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The Seashell Viewing Box
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Most shellers get really creative after they find lots of shells by making seashell encrusted frames, wreaths, jewelry and such. Not Rob. He got very creative before he headed out to his favorite shelling hole at Blind Pass to find his seashell treasures. He fixed up this old box with a plexiglass bottom to float along the top of the water so he can have a better view of the sea bottom. Voila! The Viewing Box….
It’s like having a big snorkelers’s mask on without getting your face wet….or having a mini glass bottom boat. And no need for a shell bag! He has a leash tied on his wrist that is attached to the box so a wave doesn’t take it away and so he can have hands free shelling while he tosses his treasures in the box. It’s even got a handle on the side so he can pick it up like a briefcase without anything falling out. Genius! Just another day at work for Rob picking up shells at Blind Pass. Ha!
My Family Visits The Island
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It couldn’t have been a more perfect weekend. The sun was shining, temps in the 80s, low humidity, shells in the surf….. and the very best part….. my family came to visit!!!
Greg and Tee!
My brother and I grew up spending our summers on the beach at Sandbridge in Virginia Beach and vacationing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The beach is in our blood so it’s a good thing we both found spouses that have that sand running through their blood too. My sister-in-law (the best a sister could ask for!) is all about the beach too so the first thing after the whole gang got here ….. we hit the beach.
Becky finding minis
Our friend Becky (and part of the family) was the first one to find out how glorious the miniature shell finds can be.
She found oodles of WENTLETRAPS, BUTTONS and BUBBLES scattered all along the Lighthouse beach on Saturday.
Clark and Greg in the shelling zone scooping up the mini shells.
This was exactly how one pile from their scooper looked after Clark or Greg dumped it on the beach for us to sift through. Go ahead, click on the photo above for some virtual shelling! How many WENTLETRAPS did you find?
My cutie niece Kelly spying some seashells too. I miss her already.
This was a mixed bag of minis after getting rinsed at home . Click on that photo too- you’ll love this virtual shelling too!
On Sunday we started the day on the Captiva side at Blind Pass and Becky was thrilled with sittin’ and siftin’ in the shell pile by the jetty.
Looky what I found! Dang! It’s not a whole JUNONIA but I’ll take it. This was good but it wasn’t even the best “part” of a shell found. Look what Clark found…..
A piece of a DEER COWRIE! This seashell isn’t even native to our area but last week I showed another piece that Donnie found on my post last week and a whole one February 15.
We walked over the bridge to the Sanibel side of Blind Pass and saw lots of new shells washing up. I can’t believe what Clark plucked out of the water near the pilings of the bridge….
A SCOTCH BONNET! The man is a Super Sheller!
Okay, it was cracked on the other side ….but still! Since I found part of a JUNONIA too, all we needed to complete the Elite Three was to find a LION”S PAW. Would the DEER COWRIE count? 
He also found this ALTERNATE TELLIN and …
This beautiful SUNRAY VENUS.
Greg tried two scoops of seashells to better his chances. LOL
Tee’s in the shelling zone too.
Becky and her daughter (and Kelly’s best friend) Maddy. Do they still say “BFF”…or was so last year?
There were plenty of COCKLES, FIGHTING CONCHS, WHELKS, MUREXES and DOSINIAS along with so many other shells to take home with them. Shelling Success for the family!
Seashell Sifter GiveAway!
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Susick Sea Shell Sifter Scoop
I can’t believe it…. I started blogging about my shelling adventures just ONE year ago!! It has changed my life to be able to share this magical treasure hunt with you and to see your comments after every post. To thank you for all of your kind words, encouragement, tips and corrections (it’s such a learning experience!), we are having a GIVE AWAY!!!
After my SHELLING VIDEO this week, so many of you wanted to know about Clark’s new blue shelling scoop. Well, it’s called the SUSICK SEA SHELL SIFTER SCOOP. As most of you know, Clark (Super Sheller!) looooves his shelling tools and we have named his humongo shelling scoop the “shelling backhoe”. But lately the backhoe has been too big and cumbersome and the shell nets just weren’t cutting it. So he tried this new Seashell Sifter and …it works! He LIKES it! I even like it and I’m not a shelling tool kinda girl.
Susick Seashell Sifter
So to celebrate iLoveShelling.com’s anniversary, we are giving away a new Susick Sea Shell Sifter!
Prize Details: UPDATE: 10-24-10 GiveAway is NOW OVER- click here for winner
- One Susick Sea Shell Sifter Scoop( click for dimensions)
- 10 x 10 Mesh treasure bag
- Free U.S. Shipping and handling
- Valued at $19.99
- Contest starts now until October 23rd-
- Just make a comment on this post to enter to win.
It’s easy! You don’t have to write a lot. If you want to enter? Just say you want one. Just let me know that you want to be included in the drawing.
If you don’t know how to make a comment- Click on the Title of this post (Seashell Sifter GiveAway!) and scroll to the bottom then follow directions. Or you can click on the number in parenthesis (for example (1) or (0) ) after where it says “By pam – Comments” under the post title.
Clark shelling with his new scoop.
Good Luck and THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
