I have found over 30 marbles over the past 6 or 7 years.
Marbles left behind in a grave.
Once i had not found a marble in quite a while and was mulling that over while walking my dog.
Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in.
It s nice to visit the grave and see the stones are still there and shows the person isn t forgotten.
With regard to history all and i mean all rabbinic comments are suspect.
No matter what the original intention of the coin leaver may be it seems clear that a coin left on a headstone is a symbol of remembrance and respect.
May 22 2010 at 2 49 pm that is soooo awesome.
The pebble may go back 6000bc years to a community in turkey that left pebble size figures of mom and pop at the grave sites.
We are an ancestor friendly people.
Collecting marbles is a game and the person with the greatest skill is the winner.
I find marbles too.
Additionally sometimes coins are left as a down payment for the deceased a promise to buy their comrade a drink in the afterlife.
I have no idea what it means.
We left the stones at the grave site.
I looked down and there was a giant glass marble.
These maybe our source people for our spiritual customs.
Thanks for the comment.
Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child s play.