Shelling SUPER Low Tide vs. High Tide - Ten Thousand Islands, Florida

[@jtb8155]

Thank you for taking us shelling with you, and for educating us! ❤️

[@treasureseekerstours]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching

[@lilbitomajjiktm]

Very interested in the water boot you were wearing in the Ealy part of the video

[@dianemaurer5244]

I love your informative videos, Sarah!!☀️🌊🐚

[@treasureseekerstours]

Glad you like them!

[@nancyreber8201]

This was so much fun! Great video 😁

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!

[@brcwhr]

Just subscribed. As an avid armchair sheller in Toronto Canada I just watched your video and it was extremely well done!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Awesome, thank you! Glad to have you and your armchair along!

[@wandadorsey8895]

Thanks for educating us. Blessings

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!

[@debbienorrell2483]

What a great video!! Thank you hon!!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!

[@dianesalvato3078]

Great information for new and seasoned shellers. Well done!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!!

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

well done loved seeing the finds 😊

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!

[@pattyvalinote4612]

Great video! Love those shells!!!❤❤❤

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!

[@lisaloy2011]

Loved this video. Really loved it.

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!

[@elaineberger879]

Ohhh my gosh. I’m booking with you when I come down!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Can’t wait!

[@heididuzan6290]

my dream job! You are so blessed to be out there!! Thanks for sharing!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Indeed we are! Thanks for joining us!!

[@brandonsmith1198]

I wanna say thank you for the seashell tour I like all the tips where I can find the lightning conks and many others do some on the same dollar for your next one

[@DebbyCastrillo]

I'd be picking up the lace murex's no matter HOW many I already had!! And I've been collecting for over 30 years! Love your videos and I'm thinking of taking a tour in late Feb or March.

[@treasureseekerstours]

Perfect time to go!! Especially if we have a cold front coming in February. LOVE the murexes!!

[@amandafulton6895]

I really enjoyed this video

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!!

[@podilasreenivasulu4653]

What a beautiful and wonderful Video My friend 🙏 Good and very good explain 👍 this is Director Vasu 🎥 from India 🇮🇳 🔔🌷

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching!

[@debbiejones6265]

Do you have a recommendation on Sunscreen? It's hard to tell what's good and what isn't. Thank you

[@bobbienielsen6860]

We will be there the first weekend in Dec. What island is this in the video?

[@treasureseekerstours]

The sandbar in the 10K islands. Ask your Shell Guide and Captain on tour and they can take you there!

[@bobbienielsen6860]

@treasureseekerstours we haven't booked anything yet. We had planned on kayaking to Dickmans and maybe kice. I'm a little nervous about that tho.

[@victoriaolsen5726]

Hey Sarah - Victoria and Steve from San Diego (was with you during neg low tide in November). Steve saw on FB that you are CAPT Sarah now - Congrats! Rained again here last night and early this a.m. Hoping ocean calming down so we can get ready to hit beach here for negative low tide and to see if the bomb cyclone left behind any of our special treasures. Ocean totally different here hoping I can find them in shallow water which will be 🥶 or left on beach since I will be teetering around with my hiking pole to keep me balanced with my MS - way easier to do in 10k Islands. Thanks for being our virtual shelling guide and taking us along - looking forward to seeing you when we return in November 😎. Btw would love to know the guides' secrets to keep the no seeums from attacking. We use sprays and fishing pants/shirts and would love to know what clothing works best to guard against them. Dang bugs always find a place to bite 😫 they love us!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Nice to hear from you!! When are you coming back to beautiful warm Florida??

[@victoriaolsen5726]

@@treasureseekerstours November 13 - 30

[@treasureseekerstours]

Looking forward to it!!! Thanks for watching!

[@victoriaolsen5726]

Btw never have had a broken shell, urchin, sand dollar turn up in all the trips made to SWFL when we return to CA and have packed probably 60 or so urchins or sand dollars at a time. 😁 Totally loved you showing us how beautiful a live Gaudy Nautica is in your little clear box demo - priceless!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Also…for the bugs…we use a spray (see on our website) that is based on plant oils that are naturally repellent such as lemon grass and cedar wood. Contact our office if you’d like to order. They can probably ship to you.

[@christinefeuerstein3759]

Hi Sarah- Not a shell question but a shelling question… What brand is your hat?

[@treasureseekerstours]

For more gear info, Email us at [e-mail]

[@carmaela2689]

Good info but watching you beat the sand off the shells had me like 😱

[@treasureseekerstours]

😂

[@SnowPink90]

@11:03 When I saw you tapped the lightning welk’s bottom on the other shell to clean the sand off, I thought, what are you doing? You’re going to bust it. I’m shocked that you didn’t crack or bust off.

[@treasureseekerstours]

Actually they’re quite sturdy! Lightning whelks in particular were used as tools by the native Americans who lived here, the Calusas due to their density and strength. It would take quite a lot of force to break one.

[@SnowPink90]

@@treasureseekerstours Thank you, great to know!!☺️

[@brendataylor9139]

How can you walk pass a shell and not take it? I asked one of your guides last year she said she had one of (almost) every shell. Except a Bonnie. Right after she said that my friend pulled a Bonnie out of the water (first time sheller) But seriously, how can you resist?

[@treasureseekerstours]

Very hard for some! Our crew are awesome and we strive to assist others in finding treasures. Don’t worry though, we definitely get time on the islands on our own to get our shelling fix too! Thanks for watching.

