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New England, New Hampshire

Rye NH

Sawyers & Jenness beaches

Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery
FossilsFossils

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

Why this spot

New Hampshire's short granite coast: summer-hotel era refuse and old wrecks feed sea glass into the rock pockets, with a drowned forest offshore

Sawyers Beach written up as NH's quiet sea glass spot; Beachcombing Magazine covers the Rye stretch and Jenness stumps

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cold surfSlick weeded rock, roadside parking on Route 1A

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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