Figured I would get the May thread started. I just got home from my day of treasure hunting out in Adamstown PA, and overall I was happy with the day.
The first item I picked up is a very early Spalding Table Tennis set, with a beautifully decorated lithography box lid (The box looks alot better in person than my iphone could capture). The set has all of its pieces, including 2 neat ping pong paddles that have the Spalding mark embossed onto the silver metal portion. After some quick online research, I believe this set could date to 1896 and seems pretty rare.
Next, I picked up this massive display bat that is made of several different pieces of wood. The seller told me they believe it was a store display piece. It is a huge bat, measuring about 42 inches, and weighs 83 oz.
Lastly I picked up a small 19th century figure 8 ball that is missing leather in some areas, and a Jos. Zacko Sporting Goods brand baseball bat. The reason I picked up the Zacko bat, is Zacko was very involved with the Pottsville Maroons, supplying the team with all of its equipment, selling tickets out of his sporting goods store, and was a Maroons super-fan of sorts.
