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The items you may stumble upon at the beach are usually nothing out of the ordinary. Apart from seashells, dead corals, and algae that washed ashore, you may also find rocks, pebbles, and, unfortunately, litter.
However, some people come across interesting finds that you won’t see during a typical day by the ocean. We’re talking about oddly colored sea creatures, jewelry from eons ago, and eroded parts from what appears to be an ancient sea vessel, among many others.
We’ve collected these images from the different corners of Reddit. Scroll through and upvote those that catch your eye!
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#1
7 Lb Piece. This Behemoth Came Out Of Lake Erie In March Of 2024. Prior To Finding This I Had Never Collected Sea Glass But Now It's A Hobby For My Wife And I
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
Wow! If I found that I'd be VERY proud to take it home with me and would show it to all my guests!
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#2
Hanging Out At The Beach
FranSinclair 3 months ago (edited)
I was down there about 3 weeks ago for a trip with my family. All the animals are like that there! I felt like snow white! They say not to feed the animals bc a deer will come try to steal your marshmallow. I had a chipmunk run on top my lap to try to get my strawberry. I freaked out in a bad way lol "ITS IN MY POCKET! I THINK ITS IN MY POCKET!"
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#3
35 Rings Found On The Beach
NJ P 3 months ago
I found a loose diamond in the sand in Exumas, Bahamas. Was able to track it to a woman who lost it from engagement ring the previous year. Was able to return it. All because I saw something glitter in the sand when playing volleyball.
Since the planet is made up of 70% water, it’s inevitable for things to end up in the ocean. A 2020 study painted a picture, revealing an estimated 23 metric tons of plastic waste in waterways in 2016.
These figures likely do not include the 28,000 rubber duckies that fell into the Pacific Ocean in 1992. The kiddie toys came from a freighter that capsized while traveling from China to America after being caught in a storm.
#4
Was Walking On The Beach For Some Exercise And This Tough Guy Beach Bully Decided That I Was Trespassing On His Territory
#5
I Found This Small Chunk Of Driftwood On The Beach, However I’ve Never Seen One Like This Before. Apparently, It's A Burl
#6
Not Something You Find On The Beach Everyday
azubi 3 months ago
I think it's a whale's skull, rather a boring origin compared to the appearance.
G A 3 months ago
I don't think it is. No whale has a protuberance that drops down like that.
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Bryn 3 months ago
Or a Mink whale: https://www.google.com/search?q=minke+whale+skeleton&client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=M2QeZPCFCvOs5NoPvOaniAc&oq=minke+whale+ske&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAxgAMggIABCKBRCRAjIFCAAQgAQyBggAEBYQHjIICAAQigUQhgMyCAgAEIoFEIYDOgoIABBHENYEELADOgoIABCKBRCwAxBDOg0IABDkAhDWBBCwAxgBOg8ILhCKBRDIAxCwAxBDGAI6BwgAEIoFEENKBAhBGABQ9QNYzA9gzxxoAXABeACAAUeIAYcCkgEBNJgBAKABAcgBE8ABAdoBBggBEAEYCdoBBggCEAEYCA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
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Vicki Perizzolo 2 months ago
a small whale I think but yes, it matches most tropical mosquitoes..
A similar incident occurred in 1997, when a cargo ship carrying five million LEGO bricks capsized off the southwest coast of England. The sea vessel was traveling from Rotterdam to New York and lost all 62 shipping containers.
The incident, more infamously known as the Great LEGO Spill, is deemed the “single largest toy-related environmental disaster in history. Many experts claim that people continue to find LEGO pieces to this day.
#7
In 9 Years Of Diving Venice Beach, FL. My Best Meg Tooth Appears, 4.25 Inches. Took Out My Regulator And Kissed It I Was So Happy. Judge Me Freely, Don’t Care
Wendy Hamilton 3 months ago
You are brave to go swimming in that water. I've seen many homeless people pull their pants down and drop a load.
Wendy Hamilton 3 months ago
My bad!!! I immediately thought of Venice Beach, CA. So sorry!
Load More Replies... Two Cat Studio 2 months ago
I collected similar (but not of this high quality) from the same beach back in 1975. Wow! I'm soo happy for you!
