I don't care what you say, I have got my marbles!

[John 'n' W.Va]

Things have slowed at the demo-ed houses. They demo them in groups as money is alloted. There was a volley ball court across the street from a demo-ed house and couldn't pass it up. If what I found in the sand was on the beach, I might of had a heart attack!

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I also found a bottle of bubbles in the sand. I found it because it had a metal seal under the lid.
This was my total. The big brown thing is a pocket knife. Thing below it is a hair barrette.

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1956,1944 and 1920

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Also found a fireman's button.

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Two matching ear rings that were 10 ft. apart.

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And some marbles. Some day I might find that $100 marble.

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[hobbes_lives]

Hey John,

This may be a dumb newbie question, but how do you guys find the marbles. I see MDers finding them quite often. Are you just eyeballing them while hunting, or do they have a composition that causes a signal on your MD? (My guess is you just see them, perhaps while digging a target.)

Thanks.

 

[awhitster]

I really like that fireman's button. That might be real old.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Do you have any clay marbles? Some of those are worth some bucks.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

WE find them loose or mixed with a target.

Bill

 

[hobbes_lives]

n/t

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

[quote Uncle Willy]Do you have any clay marbles? Some of those are worth some bucks.

Bill[/quote]

Really, I found a clay marble this summer while digging a target.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

[quote hobbes_lives]Hey John,

This may be a dumb newbie question, but how do you guys find the marbles. I see MDers finding them quite often. Are you just eyeballing them while hunting, or do they have a composition that causes a signal on your MD? (My guess is you just see them, perhaps while digging a target.)

Thanks.[/quote]

When it rains over a plowed field an arrow heads pops out. When they scrape the lots of demo-ed houses I am MD'ing. The marbles pop out. Sometimes I dig them with a target. That is how I got my clay marble.

No, the detector can't pick them up.

 

[awhitster]

Here is what is called an

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

The maintenance man had to work on my shower today. His family worked at Akro glass. His cousin, Roger Hardy wrote a book on marbles. Roger is also in the Guiness Book of world records for having the most marbles. The maintenance man had a 6" onion skin that he sold for a $1000. He looked at my marbles and told me where they were made. Also told me where I can go to dig some marbles. COOL.

 

[awhitster]

It fun to go where someone lost there marbles Good luck. I'm telling you, there is good money to be made in them little pieces of glass.

 

[John LA]

One of the marble games uses hole (4 holes). Sometimes marbles were left in the holes. Another game washers were thrown at holes' sometimes marble holes. Some kids used pennies instead of washers. Not many since there was a lot of penny candy in those days. I have found pennies, washers and marbles in the same hole in some yards. The clay marbles were introduced in 1943, maybe glass was used in the war effort.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

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[awhitster]

[quote John LA] The clay marbles were introduced in 1943, maybe glass was used in the war effort.[/quote]Not, clay marbles have been around for a long time. Here is a quote from a marble site.

Clay marbles were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and are available in a number of sized, colors and combinations. Crockery marbles, usually blue or brown, are clay marbles that have been glazed and fired. At some point these were termed Benningtons after a type of pottery they somewhat resemble. They have "eyes" on the surface and are generally somewhat crude. China marbles on the other hand, were very labor intensive and somewhat rare.

 

[John-Edmonton]

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[awhitster]

Type vintage marble or Bennington or Onion Skin in Ebay and look at some of the prices

 

[John LA]

19 century. I can't remember that far back. I do remember that getting clay marbles for Christmas ranked up there with getting a pair of socks.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah some of the old clay marbles are worth a bunch - likea grand or so.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Some are worth a grand or so. Check it out.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Clay marbles go way back before 1943.

Bill