PA Railroad Police Badge

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Only had a couple hours this weekend for an early am hunt. There was a spot off the local park trail I wanted to hit. The trail was an old run of railroad tracks at one point hauling coal.

Best find was a solid 16/16 on the Nox near the ruins.



Cleaned up pretty good, heavy brass and what looks like a pin on back.




Here is the rest from the site, a few wheats not shown and the Merc was a surprise.



Does anyone have a good site for researching Pennsylvania Railroad Badges or Railroad police badges in general. Trying to get a date range on it.

Good luck out there!

 

[Treasureman25]

Very cool find!

 

[artyfacts]

Cleaned up nice, beautiful personal find. Very cool font embellishments on the word POLICE, good stuff.

 

[terrafirma]

Great find! Congrats!

 

[WaterScoop]

Awesome find.

PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD





Here is a listing in eBay for reference


https://www.ebay.com/itm/143735336399

Super interesting article about Ralroad Police here

History ? The Railroad Police

 

[WaterScoop]

Pennsylvania Railroad Police

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

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Pennsylvania Railroad Police

Thx for the links and pics!

 

[GaRebel1861]

That's one of the best badges that I've seen posted here in a while.

 

[1637]

love this badge,iam voting banner,its would be nice too see there.cool find.
brad

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

That's a great find and a few Miner's Tags as well - very nice !

 

[Tnmountains]

Beautiful badge and great history. It really cleaned up nice. Congratulations to you.

 

[Diggitdaddy]

With all this anti -Police crap around us lately, its good to see a super find like that with appropriate wording. Bless our police, and that is one cool find !

 

[treblehunter]

Antique Railroad Baggage Tag Values | Antique Railroad Memorabilia

Might be able to use this site to find out more about your badge?
Nice find.

 

[Truth]

Hey I have an old timer who used to metal detect and he was in the railroad business for 40 years and this is what he said”THE POLICE BADGE IS ONE OF A KIND OF A KIND TO FIND. YOU DON'T SEE THAT AT ALL. THAT BADGE WAS A POLICEMAN FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. THAT IS A GREAT GREAT FIND!!!” He really enjoyed seeing your picture which led to a two hour conversation about his life in the railroad business. I can tell you that the badge you found put a sparkle in the eye of a old timer and fellow detectorist. Congratulations on finding something very precious with him.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Hey I have an old timer who used to metal detect and he was in the railroad business for 40 years and this is what he said”THE POLICE BADGE IS ONE OF A KIND OF A KIND TO FIND. YOU DON'T SEE THAT AT ALL. THAT BADGE WAS A POLICEMAN FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. THAT IS A GREAT GREAT FIND!!!” He really enjoyed seeing your picture which led to a two hour conversation about his life in the railroad business. I can tell you that the badge you found put a sparkle in the eye of a old timer and fellow detectorist. Congratulations on finding something very precious with him.

That’s a great story! Thx for sharing.

 

[Steve in PA]

That’s a great story! Thx for sharing.

Tell him where he can find one just like it Thad

 

[Gridwalker306]

Congrats on a find that any detectorist would be thrilled with! So cool!