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The oceans are vast and mysterious, covering 71% of our planet and containing all kinds of things that we have yet to discover, despite our best efforts to explore the deepest depths.
Because not many of us will ever get the opportunity to hitch a ride in a Submersible, the best place to discover some of the ocean's secrets is to go for a walk down at the beach. We all love going to the beach anyway, but if you keep your eyes peeled and happen to be in the right place at the right time, some real treasures can be found washed up on the shore!
From bizarre objects that people have lost or thrown away, to the carcasses and bones of weird creatures from the deep, people have found all kinds of amazing things on the beach that need to be seen to be believed. Scroll down below to see what we mean, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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#1
I Found This At My Local Dog Beach Today
Manel Dias 6 years ago
Phoebe's owner seems still has a big empty place in the heart & a wound much harder to heal. I know we love our beloved Pooches with all our heart. RIP Phoebe...
“Hidden beneath the waves, there are creatures beyond our imagination.” David Attenbourgh said in his intro to the BBC documentary series Blue Planet II. And he's right, the ocean's are the least explored areas on Earth, despite making up the vast majority of it. Every year we discover new species from the depths, some of which are so bizarre and alien-like that people can barely believe that they are real.
So far, we know that there are at least 242,000 different species down there because their names are now registered in the World Register of Marine Species. Around 2000 are added to the list each year. But how many more are we missing? Nobody knows, but estimates range from 300,000 to over 10 million!
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#2
This Satisfying Pebble I Found At The Beach
反社会的 6 years ago
Hi I'm sorry for being a b***h, but can you please not say you have OCD, unless you are clinically diagnosed with it? So many people say they have OCD not knowing the actual difficulties of having it or any other mental illness. (Sorry if I sound like an a*****e, it just bothers me)
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#3
Sandcastle With Extremely Clean Lines
Erin 6 years ago
And why does it look like there are pants standing all alone in the background?
JessG 6 years ago
Came here to say this, but It would just be one 'great'
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Joanne 6 years ago
This is by the artist Calvin Seibert. He makes lots of gorgeous sandcastles with geometrical shapes. I absolutely love his work, so many interesting shapes. And I just find the sharpness of the lines and the smoothness of the surfaces so satisfying to look at, how is it possible to make sand look so sharp/smooth?
Chris Mugea 6 years ago
This looks like one of those modern houses on TLC that I can't afford.
G@be Hickner 6 years ago
It looks like it was made out of concrete. . . That's freakishly precise
As much as there are creatures that have so far managed to avoid contact with us, they can't escape our impact. In the Mariana Trench, the deepest point of the ocean, every single amphipod captured had at least one plastic fiber in its stomach, according to the research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
The world produces an estimated 10 tons of plastic a second, and between 5 million and 14 million tons finds its way into the oceans each year. Much of it washes up on beaches, even on the world’s most isolated and faraway islands, such as the otherwise pristine and ecologically important Galapagos Islands.
About 5 trillion pieces currently float on the surface, often in tiny, easy-to-swallow pieces that end up in the stomachs of albatrosses, sea turtles, plankton, fish, and whales. But those pieces also eventually break up further and sink, raining down into the deep sea and onto the unknown creatures that live there.
#4
Piece Of Dried Seaweed With One End Stuck In Sand Drew Concentric Circles As It Was Rotated By The Wind
Donald Holder 6 years ago
Don't know if I believe this one. Weed doesn't look steady enough to have been blown in a complete 360° circumference.
Leslie Burleson 6 years ago
Also, the wind drew a sand penis in the upper left corner. The wind wins imo
#5
Inspired By All The Trashtags, I Went Out With My GF To Clean Our Local Beach And Found A $50 Note. Instant Karma
Courtney Christoff-Tzazaroff 6 years ago
We in Australia have very colourful money :)
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Jay Freeman 6 years ago
Australia has the best money... so colorful, interesting, and virtually indestructible.
Lisa Myers 2 years ago
I hate when people litter. I was at a stoplight the other day and some guy rolled down his window and emptied out his cigarette tray. I fantasized about smashing his windshield with my billy club!
