{"id":2645,"date":"2010-08-20T23:31:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T03:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2011-05-13T14:45:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T18:45:24","slug":"cone-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/cone-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cone Collector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2647\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Clarks-cones1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2647\" data-attachment-id=\"2647\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/cone-collector\/clarks-cones-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Clarks-cones1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282345916&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Clark&amp;#8217;s cones\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Clark&amp;#8217;s cones&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Clarks-cones1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2647\" title=\"Clark's cones\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Clarks-cones1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Clarks-cones1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Clarks-cones1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Clarks-cones1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark&#39;s cones<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clark found 2 \u00a0fantastic <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/shells\/shelldetails.cfm?id=120\" target=\"_blank\">ALPHABET CONES<\/a> <\/strong>and a pretty <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/shells\/shelldetails.cfm?id=119\" target=\"_blank\">FLORIDA CONE<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> to boot this afternoon at Gulf Side City Park (aka Algier&#8217;s Park) all within 20 yards of each other. &#8220;Nothing better than finding cones&#8221; Clark always says. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2653\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shell-collector-Clark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2653\" data-attachment-id=\"2653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/cone-collector\/shell-collector-clark\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shell-collector-Clark.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282345669&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shell collector Clark\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shell collector Clark&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shell-collector-Clark-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2653\" title=\"Shell collector Clark\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shell-collector-Clark-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shell-collector-Clark-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shell-collector-Clark-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shell-collector-Clark.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark, his shelling backhoe and his cones<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">He also found the TULIPS, OLIVES and MUREXES and found them all by using the backhoe at the surf&#8217;s edge&#8230;&#8230;unlike me. I was up on the beach searching the shell lines but came up with a big goose egg, nada, zilch, zippo for shells but I did get a few nice shots of the the surf and sky.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2648\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Path to Paradise\" href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Path-to-Paradise.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2648\" data-attachment-id=\"2648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/cone-collector\/path-to-paradise\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Path-to-Paradise.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282341870&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Path to Paradise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Path to Paradise&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Path-to-Paradise.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2648 \" title=\"Path to Paradise\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Path-to-Paradise-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Path to Paradise\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Path-to-Paradise-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Path-to-Paradise.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Path to Paradise<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2651\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Sea blues\" href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-blues.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2651\" data-attachment-id=\"2651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/cone-collector\/sea-blues\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-blues.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"486,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282342226&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea blues\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sea blues&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-blues.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2651 \" title=\"Sea blues\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-blues-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sea blues\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-blues-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-blues.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea blues<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2649\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Shells at the jetty\" href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shells-at-the-jetty.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2649\" data-attachment-id=\"2649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/cone-collector\/shells-at-the-jetty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shells-at-the-jetty.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282313044&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shells at the jetty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shells at the jetty&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shells-at-the-jetty.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2649 \" title=\"Shells at the jetty\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shells-at-the-jetty-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shells at the jetty\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shells-at-the-jetty-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Shells-at-the-jetty.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shells at the jetty<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I stopped by Blind Pass this morning and saw shells in the surf, a brilliant blue sky with puffy white clouds and absolutely gorgeous water. Ahhhh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2650\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Shells-and-Sky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2650\" data-attachment-id=\"2650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/20\/cone-collector\/sea-shells-and-sky\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Shells-and-Sky.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1282312972&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Shells and Sky\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sea Shells and Sky&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Shells-and-Sky.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2650\" title=\"Sea Shells and Sky\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Shells-and-Sky-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Shells-and-Sky-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Shells-and-Sky.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Shells and Sky<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to sign up for the Write From The Beach GiveAway! \u00a0 Click on \u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/19\/write-from-the-beach-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">GiveAway<\/a> !<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark found 2 \u00a0fantastic ALPHABET CONES and a pretty FLORIDA CONE to boot this afternoon at Gulf Side City Park (aka Algier&#8217;s Park) all within 20 yards of each other. &#8220;Nothing better than finding cones&#8221; Clark always says. &nbsp; &nbsp; He also found the TULIPS, OLIVES and MUREXES and found them all by using the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,10,36,67,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alphabet-cone","category-cone","category-florida-cone","category-algiers-beach","category-sanibel","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-GF","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6214,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions\/6214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}