Beautiful Sterling Engraved Luggage Tag

[BigWaveDave]

Bounced around town this morning, hit up an old permission, with the hopes of detecting the neighbors yard....sure enough that neighbor was home, and yes I can beep!
First target was the 1920 Merc, I was feeling good about this hunt to day the least.
Underneath an old tree, beneath a root, was a deep 72 on the Pro.... sure enough it wasn’t a zinc, but a pretty 1893 Indian, fantastic!
A few wheats, including one that the rim was shaved off, petty much a destroyed coin, but happy to have rescued it.
So the star of the day was what I was hoping to be a deep Barber Half, no such luck.... but so much better!
Looks to be about a hundred years old, gonna take some work to figure out who L. R. Britton was...
Out of the ground it had a dull grey patina, my wife did a great job getting it cleaned up for display.
Ok, the pics...




Thanks for looking!

 

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[against the wind]

Sweet Sterling Tag,,
Maybe a trip to the County Records Office will give you a direction to go in while trying to find L. R. Britton.
Congratulations on a great hunt.

 

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[BigWaveDave]

Thanks for the research redbeardrelics.....
It’s always awesome to find something personalized.

 

[Plumbata]

Awesome find!

The tag appears to be in the shape of an old-school house-call Doctor's Bag, so I'd run the name in conjunction with Doctor, Physician, or Veterinarian search terms.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Awesome find!

The tag appears to be in the shape of an old-school house-call Doctor's Bag, so I'd run the name in conjunction with Doctor, Physician, or Veterinarian search terms.

Yes, that’s what I thought at first, but I was able to find a few images of the exact one, but they were identified as travel tags...
But yes, it does look like a Doctors house call bag.

 

[Subterranean]

You would think.... must have been a popular thing to do, as I’ve found over a dozen of them in this neighborhood.
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Dave, I wonder if some unscrupulous rapscallion filed those cent coins down to "dime" size to use in the 10 cent vending machines of yesteryear, such as soda, cigarettes, and candy? Sub