Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 1, 2025. Click here for that audio. Dave Lee Valle is a 'glasser,' or sea glass collector. He combs beaches for real sea glass, which is decades ...

DETROIT — It may have once been part of a beer bottle. Or a vase. Or a Milk of Magnesia container. But after decades of being tumbled by water, after years of having its edges softened and rounded, it ...

Beachcombers covet it, people make art from it and it hides among shells along the beaches of Florida. Sea glass pieces aren’t as easy to find as the shells that cover Florida’s shorelines, but ...

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If you ever stumble upon a smooth piece of colored rock when shell-searching at the beaches, you may have discovered some sea glass. The trash-to-treasure beach find has collected quite a following ...

Sea glass is weathered glass smoothed by the ocean's currents, often found on beaches. Good places to find sea glass include rocky beaches, areas near inlets or historical sites, and near jetties.