Title: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: DIGGA on October 13, 2009, 09:48:01 AM I HAVE NOTICED A FEW PEOPLE ON HERE HAVE BEEN FINDING THIMBLES LATELY ,,,,, HERES A LINK THAT HELPS TO DATE THEM FOR YOU ;D ;D
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/thimble.html (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/thimble.html) Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: onehorseAl( Al) on October 13, 2009, 10:15:34 AM Thanks for the link Digga :) :)
Al :) Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: Richy on October 13, 2009, 02:03:21 PM Handy link Digga, thanks mate. :)
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: mel on October 13, 2009, 02:49:04 PM Good link that wonder how old this one is???
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: DIGGA on October 13, 2009, 03:43:43 PM MEL I WOULD GUESS AT LATE 18th EARLY 19 th CENTUARY BUD ;D ;D
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: coleggwent(phil) on October 13, 2009, 03:44:49 PM it looks 19th to 20th cent mate by the look of the hallmark ??? good link digga thanks mate ill keep this one ;)
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: Kev on October 13, 2009, 05:10:17 PM ;) good link DIGGA got my two thimbles on UKDFD database silver one & the beehive thimble i found at Llantwit Major rally ;)
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: melonhead on October 13, 2009, 06:12:40 PM i found this one sunday its a advertising thimble and says andrews liver salts farmer phill thinks its from around wwii when they played hunt the thimble games
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: Kev on October 13, 2009, 06:30:53 PM well done MARK its a nice one ,glad to see the SE is doing the biz for you ;)
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on October 13, 2009, 06:48:02 PM A good way to Date a Thimble would be to
Buy it some flowers,Dinner for 2 at a posh resturant ect ect ;D Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: Kev on October 13, 2009, 06:53:13 PM ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: zorro on October 13, 2009, 07:44:26 PM nice link digga cheers. i think casa dos founda nice bee hive thimble on a DW rally not so long ago. unless my memory fails me?
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on October 13, 2009, 09:33:31 PM i found this advertising thimble some time back, not silver and absolutely flattened ! :(.....byron
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: the sutt on October 13, 2009, 09:52:36 PM thats a good link digger thanks very much
it will come in handy Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: Salty (Karl) Cardiff Scan Club on October 14, 2009, 10:48:12 AM A good way to Date a Thimble would be to Buy it some flowers,Dinner for 2 at a posh resturant ect ect ;D Now i desperately resisted the temptation to post something similar, i didn't want any Needle :D for fear of feeling a Pr*ck ;D ;) Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: 150aceboy on November 03, 2009, 11:19:49 PM Great link mate ;)
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on November 04, 2009, 07:12:22 AM Cheers Digga, yeah quite a few have been found recently
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: adesace on November 04, 2009, 09:14:24 AM Great site,.......Thanks for the link
Title: Re: HOW TO DATE THIMBLES Post by: shunggav on November 05, 2009, 04:10:30 PM GREAT SITE THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFOR IT VERY HARD TODATE BUT WITH THIS SIT HELP ALOT
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