large white marble

rubberdiver13 · Mar 31, 2009

my son found a large marble by a door when delivering his newspapers, i will post a picture soon, there were loads of others nearby, in the earth, but he didnt bother with them, ive loads in the attic from my school days....well hammered from the school yard wins..

Marbleguy · Mar 31, 2009

That's interesting..

Usually,white marbles mean they were meant for playing Chinese Checkers. These are invariably small,maybe 3/8" diameter. I've found them in white,black and other solid colors. Tell your son to get those other marbles in the ground. My bet is if they're visable they're recent. Antique marbles dropped on the ground are quickly covered with debris thru the forces of nature. They can be exposed later thru soil erosion. Where I live way out in the middle of the Mojave Desert I wait till after a hurricane-force wind storm or desert flash flood,then pick up the exposed marbles (and coins,etc).