small picker check cache
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Bonesquat
Elite Member
Ok....but what are they? All I see is little discs with holes in them.
daddydigger
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What's a picker check? Something to do with picking fruit?
NHKeith
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I see some copper tags with holes.
pescadore
Elite Member
Don't know what they are but pretty cool...
longbeard
Elite Member
in the early 1900,s farm workers where paid with them.either 1 per bushal of picked veg or fruit.or 1 per day worked.then they where used to pay rent at the farm they lived in "picker shacks" owned by the farm.as well to buy food back from the farm.and saved to be paid at the end of the harvest season.
its a type of money .that was used between the farm owner and the "picker" or worker
and yes the farm name is stamped on the other side.if i showed it.a smart fellow could find the spot
its a type of money .that was used between the farm owner and the "picker" or worker
and yes the farm name is stamped on the other side.if i showed it.a smart fellow could find the spot
Snickers1
Elite Member
Interesting find.
Demolition
Senior Member
Go ahead and flip it
Jason in Enid
Elite Member
Those look pretty modern to me.
Demolition
Senior Member
They are, I find them all the time and just leave them in the hole
walt12524
Full Member
Very interesting, I keep learning on this site the history of finds.
tags
they're what we call "car tags" here in the coal mining regions of appalachia. Each miner was issued tags with a specific number representing each miner, when he loaded a car, he attached his tag and sent it outside to be weighed. the weighmaster would know who loaded the car from the number on the tag and write down the amount so the miner could be paid. Most were crudely stamped, but if they have a company name some can be quite valuable...I suspect if they were from a commercial farm they served the same purpose
they're what we call "car tags" here in the coal mining regions of appalachia. Each miner was issued tags with a specific number representing each miner, when he loaded a car, he attached his tag and sent it outside to be weighed. the weighmaster would know who loaded the car from the number on the tag and write down the amount so the miner could be paid. Most were crudely stamped, but if they have a company name some can be quite valuable...I suspect if they were from a commercial farm they served the same purpose
Jo ann
Elite Member
Same here, We call them cart tags or coal car tags, usually made of brass, the oldest ones made of some sort of metal and usually didn't hold it's number or mine name if it had one, the brass holds the numbers and names well.
Totally cool find! I suppose metal tagging like that was used in all sorts of labor.
Irish Luck
Junior Member
LOL, These are still used! I work in a prison and we use a brass disc with our name hand stamped onto it. Normal issue is 10 per person to account for equipment. We call them chits.
For my line of work, we use three sizes of disc. Large would be a key ring number. Small is a key count. Medium (the personal issue) is about anything else.
That is not to say people haven't added their own twists and personalized the system. Some control room officers delight in scarring chits by whatever means. I have personally spent time painting a chit with pink fingernail polish and wiping the remaining excess. I have seen one girl with a disc that was raised as a nipple (I thought it was a shield, but she corrected me). I've also seen teddy bear and Star Trek shaped discs. Aluminum and laser engraved tags are seen, but not common. Depends on the facility that made them. Brass discs make up most of it though.
For my line of work, we use three sizes of disc. Large would be a key ring number. Small is a key count. Medium (the personal issue) is about anything else.
That is not to say people haven't added their own twists and personalized the system. Some control room officers delight in scarring chits by whatever means. I have personally spent time painting a chit with pink fingernail polish and wiping the remaining excess. I have seen one girl with a disc that was raised as a nipple (I thought it was a shield, but she corrected me). I've also seen teddy bear and Star Trek shaped discs. Aluminum and laser engraved tags are seen, but not common. Depends on the facility that made them. Brass discs make up most of it though.
diggerduo
Elite Member
Cool
carcur
Elite Member
i found one my sis in law said it came from CC prison
carcur
Elite Member
cool finds a cache is a cache
congrats
curtis
congrats
curtis