The practice of searching the beaches for flotsam and jetsam that washes ashore from the sea is called beachcombing, and has been a popular pastime for many years now. The more serious beachcombers can be found scouring the beaches with metal detectors, hoping to strike it lucky with something interesting that may have found itself washed onto the beach from ancient shipwrecks, or perhaps some remnants of history or wars in the past. However, most of what is found is trash. Still, sounds like a great hobby to have!
#6
So My Friend Found A Message In A Bottle While Fishing
Paola Martz 6 years ago
Why is the facebook page covered? I would love to see the whole journey and how far has it gone so far!
ƒιѕн 6 years ago (edited)
here is the facebook link https://www.facebook.com/MelvinStanleyClaryJourney2014
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Katelyn Klein 6 years ago
This is beautifully written, and I hope Mel rest in great peace for the great man he is.
Marit Von Pigeon 6 years ago
Probably shouldn't have laughed at the dude flinging Mel back into the sea. Then I mistook his hoodie for his sleeve and wondered what the hell was wrong with his arm. It's been a long day.
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
I laughed at the dude flinging Mel back into the sea too, Marit. Then I felt guilty for laughing. Then I thought, that's probably what Mel would have wanted: people finding joy wherever they can and laughing when they need to. R.I.P., Mel.
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https://www.facebook.com/MelvinStanleyClaryJourney2014/ This is his facebook page
Cindy Brinker 1 year ago
That is so awesome. I would do that but put my ashes in it,, if people could be trusted to send it on
Debra Newell 2 years ago
Very interesting story, however, I thought it was illegal to put a person’s or a pet’s ashes into a body of water (at least, in Canada). I know a bit about a lot of stuff, but know everything. Is that not true ?
#7
I Found This Pyrite Fossil (Ammonite) On An English Beach
Franklin 6 years ago
You are correct. Pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide.
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Marek Cieślik 6 years ago
I know, right? Seriously, though - looks like a rock hammer to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologist%27s_hammer
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Absolutely beautiful. I'm wondering if it follows the Fibonacci sequence D:
Donna Niedzialkowski-Imbrogno 6 years ago
Perhaps Robin Hood’s Bay. I Would fine lots there when I was a kid.,
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Cathy Scriven-Williams 6 years ago
Not sure which beach this is but Lyme Regis and the whole Jurassic coast have fossils you can find on the beach.
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Vicki Fisher 6 years ago
You will find many particularly on the South coast along the shores of Dorset and Devon there are fossils galore
If you do decide to have a try at beachcombing, be aware that local laws about what you can take vary. Most will prohibit you from taking animals and plants away from the shore, although of course a few seashells is going to be just fine. There is also the risk of hazardous materials, like the case of a 41-year-old woman near Hamburg, Germany. She picked up an object from the beach, mistaking it for amber. She then put it in her jacket pocket, laid the jacket down… and her pocket combusted. The object was white phosphorus from a second world war incendiary bomb.
#8
Found This Shell On Corporation Beach On Cape Cod. Instant Goosebumps
I wish this lady could know her son had fun on the beach with our kids. (We did set it back out to sea. We knew this shells journey wasn't over yet!)
Happiness is Hippo 6 years ago
It feels strange upvoting such a sad statement, but I've decided to do it as a gesture of support and solidarity. I lost my brother 3 years ago and I miss him everyday.
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Mark Muirhead 6 years ago
I wish I could up vote this 100 times to get it to the top. Oh, so heartbreaking. The poor, poor woman.
#9
Saw These Stacked Stone Arches At The Beach This Morning
Ani Archeron 6 years ago
Kudos to whoever did that - i cant even balance three books in my arms
What happens if a shipwreck happens, and the goods wash up at your local beach? Is it yours to take now? One of the most famous recent examples would be the tale of the MSC Napoli, a cargo ship that was deliberately beached off England's south coast in 2007, to prevent it breaking apart during storms. About 100 containers fell off the ship and washed up on the shore, much to the excitement of local residents.
