slow summer /excitement today

[glass half fool]

Over the past few summers I have be lucky enough to usually able to find something to bring home when I go out bottle digging . Even if the things I keep are not real old or anything special I save something. This summer I have returned home empty handed most of the time . Last week I got out for a short time and found a few keepers for me . Today I hit a spot that has shown some potential but I do not find a lot on any given dig at that spot . Anyway the milk bottle and the Hires Root Beer I found today and the others where from last week . The excitement was a 4 foot long Black Snake that was curled up in the brush directly in my path as I was headed for my digging spot View attachment 014.jpg

 

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[NJKLAGT]

Nice finds, I like that milk. And that is some snake!

 

[GB1]

nice finds that snake is nothing that a 22 won't take care of

 

[No gold in NY]

nice finds that snake is nothing that a 22 won't take care of

Those black snakes are harmless. They might scare the crap out of you, but you can't shoot them for that!

 

[No gold in NY]

I really like the milk bottle also. Never have seen one with the buttons around the neck before.

 

[Crusty Shellback]

Cool spot, cool bottles, cool snake! Maybe you'll find some snake oil bottles! haha

 

[glass half fool]

Thanks everyone for your responses .The snake seemed to think it was there first .So I just took a 6 foot detour around it . It was not threating .I simply was not expecting it to be there . I have nothing against snakes but I would not stand there and let it strike me if it tried I enjoy finding any embossed Milk bottle and this one is a little different for most of the others I find . As I said my day last week and my day this week where at least something to report about

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I love the bottles in the top right photo! They will display real nice!

 

[Bass]

Eastern black king snake

 

[glass half fool]

Professor Thanks for looking .Like I said I keep things that appeal to me I know most of what I picture here are not that old. Bass I am not sure exactly what type of snake it was . It was about 4 foot long and it's under side was yellow with some white. I think snakes are neat critters and just another part of nature . But I prefer to know they are there before I see it curled up right in front of me . But we both wanted the same thing .That was to be left alone . Thanks for the ID .There is always more to learn .And learning is the main reason I like this site

 

[jgas]

Very nice. Love the milk. Keep the snake. Ha. Jgas.