While most of us head to the beach for swimming or sunbathing, it has so much more to offer than just warm sand and cool water. If you keep an eye out and get a little lucky, you might stumble upon all kinds of treasures waiting to be found there.
These people certainly did and shared some of their most unexpected discoveries with the internet—and trust us, they’re far more exciting than your usual seashells. Scroll down to see them for yourself and upvote your favorites!
#1 Free Coffee In Exchange For Some Rubbish
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#2 This Spanish Beach Has Showers For Dogs
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#3 Dinosaur Footprints On An Eroded Beach
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#4 Yesterday At Kilkee Beach
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#5 I Found A Rock On A Beach That Looks Like A Beach On A Rock
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#6 I Found This At The Beach Today And I Thought It Was Some Kind Of Jellyfish With But It Confused Me Because It Has No Organs So I Googled It And Turns Out It's Actually An Egg Sac With A Bunch Of Tiiiiiiny Baby Snails In There
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#7 An Ancient Statue Or Deity Found On The Fife Coastline (Scotland)
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#8 I Found These Fossil Sand Dollars At The Beach
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#9 Sea Lions In My Hometown Sleeping On San Carlos Beach Due To Orca Sightings Nearby
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#10 A Really Tiny Coconut I Found On The Beach
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#11 A Live Starfish On The Beach!
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#12 Yesterday At The Beach A Wild Young Seal Came To Rest Beside Me
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#13 Rare Anticrepuscular Rays This Evening Over Miami Beach
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#14 Another Whole Bottle Today- South East England
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#15 Someone Built This Crab Shrine On The Beach
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#16 [oc] A Kid Made This Crocodile At The Beach
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#17 Mounted Police Taking Pictures At The Beach
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#18 This Beach Has A Paved Path To Make It Accessible To Those Requiring A Bit Of Assistance
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#19 This Beach Used To Have A Brick Factory On It, Now It's Covered In Weathered Bricks
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#20 Bagel Rock. Thank You Lake Michigan For Gifting Me This Massive Hag Stone On My 28th Birthday! Perhaps It’s A Chunk Of Weathered Brick? Perhaps It’s Naturally Occurring? Either Way, What A Delightful Find
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#21 Pacific Football Fish Washed Up At Oregon Beach. Only 31 Specimens Have Ever Been Documented
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#22 Finally Had The Opportunity To Witness These Chevron Folds In Person. Narooma Beach, Nsw
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#23 Sand Dollar Left A Trail On The Beach At Low Tide
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#24 Last Night, Lightning Struck Dornoch Beach In Scotland, And That's How The Scene Looks Like After It
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#25 Poison Bottle I Found On The Beach
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#26 I Found Whale Baleen On The Beach
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#27 My Dog's Footprints Leave Perfect Stripes When He Runs On The Beach
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#28 What Rip Current Looks Like
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#29 My Friend Found This Bit Of Sea Glass On The Beach
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#30 Found What I Think Is A Fossil On A Jetty In Panama City Beach, Fl
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#31 The Beaches Here In The Netherlands Have Free Sunscreen Dispensers
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#32 I Found A Whale Skull At The Beach With No Other Bones Around It
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#33 Took This Picture In The Philippines Near Puerto Princesa (Emerald Beach). It's A Blue Button Jellyfish
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#34 Saw This Well Camouflaged Octopus Swimming Along The Shore At La Playa Beach In Point Loma
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#35 Florida Weather Station
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#36 Beach Ball
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#37 Someone Left A Door On The Beach
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#38 Foster Beach Seconds Before They Evacuated
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#39 So I Found This On The Beach At Low Tide. Feel Like I Should Be Doing Something
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#40 This Vendor At The Beach Uses Tank Tracks At His Stall
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#41 Portuguese Man O' War We Saw On The Shore Of Grayton Beach, Fl
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#42 Dobby’s Fan-Made Grave In The Precise Location Of The Film!
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#43 I Found Something At The Beach That Looks Like A Real Life Topographical Map
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#44 A Resort I’m At Has A Sign To Warn Tourists About Seals Sleeping On The Beach
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#45 This Bottle Of Vinegar Is Official First Aid For Jellyfish Stings On A Beach In Australia
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#46 Dropped My iPhone On A Beach And The Magsafe Case Attracted Titanomagnetite From The Black Sand
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#47 Found On A Beach Near Tokyo
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#48 Found A Trail Of Jelly Fish At The Beach Yesterday
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#49 I Made A Lil Town At The Beach
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#50 Brighton Beach After The Storm
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#51 I Found A Rock On The Beach With Glass In It
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#52 The Shark Teeth Four Of Us Found After A Couple Hours At The Beach This Morning
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#53 Free Beach Wheelchair
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#54 “Treasures” On The Beach. By-The-Wind Sailors (Velella Vellela)/Blue Sail Jellyfish Washed Up After Rainstorm. They’re Beautiful
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#55 Found This Weird Vertebrae Laying In Tide Pools At The Beach
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#56 Found At Falcarragh Beach
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#57 These Clouds At The Beach Make It Seem Like The Sky Was Badly Photoshopped
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#58 Some Stuff From Bikini Bottom Washed Up On The Beach
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#59 Barleycove Beach (West Cork) Back In January
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#60 Unopened Can Of Coke From Japan I Found At The Beach In Alaska!
