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Collecting Sea Glass
Collecting Sea Glass, Collecting Beach Glass, Finding Sea Glass
The Casual
Collector versus
the Serious Sea
Glass Collector
Here we take a few minutes to analyze what really goes into
collecting sea or beach glass as opposed to just liking sea glass and picking it
up while you are at the beach.
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This pretty much boils down to two parts: First, the emotional side.
Second, to intent, approach, and results. These two areas, of course,
are combined to form the experience of collecting sea glass.
Collecting
Sea Glass - For Everyone?
Any person can walk down a beach and find sea glass. It's fun, it's good exercise, the whole family can
participate, and it's like a treasure hunt - maybe you'll find a real
sea glass gem worth bragging about!
However, many people get a lot more
serious, and sometimes get hooked on this hobby. They go from being a
casual collector to a real enthusiast, even fanatical, sometimes after
just one or two experiences at the beach.
Be forewarned.
Collecting Sea Glass - What is the difference between the casual collector and the
serious collector of sea glass?
- A casual
collector
goes to the beach for vacation, a family outing, to walk the dog,
etc.
- The casual
collector is
there primarily for other activities.
- A serious
collector goes to the beach with the express purpose of looking for sea glass.
He/she arrives at the beach without having made plans to do anything
else except look for sea glass.
- The serious collector is
not there to enjoy the sun, scenery, family, or friends. He or she is
there to find sea glass (if possible and weather permitting, of course,
a serious collector appreciates these other factors but they are not of
primary importance).
- The serious
collector
will go to the beach rain, shine, snow, sleet, or hail; in fact, the
casual collector thinks this is a little fanatical.
- Approach:
- A casual
collector
looks around as they are involved in watching the kids (or the
parents), walking the dog, or hiking.
- When the casual collector
finds a
piece of sea glass, they admire it and put it in their pocket
or give it to the kids (or to the parent, friend, dog, but
hopefully not the baby).
- A serious
collector
arrives at the beach and immediately begins so scan the situation.
He/she notes the tide (high or low, rising, or falling), the weather
(whether to add or subtract clothes or put on the rain gear, etc), and
as fast as possible begins searching in the likely spots.
- In fact, the
serious collector has been seen scanning the ground in the parking area
and paths before getting to the beach. This action is optional. He/she
is not easily distracted.
- On reaching the shore,
he/she will begin examining and collecting sea glass and cover many, many square feet of ground and will be, for
all intents and purposes, lost to the world for long periods of time.
- (NOTE: Methods,
tips, and advice for serious
sea glass collecting are discussed further by other viewers like you in
Questions
and Answers and other pages of this site)
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