not metal but a cool eyeball find 1763 / 1783 era english clay marble (photo)

[ivan salis]

I was metal detecting after a rough storm at one of the oldest sites I know of in my area that produces stuff from all over the time range from the 1600's to present day clad coinage --you name it --you never know just what you will find there --today on the surface about 1/2 exposed by the rain I saw this gem ---to be honest at first I thought it was a musketball of some sort at first but it didn't ring up as metal -- so I bent down and picked it loose from the dirt and lo and behold -- a colonial era english type clay marble (brits controlled florida 1763 to 1783) -- so into the pocket it went. Ivan

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Re: not metal but a cool eyeball find while detecting-- none the less 1700's era

Cool find- sounds like you had a ball (har-harrr) Really it's historic and thereby very cool

 

[TooManyHobbies]

Re: not metal but a cool eyeball find while detecting-- none the less 1700's era

What, no pic?

 

[ivan salis]

Re: not metal but a cool eyeball find while detecting-- 1763 / 83's era (photo) now

sorry took a bit to get the photo up / due to storms in my area

 

[tymcmurray]

Cool marble!

 

[eathabs]

Ivan, congrats on the eyeball find. Just wondering, how are you able to date it? I have found 9 of them but have no way of knowing how old they are. Check the link below:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,121839.0.html

Any idea on the ages? I did find that some clay marbles were made into the 1900s.

Hal

 

[civilman1]

I've only found one of the clay's to date Ivan......Nice Pickin's!!

 

[TooManyHobbies]

I too have found one that looks just like it. Dug a piece of jun...er, I mean a relic and it rolled to the bottom of the hole. Nice old marble.