I just love the tiny shells, they are so adorable and cute!! So happy you finally had such great luck with your Wentletraps! Of course I super enjoyed the beach time and thank you for taking us along once again!!!❤
Yay for the wentletraps!! I think it’s great to sit in a spot and do a really good fingertip search like you’re looking for the murder weapon in the hayfield. The little ones are cute and that crab was a sweetie. Stay safe x
Yes! That was a tiny FFC! The world of mini's is another whole world. When I don't see much of a wrack line, I look for mini's down by the water. It's absolutely amazing what's out there! Yay!! I knew you'd find one if you stuck to it! Now you can have a whole new appreciation for all those shells show displays with the tiny shells. I don't particularly look for wentletraps, but I think I have a total of 11. Lol I don't think there are as many up here anyway. Thanks Sharmon! xxoo
I think I've found a whole new world of shelling! There are times when those little bits aren't much, but other times there's so many little tinies in there. And clean up/storage is fantastic on the little ones. Yup - a whole new appreciation for different shells ☺️
Thank you for this video. I drove up from Marco today, found the exact spot you showed, and looked for the coffee grounds and bubbles. Success! Found 10 little wentletraps! Thank you for introducing me to this new hobby. I love it.
I really like the tinies, but I have to say the true tulip is my fav. Lots of shells this time that I haven’t seen before, thanks for taking me to the beach again my friend 🏝
I absolutely enjoyed this! I love when you look for tiny's I can't tell you how many times I screamed at the screen wait pick up that one ,you just missed something.lol 😎 Thank you.✌
I actually really enjoyed myself looking for tinies so I suspect I'll be back doing this again in the future. I'm going to go even slower next time!!! Thank you so much for coming along with me!
See ❤ that's what I mean by sitting down and just looking. It can be unwinding and amazing. The sun glinting off the water is one of most favorite sights. Reminds me of sitting in my g'ma's living room. She lived just a block up from the Sunset Cliffs in San Diego. In the afternoon the sun would dance off the water. It was always magic. Gotta say, this video is one of the favorites, you've done. ❤ Small shells and ocean water, to play in.
Hi there, good evening. Shelll hunting has been my personal "therapy" for over 30 years! So enjoy your videos. If you are ever interested, please reach out and I will share a very well kept secret on where to "discover" some wonderdul conchs and king conchs, right in St Petes, near 34 at south and point brittany. Happy hunting !
I can certainly understand why shell hunting has been your therapy. And how very kind of you to offer up your secret spot! I live pretty far from the St. Pete area but I did make a note in case I have time to go check it out in the future. Thank you so much! 🙏🏼
I'm like an anti-sheller. I give away (almost) all my tips so other can enjoy the beach as much as I do! I hope you get to go back and find those little beauties!
I love learning from you about “new shells” to me as I’m not from FL, I live in Indiana. I can’t wait to look for all of these little and big shells this next spring when I visit Fort Myers area. I love all your videos and especially this one searching for wentletraps!
Thanks for showing us how to find wentletraps, I might try it since I really want one. Also that place is very beautiful I hope someday I can travel there, thanks again and very beautiful finds and that tiny shark eye is very cute
I enjoyed seeing the beach in finer detail! You can make out what all the debris are on the beach and I think it's so interesting what washes up. It looks like the red mangrove propogules are about fizzled out, lucky I got a few while they were good! I made an aquatic Mangrove terrarium and it looks so neat!! Happy shelling 🐚
I've never had much luck at finding shells at Lighthouse either. Your video has given me tips and I will definitely be coming back to Lighthouse Beach. Thank you.
Hi Sharmon, Yippee, FINALLY you found the wentletrap jackpot! I'm so happy for you!! ❤️ It's so funny that this shell has a Dutch name, but there are no wentletraps on our beaches to find. I wish it was, that would have been awesome. Think you also find them because you're training your brains to differentiate these shells from all the other white tiny stuff. In the future you will find them with much more ease. That tiny hermit crab was so cute. 😍 Thank you for taking us with you on your beach walks, it's my weekly 30 minute escape from pain and laying in my bed. And I know filming and editing is a lot of work! Thank you so, so much! 😘 Have a fantastic week, filled with joy and laughter. Big hug and lots of love, xoxo ❤️, Ilona
I do think you're right in the sense that I have to train my brain. I've trained it so well on the other shells I have to try to not get distracted so I see those tiny little beauties. I suspect I left some on the beach for other shellers but at least I found a few! Every single time I go to the beach I breathe in gratitude that I am physically able to share my beach trips with people who need a little beach time. May all the news you get be good news and you recover quickly. Big hugs and lots of love from Florida! xoxoxo ❤️
Wentletraps are so pretty! The glassy bubble was, too. If I was there, I'd have to take a deep breath and tell myself, "patience." Thank you! I hope you have a good week!
