That last group hunt in Chicago area park

[Mayo South Elgin]

Thought I would post what I got on that last "group" hunt in the Chicago area.
Not photographed was the authentic voodoo/gypsy/Santeria paraphernalia that I walked up to.
Laying on the ground was a cloth mat about the size of a dinner place mat.
On top of this was two candles which had been lit, a cigar which had been partially smoked, some chicken or other kind of bird feathers, and a coarse white substance which I'm guessing was salt.

Also not pictured is the 1940's pepsi bottle I found on the surface - my second one this year.

Throughout most of the hunt while west of the train tracks, a deer was within about 30 feet of me.
Occasionally he would look up at me and then continue grazing - which was strange because I couldn't see anything on the ground that could be grazed on. This was after about a dozen deer slowly jogged by - I think Lowbatts spooked them and they made for higher ground.

I only got one silver dime - a Mercury, a few wheats that were so pitted the dates were barely readable, the rest is labeled on the large photo.

It was a fun hunt and it was good seeing the few of you that I saw... I'll have to remember to show up an hour early next time a group hunt is arranged!
and thanks to the gentleman who gave me the extra spoon for my place setting - now I just need the butter knife and steak knife!

[Lowbatts]

Yeah man and I had BBQ ribs two days in a row!

You'll have to find a model to fit that garter rig on when you get it rehabbed. I'm sadly not available.

Personally I think we should have lit the voodoo candles, torched the ceeger and blown smoke on the merc to get it to give up some more....

[etrac007]

CONGRATS ON THE MERC AND ALL YOUR OTHER MIXED BAG OF ITEMS!

[kimsdad]

Cool finds, Mayo!!!

That compact is rather unique. I found a lot of bullets there, too!

[twistidd]

Great finds Mayo! What a variety!

Joe

[litefire56]

Yep, that's a nice display of goodies!
Glad you walked away with some silver too! Always makes the long ride home a bit more bearable.

[davebien]

Yup, that's Santeria, not Gypsy (Rom).

[Brett]

Just about everything besides the kitchen sink! Nice haul Mayo!

[watercolor]

WOW! A lot of really cool stuff. Great perseverance in digging all those mixed signals

[Mayo South Elgin]

If anyone is interested in seeing what that Houbigant compact looked like before ending up in the ground, just do a search on Ebay and there's about 6 of them at the moment, ranging from $5.00 to about $50.00

I think it's interesting that this was found at the remains of an old home site in the woods, near where I found the garter parts. Imagine how hard life would have been then, (living in a rural area in the 1920's) and the women still put on make up and nylon stockings? Of course I guess it could have been lost under other circumstances... mail order bride? working girl in the woods? who knows!

[d-dub]

Great finds, Mayo. It was great seeing you again.