Pearl that fisherman kept under his bed turns out to be worth £76,000,000
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 77lbs gem ten years ago in sea off the coast of Palawan Island, Philippines. He didn’t know the potential eye-watering value of £76million 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 just over 14lbs and is worth £26.6million. Tourism officer Aileen Cynthia Amurao said: ‘The fisherman threw the anchor down and it got stuck on a rock during a storm. | Metro News via IFTTT
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