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  1. #1
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    Jan 2012
    nc
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    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    marble ammunition

    anyone ever heard of using marbles as ammo..the reason i ask is @ 1 site me & some other guys picked over 10,000 clay marbles ranging in size from shooter to medium to peewee.this was in wilmington nc thanks and do enjoy the posts

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    The Pool Table Is My Yard

    Jul 2008
    WV
    Fisher F2
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    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: marble ammunition

    Quote Originally Posted by rocky raccoon
    anyone ever heard of using marbles as ammo..the reason i ask is @ 1 site me & some other guys picked over 10,000 clay marbles ranging in size from shooter to medium to peewee.this was in wilmington nc thanks and do enjoy the posts
    Welcome to Tnet.. Marbles sure make good Slingshot Ammo.

    POORHUNTER
    Theres A Place For All Creatures..Right Next To The Taters And Gravy..

  3. #3
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    May 2007
    Michigan
    Garriet
    133
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    Re: marble ammunition

    You may have found a factory dump. Are they all perfect or out of round . Are any of them died with color? picture would be nice
    Bottle10

  4. #4

    Jun 2006
    ohio river
    730
    2 times

    Re: marble ammunition

    thats kewl....since the late twenties glass marbles has been the preferred material....are you near the ocean....clay marbles were used as ballast in shipping from europe....are they fired or commies....

  5. #5
    us
    Jan 2012
    nc
    552
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: marble ammunition

    hey guys fixin to put pics up and yes i am 7 miles from the ocean and these marbles were 2 blocks from the river and the shooters and the mediums are real out of round,the peewees are perfectly round and i do not know what a commie is this pic is of the shooter 1'' dia, med 1/2 dia, pw's 3/16 dia hell i found so many,i used to have a collection of crown bags, 5th size,i was givin away saks of these,anyway i was sittin in lil bar down @ wrightsville bch and i was showin some of 'em to a buddy of mine and i had just found 'em,so this woman was sittin there and she says let me see 1,so i did and before i could say anything she put the dirty dang thang in her mouth and rolls it around,well hell me and dude lost it,he spit beer all over the bar and i laughed so damn hard i about fell off the stool, so she takes the thing out of her mouth and says nope it ain't a pearl,well we could'nt stop laughin,then she goes to hand me the slick thing back and i said hell you can keep that 1,,,,,,,had to tell that story
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  6. #6

    Jun 2006
    ohio river
    730
    2 times

    Re: marble ammunition

    are those spots on em...they look to be enamaled to me.....there is a porcelin marble from england called a spotted dick.....could you send me some for a better evaluation....ill pay postage....

 

 

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