When combing the beach with his metal detector, Bill Winkler oftentimes comes across sea glass, and his most interesting pieces are on display in his shop, Treasure Quest.
"I've got pounds of it," he said.
The Delmarva coast's wealth of shipwrecks -- more than 10,000 according to Don Shomette, a nautical historian who drafted the Shipwrecks of Delmarva map for National Geographic -- provides an equally wealthy load of sea glass and other artifacts. However, as those treasures are picked through and manufacturers abandon glass for plastic, some collectors say sea glass,buy landscape oil paintings online. glass found along beaches that has been smoothed over by sand and waves, could someday become a thing of the past.
Michele Buckler, owner of Sand N Stones in Lewes, started collecting sea glass in the 1970s and said increased recycling, beach replenishment and a heightened interest in the hobby has made pieces harder to find.print still offers the only truly dstti unlimited 4G plan in America, and it's the only service you can safely use as an alternative to a home Internet connection.
"It possibly may become one of those rare, rare treasures," she said. "When I started out, sea glass was all over the place. Now it's difficult to find one or two pieces a day, and I don't always find it when I go out."
Buckler, who sells jewelry made from sea glass, is one of more than 40 vendors in this weekend's Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival.
Judith HeartSong, an artist from Washington, D.C., who searches Delaware's beaches for sea glass, said most of her findings are pieces of green glass from old Coke bottles -- an indication that time is catching up with collectors.
Kerry Tressler, a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola, said the company began using plastic bottles in 1978.
"The key driver for the packaging ultimately comes down to consumer need and behavior," she said.
Tressler added that Coca-Cola hasn't completely abandoned glass packaging.
"In fact, glass packaging delivers 13 percent of our global volume, which is about as much as in cans," she said. "In North America, we bottle and sell Coca-Cola, as well as Diet Coke and Sprite, in 8-ounce glass bottles."
HeartSong, who has been collecting for more than 30 years, said she also finds pieces of old, brown Clorox bottles, which are "a really terrific dark, olivey shade of glass."
She added that she and her partner have "secret beaches" in Delaware, whose locations she would never divulge.
Buckler also said she doesn't share her "hot spots" with others.
"You don't tell people about your personal spots because it's like treasure," she said. "If you tell one person, they tell one person and the next time you want to go out there, it's totally picked over."
However, she added, the beach is always changing and each time a wave crashes, something new is brought to shore.
"It depends on the different tides and what the sea glass gods, as I like to call them, decide to release," she said. "Some days are better than others."
Winter and fall are ideal for sea glass hunting, Buckler said,Polycore zentai are manufactured as a single sheet, because the storms and tides are stronger.This page list rubber hose products with details & specifications. Also, there are fewer people on the beach picking up glass.
HeartSong, who uses sea glass in her multi-media pieces, said she plans a trip to the beach every time a nor'easter passes through.
"Every time a storm comes through you find more glass because everything has been stirred up," she said.
When searching for sea glass, Buckler said most people hunch over and look straight down, but that only gives them a small point of view.
"If you stand up and look beyond, you have a much wider stance," she said. "And a lot of times the light hits the glass, so that gives you a tip."
HeartSong said it's best to search without sunglasses.
"That changes the color (of the pieces)," she said.This is interesting cube puzzle and logical game.
As far as the value of sea glass goes, HeartSong said the watery and cobalt blues and teal greens are rare, but yellow and red pieces are the hardest to find.
"But the real value is in the fact that I found (the glass) on a beautiful day, in a beautiful place that I love," she said.
"I've got pounds of it," he said.
The Delmarva coast's wealth of shipwrecks -- more than 10,000 according to Don Shomette, a nautical historian who drafted the Shipwrecks of Delmarva map for National Geographic -- provides an equally wealthy load of sea glass and other artifacts. However, as those treasures are picked through and manufacturers abandon glass for plastic, some collectors say sea glass,buy landscape oil paintings online. glass found along beaches that has been smoothed over by sand and waves, could someday become a thing of the past.
Michele Buckler, owner of Sand N Stones in Lewes, started collecting sea glass in the 1970s and said increased recycling, beach replenishment and a heightened interest in the hobby has made pieces harder to find.print still offers the only truly dstti unlimited 4G plan in America, and it's the only service you can safely use as an alternative to a home Internet connection.
"It possibly may become one of those rare, rare treasures," she said. "When I started out, sea glass was all over the place. Now it's difficult to find one or two pieces a day, and I don't always find it when I go out."
Buckler, who sells jewelry made from sea glass, is one of more than 40 vendors in this weekend's Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival.
Judith HeartSong, an artist from Washington, D.C., who searches Delaware's beaches for sea glass, said most of her findings are pieces of green glass from old Coke bottles -- an indication that time is catching up with collectors.
Kerry Tressler, a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola, said the company began using plastic bottles in 1978.
"The key driver for the packaging ultimately comes down to consumer need and behavior," she said.
Tressler added that Coca-Cola hasn't completely abandoned glass packaging.
"In fact, glass packaging delivers 13 percent of our global volume, which is about as much as in cans," she said. "In North America, we bottle and sell Coca-Cola, as well as Diet Coke and Sprite, in 8-ounce glass bottles."
HeartSong, who has been collecting for more than 30 years, said she also finds pieces of old, brown Clorox bottles, which are "a really terrific dark, olivey shade of glass."
She added that she and her partner have "secret beaches" in Delaware, whose locations she would never divulge.
Buckler also said she doesn't share her "hot spots" with others.
"You don't tell people about your personal spots because it's like treasure," she said. "If you tell one person, they tell one person and the next time you want to go out there, it's totally picked over."
However, she added, the beach is always changing and each time a wave crashes, something new is brought to shore.
"It depends on the different tides and what the sea glass gods, as I like to call them, decide to release," she said. "Some days are better than others."
Winter and fall are ideal for sea glass hunting, Buckler said,Polycore zentai are manufactured as a single sheet, because the storms and tides are stronger.This page list rubber hose products with details & specifications. Also, there are fewer people on the beach picking up glass.
HeartSong, who uses sea glass in her multi-media pieces, said she plans a trip to the beach every time a nor'easter passes through.
"Every time a storm comes through you find more glass because everything has been stirred up," she said.
When searching for sea glass, Buckler said most people hunch over and look straight down, but that only gives them a small point of view.
"If you stand up and look beyond, you have a much wider stance," she said. "And a lot of times the light hits the glass, so that gives you a tip."
HeartSong said it's best to search without sunglasses.
"That changes the color (of the pieces)," she said.This is interesting cube puzzle and logical game.
As far as the value of sea glass goes, HeartSong said the watery and cobalt blues and teal greens are rare, but yellow and red pieces are the hardest to find.
"But the real value is in the fact that I found (the glass) on a beautiful day, in a beautiful place that I love," she said.
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