Hi gang i found this detecting still have no clue what it is?

[mikeya]

 

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[Breezie]

Your find looks like a vintage brass 'tool tag.'

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Neat find
Breezie

 

[Ant]

Man I think that you have a Dog License/tag. Where is lotsofcoins?

 

[mikeya]

I was thinking an old dog tag, It would be hard to find where it came from?

 

[mikeya]

tool check tag could be right but no company name.

 

[cw0909]

found a S.H. Straub in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in google books,sporting goods,
gun sold and repaired maybe its a repair tag for a gun repair in inventory

https://books.google.com/books?id=3...igan&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q=S.H. Straub&f=false

 

[Anduril]

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A quick Google search for you: This seems close...
W.A. TRIPP / GOOD FOR / 5¢ / IN TRADE (all incuse) (TC-14139) Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County), U.S.A.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Could it be a miners' tag? You are close to Calico, aren't you?

 

[mikeya]

Some good places to start looking. thank you everyone.

 

[Breezie]

Judging by what CW0909 and Auduril found, perhaps Mr. S.H. Straub made brass tags and tokens for various companies/people.


Breezie

 

[cw0909]

i think Breezie is right, Straub prob owned the sporting goods and made tokens too
now if we can fig out who/what a D D L is
a list and img of Straub tokens
http://tokencatalog.com/display_rec...ingAnyWord=&HomePageSearch=&view=All+Listings

Straub listed as a gunsmith
1900 United States Census | Image 004120232-205 | Mocavo

 

[kingskid1611]

Welcome to the addiction.

 

[mikeya]

Wow that,s a lot of good info i had no idea he made tokens to.Is there a price listing for straub tokens?

 

[mikeya]

BigWaveDave your right i live on ghost town road just down the street from calico.