First time detecting in months and what a day. Went to a new spot across the road from where I had really good luck at a cellar hole spent 3 hours with many first. The wheat penny 1916 was the first find followed by the 1831 half dime. I thought the next target was a LC but after a quick cleaning it turned out to be a 1837 Centre Market 14th Ward New York Hard Times Token the Jews Harp was only a few feet away. The spiders were the worst part of the hunt. They seemed to be webbed up everywhere from tree to tree. Big ugly and had horns or spikes on their backs. I've never seen one before. It's going to take more than those spiders to keep me from going back. HH Dutch
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Wheat Capped Hard Times Jews Harp and Spiders!!!
- Thread starter Dutchtoga
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bootyhoundpa
Well-known member
beautiful finds... ugly spider.....very interesting token.....
mike from Illinois
New member
Nice finds. A capped bust coin is still on my list.
croakersmoker78
Member
I have them all around my house they are harmless I would def go back after finding a capped bust half awsome
Really nice finds.....congrats. I really like the 14th Ward token!!
Just FYI, the spider is a Spiny Orb Weaver ( Gasteracantha fornicata ). They are known for spinning very large webs, usually from low hanging tree limbs to the ground (don't ask me how they accomplish this!). The webs can be in the neighborhood of 40 feet wide with an 'orb' portion in the center. As alien and grotesque as they may look initially, they are really quite beautiful when you compare them to other arachnids. I have some pictures of a few that have appeared about this time of year in my yard. I think your picture makes it look much larger than it really is (maybe you found a really big one?), the ones I saw were only about 3/8" across the wide part of the back. They come in different colors, if interested, look here: http://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/03/29/my-fascinating-backyard-spiny-backed-orb-weaver-spider-spider-myths/
BTW, they are harmless to humans.
Just FYI, the spider is a Spiny Orb Weaver ( Gasteracantha fornicata ). They are known for spinning very large webs, usually from low hanging tree limbs to the ground (don't ask me how they accomplish this!). The webs can be in the neighborhood of 40 feet wide with an 'orb' portion in the center. As alien and grotesque as they may look initially, they are really quite beautiful when you compare them to other arachnids. I have some pictures of a few that have appeared about this time of year in my yard. I think your picture makes it look much larger than it really is (maybe you found a really big one?), the ones I saw were only about 3/8" across the wide part of the back. They come in different colors, if interested, look here: http://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/03/29/my-fascinating-backyard-spiny-backed-orb-weaver-spider-spider-myths/
BTW, they are harmless to humans.
E-Trac-Ohio
Well-known member
Nice finds !!! 
doninbrewster
New member
Great finds, especially the half dime. I had that same spider on my arm this afternoon. Here in southern NY they are all over the woods in the warm weather.