This week’s low midafternoon tides provided excellent beachcombing conditions around lunchtime. I found a variety of treasures, including pen shells, pear whelks, and hundreds of Atlantic cockles.

Seasoned beachcombers know there are tricks to finding those ocean treasures. Here is where to go beachcombing in Seabrook.

Discover the many types of objects you may find in the sand — and where they come from Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the ...

Jace Tunnell is the Director of Community Engagement for the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Mar. 11—Clutching a plastic bag in one hand and the end of my dog's leash in the other, I ambled across the beach, my eyes focused on the ground. Sand, rocks, shards of white clam shells, broken ...