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Hong Kong

Nim Shue Wan, Discovery Bay

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: drift debris.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

19th century Hakka fishing bay resettled in the 1940s, later a kaito pier and freight point for Discovery Bay with building waste discharge ramps in use until 2006

Old village, pier history and waste-ramp past verified via Wikipedia; beachcombing reputation not independently documented, treat as a prospect

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Boat traffic at the pierMixed construction debris in the substrate

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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