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While most of us head to the beach for swimming or sunbathing, it has so much more to offer than just warm sand and cool water. If you keep an eye out and get a little lucky, you might stumble upon all kinds of treasures waiting to be found there.
These people certainly did and shared some of their most unexpected discoveries with the internet—and trust us, they’re far more exciting than your usual seashells. Scroll down to see them for yourself and upvote your favorites!
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#1
Free Coffee In Exchange For Some Rubbish
Janice Sanz 1 year ago
It has always needed to be done. Awareness is the difference.
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Thee8thsense 1 year ago
What an uncivilized species that requires others to do something that they simply should do for themselves.
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#2
Dinosaur Footprints On An Eroded Beach
XenoMurph 1 year ago
So the foot prints are made in soft mud, then fill with a substance that compresses to become harder than that mud, the mud erodes away leaving the harder substance as a raised foot print.
Connie Hirsch 1 year ago
I looked up where this was: Bexhill in the UK. https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/bexhill-walker-discovers-set-of-8-dinosaur-footprints-on-beach-4537515
pfeils wife 1 year ago
"Trumpists" - is this what they're called now? Just making sure, so that I'm 'politically correct'.
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This Spanish Beach Has Showers For Dogs
BrunoVI 1 year ago
If your dog ends up on a far-away, alien planet populated by Egyptian gods, that's on you.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
I guess that whoever put this on the list has a different idea of "washed ashore" than I do.
Family's_disappointment 1 year ago
That's a really useful and creative idea. Every beach needs this.
glowworm2 1 year ago
It’s too early in the morning. I thought the guy washing his dog was a Santa hat.
Floeckchen 1 year ago
You can think of house pets as the upper 10% of animal society
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Terri Rowland 1 year ago
Love this idea, some dogs have a reaction from the sand and the salt water, but if you can wash it off they can have fun with everyone and you don't need to worry about them scratching all the way home.. My dog loves the beach but doesn't like the sea and sand brings him out in a rash that's intensely itchy and he will scratch himself raw if any sand is left in his fur. I'm lucky he's not got long thick fur else he would have to be shaved in the summer..
#4
Yesterday At Kilkee Beach
Serial pacifist 1 year ago
Even the coldest stone can hide beauty and awe, it just needs a chance, a beam of light.
Noel Bovae 1 year ago
The title is: "Interesting And Unexpected Things People Have Found On The Beach" right? Besides a beautiful picture, what are we looking at here? I must be slow, or missing something, cause I don't see anything "interesting, or unexpected" about this picture.
featherytoad 1 year ago (edited)
You're not alone. Flowers, maybe? That's what I'm going with, because it's nothing but rock otherwise and the flowers prevailed.
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#5
I Found These Fossil Sand Dollars At The Beach
#6
I Found A Rock On A Beach That Looks Like A Beach On A Rock
#7
This Beach Has A Paved Path To Make It Accessible To Those Requiring A Bit Of Assistance
Janissary35680 1 year ago
We used to have something like this on our beach until a storm decided that it would look better somewhere else.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
I don't know how long they've been around, but a lot of places use portable mats. No damage during storms, and you can change the location if need be. Untitled-6...262e87.jpg 
Still Going 1 year ago
Awesome! I live three miles away from the beach, which has been a lifelong dream for me, but I never get to enjoy being out there because I'm in a wheelchair. Watching from the parking lot just isn't the same.
#8
Sea Lions In My Hometown Sleeping On San Carlos Beach Due To Orca Sightings Nearby
Pyla 1 year ago
Having been to Astoria Oregon, with my hotel "sea lion adjacent" I can definitely assert that this is true.
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Terri Rowland 1 year ago
My goodness what a lot of bodies all over the place.. I'm surprised they could still breathe laying on top of each other like that...
Vicki Perizzolo 1 year ago
I get it. Watching for that dorsal fin ... oops, not clear just yet... back to the beach.
#9
An Ancient Statue Or Deity Found On The Fife Coastline (Scotland)
CanadianDimes 1 year ago
Probably some kind of fertility totem. Tiny ancient statues always are.
#10
A Live Starfish On The Beach!
Crissy Newbury 1 year ago
Eleven year old me picked up what I thought was a dead starfish only to have it curl around my hand. Nearly peed my pants.
#11
Rare Anticrepuscular Rays This Evening Over Miami Beach
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
We used to call that “God Light” because it looks like the light in religious illustrations, and some depictions of haloes.
Hans Georg 1 year ago
I know the expression "god rays" and they describe light rays breaking through clouds, but always only form the sky downwards.
