I found this thing today in Mount Airy (Mayberry)

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 22, 2006

I found this wooden thing today in Mount Airy (Mayberry) anyone have a clue to what it is ?? It looks Egyptian to me and i know its old i happened on it while in between two buildings,right in a crease.It looks to have been there for many many years !
$:-\$ $:-\$

Gypsy Heart · Sep 22, 2006

Looks to be African ...Zulu.....neat find

Nana40 · Sep 22, 2006

Don't know what it is...but it's a neat find, Red!!

Nana

goldencoin · Sep 22, 2006

slave artwork?

HH
-GC

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 22, 2006

Link to some Mayberry Days pics here in NC

no laughing at me and my wet hair or the goofy look on my face !!!!LOL !!!!!! It was raining earlier :'(

I am standing in front of Pilot Mountain or as the Andy Griffith show would say Mount Pilot

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,49375.0.html

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 22, 2006

gypsyheart said:
Looks to be African ...Zulu.....neat find

Could be !

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 22, 2006

Possibly a letter opener

Blind.In.Texas · Sep 22, 2006

yeah reddie. i do believe you have it right....

JerV3 · Sep 22, 2006

Neat find.

I agree looks like a old letter opener. Reshape the tip of it.

HH Jer

daytondigger · Sep 22, 2006

Picture of you looks fine but you'd think you'd be smiling with Goober wannabe's and other Mayberry characters around :P The mountain is more impressive than I had imagined. I bought a book a while back on North Carolina gemstones and have wanted to go there ever since. Good luck diggin' :-*

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 22, 2006

daytondigger said:
Picture of you looks fine but you'd think you'd be smiling with Goober wannabe's and other Mayberry characters around :P The mountain is more impressive than I had imagined. I bought a book a while back on North Carolina gemstones and have wanted to go there ever since. Good luck diggin'

Actually i was a little pissed about the rain lol

Burdie · Sep 22, 2006

I have one also and it is a letter opener. Mine was made in the 1950's. Congrats on your find. Burdie

daytondigger · Sep 22, 2006

Please dont mention rain again as we are getting dumped on tonight and tomorrow with a possible dry window on Sunday. I guess I'll have to do research instead of hunting. >:(

. But if I get that dry window, you can bet I'll be swingin'. Smashing Pumpkin season is coming.

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 22, 2006

daytondigger said:
Smashing Pumpkin season is coming.

WooHoo !!!

papa · Sep 22, 2006

Don't I know about the rain,had a place all picked out to go to today,Oh Well,another day.You were in Mayberry today? Another 20 minutes up the mountain and you are in my drive way.You and your hubbie coffee drinkers? Give me a yell ( it's OK,I'm used to it )

papa

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 23, 2006

papa said:
Don't I know about the rain,had a place all picked out to go to today,Oh Well,another day.You were in Mayberry today? Another 20 minutes up the mountain and you are in my drive way.You and your hubbie coffee drinkers? Give me a yell ( it's OK,I'm used to it )

papa

Yeah we were up there for Mayberry Days !

And i have to say that all the actors that played the Andy Griffith Show characters looked a GREAT deal like them ! LOL that is all except the Andy one $:-\$ .The Barney one acted just like him !

very neat

Michigan Badger · Sep 23, 2006

It could be just a carved trinket sold from some import store or it could be a fetish (Voodoo) item. There's a small but growing American Voodoo cult especially in our larger cities.

One way these are used is the fetish is left in a conspicuous place so that someone will find it. Once it's found and taken the curse is complete. It has nothing to do with you so don't worry about it. I've written about this whole thing before on here.

In this case it's most likely just a trinket.

Interesting find.

Badger

Spitfire Reddie · Sep 23, 2006

Michigan Badger said:
It could be just a carved trinket sold from some import store or it could be a fetish (Voodoo) item. There's a small but growing American Voodoo cult especially in our larger cities.

One way these are used is the fetish is left in a conspicuous place so that someone will find it. Once it's found and taken the curse is complete. I've written about this whole thing before on here.

Interesting find.

Badger

I found it in a very inconspicuous place .Looks like someone used it and when it broke they pitched it out a window and it landed right in between the wall and a crevasse it had junk on top of it when i happen to see its head.The town i found it in is certainly not a large city its a very very small town

The building was built in the 1920's