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I Spend Days Looking For Sea Treasures On The Beach And Here Are 38 Most Interesting Things I’ve Found
I spend most of my days beachcombing and searching for sea treasures for making sea-themed jewelry. I am not only searching for seashells and corals, but also for rare sea glass and sea pottery.
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 in the past lived the maker of the bottle and 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 makes it more special and one of a kind. If you are interested in my jewelry, you can find it here!
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#1
Tiny Sea Treasures
Final score:
414points
#2
Tiny Seashells
Final score:
318points
#3
200-Year-Old Cosmacendi Maraschino Bottle
Final score:
299points
#4
Deep Purple Is One Of The Rarest Sea Glass Colors
Final score:
290points
#6
German Company Oberselters Mineral Water Bottle From 1860s
Final score:
249points
#8
Some Of The Bottles Found On The Beach
Final score:
210points
#9
All Pieces Were Found On The Beach
The 3 different plates that I placed together, the cup with the initials AC, a saucer for the cup and a silver spoon with the initials BM.
Final score:
195points
Reilly Beryll 5 years ago
Croissants are common food for mermaids. Made with magical properties that allow the bread to resist the water of the sea. Further proof that the mer exist!
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Lara Iloiu 5 years ago
I use pieces from broken plates to make jewelry, these would be perfect for that! And it's a nice way to recycle stuff.
Quentin РЯЕUVOТ 5 years ago
You cannot say that. This croissant seams industrial :) but the rest of the table is lovely
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Maristella (Submission author) 5 years ago
The did not fit perfectly, but I tried my best ;)
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Victorian Art Glass Vase From The Second Half Of The 19th Century
It has an applied trail of blue rigaree citrine glass trailing around the vase and lovely silver design of a branch with flowers, leaves and acorns.
Final score:
189points
#11
Cobalt Blue Bottle With A Moon And A Star
It was probably once used for powders.
Final score:
181points
Alexandru Bucur 5 years ago
This is definitely an apothecary bottle of some description, because, at the time, cobalt-blue bottles like this were typically used for poisonous substances. The star-and-crescent would suggest Turkey, but of course, it was a widely used symbol, specifically because it suggested "oriental-ness". For all we know, this bottle could have been made in down-town Graz...
#12
Found This Stunning Blue Piece The Other Day
Final score:
177points
#13
The Bottle With Healing Water Made From The Melissa Herb
This beautiful bottle, with the words "Melissa Dei C Scalzi" on one side and "Venezia" on the other, is the famous "l’Acqua di Melissa". I have contacted the so-called barefoot Carmelite Fathers of the Venetian Province and they have told me that this bottle was made in the early 1800s
Final score:
167points
Nadine Elizabeth Gibbons 5 years ago
It looks like the stopper was pushed right in and is in the bottom
#15
Glass Stamps From 200-Year-Old Maraschino Bottles
Final score:
165points
#16
When You Find A Rainbow Sea Glass Piece On The Beach
Final score:
139points
#17
Blue, Green, Aqua, Turquoise, Seafoam, Navy... So Many Shades Of The Rare Color Blue
Final score:
139points
#19
Luigi Dejak Beer Bottle From The 19th Century
Final score:
133points
Alexandru Bucur 5 years ago
Pola, which is now in the next country... Still amazes me how diverse the old Austro-Hungarian Empire was... which is why it ever stood a chance in the modern day. Just before the war, in 1912-13, the House of Deputies had to be dissolved twice, because delegates of different ethnicities (which each spoke their own language as a point of pride and there were no translators) would start fighting on the floor of the chamber and pull all kinds of shenanigans to impede their opponents, such as the Czech Radicals showing up one day with a small steam engine attached to a whistle from a locomotive. It was said that the citizens of Vienna, who could attend the sessions, would consider it better than the circus...
#20
Old Pharmacy Bottles
The number showed the amount of millilitres in the bottle
Final score:
125points
#21
150+ Years Old Stamp From A Luxardo Maraschino Bottle Zara
Final score:
120points
#22
Vintage Nail Polish Bottle With A Little Bit Of The Original Nail Polish
The liquid dried up but it still trapped inside.
