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Check out these articles from past issues of Beachcombing and beachcomber videos from Beachcombing magazine, Beachcombing Club, and the Virtual Beachcombing Festival. Learn more about beachcombing, beach travel, coastal arts, and coastal living, plus fabulous finds from shorelines around the world.
Beachcombing Destinations
East Coast of the U.S.
- Boston: A Sight to Behold: Boston Harbor’s Spectacle Island
- Cape May, New Jersey
- Cape May: The Search for Cape May Diamonds
- Chesapeake Bay Treasures
- Chincoteague and Assateague: Wild Horses of the Eastern Shore
- Long Beach Island, New Jersey
- Maine: Sea Glass Dreams Really Do Come True
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- New Hampshire: Long Weekend on the Shortest Coastline
- North Carolina's Outer Banks
- Sea Glass Weekend Retreat
Great Lakes
- Beachcombing on Lake Superior (video)
- The Giant Blue Pickle
- Lake Erie’s Glass Giant
- Lake Michigan: Beachcombing on the Ancient Sea Floor
- Leland Blue Stones: Happy Having the Blues
- Michigan: Thumbs Up to Lexington
- Presque Isle State Park: Erie, Pennsylvania
- The Shipwrecks of Lake Erie
- Urban Beachcombing
West Coast of the U.S.
- California Beach Finder App
- Davenport, California
- The Ghost Forest
- Lincoln City, Oregon: Finders Keepers
- Nome Alaska: Beachcoming Bucket List
- Olympic Peninsula Odyssey, Washington
- Port Townsend, Washington
- San Francisco: A Night on the Bay
- San Juan Islands, Washington: My Love Story
- Santa Barbara, California
- Santa Cruz, California
- Pacific Road Trip (video)
- What's the deal with Glass Beach?
Gulf Coast
- A Shelling Momma from Florida
- Galveston Island, Texas
- Galveston, Texas: The Combing Report
- Sanibel, Florida: So much to shellebrate on Sanibel
Hawaii
Caribbean
- Best Friends’ Trip to Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Captain Ky the Sea Glass Guy
- Harmony and Flow in Puerto Rico
- Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico
- St. Croix, USVI: St. Croix’s Chaney
- West Indies: Treasure Trove of Black Glass
Canada
Europe
- Blackrock, County Louth, Ireland
- Destination: Cornwall, England
- Extreme Beachcombing at Shippersea Bay (video)
- In the Footsteps of Mudlarks: London, England
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Italy: Vetri Di Mare
- Mudlarking in London with Jason Sandy (video)
- Mudlarking We Will Go
- Beachcombing in Portugal
- Scottish Sea Pottery (video)
- Bucket List Destination: Seaham, England
- Seaham Sea Glass (video)
- Seaham, England
- Sea Star: Slovenia
- Wading for Treasures (video)
- Weekend in Half Moon Bay, Lancashire
- Weekend in the Western Isles
- Welcome to the Jurassic Coast
Asia
- Japanese Sea Glass - Christina Sawka (video)
- Russian Sea Glass Beach
- Vladivostok's Sea Glass Beach
Oceania
- Destination: Guam
- Sydney, Australia: Sisterhood of the Traveling Sea Glass
- Vanuatu: Sea Foam Treasure Trove
Africa
- Beachcombing in Morocco: The Sea is Secret
Worldwide
- 10 Best Glassing Beaches
- 10 Best Shelling Beaches
- Distinctive International Beach Finds (video)
- Haunted Lighthouses
- How to plan the perfect beachcombing vacation
- Planning a Beachcombing Getaway
- Shipwrecks You Can Visit
- Lighthouse B&Bs: They’ll leave the light on for you
Beach Arts
Arts and Crafts How Tos
- Beach Art Mosaic Workshop (video)
- Beach Craft: Drilling Sea Glass
- Beach Craft: Framed Beach Finds
- Beach Craft: Sea Glass Bowl
- Beach Craft: Sea Glass Bottle Lamp
- Beach Find Succulent Container Garden How-To Craft
- Beach Finds and Barn Wood Shelf Craft How To Tutorial
- Beach Finds Watering Can Wind Chime (video)
- How to make a sea shell tree
- How to bezel set sea glass
- Make a Flowerpot Lighthouse Tutorial
