πŸ₯‡ BANNER 1833 Slave Tag in Charleston

DirtStalker

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Went to Charleston to visit my sister this weekend as a late Christmas. Carolina Tom(also known as Coin Kicker) called and said him and Todd Lipe both of the Charlotte Silver Mafia were going down also. Tom asked if I could find us a place to all hunt together on Sunday. I found a place and was there at sunrise on Sunday morning. They wouldn't be at site for a couple hours so I started hunting. 30 minutes later I pulled this Tag out. I called CT/CK and sent him a picture. Come to find out they were an hour away and stopped for gas and hunting an old school. Well I think they made it to the site in record time. I stopped hunting after calling Tom hoping they would find something good. We all drove up to site about the sametime.I finally got to meet Todd. And he is a super guy to hunt with too. I dug a Large Cent and some clad. Tom got a signal and kicked it with his foot but didn't dig it. About 15 minutes later I walked by his kick mark.and got a signal. Up.pops another Large Cent. I tried to explain to Tom unlike up in Charlotte you can't kick the coins out of the ground. We didn't find much else except for a cannonball fragment.But it wasn't from lack of effort. The first pic is like it came out of ground and I'm slowly trying to clean it.

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As a side note this piece of history would be lost by the end of summer as construction on some buildings are starting soon
 

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Steve in PA

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It looks much better on the IPad than my cheap phone lol. That is one piece of our history that ( like someone else said ) you'd think would show up more often on hunts. It looks copper? Or is it brass? Congrats on something Vino hasn't found yet lol.

Vino won't find one of these as they only show up around Charleston, SC. Of course if he took a trip down there he just might come back with one!
A slave tag in this condition is a No Brainer Banner :occasion14: My vote is in!
 

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Holy cow tyler!My votes in.Killer! Congratulations!
 

villagenut

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Now that's saving history in the nick of time!.......now can I hold it :laughing7: No brainer here, BANNER
 

OutdoorAdv

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Sick! Banner!

Great condition on that one man. Just awesome.
 

joeyfresh

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What an amazing find! It would be even more amazing if you could trace it back....is that even possible?
 

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Excellent historical relic find! :occasion14:
 

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Thanks for sharing your Banner Find. Any Pictures of the Large cent---goldnugget-Charlotte,North Carolina
 

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Aww man. That is cool. Sorry I haven't responded sooner my pc crashed this weekend, and I had to buy a new one yesterday.
When you sent me the pic text I couldn't see it well on my crappy old flip phone.
That is a neat find and it is great that you saved it before the construction started.
Heck, the 2 large cents would have made my day, but that tag is awesome.
Banner, Banner, Banner.
And I thought you were out for the season.
 

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Awesome piece of history, condition, save, it's a wonderful recovery. Congrats.:occasion14:
 

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Yeehaa! Here we go! Banner and what a piece of history.

Wonderful story about 'ol Tom kicking a largie! Great thing about Tom is he's always a good sport. He's good people and awesome hunting company...

Cheers!

Steve
 

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Man talk about the most amazing find I've seen on here in a long time!, great piece of American history, museum quality!

Congrats man....BANNER!
 

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Truly Incredible find you got a banner from me also...Congratulations [emoji106]
 

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