When I was young and lived on the island of Guam (1969-72) my father and I found more than 1 of the “$6-700 cone shells. I had the privilege of building a collection of great value. This collection has been in boxes for near 50 years untouched by UV rays.
PS … those prices are outrageous. Have you ever heard of the “7 deadly cone shells?) you had one in your hand - the textile cone. Very aggressive and very deadly
25 years ago, I bought a Glory of the Seas for $100 US, which included its operculum. It was previously owned by a collector in Florida many years ago, whose granddaughter was forced to sell it and others. I thought it was a bargain then, and I still do. I was so excited when I received it in the mail, I drove straight over to my son and daughter's elementary school and showed their teachers and classmates. I was showing my seashell collection to my young grandsons this afternoon, and they wanted to know what it was worth today. The site I went to had a listed price of $470 -- STILL a bargain! My older son will inherit my rock and fossil collection, including a number of fluorescent rocks and minerals and one very radioactive meta-torbernite and my 1950s Geiger counter, as well as my stamp collection; my younger grandson will inherit my US and foreign coin and currency collection as well as the seashells. Most of the shells are from areas in the Indian Ocean where their second and third great-grandfathers collected them in the latter half of the 1800s, and even though I researched them in an enormous volume of seashells of the world at a large local library, I could not identify species or genus of nearly all of them -- only broad families. The collection includes a series of 5 different sized wentletraps, as beautiful as porcelain, and a tiny cone shell barely 6 mm long. If I can't ID them, it'll be their job when they inherit them! They are nearly 8 and 5 years old, respectively, and as they mature, they are realizing that the best use of the collections is in a small museum. Had my home not burned in a forest fire in the southern California mountains in 2003 (it was on CNN virtually nonstop for over a week) they would've had much more, including whale vertebrae I dug with my son and daughter, their first "real" (i. e. self-collected) fossils, and a much more extensive mineral and gemstone collection. The shells, thankfully, I squeezed into my car before evacuating, or else these uncommon and rare specimens would have been lost. It's a wonderful world of science specimens to study, and I hope it continues to drive their curiosity and search for knowledge. I know Hurricane Ian had to have devastated the famed seashells of the Sanibel Island shoreline, but the boys will certainly never be able to go to a tropical beach without looking up and down the shoreline for shells.
Thankyou for sharing, I have been collecting sea shells recently in the Island of west Sumbawa Indonesia your video very informative about sea shells... I need alot to learn.
Wow, those were amazing. That has to be so much fun just looking around in there. Maybe youll find a few out hunting. Very informative and fun to watch. Great video
This was names something different when I looked them up found on a shopping site: Deep Water Philippine Sea Urchin - Coelopleurus Mailardii Found at depths of up to 600 feet, these Philippine Sea Urchins are gorgeous and very rare specimens. They are not colored or dyed, this is their natural vibrant color. These specific Urchins were found off the coast of Mactan which is an island in the Philippines and is part of the Cebu Province. -- calocochlia festiva is a pink land snail in the Philippines . I love seeing this show and tell and hunting shells channel.
Love your videos. So educational. Beautiful scenery, love experiencing the sea through your videos! Thx. I live in West Virginia. I have hunted shells mostly on North Carolina Beaches.
I loved the shells! I collect just regular varieties can be found NC to Fla beaches. I have many beautiful shells. Hope to find special shells! Thanks for sharing ..
The way you acquire these deep sea shells is by putting a trap down a few hundred meters with bait which attracts hermit crabs, which go into the trap. Then the trap is hoisted and the hermit crabs along with the rare deep sea shells they are living in, are brought to the surface. From there the hermit crabs are sadly removed from their shells and thrown back into the water. I wish they could find a better way to do this but it’s pretty much impossible.
The price of seashells here in the Philippines is cheap. I saw a 190mm Chambered Nautilus shell being sold for around $10 dollars and a 2 inch Precious Wentletrap for P320 or around $7 dollars and many more!
A neighbor around the corner from my house moved away and they left the largest sea shell collection I've ever seen. Now I'm going to be homeless I need to sell it.
Where are you located? I inherited a lot of valuable shells that have papers inside that give the location of where they were found. I have no idea the value, but have many shells that you’re showing pictures of. Any advice on where to sell some of these?
A little late to this but they use fishing nets or get them by trawling in deep waters which sadly destroy ecosystems but many countries around the world are trying to stop the use of them
What are the details of the urchin? I looked up the name on the paper shown, not finding it as urchin. I’d love to know more. Why is the first urchin so expensive?
