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Posted on 01/01/2008 1:18:27 AM PST by hole_n_one
One fortunate South Floridian could earn thousands of dollars from what he found in his plate of clams.
While eating his lunch, George Brock or Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, took a bite, and thought he had a stone in his mouth.
Brock spit it out onto his plate, and found he almost ate a rare purple pearl.
It is even more rare to find one in a clam, and not an oyster.
Brock took the pearl to a jeweler, who confirmed it was a real pearl, and said it could be worth about $25,000.
-PJ
I thought the same thing. But, if you order food you get to keep it, right? Even if you don't finish it. Whatever they bring on the plate belongs to you.
Did they pay duty on it when they returned?
I’m afraid he’ll have to pay income tax on that thing.
If he sells it, that is..
From where? I didn't get from the story that they were out of the U.S.
That why you NEVER, EVER run to a reporter when you make a lucky find like that.
I thought if you won something valuable in a contest (like a car) you had to pay income tax.
Yes, you are correct...
Capital gains instead of income tax if he keeps it long enough.
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