Sea Glass Belly Buttons

[amygdule]

These are the innards of broken glass balls from Asia that washed ashore on the beach.

[Pat]

What were the glass balls used for?

Interesting.

[amygdule]

Oct 1, 2017 21:31:33 GMT -5 Pat said:

What were the glass balls used for?

Interesting.

They were used as fishing floats to suspend the nets on the water.

[woodman]

I found one about 50 yeas ago that looked like a rolling pin. lost track of it somewhere along the line.

[jamesp]

I found one in Florida. About 6 inches in diameter. So Asia was the source.

[amygdule]

Oct 2, 2017 0:45:02 GMT -5 jamesp said:

I found one in Florida. About 6 inches in diameter. So Asia was the source.

"It is believed glass floats were first used in Norway, circa 1840"

Another interesting article from glassbottlemarks_com

"Glass floats are also found along some Atlantic Ocean beaches, including areas in the Caribbean, but not quite as often as on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Floats found in European areas might be more likely to be seen in “true” medium or darker greens, as compared to Asian floats which are more likely to be in shades of aqua. (Apparently, many of the older floats made in Great Britain appear in shades of dark olive green)."


The floats that I find on the Pacific Coast are from Japan, China, and Korea.

[Fossilman]

Nice material.... I'm the odd one on the Oregon beaches,I don't collect the rocks,I pick up the sea glass......Got enough good rock at home...

[amygdule]

A Broken Ball

[fantastic5]

Those are really cool looking. Would that be considered flotsam or jetsam? I can never remember which one is not organic.

[amygdule]

Oct 2, 2017 13:43:55 GMT -5 fantastic5 said:

Those are really cool looking. Would that be considered flotsam or jetsam? I can never remember which one is not organic.

They Float across the ocean with the Jet Stream.

Once in a while we get hit with a garbage patch.

[jamesp]

Oct 2, 2017 10:27:51 GMT -5 amygdule said:

Oct 2, 2017 0:45:02 GMT -5 jamesp said:

I found one in Florida. About 6 inches in diameter. So Asia was the source.

"It is believed glass floats were first used in Norway, circa 1840"

Another interesting article from glassbottlemarks_com

"Glass floats are also found along some Atlantic Ocean beaches, including areas in the Caribbean, but not quite as often as on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Floats found in European areas might be more likely to be seen in “true” medium or darker greens, as compared to Asian floats which are more likely to be in shades of aqua. (Apparently, many of the older floats made in Great Britain appear in shades of dark olive green)."


The floats that I find on the Pacific Coast are from Japan, China, and Korea.

The one I found was aqua, similar to the color you have. Had clam marks and residue.

My little brother also found a ~6" sphere that was dark olive green but we considered it a reproduction because it was in such good shape like no scratches and had no bubbles in the glass.
We figured it floated in from Pier 1 Imports.

I suppose they survive everything the ocean has to hand out till the day it slams into those Pacific shores.
Asia has been around a long time. No telling how old those could be.

A friend was walking the Mediterranean and reported the beaches below those rock bluffs with villas shoehorned in them had ridiculous amounts of glass.