Looking for Beach Glass
I don’t remember when I first started collecting beach glass. I was at the beach with friends many years ago and I found it fascinating that while the others were busy looking for seashells, I was finding all the treasures that they were leaving behind — beautiful gems of sea glass.
Then about ten years ago, I resumed collecting. I was dating a tugboat captain who took me to a beach on Maryland’s Eastern Shore on the Chesapeake Bay. He used to frequent this beach with his previous girlfriend, who, like me, also collected sea glass. He had promised her that he would never reveal exactly where this beach was, so he took me there blindfolded. And so we subsequently called it “Blindfold Beach”. Luckily, I took off the blindfold when we arrived at the beach, so that I was able to look for sea glass. And I found an extremely rare yellow piece on my first outing there!
Over the years, I lost track of my tugboat captain, so I had no idea where Blindfold Beach was. I began collecting sea glass from many places, including North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Florida’s barrier islands, and Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay beaches, but I never forgot Blindfold Beach.
Then, one day last month…with the help of a little detective work and the GPS that came with my new Jeep…I FOUND BLINDFOLD BEACH!
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Tags: beach glass, Chesapeake, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Sea Glass
October 25th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Please tell me where Blindfold Beach is! We went to a beach on the bay yesterday, and I found my first ever sea glass - so much that I had to use the front of my sweatshirt as the bag! It’s mostly clear, two amber, one green - the edges are all very smooth, - but I’m not sure really what a “pro” would think of it. Any ideas?
October 25th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Please tell me where Blindfold Beach is! We went to a beach on the bay yesterday, and I found my first ever sea glass - so much that I had to use the front of my sweatshirt as the bag! It’s mostly clear, two amber, one green - the edges are all very smooth, - but I’m not sure really what a “pro” would think of it. Any ideas?
November 5th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I just got interested in sea glass on a trip to New England…now I’m addicted and hear there are many beaches in MD to look. Carol, I’d like to know where Blindfold Beach is too…but where did you go on the Bay?
November 7th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Carol, it sounds like you found a perfect beach for collecting! And as you discovered, clear (white), amber and green are the most often found colors, but you’ll find other colors, too. It’s a treat to find gems in cobalt blue, light blue, lavender, and others. Yellow, red and orange are very rare (I’ve found yellow and orange, but not red).
Carol and Deb, I can see that you are both addicted! I plan to post a map soon showing beaches in Maryland for sea glass collecting.