🥇 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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[The Patriot]

Yup...find of a lifetime for sure...congrats...Banner find!

 

[Hognutz]

Very Nice! Good , clean and readable! I likey!

 

[Carolina Tom]

That is an awesome find. Good to see finds come out of the Carolinas. Congrats.

 

[jewelerguy]

wow, it's in awesome condition too. congrats!

 

[GioTheGreek]

Someone call up Oprah!

Amazing find, man. You have my vote.

 

[fongu]

Congratulations. This is fantastic. I've only seen two of those in Western & Eastern treasure magazine.

 

[Tenspeed]

That is a find of a lifetime!! I think it is banner worthy!

 

[RelicDude]

amazing this is a dark piece of history that should not be forgotten. you have my vote. ill say it again amazing!

 

[Hot zone]

Noteworthy! To be the first in our modern day to hold it in your hand must make you wonder about the forgotten sole who wore it! A grim reminder of mans inhumanity to man...

 

[DigginChicago]

Wow is a small word for such a piece! Banner find! Congrats

 

[gwdigger]

That thing is awesome! Banner!

 

[jeff of pa]

nice finds !

 

[SCdigger]

Do What

nice find ! it's a shame you didn't tell the story
in your first post here

Original post has been edited to provide full details of the hunt....video of the hunt can be found on my YouTube channel.

Greg

 

[metalev4]

That's a beauty Greg! Congrats on the tag

 

[thrillathahunt]

Magnificent!

 

[lab rat]

Wow- spectacular tag! You got my vote!

 

[Brother Al]

That is most definitely my idea of a find of a lifetime ! I refer to a slave tag as " The Unholy Grail " of MD.
Any thoughts as to what you will do with it? I'm sure many a museum would love to have it on loan for a spell. It is an important piece of our history that can effectively illustrate just what life was like for many people. Whatever you do, congratulations and God bless you! Brother Al.

 

[Army of 1]

Great days hunt guys , congrats ..cheers Mick

 

[Subterranean]

Stunning piece of American history, congratulations. Banner. Sub