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I looked up Russell McPhail and it turns out that he was tried for his candy having a 'filthy substance in it' and being prepared under unsanitary conditions. He pleaded "nolo contendere " (a plea by which a defendant in a criminal prosecution accepts conviction as though a guilty plea had been entered but does not admit guilt.) and yes, I had to look that up for you because I had never heard of it before.
We use to call the steel ones, steelys, they were large steel bearing's but we felt lucky to find them, I'm 68 so I do have a jar of marbles I love looking at, great job Robert, always enjoy your videos no matter what your doing, freezing in Michigan, hope your warmer in Georgia ❤😊
Tennessean in my 70's here. My father grew up on a farm in Tennessee mountains. He loved marbles and told me about making stone marbles by putting a stone under a waterfall where it would be continuously turned by the falling water. He still had his stone marbles. I have them now. They are various sizes and one of my most-loved things from his childhood.
I've got a collection of old marbles I inherited and it contains at least 50-60 clay/stone marbles and 100 or so glass marbles. Now I got to go look for my uv flashlight and check my marbles for uranium glass. How cool.
Very, very cool marbles Robert! You have some that are from 1890’s for sure! It’s always so exciting when you find more treasures in your old house! Happy trails Robert!!
That's a steelie!! My brothers had those in the 50s and 60s and they were highly valued. I finally found one in some stuff at a thrift store and was very excited. I love old marbles.
There is a treasure trove of exciting finds to be discovered in the Old Byrd Farm. I believe so many other prizes are waiting to be uncovered. Lead on McDuff. Blessings from Michigan.
Robert, The "marbles" that are brown with whirl marks may well be agates which also have some light reflection qualities. I have a whole box of agates and marbles found in a piece of furniture that came out of an old jewelry store. The test for agate is if it will scratch a glass surface. I love your channel and thank you for the Uranium 101 class. I can't wait to check out the old lamps and dishes I have in storage. Best wishes.
Those marbles are cool! I've never heard of clay marbles nor uranium marbles. I don't know much about marbles but some of those look very old. You've got a lot of treasure in the Old Byrd Farm. I can't wait to see what else you find next. Thank you for sharing with us, Robert.
I have a few 'potties' (Such marbles are known in my neck of the woods) - oversized marbles that are glazed in white. 19th century. Then there are the square ribbed variety known as 'knuckles' .
I have a large can of marbles of my dad’s when he was a child in the 30’s and 40’s. I’ll get a black light to check. He would show them to us and show us the bigger marbles - the shooters. And he’d show us the really old clay ones. Fascinating Robert. Thanks so much.
I'm in freezing Canada, feeling for my US cousin's in the cold nasty weather you are getting. We used steelies too. My uranium glass marbles came from my Aunt and Uncle that traveled with the carnivals all over the world, they operated nickel digger games.. They told me that the uranium glass ones were prizes from carnival games. The clay ones were made in Germany through the 1800's to 1900's.
can you imagine being a kid in the 30's and having these little lights in your room at night? One of my favourite childhood things was a radio that glowed in the dark, it was awesome.
I never heard of uranium marbles I don't think we had them in Britain you surprised me, definitely the old Byrd farm house is giving it's treasures, all the best Robert 👍 😉 Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧
But you've heard of uranium glass presumably - - the 'glow in the dark stuff' Why wouldn't marbles be made of uranium ?? Not much went to waste in those times
@@pyewackett5 yes I use to play conkers in school we use to do competitions the best part of it was going to the park and picking the best ones , yes cats eyes 👀 was a very good invention
Very fasanating like to see things like that as you don't get to see much of the cooler stuff today thanks for sharing your marbles with us 😀 Take care 🙂
just amazing how bright the marbles fluoresce under black light ! keep hunting for uranium glass! it is a very unique prize from the old byrd house! happy hunting stay safe out there!
I have a couple dozen marbles from a 120 +- homestead where I lived for quite a few years. Some are green glass bearings, which I recently learned are often found along railroad tracks. I have not yet read that they could be uranium glass, but I'm looking for a black light to check to see if any of the smaller ones are. Until today I had no idea any of these could be uranium glass. I learn something new every day.
The reason people may have found some along railroad tracks is... They use to make signals with glowing glass beads so that you could see the signs at night when the headlights lite them up. All kinds of signs were make with glass marbles encased in them. Stop red, Go green
Hi Robert Love all your treasures that you find on your farm. Maybe the glowing marbles are from the old stop 🛑 signs ? So cool! Love all your videos and your dogs too!!!
