Any of you hunt Beach Glass while detecting........

[dirtdigginlady]

I've heard that it can go for very high prices if you find the right piece. My niece said a friend of hers found a piece of red that she got 1K for right off the bat.

 

[BEACH HUNTER]

me and my wife collect it all the time...while I am out detecting I grab every piece I see!! I know you can sell it for a pretty good price per pound,,,never heard of a piece of red selling for $1,000 but its a sweet thought! I have a 100 pounds or more I have collected...every color you can think of ...the reds and cobalt blues are hard to find..lots of people making lovely jewelery out of the stuff..I got sea glass from every state on the east coast, plus Bermuda....maybe I'll get some new photo's of it to post.

 

[bdahunter]

I've been picking up sea glass while I hunted for years but never knew it had value until this past year. I know of a secluded beach that is knee deep full of sea glass, here in Bermuda and I have started to collect in a big way now that I know the value.

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[Cupajo]

Piece of red glass?

Are you sure it wasn't a ruby?

CJ

 

[Sand Scoop]

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[kak]

Beach glass is usually bottles that have been discarded in the ocean and washed up on shore where they break on the rocks. The pieces get rounded and buffed by the sand and wave action and get a frosty look. You can sometimes tell what part of the bottle it came from by the shape. It looks really nice in jewelery or mosaics.

The Japanese used to use thick glass balls for net floats and they would break off and float around the world. They are coveted prizes by beachcombers. I see them in flea markets probably manufactured locally. You can see impurities in the glass and it's usually thicker than the average bottle. I haven't seen lightning glass so I can't compare that.

I've also seen packages of "beach glass" in craft stores made by people with some bottles, a hammer and a rock tumbler. Another source of income for you clad hunters with tumblers, eh?

kak

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

humm this is interesting....
i wouldn't mind finding those emeralds or Ruby's that are rolling around
good luck
john

 

[JEAN IN MIAMI]

Do you care to share the value of that there "glass gold" with a seaglass newbee like myself?

Much obliged,

Jean

 

[BARKER]

Hi Folks; Wondering not onlywhatis it worth but where do you sell it??? Who buys it???? What does a 'good' piece look like.?? Any of it preiumed?? We await the replies; "As the plot thickens." so to speak. PEACE:RONB

 

[tidewalker2]

We get in NY too. Mostly browns, greens and clear with a nice light blue once in a while. HH Ed

 

[bdahunter]

Red, orange, yellow, blue and black are the rarest colours of seaglass, these are also the most expensive colours of seaglass. Real seaglass sells for between $30 and $50 per pound for the more common colours, white, green and brown. Specialty pieces in the rare colours fetch sky high prices. A red seaglass marble would fetch at least $1,000 for example.
There are numerous websites on the topic of seaglass if you are interested and there are several seaglass fairs held in the USA each year.

 

[dirtdigginlady]

Yeah but the experts know the difference between real sea glass and the kind people make. It's just broken glass that's tumbled in the ocean for awhile and gets smoothed out . They use it mostly for jewelry. I have found a few pieces but never tried to sell any.

 

[dirtdigginlady]

No it wasn't a ruby. It was just a piece of glass.

 

[BARKER]

Hi dirtdigginlady; Where can I find that dealer. I can get about 5 tons worth. Imagine the value on that??/ Just kidding. Best Wishes. PEACE:RONB

 

[bdahunter]

Hi dirtdigginlady; Where can I find that dealer. I can get about 5 tons worth. Imagine the value on that??/ Just kidding. Best Wishes. PEACE:RONB

Actually, I can get 5 tons worth. 10,000 lbs. x $20/lb wholesale = $200,000.00. Now what kind of boat should I buy with that kind of jingle?

 

[Cupajo]

When I take my daily beach combing walk I pick up sea glass as well as other stuff I find scattered along the water and high tide lines.

A couple of days ago I happened to check a recess in some boulders where I have often found various trash after a storm has tossed things up into the boulders.

This was the first time I looked there since the last blow a few days back.

I was startled to find this large serving dish, heavy side down stuck in the sand!

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It is frosted in appearance and I cant tell if it is from being washed about out in the water or if it was manufactured that way.

It has no chips or cracks and is pretty heavily made.

There is a mold mark where it was poured that indicates it is of poor quality.

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Just to give you an idea of it's size as compared to my 4 gallon beach combing pail.

I am totally mystified about how it may have come to be there and how it got there without being chipped or broken!

My most interesting beach glass find for sure!!

Regards Friends,

CJ

 

[BARKER]

Hi Cupajo; That sure is a strange but very nice find there. To bad it was not Waterford Crystal. Keep it up PEACE:RONB

 

[bdahunter]

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[Cupajo]

 

[youlostifound]

I found this nice unique piece with my White's Beachhunter ID300 detector a foot down! Taking Offers!