First Silver and it isn't a coin!!

[Atokad]

I picked this up at the park today and didn't think much of it - and I ALMOST tossed it in the trash pile without cleaning it. WHEW :omg:

Turns out it is from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Its stamped 1892 because the expo was delayed for almost a full year. It has no markings that say it is silver but it is documented in a book called American Silver Thimbles

It is not the coin I've been hunting for but I am super excited <: :happydance01:
Too bad about the crease that was in it - I suspect it was hit by a mower or something sometime in the past. It was 4 deep about 2ft from the trunk of an old tree. I also got about 30 pulltabs and 5 bottle caps but they weren't as interesting lol

[sandals]

nice!!!!!

[serega]

An interesting type of thimble :perfect10:... I have not seen like this.

[randy]

Silver thimbles are awesome, congrats :happydance01:

[Epi-hunter]

That is a unique and beautiful find... way better than a silver coin in my book Congratulations!!! :perfect10:

[Atokad]

I'm trying to decide if I want to clean it or not.... I have no intention of trying to get rid of it so its mine mine mine :clapping:

[Epi-hunter]

I'm trying to decide if I want to clean it or not.... I have no intention of trying to get rid of it so its mine mine mine :clapping:

I think it's beautiful the way it is. Great photos!

[Atokad]

I think it's beautiful the way it is. Great photos!


I think you are right - I did go rinse off the rest of the dirt tho and I love it just like it is :) Now I have to figure out how to display it :)

[Ill Digger]

I'm trying to decide if I want to clean it or not.... I have no intention of trying to get rid of it so its mine mine mine :clapping:
I agree with Angie :yes: It looks great the way it is! thumbsup01 :drool:
Thats a cool and unusual find!I've seen lotsa silver thimbles posted. And I've seen some Colombian Expo items posted before.
But this is the first silver Colombian Exposition thimble I've ever seen posted! :shocked04: :cool:
I know it's not going anywhere but....Thats gotta be collectable! :thinkingabout:
Very cool piece! :yes: :cool: thumbsup01 :clapping:
Congrats! :grin:

Here's one thats going for a pretty penny :huh:
http://www.rubylane.com/item/352846-RLx20722-1209-100/Antique-Thimble-x96-Simons-1892

[starman2]

:perfect10: Great Find! I found a ring at the park. Thinking it was junk metal. Because it was so dark. I got it home, and started cleaning it. Long story short. My wife dipped it in tarnex. :shocked03: Silver! Victorian I think. I think some of the older silver will darken. Congrats on the Cool looking thimble |:cheering:

[Epi-hunter]

Here's one thats going for a pretty penny :huh:
http://www.rubylane.com/item/352846-RLx20722-1209-100/Antique-Thimble-x96-Simons-1892


Holy wow!!! :shocked04: :perfect10:

Excellent find! WAAAAY better than a silver coin any day of the week!

[JTGOLD]

very nice find,wtg.

[Full Metal Digger]

NICE find. I love the world's fair and expo collectables! I checked ebay and there are NONE for sale. I did find one on another site just like yours listed for $185!

[CODY]

:wow: I like it! Sweet find. Coins are great, but so are other things. WTG & HH

[Atokad]

Thank you all so much, I love being a part of this community :cheesysmile:

$185 is a nice price but I don't think it is going anywhere as long as my wife doesn't find out what its worth rofl

[Cheap Thrills]

Awesome going on the thimble . That is the nicest one In have ever seen found . :perfect10:

[Hook]

very nice! i have been waiting to dig a silver thimble..heck any thinble will do! As Angie said..better than a coin any day! :clapping:

[tanacat]

:happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: Congrats on that beautiful thimble!!! I've found 2 aluminum ones, am still hopeful for a silver one someday. Both of mine I found under huge shady trees where I imagined women mending and chatting (without distraction of I-phones or hearing a television blaring in the distance) lol

[Atokad]

very nice! i have been waiting to dig a silver thimble..heck any thinble will do! As Angie said..better than a coin any day! :clapping:


When you do find it don't do what I did... I was smacking the thimble against my digger to get the dirt out of the inside of it. If I had only known rofl


Tana there are lots of big old trees in this park so I have some ground to cover - maybe they were having a sewing convention :daydream:
I bet you would do really well here because the ground is really soft and I am starting to think that most things are out of the reach of my F2. Not enough to stop me from going, but I will have to go back when I can upgrade to mid range MD :)

[aloldstuff]

That is another one of those items that has eluded me, a silver thimble. Huge congrats on getting one.

[Atokad]

Thank you |:cheering:

[swingbot]

That is a cool find. I think I've only found one in all the time I've been swinging.

[DennisH]

Great find!! I am a coin nut but would rather find that thimble then a lot of coins. WTG. ps. save all your thimbles, they will make a super shadow bos some day.

[Atokad]

lol Dennis I am a woodworker and have considered making a small display just for the one thimble rofl
If I wasn't spending all my spare time swinging I probably would.

[DirtFisher]

Wonderful find! :clapping:

[jkress]

:smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
What a fantastic find Atokad. A very cool piece.
A big congrats. :clapping:

[Atokad]

Thanks Jkress! I'm heading back to that park today - its been raining for two days and supposed to be clear today!

[Ill Digger]

$185 is a nice price but I don't think it is going anywhere as long as my wife doesn't find out what its worth rofl
I don't blame you! \:hammer: .............. :lipssealed: lol

[dperrott]

Nice find!

[Atokad]

thanks dperrott - I'm glad I took pictures with as much as I've handled this thing looking at it. It will be nice to be able to go back and see how it used to look rofl