Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heading to the beach is about tanning in the sun, braving the waves for a refreshing swim, and finding that perfect souvenir while ...

When Mary Beth Beuke goes down to the beach, she sees things that you and I do not see. Where most of us find sand and stones and driftwood, she finds gems of green and blue and, on a good day, red ...

GLOUCESTER — Dave Valle, the bad boy of New England sea glass hunting, does not debate; instead, he attacks those he disagrees with, which is anyone he sees as cheating him, and all “purists,” out of ...

Mary T. McCarthy, a beachcombing expert and crack sea-glass detective, is flying out from Maryland this weekend to speak at the Santa Barbara Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival. She’ll discuss how to ...

OLD AIRPORT PARK — Beaches contain more than sand and lava, suntanning spots and shady places, sand castles and keiki-dug pits. In that human chaos there exists a world of treasures. ADVERTISING OLD ...

Eileen Crouse of Dowagiac literally loses sense of time when she steps gingerly along the Lake Michigan waterline, scanning tiny stones for things that sparkle best in the early morning or evening ...

Discover the many types of objects you may find in the sand — and where they come from Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the ...

While the classic image of a beachcomber as a scraggly, bearded man wearing tattered clothing and picking at flotsam and jetsam along the shoreline might seem cliche, it actually has its origin in ...