A wagon full of shells – WOW!
Tulips and one True Tulip
A table of shells.
Olives
Colorful Scallops
2 Pieces of Lions Paw on 2 Separate Days – BIG WOW!
Look at all the Horse Conchs.
Color Your World With Scallops – Tray 1
Tray 2
Tray 3
Tray 4
Basket of Fighting Conchs
Look at these Buttercups!
Simply Beautiful!
Minis!
Tools of the TRADE
After the SUPER MOON, I heard that my friend Alison had collected A LOT of really good shells. It was not until I talked to her a week later when I realized by the tone of her voice that I really needed to go look at these shells. WOW! She shelled for four days after the Super Moon. All the shells in these photos were collected during these four days of fabulous shelling.
She sure got a nice haul!
Great job guest blogger!
OMG! i am feeling the frenzied excitement imagining what those 4 days were like. paradise. great work organizing the finds & cool photos. thanks Captain Brian!
wowzers…..Nice haul, I like the rig for shelling. So, is the true tulip the orange one? She found some nice flat scallops! In picture #3 are those whole yellow shells also buttercups? I find those to be amazing….something new for me to look for!
Those are buttercups, and they have nice yellow color. Sometimes the yellow is faded.
OK, the bug bites once again. Can’t wait for our next trip to Sanibel…….second week in July. Save us some shells :) !!
Was this at Sanibel? Beach access 5 & 6? I want to go there next time we visit!!!
Yes it was:)
Wow, wow and wow! I admire the professional-looking shelling rig!
Wow! I’m curious to know what was so super about this particular moon?
From what I understand, low tides are lower than usual during full moons and new moons, making the shelling even more awesome than usual!
This super moon we had on May 5th is the closest the moon will be to earth this calender year. Next year the super moon will be on June 23. However it will not be as close to earth as this years super moon.
Thank You for all the great pictures of your friend’s Super Moon Super Shelling! You’re doing a good job filling in for Pam! Clare~A Super Moon happens when the moon’s orbit brings it closer to the earth than normal. The photos of the Super Moon are spectacular. A Super Moon can also effect the tides, which makes for great shelling!
She did very well….great post.
Those shells are too beautiful for words! Crazy-beautiful!
Thanks for the photos!
holy crap! that’s amazing!!
Congrats…tho’ I gotta say I am soooooo jealous!
oh my gosh soooooo many shells! i cant wait till i move to ft. myers then i can go to sanibel all the time!
I woulda been a shelling fool if I found all that in 4 days!! I would never want to stop!
Shiny moon sells – my new favorite! They’re so mesmerizing……
I mean moon SHELLS, of course
Fantastic, drool-worthy haul! And at my favorite beach for shells and photos….ahhhhhhhhhh. I wonder if the Rocks are peeking above the sand? :-)
Was on Sanibel April 16th thru the 25th. Coquina Beach.Two major storms over that time. Me, my sister, my daughter, my daughters best friend. Shelled till we were shelling “tipsy”. Can not express the fantastic time we had, but what are the Butterbells? Not familiar with those. Didn’t find any of the little Coquina shells either, saw your post about them the next week, schucks…I’ll just have to go back. Love it, love it, love it…
I think it was Buttercups, maybe buttercup lucernes?
Are there any shells left??? lol
I can assure you there are shells left.
I thought I was viewing someone’s life-long collection! AMAZING! And I know she left some for us — right???
The shelling was awesome those four days….
WOW!!! Great haul, wish I was there! Thx so much for sharing !
Keep shelling everyone!
Mary Ann
Just gorgeous.
So many shells! Fantastic! when is the next time you’ll be going down to North Captiva? I’m going down this summer to find some super-shells, catch the sunset and see the green flash! :)
Jeeze Aly, is there any sand on those beaches!…or are they solid shells? How about a picture of that cool area under the house. My undying love to Pixie…tthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Love, missy
WoW!! What a haul!!
That shelling rig begs the question “how does she use all that stuff?!”. I’m visiting Sanibel currently. Low tide this evening yielded a nice collection of wells, conchs, some small cones and some buttercups! Thanks for sharing.
A neighbor took pity on me when I used my son’s little red wagon to try to tote 2 5-gallon buckets full of shells off the beach. He combined a golf bag carrier with a bent oven rack to create the perfect shell bucket carrier! I use 2 buckets, the bottom one for “junk” shells to use as the bottom layer for shell paths. The top bucket is for big shells (e.g. Van Hyning’s Cockles, Quahog Clams, & Fighting Conchs), sea whips, driftwood, etc. A bungee cord keeps the buckets held on. The small blue bucket is for minis, fragile, & “keeper” shells. I use the net bag to rinse off shells in the Gulf before dumping them into the top bucket so they are clean before I take them home. That is how I use all that stuff!
I LOVE the oranges in the scallops. It seems the further south you go the better quality of scallops. I go to Honeymoon Island and they are always brittle. When I go south to Palm Island (Charlottel Harbor) they are huge and sturdy. They are my favorite :) Love the BIG shark’s eyes.