OT, Natural Pearls, any info on them??
 

Sorry for a OT thread, but this past week in FL I was eating some oysters and almost consumed a natural pearl. Its the size of an pencil eraser head and almost perfectly circular.

Has anyone else ever found one of these?? I think its pretty cool.

Will:D

Very expensive from what I was told. Most pearls that you buy in a jewelry store are cultured pearls and not authentic like the one you have...I'd get it appraised and see what you have:cool:

I've been known to create a pearl necklace or two!:crazy:

Sorry, couldn't resist.

So, did you filter it when it came out? Could be worth some money:D

ive given many a lady a pearl necklace, and it was au' naturael, i shodul know i squoze it myself!

:D Love and Puder I knew I could count on you guys:p

Actually i am lucky I didn't break a tooth on it.:eek:

105, I am going to ask a jewler about it.

So you all haven't heard of anyone else finding one in a dinner Oyster??

Will:p

Lawsuit. Then sell the pearl. This is where the retire to florida part would be said. Buy a bigger boat.

Damn, you guys beat me to the pearl neckelace joke:rolleyes: :D


Good thing you didnt swallow, that would have made for a hell of a kidney stone:p

Eva got on a pearl kick a 2 months ago so I learned all about them at the jeweler....

I was told that cultured pearls are what we mostly see in the stores because true pearls like what you found are very very rare...The cultured pearls are grown in tanks under controlled conditions and have a different texture that legit pearls.

I found a 12 mm one years ago, appraised at about $100 I think. Natural pearls tend to be creamy in color which is not preferres here in the states. It would have been worth more if it were white or blu or black

Pearls...pearl necklaces...then to top it off...BajaSquirt...LMFAO!!!!:D

I used to shuck oysters at a restaurant, we would find oysters on occasion. I used to have a medicine bottle full of them. The were usually small and irregular in shape.

Once, my roomate who worked day shift at Red Lobster, opened an oyster from the front and inserted one of those white balls you find where cooks hang thier tickets, into the oyster. I was working that night when the dishwasher who was on oyster duty found it. The managers were all excited and taking it out to show customers. The guy that found it was taking it to the jewlers the next day. I came home that night and was telling Buddy about it. He just looked at me with a sh!t eatin' grin and told me the story of what he had done that day.:D

Thats funny Cuda:D

Haven't any of you guys been to Epcot in GoofyWorld ... visited the entire AROUND the world in like a couple of hours ((and get 10 different kind of stomache aches along the way sampling food :eek: )) Well there in Tokyo ((I think)) you can purchase those 'cultured' pearls for @$7 and you are gauranteed a real pearl shucked out of each oyster ... the kids love it! Each one is measured for size MM and color. Black ones are rare, as someone else said, but if you hang long enuf somone will pull a nice size blacky. Prolly worth about the $7 or $8 you spent LOL! But its the excitement for the kids that counts :D :D

27,,, Just a few more years and a bunch more oysters and you'll be able to make a pair of earings for her