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Figured I would put some pixs on here of the different kinds of marbles we run into while digging. These are common clay marbles that come in many different colors.

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Here are some limestone marbles, these can be quite beautiful if you take the time to polish them. Limestone marbles are the oldest type of marble associated with privy digging and I find them regularly in 18th century pits. Many limestone marbles were recovered at Fort Orange New York ca.1645-1664

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Here is a pic after I polished them.....

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Here are 2 bulleye carnelians and 1 banded carnelian also called agates these date back to the middle ages with the first factory showing up on tax records from Germany in 1411...

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Here are some blue benningtons.....These are thought to been first produced in the 1870's in Germany

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Some brown bennys......

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These are fancy blue bennys....

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And some fancy browns....

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White Bennys......

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Nice marbles , thanks for posting them , I always enjoy seeing them . I still have my marble bag and marbles that I had as a kid as to what seems a very long time ago as I think about it ...................
 
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