- Making Framed Art Using Epoxy
- Making Framed Beach Art (video)
- The Mermaid Apothecary
- Sea Glass Mosaic Sailboat
- The Sea Glass Necklace: 6 Different Ways
- Sea Glass Switch Plate Cover Craft How To
- Sea Glass Wire Wrap Tutorial
- Sharing the Aloha Spirit: Sea Glass Jewelry Making (video)
Home Décor
- 6 Ways to Use Sea Glass
- A Place to Shellebrate: Decorating with Seashells
- Endless Summer: Beach Decor for the Holidays
- The Beach Glass-ed Bathroom
- Beach Vibes: Coastal holiday décor
- Breezy Blue House
- Coastal Connection Home Décor
- How to Decorate with your Beach Finds (video)
- The Lasting Beauty of Vintage Sand Pails
- Sea Glass Gem in the Jewel Box
- The Sea Glass Home: In Perfect Color
- Show Off Your Beach Bling (video)
- Under the Sea Kitchen Design
Artists, Jewelers, and Artisans
- Beach Glass Quilt
- Beachcomber on Rose Street
- Eco Artists: Creating Art from Marine Debris
- Good Things Come in Small Packages
- In a Grain of Sand: Macro Sand Photography
- Mermaid and Pirate Art
- After the Storm: Mermaid Fiction Contest First Place Winner
- And her dance floor paved with ducats: Mermaid Fiction Contest Third Place Winner
- Products We Love: Beachcombing and Beach Decor Books
- Products We Love: Coastal Decor
- Products We Love: Kitchen, Bed, and Bath
- Remembering Old Nag's Head
- Spotlight Artisan: Allie McCathren
- Spotlight Artisan: Arlene Nebbia
- Spotlight Artisan: Elizabeth Roberts
- Spotlight Artisan: Jennifer Reed
- Spotlight Artisan: Kelly Abrams
- Spotlight Artisan: Kenneth Blaine
- Spotlight Artisan: Lori Castro
- Spotlight Artisan: Marylou Powers
- Spotlight Artisan: The Mermaid’s Box - Machel Spence
- Spotlight Artist: Sharon Clarke Haugli
- Spotlight Artisan: Signe Lawson
- Storming the Beaches
Out & About
Beachcombing Tips
- 18 signs you’re obsessed with beachcombing
- Beach Safety for Your Dog
- Beach Self Defense
- Beachcombing Etiquette
- Beachcombing Ocean Safety (video)
- Beachcombing Safety
- Best Beachcombing Gear
- Bring Out the Hidden Beauty of Seashells
- Dear Crabby: Advice from the Beach
- Dear Crabby: More Advice from the Beach
- Dear Crabby: Even More Advice from the Beach
- Reader Survey: Do you sit and dig or stroll and pick?
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- Gear for the Winter Beach
- How much is enough?
- Identifying Beach Marbles (video)
- Not Your Typical Gear
- Photo Tips for Sea Glass
- Products We Love: Out & About
- Rust in Peace: Cleaning Beach Metal
- Sea Glasspassing
- Reader Survey: What's on your beachcombing bucket list?
- Top 13 Items to Bring When Beachcombing
Beachcombing Stories
- Aye, a Selkie Wife, She Was
- The Beach Library
- Birth Glass, Seeding the Beaches
- Coke Bottle Blues
- Goddess of the Hunt
- Great Views from the Great Lakes
- Healing Gifts from the Sea
- The Irish Merrow
- I Want to Age Like Sea Glass
- The Lady of the Sea
- Lego Lost at Sea: The Sunken Cargo of the Tokio Express
- Lessons Learned: Lighthouse Keeper Harriet Colfax
- Letters from the Sea
- Letter to the Editor
- A Little Piece of Hope
- The Lorelei
- Lost and Found - 60 years Later
- Love Floats
- Mermaid Tales Throughout History
- Mermaid Tears & Other Salty Names
- Pirates and Buried Treasure
- Privy to History
- Saved by a Mermaid
- The Science Behind “The Beach is My Happy Place”
- The Sea Glass Collectors' Creed
- A Sea Glass Journey
- Sea Glass Dreams Really Do Come True
- The Sea Glass Mermaid
- Sea Glass Sunday
- Sea Glass Swap
- Shards
- Sharing Sea Glass for Good
- A Sisterly sea Glass Adventure
- A Sister’s Love
- They just kept coming…
- The Thrill of the Hunt
- The Thrill of the Winter Hunt
- Treasures in the English Chalk Streams
- Metal Detecting: Treasures in the Sands
- The Underwater Museum
- What I See in Sea Glass
- What is it?