Final score:
115points
#23
Half Of A French Plate From The 1860s
Final score:
114points
Douglas Campbell 5 years ago
The style looks to be transfer English blue flow. Is it stamped 'fabriqué en France'?
#24
Bullet!
The 8×52mmR Mannlicher cartridge was first introduced in 1888 for the Mannlicher M1888 rifle. It was made in and also used by the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1888 to 1890.
Final score:
114points
Alexandru Bucur 5 years ago
Hah. I have one of those as well, from 1891 (and yes, that makes it pretty rare, because this kind of ammunition was theoretically superseded by the "M.1890 scharfe Patrone" 8X50R semi-smokeless round one year earlier, but obviously they kept producing them for at least a bit longer), found in the ditch of the "Alba Carolina" fortress in Alba Iulia. It's weird to think that, until 100 years ago, we would have been in the same country, to the extent that, when my great-grandfather fought the Italians in the Isonzo Campaign, one of the battles he took part in was that of Caporetto, which is now Kobarid in Slovenia...
#25
Sometimes Searching For Tiny Treasures Leads You To A Treasure Chest Full Of Gold
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Final score:
111points
#26
Beautiful Texture On This Glass Bottle Bottom
Final score:
109points
Sofia Bellavista 5 years ago
You have a great eye for details, for aesthetics and photography! Well done!!
#27
Two Sided Sea Pottery Piece
Final score:
107points
#28
Surprise! I'm Engaged To The Beach
Final score:
104points
theo james 5 years ago
🎶the sailors say brandi you're a fine girl what a good wife you would be!🎶
#29
German Clay Mineral Water Bottles From 1860s
Final score:
101points
Nadine Elizabeth Gibbons 5 years ago
I wonder if this is where the name alka seltzer comes from - the dry powder added to water to ease the stomach and sooth the head.
#30
Victorian Rummer Glass
Final score:
100points
Alexandru Bucur 5 years ago
It's an interesting thing that we ended up calling objects from the late 19th century "Victorian" generically, even though here, in the ol' K.u.K. Empire, we had Emperor Franz Joseph at the time and queen Vicky was a ways away... But then again "Josephian" doesn't really roll off the tongue, so maybe it's for the best?
#31
Stunning Sea Glass Piece With The Number 150 On It
Final score:
99points
#32
This Blue Sea Glass Piece Reminds Me Of Bubble Wrap
Final score:
79points
#33
Embossing On The Seal Says: Romano Vlahov Zara
Final score:
79points
Alexandru Bucur 5 years ago
Apparently, people in that area drank a lot of Marashino liquor back in the day...
#34
Shell In A Shell In A Shell
Final score:
77points
#35
Collecting Beautiful Sea Glass For New Unique Pieces
Final score:
75points
#36
Searching For Sea Glass Is Just Like Searching For Rare Sea Treasures
Final score:
74points
#37
M Like Maristella - Beautiful Sea Pottery Piece
Final score:
61points
Sophie Warner 5 years ago
Have you seen the work of a Scottish artist which was recently shown on Bored Panda (but now seems to have vanished, it was at "https://www.boredpanda.com/i-find-surf-tumbled-pottery-shards-on-the-beach-and-make-them-into-unique-pieces-of-artwork"), who turns shards of sea pottery into the inspiration & part of illustrations?
#38
Gorgeous Turquoise Sea Glass Piece
Final score:
60points
Janice Stohlman 5 years ago
where do you beach comb? i do not think you are in the USA. i like to go to sanibel, florida to search for treasures. i live on an island called galveston, texas. we also have shells, but no treasures like you have found. thank you for sharing.
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K. LNU 5 years ago
I am walking along the wrong beaches! lol I have found sea glass, but most of mine probably came from Budweiser or Corona bottles. (meh)
Mer 5 years ago
If I lived near a beach, beachcombing is all I would ever get done. You have no idea about what you'll find and the mystery of "that next great find" would drive nuts, lol. Gorgeous pieces and those teeny tiny shells are truly miracles made real.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I am on the beach everyday, till sunset :D As you said, the excitement and the "what will I find next?" really do have a huge impact.