Wow, interesting find and very cool. I have subscription to newspapers and found where Russell McPhail took a plea of nolo contenders and was fined $50.00 it was over adulteration of candy.
Hi there.my good friend Robert real robert.im glad that you show us these treasure.i did also fi d a marbel from last year.and I find out it is also uranium.tanks for bringing this uranium stuuf out is super cool.
Robert, Interesting video on marbles. Especially loved the intro!! When I was a kid marbles were much more popular. No video games back then. Thanks for posting and keep on searching for more old stuff!! Randy/GA
Robert, my old memory fails me at times; however, didn't the Air Force lose a nuclear bomb somewhere over Georga? I'm not trying to make a connection. I'm not the only one who said the oil lamp will clean up nicely and glow. The findings are interesting and seeing you doing more relaxing things tells a story of how far you've come on the OBF.
Man! That is so cool! I wish I had saved all my bottle digging marbles I found over the years. I never know about radium glass until adulthood. Super show! I’ve loved everything glow in the dark my whole life. Congratulations!!🎉
I never knew there were uranium glass marbles! I have a few old marbles that I will have to check. I have both unglazed and glazed clay marbles; the ones with a mottled brown glaze are called Benningtons for Bennington Pottery. "Glowy" glass seems to be very popular right now, yellow vaseline glass also glows, and there are other colors of glass that will glow. Keep that black light handy, and I hope you find more treasures like your lamp and marbles.
Some of the old marbles can be worth a significant amount of cash. Fantastic, I just bought a new uranium glass Christmas bauble. Yes you can still get new uranium glass You can also find other isotope doped glass that glows in different colours You can get some black light LED strip now,
My marbles aren't old but I've had them since I was a kid. Over 30 years for sure. I have a lot of marbles so hopefully not all will get lost ha ha. You should fill the spooky room with the Uranium glass items ha ha.
The signature on that box looks extremely similar to Russell Stover. That is probably their predecessor. Possibly they change the name because of a lawsuit.
Steelys. Because of their weight, they were considered cheating in some marble games and marble circles. They would chip the glass marbles and hack off your opponents. I have marbles from when I was a kid in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, and my Dad’s and Uncles collections from the ‘20’s-‘40’s.
I didn’t say anything about the uranium lantern at how much I wish you’d dust it off cuz it’s such beauty but I’m glad somebody did LOL. I really envy you having that beauty as I collect them. Someday I’ll find one. As for the marbles, I think that’s really cool. Never thought that marbles would have uranium in them but now I know they do. As far as some glow that you’re not sure about could they possibly have a mix of a glass n uranium? I think it could. I think it’s great you found a box of old marbles. If you lose any of yours you know where you find some more😅. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👏🌟🐶🐶
Omg! Please do some research on these before letting them go! There are some huge collectors out there, some marbles are worth a few hundred. Like you I don’t know alot but what I have read, and seen some listed, I was shocked to see how big some collected! Thanks for sharing, I have to get to the video now! 😂😮😂😂😂
Yes I love my marble collection. You mostly have typical marbles. But, you do have many sizes. That is good. You have many styles. Thats good. You have only a few really good ones. But all together a nice mix of makers and colors. You might want to sort them in styles and put them in small glass containers. If you find any glass medicine bottles with a flange on top you could even tie a string around the top and hang the bottles with marbles inside it in a window. So pretty.
I got a crystal/agate or stone marble....looks like it was made from the heart of a beautiful geode. Kicker is, it Glows So Hard under UV light. High concentration of Uranium. It Shines in broad daylight. A true Glow Worm. Obviously was pre-machine made. Im thinking M.F. Christiensen all day. Wonder what it could be worth? To this day, never seen another like it
Good find. Some marbles are worth hundreds of dollars or more. Look up value of old marbles, there's a lot of information on them As well as pictures of the ones that have value.
That Russell candy company may have reorganized after their turmoil and there is now a candy company called Russell Stovers. They make excellent candy.
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I looked up Russell McPhail and it turns out that he was tried for his candy having a 'filthy substance in it' and being prepared under unsanitary conditions. He pleaded "nolo contendere " (a plea by which a defendant in a criminal prosecution accepts conviction as though a guilty plea had been entered but does not admit guilt.) and yes, I had to look that up for you because I had never heard of it before.
We use to call the steel ones, steelys, they were large steel bearing's but we felt lucky to find them, I'm 68 so I do have a jar of marbles I love looking at, great job Robert, always enjoy your videos no matter what your doing, freezing in Michigan, hope your warmer in Georgia ❤😊
Thank you! Freezing here too! But probably warmer than there!
