Our Darling

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

This measures 3 1/2" X 3". When I dug this it came out of the ground like tarnished silver. The dirt rinsed right off. I know it was fastened on something but what? It is not marked but it looks like silver. Any ideas?

 

[baspinall]

Possibly a mourning tag.

http://cherokeemoonjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-darling-victorian-mourning-departed.html

Brian

 

[Mike in Berks]

I hope i'm wrong because it saddens me check this link out
http://pages.teardropmemories.com/11601/PictPage/1923118147.html

$149.00

Might be a coffin plate Diggerdave

Ooops Brian beat me to it lol

 

[RelicHunter97]

http://cherokeemoonjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-darling-victorian-mourning-departed.html

Something like this maybe?

Whoops! got beaten to it!

 

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

http://cherokeemoonjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-darling-victorian-mourning-departed.html

Something like this maybe?

Whoops! got beaten to it!

Thanks guys for the info. That's kind of a bummer knowing what it was used for.

 

[hammered]

The bummer is it was lost, you have now found it. If you can't find where it came from, placing it in consecrated ground might give you good karma , just a thought.


hammered

 

[Noodle]

Any clue as to where you found it? Beach? Beach brush? Wooded area? Sad, but a beautiful remnant. Since there is no name, could have been a stillborne. Knowing where you found it would help to identify it as to a burial at sea or in a cemetery. Thanks....

 

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

Any clue as to where you found it? Beach? Beach brush? Wooded area? Sad, but a beautiful remnant. Since there is no name, could have been a stillborne. Knowing where you found it would help to identify it as to a burial at sea or in a cemetery. Thanks....

This was found in a yard in the center of town. The cemetery is a couple hundred yards from where this was found. Might be a good piece to leave at the cemetery though. Someones loss.

 

[jeff of pa]

Possibly a mourning tag.

http://cherokeemoonjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-darling-victorian-mourning-departed.html

Brian

yep coffin plate/mourning tag.
probably Silver Plate

& Late 19th. Century

I Dug one once said OUR SON

 

[KEYSHUNTER]

if you are local , check out any info on gravestones that may give a direction on this,,also find out who in the area would make this??

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dug a thin silver tag on the Treasure Coast engraved with a name and two dates 3 days apart. I am not able to ID it although I am leaning toward a one nail coffin tag of a 3 day old child. Just thinking about it makes me want to know more.

 

[Breezie]

Yeppers, it's a Victorian casket tag. I'm guessing it's silver, and if you don't have a test kit, you can always to the ole 'spit test.' It doesn't sound sanitary, but it works to test for sterling. Take a piece of aluminum foil just large enough to cover the tag. Before completely folding it, spit in the foil, then fold. Leave for 10 seconds, then as you are unfolding it, take a big ole sniff, and if it stinks and smells like rotten eggs, it's sterling. Breezie

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dug a thin silver tag on the Treasure Coast engraved with a name and two dates 3 days apart. I am not able to ID it although I am leaning toward a one nail coffin tag of a 3 day old child. Just thinking about it makes me want to know more.

Is that Jo Ann LaFlult?

Jo-Ann L. Hall
12-30-43 -- 1-2-44

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,30059.0.html


Sorry to hijack Diggerdave in Pa. I agree with the others. Its a coffin tag but it may have never been used unless the nail holes are elongated.