What a beautiful collection and array of shells at the end. There were so many. After hand picking, at the end, you could fill a few buckets of shells and sort at home because so many olives, etc, weren't picked up. It was mayhem in there. 😂 You all found something special. My heart was racing listening to the screams and shouts for joy. That is such a special thing to be able to get shells like that. Shell heaven arrived. 😅🎉 Yay. 🎉
Oh I know it was an amazing time that we all will cherish, not sure something like that will ever happen again! Thx so much for watching and I'm glad it brought you joy!
I have honestly thought that too but there will be no more death. I remind myself with 1 Corinthians 2:9, “But this is precisely what is written: God has prepared things for those who love him that no eye has seen, or ear has heard, or that haven’t crossed the mind of any human being.” So God has something(s) even better in store for us! Must be really good ❤️🐚 Thx for watching!
This is absolutely amazing. I have only found a few of these shells in SE Florida, and that's after miles and miles of walking! 🤣 I appreciate that you deliver content that is distinct, and unique - keep up the great work, shell friend!
Thanks so much, coming from you that means a lot. Your channel gives me inspiration friend indeed 🐚 Trust me I so know the miles in walking to find a few treasures ❤️ I’ve heard some people who look down on these piles calling it cheating 🤦🏽♀️ I call it saving shells from the foundations of houses or roads…but to each his own. Anyways, take care and happy shelling.
Connor is such a handsome young man! The pride and joy in his face-he was literally glowing! What a beautiful family you have! May God continue to bless you and keep you safe from unseen dangers.❤TN Nana
Man I wish all dredges would do this! From old shell books I have these use to have open piles all the time…when they would dredge they didn’t block off and restrict the piles! People could come freely. But one woman a bit over zealous was buried at the end of a sorter machine and died. That stopped a lot of this practice (according to my book). Bummer! I wish they would just put a sign “enter at your own risk” and let the practice remain. Because all those shells just end up under homes and buildings here in Florida-let the shellers pick out some stuff; heck, even charge an entrance fee! I had a older woman in Sanibel tell me when she was a child and they did these dredges she would love going to the beach and people would stand near the machines and run up and get shells as they would shoot out in the piles! Could you even imagine 😍❤️
Wow Roxann, those Fulgurator Olives are just amazing; I’ve never seen so many of them! Congratulation on the helmets, I think the various species of them that you found were my favourites. Thank you for sharing such an exciting trip. I wish we had dredge piles over here!!
This was the 1st I've been to like this (Lido was a natural wash up from dredging); I've been to a couple others that just had a little pile in a parking lot...not sure something like this would ever happen again but man it went down in the books as one of the best shelling adventures yet! Thx for watching Maddie ❤️
Crazy insane, YES! Thank you for watching and I'm so happy the channel is something you are enjoying! ❤️ Blow some of that cooler weather down here LOL!
You can google Florida dredging projects and some contractor sites will have a list of current and future projects; drive down to the area that's having it and ask the guards what's going on - if there are any public piles etc. In this particular case I saw someone post in a Facebook group and I private messaged a lady who was kind enough to tell me where. Most people are tight lipped about it, which I get, you don't want 100's of people showing up the next day (might get shut down w/too many people). If anything, places that have dredging, it's good to go when it's over or a couple weeks after it started as it has stirred up that part of the beach and shelling "could" be good in that area for weeks.
You can Google Florida dredging projects and some websites give a list of current and future dates/locations then you can go check it out-I ask the guards questions. Sometimes in shelling groups on facebook it’s mentioned. In this case I asked a lady I saw in a facebook group and she was kind enough to let me know a lot of people don’t say and I respect that 👍🏼
This was a "memory" video (I mentioned that in the intro part of this video) of this awesome time! Maybe one day they'll do it again! but these events are less and less with each dredge project unfortunately. I so wish the counties would do this with "each" dredging you know. Even if after the project they just scatter shells on the beach or something you know!. Anyways, thank you for watching and your comment :-) Take care!
