Fort Myers Beach today. What is on the beach and are there any people here?
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- What does Fort Myers Beach look like today? Well, it's beat up, but the beach and water is still great to enjoy. I managed to find a few beach treasures and remove a wee bit of garbage from the beach too.
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I am so anxious to find out what that strange shell/item at 7:44 turns out to be. I noticed in the final shot of the shells you collected that you had a total of three of them. I love those bruised nassas - so pretty!!
That's a fossil ;)
It's called cymatosyrinx lunata, an extinct turrid 😉
I absolutely love ur vids, they help me get through my anxiety and it makes me feel so relaxed. I especially love it when it’s beach time! I love the waves crashing against the shore, I wish I was really there 😂
I loved our time time in Ft Myers Beach in 2021. My heart hurt for the community after the hurricane. It’s so good to see your updates on the area. I hope to go there again in the near future.
I absolutely love the tiny shells
Thinking of you all in Florida .❤ A million warm hugs and hoping the hurricane coming is gentle to you all ❤
❣I do like the little/tiny shells, but also loved the beautiful pear whelks. Glad you didn't have to deal with the bugs this week! Thank you for taking us along, and enjoy your time off! (don't work too hard!)
Thank you for another relaxing trip to the beach! ❤️🐚
PLEASE be safe with the upcoming hurricane ❤️❤️❤️
As you've said before, summer shelling can be sparse. Even so, it still looked like a pretty good day - especially since you weren't being devoured by the bugs! As always, thanks for taking us along.
ESPECIALLY not being devoured by bugs!!!
Can't get enough of your channel. Now im teaching my grandson all about the shells when we visit Indian Rock beach is our go to. We live in Central Florida and always do Gulf beaches. I love the beach life!🫶🐬🦀🐚🐌🪸🦪
Loved the beach walk. I absolutely love the content your relaxing tone yet exciting voice when you find an amazing shell. I look forward to every video. Will miss you next week
So glad you tell us the names of the shells.. thank you ever so much..
Another great trip to the beach.
Hello, Beach Angel, and all you weekend shell collectors, hope all is well with you.
Oh, another tiny finding day! I really think these are my favorites!
At least you're not being served a la carte to the no see ums! There is always something good if you just look in the right place!
It's always cooler when you can get wet, because of the evaporation. I've come home after a day at the beach with a layer of salt on my skin!
I'm loving the gentle lapping of the waves. It's very soothing to the senses.
My goodness, you do have sharp eyes, to spot a quarter inch nutmeg shell! I'm even more impressed than usual, girl!
The shells you're picking up are what we here in Tennessee would call teen-iny, but I prefer to say that they're itty bitty, like the new born kittens I've fostered.
Oh, it's Beach Time! How the sound of the Gulf beside which I was born soothes my soul and makes me homesick at the same time!
Sharmon, you didn't mention that, further up the Atlantic Coast at St. Augustine, coquina were once so numerous that, in some distant time, their tiny shells were compacted by their weight and that of the sand in which they buried themselves so that they actually became a sedimentary rock that was mined by enslaved Natives and used by the Spanish to build houses and other buildings, including the Castillo de San Marco (Castle of St. Mark) which is in St. Augustine and Ft. Matanzas, to the south of the City. In the Spanish Colonial period, cannonballs fired by marauding ships became stuck in the walls of these coquina forts! They can be seen today, still firmly embedded in the five hundred year old coquina walls.
Coquina (the name for the stone) can still be found in the waters of the Atlantic at Amelia Island, a barrier island off St. Augustine.
In addition to providing a vital source of nutrition for wildlife, Natives inhabiting the coasts of Florida gathered the living coquina in fine mesh nets they wove and then boiled the tiny creatures to create a nutritious broth. Some coastal residents still gather coquina to make broth or even chowder. Yum!
Thanks for a great day, Sharmon! It was so kind of you to invite all of us along!