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Bobbi Newell 5 years ago
I'm jealous that you have access to such an interesting beach, and am convinced that you live in some magic realm - the shells look like pieces of candy, the bottles remain intact, and even the shards retain their beauty! Ok seriously, it's awesome that you seek out all those lost treasures, and then take the time to find out their history. Thank you for sharing your finds with us!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much for taking the time to read the article and comment, it truly means a lot. It's a lot of fun not only searching for treasures like this but also learning more about the history of the pieces. Have a wonderful day!
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Candice Ravel 5 years ago
I found a breast implant at the shoreline during a beach cleanup. My first thought was I wonder what happened to the rest of her. I literally got the booby prize for weirdest item found that day, lol!
Sunzilla 5 years ago
I've never seen anything such as these on South African beaches. To have a treasure trove like this you need to scour beaches of old countries where people have lived next to the see for hundreds of years. Consider yourself lucky. xx
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you! I am very lucky indeed :)
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Krystine Patterson 5 years ago
Maristella, I love this post, probably the best I've seen in a while. Thank you so much for sharing these treasures
FloC 5 years ago
It is very poetic that you see the beauty in all those little pieces of glass. I like the arrangement you made for the photos as well.
Diver Driver 5 years ago
I love walking the surf and I agree with your comments really every find is a treasure.
Sarjana Lastname 5 years ago
i think you has to ask or other vise arrange courses, happenings on this themed: sea decors, jewels and cleaning beach. Might be inspiring and you would also get new ideas from others. curse would give tools and materials (clue, camera, what ever) to work whit these objects. And to take it further if course has persons who has good commercial ideas collect and sell your items, so that it would be more effective. One collects and other make items example and chage partsw.... it would be nice if it gose international organization for the sea and beach. Museums too participate, they can keep lectures from small pieces from old objects, that would be informative and very intelligent program, civilize people about trash, everything is nnt trash, these are part of history. Philosophically is no such thing than trash:) GOOD WORK WELL DONE, finally i can say it here, is quite awfull site :(
Brooke Wagner 5 years ago
It's so exciting to see what all you can find just on a beach! It's a wonderful collection to have things from the past! I'm very surprised at how much people can leave behind, and the impact it can make on the people who find it!
Kyana Winter 5 years ago
These are wonderful! I would not have your patience. What exactly is the process of beachcombing and do you use any technology you use to find things?
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you! There is nothing special going on than taking a long walk by the beach and searching for seashells, sea glass...
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Sharon Palmer 5 years ago
There must be so many shipwrecks close to your beach, your finds are amazing and beautiful
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
You are right :) In the past (200, 100 years ago) Italian ships would come to this spot and dump trash. Over the years, the mud and the sand covered the trash. Now, after a storm, many pieces like glass bottles, pottery plates, silverware... wash up on the beach. Thank you!
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John Louis 5 years ago
Sort of a modern day Treasure Hunting. Sounds like world's of fun and discovery. Congratulations!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
It truly is a lot of fun! Thank you!
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Zaheen Muhammad 5 years ago
Beautiful. It's so satisfying to see how the sea has softened the glass edges and I loved all the colours. Thank you for sharing.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Yes! That's so amazing! Thank you for commenting!
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MN Free Spirit 5 years ago
When I was a child we always went to the ocean and I had quite the collection of seashells and sea glass, I really never forgave my parents for making it "disappear" when I got older. I would spend hours looking for glass, that was my favorite to collect. Thank you for bringing back such great memories.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much for sharing your story! Have a wonderful day!
Load More Replies... Nadine Elizabeth Gibbons 5 years ago
Hi Maristella, what wonderful finds you have, where do you search for them - I have heard that sea glass tends to wash up on only some beaches in the world. I would love to beachcomb around the mediteraenean.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, I find it here in Ankaran, Slovenia because in the past Italian ships would come here and dump trash... that's why after a storm, I find many 100, 200-year-old treasures. Have a wonderful day!