Patience is key! I'm usually on the move so it was quite different to spend so much time in the same spot finding so many tiny treasures. It was really fun and I look forward to trying it again. Thank you so much for watching Carol and I hope you have a good week too!
Thank you for doing a small shell hunt. We were at PCB in June and we didn’t have much luck at the surf because of the renourishment project over the winter. But one morning I was B-lining to the trash cans with a plastic bottle I found and noticed a little olive glistening in the rising sun between the chairs and trash cans. And then I noticed lots of glistening. So ran back to the resort, woke up my little person and we grabbed up all that glistened. We found what I thought were baby olives but upon closer inspection I noticed the aperture was different. But you just told me they were variable dwarf olives!!!! So Thank You! You taught me something new and I was able to teach my kids! Happy shelling!
Isn't it funny that you'll remember a shell from your past and recognize it when you see it again? That's what happened to me with the very first shell I found on this trip. It amazes me that our memories can do that! Happy to help you ID your little treasures and thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏼
Such beautiful finds that's the first time I've seen a rice olive they are so pretty and I can't remember the name of the clear shell you found but it was amazing too although the wental traps stole the show and each one you found made it that much more exciting. Thanks for sharing me and the hubby look fwd to our Sunday beach time can't wait to see it myself this October!!!!
I loved this different kind of video/shelling you did today. The wentletraps are really fascinating to me. They are so intricate and beautiful. Thanks as always for educating me and letting us enjoy the beach with you!
It's the first time I finally got lucky and found those little white shells! It's a totally different type of shelling and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thank you so much for coming along!!! ❤️
Love the minis! Wentletrap heaven! They are gorgeous! Thanks for taking us along! Finally home. Still a bit to go to be back to normal, but I have to be a patient patient. So calming watching your videos! Thanks again Sharmon, much love! 💜🏝🐙🌺😘
5:14 Wentletrap! Dead center just below the long spear-type debris. Look at the south side of the spear-type tip & work your way back just a little: and there it is!!! YAY, Sharmon! 🐚
Yes, I absolutely missed a few. They are so hard to find - even if you're looking for them! I have a fantastic surprise by one of these beauties coming in a few weeks! It's huge!
That was so much fun!! I love wentletraps and all the little baby shells. I think your mindset has lots to do with it. Thank you for taking us along. Have a great week. See you Sunday! XOXO
Great day! It was tiny-fest for me at the shore this year (Litchfield Beach, SC) and I found two white wentletraps (probably angulate), and a brown banded model too. I had you on my mind when I picked them up!
Lucky to find that brown banded wentletrap! Tiny shells kind of open a whole new world of other shells to me and I had a great time looking for the little treasures!
So glad you finally found some wentletraps! I had good luck finding them a while back in the same area you were in at Lighthouse Beach. Thanks for my weekly trips back to the SW Florida beaches!
Love those windsel traps . They are so so pretty.. I found one at our fernandina beach this weekend and thought it was beautiful but didn’t know what it was 😃❤️
Glad to see you slow down, bend down, and see the wentletraps! And you only looked on the surface - perhaps next time you will look in the same 'coffee grounds/bubbles' area but brush some top layer aside? Have seen many videos of folks finding more by doing that. Congrats on your bucket list finds.
I could probably use some good wentletrap finding advice! I did manage to find a few by looking for the bubbles and coffee grinds but looking back at some of the video there were definitely some that I left behind. I'll have to keep practicing! Thanks so much for watching!
When I went to england as a child to visit all my relatives I was given a small wooden jewellery box smothered in local seashells.. still have it.. I keep my hair clips it.. 🤗 shells are nature's gift dont you think.. love and blessings Dallas from nz
@@dallas820 Shells really are nature's gifts. I'm so fortunate to be able to look for them regularly 🙏🏼 Thank you for coming along. Your sea shell box sounds lovely!
So glad you had an awesome wentletrap day. I found some there back in Jan but found more scallops there than anything. So different seeing you hunt for tinies! Loved it! I could sit in one place for hours hunting little micro shells. You have a great week!
I have just discovered a whole new shelling world! I do prefer to be on the move looking for goodies, but there is certainly something to be said about tiny shelling. I had a blast! Thanks so much for watching and I hope you have a good week too!
Yay!! I actually seen four of the wentletrap shells before you pointed them out! I may not have been there in person but it was exciting anyway 😉😉 There were so many that you pointed out that were different from the normal ones! What a great video! Thank you so very much¡!!!!
I was trying to make it as fun for the audience as it was for me hunting for those little beauties. Thanks so much for watching and leaving such a lovely comment!
Hi!!! I am so glad that you were able to find some wentletraps!!! When I was there back in December, I managed to find one out on Lighthouse beach and I was absolutely thrilled! As I was watching your video, I kept a very close eye out for them and I would pause the video to see if I could find them! Towards the end of the video I found two more wentletraps. One at 26:44 and 27:17! Thank you so much for uploading this video and I hope you have a great week!
