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RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 1/14/2009 10:43:18 PM    blobbottlebob Posts: 1876 Joined: 12/20/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline Does it qualify as sea glass if it's still a whole bottle? This river found gem has a nice matted patena. Attachment (1) (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 61

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 1/15/2009 10:44:10 AM    downeastdigger Posts: 2495 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Yeah, thats definately a "sea glass" bottle Bob. Rhona, that looks like the real deal you have there, I haven't really found any yet, but now I know what I'm looking for. It's 2 degrees out today, so I'm gonna wait til it warms up to 20 before I try again _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to blobbottlebob) Post #: 62

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 1/15/2009 4:17:30 PM    appliedlips Posts: 3048 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline     Great thread,I would have replied sooner but I was out back,beating the hell out of pontilled sodas & flasks so they would be worth more.   What about fresh water?I've seen some pretty rough looking shards on sandbars of fast moving rivers. < Message edited by appliedlips -- 1/15/2009 4:18:39 PM > _____________________________ LOOKING FOR PONTILLED OR EARLY SQUAT SODAS FROM HIGHLAND,ILLNOIS.. (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 63

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 1/15/2009 5:47:23 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 1506 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline There is a dump at Ft Bragg, CA, where all the material was dumped off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean. There are tons of REAL sea glass objects there. I remember filling cans with all sorts of neat glass. No all sea glass is fake, by any means. _____________________________ Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 64

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 1/19/2009 10:40:44 AM    mannequinreject   Posts: 68 Joined: 3/25/2008 From: Brooklyn CT Status: offline I see you got a bid on your pottery!  I have to get some of my stuff up soon. Here's all my marbles that I found so far, 3 were from the same beach :).  I posted a whole lot more about sea glass on my blog too. Attachment (1) < Message edited by mannequinreject -- 1/19/2009 10:41:37 AM > (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 65

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 1/19/2009 1:31:23 PM    Stardust Posts: 2367 Joined: 10/5/2007 From: ¨)s¸.t·´a¸r.v·i*l´l¨e,)u s ¸a.·*¨) Status: offline Bram I love your shards and sea glass... so beautiful. Would look so nice used as art work. even pretty just sitting in your bowl.my mind is spinning with ideas. Bob I love your bottle. what does it say on it? It's look is so relaxing. I love the ocean.... I knocked over my display my sea glass last week. It's now all way behind an end table. I heard a loud smash as I was trying to hang warm drapes. Hard Rock Cafe Fancy Drink glass that held the glass had smashed, my good bottles had been spared. Praise the Lord, a dizzy dame like me had no right being up there in the first place. Silly me! lol...  _____________________________ Youtube - <3 u mom~ Julie London - I Left My Heart In San Francisco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3iPylQoucI&feature=related *´¨) ¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·' * Stardust.·´ (in reply to mannequinreject) Post #: 66

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/8/2009 10:27:46 PM    seaglassmermaid   Posts: 2 Joined: 1/28/2009 Status: offline Amongst sea glass collectors a "sea glass bottle" is considered to be ultra rare and special! _____________________________ Lisl Armstrong, http://www.naturalseaglass.com/ http://seaglassartists.ning.com/ (in reply to blobbottlebob) Post #: 67

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/8/2009 10:37:30 PM    seaglassmermaid   Posts: 2 Joined: 1/28/2009 Status: offline It is very disappointing that people are sometimes willing to artificially tumble glass and pass it off as genuine sea glass. (in reply to blobbottlebob) Post #: 68

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/8/2009 11:42:36 PM    blobbottlebob Posts: 1876 Joined: 12/20/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline Hey Seaglassmermaid, I agree with you that people should not deceive others and that it's wrong to benefit financially through falsehood. However, any privy digger (and I'm not one of them - at least yet) will tell you that sometimes you find more broken stuff than whole pieces. I was just wondering if there is a legitimate market for tumbled pieces of genuine antique bottles. You could be honest. For example; "These are man-made sea glass pieces manufactured from broken bitters bottles". I'm guessing that they still would have some value to people who want to display them. They may not be as valuable as genuine beach glass but I think it may actually sell?? Thanks Stardust. I love the patena on that example. It is an 1870s soda (or mineral) water  embossed EATON & GREEN on one side and WATERTOWN, WIS. on the other. (in reply to seaglassmermaid) Post #: 69

