๐Ÿฅ‡ BANNER I Just Dug Up The Oldest Dog License Ive Ever Seen!

Cool Hand Fluke

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I Just Dug Up The Oldest Dog License I've Ever Seen!

In many years of metal detecting I've dug up a lot of dog tags / licenses, but never one as old as the one I found today! My previous record for
a dog tag was 1921, today the one I dug was dated 1881! I wonder if this one is a rare find? Also dug up 6 wheaties a a 1947 Rosie dime. Clad was
about $6.00. Two different parks were hunted today, I've hunted both areas before. It's amazing what you miss.....
 

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flatbutton

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The dog license is just plain cool! :icon_thumright:
 

relic nut

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Very cool tag! How did you clean it?
 

pepperj

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What a great keeper the tag is, I'd take that over a common silver any day. Congrats
 

port ewen ace

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nice tag, well, OK--- super nice tag. got the same SF rail token this season in Woodstock, NY, sold it on ebay--- to a buyer in, you guessed it--SF.
 

BigWaveDave

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Hopefully, that tag will prove to be "oldest known" for San Fran..awesome!
 

texjim

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I don't know that i have ever seen a dog license that old.. Sweet find
 

johnnyblaze

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Very cool find for sure super rare oldie:headbang:

This is Banner worthy guys.....

~Blaze~
 

relic nut

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ajaj

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Wow, that license is really awesome!

aj
 

jeff of pa

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that's a Cool Tag !
 

Gridwalker306

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Killer license, what a beauty
 

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