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Todd Chesser 5 years ago
I grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida and due to the fact that there is a shelf about 60 miles off shore, very little in the way of shells or glass turn up. I lived in Chicago though, and I would spend hours on the shore of Lake Michigan finding all sorts of great pieces of sea glass. I filled bowls of it. I took a look at some of your creations and have to say they are lovely. Thank you for such creativity.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing your story!
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Diane Phillips-Herman 5 years ago
Chances are you will find more interesting stuff on the other side of the world. America is still to young to have such treasures in their water. Beer bottles are about it.
Lyone Fein 5 years ago
These are all so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing some of your finds with us. What body of water are your beaches on?
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much, glad you like it! It's near Adriatic Sea - Ankaran, Slovenia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s14jToPvoQg)
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Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much, glad you like it! It's Ankaran, Slovenia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s14jToPvoQg)
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Melody Lanzatella 5 years ago
OH! Ive just gone to your Etsy shop and I have been there! I have you under my favorite shops, and I remember being there! I want MANY things, just havent had the $$ yet!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much for your kind words! You can follow me on Facebook and Instagram to watch out for sales! Thank you!
Load More Replies... Melody Lanzatella 5 years ago
ALL so incredible! How long have you been doing this?? The accompanying info is much appreciated!! I love history! I think it is so incredible that you returned that item to a museum in it's country! Most would sell it! Im sure most of this is worth a lot of money!!! Going to go jewelry shopping right now!! LOL!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much for your kind words! I have been searching for sea treasures for about 4 years now... in the past (200, 100 years ago) Italian ships would come to this spot and dump trash. Over the years, the mud and the sand covered the trash. Now, after a storm, many pieces like glass bottles, pottery plates, silverware... wash up on the beach. You are right, the bottle was worth a lot of money but I decided to rather donate it... good karma :)
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Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much! Glad you loved it!
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Hinchess 5 years ago
Lovely photos of your treasures. May I ask about your jewelry please? Are the shells loose inside the clear case or fixed? (Do they move around inside and change position?) Is the case glass or plastic? Thank you.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much for your kind words! The shells inside most pieces do not move (I like making it that way so that the shells don't crumble because of moving and hitting each other over time).. the cases are glass and not plastic. Have a wonderful day!
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Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree with you! It's sad that in the past, ships would come in and dump trash here :(
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Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
Nice finds! I used to spend a lot of time hunting treasures by the sea when I was younger, but I don't think I ever found anything beyond stones, shells and rounded glass - shards from modern day bottles.
The Frog 5 years ago
The beaches we go along we find the most wonderful treasures (depending on the tide and year) a beached 17th century oak remnants of a ship, and another one not far from it but on a smaller scale, it's in Westward Ho!, Devon, England, on the other side of the beach lots of driftwood comes up to shore, some of the most striking smooth looking bits of wood you will ever see.
The Frog 5 years ago
Of course, Westward Ho! Is famous for its pebble ridge (it goes on for miles) and you can find anything we have some lovely little pebbles of different shapes and sizes.. do check it out though, you won't be disappointed :-)
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Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
It's in Ankaran, Slovenia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s14jToPvoQg (English Captions are available)
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Jasmine Sunflower Laake 5 years ago
All of these beautiful glass bottles and pottery are from before plastic came to be. Previous generations before us left behind things we find in the ocean that are beautiful, and now we are the ones who leave behind the garbage found in the ocean :(
2-10-11 5 years ago
But it was still garbage when they dumped it, maybe some day a plastic pepsi bottle will be someone's treasure
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Lauren Baker 5 years ago
Stunning! I never knew you could find such incredible things at beaches! It is amazing how the bottles aren't broken! If I lived near a beach, I would love to go hunting for sea glass and such! Wow!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
That amazes me too! They are probably buried under the sand and the mud... so after a storm, there are so many intact finds.
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Grazina Strolia 5 years ago
I thought "sea glass" was a term for glass *made by* the sea, like when lightning strikes and fuses sand? Nonetheless, GORGEOUS finds and photography!!!!!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
hahahaha when I first hear of seaglass, I had the same idea :)
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electricblue 5 years ago
This was so satisfying to look at. I never knew the beach had such treasure. Now I want to go to a beach and spend all day looking for this stuff.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree, I love going to the beach... never knowing what will I find next :)
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CultOfBambi 5 years ago
Maristella, thanks for sharing! It must be so exciting, never knowing what amazing treasure you'll find when you head down to the beach. Do you have an issue with plastic washing up there too?
