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In 2018, 53% of Americans were cremated instead of buried. The International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA) Identification Guidelines state;
“Funeral homes should implement a reliable system for the identification of human remains to give consumers assurance that safeguards are in place to minimize the incidence of misidentification. Further, in the case of a disinterment, or if a flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster disturb the place of interment, the identification and re interment of the human remains would be facilitated by this system.”
Thus, the cremation tag came into existance.
Cremation ovens get up to 1400 – 1800°F in order to break down the bone and teeth. On the other hand, 304 stainless steel is the preferred metal for cremation tags and has a melting point of 2000+°F. This allows the tag to go into the oven with the remains and stay with them through the whole process; and, be finally deposited in the Gulf, for example, and recovered by a Metal Detectorist.
I’d like to share some of my found cremation tags and show just some of the variety that exists. Because I know for a fact that cremation tags are bad luck if kept, I always return the tags to the Gulf once I photo document the find.
I have found 3 main types of cremation tags; the most common is the 304 SS type as noted above that is about 1 ¼” in diameter. The second kind of cremation tag is a thin brass plate of ½” x 1 ¾”, and the third type is a thin brass plate measuring ¾” x 2” (approximate).
Some of the 304 SS cremation tags are shown below from various cities including; East Ridgelawn Crematory in Clifton NJ, Southeastern Crematory in Clearwater Fl, Schoedinger Crematory in Columbus Ohio, Restland Crematory, Southeastern Crematory, and Tri-county Crematory. Finally there is a 304 SS without the name of the crematory or location.
Regarding the smaller thin brass plate cremation tags;
There is one from the C & S Crematory, and 2 with just serial numbers.
Regarding the larger thin brass type of crematory tag, there are 3 from the Palm State Crematory service in Clearwater Florida.
Finally, it might be noteworthy that when you find a cremation tag there may be valuable gold nearby; dental gold that is, including charred but intact dental crowns and small dark balls of melted gold dental fillings.
Happy hunting.
“Funeral homes should implement a reliable system for the identification of human remains to give consumers assurance that safeguards are in place to minimize the incidence of misidentification. Further, in the case of a disinterment, or if a flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster disturb the place of interment, the identification and re interment of the human remains would be facilitated by this system.”
Thus, the cremation tag came into existance.
Cremation ovens get up to 1400 – 1800°F in order to break down the bone and teeth. On the other hand, 304 stainless steel is the preferred metal for cremation tags and has a melting point of 2000+°F. This allows the tag to go into the oven with the remains and stay with them through the whole process; and, be finally deposited in the Gulf, for example, and recovered by a Metal Detectorist.
I’d like to share some of my found cremation tags and show just some of the variety that exists. Because I know for a fact that cremation tags are bad luck if kept, I always return the tags to the Gulf once I photo document the find.
I have found 3 main types of cremation tags; the most common is the 304 SS type as noted above that is about 1 ¼” in diameter. The second kind of cremation tag is a thin brass plate of ½” x 1 ¾”, and the third type is a thin brass plate measuring ¾” x 2” (approximate).
Some of the 304 SS cremation tags are shown below from various cities including; East Ridgelawn Crematory in Clifton NJ, Southeastern Crematory in Clearwater Fl, Schoedinger Crematory in Columbus Ohio, Restland Crematory, Southeastern Crematory, and Tri-county Crematory. Finally there is a 304 SS without the name of the crematory or location.
Regarding the smaller thin brass plate cremation tags;
There is one from the C & S Crematory, and 2 with just serial numbers.
Regarding the larger thin brass type of crematory tag, there are 3 from the Palm State Crematory service in Clearwater Florida.
Finally, it might be noteworthy that when you find a cremation tag there may be valuable gold nearby; dental gold that is, including charred but intact dental crowns and small dark balls of melted gold dental fillings.
Happy hunting.
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