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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
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Dinosaur Footprints On An Eroded Beach
#3
This Spanish Beach Has Showers For Dogs
#4
Yesterday At Kilkee Beach
#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.
BarfyCat 1 year ago
At Florida state beaches you can rent one for free if you need one!
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#8
Sea Lions In My Hometown Sleeping On San Carlos Beach Due To Orca Sightings Nearby
#9
An Ancient Statue Or Deity Found On The Fife Coastline (Scotland)
#10
A Live Starfish On The Beach!
#11
Rare Anticrepuscular Rays This Evening Over Miami Beach
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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
#13
Yesterday At The Beach A Wild Young Seal Came To Rest Beside Me
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[oc] A Kid Made This Crocodile At The Beach
#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.
#16
Last Night, Lightning Struck Dornoch Beach In Scotland, And That's How The Scene Looks Like After It
#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
#19
What Rip Current Looks Like
#20
A Really Tiny Coconut I Found On The Beach
#21
Finally Had The Opportunity To Witness These Chevron Folds In Person. Narooma Beach, Nsw
#22
Mounted Police Taking Pictures At The Beach
#23
Pacific Football Fish Washed Up At Oregon Beach. Only 31 Specimens Have Ever Been Documented
#24
This Beach Used To Have A Brick Factory On It, Now It's Covered In Weathered Bricks
#25
Took This Picture In The Philippines Near Puerto Princesa (Emerald Beach). It's A Blue Button Jellyfish
#26
My Dog's Footprints Leave Perfect Stripes When He Runs On The Beach
#27
Poison Bottle I Found On The Beach
#28
Sand Dollar Left A Trail On The Beach At Low Tide
#29
I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach
#30
The Beaches Here In The Netherlands Have Free Sunscreen Dispensers
#31
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
#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
#36
I Found A Rock On The Beach With Glass In It
#37
Foster Beach Seconds Before They Evacuated
#38
Dobby’s Fan-Made Grave In The Precise Location Of The Film!
#39
Portuguese Man O' War We Saw On The Shore Of Grayton Beach, Fl
#40
I Found Something At The Beach That Looks Like A Real Life Topographical Map
#41
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.
#42
So I Found This On The Beach At Low Tide. Feel Like I Should Be Doing Something
#43
Beach Ball
#44
Dropped My iPhone On A Beach And The Magsafe Case Attracted Titanomagnetite From The Black Sand
#45
This Vendor At The Beach Uses Tank Tracks At His Stall
#46
The Shark Teeth Four Of Us Found After A Couple Hours At The Beach This Morning
#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."
#48
A Resort I’m At Has A Sign To Warn Tourists About Seals Sleeping On The Beach
#49
Someone Left A Door On The Beach
#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
#52
“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
#55
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.
#59
Some Stuff From Bikini Bottom Washed Up On The Beach
#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
#62
Long Spine Like Bone Found On A Florida Beach. About 3 Ft Long (Maybe Longer). Apparently, These Are Called Whelk Egg Cases
#63
A Little Castle Made With Stones From The Beach, Achill Island
#64
Vial Of Liquid I Found On The Beach
#65
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
#68
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.
#69
Rusted Iron Sphere With Hole Found On Irish Beach
#70
Convolute Bedding At Scripps Beach In San Diego
#71
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
#74
Pink Sand (Garnet) At Forno's Beach (Buzios, Brazil)
#75
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
#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
#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
#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
#85
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
#87
Yes, We Have Vinegar Stations On Northern Beaches. No, They're Not There For Your Fish And Chips
#88
Found On A Remote Beach In The Bahamas. Is This A Part Of A Plane Or A Boat?
#89
Found On A Rock During Low Tide At A Vancouver Island Beach
#90
Beach Find On Pei, North Lake
#91
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
#96
Found A Coconut Washed Up On The Beach In New England
#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
#98
A Live Sand Dollar I Found At The Beach
#99
What I Found On The Beach…
#100
What Is This Thing My Friend Found In Australia On The Beach?
#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
#106
I Found A Bank Card That Expired 21 Years Ago Lodged In A Rock At The Beach
#107
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
#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
#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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