Oh my gosh that one at 26:44! it was RIGHT THERE and they're so hard to see! I didn't find the other one you found but I'm glad that I did manage to find a few. At least I also left a few for some other shellers 😂
For the other wentletrap on 27:17, you can see it at the bottom of the video in the center. I hope this helps. I had to go back to see it again. I am hoping that this upcoming December that I might get the chance to go back to Florida. Still thinking about either going to Sanibel Island or Marco island but I am not sure yet. If I go back to Sanibel Island, I am definitely going to Lighthouse beach again!
This was so nice to see all the tiny shells.....yes the big shells are very pretty...but there is something special about the delicate little shells. Thank you for sharing!! I love Sundays because they are the Lords day....plus it's beach time!! ⛱ 🐚
I am really starting to appreciate the little beauties - and since I now know I CAN find wentletraps, it might be a little more fun. I had a blast and I'll definitely go back to try my luck again!
@10:16, I think there's another larger Wentle Trap, almost dead-center in the image. At least I hope that's what that is. There's a pink shell with a square-ish hole in it, and off to the right there's a tan bivalve sitting on it's edge, and the Wentle Trap is above that tan bivalve. Love that you found so many Wentle Traps!
That was a little imposter fly speck cerith! I've picked them up so many times thinking they might be a wentletrap. That's not to say I probably didn't miss at least one or two but at least that one I know wasn't a W! I would have been happy with one but to find multiples was so much fun!
Yayyyyyyy! You found a Wentletrap! Woo hoo! ( : The hidden Mickey was perfect and also , of course, a beautiful FL fighting conch! ( : I love those too: The beach sounds and looks gorgeous today! ) : So weird that you don't find any large shells at this beach! ) : I adore the black scallop! I love scallop period and I love jingle shells too! ( : The micro olives are sooo darn cute?l! ( :
I didn't know I was going to like tiny shell hunting as much as I did. I'm quite lucky there were so many goodies to find! Thank you so much for watching!
Love your finds ! Going to sannibel island this weekend. Loved that you found shells your were looking for. Love the way you share and educate about shells. What do you do with them? I have couple hurricane candles inside on sand with shells around candle. 😊 keep sharing. Thanks!
I LOVE the way sea shells look in glass, so I mostly keep them in glass jars, vases and lanterns. I showed my collection in a past video: czcams.com/video/Afy0jl0smpE/video.html Then, I put some shells to the side to sell and others to do projects with. I've managed to complete 2 projects thus far. A shell mirror: czcams.com/video/Mf5SVm8m5n8/video.html And a shell photo frame: czcams.com/video/h9UIvqlOzgM/video.html I have lots of ideas I just need to find more time!
Fun wentling! I enjoy looking for minis and smalls (although my back doesn’t enjoy it). I use the “coffee grounds” as a guide also, even in Massachusetts! I have to get down on the ground and focus on finding minis in order to get the goodies. If I am standing up, I just don’t spot as well. And if I am walking, forget it, I probably won’t spot those tiny minis.
And that is probably why it's taken me so long to find those tiny beauties! I'm usually on the move and rarely stop, so I am passing up all sorts of wonderful tinies. I've learned my lesson! That's not to say I will change the way I shell, but I just might slow down for those piles of minis now 😃
Your videos have been immeasurably helpful to me as of late....I am currently working on a little Seashell Project. I bought an old Printer Tray from an Antique store a while back and am wanting to display ( 1 ) " Specimen " / Type of shell per cubby....I started with looking thru the Sanibel shells i got years ago on a trip and while i was going through my shells i was watching your videos to help me identify my shells...Turns out i have a pretty well intact Banded Tulip ( not Perfect but i was happy with it)...So thank u for your informative Videos!...oh And some bubble shells also!
Amazing how exciting tiny little shells can be, congratulations on your haul of Wentletraps! I first fell in love with minis when my daughters were little and we would set up on the beach and stay basically in that spot for the day. I loved sitting right at the waters edge and letting the waves bring the bounty to me…I could shell and supervise kiddos at the same time. It’s incredible the variety of shells I was able to collect in that manner. Now days, I walk for the larger goodies and then look for that tell tale sign of coffee beans somewhere to search for minis.
@@TinkerTailor4303 I believe the “coffee beans” are about the same weight as many of the minis, including the elusive Wentletrap, so they frequently wash up together. Looking for the coffee beans makes it easier to spot where the minis will be.
The coffee beans are the little brown pieces of "beach matter" that will wash up onto the beach. When I see that stuff I start looking for the bubbles and if I get really lucky (it's only happened once) I'll find a wentletrap!
