🥇 BANNER A SOLID GOLD THIMBLE!

diggergrl

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Hi everyone,

I haven’t been very active lately but I do look at the finds dug and posted here! I just found something that just have to share with all of you! I was out with Buckleboy who is my husband, and I managed to dig this lovely 1876-S dime! I had never dug an S mint coin so this was my first.

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(Buckleboy wasn’t finding anything the whole day long ). It was a long day in some pretty brutal heat. When I got back to the truck I was changing out of my boots and looked over and saw something gold shining right on top of the ground a few feet away! It was a Solid Gold Thimble which had washed out of the ground near where we parked in the field!!

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When I bent down to pick it up I could see that it was monogrammed! Buckleboy and I looked up the plantation ownership deeds and we figured out who this thimble belonged to! I won’t reveal a specific name due to secrecy of the site we are detecting, but the woman that the thimble belonged to was born in 1841 and married in the late 1850s to a wealthy planter. We imagine that this thimble was a courtship gift, as it bears her maiden name initials and was found at her parents’ plantation home site (now just a sugar cane field with no trace). So that dates this thimble to between 1857 and 1859, depending on the length of their courtship. I’m totally thrilled to dig this beautiful relic. Haven’t seen a gold thimble posted here before. It’s amazing that it survived the plow!

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All cleaned up at home:

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This is going to put a smile on my face all week!

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-Diggergirl
 

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Nice rare find - Big CONGRATS, & say hi to Buckleboy.
 

I cant stop looking at your thimble! My wife and kids are very impressed too. That doesn't normally happen with the stuff I find.
 

What a beautiful rarity! Huge CONGRATS!!! :occasion14:
 

I've only seen one such recovery before in my home state of RI. Congrats on an impressive banner find. Your research paid off. A gold thimble is certainly impressive, but a gold thimble dating pre-Civil War is off the charts! :notworthy:
 

WOW!
What an impressive, beautiful, unique, (as far as I know), and VERY well deserved recovery and Banner for you!
Big Congratulations and best wishes to you and Buckleboy,
Love those smiles on your faces :hello2::hello::icon_thumright:, Steelheadwill.
 

The story makes your find just that much more AMAZING!!!!! CONGRATZ on the find and the banner!!!!!!
 

I wonder how many of us went about today still thinking about this gold thimble?

Thinking about it more, I'm not so sure such a soft metal would have been suitable for much actual work. I wonder if it was meant to be a decorative object and possibly a family tradition - for either the giver or recipient. I think the next step might be to see if there are any portraits of this young lady and look at them to see if the thimble might be in the portrait. I know that's a long shot, but it would be so cool. If she kept a diary or journal, that might also be interesting for any mention of the thimble (another long shot, I know...).
 

Sweet find!
It must have been a servant who lost it because if you were rich enough to own it you probably had someone else doing your sewing!

~Blaze~
 

That’s got to be a BANNER. I’ve never seen any thimble anywhere CLOSE to that, and as far as artifacts go, along with the provenance...BANNER!! You have officially used ALL of your luck for this month and part of nexts....
 

Too cool! That’s an epic find. So cool you were able to find out so much of the history behind it.
 

WOW!! I love silver thimbles, but gold? Good eye. Congrats, it's a beauty.

...and I would've given the "like" for just the seated dime.
 

Wow! I have never so much as found an aluminum thimble, let alone an amazing one like yours! Well-deserving of the banner.
 

A simple thimble that obviously was an heirloom piece with much love attached in it's making and giving. History is so awesome. Congrats I am glad you spotted it before Buckleboy because it saved him the time in giving it to you.

HH
 

Saw this at the top of the page. What a fantastic find!
Was this very near where the plantation would have been? Wondering how it came to be there.
That has got to be pretty rare. Maybe a wedding gift from the parents.
Does it show any sign of use?
Just amazing.
 

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