RiceRiceBaby 929 3 months ago
I was stoked to find a smaller shark tooth in Myrtle Beach last year. It wasn't alive so I kept it
#8
Abandoned Houses In Mirlo Beach, A Once Thriving Oceanfront Town On North Carolina's Outer Banks
Squirrel Chaser 3 months ago (edited)
Mostly erosion. Sea levels have risen at most 9 inches since 1880.
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Yrral Spavit 3 months ago
I can't think of any possible reason for this. Nope, not a one comes to mind. Total mystery :p
Tabitha 3 months ago
Old enough to predate the rise of sea level caused by climate change, apparently.
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Damned_Cat 3 months ago
I've never understood why anyone would want to build a big house on stilts right out in the shoreline. Especially in a place that has a "hurricane season".
#9
I Found A Door (And Nothing Else) On An Abandoned Beach
Virgil Blue 3 months ago
A pirtal door from Suzume! Be carefull, you might disturb reality if you open it!
Heidi Crapolicchio 2 months ago
Was it locked? That could give answers to the persons way of thinking
Finding plastic toys in the ocean is one thing, but what if you stumble upon something so strange-looking that it causes panic in you? This is what happened in 2019, when a mysterious-looking orb washed up on the shores of East London.
Police initially suspected it to be an unexploded bomb and called on inspectors to investigate. But upon closer look, it turned out to be a giant Christmas bauble.
#10
My Amazing Find, The Sea Biscuit (Sea Urchin) I Didn't Know What It Was. As Always, Google Helped Me Out
#11
Mother And Girlfriend Found This On The Beach Today. Any Idea What It Is?
geared4war:
Dofleinia armata, the armed anemone. Also called the striped anemone.
The Other Guest 3 months ago
I wouldn't recommend plopping it on your head, though. They're highly venomous.
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#12
There's An Exposed Coal Seam In The Cliff At My Local Beach
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
That's a 300-million-year-old piece of Earth's history you're looking at. Very cool.
Due to the large number of discarded items that fall into the ocean, many experts have used them to track currents. In 2023, Kagoshima University Professor Shigeru Fujieda stipulated that disposable cigarette lighters could be an excellent tracking tool.
“Disposable lighters are one of the few types of marine litter that have evidence of their source, because they have printed information about the consuming country or city (e.g., point of sale address or telephone number),” Fujieda wrote in his paper published in the Regional Studies in Marine Science.
#13
Snow On The Beach In Florida
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
Witnessed a Christmas Eve snowfall on saguaro cacti in the Sonoran Desert in Tucson - this is equally rare and cool!
Molly A. Block 3 months ago
I am a FL native, 57 years now, born and raised here. Lived all the way from Key West, Miami, Gainesville, Pensa. WHERE is this? Near Pensacola? It never gets cold enough here, and now I live just north of Gainesville. It has not snowed here for over 30 years.
S Bow 3 months ago
My friend and her family live in Pensacola and yes, this is from there this past January.
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Ainslee Burguiere 2 months ago
And it's like snow at the beach Weird, but f####n' beautiful Flying in a dream Stars by the pocketful You wanting me Tonight feels impossible But it's comin' down No sound, it's all around
#14
Found This Cool Bottle On A Beach In Raritan Bay
Lee Gilliland 3 months ago
That's an EXTREMELY rare find, most poison bottles of that era were bright blue as a safety measure.
M O'Connell 3 months ago
Not really. Tincture of Iodine needs to be stored in dark glass because it degrades with sunlight exposure.
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weatherwitch 2 months ago
In five decades of collecting British Edwardian and Victorian bottles, particularly poison ones, I Have never seen or heard of one with a skull and cross bones. They would be blue, brown and occasionally clear, even for poison bottles, But Never with a skull, crossbones or both. This is either modern and been in the sea some time or it's from another country. Does anyone know? ☺️
#15
Every So Often I’ll Come Upon A Lobster Tail That Is Empty But Still Glistening In The Sun
Jrog 3 months ago
Not an empty lobster. It's a live peacock mantis shrimp. They are quite dangerous if molested underwater. They can hit with enough force to break a finger (or the aquarium glass)
Molly A. Block 3 months ago
No matter what you call it, it is still technically a giant see bug, a sea roach, if you will, and you are boiling and eating its insides. Same for shrimp, crabs, all of it, all sea-bugs to me. NO thanks! If it has legs, IT IS A sea BUG.
