Myself , I’ve been finding really old marbles on farm campsites, my whole artifact hunting career . I’ve questioned fellow hunters via the net and many of those folks find marbles on farm campsites, and other areas too. Some of the old red&blues are called Indian marbles and I have a few clay marbles too. I always thought these must of been some sort of trade items, especially the clay marbles. Last week I worked on a old guys well, nothing serious was wrong and he invited me into his house for a cup of coffee and to pay for the service. Inside in jars , he had a bunch of the red/blue marbles. Now this guy is over 90 years old, and I asked him if he were a collector. He said no, those just left over from childhood. I told him that on occasion I find marbles like his on old Indian camps, while searching for arrowheads....
This was his response and I quote, “ Well of course you find marbles on farms son, weren’t no rocks to shoot out here with our slingshots ! “ and , “ Arrowheds ? We use to find them all the time, shot those with our slingshots too, make a whizzz sound.” As kids they carried their slingshots everywhere... I charged for the part he needed only. Marble Mystery Solved.
While digging out my marbles to take a pic , I had a fossil that I found once on a campsite. It is inside what looks to be crystal , opinions please. Also, some old Castle trading stamps I found long ago, I can find zero info on them.
Sorry , all this stuff packed away with the mystery marbles.. JJ
This was his response and I quote, “ Well of course you find marbles on farms son, weren’t no rocks to shoot out here with our slingshots ! “ and , “ Arrowheds ? We use to find them all the time, shot those with our slingshots too, make a whizzz sound.” As kids they carried their slingshots everywhere... I charged for the part he needed only. Marble Mystery Solved.
While digging out my marbles to take a pic , I had a fossil that I found once on a campsite. It is inside what looks to be crystal , opinions please. Also, some old Castle trading stamps I found long ago, I can find zero info on them.
Sorry , all this stuff packed away with the mystery marbles.. JJ
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