Really Bizarre !?....I Dug & Eye Balled 17 World War II Dog Tags in a Field!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Hunted 3 places. The first was a Victorian house built in 1901! Dug a wheat penny and a 1898 Indian head Penny from the front yard.

The second place I hunted was a large field that just had a dump truck that had deposited a full load of dirt on. The dirt was spread out over a large area
that was about 20' X 100'. Right off the bat I eye balled on top of the ground a military dog tag, than another, than another! These dog tags were sticking out of the ground half buried!

I then tested one of the dog tags under my coil and it came up on the meter as "foil". In the loose dirt I started to dig all the foil readings and came up with more dog tags! After thoroughly hunting the area I had a total of 17 military dog tags! When I got home I did a google search on military dog tags and discovered that all 17 are from
World War II! How did thy get there? Why were so many together? ...very cool to find these....I wonder if I should do some research and get these back to the families?

My 3rd spot I hunted produced a ring made out of silver & gold!

 

[HCW]

very weird about the dog tags. this is one Id'e like to follow.
The saw is an old key hole saw for drywall as another member said.

 

[TRanegar36]

Amazing finds!!

 

[diggummup]

I will add that all but 3 of those dog tags are early war versions, pre July 1943. Did you see the truck dump the dirt or are you just familiar with the area and knew it was freshly dumped?

Here is (literally) all you ever need to know about WW2 era dog tag identification- http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com/ww2/dogtags_serial.htm

 

[dansalata]

theres a lady whomreasearches and find familys from dog tags and military items...i have returned things to 3 different familys..it is a amazing feeling returning these items..her email is..dogtag73@gmail.com...her name is francesca a awesome lady...

 

[CASPER-2]

YOU MIGHT CHECK WITH LOCAL VFW MAYBE