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Here Are 30 Of The Most Interesting Things I’ve Found On The Beach While Looking For Treasures (New Pics)
I spend most of my days beachcombing and searching for sea treasures to make beach-themed jewelry.
While searching for seashells on the beach in Ankaran, Slovenia, I was finding a lot of glass, ceramics, old coins, silverware, and other amazing 100+-year-old finds. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
One of my proudest finds is a 200-year-old undamaged Maraschino bottle from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After finding it, I returned it back home to the Cosmacendi Palace, where the maker of the bottle once lived, and which is now the Museum of Ancient Glass! It was not only an incredible find, but also a bottle without any proof that it even existed.
I love using a piece of history in my jewelry and other creations that make it more special and one of a kind. If you are interested in my jewelry, you can find it on my Etsy.
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Sarah Laurent 5 years ago
Awwwwwww <3 <3 <3 A good reminder that we all start little #humility
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Colorful Sea Glass Beads, Sea Pottery, Seashells, Glass Buttons
Monika Rhodes 5 years ago
Omg, I need those red ones- never had a luck finding a red seaglass.
Maristella 5 years ago
It's very rare, this all was not found on the same day.. I wish I found more of the rare colors
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Amy Haydardedeoglu 5 years ago
I would have glass jars filled up with all these beautiful things all over my house because they are so pretty to look at you can waste hours just staring at them
Amy Winnett 5 years ago
when glass bottle shards etc are exposed to saltwater for too long they become like this with soft edges, can be very beautiful
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All Of The Bottles Were Found On The Beach
La Petite Morte 5 years ago
Wow, I'm jealous! The closest I ever got was finding a perfect half sphere of a Japanese fishing float on Jewel Beach on Kodiak Island, Alaska. I wasn't even on Fishing Float Beach!! The islands currents are situated such that certain things end up on certain beaches around the island. Jewel Beach is covered in sea glass, Fossil Beach has... well, fossils and dinosaur bones, especially aquatic fossils. Fishing Float Beach has lots of glass fishing floats, there's one beach with white sand (all the sand/ dirt on the island is black, courtesy of volcanic eruptions from Mt. St. Helens), there's a beach that has fossilized wood/ plants, etc. In 60 m on Jewel Beach I filled up a 3 gallon bucket with sea glass, and I was being picky!
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Thank you for the addition to my destination list:)
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JessG 5 years ago
Well, they obviously made 'corks', labels, and filled them up, so, maybe?
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Tiny Glass Piece With A Crown Design
Pauline Bennett 5 years ago
I have only seen a sea twice, but I live near a lake never had any great finds.
Maristella 5 years ago
With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
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A Star That Fell From The Sky Into The Ocean
Maristella 5 years ago
The admins changed my post a bit and added a lot of my Instagram pictures. I don't find starfishes in Slovenia.
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Tiny Pottery Pieces
Maristella 5 years ago
Ankaran, Slovenia. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
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Denise Mclean 5 years ago
Ready made business, just step outside on the beach. It is Glorious !
Kimberly Greenock 5 years ago
When I lived in Malaysia a few years ago I would walk up and down on every beach we went to. I have a huge collection of "ship wreck pottery". SE Asia is a really good place to finds it too. So many shipwrecks.
Pauline Bennett 5 years ago
For some of these especially the small Shells your eyesight must be terrific.
Maristella 5 years ago
Good eyesight, a steady hand, and a lot of patience :)
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Beatrice Multhaupt 5 years ago
Any place along the trade routes from China, Japan, or England. If a place is known for nasty storms, as is the north shore of the St-Lawrence River, you've got the spot. These are all from shipwrecks.
Tanja J 5 years ago
No, luckily this are not from shipwrecks. They are from the ship's trash. There are not a lot of shipwrecks in north Adriatic sea from where the collector is.
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Spoon Found On The Beach
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago (edited)
Sterling? The motif looks Egyptian, but most likely an American or European pattern.
Sue Grigg 5 years ago
Probably European and made during the Egyptian Revival period in the 1920a.
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Christina Smith 5 years ago
Now we know where aerial gets her gizmos and gadgets galore 🐳🐬🐟🐠🐋🦈🧜🏻♀️
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200-Year-Old Cosmacendi Maraschino Bottle
Floortje Zeebregts 5 years ago
Strange. That seal from #7 and #10 seems to be from the same bottle type. Are there so many of these in the water
Maristella 5 years ago
With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach. There were a lot of maraschino liquor makers (in the Austro-Hungarian Empire) that were making these turquoise bottles, each maker had his own stamp with his own name on it, but they were similar.
