Charlotte Observer

There’s a disappearing island off NC’s coast where you can get rich – in sand dollars

There’s a disappearing island off North Carolina’s coast only accessible by boat where you can find buried treasure. Sand Dollar Island, which is really just a large sand bar most accessible at low ...
Houston Chronicle

Dallying for sand dollars

PORT ARANSAS -- When I was a young child, every trip to Galveston or Rockport ended in the same way: arriving home in Dallas with a sunburn on my shoulders, tar smudges on my feet and colorful plastic ...
Portland Press Herald

Maine’s sand dollars and South Africa’s pansy shells are both treasures of the beach

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The Island Packet

Sand dollars worth far more than vacation souvenirs

You can find them in most Lowcountry gift shops — those sun-bleached, disc-like “shells” of sand dollars, popular as decorations and souvenirs. Each cookie-shaped, calcium carbonate skeleton once ...
CBS News 8

Thousands of living sand dollars create underwater wonderland at La Jolla Shores

SAN DIEGO — Twenty feet beneath the surface at La Jolla Shores, thousands of living sand dollars have created what looks like an underwater treasure field, stretching nearly a quarter-mile across the ...