Finding Seashells at Hervey Bay | Moon Snail Varieties

It was a great afternoon to finish off a wonderful day at Hervey Bay; the sky was determined to rain in the end, but I grabbed up a bunch of moon snails before that happened! I was really surprised by how many Calf Moon Snails were on the beach this time, and there was a plethora of Sordid Moon Snails too!! Which ones were you favourites?? Thanks for watching!
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[@MiMi-og4wx]

Hey Maddie 👋🏼 What a beautiful Commercial Scallop right off the bat!! I’m really liking the first Calf Moon Snail. Reminds me of the Gaudy Naticas we find in Florida.. 😃 I love ALL the Moon Snails 🐌 😍 LOL Whoa 😮 a cute, chubby, mysterious Wentle Trap you found 🥰 My favorite was the Spiny Murex, holes and all! Second is the baby Balers! The first one is the smallest one I ever saw 😮 Shoutout to the Thorny Oyster! They are so cool looking! Thanks for a great trip to Hervey Bay Maddie!! Take Care out there! TTFN 👋🏼 ❤

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Mimi 👋🏻💖 Oh my goodness, this Hervey Bay video was just lovely... I miss this beach; hopefully I will get a chance to go there again next week while I avoid all of the crowds closer to home, yikes 🙄 Anyhoo!! So the Calf Moon Snails remind you of the Gaudi Nauticas!! I think(?) they might be in the same genus (I will need to double-check that), but that might be why they look so similar! Oh! The mysterious wentletrap! It's actually a subspecies of a wentletrap that I have found before, but it's appearance is a lot different due to being a subspecies 😮 it's very cool to think about! I'm so, so glad that you loved the shells from this trip. Thanks for watching 🥰

[@donnasnyder6890]

Love the moon snails and commercial scallops. Thanks Maddie

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Donna 👋🏻💖 I was having an excellent day for the Commercial Scallops 😲 I couldn't believe how many were hanging around the beach 🏖️ and I'm glad you enjoyed the moon snails as much as I did too 😄 Thanks for watching 🥰

[@alisonh890]

Hi Maddie, hope all good with you. The cardita and mud arc very lovely start. Hard to say with the scallops both flats and curved shells have their plus points, just collect any that catch your eye! Haynes turban, one of my faves. Baby baler so cute! I love the drupe shell too.🐚 Some of those bladder moon snails had unique markings. And of course a strombus - I hope it was stink free 😂. Final display, work of art! Thank you❤xxx

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Alison 👋🏻💖 Everything is all good here; I finally a sunny day after so much rain anf cloud cover! I shouldn't complain though...I think you live in the cloud capitol of the world 🤣 I hope you're having a good day and staying warm!! This beach trip was a lot of fun with a nice mix of bivalves and gastropods 🐚🐌 I'm glad that you liked the Hayne's Turbans; I think you're the only person who's mentioned them so far! The scallops and balers were fabulous, but gosh, that final bladder moon snails really appealed to me 🤣 and the Strombus didn't stink 😉 only the really fresh ones with their original lovely dark markings are the smelly ones!! I know you want my hands and bucket to smell bad, but not this time!! As always Alison, thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@nikoletastavropoulou5515]

How beautiful shells 🐚 😍.

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Nikoleta 👋🏻💖 I'm glad you liked them! There wasn't anything too crazy rare this time, but a lot of the shells were simply stunning. Thank you so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@dawnwilkinson8717]

I liked the hinged Lamellate Venus Clam shells Thank you for sharing your finds on such an amazing beach.