BrunoVI 3 months ago
If you were to eat most bugs, you'd get a mouthful of shell and guts. The part of the shrimp I eat is nothing but muscle. So despite its origin, it's much more like fish or beef or chicken than anything like eating a bug.
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carlo custodio 2 months ago
Yes it is a lobster but it is a whole lobster and not only the tail. It is a slipper lobster
According to research ecologist Andrew DeVogelaere, discarded items that wash up ashore can be removed. The problem arises when items like hazardous medical waste, for example, sink to the bottom of the ocean and become trapped there.
“We don’t even know the names of a lot of these things,” he told Popular Science. “We’re impacting a whole ecosystem that we don’t even understand.”
#16
Sea Urchin Teeth I Found In Croatia Years Ago
#17
These Things Washed Up On A Beach In East Australia, Anyone Know What It Is?
Redditor froguille replied:
"Blue glaucus (glaucus Atlanticus) I believe they're also called blue angels. Only reason I know is I used to research sea slugs and sea cucumbers during my high school study halls....."
User ActuallyAdrien added:
"All I can say is don't touch!"
Lara Verne 3 months ago
I heard that they're in Spain as well and there's a lot of them. They had to close beaches so people don't get hurt
Lynn Morello 2 months ago
Sea Lizards. Their main diet is the Blue Bottle Jelly fish, It takes on the venom from the Blue Bottle and uses it to protect itself. When I found one, I picked it up and it didn't sting, I was lucky. A week later my cousin was stung by one.
#18
I Found This Thing On The Beach, But I Haven’t Seen Anything Like It In Real Life Or Online Before. It's A Pin Cushion Starfish
#19
Dropped My iPhone On A Beach And The Magsafe Case Attracted Titanomagnetite From The Black Sand
#20
I Found A Bunch Of Baby Hermit Crabs Wrapped In Some Seaweed At The Beach
#21
Glass Beach, California
tracy black 3 months ago
me too been going to beaches for over 60 years never found a sharks tooth or a single peice of sea glass
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#22
Pacific Football Fish Washed Up At Oregon Beach. Only 31 Specimens Have Ever Been Documented
Saniyaya m 2 months ago
that dude came from waaaaaay down under….. lthe surface where there is no light ever!
#23
What Happens When You Have A Mix Of Very Cold Temperatures, Sand, Snow, And Tidal Water From The Ocean? Frozen Sand Slabs On The Ocean City Beach
#24
This Washed-Up Jellyfish Looks Like An Iris
Lee Jacobson 2 months ago
It is amazing that some of the most beautiful things in the ocean are also the most dangerous.
Abby Louise Rexroth 2 months ago
Reminds me of the Star Trek episode Operation – Annihilate! ST-jelly-6...ee9a58.jpg 
Ronnie Beaton 2 months ago
When I was very young (about 7 or 8 years old), I rather foolishly decided to throw stones at a jellyfish that was washed up on the shore with the result that I got squirted in the eye. My dad heard me screaming, grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and seat of my trousers, ran to the nearby public toilets, and stuck my head under the cold water tap until I stopped howling.
#25
Found This Little Guy While Working On The Beach. He'll Have A ~14ft Wingspan Within Two Years!
Laserleader 3 months ago
Yup and in three years it will breed and die. If octopi lived longer than 4 years they would have taken over the earth first.
Virgil Blue 3 months ago
If we want to ever uplift species they would be candidates if we can fix that issue.
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Found A Large Metallic Cylinder On The Beach Of Husavik, Iceland. What Is This?
We asked around and it turns out that these are submarine detectors, nothing to worry about, no explosive inside!
#27
Wife And I Found This Today. No Idea What Is, But We Are Stoked
Cheese 3 months ago (edited)
OP tells us that they didn't because it is a modern piece made to look old. It was found in Washington in the US and was made in some kind of press/factory and isn't an old piece. I dug through another post about it and it's bronze furniture pediment.
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Jrog 3 months ago (edited)
PSA: if you find something like that in most of Europe, ALWAYS REPORT IT ASAP. There are steep fines and even the possibility of being arrested for finding an archaeological item and keeping it without reporting the find within a short timeframe, usually 24h. Keeping it, selling, trading etc would be punishable without a statute of limitations. On the contrary if you find something you are entitled to a finder's fee, that can be significant.
