Warm weather SHELL COLLECTING in Maine!

[@SWFBeachLife]

I can't decide if I'm glad I didn't know there were shells up there or if I feel like I missed out. Happy to virtually shell the North with you!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I'm just glad you're here, shell friend! 🤙🐚

[@felixzapata9058]

So beautiful and relaxing! Love that you are so close to the shore and refuse to get your feet wet!...lol...and 4K makes it that much more authentic!...and thanx for letting me tag along yet one more time!!!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Sometimes, I am jumping right in to get shells! This was filmed in May, so the ocean is still pretty cold at that time of year. I was thinking about the 4K comments recently - I was in Florida shelling for a couple of days and it was so hot I had to film in 1080 because my phone was over heating in 4K, lol! Thanks as always for watching!

[@allenbalinski1280]

Theresa here.. thank you so much for sharing the peacefulness and beauty of the Maine coastal glory.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Maine coastal glory is 💙 Thanks for watching!

[@mattwalter3571]

Awesome video! Always enjoy tagging along on your beach hikes. Great finds in both places😉👍

[@lineguint3761]

Bonjour - Thank you for your beach walks so relaxing and I really like your choice of music ! It complements very well the scenery . Lovely handful of jewel like shells - they are most colorful wow! Take good care. From Ottawa, Canada.🎉

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thank you so much for watching this content! 💙🐚

[@user-ef7qx6xy5u]

Kennebunk beach had amazing shells

[@debbienorrell2483]

Bryan I loved this video!! So beautiful there!! Thank you for sharing with us! Some beautiful shells there!! So very differant!! I like that!!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I appreciate your viewership, shell friend! 🐚

[@dawnwilkinson8717]

Thank you for another beautiful video. Finding beauty in the commonest, simplest shells and a few rare shells thrown in to make a wonderful half hour spent with you. Thank you.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thanks so much for your kind words - shelling is the best, isn't it? 💙

[@lindsayschilling8707]

Wow, great day shelling. And, that purple wampum is amazing! Thanks for taking us along 😊 🐚

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thanks so much for watching, friend!

[@kathyjund7212]

this was awesome!!!!! Thank you for taking us along to see the gorgeous treasure!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thanks so much for watching, friend!

[@fredamoore1743]

Hi Brian. Great adventure as always! I have no problem with the way you pronounce anything in your videos. I'm a true southern girl so I'm sure some would have a field day with my pronunciations. Most of us just enjoy the beautiful places you take us and the treasures you show us. Just leaving it there! Have a great week!!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thank you so much for your kind words, shell friend. I appreciate your viewership! 💙🐚

[@deniseyoung5385]

I hope I get to go to these beaches one day! So many beautiful shells I have never seen before! Those yellow periwinkles are just the cutest!!! I adore periwinkle snails. They’re fun critters to watch when they’re active, too. In North Carolina, I found lots of Wampum that were very smooth on the broken edges so they resemble river rocks. They are worn so smooth they look like they were never part of a shell. I collected a lot of it to make some jewelry, but I haven’t gotten around to that project yet. It’s really beautiful how the purple and sometimes purple and orange layer through the whole shell.

[@theshellnuts]

Another beautiful journey and video. You take us to such great shelling destinations and inspire us all. We've never shelled in the northeast but your video nudges us to be sure to do that when we head up there next time. The deep blue colors on some of the shells up there is really amazing. Great proof you don't need to be somewhere tropical to enjoy shelling and find some treasures. Great work as always and thank you for such a lovely video.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Hi Shell friend! Shell variety in the colder, northern seas, while not as plentiful as the tropics, can be absolutely AMAZING if you put in the research, and effort! Would love to see a Shell Nuts cold water episode! 💙 I love your channel as well! SE Florida shelling is my favorite type of shelling in FL - it can often be hit or miss, but when it's good, it's GOOD! Thanks for watching!

