Thank you so much. I immerse myself in your adventures, more so lately & appreciate you so much each week. This escape each week is so important to my mental health.
This is like my fourth comment, but it's my first time seeing your videos, I just want to say thank you so much for promoting picking up trash on the beach if everybody would do it our beaches would be much healthier!❤
I am an old Sheller!! Back in the early eighties there was a place in Cape Canaveral where the scallop boats would dump mountains and mountains of shells, it was very heartbreaking but we found the most amazing shells in those piles! you know you're a dedicated shell collector to walk around the horribly smelly place and dig through the goo LOL we never get the kind of shells your seeing on this Coast up where I am! I have never seen a live urchin like that for sure over here!! I'm so jealous again! I'm hooked on your channel thank you I can't go selling anymore and I miss it❤
I love watching you, hon. I wish I was there to do this, but I just live my dream through you and others..... Y'all are fantastic!! Thank you for the videos!!
@SWF Beach Life , I've been on Sanibel since Nov.11th but heading out tomorrow, the 19th. I've had a ball and found so many amazing shells. My friend found 2 huge conch shells. We traveled to Fort Myers Sunday and was saddened by the devastation. I have been down a few times since Ian but seeing the debris and homes gone,its just so empty and vacant. Ill be back in March and will be staying on Fort Myers beach. Until then ill deal with my shelling withdrawls by watching you. Thank you for teaching me so much about shells/ shelling.
I was on Sanibel today and had a good time too! I'm glad your trip was fun and I'm so glad you'll be back! March is a great time to be here too and I LOVE Fort Myers Beach 🥰 I hope you do too!
I was there a week after Milton and experienced the same thing. Tons and tons of sand dollars. Yesterday I found a huge tulip. So pretty with a giant crab in it I did walk him back to the water as he was way up on the beach. Thanks for all you share
It's so nice to wake up and see your video!!! I absolutely LOVE the beach!!! My day has started off on the right track!!!😍😍 Baby crab was so cute!!!😍😍😍 Thanks for sharing!!!!!💕💕💕😍😍😍😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗❤❤❤😉😉😉🌈🌈🌈😀😀😀🌹🌹🌹💖💖💖💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for that lovely walk on the beach. I spent 20+ years on N FL beaches, I have never seen that many sand dollars at the same time. One of the things I find interesting the sand dollars in Australia are tiny, they have so many shells that are bigger than here in Florida but not the sand dollars. I am glad you are starting to appreciate tinys more because they are my favorites.
I had a fabulous "tiny" day yesterday and found so many great little treasures. I'm really starting to appreciate them more. And the clean up is a breeze!
I am so jealous! My beach is Playalinda on the East coast, we used to find them out there but honestly never! Everything from the sea is just amazing!❤ absolutely my first love❤ I just found your channel, thank you, watching it with my coffee this morning
Yep. Snowbirds are back!😊 No more lonely beach walks for a while. Never thought about the gaudies not having drill holes... Wow! That WAS a lot of sand dollars! Glad you had a good morning at FMB! Thanks Sharmon! xxoo
WOW what a day!! Those sand dollars, I may would had to grab another container lol. I love those baby true tulips!! I am dying to get to Fort Myers. The airline tickets are so expensive right now. Hopefully soon!! What a great haul. Have a wonderful week and see you Sunday! XOXO
I love watching the live sand dollars move! Thanks so much for your videos, I live in Florida but not near Ft Meyer’s, and enjoy the different ones you find then the ones I find at Pass a grille beach.
WOW 😳 I lived on Anchorage Street on Ft Myers Beach for a year.FORTY years ago.Would love to see a shot of the beach now near the street!!!!I use to peddle my bike with my 2 year old son in the basket every single day to play and shell Your site brings back memories 😂❤Sharmon!
We used to see sand dollars by the thousands like that at Jekyll Island GA years ago. That was our favorite place to go for years. Also saw a lot on treasure Island for one day earlier this year, then we hardly saw any after that. Amazing how the beach can change from day to day.
I was talking to a subscriber that was staying in a place on the beach and we remarked at how much the beach can change each day. I love that because I never know what to expect!
I know what you mean about the brightness. I was down on Honeymoon island in late February and the sun is so bright that your pupils are closed so tightly that it is hard to see certain details. But I also noticed that colors were amazingly vibrant. And yes I picked up as many shiva shells as I could find and I actually went swimming in the freezing gulf. 😀
YES!!!! Ok, that makes sense that it was so bright it's hard to see. Thank you for confirming I'm not completely bananas! The shiva shells were so fun! I picked up so many! I know that beach is still closed right now due to hurricane Milton. I hope it opens up again so we can all enjoy it again! You are way more warm blooded than me - there is no way I'd be swimming in February! 🥶
Although I know that I will always like these videos, I do not click the button until I’ve watched the whole thing. That way, if I should have to leave the video for some good reason, I know I haven’t finished watching it!! Live this one too! Interesting to see sooo many sand dollars!