My kids were little up at the NJ shore, so no tiny shelling for me! I think being a novice my first impulse was to find the best shells I could. Then I started appreciating attributes of the more "common" shells and now I just love them all. I'm not as familiar with the tinies, but with a bunch of practice hopefully I'll learn those shells as well. Thank you for coming to the beach with me!
I could sit in a pile of tiny shells for hours. Tiny/Micros are my favorites. Thank you!
After seeing me watch your Sanibel channel for months, my husband surprised me with a week at Sanibel!! We had so much fun shelling! Thank you!
THAT IS AWESOME!!! I'm so glad you were able to experience this joyful activity for yourself!
OH. So many little shells and so little time! Love you Shell Sister. Love Terri Simmers.
Thanks for coming along with me shell sister! ❤️
Once you find a couple of Wentletraps they get imprinted on the brain and it actually gets easier to see them …great fun finding them
You just might be right! I definitely left a few behind but at least I managed to find a few too! 😅
There’s definitely something to be said about speaking out positive words! I can’t wait to see all of your little Wentzel traps in a jar together!😊
Lol! I love that..."Yes, I'd be happy to take your slimy apple murex." Can't wait for next Sunday's trip to the beach!
seems about time to pay up for the hours of entertainment I've had to date from SWF - thanks!
You're the best! Thank you so very much!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I just love the tiny shells, they are so adorable and cute!! So happy you finally had such great luck with your Wentletraps! Of course I super enjoyed the beach time and thank you for taking us along once again!!!❤
Thank you so much for coming along!
Yay! The bubbles and coffee grounds are the best clues to finding the wentletraps. The rice olives are also a clue. Congrats on a successful hunt!
Good to know about the rice olives. I seem to be able to find those no problem, it's those gorgeous little wentles that I've had a hard time finding!
My absolute favorite shell!!! I think that it’s the hunt that makes me so happy!! When I’m at Sanibel, going to the lighthouse beach is a MUST!!! 💞💞💞💞
The hunt is so much fun, but it is a wee bit more fun when I'm actually finding those elusive shells! Thank you so much for watching!
Yay for the wentletraps!! I think it’s great to sit in a spot and do a really good fingertip search like you’re looking for the murder weapon in the hayfield. The little ones are cute and that crab was a sweetie. Stay safe x
I'm actually quite good at finding tiny things we lose in the house like earring backs or tiny screws 😅 I hope you get some cooler weather soon!
Yes! That was a tiny FFC! The world of mini's is another whole world. When I don't see much of a wrack line, I look for mini's down by the water. It's absolutely amazing what's out there! Yay!! I knew you'd find one if you stuck to it! Now you can have a whole new appreciation for all those shells show displays with the tiny shells. I don't particularly look for wentletraps, but I think I have a total of 11. Lol I don't think there are as many up here anyway. Thanks Sharmon! xxoo
I think I've found a whole new world of shelling! There are times when those little bits aren't much, but other times there's so many little tinies in there. And clean up/storage is fantastic on the little ones. Yup - a whole new appreciation for different shells ☺️
Your videos make me smile. You are always so happy with your finds.
I am happy that I get to live here and share these beautiful beaches!
So excited to be going back to Florida after almost 3 years, to visit. Micanopy, Florida
I hope you have a fabulous time!
Wonderful finds.. I am so excited for you Sharmon. You always do make us happy. Happy Wentletrap lady 😄
You had a fabulous day today so happy you found what you were looking for thanks for taking me along
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video. I drove up from Marco today, found the exact spot you showed, and looked for the coffee grounds and bubbles. Success! Found 10 little wentletraps! Thank you for introducing me to this new hobby. I love it.
Good for you!!! That's amazing! I've since discovered it's easier going at low tide and I'm so glad you had success!!
I really like the tinies, but I have to say the true tulip is my fav. Lots of shells this time that I haven’t seen before, thanks for taking me to the beach again my friend 🏝
That was really bizarre to find a true tulip just sitting there, but hey I'll take it! Thanks so much for watching!
Yay! You found your wentletraps! Those tinies are fun. Thank you!
Oh this is going to be amazing. I LOVE micro shelling.
So glad you had such luck looking for your wentletrapsh! Thank you the beach time I could smell the salt air!
Glad you enjoyed it
Yes, The Great Wentletrap Quest! My favorite shell. Let's go to the beach 🎶 🐚
My Sunday beach adventure! Those tiny shells are special! The variable dwarf olive was adorable. Thank you my weekly dose ❤️
Thanks for coming along with me!
Watching your videos makes me miss Sanibel so much! I found a lot of wentletrap on lighthouse beach and gulf Beach. Thanks for sharing
I felt pretty lucky finally finding the wentletraps! I've been at this beach before but I was never able to find them. Thank you so much for watching!
The crab is so cute! And I love all of the shells!!