"Initially intrigued and then delighted, local residents, followed by scavengers from all over the country, descended onto the beach and spent two days and nights frantically looting whatever booty they could get their hands on," ABC reported at the time. "Motorbikes, spare car parts, clothes, make-up, nappies and even Bibles in foreign languages were all rapidly pilfered by grinning beachcombers in a crazed treasure hunt more akin to the days of galleons and pirates." Some years on, and many residents quietly kept all kinds of booty from the containers, including barrels of wine and BMW motorbikes. The incident has gone down as a mad period that villagers will talk about for generations to come.
#10
Someone Made A Stone Rainbow On Hornsea Beach, UK
#11
What The Storm Brought To The French Shores
earringnut 6 years ago
So this is what garbage looks like in France. I swear everything is an art form to them.
A B C 6 years ago
This is creepy, yet somehow very beautiful. I think at the right art auction, this would sell massively. Problem is, it'd sMell massively, too.
#12
Not Something You Find On The Beach Everyday
Eunice Probert 6 years ago (edited)
It's Cthulhu! Or some other creature from R'lyeh. Best inform Miskatonic university.
Karnelia 6 years ago
You beat me to it! So let me then auggest the Kraken...
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#13
A Sea Weathered Chunk Of Glacial Ice Made A Perfect Chair On A Black Sand Beach In Iceland
#14
A Piece Of Glacial Ice I Found On The Beach
A B C 6 years ago
Wow. If it didn't melt, I'd suggest to make some jewelry or deco out of it. This is incredibly beautiful.
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
You can make jewelry that will protect you against water magic spells. ♥
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Bill 6 years ago (edited)
I can see Freddy's bust too, but I just blazed one(medical)
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#15
I Found This Smile Soda Bottle Patented On July 11th 1922
Pamela Scott 6 years ago
My Dad was born in 1922. If I had found this I just might have felt like he was saying hello!
#16
My Mom Found This Amazing Sand Castle In Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv
Антон Христов(Anton Hristoff) 6 years ago
When you are on the beach, but doesn't like summer a lot and you miss the snowy peaks of the mountains. Totally me..
Kiahna 6 years ago
Imagine being that one a*****e who knocks it over. You know there’s always at least one person who will ruin it for everyone else.
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#17
The Beach I’m At Has A List Of Commonly Found Garbage And How Long It Takes For It To Decompose
G@be Hickner 6 years ago
This is really good for some dumbass who might toss a styrofoam cup into the ocean. . .
Roberto Durante 6 years ago
that's a great idea to make people conscientious not let their garbage behind
Ahnnah Newell 6 years ago
I hope people will look at these and refrain from trashing the beaches.
Ahnnah Newell 6 years ago
That's a cigarette, bud. I know...People just have a need to throw them wherever they want.
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I Took The Day Off Work To Celebrate My 40th Birthday, And Look What The Beach Gods Had Waiting For Me!
I literally could not believe my eyes! I had no idea mini glass Coca Cola bottles even existed!
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
Omg I had that too and literally forgot this existed until your comment!
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Sue Clasen 6 years ago
Reminds me of my childhood, if you collected 100 coke lids they would give you one of those, the owner of the pizzeria we used to go, helped me to get one.
Elise Williams 6 years ago
Maybe as you get older, the bottle size will increase with each decade.
Edilberto León Rodríguez 6 years ago
We collect those when I was a child in Peru, they had a black liquid just like coke. And it comes in different languages.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 6 years ago
Yo también! Aun me acuerdo del jingle del comercial 😁
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#19
A Collection Of Different Tracks And Footprints I Found On The Beach
Withnail 6 years ago
Birdy didn't like what it saw, so decided to go back.
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#20
This Kilo [Of Cocaine] My Mom Found Washed Up On A South Florida Beach This Morning
![This Kilo [Of Cocaine] My Mom Found Washed Up On A South Florida Beach This Morning](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/5c7f9b153f4ae_775k7yuot0p11__700.jpg "This Kilo [Of Cocaine] My Mom Found Washed Up On A South Florida Beach This Morning")
It has been turned over to authorities. Estimated street value was over $150,000
Georgie Smithers 6 years ago
Am I the only one who would seriously consider keeping that for profit?!
