This sounds very much like when my wife and I moved here to Hollywood , they
had just dredged and replenished the beach , there was a band of coral marl
at the waters edge , i found shells there that are incredible  including a 3
inch brown lined latirus (latirus infundabulum [gmelin 1791]) this was a
true find . the only problem , time , it fades , eventually chips and breaks
down the shell. good luck ,Mark & Peta  Bethke
Hollywood, Florida
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Robichaud <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: Shelling in Caribbean and New Zealand
 
 
>One of the best beaches I've found to collect good quality shells is on St.
>Lucia
>in the Caribbean.Its the beach on the causeway to pigeon island on the
>northern end
>of St Lucia. The shells wash out of the sand as the waves hit the island
>because
>Pigeon island is manmade from the dredgings from Rodney Bay,so the shells
on
>the beach never really had to get dragged and tossed there.thats why they
are
>in such good condition
>
> Scott Robichaud
>>From Boston
>