In late March a friend and I took our kayaks to our favorite Calooosahatchee River location. We spend an afternoon looking around, and trying to protect ourselves and our kayaks from the drafts of the huge yachts that were crossing from one coast to the other, through the connecting waterways. After one huge yacht ( which didn't slow down at all), the waves knocked me and the kayak into the bank, and out dropped a lionspaw...pristine. Needless to say, though i was banged up, I started digging around a bit at the edge....out popped several more lions paws, and this beautiful problematica cowrie...still with color and sheen...I couldn't believe my eyes...it looked like I had just picked it up off the bottom of the ocean someplace. At any rate, I finally have gotten around to cleaning them all and thought I'd post them. Enjoy.