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/10/2009 10:12:16 PM    appliedlips Posts: 3048 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline        I was again wondering if the seaglass collector's would consider weathered glass from fast flowing,gravel bottom rivers seaglass?It the right circumstances it can be found to look just like the peices from the ocean.In my opinion it is the same and formed by mother nature and not man. Looking for opinions. _____________________________ LOOKING FOR PONTILLED OR EARLY SQUAT SODAS FROM HIGHLAND,ILLNOIS.. (in reply to blobbottlebob) Post #: 70

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/10/2009 10:21:17 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2590 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi doug,  in my oppinion it would be.  most of the glass would have gone into rivers and streams and wash down  to the bays and ocean.  the glass i collect is located on the eastern shore of the cheasapeake bay.  the author of the book collects his glass there.   so my glass and his are from the bay not the ocean.   my thoughts.   rhona < Message edited by Trying not to break it -- 2/10/2009 10:22:03 PM > (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 71

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/10/2009 10:32:21 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 6068 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: hell and back Status: offline "SEAGLASS" is (in my you know how important opinion) a generic term for pieces of man-made glass which have been given a good working over by Ma Nature.. time and pressure.. God's great big tumbler..  (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 72

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/10/2009 11:10:01 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2590 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hey charlie,   i like your description,  mother nature does a lot of wonderous things.    rhona (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 73

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/11/2009 7:12:40 AM    mannequinreject   Posts: 68 Joined: 3/25/2008 From: Brooklyn CT Status: offline Rhona, I'd say that pieces that are well worn found along a river could be considered sea glass.  The frosting we associate with the pieces on the beach is usually determined by the PH of the water. You should see the difference between pieces I've found in Rhode Island vs. the pieces I gathered on Lake Ontario!  The lake Ontario pieces are smooth as silk with no frosting whatsoever, like round pebbles.  Pieces from RI are quite frosted, like the marbles I posted.  Both are considered sea glass....but when trying to sell them on ebay it would be quite a hard sell for the Lake Ontario glass because it's too similar to man-tumbled craft glass.  Surprisingly Lake Erie makes frosted glass, so I guess  the PH is different!  Who would've thought? In either case, whether you tumble the glass yourselves or find it on the beach, both are valuable materials in how you market it to mosaic artists or jewelry artists.  Honesty is always key but it's true that there is a market for both. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 74

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/11/2009 12:47:32 PM    Stardust Posts: 2367 Joined: 10/5/2007 From: ¨)s¸.t·´a¸r.v·i*l´l¨e,)u s ¸a.·*¨) Status: offline quote: "SEAGLASS" is (in my you know how important opinion) a generic term for pieces of man-made glass which have been given a good working over by Ma Nature.. time and pressure.. God's great big tumbler.. God's has his hand in many a beautiful thing.... I like your opinion also... ~star~ _____________________________ Youtube - <3 u mom~ Julie London - I Left My Heart In San Francisco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3iPylQoucI&feature=related *´¨) ¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·' * Stardust.·´ (in reply to mannequinreject) Post #: 75

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/11/2009 3:28:32 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 2803 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Yesterday's beachcombing finds from the Chesapeake Bay. Attachment (1) _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to Stardust) Post #: 76

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/11/2009 3:30:45 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 2803 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Here's the best piece of sea glass I've ever found there! Attachment (1) _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 77

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/11/2009 5:20:56 PM    RED Matthews Posts: 1338 Joined: 8/2/2008 Status: offline Hi cobaltbot;  I have to agree with you.  I assume you are showing us an insulator. of some sort.  It does have a hole through it doesn't it?  Have you found an identity number for it?  Thanks  RED Matthews _____________________________ http://www.bottlemysteries.com/welcome/ (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 78

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/11/2009 5:27:05 PM    appliedlips Posts: 3048 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline       Steve,That threadless egg is a heck of a nice find.Congrats. Did you just walk up and see it laying there? _____________________________ LOOKING FOR PONTILLED OR EARLY SQUAT SODAS FROM HIGHLAND,ILLNOIS.. (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 79

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm... - 2/11/2009 5:36:05 PM    appliedlips Posts: 3048 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline       Thanks for the input Rhona,Charlie,&mannequinreject.      Mannequinreject,Here are some pictures of some recently found river glass.I don't see a difference between it and any thing I've seen from the ocean.Of course to get this kind of wear it would have to be a shallow,fast flowing river or creek.I would imagine glass from a lake would be pretty smooth. Attachment (1) _____________________________ LOOKING FOR PONTILLED OR EARLY SQUAT SODAS FROM HIGHLAND,ILLNOIS.. (in reply to mannequinreject) Post #: 80

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