And the Itsy-Bitsy....

[BigCatDaddy]

Spider fell from my scoop today!! Really not so itsy-bitsy. It's a 925 silver earring that weighs in at 6.1 grams. Pretty heavy for a spider and an earring too. I spent about 3 hrs. in the water this morning, using the AT Gold w/5 x 8 coil and Grey Ghost Ampbian headphones. I'm really enjoying the Amphibs, very pleasing tones for my tired old ears.

Here's a pic of the total take for the day. Check the size of that spider!!

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Not a whole lot of loot, but enough to keep my interest.

Here's a closeup of the Spider, topside. He's got a large bead of amber in his thorax and 2 small beads of amber for his eyeballs. His head along with his front 2 legs and his back 3 legs on each side are articulated so they all move.

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And here's his underside with the 925 stamp.

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This is one of the more unusual pieces I have ever found and I've found some weird ones before. Luckily, it creeped out BCM, so I get to keep it!!

 

[wltdwiz]

get out the RAID
dam cool find

 

[jim tn]

I don't care for spiders, but could handle seeing that one in my scoop. Nice find. HH jim tn

 

[MetalMiner]

Congrats! How do you like that AT Gold? I'm thinking about buying one in the fall.

 

[BigCatDaddy]

I'm slowly learning it's language, some different from the AT Pro that I use most of the time. This was only my second trip in the water with it, so I've still got more to learn.

 

[William-NM]

Good catch, BCD! That is an unusual find - good that you got that giant biter away from the swimmers!

 

[John-Edmonton]

That is really cool BCD! And silver too!

 

[Johnny Cache]

Haha that's cool!

 

[knightsquad]

Yeh! That is cool!
I love it'
How long is that thing? Funny, a woman
was wearing a spider like that huh?
Hah. Spiderwoman!
Pete

 

[mudpuppy]

Very nice chunk of silver, with articulating legs no less. A fellow just never knows what treasure awaits us all out there. Nice find!
Mud