I Found a Giant Shell! Surprise Horse Conch Found on Keewaydin Shell Tour.
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2022
- I found a giant shell! I love when I say that - and frankly it's only been 4 times since I've created my channel. Those giant shells are hard to come by, probably because everyone wants that feeling of excitement finding one.
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My husband and I enjoyed watching your videos during his illness. He passed last week, so I continue to watch with fond memories….
I’m so sorry for your loss, my husband of nearly 48 years passed a couple of months ago after suffering from cancer for 15mos. We both were in love with the beach! Keep reminding yourself of those awesome memories as you’re able ❤
❤️ I am so very sorry to hear about of the passing of your husband. I hope you find comfort in the memories. ❤️
It’s Karma. You’ve been doing good for your part of the universe so the universe gave you something back. Will look forward to seeing that horse conch all cleaned up. Remember that awesome one you had for the give away? That was a stunner. Glad to see you and hoping you stay safe, hugs xx
The giveaway conchs are all soaking in a soap and water bath - almost cleaned up and ready to be auctioned. I'm excited about working on all the different things I want to auction off. I'm hoping work cooperates and it very quiet between now and the end of the year so I can tackle it all! I hope you and B are good. ❤️❤️❤️
In fact it’s Dharma!❤
I just love you! You are awesome❤❤❤
So glad you are still here and combing the beaches for us.
God Bless
The creature attached to that lovely Florida fighting conch looks like a dwarf lion's mane jelly fish. It's just a guess. Thanks for another wonderful adventure. Keeping all you SWF survivors in prayer; stay strong!
That was a soft coral not a jellyfish. I'm still learning the names of them, but if you go to a saltwater fish store they sell that exact same one she found on the fighting conch
Amazing, thanks April!
Soft coral - Roger that! Thank you April!
I appreciate the attempt. I had ZERO clue!
I thought the creature on the Florida Fighting Conch looked like a little limpet. I will have to watch it again and try to pause the video. I used to love shelling when we lived in Coral Springs. We now live in Illinois and I enjoy walking the beach with you. It brings back wonderful memories.
I really liked how your camera followed a wave along as it was cresting. This was early on in the video, and you talked about going at a relaxed pace.
I loved watching the dolphins jumping and playing in the water! I would wait at the dock around sunset and there were two dolphins that would play. I love the tiny shells, but that horse conch! Congratulations!
Congratulations on The Giant Horse Conch! How exciting for you ( and for us viewers too!).
Hey, thanks so much for picking up the litter! We need everyone to chip in and do their part making this world a little better…
Amen. Leave the place a little better than we found it.
Hello again. I love all shells you found today. They are looking all so great, amazing, wonderful. 💖🙏👍
Thank you for the beach trip! I was so excited that you found the horse conch! You deserve to find great sea treasures!💕
OMGOSH CONGRATULATIONS!!!
What a huge horse conch!
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Thank you!!! 😃 I couldn't believe it myself!
Please show the horse conch in it's full glory when you have had time to clean it. This was a beautiful trip, thanks for taking us along.
I'm a bit late getting to the comments, but I did show the conch cleaned up at the end of this video: czcams.com/video/6CLIJEtHLws/video.html
Congratulations on the huge horse conch...and those fighting conchs were wonderful, great array of color and stripes!!! So good to see you "at the beach."
Oh my gosh my mouth was open when you found that horse conch , so happy for you , always love to see your finds
The fighting conchs are so colorful. Like the white always love the horse conchs no matter what size
Wonderful beach day, wonderful video. Congratulations!
Love your videos and keep up the great work. 🦀🐚
Have not had a video at Keewaydin in a while
The horse conch oh my! It is so beautiful just as it is!
