Pipe Bowl and some other stuff

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Only second intact pipe bowl I’ve ever found. Nice surprise on a slow hunt.

Thought I had a silver thimble full of dirt. Ended up being lead. Looks like someone filled a thimble with lead and added an iron attachment. Note sure what this is. Interesting, I guess. Thx!

 

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[Whynotnow?]

Loos like a fun hunt, nice work! Maybe with the thimble they were trying to make a fishing weight or something?

 

[Red-Coat]

Good assortment of finds. The sterling pieces are from a bracelet, like this one (is the design the same on the other side?):




That one has a series of Christian names engraved on the design side of the links and also carries the date '1943'. Maker not known.

 

[scruggs]

Some neat finds you made!

 

[oldmxrat]

Good stuff, and that pipe bowl is killer, congrats!

 

[Calabash Digger]

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Only second intact pipe bowl I’ve ever found. Nice surprise on a slow hunt.

Thought I had a silver thimble full of dirt. Ended up being lead. Looks like someone filled a thimble with lead and added an iron attachment. Note sure what this is. Interesting, I guess. Thx!

Nice pipe bowl!

 

[fishstick]

That's a hunt with a lil' bit of everything, which is the ones I like!! Congratz..

 

[pepperj]

You had a good assortment of recoveries, nicely done.
Really liking pipe bowl.

 

[Steve in PA]

I found that same pattern pipe bowl digging bottles when I was a kid. Still have it.
Is that another sterling silver thimble? No! I just re-read your post.
I finally found my first perfect sterling silver thimble a few weeks ago. All the others I found in the past were smashed flat.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

I found that same pattern pipe bowl digging bottles when I was a kid. Still have it.
Is that another sterling silver thimble? No! I just re-read your post.
I finally found my first perfect sterling silver thimble a few weeks ago. All the others I found in the past were smashed flat.

Beautiful thimble Steve

 

[Digger RJ]

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Only second intact pipe bowl I’ve ever found. Nice surprise on a slow hunt.

Thought I had a silver thimble full of dirt. Ended up being lead. Looks like someone filled a thimble with lead and added an iron attachment. Note sure what this is. Interesting, I guess. Thx!

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[tnt-hunter]

Congratulations on a good hunt. From what I have found out over the years your pipe bowl is considered a newer style trade pipe. It used a reed or hollow wooden stem. They were made primarily beginning in 1878 and production stopped by 1951. I found one complete with wooden stem in a crawl space under a school built in 1922. They are a neat find. Stay safe, good luck and keep swingin.

 

[diggingthe1]

I sure love the things you dig up!!!

 

[lenmac65]

Very nice finds. I especially like that pipe bowl.

 

[JohnnyMac]

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Only second intact pipe bowl I’ve ever found. Nice surprise on a slow hunt.

Thought I had a silver thimble full of dirt. Ended up being lead. Looks like someone filled a thimble with lead and added an iron attachment. Note sure what this is. Interesting, I guess. Thx!

Very cool