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Here Are 30 Of The Most Interesting Things I’ve Found On The Beach While Looking For Treasures (New Pics)
I spend most of my days beachcombing and searching for sea treasures to make beach-themed jewelry.
While searching for seashells on the beach in Ankaran, Slovenia, I was finding a lot of glass, ceramics, old coins, silverware, and other amazing 100+-year-old finds. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
One of my proudest finds is a 200-year-old undamaged Maraschino bottle from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After finding it, I returned it back home to the Cosmacendi Palace, where the maker of the bottle once lived, and which is now the Museum of Ancient Glass! It was not only an incredible find, but also a bottle without any proof that it even existed.
I love using a piece of history in my jewelry and other creations that make it more special and one of a kind. If you are interested in my jewelry, you can find it on my Etsy.
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Colorful Sea Glass Beads, Sea Pottery, Seashells, Glass Buttons
All Of The Bottles Were Found On The Beach
Wow, I'm jealous! The closest I ever got was finding a perfect half sphere of a Japanese fishing float on Jewel Beach on Kodiak Island, Alaska. I wasn't even on Fishing Float Beach!! The islands currents are situated such that certain things end up on certain beaches around the island. Jewel Beach is covered in sea glass, Fossil Beach has... well, fossils and dinosaur bones, especially aquatic fossils. Fishing Float Beach has lots of glass fishing floats, there's one beach with white sand (all the sand/ dirt on the island is black, courtesy of volcanic eruptions from Mt. St. Helens), there's a beach that has fossilized wood/ plants, etc. In 60 m on Jewel Beach I filled up a 3 gallon bucket with sea glass, and I was being picky!
Tiny Glass Piece With A Crown Design
A Star That Fell From The Sky Into The Ocean
Tiny Pottery Pieces
Ankaran, Slovenia. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
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Ready made business, just step outside on the beach. It is Glorious !
When I lived in Malaysia a few years ago I would walk up and down on every beach we went to. I have a huge collection of "ship wreck pottery". SE Asia is a really good place to finds it too. So many shipwrecks.
For some of these especially the small Shells your eyesight must be terrific.
Good eyesight, a steady hand, and a lot of patience :)
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Any place along the trade routes from China, Japan, or England. If a place is known for nasty storms, as is the north shore of the St-Lawrence River, you've got the spot. These are all from shipwrecks.
No, luckily this are not from shipwrecks. They are from the ship's trash. There are not a lot of shipwrecks in north Adriatic sea from where the collector is.
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Spoon Found On The Beach
Sterling? The motif looks Egyptian, but most likely an American or European pattern.
200-Year-Old Cosmacendi Maraschino Bottle
Strange. That seal from #7 and #10 seems to be from the same bottle type. Are there so many of these in the water
Awesome Sea Pottery Find
Different Treasures, All Found On The Same Day
A Very Interesting Piece Of Sea Pottery
Stamp From A Glass Bottle
Oh my. My favorite color, in sea glass or almost anything. With this design, it's too special.
German Company Oberselters Mineral Water Bottle From 1860s
Tiny Treasures
Button From An Austro-Hungarian Marine Uniform
Tiny, Tinier, Tiniest
3 Pieces Of The Same Vintage Plate
Many Sea Pottery Pieces All Found On The Beach
That's it! I must go there for a vacation or two. Or three! I'm a fanatical beach comber!
Rare Bottle Stopper Sea Glass Find
I think she is saying the find is rare rather than the stopper itself.
Found This Stunning Blue Piece
Black Glass Buttons With Different Designs
Tea Party By The Sea
A Big Piece Of Very Rare Turquoise Sea Glass
Note: this post originally had 48 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
For me, this is the only joy of being on a beach, is to find such treasures. I especially enjoy the Gulf coast of Florida which has so many different prehistoric sharks' teeth, but I would love any beach where you can find beauties like these. I don't understand how people can just lie on a beach all day doing nothing!
I agree with you, I have never found shark teeth before.
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Reminds me of my grandma's house. It was a bar/restaurant in the 30s and 40s. Every year we would dig the garden and find pieces of pottery and glass. I had the most fun digging in the dirt for treasure
Loveeeeee. My favourite thing on the beach- seaglass finds and sea pottery. Never had a pleasure to find a red one tho. Do you have any red one for sale? x I got those blue ones and was so happy- normally just clear ones, green and brown :) The white disk was a treasure too- never found anything this round and frosted.
gosh these were all so beautiful! you're incredibly lucky to be able to go on mini adventures on the beach and come home with these amazing treasures. these pictures felt so magical, when i imagined all the places these curio's could've been to, and where they came from. thank you for sharing them! they were gorgeous :)
Where is your beach? I definitely need to go there one day. I love to find tiny shells and collect Echinocyamus pusillus skeletons...
