The Dry Tortugas. Beachcombing, snorkeling and finding seaglass! 

What a gorgeous day to go beachcombing!! I'm glad you weren't on the S.S. Minnow for that 3 hour tour. I have the utmost respect for you not taking or tucking ANY tinies or others in your bathing suit. It was another FAN-tastic day at the beach with the Fan coral, and that tiny little turtle??.... How cute was he, Shar?? Thanks for taking me along. It was so much fun! See you next Sunday, Beach Friend. ❤

So glad you were able to collect something from this trip. I would keep ALL that glass as a momento of all your hard work 🪣

You can soak some of the sharp glass in an etching solution that will make it frosted. I’d drill holes in all first and wire them into a wooden frame made from drift wood and hang where it would catch the sun. On a porch or something. You can integrate holey shells in there as well. Love your channel forever!

First shell, milk moon snail, second is a dove shell. My best guesses. What a beautiful place!

19:31 found HUNDREDS of these tiny shells in the Bahamas- called Dove snails

I think it’s a Dr. Pepper bottle! 24:12 thanks for sharing the trip! Your videos have helped me know where to go and what to expect. Great job on the camera work underwater!

The little sea turtle is adoreable ❤great sea glass finds and those shells were great. Living the architecture that was a great view !! Wow exciting trip. Thankyou for sharing

Thats a cool change of pace❤Very beautiful

I loved this video! As a former Girl Scout and Girl Scout leader, there is something to be said in leaving only your footprints and taking only a picture. Of course, I love a great shell haul, but I did enjoy the "catch and release" vibe of this video. Also, it was such a gorgeous location!

What a great adventure!

Wonderful chance to collect frosty sea glass! Glad you took us along 💕

You are so ethical and honest and considerate❤

Yep. Brain coral. It was stunning!

Sea glass, beach glass especially the green is my favorite thing to find but I don’t find very much. That trip is too expensive for my pocket book. lol. But it looks wonderful

What an amazing place. That Turtle was so adorable.

The unknown tiny gastropod is a dove snail. We find them all the time here in Ft. Lauderdale!

My heart squeezed to see all that bleached coral. 🥺

I have a former Park Ranger in my extended family, she was a temp there for 2 weeks and loved it. At her other parks, her mom would always try to sneak a stone, but she was always caught.

The story was that there used to be a crocodile in that moat and they captured it several years ago and moved it to the mainland. I've also always wanted to explore around Bush Key but have always found it closed. I think they don't open it until late spring, when it's going to be even HOTTER!

Something different and lots of fun. Next time, be sure to look for "black glass". This is from very thick, dark green glass bottles mostly made before 1880.. If you look at it on the beach, it looks like a black beach pebble, but if you hold it up to the light, it will be translucent and usually a dark olive green. Thank you for sharing.

Love seeing that coral. So beautiful! ❤

Loved seeing your trip. Bummer about not taking any of the shells. You could get a tumbler to finish ‘baking’ that glass. It is lovely when all the edges are polished smooth and it has a lovely frosted patina.

I enjoyed this so much.

You sound like you’re trying to convince yourself that it’s okay to leave the shells. 😂. Another great video, thank you!

Lovely! ❤ The white gaudy nautica I believe is a Milk moonsnail 👍🏼

What an absolutely Awesome Adventure. Thanks for taking us along. The Tiny unidentifiable ones were Fun!

Such a cool experience!! I especially love that adorable, perfect little Turkey Wing! And the sea glass!! 😍 so cool! I’ve only ever found one piece, and in Panama City Beach, too, of all places. Hope to find more one day, especially a gorgeous cobalt blue piece.

What a lovely trip! Boat ride and all! Thank goodness you didn’t find a Junonia, imagine having to leave it behind!

That second little tiny was a Columbella, a dove shell!

What a great adventure!! Thank you for taking us along with you! ❤

The last two hurricanes really destroyed so much of the coral around the fort. There are old RU-vid videos of the reefs from around 9 years ago and it was thriving back then….and looked so different.

What a great sea glass video!

Key west express to key west then another boat to the tortugas 😅

a few id's for you....a common dove snail and a milk moon snail . These are more common in the caribbean

Hey ! Please don't apologize for one arm swimming . Your shots were fantastic! You do an excellent job of filming. Also, at the 20:35 minute mark you were holding a wental trap!!! Normally they're a creme white, but that one had some brown accent on it. It was soooo cute! And I'm a serious sea glass hunter and we believe in throwing the un baked and half baked sea glass back into the ocean to tumble to maturity. To us it's not trash, but you did what you thought was wright, so no worries. But, it sounded like you had a really nice time. God bless you! Thanks 👍 for sharing your adventure

Loggerheads also use the surrounding area for nesting, so that's closed another time of the year.

