What's inside a clam? A retractable foot, a siphon for sucking up water, powerful muscles, and, sometimes, a pearl. And you thought oysters were fancy. Following is the transcript of the video.

The Chester County couple who found a purple pearl in their clam appetizer over the summer have received an appraisal of $4,071 for the rare specimen they encountered while vacationing in Rehoboth ...

A Pennsylvania man was left as happy as a clam after finding a purple pearl inside a shellfish while dining in Delaware. Scott Overland, of Phoenixville, told NBC10 Philadelphia he was eating with his ...

Kids discovered a pearl inside a freshwater clam in Maryland, officials said. Screengrab from the Maryland Department of Natural Resource's post on Facebook. A couple of kids “enjoying the outdoors” ...

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 ...

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 ...

A New Jersey couple found a pearl potentially worth thousands in a restaurant clam. The sea stone could go for anywhere from $50 to $100,000 -- depending on the body of water it originated in. See ...

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) ...

NBC 10 Philadelphia reports how Phoenixville resident, Scott Overland, was at Salt Air in Rehoboth Beach, Del. with his wife and kids when they were given a little something extra with the clams they ...

A Phoenixville, PA man was on vacation, enjoying a meal with his family at Salt Air Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach, DE when he came across a surprise in an order of clams: a purple pearl! "It was the ...