webfact Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Melo Mania! Now Pattaya cook realizes he has valuable pearl he found ten years ago! Picture: Sophon Cable TV Another Melo pearl has surfaced this time in Pattaya. The orange pearls that come from a snail are considered extremely valuable and have been in the news recently after two were found. Cook Padiphat Hattadol, 57, saw the news reports and realized he might have one that he had kept for ten years on a Buddhist shelf at his house. He took it to a gem institute in Bang Rak, Bangkok, and they confirmed it was the real deal - at a whopping 90.1 carats. He has a certificate to prove it. Picture: Sophon Cable TV He then went to the police in Pattaya to register his property and then put it straight in a bank safe before deciding what to do next. Padiphat told Sophon Cable TV that he found the pearl in shellfish that he bought in 2011 at the Lan Pho fresh market in Bang Lamung. At the time he thought it was a weight put in the shell to make it heavy. That was a practice well known to be done by deceitful traders at the time. But after being unable to cut it he thought it was pretty and put it on his "hing Phra" where it remained for a decade before the latest news reports made him think again. It is not yet known how much it is worth but one found in the south of Thailand was reportedly worth up to 10 million baht. Another was found on the eastern seaboard in shellfish, like in Padiphat's case, that was destined to be dinner. Source: Sophon Cable TV -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-02-24 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagfinnur Traustason Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Yep, and when it shows enough people have them stashed away, the less valuable they will be. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted February 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2021 Without me specs on I thought it was a fried egg he was holding .. Best take care of it for it would be a clam-ity if lost or misplaced .. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BostonRob2 Posted February 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2021 49 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: Without me specs on I thought it was a fried egg he was holding .. Best take care of it for it would be a clam-ity if lost or misplaced .. I'd give it to charity. He's just being shelfish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 7 hours ago, webfact said: He then went to the police in Pattaya to register his property and then put it straight in a bank safe before deciding what to do next. Make sure he's got both the keys to the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 7 hours ago, webfact said: cook realizes he has valuable pearl he found ten years ago Reference: Last of the Summer Wine (UK comedy series) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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