Abstract
Beachcombing is not just a diversion for the idle; it can provide unique data for the observant geologist. The perspicacious palaeontologist may find informative specimens either in pebbles or in unusual Recent shells that provide analogues of, for example, ancient organisms or interactions between extinct species. Examples of rare specimens from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean demonstrate how these unique data that can be used by the discriminating beachcomber.
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