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West, Washington
Seattle
Alki Beach glass drift
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Agates and jasperAlso reported: craft-grade frosted whites, browns, insulator blue, rare lavender.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Teerui (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Seattle's founding beach (1851) and century-old amusement shore, its Puget Sound drift still recycling city glass onto the sand
Beachcombing Magazine and Odyssey Sea Glass document frosted glass, milk glass, insulator blues, lavender pieces and sea pottery at Alki by named collectors
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold waterSlippery cobble at low tide, busy bike path
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