Thank you for sharing another beautiful day in Florida and those lentil traps are gorgeous and the rest of the shells you picked up are beautiful
You are very lucky to find wentletraps and you have a point to sit in a spot and search for them I hope you keep finding them.
I loved seeing the Wentletraps, but I also loved the tiny Lightening Whelks. This was so much fun! Thank you! ❤️🐚
I had a ball looking for those little shells. I'll definitely be back!
I love Sanibel! I sat and looked through tiny shells for what seemed like hours. Love your videos!
Thank you!
I absolutely enjoyed this! I love when you look for tiny's I can't tell you how many times I screamed at the screen wait pick up that one ,you just missed something.lol 😎 Thank you.✌
I actually really enjoyed myself looking for tinies so I suspect I'll be back doing this again in the future. I'm going to go even slower next time!!! Thank you so much for coming along with me!
See ❤ that's what I mean by sitting down and just looking. It can be unwinding and amazing. The sun glinting off the water is one of most favorite sights.
Reminds me of sitting in my g'ma's living room. She lived just a block up from the Sunset Cliffs in San Diego.
In the afternoon the sun would dance off the water. It was always magic.
Gotta say, this video is one of the favorites, you've done. ❤
Small shells and ocean water, to play in.
Thank you so much for coming to the beach with me!
Hi there, good evening. Shelll hunting has been my personal "therapy" for over 30 years! So enjoy your videos.
If you are ever interested, please reach out and I will share a very well kept secret on where to "discover" some wonderdul conchs and king conchs, right in St Petes, near 34 at south and point brittany. Happy hunting !
I can certainly understand why shell hunting has been your therapy. And how very kind of you to offer up your secret spot! I live pretty far from the St. Pete area but I did make a note in case I have time to go check it out in the future. Thank you so much! 🙏🏼
Hurray hurray for Wentletraps. You're my Hero!
Beautiful little shells, looks like there are thousands of little shells that people probably walk over every day, love that beach time.
You broke the code! I wish I knew that when I was there a couple weeks ago. So much fun! 🤗 🐚 🐚🐚🐚
I'm like an anti-sheller. I give away (almost) all my tips so other can enjoy the beach as much as I do! I hope you get to go back and find those little beauties!
I love the mini-shells and Wentletraps are my favorite. ❤️
If I HAD to pick a favorite mini shell right now - I would say the same!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the tiny shells!!😍
What a beautiful day! Great pictures of the light house and the summer sky! I think the google’s helped❣️
What a great wentletrap find! Thank you for another great video
So happy you found your wentletrap..Love the beach time💙💚💜🙃
Thank you 🤗
I love learning from you about “new shells” to me as I’m not from FL, I live in Indiana. I can’t wait to look for all of these little and big shells this next spring when I visit Fort Myers area. I love all your videos and especially this one searching for wentletraps!
So happy for you that you found your wentletraps. Boy are they tiny!
Thank you! They are SO tiny!
Woo hoo!! You have the knack now for wentles! Hubby and I have found piles at lighthouse once we learned the technique.
I think I'm still in my "learning" phase, but at least I know I can find a few! Thanks so much for watching!
I love all the micro shells. The Wentzle Traps are beautiful! Makes you think of how intricate God’s handiwork is!!!❤❤❤
Thank you for this trip to the beach.
Oh Wow ! Now I feel maybe a little more hopeful that I Too..might find Wentletraps !! Thanks for the walk around my special island..
Apparently they are there! I myself have never found any so this was pretty exciting for me too!
You picked up my two favorite shells. The lettered olive and right after that ,a top shell.
Thanks for showing us how to find wentletraps, I might try it since I really want one. Also that place is very beautiful I hope someday I can travel there, thanks again and very beautiful finds and that tiny shark eye is very cute
I enjoyed seeing the beach in finer detail! You can make out what all the debris are on the beach and I think it's so interesting what washes up. It looks like the red mangrove propogules are about fizzled out, lucky I got a few while they were good! I made an aquatic Mangrove terrarium and it looks so neat!! Happy shelling 🐚
An aquatic mangrove terrarium sounds lovely! Thanks so much for joining me at the beach!
I've never had much luck at finding shells at Lighthouse either. Your video has given me tips and I will definitely be coming back to Lighthouse Beach. Thank you.
Good luck!!!
I’d say you certainly cracked the Wentletrap code, how fun! I’m always amazed by how tiny some of the hermit crabs are, CRAZY!
I know right? They're such cute little buggers.
What wonderful little treasures you found today! So happy for the Wentletraps!!!
Love the little tiny shells. So happy you got your wentletraps!! That was a nice change. Always enjoy our trips to the beach🐚🐙🦑
Hi Sharmon,
Yippee, FINALLY you found the wentletrap jackpot!
I'm so happy for you!! ❤️
It's so funny that this shell has a Dutch name, but there are no wentletraps on our beaches to find. I wish it was, that would have been awesome.
