Here are pictures from a recent trip to the beach. These show 3 pieces of sea glass as I found them. The first gives a better perspective: its from eye level. The other two were taken fairly close to the ground.
I move slow and deliberately, fearing I’ll miss something good. The kids move quickly and scan. We usually end up with similar amounts.
I’ve been spending some time experimenting with lighting and cameras, but unfortunately I haven’t found the right mix yet. I think I’m headed in the right direction and hope to have better images soon.
We may head to the beach this weekend. If so, I plan on getting some video for the site.
Stay tuned!
You may know from other sites that blue sea glass is pretty rare. For all intents and purposes, its the rarest of what we’ll find at our usual haunts. Red and orange may be rarer, but I’m (trying) not to hold my breath for one. If I do find one, it will be amazing, but I’m not disappointed (yet) that I haven’t.
I found this piece of sea glass under curious circumstances. First, I was at a location that we frequent only on vacation, even though its adjacent to “ol’ faithful”. Finding sea glass at this beach is a lot of work and the results aren’t usually great. Second, it was dusk and overcast. Said a better way, it was getting dark. Everyone has their own technique: in the water, sun from behind, into the sun, etc. Finding a piece of sea glass at dusk doesn’t suit my technique, at all. I was surprised that I recognized a blue piece of glass for what it was — and didn’t see it as just another black rock.
I mean this as an analogy and not as hyperbole. Having seen the cobalt color despite the waning daylight, I still saw the piece as fairly standard quality: a big blue “chip”. When I reached down to flick it out of the sand, I realized that what I had seen was only about 25%. Like an iceberg of sea glass, the bulk of the piece was under the sand, just above the receding water line. When I got my finger under it, and after I picked it up, I knew I had something special. I ran over to Grandpa (my dad) and showed him with the triumph of a kid 35 younger than I actually was!
As I’ve written here, the competitive nature of our sea glass hunting isn’t so strong anymore. That didn’t stop my wife and kids from groaning in disappointment that it was me that had brought home the “big one”. Perseverance counts.
As noted on the About page, I am re-launching a sea glass blog as a more developed sea glass site.
I’ve learned some things at work that should make this site even better. Hands on web marketing, applied to a “hobby site”, will make for a better user experience. WordPress is no small helper in this endeavor too. Its a great platform.
Given my hiatus at Treasure Glass, there is backlog of sea glass, and sea glass hunting stories, to share. One of my goals, however, is to showcase that sea glass with better photography. “As we find it” photos would be pretty cool, too.
The picture above is another view of the banner image. That’s worthy of a post itself!
Treasure Sea Glass 