Rare find came from Virginia clam shack. — -- A Virginia Beach woman who picked up a couple bags of clams from a seafood shack was shocked when she discovered a rare, purple pearl inside one of ...

Scott Overland was on vacation in Rehoboth Beach last week when he took his family out for a seafood dinner at Salt Air Kitchen & Bar, an upscale restaurant in the Delaware shore town. The ...

They say to “clam up” is to become silent, but for one lucky man, a clam caused him to shout in celebration. Scott Overland, a husband and father-of-two who works in corporate communications in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scott Overland says he thought "a bead or piece of candy" was inside one of the clams he was served at a Delaware restaurant.

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A clam that a Portsmouth, R.I. couple thought was rotten turned out to hold a rare gem: a purple pearl that could be worth lots of money. It happened earlier this month when Barbara Krensavage brought ...

Researchers at Morgan State University’s Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) were awarded more than $600,000 in funding through two grants from the Maryland Sea Grant (MDSG) ...

The unlikely ingredient Swampscott cop Michael Serino nearly swallowed with his seafood soup could soon cough up a big bonanza for the married father of three. A rare, 6.22-carat purple pearl that ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (ABC News) - A Virginia Beach woman who picked up a couple bags of clams from a seafood shack was shocked when she discovered a rare, purple pearl inside one of the clam shells. "I ...