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Middle East, Istanbul

Istanbul

Princes' Islands / Marmara coves

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
MarblesMarbles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1800-1940

Beachcombing Magazine profiles Istanbul's lone documented comber: 300+ sea marbles and jars of glass from these shores - a marble beach, an agate beach, a big-glass beach, locations kept private.

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