Hi all:
Hunted a neighbors house this afternoon. House is 98 years old, so I had visions of old silver coins. I'm guessing someone has hunted it previously as I only found a few clad cons around. Fortunately, one good item was rescued. A World War 1 dog tag with the name Emmett G Bryant USA on one side and serial #1 468 603 on the other side. Gave a nice high tone on my AT Gold with numbers around 85. Was about four inches deep. Wasn't sure what it was, but had my suspicions. Googled World War 1 dog tags and found pictures of many kinds, including some with the same configuration as this one. Satisfied with what it was, I finally found a site that would let me search World War 1 records without needing a credit card. Plugged in the name and got a response that had the same serial number as on the tag. He lived in the same town I now live in. He was 31 years old when he entered the military service in Joplin, MO on August 21, 1917, He was in a Missouri Engineer Battalion and was honorable discharged on September 1, 1918. Need to go to the library and find out where in town he lived and if there might be relatives still in the area. Love touching a piece of history.
Thanks for lookin' and keep on diggin'
jimmyk in Missouri
PS: Also found a .69 cal round Civil War bullet.
JK
Hunted a neighbors house this afternoon. House is 98 years old, so I had visions of old silver coins. I'm guessing someone has hunted it previously as I only found a few clad cons around. Fortunately, one good item was rescued. A World War 1 dog tag with the name Emmett G Bryant USA on one side and serial #1 468 603 on the other side. Gave a nice high tone on my AT Gold with numbers around 85. Was about four inches deep. Wasn't sure what it was, but had my suspicions. Googled World War 1 dog tags and found pictures of many kinds, including some with the same configuration as this one. Satisfied with what it was, I finally found a site that would let me search World War 1 records without needing a credit card. Plugged in the name and got a response that had the same serial number as on the tag. He lived in the same town I now live in. He was 31 years old when he entered the military service in Joplin, MO on August 21, 1917, He was in a Missouri Engineer Battalion and was honorable discharged on September 1, 1918. Need to go to the library and find out where in town he lived and if there might be relatives still in the area. Love touching a piece of history.
Thanks for lookin' and keep on diggin'
jimmyk in Missouri
PS: Also found a .69 cal round Civil War bullet.
JK
