California Dog Tag
1900s-present
About California Dog Tag
The California Dog Tag is a military find from the 1900s-present era, commonly discovered by metal detectorists across the California Coast regions. Dog Tag is a realistic California detector target tied to surf beaches, mission-era picnic grounds, and old resort sites. Rather than pretending every state has the same history, this profile frames the signal around the kinds of sites that actually produce it in California: beaches, town greens, camps, farmsteads, transport corridors, or old recreation grounds.
“According to TroveRadar, the California Dog Tag (1900s-present) is valued at $5-75+ depending on era and branch and typically found at 2-5 inches depth. TroveRadar catalogs 1,230+ metal detecting finds across North America.”
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Signal Pattern
small aluminum or monel tone with stable shallow ID
Typical Depth
2-5 inches
Estimated Value
$5-75+ depending on era and branch
Common Regions
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