I love the fact our brains work so different and you have your process to make sure you watch the whole video. I use my phone for all my reminders so I don't forget anything 😂
Love all the mermaid money! It was really fun hearing how delighted you were to find so many. The variety was great too, my eyes were drawn to all those rose petal tellins, but I my favorite would be the alphabet cone. Great beach walk!
What a great sand dollar day! Used to paint beach scenes on those and affix stick pin backs. It's hard to paint a beach scene on an inch wide sand dollar, let me tell you! Not only that, but we had to wake hours before dawn to get to the beach to find our own teeny little sand dollars! In WINTER! Ah, the good old, bad old days! So glad you have it easier now, my Beach Angel! Do wish you'd stop wandering around in the dark, though! Congrats on a great beach day! Much love from your very own Mermaid!
Dear Sharmon, Oh my goodness, I've never seen so many sand dollars at one beach! This is insane! It makes you wonder if the hurricane slammed them all on the beach. And there are so many deceased ones. I really hope the other shell collectors only took them, and not the live ones. Hopefully, they know the difference. It has been months since you've found sea urchins. They must have had a really hard time after hurricane Ian. Hopefully, you will see more alive little ones. That first hermit crab was hilarious. His shell was way too big for him. 😂 And the other one was quite feisty. They are cute!😍 Thank you for taking us with you on your adventures. It's highly appreciated! I hope you have a fantastic week! Sending you love and hugs, xoxo ❤, Ilona
Ilona it was truly such a memorable morning to be out there. I love that the beach always surprises me! This was the very first beach I ever visited in Southwest Florida and I think it will always be my favorite.
Me too! But they are wicked delicate. I found some the size of a quarter and managed to get them home in one piece. I'd like to make some sort of mini shadow box with them 🥰
LOL! Can I tell you I went back to this beach on Tuesday and there were still lots of sand dollars? It was that awesome. I'm so glad I got to experience it!
Love those live Sand Dollars. I found a couple in May and returned them to the water. But I certainly did not find as collectible ones as you have. lol. Yay, my question from last week came into the video. I just find that interesting that the colorful moon snails have no drill holes. Fascinating. The tagalus are cool. And oh my on the true tulips. Wow. And the intact Rose petal talon. lovely. And the Crown Conch. Hard to come by. I'm going nuts over the Sand Dollars. lol. I'm not sure I could have stopped picking them up. lol. awesome day. Thank you for taking us with you.
That was a lot of fun! I was on a Southern California beach last week and collected some sand dollars and realized they don't have holes in them. I never noticed that before! 😅 Anyway, how is Fort Myers Beach? Where is the best place to park now?
I have a slightly irrelevant question. I have spent countless hours shelling on Sanibel and I'm dreaming on finding a crown conch but never have. Is there a beach you could recommend that I would have a better chance of finding this magnificent shell?
Bunche Beach. I know Sanibel has them near a bay....but I don't know exactly where that is. Bunche Beach always has the live ones, and I mange to normally find an empty shell. BUT....I went looking for crown conchs at Lovers Key and didn't find any. I am curious if the critters are back at Bunche yet.
I use to love to swim in that calm evening surf when I lived on Ft Myers Beach.AND THE SANDOLLARS!!!I grew up in TX Gulf Coast and shelling was never the same after FL lol
I just saw Paul!! My week is coming up. Not sure if I will be able to come, but will try. Used to be so many dead sand dollars. Not so many for about 4-5 years. Hope I get to come this year!
Hey, you should get one of those cameras that you put on the end of a fishing line and throw into the surf! I would love to see what y'all are having in the water out there❤
(I love no ads -- thank you!) Such a satisfying hunt today. What will you do with your sand dollars! Display en masse in a beautiful bowl? Decorate them individually? I have about a dozen and I keep thinking I'd like to stick them to my window a la snowflake decorations this winter -- trying to figure out how to attach them flat.. I was very partial to the true tulips today.
I have most of the ones from this adventure still soaking in hydrogen peroxide. I have a new batch to soak so I'll seal them with a mixture of glue and water. Then I sell them with shell collections over on Etsy. I tried making sand dollar ornaments for the first time this year! Here is a link to my store so you can see: swfbeachlifestore.etsy.com
Clearwater beach in July 2024 when I was there had literally thousands of them. Never seen that before like that! But they weren’t on the beach. They were on the sandbar area you can swim to. You could feel them with your feet! It was insane!
