Marbles found while metal detecting any ideas?

[GetulaHunter]

I found a few marbles while metal detecting... I can say now that I wish I would have never found them because now I am addicted!!!!

[Chad G.]

#1. L to R = Vitro & ????

#2. German handmade, solid core from what I can see of it ??

[akroorka]

The first two are Vitro machine made marbles imho.
The second one is a German handmade that eludes a description from me.

@Chad G. will know more about this one for sure.

So metal detecting, snake hunting, marble finding--you are very busy. I love all sorts of this stuff.

No Getula in my area though--Bigger snakes are rare but cool in my area, mostly Garter snakes which I love to see in the yard.

Size always matters.

Marble--On!!

 

[GetulaHunter]

Thamnophis was my first love. They were the easiest to catch along with the most prolific that I would encounter. There are 8 Species of Thamnophis here in California with many species having multiple subspecies of which I have found them all except hamondii and not that hamondii is hard to find I have jus not spent much time in that area.

Corresponding name is bellow each snake  

 

 

Thamnophis s. tetrataenia

San Francisco Gartersnake 

 

Thamnophis elegans  terrestris

Coast Gartersnake

 

Thamnophis atratus atratus

Santa Cruz Gartersnake

 

Thamnophis sirtalis fitch

Valley Gartersnake

 

s. fitchi

s. fitchi

 

Thamnophis couchii

Sierra Gartersnake

Thamnophis couchii

 

Thamnophis gigas

Giant Gartersnake

[akroorka]

38 minutes ago, GetulaHunter said:

Giant Gartersnake

This one looks familiar. The rest are all just beautiful.
Garter snakes in Wisconsin may get to 3 feet or so. There used to be “Corn snakes” that got much bigger but I have not seen one of those for 25-30years.
Nice images!

Here is one from my vegetable garden in the back yard.