Need help IDing an automotive "artifact"

I asked my Dad about it, he isn't positive what it is but gave an educated guess.

He seems to think it is one of those items that they hand out when you "fill" your tank. During the 40's, 50's, and 60's it was common for gas stations to have different promotional items and gimmicks going on. The four leaf clover representing safe motoring after leaving with a full tank.

What was an automotive handout doing at an airport?
Maybe they handed them out to smaller aircraft...
Maybe someone just dropped it...
Maybe they held local auto drag racing at the airport (common back then), mixing avaition fuel with regular fuel was a trick...

But to really find out, contact Gulf. 

Well... so much for Dad's words of wisdom with age thing LOL.

Good luck!

gulfstreamV wrote:

The Mage wrote: i found this site mabye you could email them about it http://www.gulfhistory.org/ i think it looks like a coaster for drinks , goodluck finding out what it is. Original post= It's some kind of promotional item for Gulf Oil, a thin white cardboard disk 1 5/16-inches in diameter,  For what drink, a shot glass?....not.  It's a lucky token give away IMHO....stay

lol i guess i did not read that it was 1 5/16th in diameter

Definitely not a geocaching item - the College Park Airport is a National Historic Site and any kind of digging without a permit is strictly prohibited. This token or whatever it is was about 15cm under ground level, and I'm sure it was just randomly dropped. I just think it'd be interesting to be able to figure out about when it might have been dropped (at least the decade) and perhaps if it was a promotion for a automotive or airplane product of Gulf's.

Depending on its paticular surroundings (open space, next to a sign, etc) and how far down it was buried in the earth, it may have been a leaving for the hobby of Geocaching where a specific item is left, its GPS coordinates given on the hobby forum, and others are to search for this item, record finding it, etc etc.

Most likely it was just dropped there many many years ago. Still cool either way!

I agree and so do my parents my pops days it looks like a milk cap if you know what that is my mom says it was probably  a promo thing my present this lucky charm and get so many cents off a galon of gas.

The Mage wrote:

i found this site mabye you could email them about it http://www.gulfhistory.org/ i think it looks like a coaster for drinks , goodluck finding out what it is.

Original post= It's some kind of promotional item for Gulf Oil, a thin white cardboard disk 1 5/16-inches in diameter,  For what drink, a shot glass?....not.  It's a lucky token give away IMHO....stay

i found this site mabye you could email them about it

http://www.gulfhistory.org/

i think it looks like a coaster for drinks , goodluck finding out what it is.