Think you also find them because you're training your brains to differentiate these shells from all the other white tiny stuff.
In the future you will find them with much more ease.
That tiny hermit crab was so cute. 😍
Thank you for taking us with you on your beach walks, it's my weekly 30 minute escape from pain and laying in my bed. And I know filming and editing is a lot of work! Thank you so, so much! 😘
Have a fantastic week, filled with joy and laughter. Big hug and lots of love, xoxo ❤️, Ilona
I do think you're right in the sense that I have to train my brain. I've trained it so well on the other shells I have to try to not get distracted so I see those tiny little beauties. I suspect I left some on the beach for other shellers but at least I found a few! Every single time I go to the beach I breathe in gratitude that I am physically able to share my beach trips with people who need a little beach time. May all the news you get be good news and you recover quickly. Big hugs and lots of love from Florida! xoxoxo ❤️
Wentletraps are so pretty! The glassy bubble was, too.
If I was there, I'd have to take a deep breath and tell myself, "patience."
Thank you! I hope you have a good week!
Patience is key! I'm usually on the move so it was quite different to spend so much time in the same spot finding so many tiny treasures. It was really fun and I look forward to trying it again. Thank you so much for watching Carol and I hope you have a good week too!
Was just in Sanibel last week I live in Missouri and Sanibel is one of my favorite places to go great channel
Thank you so much!
Thank you for doing a small shell hunt. We were at PCB in June and we didn’t have much luck at the surf because of the renourishment project over the winter. But one morning I was B-lining to the trash cans with a plastic bottle I found and noticed a little olive glistening in the rising sun between the chairs and trash cans. And then I noticed lots of glistening. So ran back to the resort, woke up my little person and we grabbed up all that glistened. We found what I thought were baby olives but upon closer inspection I noticed the aperture was different. But you just told me they were variable dwarf olives!!!! So Thank You! You taught me something new and I was able to teach my kids! Happy shelling!
Isn't it funny that you'll remember a shell from your past and recognize it when you see it again? That's what happened to me with the very first shell I found on this trip. It amazes me that our memories can do that! Happy to help you ID your little treasures and thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏼
How cool, those tiny shells are so cute. I've never found one of those! Thanks for the awesome video! Have a blessed week! 🐚🙂
Thank you! I hope you have a good week too!
I’m so glad you found your wentletraps! I loved our beach time today! Can’t wait to see if Sanibel again
Yay, good for you, I have yet to find a Wentletrap shell. Love your videos thanks so much for sharing!
I enjoyed watching you find your little shells. Thank you! You have taught me a lot about shelling. I appreciate it.
Well thank you so much for watching my videos!
As always, our beach trip was fantastic! I like Lighthouse Beach too! Thank you for taking us along!
Thanks for watching!
Love your Sunday videos, wait and watch you every week. Thank you for sharing your passion, it makes my heart smile! ❤️
Us beach lovers have to stick together! Thank you so much for coming to the beach with me every week! ❤️
I normaly dont enjoy small shell videos but you made it very interesting as usual and I enjoyed it very much thank you
Thank you very much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment!
Such beautiful finds that's the first time I've seen a rice olive they are so pretty and I can't remember the name of the clear shell you found but it was amazing too although the wental traps stole the show and each one you found made it that much more exciting. Thanks for sharing me and the hubby look fwd to our Sunday beach time can't wait to see it myself this October!!!!
I loved this different kind of video/shelling you did today. The wentletraps are really fascinating to me. They are so intricate and beautiful. Thanks as always for educating me and letting us enjoy the beach with you!
It's the first time I finally got lucky and found those little white shells! It's a totally different type of shelling and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thank you so much for coming along!!! ❤️
Love the minis! Wentletrap heaven! They are gorgeous! Thanks for taking us along! Finally home. Still a bit to go to be back to normal, but I have to be a patient patient. So calming watching your videos! Thanks again Sharmon, much love! 💜🏝🐙🌺😘
May you continue to feel better and better! Thanks for still coming to the beach with me! 🌴🌊🐚
We are at Sanibel this week shelling and were curious if we’d see you! Thanks for all the great tips.
You're so welcome! I have run into a few viewers when I've been out making videos ☺️
5:14 Wentletrap! Dead center just below the long spear-type debris. Look at the south side of the spear-type tip & work your way back just a little: and there it is!!! YAY, Sharmon! 🐚
Yes, I absolutely missed a few. They are so hard to find - even if you're looking for them! I have a fantastic surprise by one of these beauties coming in a few weeks! It's huge!
That was so much fun!! I love wentletraps and all the little baby shells. I think your mindset has lots to do with it. Thank you for taking us along. Have a great week. See you Sunday! XOXO
I'm not sure what magic happened for me this day, but I sure hope it happens again in the future! Thank you so much for watching Jo Lynn!
