Love Marble King thank you for sharing these amazing marbles. Mike Briggs told me to watch you I'm so happy I did ❤😊 now I am on the lookout for Irish ,Celtic Irish, painted turtles and pixies 🎉
Just beautiful! Thanks for the video! I live in Chattanooga Tennessee which has a rich Civil War history, and I began Metal Detecting here about 20 years ago. I would dig a few marbles every now and then by accident, And although thats fun....I was never that interested enough to start collecting. But about five years ago, I was excavating a protected historical site that has a rich Civil War history and contained many monuments/memorials. The plot was purchased by a company, Who planned to bulldoze the land, and build a series of buildings. Buy some mysterious miracle… I received permission from the project superintendent, game wardens, and the historical society. They gave me free reign to dig and destroy as much as I like! My digging partner and I measured & roped off 15 x 15‘ plots. Just like in professional archaeological dig‘s. We used to only shovels and pics, and excavated each plot by hand down to bedrock. In most cases this was only about 18 inches. And in the worst areas about 3 1/2 feet of overburden and topsoil. We had a wheelbarrow, several tarps, and an entire summer. About four months total before they were bringing in the big dozers and equipment. I’m self-employed, and my digging partner is retired… So we spent about 12 hours per day they’re in the hot sun for four months straight. Sometimes seven days in a row sometimes 20 days in a row. It was the opportunity of a lifetime to Metal Detect place with that much history. It’s been a registered historical site and protected by the police and game warden since before Metal Detector‘s were invented! And it’s in the middle of town so there’s no way anybody had ever been in there. We dug down about 6 inches at a time and then would run our metal detectors over the freshly exposed earth, and used a series of large professional shifters to sift through the rest of the dirt. Because not only was this historical property due to the Civil War and all of the homes built here… But it was in the middle of Chickamauga Georgia where Indian activity had been documented WAY before the Civil War. So we were recovering incredible… Once-in-a-lifetime items every 15 or 20 minutes! Four months straight! It was very exciting but it was also extremely stressful. There hadn’t been any homes built directly on the site since before the Civil War so there wasn’t much trash on the surface… However there is been several homes built right around the area, All the buildings long since torn down....but this was the only area of grass that was bare. So all of the children over the past 100 years gathered right in this very spot that we were excavating. Which is of course why we were finding dozens of marbles per day. I ended up with several hundred from that dig over the four months, all types of beautiful German marbles, and many nice early machine mades. SOOOOOO reason for me to ramble on.... is because that’s how I became interested in collecting. I Already had a basic glass blowing/lamp work set up… I had inherited it from my father. But I upgraded my torches and tanks… And have now been making marbles for the past few years. I really enjoy it, I was first interested in reproducing the old German handmades… but after digging a few beautiful “master” brand marbles, And then digging a Sunburst styles and a sparkler marble IN THE SAME HOLE! Those became my favorite and sent me down a journey of collecting and reproducing machine mades. With sun bursts, sparklers, and masters being my favorite. Although collecting and making marbles is fun… Nothing compares to digging marbles. Since I’ve already been an avid Metal detectorist and bottle digger for about 20 years… Digging marbles is the ultimate treasure hunt! I have searched for places like bottle dumps and homesites where I could dig for marbles… And have been somewhat successful. But I want to find somewhere to dig so that I can find more than one or two marvels every day or two. I’ve seen many folks mention digging for marbles… And I would pay good money to be given access to a place like this for a day or two. I would gladly make a road trip and pay someone if I could go and dig at some of these marble sites. How do people find places to dig for old marbles? Any info you can give me is greatly appreciated. Thanks for the great content!
Hello Stephen - just wanted to drop a note and say THANK YOU for your very informational videos. I'm learning a lot and I'm fascinated by the wide variety of such beautiful art! I've recently purchased a few lots of marbles from Estate Sales and was stoked to find some that have the Uranium Oxide (we did the blacklight test). My kids were thrilled as well. I'm working on identifying them all and seeing which might hold some value. My initial plan was to sell them all for profit but I'm finding it more difficult to let go of the ones that have caught my eye LOL (and so it has begun!). I do wish I would've held on to all the marbles I played with as a child in Germany. I could probably retire a rich woman! Anyways, thanks again and have a wonderful day!
Your videos are awesome! Thank you so much. I watched the Christensen one before and now know my tigers are turkey heads, I was close guessed a duck. This video hopefully helps with some others I have. Thank you
Thank you I think only the one I have may be Christensen and it does look like a turkey head with the skin hanging down. The glass is a bit different color, darker than another group of tigers I have, I'm still researching but strokes slow me down. Thank you
Oh Stephen.. my mind is spinning. Thanks for all the great visuals, clean well lit photos and great info... Here’s my thought. You could build a data base where the user put in the colour of the base, patch, pole colour and size and it could give you make photo examples of the specs and makers.. you could charge a membership or per use user fees.
