WOW! I Didn't Even Know They Made Dog Tags This Long Ago!

[FoxHound0985]

Greetings everyone,

I went out today for a couple hours with a buddy. We went to a site that was a large mansion that was built in the very early 1800s. Around 1840 the mansion was turned into a female school, and then in the 1860s was turned into an academy. It was around until the early 1900s and sat abandoned until the 1970s when it was burned. Anyway, the first find was the really cool collapsible cup, which is another first for me. The next good find was the brass nozzle that I'm guessing was on an old fire extinguisher. It appears to be unmarked. The last and best find of the day was the dog tag from 1883! I have never seen one this early and didn't even know they used them that long ago! Apparently American dog tags of this age are very rare. I'm stoked! Anyway, thanks for looking and HH!

PF

 

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[FoxHound0985]

Pretty sure a 1870's San Francisco dog tag made banner awhile back

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Thanks for the replies everyone. This is definitely one of my all time best finds, even though it's so simple.

Yes, it was found in Indiana. Charlestown, Indiana to be specific.

 

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[A2coins]

Sweet finds I thought it was my ex wifes till I saw the date. Sweet find looks like you have an old place to find lots of stuff !!!!!!

 

[A2coins]

I have some from the early 1900s I didn't know these had value cool

 

[mikeraydj]

Banner! I like it.

 

[against the wind]

Good hunt,, always fun to find an old tag but that one is wild.
Congratulations

My research turned up an 1878 Hoosier state dog tag as the earliest Indiana State tag. Back then, the tags were issued annually by the state instead of a local municipality.
That tag is in good shape and could fetch $400 - $600.

 

[absosecur]

Congrats on great finds. They had dog tags for civil war soldiers maybe only us not rebs im not sure. I found one for a new hampshire guy from haverhill. They were called i d discs.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Those are 3 great relic finds. That dog tag is making me drool. ( And I'm not even an English Bulldog ) !

 

[villagenut]

Congrats on great finds. They had dog tags for civil war soldiers maybe only us not rebs im not sure. I found one for a new hampshire guy from haverhill. They were called i d discs.

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

Those dog tags are quite collectable. I recently sold two dug tags (1898 & 1905) on Ebay and got $91.00 for the pair.

 

[FoxHound0985]

Good hunt,, always fun to find an old tag but that one is wild.
Congratulations

My research turned up an 1878 Hoosier state dog tag as the earliest Indiana State tag. Back then, the tags were issued annually by the state instead of a local municipality.
That tag is in good shape and could fetch $400 - $600.

Thanks for the research! That's quite a bit of money for a small tag. I'm very happy with it and will probably stay with me forever. I've sold a few finds and have regretted most of them!

Thanks for the replies everyone!