marble

Was digging at one of my spots today and unearthed this big blue ceramic marble. It is 1.25 inches in size, and is the largest clay marble I have ever found. These big salt-glazed clay marbles were made in Imperial Germany by the millions starting in the 1870's. They came in several colors...

Hello, I found this nearly perfect sphere in Virginia on high ground off the James River where I’ve found numerous Native American artifacts. The white arrowhead in the photo was found the same day just 10 yards away. The sphere is very heavy/dense for its size, which leads me to believe it...

This is a clay marble hoard I discovered. It contained 34 clay marbles, 3 glass marbles, and several particularly round acorns and chestnuts (not pictured).

Excavated all of this today: From one tiny area I dug 34 clay marbles, 3 glass marbles, and several particularly round acorns and chestnuts (two of them pictured bottom left in the picture above). I can only imagine the acorns and chestnuts served as marble substitutes. Some were so round...

Did some digging last evening on the site of an old 1920's speakeasy. From my past excavations here it is clear they had a good time up until the summer of 1924 when the artifacts abruptly stop (last dated newspaper from August 24th 1924). Anyway here are some of the finds from my latest dig...

After doing some research online I have to assume it is a Bennington marble, but I am not experienced in the topic and there seem to be some inconsistencies between this item and a classic blue Bennington. I found this on the side of a hill while backpacking through a burnpatch in Northern New...

Hello, first-time poster here so hopefully I am doing this right. I have this strange marble block that was my great grandmothers and I was curious if anyone could identify what it was used for/ what it is? It's 8" by 4", 7.2 lbs. Has an engraving of "M.E." on one side marble block decorative...

New to this site so please let me know if I'm missing anything or doing anything incorrectly. I recently bought a relatively cheap md for my 10 year old and myself to play around with as something to do together. We had found some old bottles in the yard (see picture) previously when I was...

I dug this old marble a couple years ago in front of what used to be an old store building. It has a flat spot which make me think its an older handmade one. Can any of you smart fellas ID it?

Hi all, Hope everyone is having a great 2018! The Michigan weather allowed me to start the new season a few weeks ago and I thought I'd share some finds from the last few days. My second hole of the season was a 1946 Rosie so I was hoping it was a good sign. The first IH is an 1884 kinda...

My friend Garren has opened my eyes to a new world. I've been busy for years and knew I loved fossil hunting and antiquing so getting a detector was on my list and I've found one and I'm getting serious about learning how to hunt. I found these cool little trinkets on my first dig Wednesday...

I'm hoping someone has more info on this piece. I have found thousands of artifacts (native American worked stone, bone, etc.) on my family farm south of Huron SD along a creek that runs off the James river. One of the treasures I found was this blue and white marble (and bead that I found close...

Hi All. I usually post in the Native American Indian Artifacts forum. I found this marble yesterday while walking a cornfield in Southeast Ohio. I don't know much (if anything) about marbles. I thought I would post it here for help identifying. Thanks in advance.

Hi folks, I'm new here, came here on the advice of a member who thought I should share some of my finds. If you have any information about these items, I'd love to hear from you, please. This is a marble type of item I found: Here's an axe head: and last, but most interesting is this. My...

ROI-TAN RULES! Today's my last day of vacation before heading back to work, so I got our for a late afternoon two-hour hunt at my favorite spot in Wyman Park. With today's seven wheats my count for this small section of park, about a quarter of a city block, stands at 100. The earliest dates...

I got this peice when digging for bottle's...It is appox 20mm.amethyst is color and when held to light everything looks upside down like a photograph neg.you can see right through it but it is amethyst in color,I also found another close by&it is a green type of color same deal though. As seen...

Hi! Today I went digging underneath the house and found LOTS of marbles! It was exciting, except I know very little about marbles. Could anyone help me out with possible dates? Some look pretty new, but others look comparable to 1800s marbles I've seen in museums. I tried to make things easier...

I was at goodwill yesterday and noticed this beauty sitting in the back of a rack behind some coffee mugs and stuff. I don't know much about marbles, but I had never seen one this big, and something about it just screamed "buy." plus it was 99 cents! anyways, now that I'm doing some research...