Jrog 3 months ago (edited)
Let me give you an idea on how serious it is. The MOMA had to relinquish an urn they bought from an illegal trader, losing over $1M in the process. Getty's Museum curator Marion True had been indicted for illegal trade of archeological goods. The person who sold her some Etruscan artefacts spent 8 years in jail and was fined 10 million euro. Police's archeological preservation initiatives in 2020 recovered 17600 archeological items. In FY2024 they recovered about 50.000 items and prosecuted 1356 people. Just a few months ago 60 people were indicted after a cop posed as a buyer in a black online auction.
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Janissary35680 3 months ago
Where was it found? This thread is about things found on the beach. (Is that a metal detector at left?) The object looks Roman and is most likely bronze.
Cheese 3 months ago (edited)
It was found in Washington State in the US. You got the bronze part right, although it's just a kind of furniture pediment, or decorative trim for furniture. It's not from any time before the 1920's, because this style is called "Art Deco" and became popular in 1925. According to OP, it was made with more modern tools. Unfortunately, it's probably not Roman.
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#28
I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach
#29
My Dog Found A Huge Bone At The Beach Today
#30
Flying Cruise Ships Illusion (Fata Morgana) Spotted Today 23/06/21 On The South East Shores Of Cyprus
Janissary35680 3 months ago (edited)
I've encountered examples of this mirage several times in the Izmir gulf. It seems to be linked to temperature and humidity.
Cindy Brick 3 months ago
I've seen this with tankers on Lake Superior in Michigan's UP. Always cool...and a bit spooky.
Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
And, the Chicago skyline that can be seen in the spring from Holland, Michigan due to temp inversion(?) due to the cold lake and warmer air.
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Just Found This Tooth On The Beach
#32
I Found A Fossil At The Beach Today
#33
Ichthyosaur Paddle Bone Which I Found On Charmouth Beach, UK
Rebecca McManus 2 months ago
Charmouth beach is near Lyme Regis which is a very good place for fossils
#34
What’s Left Of This Chimney On The Beach
#35
What Is This Fiber/Sand Ball? Found Among Thousands Like It On A Beach In Spain. It Weighs Almost Nothing
User 4-me responded:
"Sea grass ball - send me some"
BrightestHeart added:
"That's lovely. Aquatic tumbleweeds."
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
From Wikipedia: Posidonia oceanica, commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, is a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The fruit is free floating and known in Italy as "the olive of the sea" (l'oliva di mare). Balls of fibrous material from its foliage, known as egagropili or Neptune balls wash up to nearby shorelines.
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
There were other references to sea grass balls in other parts of the world, but this was specific to Spain.
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Sealed Glass Vial On The Beach
We found this small sealed glass vial with an orange liquid inside that had washed up on the beach in Scotland. Any ideas what it could be? Should I resist the urge to crack it open.
occasionalrant414:
It's in too good a condition to be, but it sort of looks like the acid ampoules the British used on limpet mines and other demolition munitions during WW2.
They worked by being put into the detonation system, then being crushed. The acid would eat through copper wire (different thickness of wire slowed down or sped up the time). Once the wire split, the detonator would trigger and bang.
The ones I saw, admittedly years and years ago, were a bit flatter? I saw them in a museum in Portsmouth back when I was at college - 20+yrs ago. They came in a impact resistant case.
Can't be, but looks similar.
Secret_Artist_8092:
The North Sea is full of WW2 weapons that were dumped.
Maggie Fulton 3 months ago
Maybe check with a museum? I would definitely not crack it open without knowing what it is. Could be acid. Could be a perfume sample. Don’t find out the hard way.
BrunoVI 3 months ago
I would have guessed it was from a Galileo thermometer. They had partially filled orbs of glass floating in a liquid, with each corresponding to a certain temperature. If an orb was neither at the top nor the bottom, that orb represented the current temperature.
Colin Matthews 3 months ago
It was also used as a dump for chemical weapons so no , don't crack it open
#37
The Beaches Here In The Netherlands Have Free Sunscreen Dispensers
Ann Kapoxeet 3 months ago
Can you imagine something like that in the US? First, the political battles. Then, the capitalist battles with companies competing for the opportunity. Of course, it would have to cost money & have different tiers of expense. And ultimately, it would be broken within a week cuz someone wanted to steal all of the sunscreen. Sorry, Magaworld has me feel cynical and hopeless these days. Maybe I need to move.