Great video, I love those wentletraps!
Great day! It was tiny-fest for me at the shore this year (Litchfield Beach, SC) and I found two white wentletraps (probably angulate), and a brown banded model too. I had you on my mind when I picked them up!
Lucky to find that brown banded wentletrap! Tiny shells kind of open a whole new world of other shells to me and I had a great time looking for the little treasures!
So glad you finally found some wentletraps! I had good luck finding them a while back in the same area you were in at Lighthouse Beach. Thanks for my weekly trips back to the SW Florida beaches!
You are so very welcome! I'll definitely be going back to see if I finally know how to find them! 😅
yay! love tiny shelling. glad you found some!
Me too!!! 😅
Love, love, LOVE the tinies! Especially the wenteltraps! And that itty bitty hermit crab was just too cute! Thanks for taking me tiny hunting!
That itty, bitty hermit crab was silly cute! Thank you so much for watching!
Love those windsel traps . They are so so pretty.. I found one at our fernandina beach this weekend and thought it was beautiful but didn’t know what it was 😃❤️
Glad to see you slow down, bend down, and see the wentletraps! And you only looked on the surface - perhaps next time you will look in the same 'coffee grounds/bubbles' area but brush some top layer aside? Have seen many videos of folks finding more by doing that. Congrats on your bucket list finds.
I could probably use some good wentletrap finding advice! I did manage to find a few by looking for the bubbles and coffee grinds but looking back at some of the video there were definitely some that I left behind. I'll have to keep practicing! Thanks so much for watching!
Had some great finds last week around the fishing pier on the negative tide.
Looks like we both did!
Thank you for the video! The wentletraps are lovely! I love a little jewelry box for those tiny shells!
I have a tiny little lighthouse shaped jar that I'm currently keeping mine in ☺️
When I went to england as a child to visit all my relatives I was given a small wooden jewellery box smothered in local seashells.. still have it.. I keep my hair clips it.. 🤗 shells are nature's gift dont you think.. love and blessings Dallas from nz
@@dallas820 Shells really are nature's gifts. I'm so fortunate to be able to look for them regularly 🙏🏼 Thank you for coming along. Your sea shell box sounds lovely!
So glad you had an awesome wentletrap day. I found some there back in Jan but found more scallops there than anything. So different seeing you hunt for tinies! Loved it! I could sit in one place for hours hunting little micro shells. You have a great week!
I have just discovered a whole new shelling world! I do prefer to be on the move looking for goodies, but there is certainly something to be said about tiny shelling. I had a blast! Thanks so much for watching and I hope you have a good week too!
Yay!! I actually seen four of the wentletrap shells before you pointed them out! I may not have been there in person but it was exciting anyway 😉😉 There were so many that you pointed out that were different from the normal ones! What a great video! Thank you so very much¡!!!!
I was trying to make it as fun for the audience as it was for me hunting for those little beauties. Thanks so much for watching and leaving such a lovely comment!
Hi!!! I am so glad that you were able to find some wentletraps!!! When I was there back in December, I managed to find one out on Lighthouse beach and I was absolutely thrilled! As I was watching your video, I kept a very close eye out for them and I would pause the video to see if I could find them! Towards the end of the video I found two more wentletraps. One at 26:44 and 27:17! Thank you so much for uploading this video and I hope you have a great week!
Oh my gosh that one at 26:44! it was RIGHT THERE and they're so hard to see! I didn't find the other one you found but I'm glad that I did manage to find a few. At least I also left a few for some other shellers 😂
For the other wentletrap on 27:17, you can see it at the bottom of the video in the center. I hope this helps. I had to go back to see it again. I am hoping that this upcoming December that I might get the chance to go back to Florida. Still thinking about either going to Sanibel Island or Marco island but I am not sure yet. If I go back to Sanibel Island, I am definitely going to Lighthouse beach again!
Lucky you! I didn’t find any wentle traps when I was there last week, but I did buy one at a shop! Just glad I have one, I did find a lot of tinies!!
I'll definitely be back! Now that I know it is possible to find those little beauties there I want to "practice" and hunt for more ☺️
I am really really loving the tiny babies
This was so nice to see all the tiny shells.....yes the big shells are very pretty...but there is something special about the delicate little shells. Thank you for sharing!! I love Sundays because they are the Lords day....plus it's beach time!! ⛱ 🐚
I am really starting to appreciate the little beauties - and since I now know I CAN find wentletraps, it might be a little more fun. I had a blast and I'll definitely go back to try my luck again!
Boy, the Wentle traps are so pretty! Loved the video!💕💕
Aren't they? Thank you so much for watching!
Another one at 6:56 next to the broken one u picked up!! Great day for the wentle traps!!! Love your vids🤩
I originally thought I missed that one but at 7:40 I do find it! Great eye and thank you so much for watching!
