Fantastic Early Morning Shell Hunting at Holden Beach!

Today we're back at it at Holden beach, one of the most productive shelling areas in all of the US east coast! It turns out to be such a good day that I had to split this video into two parts. Stay tuned for part two coming soon!

[@nikoletastavropoulou5515]

So many beautiful shells 🥰.

[@shellstories]

Thank you! :)

[@dianesalvato3078]

That yellow scallop was a beauty! Great knobbed whelks and precious baby ears.

[@shellstories]

Not something I've found many of, I was very happy. Thank you :)

[@andouille9950]

You are just the Whelk King!🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚

[@shellstories]

It happened to be a good day!

[@MrsFazz68]

Ooooo that sharks tooth was a nice find 👍👍

[@shellstories]

I was so happy with that find! Thank you so much :)

[@nancycross2228]

Lovin those Whelks..even the broken ones. And who Ever has just too many Baby's Ears !

[@shellstories]

Thank you so much!

[@audiesbeachlife]

I'm dying to know where on Holden Beach did you go? I was out there Sunday morning, at 3am, I walked about 2 miles south of the pier, and granted I found great shells, but did not find a single welk and no piles of shells like you show in your video. I only ask, because I would absolutely love to find some welks. Love your videos! Shell on, my Shelling friend.

[@shellstories]

This was a pretty long stretch of beach west of the Holden pier (I walked up almost all the way to it and turned around then). However this video was filmed a few months ago during winter, and conventional wisdom has it that shells are more abundant that time of year due to favorable ocean currents being more prolific. I imagine in the summer with tourist season it can be more difficult to find stuff, you just need to hit the right day. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@dottiehelton2975]

That was a nice morning for shelling.. can’t wait for part two..

[@shellstories]

Thank you, it means a lot!