#38
This Buoy From The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Recently Washed Up On The Shores Of Ireland
#39
Found This On A Beach In New Zealand- There Were Thousands Of Them At The High Water Mark. What Is It?
Anonymous:
it's a bluebottle.
didnt sting you because a lot of them lose their tentacles when theyre washed up. theyre pretty common.
it seems to be attached to some pebbles and a Vellela.
Lynchamigsakta 3 months ago
Why do people touch organic materials and creaultures they don't recognize, I'll never understand that lack of self preservation. On the other hand I guess we have these people to thank for the knowledge of what plants and mushrooms we can eat
Vanessa Steis 3 months ago
Last time I was on a beach holiday in germany, I didn't even walk around barefoot in the sand or water,out of fear to step on animals,shells,or good knows what peaple have left behind.
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ynyrhydref56 3 months ago
O holy c**p. The pain of those stings is one of the worst I've ever felt. Don't touch blue bottles.
Neon_Pickles 3 months ago
My brother accidentally ran one over in a tractor when we were kids. It flicked the tentacles onto his face and stung him, yeowch
#40
Found A Shark Egg In Santa Barbara
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
One of my favorite childhood books was "The Shark in Charlie's Window" that started out with a boy finding a shark egg pod like this on the beach.
Kombatbunni 3 months ago
I had that book, I could never remember the title! Thankyou for posting that, happy childhood memory unlocked :)
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 3 months ago
OMG and you can even see the embryo inside! I hope they put it somewhere safe, if the little thing was still alive.
Max Fox 3 months ago
Not exactly. It's a shark's egg CASE, and it's also known as a :mermaid's purse".
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
SWEET, finally something to make the neighbours shut the F up.
Load More Replies... Wendy Hamilton 3 months ago
I've never seen anything like that before.. It's so bizarre and cool.
#41
What Is This Thing? Found On Jones Beach, NY, About 1.5-2 Inches At Widest Point
TheVambo:
European Water Chestnut (Trapa natans) seeds
#42
Housemate Found This On The Beach By Our House In The South Of Ireland
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
I found a bottle sticking out of the sand which was encrusted just like this! I prised 'em off (they were dead) and took it home with me. It's in my fridge right now; it's been my chilled water bottle for over a decade.
#43
Found Skate Egg Pouch On The Beach
#44
Largest Seaweed Bulb I’ve Seen In The 15 Years I’ve Lived At The Beach
Laserleader 3 months ago
Big bullwhip kelp... it has been having issues growing over the last ten years. It only has one summer to get full size before it rots, and our kelp beds have barely produced or died off
#45
Found Purple Crown Jellyfish On A Beach On Western India
Khavrinen 3 months ago
I would never pick up a jellyfish with my bare hand, just in case. Nematocysts can be nasty.
Multa Nocte 3 months ago
Seriously! I have had a fear of them since I picked up a little gelatin-capsule looking one when I was very young on the beach in Maryland (USA) and had the shit stung out of me.
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Lara Verne 3 months ago
Look, I'm from landlocked country, so I'm not an expert when it come to jellyfishes, But I think you shouldn't touch them with your bare hands
#46
This Piece Of A Whales Spinal Column That Washed Up On The Beach
#47
Sitting On The Beach When This Monster Floats By
Laserleader 3 months ago
Looks nice to me. Just sand and seaweed. Not even much garbage, just people and boats.
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This Really Intrigued Me. The Sand And Shells Were Embedded Into The Mask As The Ocean Integrated The Mask Into Its’ World
#49
I Found A Whale Skull At The Beach With No Other Bones Around It
Ace 3 months ago
Discussion on the Reddit post shows it to be an incomplete skull.
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Quicksand Swallows Man At Lake Michigan Beach
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
"911, what's your emergency?" "Hey, so I'm kinda stuck here. Can you send someone?" "I'm sorry, stuck where?" "Like in quicksand? On Lake Michigan beach." "What is your address?" "I dunno, north shore? Just look for the guy stuck in quicksand."
Subaru645 3 months ago
I grew up with that fear…for some reason it was in the jungle, not the beach.
