Old pre-WWW I ship yard badge.:detecting:

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Had our club hunt yesterday which pretty much was a complete bust. Our hunt director for our club decided to do some beach hunting since it's been so dry instead of doing any park hunting and having it look like a war zone. Problem was we met at 9:00 am and the low tide was about four hours away!!!! Lee and I decided to check out a lake park not far away and detect along the swimming beach area. Well, about 9:30 I think about half of the county showed up for a big picnic and lots of curious kids if you know what I mean. Lee said lets get out of here and we headed into town where they were tearing down some old houses for more parking spaces for the college. Lee has been here before and I'm sure there has been other guys in there and probably not much left to find. It was slow and lots of junk everywhere and I finally got a 1918s wheatie. Lee got a 52 wheatie and a nice 45 merc dime. Just before we decided to break for lunch I got a nice signal about four inches down. Pulled out this round thing and it turned out to be an old civil service ship yard badge. Did some research and the navy yard was established in 1891 and called Naval Station. In 1901 the name was changed to Navy Yard Puget Sound and later on it became Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The 4617 number on the badge must mean that who ever had this badge was the 4,617th person to be hired there by the Navy. I'm assuming this badge was issued sometime between 1901 and 1914 just prior to the start of WW I. I'm going to contact the people at the newly opened Naval Museum and see if they can shed some more light on this badge. Might even be able to find out the name of the person who had this badge. Sorry I didn't have any good silver finds to post, but I thought the badge was pretty cool and something not many might find. Thanks for looking and HH.


Eddie

 

[Erik in NJ]

Hey Eddie, I'd take that piece of history over a silver coin any day of the week. That sure is a nice find - that's one to really be proud of! Let us know what you find out about it.

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Thanks Erik. I do have to agree with you that finding a piece of history might be better than a silver coin. I called the Naval Museum today, but the fellow who answered the phone is just a volunteer and told me to call back on Monday and talk with one of the curators. Maybe I will find out more about this badge then. HH.

Eddie

 

[king-ghidorah]

Nice close up pic Ed!

 

[Hotcz70]

That's a sweet find Eddie.
Nobody needs to have silver to post. I like all the "cool" goodies too.

 

[RickIowa2009]

INteresting

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Thanks Bryce. I hope to find out just what year that badge was issued tomorrow sometime. After our club meeting next month I may give it to the Naval Museum in Bremerton to add to their display. Send us some rain would you. HH.

Eddie

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

n/t

 

[TEXAN Connection]

Very cool piece of history

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

n/t

 

[king-ghidorah]

Thanks Bryce. I hope to find out just what year that badge was issued tomorrow sometime. After our club meeting next month I may give it to the Naval Museum in Bremerton to add to their display. Send us some rain would you. HH.

Eddie

What! We just started the beach season in the middle of July, no more rain!!

 

[James N.D.]

That would be worth 10 Mercury Dimes in my book and thanks for posting this great find. Hope you find out a little bit about this Badge and keep us posted. Great find once again buddy. Just to let you know, I dug a few Silver's for you this past weekend so stay tuned. Continued Success, Good Luck and HH to you.

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Thanks James. I talked with one of the curators at that museum and emailed her a picture of that badge. She is looking into it and will get back to me. I'm still thinking that badge was issued somewhere between 1901 and 1914 from the information that I got off the internet. Thanks for digging me some silver. I will be expecting them in the mail any day now. Looking forward to your next post. HH.

Eddie