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much! I find all of these treasures because in the past (50 - 200 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash... that's why after a storm, many wash up on the shore. There is not a big issue with trash and plastic :)
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Rachael Marrast 5 years ago
I live near lots of beaches. I guess my summer will be combing the beaches for treasures. I love all of these finds. :) Great article.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much! It really is a lot of fun!
Load More Replies... Reilly Beryll 5 years ago
These are absolutely beautiful. I love them!!! Thank you for showing these!
Ed Lesperance 5 years ago
All we have in Hawai'i is glass flotation balls from Japan, sunset shells, fishing nets and tons of microplastics. IMG_0389-5...eef3f1.jpg 
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I understand that it's hard to imagine finding all these things on the beach... In the past (200, 100 years ago) Italian ships would come to this spot and dump trash. Over the years, the mud and the sand covered the trash. Now, after a storm, many pieces like glass bottles, pottery plates, silverware... wash up on the beach.
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M O'Connell 5 years ago
There is a woman by the name of Nicola White in the UK who also makes glass artworks from glass turned up in the river Thames. I really wish we would stop using so much pastic packaging. It will stay around just as long as glass, but it will never become anything so beautiful.
Mellisa Adler 5 years ago
This reminds me of YouTube Nicola White mudlarking on the Thames. Check it out🐙
K. LNU 5 years ago
I am walking along the wrong beaches! lol I have found sea glass, but most of mine probably came from Budweiser or Corona bottles. (meh)
Mer 5 years ago
If I lived near a beach, beachcombing is all I would ever get done. You have no idea about what you'll find and the mystery of "that next great find" would drive nuts, lol. Gorgeous pieces and those teeny tiny shells are truly miracles made real.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I am on the beach everyday, till sunset :D As you said, the excitement and the "what will I find next?" really do have a huge impact.
Load More Replies... Bobbi Newell 5 years ago
I'm jealous that you have access to such an interesting beach, and am convinced that you live in some magic realm - the shells look like pieces of candy, the bottles remain intact, and even the shards retain their beauty! Ok seriously, it's awesome that you seek out all those lost treasures, and then take the time to find out their history. Thank you for sharing your finds with us!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much for taking the time to read the article and comment, it truly means a lot. It's a lot of fun not only searching for treasures like this but also learning more about the history of the pieces. Have a wonderful day!
Load More Replies... Candice Ravel 5 years ago
I found a breast implant at the shoreline during a beach cleanup. My first thought was I wonder what happened to the rest of her. I literally got the booby prize for weirdest item found that day, lol!
Sunzilla 5 years ago
I've never seen anything such as these on South African beaches. To have a treasure trove like this you need to scour beaches of old countries where people have lived next to the see for hundreds of years. Consider yourself lucky. xx
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you! I am very lucky indeed :)
Load More Replies... Krystine Patterson 5 years ago
Maristella, I love this post, probably the best I've seen in a while. Thank you so much for sharing these treasures
FloC 5 years ago
It is very poetic that you see the beauty in all those little pieces of glass. I like the arrangement you made for the photos as well.
Diver Driver 5 years ago
I love walking the surf and I agree with your comments really every find is a treasure.
Sarjana Lastname 5 years ago
i think you has to ask or other vise arrange courses, happenings on this themed: sea decors, jewels and cleaning beach. Might be inspiring and you would also get new ideas from others. curse would give tools and materials (clue, camera, what ever) to work whit these objects. And to take it further if course has persons who has good commercial ideas collect and sell your items, so that it would be more effective. One collects and other make items example and chage partsw.... it would be nice if it gose international organization for the sea and beach. Museums too participate, they can keep lectures from small pieces from old objects, that would be informative and very intelligent program, civilize people about trash, everything is nnt trash, these are part of history. Philosophically is no such thing than trash:) GOOD WORK WELL DONE, finally i can say it here, is quite awfull site :(
Brooke Wagner 5 years ago
It's so exciting to see what all you can find just on a beach! It's a wonderful collection to have things from the past! I'm very surprised at how much people can leave behind, and the impact it can make on the people who find it!