Danni 3 months ago
This and the Bermuda triangle.. the biggest risks in the 80's and early 90's.
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#51
A Type Of Black Coral
Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
This is an awesome photo just for its composition! Edit out the thumb!
Mimi M 3 months ago
I like it with the thumb - it's part of the composition.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Fay 3 months ago
I believe this is actually a sea fan. There are tiny connections between each branch that sway with the current.
#52
Sand Dollar Left A Trail On The Beach At Low Tide
#53
These Sharks Sleeping Near The Shore
Ace 3 months ago
They've become accustomed to being hand fed as a tourist attraction. Seen it being done with rays (Leopard, Eagle) in the Maldives, apparently not eco-unsound, and leads to a population living close to the shore, which is really quite cool when you're night-diving (and you feel one touching your leg, which was not cool until I realised what it was).
#54
Epic Beach Find This Morning. 1890’s Local Beer, Blob Top. One Of My Best Finds To Date. The Top Was Just Barely Peaking Out Of The Mud
#55
This Washed Up Jellyfish Had A Fish Inside It
#56
A Red Tide Made A Lot Of Fish Wash Up On The Beach And I Found A Puffer Fish
DowntownStevieB 2 months ago
That's so sad. I had a puffer fish, Figure 8, and I won't ever again. They're super smart and engaging.
#57
Bony Marine Skeleton Found On A Beach Near Charleston, Sc. About 3.5 Feet Long And Slightly Leathery In Some Places. Dog For Scale
#58
Whale Skull That Washed Up In San Francisco
#59
Washed Up On A Beach In Florida
#60
Found A Purse That Appears To Have Been Buried For Over 30 Years On Sanibel Beach, Florida. 1988 Map And 2 Ameriflora ID’s
Vanessa Steis 3 months ago
They both did 2021,the obituaruies are linked under the reddit post. And someone commented that was the year Hurricane Andrew hit,maybe it got lost during that.
#61
A 40-Ton Barge Washed Up On Our Local Beach After Some Heavy Storms This Week
#62
This Mussel Covered Shoe Washed Up On The Beach
#63
Beach Finds On The Beach
CMW 3 months ago
Love this! So many ppl don’t get this reference anymore.
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A Giant Rubik's Cube Washed Up On Shore
#65
Buoy Washes Up On Shore
#66
Dreams Do Come True. A Shipping Container Fell Off During A Storm And This Is What Washed Up On The Beach
James Blanken 3 months ago
If they are still sealed then they should be fine.
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Dense Rubber-Like Slab Washed Up On The Beach
What is this thing? Northern California beach. It was very dense and heavy, maybe 40-50 lbs. Definitely not foam. Smooth-ish and kind of waxy/hard on the outside. In picking a corner off, it seemed a little softer inside, possibly rubber, but all the other rubber finds seem to be layers of dark material, and there were no layers to this. No smell. We didn't have any tools to cut into it. Thanks for your ideas!
Latter-Scallion-4755:
I used to work for Goodyear and actually done the job that used these. It's definitely a slab of pure rubber from rubber trees in Africa. Other ingredients went in to color it black and others to make it more plyable and easier to work with. And yes people rubber actually comes from trees believe it or not...
RamiRudolph 3 months ago
Wow, that's cool. I would keep that, just so I can say I own a slab of pure rubber.
Laserleader 3 months ago
Yup, rubber balloons are made from tree rubber as well. Which is why they are biodegradable, and not the ecological disaster claimed.
#68
8 Inch Round 15lb Metal Ball Found 12 Inches Under The Sand In Yaupon Beach, Oak Island, Nc
WindySwede 3 months ago
*Lamborghini Countach enters chat* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evA3_NV7cPM
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#69
Rusted Iron Sphere With Hole Found On Irish Beach
Bigted1800:
Its part of a bottom trawl rig, we used to call them rolling bobbins.
#70
Found On A Beach In Iceland
small sign says
"J08425 001"
"max depth: 500msw"
USA
Anonymous:
If it helps anyone, MSW is meters of sea water, and this is probably some sort of underwater cable grounding or routing system.
#71
Found On The Beach Near Myrtle Beach, SC. We Just Had A Big Storm. It's Very Firm And Breaks Apart Smoothly. Seems Organic. Hypothesis Is It's A Large Chunk Of Fat
S Bow 3 months ago
My thought as well, apparently ambergris has an awful stench.
