Todays find really grabbed my attention

[Johncoho]

I got bored today and went detecting at a local park near a school and skateboard park and found a cheap ring and some clad coins, but this was the find of the day. The temperature was around 94 degrees and I only hunted about 2 hours. The first picture is off the internet but the next 2 I took when I was almost done detecting. At first it looked like a western diamondback , but upon closer examination it turned out to be a harmless Desert Glossy snake. I was close enough to see round eye pupils so I knew it was harmless. Estimated length is between 40 and 48 inches. Very docile and non aggressive. I gave it a couple of nudges to get it going. It ended up in a culvert under a concrete sidewalk that leads to the elementary school. I didn't want someone trying to kill it thinking it was a rattlesnake. A fun hunt.

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Cool post!

 

[dognose]

that's a pretty good size snake. I like to give all snakes plenty of room. Its always cool to see some wildlife while out.

At our cabin in Kentucky we got two snakes, at two different times in our basement through a drain pipe. I put a gutter drain guard over it to keep them out. When they came out, they got stuck on mouse sticky pads. Thankfully. I don't know what sort of snakes they were, but they had some teeth on them, and were not happy. I have seen a lot of garter snakes and they were not that. Our neighbor killed a copperhead on his front porch, which gave me the willies even looking at him dead. The farmers have killed a number of rattlesnakes in the area over the years.

 

[RVRoamer73]

In my area we have huge Black snakes that look threatening but are of the good variety and help with rat and other poisonous snake control.
Thanks for sharing the pics and read.

 

[Inspector]

Cool pictures and story, ty4sharing

 

[Hawks88]

Thanks for sharing.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[A2coins]

That would be a nice belt or wallet lol

 

[Theodocious]

That is a handsome, but harmless snake! Great share; will have to look around twice while rockhounding in the California wilds.

 

[Johncoho]

That is a handsome, but harmless snake! Great share; will have to look around twice while rockhounding in the California wilds.

I have seen rattlesnakes here in the desert over the years, but I leave them alone and give them plenty of space.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Glad you didnt needlessly kill it. Snakes are excellent for insect and rodent control.

 

[Johncoho]

Glad you didnt needlessly kill it. Snakes are excellent for insect and rodent control.

Even if it was a rattler, I would have called the wife to bring a container with lid and carefully transferred it to the container. Then a short ride to the desert.