Palm Beach Dredge Pile Shelling, Pt. 1

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Join me as I shell dredge piles from Palm Beach at Phipps Ocean Park in 2021. Lots of great finds and they dumped fresh new piles 2x for us shellers too! It was like Christmas!!
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Seashell Collecting
KEY MOMENTS:
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Beach Overlook
02:09 Shelling
04:32 Reticulated Cowrie-Helmet
07:06 Stunning Alphabet Cone
07:56 1st Shell Dump
12:33 Fulgurator Olive Shell (form bifasciata)
14:16 Lion’s Paw
15:06 Flat Shells
15:26 2nd Shell Dump
21:53 Shell Finds
23:27 Bible Verse
“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it.” Psalm ch.96, v.11

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@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Thank you viewers for IDs! 06:43 Brown Moon Snail, 10:35 Knobby Scallop

@annetteturner2286 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, I would be in heaven ❤. Beautiful 😊

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

It was a once in a lifetime-not sure a pile like that will ever come my way again! Lido beach was the best natural occurring pile from dredging (I have 2 videos on that)!! I have been to other smaller dredge piles put out but nothing like this! Thanks so much for watching!

@MatildaSorrows 3 ай бұрын

My favorite part is listening to all of you laughing and having fun together.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Talking on these piles was a lot of fun! Thx for watching 🐚

@rachelleandrichard 3 ай бұрын

This is a shell collectors dream! So beautiful. ❤

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

My goodness YES 🙌🏽 Thx for watching 😍

@cathiecoward7468 3 ай бұрын

OMG- Heaven- Thanks for the awesome video! What a dream.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Yes a little heaven on earth lol! Glad you enjoyed it!

@sherrie545 3 ай бұрын

Such an amazing fun adventure with so many treasures!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

It was so fun ❤️ Thank you for watching!

@bgw106 3 ай бұрын

Love your beautiful finds 😮❣️❣️❣️

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Thank you it was such fun!

@vancolucci5949 Ай бұрын

Oh my gosh!!! I wish I was there. What a heaven of shells!!!! 😍

@FloridaBeachWalks Ай бұрын

Was CRAZY insane! Met some nice collectors there. A shame that all the leftover shells are now foundations for buildings/homes or under roads.

@vancolucci5949 Ай бұрын

I went nuts when I saw all those seashells…like a kid in a candy store! I would pick and keep ANYTHING that my hands touch. Lol Yes, that’s how desperate and crazy I would be. Absolutely NO discrimination whatsoever. Your video gave me the desperate yearning to go to back to FL to look for seashells again. Lol I’m addicted to seashells! 😂

@janinedevilliers510 3 ай бұрын

🎉That is shell HEAVEN 🎉 I would be in my element. You guys are so lucky.😅 Waving from Germany. 👋👋

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Oh my word it was SO fun! I can’t wait to share part 2 this weekend! WOW Germany ❤️ A very warm “hello” to you! Thank you so very much for watching!!

@VirtualShelling411 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love it!!! Brought all the fond memories back!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love you, my shelling sister!😘😘😘

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Ohhhhhh I LOVE you too! May God continue to bless! You are the friend that I prayed years for to be able to have ❤️

@kathyjund7212 3 ай бұрын

It was just as exciting watching you all as the shells you found.. I can imagine the tractor driver enjoyed it too!

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it and thx for watching. Oh I'm sure he got a kick out of watching us all go nuts LOL.

@lizblameuser7552 2 ай бұрын

I can’t believe you were there after the pile had already been there for a month and you still got all,of those beautiful shells! What fun, I love watching your videos, thanks for sharing!❤

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Oh I know!! They kept refreshing the pile with new shells-unbelievable ❤️ Thx for watching and I’m so happy you are enjoying the channel!! It’s been a long time coming and so happy to be finally doing this!

@gmlight56 3 ай бұрын

What a fun day. I would have been so happy too. I have trouble walking long distances so shelling can be hard for me . Having a pile brought right to me would be the best. Thanks for sharing.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Thx so much for watching! I was telling my friends, Richard and Shilei that these companies that sell the shells to developers should have some type of pile area and like say you pay a certain fee to shell there for an hour or something like that, you know they could be making some extra good money, as well as satisfies some shellers, and still use the leftovers for their construction!!

@caridadogaza9419 2 ай бұрын

Whoa 😍😍😍😍😍

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

🤣 Thx for watching!

@lindsayhuff8813 3 ай бұрын

This is so cool! I was smiling the whole time. That is a dream to me! Wow!!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness it was like a dream to us too-was very grateful. Happy this brought you a smile 😊 Thx for watching!

@brendagroff8478 3 ай бұрын

You have such sweet cheery voice.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Ohhh thank you 😊 Thank you for watching!