That is what I saw the first time too! I didn't want to walk on them so we bought a snorkel mask so I could just float over them and collect the dead ones. It was amazing!
Hello, I would like to suggest a topic for you to bring to us: show the smallest and largest specimens of the same shells that you have collected. Thank you, I am from Brazil, I always watch your videos at bedtime because they relax me, thank you for the content.
I used to just put all my tiny shells in a little container, but lately I have found very small specimens of a few different shells, so I'm starting to create the "tiny" collection. Thank you for the idea! Perhaps this is something I'll be able to tackle in the future !
After the bottom gets disturbed, colonies of sand dollars and other sea life will wash up on the shore. I have found several kinds of starfish and sea urchins after hurricanes. Just like shells and coral.
Now that you mention it, I have a shelling log book that I am going to start using! For now I have everything committed to memory, but that's not going to last forever!
Where you picked up the sea urchin, the black thing right by it before you picked it up, looked like a fossil horse tooth. I was hoping you would have picked it up. Sure looked like one, but I could be wrong, could have been a piece of dark wood. I've found lots of fossils on the beaches.
I see exactly what you mean! I've seen a few Paleo Chris episodes and at a quick glance it does look like a horse tooth but it was just a piece of wood. I have only found a few fossil shells so far!
I see what you mean! That was just a piece of wood but it did look like it could have been a fossil horse tooth. I've watched a few Paleo Chris episodes - he even recommended the blacklight I have!
Great shell finds.🐚🦀 Do you have a recommendation (aside from acid) to take off the green/brown alge (?) that is on some of my fighting conchs I recently found after the hurricanes? I used water & bleach and that did not get the build up off. thx
Bleach and acid are the only 2 chemicals I've found that are effective at cleaning shells. If you have used bleach water and the build up didn't come off, it's likely not coming off. You can try 100% straight bleach and see if that helps but that's all I got.
look forward every sunday to our walks down the beaches together!! here a possible idea: i assume you do the voice over and editing after the actual filming but i would love to see you possibly do a small inset window of you "while" doing the voice overs. it would be kinda like those you-tubers who inset video of themselves reacting to something. the exuberance i hear in your voice reacting to something cool you've found or seen would be even better if i could see your facial expressions.
Wondering why the release timing changed… We were used to the 6p central release and now it’s in the middle of the nfl game schedule. Do what you need to continue doing what you do, but curious about why it changed.
I might be able to grab a few more viewers at the new time. I figure as long as I'm not putting it out any later, people can still watch at the time they were watching it, and if anyone wants it sooner it's there!
That is when a mama turtle goes onto the beach and decides she's not ready to lay a nest of eggs. The tracks can be detected and it's called a NNE (Non nesting emergence) or more commonly a false crawl.
Happy shelling, everybody! I need your help with this one. While snorkeling on Bowman’s Beach a few days ago (November 14th, Sanibel Island, extremely poor visibility), I found a Brown Tibia (Tibia insulaechorab) shell. Yep, the one that is native to the western Indian Ocean. Perfect condition, shiny and glossy, just perfect. The problem? It doesn’t belong here. Is this a prank? Did someone purchase it from a shell shop (She Sells Sea Shells is my favorite) and threw it in the ocean? (that’s my theory, anyway). Any thoughts?
That is what we call a "wedding shell." It happens to the best of us! People throw parties, weddings, celebrations of some sort on the beach and use seashells as decorations. Those decorations can get left behind and the next thing you know, a sheller finds it! It's happened to me with a really cool turrid. Enjoy that cool shell that you didn't have to buy in a gift shop 😂
@@SWFBeachLife Thank you, thank you, thank you! It makes a perfect sense now. Doves, butterflies, and…. shells (happily ever after, I hope… ). The Tibia shell is a keeper. Your videos are great. Calm, relaxing and informative. Sometimes (well, most of the time), I am jealous of your amazing finds. On the other hand, looking at a perfect Junonia shell I found on Turner Beach a few years ago helps to coup with such jealousy 😁... Happy shelling! ❤🐚❤
Why are they such small ones that are dead,what makes them die so early? Also you never see any dead sea stars but you always find them in the stores?? Do you happen to know?
I'm not sure what killed them. They could have been pushed too far up the beach in a storm and couldn't get back in the water. And strangely our sea stars don't dry up like the ones you find in the gift shops. I never see any dead ones either!