María Hermida 6 years ago
Don't touch it. Don't let anybody know it was you who found it and turned it over to the police. I don't think the drug dealers are feeling thankful!
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
Yeah, and if you see some weird looking dude lugging around a compressed air tank run like hell.
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#21
Found This Little Guy While Working On The Beach. He'll Have A 14ft Wingspan Within Two Years
Natalie Parsons 6 years ago
He did say he'll have a 14 ft wingspan within 2 years so I assume he did :-D
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Valerie Gibson 6 years ago
When I was scuba diving I accidentally brought one these little ones home with me. It had crawled into a large shell, so I just scooped it up and didn't find the baby until it was too late. I gave it to my biology teacher and he put into a preservative. Poor Oscar.
#22
Found This Rock Within A Rock On A Beach Walk
Withnail 6 years ago
Yo dawg I herd you like rocks so we put a rock in yo rock so you can rock while u rock
Paul K. Johnson 6 years ago
"See kids, when a daddy rock loves a mommy rock then.... details.... and then mommy rock has a baby rock inside her."
Carol Emory 6 years ago
Actually..it's an agate rock. If you smash it, most likely there will be crystals inside it.
#23
Rock I Found On The Beach
#24
This Piece Of A Whales Spinal Column That Washed Up On The Beach
The Slinkman 6 years ago
The Whale and i have one thing in common now ; both missing a spinal column.
#25
Found This Entire Watch Repair Kit On Curracloe Beach In Wexford, Ireland. It Was All In A Large Biscuit Tin. I’m Guessing It Washed Up There Sometime In The 70s.
#26
This Stack Of Pianos On A Beach At Low Tide
Orionpax75 6 years ago
This is in Blackrock Ireland some sort of promotional thing, for a piano or music store there's actually a pole and they were stacked on it. Name of the guy that did it is Danny Hughes
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Carson Lujan 6 years ago
B flat, E flat, and G flat walk into a bar. The bartender stopped them and said, “We don’t serve minors.”
The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
Seems like a waste of perfectly good pianos to me. Why not give them to people who wants to play but doesn't have enough money to buy a piano?
Ahnnah Newell 6 years ago
YES! I would love to have one to play, but I cannot afford one.
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stacey crosby 6 years ago
He does it on Stephen's day to raise money for charity. The man's a monster
Антон Христов(Anton Hristoff) 6 years ago
I can imagine 7 pianists standing on one another and playing in synchronization.
#27
My Brother Likes To Search For Shark Teeth On Beaches. This Was 6hrs Of Searching At Folly Beach Sc
earringnut 6 years ago
Unfortunately the tooth fairy will only pay you in shark money.
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Walter Cheego 6 years ago
Hey, thats where I live (for realz). I bet it's because they do a lot of beach rehabilitation (moving sand around) and always dredging to help build the beach back. Pretty cool!
Anita Proffitt 6 years ago
Part of my daughter's collection from Folly Beach. I have yet to find one. Shark-teet...3baad.jpeg 
#28
Saw This Awesome Toothless Kite On The Beach
#29
I Went To The Beach In La And The Magnetic Clasp Of My Bag Attracted Metal Fragments Out Of The Sand
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Hematite! It turns some beaches a deep purple/black color along the Great Lakes in the US.
AloofFox 6 years ago
Just ya know, the sand jumping up to greet your bag. Everyday stuff. Yep.
María Hermida 6 years ago
I think she may have sat on the beach and placed the bag on the sand next to her. The metal object must have been buried very superficially. She never said the objects jumped up.
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Yor Bo$$ 6 years ago
You can do that with normal sand, just put a magnet in the ground and move it around
Joanne 6 years ago
I'm totally gonna try that the next time I go to the beach.
Load More Replies... Антон Христов(Anton Hristoff) 6 years ago
That's quite common. In every beach big portion of sand particles are metal and not only beaches almost every kind of dirt.
