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New England, Massachusetts

Rockport MA

Old Garden & Pebble Beach sea glass

Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Granite-quarry port and artist colony; a century of fishing-village refuse tumbles in the Cape Ann cobble pockets

Old Garden and Pebble Beach both written up in beach guides as reliable Cape Ann sea glass stops

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Slippery weeded graniteSurf surge on the ledges

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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