During the Red Tide in 2018 there were so many dead Sand Dollars on Sanibel it was terrible! I actually cried! I made videos of them, fish, turtles, etc. Broke my heart! ❤❤
@@jojoa0808I know! It sounded like barking walruses 😂 on the beach every day for 2 weeks while there. A lot of elderly tourists couldn't come out on the beach because of respiratory diseases. I didn't get in the water much because of all the dead fish and shells. We even saw a huge sea turtle being hauled off the beach. So sad😢
@ Luckily we didn’t see a bunch of dead fish or hubby wouldn’t have wanted to ever come back. We’ve been there every year since except this last year when we took our youngest daughter and her two teens to Navarre Beach which was in driving distance from where we live in Texas.
Anyone else hit the like button before even watching the video? ❤❤
Edit: Sharmon, looking at live sand dollars in a headlamp is very creepy-cool!
Always.
Yep! I know it will be a great beach-combing time!
Always!
Always!🌞
I do it every time! If Sharmon made the video, I KNOW I'm gonna like it!
Love the Sand Dollars and the tiny True Tulips! Awesome beach walk!!!❤❤❤😊😊😊
Thank you so much for watching!
I always learn so much about seashells from your videos! And I love seeing the live critters!
Wow! What an absolutely amazing day! Good golly all those sand dollars 😱😱😱❤️❤️❤️how fun !
Thank you so much. I immerse myself in your adventures, more so lately & appreciate you so much each week. This escape each week is so important to my mental health.
Well you are in good company. I spend a lot of time making sure my head is in the right place. Our mental health is so important!! ❤️
Thank tou for our walk. I love them!😊❤😊
I am glad you enjoyed the walk! 🙏🏼🐚
Wow! Beautiful..the true tulips were so tiny❤
I am so blessed to see you every Sunday ❤ Thank You very much 😊
I appreciate you watching my videos!
This is like my fourth comment, but it's my first time seeing your videos, I just want to say thank you so much for promoting picking up trash on the beach if everybody would do it our beaches would be much healthier!❤
It's like cleaning up my own backyard so I don't mind one bit!!!
So exciting for you! I would love to find all of these treasures 🐚🪸
Yay! It’s Sunday! ❤
Love the common nutmeg! And all of the sand dollars. Amazing!
I am an old Sheller!! Back in the early eighties there was a place in Cape Canaveral where the scallop boats would dump mountains and mountains of shells, it was very heartbreaking but we found the most amazing shells in those piles! you know you're a dedicated shell collector to walk around the horribly smelly place and dig through the goo LOL we never get the kind of shells your seeing on this Coast up where I am! I have never seen a live urchin like that for sure over here!! I'm so jealous again! I'm hooked on your channel thank you I can't go selling anymore and I miss it❤
I am so glad you can virtually tag along with me every week!
Man, all those sanddollars! I love to see them “sparkle” when they are alive 🐚🪸
I never got to really see them do that until now!
I love sand dollars. It makes me happy to see live ones!!❤️❤️
I love watching you, hon. I wish I was there to do this, but I just live my dream through you and others..... Y'all are fantastic!! Thank you for the videos!!
Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching my beach walks!
What a great day for the beach ! Thank you for sharing !!
Thank you for watching!
@SWF Beach Life , I've been on Sanibel since Nov.11th but heading out tomorrow, the 19th. I've had a ball and found so many amazing shells. My friend found 2 huge conch shells. We traveled to Fort Myers Sunday and was saddened by the devastation. I have been down a few times since Ian but seeing the debris and homes gone,its just so empty and vacant. Ill be back in March and will be staying on Fort Myers beach. Until then ill deal with my shelling withdrawls by watching you. Thank you for teaching me so much about shells/ shelling.
I was on Sanibel today and had a good time too! I'm glad your trip was fun and I'm so glad you'll be back! March is a great time to be here too and I LOVE Fort Myers Beach 🥰 I hope you do too!
It's sand dollar sunday!!
I shared my week at Ft Myers and Sanibel, I did not find 1 sand dollar 😞. But love watching you and seeing your beach finds. 😊
I'll likely not find one for weeks now 😂 It's just how it works sometimes.
I was there a week after Milton and experienced the same thing. Tons and tons of sand dollars. Yesterday I found a huge tulip. So pretty with a giant crab in it I did walk him back to the water as he was way up on the beach. Thanks for all you share
It warmed my heart knowing so many other people are out there protecting our beach critters! 🐚❤️🐚
It's so nice to wake up and see your video!!! I absolutely LOVE the beach!!! My day has started off on the right track!!!😍😍 Baby crab was so cute!!!😍😍😍 Thanks for sharing!!!!!💕💕💕😍😍😍😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗❤❤❤😉😉😉🌈🌈🌈😀😀😀🌹🌹🌹💖💖💖💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for watching! I'm glad it brightened your day!
