Hundred year old dog Licenses and more...

[Steve77]

I bet if you dug down, you just might find some "DOG BONES" .. not of the Milk Bone type. I started finding dog tags on a permission hunt side by side and alerted the owner of the property. it was where the previous owner buried the family pets. I placed them back... as the current owners requested. they where from the 60's . you found 4 close together. mmmmm..... my old friends are in a line buried very deep in my backyard. some people just place old tags from the drawer of outdated vaccinations out where the old friends are put to rest.

old friends being dogs...... jimmy Hoffa aint here....

I thought the same thing at first, but these were less than 6 inches deep. And, unless the dogs were as small as a cat, they wouldn't have all fit in this small area. Also, if this family's dogs were dying at a rate of one per year, that would be terrible!

 

[Steve77]

Low numbers and sequential years are valuable to those of us who collect! You should join us international society of animal license collectors ISALC on facebook

Thanks for the tip! I sent the group a join request!

 

[PermanentlyLost]

Love the dog tags. Rare to dig more than 3 of something unless it's pennies.

 

[dixiedigger57]

mine were not deep either. I guessed they just decided later to stick them at the gravesite. either way cool finds. I have a 1909 and a 1912 left. I usually give them to the police dog handlers.

 

[Steve77]

Love the dog tags. Rare to dig more than 3 of something unless it's pennies.

Sometimes i get lucky and find a pulltab cache!

 

[Steve77]

mine were not deep either. I guessed they just decided later to stick them at the gravesite. either way cool finds. I have a 1909 and a 1912 left. I usually give them to the police dog handlers.

Interesting. I kinda think these might have been tacked to an outdoor kenn or something similar. They don’t have any wear from being on a dog collar. And 2 of them have a hole top and bottom like they would mount to a flat surface. Obviously all just guesses, we will never know for sure.

 

[jack&jill]

I have dug a bunch of dog tags over the years. Those that you dug are way older than any I ever dug. Congrats on some very nice history. Trapper

 

[Wloch248]

Those dog tags are sweet! Still waiting on my first.

 

[Steve77]

I have dug a bunch of dog tags over the years. Those that you dug are way older than any I ever dug. Congrats on some very nice history. Trapper

Those dog tags are sweet! Still waiting on my first.

Thanks! I'm not sure I'll ever find any tags that top this group all from one spot.

 

[Dirt History]

Awesome