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Dawn 👋🏻🏖️❤️ Ohhh the hinged Lamellate Venuses are nice!! I think the second one has the best textures in this one, but it's also really interesting to see these shells without their frills, too! Thanks you so much for watching this big adventure 🥰

[@pamdudley6153]

The wentltraps were gorgeous even broken. 🤩 My favorites of the day are the baby baler shells!!! 💗 And right on their 👠 heels, the flats!!! 🪭🪭🪭 Such beautiful colors in the flats today! As always, I truly love all the shells. We went to Matagorda Beach today. Did not find much. I was so disappointed. 😢😢😢 Thank you for another amazing video Maddie! 🥰🥰🥰

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Pam 👋🏻💖 The Wentletraps are lovely even when they're broken 😂 but hmm, I think the Wentletraps bring me back to this beach a little more than the moon snails these days 🤣 Oh wow, the baby Balers and the Flats at the favourites for you this time 😲 they were lovely, weren't they? OH NO PAM!!! What a big trip to find not much 😭 I would have been hugely disappointed too, I'm so sorry that you didn't have any luck this time. You just can't predict these things sometimes 😕 Don't let that get you too down; the next time might have massive wracklines and shell piles. Again, you just can't know for sure 😬 but I hope the trip was a nice day out for you and Lee, even if the shells weren't there this time 🥰🏖️🐚❤️

[@trudymcewen9801]

Hi Maddie, Hope all is well. Cute chubby P Wentletrap, great Baler shells, love all the Venus shells, very colorful Bladder Moons. Bob is having two chemo drugs today. Hours of treatment. Weather getting nice out again. Love you. TRUDY

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Trudy 👋🏻💖 All is well over here: not much changes 😀 just the weather and the tides. The shells that wash ashore change too, I suppose 🐚😲 the Baler shells, Venuses, Moon Snails, and Wentletraps were so lovely, and even though there wasn't a new shells in this bunch, I'm still glad that you enjoyed watching the adventure 🥰 I hope all is well over there, I know so much for your time goes towards supporting your lovely husband. Stay strong, Trudy 💖❤️🙏🏻

[@denisedill3552]

Hi Maddie, I really love your channel, ya make me smile❤ I really think that the "noir" moon snail is my favorite by a smidgen, But I really think the baby bailer is adorable! As for scallops, the flats are cool but I love the peachy,pinky,purply pastel curved half of scallops. ❤

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Denise 👋🏻❤️ Oh my goodness, thank you for your very kind words 😁 I'm so glad that you're still enjoying my shenanigans over here 😂 Haha the "Noir" moon snail was a fun one - it really stands out a lot from the typical look of the other Bladder Moon Snails! Oh wow, the baby Baler and the wonderful pinky pastel scallop curved always get the mentioned today too ❤️ I'm so glad that you enjoyed seeing all of the shells 🐚 Thanks for watching the big adventure today 🥰

[@robertabessey7990]

Hi Maddie, I love both the flat and curved side of commercial scallops. When you picked up the curved half of that commercial scallop I noticed an orangey looking shell upside down. Just wondering what kind that was, or why you didn't pick it up. So many different moons shells you guys have. Love the carditas shells. Nutmegs are much lighter than ours. The Wentletrap witch strikes again 😂. That very sotted dark Haynes Turban, gorgeous. Love the baby Baylor. Beautiful rock shell, some gorgeous moon snails. Spiny oyster. Yes yes having so much fun. Your energy is contagious 😂. Very interesting ark shells. Love the cross bared Venus. Sorry to see it come to an end. Just love your channel. Thank you Maddie

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G’day Roberta 👋🏻💖 My goodness, thank you for your wonderful comment!! I think I like the scallops a little more…but then, some scallop curves have dotty patterns on them, and I love them the most!! Ahh, I just love them all too 🤣 as for the upside down orange shell, uhhh, I did look at that part of the video again, but I’m actually not sure…maybe a smaller kind of Mud Arc (I only show the very big ones that I pick up to keep) or it might have been a large shell fragment?? I honestly couldn’t tell you with any certainty anymore, but past Maddie must have thought it wasn’t a keeper 😅 As for the nutmeg, yes, ours are nowhere near as impressive at your Common Nutmegs! I have been given some more colourful nutmegs from Far North Queensland - like a browner Common Nutmeg; I might find some of them when I go up there later this year! Turbans, heaps of Turbans, Venuses, and a few Balers too! It was a surprisingly great day! I went out with my friend this time; but the morning was especially great because she set up a meeting with a shell seller to see what he had for sale, so I got a double dose of shelly goodness on this day! I’m sorry that this episode came to an end too soon, but hmm, I did put up a mini unboxing video on my Facebook Page about what I got from that shell seller in case you still want more today 🤣 Anyhoo!! Thanks for watching 🥰

