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Silver thimble #2 FTY

Dan B.

Dan B.

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After coming home from the dentist yesterday (second trip for root canal) I was moping around the house complaining that the dentist visit took up detecting time. The wife said you have plenty of time to go out for a short trip(hour and a half) before you need to leave for work. I'm glad she made me go.
This is my second silver thimble this year how often do you guys find silver thimbles. Or is it on your bucket list. Show me your pictures.
 

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Super find! People must have sat outside under a shade tree to do a lot of their sewing because there are a lot of thimbles found in the yards.

beephead
 
I’ve not found 1 yet but I’d love to. Those are some very nice thimbles.


Bounty hunter - treasure hunter - cabelas
Best find to date - 15g platinum ring and 1876 love token
 
waltr said:
I have found two brass thimble but not a silver one.

Yours look great and not smashed like my two brass ones.
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Hopefully you find a silver one sometime soon. That the bottoms of both of these thimble we're actually bent almost completely closed. I straightened them out by using different sizes of dowel rods sharpened like a pencil gently tapping them with a small block of wood to make them round again.
 
Lil Worm6 said:
On my bucket list for sure. Congrats on both of yours. Nice finds!!
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L0S3R said:
I’ve not found 1 yet but I’d love to. Those are some very nice thimbles.


Bounty hunter - treasure hunter - cabelas
Best find to date - 15g platinum ring and 1876 love token
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Ron 71 said:
Great finds, Congrats on both of them!
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Junkminer said:
Those are both beautiful. Still waiting for mine.
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Wolf-Dog said:
Congrats, nice silver thimble. :hi5:
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Call Me V said:
That would be so fun to find!
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JAK said:
That's a nice find, especially for being#2....congrats!
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WyoTom said:
Wow! Very nice
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Thanks to you all. Hopefully Santa puts one under your coil soon.
 
beephead said:
Super find! People must have sat outside under a shade tree to do a lot of their sewing because there are a lot of thimbles found in the yards.

beephead
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Yes I have found lots of aluminum thimbles. And based on the amount of porcelain buttons I find on top of the ground they must have spent a lot of time sewing.
 
JAK said:
That's a nice find, especially for being#2....congrats!
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I see what you did there! :lol:

Dan B. said:
Hopefully you find a silver one sometime soon. That the bottoms of both of these thimble we're actually bent almost completely closed. I straightened them out by using different sizes of dowel rods sharpened like a pencil gently tapping them with a small block of wood to make them round again.
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Awesome, find - both are beautiful (I remember seeing #1 in person :grin:), but I think number 2 might be even more spectacular! Nice hunting!

And thanks for that detail about gently reshaping them with dowels - that knowledge will surely come in handy for me at some point.
 
Dan B. said:
Hopefully you find a silver one sometime soon. That the bottoms of both of these thimble we're actually bent almost completely closed. I straightened them out by using different sizes of dowel rods sharpened like a pencil gently tapping them with a small block of wood to make them round again.
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You did a real nice job unbending them. They do look great.
 
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