"I never thought of the sand as a place to find antiques, learn about geology, or see living history —until I scoured a beach with Deacon Ritterbush, aka Dr. Beachcomb", from
Chesapeake Life Mag.

Author Deacon Ritterbush is a writer, anthropologist and political economist who's beachcombing experience spans five decades and stretches from Chesapeake Bay to Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the South Pacific; here she is in her home studio in Annapolis, MD, holding up some
Fishing Glass Floats that she found on one of her beachcombing expeditions. You can read more about Deacon @
Dr. Beachcomb.

The book is full with photographs of all the treasures Ritterbush has acquired such as sea glass, fossils, shells, pottery shards, driftwood, fishing floats and more. It offers practical advice for beachcombers, explores different regions of the world, and talks about a variety of physical environments and cultures.

This for example is an Angel Wing shell found on a beach in St. Mary's County, Maryland resting on sea sponges from the British Virgin Islands. You can see more pictures from the book
here, and to read a sample chapter click
here.