First Carriage License

[mapper65]

Put some time in detecting with my brother in law yesterday. The first place we went to was an old park near the city. I told him, "I once saw a guy on You Tube pull out an early 1900's carriage license out of this park, I'd love to find one of those". After 45 minutes and a little bit of clad we moved on.

We headed out to the country and he knocked on the door of an old house and a lady in her 70's or 80's said that we could detect her property. She said the house was 200 years old and she had live there for about 50. In the first five minutes I had a nice 44 and I thought maybe it could be a half or dollar coin because it sounded a little bigger than a quarter. When I pulled the target out of the ground I saw what I thought was an old tractor pedal because it was thick cast metal and it had a little curve to it. The side that I first looked at appeared smooth. When I turned it over and rubbed it, I could see writing in it. I couldn't believe it but I found my first carriage license from 1874!

ALL'Y stood for Allegheny. I've also posted a photo that I found online of a newer carriage license from 1907. It looks like they eventually listed the number of horses the license was valid for.

 

[HighPlainsHunter]

n/t

 

[7centsworth]

That is a really nice find. I like the old tags that have a story to tell.

 

[Old Longhair]

Sweet find!
The "2-horse" designation is reference to the specific vehicle. A light carriage might be a single horse, while a freight hauler might have as many as eight horses in the hitch.

 

[digginLa]

Cool find.

 

[After-1-]

Nice save there!!!!!!!!!!!!!