Hit the "Mother Lode" of 1906 dog tax tags yesterday in one hole at Marmaduke Park of all places :thumbup:

[Ray-Mo.]

About 10" deep in a large wad with many of them stuck together, 37 in all. Also found the 3 silver dimes....

 

[D&P-OR]

WOW---Better look around Ray, the dogs might be there somewhere to! ----Wonder how those tags all ended up there?---They would be what--going on 106 yrs old---amazing!---------Del

 

[LabradorBob]

Bet that was ruff diggin all those up. That is so cool congrats on the. Silvers also.

 

[Goes4ever]

So cool a dog tag cache!

 

[corky569]

Wow, are you in Nevada?

 

[Eric ND]

This gave me a vision of some dog back in 1906 that hated his collar/tag so he kept burying them in the same spot over and over again. I am sure it was something else but I know how much my dog hates wearing the collar so I could see her burying it if she had the chance. Cool find for sure!

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Now the dogs have silver Wow !!! Great finds !!!

 

[bunker314]

Now that is so COOL!!!!

Bunker

 

[Critterhunter]

Probably a kid who wanted to bury a pretend cache of treasure, but I don't see where he would have got all those tags? Maybe his dad was a dog warden or something?

 

[ohio mike]

I'd make a display out of that and hang it on the wall!

 

[2000nkb]

Probably were all the leftovers for the year, and were just discarded. Great find, those have probably actually been in the ground for 106 yrs. Did they come up and an "overload" signal?

 

[Hawkeye Jim]

A very unusual find indeed...........is that a town in MO???

Nice silver too............Hawkeye Jim.

 

[BarberDan]

I've never even heard of such a thing....lol. I like finding old dog tags though...so congrats! I doubt this feat could ever be duplicated...lol.

 

[D&P-OR]

Ray-----You would have never found those tags at Pussycat Park!!!----I never even found ONE dog tag that old and you come up with 37 of 'em, what a cache.-----I STILL think you need to go back & try to find the dead dogs though! ----------Del

 

[NebTrac]

Yep. The old "Dog Massacre" of 1906. Canines are still barking about it to this day.

Strange why someone would bury them there.

Thanks for the pictures Ray.

NebTrac

 

[D&P-OR]

Good one Troy!-----I'm sure glad we got Ray for a moderator---he finds some neat stuff for us to "yap" about! ----------Del

Yep. The old "Dog Massacre" of 1906. Canines are still barking about it to this day.

Strange why someone would bury them there.

Thanks for the pictures Ray.

NebTrac

 

[E-TREC-Virginia]

Wonder why the park is named Marmaduke Park? Could it be that the dog tags belonged to Marmaduke and all of his closets friends?

 

[kiwi-jim]

Great find real unusual doggone it

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very cool find Ray !

I found a brass 1950 dated dog tag from our county here in Ohio last week - we have ( 9 ) nine dogs of our own and we didn't know that dog tags were required as early as the 1950's - let alone that they were ever issued anywhere in the US - as early 1906.

Maybe the tags you found were expired and town or county employee discarded them or the tags were all removed from dogs that were put to sleep at a dog pound ?

HH --- Mark

 

[Ray-Mo.]

I noticed they are in numerical series and were wired together at time of loss.Also noticed a # 7 was added at end of original 1906 stamping.The park is about a mile from edge of town at the 1906 time period and may have been a pound at one time,who knows.
On a side knote I have been wondering just how much tax was levied on a dog back in 1906 lol