Ha! I just had a flash of imagination wherein there was a veritable herd of people moving slowly down the beach behind you, scouring the sand for shells like living vacuum cleaners!
Have a great couple of weeks, everyone! Much love from beautiful East Tennessee!
The Lost Mermaid🧜🐚
Oh yes, coquina stone was plentiful and used all over St Augustine. I'll get up there one day and see the city for myself! Florida is actually a pretty neat state when it comes to history - well, with the oldest city in our country and all here. Plus I can't wait to show y'all the Dry Tortugas - aka Fort Jefferson. Super neat place and managed to find something I was allowed to take from there!
@@SWFBeachLife did you know that every child in the State of Florida is required to take Florida History before graduating?
Another bit of info...St. Augustine is older, but it was completely abandoned after yellow fever (malaria) nearly wiped out all the city's inhabitants.
Pensacola, where I spent my youth, was founded later, after St. Augustine had been left to its own. It was repopulated after Pensacola was founded, my ancestor being among the first founders. It is the City of Five Flags (Spanish, French, British, Confederate and American), known as Pensacola, that is the oldest continuously inhabited City in the State of Florida.
My ancestor, a Spanish man who was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi, was warned to get out of Spain because Jews were being persecuted in what would become known as the Spanish Inquisition.
Great grandfather times ? hopped a boat headed to the New World. Along the way, he traded with a Carib indian for a beautiful shell which had been fashioned into a horn. Thinking it would be a handy thing to have, he kept it all his life, then passed it down to his son and it came all the way down the family line...to me!
As soon as things can settle for a bit, The Shell will travel to its final resting place at the Shell Museum in your fair city! Cool, huh?
@@ittybittykittymama7582 Yes, I would definitely say that is pretty cool!
Ahhhh… it’s been a few weeks. I’m playing catch up on the beach walks. I love walks on the beach via your videos
We were on that exact beach end of July/beginning of August. Found MANY tiny shells! Exciting! Also found 3 crucifix “shells”. I was so excited as I have only found 2 in my life. Been to Ft Myers beach almost every summer for 38 years. LOVE your videos.
Thank you so much for coming to FMB with me!
A lot of mini ones! so fun
The cerith with coral on it is so cool! For a moment it looked like a morel mushroom.
Hi! Went to Canaveral Seashore this week. I wear pants and a jacket and hat to the beach. No swim suit. I was comfortable, not hot. Just got my feet wet. I am a life long Floridian, so I am used to the heat. Grew up without ac in St. Pete. Give yourself a few more years. You won't think it is as hot as some people think. The water is warmer, and the coral are bleaching. Hydrate often, that will help keep you cool. The dunes here were damaged, but the walkways are repaired. I love a beach that does not have a house or condo in sight. So relaxing.
I search for those beaches too - the ones with no condos, hotels or homes, but still accessible. Luckily some of the barrier islands have not been all built up. I'm pretty chilly at 70 and below, so I think I've meant to live here in FL with the heat!
It's so nice to go to the beach and be able to identify the shells. Especially when people ask you and tell them they need to watch SWF Beach Life. We did find an albino Florida Fighting Conch and was able to identify thanks to you!!
Oh my goodness! I love those shells and to find an albino is so special!
A set of measuring cups, what a great idea! Now I need to go through my stacks of "beach bowls" to see if I have any that are perfectly sized. Even if they are just close,, they would work to toss into a container of rice so I don't have to rummage for a measuring cup.
Bingo! Just put it in the dishwasher to clean it first!
Your beach trips are the best! Thanks for taking me with you!
Great video. Thank you for the beach walk.❤❤❤
I love to be with you on your beach walks!😊
I know this comment comes a bit after watching the clip but I wanted to let you know that I’m praying for y’all and the rest of the state as this next storm is approaching. Stay safe.
Thank you so much! I think the Fort Myers/Sanibel/Captiva area is going to be fine. Up North there is definitely going to be some flooding 🥲
My family has been going to Fort Myers beach since I was a little girl and I am now 40. One of my favorite places!!
