1935 NYS Dog Tag, 1943 .50 Cal Casing, 1940 LC, 2 Sterling Rings

[Eastender]

I was out detecting for 8 hours in today's below freezing temps. If you consider the NW wind whipping up ocean whitecaps, it felt like the teens at best. It was a strange day in that if you were directly in the NW wind you could see your breath. Move inland one set of dunes or rises, and you couldn't. It makes me realize how tough the fishermen were in the winter North Atlantic. It also gives me an idea where the colonials built their houses and grew crops - out of that wind tunnel. The large piece of land I was on today, just under 200 undeveloped acres on Gardiner's Bay, had colonial farms and houses on the opposite inland side. In the areas I was detecting today, you find little to no traces of their presence. I have included a photo from on top of the ocean bluff from today. Deceiving how much land you are looking at. The boulder on the shore below is larger than the size of a VW beetle. To the left, the entrance of Three Mile Harbor. From here you can see the north tip of Long Island known as Orient Point, Plum Island, Fishers Island, and the CT coast around New London.

I dug up so much clad today, something I'm not used to. The .50 cal casing is from WWII coastal defense aircraft. They had a gunnery target at the North End of nearby Gardiner's Island. This would have been one of the areas of approach so they might have test fired before the run. It is my fifth such casing, marked 43 for 1943 and made at the St. Louis Armory. The two live .50 cal rounds I have found were mostly likely cleared jams. They are black tipped armor piercing, perfect for Nazi submarine conning towers. After all, we actually did have a Nazi sub offload saboteurs onto our beaches during the war.

 

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[jewelerguy]

old dog tags are a cool find. It would be neat if the records were searchable online

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A very nice haul - the old Dog License Tags are always cool finds !

 

[Gare]

You did well Thank you for sharing with us I will be glad when it warms back up here

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

I was out detecting for 8 hours in today's below freezing temps. If you consider the NW wind whipping up ocean whitecaps, it felt like the teens at best. It was a strange day in that if you were directly in the NW wind you could see your breath. Move inland one set of dunes or rises, and you couldn't. It makes me realize how tough the fishermen were in the winter North Atlantic. It also gives me an idea where the colonials built their houses and grew crops - out of that wind tunnel. The large piece of land I was on today, just under 200 undeveloped acres on Gardiner's Bay, had colonial farms and houses on the opposite inland side. In the areas I was detecting today, you find little to no traces of their presence. I have included a photo from on top of the ocean bluff from today. Deceiving how much land you are looking at. The boulder on the shore below is larger than the size of a VW beetle. To the left, the entrance of Three Mile Harbor. From here you can see the north tip of Long Island known as Orient Point, Plum Island, Fishers Island, and the CT coast around New London.

I dug up so much clad today, something I'm not used to. The .50 cal casing is from WWII coastal defense aircraft. They had a gunnery target at the North End of nearby Gardiner's Island. This would have been one of the areas of approach so they might have test fired before the run. It is my fifth such casing, marked 43 for 1943 and made at the St. Louis Armory. The two live .50 cal rounds I have found were mostly likely cleared jams. They are black tipped armor piercing, perfect for Nazi submarine conning towers. After all, we actually did have a Nazi sub offload saboteurs onto our beaches during the war.

what a fun (cold) hunt and nice variety of saves. love the old dog tag and always love some old silver, well done and thanks for posting!