According to Wikipedia, a beachcomber is "interested in the (mostly natural) objects that the sea casts up... looking for and finding various curiosities that have washed in with the tide..." 

I think of beach combing as a type of treasure hunt.  

My recent treasure hunt has turned up these metal shells in the churning tide that is my workbench.  They have sparked my design ideas...  

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