Unbelievable! I’m so envious. How do you know where they are dredging and if the shell piles are open to the public? I have only seen dredging on Sanibel and Ft. Myers Beach. They block off the area and no one is allowed past the barriers.
Yes more often than not they don’t let anyone near. Was very thankful they had this open. I saw someone on facebook posting finds from there and I just messaged her and she was kind enough to tell me about the pile; usually people are tight lipped and I get it-you don’t want to post something then like 100’s of people show up and they just have to close the pile b/c of too many people….anyways, you can google Florida dredging projects and websites have lists of active and future projects. When they are happening you just got to actually go there and talk to one of the guards to get information.
Oh the olives! I would have grabbed as many as I could hold! One of my faves..🐚❤️ you show such restraint, I’m VERY impressed..one day my dredge pile will come..😊😊😊
23:10 looks like juvenile Cassis tuberosa or king Helmet. Look at the placement of the dark spots on the outer rim, 23:40 Oliva bifasciata, it was sometimes listed as a subspecies of Oliva reticularis. I don't know the English name.
For this particular dredge pile I found out from a shelling group more than a month after it was open to the public--messaged a user if I remember correctly to find the location. Army Corps of Engineers are usually in charge of the majority of dredges here and if you google them you can find their current and future project location and dates. The majority of dredge piles are not open to the public for piles but I try to shell in the areas during and after dredges because shells are always stirred up at and near the dredging locations. Also, make friends with dredge guards...most have been so nice and helpful b/c I always go and ask questions directly to the guards (some not so nice and will just blow you off). Hope that helps!
@@FloridaBeachWalks Thanks for the tips. I am just starting to collect a variety of shells this summer so I can use them for my kindergarten classroom.
I had to look up "agates" wow that's interesting! I'll have to look up fossilized coral b/c it's all white to me and not sure if I could tell. Thx for this info and thx for watching.
This is my dream shelling day!
I really hope you’ll get a chance one day like this! All the best 👍🏼 Thx for watching!
So many olives passed over! What a thrill!
Oh I know…there were SO many! Thx for watching!
my mouth was practically watering at those olives!!!!
absolutely love these dredge pile videos
Oh I'm so glad! Thx so much for watching and your comment!
"👀👀👀👀👀" OooWeee!!! Can't wait to try my chances. What a wonderful, generous prize package!
Awesome! All the best and thank YOU!
Wow wow wow! Those lions paws!
That boy of mine for finding those 👍🏼❤️ Thx for watching!
Omg I would go crazy 😍😍😍😍😍😍
What a beautiful collection and array of shells at the end.
There were so many.
After hand picking, at the end, you could fill a few buckets of shells and sort at home because so many olives, etc, weren't picked up. It was mayhem in there. 😂
You all found something special.
My heart was racing listening to the screams and shouts for joy.
That is such a special thing to be able to get shells like that. Shell heaven arrived. 😅🎉 Yay. 🎉
Oh I know it was an amazing time that we all will cherish, not sure something like that will ever happen again! Thx so much for watching and I'm glad it brought you joy!
Omg I wanted to be there so bad. Part two dredging I love your spirit 😂
Ahhhh well I’m glad you got to go virtually! Thx so much for watching!
Even my husband watched this one . There's never been a dredge experience here in so. CALIFORNIA that I've ever heard.. what an experience!
Hello in California! Kathy please tell him “thx for watching!” That’s so great 👍🏼 A truly amazing experience 🐚❤️
I absolutely love love love seashells. Sanibel soothes my soul. But haven’t been able to go in so many years. Thank you for your videos
You are so welcome. I love Sanibel too. There is just some thing so special about driving over that bridge each time!
WOW
I 2nd that “WOW”! Thx so much for watching 👍🏼
@@FloridaBeachWalks That would be so cool to go to a dredge pile.
Absolutely amazing! I wish I could dig in a pile like that!!
Maybe one day-you never know! Thx so much for watching!
So much fun and excitement even watching others shelling!! Love seeing the variety of gorgeous shells!!
It really was 😍 Thx for watching!
Beautiful finds and indelible memories!!!!!❤ We need another dredge pile!!!
