Beachcombing Volume 34: January/February 2023

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Volume 34: January/February 2023

This issue features a rainbow of beach-found hearts of all types: beach glass, seashells, agates, rocks, and fossils. Learn how to identify seashells of all types and all about elusive groatie buckie shells. Read about a helicopter rescue for two beachcombers, the disappearance of a beloved landmark in Florida, pirate sea glass, a beach find that was valuable enough to pay for a year of college, and more.

In this issue:

• The Hunt for Groatie Buckies, Jane Ross Potter
• The Truth about Pirate Glass, Kirsti Scott
• Vitrolite: A Different Kind of Glass, Nicole Lind
• Puffer Fish Mouth Plates, Peggy Campbell-Rush
• Mother Nature is in Charge, Amy Bentley
• Mudlarking: Buckle Up, Jason Sandy
• Galette des Rois, Kirsti Scott
• What the Shell? Identifying Seashells, Sarah Rosenbaum
• Glass Beach Rescue, Kirsti Scott
• Storm Surges, Alex Scott
• Destination: Port Townsend, Kirsti Scott
• What is that worth? Kirsti Scott
• Nuggets: Vitrolite finds from beaches around the world
• I Followed My Heart and It Led Me to the Beach, Heart-shaped finds from readers
• A Different Kind of Shell, Maxine Northam
• A Jumbo Find, Rachel Dube
• Look, Don’t Touch, Alex Scott
• Listening to Seashells, Sarah Leavesley
• Beach Reads, Cindy Bilbao
• Upcoming Events

On the cover: Sea glass stack with sea glass heart by Summer Vaughn

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