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East, Delaware
Bowers Beach DE
Shipwreck glass shore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea glass
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: driftwood.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Old fishing town at the Murderkill and St. Jones river mouths whose maritime museum credits Delaware Bay shipwrecks for the glass that washes its beach
Listed as a Delaware sea glass beach in travel press, with the Bowers Beach Maritime Museum documenting the wreck sources; no named find logs seen
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Greenheads in summerFast tidal current at the river mouths
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.