I'm 65, I remember when playing marbles with friends was a great time.
I'm in Michigan also. Crazy weather. Stay dry. Lol
Tennessean in my 70's here. My father grew up on a farm in Tennessee mountains. He loved marbles and told me about making stone marbles by putting a stone under a waterfall where it would be continuously turned by the falling water. He still had his stone marbles. I have them now. They are various sizes and one of my most-loved things from his childhood.
The Cherokee made stone marbles of various sizes but I do not know their method. My Uncle had a bunch of them.
Different amount of uranium in the glass used by different companies effects the glow.
You also have Vaseline glass which glows yellow.
Now you can go back to the flea market with your blacklight flashlight and see what glows!
My mom when she was young had marbles. The steel balls were called steelies
Wow! They're so bright! How fun to find them!😃
Yes they are!
I've got a collection of old marbles I inherited and it contains at least 50-60 clay/stone marbles and 100 or so glass marbles. Now I got to go look for my uv flashlight and check my marbles for uranium glass. How cool.
At least you haven't lost all your marbles!
😅
You should set up a closet with a blacklight and put all your uranium glass in there.
Definitely!
Very, very cool marbles Robert! You have some that are from 1890’s for sure! It’s always so exciting when you find more treasures in your old house! Happy trails Robert!!
Yes!,very cool indeed!
With Blue's sensitive nose, there is no telling all the various smells he encounters in the house.
That's a steelie!! My brothers had those in the 50s and 60s and they were highly valued. I finally found one in some stuff at a thrift store and was very excited. I love old marbles.
Very cool marbles. The lamp sure looks beautiful!
Not a marble expert but you can have some very valuable ones in there. Enjoyed took me back to my marble shooting days. Mid 50's👍🇺🇸
Not everything old has value. An antique marble goes for max 20 pounds.
@@lindan2836 I'm old and I feel valuable 😁🇺🇸
There is a treasure trove of exciting finds to be discovered in the Old Byrd Farm. I believe so many other prizes are waiting to be uncovered. Lead on McDuff. Blessings from Michigan.
The marbles are a neat find. Amazing how the farm keeps producing. Would love to be going through things with you
Robert, The "marbles" that are brown with whirl marks may well be agates which also have some light reflection qualities. I have a whole box of agates and marbles found in a piece of furniture that came out of an old jewelry store. The test for agate is if it will scratch a glass surface. I love your channel and thank you for the Uranium 101 class. I can't wait to check out the old lamps and dishes I have in storage. Best wishes.
Those marbles are cool! I've never heard of clay marbles nor uranium marbles. I don't know much about marbles but some of those look very old. You've got a lot of treasure in the Old Byrd Farm. I can't wait to see what else you find next. Thank you for sharing with us, Robert.
I have a few 'potties'
(Such marbles are known in my neck of the woods)
- oversized marbles that are glazed in white. 19th century. Then there are the square ribbed variety known as 'knuckles' .
Love the archeology finds and your happiness of discovery Me too❤😮😅
I have never seen anything this awesome! I can’t believe it! So cool!
I have a large can of marbles of my dad’s when he was a child in the 30’s and 40’s. I’ll get a black light to check. He would show them to us and show us the bigger marbles - the shooters. And he’d show us the really old clay ones. Fascinating Robert. Thanks so much.
The fact that your marbles are contained sets you above so many people.
I'm in freezing Canada, feeling for my US cousin's in the cold nasty weather you are getting. We used steelies too. My uranium glass marbles came from my Aunt and Uncle that traveled with the carnivals all over the world, they operated nickel digger games.. They told me that the uranium glass ones were prizes from carnival games. The clay ones were made in Germany through the 1800's to 1900's.
First you tried to kill us this past Summer with the wildfire smoke, now it's with the polar temperatures! 😂🤣❤LOL!
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can you imagine being a kid in the 30's and having these little lights in your room at night? One of my favourite childhood things was a radio that glowed in the dark, it was awesome.
I never heard of uranium marbles I don't think we had them in Britain you surprised me, definitely the old Byrd farm house is giving it's treasures, all the best Robert 👍 😉 Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧
But you've heard of uranium glass presumably -
- the 'glow in the dark stuff'
Why wouldn't marbles be made of uranium ??
