Lido Beach Dredge Pile Shelling, Pt. 2  

Thanks!!! I have fairy lights hanging in my living room on a string that runs the whole length of the window kinda like a curtain with downward strands. I think I’ll put jingles on that. Thank you so much for that idea and thank you for watching! I have so much to share 😍❤️

Shelltastic indeed! Thx for watching!

They sure are! I get just as excited for others when they find something cool as if it were myself 😍 Thank you for watching!

Thank you it was SO much fun! Oh I'm so excited for you and your mom--I pray you have safe travels and TONS of fun and great shelling! You will have SO much fun with Treasure Seekers! I hope you can check all your boxes of bucket list shells! Thx for watching ❤️🐚

Oh there are lots of spots praise God...even on the east coast! Stay tuned I have some great shelling trips saved up to share. Thank you so much for watching.

Thanks for watching and I’m happy RU-vid can be an outlet for “virtual shelling” for you. I hope you get the chance to shell your heart out at some point!

I hope you'll get a chance the next time you can travel! 🙏🏽 Thank you for watching.

Awesome! I love it; I have 2! To scrap the surface I hold it scraping on its side-fantastic 👍🏼 Totally worth the trip! Thx so much for watching! Happy Shelling w/it!

Oh no! That IS ridiculous. What I have come to learn over the past few years is that they block the access off for safety BUT I think the bigger picture might just be $$ because in the sand separation process ALL those shells are money and get trucked off to go as foundation or under roads. The piles we were looking through naturally washed up in massive amounts due to all the water action in the dredging and there was a big storm but yeah they were “moving” in the direction we were at so I could see how they would close that off. If these were only the “good old days”…I have access to shell books (at a friends house) that has a section on dredging and how people could just walk all around the trucks, piles and just help themselves - shrimp boat yards too❤ A resident of Sanibel was telling me that when they used to dredge when she was a kid they would all stand at the end of the sorter and grab at all the shells falling off…..if only!!!! But people that go “too far” risking their safety and the safety of other that have help ruin the process along w/companies trying to keep all their profits of shell hash for sale 😢

@@FloridaBeachWalks Yes, it is a liability issue, however, when the guys are on a break or are done for the day, it shouldn't be an issue. If nothing else, drop a few buckets full of sand/shells with their heavy equipment beyond the construction netting for us to explore. I did hear they did that later on in the project.

😱Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!! That is terrible! I hope you had a good time and found some nice shells despite that person’s complete disregard for you.

Yeah it was closed so someone was most likely home 👍🏼

At that time they were dredging in Big Pass (an inlet) which was about a mile (or so) south of the beach I was at; pumping that sand the took from that inlet and putting it back up on the beach to make the beach longer and there were a few storms that kicked up while they were doing this. With all that sand being sucked out of the inlet the water stirring up shells w/in the sand, the storms and the current....MASSIVE piles were washing up in a particular area at Lido. It was pretty epic. Made the news and everything - this event was "not a normal" happening of how shells are washed up. Typically after a good storm or hurricane, yes, large piles can be found but nothing like what happened there! It was amazing! If you have the time check out part 1 the piles were much larger than that of part 2. Take care and thx for watching.