Just across the Irish Sea something of a gold rush could be underway, after ambergris - known as floating gold - was found.
Finds of ambergris can be worth around ?2,000. Its used to produce perfume and can fetch more than ?10 a gram.
It is produced when the whale has been eating squid and their parrot-like beaks have irritated the walls of its innards.
Rarely recovered on British shores, ambergris is usually found on the coasts of the United States and Australia.
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