Load More Replies... G A 1 year ago
In the distance, the woman from the Colombia Pictures logo is holding up her torch....
Kelly H. Wilder 1 year ago (edited)
Her name was Jenny Joseph and that story is quite fascinating to me.
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
My mom would tell us the sun rays are the paths to heaven for the recently departed. I always liked that explanation. Ya know, if heaven was a real place.
Bret Sander 1 year ago
And despite what any flat earthers might say, those lines are actually parallel.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Flat earthers: staying clueless about railroad tracks since the train was invented.
Load More Replies... Terri Rowland 1 year ago
I think the guy who was kite surfing has something to do with it, he seems to be getting flung off in an odd direction to his kite..
Vicki Perizzolo 1 year ago
i've only seen that a couple of times here in CA But when I was in Guam it was fairly regular. Just magnificent is our little planet as it buzzes past the sun
#12
I Found This At The Beach Today And I Thought It Was Some Kind Of Jellyfish With But It Confused Me Because It Has No Organs So I Googled It And Turns Out It's Actually An Egg Sac With A Bunch Of Tiiiiiiny Baby Snails In There
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
Wait those are egg sacks??!! I’ve seen heaps of them on the beaches here (Australia east coast)!
ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 1 year ago
I can't be the only one wondering how it tastes, right? Riiiiight?
#13
Yesterday At The Beach A Wild Young Seal Came To Rest Beside Me
Terri Rowland 1 year ago
This is very sweet but best not to touch them, and under no circumstances should you ever approach them on the beach, because this one came to you he was probably curious to know what you were and if you had any food..
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago
The restraint i would have to use to prevent myself from petting it!
#14
[oc] A Kid Made This Crocodile At The Beach
linda harbin 1 year ago
…and a cause for a sudden damp bathing suit not due to the tide….
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Jenna Logan 1 year ago
My dad used to make those with me and my sis when we were kids on vacation. Nostalgic lol
Terri Rowland 1 year ago
He's even got the teeth on his mouth 😳 I would tread very gentle and get ready to run if it moves..
#15
Another Whole Bottle Today- South East England
Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
According to Google, the manufacturer went out of business before 1932. That bottle's been in the sea for a LONG time. Amazing that it survived intact.
UKGrandad 1 year ago (edited)
Although that style of earthenware bottle has been produced for several centuries, this one cannot be earlier than 1904 as that was when the Clacton Mineral Water Co. was founded. Because the transfer-print logo had to have been applied during the manufacture of the bottle (it is underneath the final glaze) then the bottle was specifically made for that company.
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#16
Last Night, Lightning Struck Dornoch Beach In Scotland, And That's How The Scene Looks Like After It
BunnyMommy 1 year ago
Oh! Melanie Smooter loves "lightening glass"! Do we hear "Sweet Home Alabama" in the background? Cool find and picture!
#17
Someone Built This Crab Shrine On The Beach
#18
Bagel Rock. Thank You Lake Michigan For Gifting Me This Massive Hag Stone On My 28th Birthday! Perhaps It’s A Chunk Of Weathered Brick? Perhaps It’s Naturally Occurring? Either Way, What A Delightful Find
TruthoftheHeart 1 year ago
I would actually consider taking that by your local museum it's not too uncommon for bagel or donut looking stones to end up being crude wheels made by early civilizations
Ozymandias 1 year ago
I've had a similar find, actually! There are little clams that dissolve the rock to make space for the clam to live, and when they die, it leaves a whole where that same clam used to live!
Bret Sander 1 year ago
We've always called them fairy stones. Never heard them refered to as hag stones. Love to know the etymology behind both.
#19
What Rip Current Looks Like
Ash 1 year ago
Posting pictures like this is a public service. I had never even heard of a rip current before when I got caught in one. They're absolutely deadly and most people don't know how to spot them.
Pyla 1 year ago
And people like to play near them or swim in them because it feels like the waves are less intense and it's more safe. .....Look at the shape of the beach, that's where the water from the two sides runs back into the ocean and creates the strong pull out to sea.
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Surly Scot 1 year ago
Thanks for the visual, all I ever knew was to watch for "square waves" and to swim sideways instead of back to shore.
ROSESARERED 1 year ago (edited)
I got caught in one when I was about 15...always remembered my dad saying swin across it...luckily I was near the edge of it, but boy, was I tired when I got to shore
Robin Roper 1 year ago
Grew up in eastern North Carolina USA and spent time at the coast every year, and almost every year, we see riptides. They are super dangerous.