Ooh that sound of the ocean so relaxing and all those shells
I really love your videos. Your kindness toward the creatures and the environment is inspiring. Thank you for sharing! I look forward to every video. 😊
Bedroom doors opened up as I yelled, YES!!! She got one, she found one!!😂😢
Unbelievable!! I’m so happy for you!! You’re such a beautiful hearted person and you’re always happy for others when they get what they want but at the same time you would love to find one too!! YAY!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You know when you were talking about the Mossy Arc shell, I looked at it and it reminded me of a pastry mom use to make. It was a circle that she filled and folded it in half then she’d snip it in the middle where it was curved and she then pinched the 2 small snipped pieces together and pinched it, that’s what that shell reminded me of. 🤷♀️
When you gave us our Beach Time, I teared up. 😢 It sounded so beautiful. I want to go shelling but low tide is always late at night for the best time. Looks like I’ll have to wait until it’s in the morning or afternoon. I miss the beaches.
Thank you so much for this exciting video!! Have a great week and take care!!🥰☺️🐬🐬
Oh it's so annoying when the tides are either in the dead of night or some other time when we can't get to the beach. The tide coming in helped me on this one and removed just a little sand so I could see that beauty waiting for me 😃 Thanks so much for sharing my excitement!
Your videos of your shell cpllecting always cheers me up. awesome find. had to watch to dolphines twice
You r so kind, thoughtful, caring and you deserved that find. Thanks for all you do for your communities, followers and shelling. You make a difference❣🦋❣🐚🐚🌊🌈
Awe - thank you Janet! ❤️
I would love to see your large horse conch all cleaned up! Amazing find
Happy to see you back. Pleased with the horse conk. I hope you can show it to us after you clean it! God bless you guys.
I'll show you the cleaned up shell this coming Sunday!
Wow what a find that horse conch was massive and another awesome beach walk thank you
What a find with that horse conch! It's so interesting to see how post-Ian Keewaydin has been seemingly full of them. I wonder if it was due to local die-offs in the populations there (for all I know there might have been a pile of giant horse conchs on Sanibel immediately after the storm LOL). It does seem that some shells can be partly albino, partially lacking pigmentation needed to produce color. That could totally be whats going on with that FFC you found. Cool finds!
The word on the street was Keewaydin had the conchs. I don't know if there is a large colony down there but Keewaydin definitely had the horses. And the only place I've seen lots and lots of live ones has been Dickman's island. Maybe the sea floor in that area is more conducive to the shells getting to the beach? Not sure, but Sanibel has not given me a big horse conch yet. I can't wait to go back and continue the hunt!
My first time seeing a spiny slipper snail. Lace mericks are so cool. The hinged shells are beautiful. I like the hinged shells.
I'm jealous of that large shell!! Glad you got to find that.
Love from Minnesota ❤🐚
I’m so happy for you! I know you’ve wanted a large horse conch for a long time. Hurray!!
You found some gorgeous shells today. Thank you for a wonderful trip to the beach! ❤🐚
My mother would spend hours on the beach looking for seashells. We had a summer home on the Oregon coast. When mom passed my daughter took some of the shells and glued them to a mirror frame, it's beautiful, it hangs over her kitchen sink.
I made one of those mirrors too. I love the way glass and mirrors look with seashells.
If possible please show us your horse conch cleaned. I’d love to see it. I so look forward to your videos each week. Your voice, the gentle waves are so soothing and of course the lovely beach a Western Pennsylvanian doesn’t get to see often. Blessings to you.
I did show it at the end of this video in case you missed it: czcams.com/video/6CLIJEtHLws/video.html
Awesome find at the end congratulations
Oh Sharman that is fantastic you got your second one!!!!!! I am so happy for you……You go girl!!!!!! One day I will find one have a few lightning welks that are big never a horse conch…. Long time watcher this one was special to me. My family and I are always in Ft Myers during the holidays but we had to cancel. So we are living through you right now lol. ❤
I'm so sorry you had to cancel your holiday but I hope next year we'll be ready for you! ❤️🌴🌊🐚
Yayyyyyyy! ( : Hi Sharmon! Sooo happy to hear/see your shell adventures! Woo hoo! ( : Wow! You found fantastic shells too! Let's go to the beach! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I love when the dolphins come to say hi! ( : Sooo fun! ( : Kiwadin Island looks amazing! ( :
Hmmm...the Mossy Arc sure is funny looking! I agree! All your FL Fighting Conches are amazing! ( : I like the Ribbed Cantherous too! I love Lace Murexes!
