shell dredge

[paul monfils]

I used to do some dredging years ago.  I no longer have my dredges, or a photograph of them, but here is a drawing I used in an article I wrote some years back for American Conchologist magazine, on the subject of dredging:

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There is also such a thing as a hand dredge, for use in shallow water, for which there are various designs.  Here are a couple (not my drawings):

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