Post your best thimble

[hammered]

This is one of mine, found today. 15th century copper alloy thimble found with fabric inside.

hammered

[shaun7]

From the same field as the Bulla, but the year before

[CRUSADER]

From the same field as the Bulla, but the year before

I just brought a 12x15" coil for that field

[shaun7]

From the same field as the Bulla, but the year before

I just brought a 12x15" coil for that field

Moneybags

[Silver Searcher]

This is my favourite :P 15thc...... Open Top Behive or Tailors Thimble.

SS

[diggummup]

Now how are us Yanks supposed to compete woth those 2 finds. Geesh!

[HISPAN]

I found a thimble in past summer .No big deal but it is a Medieval copper thimble.

[hammered]

This is my favourite :P 15thc...... Open Top Behive or Tailors Thimble.

SS

Nice one Colin , I thought I had found a tailors thimble once, but when I got it home and cleaned it it was an ordinary one with the top broken

Now how are us Yanks supposed to compete woth those 2 finds. Geesh!

Just post your BEST thimble, age is not important here .

I found a thimble in past summer .No big deal but it is a Medieval copper thimble.

Cool thimble "H", thanks for posting


hammered

[Neil in West Jersey]

Thimbles I have many...The one below is a sterling silver one from the Victorian era, found last year.





This one is one of many found at a CW era campsite. It has the phrase "Be Merry & Wise" engraved. Many of these found at the site have phrases similar to this one:

[hammered]

Thimbles I have many...The one below is a sterling silver one from the Victorian era, found last year.





This one is one of many found at a CW era campsite. It has the phrase "Be Merry & Wise" engraved. Many of these found at the site have phrases similar to this one:

Nice thimble Neil , can it be repaired?

[fistfulladirt]

This one had a ceramic marble stuck inside the base.

[Neil in West Jersey]

Thimbles I have many...The one below is a sterling silver one from the Victorian era, found last year.





This one is one of many found at a CW era campsite. It has the phrase "Be Merry & Wise" engraved. Many of these found at the site have phrases similar to this one:

Nice thimble Neil , can it be repaired?

I had not considered it but it may be a good candidate.

[hammered]

Thimbles I have many...The one below is a sterling silver one from the Victorian era, found last year.





This one is one of many found at a CW era campsite. It has the phrase "Be Merry & Wise" engraved. Many of these found at the site have phrases similar to this one:

Nice thimble Neil , can it be repaired?

I had not considered it but it may be a good candidate.

It may be worth it, I am going to have this Tudor thimble repaired, and yours is a great candidate too

[hammered]

This one had a ceramic marble stuck inside the base.

I'd love to know the story behind that. Why was a marble stuck inside? did a kid take his Mothers thimble and do that or was it something else?

[fistfulladirt]

This one had a ceramic marble stuck inside the base.

I'd love to know the story behind that. Why was a marble stuck inside? did a kid take his Mothers thimble and do that or was it something else?

That was my thought, a kid playing with it.

[steelheadwill]

my only one, Sterling.

[HISPAN]

I found a thimble in past summer .No big deal but it is a Medieval copper thimble.

Updated ...
I also found this a bit after the previous post. is my best silver thimble and I think forever.

[ppratt]

This topic was started a while back but here are mine