@Berly1015 3 ай бұрын

Wow amazing ❤❤

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

😍 Thank you for watching!

@SandCoffeeRocks 3 ай бұрын

Wow, I didn’t know this was a thing that the council (or whoever) did for the shellers! Amazing, I would have driven three hours for that as well 🤣 I think that Reticulated Cowrie Helmet was the best shell of the day!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

As time goes by, it’s getting less and less of a thing because of public safety but yes they are still out time to time… you have to do a little digging around for info and beach hopping because a lot of people are tight lipped about it, which I can totally understand, due to crowds, etc. In part 2 coming out next Sunday, I find more of the reticulated cowrie helmets and I did give some to a lady that was looking for them at this pile too 👍🏼 Thx for watching Maddie.

@justjulee9135 3 ай бұрын

That was amazing! I never knew they did that sort of thing. But, I do live in Georgia and not Florida. I can't wait to visit again!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

It’s getting less and less of a thing I think because of public safety but it was for sure amazing! I wish they did it with each dredge and just make people sign a paper or something (shell at your own risk etc.) anyways, it was fun; thx for watching!

@shirleyadkins4254 2 ай бұрын

Fabulous

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thx for watching.

@VirtualShelling411 3 ай бұрын

@10:35 It’s Little Knobby Scallop!!!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Oh great! Thx Shilei and @solaceinshelling6552 identified that moon we were trying to figure out as a Brown Moon! 🙌🏽 www.shellmuseum.org/post/shell-of-the-week-the-brown-moon-snail

@solaceinshelling6552 3 ай бұрын

Ummm OK! You really know how to do this! I have always wanted to shell a SE FL dredge pile, but I don't live in Florida, lol. Awesome content, shell friend! 💙 06:43 Brown Moon Snail, yeah!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Yes tools and all 🤣 Oh great thx SO much for the name! I thought it was a golden moon whale eye but those are not indigenous to this area and I couldn’t find any other information…Brown Moon 👍🏼 Thanks for watching. Happy shelling and you never know you might come across a dredge pile while visiting one time. I love all your travels! 🐚

@suezuber5029 2 ай бұрын

So the giant cone your friend found is a Beech cone (conus botulinus) Have her look it up. It is not a giant alphabet cone. What a cool find! I love watching this. So Jealous.

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Thx so much for watching--glad you are enjoying!! After looking that up (conus betulinus; with an "e" after the b) it says distribution off Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Philippines, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Queensland, Australia. So not sure it's as it looks very different from the photos. Ohhh these shells 🐚 but thx for the name to research! Blessings.

@tamarakinney2721 3 ай бұрын

I would have peed my pants!!! I can't believe the size of those!!! Wish I could have been there.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

It was crazy amazing 🤩 Maybe one day this will be you too 👍🏼 Thx for watching!

@SWFBeachLife 2 ай бұрын

Your mystery shell at 10:35 is a knobby scallop - caribachlamys imbricata. VERY cool find. I've never found one either!

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🐚 Outside of this dredge pile I have never seen that one…not even a piece on any beach. Same of the brown moon. There is a drop off after the sandbars over on the east coast so it’s always a hit or miss with shelling here. Crazy how much is seen from the dredge that usually doesn’t wash up in any kind of abundance 😢 I can only imagine what’s sitting there beyond the sandbars after the drop 😭 Thx for watching 😍

@userrobinmp 3 ай бұрын

you should carry a dish soap bottle of water with you so you can wash some of that sandy gravel away to see better wow that is really neat that they do that for you guys!❤

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Great idea! One lady there had mentioned how she wish there was a hose near by to wash things off lol but I guess being all sandy added to the fun of "hunting" for the shells. Good memories! Thx for watching.

@userrobinmp 2 ай бұрын

@@FloridaBeachWalks Ya then once you get home and rinse them off you can be surprised LOL, I couldnt wait that long, I would go with the hose 100% Now there is an idea!❤

@leilanidewitt7442 3 ай бұрын

This is an adult sand box sooooo fantastic

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Oh I love that!!!!! Thx for watching.

@marsrii4372 Күн бұрын

I have never done a shell dump but I did spend several months digging on the beach in Boca Raton after a beach reconstitution project. The material I found was astounding both in number of species and condition. Tons of nearly perfect shells, including beautiful orange cabrit’s murexes with long intact spines, cones with perfect lips, etc.

@FloridaBeachWalks 22 сағат бұрын

That's amazing! And I did hear of someone saying something similar. That they would dig (I think right at the water's edge) after the Boca project. Awesome you found great finds--that is SO the BEST feeling! Take care and thank you so much for watching!

