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TRACY:
In Indiana, we haven't been allowed to harvest them for several years due to over harvesting in the past. We always boiled them sacked them and then sold them. I would think a metal sanding drum on a drill would work? Anyone use them for strike plates? I know that General Motors bought them to decorate the interiors of Cadilacs; door lock knobs, gear shift lever knob and dashboard inlays.

Dingleberry:
Back in the day, they were used for buttons (harvested in huge quantities) before synthetics were invented.

Postman:
y'all might be able to find some introduced nuisance stuff like zebra mussels to use

DanaM:
Who wants zebra muscle shells, how many tons ya want???
They aren't big enough for anything except maybe as a gravel replacement. Lake Michigan shorelines are 6 feet deep with them in some areas :'(

michbowguy:
hey dana, i went channel cat'n out on the lake "huron" and with all those dammned shells it sounded like thousands of tiny wind chimes blowin in the wind every time a wave came in!

almost spooky.but hurts the bare paws!

mbg

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