[@paulagloe4841]

Hi Sarah! Had a great trip with you in Dec. …. I’m curious about your water shoes and pants. Care to share label names? Hope to see you again soon!

[@treasureseekerstours]

Yes! Email us at [e-mail]

[@maryadelewojtowicz7117]

Love your video!! It looks like your south of Marco. Is that Dickmans or Kice or another island??

[@treasureseekerstours]

We shell on all of the barrier islands depending on the tide, time of year and wind. This one was Dickmans Island. Depending on the day, we try to find the most productive spot and we’ll take guests there!

[@jamestaylor8860]

Do you ever see alligators. Thanks

[@rebelheartmermaid]

I don't know how you're able to pick up all those cool shells and then put it back😂 I guess if I lived there and did tours I'd probably have quite the collection and could do the same... maybe🤣🤣

[@treasureseekerstours]

Right?! Love them

[@jeanniegherardi2720]

pick up what you like !!!!!! dont worry about your hubby !!!!!!!!!

[@treasureseekerstours]

😂

[@Merlijnvv]

Take a large glass jar, fill it with mint Noetia ponderosa (Ponderous Ark) doublets. Would be a wonderful deco piece. You could bleach the periostracum away, but personally I wouldn't do that. You could make a puzzle out of it (The Ponderous Puzzle): just split the pairs, mix them, and put them in the jar. The puzzle is solved when all pairs are together again in the jar. Ponder that...

[@treasureseekerstours]

Interesting idea!

[@nickyvincent8212]

Do you find complete urchins very often out on those islands?

[@treasureseekerstours]

Not often. After storms they make their way to the wrack lines but not regularly.

[@nickyvincent8212]

@@treasureseekerstours thank you for getting back to me on that.

[@Relaxingvideos173]

Cool video, new sub

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks!

[@brandonsmith1198]

I had to avoid them because that’s the rules of the beach don’t step on any seashell says sit next to them

[@roxydownunder]

Loved your video Sarah, such a lovely beach, you were so informative for those of us on the other side of the ocean. Australia 🪸 hopefully will make it over one day for one of your tours…🐚 Top shells , Turbans and Abalone stripped back to the mother of pearl is my thing.

[@treasureseekerstours]

How cool! Thanks for following!

[@babybreeze47]

I enjoy how you show people ways to spot shells, but why are you pounding the shells you find onto other shells to remove the sand? Doesn't that break or crack the shell? If you're only doing a demonstration (and not keeping the shells), why not just put the shells back on the sand so someone else can enjoy finding them. I've never had the opportunity to shell in FL, but I hope to be able to in the future. I would be so disappointed if all I could find was broken shells. My mother-in-law and father-in-law used to go to Sanibel Island and South Padre Island every winter from the late 1990s-2010ish. The shells that they brought home were absolutely amazing. Now that I've recently retired, it is definitely on my bucket list. I'm so sad about Hurricane Ian though. The YT videos of the devastation, especially along Fort Myers beach and Sanibel (2 of the areas that I want to shell at) are beyond belief. I'm sure that it has hurt your business.

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thanks for watching! All the shells here are fairly durable and won’t break if you tap sand out. Yes, we’re heartbroken over our the devastation of our neighbor islands. We’re truly blessed to be unaffected in comparison.

[@drdrew3]

At 5:48 when you are giving a basic understanding of the tides you got it wrong. The tides are created by the gravitational force of the moon and the SUN (not the Earth). Obviously the Earth’s gravity is exerted upon the oceans by it does not not cause a rise and fall - its effect on the ocean is evenly distributed. And there’s no “pushing” with gravity - it’s only an attractive force (pulling) And the greatest effect on the tides isn’t just the Full Moon - the effect of the New Moon is about the same because also in alignment. And a “negative” low tide doesn’t mean the water is “below sea level” - it means that particular tide is lower than the average low water line (below the average low tide). These Spring Tides occur every 14 days based upon the Lunar Calendar

[@treasureseekerstours]

Thank you for watching and sharing these clarifying points.

[@AnaCrider]

Could not finish. Banging beautiful and delicate shells to remove sand was painful.

[@Merlijnvv]

The ban on taking live animals is mostly a political one. The strain on the environment remains really tiny is the catch is a product from beach combing alone. These are only a few animals, and I would like to invite you to look at the amount of animals taken for food consumption or common trade. Take the scallops for example, or oysters. The catch of those is measured in thousands of tons per year. The Tiger Cowrie is also caught by the millions every year. They grow like garden snails! Do you like to eat fish? congratulations, you are contributing to a real strain on the environment. Not only because of overfishing by entire floating fish factories or enormous fleets of fishing boats, but also because of the tons of dead by-catch that is thrown overboard again, and also the fishing methods which destroy all life on the ocean floor. That causes real environmental damage. Also, finding live specimens might contribute to science. Not only because new species might be found, but also ignored species might be found that have never been validated and have been synonymized with other species incorrectly. Not keeping such specimens means missing the opportunity to broaden our knowledge about biodiversity.

[@treasureseekerstours]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@chrisoverton4178]

Do you really believe that casual shell collectors are going to help contribute to science by conducting research on the live specimens they find?

[@Merlijnvv]

Depends what you regard as 'casual collector'. If that means a 'noob' to you who shouldn't interfere with academic research, well then you are correct: a 'noob' will not contribute to anything. At least, not the noob as defined by social media. and people who think non-academics are noobs by definition, well they won't contribute to anything either... except maybe contribute to endless flame wars on social media.