Saya punya kerang conus beratnya setengah kilo sangat cantik saya koleksi dari tahun 2008 klau laku nya mahal saya jual soalnya sangat langka biarpun udah jadi posil tetep mulus
I don’t know if you’ll see this because I making this up for this video is older, but here goes. What I hate about all the Philippines shelf if they dive deep for them and they killed a critter that to them. That’s so against white Americans think from what I gather from your show what you do. Just breaks my heart.
hi , i am from the phils-lourdes pastrano rivera .i wanted to get in touch wd u for a lomg time sijce ... heres my purpose -- my umcle left me wd a large collection of rare & ecpensive sea shells -collection of our grandfather decades ago ...they are archeological finds ...i want to monetize some (wd duplicates ) for mobility funds .can you help me out on these one ? will ne sending some pix if ur interested...
When I was young and lived on the island of Guam (1969-72) my father and I found more than 1 of the “$6-700 cone shells. I had the privilege of building a collection of great value. This collection has been in boxes for near 50 years untouched by UV rays.
PS … those prices are outrageous. Have you ever heard of the “7 deadly cone shells?) you had one in your hand - the textile cone. Very aggressive and very deadly
25 years ago, I bought a Glory of the Seas for $100 US, which included its operculum. It was previously owned by a collector in Florida many years ago, whose granddaughter was forced to sell it and others. I thought it was a bargain then, and I still do. I was so excited when I received it in the mail, I drove straight over to my son and daughter's elementary school and showed their teachers and classmates.
I was showing my seashell collection to my young grandsons this afternoon, and they wanted to know what it was worth today. The site I went to had a listed price of $470 -- STILL a bargain! My older son will inherit my rock and fossil collection, including a number of fluorescent rocks and minerals and one very radioactive meta-torbernite and my 1950s Geiger counter, as well as my stamp collection; my younger grandson will inherit my US and foreign coin and currency collection as well as the seashells. Most of the shells are from areas in the Indian Ocean where their second and third great-grandfathers collected them in the latter half of the 1800s, and even though I researched them in an enormous volume of seashells of the world at a large local library, I could not identify species or genus of nearly all of them -- only broad families. The collection includes a series of 5 different sized wentletraps, as beautiful as porcelain, and a tiny cone shell barely 6 mm long. If I can't ID them, it'll be their job when they inherit them!
They are nearly 8 and 5 years old, respectively, and as they mature, they are realizing that the best use of the collections is in a small museum. Had my home not burned in a forest fire in the southern California mountains in 2003 (it was on CNN virtually nonstop for over a week) they would've had much more, including whale vertebrae I dug with my son and daughter, their first "real" (i. e. self-collected) fossils, and a much more extensive mineral and gemstone collection. The shells, thankfully, I squeezed into my car before evacuating, or else these uncommon and rare specimens would have been lost.
It's a wonderful world of science specimens to study, and I hope it continues to drive their curiosity and search for knowledge. I know Hurricane Ian had to have devastated the famed seashells of the Sanibel Island shoreline, but the boys will certainly never be able to go to a tropical beach without looking up and down the shoreline for shells.
What's the size on the gloriamaris? Price usually varies from size
He is like introducing and describing the shell like a teacher XD I gained a lot of kbowledge from him. Sub to him .
Thanks man!!!
Thankyou for sharing, I have been collecting sea shells recently in the Island of west Sumbawa Indonesia your video very informative about sea shells... I need alot to learn.
Wow, those were amazing. That has to be so much fun just looking around in there. Maybe youll find a few out hunting. Very informative and fun to watch. Great video
Thanks for showing the shells from the shop!! Love the two you bought!!
This was names something different when I looked them up found on a shopping site:
Deep Water Philippine Sea Urchin - Coelopleurus Mailardii
Found at depths of up to 600 feet, these Philippine Sea Urchins are gorgeous and very rare specimens. They are not colored or dyed, this is their natural vibrant color. These specific Urchins were found off the coast of Mactan which is an island in the Philippines and is part of the Cebu Province. -- calocochlia festiva is a pink land snail in the Philippines . I love seeing this show and tell and hunting shells channel.
Love your videos. So educational. Beautiful scenery, love experiencing the sea through your videos! Thx. I live in West Virginia. I have hunted shells mostly on North Carolina Beaches.
I have wendletraps found on sanibel island. Super tiny compared to that one.
I’ve seen some of them!!!
I loved the shells! I collect just regular varieties can be found NC to Fla beaches. I have many beautiful shells. Hope to find special shells! Thanks for sharing ..
Shell @ 6:55 makes me think of The Jetsons comics. Ancient form, futuristic design.
Fantastic
Gorgeous shells. I like the Wentletrap and the Sea Urchin. Enjoy your purchase!
They’re sooo cool hey!!
Watching from Philippines 🤗
Beautiful shells so. Happy you got to go and purchase some.God Bless
Thank youuu Debra!!
