Tag with 3/8 and hole

[edlynne]

Any idea what the tag with 3/8 was used for. Thanks in advance

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

It probably signified #3 of 8 items.Like if you had 8 of 1 tool you could say employee joe smith has 3/8 it is a way of keeping track of tools loaned out to employees.In my experience it is known as a tool tag.

 

[digger460]

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

I agree with Steve, it's most likely a tool tag.
I've found a number of them in farm fields over the years... if farmers didn't scratch their initials in the tools, they tagged em!

Dave

 

[edlynne]

thanks, i cannot find any other info on them.

 

[Audozer]

Maybe a tag used to hang on a nail at the opening of a mine to show who's in the mine and who isn't?