Romy White 1 year ago
You're supposed to swim to the side if you're caught in one rather than exhausting yourself trying to fight it
#20
A Really Tiny Coconut I Found On The Beach
Janissary35680 1 year ago
There should also be a little bottle of rum, a miniature pineapple, and a Menehune-sized blender somewhere nearby.
ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 1 year ago (edited)
What's a Menehune, and what size is it in bananas?
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 1 year ago
That's the one. I couldn't remember what they are called. They come from Chile.
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Sara Frazer 1 year ago
I would do shots of coconut rum out of it 😂 would need an itty bitty paper parasol...
BrunoVI 1 year ago
Wild type? Most wild type fruits & veggies are much smaller than cultivars, since humans have been selecting for size for thousands of years. Are wild coconuts smaller? Are nice, huge coconuts the result of human selection. (As I type this, I realize the comments possible.)
Don't listen to me 1 year ago
I lived & travelled in India for a couple of years. All the coconuts i ever saw there were perfectly normal sized & yes many were growing wild. I can't believe my eyes here. Looks fake.
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Finally Had The Opportunity To Witness These Chevron Folds In Person. Narooma Beach, Nsw
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
They get laid in the more normal flat layers. Then geological forces come along to force them upwards/downwards. More common are the simpler "tilted at one angle" bunch of layers.
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Mounted Police Taking Pictures At The Beach
#23
Pacific Football Fish Washed Up At Oregon Beach. Only 31 Specimens Have Ever Been Documented
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Quite a few males as well as every bump on her is one
Load More Replies... Ash 1 year ago
Yes. They're very attached to each other. Glued at the hip, really.
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#24
This Beach Used To Have A Brick Factory On It, Now It's Covered In Weathered Bricks
urnothavingmyname 1 year ago
dinner at the resteraunt- kid: mummm can we have potato waffles mum: no we have some at home the potato waffles at home:
#25
Took This Picture In The Philippines Near Puerto Princesa (Emerald Beach). It's A Blue Button Jellyfish
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
I thought so, too. According to Wikipedis "The blue button sting is not powerful but may cause slight irritation to human skin."
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#26
My Dog's Footprints Leave Perfect Stripes When He Runs On The Beach
Tabitha 1 year ago
I think it’s funny and adorable when a dog runs, especially a short-legged dog, when their back legs move faster and try to overtake their front legs.
Joe Reaves 1 year ago
Mine used to have to do a little bunny hop periodically to get them back where they needed to be lol.
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Jane Hower 12 months ago
Dogs officially have four legs. Their front leg joints are wrists and elbows, and those in the back are knees and ankles.
#27
Poison Bottle I Found On The Beach
Jrog 1 year ago (edited)
It's not actual "Poison" though. It's from "San IZAL", an UK-made, alcohol-based concentrated disinfectant brand that sold in these bottles well into the 1970s, before being discontinued in the UK in the end of the 2000s (but it is still present in third-world countries). The brand is stamped on the opposite side of the bottle, and these bottles are very common in flea markets and such.
Jrog 1 year ago
Fun fact, IZAL was also a manufacturer of toilet paper. In the mid-1940s they had a great success by selling toilet paper with imprints of Adolf Hitler giving the salute. These rolls are not collector's items. Adolf-Hitl...10915f.jpg 
#28
Sand Dollar Left A Trail On The Beach At Low Tide
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Or just leave it alone; it will find it's way back.
Load More Replies... ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 1 year ago
This trend of robo-vacuuming everything is getting out of hand.
#29
I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach
Brian Droste 1 year ago (edited)
I am glad that you recognize it for what it is. I would not have recognized it as that. I would have thought that it was cool looking though.
Lynn Donovan 1 year ago
So weird. In French a whale is called a baleine, and baleen is called a fanon.
GREYNOOK 1 year ago
filter-feeding system inside the mouths of baleen whales
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#30
The Beaches Here In The Netherlands Have Free Sunscreen Dispensers
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Hope the ingredients are as little harmful to maritime ecosystemes as possible.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I have seen one at Arthur's Seat (tourist attraction in Australia) but weirdly never at the beach. Really should have them.
Surly Scot 1 year ago
I miss Europe so much....all kinds of logic mashed with kindness thrown all about.
Terri Rowland 1 year ago
Very good idea, I wish the UK would adopt ideas like this, they are always telling people to cover their bodies in sun block and they don't think of doing something as simple as this, not everyone who goes to the beach remember to take sun cream with them and they often don't think they need to apply it again after time or after swimming in the sea
Clarke M 1 year ago
It would also be vandalised within an hour and likely completely destroyed.
