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Here Are 30 Of The Most Interesting Things I’ve Found On The Beach While Looking For Treasures (New Pics)
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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 Pottery Pieces
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
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
Button From An Austro-Hungarian Marine Uniform
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
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.
Me too! I love finding shark teeth their.
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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.
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I don't have enough of the rare colors to sell them, I use them in my jewelry designs :)
Thank you hun. Maybe I'll get lucky one day ;)
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.
Me too! I love finding shark teeth their.
*there
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.
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I don't have enough of the rare colors to sell them, I use them in my jewelry designs :)
Thank you hun. Maybe I'll get lucky one day ;)