Articles

Spotlight Artist: Mary T. McCarthy

Mary turned a creative idea into a business for people who can’t make it to the beach to comb for treasures.

Beachin’ Gear

Let’s take a look at what you should bring along on your next beachcombing adventure.

Beach Reads

Spending time on the shore changes the lives of the characters in these stories in ways they wouldn’t have imagined.

When a Handful of Sand is Priceless

How is it possible that a few fistfuls of sand could be worth $275,000?

Mudlarking: Buttons with Backstories

London mudlarks have found thousands of buttons on the exposed riverbed which came from medieval to modern times.

Beach art inspired by tradition: Isaura Marques

Isaura Marques is a beachcomber, artist, and painter inspired by the art from her home country of Portugal.

Deadly Beauties

The cone snail may look small and slow-moving, but it is one of the deadliest animals in the ocean, fatal even to humans.

Beachcomber Yoga Warmup

Yoga is a great way to get your body and mind ready for a beachcombing adventure.

Going with the Flow

What does yoga have to do with beachcombing one may ask? It combines twoof this beachcombers favorite activities.

What’s your favorite color of sea or beach glass?

It's a tie!

Exonumia

Tokens, badges, souvenir medallions, subway tokens, poker chips, tags, and similar items are objects known as exonumia.

Boat & Float Day

Winters in the Pacific Northwest are always exciting for the beachcomber hunting for glass fishing floats.

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Love all of the photos!

Highlight of my mailbox!!

I love LOVE my Beach Combing magazine - and eagerly await each issues arrival to my mailbox!!
Each issue is filled with beautiful pictures, informative articles and interesting places to explore. A “must have” magazine for any beach lover!!

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Beautiful pictures and great content!

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Smaller than expected

Great customer service even with a shipping glitch

I ordered a poster print that I wanted to give as a Christmas gift. There were several shipping glitches as the US Postal Service seemingly lost the package. The customer service team worked with me every step of the way to make sure the poster arrived in time for Christmas.

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I really like the magazine especially reading about beach glass and the pictures

Bonaire Article 1/25

Loved the photos and information in that article in particular.

Fun!

I love using my Sea of Colors Chart… fun names for the many beautiful colors of my sea glass:)

Cool Tool

This is a great tool to dig in the sand and piles of stones. It’s sharp so it can penetrate even hard packed sand. I do feel a little like Wolverine when I’m using it. LOL