- What Lies Beneath: Underwater Beachcombing
- Who Owns the Coastline?
- Window to Our Past
- Wipeout on the Jersey Shore: Mantoloking Stones
Community
Beachcomber Interviews
- Author Interview: Silke Stein
- Baubles and Bottles: Beachcombing for Kids, by a Kid
- Beach Clean Teens: Planning a Beach Cleanup
- Beach Glass Bill
- Beach-Found Game Pieces
- Beach Love: Heart-Shaped Beach Finds (video)
- Beachcomber Interview: Alan Rammer
- Beachcomber Interview: Fiona Dart
- Beachcomber Interview: Heather Ganis
- Beachcomber Interview: Leilani Yee
- Beachcomber Interview: Lyntaga Smith
- Beachcomber Interview: Mandy Peel
- Beachcomber Interview: Maren Lohmeyer
- Beachcomber Interview: Matthew Umbro
- Beachcomber Interview: Natalie Brooke
- Beachcomber Interview: Nicola McFarlane Young
- Beachcomber Interview: Nicole Lind
- Beachcomber Interview: The Shell Gang
- Beachcomber Interview: Terri Ryan
- Beachcombing Connections
- A Birder Discovers Glassing
- The Bride Wore a Mermaid Tail
- A Day at the Beach; A Year at the Beach
- Find Your Peace
- First Northern German Collectors’ Meeting
- Full of Beans: Sea Bean Collector Mike Ley
- Lake Michigan Sea Glass Collectors
- Survival, the soul, and sea glassing
Beachcomber Collections
- Confessions of a Shellaholic
- The Domino Effect
- Rainbow Connection: Beach Rainbows
- Sea Glass Showstoppers
History and Science
Mudlarking
- Mudlarking: Ancient Sacred River
- Mudlarking: The Art of Smoking
- Mudlarking: Bellarmine Jugs and Witch Bottles
- Mudlarking: Colored Glass & Georgian Bling
- Mudlarking: Colorful Glass Beads
- Mudlarking: Finding Londinium
- Mudlarking: Giving New Life to Historic Glass
- Mudlarking: Iron Age to Tudor Jewelry
- Mudlarking: Lost and Found Toys
- Mudlarking: Lost for Words
- Mudlarking: Lost Jewelry from the 17th through 20th Centuries
- Mudlarking: Modern Sacred River
- Mudlarking: The Mystery of the Thames Garnets
- Mudlarking: Pirates of the River Thames
- Mudlarking: Searching for Evidence of the Mayflower
- Mudlarking: Seal the Deal
- Mudlarking: Trade Tokens
Beach Glass and Pottery
- Ah, Those English Multis
- All About Ceramics
- The Birthplace of the American Glass Industry
- Blue Willow History and Lore
- The Chemistry of Colored Glass
- Clay Pipe Making: The Victorian Way
- The Codd Neck Bottle
- Dragon Glass
- Fascinating Cantonware
- Fire-King Glass on the Shores of Rhodes
- Fishing for Codd in the River: Codd bottles and Codd Marbles
- For the Love of German Sea Marbles
- Getting to the Bottom of It: Shard Identification of Bottle Bottoms
- The Glass Floats
- The Glass Menagerie
- Glassing Sleuth
- Historical Bottle Lip Shapes
- The Journey of Bonfire Glass
- Losing their marbles? The facts about beach marbles.
