🥇 BANNER Find of a LIFETIME! Wow!

[SCdigger]

I want to start by thanking Austin McCullough for his hosting me and Russ yesterday in Charleston...we hunted a spot of his and one of ours and came away with some real goodies...I'll take quality over quantity ANY day. So, I'll get right to it!

We were about to head out, Austin had already gone to the car and me and Russ were not far behind him...got one last choppy signal under a root. After digging around for a minute or two, I finally got the target out of the ground...my first reaction was all that work for a piece of scrap brass...picked it up and saw the hole, then the stamped number on the bottom and I KNEW EXACTLY what I had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1847 Charleston Slave Tag. Occupation: Porter

Also got a me a nice British Half Cent from the site as well....

Here's Austin's 1789 1/2 Reale...

Pictured here is Russ' 1-piece artillery button, and Austin's Marine and Rifleman's buttons...

Group shot of our better finds on the day which includes flat buttons and Russ' little piece of cut silver...

Thanks for looking!!!! I'm still on cloud 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, video is coming soon!

 

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[geo4472]

awesome finf and congrats

 

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[steve71]

congrats

 

[Davers]

Congratz on a Friggin all Round Banner hunt.

 

[goen 4 gold]

awesome! congratulations on the banner! I always enjoy your videos and postings, very inspiring , thanks for sharing with us! a very deserving find, you have put your time in!

 

[park pirate]

Outstanding finds

 

[postalgriff]

WOW!!! What an incredible hunt! Congrats big time on such an crazy piece of history, and to be the first person to hold that probably since the person who wore it, incredible. Kudos on not messing it up at all digging it from under a root too. The rest of your finds there are amazing too!

 

[gleaner1]

Back in "the days", this was a four thousand dollar find. Congrats on the banner find

 

[: Michael-Robert.]

Great find! One vote for banner ad from me.

I want to start by thanking Austin McCullough for his hosting me and Russ yesterday in Charleston...we hunted a spot of his and one of ours and came away with some real goodies...I'll take quality over quantity ANY day. So, I'll get right to it!

We were about to head out, Austin had already gone to the car and me and Russ were not far behind him...got one last choppy signal under a root. After digging around for a minute or two, I finally got the target out of the ground...my first reaction was all that work for a piece of scrap brass...picked it up and saw the hole, then the stamped number on the bottom and I KNEW EXACTLY what I had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1847 Charleston Slave Tag. Occupation: Porter

Also got a me a nice British Half Cent from the site as well....

Here's Austin's 1789 1/2 Reale...

Pictured here is Russ' 1-piece artillery button, and Austin's Marine and Rifleman's buttons...

Group shot of our better finds on the day which includes flat buttons and Russ' little piece of cut silver...

Thanks for looking!!!! I'm still on cloud 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, video is coming soon!

 

[pepperj]

Simply an outstanding Banner find, and a find that will be remembered for many years, congrats.

 

[Breezie]

OUTSTANDING find as well as OUTSTANDING piece of history! Congratulations You might find this page interesting: http://cisupa.proquest.com/ksc_assets/catalog/100539.pdf

Way to go on finding and for making the BANNER,
Breezie

 

[sliverofsilver]

congrats
thats nice
votes in
HH

 

[scaupus]

That slave tag is telling. An incredible find. they had a similar system of registry for blacks on Miami Beach until at least ww2. Blacks were not allowed on the island unless they were employed there. The employer would get them a license, and the black worker had to present the license to get on the island. I wonder if they were required to wear it when in public.

 

[AQUA]

Congrats on the BANNER !!!

Awesome find and great recovery of a importatnt piece of history ...superbly done !!!

 

[Fletch88]

Back in "the days", this was a four thousand dollar find. Congrats on the banner find

It's worth more like $10k today.

 

[dgaughan]

Outstanding Finds!

 

[Fletch88]

Is the tag made of brass?

 

[ryaan21]

Not sure this is banner material, but it is an interesting relic for sure.

 

[gleaner1]

It's worth more like $10k today.

Thanks Fletch I lost touch with the values they dont come up often

 

[SOSDIVING]

Congratulations on the find of a lifetime for sure! Thanks for sharing. Amazing history.

 

[Fletch88]

Thanks Fletch I lost touch with the values they dont come up often

That's just what I had a MD dealer in tell me. I've never seen one in person much less found one to be able to sell. Don't know, just wanted to throw it out there in case he does decide to sell it.