Well certainly a day for the sand dollars and a few other pretty spectacular shells. Hugs and stay safe xx
Thank you!!! ❤️
So many true tulips!!! awesome!
Thank you for that lovely walk on the beach. I spent 20+ years on N FL beaches, I have never seen that many sand dollars at the same time. One of the things I find interesting the sand dollars in Australia are tiny, they have so many shells that are bigger than here in Florida but not the sand dollars. I am glad you are starting to appreciate tinys more because they are my favorites.
I had a fabulous "tiny" day yesterday and found so many great little treasures. I'm really starting to appreciate them more. And the clean up is a breeze!
I always hit the Like button immediately! LOL
The sand dollars! It seemed that it was a challenge to even walk without stepping on one. So amazing to see all of those.
It really was a cool experience. I'm glad I got to record it this time!
Love hearing the waves!
So AWESOME 🤩❤️🐚👀🙏
I am so jealous! My beach is Playalinda on the East coast, we used to find them out there but honestly never! Everything from the sea is just amazing!❤ absolutely my first love❤ I just found your channel, thank you, watching it with my coffee this morning
Thank you so much for watching!
Yep. Snowbirds are back!😊 No more lonely beach walks for a while. Never thought about the gaudies not having drill holes... Wow! That WAS a lot of sand dollars! Glad you had a good morning at FMB! Thanks Sharmon! xxoo
It's funny that this was the very first beach I visited here in SWFL. I fell in love and it's been a romance ever since ❤️🐚🌊🌴
WOW what a day!! Those sand dollars, I may would had to grab another container lol. I love those baby true tulips!! I am dying to get to Fort Myers. The airline tickets are so expensive right now. Hopefully soon!! What a great haul. Have a wonderful week and see you Sunday! XOXO
All the beaches right now have such great treasures!
@@SWFBeachLife exciting!
I love watching the live sand dollars move! Thanks so much for your videos, I live in Florida but not near Ft Meyer’s, and enjoy the different ones you find then the ones I find at Pass a grille beach.
I went back to this beach again today and there were still lots and lots of sand dollars there!
WOW 😳
I lived on Anchorage Street on Ft Myers Beach for a year.FORTY years ago.Would love to see a shot of the beach now near the street!!!!I use to peddle my bike with my 2 year old son in the basket every single day to play and shell
Your site brings back memories 😂❤Sharmon!
Oh what memories you created! I can only imagine what a magical time in your life that must have been!
You really scored on the sand dollars but also the little true tulips!!! They are so beautiful!!! What a great day!
They were so darling!
We used to see sand dollars by the thousands like that at Jekyll Island GA years ago. That was our favorite place to go for years. Also saw a lot on treasure Island for one day earlier this year, then we hardly saw any after that. Amazing how the beach can change from day to day.
I was talking to a subscriber that was staying in a place on the beach and we remarked at how much the beach can change each day. I love that because I never know what to expect!
Omw.... I've never seen so mant sand dollars!!
I think that first sand dollar was actually trying to run away from you. 😂. Great video as usual!
LOL! I can totally sneak up on sand dollars. They "see" with their tube feet! Thank you for watching!
Feeling sorry for myself here in Kentucky. 😂
What great fun!!
Hugs beach friend! I have to admit, filming down here in the winter is pretty awesome.
I know what you mean about the brightness. I was down on Honeymoon island in late February and the sun is so bright that your pupils are closed so tightly that it is hard to see certain details. But I also noticed that colors were amazingly vibrant. And yes I picked up as many shiva shells as I could find and I actually went swimming in the freezing gulf. 😀
YES!!!! Ok, that makes sense that it was so bright it's hard to see. Thank you for confirming I'm not completely bananas! The shiva shells were so fun! I picked up so many! I know that beach is still closed right now due to hurricane Milton. I hope it opens up again so we can all enjoy it again! You are way more warm blooded than me - there is no way I'd be swimming in February! 🥶
Although I know that I will always like these videos, I do not click the button until I’ve watched the whole thing. That way, if I should have to leave the video for some good reason, I know I haven’t finished watching it!! Live this one too! Interesting to see sooo many sand dollars!
I love the fact our brains work so different and you have your process to make sure you watch the whole video. I use my phone for all my reminders so I don't forget anything 😂
Love all the mermaid money! It was really fun hearing how delighted you were to find so many. The variety was great too, my eyes were drawn to all those rose petal tellins, but I my favorite would be the alphabet cone. Great beach walk!
