Nantucketdink

Banana Split

2014 Tankwash just have to figure out which one it was

I had hoped you would include the 3/4" marbles which if made at the same time basically might refresh my memory better

Those peewees were made on the 5/8" rollers versus the 3/4" for the larger ones. There are peewee rollers too, but those peewees weren't made on them. The Mylee "tankwash" run produced very similar marbles in 2009 to the 3 shown in the photo you just put up, but if they were found together with the one that has blue in it too, then they are newer than that. There were a few oxblood peewees made during the Foxfire tankwash too, but these aren't them. I haven't looked into which tankwash run it was but 2012 or newer. It is easy to ID because there was only one tankwash run that had marbles just like that with the blue too, but I haven't gone through them to refresh my memory.

sorry, now tag

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I was informed that this marble was a result of tool testing for a future JABO sulfide run. It is not so easy to hold a tool in the stream without pulling glass away I was told. That is what I imagined. Thank goodness for experimentation and thank goodness multiple people at multiple locations are still making machine mades in America.

I think the nice thin metallic swirl on transparent glass in the top left coral is worth noting. Are there any known Alleys with similar thin metallic swirls on transparent marbles? I still believe these 3 are Champions at least.

Are we all not attributing any Corals at all to Champion anymore? I have some trouble believing that. Good discussion topic....

I knew of a couple of experiments that weren't very successful. I don't know if there is any true "success" yet as even this marble has a fracture. If I didn't just say it, you wouldn't have known. I didn't know these were made either until it popped up on ebay a few days ago. Maybe Dare or Rick or somebody else who knows about it can shed some light if he/she reads this and knows of them.

Guess 1-pushed into stream. Guess 2-definitely teleportation machine Guess 3- wicked powerful magnet Guess 4-saw, drill, and epoxy Guess 5-expandable copper was used that grows 20 times its original size when it cools.

Can someone give me an "e." I would like to buy a vowel. Maybe Rick Hall or someone else involved with the Reno Transparent Run can better explain exactly how they put the star in there. We can all just take guesses too.

The teleportation machine isn't always accurate.

That would be a JABO machine made sulphide of course. It's a copper star in a Reno Transparent. They have a small object only teleportation machine at JABO... It is the same machine they use to send back JABOs in time so they appear in antique only marble lots.

What's really fun about that lamp is I bought it filled that way. I have a nice "safe" plastic tray with my 35 favorite Crystal Supermen in it. That tray is mostly Rams Horns as that pattern is quite stunning with this marble.

Let's turn on the Crystal Superman light.

Or the actual "Mike Rowes"

Are there other foreign machine made marbles out there with oxblood?

Definitely not gold

Yes that Is a JABO Eagles Run marble made on 11/11/08. The Dirty Jobs tv show with Mike Rowe filmed an episode at the plant during the run. Hope that helps.

I will need to see photos of them all to ID them all. Could I please see them. Just for confirmation, this marble is a true peewee under 1/2", right?