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Awesome Sea Pottery Find
Kimberly Greenock 5 years ago
This makes me want the sand in my toes and the sun on my back right now. I am a total beachcomber. I'd be there from sun up to sun down !!!
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Maristella 5 years ago
The admins changed my post a bit and added a lot of my Instagram pictures. I don't find starfishes and sand dollars in Slovenia.
Load More Replies... Kimberly Greenock 5 years ago
These are gorgeous!! Where I grew up it was only 40 minutes to Galveston Texas. I would walk up and down the coast and find shark teeth. I have a handful of teeny tiny ones and the way up to one the size of a quarter. I never knew till a Rice University professor walked up to me and explained that I had a handful of ancient (BC) petrified sharks teeth
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Different Treasures, All Found On The Same Day
Lisa loves cats 5 years ago
There’s a lil button that says buy now under the picture
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Tiny Sea Urchin
#14
A Very Interesting Piece Of Sea Pottery
#15
Stamp From A Glass Bottle
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Oh my. My favorite color, in sea glass or almost anything. With this design, it's too special.
Denise Mclean 5 years ago
I have spent tons of money on sea glass, piece for piece and nothing this incredible ever has crossed my path.
Maristella 5 years ago
some pieces may look new but that is because they were covered in the mud under the sea where they were not moved by waves between the rocks on the beach
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German Company Oberselters Mineral Water Bottle From 1860s
Maristella 5 years ago
I found a lot of these, it's amazing that the same company is now selling water but in plastic bottles.
Load More Replies... Maristella 5 years ago
yes! Also with these clay bottles, you could bring them back for a refill instead of buying a new one.
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Tiny Treasures
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Button From An Austro-Hungarian Marine Uniform
Maristella 5 years ago
I wish this piece would speak and tell the stories.
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sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago
Wonderful beauty in glass, fantastic that it is not Plastic !!!
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sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago
This hand holds some bits of history, too bad they can not talk !!!
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Tiny, Tinier, Tiniest
the_anime_man 5 years ago
how do u see this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????????????????/
#22
3 Pieces Of The Same Vintage Plate
Tom Verköuter 5 years ago
Even more amazing when you realize someone painted all this by hand. oh and : Birb ! :)
#23
Many Sea Pottery Pieces All Found On The Beach
Country Nana 5 years ago
That's it! I must go there for a vacation or two. Or three! I'm a fanatical beach comber!
Maristella 5 years ago
Let me know when you are here, I'll tell you the exact locations :D
Load More Replies... sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago
Some would see, familiar patterns, and may have, dishes in their cupboard !!!
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Rare Bottle Stopper Sea Glass Find
Matthew Daniel 5 years ago
I think she is saying the find is rare rather than the stopper itself.
PhantomBuni 5 years ago
Well, idiots aren’t either, so you shouldn’t be lonely.
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Found This Stunning Blue Piece
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Maristella 5 years ago
I agree :) these were the bottom pieces of bottles. The numbers mean how many milliliters were inside, that's why the bigger the number, the bigger the glass bottom is.
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Black Glass Buttons With Different Designs
Maristella 5 years ago
I can imagine someone having a chicken button on their shirt hahaha
Load More Replies... sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago
In history, buttons were made, from glass or wood, I think !!!
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Tea Party By The Sea
sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago
Yes, I have collected, many lovely stones, along sandy shores !!!
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A Big Piece Of Very Rare Turquoise Sea Glass
Felix Feline 5 years ago
Most sea glass is clear, green, and brown because most bottles are made in those colors. I've found a few blue pieces. Even more exciting is to find red or purple.
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
After living on the West Coast of #scotland for a long time I found many things on the shores (do not call them beaches or you are corrected), silver rings, silver watches, wallet containing £10, pebbles full of tiny sea creatures - and I was not even looking
#35
The Willow Pattern Is Used On Ceramic Kitchen And Housewares
Vincent Jay 5 years ago
This one is Chinese pottery. I wonder how it got to the beaches of Slovenia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Willow_Pattern
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Old Coins, Glass Buttons, Glass Beads And A Seal Stamp Plomb
Maristella 5 years ago
it was used to seal letters, so when they came to the recipient he knew that the letter was not open and read before coming to him
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Floortje Zeebregts 5 years ago
On the left is a white thing that definity looks like the leg of a tiny doll...
