This was given to me by a friend with no info on origin or who found it. I've always been curious if it's real or not. Figured you guys may have some input. Thanks
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I just shot this picture. Can you see how straight the hole looks? Tired my best using camera and flashlight to light up the hole. This one is slate and from Quaker Town PA. the hole is slightly larger on one side that the other but the walls inside are seemingly smooth and straight. If you look closely at it in hand you should be able to see the lines where this was drilled using hand power and a hollow reed and some fine sand and water they drilled this hole. There should be fine lines somtimes on noticed lines but it should not look like it has huge divots inside that is tell tale of a power drill.. Not a deal breaker because some have just been mishandled and cleaned all wrong. That is why t is best to have it looked at by someone experienced. From what I see your drilled hole looks bad. That is a red flag to me but like I said it may be from poor cleaning too.
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a question what is the size of the hole? The size variation in mine is ever so slight. 11mm on one end and 10.5 mm on the other.
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Hoss, Do you remember where you got that banner? It looks very similar to one I handled not to long ago. On the other banner, the overall style, lack of surface weathering, and material makes me very skeptical it's authentic. I can't judge the hole from the photo.
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Paul I bought that from one of the dealers in our stores page. It might look familiar to you because I sent you pictures of it when I bought it. I asked if you knew of any collectors in the Quaker Town Area. as that was all the information provided by the dealer. They did not have the finders name.
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OK, I do remember. There's actually better than a good chance that was in the Henry Deisher collection. He had quite a few of that form from the Chester / Bucks Co. area. The majority of good bannerstones from Pa. were found many moons ago, in the early 1900s. And that's a typical form for SE Penna.
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