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Melo amphora and two red Emperor Australia,Queensland,Keeper reef 07.11.91

Hi,my name is Jose

When I was young around 15 in 1977 I was collecting rocks I had few not a lots and I was asking to the kids at my college if they have any,in my class one boy I remember his name Eric ,told me he had shells from Reunion Island. I didn’t think much about it (only shell that I knew where dull from the beach of North of France) but I thought I could exchange them.

Boys! when I saw the shells that Eric brought back from the island in the Indian Ocean, that was the end of the rocks story.Rocks doesn’t rock for everyone.

I wasn’t lucky to get shells trough people though they were kind to bring me some but they often brought back beached shells that were beyond recognition.

So I started to collect my own where ever I travelled I learnt where to look for them,learnt the pleasure of cleaning them and dealing with the smell.

I worked on a prawn trawler off Townsville Australia or go for a ride on a oyster trawler in Bluff NewZealand.

I dove and snorkelled day or night,cold or warm,clear or muddy waters in Jamaica,USA,Bahamas,Australia,New Zealand,Tahiti,Fiji,Hawaii,Panama,Cape Verde,Senegal,Portugal,Spain,England,France,Greece,Turkey,GranCanaria,Ibiza,Zanzibar,Thailand,Malaysia,Bali,Egypte,UAE and South Africa.