Anyone ID This Token...Button...etc?

[JimBeHuntin']

I found this a couple of days ago in the yard of a neighboring home (built about 1910). It was at the base of a pecan tree in the back yard about 3" deep. It is the exact size of a Jefferson Nickle in thickness and diameter but appears to be bronze. It has an ornate dot pattern around the face of the disc, two small holes drilled top & bottom, and K82 stamped in the center. The back of the disc is blank. It feels very much like a coin but has the look of a button, token, or tag. Thanks for looking and any ideas you may have are appreciated.

 

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[badoscar]

Great stuff, what do you see K82 or something else?

 

[BioProfessor]

Is it upside down? The "8" looks larger at the top than the bottom when it is usually the other way around.

If you turn it and do a rubbing, what does it look like? It may be a stamp of some sort.

Daryl

 

[ivan salis]

either a telegraph or telephone pole marker -- coded by letter and date --- lets the telegraph / telephone folks know how old a pole is --- they used to replace them after every so many years in "service"-- by looking at it they would know if the pole was a new or old pole (say it was damaged and recently replaced last year -- you would not need to replace it then -- but if it was old and thus needing replacement when doing a replacement run on the old poles you would change it out ---(most likely pulled off a pole and reused due to the fact it was "copper based" ) or a numbered marker to keep track of the trees yeild -- folks often put copper coins (cents) to keep bugs away from the tree roots (copper is deadly to many bugs) and to help the trees produce nuts --- Ivan

 

[diggerfororo]

either a telegraph or telephone pole marker -- coded by letter and date --- lets the telegraph / telephone folks know how old a pole is --- they used to replace them after every so many years in "service"-- by looking at it they would know if the pole was a new or old pole (say it was damaged and recently replaced last year -- you would not need to replace it then -- but if it was old and thus needing replacement when doing a replacement run on the old poles you would change it out ---(most likely pulled off a pole and reused due to the fact it was "copper based" ) or a numbered marker to keep track of the trees yeild -- folks often put copper coins (cents) to keep bugs away from the tree roots (copper is deadly to many bugs) and to help the trees produce nuts --- Ivan

That would be my gess also. Here is a pix of one from Missouri.

Les