I’m with you. I love the strange and unusual. If you knew my hubby you would understand.😂 I love it when you are looking for the Tiny’s. Wentaltraps especially.
🤣🤣🤣 My hubby is strange and unusual too! ❤️
I think this is the ‘roughest’ haul video I’ve seen…. Love that dark lighting welk
Yup - summer is here in full swing!
at 14:53 there is a wentletrap... when you were looking at bubbles... I watch your video every week... I've been going to Sanibel for about 25 years... and this is my first comment. Thank you for your calming videos, enthusiasm, and letting me "go to the beach" every week.
I had to go check it out and sure enough, I saw it too at the very bottom lower left of the screen! They blend right in, don’t they. You have a great eye! You really have to be focusing on them.
Oh man I saw it right away when I went back to look! UGH!!! You do have a fabulous eye and thank you so much for watching my videos!!!
😩 😩 😩
On Sunday I watch on my tv, can’t pause and spend time looking, so Monday I watch on my computer and can pause, I saw the wentletrap right away too
I am not incognito... :) My name is Jan Jacobs, and I live in Metro Detroit, Michigan. I've been watching Sharmon for maybe a year or so... back to the baby turtle, the big horse conch, the killer lace murexes on Kice Island videos. I've collected shells for 50+ years.
I absolutely love the humble Auger, so it as a good day for them! Love the entire haul to be honest. Thanks for a great virtual walk on the beach.
Thanks for the education on the coquinas
Stay safe with the impending storm! Hate to think of all the potential damage, even though some great shelling may come out of it.😢🙏
There’s a gorgeous wentletrap in the lower left corner around the 14:54 mark! You can see it just after you pick up the bubble!
Someone else spied that shell too 😩 This time I won't feel bad though. It was so hard to see with the sun right overhead. I hope someone else found it!!
Love enjoying your videos, thank you ❤❤❤
Thanks!
Thank you so much Lori!!! ❤️❤️❤️
We used to vacation at The Outrigger every December. I would walk the island the entire length. When the tide was out, I could walk the sandbar over a mile south. We have so many shells from those days. I do miss The Outrigger and Charley's. I know the property has been sold and they won't be back.
Bill
After our walks we would go to The Outrigger and drink iced tea (too early for beer - LOL). They actually had decent food too. Sitting under that Tiki Bar looking across that lovely wide beach was one of my favorite things to look forward to on Saturday morning. I heard the family sold the property. I'll cherish the memories.
I want to thank you for your dedication to the amazing vlogs you put out every week. I also want to thank you for not doing the shorts. Personally, they drive me crazy I don’t want to see a short blurb. I want to see the amazing videos like you put out. You totally on my favorite and will always be.
Awe - thank you so much!
Hi Sharmon l, so happy to see you at the beach today and see what you will find and to get some much needed beach time! Thank you for always for your a great time! ( : We will miss you, Sharmon! ) :
Apple Murex has a purple dot at the bottom of the aperture. A shell guide pointed that out to me.
Hi Sharmon! Another awesome Sunday with you at the beach. I'm counting down the days to be on Marco ( 34 more days). Hope to go over to Ft Myers. Didn't make it there last time. Would love to know what that bulb shaped thingy was. I see at the end you found 3 of them. Glad the bugs stayed away! Will miss you next Sunday but you have a great week and a great auction.
Thank you for making my Sunday awesome!!
Beautiful shell finds! I love that you can get a little exercise walking the sand and there are so many pretty free souvenirs at the beach. I try to pick up the trash as I go when I get to go to the beach too. Thanks for the education on the different shells and what they are.
I bet it was a relief not to be getting bit by those Noseeum‘s. I know that last week when I saw all the little black dots on the calf area of your leg, I thought my goodness I didn’t realize they were so small!!
I didn’t realize the rose petal tellin was that big I can’t remember anything bigger than a quarter, or maybe a nickel.Did you notice that when you held up the snail with the drill hole, that it looked like a fat fish? I laughed when I saw it right away. 😂 What a beautiful day to be on the beach!!