We’ve been out to Dry Tortugas but you gave us a whole different view. We mostly were exploring the fort.

Sorry I'm late, guys! Got wrapped up in a crochet project and wanted to finish before bedtime! What a fun day you had! Shelling (that you couldn't keep), snorkeling and sea glass collecting! Such fun! Oh those tinies are so cute! I used to have a necklace made of the little white shark eyes! Hadn't thought of that in years! This was a great adventure for you! I'm so glad you get to make so many wonderful memories! You are truly blessed! So happy to see you all again! Hope you have a richly blessed week and until I see you all again, here's much love from Rebecca, The Lost Mermaid 🌹🐚🧜🏝️

Great video! I had the privilege of taking a trip out to the Dry Tortugas way back in 1994. It was a birding trip and was actually on the Yankee Freedom. I don't know if it's the same boat, but the boat we actually "lived" on for several days was in a fishing fleet. We got to take small skiffs around the smaller islands where the birds are nesting so we got to get up close to see them! And I walked around the moat as well! Fort Jefferson was so rich in history. This video brought back wonderful memories. I'd love to be able to go again. Thank you for sharing it!

What a bummer. All those little ones were neat. I would have grabbed all the sea glass like you did.

Well that was a cool trip , thanks for sharing 😊

Thanks for taking me back! Great trips we had out there previously! It was sad leaving shells, but snorkeling was so fun! Also took lots of pics of shells we put back! ❤ Another wonderful video, thank you!🤗

Fantastic trip ! Beautiful views of the Coral and fish ! Thank you !!

If you go back to the lower. Keys to go snorkeling, be sure to take the snorkel boat from Bahia Honda state park. they go the Looe Key and it is a great value (costs less than $35 each last time we went!) We try to go on it every time we visit the keys since Looe Key is. A special place to me (where we spread my father’s ashes)

I remember visiting that park when I was about five. I remember the boat ride seemed to take forever so I took a nap...Lol! And my dad had a doctorate in history and a masters in biology so he was telling us all about Fort Jefferson and all the marine life. It was wonderful to revisit it all. Thanks! On that vacation my dad and uncle went deep sea fishing and caught a swordfish! I still have the photo. I love those memories.

I love sea glass. Found lots in St Croix. How hard not to take shells!? Don't know if I would have done it lol. Great video. Have a great week. See you next Sunday! XOXO

So excited for you!

BEAUTIFUL ..I LOL WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD A 3 HR TRIP..I WAS THINKING ..A 3 HR TOUR.. SONG FROM GILLIGAN ISLAND ..TV SHOW..😂NOT YELLING EASYER FOR ME TO SEE ON MY 📱

Love the sound of the of the water and bubbling of the snorkeling. Cool video.

Hi Sharmon, Being Dutch, I had to look up Fort Jefferson. Didn't know of its existence. But what a wonderful place! 😍 I can totally understand that you were tempted to take some shells and coral. Who would know? But I'm proud of you that you left it on the beach. It must have been hard. (But I do wonder why it is prohibited. There are so many shells on that beach. Which will go into shreds and later dust. Why isn't it allowed? I'm genuinely asking) Thank goodness you could have your "fix" by collecting seaglass. And you found some great pieces!💚🤍 When I see underwater snorkelling footage, it always makes me try to catch my breath. I've tried snorkelling myself a few times, and being asthmatic, it wasn't a great success with that tube in my mouth. Maybe a full facemask would be better. But I also wear glasses and my eyesight is really bad. So it isn't an option for me. But I loved seeing you film all the fish and the different types of coral. Gods' creations are gorgeous. ❤ And I can't wait to see your next video! That particular piece of beach is one of my favourite ones! So I can't wait to see what you've found. My love, I hope you have a wonderful week, filled with joy, warmth, and beautiful finds! Sending you lots of love and a big hug, xoxo ❤, Ilona

Cool, Thank you

Gorgeous place 😍

I am happy you are having a good time and sharing. Regarding the white coral I was to understand that the white coral is coral that is dying. I could be wrong so please let me know. Snorkel on.

