Bucket List Finds
By Melissa Arvilla
I have spent a good portion of my life looking down. Good thing. There’s a lot to find lying on or in the ground and shore. I found my first marble when I was nine and started beachcombing in third grade when I lived in California.
By my late teens, I had collected enough treasure to fill a small curio cabinet. I have collected so much, I now have two printer’s trays full of my favorite bucket list, historical, and unique finds, as well as many bottles and jars filled with my favorite beach glass, beach pottery, shells, rocks, beach beads, beach buttons, and more.
I have always wanted to write a bucket list, so about six months ago, I started prepping one. I began by adding photos of typical and my personal bucket list items to a new album in my phone titled “Bucket List Finds.”
It’s a constantly growing list, as I continue to take notes and add finds seen on YouTube and Instagram that I’d like to discover myself.
Take a look at the list below…what’s on your beachcombing bucket list?
Beachcombing Bucket List
- Arrowhead
- Ball Jar Insert Lid
- Barbie
- Bead
- Bead – Trade
- Bead – Wedding Cake
- Bone – Animal Skull
- Bone – Bird Skull
- Bone – Human Tooth
- Bone – Jaw Bone
- Bone – Tooth
- Bone Artifact
- Bone Toothbrush
- Bottle – Blue
- Bottle – Bonfire Bottle
- Bottle – Full
- Bottle –Tiny
- Bottle Bottom
- Bottle Bottom – Patterned
- Bottle Bottom – Red
- Bottle Neck
- Bottle Neck with Cork
- Brick
- Button
- Button – Bone
- Button – Naval/Military
- Button – Patterned Glass
- Cameo (piece)
- Cameo (whole)
- Capodimote
- Clay Pipe (whole)
- Clay Pipe Bowl
- Clay Pipe Stem
- Czech Glass Cracker Toy
- Dentures
- Die – Glass
- Die – Plastic
- Die – Porcelain
- Disney Figurine
- Doll House Dish
- Doll Shoe
- Faceted Glass Gem
- Figurine (piece)
- Figurine (whole)
- Frozen Charlotte (piece)
- Frozen Charlotte (whole)
- Frozen Charlotte Head
- Glass Bottle Seal
- Glass Doll Eye (piece)
- Glass Doll Eye (whole)
- “Gloucester” Finds
- Gold
- Insulator – Bonfire
- Insulator – Ceramic
- Insulator – Light Bulb (whole)
- Intaglio
- Jack/Chuckstone/Goby
- Jar – Blue
- Jar – Bonfire
- Jar (whole)
- Jewelry
- Kewpie Doll
- Key
- Lead Toy (piece)
- Lead Toy (whole)
- Lead Weight
- Lens (piece)
- Lens (whole)
- Lid – Canning
- Lid – Doll House
- Lid – Milk Glass
- Lid – Pickle
- Lid – Teapot
- Marble – Bennington
- Marble – Bonfire
- Marble – Clay
- Marble – Clearie
- Marble – Confetti
- Marble – German
- Marble – Glass
- Marble – Peewee
- Marble – Pink Glass
- Marble – Porcelain
- Marble – Shooter
- Marble – XL
- Mourning Button
- Neodymium Glass
- Porcelain Doll (piece)
- Porcelain Doll (whole)
- Porcelain Doll Arm
- Porcelain Doll Head
- Porcelain Doll Leg
- Ring
- Salt or Pepper Shaker
- Salt Pinch Pot
- Sand Dollar
- Seanis
- Shark Tooth
- Silver
- Slate Pencil
- Stopper – Apothecary
- Stopper – Ceramic
- Stopper – Glass Perfume
- Stopper – Large Fancy
- Stopper – Pink Glass
- Stopper – Swingtop
- Vintage Hairpiece
- Vintage Lure
- Watch/Pocket Watch (piece)
- Watch/Pocket Watch (whole)
Download a printable version of Melissa’s list
This article appeared in Beachcombing Magazine Volume 42 May/June 2024.
What's on your bucket list?
What's on your beachcombing bucket list? What top three things would you like to find on the beach?
