Mr Meteorite Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Did Peltier make a completely clear marble? While digging at the old factory today I found a few complete marbles and some pieces of marbles, one I found stumped me, it just a plain clear marble. As far as I knew they never made completely clear marbles, could it be valuable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 I can't remember if Pelt did clearies for play. I need to figure out where I put my copy of American Machine-Made Marbles. It could tell us. If they didn't do clearies for play, maybe they did them as decorative gems like you sometimes find at craft stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Here are a few pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Another pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Last pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 Maybe you could move this to the marble ID forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 It's good here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Sounds good Steph. Do you think this was a playing marble. You can see lines on it where the colors would be going into the seam, not sure if u can see it in the pics tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Here is another one I found, never seen this one before either, I also found a white cats eye too. Also something not sure it would be considered a marble, it's made of cloudy lime green glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Here is a pic of the tiny green one, much smaller than any peewee I've ever seen. Any ideas on this? It's only 5/16" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Another pic, this to show size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 The first one looks like it could be Peltier. It has lots of moons ... maybe it was from kids playing in the area. The 2nd one looks like a Rainbo. I know Pelt did make peewees. Don't know about 5/16". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 P.s. looks like it might light up under blacklight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 I'll check the blacklight, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Yes, Peltier did make clearies of all colors, including completely clear, and as small as 1/4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Migbar So if they made them as small as 1/4" do you think the green one is a marble or was made as some sort of decorative piece? Are the completely clear ones pretty rare? I've never seen one before. I know this one is in pretty bad shape, but it was dug out of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 I dug quite a few completely clear ones at the factory. I don't know how early they made them, but they made a lot of them in the '50's and later. Is the factory demolished yet ? Can you get on the property ? I don't know if the very small ones were intentional, or if they just happened while making peewees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 I'm about to go back right now the factory is still there but there is very little ground that can be dug, hopefully today I can finish it,m. Are you from Illinois, did you make any finds while digging the site? When I get back today I'm going to make a dug site thread to show all my finds, I found a few broken and partial marbles while digging last time but was only able to dig for about 45 min, I'll hopefully get longer today, wish me luck 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 The actual factory property is still fenced off, isn't it ? I'm from California, but a friend bought the factory in 2002, and allowed me to dig inside the factory several times over the period of a few years. I found marbles going back to the beginning of their marble years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 The only part fenced off is one of the loading docks. While digging today, a guy pulled in to the factoRyan and backed a trailer inside n told me where others found marbles n said it's ok if I dig, I seen city workers a few times all they did was wave. I had a pretty successful dig, at least ione feel I did. I'm going to start a thread later showing all my finds, I found another one that's just clear but it's an amber color, looks like the root beer float but nothing inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Migrant, If you go back n dig again you should contact me, I'd love to hunt inside with you, I really enjoy the hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Boy, I wish, but I don't have the contacts to get permission to go inside any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meteorite Posted May 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 . If I knew the inside was digable I would have asked him if I could go inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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