[@linds3317]

That deep blue piece of sea glass!! 💙 So pretty. Maine is so different from FL. 😊

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Maine is quite different from Florida, and I love those differences! Thanks for watching!

[@Wentletrap213]

Thank you so much for your cold water shelling videos. I never would have thought of shelling in the Baltic in Denmark earlier this week on vacation if your videos had not inspired me. There were so many blue mussels, dogwinkles, dog whelks, periwinkles and soft shelled clams.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Shelling in the Baltic must be amazing! In addition to all of the wonderful shells you listed, I think you can also find Neptunea antiqua, and Neptunea despecta there as well - keep your eyes peeled, and you may find one! 💙 Thanks for watching!

[@Wentletrap213]

@@solaceinshelling6552 It was cool to shell there. The beach we visited was small though. I did specifically look for neptunes as well as scallops. I probably would have found a neptune if I had visited more beaches. My son even helped me out when he was swimming. He found a large, hinged, empty, soft shelled clam for me. He said there were tons of live ones as well as cockles with lots of eyes skipping around. Too bad I did not have tolerance for colder water. I would have loved to watch those cockles skip around. How fun!

[@linds3317]

Those blue mussels are so beautiful. 🩵🐚

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I love the variability in color of Mussel shells - mostly purple, and blue in Maine. Sometimes Mussels here can have spectral patterning! Thanks for watching!

[@TwoWhiteGirlsNYC]

Maine's #1 Shell Chaser! Spectacular as always! Thank you, Bryan.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Oh yeah, you know it! 💙 Thanks for watching!

[@janetpullen5210]

What beautiful finds! I have been to Maine but it’s amazing what variety of shelling just about everywhere

[@barbridingsTheResinator]

Excellent shelling! Some amazing sea glass! thank you for a relaxing trip to Maine.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@dianepowell5804]

Wow!A blanket of Periwinkle’s.Looks really pretty there

[@solaceinshelling6552]

One of my favorite occurrences along the Maine coast is finding a blanket of these beautiful mollusks 💙 Thanks for watching!

[@lisasparkman2924]

The location was just as beautiful as the 🐚 🐚 🐚 😊❤

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thank you so much for watching, shell friend!

[@millabird]

The notata quahogs are often hatchery-raised (or their descendants), especially if the markings are prominent. The aquaculture farms breed them for that characteristic as a tag to differentiate them from wild clams. In areas where hatchery babies are put in the water to boost the shellfish population (conservation efforts), you will find a lot of nice notata quahogs!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I have read something like this before, I believe... but didn't know the details - that's so interesting! I learned something new from you 💙 Thanks for watching

[@chrisbgifford7387]

Love wampum. pandora and the round oyster.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Super awesome Maine shells! Thanks for watching!

[@oceanluvngal]

I've never paid much attention to dogwinkles before, but now I will be checking for variety here. Gould Pandora are pretty common on one of the beaches I frequent but I still can't stop picking them up. I love their pearl-like sheen.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Dogwinkes can indeed express some really unique color patterns, and they are so much fun to look for. I have never found many Pandora shells previously in Maine, but they are also such a unique little shell! Thanks for watching!

[@DebbyCastrillo]

We used to get Quahogs off the coast of R.I. and my mom made the best Manhattan clam chowder. Brings back some great memories. Thanks !!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I am so happy to read that this content helps to bring back those wonderful memories! Thanks for watching!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I am so happy to read that this content helps to bring back those wonderful memories! Thanks for watching!

[@shaneymatthews2003]

Wow incredible shells & sea glass 🤩🙌🙌

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@veronicavalentin9929]

Beautiful

[@zenzen4439]

Loved the Pandora shell never knew before 😍

[@solaceinshelling6552]

One of my favorites as well! Thank you for watching!

[@jackiecassel8672]

Bryan, this is another amazing video of yours! I love your knowledge of the different shells! I have learned so much from you. Thanks for another great video and keep posting them for us to enjoy! Thank you!!! 😊❤🐚

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thank you so much for the awesome feedback, shell friend!

