To add to David's post, this is an eventual trip I have been scoping
out. If you want to go a bit north of Charleston, Bull's Island is
another just offshore island that seems popular for shelling, also
reachable by private commercial ferry boat. Their website shows what
looks like unstaged (but you never know) pics of Busycons and a
Tonna on the beach.
The American Littoral Society has a Hilton Head/low country trip in
September, and the brochure I got mentioned several places they were
visiting (whether they are any good for shells is probably independent
of that fact):
Mitchelville Beach
Pinckney Is National Wildlife Refuge (they are going for birds, it
sounds like, but there are several potential shoreline estuary/bay
access points from the satellite photos, though they might be mucky)
(there are no open beaches there)
South Forest Beach (which has multiple hotels/motels across/along the
street, it sounds like).
On 8/16/15, David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Vicky,
>
> I have a number of Edisto and Hilton Head finds in my catalogue. Edisto was
> more productive. I seem to remember fine sand on HH; when I examined the
> fine white deposits at low tide (maybe from bits of sand dollar tests) I
> found two species of tornids. Otherwise very scant.
> I was recently at Folly Beach for a week and had a chance to spend an hour
> on Morris Island, known for shelling. From drift at the two islands, I
> culled eight species of tornids.
> Folly Beach doesn't initially look like much for shelling but if you go to
> the groins, check around the tide pools for hermit crabs and small drift.
> There are also occasional fossils (I've got an unidentified narrow
> Nodipecten). On the north end, there's more micro drift if you have the
> inclination.
> I got to Sullivan's Island at a minus tide and it was absolutely devoid of
> mollusks (there were live starfish however).
> Take a ferry to Morris Island at low tide if you can.
> Kiawah is another possible place to shell. I got some decent finds from
> there.
> Good luck on your shelling!
>
> David Kirsh, LPC, RN
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>> On Aug 16, 2015, at 7:24 PM, Vicky Wall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I am going to have a chance to visit Edisto Beach and Hilton Head Island.
>> Does anyone have suggestions of good places to go shelling? I will be
>> beach collecting, wading, and snorkelling. Thank you!
>>
>> Vicky Wall
>> NC
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