I will take a pic of them shortly
Definitely love your shells in this video.. Thanks for sharing.. It's very informative...
Thank you very much!!!
I do have a wentle trap same Size as the One in the video
The way you acquire these deep sea shells is by putting a trap down a few hundred meters with bait which attracts hermit crabs, which go into the trap. Then the trap is hoisted and the hermit crabs along with the rare deep sea shells they are living in, are brought to the surface. From there the hermit crabs are sadly removed from their shells and thrown back into the water. I wish they could find a better way to do this but it’s pretty much impossible.
Holy!! I knew it had to do with netting, but nothing else you can do I guess!! That’s very interesting thank you Luke!
Fabulous!🐚🐚🐚
Wow beautiful she'lls👍
I have a shell thant existed More than 300 years a go , its one of its kind
Wowowowo!
cool shells
Beautiful beautiful 😍
The price of seashells here in the Philippines is cheap. I saw a 190mm Chambered Nautilus shell being sold for around $10 dollars and a 2 inch Precious Wentletrap for P320 or around $7 dollars and many more!
Wowowowow!!!
That is right sir
That is right sir
Awesome!!My granddaughter found a wentletrap in Sanibel Island.I call her HawkEye
Whaaaat! Epic find to her!
So nice! J love the thatcheria mirabilis and the epitonium scalare.
Fantastic pick mate!
A neighbor around the corner from my house moved away and they left the largest sea shell collection I've ever seen. Now I'm going to be homeless I need to sell it.
Good day..sir i have many cowries here in the cebu Philippines.
Cool video
Love that wonder shell
Me too hey!!
Gorgeous!
Where are you located? I inherited a lot of valuable shells that have papers inside that give the location of where they were found. I have no idea the value, but have many shells that you’re showing pictures of. Any advice on where to sell some of these?
eBay or Facebook
I hava very big sea shell 😮
How about the Ruffled clam shell ?
Hi I have a huge shell and can you help me identify
Love this video
I have one triton left-handed,,hw much do u think the price now?
Love that murex
Me too!
Want to buy lefthanded snail shell
Not yet on the wentletrap but I am working on it. Lol
Haha one day!
Nice collection ✨
Thank you for watching!
Hwo price in conus excelsus $$$ ???
Size ???
I do!
Scuba diving to 500 metres, you would implode 🤿😬😬
I thought so too lol it’s crazy
A little late to this but they use fishing nets or get them by trawling in deep waters which sadly destroy ecosystems but many countries around the world are trying to stop the use of them
What are the details of the urchin? I looked up the name on the paper shown, not finding it as urchin. I’d love to know more.
Why is the first urchin so expensive?
I believe it’s because it can only be found very deep and at one spot! Shellcade.com has some serious deals on this week!
@@Shellcade hellow
Saya punya kerang conus beratnya setengah kilo sangat cantik saya koleksi dari tahun 2008 klau laku nya mahal saya jual soalnya sangat langka biarpun udah jadi posil tetep mulus
Im from the Philippines and i have big 🐚 and im moving to Australia
Dude you must be stoked!!
Do you buy seashell
How can I contact you?
From PhilIppines
I don’t know if you’ll see this because I making this up for this video is older, but here goes. What I hate about all the Philippines shelf if they dive deep for them and they killed a critter that to them. That’s so against white Americans think from what I gather from your show what you do. Just breaks my heart.
Who determines the price? If I have one, where can I sell it?
Absolutely!! Message me on Instagram
I have some also
سبحان الله العظيم المبدع
How much are 5" Hawaiian Tiger Corwies worth?
Ahhh about $6!
@@Shellcade that can't be right. 5 inches. You can't get those.
Can I buy shells from this shop?
How much do you pay for the female triton shell
Masha Allah ❤❤❤🌷🥀🌹
Graet video!! Luv shells..
Hav you seen i love shelling..??
Sanibel island Florida..its my Fav place to 🐚. Chek it out .😁🏆🌟
I have been looking for someone to appraise a collection I have been gifted.
mau beli kerang saya...
Your buy sea shell this pictures
Erchin
I have rare shell who buy
Ehos buyer i have rare
hi , i am from the phils-lourdes pastrano rivera .i wanted to get in touch wd u for a lomg time sijce ...
heres my purpose -- my umcle left me wd a large collection of rare & ecpensive sea shells -collection of our grandfather decades ago ...they are archeological finds ...i want to monetize some (wd duplicates ) for mobility funds .can you help me out on these one ? will ne sending some pix if ur interested...
The audio quality is so poor
Hi. I have a whole box of seashells for sell anybody interested
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Collecting shells is unethical. Animals are dying because people are stealing their homes.
Shut up