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My Friend Found This Bit Of Sea Glass On The Beach
#32
Saw This Well Camouflaged Octopus Swimming Along The Shore At La Playa Beach In Point Loma
TMNTLOVER4LIFE 1 year ago
thats the point. have you ever heard of camouflage? quite common if you ask me
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Megan Fair 1 year ago
Again, no idea why someone downvoted you for saying you watched a documentary on octopi! I'm upvoting you so you're not in the negative. :)
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 1 year ago
If you can see it, it's not very well camouflaged. This octo failed camouflage class.
#33
Found What I Think Is A Fossil On A Jetty In Panama City Beach, Fl
#34
Florida Weather Station
#35
I Found A Whale Skull At The Beach With No Other Bones Around It
pfeils wife 1 year ago
Sorry, Jr. is busy right now, planning on how to get rid of all our vaccines. Make America Polio-ridden Again!
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Ash 1 year ago
I would be hauling that sucker straight back to my car lol
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BrunoVI 1 year ago
Check with the park service? Oh, wait... better yet, check with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Rob D 1 year ago
Yeah, I heard Ronald McDonald just got a nomination. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤬
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I Found A Rock On The Beach With Glass In It
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Based on the structure of the rest of it, I'd say that's the result of a vastly longer period of crystallization than anything hat happens during a lightning strike. Untitled-6...4ba5f4.jpg 
Janissary35680 1 year ago
Most likely. It certainly doesn't look anything like fulgurite.
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Foster Beach Seconds Before They Evacuated
BookFanatic 1 year ago
Reminds me of one of the giant jellyfish on SpongeBob.
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Lara Verne 1 year ago
I am from landlocked country and I don't know much about beaches, but if I saw this cloud, I would know it's time for an accelerated retreat
#38
Dobby’s Fan-Made Grave In The Precise Location Of The Film!
Sian E 1 year ago
Good! All those people trampling on the dunes, leaving socks, rocks with paint, none of which is good for the ecosystem...in a part of Wales that is so beautiful. Tourism is one thing, but this is ignorant vandalism based on a story. Take only pictures, leave only footprints.
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JudyfromAccounts 1 year ago
J. K. Rowling can suck on sand. Loved you Dobby, you'll live in our imaginations forever and no physical monument is needed.
urnothavingmyname 1 year ago
imaging somone buries a dobbie realistic life size figure there, and people dig it up
#39
Portuguese Man O' War We Saw On The Shore Of Grayton Beach, Fl
G A 1 year ago
Not a single animal. It is in fact a colony of different organisms that come together to form Man O War
Barong 1 year ago
Yup. I always found it fascinating. Jellyfish are a single organism while these Man O’ war are a type of Siphonophore are a colony of many specialized zooids living together as a colony like sea sponges.
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Wonderful 1 year ago
I got one of these in my one piece swimsuit when I was 12. I had stripes all over my torso and around my arms and hands from pulling it out of my suit and throwing it while screaming. The scars from it stayed on my skin for almost couple years but eventually faded. It was not a fun day at the beach.
Ece Cenker 1 year ago
Not so cool now that you are drying up on the beach, huh, mr. Man O' War?
#40
I Found Something At The Beach That Looks Like A Real Life Topographical Map
UKGrandad 1 year ago
Thin sedimentary mudstone layers. It can be separated into thin leaves: it's what was used as writing tablets by scribes in ancient times
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This Bottle Of Vinegar Is Official First Aid For Jellyfish Stings On A Beach In Australia
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 year ago
Little b*****s are only about 1 cubic cm and hurt like holy hell if you get stung.
The Queen Of France 1 year ago
They’re at regular intervals along the beaches in Northern Queensland. The water is not clear and you can’t see the stingers. some have 3+ m long tentacles.
Chris Robertson 1 year ago
I got stung 11 years ago. Still get nerve pings in my lower legs as though someone's stuck a hot needle in them.
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
...or the irukandji that the sign mentions. Their sting can be deadly, and they're small enough to accidentally get in your mouth.
Load More Replies... sdorph 1 year ago
Do not pee on jellyfish stings, it doesn't help and can even make it worse https://www.healthline.com/health/does-peeing-on-a-jellyfish-sting-help
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So I Found This On The Beach At Low Tide. Feel Like I Should Be Doing Something
Robert Trebor 1 year ago
Early portable phone: blue part is the battery case. Takes 124 "A" cells
Janissary35680 1 year ago
I left my metal grinder in the hotel room. Any other ideas?