Thank you for a wonderful walk and we’ll see you next Sunday. Have a safe and great week. 🥰🐬
What a fun time!! Looked like lots of people at the first beach you went to. I wish I could live by you :( I surely will miss you, hope to see you soon. Have fun! XOXO
Thanks for sharing your trip to Ft Myers beach. I loved the part about the coquinas. I had no idea about their ecological function. The living ones were so bright they looked like jewels!
I wish they were bigger to really see those gorgeous colors!
I love learning about all the critters on the beach on our weekly walks. I live in Ohio & am dying to get back to the gulf to do some shelling. Thanks for sharing!
My fiance loves finding augers. Every time we go to the beach we always make it a competition to see who can find the most. He usually wins because I get distracted with all the other goodies while he stays focused, lol.
Goals! 🤣
We try and go for walks on fmb once or twice a week. We’ve been finding some awesome shells.
I hope you're managing to stay cool too! 🐚🐚
Thank you for sharing another wonderful shelling video. I love the little odd balls. It makes them unique. Thank you for the beach time. The cohenas I have never seen then live in a video. It was so cool to learn about them. Thank you, and I hope the auction goes as good or better than the last auction. With me taking care of my ill mom I don't get a chance to leave the house very often. The videos help me feel better for a bit. Have a wonderful day.
Had to chuckle at myself...when you said "boring" turrid I was like "ouch" then realized what you meant, HAAHA!!
LOL! Yes, boring and boring and 2 completely different things! 😂
So fun! Regardless of lack of or not in usual abundance .. still fun.. thanks for sharing and educating. I’m learning from you and a book you recommended and I’m teaching my granddaughter. The other day we got a very large piece of pastiche from the water and I explained why and particularly the way it appears to sea turtles as jelly fish and it’s what they eat. Another day we was out and we got another piece of plastic and she repeated what she had learned .. i was so proud of her and a awesome moment. ❤thank you
What wonderful lessons you are teaching her! The beach is an amazing classroom and I too have learned so much since moving here.
So there is no way on Gods green earth that I could cope with that heat, I would be a puddle!! Nice to see folk using the beach too. I like those tiny whelk, they are so cute. Stay safe xx
Oh I know you would have HATED this walk. It really was brutally hot and I was having a heck of a time seeing! I figure now is as good a time as any to take a little break from the beach. I really dislike the cold, but I am looking forward to the weather being a little cooler and the shells coming back!!
I so needed to watch this today. lol. It's cold/rainy yet AGAIN in California. I'm glad Ft. Myers is starting to come back. Love the little shells. I have a blue/pink bag like your orange one. Can't find them anymore. But I did get one from Ali.
I bought 2 more bags from Ali yesterday. I love those round mesh bags the best right now.
Yes, I love hers too. Can’t wait to use it.
Lotta littles on this trip. But I liked your little educational bit on the coquinas. Those of us who live in Florida and visit Florida beaches frequently are always amused by their disappearing act as the waves roll in and out. There can be a whole carpet of them on the sand after a wave retreats and suddenly it's moving as they burrow down into the sand. Many people don't realize that when the empty coquina shells and sand get packed down by the surf, they can form an almost rock like substance that has been used to build things like the thick walls of the Castillo de San Marcos in St Augustine. Thanks for all the beach and shell information you pass on to all of us, your followers.
I have not made it up to St Augustine yet but when I do I will be checking out all that coquina stone for sure!
Hi Sharmon! In the beginning of the video you have a turret and a turrid, which appears to be somewhat fossilized. I love the freak ceriths! It just goes to show that it doesn’t hurt to pick up and check out almost everything. Happy shelling!!
Thanks! I have learned so much from you channel and your knowledge. I am heading to St. Petersburg, Fl soon. Hope it is not too hot to go to the beach.
Thank you so very much! It's hot out there, but if you're in or near the water it helps!