The best! YES another one lol! Love ya'll!
What a blessing!! I sure hope that there are beaches with seashells in heaven!!!! Jesus is coming soon!!!
I have honestly thought that too but there will be no more death. I remind myself with 1 Corinthians 2:9, “But this is precisely what is written: God has prepared things for those who love him that no eye has seen, or ear has heard, or that haven’t crossed the mind of any human being.” So God has something(s) even better in store for us! Must be really good ❤️🐚 Thx for watching!
Oooo Id love love to get the opportunity to do that ! How exciting !
I hope one day you can! Thx so much for watching!
Awesome
Thx for watching!
A nice big bucket of water to just plop several handfuls from that pile in to soak off the sand and then go through 🙂
Now that’s a great idea!! They did have a little spicket near the bathrooms that a lot of us were washing the shells off under 👍🏼 Thx for watching!
This is absolutely amazing. I have only found a few of these shells in SE Florida, and that's after miles and miles of walking! 🤣
I appreciate that you deliver content that is distinct, and unique - keep up the great work, shell friend!
Thanks so much, coming from you that means a lot. Your channel gives me inspiration friend indeed 🐚 Trust me I so know the miles in walking to find a few treasures ❤️ I’ve heard some people who look down on these piles calling it cheating 🤦🏽♀️ I call it saving shells from the foundations of houses or roads…but to each his own. Anyways, take care and happy shelling.
Connor is such a handsome young man! The pride and joy in his face-he was literally glowing! What a beautiful family you have! May God continue to bless you and keep you safe from unseen dangers.❤TN Nana
Thank you TN Nana ❤️ He is something else 😍 Thank you for your continued support!
I would be picking up all of those olives. 🥰🥰
Several other shelters were 😍 Thx for watching!
I cant believe a fight didn’t break out. Lol
😆 Thank heavens! Great people there 👍🏼
I wish Ft Myers Beach would do this. I’ve found some goodies there while they’re dredging but it’s a far cry from this whole thing!
Man I wish all dredges would do this! From old shell books I have these use to have open piles all the time…when they would dredge they didn’t block off and restrict the piles! People could come freely. But one woman a bit over zealous was buried at the end of a sorter machine and died. That stopped a lot of this practice (according to my book). Bummer! I wish they would just put a sign “enter at your own risk” and let the practice remain. Because all those shells just end up under homes and buildings here in Florida-let the shellers pick out some stuff; heck, even charge an entrance fee! I had a older woman in Sanibel tell me when she was a child and they did these dredges she would love going to the beach and people would stand near the machines and run up and get shells as they would shoot out in the piles! Could you even imagine 😍❤️
Amazing finds. Thanks for sharing the excitement.
Thank you and thx for watching!
Wow Roxann, those Fulgurator Olives are just amazing; I’ve never seen so many of them! Congratulation on the helmets, I think the various species of them that you found were my favourites. Thank you for sharing such an exciting trip. I wish we had dredge piles over here!!
This was the 1st I've been to like this (Lido was a natural wash up from dredging); I've been to a couple others that just had a little pile in a parking lot...not sure something like this would ever happen again but man it went down in the books as one of the best shelling adventures yet! Thx for watching Maddie ❤️
Amazing! I have a fulgarator olive at home!
Fantastic! Thx for watching!
❤❤❤👍👍👍
22:32...bottom left. A pretty zig zag flat (scallop). I hope someone found it! I can't believe it survived and didn't break 😮
I sure hope so! There was SO much to look at at the time 🤣🐚❤️ Thx for watching!
That is insane!❤❤❤ I love shells but I live in Wisconsin, so I am living through you LOL
Crazy insane, YES! Thank you for watching and I'm so happy the channel is something you are enjoying! ❤️ Blow some of that cooler weather down here LOL!
Be careful hun! Im tryin!!!❤@@FloridaBeachWalks
How do you know when the beach is going to be dredged?