I like to take my time too and walk along as well! ( : You found some gorgeous banded tulips too! ( : Ohhh I love the purple calico scallop! Scallops are my absolute fav! ( : I love the turkey wings too! ( : Wow, what a gorgeous alphabet cone! Yesss! ( : I have never seen a spiny slippered snail before! What?! I wondered if you were in front now! Yayyyyyyy! ( : I love hinged shells too! ( :
I was dying to see when you found that horse conch! It was huge and gorgeous! The design was amazing! Wow! ( : I would never have known that was a horse conch under the sand the way it was!! It took your trained eye to see that and know what it was! Fantastic job and an over the top amazing day of shelling! ) : Thank you sooo much for sharing!! I loved every second! Sooo much fun! ( : Have a wonderful week! ( : ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗
I do think my experience helped me find that big one this time 😃 Thanks for coming along with me!
Your videos are part of my meditation routine. Thank you so much.
What's up Sharmon!
What a Pleasant Surprise finding a new
Video. Thank u for sharing ur explore. Really miss
spending Beach/Shell time with u.
Blessed with a Huge
Horse Conch n other amazing finds.
I love watching your videos!!! I've lived in North Carolina for a little over 2 years. This is my first time living east of Texas. Money is very tight, so I haven't made it to the beach yet, but I will!!!
I've always loved seashells!!! I've learned so many names/types of seashells by watching your channel !!! I have a dream to go to southwest Florida and find all those shells for myself!!!
I love the "Beach Time" you give us. I actually have a request in regards to that. One thing I really love to do when I'm at a beach is to look directly out into the sea and watch the waves forming. You See the swells out in the distance and get to watch them grow bigger, then break as they get closer to shore. It's so relaxing watching that! I get awestruck by the beauty and grateful to God for giving us this beautiful world!!
Sorry, got a bit wrapped up just thinking about it. So, my request is, could you please, occasionally give us some shots facing the ocean for a few minutes during "Beach Time???"
Congratulations on that Horse Conch!!!! I would probably almost faint if I found any kind of shell that size!!!
Again, love the videos!! Thank you so much.
Kayla I think that's a lovely idea about beach time. I will give that a try in the future!
Woohoo for big ole horse conch! Super cool!
Amazing haul ! Hoping to be there in Feb next year..
Love watching you and listening to you describe your shells. Beaitiful!!
Oh my gosh! I love all the beauties you found! Each one seemed better than the last one. What an awesome horse conch! Most every shell I have ever found was broken or chipped. It is about a four to five hour trip for me to get to the beach. Thanks so much for the video! Stay safe.
Again with the big big shells!!! Yay!!!! Good for you!👍🏻🤍🤗
Thanks for a wonderful day!
Wow! What a day at the beach! Congratulations on the huge horse conch that is sooooo cool! 🎉🎉🎉beautiful shells as usual! I absolutely am head over heals for the nutmegs and todays was gorgeous!
Congratulations on the horse conch! Yes, Nature's way of saying thank you for helping the environment! I just love watching your videos, they always make me smile, even if I am sick...I hate the flu. 😞
Ugh the flu. I hope you feel better soon!
Beautiful shells! So exciting to find a giant horse conch!
I can't imagine the joy of finding a shell on the beach but I get my thrills too when I get them on line and when I get the package in front of me I get so thrilled that I literally am not able to speak. Good thing I nobody's around. Then again I know nobody here in Dallas that loves seashells.
When I do shell exchanges it's pretty awesome opening each little wrapped treasure and seeing the contents. I love that feeling too!!
I am binge watching...love your content...and now I know the name of shells I’ve had for years! My grandparents lived in Florida years back and some good memories were made while shelling with grandma. I also find myself yelling at the screen...that’s a jewel box, Florida fighting conch, banded tulip, ...I’ve learned so much! I’m from Michigan and am obsessed with our beaches and all the cool rocks and fossils that are found exclusively in our state. I also love that you help the critters and share them with us too!
