Almost skunked at the beach today

[treasurekidd]

The ground here in Rhode Island is pretty much frozen solid, so I got out this morning to a local beach at low tide. I was almost skunked today, finding only 1 clad dime, 2 crusty pennies, and a pouch full of #@$%! aluminum cans, pulltabs, screws and nails, and glass. When I got home, my wife looked at the junk before I threw it out, and kept some of what she called seaglass. Turns out old, sand worn beach glass is very popular for making crafts and jewelry, and sells pretty well on eBay. Clear, brown and green sell for less, but the rarer colors like blue, red, yellow, etc, etc, sell for a pretty good amount. I'm gonna keep piling some up during my beach hunts and see what it goes for at the end of the year. Maybe make a few bucks towards batteries, and if nothing else, clean up the beaches. Anyone else collect seaglass??

 

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[JakePhelps]

Nice seaglass! I collect it and put it in jars and let the sun turn it purple(if its old). My grandma had a great idea, she got a lamp with a clear base and filled it with seaglass and it looks wicked cool.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Love your post on seaglass.I have collected this stuff for years....the red is the most valuable...and I have yet to find one...Of course here, I get it from Lake Michigan...Beachglass..I have ?friends in Cuba ,Florida and California ?who sends it to me when they find a good piece...

 

[Dirtfishin]

I have a pretty good collection fo sea or beach glass from when I grew up in NY...
The beaches in FL are much cleaner and it's harder to find down here.
Red is the rarest and I have one piece I think, and then blue... I have a good amount of blue, I also have a whole coke bottle frosted naturally.

Love the lamp idea! Mine just sits in a bowl.

Kat

 

[TimmyNY]

Nice glass. I wonder if people would be interested in broken pottery for mosaics. I could pick up buckets of it at some of the cellar holes we hunt.

Tim

 

[dave-enc]

congrats on the sea glass tk, treasure is often where you find it, keep us posted
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[JakePhelps]

Broken pottery is soemtimes used in jewelry or pictures frames or mosaics. I have one really nice peice of red seaglass that has a neat checkered design on it.

 

[Sandman]

Seaglass is great and hard to find. You mostly find it digging something else. Don't forget the nice driftwood! There is a real market for most pieces you find. I once sold a piece in the parking lot while putting the detector away for the day. If I remember right I got $20.00 bucks for it. I bought a dinner that night.

Sandman

 

[trk5capt]

One Mans Trash is Another Mans Treasure. Best of Luck. trk5capt... 8)