Some goodie's from the last few weeks!!

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loditom
loditom Posts: 684
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Have got out a few time's here and there since my oldest daughter started
playing winter soccer league and I'm assit.coach,so I am a little busyimage

So a few week's ago I was hitting this lot and wasn't finding much but rivot's
and bottlecapsimagenot finding much I was heading out and spotted a unusual marble.
Maybe somebody can give some help with this one as I don't know what it is made out of??

A few day's later I went back to that spot just knowing there was something good just waiting there
for me to find.Well it showed itself a half hour later and kicking a rock
out of the way.It was a 1857 seated dime in rough shape,but I don't careimage
Then this weekend out hunting with a few buddies I scooped up this nice 1849 seated half dime
in really good shape after that all I found was half of some old spectales and alot of trash!!

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here's the marble

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HH,Tom
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  • tightbudget
    tightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
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    Nice! Glass marble perhaps?
  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Tom,
    The marble looks like a Bennington, a clay marble... but hard to tell for sure. The surface looks aged and the finish cracked. (I am a marble collector) Some more light could help. Nice coins. Cheers, RickO
  • Riccar
    Riccar Posts: 789
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    WTG Tomster!
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  • DUBBA
    DUBBA Posts: 935
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    handsome finds....hh
    "see ya at the beach"
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  • Lamborghini518
    Lamborghini518 Posts: 147
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    sweet finds
    Happy Hunting!image
  • Cgb
    Cgb Posts: 710 ✭
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    That '57 dime look like it had a rough couple of years in the dirt... I have always wanted to go metal detecting, but I don't have the time, or a detector!
  • loditom
    loditom Posts: 684
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    Thank's all for the replie's.

    Tightbudget it's definatly not glass.

    Ricko I have some benningtons and this do's not have any of the spot's where
    it sat while being baked.I'm wondering if it's some kind of stone.
    Did they make any out of stone??
    I will see about getting some better pic's and repost them.

    HH,Tom
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  • ricko
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    Tom, there definitely are stone marbles... quartz is a favorite... but many others as well. It could be that... look forward to some other pictures... there are entire sets of stone marbles (modern) available... but there are old ones as well - those are much more highly prized. Cheers, RickO
  • sonoranmonsoon
    sonoranmonsoon Posts: 2,078 ✭✭
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    very nice hit.

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