Not much went to waste in those times
@@pyewackett5 yes I know about uranium I have got some dishes that glow blue glass but we in Britain never had it in marbles well I didn't
@@andrewowens9382
Heck. Have only just learned about : ' Conkers'/ 'Cat Eyes' / ' Pee Wees' etc. etc. it's a whole different world .
Of marbles .
@@pyewackett5 yes I use to play conkers in school we use to do competitions the best part of it was going to the park and picking the best ones , yes cats eyes 👀 was a very good invention
@@andrewowens9382
Then preserve those memories. Wouldn't you like future generations to experience such things .. ???
Very fasanating like to see things like that as you don't get to see much of the cooler stuff today thanks for sharing your marbles with us 😀 Take care 🙂
Hmmm, interesting. I have no knowledge of marbles. Those do glow! Cleaning you lamp... Genie?👍👍❣️❣️
Wow, that was cool. I loved the lamp, great finds .have fun finding more thumbs up
Another cool treasure found!
Those are pretty cool. I have alot of dishes like that. I bought from a antique store and even bought his black light.😊
just amazing how bright the marbles fluoresce under black light ! keep hunting for uranium glass!
it is a very unique prize from the old byrd house! happy hunting stay safe out there!
Thank you for this show it is really neat
It appears that the Russell McPhail Candy Company was located in Jacksonville. That box may have some value, Robert.
I have a couple dozen marbles from a 120 +- homestead where I lived for quite a few years. Some are green glass bearings, which I recently learned are often found along railroad tracks. I have not yet read that they could be uranium glass, but I'm looking for a black light to check to see if any of the smaller ones are. Until today I had no idea any of these could be uranium glass. I learn something new every day.
The reason people may have found some along railroad tracks is... They use to make signals with glowing glass beads so that you could see the signs at night when the headlights lite them up. All kinds of signs were make with glass marbles encased in them. Stop red, Go green
I know nothing about marbles,but those are very cool! Great find! Can't wait to see what else you'll find!
Very cool! Just another beautiful day in Paradise! 👍👍👍
Fantastisch Good video Knikkers Robert men thans te video Top ✔️✔️
Marbles! Awesome
That color is so beautiful, for want of a better word. Congrats on finding them.
Thank you Robert for all you do ❤
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That is really neat Robert
Hi Robert Love all your treasures that you find on your farm. Maybe the glowing marbles are from the old stop 🛑 signs ? So cool! Love all your videos and your dogs too!!!
Very cool
Those are so cool. I didn't know there were glowing marbles till you found out about them.
Wow, interesting find and very cool. I have subscription to newspapers and found where Russell McPhail took a plea of nolo contenders and was fined $50.00 it was over adulteration of candy.
I knew it I just knew it..had a strong feeling you would find those!
Found Sidestep afew days ago n subbed n just now found this channel n subscribed. Very very interesting.
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So glad to see you found your marbles, Robert! lol! I love the old clay ones, they go with all the other primitives I collect!
Thank you for the upload.
Very cool!
Sweet! Fun too!
Thanks Robert! Too cool
Steeles are what we called those steel marbles. I love those old marbles. There are collectors as well.
Happy you found some uranium glass marbles . I used to collect and play with marbles a long time ago .
Fantastisch Good work Robert Top men happy week ✅️👍🎈☕️🔥
Awesome video 😎❤️👍
Wicked Robert that is so cool. I love marbles when I was a kid I’ve never seen marbles glow awesome video.❤
Wow they are amazing. I have never heard of the uranium glass marbles and I hang around antique stores. Cool!
Wow ,so cool
Hi there.my good friend Robert real robert.im glad that you show us these treasure.i did also fi d a marbel from last year.and I find out it is also uranium.tanks for bringing this uranium stuuf out is super cool.
I have my Dad's marbles, they're probably 80 to 85 years old. I'm going to check them tomorrow! Thanks Robert!!! K.
Aloha 🌺 That was fun! I'll have to check mine! OBF still providing!!! Aloha 🌺🥰
I'd like to know how old those marbles are!
Robert, Interesting video on marbles. Especially loved the intro!! When I was a kid marbles were much more popular. No video games back then. Thanks for posting and keep on searching for more old stuff!! Randy/GA
You hit the jackpot with those marbles leta
Cool finds!
You lucky duck.I love marbles
Robert, my old memory fails me at times; however, didn't the Air Force lose a nuclear bomb somewhere over Georga? I'm not trying to make a connection. I'm not the only one who said the oil lamp will clean up nicely and glow. The findings are interesting and seeing you doing more relaxing things tells a story of how far you've come on the OBF.
