A silver and snake saturday.

[Vhoov]

Girlfriend got her pinpointer in yesterday so we all went out. Finally have mine back on "co-hunts". She found her first good find on Wednesday which was a Sterling ring. Here are my finds for the day, hit a 52 Rosie, a wheat, and a 40 Washington all in a row then it started raining hard.

The box turtle and copperhead




Can you see the dime?


Super happy to see that shiny rim when I was prying up with my digger. Only an inch down.



All the finds plus a bottle that says federal law prohibits the sale or re-use of this bottle. Made by Ball.



Girlfriends first find from Wednesday



And my last week's finds..half were with my Atpro and half were with my Nox600....each got a silver dime.
It was the 600s maiden voyage. Also a small snake.

 

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[hbru123]

Great finds! Congrats!

 

[GB1]

nice finds your nuts to be holding that snake

 

[screwynewy]

I'm guessing you are experienced at handling poisonous snakes. If not you should consider yourself lucky.

 

[dirtlooter]

great finds for both of you. I would always use my knife to open the jaws of a live one (copperhead or rattlesnakes) and show whoever was there their fangs. would usually get a few drops of venom to show them what it looked like too. its all about respecting the hardware. usually pinned their head with a stick and picked them up. had one crap on my once, very very nasty.

 

[Vhoov]

I'm guessing you are experienced at handling poisonous snakes. If not you should consider yourself lucky.

Most call me stupid, but yeah I wanted to be a herpetologist growing up.

 

[Rawhide]

In my youth I would love chasing folks around with a snake. But there is no good use for that kind of snake around kids and dogs.........with that said, was hoping for a picture of the snake, I mean ......

 

[Vhoov]

great finds for both of you. I would always use my knife to open the jaws of a live one (copperhead or rattlesnakes) and show whoever was there their fangs. would usually get a few drops of venom to show them what it looked like too. its all about respecting the hardware. usually pinned their head with a stick and picked them up. had one crap on my once, very very nasty.

Nice to hear, I try to take the time to educate my kids about wildlife when we come across it. I did use a stick I broke off as well. Didn't get any pics of the fangs but I did show them the fangs with using a twig. Thanks

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats to all on a great bunch of finds (excluding the snakes!)..

-- Jeff --

 

[dirtlooter]

Nice to hear, I try to take the time to educate my kids about wildlife when we come across it. I did use a stick I broke off as well. Didn't get any pics of the fangs but I did show them the fangs with using a twig. Thanks

when you live in the country and you have snakes everywhere, the smaller kids need to know that certain snakes are bad and why so. kids in the country tend to suddenly show up with a snake that they just found in their hands. of course there are several non poisonous kinds but we do have five or six that are poisonous. I about busted my head one day while under a boat when my 4 year old grandson excitedly yelled that he had caught a snake. turned out to be a common ringneck. I chewed him out.

 

[NZ49er]

We used to call the smaller type that you dug up "worm snakes". I don't know if that's their real name or not. Quite musky when handled if I recall correctly. Nice snags on the silvers.

 

[Vhoov]

We used to call the smaller type that you dug up "worm snakes". I don't know if that's their real name or not. Quite musky when handled if I recall correctly. Nice snags on the silvers.

That's funny, I thought it was a worm..thanks

 

[Professor of Engineering]

You did very well, congratulations!

Cool nature lesson too!

 

[Mkriegs]

Nice to see folks interacting with wildlife. However, I would highly suggest leaving Venomous snakes alone. They are an important part of our ecosystem but should be respected from a distance. Copperhead bites are no joke and require a hospital visit.

 

[Vhoov]

Nice to see folks interacting with wildlife. However, I would highly suggest leaving Venomous snakes alone. They are an important part of our ecosystem but should be respected from a distance. Copperhead bites are no joke and require a hospital visit.

I was waiting for one of those suggestions, last copperhead I caught I moved it off the road. Thanks for the input.