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Found A Glass Squid On A Beach In Cape Town, South Africa
#73
Spotted This On A Beach In Puerto Penasco, Mexico. I Didn’t Touch It, But It Seemed Hard And Not Squishy. It Looks Like Montastreas Coral
#74
All These Rock Stackings On The Shore
Laserleader 3 months ago
It doesnt look like any rocks were taken. Just reallocated.
Load More Replies... michelle neugebauer 2 months ago
I've added to that beach near Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia and also tripped over trying to get close enough to get a good picture! Its amazing and I dont know how or who started it or why!
#75
The Warnings On An Australian Beach
Niels AirMax 3 months ago
How much danger would you like on the beach? Australia: Yes! And add some helicopter-sharks too! Just to spice it up a lil!
QuincyForrest 3 months ago
Ah, such a restful, peaceful, secure environment. We need more places like this. ... Ee-yeeesh!
#76
Found 8 Different Colors Of Sand Within 10 Feet Of Each Other At The Beach
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
Ever been to Rainbow Beach? There's a good reason why it's called that!
#77
Found This Wreckage Washed Up On Shore In The Bahamas
#78
This Car-Engine Boat-Anchor I Found Washed Up On The Beach
michael reid 3 months ago
Well it's a V6 so yes must have been unsuccessful.
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#80
Weird Hollow Lens Shaped Things Stuck Together With No Pattern. Found On A Beach On The West Coast Of Scottish Highlands
#81
I Found This Near-Microscopic Shell At The Beach Yesterday
#82
I Found A Piece Of A Ship Washed Up On The Beach
Lily bloom 3 months ago
I'd just clean it up and preserve and put on the wall or a shelf. Possibly under a glass top coffee table
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Washed Up On A Beach Near Me, Bomb Disposal Blew It Up But Didn't Say What It Was
Uncle Panda 3 months ago
Google Lens: The image shows a cylindrical device, identified as a submarine marker signal, that washed ashore on Studland Beach in Dorset, UK.
#84
Corroded Metal “Wheel” About 34” Across Found At The Beach
Found in Santa Barbara, CA
Lily bloom 3 months ago
Oh no. Shouldn't that have stayed, idk, attached to the submarine?
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Found A Spiny Mole Crab On The Beach In Malibu
#86
Found A Dolphin Skeleton While I Was Hiking Through A Beach
Lily bloom 3 months ago
What does one do when they find something like this? Should it be reported so it can be collected and used in an educational capacity? Left there to allow nature to reclaim? Would it be wrong to take it home to study and display?
Ursula S. 3 months ago
Saw a dolphin carcass in Virginia Beach away from the popular area. The person who found it had called the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center. They said they were very interested in it & would send out a team to collect/study it.
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I Found A Cluster Of Fish Eggs On The Shore
#88
Portable Toilets On The Shores Of An Uninhabited Island Only Reachable By Boat In The Florida Everglades
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
Boaters must have been using the place for pit stops and the local authorities had had enough.
Rebecca A. Corvello 3 months ago
This is Florida, they wouldn't have cared. An environmental group most likely put them up. Our government is all about 'personal freedom' they certainly wouldn't care about someone going to the bathroom on an uninhabited island. (I hate Florida.)
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Rusted Metal Sphere Found Buried In Beach In Sligo, Ireland. It Seems To Be Around 2-3 Meters Wide. Nothing Is Written On It, And No Electronics As Far As I Know
#91
Found This Guy Walking On The Beach In San Diego, CA. Any Ideas What It Is? Looks Familiar. Guessing Jellyfish Of Some Sort
#92
Internal Shell Of Cuttlefish I Found At The Beach In Faro, Portugal
Sofia 3 months ago
better boil it first to avoid the smell. We have lovebirds and when we can find that stuff we boil for 30-40 with half lemon
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 3 months ago
Yeah, when I was a kid I used to pick these up on the beach for my friend's budgie!
Load More Replies... Cheese 3 months ago (edited)
The internal shell/ cuttlebone is a hard, porous structure made of calcium carbonate. It's located inside the cuttlefish's mantle and is filled with gas to control buoyancy.