Thank you so much for coming to the beach with me! I want to go looking for those rocks that glow in the dark in your state!
Liked your comment !. I had a bowl made from big cockles that my grandpa gave me !. I love that it is something he had. Blessings !.
Thank you once again. You deserved to find that big horse x
Oh Sharmon, that horse conch was GORGEOUS!! You found lots of other beauties too!! So so fun miss Rock Star!! Keewaydin is on my wish it for Sept. Can't wait to go on Hemmingway water shuttle. Who knows, maybe I will see you on my next trip down. Have a great week!!!!😄😍
Wow you found some great shells! Those fighting concs are so beautiful! I love and am so pleased that you finally got a big house conc shell!
Hi Sharmon,
What a great haul of shells!
I had to laugh when I saw all the FFC's. You are right, every one of them is gorgeous, especially that partial albino one.
And that horse conch. WOW!! I'm so happy for you! Congratulations on finding it!
Next time, there will be a Junonia, it's waiting there for you!😘
Thank you for taking us with you on your trips. Even now, when it's difficult to go. You're taking so much effort to go shelling and make videos. Thank you so much for doing that!!
I wish you're having a wonderful week, filled with love and joy. Big hug and lots of love, xoxo ❤️, Ilona
Netherlands Beach Friend! I'm always so happy to see your comment. I had a fabulous time on Keewaydin and I'm thinking I'll probably be taking more trips here with so many of "my" beaches being closed. That horse conch was such a sweet surprise! Sending you healing and sunshine! ❤️
I would love to see your giant horse conch after you get it cleaned up. This was just an exceptional video. The hopefulness in you voice, your consideration of others whether they be individuals or businesses. AND finally... you took just about every fighting conch you found. It drives me crazy all the fighting conch you leave behind. I often fantasize that I'm behind you picking all them up. No, not a stalker. I have got to get to the Florida coasts someday. And Key West where I can visit with multi-toed kitten paws of Hemingway's polydactyl cats. My favorite type of kitten paws.
Yes on the kitten paws! Those are my favorites of the small/tiny shells and I've been longing for a Hemingway cat! Those extra tosies to smooch on!
I remember a specific walk I made on Tigertail. I tried some new beach shoes and walked all the way to the end. It's probably over a mile to the end and I was picking up all the gorgeous fighting conchs I saw. By the time I was heading back, I was carrying my shell bag like a giant toddler - my bag was so heavy I was afraid it would break and it was digging into my shoulder something awful. So...I have learned to try to ignore those shells until I am leaving the beach. Of course it doesn't always work - there are always about a half dozen that I HAVE to have now, but honestly they are some heavy shells. I hope you do get to come here and collect some of those beauties for yourself - and meet the Hemingway cats!
Congratulations on your great find. Lovely colors on the shells. This was a fun video. 🥰🐕
You are a rock star!! Congratulations on your horse conch!
Thank you!
Yay!! What a great BIG shell!! Congratulations. That Junonia is next!
That horse conch is incredible! 😮
I feel about scallops the way you feel about Florida fighting conchs!❤
I found a lot of these shells in Naples. It was my first time in Florida and I was so delighted. You don’t see shells like these where I live in California.
Not all beaches were created equal - that is for sure! The beaches here in SWFL are so fun to go beachcombing on!
If you clean that horse conch up I'd love to see the results in another video! Thank you for sharing your trip with us again!
I did show this shell and a previous big lightning whelk I found at the end of this video: czcams.com/video/6CLIJEtHLws/video.html
Loved this one. Those bad storms do bring good shelling though...loved the horse shell!!!
Omg what beautiful treasures and that horse conch ❤❤wow!! So happy for you
have a great day
Thank you for keeping up and keep on going...it is so cool ✌️❣️😇🙏😎☀️🎶🕺🧩🥳🎄🌹
Great trip, I really enjoyed my self tagging a long, thanks for the info on Hemmingway Water Shuttle, have a great week
We used to stay in a small cottage called Hill top , the small boat that took us to the island from the end of Gordon Pass was called the Tacumsa. there was a beautiful lodge where we had wonderful meals. The trees were full of wild parakeets. This was in the mid 80's. I still have a beach towel from the gift shop. I have boxes of beautiful shells collected over several years.
