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And a nice little hand-faceted agate too - just for fun. And an FYI: Apparently you can just paste a link to a picture in the message and the pic will show - no need to go through the 'insert other media' tab.

Dang job-stealing technology!

I found this (5/8") together with a bunch of old agates, German swirls and clays. I think it is polished natural yellow limestone with manganese banding (Gartley and Carskadden, p. 105 & Fig. 53). According to the authors, it appears the stone "was being used for marble making in the second and third decades of the 19th century, and perhaps even later." They also claim, " . . . not many of these marbles are found on archaeological sites or in private collections". Does anyone have a feel for how common they are? Does anyone else have examples to share? Thanks for any input!

This is very cool, I am really looking forward to seeing what comes off the rollers. Let me know if you need (are desperate for) a cut-off man. lol

I stand corrected. Thanks Duffy!

I think they are atypical 5-vane Vitros. I have seen others that are similar.

Try pressing the control and plus keys together once or more, Ann. It'll take a while to get comfortable but it seems cleaner and I think I'll like it just fine - seems like there might be some improved functionality and ease of use too. But then, I try to embrace change, since it's the only thing you can really count on. And while I'm here, it's a good time to be sure that Lou and Steph know . . . I really do appreciate the forum and all you do to keep it running smoothly!

You have no idea how bad I want a big fat bagel with 1/4 lb of lox and cream cheese on it, right now, and I am at least 75 miles from the nearest place I could get one . . .

Sugar Cream Pie is a sweet vanilla custardy/cheesecakey thing (the official pie of Indiana). The fruit was exceptionally tasty stuff I gathered in the wild and froze away last spring/summer. I can collect enough raspberries around here to float a boat, but I have found only three decent wild (woodland) strawberry patches on our property. It takes about 20 berries to make a handful but they are much better than the octaploid behemoths that are typical, IMO.

It's new to me too - nice find!

. . . a slice of sugar cream pie topped with strawberries and black raspberries. MMmmmm good!

Very cool! I like when there are lots of marbles - the chaos is fun.

7/8" and 31/32"

Nothing better than an eclectic group of vintage and antique marbles . . . and a nice salmon corkscrew too.

1 1/2" beater I just can't throw away . . .

I think Euro on the first one and non-American transitionals on the others - all nice marbles, but that purple one is great.

I chose a few months ago. Someone needs to step up and make a decision. No one will fault you for it. It's a short month, and if we require some sort of consensus this thread is dead. Post one up and stake your claim!

Thanks, Brian - excellent pics, and a great marble too.

Nice marble, Galen. AV on a CAC can't be common. Could we see the gather?

Ring Men . . . very interesting. From the article description and the name "ring man" it sounds like the ring men might form a circle surrounding the "prize" (winning) marble. I imagine it would be challenging to shoot a 1" ring man out of the playing area with a smaller shooter and I wonder if there was a foul if the "prize" marble was hit while you were trying to remove the ring men. So many questions . . . very interesting, Steph. I second Al's sentiments . . . thanks for posting it!

A nice Master. Harder to find than a Tiger Eye (purple instead of blue) IMO.

That's what it's called on the WVMCC site - figured I'd use it.

It's a nice color combo.

I think that would be a Moss Agate - Akro, I think.

Could be another Akro.