Heading to the beach is about tanning in the sun, braving the waves for a refreshing swim, and finding that perfect souvenir while beachcombing. Finding seashells has always been a favorite pastime at ...

Heading to one of Florida's beaches for spring break? In between lounging in the sun and playing in the waves, you might want to add treasure hunting to your itinerary. Sea glass is one of the most ...

Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines, but ...

If you’re anything like me, you love everything to do with the beach. The thing I love the most is beachcombing and collecting natural treasures that the ocean has unexpectedly swept onto the coast.

My daughter Abby Campbell and I were walking on the beach in California in 2023. She stopped to pick up something that looked sort of like a bubble on top of the wet sand. It was a piece of sea glass ...

It may have slept at the bottom of the sea in a deteriorating hulk until rolled in a storm tide and set free to roam until it’s tumbled and ground on a gravel or rock beach, to float again and travel ...

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If you ever stumble upon a smooth piece of colored rock when shell-searching at the beaches, you may have discovered some sea glass. The trash-to-treasure beach find has collected quite a following ...

Picking sea glass is a popular Nova Scotia pastime and enthusiasts spend hours combing the province's beaches in search of the colourful, frosted shards, but few know their history. That's where Mike ...

Some believe they are mermaids — half woman, half fish — fairies of the sea. The Greek god Neptune, the controller of winds and storms, ruled the sea in tales of old. Mermaids were his maidens. If a ...

Sea glass, weathered glass found on beaches, is a rare and beautiful treasure sought by beachgoers. Florida's top sea glass beaches include Sanibel Beach, Captiva Island, and Hutchinson Island. Venice ...