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Beach Ball
HamptonsBorderCollie 1 year ago
calcite concretions formed about 65 million years ago at Koekohe Beach, between Moeraki and Hampden on the Otago coast, NZ
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Peter Smith 1 year ago
Where is this - Caribbean coast of Mexico? If it is, looks like an Olmec artefact. No one really knows why they made them
liam newton-harding 1 year ago
Check for a hole, and a nearby snail…someone’s in a lot of trouble, if you do.
#44
Dropped My iPhone On A Beach And The Magsafe Case Attracted Titanomagnetite From The Black Sand
ABC no seven FCK CENSORING 1 year ago
I'm wondering how they know there's titanium in that instead of being just ordinary Fe3O4
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Or hematite, although the color may make magnetite more likely.
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This Vendor At The Beach Uses Tank Tracks At His Stall
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Is tank tracks the American term? I'd call them caterpillars (not native speaker of English).
#46
The Shark Teeth Four Of Us Found After A Couple Hours At The Beach This Morning
Tabitha 1 year ago
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe, Scarlet billows start to spread. Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe, So there's never, never a trace of red.
Load More Replies... Jenna Logan 1 year ago (edited)
Wow that's a lot of shark teeth for only a couple hours! I wonder how many species you have there
#47
Found A Trail Of Jelly Fish At The Beach Yesterday
Janissary35680 1 year ago
"Follow the Jelly FIsh Road / Follow the Jelly Fish Road / Follow, follow, follow, follow / Follow the Jelly Fish Road."
Sian E 1 year ago
During certain times of the year there will be a population explosion of hundreds of thousands and these ones just got washed up by the tide.
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#48
A Resort I’m At Has A Sign To Warn Tourists About Seals Sleeping On The Beach
BSellen 1 year ago
I always seen sleeping seals like this in Hawaii, especially on the north-shore. But now they have to put rope fence around them and security, because too many morons try to take pictures next to them. Sad.
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
Same with the Honu. When I lived on Oahu we would go to North Shore all the time and saw idiots getting really close to them. Luckily there were always volunteers there that would yell at the tourists.
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Dorothy Reiser 1 year ago
It also says Please be quiet in Japanese under Let Sleeping Seals Lie.
#49
Someone Left A Door On The Beach
Ece Cenker 1 year ago
Umm, anyone here read the Dark Tower series? You know, the door that opens up onto the beach or smt?
Pyla 1 year ago
That is a Washington State Ferry, possibly leaving Bainbridge Island. If you ever go to Seattle, the ride from Bainbridge into Seattle at sunset is probably the most romantic thing you can do.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
I was in Seattle for a brief visit a couple of months ago. We didn't have enough tome for a real visit to the San Juans, but we did mange to take a ferry ride for a brief visit to Friday Harbor. And a day trip to Mt. Rainier, of course.
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Found On A Beach Near Tokyo
#51
Brighton Beach After The Storm
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Took me decades to realise that the smooth white "pebbles" are remainders of seashells :D
UKGrandad 1 year ago
The flat ones are, but round ones are mostly silicate rocks.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 1 year ago
It looks like a recent photo so probably Storm Ciarán on Nov. 1st. 2023.
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“Treasures” On The Beach. By-The-Wind Sailors (Velella Vellela)/Blue Sail Jellyfish Washed Up After Rainstorm. They’re Beautiful
#53
Free Beach Wheelchair
#54
Found This Weird Vertebrae Laying In Tide Pools At The Beach
Alex Boyd 1 year ago
Whelk egg case! I found one on a recent beach trip, and I had to look up what it was.
Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
As egg cases, why aren't these disarticulated too? What's holding them together?
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I Made A Lil Town At The Beach
#56
These Clouds At The Beach Make It Seem Like The Sky Was Badly Photoshopped
#57
Found At Falcarragh Beach
Family's_disappointment 1 year ago
At first glance I thought it was a monster's head or Anglerfish 😂😅
#58
Unopened Can Of Coke From Japan I Found At The Beach In Alaska!
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Not Japanese but Chinese. It didn't look right and zero hiragana and most importantly no コーラ in katakana in sight so I googled it.
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Maybe that's the maritime version of Chinese weather balloons.
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#59
Some Stuff From Bikini Bottom Washed Up On The Beach
Johnny McFearless 1 year ago
Let's not assume their gender, maybe they don't identify as a Man o War. Maybe Person Born With A Penis o War.
#60
Barleycove Beach (West Cork) Back In January
Dave Walters 1 year ago
They're Goose Barnacles. They extend a long goose neck when feeding and centuries ago they were though to be the summering form of the bird the Barnacle Goose. Long before migration was understood. Barnacle Geese spend the winter in the UK and the summer in Greenland, Siberia etc.
