My favorite was that deep red auburn scallop. It is stunningly beautiful!

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Lindsay 👋🏻❤️ Ohh yes, the scallop was gorgeous, wasn’t it!? I was thinking that’s it’s probably my first super vibrant scallop in months! I just love those saturated colours as well. Thank you so much for watching 🥰

That little grape was pretty cute!

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Reet 👋🏻❤️ Purple grape 🍇 yesss it was my favourite; so cute with a great vibrant colour 😍 Thank you so much for joining the adventure today 🥰

Frist one again. Morning Maddie, love all the cones todays. So many colors. Have a great day and see you next time. Buy

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Kayle ❤🤩 Yess, first again, I don’t know how you do it 🥳 The cones were a lot of fun today, there was just a really lovely variety of them 🐚 Thank you so much for watching the new adventure 🥰

It’s so exciting going with you on your shell finding adventures. I can’t pick which is my favourite, all beautiful. X

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Alison 👋🏻🐚 Yessss thank you so much for coming along and enjoying some fun at the beach! I think my favourite shell changed after making this video… I really like that red and yellow Sertum Rock Shell now, and the little Kieneri’s Cowrie - it came up really nicely with some light sanding and mineral oil! But ahhh truely, I think I have three favourites today 🤣 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

Hi, you always fine such pretty shell with such pretty colors love the minies.

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Deborah 👋🏻🐚 Hehe, thank you, I am honestly so lucky with all of the crazy cool shell finds; so many pops of colour in the sand to discover! I can’t wait to do more mini microshelling; I just need another big shell pile to wash up 🤗 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

The carpet clam looks like Japanese artwork on it. Very interesting. The common limpet has a silver ring on the top. Real neat. Your cones are the best. You got rain we got snow.

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Gloria 👋🏻 Oooh I like that; it does looks like an intricate Asian artwork! The clam’s other common name is “Manila Clam” I believe, but that was harder to me to remember for some reason 🤣 The limpets have such a huge variety… the silver ring might have been because it was worn away a little 🤔? Awww, I’m sorry to hear that you’re getting so much snow, I hope it starts to ease up soon! Until then, thank you for enjoying my sunny adventures 🥰

My 1st music cone, the feathered starfish or whatever it may be called. The top shell was also beautiful. The limpets the Tritons so many beautiful ones. I like seeing the live critters as well. Thank you Maddie and hope you have a great day.

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Toni 👋🏻💖 Oh my goodness, I really do need to pick up more Music Cones when I see them, I think the last two were in FaceBook outtakes! I’m so glad that you enjoyed them and the creepy feathered sea star… star fish… I might have gotten the name slightly wrong 😅 I’m so pleased that you once again enjoyed all the shells; still not able to pick a favourite? Thank you so much for enjoying my adventure, I hope you’re doing all right today ❤️❤️🐚❤️❤️

Beautiful shells!! Snake head cowrie is my favorite

@katherinesills439

Жыл бұрын

Good morning Mattie, My favorite thing is your beautiful sunny weather. In Savannah the weather is cold, wet, and gray. Would love to be with you on that beautiful beach. My favorite were the cones. I really love all the variations of colors that you have at the beaches. There are cone shells here in the states but you have to go south. My goal this summer is to finding one at a gulf beach in Florida. Fabulous video and loved the shells you found. Hope you have a great week. Until the next video.🥰🥰🥰

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

@@katherinesills439 G’day Katherine 👋🏻❤ Hehe well, it is summer here right now! Absolutely though, the sunny weather here sounds a litter nicer than the current Savannah weather - I’m sorry to hear that it’s trying it’s best to, um, keep the grass green 🤣🌧 I’m wishing you all the luck in Florida in a few months, I hope you find a few alphabet cones and Florida cones too 🤩 would you maybe go on one of the shelling tours to find them, or try your luck at your own pace? And as always, thank you so much for joining me again today 🥰

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Cathy 👋🏻🐚 Oooh the Snakeheads were the favourite?! Awesome, I feel like they really don’t get enough love in the comments section ❤ I love these cowries as well, I’m so lucky that they’re actually super common, but super lovely 🤩 thank you so much for watching 🥰

I think you did really well there 😊 love all the shells!!!

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

Hey Natacha 👋🏻🤗 Thank you!! This beach was a lot of fun 🤩 though I do think there were more time between shell finds than when I go to Pt C 🤔 or maybe I was more impatient this day 😅 Thank you so much for watching all of the beach funsies 🥰

Good morning Maddie 😁 what a fun adventure .. really nice shell finds.. I've always loved the Cowries.. wish I was able to find them at me beach.. funny story tho, my first ever cowrie find ends up being on the concrete right outside of my daughter's school 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣 it was a ring top cowrie, had to have fallen off of someone's bracelet or necklace lol Finders Keepers baby 😈Mmwaahahaha!! Lol anyway cant wait for the next Shellventure!!

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

Good morning Evi 👋🏻🤗 I'm so glad that you enjoyed the adventure today at a different beach, I thought it was a nice change of scenery 😊 I loved all the cowries today too, that little faded one was rarer than I thought 🤔 Haha I liked your story, finders keepers indeed, I don't think you would have been able to find the owner of that ring top cowrie! That's some real treasure hunting right there 🤣 Thank you so much for watching, Evi 🥰

Good day to ya Maddie ! As always I loved your video. You always bring some joy to my life and I thank you for it. As always you know I love the moon snails but today my favorite is the blue and gray cone shell. It was just beautiful ! Stay safe and keep shelling my friend from across the pond.

