...don't neglect shells washed up along flooded rivers - both drifted
snails and washed up mussels -
"...patrolling the banks, finding tracks of Beaver, Deer, and Muskrat in
the clay among drifted Ash seeds, and deposits of land snail shells to
be sorted later. Everything here is coated 1-30 cm deep with clay from
the summer flooding, most impressive when it covers tilled fields, now
cracking into polygons, and with a sparse vegetation of what's
germinated on the top or pushed through. ...down onto a bar below the
bridge, which is coated with 3-40 cm of mud cracked into polygons.
...the flood – equal to, or greater than, a 2011 flood that had been
called a '300 year event' – has washed a generous sample of the Unionid
mussels of the river up onto the bar, 2.5-4m above the current water
level. ...Fred is led to the first cluster of surviving mussels by Otter
tracks and big opened pairs of valves, mostly from cracks in two low
places that must have held water until fairly recently. He dug up at
least 50 of these desperate clams from among the shells of their
neighbours, and tossed them to safety over the 2.5 m drop into the deep
water flowing past the bar."
...and there's a photo of me with a bag of giant Unionids -
http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2015/05/18-october-2014-me-painting-bend-in.html
fred.
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On 10/11/2016 10:00 PM, Vicky Wall wrote:
> I remember Alta VanLandingham telling me how dangerous quicksand could
> be when she and Van lived on Ocracoke.
> Have you been out shelling John? I was wondering if it were any good or
> if the storm scoured the beaches clean. Vicky
>
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> *From: *"John Timmerman" <[log in to unmask]>
> *To: *[log in to unmask]
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 11, 2016 9:18:58 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [CONCH-L] Advice about post-storm shelling
>
> Beach quick sand acted differently than muck. It held me for a second
> when my foot hit it, then the vibration liquefied it and in I went -
> typically up to a knee instantly, until I figured out how to read the
> sand to avoid those spots. If I struggled that continued to liquefy it
> and I went deeper. I learned to stop, not panic, and then very gradually
> pull back and I could get out.
>
>
>
> At Assateague, Virginia after the winter blizzard of 1989, Nancy and I
> found ourselves on a more disconcerting form of beach quick sand.
> Blowing sand had accumulated a solid couple inches of hard pack and on
> top of it. We were fully out onto it when the vibration liquefied the
> sand beneath the crust and we were suddenly on shaky ground or more like
> Jello ground and beat a hasty retreat without going in.
>
>
>
> *From:*Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf
> Of *Carole Marshall
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:40 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [CONCH-L] Advice about post-storm shelling
>
>
>
> I find it most helpful when trying to shell in mucky stuff, to use a ski
> pole. It gives an extra leaning point and I can poke it ahead to see how
> deep the mucky stuff is.
>
> Happy Shelling
>
> Carole
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/11/2016 10:22:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> In some situations beware of quick sand. When I collected North Core
> Banks after Hurricane Gloria in 1987, the quick sand was abundant
> and really troublesome.
>
>
>
> That said the collecting was spectacular. It was everything I had
> heard stories about prior. I also learned how to get myself out of
> the quick sand.
>
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>
> *From:*Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Vicky Wall
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 11, 2016 8:27:42 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [CONCH-L] Advice about post-storm shelling
>
>
>
> Wise advice. After Hurricanes Fran and Bertha (NC), it was very
> dangerous to walk on the beach. There were signs everywhere warning
> people about glass and nails, among various other debris.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> If you go in the water at all, even ankle deep, beware of debris.
> There is always a lot and waves can bring it in like a missile.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Wendy <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> >Sent: Oct 7, 2016 1:20 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: [CONCH-L] Advice about post-storm shelling
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> >Will some of you experienced Floridians tell us how to find the best post-Hurricane beachcombing around New Smyrna, Daytona, Canaveral? Once the causeways open, where along the inundation zones is the best place to start? (High water, lower on the beaches, etc.). Are there particular areas in central Florida that will be
> better because of offshore reefs or ocean depths? Any wildcard
> places because of past renourishment activities?
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