Hey everyone been out for a while sorry hahha just curios what all you bajanomads have ever found on the beach??
My mom was telling me when she was a little girl in the 50s in La Barca my grandfather use to collect dozens of glass buoys but ended up selling them
in the 70s, some of them are worth a lot of money now i collect them to funny. He also found a beautiful woven gold bracelet once when the beach was
wide open to the public now theres gates oh well~smlslikfish - 6-23-2010 at 04:54 PM
Dead Finback whale inshore of the Enchanted islands
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mtgoat666 - 6-23-2010 at 07:20 PM
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My mom was telling me when she was a little girl in the 50s in La Barca my grandfather use to collect dozens of glass buoys
used to get a lot of those on WA coast, would find tat least a couple every time walking the beach. not too exciting after collecting a few hundred.
after a while, they were just glass orb trash.
dead animals on beach are just smelly, not too exciting after passing age 10 Oggie - 6-23-2010 at 07:24 PM
Sperm Whale on Isla Coronado BOLA
Curt63 - 6-23-2010 at 07:26 PM
Punta San Jacinto
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Punta San Jacinto
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Almost gone now,( at least compared to the whole ship.) I just hope the big chunks are swept out of the surf zone
I had to assemble the two pieces.
vgabndo - 6-23-2010 at 09:53 PM
They had come adrift.
Woooosh - 6-23-2010 at 09:58 PM
I found a MRE a few years ago.. it was good. Had never seen one before. Liked the heater element so the food gets hot.bajamedic - 6-23-2010 at 10:50 PM
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I found a MRE a few years ago.. it was good. Had never seen one before. Liked the heater element so the food gets hot.
If you eat that MRE, keep the toilet paper close at hand, you will probably need it. JH
washed up on beach
BajaDanD - 6-23-2010 at 10:59 PM
found this on one of our trips
DENNIS - 6-24-2010 at 06:34 AM
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found this on one of our trips
Must be the A.P. Panama in Ensenada.
Shell Island
David K - 6-24-2010 at 07:46 AM
Bob and jane - 6-24-2010 at 08:21 AM
No photo but I found an intact computer monitor and keyboard on a Pacific beach outside of Magadalena Bay several years ago. It was half buried in
the sand and had barnacles attached.ILikeMex - 6-24-2010 at 09:36 AM
Not in Baja, but once "found" 3 dead bodies.....Chinese imigrants whose boat captsized.
Still looking for the "hay bale" you hear stories about Von - 6-24-2010 at 09:45 AM
Ive found dead body there in La barca when i was a kid once, There was a torso
with the head on it only! no arms or legs it was all white like if it were in the
water for weeks! eeewwwww~Pompano - 6-24-2010 at 02:22 PM
Washed up stuff? Egads..where to begin?
Over the years of my living near Mulege, I recall:
-4 corpses found washed up on the shores of Conception Bay, (all separate incidents & no foul play was suspected in any.) I was first responder at
2.
-one corpse without hands or feet on the beach at Pta. Chivato west of the hotel (foul play is certainly suspected..unless this is the most unusual
case of suicide on record.) Doc Lyons figured into this one.
- 22 sperm whales threw themselves onto a sandy beach near San Bruno for some unknown reason, and subsequently died.
I have a plaque made of a vertebra and a tooth.
- various notes in bottles, maybe 30-40 throughout the 80's-90's? All from Johnny Tequila anchored in front on his trimaran, Quetzal.
- Too many porpoise carcasses..dead from nets - mayhem in the Bay. ggrrrrrr
- However, if given a lemon, make lemonade:
- one waterproofed brick (uno kilo) of some substance along the shore many miles north of La Paz.
we threw it back into the ocean....while the guy in uniform was watching us through binoculars from the bluff behind...
And that's what we did. Right? Bob..Evelyn?
- one 1969 Chev Blazer south end of the bay...in about 4 feet of water at high tide. No sign of the driver.
