More World War II Dog Tags, The Mayor of San Francisco Brass Plaque, and Some Silver!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Hunted 3 locations. The first one was a field where I dug up 17 World War II Dog tags last month. I went back to this same spot hoping to find some more. All the dog tags were foil readings on the meter, so I dug everything in the foil range and above. I was surprised to dig out another 5 WWII dog tags! This makes my total WWII tags from this area is now standing at 22! Why were so many here? It's still a mystery as to why so many in such a concentrated area?

My second spot was a park that has been pounded to death by a thousand other detectorist. I lucked out digging a 1944-P merc dime and two wheaties.

My third spot was an obscure little park with a 100' foot cliff above me. I dug out my second merc dime, it was also a 1944 but it had the usual "S" mint mark.
Also dug another mystery item A brass plaque that was awarded to the mayor of San Francisco. Joseph L. Alioto was the mayor of San Francisco from 1968 to 1976. He received the plaque that was attached to something from New York State? ..When he received this I do not know?

More wheaties and a lot of clad made for a great day of hunting!

 

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[A2coins]

Ever look up any of the lost dog tag famalies just curious that is pretty creepy but awesome!!!!!

 

[highnam]

Looks like the governor's tag was attached to a Christopher Columbus painting presented to the governor? Wonder what it would have looked like and how it ended up there. Head scratcher for sure...

 

[Loco-Digger]

Looks like you really exploited those sites. It is strange that the dog tags were in a field. Makes you think .

Congrats on the clad haul, those 3 mercs and all the other finds. You had 3 sweet hunts today.

 

[against the wind]

You really did well, quite a variety , congrats on all your finds, especially the silver.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Cool finds, that plate is really interesting

 

[tomhighland]

Did this fill dirt maybe come from the closed down military site on the bay? It is prime real estate that no one will touch because of the contamination.

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Did this fill dirt maybe come from the closed down military site on the bay? It is prime real estate that no one will touch because of the contamination.

Some of the locals walked by and I asked them if they knew where the dirt came from. None of them knew. That's a good theory, a military base could be where they came from?

 

[kcm]

Hunted 3 locations. The first one was a field where I dug up 17 World War II Dog tags last month. I went back to this same spot hoping to find some more. All the dog tags were foil readings on the meter, so I dug everything in the foil range and above. I was surprised to dig out another 5 WWII dog tags! This makes my total WWII tags from this area is now standing at 22! Why were so many here? It's still a mystery as to why so many in such a concentrated area?

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Let's see....WWII, LOTS of military (all men), military men wanting to impress, wine and dine their dates....yep, I can certainly see how so many dog tags could have been lost there, WITHOUT there being a base nearby!!

 

[tony curnick]

Great pics with lots of detail and some fasinating finds,thanks for the story behind your day.

 

[trapperart]

Nice bunch of finds and post congrats

 

[romeo-1]

Wow...that's an impressive hunt...great pieces of "recent history"!

 

[Subterranean]

I see the tetanus shots on the tags with dates of 1942 and 1943. Camp Parks was up and running full strength in Dublin, CA, nearby during the war. There may have been maneuvers/ bivouac/ field training in that area during the war, or as you said, dirt from a nearby fort was dumped there. The military would probably only throw away dog tags "en masse" if they were misprinted with the incorrect information on them. Even so, with the shortage of metals during the war, they would have recycled them! Bizzare for sure! Can you find out if all the servicemen were from the same branch? Army, Navy, Coastguard, Marines, Merchant Marines during WW2? Good luck, Sub

 

[aa battery]

dog tags like those were replaced with name and just serial numbers. Here in the central valley we have found about 50 of those. One of them i returned to a pilot in Illinois had an interesting story. He said the tag i found was thrown away after he got his new one. He told me the old tags had to much info and if a soldier was captured the enemy would use the info to contact family members and harass them.

 

[aa battery]

nice hunt

 

[Tommy G]

I've read that there were military encampments along the west coast during WWII, fearing a Japanese invasion. Just another theory worth considering. Really cool finds, and thanks for sharing.