Beauty and the Beast!!

[j.d. in the usa]

I was detecting some of the old cellar holes today it was very hot and only planned on spending an hour or so, an old lady makes gardens around the cellars holes shes pretty cool and lets me detect, I found and 1853 Arrows Half dime in awsome condition along one of the cellar holes, I was stoked because of recent rain there were spider webs all over the place as I was looking along the rock wall I saw a web and right in the middle of it was this black widow spider its the first one I ever saw my heart skipped pretty fast... I used flying bug spray to kill it and it worked its huge its bigger than the half dime a little smaller than a reg. dime... hh all and be safe!!! jd

 

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[PBK]

Re: 1853 coin....and the scare of my life!!!

Unreal, J. D.! That is one dandy little half dime!

I'm sure the spider is a splendid specimen of its kind as well.

Now step on it!

 

[Mighty AP]

Re: 1853 coin....and the scare of my life!!!

JD, that is one big beautiful spider! Oh yeah, nice coin too!

 

[Ole Mole]

Re: 1853 coin....and the scare of my life!!!

Nice coin and an awesome dead Arachnid. Glad you seen it instead of felt it. OUCH!!

HH and be safe

 

[dg39]

Re: 1853 coin....and the scare of my life!!!

ohhh & ahhhh & die spider, die!!!

 

[Green1]

wooow,, sweet find,, great stuff as always,, and good spider vision,,,,,

 

[goldencoin]

Very nice......that spider would have scared the cr@p out of me!

HH
-GC

 

[bazinga]

Nice job bud!

 

[mlw67]

Nice coin! Gotta love that condition.

That is one big widow! They don't usually get *that* big, but I have seen some large ones.

 

[Boobydoo]

Wow! That coin looks to be in awesome condition,
a real bonus to this great find!
Congrats JD!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[trk5capt]

J.D. Very Nice Find, Congrats. trk5capt..

 

[Burdie]

Wow what great detail on that half dime. Nice job JD and be safe. HH Burdie

 

[jopher]

Excellent coin find, JD...Congrats...Joe

 

[j.d. in the usa]

thanks everyone!!

 

[tsgman]

Nice coin JD. I am just glad you got her before she tried to make your wife a widow! Lets go hunting soon. Tim

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

j.d.,

nice find. Watch them spiders.

Just did a quick check on them, interesting:

"Of all spiders, the Black Widow is the most feared. The female's venom is especially poisonous to people. Despite its reputation, this spider often attempts to escape rather than bite, unless it is guarding an egg mass or if it is cornered and pressed. The male black widow will not bite you. After mating, the female sometimes eats the male (remember, she only has to mate once in her life), earning the name "widow." During the period shortly following mating and laying of eggs, the female black widow can be a little cranky and hungry. After this period (if he lives through it!) the male lives quite comfortably, eating prey captured by the female. The development of his venom sacs stop and become inactive as the male matures, thus making him less of a potential problem than his female counterpart"

have a good un................

 

[civilman1]

Almost can't turn your back on anything jd,gotta watch your step every inch of the way these day's...good eye.Nice job on the half as well,sound's like some good people your way....Congrat's and HH

 

[RatRacer]

Beautiful half dime, there! Wait, wouldn't half a dime be a nickel? Were these before nickels? Nice spider, too. Put a pin thru her and mount her on cardboard before she dries and curls up. Keep searching!

 

[willie d]

J.D. that's a great half dime. If I would of come across that spider, it wouldn't of been in any condition to be photographed.

 

[99Brown]

That spider gives me the creeps.

And the silver is sooooo sweet. Nice find, and glad you didn't get bit.

99Brown