A surprise on December 28th

[phillipofnc]

As I was digging a solid dime beep, I thought I knew exactly what I was digging. As I scooped the first plug out I dumped the dirt and decided to finished pulling the loose dirt from the hole. That is when I pulled out a 3-4 inch surprise, a red belly water moccosin. Oh yeah, the dime was in there too. A little strange to find a snake in December at three inches deep and he was very active too. Now he is dead though. Happy hunting.

 

[wyattrr]

It won't be the first time something like that happens. I've dug up 4 or 5 in the last couple of years...

 

[long island red]

Ha no snake for me but i once was digging a quarter signal and came upon a frog 3 inches down. took him out and another inch down silver quarter 1943. placed the frog back into the hole and covered him up.

 

[creeper71]

always amazes me how people kill snakes just because the Human invaded the snakes space... sorry to ruffle feathers..not tryin to start a long thread about it..just giving an opinion (my personal) I'm glad ya found a Dime..was it silver? also with the snake still being that shallow I say it going to pretty warm still down there...

 

[SkyPirate]

Why did you kill it?

 

[rjw4law]

Not much of a Guard snake.

 

[gimifermagooskie]

What great pixs there could have been! The imagination is more powerful, though.

 

[phillipofnc]

I respect your opinion on me killing the snake. However, I do fish with my two young daughters at the pond where he was. For that reason if I eliminate one well that is one less snake. Me personally, I have never been a fan of a snake.

As for the dime, it was not silver. I have only ever found two silver dimes in all my years of detecting which amount to about 20 years or so.

Hope you can respect my position on this.

 

[allen]

Thank you for killing that creature !

 

[DIRT SCRATCH FEVER]

I can't believe you didn't leave it where it was and let it grow up!!!





It might grow up one day to be a quarter.

 

[Jeff H]

Is it a venomous water mocassin (cottonmouth) or just a red belly water snake ? Maybe you should post the picture in the "What Is It" forum to get a positive ID

 

[haylen]

 

[phillipofnc]

Pretty sure it was only a red belly water snake. But they scare kids just as easy!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

RIP!!

 

[creeper71]

Pretty sure it was only a red belly water snake. But they scare kids just as easy!

I didn't want to jump to conclusions since I wasn't sure if you meant it was a venomous or the non venomous kind... now that you have confirmed.. I have to say it is ridiculous to kill a snake just be cause it "scares" people.. maybe you should have just skipped the dime tone an left the snake alone.. the fact of the matter is you killed a snake for a lousy clad dime... The snake didn't do anything wrong, you did by invading HIS house.. those are the facts...

 

[rginn]

My son is a herpetologist, and I have some experience with snakes, and no, you shouldn't have killed the snake, as it was harmless and has a place in the environment. However, I don't condemn your actions because snakes are scary. Venomous snakes don't bother me either, as long as I know where they're at. Water snakes are extremely aggresive and will scare the crap out of anybody. They bite hard and try to rake back, too. Just results in a bad day all the way around, but this one probably wasn't awake enough to bite. I understand why you did it, but for your penance you should study up a little on reptiles. And do whatever to keep the snakes away from the kids!

 

[zaweiss]

Eh, the snake would have probably been eaten by something this spring anyways......

 

[hikeinmts]

The bible made him do it.

Rando, Please tell me what "the bible" has to do with anything in this matter?
If you want to comment on the coin, do so. If you want to comment on killing the snake, do so.
If you want to comment on the bible, there is another place on this site for that comment.

 

[pepperj]

It's interesting when the coil vs the coil No snake was harmed in making these pictures.

 

[prodrigsr]

You did better than me!

I was digging up a deep signal , reached in and pulled out a bunch of dog poop!! I'd rather have dug up the snake!!