Thimble!

[CA89]

Anyone know anything about thimbles?

I unfortunately know nothing about them and would love any resources on being able to date them if anyone has any to share!

Thanks!

 

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[Hunk-a-lead]

Anyone know anything about thimbles?

I unfortunately know nothing about them and would love any resources on being able to date them if anyone has any to share!

Thanks!

Welcome aboard! Thimbles are very cool to find. The best one I found was silver but I also like the ones that were for advertising or promotion. Get a better picture and some folks might be able to help.

 

[ArfieBoy]

I have found a few thimbles over the years and a couple of them have been silver. Good luck on identifying it.

 

[Nathan W]

Cool find

 

[RVRoamer74]

Nice find on that thimble. Excellent find. Congrats!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

That thimble definitely has some age to it, based on it's thickness I'm thinking mid to late-19thc.
It's also a good indicator that you're in an area that has seen some human activity.

Here's one I found in May on a site that had a house on it from 1840 - 60.
- Dave

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice one !

 

[cannonball]

Anyone know anything about thimbles?

I unfortunately know nothing about them and would love any resources on being able to date them if anyone has any to share!

Thanks!

I 've found many 18th century thimbles on sites with lots of buttons. In with the lots of buttons are the coins. One little thimble gets me going!

 

[Bucket Lister]

Anyone know anything about thimbles?

I unfortunately know nothing about them and would love any resources on being able to date them if anyone has any to share!

Thanks!

The problem with dating thimbles is that they haven't changed all that much in several centuries.

As far as resources, I would start with Wikipedia.

Thimble - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's a pretty good article by itself, with lots of pics, but the real resources (as with all Wiki topics) are at the bottom of the page--References, Further Reading, and External Links.

 

[oldmxrat]

Always fun to find a thimble, congrats!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Thimbles are always fun to find.

 

[Digger RJ]

Anyone know anything about thimbles?

I unfortunately know nothing about them and would love any resources on being able to date them if anyone has any to share!

Thanks!

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[CA89]

That thimble definitely has some age to it, based on it's thickness I'm thinking mid to late-19thc.
It's also a good indicator that you're in an area that has seen some human activity.

Here's one I found in May on a site that had a house on it from 1840 - 60.
- Dave

Thank you for the reply!! Very nice!

 

[CA89]

That thimble definitely has some age to it, based on it's thickness I'm thinking mid to late-19thc.
It's also a good indicator that you're in an area that has seen some human activity.

Here's one I found in May on a site that had a house on it from 1840 - 60.
- Dave

Thanks for your reply, Dave. Do you have any info on thickness and dating? Would love to learn more!!
Cheers!