Glass balls ?

[mojjax]

I found these in a bottle dump . They are hollow ...... 3 1/2 " in diameter . They look old , there are a few tiny bubbles in the glass . Thanks for any info !

 

[Monty]

Buckle Boy, I'd like to see just how you would explain what Ben Wa balls are if someone was to ask! Tee hee! M nty

 

[BuckleBoy]

Buckle Boy, I'd like to see just how you would explain what Ben Wa balls are if someone was to ask! Tee hee! M nty

Please don't ask me to explain what they are. please.

 

[mojjax]

Buckle Boy, I'd like to see just how you would explain what Ben Wa balls are if someone was to ask! Tee hee! M nty

Please don't ask me to explain what they are. please.

It's hard to explain anything ........when you're Teabaggin !

 

[nebstater]

They could be old-time targets for trap/skeet shooting--before the current type of clay pigeon was developed, they used to use glass balls. If that is what they are, my guess is that they are fairly old and pretty rare, being unused.

I think that you have hit the nail on the head. These appear to be just like the old targets that used to be used for trap or skeet shooting. Some of these can be quite collectable.

 

[Mainedigger]

Mojjax...here are a couple of links explaing both the glass net floats and glass trap shooting targets...
Being a commercial fisherman my first thought and statement was..definitely net floats, however being a fisherman my judgement may be biased and in fairness, I also have never heard of or seen the glass trap balls before, so they could very well be target balls ...

http://www.jekyllisland.com/islandtreasures/history_of_floats.html

http://www.traphof.org/baldwin-remington-book-history.htm