Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 1, 2025. Click here for that audio. Dave Lee Valle is a 'glasser,' or sea glass collector. He combs beaches for real sea glass, which is decades ...

If you’re anything like me, you love everything to do with the beach. The thing I love the most is beachcombing and collecting natural treasures that the ocean has unexpectedly swept onto the coast.

My daughter Abby Campbell and I were walking on the beach in California in 2023. She stopped to pick up something that looked sort of like a bubble on top of the wet sand. It was a piece of sea glass ...

Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines, but ...

Spring break season has officially commenced, with exhausted students and families around the country flocking to Florida to unwind by the beach. Despite the Sunshine State's reputation for rowdy ...

Heading to one of Florida's beaches for spring break? In between lounging in the sun and playing in the waves, you might want to add treasure hunting to your itinerary. Sea glass is one of the most ...

DETROIT — It may have once been part of a beer bottle. Or a vase. Or a Milk of Magnesia container. But after decades of being tumbled by water, after years of having its edges softened and rounded, it ...

Alison Monger has spent several decades combing the beaches of the South Shore for sea glass and the last few years making art with it. It started as a cathartic way to spend her free time after her ...

Sea glass is weathered glass smoothed by the ocean's currents, often found on beaches. Good places to find sea glass include rocky beaches, areas near inlets or historical sites, and near jetties.

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Sea glass enthusiasts, the Jersey Shore's got you covered. With many old hotels around the Shore, glass-making factories, historic shipwrecks and New York City a few miles north, the Jersey Shore has ...