Erik in NJ
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- Metal Detecting
On a whim I decided to drive by a new site I have been researching. Was a bit seasonable today, so I grabbed my SE Pro and decided to see if there were any choice signals without doing any digging. I flagged a couple better hits with sticks then finally couldn't resist seeing if they were anything good, so I put on my gear. The first one I finally decided not to dig. The second was a definite dig. As I cut the plug and searched for the target it was a bit deeper than I expected and finally out popped what looked like a watch fob. I knew it was something older and thought this was a good sign even though the soil there was odd. Very few targets with the rest of my meandering, but I did dig a wheat cent which is somewhere in my car and a clad quarter.
When I got home the fob turned out to have the words "J. ROBBINS BOSTON" over the top and "NEW-YORK CITY TRANSFER 1884" on the main part of the tag. After some research it turns out that it's my first baggage check and it seems to be a rare one! Most of them were used for claiming baggage and mention a particular railroad. There was a "New York Transfer Company" check made which is rare and they are not even sure what it was used for exactly, but I have found none matching this one. The 1884 is the check number, not a year, but it's probably pretty close to the date when this tag was made.
If you would like to see a good site that documents "baggage checks" take a look at:
Tag Town
If anyone has any additional info on this check please let me know! Thanks!
When I got home the fob turned out to have the words "J. ROBBINS BOSTON" over the top and "NEW-YORK CITY TRANSFER 1884" on the main part of the tag. After some research it turns out that it's my first baggage check and it seems to be a rare one! Most of them were used for claiming baggage and mention a particular railroad. There was a "New York Transfer Company" check made which is rare and they are not even sure what it was used for exactly, but I have found none matching this one. The 1884 is the check number, not a year, but it's probably pretty close to the date when this tag was made.
If you would like to see a good site that documents "baggage checks" take a look at:
Tag Town
If anyone has any additional info on this check please let me know! Thanks!
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