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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Two hours worth...


of beachcombing this morning! The most sea hearts I ever found at once :-D --- Went out with the metal detector early, found a few coins, but decided to go back out after seeing all the "stuff" that had washed up after last nights wind. Came back with all this! See penny at lower left to get an idea of the sizes.
Just above the penny are 2 sea burgers. The round pods along the top are sea coconuts. Even found a lotus pod, far right center.
A good day treasure hunting!

2 comments:

  1. At first I thought I was looking at pieces of chocolate. Some of them look like small peppermint patties. Interesting looking. Don't think I have seen anything like that at the beach.

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  2. They do look like chocolate! And they're like Easter eggs, fun hunting to hunt. These are cleaned up a little. A lot of times you can walk right past because they're covered with seaweed and junk. I still have to polish them up.

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Pit Beads

"Art in My Garbage" is a favorite theme I deamed up.
All that "stuff" in the trash-bin surely has another life as an "art supply" - Yesterday the discovery was date pits ;-D
They scrub up well, have a nice rustic, "woody" look and make great beads when drilled with a fine dremel bit. Have also just discovered "sea beans", along with the lovely shells on the Texas beaches. The teeniest bit of baby oil shines them up nice. Avocados, apple seeds, prune pits, etc. can all be used as well. http://www.beachbeans.com/bean_descriptions.html