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 ...
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 ...
Portland Press Herald

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

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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 ...