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[treasurefiend]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

and the only way I would dig was if a coin was there, so maybe the sacrifice had a penny in their pocket. LOL
You know those wacky Satanist's are always killing people out there!!! LOL

 

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[bomber]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

just cause your a wacky satanist dosen't mean ya can't be a good guy,if we do a bbq over there we'll invite them(easy to spot,they'll be wearing goat heads)just don't eat there food or drink the kool-aid

 

[Goio]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

Ok, So who, what or where are we looting this weekend?

 

[twistidd]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

Hey guys, I definitely don't want to detect in an area of major historical significance, even if I know for a fact that digging the 3 or 4 inches my detector allows me (lol) won't impact the area. I know guys who have dug iron relics and some old coins, I'm talking seated silver coins and many large cents over there, but even that temptation won't make me go. I'd like to hit some older woods but not one containing a known burial site. By the way, the arrest I mentioned was fireworks-related (it was a high school graduation thing, years ago, I was young and stupid). Just thought I'd give my two crusty zinc cents (dug 6 inches in the middle of the woods....ha).

Lithic, thanks for the great history lesson. I love hearing information like that, makes me appreciate my local areas even more. Would love to hunt together some day.

We can even hit up the sledding hill, or the woods adjacent to it...or the BS Camp...or whatever. What day are you guys thinking??

Joe

 

[bomber]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

big woods,again i have never seen a sign or anything else that says burial site

 

[Lithic Hunter]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

big woods,again i have never seen a sign or anything else that says burial site

There is a sign in the front by the small parking space at Lawrence and River road. Also the big boulder with the writing on it regarding the burials is a dead givaway.




Treasurefiend, Just keep an eye out for Stacy Peterson.

 

[Lowbatts]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

Hey Bomber, around the corner from my house is a field that in the original 1838 plat maps shows a footnote that reads, "27 ancient mounds inside dotted lines" This is about a 10 acre plowed field that is now a district park. No evidence of the mounds remain, though with simple math you could surmize that up to 1000 or more locals were buried here before "modern" settlement in the 1830's. That makes it a very sensitive site for many.

From the same original plats, this one filed in 1840 in the federal land plat office in St. Louis, here's a shot of Robinson woods. Robinson has many descendents up on the reservation in Wisconsin and having partied with Menominee in the past. Well, I won't cross their sacred grounds. Federal laws apply here, and while the application of these has been virtually non-existant in the past, I wouldn't want to act in a way that might encourage future enforcement.

I can tell you this, I've hunted a local former (1840's-1940's) cemetery here in Elgin for the last year while running paths and playgrounds have been installed in what is now a schoolyard and park, no moral dilemma there, I've gotten lots of casket handles and coffin parts sent over to the historical society for their evaluation. Some nice old coins too. But it's not a federally protected site, it's a city park.

So I'd encourage everyone to check out the Robinson family history and respect the heritage of what is a unique site here in Chicagoland. I am confident site-specific markers will be on site soon or in the future, but there's too many other places still holding goodies too risk bad PR for the hobby here. Meanwhile the sign in the front by the small parking area at Lawrence and River road and the writing on that large glacial erratic (boulder, big rock) should suffice as limiting factors.

I'll be out your way on Rt. 72 Sunday if you want to get together for an old homesite hunt. The dog trainng area across from the entrance to Cabelas, east of Beverly Lake and just west of Old Sutton Road on the north side of Rt. 72. I've covered about .5% of this site and it's turned out a few goodies including barber silver and an old IOOF pin, old toys etc..

Lemme know if you can show up Sunday!

 

[bomber]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

seen the rock,suppose to be "haunted"with lights and the smell of lillacs,never saw anything there besides the sign,again those are some big woods.i remember a few years ago when they were building a mall on irving & narragansett and they found bones......blah blah blah,settlers bones,guess what? the mall still went up.like the fiend said we go maybe 6-8 inches not 6 foot down.where do the burial ground start and stop?is Shiller off limits to?better let EVERYBODY know,kermit go rebury that gold ring it might be a relic.lets say you move out to the country and decide to build(whatever,a pool,a mall, a bomb shelter,again whatever and boom,you've got a burial groud,do ya stop?i know you make the proper calls and get it checked out and then what?you fill in your holes and move?doubt it,you keep going.when does history start and when does stop cause of progress?(an old debate for sure)the Cahokia mounds down south are in danger now cause there building a dump or something over there.just to get something straight,i'm not talking about grave robbing,6-8 inches is a whole different story.......ps i've got a buddy who owns land right next to the mounds(Cahokia) and we'll be going down there this summer to check it out

 

[bomber]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

isn't going to indian villages and middens and chipping stations sites looting?shouldn't there be burial ground around those sites

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Re: 4/27 you all want to hit up Robinson's Woods

sat or sun?

Da.....................

 

[davebien]

I grew up not far from the Robinson site (many yrs ago). The fact that it was a burial site was well known back then. I do wish it was better posted however so everyone knows. Besides we always thought the area was haunted when we were kids. LOL

Boy, I do hate the word "looting", a bad image I guess. lol

 

[bomber]

 

[Goio]

I grew up not far from the Robinson site (many yrs ago). The fact that it was a burial site was well known back then. I do wish it was better posted however so everyone knows. Besides we always thought the area was haunted when we were kids. LOL

Boy, I do hate the word "looting", a bad image I guess. lol

Hey davebien,

choose any word you like, here are a couple. Scan, probe, dig, penetrate, excavate, scoop nudge, poke, prod, delve, inquire, investigate, scout, drive, plunge stick, thrust, turn up or unearth. Looting sound good to me, arrr!!!

 

[treasurefiend]

arrrr maatee....

 

[bomber]

i like the term,makes me feel naughty

 

[treasurefiend]

woohoo woohoo woohoo
in a non mushroom hunter way!!!

 

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[treasurefiend]

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[bomber]

MMMUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[msleeper]

Oh my,

I am here reading this string and laughing my A$$ off. You guys are funny.

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