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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 …
A Proper North-East Gem Stonehaven is a good sea glass hunting beach, with the strongest ground around the rocky Cowie end and the shingle banks near the Cowie and Carron Water mouths. Green, white, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and …
Northumberland’s Hidden Gem Boulmer is one of Northumberland’s stronger sea glass hunting beaches, especially for experienced hunters who work the reef edges, rock pools and pebble ridges around lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and turquoise, cobalt blue, black, and pink among the …
Harbour Town, Shipwreck Cove and Three Beaches Worth Hunting Ilfracombe is a good sea glass hunting area, with three different beaches worth searching: Wildersmouth, Raparee Cove and Hele Bay. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, cobalt and occasional rarer colours also reported. Lower tides are especially useful because they …
Sandy Cove, Palmerston Forts and Five Centuries of Naval History Bovisand is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rock-pool margins, coarser shingle at the back of the cove and the old landing-stage area exposed at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, …
A Medieval Harbour with Six Centuries of Trade in the Shingle Port Isaac is a fair but atmospheric sea glass hunting spot, especially around the harbour-side shingle, slipway edges and rocky pockets exposed as the tide falls. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and cobalt …
An Ancient Port with Centuries of History in the Shingle Watchet is a good sea glass hunting beach for intermediate hunters, especially on the rocky foreshore immediately east of the harbour and across the wider shingle-and-rock shelves exposed at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and …
Silver Mines, Smugglers and Two of North Devon’s Quietest Beaches Combe Martin and nearby Hele Bay are both worth hunting for sea glass, with the best ground around Hele Bay’s shingle and rock pools, the rocky margins towards Blythes Cove and the pebble-and-crevice terrain at Newberry Beach. Green, brown and white are the most common …
Slate Cliffs, a Vanishing Beach and Glass from a Working Heritage Coast Trebarwith Strand is a good sea glass hunting beach for experienced hunters, especially around the slate rock platforms, crevices and rock-pool edges exposed at lower water. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black and …