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Writer, beachcomber, all at sea. Founder of the award-winning Lego Lost At Sea project. Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year. Author of Adrift, The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost At Sea. Cornwall.

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 6d

While raking through some gravel in the lane beside our house as we searched for a buried water meter we found this small dinosaur head

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 2h

It’s World Octopus Day. There were 4,200 Lego octopuses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. We found our first Lego octopus soon afterwards but didn’t discover another for 18 years. #WorldOctopusDay #oceanplastic

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed they do!

Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible!

Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 6d

While raking through some gravel in the lane beside our house as we searched for a buried water meter we found this small dinosaur head

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe.

Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 7d

Some of our ‘vintage’ finds have already gone on display in museums!

Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 7d

Here's an even older plastic bag that we found during a recent beach clean. According to the very helpful folk at the M&S Archive, this particular bag was in use in their food halls c.1973 – 1976. It even had the remains of a 50 year old tin inside, hence the discolouration.

Old discoloured M&S St Michael plastic carrier bag lying on sand

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 8d

Well remembered!

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Not sure how old this plastic bag is but Gateway supermarkets have been around since the 1960s. In 1990 they began to be rebranded as Somerfield. Exposed by shifting sands and found during one of our recent beach cleans. #plasticarchaeology #Anthropocene

Brightly coloured Gateway plastic bag on black background

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 11d

Beauty and the Beast: a beachcombed Belle among a sea of plastic, all washed up together on 4th January 2022.
#Anthropocene #plasticbeach #Cornwall

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 11d

The Dentalux toothbrush shown here and found last week is from the cargo ship Wec Van Eyck, which lost a container of Lidl goods bound for Spain in Feb 22. Many years ago, a friend found 100s of unused toothbrushes washed up. He told us he had a lifetime's supply for his family.

Unused dentalux toothbrush from a cargo spill pictured among an array of brightly coloured plastic objects picked up from the beach

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 12d

Or unholy crap!

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This post was from 2021. We've found many more since then.

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 12d

We have raised this with them in the past!

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 12d

We have just found a serial number on the back, which may provide a Vital Clue 👀

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😩

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Yes it's shocking how much medical waste washes up

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And so another sort out begins. Just some of the many hundreds of recognisable items picked up from Cornish beaches last week, though we're not sure what the triangular object above the melon-scented lip tint is...

Hundreds of brightly coloured plastic objects piled on a square tray

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 14d

Perfect!

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❤️

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🤣 You missed the raspberry fruit gum!

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Like fruit gums.

Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 14d

Not sea glass but fragments of plastic car tail lights, indicators and brake lights, probably washed into storm drains after heavy rain, eventually making their way to the sea. #oceanplastic

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 20d

That looks like an oldie...I wonder when they first started packing the salt in plastic...
www.retrofair.co.uk/51-stag-qp.h...

1951 Stag Cooking Salt Vintage Print Ad

1951 Stag Cooking Salt. Find and buy poster size vintage grocery ads and prints at Retrofair. Ideal gifts and conversation pieces