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Funny, I just took a pic of this box a few nights ago before putting them away. Two types in the box I think. I've been calling the bright red/yellow ones hot wheels and leaving the darker ones like the one in the bottom right corner with the pumpkin designation.

Great pics! Nice to put a face to the name Ric! Love the dug marbles! One more pic for the thread

No, it has no name that I know of.

Good description Ric. Also in the top left you see a "fern" pattern, which normally indicates Alley.

The Heaton Sweet potato, a group of presentation photos demonstrating the reason they got their name and several examples of the different types. I was weeding the garden today and decided to pull up one of the sweet potatoes to check and see how they are doing. This was the biggest one I could feel in the dirt, so I grabbed it and one thing led to another Also, when you cut into a fresh sweet potato, you get a white milky sap that beads up on it. Makes it match even more.

Thanks, I think it's probably part of the "Lilac" family from the 1980s.

Thank you Gladys! a few more

Cool, no problem Ric! I like it way better than a purple Tater anyway, that marble is one of very few in it's class.

That purple hazy part over the ribbon is pretty common on the Sistersvilles. I wonder if the taterbugs might have been an attempt to recreate them. The pattern and glass both say sisters to me with that batch glass and wider striated ribbon in a wavy flag flame pattern with the drawn out tips. Either way it's a total killer marble! I could make room for that one any day Here are a couple with a little of that purple over the ribbon from Sistersville.

Here's a purple taterbug

Beautiful Sistersville Ric!

One of my very favorites. Alley.

A few more nice WV swirls (Alleys)

I think I posted these here before? Anyway, some nice chalkies:

Nice CAC! I still haven't picked up a RWB one of those. Anything I post will pale after that LOL, so here's some Alley RWB cullet.

Thanks, I bet not more than a dozen of these were found.

This evening my 6 year old niece and nephew are spending the night. I was out at the shop doing some work and my niece was walking around looking at the ground and talking. She is always talking, non-stop, so I wasn't paying much attention. After a while I realized she was saying "This just isn't my lucky day". I asked her why, and she said "because I can't find any marbles". I realized she was walking around in the area where I have cleaned thousands of dirty heatons and she has been finding broken marbles and bits of glass there. So when she wasn't looking, I put some pieces on the ground and stomped them in the dirt with my boot. I went back to the project I was working on and suddenly she exclaims loudly "This IS my lucky day after all! I can't believe how lucky I am!!!" Made my day, she doesn't know it. She got a few whole marbles to keep in her find.

That last Ravenswood you posted is killer Ric! Lots of nice Handmades there Chad! One more

Thanks Ric! A few more. Getting to the point where I can't remember which ones I've posted already but I think these are not repeats.

I just had some friends visit from Arizona. They have 3 kids, 12 and younger. I had jars of marbles and the Big Book of Marbles ready for them. They got to keep and share the book and dump out the jars and keep whatever they wanted. One girl was more into it than the other 2 and she kept every shooter she could find. Every UV marble too. Each got one old beat up German handmade to keep and put in water to see it magically change to beautiful. I told them some history and showed them a few highly collectible marbles. Maybe it will stick with them. I also participate a lot on facebook groups where there is a huge influx of new collectors and proportionally bad information (and lack of information). Trying to help new collectors find answers to their questions and directing them to the real forums with archives of detailed info like this one and AAM when I can. I see familiar names from these boards on there helping out too. I guess it's part of representing the hobby and being a steward of information that others took the time to teach us. I also think (hope) that sharing so much info and photos from the Heaton digs helps draw attention to the hobby and curiosity and enthusiasm.

No matter what the seller says, no matter if they have a no return policy or not, there is one thing to remember. Open a case and select "Item is not as described" for the reason. When you check that, you WILL receive a refund. Even if Ebay issues it themselves. That's the trick.

Nice Ravens on that last one Ric, bold.

Thanks William!