William

They normally get anywhere from 12 too 20 inches here in southeast Minnesota, but people have been known to bring in 24-26 inch beauty's. My biggest one Sunday after I caught that baby was about 13 inches, I don't like keeping anything under 15inches 😊

I did get them much bigger later and also spotted some that are brand new too the world (if you look closely you can see them at the surface)

Well, went fishing at one of my favorite spots and caught my first trout of the year! 😝

Marble is 0.66 and has the same black "material" as the Rainbo I posted, only in little chunks on and below the surface. What do we have here?

ID'd as a Metallic Pelt Rainbo, quoted as being a very tough find. Another marble I have had for a while, discovering it for being a Rainbo after closer inspection and posting it for exact ID. With rarity being the case, thought I would share on a Rainbo thread!

Backlighted. Light does not come through. With a magnifying glass, I can see little glimmers of metal...Thanks again for the ID and tips!

Gotcha. I will mess around with it tomorrow morning before work and post. Gotta hit the hay. Thanks for the assist guys!

You mean UV, correct?

So this would be considered a 3 color? (White/Yellow/Black) When I first got it, at a glance I actually thought the black was on the surface! In hand it resembled dry paint.

Well I was 1 for 2 🤗 should have paid more attention to the seam instead of the stripes on that Girl scout!

Finders keepers lol, it's in my gal Patricia's cabinet 😪

I think these are both Pelts? Having my doubts a bit...the yellow and green has a little black speck just below the surface...the clear base has 2 very faint white lines characteristic of a pelt. Also that black "line" is a bit unusual. I don't know, their patterns seem Pelt to me?

Yes, nice post, nice photos. I might have a couple and might not have realized it.

Very nice indeed! 👍

Check out this neat little piece! Creative use of a clearie!

And yes, me too...I'm beginning to have an attachment to Pelts! Loving the variety.

I just read the aforementioned post that we both referred to and I didn't see where you mentioned clear glass base as harder to find than others, just that some were harder to find than others. This info is all great and thanks for the added clarification! Makes a guy want to research his clearies 😁

Oh boy, would I like to run across some Pelts like this on a hunt 🤩

A question about slag glass...I saw a beautiful candy dish, an opaque base with tons of different shades of purples and a sprinkling of orange and red. The dome shaped lid is in the likeness of an eagle. Man it was nice. Seller wants around $75 for it. The manufacturer that is listed on the tag is Westmoreland and this particular one was made in 1977. Is there any connection at all between Westmoreland and Akro? Wondering because I know that Westmoreland goes back more than 100 years (I also saw a candy dish, opaque amber with a lion on top) marked at around $100. It's tag says 1898. Thought I would ask too see if anyone has any knowledge of a connection.

Got any more popcorn? 😁

Sorry for the typos 🥴

I posted these in the "score" but thought I would share them here also. Ric mentioned that the clear based Rainbos are much more difficult to find, and I was thinking about how much production there might have been with the various clear glass Pelts. A closer look reveals that the lines are so thick in some that they appear almost like the veins you would see in a cat's eye. An oddity? I took 2 pics of 3 different blue ones and and 2 pics of an amber glass with orange lines (the ones that are so thick) I tossed in the other 2, the 7up green and the somewhat clear based with super thin lines just too add extra close ups of these cool marbles. Thanks for looking and for any opinions 😊

Just happened across these that I picked up weeks ago, in a jar mixed with some swirls I "thought" I had sorted 🤣 I'll count them as a score!

My gal Patty's score yesterday...she's been collecting these handmade "villagers" as she calls them for some time. They have been tough to find. Yesterday I couldn't believe it. She scored 8 of them for a total of $33! Her others she paid $30 or more apiece. Check them out...

Yes, his explanations of the production process surrounding marbles is indeed valuable resource...When I first started collecting I always thought the "out of rounds" were just cheaply made moderns. Ron's clarity on that, when he explained it before in a different thread, opened my eyes on these errors so now I always take a second look at them. 😊 Wish I would have had someone like Ron around all those years when I was collecting football cards! I can only imagine all the errors I missed 😳