A couple of hours before the storm.

[JUNKYARD DOG]

Was a nice day, didnt get out to detect until afternoon and it just gets dark way to quick. Found one goodie, its a Missouri pacific railway local badge 24521. I gotta do some research on this, dont know what exactly it is, any info would be great. Looks like stamped brass and its 1-1/2 X 1-1/2 inches. Also posting a little pic of my annual posting for 2008. Its been quite a year. I would really like to see everyone get their annual postings in to see what we all came up with..Good luck to all and hope everyone has a safe holiday season. HH JYD ((UPDATE)) because of the great info Detector De Metales passed on to me I found out that the tag is a Missouri Pacific Railway baggage tag. I see several these type tags selling on ebay, and the site he passed on to me is a great railroadana site, you may want to put this in your favorites for future research. Thanks D. D. M.

 

[juju]

WTG Thats a heck of a spread. Thanks for sharing.

JuJu

 

[jgas]

That is no Junkyard buddy! Nice finds all the way around... jgas

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

That is no Junkyard buddy! Nice finds all the way around... jgas

You got to go to ( annual finds ) for 2008 if you want to see my junk yard. JYD

 

[Golden1]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!! finds JD Congrat's

G1

 

[Southern_Boy]

That looks really nice for a quite year.

 

[detector de metales]

Nice 2008! Great finds!
Love the Mo Pac Rwy. Tag..
Couple of things come to mind with it, is it a union tag (Railway workers?)
It doesn't seem to be an Person ID of sorts, maybe mail bag? Local mail?
Interesting, I know the Missouri Railway had a strike during the 1880's.. Here's a few links to possibly help you out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Pacific_Railroad
http://railroadiana.org/badges/pgBadges.php
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Great-Southwest-Railroad-Strike-of-1886
I love railway items!
Happy Hunting!

J2

 

[Hutch911]

WOW you where a digging machine way to go one heck of a year

 

[baylorhall]

That is amazing! Can't believe you found so many cars in with all those coins. Good job!

 

[Brian in MA]

Like that railroad tag...

Now, that's how I like my table set !!!

Looks like you had a great year. I see several real nice finds in that pic...

Congrats,

Brian

 

[Slabman]

Nice finds!!!!!!!!!
Your tag is a Missouri Pacific Rail Yard luggage tag. Very nice find, and quite
collectible. Looks like you had quite a year!
Slab

 

[Gilligan]

I also found one of the Disabled American Veteran tags like you found. Does anyone know what these were used for?? Great finds, Bryan in NC

 

[hogge]

Nice finds for the year! What sticks out to me is the belt plate! Congrats......Hogge

 

[phantomfinder]

THE ROUND TABLE IS FULL OF TREASURE. WTG