Got Me a Bennington Today!

[Nana40]

My first ever!

Lisabug and I went back out to the 'cut out' spot today to see what we could dig up. This place has given us a few purdy good keepers for such a small area. Today we spent a couple of hours diggin. Here's a pic of the size of the area we can get to...

Right off I find this round thing on top of the ground. I first thought, "Oh yea! A clay marble!!" Then I saw a little spot on it and thought, "Oh booo....just a bead." Then I got home and looked up clay marbles and found it! "Oh yea! It is a marble!!!"
I'm thinkin it's one of these Bennington marbles..here's a link. What do ya think? Yea or Nay?
http://search.cartserver.com/search...ywords="vintage+handmade"+"bennington"&go=Go!

And the pic...

Next I find a 1911 Liberty 'V' nickel then the 1937 dog tag and a thimble. No bullets today! Can you believe it!
This site has been GREAT but sooo small of an area to be able to get to. Here's a pic of Lisa explaining alll she would clear off if she were to get on that dozer and get to work!

Had a great time!
Nana

 

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[JerV3]

Nice finds Nana,

Yeah that's a old benny. I have found a few but not many. Lance found a blue and white one once. They are old to.

HH Jer

 

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[mtbiker]

Nice finds! Get on that dozer & go!!!!!!!!!

 

[Burdie]

Hey Nana where is your mask for all the smoke? Congrats on that marble. I had one for years and never knew what kind it was.
Thanks for Posting.
Burdie

 

[Hardy]

GREAT FINDS THERE NANA! CONGRATS ON THE BENNINGTON

 

[Dman]

Great finds

 

[LuisTH]

Col finds, congrats Nana.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Excellent Job Nana!! I love Bennington and have several bowls. Thats the first time I ever have seen a marble recovered and thats fantastic. Thats pretty dang nice when you can have a bulldozer dig for you I need to look into one of those...LOL

 

[randall61]

nice finds & a looks like a great area to hunt!!!!

 

[thadious]

Nice finds. But dont you think using a bull dozer is a bit unfair. Where do you put the coil on that thing anyway. Ted

 

[Nana40]

Thanks ya'll!

Prober..I don't know about the value of thimbles, but looking at e-bay right quick, there's some on there, but not worth a lot...

That dozer has been sitting there for a couple of months and while we were there the folks that did the digging came up and announced that they were about to come in and get it. I asked him if he could clean out a bit more for us and he said, "sure, just get permission from the owner of the land." 8) Only problem was..we couldn't get ahold of him. :P There is an old foundation in the woods on either side of this little cleaned out spot. These houses show up on my 1892 map so I know they have been there for at least that long.

RR....me neither! I just remembered seeing other folks on here finding them and wishing I could come across one too.

Badger....You know I am still seeking more.

Burdie...the smoke here is yuck! Wearing a mask would probably be a good idea.

Thanks ya'll! Have a great weekend!!!!

Nana

 

[nealb]

Nana - Sweet finds and always love your posts. I bet someone could take all the unique posts on this site, and interweave them into a novel.