Finding a Pearl
Has it Happened to You?
Finding a pearl is clearly the most fun message I receive from my treasured website visitors. I get so excited for them, because even I have found a natural pearl. It was thrilling. I still remember my surprise and joy.
 
Freshwater Pearls Quahog Pearls
 
Abalone Pearls Melo Pearls
 
Giant Clam Pearls Scallop Pearls
 
South Sea Pearls Muscatine Pearls
Or maybe you've found what looks like a Crab Pearl in a crab.
A note of explanation about Muscatine Pearls....they are freshwater pearls from the Mississippi River. I made a special catagory because I live in Muscatine and several folks around here have natural pearls....I hope that doesn't confuse too many people.
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 catagory photo above, or if you're not sure, you can use the form on this page below.
If you need another pearl catagory started that I don't have here yet, contact me and I'll create a new section.
Thanks for sharing!
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.
What Other Visitors Have Said
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My Cream Pearl
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
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
Would anyone be able to tell if this is worth anything?
FOUND BLUE PEARL NAMED IT OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL PEARL
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Quahog Pearls Right in Our Own Home.
My fiance's grandmother spent much of her youth on Cape Cod quahoging in the bays of Eastham and Orleans, she even did it for a living at one point. She ...
3 Pearls in One Oyster
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....
Large Quahog Pearl
Yes, I did find a quahog clam pearl twice the size of Corey's. I should add that yes, they are very rare and great care should be taken when selling them....
Quahog Pearl Information
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....
Natural Abalone Pearls Found While Diving
Early in 2007 I went abalone diving around Fort Bragg, California, with some friends. I have been doing it for years and have always heard about the pearls ...
Lucky night
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 ...
Freshwater Blister Pearl
One Large pearl weight 48.18 carats and 30mm wide is unusual in size and a natural blister pearl obtained in the fresh water mussel. Color is pinkish ...
Trash to Treasure
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 ...
Diogelorcas Pearl
It was formed by a giant mollusk commonly called "taklobo" with a scientific name "Tridacna gigas". The size of the blister pearl is 4.00 inches in diameter ...
Flawless Purple/Silver/White Quahog Clam Pearl Found 9/22/07
I bought a bushel of littleneck clams on 9-21-07 and split them with my father. While eating a raw clam on the halfshell; I bit down into a pearl.
I ...
Diving for Pearls
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I'm from Indonesia and yesterday I found a snail and inside I found these "pearls".
I found them when I was diving and searching snails for our food ...
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