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 Cacy
(@Cacy)
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Are there any beaches on St. Thomas or St John for finding beach glass?

 
Posted : January 11, 2008 12:11 pm
(@marty-on-stt)
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Only if someone has dropped a beer bottle (which aren't allowed on beaches)...I've been here ten years and I haven't seen any glass. Anyone else?

 
Posted : January 11, 2008 5:51 pm
(@cathy)
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I always find some at Brewer's by UVI, often at Hull Bay.

 
Posted : January 11, 2008 5:59 pm
(@bobcside)
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Always look, never find any.

 
Posted : January 11, 2008 6:00 pm
(@sherri)
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Brewers, Hull Bay, Neltjaberg, and Dorthea, to name a few! I find it all the time!
Shhhhh, Don't tell anyone! 🙂

 
Posted : January 13, 2008 7:17 am
(@bluwater)
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Another vote for Brewers. Walk out onto the beach and then walk to the far right where there are trees right up to the shore - and it gets rocky on the beach. That's where the glass is.

I have two 15" crystal hurricane candle holders on the fireplace mantle - and the bottoms are filled with seaglass from Brewers. I typically find clear, green, gold and brown. Lots of green (Heineken?) 🙂

 
Posted : January 13, 2008 11:11 am
(@antillean)
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It seems easier to find beach glass on a windward beach, but then windward beaches are often coarser sand so the glass is not as finely polished as on a "sugar sand" beach. I found some sugar sand windward beaches on the north shore of Aruba a few years ago with beautiful beach glass. I live on a boat in West Gregory Channel and take the dog to the beach on Water Island occasionally: there is beach glass on all those minimal north and eastern shore beaches of Water island - I guess because a few bottles go adrift from Charlotte Amalie storm drains and numerous boats in the harbor. Sailors are always a good source of beer bottles!

 
Posted : January 13, 2008 11:43 am
(@dreamconch)
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Ha! I was just at the World Market in So. Cal and saw that they were selling it by the bags for about $10.
Sure didn't look like the kind I've ever found but hey, someone figured out if they tossed it around in a cement mixer, without the cement, of course, it was close enough.
I'm an avid beach, hiking trail comber. You can find the darnest things. I'll pass on the 'fake' beach glass at the store though. But, then again, I might make some up to sell to tourists in Mexico.

 
Posted : January 13, 2008 2:44 pm
 Cacy
(@Cacy)
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Thanks to everyone for the info. I hope I have some success. Cacy

 
Posted : January 13, 2008 10:37 pm

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