Here in SC I always find olives in the little shell piles. That is, big piles of little shells.
Mini's are the actual best - loved this episode!
Thank you! I have discovered a whole new world of shelling!
@10:16, I think there's another larger Wentle Trap, almost dead-center in the image. At least I hope that's what that is. There's a pink shell with a square-ish hole in it, and off to the right there's a tan bivalve sitting on it's edge, and the Wentle Trap is above that tan bivalve. Love that you found so many Wentle Traps!
That was a little imposter fly speck cerith! I've picked them up so many times thinking they might be a wentletrap. That's not to say I probably didn't miss at least one or two but at least that one I know wasn't a W! I would have been happy with one but to find multiples was so much fun!
Learned new things today. Yay!
I put a bunch of tinies in a clear Christmas ornament. I love it! 😍😍 🐚
Great idea!!
Yayyyyyyy! You found a Wentletrap! Woo hoo! ( : The hidden Mickey was perfect and also , of course, a beautiful FL fighting conch! ( : I love those too:
The beach sounds and looks gorgeous today! ) : So weird that you don't find any large shells at this beach! ) :
I adore the black scallop! I love scallop period and I love jingle shells too! ( :
The micro olives are sooo darn cute?l! ( :
I didn't know I was going to like tiny shell hunting as much as I did. I'm quite lucky there were so many goodies to find! Thank you so much for watching!
Love your videos makes we miss Florida!
SO MUCH FUN GOING SHELLING WITH YOU
Love your finds ! Going to sannibel island this weekend. Loved that you found shells your were looking for. Love the way you share and educate about shells. What do you do with them? I have couple hurricane candles inside on sand with shells around candle. 😊 keep sharing. Thanks!
I LOVE the way sea shells look in glass, so I mostly keep them in glass jars, vases and lanterns. I showed my collection in a past video: czcams.com/video/Afy0jl0smpE/video.html Then, I put some shells to the side to sell and others to do projects with. I've managed to complete 2 projects thus far. A shell mirror: czcams.com/video/Mf5SVm8m5n8/video.html And a shell photo frame: czcams.com/video/h9UIvqlOzgM/video.html I have lots of ideas I just need to find more time!
Fun wentling! I enjoy looking for minis and smalls (although my back doesn’t enjoy it). I use the “coffee grounds” as a guide also, even in Massachusetts! I have to get down on the ground and focus on finding minis in order to get the goodies. If I am standing up, I just don’t spot as well. And if I am walking, forget it, I probably won’t spot those tiny minis.
And that is probably why it's taken me so long to find those tiny beauties! I'm usually on the move and rarely stop, so I am passing up all sorts of wonderful tinies. I've learned my lesson! That's not to say I will change the way I shell, but I just might slow down for those piles of minis now 😃
You have inspired me to make a special trip to Sanibel from California. I want to go straight to the beach and look for shells.
I hope you have great shelling luck if you make the trip! 🌴🌊🐚
Your videos have been immeasurably helpful to me as of late....I am currently working on a little Seashell Project.
I bought an old Printer Tray from an Antique store a while back and am wanting to display ( 1 ) " Specimen " / Type of shell per cubby....I started with looking thru the Sanibel shells i got years ago on a trip and while i was going through my shells i was watching your videos to help me identify my shells...Turns out i have a pretty well intact Banded Tulip ( not Perfect but i was happy with it)...So thank u for your informative Videos!...oh And some bubble shells also!
What a fun project! I've seen lots of people use those printer trays for shells and I love the idea. Happy to have helped you ID a few shells!
Amazing how exciting tiny little shells can be, congratulations on your haul of Wentletraps! I first fell in love with minis when my daughters were little and we would set up on the beach and stay basically in that spot for the day. I loved sitting right at the waters edge and letting the waves bring the bounty to me…I could shell and supervise kiddos at the same time. It’s incredible the variety of shells I was able to collect in that manner. Now days, I walk for the larger goodies and then look for that tell tale sign of coffee beans somewhere to search for minis.
Could you or Sharmon explain the correlation between the "coffee beans" and the wentletraps, please?
@@TinkerTailor4303 I believe the “coffee beans” are about the same weight as many of the minis, including the elusive Wentletrap, so they frequently wash up together. Looking for the coffee beans makes it easier to spot where the minis will be.
@@denisem6754 Gotcha! Thank you.
The coffee beans are the little brown pieces of "beach matter" that will wash up onto the beach. When I see that stuff I start looking for the bubbles and if I get really lucky (it's only happened once) I'll find a wentletrap!
My kids were little up at the NJ shore, so no tiny shelling for me! I think being a novice my first impulse was to find the best shells I could. Then I started appreciating attributes of the more "common" shells and now I just love them all. I'm not as familiar with the tinies, but with a bunch of practice hopefully I'll learn those shells as well. Thank you for coming to the beach with me!