@@stephenbahrmarbles nothing is fool proof.. but even if it narrowed it down to three or four possibilities.. got someone in the right neighbourhood would be helpful and so cool to have a database resource to compare marbles. It will be exciting to see that’s forsure.
@@stephenbahrmarbles would you consider making a video like if you were to go to a garage sale or be given an old jar of miscellaneous marbles what would be your process in cleaning them and identifying them? I know you’re way beyond collecting miscellaneous ones.. but that is pretty much where most new collectors start right?
Wow, learning marbles is hard. So many variations and hybrids, and manufacturers. I just wanna be able to buy a mixed collection and be able to group them by age, manufacturer and type.
Stephen- I have a white base with thick black stripes, cuts are indicative to Marble King. The stripes fade and get a little grey at the edges. Any idea if they have a specific name/nickname?
Hello my name is Ricardo and I enjoy your youtube videos,thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge . Do you ever sell any of your marbles ? Or do you have any recommendations on how to get started collecting quality marble's ?
I have a bunch of marbles from marble king, I used to take them from the side of the river when we was fishing when I was a kid, I grew up in Wileyville Wv, I probably have 20 pounds of marbles, and just chunks of marble. But I heard they fenced it off now, so you can’t get them now, I always liked bringing them home, it was always fun. Kinda wish I wouldn’t have sling shot 50 pounds of them, but if you are interested I would sell them, just let me know.
I have been watching a ton of your videos because I found a gallon of marbles and a lot looks like these here, and I live in West Virginia so it was cool to hear it mentioned in a good way for once. I have a lot of questions so I hope your not the kind of UA-camr who don't like answering questions 🤔 😆 😂
@@stephenbahrmarbles I have always loved beautiful things, and these videos you make have had some of the most beautiful marbles I have seen. I know that lookalikes are so frustrating, in every hobby. I am a stamp collector, so I know all about the variety game. I am going to keep trying to identify my marbles so if you have any good sources for information, I would appreciate it a lot. Thanks for answering my comment. I may have to send you some pictures or something if you do that type of thing. I have tried to sort them into groups that look the same to me but that's as far as I have made it. My stamps are getting jealous, but they will live! I have been totally taken over by the beauty and story of marbles and their history with my home state. Do you have any good, fair places to buy them? I have no particular type yet, but I know it when I see it lol. Sorry for all the questions and things but I am super excited, I hope that maybe I have something worth holding on to for my daughters, they have started liking the patterns in them. Thank you for real, it is so hard to get good accurate information and I feel like you know your stuff, so I am a new and loyal follower because I am ALWAYS trying to learn something new, and you are a very good teacher, so I hope to have more conversations with you soon.
So if i look at the seams on these marbles, they are the same looking seams in all marble king marbles, except.the swirly/slag? Juat got my marbles back out hoping i can finally understand..
I found a really cool patch marble last night, I was back lighting marbles just to see if I had any really cool looking ones, and I did have a few but one really stuck out, it has 85 to 90% of color coverage, and it's On a moonie base, really cool mib! Lavender stripes, I'll have to figure out how to post pics on here, or if anyone is on fb & in any of the vintage marble pages, let me know which one & I'll post some pics!
That sounds sweet Rusty. I would definitely like to see it . You are welcome to join “Vintage Machine-made Marbles” group on Facebook and post it there. 🔵
I've got a bunch of marbles I need to sell do you have any suggestions I've been collecting them for over 20 years and my son needs surgery and I'm selling off everything I can Thank you for your time.
Love Marble King thank you for sharing these amazing marbles. Mike Briggs told me to watch you I'm so happy I did ❤😊 now I am on the lookout for Irish ,Celtic Irish, painted turtles and pixies 🎉
Those are some cool ones Cindy , good luck finding them and thank you Mr. Briggs!
I have a collection of marked that are 65years old . this is the first time I'm finding out what they are. Thanks for the video.
Very cool Patty ! Marble King made some terrific collectable marbles, it sounds like you’ve got a nice collection of them . Thank you for watching!
I just came across this. You have a very quality type set. With very good knowledge and experience. This video is a very good reference.
Thank you James ! I am currently working on a general marbles identifications guide which will be similar. Happy 4th 🔴⚪️🔵
I've watched this video several times. Each time I learn something new. Excellent resource.
