Hunting for sea shells on Sanibel Island. I really wanted to find wentletraps!
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Hunting for sea shells on Sanibel Island in the past has been a frustrating venture. On this day my luck finally turned around as I went hunting for wentletrap sea shells.
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I could sit in a pile of tiny shells for hours. Tiny/Micros are my favorites. Thank you!
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!
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! 😅
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! ❤️
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!
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!😊
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!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The crab is so cute! And I love all of the shells!!
Oh this is going to be amazing. I LOVE micro shelling.
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!
So excited to be going back to Florida after almost 3 years, to visit. Micanopy, Florida
I hope you have a fabulous time!
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 ☺️
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!
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!
What wonderful little treasures you found today! So happy for the Wentletraps!!!
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!!
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!
Love the little tiny shells. So happy you got your wentletraps!! That was a nice change. Always enjoy our trips 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!
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!
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! 🙏🏼
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! ❤️
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!
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! 🌴🌊🐚
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!
Yay! You found your wentletraps! Those tinies are fun. Thank you!
As always, our beach trip was fantastic! I like Lighthouse Beach too! Thank you for taking us along!
Thanks for watching!
I’m so glad you found your wentletraps! I loved our beach time today! Can’t wait to see if Sanibel again
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!
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.
Wonderful finds.. I am so excited for you Sharmon. You always do make us happy. Happy Wentletrap lady 😄
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!
You had a fabulous day today so happy you found what you were looking for thanks for taking me along
Thanks for watching!
What a great wentletrap find! Thank you for another great video
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!
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!
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!
Thank you for this trip to the beach.
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!
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!
Yes, The Great Wentletrap Quest! My favorite shell. Let's go to the beach 🎶 🐚
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
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 glad you had such luck looking for your wentletrapsh! Thank you the beach time I could smell the salt air!
Glad you enjoyed it
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.
Beautiful little shells, looks like there are thousands of little shells that people probably walk over every day, love that beach time.
Yay, good for you, I have yet to find a Wentletrap shell. Love your videos thanks so much for sharing!
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! 🙏🏼
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!
What a beautiful day! Great pictures of the light house and the summer sky! I think the google’s helped❣️
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! 😅
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!
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!
I love Sanibel! I sat and looked through tiny shells for what seemed like hours. Love your videos!
Thank you!
Great video, I love those wentletraps!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the tiny shells!!😍
Learned new things today. Yay!
yay! love tiny shelling. glad you found some!
Me too!!! 😅
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!
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 ☺️
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!
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
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!
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!
You picked up my two favorite shells. The lettered olive and right after that ,a top shell.
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!
Mini's are the actual best - loved this episode!
Thank you! I have discovered a whole new world of shelling!
What a beautiful shelling day! I've got to admit that I've never heard of wentletrap goggles. How do you get, make or acquire those? I really like the itty bitty shells. I think they look nice in pretty jars. I like to make "sea bottles" full of shells and tightly corked. When it's snowing like crazy, it's so nice to open a bottle of shells for a few quick breaths of the sea. I'm good to go for a while, then. These sea bottles can maintain their aroma for years, if kept tightly corked!
So nice to see you again after a long and trying week! I found out that I've got to have yet another serious heart surgery to bypass some blockages on the surface of my heart, not in it, this time. Don't know when it will happen, but I'll let you know when it's scheduled so you can think of your lost mermaid. The doctor says there is some urgency so it will be sooner than later.
So if I disappear for a few weeks, you'll know why, Sharmon, Lady of the Sea, but I'll be back as soon as I can get back into my shelling gear. (You'll laugh, but I actually do have a shelling outfit already assembled in my cart at Amazon, from books to sturdy water shoes to a scoop, shell bag and a small backpack. I even have a t-shirt that says, "Just one more shell, I promise!" All I need is sunscreen, a big bottle of water and a plane ticket!)
One of these days, I just know that I'll make it down and my shelling dreams will come true. Until then, I've got some tough healing to do!
Love to you and to the sea! Becca
Becca; Hope your surgery is a success, your healing goes well, & that your shelling gear will get much fun use coming up! 🙏
@@debnordman1640 Thanks so much for your kind reply! I'll post the date and will be back to virtual beach walking as soon as they'll give me my phone back!
Dearest Mermaid, I am so sorry to hear you'll have to have surgery. Might I suggest you bring one of your little bottles of joy with you so when you're recovering, you can be transported directly to the beach 🐚 Think positive thoughts, breathe, and concentrate on your future trip to Florida. You'll have your toes in the sand, you'll see the palm trees swaying in the breeze and hopefully collect more shells than you can carry in your shell bag! Sending you strength and peace and I look forward to hearing from you once you're up to it! ❤️❤️❤️
SO MUCH FUN GOING SHELLING WITH YOU
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!
I love all the micro shells. The Wentzle Traps are beautiful! Makes you think of how intricate God’s handiwork is!!!❤❤❤
Had some great finds last week around the fishing pier on the negative tide.
Looks like we both did!
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!
Boy, the Wentle traps are so pretty! Loved the video!💕💕
Aren't they? Thank you so much for watching!
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!!!
Love your videos makes we miss Florida!
Hurray hurray for Wentletraps. You're my Hero!
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!!!!
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!
So happy for you that you found your wentletraps. Boy are they tiny!
Thank you! They are SO tiny!
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!
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!
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!
Great time searching today. ....
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!
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!
So happy you found your wentletrap..Love the beach time💙💚💜🙃
Thank you 🤗
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 😃❤️
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!
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 ☺️
Here in SC I always find olives in the little shell piles. That is, big piles of little shells.
Nice day at the beach!
Great video
Thanks!
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!
Congratulations
* You took your time & really LOOKED closely for them.. Standing you don't see the TINY shells, so you Won't find them.. Love the Elegant Glassy Bubble ! !
You are so right! You have to completely stop, really get down and hunt. I had so much fun. Thanks for letting me share my trip with you!
So tiny,so delicate.and beautiful.thankyou