Brass tag

[Martyn]

hi guys
found a round brass tag on the beach about the size of a quarter, has a hole in the top of it to hang from something, on one side it says "COSMOS LINE" and on the other "AFTER USE RECOIL CLOCKWISE" with an arrow, any ideas?? will try to post a pic as soon as i find my camera....

Cheers
Martyn

PS
Found in the UK if that helps

 

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[diggerfororo]

Hi M

Sounds like a Fire hose reel tag. Cosmos Line was a shipping line.

Les

 

[Martyn]

have been looking all over the net and couldn't find any mention of cosmos line do you know where i can get some more info?

 

[Mackaydon]

Wonder if this has anything to do with your item?
http://www.terragame.com/downloadable/matching/cosmo_lines/index.html

 

[Montana Jim]

Cosmos Shipping Lines (Pvt.) Ltd., the maritime arm of the Cosmos Group, was established in 1978 with the aim of offering efficient agency services to the foreign vessels calling at the Bangladesh ports. Since then it has emerged as one of the country’s largest handlers of cargo in terms of tonnage. The company maintains offices at the port cities of Chittagong and Khulna/Mongla. Our both branch offices are well equipped with the modern communication facilities with efficient and skilled officers/staff to cater professional services to the principals/owners.

http://www.cosmosgroup.net/Cosmos Shipping.html

 

[Martyn]

could this be from a shipwreck? there are a few wrecks off this beach but none that i know of which tally with 1978, found 2 of these tags plus loads of other bits and pieces plus a 1923 UK penny

 

[John Winter]

Well, it was in November 2007, NINE years ago that the poster MARTYN started this thread ... and I resurrect it today with a positive identification. I guess Martyn never found his camera and like that, he also seems to have disappeared, but this is what he found:



On the premier Scottish detecting forum - detectingscotland.com - a member posted a lot of finds, and thought this was a token of some kind. The member 'jagsteve' pointed out that "a cosmos line is a tool brickies and builders use, like a wind-up chalk line. That disk would've been on the end of the line to stop the end being reeled inside." Sometimes it takes a while to identify an artefact ... well done, Steve!

 

[nsdq]

It may be possible that he or she is serving in the Military an was deployed and never made it back ?