✅ SOLVED What do you think this fob/tag is?

[Mud Hut]

 

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[pepperj]

I'd say a luggage tag, than a fob.
Though it looks like a one that has some age to it.

 

[Mackaydon]

Anything on the reverse side?
Don.....

 

[Mud Hut]

Anything on the reverse side?
Don.....

No sir. It is blank. I forgot to give the dimensions. The tag is 1.25 inches wide by 7/8 tall, not including the attachment.

 

[Bucket Lister]

Can you give us a little more... like SIZE, where found, history of the area, type of metal...

Anything on the back?

IIRC, mining tags are usually round, but maybe.
Cow tag?
Dog tag?

 

[Mud Hut]

Can you give us a little more... like SIZE, where found, history of the area, type of metal...

Anything on the back?

IIRC, mining tags are usually round, but maybe.
Cow tag?
Dog tag?

I found it on the site of an 1800s log cabin that saw occupation into the 1930s. The tag is brass, and measures 1.25 inches wide by 7/8 tall, not including the attachment. Blank on the back.

 

[RustyGold]

Livestock Ear Tag? Guess

 

[Chilli]

Google search showed a very similar thing as a jeton, counter. Heres one here. Same shape but may not be what it is.

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[cw0909]

Russian mine tag?
sorry can't seem to get the translated link to work

Жетон 129 , Ростовского купца, владельца нескольких шахт в г. Александровске-Грушевском - Парамонова(г. Шахты с 1920г.), Использовался, как табельный номер для работников шахты, состояние XF. - Мир монет

Интернет-магазин нумизматики в Ростове-на-Дону | «МИР МОНЕТ»: Царские медали, жетоны и знаки. - Жетон 129 , Ростовского купца, владельца нескольких шахт в г. Александровске-Грушевском - Парамонова(г. Шахты с 1920г.), Использовался, как табельный номер для работников шахты, состояние XF.

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[Bucket Lister]

Russian mine tag?
sorry can't seem to get the translated link to work

I got it to work. I think this may be it, though where it was found is perplexing.

I found it on the site of an 1800s log cabin that saw occupation into the 1930s.

Didn't happen to be in Russia? If not, would an immigrant have brought something like that with them? Curious. 🤨

The geton 129 , Rostov merchant, owner of several mines in the city Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky - Paramonov (in Ukrainian). Mines since 1920), used as a service number for mine workers, the state of XF.
Home / Shop / Royal medals, tokens and signs. / The jek 129 , Rostov merchant, owner of several mines in the city Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky - Paramonov (in Ukrainian). Mines since 1920), used as a service number for mine workers, the state of XF.


Code: 16269053

 

[Mud Hut]

I got it to work. I think this may be it, though where it was found is perplexing.


Didn't happen to be in Russia? If not, would an immigrant have brought something like that with them? Curious. 🤨

No,, not in Russia., but rather the backwoods of central Virginia. That is a mystery. Thanks for the ID.

 

[Retired Sarge]

No,, not in Russia., but rather the backwoods of central Virginia. That is a mystery. Thanks for the ID.

Lots of Russian immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s. So it could have been in their possessions when they immigrated, then subsequently lost by one of them, or a later relative.

Plus kids are always and forever losing stuff and thus unintentionally seeding the lands, we now hunt.

 

[Bucket Lister]

Lots of Russian immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s. So it could have been in their possessions when they immigrated, then subsequently lost by one of them, or a later relative.

I would think more likely tossed... "What do I still need this thing for?"

Plus kids are always and forever losing stuff and thus unintentionally seeding the lands, we now hunt.

Kids make sense.

"Here. kid. Play with this thing from the old country."

 

[cw0909]

I thought maybe something got lost in the google translator, so I searched Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky - mines
reading the link ,I think the seller had it right.
I'm not sure a worker would still have his tag, maybe a boss in charge of the tags fled & took some with.

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