#30
P-38 Found On Welsh Beach
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
That's "The Maid of Harlech", USAF Lockheed P-38F serial 41-7677, piloted by Second Lt. Robert F. Elliott who ditched it due to mechanical trouble on September 27, 1942 during a routine training flight. He survived the incident completely unharmed, but sadly, he was killed in battle a few scant months later during the Tunisian campaign. Usually the plane is completely buried by sand, but it has been unearthed by the shifting currents at least three times - in 1970, 2007 and 2014.
Carson Lujan 6 years ago
There’s a plane going down over the desert with only 3 parachutes on board. There are four people onboard, the smartest man in the world, the best doctor in the world, an old priest, and a young nerd. The doctor says, “People need me for my medical skills.” grabs the first parachute pack, and jumps. The smartest man in the world says, “People need me for my intelligence.” grabs a pack, and jumps. The old priest says, “I have lived a long and happy life. You take the last chute.” The nerd says, “Don’t worry. There are enough chutes for the both of us. The smartest man in the world just grabbed my backpack.”
Roberto Durante 6 years ago
if is a plane, it must be from WW2 , if you look at the shape of it, look like an old German messerschmitt
#31
Finding A Stranded Puffer Fish On The Shores
FatBaby 6 years ago
Could grab by very end of tail and throw back into ocean
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Bobbi Newell 6 years ago
Poor puffer. I have a soft spot for porcupine puffers, used to have them in our aquarium. They have very playful and curious personalities.
OI Loi 6 years ago
It it was alive I would try to find a way to put it back in the water. Maybe gently push it with a stick
Von 6 years ago
Can't they be picked up by the tail? I'm like you in this way. I hope that after selfie time they did the right thing to return it from whence it came. :,(
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Luca Giordano 6 years ago
what a disturbing smile does this man have. amazement for an animal that washed up on a shore is one thing.... but this guy looks like the dead strange fish is extremely funny.
Tucker Tuckingson 6 years ago
He looks surprised and kinda in awe to me, but you can;t really tell from a photo, maybe lay off the blame game until you know the full story.
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Scott Lloyd 6 years ago
It is definitely dead before this picture was taken. The eyes would be clear not cloudy if it was still alive. Poor little thing.
#32
Want To The Beach Right After It Had Snowed And Found Thousands Of Snow Balls Floating In The Water
Joanne 6 years ago
How did they get so big? Does the water around it stick to it because the snow is so cold?
stacyh 6 years ago
Yes, they form when pieces of ice break off a larger piece, then basically they're polished by the cold water and movement, and continue growing. We get them in Lake Michigan almost every year, they can be quite massive/
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Shull GaRett 6 years ago
Id say those are pretty freaking big hail balls if you ask me... glad i was not sunbathing there when the storm hit ;)
#33
Found Washed Up On Dillon Beach, California USA. Human For Scale, I'm 5'10"
Yettichild 6 years ago
This is actually a wooden float from anti-submarine/anti-torpedo netting used in WWII. I work on a military base up in Washington where the netting was made. We have these blocks all over base. A lot of them were reused for various things when they were no longer needed. We have retaining walls built out of them and they were also used on the shoreline to help control erosion. During the war the nets were put across bodies of water (Puget Sound here) to prevent japanese submarines from entering the near shore waters.
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
Thanks, Yettichild. I had no idea what that was.
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D.j. St John 6 years ago
Yeah... that b***h Rose... there was definitely room for Jack... I knew it!
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AnnieLaurie Burke 6 years ago
Just like that old Phil Harris song, "The Thing". Except that none of these finds would seem to lead their discoverers to eternal perdition.
Susanna Vesna 6 years ago
Oh, i would love to discover something cool, like a lost jewelry box, with vintage items. Doesnt have to be precious metals...Just old and aged, and that has seen some s**t! Im envious!
AnnieLaurie Burke 6 years ago
Just like that old Phil Harris song, "The Thing". Except that none of these finds would seem to lead their discoverers to eternal perdition.
Susanna Vesna 6 years ago
Oh, i would love to discover something cool, like a lost jewelry box, with vintage items. Doesnt have to be precious metals...Just old and aged, and that has seen some s**t! Im envious!
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