Anyone know tags? Poss. RR Tags maybe? Any suggestions?

[michigan michael]

I found these 2 tags today and thought I located 2 old Railroad tags. All the other tags I found online have some sort of RR reference on them though. Anyone know what these may be? Tag 468 is one sided. back side is blank. Tag 51 has C.I.D. Co. on the Rev. Thanks for everyones help.

Thanks` MM

[Rusted_Iron]

I suspect they may be logging-related, but I could be wrong. I have seen such a one before, though not the same company.

Would be curious to know for certain.

HH,
Rusted

[Monty]

I think they are tool tags. I have a few from the railway where my wife worked. Monty

[kuger]

Was there any underground mines in the area?

[michigan michael]

I suspect they may be logging-related, but I could be wrong. I have seen such a one before, though not the same company.

Would be curious to know for certain.

HH,
Rusted

Hi Rusted,
Thanks for the reply. Why would you think logging related? What are your ideas? I am not any closer to solving this and am curious as to what you believe and think. The site these where these were dug are at a lake location. I dug a third one yesterday. Same company, the number being 444 this time. Thanks~ MM

[michigan michael]

I think they are tool tags. I have a few from the railway where my wife worked. Monty

Hi Monty,
Thanks for the reply.
You said you thought they might be tool tags. What kind of tools are you thinking? What would be the purpose of a tool tag? You do think they are railroad related though? I still dont have a clue as to what these are. Kind of excited about them now.

[michigan michael]

Was there any underground mines in the area?

Hey Kuger,

I dont believe there were mines. The site is right on a lake location and I do not think the lake is man made. What are you considering? Thanks for the reply.~ MM

[Silver Searcher]

Was there any underground mines in the area?

Hey Kuger,

I dont believe there were mines. The site is right on a lake location and I do not think the lake is man made. What are you considering? Thanks for the reply.~ MM

I think Kugers thinking of Miners tags :P the were used in England also, the tags would be given out to the Miners as they entered the Mine, if they were any problems in the Mine, you could tell by the tags who was missing

SS

[Monty]

They had a shop where they worked on the locomotives and they needed special tools that were expensive. Instead of having the mechanics buy their own tools, the Railway bought them and when they checked one out a tag would be on a peg with their name identifying the tool they had borrowed. It helped them keep track of the tools and prevent theft. Many shops used tool tags, not just railways. Monty

[Rusted_Iron]

I suspect they may be logging-related, but I could be wrong. I have seen such a one before, though not the same company.

Would be curious to know for certain.

HH,
Rusted

Hi Rusted,
Thanks for the reply. Why would you think logging related? What are your ideas? I am not any closer to solving this and am curious as to what you believe and think. The site these where these were dug are at a lake location. I dug a third one yesterday. Same company, the number being 444 this time. Thanks~ MM

Monty might be right, but I found one at a site which had no railroad that I know of, though it did have some kind of sawmill operation for a while. Of course, they could have used the same system of tags at both railroads and lumber mills. It is a pretty useful idea for tagging expensive tools. Or anything that belongs to the company. Maybe even logs.

It would be nice to dig up one of these still attached to something, so we could find out for sure.

I checked into the tag that I found, and it came from another town that's nowhere near here. So I don't have anything definitive yet.

[kuger]

Was there any underground mines in the area?

Hey Kuger,

I dont believe there were mines. The site is right on a lake location and I do not think the lake is man made. What are you considering? Thanks for the reply.~ MM

I think Kugers thinking of Miners tags :P the were used in England also, the tags would be given out to the Miners as they entered the Mine, if they were any problems in the Mine, you could tell by the tags who was missing
Bingo!
SS

[thrillathahunt]

My vote is for tool check/tag. I have found a few.

[intimer]

a much older style but another use of similar tags. the miners would hang their id # tag on the cart they loaded for piece work.
this sort were way old when the hand loaded.

yours looks more like a tool tag like oyherd say or inventory control tag, or even a key tag.


the word 'oyherd' above was meant to be 'others' not sure how so wrong. spell check is needed! in the future maybe?

[Shadowmanflash]

Used to work in weld shop we used tool tags like this when we checked out tools, Ken.

[michigan michael]

I sure wish I could find some info on the C.I.D.Co. The tool tag suggestion sounds like it is probably the key but I cant help wondering why the numbers are so high for tool sign outs. I believe that is probably what they were used for also though.

Thanks for everyones help!

[intimer]

I sure wish I could find some info on the C.I.D.Co. The tool tag suggestion sounds like it is probably the key but I cant help wondering why the numbers are so high for tool sign outs. I believe that is probably what they were used for also though.

Thanks for everyones help!

that's an interesting observation about the numbers being high.
maybe the first digit indicated a bldg., dept., or a category of tool.