Something Cool.....Something Creepy

[Steve in PA]

Saturday I asked for permission to hunt around an older looking house, but the owner directed me to a foundation on his property which he said was older. The cellar hole looked old enough, but unfortunately it was occupied into the 1960s when it burned down. Around the foundation was a thick layer of modern trash, so I ranged out a bit trying to get some evidence of just how old the site may be. The only two items that give me some hope are the strap tippet and the drawer pull, which are things that show up on late 18th / early 19th C sites. I did find a cool woman's broach and a creepy doll head.


Here is the Broach. I'm not sure what it is made of. but I suspect it is plated. A jewelry expert dates it to about 1900/1910.


Front and back after a little cleaning.


Has anyone ever got the feeling that you're being watched when you're out in the woods?
I left her in the woods, but now I have to go back and get her because my sister wants her


UPDATE: I went back at lunch today and secured the doll head for my sister. She was right where I left her, patiently waiting...
I was in there for one minute tops and and found a tick on my leg when I got back in the car.


Here is the take from this place. The owners told me it had been hunted before, but I think it's worth another visit.

 

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[randywa]

My sister would have to get that doll head herself. That thing ain't riding home with me.

 

[Steve in PA]

My sister would have to get that doll head herself. That thing ain't riding home with me.[/QUOTE

Haha 60 years alone in the woods will do strange things to a woman. But I kinda feel sorry for her, so I'm gonna retrieve her today at lunch, take her home, give her a makeover, and then she's my sister's responsibility.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Beautiful brooche and I wouldn’t touch that doll head...

 

[BigWaveDave]

Yeah like really....
The creepiest doll head ever posted.
Congrats on that.

Jeez....it’s gonna bother me all day now I can tell

 

[erfranks]

Nice saves

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool broach, congrats!

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

cool, kinda. love the broach, not crazy about the doll head......

 

[Elvis]

Nice!! She was just watching over the treasures!! Ha

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice!! She was just watching over the treasures!! Ha

If there's treasure there, she's not talking

 

[SusanMN]

If you wake up and she is on your pillow staring at you, no one else to blame but yourself.

 

[Steve in PA]

If you wake up and she is on your pillow staring at you, no one else to blame but yourself.

She is double bagged in my car (a two bagger) and she will get a bath in a bucket when I get home. Maybe I should lock the door to my bedroom tonight?

 

[ARC]

Victorian brooch / sash pin IMO.

 

[islamoradamark]

Looks like she has blue eyes and shes keeping one on you

 

[WilliamBoyd]

"You'd better be nice to me!"

 

[cmthunder]

She’s not gonna be happy about being separated from her broach!
Congrats On the new spot and finds Steve.

 

[Relicific]

Nice looking brooch

 

[jewelerguy]

Ticks - man I hate those things. That freakin' doll head will probably haunt you and show up everywhere you turn

 

[gheenoe78]

That doll head is the creepiest thing I've ever seen on this site. No chance I would bring that thing back with me. That's how horror movies start. Cool brooch though!

 

[Gene Mean]

Beautiful brooch! I would like to see your redrum doll in the What Is It? Maybe someone can find what she should look like new.