Posted on 07/24/2020 12:27:29 PM PDT by Red Badger
An Ohio 11-year-old visiting Florida discovered what his family said might be a new world record for the largest sand dollar. Photo by mosaikweb/Pixabay.com
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July 24 (UPI) -- An 11-year-old Ohio boy vacationing with his family in Florida discovered what his family believes could be a new record for the world's largest sand dollar.
Syler Elliott, 11, of Newark, was visiting family in Destin when he took a boat ride with his father and uncle.
Elliott said he spotted a sand dollar under water and decided to dive 12 to 15 feet to retrieve it.
"I thought it was just gonna be a little thing," Elliott told the Northwest Florida Daily News. "I feel so happy and excited about it."
Elliott's family said the sand dollar is being kept safe in a box until it can be examined by Guinness World Records. They said it's about 6 inches in diameter.
The current world record holder for the largest sand dollar was found by Neko Wong, a British Columbia fourth-grader vacationing in Mexico. Her sand dollar measured 6.49 inches in diameter.
Elliott's grandfather, Ben Rodgers, said he isn't sure if the boy's sand dollar beats the world record, but he is certain it will be declared a new Florida state record.
"It's definitely gonna be a new Florida record, which we think is really cool," Rodgers said. "A kid from Ohio finds a Florida record sand dollar. Plus, being 11, he's not a professional diver; he just loves the outdoors. It's a whole series of neat experiences for us."
I agree, not the same as in the original photo. At least it doesn’t look like he killed this one. Died on its own.
The original picture is a random stock photo, and the two I posted are the actual sand dollar that was found.
Out in the desert, off the 8 east, just past Jacumba but not quite to Ocotillo, there is/was a place up in the hills called Shell Canyon. I was just a little kid then, but I found a perfectly formed fossilized double clam shell there. Didn't know there were other places -- whereabouts in San Diego?
If you’re familiar with San Diego, it’s where Home Avenue runs from the freeway to the turnoff to Fairmont. Home Avenue runs down the middle of a canyon and it was on one of the elevations overlooking the canyon above where a Goodwill store is (or used to be— it’s been a while since I’ve been there).
Florida, Gulf of Mexico. They’re ‘fresh’....................
Well, it’s worth a ‘sand dollar’....................
The Mystery of the Sea Unicorn:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2014/03/18/the-mystery-of-the-sea-unicorn/
It’s a generic pic.................
When was that and where was the beach? Where were you stationed in Honduras? In the late 80’s I met a retired Lt. Col. who was a CO at a small base near El Salvador where they helped train the El Salvadorian military
If the Danes had sold us Greenland, I could have moved to Nuuk and raised Narwhal.
If you pay the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane.................
“ If you pay the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane..............”
For the end of that game is oppression and shame.....
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