hunting in Iowa  starstarstarstarstar
In September 2008. My 8 year old niece, I call her Sweet Pea, and I were fossil hunting the rock cliffs along the West Des Moines River in Humboldt, Iowa....

Elephant Pearl  starstarstarstar
Procured from tribe lady by..

Octopus Pearl  starstarstarstar
How I found an octopus pearl.

In the early eighties, while I was a deepsea diver harvesting geoducks and red sea urchins, I had some involvement with ...

Shell with Pearls Found  Not rated yet
My boyfriend was weeding the garden and under about 3/4 cms of dirt he found a big flattish kind of shell with a formed pearl and a few other not so formed ...

Dad Finds Pearls  Not rated yet
I don't have a picture of the pearls but wanted to share this story with you. My Dad found not one but two pearls in an oyster about 35 years ago and ...

Green Turbo Marmoratus Pearl  Not rated yet
We just got beautiful pearls from green turbo marmoratus.
Size unique natural 13 gram.
And some tridacna, nautilus etc.
All on sale.

New Jersey Woman Finds a Pearl at Harrah's Resort  Not rated yet
A Galloway Township woman may have struck paydirt at Harrah's Resort, but not on the gaming floor.

Margaret LaFaye said she ordered seafood in the Reflections ...

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