The Cobles’ sand dollar collection is on display in their home. “They make a beautiful addition to our decor,” she said. “Sometimes we give them away as souvenirs for visitors,” Mojica said.

Sand dollars live on the sandy ocean floor just past the intertidal zone or low tide line out into deep water. At Hampton Beach, you will find the live sand dollars just off the beach at the sand bar.

The project reused sand pushed by storms instead of importing it, saving costs and working with nature. The plan includes creating a protective barrier using Sand Dollar Island, the lagoon, and ...

Sand Dollar Island and surrounding sand bars are the only places Chris Mojica, of Raleigh, and his family have searched for and managed to find the little shell-like skeletons.