1906 Dog Tag

[Durham Digger]

I was out in the local woods for the first time today and one of my finds is this 1906 dog tag, it was fairly deep too. The address is about 10 mile away from the woods.

I am right to think the year is 06? I'm sure they used to put a little line under 0's in the old days. Or maybe It was dog number 6? Who knows...

 

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[cudamark]

Looks hand engraved.....maybe home made? Check with Oddcoins. He's a dog tag guy. There's a post of his under this one that has a lot of info on vintage dog tags.

 

[oddcoins]

Yeah, that looks more like a dog's ID tag, not the tax tag or license tag.

By the metal's porous damage I'd thing it is more modern "pot" metal, probably not from 1906.

Thanks for sharing your finds!