Found this in a small Creek!

[Freemindedclark]

 

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[nmtreasure]

Interesting. What is it?

 

[NCPeaches]

It's very cool! I have no idea what it is but if I had to guess I would say a large old marble. I'm sure someone else will come along with a better idea.

 

[WIDirtFishing]

Some kind of agate perhaps?

 

[Freemindedclark]

It's crazy how highly-polished it is and almost perfectly round

 

[Joe G from Md]

Looks like a Bennington Marble, made of clay. Just my idea.

 

[flinthunter]

Joe G is correct. It's a bennington marble.

 

[fyrffytr1]

JoeG got it. Here's a little information.

Bennington marbles are a type of glazed clay marble. They are not very dense. The marbles are fired clay with a salt glaze on them. Benningtons are readily identifiable by both their coloring and the little “eyes” that they have on them. These are spots where the marbles were touching each other while they were being fired, resulting in those spots being uncolored and unglazed.

The term “bennington” is actually a misnomer. There is no evidence that they were ever made in Bennington, Vermont, or that they have any lineage to the Bennington pottery that they resemble and from which they get their name. It appears that all Bennington marbles were imported from Germany. Some boxes have been found that contain them and that are labeled “Agates - Imitation / Made in Germany.”

Benningtons are usually colored brown or blue. Green or black Benningtons are rarer. Marbles that have both brown and blue on them, as well as a little green, are referred to as “fancy Benningtons”. These are rarer than the single color variety. There are also some very rare examples with pink on them.

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Definitely got your self a brown benny , and a nice size one at that. Congrats !!

 

[Freemindedclark]

Thank you all very much for the info. So does anyone have an idea to the value of something like this? It is slightly over an inch.

 

[arrow86]

That’s cool are these old ? Or is there any way to date them ?

 

[rock]

Im glad somebody knew what it was cause I figured it was a hard grape
Nice find and I hope its worth some money but its a found treasure, rock

 

[fyrffytr1]

Thank you all very much for the info. So does anyone have an idea to the value of something like this? It is slightly over an inch.

Here are some for $2.39 each.
LandOfMarbles.com: Bennington marbles (brown)

 

[fyrffytr1]

That’s cool are these old ? Or is there any way to date them ?

They were made in the late 1800s in Germany.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Looks like a Bennington Marble, made of clay. Just my idea.

^^^^^^What he said^^^^^^

 

[fishstick]

Here are some for $2.39 each.
LandOfMarbles.com: Bennington marbles (brown)

Couldn't touch it for that price if I had found it!!!!!!!!

 

[Freemindedclark]

Couldn't touch it for that price if I had found it!!!!!!!!

I agree priceless