Just saw the hurricane is heading towards you. Hope you are safe and this storm is not as bad as the last one.
I saw one person suggest that the odd bones were from a drum fish. I don’t know if it’s the same but they made me think of Hyperostosis (essentially ‘swollen bones’) which occurs in several fish species.
Someone told me that first (swollen bones) but then someone said they were pterygiophore bones from a drum fish and after looking it up they were indeed those pterygiophore bones.
Hi Sharmon,
That was a very hot day at the beach. I had to Google how warm 108 F to Celsius is, and I was surprised it was so hot! And still see people on the beach. I think I was only swimming in the see to cool down. (Or being in an air conditioned environment.)
It was so much fun to see all those little coquina's doing their dance. I really like them!
Thank you for taking us with you, as always it's highly appreciated!
Good luck with the preparations for the auction. I know for sure it will be a great success!
(I will miss you these coming weeks)
Sending you lots of love and of course a huge hug, xoxo ❤❤❤ ,Ilona
Oh my, I would not make it outside in that much heat! You are stronger than me, Sharmon! ) :
Yes it was a wee bit warm at the beach that day. Not as hot as Dry Tortugas, but we'll talk about that when I'm back! The tides this time of year are quite weird with an "okay" low tide in the middle of the day so now is the perfect time for me to take little break. I hope you are surrounded by all the things you love and I'll "see" you again in a few weeks. ❤️❤️❤️
I don’t know if you will be checking comments lately.
I’m concerned about the new hurricane on its way and hoping you’re not suffering from PTSD after last year.
Hope you and your family are safe and all the work you have done holds.
Take care of yourself.
Thank you SO much. I think the PTSD has made me think if it's not a Cat 5 coming straight at me, I'm good. 😉
Hey Sharmon, could you find out what the “fossil” shell is and update us? I’d love to know more. I think my favorite today was the serif with the coral. That was a cool find.
The one I had found was a Cancellaria plagiostoma, extinct for over 2 million years! Turns out the center of Florida is basically all fossils, so finding fossils here is quite easy. Go figure!
Please take care with coming hurricane! Thinking of you as we join you it!
Glad the bugs weren’t bugging you today! I love shelling but my husband is having some heart issues right now. Hopefully we find out something soon! Love going to the beach with you! ❤
I hope your husband's issues are temporary! 🙏🏼
Please stay safe with this next hurricane ❤
Thank you! We are fine but I know my friends up North are going to get lots of flooding 🥲
Hope they are OK 🤞🏻
Hi Sharmon! I think the mystery bones are pterygiophore bones from a drum fish. They support the dorsal fin.
That's them! I learned 2 new things. The name of those puffy bones and that there is more than one work that starts with a pt - I thought those flying dinosaurs were the only ones!!! Thank you so much! ❤️
My pleasure! See you in class. Leah@@SWFBeachLife
@@LeahStroup753 Can't wait!
Because of your channel, I recommended that a friend visit Sanibel Island while in Florida. Well, she brought back a bag of Sanibel sand for me to look through. Wow! How many tiny shells did I find! That was so fun! I live in California where shelling is less flashy and less celebrated but still very interesting and worth making into a hobby. We have really teenie tiny wentletraps here if you can see them to find them. Thanks to you, I am plotting a trek over there to look for stuff. I have a little jar with a teenie tiny shell collection in it…the smallest version of whatever I have found over the years.
I hope your trek is fun and you do indeed find some of those sea treasures!
@@SWFBeachLife yes, we are off again today! I am making educational collections for children and adult children.
@@SWFBeachLife so nice to hear from you. Btw, you have a very nice narration voice :)
@@englishwithkaren9953 Thank you!!! 🙏🏼
Hey not sure how this storm will or if it will affect you but want you to know you guys are in our thoughts and prayers. Hopefully it won't be bad at all.
Right! We’re down here in Southeast Florida watching the storm situation. Prayers are with you guys over there on the West Coast too. We hope for the best and preparing for the worst! As always.
