Ive accidentally discovered your adventure here. You are so good with commentary, teaching, encouraging, ... and without your bright nail polish..... thanks so much.

Unbelievable, the amount of shells, and they're all beautiful!! Many thanks for taking us along 😎 🐚

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure! Thanks so much for watching!

The bigger conchs so many beautiful ones!

I was dying g watching you pick up (or not) pick up stuff... thank you thank you Laura!!!!!

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

I missed a few good ones on this episode lol! Thanks for watching, Kathy!

Oh my so many shells!!! Thanks Laura

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Hi Pauline! Thanks for watching!

So many great shells! Dark true tulip at 29:58 sitting on top of a light FL fighting conch😍

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Yassssss!!!!!! Just goes to show there will always be awesome treasures even if there are other shellers there! Good eyes Clare!! 👏🏻

@donnajohnson3334

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualshelling We've never had a red true tulip. How do people find out about boxes ? P.S. Your show helped me get through losing my Mother. ManyThanks

Another wonderful video!

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kathy! Glad you enjoyed!

Love this beach, wish I was there, I need a trip to go shell shopping, thank you for letting me go a long it was amazing!!

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

So glad you got to come along virtually with me, Marcia! Thanks for your support!

🎉oh that tulip 🌷! Great shell finds 😊

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ginna!

Great video! So many beauties! Love the angel wings. Was hoping you weren't getting chewed up by the noseeums!

Oh my! I wish I was with you. So many awesome shells. Thanks for taking us with you 🙂

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for shelling with me, Sherry! I appreciate your support!

Wonderful time shelling with you. Thank you for sharing all the idyllic places you go and the amazing shells you find there. I love the hinged Spiney Jewellery Boxes and was willing you to pick up another one I saw but as you say the amount of shells is over-whelming and no one person can pick up them all. Thank you.

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

That’s true, Dawn, I missed a few good ones in this episode but it’s so hard to see every single shell. There’s always treasures to be found! Thanks for watching!

Such beauty everywhere, amazing area❤

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Thanks for joining me!

You should do a mini and tinies subscription box. Love your channel.

As usual...I could spend the entire day searching the beach. So many beautiful treasures. Thanks for taking us all along for the hunt!

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining me, Maggie! So glad you enjoyed!

Thank you I really enjoyed this video.

So many awesome shells beautiful 😍

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@nikoletastavropoulou5515

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualshelling your welcome

awesome...!!!

Can I share a crazy fear? Tripping over a branch and impaling myself on those sharp tree bits poking out of the beach 😒. But I'd risk it for all those pretty shells 😁👍 the rose petal tellins are beautiful!

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

It’s definitely a rational fear, it happened to a dear friend of mine, she tripped and impaled her leg, it was a mess! Definitely want to wear shoes and be mindful of where you’re stepping! Thanks for watching!

@kimberlyaustin6677

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualshelling OH THAT POOR LADY! I'm so sorry that happened. I hope she's ok. And thanks for letting me know that I'm not nuts for thinking that could happen. Be safe!👍💖

Great finds

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Deloris!

Beautiful island love how clear the water is.

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Hi Austin! Yes we have some beautiful beaches down here in Southwest Florida!

Amazing shell adventure. Thanks for taking us along. XOXO See you next time.

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support! Happy Shelling!!

Good Morning Laura, Good Seeing You Again...Where Is The Hubby At.. You Guys Are Often Together Hunting For Shells? 💕🦋🌞

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Hi Maria! I haven’t been married for awhile but I am dating Dustin and he goes shelling with me and takes me to the islands on his boat (marcowatersports.com) ❤️

There were quite a few small shells you missed!!

@4:08, Wentle Trap 2nd alert, possibly. Look to the left of her thumb about 1-2 inches. 🐚

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Close! That's a speckled cerith, commonly confused with a wentletrap as they are both about the same size and white! Good eyes though!

@4:05 Wentle Trap Alert!!! Nearly dead center towards the bottom of the screen. It's to the right of a Cockle shell, and left of an oyster or jingle shell. It does look like one 😎 🐚

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

That's a speckled cerith! But GREAT eyes!

Love this video. I wanted to go to Morgan Key last year but my tours didn't go there or shell island. Hopefully when I come down in Sept to Marco Island I can find a tour there. I love those Rose petal tellins and cones. Are the no seeums bad in Sept? Last yr we came for 2 wks christmas and new years. No bugs. It was wonderful.

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Hi sweet Freda! Let me know when you come down! 💜💜 Morgan is a bit more rugged and harder to maneuver which is why most tours don’t go there. No-see-ums can be bad any month of the year it just depends on the weather. If it’s really windy or really cold they aren’t bad.

Where were you shelling? Awesome she’ll finds. Love your videos

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Morgan Key, south of Marco Island!

Was that a Wentaltrap you picked up at 4.29. Love those little critters. I’m thinking of getting a tattoo on my ankle.

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Hi Shela! No that was a Cerith. Juvenile Dark Ceriths and Speckled Ceriths can be commonly confused with Wentletraps. Similar shape, and often white, but lacking the staple spiral lace pattern of the Wentle.

At 6:30 and further. I learnt that vegetation can serve as a net, and this is especially interesting for bivalves because you have a greater chance of finding intact doublets there. And yes, at 15:28 an intact Macrocallista nimbosa doublet...Sunray Venus you call it? The largest one I saw for sale on the internet was 148 mm. I got one 140 mm tall. Gave it away with the rest of my collection. At 17:51 is that an intact Arca imbricata doublet? I mean the brown one with what seems to be a byssal orifice on the ventral side. At 21:40 it seems to be a Cardita doublet. At 28:06 two pairs of the giant Cardium shells? If you find one valve between vegetation, look for the other one in the vicinity. There is a good chance only the ligament snapped and the other half is nearby.

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Hi Merlijn! Thanks so much for watching! Yes, often times when you find one half the other will be nearby, but it can be a challenge to try and find the pair. I did a video on marching bands matching cockles (Dinocardium robustum) as the pairs are very similar, but more difficult with the Sunray Venus as they sometimes lack definitive pattern.

@Merlijnvv

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualshelling there is a way to see if the valves form a pair. You can look at the concentric growth lines in each valve, which must match exactly. These lines form a unique pattern in each shell.

@donnajohnson3334

Жыл бұрын

@@Merlijnvv I appreciate the info. Love from Missouri 🐠🐚🐙

Did you see the wentle trap where you were showing a lettered olive and when you asked the question if we could see the no see ums?

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

There are so many shells it’s impossible for me to see them all, especially when I’m filming. But that’s the fun of virtually shelling as YOU get to find shells too! I missed a really nice true tulip in his episode also! 🙈

Beautiful beach day for sure! Question what is the significance of the “coffee grounds” as to why that is the right place to find smalls? What is the correlation? Thank you so much for sharing 💕

@virtualshelling

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sara! Usually when the waves are calm and “pushing” the water onto the beach instead it allows for light weight debris/shells to gather together. Most of the time, the waves break and “crash” and therefore tumbling all of the small things which can’t really be seen. So when you see debris (coffee grounds) you’ll know the current was calm enough to not break it up but just enough to push it to shore. Sort of like leaves falling from a tree. You need just enough wind to break them off the branch but not so much they get blown away. Hope that makes sense!

@saraclark8611

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualshelling that makes total sense now, thank you so much for getting back to me!

@donnajohnson3334

Жыл бұрын

@@saraclark8611 I love how she answers our questions. I really appreciate that about Laura !.

I am suffering watching this!! Why don’t you collect the bigger seashells