So cool😊
Man! That is so cool! I wish I had saved all my bottle digging marbles I found over the years. I never know about radium glass until adulthood. Super show! I’ve loved everything glow in the dark my whole life. Congratulations!!🎉
We played with marbles in the late 50s and the 60s
Very cool! 😊
I never knew there were uranium glass marbles! I have a few old marbles that I will have to check. I have both unglazed and glazed clay marbles; the ones with a mottled brown glaze are called Benningtons for Bennington Pottery. "Glowy" glass seems to be very popular right now, yellow vaseline glass also glows, and there are other colors of glass that will glow. Keep that black light handy, and I hope you find more treasures like your lamp and marbles.
Maybe RussellStover candies chocolates, ( now days) at least here in CA.???
I remember these "glow in the dark" marbles!!! I am 72!
Cool 😎
💜💜💜What kind of light are you using? I have some things I'd like to test. This is fun!
UV light aka black light
Black light. You can order them online and they're not too pricy.
Thank you! I will order one.@@sheilabock466
Some of the old marbles can be worth a significant amount of cash.
Fantastic, I just bought a new uranium glass Christmas bauble. Yes you can still get new uranium glass You can also find other isotope doped glass that glows in different colours You can get some black light LED strip now,
My marbles aren't old but I've had them since I was a kid. Over 30 years for sure. I have a lot of marbles so hopefully not all will get lost ha ha. You should fill the spooky room with the Uranium glass items ha ha.
I think the uranium glass is fascinating
The signature on that box looks extremely similar to Russell Stover. That is probably their predecessor. Possibly they change the name because of a lawsuit.
Interesting I thought the same thing. He did have a company out of Chicago.
I think the marbles that you're wondering about are uranium glass mixed with milk glass. The bright glowing ones are clear green glass
Steelys. Because of their weight, they were considered cheating in some marble games and marble circles. They would chip the glass marbles and hack off your opponents.
I have marbles from when I was a kid in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, and my Dad’s and Uncles collections from the ‘20’s-‘40’s.
Robert, I found the newspaper article on Russell McPhail that you mentioned in this video and sent you a copy via your email address.
Wow!!!
Some rhinestone jewelry out of Czechoslovakia also contain uranium. So pretty when those pieces get lit up. And equally gorgeous in regular light.
To make glass stuff different minerals are melted with glass to achieve different colors.
@@pattiwhite9575 Do you own any Czech jewelry? I don't, I'm not that fancy of a dresser!
Your hand is glowing circles 😊
There are some Akro corkscrews very nice
I didn’t say anything about the uranium lantern at how much I wish you’d dust it off cuz it’s such beauty but I’m glad somebody did LOL.
I really envy you having that beauty as I collect them. Someday I’ll find one.
As for the marbles, I think that’s really cool. Never thought that marbles would have uranium in them but now I know they do. As far as some glow that you’re not sure about could they possibly have a mix of a glass n uranium?
I think it could. I think it’s great you found a box of old marbles. If you lose any of yours you know where you find some more😅.
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May the lord bless and protect you Robert
Omg! Please do some research on these before letting them go! There are some huge collectors out there, some marbles are worth a few hundred. Like you I don’t know alot but what I have read, and seen some listed, I was shocked to see how big some collected! Thanks for sharing, I have to get to the video now! 😂😮😂😂😂
Yes I love my marble collection. You mostly have typical marbles. But, you do have many sizes. That is good. You have many styles. Thats good. You have only a few really good ones. But all together a nice mix of makers and colors. You might want to sort them in styles and put them in small glass containers. If you find any glass medicine bottles with a flange on top you could even tie a string around the top and hang the bottles with marbles inside it in a window. So pretty.
I got a crystal/agate or stone marble....looks like it was made from the heart of a beautiful geode. Kicker is, it Glows So Hard under UV light. High concentration of Uranium. It Shines in broad daylight. A true Glow Worm. Obviously was pre-machine made. Im thinking M.F. Christiensen all day. Wonder what it could be worth? To this day, never seen another like it
The metal ones were called steelies! 🙂 I really enjoying your channels btw!
They were a premier chocolate company from 1945-1978. They were famous for their choc covered cherries. Based out of jacksonville Fla.
Good find. Some marbles are worth hundreds of dollars or more.
Look up value of old marbles, there's a lot of information on them
As well as pictures of the ones that have value.
That Russell candy company may have reorganized after their turmoil and there is now a candy company called Russell Stovers. They make excellent candy.