Received: from hardeman.fhu.edu (hardeman.fhu.edu [206.23.50.11]) by icx.net (IDG-2.7/1.3nr) with ESMTP id KAA32362 for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:19:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from kneal ([206.23.51.189]) by FHU.EDU (PMDF V5.2-31 #31128) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]> for [log in to unmask]; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:19:52 CST Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:26:56 -0600 From: Kathy Neal <[log in to unmask]> Subject: helmut shell To: [log in to unmask] Reply-to: [log in to unmask] Message-id: <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Freed-Hardeman University MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hello! I hope you can give me some information on the helmut shell. My husband's basketball team was recently in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas for a tournament, which we won. The trophy was a mounted helmut shell, very beautiful. We were told it is a queen helmut, and that the helmut grows 90 feet deep in the ocean and has to be harvested by divers. It is supposedly becoming very rare. It was named after the conquistadors headgear from long ago. Now, in your educated opinion, are any of these facts true? The president of our college seems skeptical of the 90 feet down story. Can you help verify any of the information which we were given in Nassau about the helmut shell? Also, add any more which you may have. Thanks so much for your help. Kathy Neal [log in to unmask]