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Jo Choto 5 years ago
For me, this is the only joy of being on a beach, is to find such treasures. I especially enjoy the Gulf coast of Florida which has so many different prehistoric sharks' teeth, but I would love any beach where you can find beauties like these. I don't understand how people can just lie on a beach all day doing nothing!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree with you, I have never found shark teeth before.
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Catlady6000 5 years ago
Reminds me of my grandma's house. It was a bar/restaurant in the 30s and 40s. Every year we would dig the garden and find pieces of pottery and glass. I had the most fun digging in the dirt for treasure
Monika Rhodes 5 years ago (edited)
Loveeeeee. My favourite thing on the beach- seaglass finds and sea pottery. Never had a pleasure to find a red one tho. Do you have any red one for sale? x I got those blue ones and was so happy- normally just clear ones, green and brown :) The white disk was a treasure too- never found anything this round and frosted.
b l a n c 5 years ago
gosh these were all so beautiful! you're incredibly lucky to be able to go on mini adventures on the beach and come home with these amazing treasures. these pictures felt so magical, when i imagined all the places these curio's could've been to, and where they came from. thank you for sharing them! they were gorgeous :)
Floortje Zeebregts 5 years ago
Where is your beach? I definitely need to go there one day. I love to find tiny shells and collect Echinocyamus pusillus skeletons...
Zoe's Mom 5 years ago
It looks like this beach may have been a dumping ground years and years ago hence so much sea glass. There is a beach in California that has the same. There was a small town built by the cliff and folks discarded their garbage by dumping it over the cliff onto the beach/ocean. It's actually called Sea glass beach but so many artist found out about it and raided the beach of all it's glass.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
You are absolutely right. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
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Lisbeth Guz 5 years ago
While I found beauty in all your findings, it saddens me that we (humans) throw too much garbage to the ocean.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree with you... sometimes when collecting these "treasures" I think that in a way I am cleaning the beach :) At first, I started to collect these because I was sad to see little kids swimming and jumping around this "trash" and started taking them to the trash can until I learned how old these pieces were. Now I display them at home.
Load More Replies... Jo Choto 5 years ago
For me, this is the only joy of being on a beach, is to find such treasures. I especially enjoy the Gulf coast of Florida which has so many different prehistoric sharks' teeth, but I would love any beach where you can find beauties like these. I don't understand how people can just lie on a beach all day doing nothing!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree with you, I have never found shark teeth before.
Load More Replies... Catlady6000 5 years ago
Reminds me of my grandma's house. It was a bar/restaurant in the 30s and 40s. Every year we would dig the garden and find pieces of pottery and glass. I had the most fun digging in the dirt for treasure
Monika Rhodes 5 years ago (edited)
Loveeeeee. My favourite thing on the beach- seaglass finds and sea pottery. Never had a pleasure to find a red one tho. Do you have any red one for sale? x I got those blue ones and was so happy- normally just clear ones, green and brown :) The white disk was a treasure too- never found anything this round and frosted.
b l a n c 5 years ago
gosh these were all so beautiful! you're incredibly lucky to be able to go on mini adventures on the beach and come home with these amazing treasures. these pictures felt so magical, when i imagined all the places these curio's could've been to, and where they came from. thank you for sharing them! they were gorgeous :)
Floortje Zeebregts 5 years ago
Where is your beach? I definitely need to go there one day. I love to find tiny shells and collect Echinocyamus pusillus skeletons...
Zoe's Mom 5 years ago
It looks like this beach may have been a dumping ground years and years ago hence so much sea glass. There is a beach in California that has the same. There was a small town built by the cliff and folks discarded their garbage by dumping it over the cliff onto the beach/ocean. It's actually called Sea glass beach but so many artist found out about it and raided the beach of all it's glass.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
You are absolutely right. With some research, I found out that I find so many amazing historic items because in the past (around 100 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash in the sea. Over the years, with the waves and many storms, historic finds that are hidden under the mud in the sea wash up on the beach.
Load More Replies... Lisbeth Guz 5 years ago
While I found beauty in all your findings, it saddens me that we (humans) throw too much garbage to the ocean.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree with you... sometimes when collecting these "treasures" I think that in a way I am cleaning the beach :) At first, I started to collect these because I was sad to see little kids swimming and jumping around this "trash" and started taking them to the trash can until I learned how old these pieces were. Now I display them at home.
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