I had a ball with all those sand dollars. I hope things like that never get old 🙏🏼
What a great sand dollar day! Used to paint beach scenes on those and affix stick pin backs. It's hard to paint a beach scene on an inch wide sand dollar, let me tell you!
Not only that, but we had to wake hours before dawn to get to the beach to find our own teeny little sand dollars! In WINTER!
Ah, the good old, bad old days! So glad you have it easier now, my Beach Angel! Do wish you'd stop wandering around in the dark, though!
Congrats on a great beach day! Much love from your very own Mermaid!
Ah, it was only dark for like 20 minutes. I love being out there in the dark!
Dear Sharmon,
Oh my goodness, I've never seen so many sand dollars at one beach!
This is insane!
It makes you wonder if the hurricane slammed them all on the beach. And there are so many deceased ones.
I really hope the other shell collectors only took them, and not the live ones. Hopefully, they know the difference.
It has been months since you've found sea urchins. They must have had a really hard time after hurricane Ian. Hopefully, you will see more alive little ones.
That first hermit crab was hilarious. His shell was way too big for him. 😂 And the other one was quite feisty.
They are cute!😍
Thank you for taking us with you on your adventures. It's highly appreciated!
I hope you have a fantastic week! Sending you love and hugs, xoxo ❤, Ilona
Ilona it was truly such a memorable morning to be out there. I love that the beach always surprises me! This was the very first beach I ever visited in Southwest Florida and I think it will always be my favorite.
I wonder if the fabulous full moon had anything to do with the abundance of sand dollars?
It definitely affects the tides, not sure about the critters. Well, except werewolves 😂
Once again fmb brings the goods! Love all of the treasures along with sand dollars palloooza!
Kathy it was so fun to be out there that day!
Some love the saucer-sized sand dollars, but I love the tiny ones-so cute!
Me too! But they are wicked delicate. I found some the size of a quarter and managed to get them home in one piece. I'd like to make some sort of mini shadow box with them 🥰
I'm just mad at myself for forgetting your video until THURSDAY! What in the Sand Dollar was I THINKIN'?🧡👍🏼
LOL! Can I tell you I went back to this beach on Tuesday and there were still lots of sand dollars? It was that awesome. I'm so glad I got to experience it!
Awesome! All the goodies!
I found my very first alphabet cone in St Maarten last week! I was so excited!!!!! I also found lots of turkey wings.
That’s awesome! It’s always so exciting to find a new shell!
Sand Dollars heaven ❤😊
Blessings to All. 😊 🩷🪽🐌🪸🐚
Love those live Sand Dollars. I found a couple in May and returned them to the water. But I certainly did not find as collectible ones as you have. lol. Yay, my question from last week came into the video. I just find that interesting that the colorful moon snails have no drill holes. Fascinating. The tagalus are cool. And oh my on the true tulips. Wow. And the intact Rose petal talon. lovely. And the Crown Conch. Hard to come by. I'm going nuts over the Sand Dollars. lol. I'm not sure I could have stopped picking them up. lol. awesome day. Thank you for taking us with you.
It was hard leaving so many behind but I did mange to collect a "few" for myself 🤣 I love that beach!
My countdown is on.... less than two months until my Florida get away to my sister's house! Can't wait to search for shells with her!
Happy planning!!! 🐚
You should try putting some paper towel in the bottom of your containers for the fragile shells, it worked for me, they bounce around less
Thank you for the tip! I open my container so much I'd likely soak that paper towel!
That was a lot of fun! I was on a Southern California beach last week and collected some sand dollars and realized they don't have holes in them. I never noticed that before! 😅
Anyway, how is Fort Myers Beach? Where is the best place to park now?
I'm not sure how FMB is doing - I'm going tomorrow to find out! Email me for parking info: swfbeachlife@gmail.com
Hello. Good Evening 🐚🐚 Happy Shelling Sunday 🐚🐚
Hello! Happy Shelling Sunday! 🐚🐚
@SWFBeachLife thank you 🐚🐚
I have a slightly irrelevant question. I have spent countless hours shelling on Sanibel and I'm dreaming on finding a crown conch but never have. Is there a beach you could recommend that I would have a better chance of finding this magnificent shell?
Bunche Beach. I know Sanibel has them near a bay....but I don't know exactly where that is. Bunche Beach always has the live ones, and I mange to normally find an empty shell. BUT....I went looking for crown conchs at Lovers Key and didn't find any. I am curious if the critters are back at Bunche yet.
I use to love to swim in that calm evening surf when I lived on Ft Myers Beach.AND THE SANDOLLARS!!!I grew up in TX Gulf Coast and shelling was never the same after FL lol
We do have the goods here in SWFL!