Kyana Winter 5 years ago
These are wonderful! I would not have your patience. What exactly is the process of beachcombing and do you use any technology you use to find things?
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you! There is nothing special going on than taking a long walk by the beach and searching for seashells, sea glass...
Load More Replies... Sharon Palmer 5 years ago
There must be so many shipwrecks close to your beach, your finds are amazing and beautiful
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
You are right :) In the past (200, 100 years ago) Italian ships would come to this spot and dump trash. Over the years, the mud and the sand covered the trash. Now, after a storm, many pieces like glass bottles, pottery plates, silverware... wash up on the beach. Thank you!
Load More Replies... John Louis 5 years ago
Sort of a modern day Treasure Hunting. Sounds like world's of fun and discovery. Congratulations!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
It truly is a lot of fun! Thank you!
Load More Replies... Zaheen Muhammad 5 years ago
Beautiful. It's so satisfying to see how the sea has softened the glass edges and I loved all the colours. Thank you for sharing.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Yes! That's so amazing! Thank you for commenting!
Load More Replies... MN Free Spirit 5 years ago
When I was a child we always went to the ocean and I had quite the collection of seashells and sea glass, I really never forgave my parents for making it "disappear" when I got older. I would spend hours looking for glass, that was my favorite to collect. Thank you for bringing back such great memories.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much for sharing your story! Have a wonderful day!
Load More Replies... Nadine Elizabeth Gibbons 5 years ago
Hi Maristella, what wonderful finds you have, where do you search for them - I have heard that sea glass tends to wash up on only some beaches in the world. I would love to beachcomb around the mediteraenean.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, I find it here in Ankaran, Slovenia because in the past Italian ships would come here and dump trash... that's why after a storm, I find many 100, 200-year-old treasures. Have a wonderful day!
Load More Replies... Todd Chesser 5 years ago
I grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida and due to the fact that there is a shelf about 60 miles off shore, very little in the way of shells or glass turn up. I lived in Chicago though, and I would spend hours on the shore of Lake Michigan finding all sorts of great pieces of sea glass. I filled bowls of it. I took a look at some of your creations and have to say they are lovely. Thank you for such creativity.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing your story!
Load More Replies... Diane Phillips-Herman 5 years ago
Chances are you will find more interesting stuff on the other side of the world. America is still to young to have such treasures in their water. Beer bottles are about it.
Lyone Fein 5 years ago
These are all so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing some of your finds with us. What body of water are your beaches on?
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much, glad you like it! It's near Adriatic Sea - Ankaran, Slovenia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s14jToPvoQg)
Load More Replies... Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much, glad you like it! It's Ankaran, Slovenia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s14jToPvoQg)
Load More Replies... Melody Lanzatella 5 years ago
OH! Ive just gone to your Etsy shop and I have been there! I have you under my favorite shops, and I remember being there! I want MANY things, just havent had the $$ yet!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much for your kind words! You can follow me on Facebook and Instagram to watch out for sales! Thank you!
Load More Replies... Melody Lanzatella 5 years ago
ALL so incredible! How long have you been doing this?? The accompanying info is much appreciated!! I love history! I think it is so incredible that you returned that item to a museum in it's country! Most would sell it! Im sure most of this is worth a lot of money!!! Going to go jewelry shopping right now!! LOL!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much for your kind words! I have been searching for sea treasures for about 4 years now... in the past (200, 100 years ago) Italian ships would come to this spot and dump trash. Over the years, the mud and the sand covered the trash. Now, after a storm, many pieces like glass bottles, pottery plates, silverware... wash up on the beach. You are right, the bottle was worth a lot of money but I decided to rather donate it... good karma :)
Load More Replies... Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much! Glad you loved it!
