Michelle from New Hampshire got a gorgeous gift from the gulf….. a JUNONIA! She said “I still can’t believe I found one! I was just walking along in ankle deep water that had already be searched by lots of shellers. My children were having fun exploring the tidal pools and there it was!“. Wowee!  It’s huge!
There were shells scattered everywhere on Gulf Side City Park beach where Michelle found her JUNONIA…
Most of the shells were live FIGHTING CONCHS but Cheryl (Ohio) was having a great time filling up her pink shell bag with empty shells…
She found all sorts of great shells!
Her favorites were these two KINGS CROWNS…
These two cutie shellers Matilda and her brother Anton came to Sanibel all the way from Sweden to fill their buckets with goodies. Matilda is holding a beautiful ALPHABET CONE and Anton is showing off a nice bright orange HORSE CONCH.
Bob (who found a LIONS PAW last year) and Dee (Ft Myers) were finding SEA WHIPS and BEACH BLING…
And a fabulous FLORIDA CONE along with a fantastic assortment of all types of seashells…
And they found dried out MILLIPEDE STARFISH.
The Gulf Of Mexico just keeps on giving us gifts of the sea.
GREAT FINDS!!! The beach looks LOADED with treasures :)
Congrats to Michelle on the Junonia and to Cheryl on the Kings crown. What great finds ” Sandy” blew your way. I wish I was there it’s getting cold here in NY.
Thank god we have electric and heat so many people in our town and surrounding towns are in such bad shape after Sandy.
Barbara,
Your neighbors in MA are sending lots of prayers out to NY & NJ….
It breaks my heart to see the struggle going on in NY & NJ-take care!
Noela,
Thank you for the prayers. The power is starting to come back on in some towns now. They first have to remove all the big trees that fell on the power lines. NJ got hit so hard it will be a long time for them. And poor Breezy Point NY they had a massive fire that burned down 111 homes and damaged 20 more. It breaks your heart to see it looks like a bomb was dropped on the town.
Wow! Beautiful! What a treat. So envious but treasures will keep coming as they have there since I was a little kid. Aren’t we lucky to be a part of this special piece of earth? I have to be there again soon. And I will. Have fun everyone on your ‘excshellent’ adventures!
Damn, I was just there end of Sept and I want to come back A.S.A.P ….. can I just buy a one way ticket and pitch a tent in your backyard Pam? *lol*
WOW congrats Michelle & Cheryl on your awesome treasures !!! Oh yes … I’m drooling !!! I miss the “Bel” ever so much .
Oh my word… That’s a huge junonia!!! Congrats Michelle!!! Can’t help but stare in awe and disbelief that I am still cooped up at home due to the horrible monsoon while everyone else is shelling, with no rain… Worse still, the monsoons do no seem to bring up more shells!!! Gosh, I hate the monsoon… :(
Wow, all kinds of great stuff!
Nice to see all the live fighting conchs doing their thing on the sand bars. They have a lot of personality!
Congrats…on your Junonia…beautiful!
Holy cow! That is a HUGE Junonia!! Congrats!!……I am loving everyone’s shell bags… such nice shells are being found…..if only….
That is one huge junonia!
What a “skullcracker” ! Never seen one found on the beach that big.
What a wonderful find. A Junonia! It is huge!
Debbie Winston
What day did Michelle find the Junonia?
I found the junonia on Thursday morning. And thank you to everyone for all the nice compliments! It will definitely be treasured in our house.
what treasures, I’m so jell!
Wow! That’s a HUGE one! How awesome! Great finds everyone!
Michelle – congrats!! on your fabulous junonia!!! And, I luvluvluv those gorgeous kings crowns! and the milliped starfish, and the alphabet cone, and the horse conch, and the sea whips….well, I just think EVERYTHING is an awesome find!!
Wow! That is one honkin’ Junonia!! :) Super congratulations, Michelle!
Hey look, It’s Bob and Dee!
Looking good you two..Isn’t retirement fun??
WOW!! Can y’all hear me whining “I wanna be in Sanibel!!!” from up here in Alabama? I found some nice stuff today, but not near the amounts y’all are finding there.
That is a gorgeous junonia! I can’t wait until January. We live on LI and we have been without power since Monday afternoon. We finally went to our daughters house on Saturday after she got her power back on. We were lucky and had no damage, but at least 150 trees went down in just our village. The lines for gas are astronomical ! There’s supposed to be another storm coming Wednesday.
Enjoy all the shells
Pat
Well Michelle Congrats! We just left sanibel yesterday Dang! Well like they say you never know what you will find. My husband and I went out to Bowman Beach and the wind was blowing like crazy and found some shells. We were sitting there talking about leaving and I said to him ” I wonder what that is sticking out of the sand” He got up and and pulled it out. Not sure what it is yet but it looks to be old.
Had a great time shelling found tons of shells and had a good time. But as always can’t wait till we come back.
Thanks everyone for comments, I love sanibel, it is my escape to paradise, my bro and sis in law who go with us to the island tell us we need SA(shellers anonymous) cause we don’t know when to stop shelling!
Michelle was so fortunate to find the grand prize and it was awesome, she let me hold it….lol….the four of us from Ohio were so close,,,,,,we must go back to look another day….already planning the next trip….
Cheryl