Finding a pearl inside a clam your about to dig into at a restaurant seems like only just a dream, but for Pennsylvania man Scott Overland, it was a reality!
And it wasn’t just any pearl, it was an extremely rare purple pearl!
Overland and his family were vacationing in Delaware when they stopped at Salt Air Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach for a meal.
He told FOX 5 in Washington DC, “It was the end of the dish and I felt something hard and crunchy as I was eating, and I looked at what it was, and thought it was something purple - at first, thought it was a bead, or a piece of candy, or one of those button candies that comes on the paper, because it was a bright, lavender - almost purple, and we had not heard of clams producing purple, so didn't know this was a possibility."
A quick search online and Overland found the pearl could be worth anywhere from $600-$1,600 based on the size and shape!
Overland said, “I guess sometimes you get rewarded for not being a pain at restaurants!”
His kids are excited about their new treasure, too, with Overland saying they’ll consider it a unique souvenir from their trip to the beach.
He said, "We went on vacation expecting to bring back a T-shirt or a mug, our kids got some hermit crabs, we didn't expect to come back with something like this."
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