:surrender: :csflag: Got out detecting for awhile yesterday ~ It was HOT :surrender: >>>

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[size=large]The farmer cut some of field that had not been cut in several years. My friend Chris and I started finding some Civil War Spencer bullets and casings. You see all those little green bushes out in the field? That is poison sumac. I wore gloves today and tried to be real careful and not catch it again. [/size]
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[size=large]Here's a pretty good sized stick bug. I was leaning against an oak tree in the shade drinking a Diet Mt. Dew, and this critter crawled down beside my head. I'm holding my pocket knife against the tree on the left, his head is toward the bottom. [/size]

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[size=large]I thought this was a pretty wild looking mushroom; even with a good camera it didn't capture the true color, but you can get the drift. The thing was almost irridescent.[/size]

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[size=large]While I was down detecting in the just-cut field and not finding a whole lot, Chris went in the woods and got into a little hot spot finding these 8 gnarly looking whole Spencers and about 16 bullets and casings.[/size]

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[size=large]This is Chris' finds for a 3 1/2 hour hunt. [/size]

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[size=large]My humble recoveries; the round thing is an old pocket watch cover. Thanks for looking.[/size]

 

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Brandy[Ma.]]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[size=large]This is a photograph of a very common plant called Staghorn sumac that is not toxic and harmless. It is prevalent throughout the eastern seaboard particularly in the mid to northern states. The give away is the "serrated leaves", identifying it as Staghorn. [/size]

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[size=large]This is poison Sumac, characteristics are smooth edged leaves, 11 leaves per stem, bright red stems, and funky looking whitish looking flowers/berries in season.[/size]

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[size=large]Here is the bright red stem on poinonous Sumac. Staghorn has reddish stems also but very faded.[/size]

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[size=large]Side shot, poison Sumac.[/size]

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[size=large]Poison Sumac flower; notice it is white as opposed to the Staghorn red flower.[/size]

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[size=large]A good dose of poison Sumac. Fortunately this isn't me, but I have had several rashes about 3 x 3" square, and it was bad enough. I'm not particularly prone to poison ivy unless I wallow in it, but all I have to do is brush against poison Sumac and I'll know it in a couple days. Personally I just stay away from all of them. Thanks for looking.[/size]

 

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[General Ray]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[size=large]Like ticks, fleas and mosquitoes, chiggers have specialized mouthparts that help them retrieve food from their hosts. A chigger uses two specialized mouthparts called chelicerae to make a hole in its host's skin. It then injects some of its saliva into the wound. The saliva contains digestive enzymes that break down cell walls. The partially digested cells and their contents become a slurry that the chigger ingests.

Unlike many other parasitic bugs, chiggers don't have needlelike, piercing mouthparts. Instead, they use an interesting accomplice -- the host's own skin. The same salivary secretions that break down cells also cause the surrounding tissue to harden. This creates a strawlike tube called a stylostome. The longer the chigger feeds, the longer the stylostome becomes, and the deeper it penetrates into the skin.

The intense itching that chigger bites cause comes from two sources. One is an allergic reaction to the chiggers' saliva. In some people, this reaction is extreme, leading to large sores or hives. In most, it simply causes a small, red, itchy bump. The other source of itching is the stylostome itself. It causes irritation and discomfort until the body's immune and lymphatic systems dissolve it and carry it away. If the chigger fed for a long time and the stylostome extends deep into the skin, this process can take quite a while.

Many home remedies for chigger bites, like painting the bite with nail polish, involve the idea of smothering an embedded chigger. But by the time you notice the bite, you've often brushed or scratched away the chigger already. The reason nail polish makes some people's bites feel better is that it seals the bite from air. Over-the-counter creams that relieve itching often do a better job of making the bites feel better. It's also a good idea to apply an antiseptic, especially if you've scratched the bite extensively -- too much scratching can lead to a secondary infection. If you're bitten, don't be tempted to try home remedies involving toxic substances, and don't try to remove the stylostome -- either could cause secondary infections or other injuries.

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[jeff & Maria]

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[Ed SW Fla]

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[MK_(MO)]

our internet isn't working worth a crap and when you live in the country the phone company has got you by the short hairs.
lucky it's working today for a while .....
anyway.........

a couple weeks ago we sent my youngest daughter off to college...
wow that was real tough.... I still feel like there is a giant hole in our life..
wait until you get there... as tight as you are with your daughters it's gonna kill you.
--- if that don't the cost will ---
go for the free ride..
mike

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Magyar]

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