Badge

[Mark Gillespie]

Had to do a little water hunting at a local baptizing hole.  Not submerged, just wading.

VA & TENN

DETECTIVE

AGENCY

 

[groundscanner]

Cool!

[67GTA]

Reminds me of a Pinkerton badge, but never seen one without the "pinkerton" name.

[steveg]

Cool dig!  Interesting!

Steve

[Happa54]

I love badges and had to take a spin through google but couldn't find anything on it.

 

[Chase Goldman]

Probably a railroad police badge for the Virginia and Tennessee railroad which existed with that name between the 1850’s through approximately 1870 when it then became part of the M, N, & O railroad group and eventually became Norfolk and Western and then Norfolk Southern.  Which means this badge probably pre-dates 1870.  Cool find.

[Happa54]

5 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Probably a railroad police badge for the Virginia and Tennessee railroad which existed with that name between the 1850’s through approximately 1870 when it then became part of the M, N, & O railroad group and eventually became Norfolk and Western and then Norfolk Southern.  Which means this badge probably pre-dates 1870.  Cool find.

Good research Chase.... thank you

You got a good one there Mark. Check it out on wikipedia. Virginia & Tennessee Railroad.

[Mark Gillespie]

Very interesting information about the badge.  Funny it was found at a baptizing hole.