@marsrii4372 13 сағат бұрын

@@FloridaBeachWalks actually I dug further up, but it varies. After sometime, beach erosion would create a sort of wall near water’s edge. The reason that beach reconstitution project was so good is because they dredged sand between two reef ledges, at around 60ft, which brought deeper water species, including some rarities, even a baby junonia volute which I had never heard of from the east coast.

@FloridaBeachWalks 10 сағат бұрын

@@marsrii4372 wow that was such a neat opportunity. Yeah I have found large pieces of Junonia in Palm Beach County over the past three years and a friend at my church found a juvenile beat up one a couple years back… they are on the east coast too… the only issue we have is the ledge drop about 10 to 15 feet past the sandbars on the East Coast (that the Gulf stream carves out). That’s why nothing washes up and significant on a regular basis…. The West Coast is a constant gradation all the way down to the bottom except for a few cliffs way out in the middle of the gulf.

@user-qt5oe6ht3p 3 ай бұрын

You are very professional your training and putting videos together shows in your intros and wrap ups. I'll be watching to see how your subscribers grow in number. In the meantime keep up the good work and enjoy what you do. It's fun to see your excitement and knowledge of shelling.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for that! I appreciate your comment. I am a graphic designer, so this is added fun for me in making this channel’s content. By the grace of God I strive to do my best…growing all the time 🙂 Thank you for watching and take care.

@seashellmermaid 3 ай бұрын

That pile was THE BEST!!! I still have a box of shells from that pile on my lanai!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! It was fantastic fun-glad you were able to go 🐚❤️ Thx for watching!

@kristibruns6111 3 ай бұрын

That would be so much fun!!!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Fun times indeed! Thx for watching!

@LindaMoganOsborne-dm9cc 3 ай бұрын

So much fun to watch

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it!

@ScrapDaddy-mb6vg 2 ай бұрын

You missed a scotch bonnet 16:01, so many nice shells😂

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

lol and a few more too!!!! It’s shelling twice…once for real and the second time virtually 👍🏼😍

@twylawright1262 3 ай бұрын

Hey Roxanne, What a great time! I visited the same pile toward the end of their dredging and people were crazy. They had a police man there because people were climbing a fence in a restricted area to get shells.😞 Not sure how close you live to Ponte Verde beach, but they are doing dredging there now.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Oh wow, yeah no police there when we were there. 😒 Glad you had the chance to go and I hope you found some treasures 😍 That beach is 4hrs north so not sure if I’ll investigate but thx for the info I’ll keep an ear out. Thx so much for watching!

@Lovesseashellsanddogs 2 ай бұрын

Will this be going on for awhile 😍😍😍 my husband is dying to get down there. He’s obsessed with your videos ❤️❤️

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Awwww this was a memory from 2021…I had mentioned that in the opening. Boy I sure wish this was happening again!!! Awwww please tell him thank you for the watching support ❤️ Blessings to you both!

@Giondenver 3 ай бұрын

The excitement in your voice is so amazing … wish I were there to gather me up some !!!

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Awww thanks and you never know-you too could find yourself digging a dredge pile one day 👍🏼🐚 Thx for watching!

@Merlijnvv 2 ай бұрын

at 10:35 looks like Caribachlamys pellucens. at 12:19 Macrocypraea zebra. 12:34 a large Oliva bifasciata.

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Knobby Scallop, measled cowrie (I thought it could be that being it’s smaller than the Atlantic deer cowrie would be). There are so many forms I've come to find out of Oliva fulgurator and yes the one here in the form bifasciata....thank you. I found this helpful on explaining the different forms of Fulgurator Olives: olram9.wixsite.com/letstalkseashells/copy-of-olivella-perplexa

@karenuntz6514 3 ай бұрын

I would never leave that pile! 😂😅😊

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 That’s how we felt after having to peel ourselves away but we had a 3hr drive back 😅

@jandamc 3 ай бұрын

I think the giant darker colored cone with spots a sozone's cone maybe?

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

I do have a few sozones and can see the resemblance but I think it’s a variation of Alphabet…but you never know! Thx so much for watching and reaching out and commenting 👍🏼

@cathyjay2569 3 ай бұрын

What a lovely day with your bestie! Thanks for letting us tag along. This reminds me of you. Proverbs 31:10-29 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. ❤TN Nana

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Oh thank you TN Nana. Verse 26 I need to pray more about when it comes to Connor sometimes his ADHD gets the better of me 🙏🏼 Thank you for your kind words and reminding me of this beautiful passage ❤️ Thanks for watching. I can’t wait to share part 2 with you next Sunday!