#61
Could Someone Help Me Understand What On Earth Is Going On With This Rock? Found It At The Beach A Few Hours Ago. Never Seen Anything Like It
Jrog 1 year ago (edited)
Easy. It's a part that got chipped away from a larger formation. The formation had a vein of a softer material, likely a limestone. The vein formed long time ago when the minerals crept into a crack in a larger volcanic rock that shrunk and cracked while cooling. It solidified and became part of the formation, then got detached for some reasons. A few millennia later, the stone fell into the sea, which dissolved the "chalky" parts of the limestone leaving the other minerals.
DowntownStevieB 1 year ago
The stripe of sediment between the two halves is wearing away due to it's different composition. Likely the different composition is due to a period in history where there was an event like a volcanic eruption or tsunami, which would have laid down a different layer.
UKGrandad 1 year ago
Likely a tsunami depositing a thick layer of sand as the vein looks to be compressed quartz.
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Long Spine Like Bone Found On A Florida Beach. About 3 Ft Long (Maybe Longer). Apparently, These Are Called Whelk Egg Cases
Tabitha 1 year ago
If you hold them up t9 the light, you’ll see tiny conch shells inside each case.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
I thought it was a snake. There was another one here on BP further up the post but someone was holding it and she had it stretched out in her hand and arm.
#63
A Little Castle Made With Stones From The Beach, Achill Island
#64
Vial Of Liquid I Found On The Beach
George Costanza 1 year ago
Or maybe do drink it and see what happens...fortune favors the bold!
Load More Replies... pfeils wife 1 year ago
Just give it to RFK Jr. I'm sure he'll know exactly what to do with it! I mean, he is nominated to be the new HHS secretary... and I can't imagine that trump would put someone in such an important role that isn't qualified, right? 🙄
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Vidas Zlioba 1 year ago
Make sure you cast an identity spell on it, first.
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Found These Beautiful Little Creatures At Tecolote Beach Today
Jessica Bertram 1 year ago
Nudibranches! Back to the sea please! They are the bestest beasties!
#66
I Found A Beach Full Of Perfect Skipping Stones
Dnd Panda (she/they) 1 year ago
If you’ve ever been to Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, the beach there is amazing it’s all perfect skipping stones and they’re all really pretty colors too
#67
Found A Small Head. Have No Idea How I Spotted This But I’m So Intrigued About Where The Rest Of Them Is Now
UKGrandad 1 year ago
Rest of *them*? Jesus! Must take care to not misgender a porcelain head 🙄
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Why are you so obsessed with pronouns? Get over yourself.
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Mystery Ceramic Or Porcelain Piece Found On Beach In Cancale, France
Janissary35680 1 year ago
"Obedience and discipline". This may be related to an old French military order of some kind.
Jrog 1 year ago
Looks like a piece of a type of tableware known as "assiette parlantes". They are decorated table items with painted motto or scenes, often military in nature such as this. They were a common collector's item until a few decades ago.
Load More Replies... Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Funny how this little piece remained obedient and disciplined instead of giving up and falling too pieces.
Tabitha 1 year ago
I’ve seen this before. French Revolution, I think—-not that the ceramic is from that era, but the illustration was used then. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
UKGrandad 1 year ago
There's no reason why that ceramic sherd won't be from that era. Ceramics are remarkably resilient to seawater, and many shipwrecks have been found to contain items in perfect condition. The most famous is the Nanking cargo, thousands of Chinese porcelain items, many intact and looking as good as new, that were discovered in the wreck of a ship that sank in 1752 in the South China Sea.
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Rusted Iron Sphere With Hole Found On Irish Beach
RajunCajun 1 year ago
looks like a mortar shell. could still be dangerous if there is still powder inside.
#70
Convolute Bedding At Scripps Beach In San Diego
Surly Scot 1 year ago
Ditto, used to seeing layers but never saw a spiral formation like this before. Any other Pandas out there know?
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Southern Oregon Coast, Fossil Point. About A Mile North Of Charleston, And Along The Bay Beach
#72
I Found A Humongous Vertebrae On The Beach
#73
Beach I Went To Had Lost Thongs On Display
Alex Boyd 1 year ago
I found the other kind of thong once on a beach...I was walking in the water, and when a wave came up, something wrapped around my ankle. I assumed it was seaweed, but nope. Bottom half of a string bikini.