Load More Replies... Hinchess 5 years ago
Lovely photos of your treasures. May I ask about your jewelry please? Are the shells loose inside the clear case or fixed? (Do they move around inside and change position?) Is the case glass or plastic? Thank you.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much for your kind words! The shells inside most pieces do not move (I like making it that way so that the shells don't crumble because of moving and hitting each other over time).. the cases are glass and not plastic. Have a wonderful day!
Load More Replies... Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree with you! It's sad that in the past, ships would come in and dump trash here :(
Load More Replies... Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
Nice finds! I used to spend a lot of time hunting treasures by the sea when I was younger, but I don't think I ever found anything beyond stones, shells and rounded glass - shards from modern day bottles.
The Frog 5 years ago
The beaches we go along we find the most wonderful treasures (depending on the tide and year) a beached 17th century oak remnants of a ship, and another one not far from it but on a smaller scale, it's in Westward Ho!, Devon, England, on the other side of the beach lots of driftwood comes up to shore, some of the most striking smooth looking bits of wood you will ever see.
The Frog 5 years ago
Of course, Westward Ho! Is famous for its pebble ridge (it goes on for miles) and you can find anything we have some lovely little pebbles of different shapes and sizes.. do check it out though, you won't be disappointed :-)
Load More Replies... Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
It's in Ankaran, Slovenia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s14jToPvoQg (English Captions are available)
Load More Replies... Jasmine Sunflower Laake 5 years ago
All of these beautiful glass bottles and pottery are from before plastic came to be. Previous generations before us left behind things we find in the ocean that are beautiful, and now we are the ones who leave behind the garbage found in the ocean :(
2-10-11 5 years ago
But it was still garbage when they dumped it, maybe some day a plastic pepsi bottle will be someone's treasure
Load More Replies... Lauren Baker 5 years ago
Stunning! I never knew you could find such incredible things at beaches! It is amazing how the bottles aren't broken! If I lived near a beach, I would love to go hunting for sea glass and such! Wow!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
That amazes me too! They are probably buried under the sand and the mud... so after a storm, there are so many intact finds.
Load More Replies... Grazina Strolia 5 years ago
I thought "sea glass" was a term for glass *made by* the sea, like when lightning strikes and fuses sand? Nonetheless, GORGEOUS finds and photography!!!!!
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
hahahaha when I first hear of seaglass, I had the same idea :)
Load More Replies... electricblue 5 years ago
This was so satisfying to look at. I never knew the beach had such treasure. Now I want to go to a beach and spend all day looking for this stuff.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I agree, I love going to the beach... never knowing what will I find next :)
Load More Replies... CultOfBambi 5 years ago
Maristella, thanks for sharing! It must be so exciting, never knowing what amazing treasure you'll find when you head down to the beach. Do you have an issue with plastic washing up there too?
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Hi, thank you so much! I find all of these treasures because in the past (50 - 200 years ago), Italian ships would come here and dump trash... that's why after a storm, many wash up on the shore. There is not a big issue with trash and plastic :)
Load More Replies... Rachael Marrast 5 years ago
I live near lots of beaches. I guess my summer will be combing the beaches for treasures. I love all of these finds. :) Great article.
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
Thank you so much! It really is a lot of fun!
Load More Replies... Reilly Beryll 5 years ago
These are absolutely beautiful. I love them!!! Thank you for showing these!
Ed Lesperance 5 years ago
All we have in Hawai'i is glass flotation balls from Japan, sunset shells, fishing nets and tons of microplastics. IMG_0389-5...eef3f1.jpg
Maristella (Post author) 5 years ago
I understand that it's hard to imagine finding all these things on the beach... In the past (200, 100 years ago) Italian ships would come to this spot and dump trash. Over the years, the mud and the sand covered the trash. Now, after a storm, many pieces like glass bottles, pottery plates, silverware... wash up on the beach.
Load More Replies... M O'Connell 5 years ago
There is a woman by the name of Nicola White in the UK who also makes glass artworks from glass turned up in the river Thames. I really wish we would stop using so much pastic packaging. It will stay around just as long as glass, but it will never become anything so beautiful.
Mellisa Adler 5 years ago
This reminds me of YouTube Nicola White mudlarking on the Thames. Check it out🐙
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