That seashell pile on Captiva’s Blind Pass jetty rocks is the gift that keeps on giving. Suzanne (Ft Myers) found a tiny bright orange HORSE CONCH with that cute little white tip about the same time I found my “candy” too.
Get ready, cyber shellers! This is the shell pile I saw my little treasured “candy”. I was doing the Sit ‘N Sift in that big pile when I saw a little sliver of orange peeking through. Can you find it too? (Click the pic to enlarge. It’s a big file so it might take longer to download)
You got it!
Dave and Colleen (PA) were practically digging to China to strike buried treasure.
Eureka! They struck gold! He pulled out a golden HORSE CONCH and said “There are 2 famous lines for shellers. The first one is… ‘Oh my gosh that shell is absolutely gorgeous!’ and the second one is…’Awwww. If this shell were whole, it’d be perfect!’” hahaha How many times have we all said those line??!!!!
While I was on the shell pile digging around, Clark was in the water with his infamous shelling backhoe…
I knew he had something unusual when he came up to give me a shell. A BEAUTIFUL CRASSATELLA! We don’t often find these on Captiva.
Another beautiful day in paradise!
…sigh…….
Lovely post as usual Pam! Love those little orange nuggets of happiness! Here’s one me and mom say alot too “Can you imagine how big that shell would have been whole?” Thats for those pieces of a true tulip that fill up your palm! I met another shelling sista at Barefoot last weekend…Kelle Covington? She said she met you at the Shellabration and was out for the World Record too! Really nice lady! Its such a small shelling world!!
Beautiful Pam – can’t wait to get back!
We can’t believe this pile of shells – we are visiting Sanibel for the first time next week! How do you get to this area – Blind Pass? Thank you!
And the third comment shellers make “Aww shucks, its still alive”
SO true!
Haha! Said that myself about 20 times today!! :)
I gotta get me one of those backhoes…..
“Tangerine Tango”, a fancy name for orange, has been chosen Pantone’s “Color of the Year”. Those little candies are the “it” fashion color!
Oh my gosh, Pam…that shell pile is humongous! It would take days and days but what fun! Weather looks awesome and there at Blind Pass there’s a bathroom so if you have water to drink you’re good to go!
Nice finds…I finally made it out there this morning after I hit up Lighthouse beach…found a few good ones ;-)
Hey Pam, are you using a new camera…such gorgeous color lately. The blues are true and the brights are brighter than ever. I also am seeing lots of depth in the water shots…or maybe it is just that I have been away for 3 months and am missing the sight our lovely islands.
Marie, same camera I’ve had before….its just that the water has been sooooo beautiful!!!
Oooooooo, what a nice Beautiful Crassatella! It looks to be pretty big too! That’s a nice find!
It sure does look like a beautiful day in paradise!!!
I can’t wait till April 9th! I have already checked the moon and the tide charts. I had a ton of luck at Blind Pass last April. It looks promising! I love this site and I check it out daily, love to cyber shell! Thanks Pam for making this possible.
I love seeing all of the latest finds! I posted some shells tonight. I hope I ID ed them correctly! Hugs! ♥
Hi Pam,
Just love your posts and have learned so much from your site. Can’t wait to visit Sanibel this summer to find some treasures!
Hi Pam, Do you have any tips for footwear ? We were in Sanibel 2 weeks ago and tried to shell the ocean side of the shell mound but found that the shells kept getting into our shoes. We did flip flops, we tried those sand shoes and sneakers. It was rough on the feet. What do you use ??
I usually have on flip flops since I work the beach mostly but when I want to get in the water, I have found that those water shoes with the toes are EXCELLENT! Clark wears them all the time. Maybe thats why he gets the biggest finds! ;)