Fur trade Silver Ear bob

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Finally found my first fur trade silver in form of an Ear Bob,also known as the ball and cone earring.
These were the most popular form of earring during the fur trade.The ear bob was made
of a hollow two-part soldered ball suspended on a wire that pierced the ear,with a cone
Suspended underneath.
It was not uncommon to see a Native American with ten or more ear bobs in each ear.
 

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Carolina Tom

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Congrats on a nice piece of history recovered.

Well done sir.
 

Aureus

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Great find man and in a very good condition. I'm yet to find one like that myself. Congratulations!
 

White Wolf

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Very cool find!!! The fact that it is complete makes it more valuable and spectacular. Congratulations!!!:headbang:
 

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Beautiful piece of history, congratulations! :occasion14:
 

Kurios1

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That's amazing that little thing is intact after all these years. Excellent recovery of some way cool old silver.:headbang:
 

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Hang on to that delicate piece! It would make a nice centerpiece in a frame. Congrats!
 

Ia.FurTrade

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Very nice find! All the ones I find are in pieces..........Darn farm equipment!!!

Iowa Dale
 

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That's a really awesome find.
 

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Great looking silver Ear-Bob that you got, and congrats on the first! (something that has yet to fall under my coil:crybaby2:)
 

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Nice piece of history you found there!
HH
dts
 

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