🥇 BANNER Civil war dog tag. Are you kidding me?!!!!!!

[Turbo21]

I decided to go digging at lunch time today and went to one of our local parks that was opened in 1914. We have pulled many silver coins and cool relics from this park but never in a million years did I think I would find a civil war dog tag!!!!

I had a good signal and was thinking half dollar

Duh the hole and out pops a big disc. I was thinking large cent as soon as



Being the curious person I am I started cleaning it in the field. Was confused when I see 1861 and a shield. I didn't know what it was so immediately started looking online



I first thought it was a civil war token but noticed some writing on the back. I then found it was a civil war dog tag. How the heck did that end up in this park!!!!

I am still in the cleaning stage but it's coming along nicely. It's in really good shape and just some peroxide made a lot of the original brass color show up

I still have ore cleaning to do but it just amazes me the history behind this.

Here is a pic of how it's coming along


The back still need some cleaning but the writing is all legible

The back says
Caleb r foster
COB
13 reg
Vol




I suck at research so a big thanks to kiros32

He found that Caleb r foster was in the 102 regiment Pennsylvania infantry company b
He was wounded at wilderness va
He mustered out with his company on June 28 1865
He died at 78 from pneumonia and he is buried in chartiers cemetary which is about 10 miles from here

I have started looking at values and looks like at auction it could go from $1750 to $2200. Wow

I am still shaking and this is definitely my best find ever its gonna be hard to top this one!!!

 

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[Turbo21]

Neat find! Maybe you could also get a pic of his tombstone and the tag seeing it's only 10 miles from you..


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I Definitely thought about it. I might have to take a ride over

 

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[Kiros32]

I Definitely thought about it. I might have to take a ride over

I want to check it out as well. Maybe Friday afternoon

 

[Kiros32]

Kiros32, First, great job assisting on the soldier ID. As for the city (soldier's home town, no doubt, ) on the bottom, it is Temperanceville (VA) This is way beyond cool! Sub

Could be, but this guy was living in the pittsburgh area when he enlisted and returned here after the war. I was thinking maybe Lawrenceville. Its a town in the same county as pittsburgh.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Banner for sure

 

[villagenut]

Never gets old seeing one of these in a post. Super cool and glad you could save it.

 

[Kiros32]

Kiros32, First, great job assisting on the soldier ID. As for the city (soldier's home town, no doubt, ) on the bottom, it is Temperanceville (VA) This is way beyond cool! Sub

It does look like Temperanceville though. The plot thickens...

 

[Turbo21]

It is temperamceville. Man did the peroxide do the trick

 

[Kiros32]

Just found out there is a small town near Pittsburgh called Temperanceville!

 

[Turbo21]

That's right. The west end was called temperanceville

 

[digging440yrs]

Great piece of history you found ! In my opinion I would hold off on any more peroxide , or anymore cleaning, catch your breath and relax. You may harm it, instead of help it----Big Congrats----Tom

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Banner vote from me.

 

[Turbo21]

Great piece of history you found ! In my opinion I would hold off on any more peroxide , or anymore cleaning, catch your breath and relax. You may harm it, instead of help it----Big Congrats----Tom

With some of the green still on the back I just need to dip it in acetone to halt the corrosion. Now that the back is readable no more cleaning is necessary

 

[gheenoe78]

Banner for sure. Incredible find.

 

[Isaac]

Amazing find

 

[l2hunt]

Excellent find!

 

[Worm-Slicer]

Superb find I don't care who you are! A Civil War ID tag has been in my top five for years now and I'm still looking for one. This find would make my year!

 

[trapperart]

That's a great find. Banner vote from me

 

[Mackaydon]

Sell it?
Have you considered giving it to a living relation?
Don.....

 

[etex]

Banner

 

[HighVDI]

That's amazing. This section is what keeps me (I'm sure most of us) motivated to keep digging...