A decent day for recyclables.

[2ndoldman]

I spent a few hours on one of the nearby beaches at low tide yesterday.
In the hopes of finding at least one decent collectable item.
The brass, copper and lead were truly abundant. Yet the collectables were noticeably absent.
The only thing worthy of keeping was not really that old.

[BabaORiley]

Is that a cork in that whistle or a stone Bruce? Back to the dregs of civilization huh...?

[2ndoldman]

It feels more like a stone. I think that it might be clay like the old marbles.

[Sugaree]

Is the bead in the middle of all that brass, copper, and lead plastic?

[2ndoldman]

I think that it is a glass bead.

[Sugaree]

Nice find!

[SDhunter]

I like the whistle

[2ndoldman]

So do I Gary. The best part is that it works perfectly too.

[p kurt]

And the thunder rolls!

[2ndoldman]

It sure does when I blew in it.

[willjo]

The bead had been noticed but it looks like a trade bead and a lot of them are found down in the states below you.

[2ndoldman]

The bead had been noticed but it looks like a trade bead and a lot of them are found down in the states below you.

As I said earlier, the bead is glass. The odd shape suggests that it is older.
I would be ecstatic if it was a trade bead.