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Anita 👋🏻🤗 Thank you so much, I’m so pleased to be able to share another adventure (and that it’s actually being enjoyed)! Ah yes, I remember that you like the moon snails… not really any moon snails to find at this beach this time 🤔 but oh my goodness, that blue/grey crowned cone is a rather nice one! I don’t usually find them like that, it’s a lovely pick for the favourite today! Once again, thank you so much for watching 🥰

Maddie the video was great really. Lots of new seashells today and critters too. No favorite really but the rat cone because it is an animal. Your research is really amazing. I have a hard time finding my seashell names. Take ❤ XXOO TRUDY

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Trudy 👋🏻💖 Thank you so much ☺️ Yes, this beach had quite a few photogenic marina animals… my first time seeing a feathered sea star, it was a bit shocking and creepy 😣 but also cool to find one! The crabs were really cool though 🦀 Oooh the rat cone, huh? That was a very nice find, as I said, it’s a pretty unusual one for me to see 🤩 Thank you so much for joining me on another beach trip, Trudy 🥰

It was a beautiful day for cone shells! My favorite though is the gyre triton. One of these days you are going to find the perfect whole one!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Always love the sea life. I usually come across dead stuff so it’s always a treat to see the live critters! 🦀🦞🐙 Enjoyed the different beach. Thank you for another fun video!!! 🥰

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G’day Pam 👋🏻💖 It was a beautiful day at the beach 🤩 but yes, I absolutely found the best variety of lovely crowned cones today, as well as so many others! Hehe, I do love Gyre Tritons quite a lot, and I’m sure I have a perfectly lovely and whole one somewhere… maybe even an extra one, too (my favourite is the orange one I found a few months ago)! Oh no Pam 😱 yes, the live ones always make my day, though I also come across quite a few lifeless crabs 🦀 What did you think about that Feathered Sea Star? I wish I could have seen it’s whole body 😅 Thank you for enjoying the different scenery today, I had so much fun taking you out there with me 🥰

@pamdudley6153

Жыл бұрын

@@SandCoffeeRocks I found the feathered sea star VERY interesting! I would totally freak out if I ran across something like that! 😱🥰

You may only have a few shells but a great variety

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

Hey Aussie Dirt Digger 👋🏻🤩 Thank you, I was quite happy with the shells, though I do feel like I had a lot of time between shell finds as opposed to the beach that I usually video 🤔 but there was more rocks and shell grit to look through here, so it was also quite interesting for beachcombing. As always, thank you so much for watching 🥰

cowrie at 9 minute mark is the rarer Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

Good morning Adrian 👋🏻 Oooh wow, I had no idea! I knew from my seashell book at there was another cowrie that looked nearly identical to the Kieneri's Cowrie, but I didn't think I'd find that one... mostly because I was told that this specific beach is good for Kieneri's. Awesome, I'm so glad I found it, I was telling someone how nice it looks now after getting a bit of mineral oil; it's probably my favourite from the trip. Thanks again, Adrian 😁

@adriangale6519

Жыл бұрын

@@SandCoffeeRocks And there is a 3rd one Bistolida Ursellus which is very rare that can be hard to tell apart from Bistolida Hirundo.

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

Oh, that actually might have been the one I was thinking of; the little bear cowrie. Honestly, I’ll probably get these wrong a bunch more when I find more “kieneri’s” 🤣 Thank you once again for all the help, Adrian 🤔

Moon snail at 8 minute mark is Conuber melastoma (Swainson, 1821)

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

G'day Adrian 👋🏻 Thank you so much for the help with this moon snail 🐌 funny, I don't remember ever finding this one down the road at the usual beach ⛱️ Thank you so much for watching 😊

@adriangale6519

Жыл бұрын

@@SandCoffeeRocks It looks like the Sunshine Coast is at the northern end of it's range

@SandCoffeeRocks

Жыл бұрын

I find another one in the next video, I think... you’ll have to let me know if I got it right 🤣 thanks as always. I hope you had a wonderful Australia Day today 🇦🇺

So, the calcified cowrie shells, do they continue to look cloudy when you oil them? What if you dip them and remove the calcium and then give them a light spray of clear lacquer? Would that work to bring out their beautiful colors and shine again?

@SandCoffeeRocks

11 ай бұрын

G'day Janice 👋🏻💖 Ohhh, those are so good questions, and might depend on other people's experiences, but I'll share my own. The calcified cowries look much nicer with a bit of oil on them, yes, as long as the calcification is minimal and isn't too bad to cause a rough feeling finish on the shell. As for dipping them in acid, I would advise against it... It could very well work with larger and thicker shelled cowries, but in my experience, the typical cowrie I find is way too small with such a thin shell to make it work as you'll like. Also, their wonderful patterns and markings are usually just on the top layer of the shell, and will quickly be stripped away with just a moment in the acid. It will also leave a very pitted texture on the cowrie shells that is very noticeable because of how smooth they usually are, as opposed to other types of shells were such a thing can be more easily overlooked. Yes, a spray or lacquer can help with that, but I don't know how nice the result would be? Usually, I just keep looking for a nice cowrie that I don't need to do all of these things to...or one that's pretty nice and only needs the faintest touch of oil to get back to being it's best. I know, it makes me sound like a snob, doesn't it 🤣 but I'm able to go to the beach so often, and search for so many cowries, so I'm able to pick and choose the ones I want in the end 🐚✨😍. For others who can't get as much beach time, they can certainly try the methods that you mentioned, and it would probably elevate the shell with enough care 🤔 Thank you so much for watching, and for your thoughtful question!