Facinating. I find looking for shells on the beach very therapeutic- you can walk for hours and just enjoy the simplicity of it.
I completely agree, it's very relaxing.
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It looks like this beach may have been a dumping ground years and years ago hence so much sea glass. There is a beach in California that has the same. There was a small town built by the cliff and folks discarded their garbage by dumping it over the cliff onto the beach/ocean. It's actually called Sea glass beach but so many artist found out about it and raided the beach of all it's glass.
You are absolutely right. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
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While I found beauty in all your findings, it saddens me that we (humans) throw too much garbage to the ocean.
I agree with you... sometimes when collecting these "treasures" I think that in a way I am cleaning the beach :) At first, I started to collect these because I was sad to see little kids swimming and jumping around this "trash" and started taking them to the trash can until I learned how old these pieces were. Now I display them at home.
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This is right up my alley. My favorite part of the beach is discovering such things. I feel envy but joy for her, this stuff is so cool
My bf gave me an abalone shell from when we went on a picnic last year with his sister, his Mum and her partner. It sits in my little box of treasures that I have put away. I would love to go beach hunting when it's safe to travel again..
I grew up near the beach in southeast Queensland and I don't think I've ever seen sea glass! :(
These were all quite nice, but my favorites were the tiny shells and sea stars. 🐚 ⭐️ I am so jealous. xD
I admire what you do. And wish I could do what you do. I am happy to know of someone who followed a dream and made a profession out of it. I really am in awe of you. Keep the dream alive!
Thank you so much for your kind words, I am so happy that you like it.
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For me, this is the only joy of being on a beach, is to find such treasures. I especially enjoy the Gulf coast of Florida which has so many different prehistoric sharks' teeth, but I would love any beach where you can find beauties like these. I don't understand how people can just lie on a beach all day doing nothing!
I agree with you, I have never found shark teeth before.
Load More Replies... Reminds me of my grandma's house. It was a bar/restaurant in the 30s and 40s. Every year we would dig the garden and find pieces of pottery and glass. I had the most fun digging in the dirt for treasure
Loveeeeee. My favourite thing on the beach- seaglass finds and sea pottery. Never had a pleasure to find a red one tho. Do you have any red one for sale? x I got those blue ones and was so happy- normally just clear ones, green and brown :) The white disk was a treasure too- never found anything this round and frosted.
gosh these were all so beautiful! you're incredibly lucky to be able to go on mini adventures on the beach and come home with these amazing treasures. these pictures felt so magical, when i imagined all the places these curio's could've been to, and where they came from. thank you for sharing them! they were gorgeous :)
Where is your beach? I definitely need to go there one day. I love to find tiny shells and collect Echinocyamus pusillus skeletons...
Facinating. I find looking for shells on the beach very therapeutic- you can walk for hours and just enjoy the simplicity of it.
I completely agree, it's very relaxing.
Load More Replies... It looks like this beach may have been a dumping ground years and years ago hence so much sea glass. There is a beach in California that has the same. There was a small town built by the cliff and folks discarded their garbage by dumping it over the cliff onto the beach/ocean. It's actually called Sea glass beach but so many artist found out about it and raided the beach of all it's glass.
You are absolutely right. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
Load More Replies... While I found beauty in all your findings, it saddens me that we (humans) throw too much garbage to the ocean.
I agree with you... sometimes when collecting these "treasures" I think that in a way I am cleaning the beach :) At first, I started to collect these because I was sad to see little kids swimming and jumping around this "trash" and started taking them to the trash can until I learned how old these pieces were. Now I display them at home.
Load More Replies... This is right up my alley. My favorite part of the beach is discovering such things. I feel envy but joy for her, this stuff is so cool
My bf gave me an abalone shell from when we went on a picnic last year with his sister, his Mum and her partner. It sits in my little box of treasures that I have put away. I would love to go beach hunting when it's safe to travel again..
I grew up near the beach in southeast Queensland and I don't think I've ever seen sea glass! :(
These were all quite nice, but my favorites were the tiny shells and sea stars. 🐚 ⭐️ I am so jealous. xD
I admire what you do. And wish I could do what you do. I am happy to know of someone who followed a dream and made a profession out of it. I really am in awe of you. Keep the dream alive!
Thank you so much for your kind words, I am so happy that you like it.
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