Thank you Iam ! I had alot of fun making this one 🔵 and I always learn when I’m putting them together. Much more to come
Im here to learn the basics about marbles. 😊
Cool Joker, there’s plenty to learn for sure ✔️
Just beautiful! Thanks for the video!
I live in Chattanooga Tennessee which has a rich Civil War history, and I began Metal Detecting here about 20 years ago. I would dig a few marbles every now and then by accident, And although thats fun....I was never that interested enough to start collecting.
But about five years ago, I was excavating a protected historical site that has a rich Civil War history and contained many monuments/memorials. The plot was purchased by a company, Who planned to bulldoze the land, and build a series of buildings.
Buy some mysterious miracle… I received permission from the project superintendent, game wardens, and the historical society. They gave me free reign to dig and destroy as much as I like!
My digging partner and I measured & roped off 15 x 15‘ plots. Just like in professional archaeological dig‘s. We used to only shovels and pics, and excavated each plot by hand down to bedrock. In most cases this was only about 18 inches. And in the worst areas about 3 1/2 feet of overburden and topsoil. We had a wheelbarrow, several tarps, and an entire summer. About four months total before they were bringing in the big dozers and equipment.
I’m self-employed, and my digging partner is retired… So we spent about 12 hours per day they’re in the hot sun for four months straight. Sometimes seven days in a row sometimes 20 days in a row. It was the opportunity of a lifetime to Metal Detect place with that much history. It’s been a registered historical site and protected by the police and game warden since before Metal Detector‘s were invented! And it’s in the middle of town so there’s no way anybody had ever been in there.
We dug down about 6 inches at a time and then would run our metal detectors over the freshly exposed earth, and used a series of large professional shifters to sift through the rest of the dirt. Because not only was this historical property due to the Civil War and all of the homes built here… But it was in the middle of Chickamauga Georgia where Indian activity had been documented WAY before the Civil War. So we were recovering incredible… Once-in-a-lifetime items every 15 or 20 minutes! Four months straight! It was very exciting but it was also extremely stressful.
There hadn’t been any homes built directly on the site since before the Civil War so there wasn’t much trash on the surface… However there is been several homes built right around the area, All the buildings long since torn down....but this was the only area of grass that was bare. So all of the children over the past 100 years gathered right in this very spot that we were excavating. Which is of course why we were finding dozens of marbles per day. I ended up with several hundred from that dig over the four months, all types of beautiful German marbles, and many nice early machine mades.
SOOOOOO reason for me to ramble on.... is because that’s how I became interested in collecting.
I Already had a basic glass blowing/lamp work set up… I had inherited it from my father.
But I upgraded my torches and tanks… And have now been making marbles for the past few years. I really enjoy it, I was first interested in reproducing the old German handmades… but after digging a few beautiful “master” brand marbles, And then digging a Sunburst styles and a sparkler marble IN THE SAME HOLE!
Those became my favorite and sent me down a journey of collecting and reproducing machine mades. With sun bursts, sparklers, and masters being my favorite.
Although collecting and making marbles is fun… Nothing compares to digging marbles. Since I’ve already been an avid Metal detectorist and bottle digger for about 20 years… Digging marbles is the ultimate treasure hunt!
I have searched for places like bottle dumps and homesites where I could dig for marbles… And have been somewhat successful. But I want to find somewhere to dig so that I can find more than one or two marvels every day or two.
I’ve seen many folks mention digging for marbles… And I would pay good money to be given access to a place like this for a day or two. I would gladly make a road trip and pay someone if I could go and dig at some of these marble sites. How do people find places to dig for old marbles? Any info you can give me is greatly appreciated. Thanks for the great content!
That berry pink shooter is awesome even though it’s damaged...super rare
I have one with a pink pole! No kidding. I knew it was a rare one but I didn't know it was that rare!
I'm surprised there are still marbles out there. I thought that the entire country had lost its marbles.
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Great reply, thank you😅
just wait for the cult. Ill get all those marbles.
Omg, I had no idea what my Berry Pink shooter was until I watched this vid! I learn something new everytime I watch. Love you vids, thank you!
Love ❤️ my Paden City, MarbleKing was my playground. Brings back so many memories.
Hello Stephen - just wanted to drop a note and say THANK YOU for your very informational videos. I'm learning a lot and I'm fascinated by the wide variety of such beautiful art! I've recently purchased a few lots of marbles from Estate Sales and was stoked to find some that have the Uranium Oxide (we did the blacklight test). My kids were thrilled as well. I'm working on identifying them all and seeing which might hold some value. My initial plan was to sell them all for profit but I'm finding it more difficult to let go of the ones that have caught my eye LOL (and so it has begun!). I do wish I would've held on to all the marbles I played with as a child in Germany. I could probably retire a rich woman! Anyways, thanks again and have a wonderful day!
