Found an entire bank account in the ground

[Lookn4Seated]

The temperature has let up a bit and allowed me to do some huntin this week. I went out for a few hours in the woods today and my first target was a 1934 Wheatie at 5". I continued to sweep my coil in the area and found 2 of those combs that you comb horses with (didn't keep). Then I got a really strange signal that was bouncing around and popped out this thing.

It reads:
HANOVER BANK
CREDIT ACCOUNT OF
JAMES N ASHWORTH
MADISON AVE S OR & 34TH ST
NEW YORK N Y 31007

I wonder what this can be. Has anyone found anything like this? I'm gonna search this name and see what it turns up. Thanks for looking, and HH!

 

[kimsdad]

Looks like one of those plates that goes into an older credit card slip machine - The kind that made an impression in carbon of the card # and the payee.....

Glad you got out!

 

[Painter65]

Looks like some old charge plate they may have used at his bank for deposits and such....good find!!

 

[Detectingfreak]

very nice job!

 

[civil war hunter]

Im going to have to remember that if im broke.

 

[kdismuke1]

NICE FIND.

 

[sniffer]

looks more like the plate attached to the end of a ledger book, when they still kept accounts by hand

Sniffer

 

[seger98]

Pretty neat find, is that bank still there? Let us know what you find out!

 

[weemskat]

For the most part everyone is correct.It is for printing.I am not sure what the machine looks like that they go in but here are some photos of a file system I bought at an auction years ago that may help you figure something out. weemskat

 

[sniffer]

nice job, weems

 

[Twin Digger]

did you return it??