Good point.

I have collected since I can remember so that would put me at 50+ years as a collector. However, it was not until my 20's that I learned of COA, purchasing shells from dealer's lists, knew of shell clubs, visited my first shell show, went to a COA convention.

John Timmerman

Wilmington  North Carolina

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Marcus,

The longer a person has collected, the more likely they are to know of your site or CONCH-L and be in a position to take part in the poll. One should keep in mind that many people start a hobby such as shell collecting slowly, becoming more involved with it and developing resources and contacts after a few years. This would most likely explain the paucity of recently-started collections.

Cheers,
Peter



At 07:35 AM 04/02/2008, you wrote:

The results show that the last five years are catastrophic.
Without them, the average percentage is of 7.5% each five years, for
collectors <30y.

What happened during these 5 years, which cut the flow of newcomers ?

Hurricanes, global warming, twin towers remnant, new millenium, increasing
poverty of the younger generations ?
Any idea, List ?

Olivier Caro

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