article_snippet: Ken Wilman thought Ken Wilman had found 'floating gold' when Ken Wilman stumbled across what Ken Wilman believed was a 3kg lump of the highly sought-after ambergris on the beach in Morecambe, Lancashire.
article_snippet: Ken Wilman, 52, thought Ken Wilman had discovered a £100,000 piece of rare whale vomit when Ken Wilman found yellow-grey rock washed up on the beach in Morecambe, LancashireMorecambe, Lancashire, while working Ken Wilman dog Madge .
article_snippet: It is rarely found on British beaches, usually being washed up in America and Australia.
article_snippet: Christopher Kemp, an American author who wrote a book about ambergris, then broke the news that it was definitely not whale vomit.
article_snippet: Although it is rarely found on British beaches, eight-year-old Charlie Naysmith discovered a 600g piece after taking a stroll along Hengistbury Head, near Bournemouth in 2012.
article_snippet: Beachcombers Sean Kane and, 24, and Ian Foster, 39, also discovered a 110lb of whale vomit washed up on the beach in Criccieth, North Wales, in 2008.
article_snippet: In 2006 a couple walking on an Australian beach found a 32-pound chunk of ambergris, which netted them $295,000 (£155,000).
highlights_snippet: Ken Wilman thought  3kg lump was the sought-after ambergris from sperm whales .
  