[@itsjustmeMaryAnn]

Moonsnails for the 🏆 WIN 🎉 Hey Maddie! How are you doing today? As always, a great video today. Loved everything 🎉🎉🎉

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Mary Ann 👋🏻🏖️💖 Hehe, the moon snails were a big feature in the trip this time 🤩🐌 and the scallops too!! I'm doing good; we've been having dreary rainy weather lately, but there's finally some sun today 🌈 might be a good day for the beach! How are you doing today?? Thanks for watching 🥰

[@alisonh890]

Hi Maddie, it’s true we do have much cloud and rain here there is no denying it😢but in the spring and summer when all the plants come back to life it is beautiful. The definition of a strombus is the possibility of stink😂 only joking, I can’t resist I have a naughty sense of humour!!!!!!

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Alison 👋🏻💖 It just means that the grass is always greener over there with the constant rain!! I bet it must look magical in the spring; like a fairy tale. Haha I love your sense of humor, please never change 😉

[@JanHastings-ns7ze]

Love wentletraps all day. ❤

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Jan 👋🏻💖 I always think of Wentletraps as a really special kind of shell species: so beautiful and elegant. Thanks, as always, for joining me on another big adventure 🥰

[@김도연-o6v]

Hi Maddie. I think the second wentletrap you found is Epitonium pallasi neglectum which is a subspecies of E. pallasi. I think it’s too big to identify as E. obesum or liliputanum.

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day friend 👋🏻🐚 Oh my goodness, you are much more knowledgeable about Wentletraps than anyone else I've met 😲 I had no idea that I picked up a subspecies of E. Pallasi (I have found one in the past, and knew it didn't look like the one I picked up from this trip) but to think that was the link I was missing when it came to identifying it! Thank you so much for setting this straight; I really wasn't sure about it being E. obesum or liliputanum, but no other Wentletrap species from my search looked even remotely close to a possible match 😯 Thank you again for the info and giving me a chance to nerd out about this 🤣 and thanks for watching 🥰

[@DaliaTheDahlia]

Hello! Beautiful abundance of seashells. I was wondering, what do you do with the seashells once you take them home? I absolutely love collecting them, but am unsure what to use them for or how to use them.

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

Hello Fluffy 👋🏻🐚 Someone else was asking me this recently too! After I take them home and clean them, I put them into my display case so I can look at them and enjoy them that way. I have a video of my display case tour (forgive me, I cannot link it to you right now), but you can search for Episode 200 yo hopefully find it in my videos list. As for what to do with your shells; a lot of people like to make them into crafts; maybe you’d like something like that too! In the world today: shells are almost always used for decoration. Maybe you’d like to decorate picture frames, mirrors, boxes, or statues. You can also turn them into wind chimes. Actually, I see a lot of businesses that turn shells into jewellery like pendants, necklaces, and bracelets. I don’t know if that helps you, but I hope it does 🤔 maybe you can search the Internet for “shell craft ideas” and maybe find even more inspiration!

[@DaliaTheDahlia]

Thank you so much for giving me such a detailed answer. I will definitely look into crafts, those sound very fun!@@SandCoffeeRocks

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

I've also seen people embed their shells in candles that have clear wax (gel wax?) so you can see the shells at the bottom... like a mini tidepool that you can melt?? That's another cool project to try!

[@DaliaTheDahlia]

Wow! Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions!@@SandCoffeeRocks

[@marysimonetti5243]

Hey Maddie! What a great day for collecting beautiful shells❣️ I love your choice for favourite. My choice is another moon snail with a black eyebrow. So happy you had a wonderful day and a friend to tag along🐚

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Mary 👋🏻🐚❤️ It was a wonderful day; cloudy and not too hot, with a chance of seashells everywhere 🤣 Oh that's right, there was another moon snail with a black eyebrow 😯 and a few almost totally black ones too... there was a lot of variety today!! My friend actually found some even nicer Bladder Moon Snails than me, she hit the jackpot with two in particular 🐌😲 I'm glad she got some good ones! Thanks for watching 🥰

[@aussiedirtdigger755]

Hi Maddie Love the Murex and some pretty Flat Scallops and plenty of different Moon Shells. Thanks for another great adventure.

