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Sam, Thanks. Your shell knowledge is seriously more extensive than mine. The only thing I can comment on is about the dive magazines not ever having anything on shell collecting. But I've only been diving since 2005, so it's only the last 12 years that I refer to.
 
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In terms of enhancing the beauty, for my tun shell, I soaked it in diluted bleach for a few minutes to remove what periostracum remained, then just rubbed mineral oil on it once it was clean to give it a nice shine. Beach finds are usually more beat up, and I don't usually do anything to them. My sand dollars got soaked in hydrogen peroxide to whiten them and then coated with diluted white glue to strengthen them.
Most of the shells I have found, maybe because they have been unoccupied for awhile, are pretty well encrusted so I do bleach soak and then scrub them. And because I want to bring out some of the natural color and texture enhancement that it would have in the ocean but didn't want the varnished look I tried tong oil and have been quite pleased with the results so far.
 
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Most of the shells I have found, maybe because they have been unoccupied for awhile, are pretty well encrusted so I do bleach soak and then scrub them. And because I want to bring out some of the natural color and texture enhancement that it would have in the ocean but didn't want the varnished look I tried tong oil and have been quite pleased with the results so far.

Baby oil works great.
 
Baby oil works great.
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It certainly does ..I agree 100%
But the oil can migrate to the surface of the table and stain it and of course oil is a magnet for dust.

I have washed and through dried many of my oiled display shells and coated them with Hair Spray. There are probably as many hair sprays on the markwet as there are sea shells. I have done some experimenting and found that he cheep 99 cent store variant works best, seems to have more shine to it.

When the shell becomes dull and needs recoating wash and dry the shell and spray away

Certainly less dusting.
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Watched a show on tropical house hunting that featured modern Sam Carlos. It is no longer a dusty little camp ground. The people paid 1.2 Million for a water front home.
Over 65 years ago I was camped on the same beach for free and had the same view, along with copious amounts of Hee Heees, coyotes and assorted creepy crawlers with no AC.
But lots of big fish, Mexican scallops and conches.

SAM MILLER
 
I don't know why, but I have never had the remotest interest in shell collecting.

A number of years ago my wife and I were on a beach in Grand Cayman, and a man showed up with some beautiful large conch shells his son had just collected, cleaned, and polished (whatever). He was planning to sell them. When I told him what the fine was for taking those shells, he quickly took them back to his car.
 
Along those lines, I am curious to hear from those who collect where you may have found countries (Caribbean, Mexico), areas and dive ops where collecting is both legal and allowed. Years ago I searched extensively and found 3 spots in the Carib. and 2-3 in Mexico (though I believe you need some sort of permit in Mexico).
 

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