Wildlife Spotting

Ooopsy!! My bad!!

You have not found a venomous snake like Sarah said, you have found a harmless water snake like ForestDragon said

For comparison...a couple of additional references for Copperheads: https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/copperhead-1.htm http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/agkcon.htm

This looks to me like a harmless Northern Water Snake. The pattern is not correct for a Copperhead. Here are some more references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_water_snake http://www.snake-removal.com/northernwatersnake.html http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/nersip.htm