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While most of us head to the beach for swimming or sunbathing, it has so much more to offer than just warm sand and cool water. If you keep an eye out and get a little lucky, you might stumble upon all kinds of treasures waiting to be found there.
These people certainly did and shared some of their most unexpected discoveries with the internet—and trust us, they’re far more exciting than your usual seashells. Scroll down to see them for yourself and upvote your favorites!
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#1
Free Coffee In Exchange For Some Rubbish
#2
Dinosaur Footprints On An Eroded Beach
#3
This Spanish Beach Has Showers For Dogs
#4
Yesterday At Kilkee Beach
#5
I Found These Fossil Sand Dollars At The Beach
#6
This Beach Has A Paved Path To Make It Accessible To Those Requiring A Bit Of Assistance
#7
I Found A Rock On A Beach That Looks Like A Beach On A Rock
#8
Sea Lions In My Hometown Sleeping On San Carlos Beach Due To Orca Sightings Nearby
#9
An Ancient Statue Or Deity Found On The Fife Coastline (Scotland)
#10
Rare Anticrepuscular Rays This Evening Over Miami Beach
#11
A Live Starfish On The Beach!
#12
I Found This At The Beach Today And I Thought It Was Some Kind Of Jellyfish With But It Confused Me Because It Has No Organs So I Googled It And Turns Out It's Actually An Egg Sac With A Bunch Of Tiiiiiiny Baby Snails In There
#13
Yesterday At The Beach A Wild Young Seal Came To Rest Beside Me
#14
[oc] A Kid Made This Crocodile At The Beach
![[oc] A Kid Made This Crocodile At The Beach](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/673316da7fc9c_beach-interesting-thing.jpg "[oc] A Kid Made This Crocodile At The Beach")
#15
Another Whole Bottle Today- South East England
Janissary35680 1 week ago (edited)
According to Google, the manufacturer went out of business before 1932. That bottle's been in the sea for a LONG time. Amazing that it survived intact.
#16
Last Night, Lightning Struck Dornoch Beach In Scotland, And That's How The Scene Looks Like After It
#17
Someone Built This Crab Shrine On The Beach
#18
Bagel Rock. Thank You Lake Michigan For Gifting Me This Massive Hag Stone On My 28th Birthday! Perhaps It’s A Chunk Of Weathered Brick? Perhaps It’s Naturally Occurring? Either Way, What A Delightful Find
TruthoftheHeart 1 week ago
I would actually consider taking that by your local museum it's not too uncommon for bagel or donut looking stones to end up being crude wheels made by early civilizations
#19
What Rip Current Looks Like
#20
A Really Tiny Coconut I Found On The Beach
#21
Mounted Police Taking Pictures At The Beach
#22
Finally Had The Opportunity To Witness These Chevron Folds In Person. Narooma Beach, Nsw
#23
This Beach Used To Have A Brick Factory On It, Now It's Covered In Weathered Bricks
#24
Pacific Football Fish Washed Up At Oregon Beach. Only 31 Specimens Have Ever Been Documented
#25
Took This Picture In The Philippines Near Puerto Princesa (Emerald Beach). It's A Blue Button Jellyfish
#26
My Dog's Footprints Leave Perfect Stripes When He Runs On The Beach
#27
Poison Bottle I Found On The Beach
#28
Sand Dollar Left A Trail On The Beach At Low Tide
#29
The Beaches Here In The Netherlands Have Free Sunscreen Dispensers
#30
My Friend Found This Bit Of Sea Glass On The Beach
#31
I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach
Brian Droste 1 week ago (edited)
I am glad that you recognize it for what it is. I would not have recognized it as that. I would have thought that it was cool looking though.
Lynn Donovan 1 week ago
So weird. In French a whale is called a baleine, and baleen is called a fanon.
GREYNOOK 1 week ago
filter-feeding system inside the mouths of baleen whales
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#32
Saw This Well Camouflaged Octopus Swimming Along The Shore At La Playa Beach In Point Loma
#33
Found What I Think Is A Fossil On A Jetty In Panama City Beach, Fl
#34
Florida Weather Station
#35
I Found A Whale Skull At The Beach With No Other Bones Around It
#36
I Found A Rock On The Beach With Glass In It
#37
Foster Beach Seconds Before They Evacuated
#38
Dobby’s Fan-Made Grave In The Precise Location Of The Film!
#39
This Bottle Of Vinegar Is Official First Aid For Jellyfish Stings On A Beach In Australia
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 week ago
Little b*****s are only about 1 cubic cm and hurt like holy hell if you get stung.
#40
So I Found This On The Beach At Low Tide. Feel Like I Should Be Doing Something
#41
I Found Something At The Beach That Looks Like A Real Life Topographical Map
#42
Beach Ball
#43
Dropped My iPhone On A Beach And The Magsafe Case Attracted Titanomagnetite From The Black Sand
#44
This Vendor At The Beach Uses Tank Tracks At His Stall
#45
Portuguese Man O' War We Saw On The Shore Of Grayton Beach, Fl
#46
The Shark Teeth Four Of Us Found After A Couple Hours At The Beach This Morning
#47
Found A Trail Of Jelly Fish At The Beach Yesterday
Janissary35680 1 week ago
"Follow the Jelly FIsh Road / Follow the Jelly Fish Road / Follow, follow, follow, follow / Follow the Jelly Fish Road."
#48
A Resort I’m At Has A Sign To Warn Tourists About Seals Sleeping On The Beach
#49
Someone Left A Door On The Beach
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What do you think ?
justme 1 week ago
Random question, is it generally a good or bad idea to try and get those jellyfish back in the ocean when you find them on the sand? I would want to help them if I found one but I have never been to a beach so...
UKGrandad 1 week ago
In general it's better to not intervene in nature. Sea creatures stranded on a beach provide food for many beachcombing animals.
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Bob Brooce 1 week ago
What do I think? That whoever wrote the headline for this list has no idea what "washed ashore" means. I was wildly confused until I clicked over to reddit after only a couple of the first dozen were things that might have actually washed ashore. Did somebody thinks "Cool stuff seen at the beach" wouldn't get as many clicks?
Maudelin 1 week ago
Agreed. They rarely know what words mean here. "Quirky" doesn't fit either.
Load More Replies... justme 1 week ago
Random question, is it generally a good or bad idea to try and get those jellyfish back in the ocean when you find them on the sand? I would want to help them if I found one but I have never been to a beach so...
UKGrandad 1 week ago
In general it's better to not intervene in nature. Sea creatures stranded on a beach provide food for many beachcombing animals.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 week ago
What do I think? That whoever wrote the headline for this list has no idea what "washed ashore" means. I was wildly confused until I clicked over to reddit after only a couple of the first dozen were things that might have actually washed ashore. Did somebody thinks "Cool stuff seen at the beach" wouldn't get as many clicks?
Maudelin 1 week ago
Agreed. They rarely know what words mean here. "Quirky" doesn't fit either.
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