@@lorimchair2190 I'm in Louisiana in a city that got hit by 2 6 weeks apart in 2020. We were named the most weather battered city by the weather channel so believe me when I say, I'm hoping for the best for Florida.
OMG I can't imagine being hit twice in one year. Just no. I have my Florida neighbors in my thoughts and prayers 🙏🏼
Please stay safe!! 🙏🏼
Thank you Wendy! I hope it won't be that bad either. We should be fine but I think up North is definitely going to get some weather.
I found one of those mystery shells myself. I was hoping you knew what it was. Well, now there's two that don't know.
Glad you took us out to Fort Meyers this week, even if it was summer and hot with "eh" for the tide.
(It's easy to tell you're not from the Pacific Northwest coffee country. 😊 Truly, I'm not trying to be critical, but “grounds” in its coffee sense refers to the gunk left over after making a pot of java. The noun “grinds” refers to the different degrees of ground coffee; for example, there are fine, medium, and coarse “grinds.” So what you're seeing in the water looks like coffee "grounds." xoxo)
Thank you for that explanation. Of course the first thing I do is google, "coffee grinds," and apparently Target doesn't use the term correctly either! It looks like us "improper folks" use the terms grinds/grounds interchangeably, but moving forward I shall try to remember to use grounds vs grinds. I love coffee - I never start my day without it and I drink decaf!!
Oh, dear, you're certainly not "improper" at all!! @@SWFBeachLife
Interesting how much better the last time was at FMB. Maybe the tides were the reason. This video was very similar to what I'm seeing up here. Lots of small stuff which is OK cuz I need to start making shell Christmas trees. You did find some pretty dark augers. And a couple of very nice pear whelks!😊 I can't believe you were out there in the middle of the day!😮 Thanks Sharmon. xxoo
I was trying to catch what little I could have a low tide and boy I won't bother in the middle of the day next time! It was HOT!! And so random to have all these tiny shells then a could have great pear whelks. So weird! I figure I'm going to give it a few more months and I'll come back up by you. I still want the hubby to experience the park and I have a lamp I want to fill with turbans! ❤️
hello from New Mexico
Hello!!! 😃
Hope all is well...
I didn't see a video posted yesterday😢
Correct - I am taking a little CZcams break to work on my 2nd and final auction to raise money for the Fort Myers Beach Elementary kids.
We just returned home from four nights at Pink Shell - which we had stayed at pre-Ian. We were there for the super full moon and negative low tide. Whoa, lots of sand dollars (alive) during low tide. We had some great shelling! It was very unexpected. Luckily, I found a cup from some local restaurant on the beach and picked it up to hold my shells (and clean up trash!). Lots of hinged disc Dosinias! They were just sitting there on the beach like little gifts. Found a bit of Junonia, too. Always love to see where you shell and what you find!
I always carry extra plastic bags so when I see shellers out there using shoes and shirts as bags I can give them something "proper" to carry their goodies around in. I've stayed at the Pink Shell too - it's a fun place!
@@SWFBeachLife - great idea!
I enjoy your videos each week and learning the parts and names of shells you find. I recently visited Holden Beach North Carolina. It was my childhood vacation go to. There I found lots of Sea Biscuits, Lettered Olives, Ogors, Nutmegs, and several others. I was looking for a way to send pictures of them to you. Thought you might be interested.
It sounds like you had a great time there! I have never shells in the Carolinas. I hope to one day!
Just checking in to see if you are ok. Hadn't seen a post this week. ❤ take care. Hugs :)
I have been announcing at the end of my videos that I'm taking a little break to work on my next auction. I'l be back soon! Thank you so much for checking in on me!! 🙏🏼
Sorry, guess I missed that :) good luck 🍀 ❤ :)
@@shannonjennings3424 No worries and thank you so much!
Nice videos
Thank you!