It sounds absolutely heavenly!
@@SWFBeachLife It was a very happy time in our life. Memories are the gold of growing old.
@@kathleenszekely Memories are the gold of growing old. ❤️ You are wise. 🙏🏼
What a joy to be out on a nice day and shelling. I would be happy to sit in a pile and pick through it. Also just to bring up handfuls of sand under the water and see what you find. It would make me so happy. ❤❤❤
Sooo jealous! Crazy how it was right there! Beautiful island. Enjoy
Absolutely loved your morning collecting shells, and wicked cool on your amazing horse conk!
I was admiring everyone else's horse conchs - I'm glad I managed to find one of my own!
Yay! Nice haul of shells! I was so happy when I saw that you had put out a video this week. All those shells are lovely but the fighting conchs over all are my favorite of what I see you collating on your videos.They are so various in their colors, shapes and sizes . Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
I don't think I have one favorite shells - there are too many to choose from but those fighting conchs are definitely one of my favs!
@@SWFBeachLife ❤
We love the Hemingway Shuttle!! That’s where I met you, I knew from your voice! 😊
Hello beach friend! This was the first trip I've taken since that April trip. I will definitely have to go to Keewaydin more often!
I wish I could come to Florida and pick up any of the shells. I just love any seashells. They are so gorgeous. Maybe one day. I wish I knew someone to stay with there.
Fantastic trip! Thank you so much!! ❤
Awesome finds!!!
I would have grabbed the good size peice of coral about 1/2 way through the video.
Great video. So happy you found that huge horse conch.
Congratulations 🎊..great find! Thanks for sharing!
This is the most relaxing kind corner of the internet! You are so awesome!!!!!
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Yay for the huge horse conch!
Good for you! Thanks for sharing.
Would love to see a video of the horse conch getting cleaned up!
Congratulations on the great finds! I hope you are doing well. Thanks for sharing these videos! 💞🐚🐬
Wow! Good for you! Great shelling day and great giant horse conch! 💕
The very best! I loved this weeks adventure! Thank you!
Always glad to be with you my beach friend.. I am happy you are going to the beach
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What a great trip!!! Thanks for sharing
Yay, you got awesome finds today. I look forward for your videos. I miss shelling and your videos makes me happy. Thank you 😊
So awesome!!!! That's great! SO glad to see you on tonight! Love your show!
So glad you got the beautiful Horse Conch!!!!! If anyone deserves to it was you!! Thank you for all the good you try to spread and your positive vibes! The universe sees that!! 🤗
Your joy is contagious!!!! I love watching your videos!!!
Wow! Awesome Horse Conch!..and beautiful shells all around!❤
Thank you Sharmon. Beautiful beach walk, so happy you found that gorgeous horse conch! WOW!
Awesome!! As usual, I love all your videos!! Thank you!!
So happy to see your video , I was hoping you would post one!!! Great finds!!
So glad you had such a great shelling day!
WOW! So happy for you!
On my way back to Montana had a blast in Marco my absolute favorite part was taking the Hemingway shuttle to Keeywadin I loved it so much I booked a second trip while I was on keewadin shelling 😂😂awesome people! Loved Jack!! It’s a magical place to say the least! The very first shell I picked up on both trips was an alphabet cone! So awesome!! If it wasn’t for you I would have no clue that keewadin or Hemingway shuttle existed so thank you! I let them know it was because of you that I booked with them! And OMG the conks I literally filled my soft cooler which is a backpack I can’t stay off those either!! Thank you thank you thank you for all the knowledge you share!!!
You are so very welcome! It sounds as if you are a good study and really took advantage of the info I provide. I'm so glad you were able to have your own awesome experience there too!
So happy for you!
awesome haul..glad I could see it!