It's probably too late, but there was a Hermit Crab in that little Top Snail!
Sand dollar heaven…wow
I was at this beach this morning. There are still sand dollars on the beach!
I just saw Paul!! My week is coming up. Not sure if I will be able to come, but will try. Used to be so many dead sand dollars. Not so many for about 4-5 years. Hope I get to come this year!
Yup, our shell buddy Paul. I hope you get to come this year too!!
Thanks! Me, too!!
Ordered from your Etsy store! Yeah me!!!
Thank you so very much!!! 🙏🏼
Hey, you should get one of those cameras that you put on the end of a fishing line and throw into the surf! I would love to see what y'all are having in the water out there❤
I have an underwater drone I'm going to try out once the weather gets warmer again!
Maybe as roses come in white also, the 'Rose coloured' also can apply to the white ones? Such fun finds, thanks for sharing.
It's just one of those things with those shells. They come in those 2 different colors.
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Oh my I sure could use those sand dollars we didn’t find many in april
The sand dollars look like they’re shimmering
I've never seen that! Wasn't that cool?
(I love no ads -- thank you!) Such a satisfying hunt today. What will you do with your sand dollars! Display en masse in a beautiful bowl? Decorate them individually? I have about a dozen and I keep thinking I'd like to stick them to my window a la snowflake decorations this winter -- trying to figure out how to attach them flat.. I was very partial to the true tulips today.
I have most of the ones from this adventure still soaking in hydrogen peroxide. I have a new batch to soak so I'll seal them with a mixture of glue and water. Then I sell them with shell collections over on Etsy. I tried making sand dollar ornaments for the first time this year! Here is a link to my store so you can see: swfbeachlifestore.etsy.com
Clearwater beach in July 2024 when I was there had literally thousands of them. Never seen that before like that! But they weren’t on the beach. They were on the sandbar area you can swim to. You could feel them with your feet! It was insane!
That is what I saw the first time too! I didn't want to walk on them so we bought a snorkel mask so I could just float over them and collect the dead ones. It was amazing!
Hello, I would like to suggest a topic for you to bring to us: show the smallest and largest specimens of the same shells that you have collected. Thank you, I am from Brazil, I always watch your videos at bedtime because they relax me, thank you for the content.
I used to just put all my tiny shells in a little container, but lately I have found very small specimens of a few different shells, so I'm starting to create the "tiny" collection. Thank you for the idea! Perhaps this is something I'll be able to tackle in the future !
Such large sand dollars. The ones here in Australia are much smaller generally.
And the ones we have here in the US on the West Coast don't have keyholes!
After the bottom gets disturbed, colonies of sand dollars and other sea life will wash up on the shore. I have found several kinds of starfish and sea urchins after hurricanes. Just like shells and coral.
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So do you keep track on a calendar year to year as to the anomalies that you see too see if they occur year to year about the same time?
Now that you mention it, I have a shelling log book that I am going to start using! For now I have everything committed to memory, but that's not going to last forever!
Lovely, lovely! God is such a wonderful Creator. Those sand dollars as big as your hand are amazing!
I have been wondering what you do with your shells?
Luckily I sell some, but I get that question a lot so I made a video about it: ruclips.net/video/5vq9DJbCJDA/видео.htmlsi=UsnaEM_Goq2QLO08
Where you picked up the sea urchin, the black thing right by it before you picked it up, looked like a fossil horse tooth. I was hoping you would have picked it up. Sure looked like one, but I could be wrong, could have been a piece of dark wood. I've found lots of fossils on the beaches.
I see exactly what you mean! I've seen a few Paleo Chris episodes and at a quick glance it does look like a horse tooth but it was just a piece of wood. I have only found a few fossil shells so far!
I see what you mean! That was just a piece of wood but it did look like it could have been a fossil horse tooth. I've watched a few Paleo Chris episodes - he even recommended the blacklight I have!
Great shell finds.🐚🦀
Do you have a recommendation (aside from acid) to take off the green/brown alge (?) that is on some of my fighting conchs I recently found after the hurricanes? I used water & bleach and that did not get the build up off. thx
Bleach and acid are the only 2 chemicals I've found that are effective at cleaning shells. If you have used bleach water and the build up didn't come off, it's likely not coming off. You can try 100% straight bleach and see if that helps but that's all I got.
