Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, causing massive damage across the East Coast. For beachcombers, the storm’s aftermath brought an extraordinary deposit of objects from the ocean floor and from damaged structures along the shore.
Unusual finds after Sandy included: antique bottles, old pottery shards, large pieces of sea glass in rare colors, fossils, and objects from homes that were flooded or destroyed by the storm surge. The beaches were dramatically reshaped — in some places the dunes were completely stripped, and in others new formations appeared overnight.
While the storm’s human toll was tragic, the beachcombing that followed was extraordinary. For jewelry makers, the finds were remarkable.