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Brought This Shell Home From The Beach (Wales, UK) And A Blood Worm Came Out Of It
#94
These Papery, Brittle, Shell-Like Objects Are By-The-Wind Sailors. Found Littered All Over A Beach In California
#95
Found Chitons On A Beach In Cancun. They Are Marine Molluscs Of Varying Size
#96
The Remnants Of A Scientific Clam Survey
#97
Vial Of Liquid I Found On The Beach
DowntownStevieB 2 months ago (edited)
It looks like a vaccine ampule. The only vaccine I could think of that may turn dark over time would be the Measles. Don't walk, RUN it to Texas!
#98
This Japanese Bottle Of Some Toilet Cleaning Stuff I Found Washed Up On Shore In San Andres, Colombia
Cheese 3 months ago (edited)
Wanli Toilet Cleaner. It's in the 500g size. It's a Chinese brand.
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#99
40 Year Old Styrofoam Mcdonald’s Wrapper Washed Up On The Shore
#100
Found This While Beach Combing In The Olympic Peninsula. I've Never Seen Anything Like It
#101
Washed Up On A Beach In Wales. We Have Been Told That It Could Be Paraffin Wax, Bees Wax Or Whale Vomit? There Is A Slight Petroleum Smell To It But Not Potent
KatWitch57 3 months ago
Chunks of Palm Oil can wash up on beaches and are toxic, especially to dogs.
Cheese 3 months ago (edited)
No. It's a ball of wax or fat build up. It could also be palm oil.
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#104
Found A Diamond Washed Up On The Beach
#105
Large Chunk Of Aluminium Washed Up On A Beach On Ishigaki, Okinawa. About 1.5m2 In Size. Honeycomb Structure Inside. Might've Been Attached To Something Made Of Fibreglass (Light Brown Material)?
#106
All On The Beach. Forbidden Grass Clippings
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What do you think ?
Lara Verne 3 months ago
I'm surprised how many people see some sea creature washed up on beach, don't know what it is and touch it with their bare hands.
Phantom Phoenix 3 months ago
It is extremely stupid. Which is to say that it's perfectly congruent behaviour for the majority of humanity. For fewer incidents of surprise, I'd recommend a drastic lowering of your expectations of intelligence. Current trends suggest that you will need to periodically adjust for deflation.
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Gingersnap In Iowa 3 months ago
Would someone please explain to me, land locked lady, why is whale vomit valuable? Honest question.
Rose the Cook 3 months ago
Ambrein, an odourless alcohol, is extracted from ambergris and used to make a perfume’s scent last longer. For hundreds of years, perfumers have categorised the quality of ambergris according to its colour, with the finest perfumes made from pure white varieties. Black ambergris is the least valuable because it contains the least ambrein.
Load More Replies... Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
These were fun - would help to have more info about the pics. I do like being an Internet sleuth, though, trying to figure out what some of these weird things are.
Mimi M 3 months ago
Click the link bottom left of the pic. Often more info at the link.
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Bruce Mardle 3 months ago
I'm surprised this list didn't mention people finding white phosphorus on a beach.
Lara Verne 3 months ago
I'm surprised how many people see some sea creature washed up on beach, don't know what it is and touch it with their bare hands.
Phantom Phoenix 3 months ago
It is extremely stupid. Which is to say that it's perfectly congruent behaviour for the majority of humanity. For fewer incidents of surprise, I'd recommend a drastic lowering of your expectations of intelligence. Current trends suggest that you will need to periodically adjust for deflation.
Load More Replies... Gingersnap In Iowa 3 months ago
Would someone please explain to me, land locked lady, why is whale vomit valuable? Honest question.
Rose the Cook 3 months ago
Ambrein, an odourless alcohol, is extracted from ambergris and used to make a perfume’s scent last longer. For hundreds of years, perfumers have categorised the quality of ambergris according to its colour, with the finest perfumes made from pure white varieties. Black ambergris is the least valuable because it contains the least ambrein.
Load More Replies... Mel in Georgia 3 months ago
These were fun - would help to have more info about the pics. I do like being an Internet sleuth, though, trying to figure out what some of these weird things are.
Mimi M 3 months ago
Click the link bottom left of the pic. Often more info at the link.
Load More Replies... Bruce Mardle 3 months ago
I'm surprised this list didn't mention people finding white phosphorus on a beach.
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