[@isaacc473]

I always wondered why you chose Maine as the location for many of your videos considering all the different options for places to shell at. Are you from Maine? A fan of cold water shells? Or is it due to nostalgia? I also just returned from a one day trip to Newport Beach, California (7 hours one way driving) for the sole purpose of finding a Solander's trivia shell. I highly recommend going to Santa Barbara, Monterey, or renting a car and visiting both if you decide to go shelling in California some day. The shells here aren't as plentiful as Florida but the scenery is hands down the best in the country in my opinion. If you love abalones and top shells, California will be paradise. If you decide to visit someday, I can give you the exact locations where I've had the most success since a lot of spots don't have many shells.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Hi friend, I am originally from northern New England and have lived in Maine on and off throughout my life. I also spent much of my childhood at the beach and shell collecting here. I shell collect when, and where I am able to, but I will say that since I have created Solace in Shelling, I have been much more intentional in carving out specific time in my schedule to shell and film. I would love to shell in California, and hope to get over to that coast some day in the future! Thanks for watching!

[@isaacc473]

@@solaceinshelling6552 That's pretty cool! I lived in Western Massachusetts for 4 years and was born in Albany, NY, but my love for shelling was rekindled in 2022 on an unexpected trip to the Bahamas. Since then, most of my trips to look for shells have been to Northern California beaches near my home. I was extremely lucky to also get the opportunity to go shelling in Southwest Florida and India since I started collecting again.

[@MrsFazz68]

I always learn so much from you, you’re awesome. Thank you as always, I adore your vlogs xxxx

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Thanks for the great feedback! I appreciate your viewership!

[@michellecatrambone9175]

Have you ever been to any South Jersey beaches? Some can be very plentiful in the fall and winter.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I have been to south Jersey beaches before, but not for shelling, though I've heard a lot of great things about this area, and hope to some day get there! I have also read that, the most northern extent of the Lightning Whelks distribution is southern New Jersey! 💙 Thanks for watching!

[@cazee100]

Why is there ALWAYS sea glass on the beaches of Maine? Nice explore, stay safe

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Interesting question! Sea glass starts out as shards of broken glass from bottles, jars, glassware, tableware or even shipwrecks. Historically, it was common to dump garbage in the water, glass from trash was dumped into the sea, especially along shipping lanes and shorelines - this glass over time, gets tumbled by wave action and washed ashore. In Maine, rocky shorelines help to keep sea glass from washing back out to sea, when it washes in with the tides. Thanks so much for watching!

[@pamschmeltz2013]

Just finished watching ur great video in Maine. I was visiting New England a week ago and hope to go shelling in Maine. When we we’re looking where to go most places said u were not able to take shells with u! Is that the case?

[@solaceinshelling6552]

Collecting dead shell specimens in moderation should never be a problem along Maine beaches - so long as the area is not an environmentally protected area. I always recommend checking local rules and regulations before visiting a location to know exactly what is, and is not allowed. Thanks for watching!

[@Greenpeppersandeggs]

Wait! What about our hermit crabs? Please leave the shells? I hope you left them for the Animals here:)

[@DawnPalmer55]

I enjoy your videos, with the exception of the mispronunciation of certain names. Is there any way that you could learn how pronounce the names of certain things you’re talking about? Some examples are as follows: Periostracum (per•ee•os•truth•kum) Quahog (lkow•haag)

[@chrisoverton4178]

Wow, I'm sure you did not mean to be so rude.

[@DawnPalmer55]

@@chrisoverton4178 why don’t you mind your own business! I asked him to pronounce the names properly, I didn’t demand! It’s important for people to learn the names correctly.

[@solaceinshelling6552]

I always appreciate valuable feedback, and I always seek out opportunities to learn new things! 💙 Thanks so much for watching my content!

[@solaceinshelling6552]

@@chrisoverton4178 shell friend 💙🐚