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I was helping a Trona,Ca woman who sold her house and asked me to landscape the front yard for the new owners. I worked till I had to sit on the ground to relax for awhile. Looked to my right and there beside me exposed upon the desert sands by winds was a pristine 1930s Ravenswood Novelty Company green swirl marble. Into my pocket it went. Work finished I drove for two minutes to one of the old Trona dumpsites I'm working. Sat down at a buried 1930s strata,dug for several minutes then gave up. Stood up,looked at the pile of sand I had excavated and I'll be darned there's another 1930s green swirl Ravenswood marble. If you're digging for artifacts,always stand up after you're fnished,turn around and closely inspect the pile of dirt you've dug. Digging for antique marbles is just like working a stream for gold nuggets. Marbles are small,smooth,heavy and will sink low into soil/sand. If there's a pyramid of soil behind you that you've dug,marbles will roll down it and remain around the circumference.