- Milk Glass: No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk
- My Indelible Love of Ink Bottles
- The Mystery of Sea Glass Strength
- Name Your Poison
- Neodymium Sea Glass
- The Origins of Murano Glass
- Railroad Marbles: Lake Michigan's Hidden Gems
- A Rainbow of Bottle Colors: Historical Bottles
- Red Glass: Why is it so special? And, why does it fascinate us?
- Schlitz Royal Ruby Red
- Sea Glass Identification (video)
- Sea Glass Pastels
- Sea Marbles: Holy Grail of the Beach
- Sherd or Shard?
- Spode China & the Titanic
- Sprite Delight
- Star-Crossed Lovers: The Blue Willow Love Story
- The Tale of Frozen Charlotte
- Through the Looking Glass: Maritime Glass as Sea Glass
- True Daffy’s Elixir
- Ultraviolet Sea Glass
- Using Bottle Maker Marks to Identify Your Sea Glass
Beachcombing History
- The History of Cairns
- The History of Coral Jewelry
- The Lost Colony (Found?)
- The (Not So) Fantastic Voyage
- Sunken Pirate City: The Port Royal Earthquake of 1692
- Tales of Whiskey and Ulysses S. Grant
- Unsuitable!
- The Very First Beachcombers
- What happened to Hoosier Slide?
Nature
Animals
- Amazing Beach Fossil Creatures: Shark Tooth Fossils
- Ambergris: Floating Gold
- Bioluminescence: Neon Glow From Below
- Bioluminescent Bays
- Bubble Shells
- The Chambered Nautilus
- Egg-citing Finds: Whelk Egg Casings
- Fossilized Urchins
- Hidden Beauty: Petoskey Stones
- Hidden Beauty: Quahog Shells
- Horseshoe Crabs: Over the Moon
- How to Identify Live Sand Dollars
- Identifying Florida Seashells
- Is That Scallop Shell Broken?
- A Jaw-Some Collection: Shark Tooth Fossils
- Lucky Stones
- Manatees: Lady of the Sea
- Mermaid's Purses
- Narwhals: The Sea Unicorn
- Pacific Northwest Fossil Concretions
- The Red Abalone
- Saving the Shoreline with Star Sand
- Sea Beans of South Texas Beaches
- The Seahorse
- Shark Eyes: The Cannibalistic Mollusk
- Shark Frenzy: Collecting Shark Teeth in Florida
- The Starfish (Is Not a Fish)
- Stone Crabs of Satellite Beach, Florida
- Top 10 Sanibel Sea Shells
- Wampum
- The World’s Most Expensive Seashell
Plants
Geology and Tides
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Great Lakes Geology
- The Book of Pebbles
- Changing Tides: Dude, Where's My Beach?
- Fulgurite: Beach Lightning
- Going with the Flow: How Tides Work
- Lake Superior Agates
- The Phenomenon of the Seiche
- Puddingstones
- Sandstorm: A Collection of Sands From Around the World
- Shoreline Erosion
- Splendid Sands: Microscopic Views of Beach Sands
- Introducing: Yooperlite
Conservation
- Beachcombers and Beach Pollution: Survey Results
- Beachcombing and Ocean Conservation
- The Big 4: Say No to Plastics
- Like Diamonds, Plastic is Forever
- Ocean Conservation How Can You Help?
- Plastic Buildup in Our Oceans
Resources and more
- Anatomy of a Bottle
- Beachcomber Tattoos
- Best Beachcombing Apps
- Best Beachcombing Books
- Beach Reads by Cindy Bilbao
- A Brief History of Glass Stoppers
- A Buying Guide for the Sea Glass Jewelry Consumer
- Carter Sea Glass Color and Rarity Guide
- Children's Beach Books
- Dear Crabby: Advice from the Beach
- Genuine vs. Fake Sea Glass
- Glassification
- Multicolored Sea Glass and Hartley Wood and Company
- Picture Perfect: Photo Submission Tips
- Pocket Guide to Seaham Sea Glass
- The Rarity Chart – Dissected
- Sea Glass and Beachcombing Defined
- Sea Glass Colors
- Sea Glass Lingo
- Tales of the Sea: Pirate and Mermaid Stories
- Test Your Beachcombing Knowledge
- Tips for Finding a Sea Glass Marble
- Tips for the Sea Glass Artist Studio
- Too Good to Be True: Identifying Fake Sea Glass
- What's Your Beach Personality?
