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East, Maryland

Hoopers Island MD

Workboat shore glass

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass

Also reported: red brick frags, oyster-house crockery, shells.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Remote Dorchester County island chain of watermen's villages whose eroding bay side gives up sea glass, brick and packing-house crockery

Named a favorite beachcombing spot by Chesapeake Bay Magazine for sea glass, brick and shells near the creek mouths

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Dense phragmitesDeep mud, biting flies, flood-prone causeway road

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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