Glad to hear the bugs laid off for this beach walk! I will be in Fort Myers in the beginning of September. I am curious as to where diamond head resort is compared to the first area you shelled and then also when you moved spots? I am actually coming to look at Fort Myers and surrounding areas to pinpoint a location to move to. I know that hurricane turned everything literally upside down including many many lives but I have a strong feeling that is where I should be. Anyway thank you for the beautiful walk today! Take care and good luck preparing for the auction! Very excited for that!!
We stayed at the diamondhead head resort. Address 2000 Estero Blvd. lani kai is 1400 Estero Blvd. so close to each other
I would give my eye teeth to move to ft Myers beach !
The Diamond Head was pretty much right behind me on that first stretch of beach I was shelling on. We personally chose to not live ON Fort Myers Beach due to the traffic, so we live close enough to drive there quickly, but far enough that the beach traffic doesn't affect us. I LOVE living here!
@@SWFBeachLife that is what I thought location wise. Thank you for confirming that! So excited to come explore FMB!!!
Well, well, well, if it isn't the Shell Whisperer again , master of the tides and champion of seashell discovery! And here we are, tiny and innocent auger shells, minding our own spirals, when suddenly we find ourselves plucked from our cozy sandy nooks and thrust into the spotlight. Alongside my fellow auger comrades, we're the new stars of the seashell stage, all thanks to SWFSW's obsession with collecting us. We've got the best seat in the ocean too... watching as the Shell Whisperer parades us around like the calcium carbonate heroes we are. And... we've become the talk of the tide pools, and rumor has it, the hermit crabs are fighting over who gets to move into one of us next. Who knew that life as an auger could be so interesting? You gather us up like a gathering of old friends who've been waiting to share their tales with a curious soul. We augers might have spent our days nestled in the sand, but now we've got front-row seats to your YT audience! You're like the captain of curiosity, charting a course through the waves to uncover the secrets of the shore. With your gentle touch and keen eye, you're turning our tranquil seashell existence into a joyful journey of discovery for everyone. :)
Talk of the tide pools...🤣 I actually got to meet some live augers one fine September day last year before the hurricane. One of my friends was here visiting and I was dragging her to all the good beaches. It was the first and only time I've seen them alive. They must be very comfy as the hermies love them!
Do you ever find sea glass? That’s the treasure I look for!
I do from time to time, but not all that often since our gulf waters are on the calm side. That being said, I went to an island and brought home TONS of seaglass! I'll share that trip soon!
Thought of you today and your mystery bones/shell-parts. Ze Frank uploaded a new "True Facts" video to his YT channel and there's some excellent fish skull video. I'm sure you'll find your mystery part in there!
It was indeed a fish bone and some else identified it as pterygiophore bones from a drum fish. Ze Frank is my absolute favorite CZcams channel!!!
The “coffee grounds” here seem larger than where you have found the “wensel traps (sp?)”, yes?
Sometimes those grinds are big and sometimes smaller. They can show up at pretty much any size.
Thank you for another relaxing video. I'm counting the days til my next trip to the area...14! Tiny shells are a favorite of mine and I hope to scoop up some of those sweet little fighting conchs while I'm there. 🙂 So, summer shelling comes with challenges. When do things start looking up?? Enjoy your break and good luck with the auction!
Last year was a bit of a mess with the hurricane and all, but the year before I remember shells starting to show up in October. It's those cold NW winds that help.
Wonder what the Paul Newman shark eye shell was called B4 Paul Newman was born? ;)
Frank Sinatra was only born 10 years before Paul so I guess it wasn't him...🤔
I've recently found your channel after becoming obsessing with shelling on my first trip to Florida in July, aside from Disney a long time ago. I love your videos! I have learned a ton, and just really enjoy watching. Thank you for sharing your adventures. I'm already planning a trip back for more shelling in October. I'm having a hard time deciding where though. I want to shell as much as possible from Captiva to Marco Island. I'm traveling with My husband and kids though, so I don't think I can swing shelling 100% of the time. 😄 In July we stayed on Siesta Key, and explored the lovely beaches there. We did drive to Captiva and spent a day at Turner Beach. Between Fort Myers Area, Bonita Springs, and Marco Island which would you chose as a "home base" for most of your shelling near by?