Roxy222uk 1 year ago
That was an embarrassing walk up the beach for someone
Load More Replies... Charles Brewton 1 year ago
I fully expected to see bottoms up there, actually said "Oh, its just flip flops.." LOL
#74
Pink Sand (Garnet) At Forno's Beach (Buzios, Brazil)
primeline31 1 year ago (edited)
Yes. It has a different specific gravity than quartz sand and storms jostling the sand separate the grains. It happens here on the coasts of Long Island too, though mostly from winter storms and the amount of red sand is less than this.
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Kitsilano Beach, Bc. Cool Design On A Bottom Of A Bottle. My Best Find So Far
#76
I Found This Wooden Object As I Was Standing On A Beach In Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Didn't everyone see that episode of the Brady Bunch? Never pick up random idols on the beach! ;)
#77
Found 8 Different Colors Of Sand Within 10 Feet Of Each Other At The Beach
Janissary35680 1 year ago
Let's see... Cardamon, black pepper, fennel, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, cayenne, coriander. Yep, we can make a masala from this.
#78
Something My Brother And I Found At The Beach
Ladedah 1 year ago (edited)
A Blue-Ringed? Those guys have an incredibly potent toxin. Picking it up would certainly be a quick way to die...
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 year ago
DO NOT touch the raver octopi! Seriously! Yes they're pretty, but they CAN KILL YOU.
ROSESARERED 1 year ago
Small, as big as the palm of your hand, but will kill you if it stings. Yes, from the land of nope, Australia
#79
This Lizard Bit Me On A Beach In Naples, Fl
#80
World War 2 Japanese Mini Submarine Wreck Still On The Beach On Adak Island, Alaska
#81
Found This Guy Crawling Through The Sand On The Beach In Co. Dublin Today
Dave Walters 1 year ago
Actually viviparous means "to bear live young" which this species does.
Load More Replies... Surly Scot 1 year ago
25yrs born and raised in Scotland and I had no damn idea that we had any lizards in that neck of the woods, never saw one, never heard anyone mention one, always thought it was too cold for them. Fantastic to learn!
BookFanatic 1 year ago
Somewhere on BoredLizard there's this same picture with a similar caption. Lol
#82
This Rock I Found Washed Up On The Beach Is Almost Perfectly Square
#83
Dopped My Headphone At The Beach And It Pulled Iron Out Of The Sand
#84
Hundreds Of Dead Horseshoe Crabs Lay Belly Up On The Beach In Delaware
JoMeBee 1 year ago
Don't be sad; this is nothing compared to the spawning season. Can't walk in the beach without hopping over them... https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/delaware/stories-in-delaware/horseshoe-crabs-in-delaware-bay/
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Fulgurite When Lightning Strikes Sand
BookFanatic 1 year ago
Did you know sidewalk concrete does the same thing? We had a lightning blast a few doors down (I missed it) but a neighbor collected a bunch of these for the kids. And me.
#86
Found In A Beach. The Person Who Found It Said It Was Seaweed, But It Kinda Looks Like Some Weird Animal Or Something... I Poked It With A Stick For A While And Some Parts Broke Off
Janissary35680 1 year ago
That's how it all began. Chimps in the wild still do it.
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Yes, We Have Vinegar Stations On Northern Beaches. No, They're Not There For Your Fish And Chips
Julie S 1 year ago
I assume that's a jellyfish as it's for jellyfish stings
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#88
Found On A Remote Beach In The Bahamas. Is This A Part Of A Plane Or A Boat?
Jrog 1 year ago (edited)
Looks like a large rocket's aero fairing. The venting gives it away. They detach just before payload release and reenter the atmosphere, burning in the process. Sometimes some part reach the sea, and since they are pretty light (aluminum composite) they can float a long way
#89
Found On A Rock During Low Tide At A Vancouver Island Beach
#90
Beach Find On Pei, North Lake
Jrog 1 year ago (edited)
I think these are rope brakes, i.e. metal plates that are slid onto a rope across the two holes. When the rope is loose they can be moved, when it's tensioned they lock in place. They were used in sail rigging before the modern clamps and cleats systems
Surly Scot 1 year ago
I love you folks who pop in with completely logical factual explanations. Many thanks.
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On A Beach In Wales, Blue Fluid Coming Out Of It. Looks Like A Portuguese Man Of War
#92
Saw A Car Buried At The Beach Today
#93
Some Sort Of Gastropod Found On A South Wales Beach, UK
Melbo Baggins 1 year ago
Some Sort of Gastropod. Now I've found the perfect title I can finally write my memoirs.
