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East, New Jersey

Cape May Point NJ

Sunset Beach Cape May diamonds

Gem locality, tidal Documented siteLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Sea glassSea glass
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: banded pebbles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: clear quartz pebbles washed from Pleistocene gravels concentrate on the Delaware Bay beach by the wreck of the concrete ship Atlantus

Two centuries of documented collecting; the stones were traded by the Kechemeche and are still cut and sold locally as souvenirs

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Strong bay currents near the wreckSummer crowds

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

Check access and collecting rules for each site.
Sunset Beach NJ: Cape May diamonds & sea glass0 km away · Tidal foreshore
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Cape May (Atlantic resort at the peninsula tip)6 km away · Tidal mudflat
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Cape Henlopen quartz pebble beaches20 km away · Mineral locality
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Lewes DE: Roosevelt Inlet (wreck flagged)23 km away · Tidal foreshore
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