Some people seem to have all the luck! For the second time in two weeks, Dennis was fishing on the beach in Kaaawa early yesterday morning when a large glass fishing float was delivered by the wind, surf, and tide.
Dennis lives just across the street from the beach, so puts in a lot of hours fishing and watching the ocean.
He was tracking this glass ball’s progress towards the beach when we walked by. On our return, perhaps 5-7 minutes later, he was cleaning off accumulated growth.
Glass balls don’t show up too often along our beach any more, and the big glass floats are very rare indeed.
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Had no idea that these glass floats were so valuable & rare. We found almost a dozen of them over a two-year period, cleaned them up, and hung them (artisically, of course) from a hook in the ceiling
However, one day our house was burglarized and, along with the usual stuff, all but one of the balls were taken along with the electronic gear, exercise equipment, the massive penny jar, and all of our cooking gear save a tea kettle & one small pot. The ball left behind was broken into half a dozen large pieces.
Fortunately, the cats were not harmed.
Now I know why the balls were taken.
Wow. I have a curio cabinet full of the glass fishing balls my mother collected in Lanikai in the late 60s and, mostly, early 70s. I had no idea they still washed up.
Reminded me and my wife of a story about 45 years ago. We lived in Lanikai and our son invited a friend to spend the weekend with us. He took him to the beach (which has long since disappeared) but before doing so he planted a few fake glass fishing balls. His friend was really excited when he found one. Can’t remember whether or not he confessed to salting the beach.
I’ve found four on the beach in Waimanalo over the past few years.
Love ’em!
I wonder if these glass balls are still made? Most seem to have been replaced with plastic ones.