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Aussie Dirt Digger 👋🏻🪙💖 I did manage to find a pretty nice murex right at the end 🤩 now that I think about it, it had been a while since I'd seen a good frilly one 😲 I'm glad that you liked the flats as well! Thanks for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@oceanluvngal]

Hi Maddie! 👋 The sordid moonsnails are my favourites today. Special mention to the scary murex, rock shell, and adorable baby bailer shells.

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Oceanluvn Gal 👋🏻🌊💖 The Sordid Moon Snails really were particularly wonderful and varied on this trip...and there were so many of them too! I'm thrilled that you liked them, a long with the Scary Murex, Balers, and wow, the Rock Shell too?!! All wonderful shells 😁 Thanks for watching 🥰

[@hurriyetseker9701]

Hi maddie❤ your fav moonsnail is my fav today and wentletraps are gorgeous❤❤loves maddie😍😍

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Hurriyet 👋🏻🏖️💖 That moon snails with the black and yellow on it was just stunning: it really stands out from the rest 🤩 I'm glad that you liked it, and the Wentletraps (even though they're broken, they're still lovely)! Thank you so, so much for watching 🥰

[@kaylecotton5301]

Morning Maddie,I two favorites today and they are #1 the wentletrap and the first flat you found. I hope you have a great day and stay safe. Love to you and ninja from all of us

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Sheila 👋🏻💖 Oh wow, I'm surprised that the Wentletrap made the favourites list; I thought it was lovely, but I wondered if the break would make it less cool...maybe it makes it more cool 😎😉 The first flat was really lovely too, so multicoloured!!! I had a wonderful daytrip, but Ninja missed me 😭😺 as always. All the live back to you and your grown up kitties too 🐈 Thanks for watching 🥰

[@judishubert6016]

Hey Maddie, loved the flats and the bladder moons,well all of them. Your enthusiasm is so catchy 😊😊😊❤

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Judi 👋🏻🏖️💖 The Flats were really nice to start the adventure with - they put a spring in my step 😁 oh, and the Bladder Moon Snails were so lovely this time too 🤩 Thank you so, so much for watching the big adventure 🥰

[@GreenThumbGardener65]

Moon snails are always awesome but the short spines murex as the fav today! ❤ kapow! 😂

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Green Thumb Gardener 👋🏻☘️ Oh wow, so the Short-spined Murex was the favourite from this one 🤩 I'm glad you liked it; the shell was a little rough, but I also thought it was a great one 😁 I couldn't have imagined finding a shell like this a year ago! Thanks for watching 🥰

[@judiskalet964]

Good Morning, Maddie can’t wait to see the finds 😂

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G’morning Judi 👋🏻💖 Hehe, I hope you enjoy it 😁 thanks in advance for watching 🤣🥰

[@nellyjune9828]

U make me wanna screaaaammn like crazyyy Maddie, After waiting for centuries ,I can see soooo many moonsnails 😍 So today,I only have one and only favorite,the moonsnail🎉 I wish in my next shelling I can meet my 1st love the moonsnail 😅 Thanks for a great adventure Maddie ❤🎉

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Nelly 👋🏻💖 Haha, waiting for centuries 🤣 that's a long time to wait!!! Yes, so many moon snails this time, and so many different species too 🐌 I'm really happy that you enjoyed seeing them! I hope you find the perfect moon snail on your next beach combing trip too 😉 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@nellyjune9828]

@@SandCoffeeRocks 😝 yoshhh centuries, And thanks again for bringing the joy Maddie

[@lisapecchenino278]

The baby Baller shells oh gosh, they’re so cute❤

[@SandCoffeeRocks]

G'day Lisa 👋🏻🐚 Those baby Balers are one of my favourites to find from here...actually I have a lot of favourites, but a baby Baler with some dark colours and patterns on it?? Just perfect 😀 Thank you so much for watching 🥰