🥇 BANNER I Just Dug Up The Oldest Dog License Ive Ever Seen!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

I Just Dug Up The Oldest Dog License I've Ever Seen!

In many years of metal detecting I've dug up a lot of dog tags / licenses, but never one as old as the one I found today! My previous record for
a dog tag was 1921, today the one I dug was dated 1881! I wonder if this one is a rare find? Also dug up 6 wheaties a a 1947 Rosie dime. Clad was
about $6.00. Two different parks were hunted today, I've hunted both areas before. It's amazing what you miss.....

 

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[Scrappy]

Cool tag. I've found 19-teens ones but never 19th Century. Being San Francisco, and pre-earthquake makes it that much cooler. It most assuredly was in the soil during the 1906 quake and fire...

 

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[Tnmountains]

Oldest I have seen posted. Nice restoration on it as well!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Very cool tag! How did you clean it?

Just lightly scrubbed it with a wet green scratch pad and some liquid hand soap. I've done this with several similar type relics.

 

[Mark Todd]

That's one sweeeet looking tag considering the date, congratulations!
The oldest tag reported from San Francisco was 1878, when Dr William Bone wrote the book; US DOG LICENSE TAGS.
I checked his "PRE 1900 DOG LICENSE TAGS" book also and your tag wasn't listed in either book, so it could be the first found!
Congrats again and be sure to contact "odd coins" as "word talker" suggested.

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

That's a really cool find. I'm going to research them a bit, but this could very well be a BANNER find.

 

[wv hilljack]

That's definitely the oldest I've ever seen. Nice save!

 

[Scrappy]

That's a really cool find. I'm going to research them a bit, but this could very well be a BANNER find.

I right there with you. I'm into the history but need to look up references. It could quite well be banner.

 

[Loco-Digger]

I see you had another good hunt, you always pull some nice keepers. Love that dog tag.

 

[villagenut]

You don't find oldies like that every day that's for sure. Cool as all get out.

 

[sutphin]

HEY LUKE THE DOG TAG IS NO FLUKE . NICE DOG TAG ...

 

[basque-man]

Now that is something really cool!!!! Very sweet find!!

 

[Rustynailsandscrews]

Really nice find on that tag, I've never seen anything like before.

 

[detectahead]

Very cool tag! '21 is my oldest also. That's the cherry on the cake there! Big congrats!

 

[billn1956]

Looks like the libs were in control then too!!! It must be some thing in the water out there..

 

[49r Relics]

I have seen an 1888 and I found this 1890 last year but yours is the oldest I have ever seen and I was shocked to see they even issued these before the turn of the century. Huge congrats, you just rewrote the book! :-D

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

After doing a little research, and because I think its really cool, I voted Banner.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Looks like the libs were in control then too!!! It must be some thing in the water out there..

 

[mikeraydj]

Banner!

 

[Billinoregon]

I agree with everyone else. Find of the day was that wonderful dog license tag -- issued 25 years before the Great Earthquake.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Lots of great finds there! The old dog tag is awesome! Way to go!