What is this tag,and what was it used for

[Ken Reckart]

Found this tag metal detecting; what is it and what was it used for; thanks ahead of time if you can help me with this tag.

 

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[creskol]

I have seen similar tags used on crates in agriculture to designate the size and/or grade of a product, such as peaches, apples, eggs, etc.
The 2.5 would probably indicate 2.5 inches of whatever it was, with its origins being Alabama.

 

[crashbro17x]

Though I'm not sure what the tag is or where it comes from, my father found the exact tag a couple of years ago while hunting at a CW site.

 

[dirty digger dude]

we may not know exactly what it is except that is one sweet find!

 

[trikikiwi]

There's a reference here to someone finding three at the site of an early 1900's store.

http://www.facebook.com/Findsbook


Halfway down the page - look for James Pate

If you are a member of facebook you might be able to research further there.

Was it common to use decimals early in the USA? 2.5 rather than 2 1/2 ?

we may not know exactly what it is except that is one sweet find!

Welcome to TreasureNet, where we never give up

Cheers, Mike

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

Never mind that PM I sent. I brainfarted thinking of a baggage claim check since I had just posted a claim check of my own.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

There's a reference here to someone finding three at the site of an early 1900's store.

http://www.facebook.com/Findsbook


Halfway down the page - look for James Pate

If you are a member of facebook you might be able to research further there.

Was it common to use decimals early in the USA? 2.5 rather than 2 1/2 ?

Cheers, Mike

Good research. Its exactly the same. My first thought is liscense tag renewal but Im not sure about 2-1/2 year renewal. We used both decimals and fractions for as long as I can remember. This is solvable.

 

[bradyboy]

Telephone pole marker?
A mile marker ?
Brady

 

[ole_grisley]

I beleive that crescol is verry close as when cotton is harvested it is about 2.5 inches in lenght.
and they tag it to send it to the place where it get worked to the next stage, so I am
thinking it might be a cotton tag to tell the workers it is raw from the field and has not been worked in the plant.

 

[capt.caveman]

I am new to this sight but I have been detecting in louisiana for over twenty five years. Here we call them pickers checks. I have several varieties from louisiana and mississippi. They were stamped out by farmers and given to pickers of vegetablels and other produce. 2.5 for two and a half pints of berries or with beans or peppers or other vegetables two and a half bushels. some have farmers name or initials on them and some do not. there are also varieties that were printed on paper tickets down here that are rare as well. A lot of people down here find small round ones with initials on them and mistake them for maverick tokens because they are coin sized instead of large. They were usually stamed out of whatever was cheapest for the farmer to get. some copper, some are brass, some are aluminum, i,ve even seen a lead one found. some of the tags from here have louisiana stamped in them and i have seen two stamped with mississippi on them. some have nothins but the amount of produce being recieved such as 2.5 or 2 or 1.5 and nothing else. Most times these are hard to identify unless you find one of the fancier ones that has the farmers whol;e name stamped into it and these are very rare and usually somewhat valuable. especialy the coin types.

 

[Baldingboy]

I am new to this sight but I have been detecting in louisiana for over twenty five years. Here we call them pickers checks. I have several varieties from louisiana and mississippi. They were stamped out by farmers and given to pickers of vegetablels and other produce. 2.5 for two and a half pints of berries or with beans or peppers or other vegetables two and a half bushels. some have farmers name or initials on them and some do not. there are also varieties that were printed on paper tickets down here that are rare as well. A lot of people down here find small round ones with initials on them and mistake them for maverick tokens because they are coin sized instead of large. They were usually stamed out of whatever was cheapest for the farmer to get. some copper, some are brass, some are aluminum, i,ve even seen a lead one found. some of the tags from here have louisiana stamped in them and i have seen two stamped with mississippi on them. some have nothins but the amount of produce being recieved such as 2.5 or 2 or 1.5 and nothing else. Most times these are hard to identify unless you find one of the fancier ones that has the farmers whol;e name stamped into it and these are very rare and usually somewhat valuable. especialy the coin types.

Interesting read capt. caveman....thanks for the info. We learn something new everyday.

 

[NGE]

2.5 in Michigan means you are way over the legal limit for being drunk........NGE

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I am new to this sight but I have been detecting in louisiana for over twenty five years. Here we call them pickers checks.

Thanks Capt. Heres something on picker checks. http://archives.ubalt.edu/amp/pdf/2-1-sandler.pdf

 

[TerryC]

I believe it is a picker check. A worker got paid by first getting the pc. He then turned the pc over to the paymaster who paid him by the amount of "work" indicated by the check, in this case "2.5" of bales, hours, bushels, whatever. TTC