- Why So Many Sea Glass Greens?
Beachcombing Festivals
- 9 Tips for Beach Festivals
- Ashtabula Harbor Beach Glass Festival
- The California Mermaid Convention
- Cayucos Sea Glass Festival
- Chesapeake Sea Glass Festival
- Driftwood and Sand
- The Eastern Shore Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival
- The First Sea Glass Festival
- Great Lakes Beach Glass Festival: Greatest Show on the Lakes
- Insider Tips for Festival Vendors
- Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
- Mermaid Tears Sea Glass Festival
- Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival
- North American Sea Glass Festival
- The Northeast Sea Glass Expo—Cape Cod
- The Northeast Sea Glass Expo—New Hampshire
- Santa Barbara: Queen of the Festivals
- Santa Cruz Sea Glass and Ocean Art Festival
- The Shell Show Must Go On—Sanibel
- You be the judge: The inside scoop on sea glass contests
Beachcombing Videos
Virtual Beachcombing Festival Speaker Videos
- Seaham Sea Glass - Paula Newman
- Scottish Sea Pottery - Nicole Lind
- Jewelry Found in the Thames - Jason Sandy
- Making Framed Beach Art - Kristin Batista and Virginia Whitted
- Sea Glass Identification - Richard Lamotte
- Distinctive International Beach Finds - Mary McCarthy
- Pacific Road Trip - Mary Beth Beuke
- Beachcombing Ocean Safety - JJ and Pat Caldwell
- Japanese Sea Glass - Christina Sawka
- Beach Art Mosaic Workshop - Mary McCarthy
Beachcombing Club Videos
- Wading for Treasures - Jane Eastman
- Sharing the Aloha Spirit: Sea Glass Jewelry Making - Marylou Forrest
- Identifying your beach marbles - Stephen Bahr
- Beach Finds Watering Can Wind Chime - Lori Julian and Mary T. McCarthy
- Mudlarking in London with Jason Sandy
Beachcombing Magazine Videos
- Extreme Beachcombing at Shippersea Bay
- Identifying Fake Sea Glass - 5 tips to spot fake beach glass
- Fun and Games - Toys, dominos, dice, marbles, and more
- Prehistory on the Beach - Beach Fossils
- Show off your Beach Bling - Display ideas from beachcombers around the world
- Beachcombrrr - Winter at the beach
Virtual Beachcombing Festival Collector Videos
- Floats of the Pacific - Tina Terry
- Antique Caribbean Sea Glass - Wiesy Lauffer
- Colors of Asli - Beachcombing paintings by Asli Ersahin
- Macro and Micro Views of the Beach - Splendid Sands
- Japanese Beachcombing - Tina Terry
- Bottles and Bits - Danielle Perreault
- Florida Seashells and Art - Amanda Collet
- Beachcombing on Lake Superior - Ann Primozich
- Tasmanian Sea Glass Stoppers - Fiona Dart
- Tiny Seashell Museum on the Sea of Cortez - Naomi Black
- Florida Seashells - Jaime Sawczyn
- How to Decorate with your Beach Finds - Christina Sawka
- Great Lakes Glowers - Tarah Hoffmann
- Beach Glass Beads - Mary T. McCarthy
Sea and Beach Glass Colors
- Red Sea Glass
- Blue Sea Glass
- Kelly Green Sea Glass
- Lime Green Sea Glass
- Teal Sea Glass
- Aqua Sea Glass
- Sea Foam Sea Glass
- Purple and Lavender Sea Glass
- Honey Amber Sea Glass
- Orange Sea Glass
- Pink Sea Glass
- Gray Sea Glass
- Black Sea Glass
- UV Sea Glass
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