- one Alumnacraft 18ft backtroller boat with 50hp Merc outboard. Lots of electronics. Mine.
- too many sailboats, kayaks, catamarans, and assorted pangas to count.
- one ghost Halloween costume.
- a large (4ft diameter) swimming pool water balloon spotted floating 30 miles out..(I am assuming it got to the beach eventually.)
- a 1000 liter propane tank (now at a friend's home)
- a gazillion red crabs in 1988. (covered every beach from Mulege to San Sebastian Cove)
- a blue floating chair. May , 2010. mine. I think a shark had towed it away to play with..then got bored.
And some other foggy memories....
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Dam! lots of goodies! LOve the pictures thanks! for sharing!BajaBlanca - 6-24-2010 at 05:43 PM
ditto. great pics and great stories ...bajaguy - 6-24-2010 at 05:54 PM
Found this on the beach near Punta Banda.......had to throw it back, I didn't have a license.....
Von - 6-24-2010 at 06:04 PM
bajaguy hahahhaa ive found a few of those once in Acapulco!Curt63 - 6-24-2010 at 06:15 PM
I'm told this sailboat probably has a 5-6' keel buried in the sand.
[Edited on 6-25-2010 by Curt63]bajamedic - 6-24-2010 at 09:47 PM
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No photo but I found an intact computer monitor and keyboard on a Pacific beach outside of Magadalena Bay several years ago. It was half buried in
the sand and had barnacles attached.
I had one of those Mac's also, haha. JHwindgrrl - 6-25-2010 at 01:51 PM
1. A windsurfer with a broken leg suddenly appeared where we were staying in La Ventana after hauling himself in from the sea. He was tended to
passersby, wrapped in blankets and transported to La Paz in the back of a small station wagon. I wonder how he fared.
2. A cut-off giant squid tentacle which we presented to and was relished by the lovely local lady beach dogs.
Found on Playa Tecolote.
BMG - 6-25-2010 at 06:36 PM
I believe this is a spark plug taken from Fred Flintstone's car. I was going to put it in my moped but couldn't figure out how to gap it.
[Edited on 6-26-2010 by BMG]Pompano - 6-25-2010 at 06:54 PM
There are quite a few of these around the old beachlines in the windrows..pretty old though, rough condition. I have found a small assortment, plus
a couple of nicer arrowheads.
dinner
woody with a view - 6-25-2010 at 07:32 PM
after 3 days of this
woody with a view - 6-25-2010 at 08:05 PM
i finally wash up on the beach............
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Von - 6-25-2010 at 10:12 PM
AWESOME STUFF GUYS AND GALS!DENNIS - 6-26-2010 at 07:52 AM
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I'm told this sailboat probably has a 5-6' keel buried in the sand.
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More than likely busted off at the bolts.fishabductor - 6-26-2010 at 01:18 PM
Pompano,
wasn't that Blue/white sailboat knocked over in Jimena? You can see the trailer in the photo. I drove by about 4 days after and remember it. I
probably have a photo of it if i looked through the 1000's my wife took on the drive.Cypress - 6-26-2010 at 01:26 PM
'Bout all that's washing up on my favorite beaches is oil.bacquito - 6-26-2010 at 01:33 PM
Great viewing!! ThanksKASHEYDOG - 6-26-2010 at 02:23 PM
How about a dead sea lion in SanQuintin Sept. 2009
Pompano - 6-26-2010 at 03:47 PM
And another at about the same time...although a mite north of there. Pescadero Beach, Ca. Opps..sorry.
Appeared to be a gunshot wound in the head.
There was another object washed up on the beach..see it? Double trajedy.
Russ - 6-26-2010 at 04:53 PM
Hurricane John brought a lot of Mulege river homes and dreams to Punta Chivato beaches. I just couldn't go down and rummage through peoples
nightmares. But after the vultures picked the beaches mostly clean I ventured out and rescued this guy. Also found an 6' florescent tube unbroken in
the rubble.
