1940 Radio Orphan Annie decoder badge

[oddcoins]

Hello! I didn't get up in time to take the roasd trip with Ron & Richard today ~ so I stayed in town and got in a couple hours of detecting before the sun set. I dug some clad and seven wheats cents dating from 1921 to 1953 ~ no silver coins ~ the best thing of the day was a 1940 Radio Orphan Annie decoder badge. It's in pretty rough shape ~ but still a cool find.

Thanks for looking!
Neil

PS ~ I posted pic's of what the decoder looks like when it was new.

 

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[Detectingfreak]

Nice! I had to buy all of my orphan annie decoders. The 1940 is worth $100 in good condition. Those are really rare! They only pop up on ebay every so often.

 

[RONC(OR)]

Nice find Congrats Maybe next weekend we can go for a hunt HH

 

[olepossum]

i wanted to go to the christmas story movie convention and se ralphie and get the red life bouy bar soap and the fragile leg lamp and the red ryder daisy 650 shot smooth bore rifle and a little orphan annie decoder badge but aall i have is a club 59 christmas decoration of the house from the movie it lights up and you can see the leg lamp in the window

 

[Urban Grund]

Sweet find!

 

[phantomfinder]

WTG , super find.

 

[Captn SE]

Very cool find, Neil.

I found a 1938 decoder earlier this year.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[PBK]

"Leapin' lizards!" as Annie used to say.

That's the Speed-O-Matic brass decoder badge, last of the all-metal Radio Orphan Annie decoders.

When WWII began, they switched over to paper ones.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice find Ron. HH Ron S.

 

[mastereagle22]

Cool find!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Very, very, nice. I've yet to dig any Orphan Annies, so I salute You!

 

[Merf]

A neat find OC