1880/90 Detective badge!

Jaichim24 · Oct 7, 2015

This was a new permission, an old rental property, not much land to detect, mostly just house, parking lot, and overgrown areas. Nothing in the front yard to detects, these finds represent a small section of yard in the back. The most exciting find is the detective badge from the 1880's/90's. When I found it out at the site, I just assumed it was some sort of toy detective badge. However when I got home and pieced together what was written on the back. "THIS BADGE NOT SOLD TO ANYONE" that's when I started googling around wondering it it may be real. Turns out it was. It is a badge handed out to agents from the Grannon Detective Bureau. Pretty sweet find!!

weasel606 · Oct 7, 2015

The badge is a sweet find for sure :occasion14:

Lots of nice finds there congrats to you :icon_thumright:

DashHopes · Oct 7, 2015

Sweet badge.

against the wind · Oct 7, 2015

Congrats on the new permission. There is a lot history there. If no one has been there before you,, I'm sure there is some more silver there.
Really cool badge.

gigispop7 · Oct 7, 2015

nice badge.

Subterranean · Oct 7, 2015

Congrats to you! Your style of badge shows up at police memorabilia shows frequently, and is as you discovered, a Victorian era badge out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Based on the soldering marks on the reverse, it had a "saddle blanket" or "clothes pin" style of pin and catch. Very cool...Sub 8-)