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The Jewel of the Moray Firth Lossiemouth is a good sea glass hunting destination, with West Beach the stronger of its two main beaches. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and black appearing occasionally, and turquoise, cobalt blue, and lavender among the rarer colours reported. Focus on the …
Dark Sand, Blue Water and an Industrial Ghost Abereiddy is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially across the dark mid-beach shingle and lower slate foreshore exposed as the tide falls. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua and amber appearing occasionally and cobalt blue, black, red and orange among …
Dylan Thomas’s Town and a Victorian Shipbuilder’s Shore New Quay is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting beach, with Dolau Beach and the harbour-wall margins the best places to search. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, and lavender among …
The Most Northerly Hunt in Wales Cemaes Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, with Traeth Bach on the western side of the harbour the main place to search. Green, brown, white, and aqua are the most common finds, with blue, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue and black among the rarer …
Where Lead Ore and the Celtic Sea Left Their Mark Aberystwyth is a fair sea glass hunting destination, with the best ground around the castle headland, Harbour Beach and the rockier margins of North Beach. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, …
Six Centuries of Harbour Glass in a Medieval Town Tenby is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting destination, with the strongest ground around Castle Beach and the harbour margins exposed at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, …
Hunting the Shore of Copperopolis Bracelet Bay is a fair but interesting sea glass hunting beach, especially around the pebble band, limestone gullies and lower rocky foreshore exposed at bigger tides. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, and lavender among …
Wales’s Victorian Tip Beach Morfa Beach in Conwy is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the shingle band and strandline below the former municipal tip. Green, brown, white and aqua are the most common finds, with blue, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender, pink and yellow also reported. It’s a more challenging hunt than …
The Granite City’s Coastal Secret Aberdeen Beach is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the southern groyne bays near Footdee and the harbour. White, green, brown, and aqua are the most common finds, with blue, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and grey among the rarer colours reported. It’s …
Scotland’s North Sea Corner Fraserburgh is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the pebble ridges and strandline near the Esplanade and towards the quieter Philorth end of the bay. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and red …