You can google Florida dredging projects and some contractor sites will have a list of current and future projects; drive down to the area that's having it and ask the guards what's going on - if there are any public piles etc. In this particular case I saw someone post in a Facebook group and I private messaged a lady who was kind enough to tell me where. Most people are tight lipped about it, which I get, you don't want 100's of people showing up the next day (might get shut down w/too many people). If anything, places that have dredging, it's good to go when it's over or a couple weeks after it started as it has stirred up that part of the beach and shelling "could" be good in that area for weeks.
Where do you go to check when there is a dredge?
You can Google Florida dredging projects and some websites give a list of current and future dates/locations then you can go check it out-I ask the guards questions. Sometimes in shelling groups on facebook it’s mentioned. In this case I asked a lady I saw in a facebook group and she was kind enough to let me know a lot of people don’t say and I respect that 👍🏼
Do you think the piles are still available? I’m 3 hours away, but like you, I went to Lido as well. Worth the drive 😊
This was a "memory" video (I mentioned that in the intro part of this video) of this awesome time! Maybe one day they'll do it again! but these events are less and less with each dredge project unfortunately. I so wish the counties would do this with "each" dredging you know. Even if after the project they just scatter shells on the beach or something you know!. Anyways, thank you for watching and your comment :-) Take care!
Unbelievable! I’m so envious. How do you know where they are dredging and if the shell piles are open to the public? I have only seen dredging on Sanibel and Ft. Myers Beach. They block off the area and no one is allowed past the barriers.
Yes more often than not they don’t let anyone near. Was very thankful they had this open. I saw someone on facebook posting finds from there and I just messaged her and she was kind enough to tell me about the pile; usually people are tight lipped and I get it-you don’t want to post something then like 100’s of people show up and they just have to close the pile b/c of too many people….anyways, you can google Florida dredging projects and websites have lists of active and future projects. When they are happening you just got to actually go there and talk to one of the guards to get information.
Oh the olives! I would have grabbed as many as I could hold! One of my faves..🐚❤️ you show such restraint, I’m VERY impressed..one day my dredge pile will come..😊😊😊
@@FloridaBeachWalks Thank you so much for the information.
How much longer will they be dumping the shells there? Is the dredge project over now?
Yes, it’s over…sorry I had mentioned in part 1 that this was from 2021. I’ll update the video description…sorry about that and thx for watching!!
23:10 looks like juvenile Cassis tuberosa or king Helmet. Look at the placement of the dark spots on the outer rim, 23:40 Oliva bifasciata, it was sometimes listed as a subspecies of Oliva reticularis. I don't know the English name.
Nice I see the striped brown now listed as that name and the solid (and then also striped) as Oliva fulgurator. Interesting 👍🏼
How did you find out about the shell dredging so you could be there?
For this particular dredge pile I found out from a shelling group more than a month after it was open to the public--messaged a user if I remember correctly to find the location. Army Corps of Engineers are usually in charge of the majority of dredges here and if you google them you can find their current and future project location and dates. The majority of dredge piles are not open to the public for piles but I try to shell in the areas during and after dredges because shells are always stirred up at and near the dredging locations. Also, make friends with dredge guards...most have been so nice and helpful b/c I always go and ask questions directly to the guards (some not so nice and will just blow you off). Hope that helps!
@@FloridaBeachWalks Thanks for the tips. I am just starting to collect a variety of shells this summer so I can use them for my kindergarten classroom.
Be careful to look through coral if fossilized there's agates inside them get them cut open. If you inspect them you'll see signs in most cases.
Wow, that is so interesting.
I had to look up "agates" wow that's interesting! I'll have to look up fossilized coral b/c it's all white to me and not sure if I could tell. Thx for this info and thx for watching.
I would die seeing those drop off that truck
Crazy ❤️ Thx for watching!
Why didn’t you have your rake ready?
I guess I was too excited the shells were being dumped I just wasn’t thinking at that moment 😆 Thx for watching!
What was the brown olive called hundreds of lettered Olives were passed over
Brown bifasciata BOLLINGI OLIVE
A Bollingi or Fulgurator Olive (Oliva fulgurator form formosa). There were tons of olives yes. Thx for watching.