Hi, everyone!

As a micro lover, I am always eager to learn new techniques for collecting the litle gems.  The dustpan and paintbrush technique sure looks interesting.  Those items will be standard equipment in my backpack when I go to the beaches.  I have encountered fine, dry beach drift several times and had to collect the sand in order to get the micros.  This will be much more efficient.

All the best!
Ron Noseworthy



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On Tue, 5/19/15, Susan J. Hewitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 Subject: [CONCH-L] Technique for gathering fine beach drift
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Received: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 2:15 AM
 
 About 8 weeks ago, someone here on
 the list (sorry, I can't remember who) suggested I use a
 tiny dustpan and a wide paintbrush to collect fine dry beach
 drift, in order to search it for micros. I tried that and it
 works just great: very easy and very efficient. The
 equipment is simple to find, compact and light to carry.
 When you are flying to your destination, those
 considerations are important.
 
 Thanks!
 
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