I found my marbles!

[KyDigNQueen]

Recently my husband plowed some of our land in the hopes of finding more relics from a late1800s homestead. It rained cats and dogs afterwards and I've been waiting for it to dry so I could check it out. Yesterday I finally got the chance. I didn't get any hits on the metal detector but was happy to find some things on the surface while detecting. I found 3 marbles. One is much bigger than the other 2 and is apparently called a shooter. There's all kinds of broken glass and I was hoping to find just one bottle intact. Well, I found one almost completely intact. The bottom is chipped on the corners a little. As I was cleaning the mud out of it, I noticed something was blocking the opening, making it difficult to get the mud out since it's a small bottle. Anyway, I was happy to discover it has some kind of glass applicator still inside. How cool! If anyone knows more info about the types of marbles or regarding the bottle, feel free to enlighten me. I also found a nutting stone. Its my first. We have recovered several grinding stones from that area over the last 3 years.
Kywonder and I also revisited one of our school grounds yesterday. It was uneventful giving up just $3.59 for me and $3.38 for my husband. Thanks for reading and HH!

 

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[davemihm]

If my memory serves me correctly the bottle appears to be a mecuricrome bottle . it was a cure all for those scratches and little cuts , always had a bottle in the med cabinet in the early 1950s.

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[trapperart]

Congrats on your finds

 

[tomhighland]

Pretty cool stuff. Hope you find some nice coins on that site.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds KyDigNQueen! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Trezurehunter]

I like those marbles.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Hopefully TNetter, Cheese, will come along and further ID your marbles. That shooter looks really good to me. Congrats on the finds.

All of the guys I hunt with consider marbles to be a good find. We all have little jars of them.

Best of luck to you!

 

[KyDigNQueen]

If my memory serves me correctly the bottle appears to be a mecuricrome bottle . it was a cure all for those scratches and little cuts , always had a bottle in the med cabinet in the early 1950s.

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Thanks Davemihm. Kywonder was thinking the same thing. Of course, that was way before my time so I've never heard of it..haha. He's a little older than me, though

 

[against the wind]

Any Marble larger than the majority may be termed a
Boulder, Bonker, Masher, Plumper, Popper, SHOOTER, Thumper, Smasher, Taw, Bumbo, Crock, Bumboozer, Bowler, Tank, Tronk, Godfather, Tom bowler, Fourer, Giant, Dobber, Dobbert, Hogger, Biggie, or Toebreaker.
Some smaller or normal sized marbles were given names because of their color (s).
Watermelon - red and green
Girl Scout - green and yellow
Cub Scout - yellow and blue
Aggie - looks like Agate
Marbles can be fascinating but I've lost most of mine,, lol
Congrats on a really cool hunt. I think you will soon put together where the kids played, where previous farmers would dump what they couldn't burn, the clothesline, and the privies.

 

[SusanMN]

The big clay one looks to be a Bennington marble, late 1800's or so. The other two look to be early machine made, the one on the right for sure. The left little one could be hand made, check to see if it has a small bump on opposite poles, which would mean it is hand made. If not, machine made.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the marbles!

My daughter loves finding the old clay marbles in the farm fields, a cool personal item.

 

[KyDigNQueen]

Congratualtions on the marbles!

My daughter loves finding the old clay marbles in the farm fields, a cool personal item.

Yes, professor, I have found 3 or 4 clay ones over the last year. They are cool!

 

[KyDigNQueen]

The big clay one looks to be a Bennington marble, late 1800's or so. The other two look to be early machine made, the one on the right for sure. The left little one could be hand made, check to see if it has a small bump on opposite poles, which would mean it is hand made. If not, machine made.

Thanks, Susan. I think it is a Bennington. Sure looks just like the one I saw online once you advised me. Thanks for helping ID the shooter! I believe the other 2 are machine made.

 

[KyDigNQueen]

Any Marble larger than the majority may be termed a
Boulder, Bonker, Masher, Plumper, Popper, SHOOTER, Thumper, Smasher, Taw, Bumbo, Crock, Bumboozer, Bowler, Tank, Tronk, Godfather, Tom bowler, Fourer, Giant, Dobber, Dobbert, Hogger, Biggie, or Toebreaker.
Some smaller or normal sized marbles were given names because of their color (s).
Watermelon - red and green
Girl Scout - green and yellow
Cub Scout - yellow and blue
Aggie - looks like Agate
Marbles can be fascinating but I've lost most of mine,, lol
Congrats on a really cool hunt. I think you will soon put together where the kids played, where previous farmers would dump what they couldn't burn, the clothesline, and the privies.

Thanks for all the info, Kevin! Yes, I hope we can continue to pull some more neat stuff from that site.

 

[Chizzy]

Nice field finds, KDQ........there's history out there to be recovered!!
davemihm is spot on with the bottle ID.........mercurochrome and merthiolate came in little bottle like that one.........we always had some in our medicine cabinet, too. The liquid was a redish/brown when applied and made a great indian war paint for kids playing "western" type games. Problem was trying to wash it off!!

 

[KyDigNQueen]

Thanks, Chizzy!