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[Nathan W]

Found sifting a dump site. It's light weight. Could it be a clay marble? I've never found one. It's not metal at all.

 

[searcher]

Is it clay or is it plastic?

Does it float?

 

[Nathan W]

Is it clay or is it plastic?

Does it float?

I don't know how to tell the difference . It seems to heavy to be plastic but not heavy like lead

 

[searcher]

See if it floats.
Try a hot needle on it.

If it floats it could be plastic(or a witch)
If not it may be clay.

Then the hot needle.
It won't effect clay.

 

[Nathan W]

See if it floats.
Try a hot needle on it.

If it floats it could be plastic(or a witch)
If not it may be clay.

Then the hot needle.
It won't effect clay.

It does not float

 

[Jack873]

Ceramic ball bearing?

 

[ArfieBoy]

IMHO, it is pretty small to qualify as a marble.

 

[pepperj]

IMHO, it is pretty small to qualify as a marble.

In the 60s we had peewee marbles.

 

[Mud Hut]

It looks like an agitator out of an aerosol spray paint can to me.

 

[Robot]

Consensus is a Clay Marble...but Clay Musket Balls were used for target practice. There are some other more unlikely possibilities including “musket balls”, there is documentary evidence that clay shot was used by some troops when practicing.
Maybe check the measurement?

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

It does not float

Then NOT a witch, RIP

 

[searcher]

It looks like an agitator out of an aerosol spray paint can to me.

All the agitators I've taken out were glass.
That's only been a few dozen though.
Is this glass?

Ceramic polisher media?
Ceramic or clay slingshot ammo?

 

[Nathan W]

All the agitators I've taken out were glass.
That's only been a few dozen though.
Is this glass?

Ceramic polisher media?
Ceramic or clay slingshot ammo?

Maybe

 

[Mud Hut]

All the agitators I've taken out were glass.
That's only been a few dozen though.
Is this glass?

Ceramic polisher media?
Ceramic or clay slingshot ammo?

I have seen ceramic and clay in early paint cans. I used to set the cans on a fence and use them for target practice back in the early 1960's.

 

[Mud Hut]

Another possibility is a slingshot ball.

 

[Nathan W]

Another possibility is a slingshot ball.

Yes I can see that too

 

[searcher]

Slingshot ammo was already mentioned.
I wasn't aware they ever used anything other than metal balls or marbles in rattle cans.
Have to research that...

 

[unclemac]

Dude! micro Bennington...

Rare Micro PINK Bennington under 7/16" w/ Blue, Brown, Green & Black! - Old Rare Marbles

Condition: Wet Mint Grade: 9.8 Size: 7/16" - Peewee Very Small and desirable Micro Pink Bennington with Green, Blue, Brown & Black! Besides the rare Pinkish base, both Green & Black are rare colors! Out of my personal collection. High mint grade. RARE.

oldraremarbles.com

 

[Nathan W]

Dude! micro Bennington...

Rare Micro PINK Bennington under 7/16" w/ Blue, Brown, Green & Black! - Old Rare Marbles

Condition: Wet Mint Grade: 9.8 Size: 7/16" - Peewee Very Small and desirable Micro Pink Bennington with Green, Blue, Brown & Black! Besides the rare Pinkish base, both Green & Black are rare colors! Out of my personal collection. High mint grade. RARE.

oldraremarbles.com

That's to cool, looks like a clay marble for sure , here's another pic of the orange colors

 

[LUE-Hawn]

Hello Nathan W,

I remember an old story about two kids 10 or 11 years old, in Florida who were walking along a beach, I believe up near Vero Beach (the 1755 fleet comes to mind) and after a storm saw a small hole in the grassy tuft of the sand. Upon excavating the hole they happed to find the remains of a rotted bag that contained clay marbles. Being kids and not thinking much about their find, proceeded to use the marbles as skipping stones. One of the boys had put three of the clay marbles in his pocket and forgot about them.

When he got home he put them in his desk drawer. Speed up the time by 20 years and the young man was going through his childhood drawers at his parents house and found the clay marbles. He was ready to throw them out when he noticed one had the tint of green. He chipped it way and it revealed an emerald. So did the other two marbles and then it hit him that they as kids had skipped 30 or more marbles that day.

I nearly bought a round diamond on ebay, that was the same size of a .31 caliber ball.

So I would keep what you found you can never know what it truly is?

Bests In Treasure

LUE-Hawn