@heatherr1164 3 ай бұрын

This would be great for people in wheelchairs who want to shell

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

It sure would! A great spot for wheelchairs is Marco south beach after a wind event….lots of shells can pile up by the rocks and Sanibel/Captiva “Turner Beach”. Shells tend to pile there even w/o a wind event or storm and Turner has a thick tarp on the beach path making it easy to get a chair out there-I’ve seen people push a chair out there before. Thx for watching!

@trudymcewen9801 3 ай бұрын

I am a collector and I only have perfect seashells in my collection. Also, lots of International shells.

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

That’s amazing. I’m sure you have a beautiful collection. Thank you so much for watching!

@obenpease4721 2 ай бұрын

This is incredible! Do you know what beach they got the shells from?

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the same exact beach at Phipps just out in the ocean past the sand bars. You could see the dredge ship from the beach and the soothing machines were right on the sand! It was a crazy good memory of that time! Can't wait if they do something like that again!

@pamelafox5882 3 ай бұрын

Hi, I moved to Cocoa about 18 months ago and I've wanted to find somewhere I can go shelling. There's not a good place for it at Cocoa Beach. I'm disabled (both of my knees have been replaced and I have bulging and ruptured disks in my back. Something like this would be amazing. Do you have any ideas how long the pile will be there? Any help would be appreciated greatly 🙏🏻

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Nice I hope you are enjoying Cocoa! I actually want to take my kids up there maybe Friday to Ron John’s as we usually do as part of their spring break tradition. This dredge pile was from 2021. We found out about this pile a month after it was open-it was tight lipped. I live near Cocoa and I pretty much shell from Fort Pierce down to Palm Beach on our east coast and do make it to the west coast when I can. Fort Pierce has some easier access beaches by the inlet. And Sebastian Inlet is a nice place to shell too. Cocoa at time is ok to shell but I’ve not had much luck but then again I’ve never shelled at first light there so maybe the early birds are getting the worms? 🙃 The beaches in front of Patrick base are good at times-mainly if there are wash-ups after a storm or high winds. Wishing you all the best in shelling and thx for watching!

@pamelafox5882 3 ай бұрын

@@FloridaBeachWalks I guess I need to just go and check out the beaches early morning. What kinds of shells have you found at Cocoa Beach?

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

@@pamelafox5882 The typical in that area-arks, calicos, oysters, jingles, maybe an olive-nothing to get very excited about. Here is a fast read that might be helpful: cocoabeachrentalhomes.com/why-arent-there-pretty-shells-on-cocoa-beach/

@marisupinillos9262 3 ай бұрын

Hi, how do you know they are going to do that with the seashells? I will like to go too

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

It’s literally play it by ear because it’s really tight lipped. We only found this pile a good month after it was out to the public. It’s being in the right place at the right time and sometimes you just have to start traveling/investigating around places that are doing dredging and see if they have anything extra going on for the public. In this particular case, I was in a shelling group on facebook and I flat out just asked a lady who had posted her finds; asked over messenger and she was nice enough to inform me. A lot of people don’t say if you ask and I respect their choice-over crowding is another reason people don’t say. As I told someone in a previous comment, they should have piles that you can pay to go in and shell…that way the construction people could be getting extra money and satisfy some shellers as well as providing construction material, like a win-win for all. It’s just sad to imagine that a lot of these dredging projects do not have public piles & all those awesome shells are just crushed! Anyways, thank you so much for watching ❤️

@hoppas77 2 ай бұрын

@@FloridaBeachWalks Hi Im new here👋😊What is the name of the FB group?

@FloridaBeachWalks 2 ай бұрын

@@hoppas77 oh my goodness 🤪I can't remember which one I'm like on 15+ Facebook shelling groups/pages and that was 3yrs ago...I'm SO sorry.

@jreifsnyder2225 3 ай бұрын

Don't forget to leave some shells on the beach for the hermit crabs who don't come with shells so they dont' have to use a plastic shampoo bottle lid their home

@FloridaBeachWalks 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your concern & watching. The shells collected here were all heading to construction sites to be crushed and used for foundations under buildings or roads. The massive amount of shells trucked out of this area after the sand/shell sorting was mind blowing… dump truck after dump truck all day being shipped out. Gives one an idea of how many shells are in the ocean for life to continue after the mollusk has expired or been eaten; being these millions of shells only came out of a small portion right outside of Phipps park. I believe “trash” is an issue for a hermit & other sea life. Hermit crabs select their homes for various reasons and trash over abundance is something to consider too. Here is a really good recent article on the issue posted this year: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hermit-crabs-using-trash-as-shells-across-the-world-scientists-find-180983701/#:~:text=When%20hermit%20crabs%20select%20a,white%20or%20black%20bottle%20caps.

@irmawesterback2930 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the address to Smithsonian hermitcrab article!!! 🦀🦞🦐