Bumblebees are one of my favorites because I love bees and beekeeping
Cool Michael! My neighbor is a beekeeper and we had a swarm today! I filmed it and it’s going to be in the next video. Very exiting day !
@@stephenbahrmarbles I had two swarms go into two hives on their own this past week
Great videos. Better than a book. I have watched all of them….and saved them for later reference.
Just got a marble solitaire board full of these no shooters thou 😂 Thank you for everything you do for us marble enthusiasts. ✊ ✌️ 😊
Awesome score Die Cast ! Thank you !
Very cool been learning a lot !
Thanks JPillip !🔴
Love this video!! Have you ever noticed that a lot of the older marble kings have fractures?
I’ve noticed a few , the Berry Pink marble has that tendency
Your videos are awesome! Thank you so much. I watched the Christensen one before and now know my tigers are turkey heads, I was close guessed a duck. This video hopefully helps with some others I have. Thank you
Thank you I think only the one I have may be Christensen and it does look like a turkey head with the skin hanging down. The glass is a bit different color, darker than another group of tigers I have, I'm still researching but strokes slow me down. Thank you
Thank you very informative I’m learning a lot from you. I have many old marbles to sort out and am enjoying it
Stephen Bahr thank you so much to learn. I have 4 hand made mosaics two with translucent red and two opaque. Very exciting.
I hope you make more of these videos, outstanding
Hi John and thank you ! Yes there’s plenty more to come
Shot marble king marbles out of the ring, took them out of the bags in the 50s still have my marbles. love of marbles started 6 years old
Your video is really informative! I really enjoy it!🙌💕🙌💕
Very informative thank you
Thanks for watching Kent
very educational and entertaining thanks for sharing 👍
Wow, this is very helpful! Ty!
Thanks for watching Nancie ! 🔵
I also love that dark Spider-Man”ish” one
Yea both really good ones ! Some of the weird ones at the end of the video are super
@@stephenbahrmarbles for sure!
Oh Stephen.. my mind is spinning. Thanks for all the great visuals, clean well lit photos and great info...
Here’s my thought. You could build a data base where the user put in the colour of the base, patch, pole colour and size and it could give you make photo examples of the specs and makers.. you could charge a membership or per use user fees.
@@stephenbahrmarbles nothing is fool proof.. but even if it narrowed it down to three or four possibilities.. got someone in the right neighbourhood would be helpful and so cool to have a database resource to compare marbles. It will be exciting to see that’s forsure.
@@stephenbahrmarbles would you consider making a video like if you were to go to a garage sale or be given an old jar of miscellaneous marbles what would be your process in cleaning them and identifying them? I know you’re way beyond collecting miscellaneous ones.. but that is pretty much where most new collectors start right?
@@stephenbahrmarbles excellent. I look forward to that.
Some amazing marbles here . Probably time for an update lol
No doubt Rockhound !
Very nice job presenting these wonderful Marble King marbles.
I like those red and white ones too.
Very cool video.
I'd love to share my collection with you!
I don't have any of these, some of these are pretty awesome. The newer ones seem to look better.
Marble King is somewhat by collectors, but it seems to be gaining in popularity. They produced a ton of marbles so they are more commonly found.
@@stephenbahrmarbles I been digging for 7 yrs, haven't come across one. Maybe one of these days. I am learning a lot from you, Thankyou...
Hard to pick a favorite marble king, but I’d probably go with the hercules!
Wow, learning marbles is hard. So many variations and hybrids, and manufacturers. I just wanna be able to buy a mixed collection and be able to group them by age, manufacturer and type.
You’ll get the knack of it. Not all of them can be sorted to the exact maker, but many can.
Stephen- I have a white base with thick black stripes, cuts are indicative to Marble King. The stripes fade and get a little grey at the edges. Any idea if they have a specific name/nickname?
Hello my name is Ricardo and I enjoy your youtube videos,thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge . Do you ever sell any of your marbles ? Or do you have any recommendations on how to get started collecting quality marble's ?
Beautiful😊
Congratulation
Thanks Jorge !
welcome@@stephenbahrmarbles
Thanks for making videos, I've found them very helpful as a new marble collector!
@@stephenbahrmarbles I would love to see a comprehensive video on Peltier!
@@stephenbahrmarbles Peltier , Akro, and Alley. Your video was super!
awesome marbles could you suggest some books or do a video on reference books
@@stephenbahrmarbles this helps alot thanks would still like to see a reference video you can never have to much information
Cool😎 Marbles!!
