The items you may stumble upon at the beach are usually nothing out of the ordinary. Apart from seashells, dead corals, and algae that washed ashore, you may also find rocks, pebbles, and, unfortunately, litter. 

However, some people come across interesting finds that you won’t see during a typical day by the ocean. We’re talking about oddly colored sea creatures, jewelry from eons ago, and eroded parts from what appears to be an ancient sea vessel, among many others. 

We’ve collected these images from the different corners of Reddit. Scroll through and upvote those that catch your eye!

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#1 7 Lb Piece. This Behemoth Came Out Of Lake Erie In March Of 2024. Prior To Finding This I Had Never Collected Sea Glass But Now It’s A Hobby For My Wife And I

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#2 35 Rings Found On The Beach

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#3 Hanging Out At The Beach

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#4 I Found This Small Chunk Of Driftwood On The Beach, However I’ve Never Seen One Like This Before. Apparently, It’s A Burl

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#5 Was Walking On The Beach For Some Exercise And This Tough Guy Beach Bully Decided That I Was Trespassing On His Territory

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#6 In 9 Years Of Diving Venice Beach, FL. My Best Meg Tooth Appears, 4.25 Inches. Took Out My Regulator And Kissed It I Was So Happy. Judge Me Freely, Don’t Care

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#7 Not Something You Find On The Beach Everyday

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#8 Abandoned Houses In Mirlo Beach, A Once Thriving Oceanfront Town On North Carolina’s Outer Banks

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#9 I Found A Door (And Nothing Else) On An Abandoned Beach

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#10 There’s An Exposed Coal Seam In The Cliff At My Local Beach

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#11 Snow On The Beach In Florida

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#12 My Amazing Find, The Sea Biscuit (Sea Urchin) I Didn’t Know What It Was. As Always, Google Helped Me Out

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#13 Every So Often I’ll Come Upon A Lobster Tail That Is Empty But Still Glistening In The Sun

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#14 Mother And Girlfriend Found This On The Beach Today. Any Idea What It Is?

geared4war:

Dofleinia armata, the armed anemone. Also called the striped anemone.

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#15 Sea Urchin Teeth I Found In Croatia Years Ago

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#16 Found This Cool Bottle On A Beach In Raritan Bay

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#17 These Things Washed Up On A Beach In East Australia, Anyone Know What It Is?

Redditor froguille replied:

“Blue glaucus (glaucus Atlanticus) I believe they’re also called blue angels. Only reason I know is I used to research sea slugs and sea cucumbers during my high school study halls…..”

User ActuallyAdrien added:

“All I can say is don’t touch!”

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#18 I Found This Thing On The Beach, But I Haven’t Seen Anything Like It In Real Life Or Online Before. It’s A Pin Cushion Starfish

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#19 Dropped My iPhone On A Beach And The Magsafe Case Attracted Titanomagnetite From The Black Sand

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#20 I Found A Bunch Of Baby Hermit Crabs Wrapped In Some Seaweed At The Beach

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#21 Glass Beach, California

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#22 This Washed-Up Jellyfish Looks Like An Iris

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#23 Pacific Football Fish Washed Up At Oregon Beach. Only 31 Specimens Have Ever Been Documented

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#24 Found This Little Guy While Working On The Beach. He’ll Have A ~14ft Wingspan Within Two Years!

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#25 Found A Large Metallic Cylinder On The Beach Of Husavik, Iceland. What Is This?

We asked around and it turns out that these are submarine detectors, nothing to worry about, no explosive inside!

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#26 What Happens When You Have A Mix Of Very Cold Temperatures, Sand, Snow, And Tidal Water From The Ocean? Frozen Sand Slabs On The Ocean City Beach

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#27 Wife And I Found This Today. No Idea What Is, But We Are Stoked

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#28 I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach

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#29 My Dog Found A Huge Bone At The Beach Today

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#30 Flying Cruise Ships Illusion (Fata Morgana) Spotted Today 23/06/21 On The South East Shores Of Cyprus

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#31 Sealed Glass Vial On The Beach

We found this small sealed glass vial with an orange liquid inside that had washed up on the beach in Scotland. Any ideas what it could be? Should I resist the urge to crack it open.

occasionalrant414:

It’s in too good a condition to be, but it sort of looks like the acid ampoules the British used on limpet mines and other demolition munitions during WW2.

They worked by being put into the detonation system, then being crushed. The acid would eat through copper wire (different thickness of wire slowed down or sped up the time). Once the wire split, the detonator would trigger and bang.

The ones I saw, admittedly years and years ago, were a bit flatter? I saw them in a museum in Portsmouth back when I was at college – 20+yrs ago. They came in a impact resistant case.

Can’t be, but looks similar.

Secret_Artist_8092:

The North Sea is full of WW2 weapons that were dumped.

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#32 Just Found This Tooth On The Beach

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#33 I Found A Fossil At The Beach Today

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#34 Ichthyosaur Paddle Bone Which I Found On Charmouth Beach, UK

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#35 The Beaches Here In The Netherlands Have Free Sunscreen Dispensers

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#36 This Buoy From The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Recently Washed Up On The Shores Of Ireland

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#37 What’s Left Of This Chimney On The Beach

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#38 What Is This Fiber/Sand Ball? Found Among Thousands Like It On A Beach In Spain. It Weighs Almost Nothing

User 4-me responded:
“Sea grass ball – send me some”
BrightestHeart added:
“That’s lovely. Aquatic tumbleweeds.”

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#39 Found This On A Beach In New Zealand- There Were Thousands Of Them At The High Water Mark. What Is It?

Anonymous:

it’s a bluebottle.

didnt sting you because a lot of them lose their tentacles when theyre washed up. theyre pretty common.

it seems to be attached to some pebbles and a Vellela.

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#40 Found A Shark Egg In Santa Barbara

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#41 What Is This Thing? Found On Jones Beach, NY, About 1.5-2 Inches At Widest Point

TheVambo:

European Water Chestnut (Trapa natans) seeds

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#42 Housemate Found This On The Beach By Our House In The South Of Ireland

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#43 Found Skate Egg Pouch On The Beach

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#44 Largest Seaweed Bulb I’ve Seen In The 15 Years I’ve Lived At The Beach

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#45 Found Purple Crown Jellyfish On A Beach On Western India

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#46 This Piece Of A Whales Spinal Column That Washed Up On The Beach

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#47 Sitting On The Beach When This Monster Floats By

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#48 This Really Intrigued Me. The Sand And Shells Were Embedded Into The Mask As The Ocean Integrated The Mask Into Its’ World

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#49 I Found A Whale Skull At The Beach With No Other Bones Around It

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#50 Quicksand Swallows Man At Lake Michigan Beach

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