U.S. SOCTA? Metal, Beach, Florida

[GroundBalanced]

Ok. Got a mystery for you.
Found this on a west coast beach in FL.
Rarely hunted beach.
Seems to be aluminum.
Has a first name of someone and a partial account #.
Visibly it says US OCTA but I believe I can see the outline of an S and the spacing is right for another letter before the O.
Ideas?

 

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[slowtruk]

Metal social security card

 

[ltd063]

Slowtruk nailed it.

 

[GroundBalanced]

Wow. SOCTA is actually SOCIA. Interesting. Thanks guys. Never saw a metal one.

 

[Anduril]

Wow. SOCTA is actually SOCIA. Interesting. Thanks guys. Never saw a metal one.

To my knowledge, they were never issued in metal.
But companies used to advertise that they could make you a permanent card made of metal.
Not sure why anybody would want to do this today, but I guess back then, people weren't as worried about Internet fraud.

 

[BIGSCOTT]

could be part of a murder mystery.

 

[Gare]

Quite a while back you could buy metal Social cards. The ones you got from the S/S Admin. would not hold up. What was pictured was a metal S/S card

Below are some examples

https://www.google.com/search?q=met...BxoMKHR8qCc8Q9QEIuAEwDw#imgrc=tCEo5spJe7AsPM:

 

[Digginit]

My mom had one of those. I still have it.

She had hers for as long as I can remember, back in the 70s for sure & maybe sooner.

Cool find!

 

[jewelerguy]

I remember back in the 70's there was a guy at the local flea market that made metal social security cards. He had lots of blanks and a stamping machine made especially for them. I also remember back then seeing ads in the back of magazines that advertised the machine as a way to make money

 

[tamrock]

could be part of a murder mystery.

Or a lost or stolen wallet?