#95
The Warnings On An Australian Beach
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 year ago (edited)
Don't swim at unpatrolled beaches in Australia, and at patrolled ones, ALWAYS SWIM BETWEEN THE RED AND YELLOW FLAGS. They are there for a reason. And always listen to the Surf Life Savers.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I watch that reality show called Bondi Rescue. Even though I've never been there I now know all the rules. :)
Load More Replies... Surly Scot 1 year ago
Everything I learn about Australia tells me the wildlife doesn't want me there.
#96
Found A Coconut Washed Up On The Beach In New England
Wings 909 1 year ago
A swallow carrying a coconut? A 5 ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut.
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Doozle bug 1 year ago
The New England region in Australia where I live is land locked, no beaches. Sad. Still has navy cadets
#97
Weird Fish. Found This Dead Fish On A Wicklow Beach And I've Never Seen Anything Like It. Picture Fish, The Fish Identifier App Hasn't A Clue
Sian E 1 year ago
Atlantic sturgeon, maybe? Not terribly clued up on the exact range of sturgeon.
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#98
A Live Sand Dollar I Found At The Beach
Upstaged75 1 year ago
And put it back the right side up. They will die if you leave them upside down because they can't flip over.
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What I Found On The Beach…
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Well that's just not creepy looking at all now is it? Run for your lives!!!
#100
What Is This Thing My Friend Found In Australia On The Beach?
Bec 1 year ago
While I am a supporter of the Arts, I prefer my nature to be natural; go paint an ugly concrete wall with a beautiful mural and leave the beach alone.
Load More Replies... Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Coming to your home this Christmas: the revenge of the walking Christmas decoration.
#101
Found At Beach On Oregon Coast. Bunch Of Pinkish Balls Or Pods Grown Around A Branch. Looks Like Herring Eggs
#102
A Pile Of Bricks Left On The Beach
#103
We Found Part Of A Bottle Of Poison. At Irvine Beach, Scotland
#104
Green, Translucent Substance Found On Beach, Looks Like Glass But Has Gel Or Jello Like Consistency
#105
This Washed Up On The Beach. Is Very Heavy But Seems To Barely Float. It Is About The 3-4 Feet Long And Looks Like Fiber Glass On The Outside But Not Completely Sure
JoMeBee 1 year ago
I believe xolitaire is suggesting unexploded ordinance,...
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I Found A Bank Card That Expired 21 Years Ago Lodged In A Rock At The Beach
Mike F 1 year ago
Me too. I came into the 21st century kicking and screaming.
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I’m At A Beach That Contains Lots Of Ferromagnetic Particles. After Putting My Phone Down I’m Surprised By This
#108
What A Beautiful Beach Sunset
Alexa Saltz 1 year ago
This is as dystopian Idiocracy as it gets. Is this for real? Where is this?
#109
Many Of These Washed Up On A Beach In Destin, Fl USA. They Are Squishy
#110
This Sign On Byron Bay That Lists All The Dangers On The Beach
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Damn. I thought this was the safe snake-free beah I could go to.
Load More Replies... MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
additionally: Yay! i found bacon, throw xenomorph face huger back, summer snow boarding.
#111
Found This Large Piece Of Fulgurite On The Beach Today! #fulgurite When Lightning Strikes The Sand, These Rocks Are Formed. Also Found 3 Smaller Ones
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justme 1 year ago
Random question, is it generally a good or bad idea to try and get those jellyfish back in the ocean when you find them on the sand? I would want to help them if I found one but I have never been to a beach so...
UKGrandad 1 year ago
In general it's better to not intervene in nature. Sea creatures stranded on a beach provide food for many beachcombing animals.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 year ago
What do I think? That whoever wrote the headline for this list has no idea what "washed ashore" means. I was wildly confused until I clicked over to reddit after only a couple of the first dozen were things that might have actually washed ashore. Did somebody thinks "Cool stuff seen at the beach" wouldn't get as many clicks?
Maudelin 1 year ago
Agreed. They rarely know what words mean here. "Quirky" doesn't fit either.
Load More Replies... justme 1 year ago
Random question, is it generally a good or bad idea to try and get those jellyfish back in the ocean when you find them on the sand? I would want to help them if I found one but I have never been to a beach so...
UKGrandad 1 year ago
In general it's better to not intervene in nature. Sea creatures stranded on a beach provide food for many beachcombing animals.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 year ago
What do I think? That whoever wrote the headline for this list has no idea what "washed ashore" means. I was wildly confused until I clicked over to reddit after only a couple of the first dozen were things that might have actually washed ashore. Did somebody thinks "Cool stuff seen at the beach" wouldn't get as many clicks?
Maudelin 1 year ago
Agreed. They rarely know what words mean here. "Quirky" doesn't fit either.
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