This Old Dog finds one older than he is !!

[foreverRich]

I know a lot of us find dog tags metal detecting. Just wondering if many have found any older than this one. This is the oldest one I have dug up yet. I thought it was a neat find. Still had the rivets where it attached to the collar.

 

[tabdog]

That's a great find.

I have only found modern tags.

HH,

 

[Gila Marc]

That is a nice one! I found one from 1899, Yuma, Arizona. I'll try to post a photo when I get home to my other computer.

Marc

 

[Elton]

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[GRAY GHOST]

hello all,years ago i found some old dog tags dating back to 1915 [va.] several were from the 1920s thru the early 1940s. it was like six of them in a lil ol ladies yard. she really liked them, and asked if she could have them. of course i gave them to her, thought it was kinda strange, she was really transfixed on them, and i kept some old buffalo nickels, a silver ring, and 2 indian cents. the different pets names were inscribed on the licences, but did not have the rivets like foreverrichs did. i later found out that the lil ol ladies family had owned that little house for generations and she was quite attached to all of the different pets they had owned over the years, so i guess this was her way of reconnecting with a part of her childhood. thats quite cool. seeing foreverrichs post brought back that memory from many years ago. and thats quite cool too.

 

[Elton]

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[tabdog]

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[Rick(ND)]

These are collectible if they are old like the one you found and the ones in the 1800 are even worth more than one that says 1900 I was told. I found one that is old and have sold it too. This one being 1888 was the year before ND became a state so it is a Dakota Territory tag which also made it worth more. Even though it don't say it we know it is as it was found in this town listed on it. If it would have said DT or Dakota Territory on it the price would have been around $800, but was offered $200 or the coin I will post a picture of.[attachment 81919 dogtag.jpg]
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[rmptr]

Wow!
I'd swap a dogtag for a gold coin!
... Is there a tax on dogs?
HH

 

[GRAY GHOST]

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[coinnut]

Here's a bunch of dog tags I found when I used to do schools and parks. Don't find many these days. I like the tag that is in the shape of the number 14 done in dog bones, along with what must be a rarer tag, that was aluminum in 1899. It must have just lost it's status as a premium metal. I think aluminum was discovered around the civil war and was extremely hard to refine. First picture shows those tags. The second one has 20's and 30's tags, and the final picture is all of them. HH

 

[foreverRich]

coinnut,

That sure is a great collection. No wonder I don't find many of them. Looks like you have enough to put in a shadowbox for display. Guess their are less and less because they are a large target and most are not eliminated by discrimination. Thanks for showing your collection.

 

[coinnut]

Thanks. Most of these were found in the days when people wondered if you were "digging for worms" in the park grass. It was also a lot safer in those days. Those size targets are not usually deep and were found easily. Now I find most of my tags in the woods along dirt paths. HH

 

[lordmarcovan]

The oldest I've found was 1946.