Thanks for taking us along. Love the video

Yes, tiger lucines! So cool

way cool!! Loved it!

Nice change of pace. Thx for sharing!

Thanks!

Thanks for this awesome video of your trip. I can say I prefer your voiceover videos.

Love the dry Tortugas!

One of my favorite places I’ve visited!!

Awesome!

I am not happy you can't take some cool shell home but that Moat was AWSOME😊

Ahhh! All those tiny branch coral! I want to take the Ft. Myers ferry!

Great trip thank you 🤩🤩🤩💖💖

Interesting video! And interesting place! This proves you're just a treasure hunter - doesn't matter what it is! 😂 Me too. ❤ Thanks, Sharmon, and congrats again (you know what I mean 😊)! xxoo

Looks like a very cool place! So glad you got to enjoy that and take us along! So disappointing you didn’t get to take any of those adorable tinies.. the sea glass is cool though, that white is really pretty ❤

Padre Island National Seashore allows each person to take 1 gallon of uninhabited seashells and sea beans.

So jealous how clear the water was for you. We went mid-December and the water was so cloudy you couldn't see anything! The shells and coral on the floors of the fort were really cool!

I hope you had an opportunity to snorkel Key West, beautiful stuff in the waters there..👍❤️

We visited there in 2021. It was so hard knowing i couldn't bring anything from the island but i took lots of pictures of the shells and coral i found. It is definitely somewhere i want to go back to again!! I'd love to stay overnight camping.

Goodness, you did good! I don’t want to go if I can’t pickup shells!🤪

My father in the early 70s used to man a Navy radio site on that location. They few him out in helicopters. I think when dignitaries would visit.

That is so cool! I love how you care so deeply for your surroundings! Do you use the glass for anything?

I’m really enjoying this I can’t swim and I have always wanted to learn how so I could snorkel. But I’m unable to do anything with my heart condition I pass out a lot. I miss the beach and your videos help me when I get missing it. I learn about seashells I have never seen before. When I was able to go to the beach I went to Myrtle Beach because my husband is handicapped and it is closer to us. I’m hoping that I will get to go back but it is not looking like I’ll ever get to see the beach again. 😢 I love the beach so much my bedroom is decorated in a beach themed.

So beautiful, put a black light on the green sea glass looks like some of it may glow

When I lived by Lake Michigan, I found a few keepers of sea glass. It's so pretty. I wished I had more. It was unusual since I lived on the Pacific Ocean coast. The beaches and shells are very different, and I never found sea glass.

Thanks ..❤always love ur videos

Woo hoo Marco special spot!!

I would be on a one way ticket to hell because I would absolutely take home some empty shells lol

You are in 100+ I am in -27 Fahrenheit…yes that is correct!!!

19:30 is is maybe a dove shell…?

The sea turtle hospital was my favorite trip ever !!! To be able to “ adopt “ a turtle makes me feel so good 😃😃😃

Nice video

Sure looked like a Tiger Lucine!

Alot of man made cut rock that's gone submerged as the oceans have risen.

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So excited to see this. Will be there mid February for my first time. What kind of camera did you use? Thank you for sharing!

All those tiny shells are common in Cuba

I doubt anyone would even know if you put a few shells and coral in your pocket lol.

I went to a national park when I was very young and i knew I couldn't keep anything but for some reason i decided to sneak home a common pinecone. I felt so guilty i hid it in my room for years!

Love all your videos. Trying to plan trip to SWFL & go on a shelling tour. Are you scheduled to be a guide on SWFL SHELLING TOUR. Your Patreon, Shelli

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Love your videos. We’re coming to Marco April 27th. Would you give me the names of shelling tour operators that you have confidence in? This is my present to myself for my April 5th retirement. Thank you and keep up your great videos.

Don't throw that away you put it back to finish becoming sea glass

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I think those are milk moon snails

Just found your channel and loving it! BUT, can I ask what is making your hands so glowy?! Is it a sunscreen? If so, I must know which one it is 🤣

Hi Sharmon. Thanks for sharing your fun trip with us. Have you ever snorkeled in Hawaii? Some very colorful coral and fish there too. My favorite of tonight's video was the baby turtle. He was so stinking cute! Have yourself a great week.

I just found your channel recently, and I was wondering what do you do with all the shells you find and keep? Do you just keep collecting them? Do you give them away? Just curious, because I notice that you do collect a lot of them