@@SWFBeachLife Thank you. Happy Shelling! 🐚🦀
I wonder what happens to the sillia on the sand dollars, do they dry up and fall off? do they retract them into the shell? strange
They dry up and fall off over time, leaving the "test" of the animal behind. That's the part we collect 😊
look forward every sunday to our walks down the beaches together!! here a possible idea: i assume you do the voice over and editing after the actual filming but i would love to see you possibly do a small inset window of you "while" doing the voice overs. it would be kinda like those you-tubers who inset video of themselves reacting to something. the exuberance i hear in your voice reacting to something cool you've found or seen would be even better if i could see your facial expressions.
I love that idea! But I like my anonymity even more 🥰 Sorry beach friend!
@@SWFBeachLife kinda figgered that;)
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Wondering why the release timing changed…
We were used to the 6p central release and now it’s in the middle of the nfl game schedule.
Do what you need to continue doing what you do, but curious about why it changed.
I might be able to grab a few more viewers at the new time. I figure as long as I'm not putting it out any later, people can still watch at the time they were watching it, and if anyone wants it sooner it's there!
I think the name of the shell is intended to be “rose petal” tellin, describing the shape and not the color.
There is a family of shells called tellins which they belong to - hard to say how they got the name "rose petal" but maybe!
SAND DOLLAR TRILLIONAIRESS
Never can take more then there are from 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌈🌈
There were STILL sand dollars out there today!
What's a false crawl?
That is when a mama turtle goes onto the beach and decides she's not ready to lay a nest of eggs. The tracks can be detected and it's called a NNE (Non nesting emergence) or more commonly a false crawl.
Was that teeny hermit crab sitting in a wentletrap?
No, wentletraps are TINY! That was likely a mauve-mouth drill
Happy shelling, everybody! I need your help with this one. While snorkeling on Bowman’s Beach a few days ago (November 14th, Sanibel Island, extremely poor visibility), I found a Brown Tibia (Tibia insulaechorab) shell. Yep, the one that is native to the western Indian Ocean. Perfect condition, shiny and glossy, just perfect. The problem? It doesn’t belong here. Is this a prank? Did someone purchase it from a shell shop (She Sells Sea Shells is my favorite) and threw it in the ocean? (that’s my theory, anyway). Any thoughts?
That is what we call a "wedding shell." It happens to the best of us! People throw parties, weddings, celebrations of some sort on the beach and use seashells as decorations. Those decorations can get left behind and the next thing you know, a sheller finds it! It's happened to me with a really cool turrid. Enjoy that cool shell that you didn't have to buy in a gift shop 😂
@@SWFBeachLife Thank you, thank you, thank you! It makes a perfect sense now. Doves, butterflies, and…. shells (happily ever after, I hope… ). The Tibia shell is a keeper. Your videos are great. Calm, relaxing and informative. Sometimes (well, most of the time), I am jealous of your amazing finds. On the other hand, looking at a perfect Junonia shell I found on Turner Beach a few years ago helps to coup with such jealousy 😁... Happy shelling! ❤🐚❤
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@@ssidach Lol! Yes, I myself can take solace in a buttercup lucine or even. Good banded tulip 😃
Why are they such small ones that are dead,what makes them die so early? Also you never see any dead sea stars but you always find them in the stores?? Do you happen to know?
I'm not sure what killed them. They could have been pushed too far up the beach in a storm and couldn't get back in the water. And strangely our sea stars don't dry up like the ones you find in the gift shops. I never see any dead ones either!
During the Red Tide in 2018 there were so many dead Sand Dollars on Sanibel it was terrible! I actually cried! I made videos of them, fish, turtles, etc. Broke my heart! ❤❤
I remember that Debra! Hubby and I were there for our Anniversary. I thought I’d gotten sunscreen in my eyes, had never heard of Red Tide.
@@jojoa0808I know! It sounded like barking walruses 😂 on the beach every day for 2 weeks while there. A lot of elderly tourists couldn't come out on the beach because of respiratory diseases. I didn't get in the water much because of all the dead fish and shells. We even saw a huge sea turtle being hauled off the beach. So sad😢
@ Luckily we didn’t see a bunch of dead fish or hubby wouldn’t have wanted to ever come back. We’ve been there every year since except this last year when we took our youngest daughter and her two teens to Navarre Beach which was in driving distance from where we live in Texas.
I experienced a lot of sadness over on FMB during that time too. So sad to see so many animals struggling and dying.
@@SWFBeachLife It was very sad. It's such a special place ❤️
Sharmin , please tell me you go to the beach with your husband. That’s really early to be by yourself. ❤
Thank you for your concern!
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I'd be afraid where to step with all those sand dollars
I was being really careful where I stepped!
There are a lot more people in your video this year. Not that many last year.
There are a lot more people down here in the winter than there are in the summer.