I live in Fort Myers and find it so easy to get to Captiva and Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach, Bonita and then an hour south to Marco - plus there is so much to do here so I personally would recommend Fort Myers. Close enough to the airport, beaches and lots of places to stay in Fort Myers proper. Some places are open but it's going to be a while before we're all cleaned up again.
@@SWFBeachLife I appreciate you responding! Thank you. I've been slammed hat work this week, but am going to hop back on and search for places to stay. I'll focus in on Fort Meyers. I'm so sorry about all the devastation that Ian caused. Hopefully it'll will help some of the businesses a little if we stay there. My year old is going through this huge phobia of storms. I don't know why, because we've never shown fear or been affected. She was so nervous traveling in July to Sarasota. Poor baby. The day we went to Captiva, it was shocking to see the effects. I don't know why I didn't think about the affect a hurricane would have on the natural environment. It looked similar to how it looked here when Gatlinburg has those bad fires. Needless to say, it didn't help my daughter's anxiety, and to make matters worse, there was a storm on Turner that day. 🤦🏻♀ It blew over, and all was well in the end. I found an alphabet cone shell that day, that I thought was a Junonia for a couple weeks. 😄😄Thank you again! Maybe I'll see you out there shelling!
At 18:49 I saw something that looked like a little green bead?
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What do you do with all the shells? I love listening to you describe the shells.
I keep some, I sell some - I put some to the side for projects. I showed my collection in a previous video: czcams.com/video/GZQVCKCJQZk/video.html
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How fast to the horse conch grow? You had that huge one on Keewaydin Island.
I'm not 100% certain, but it takes quite a few years for those snails to grow into adults.
* Miss Jingles, baby's ear, & sand dollars.. You had to really work for your shells today..
@22:15 Was that a Pear Welk, or a Paper Fig shell? I get em mixed up thnx! :)
Pear Whelk! Those 2 shells have pretty much the same shape, but the paper figs are almost always a monochrome tan color. 😃
We want to go to Sanibel this week. Think the bugs are there?
Probably, but if you go while the sun is out and there is a good breeze you should be fine.
You say you had troubles distinguishing between an apple murex and a lace murex. So what is the difference??
You inspired me to make a short about it 😃 czcams.com/users/shortsI32TfXR53j8?si=8LTOumHcrkf3QS88
Is there more shells this time of year in other places?
The Keys or The Eastern part of the state?
My understanding is the East Coast is like the West Coast and the winter is better for finding shells. The Keys I'm not sure. Since they don't really have beaches the way we do, you have to have a boat or snorkel to find shells.
I am planning a trip down there with my daughter and we watch all your videos together. We were wanting to know where would be the best places to go hunting for shells and paddle boarding? We are planning on coming down around the end of November.
Any of the beaches I visit is good for finding shells but not so sure about paddle boarding. I myself haven't rented one (I have my own kayak) but I do know you can rent them over by Bunche Beach in Fort Myers kayak-excursions.com
I have not seen a video for a couple weeks. Did you retire?
I did not retire! I am just taking a little CZcams break to work on an Auction and video showing all the items that will be up for grabs. I'll be back soon!
I bet they'll find that the shells are deformed because of pollution. 😢
Question. Does Ft Myers charge for handicap parking?
They do not! But I did read they have a 4 hour limit.
Thank you
I am just curious. After watching you rescue many live critters in shells, was wondering if any of them can sting you? I spent many summers vacationing in Florida as a child and was always warned not to pick them up. I’m not sure if it was for my safety or the creatures.🤔
I have not been bitten or stung by anything and I hope it stays that way! You can get a nasty sting from a stingray or a jellyfish, but I can't think of anything else, that could cause harm.
@@SWFBeachLife Thank you so much for clearing that up for me! Happy shell hunting!😊