{"id":529,"date":"2026-05-16T05:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2026-05-16T05:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:33:13","slug":"dozens-of-mysterious-piggy-banks-wash-up-on-texas-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of mysterious piggy banks wash up on Texas beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 What started as an unusual beach discovery is now giving scientists a glimpse into how far floating trash can travel through the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=522\">New giant dinosaur species identified from fossils unearthed in Thailand<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For years, Jace Tunnell has walked beaches across the Coastal Bend searching for marine debris and documenting what washes ashore. In that time, he said he has found just about everything imaginable.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIf you can think of it, we\u2019ve found it out here,\u201d Tunnell said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Among the strangest discoveries over the years: more than 60 messages in bottles, a safe, a prosthetic leg, bowling balls and even boats he said drifted from Cuba.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI found over 60 messages in a bottle &#8230; a safe. I found a prosthetic leg. I found three bowling balls &#8230; boats washed up from Cuba,\u201d Tunnell said. \u201cI found a 35-foot sailboat with the mast still up, the sails up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But recently, a new item started appearing along local beaches in surprising numbers: plastic piggy banks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe have a couple of different species, you know, as we say in science,\u201d Tunnell said jokingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to Tunnell, he once found as many as 14 piggy banks in a single day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The colorful plastic banks appear to come from several countries. One of the most common versions was manufactured in the Dominican Republic, while others include Spanish writing and at least one had markings from Guatemala.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most common one we find and it is made and manufactured in the Dominican Republic, so that\u2019s probably a good place to start is in the Caribbean,\u201d Tunnell said. \u201cA lot of these are coming from now, we have found some other ones that have Spanish writing on them. We have one that says Guatemala.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=518\">Iraqi man accused of NYC synagogue plot after attacks in Europe and Canada in response to Iran war<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Tunnell said reports of the piggy banks have come from beaches up and down the Texas coast, stretching as far north as the Bolivar Peninsula and as far south as South Padre Island.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>At first glance, the unusual discovery might seem like the result of a cargo spill or container ship accident, which Tunnell said might explain the ones that haven&#8217;t been pierced. However, he believes the explanation for the majority of them is likely less dramatic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cOnce these piggy banks have been used, you\u2019ll notice there\u2019s a bunch of cuts in them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There\u2019s no other way to get the money out, so people dispose of them, whether it\u2019s directly in the ocean or on land.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Because the plastic banks are lightweight and buoyant, they can easily enter waterways and eventually drift long distances through ocean currents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cOnce it rains, these things are real lightweight. They float,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They get into the waterways like rivers, float to the ocean, get into that loop current, and get into those eddies and push up to the Texas Coast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Tunnell encouraged anyone who finds one on the beach to dispose of it properly \u2014 or even take it home as a souvenir.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Just don\u2019t expect to find any cash inside.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I post one, people are like, \u2018What was in there? Did you find any money?\u2019\u201d Tunnell said. \u201cI just tell them, sand dollars. That\u2019s the only thing I ever found in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=516\">Stolen sportscar worth $75K recovered in Goodyear<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 What started as an unusual beach discovery is now giving scientists a glimpse into how far floating trash can travel through the Gulf. 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