Rooster Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Learned how to take better pics... SIZE: approx. .63-.64 inch Picked this pair out as looking really nice. Any knowledge is greatly appreciated. 😄 ALSO... should i make separate thread for each mib I need help identifying? Many thanks! 🥰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Akro Tri-Color Agate 1930's or 1940's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Look like Akro Patches to me, but the oxblood is a bit more on the purpley side (on my monitor anyway). Since the pair compliment eachother I don't mind seeing them both in one thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Oh Lovely! Akro! 🥰 Thank you both, the color is definitely deep oxblood. The more interesting one has few deep dark threads inside it that look very interesting with backlight while rollin mib in fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Akro oxblood patches. Go find the blue ones and the eggyolk ones like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 10 hours ago, wvrons said: Akro oxblood patches. Go find the blue ones and the eggyolk ones like these. Yessir! I like a challenge 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Nice pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, wvrons said: Nice pictures. Thank you! I saw your post on a thread about how to shoot mib pics. Changed some settings in phone and it helped heaps. 🥰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Found 2 with blue... one on top half the mib is yellowish but they don't glow under UV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Both Akro, and they shouldn't glow, an ade base has a much different base, the newer uv glass doesn't glow from depleted uranium like the old ade glass and has a clearer base to it than the older stuff. You can see the difference in base glass in the examples I'll show. At 29/32 this one is quite a bit larger and HTF without damage Next, 7/8ths and green instead of blue 5/8ths slight streaks of ox with an egg yolk patch, if this where heavier like the first one and bigger a nice VHTF mib None of these three are uv reactive, I've never had one like this that was, kind of an ace looking opaque base to these, never seen one with an ade base. I've had many akro ade patches in every color imaginable. Akro made patches way before they made corkscrews, that was their big seller which they were very proud of until they started making corks. I'll post a few ade patches for ya to gander at. I hope this helps ya out a little bit with some of your I.D.'s Deanna ?? These are all Akro uv. ade patches, Highly uv. reactive, 2 Cherryade a limeade a lemonade and a VVHTF white uv. patch And a few more, with a VVHTF blueberry ade patch along with 2 lemonade ALL of these ades light up like the sun under uv. light like this cherryade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Very nice pics! I ended up with a whole small bag of the little ox patch ones after sorting. I definitely have ades and moss agages that glow. A couple years ago I got a marble bag full of old Akros including those. Yesterday we found a limeade and lemonade corkscrews, kinda exciting firsts for us! Thank you for all the tips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Your welcome !! Check out these 3 Akro patches, one has an ade base and the other 2 have an ace base, can you tell the difference ?? Here's the answer, the same 3 mibs under a fluorescent tube, this may surprise you !! The big ones a nice 3/4 inch shooter, the other 2 are 5/8ths, the size has no bearing, I've had them both over an inch. A very subtle color difference in the glass you will learn to recognize over time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Very cool! I have a nice collection of Vaseline and uranium glass in addition to mibs, sometimes if you can look at the glass in bright sunlight you can spot the UV reactive stuff. I used to carry a pocket black light with me hunting for treasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 It does surprise me sometimes when they don't light up. The first ever jar of marbles I ever bought ended up being all Jabo with reactive base glass. So I got hooked right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 A Blenko full of Akros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Ahh !! Nice bowl and mibs You obviously have to many I wants me cut After all, that's what this forum is all about "sharing" rite ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I keep finding more as I sort, I aim to trade extras so you are first on list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I was only kidding Deanna, but since you've offered " Thank You " I do need some wet mint, hvy. ox coverage, 11/16ths or larger patches, or if you have any wet ones with just an oxblood patch. Just let me know what you want to trade for and I'll see what I can do. 90 % of my mibs are 9.8 wet mint, I've been culling for about 5 years now, I had to sell my 20 some year collection during a divorce in 09, one of the least treasured moments in my life, watching 22 yrs of collecting go to auctions and Ebay Ah well all uphill from here, that water went under the bridge and hit the ocean long ago. I like Pelts, Alley, Germans, Akro, Master, MK, Vitro, Heaton, Cairo, and Contemps. in that order. I do have more Pelts and Germans than anything, Oh! alot of HEATON as you seen some of the pix on the thread I started. We can trade pix and come to an equitable trade for both of us. One good thing is we don't have to pay Ebay or Pay Pal fee ( ONE IN THE SAME ) they just have the two different names to bilk more cash out of you, it's like Remember when Ebay and the web started, FREE COMERCE YAY !! and then it was over. I look forward to some pics, Jess got a killer clip on macro for her cell, it's posted somewhere here on MC, I'll find it for you and repost, better pix than my camera, a great investment, I think under $40.00, take a look at her pix, killer with just that little clip on addition, she uses a maglite for her lighting I couldn't believe it you won't either after you see her pix, she has a bunch on "Akro Friday" her avatar is Disco005 you'll see her there and me as well, don't forget to post on "Happy Akro Friday" on Friday ( Tomorrow ) under the header "General Marble Glass Chat" Later. Chad G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 .................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Nice Akro ware Bill ( Hope ya had a great new years ), and the matchin cullet too. Wish I had the cullet to go with mine, course I didn't get to go on them midnight raids on the old Akro plantation Aargh !! I like the shaded pumpkin, ox, as well as the regular pumpkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 I sure remember those big white base green and yellow mibs. I remember tracking in the heavy red clay mud at the Bridgeport-Clarksburg Texas Roadhouse afterwards. We sure got some looks but we were tired and hungry. Plus the old Mountaineer restaurant many late night and early mornings, dirty, wet, muddy, tired, and hungry but with smiles. Plus the Pennsboro Crossroads Cafe breakfast and late dinners, and the waitress who liked to set beside Bill. She always got a good tip. We sure used up a lot of AA and AAA batteries. Wore out several pairs of gloves, boots, coats and coveralls. But it was worth all of it. What wonderful memories, better than the marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 12/30/2020 at 11:53 AM, Rooster said: A Blenko full of Akros The clear based look extra cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 6 hours ago, wvrons said: I sure remember those big white base green and yellow mibs. I remember tracking in the heavy red clay mud at the Bridgeport-Clarksburg Texas Roadhouse afterwards. We sure got some looks but we were tired and hungry. Plus the old Mountaineer restaurant many late night and early mornings, dirty, wet, muddy, tired, and hungry but with smiles. Plus the Pennsboro Crossroads Cafe breakfast and late dinners, and the waitress who liked to set beside Bill. She always got a good tip. We sure used up a lot of AA and AAA batteries. Wore out several pairs of gloves, boots, coats and coveralls. But it was worth all of it. What wonderful memories, better than the marbles. Amen to the memories Ron, my main driving force, making "new Friends" and "new memories" the marbles are just extra icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 9 hours ago, mibcapper said: .................... Maybe you, me, and your swat team could plan one more assault some day!! if there's a place left to hit ?? Gonna need a backhoe and some dyno 💣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Almost every marble factory site in WV is empty or filled over deep. Only two or three sites of about fourteen have any amount of marbles remaining in the ground. The good ole days are very near gone forever. Any dug marbles might be rare in the years ahead. I have some hopes yet for two sites maybe someday ? I told people that Heaton would change owners. Then maybe we would have a chance at it once again. It happened and while I was still able to be part of it. My swat team has got older and not so fast any longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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