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#61 Long Spine Like Bone Found On A Florida Beach. About 3 Ft Long (Maybe Longer). Apparently, These Are Called Whelk Egg Cases
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#62 Could Someone Help Me Understand What On Earth Is Going On With This Rock? Found It At The Beach A Few Hours Ago. Never Seen Anything Like It
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#63 Vial Of Liquid I Found On The Beach
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#64 A Little Castle Made With Stones From The Beach, Achill Island
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#65 Rusted Iron Sphere With Hole Found On Irish Beach
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#66 Beach I Went To Had Lost Thongs On Display
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#67 Found A Small Head. Have No Idea How I Spotted This But I’m So Intrigued About Where The Rest Of Them Is Now
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#68 Found These Beautiful Little Creatures At Tecolote Beach Today
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#69 Convolute Bedding At Scripps Beach In San Diego
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#70 I Found A Beach Full Of Perfect Skipping Stones
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#71 Mystery Ceramic Or Porcelain Piece Found On Beach In Cancale, France
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#72 I Found A Humongous Vertebrae On The Beach
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#73 Southern Oregon Coast, Fossil Point. About A Mile North Of Charleston, And Along The Bay Beach
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#74 Pink Sand (Garnet) At Forno's Beach (Buzios, Brazil)
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#75 I Found This Wooden Object As I Was Standing On A Beach In Miraflores, Lima, Peru
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#76 Found 8 Different Colors Of Sand Within 10 Feet Of Each Other At The Beach
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#77 Something My Brother And I Found At The Beach
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#78 Kitsilano Beach, Bc. Cool Design On A Bottom Of A Bottle. My Best Find So Far
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#79 This Lizard Bit Me On A Beach In Naples, Fl
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#80 World War 2 Japanese Mini Submarine Wreck Still On The Beach On Adak Island, Alaska
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#81 Hundreds Of Dead Horseshoe Crabs Lay Belly Up On The Beach In Delaware
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#82 Found This Guy Crawling Through The Sand On The Beach In Co. Dublin Today
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#83 Dopped My Headphone At The Beach And It Pulled Iron Out Of The Sand
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#84 Fulgurite When Lightning Strikes Sand
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#85 This Rock I Found Washed Up On The Beach Is Almost Perfectly Square
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#86 Yes, We Have Vinegar Stations On Northern Beaches. No, They're Not There For Your Fish And Chips
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#87 Found On A Remote Beach In The Bahamas. Is This A Part Of A Plane Or A Boat?
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#88 Found In A Beach. The Person Who Found It Said It Was Seaweed, But It Kinda Looks Like Some Weird Animal Or Something... I Poked It With A Stick For A While And Some Parts Broke Off
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#89 Some Sort Of Gastropod Found On A South Wales Beach, UK
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#90 Found On A Rock During Low Tide At A Vancouver Island Beach
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#91 Beach Find On Pei, North Lake
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#92 On A Beach In Wales, Blue Fluid Coming Out Of It. Looks Like A Portuguese Man Of War
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#93 Saw A Car Buried At The Beach Today
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#94 Pompano Beach....2 Bad Bois
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#95 The Warnings On An Australian Beach
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#96 Found A Coconut Washed Up On The Beach In New England
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#97 A Live Sand Dollar I Found At The Beach
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#98 What Is This Thing My Friend Found In Australia On The Beach?
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#99 Found At Beach On Oregon Coast. Bunch Of Pinkish Balls Or Pods Grown Around A Branch. Looks Like Herring Eggs
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#100 Weird Fish. Found This Dead Fish On A Wicklow Beach And I've Never Seen Anything Like It. Picture Fish, The Fish Identifier App Hasn't A Clue
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#101 Green, Translucent Substance Found On Beach, Looks Like Glass But Has Gel Or Jello Like Consistency
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#102 What I Found On The Beach…
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#103 This Washed Up On The Beach. Is Very Heavy But Seems To Barely Float. It Is About The 3-4 Feet Long And Looks Like Fiber Glass On The Outside But Not Completely Sure
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#104 We Found Part Of A Bottle Of Poison. At Irvine Beach, Scotland
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#105 A Pile Of Bricks Left On The Beach
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#106 I’m At A Beach That Contains Lots Of Ferromagnetic Particles. After Putting My Phone Down I’m Surprised By This
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#107 I Found A Bank Card That Expired 21 Years Ago Lodged In A Rock At The Beach
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#108 What A Beautiful Beach Sunset
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#109 This Sign On Byron Bay That Lists All The Dangers On The Beach
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#110 Many Of These Washed Up On A Beach In Destin, Fl USA. They Are Squishy
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#111 Found This Large Piece Of Fulgurite On The Beach Today! #fulgurite When Lightning Strikes The Sand, These Rocks Are Formed. Also Found 3 Smaller Ones
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