I have cats eye with 6 fans . And what is it worth. What is the most valuable shooter marble?
Most cats eyes don’t hold much value. Maybe the 1 “ st Mary’s could go for $10-15 in mint condition.6 fans sounds like a Forigen marble or maybe Vitro
I have a bunch of marbles from marble king, I used to take them from the side of the river when we was fishing when I was a kid, I grew up in Wileyville Wv, I probably have 20 pounds of marbles, and just chunks of marble. But I heard they fenced it off now, so you can’t get them now, I always liked bringing them home, it was always fun. Kinda wish I wouldn’t have sling shot 50 pounds of them, but if you are interested I would sell them, just let me know.
Those peacocks are frigging sweet! I have a hard time finding them.
I have been watching a ton of your videos because I found a gallon of marbles and a lot looks like these here, and I live in West Virginia so it was cool to hear it mentioned in a good way for once. I have a lot of questions so I hope your not the kind of UA-camr who don't like answering questions 🤔 😆 😂
@@stephenbahrmarbles I have always loved beautiful things, and these videos you make have had some of the most beautiful marbles I have seen. I know that lookalikes are so frustrating, in every hobby. I am a stamp collector, so I know all about the variety game. I am going to keep trying to identify my marbles so if you have any good sources for information, I would appreciate it a lot. Thanks for answering my comment. I may have to send you some pictures or something if you do that type of thing. I have tried to sort them into groups that look the same to me but that's as far as I have made it. My stamps are getting jealous, but they will live! I have been totally taken over by the beauty and story of marbles and their history with my home state. Do you have any good, fair places to buy them? I have no particular type yet, but I know it when I see it lol. Sorry for all the questions and things but I am super excited, I hope that maybe I have something worth holding on to for my daughters, they have started liking the patterns in them. Thank you for real, it is so hard to get good accurate information and I feel like you know your stuff, so I am a new and loyal follower because I am ALWAYS trying to learn something new, and you are a very good teacher, so I hope to have more conversations with you soon.
very well done , ur the best , I have learnt alot , thank you
Thank you
Thanks Ric 🔵
Gumby and Pokey!
So if i look at the seams on these marbles, they are the same looking seams in all marble king marbles, except.the swirly/slag? Juat got my marbles back out hoping i can finally understand..
*Nice Review, Stephen. Have you ever seen a Girl Scout Shooter? I've been looking for one for years.*
Thanks Fireworxs, I saw a big display of them at the 2019 Sistersville show. They are shown in the beginning of that video
It was a great video!
This was a good video
I really would like to know more onthe marble king vitro Superman. What is its actual name.
Marble King and Vitro didn’t make Superman types, those are Peltiers ✅
Just subscribe to your channel awesome video 👍
🙏👍🙏 Your welcome have a great day I dig to going out today Be safe 👍🙏👍
When do I get to appear in one of your videos ???
Do the girlscouts come in shooter size 1inch i haven't seen one
Yes they do
I found a really cool patch marble last night, I was back lighting marbles just to see if I had any really cool looking ones, and I did have a few but one really stuck out, it has 85 to 90% of color coverage, and it's On a moonie base, really cool mib! Lavender stripes, I'll have to figure out how to post pics on here, or if anyone is on fb & in any of the vintage marble pages, let me know which one & I'll post some pics!
That sounds sweet Rusty. I would definitely like to see it . You are welcome to join “Vintage Machine-made Marbles” group on Facebook and post it there. 🔵
@@stephenbahrmarbles gotcha, thanks, I will check it out! I might already be a member..... But I will definitely go check it out and post some pics,
Is there somewhere I can send pics of some of marbles for identificatio
Send photos to sbahr@scarletknights.com and I could take a look
I guess there is a hobby for everything
People pretty much collect anything and everything
i always mistake tiger with bumble bee lol
And now I need to build a display case.. or get rid of all my China..
Wow nice marbles. I have some that are like the ones at the end. And otherd I no that are from this maker. Idk. Im learning thou
@@stephenbahrmarbles thats is the truth. I think some look really cool.. that you can twll that weren't machine made..
Ayuda de solucion de 142..no lolpuedo resolver ...
Stephan can i please have some of your marbles for free.
I live in New Zealand though so shipping might cost a bit...
I've got a bunch of marbles I need to sell do you have any suggestions I've been collecting them for over 20 years and my son needs surgery and I'm selling off everything I can
Thank you for your time.
I would go to the nearest auction house/ estate sale dealer. You could always try eBay but that’s a lot more work. Good luck with your son’s surgery!