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Central & East Europe, Jūrmala
Jurmala
Majori-Dzintari beach, Gulf of Riga, Latvia
Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glass
Amber
Old bottlesAlso reported: kopeck-era metal oddments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Tsarist-era bathing resort for Riga and St Petersburg society from the 1870s, wooden villa quarter behind the dunes; Dzintari literally means 'ambers'
Resort era well documented; amber finds recorded on Jurmala beach as recently as Feb 2022, resort-era glass a reasonable but undocumented companion find
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Beach cleaning removes material fast in season
thin ice at waterline in cold snaps
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.