🥇 BANNER 1833 Slave Tag in Charleston

[DirtStalker]

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.



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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[johnnyblaze]

Sweet man

BANNER!

~Blaze~

 

[Carolina Tom]

Banner find brother. You heard it here first! Second, as Blaze beat me to it.

CONGRATS on one of the finest relics I have ever seen... and held in my little hand.

 

[PGHDigger]

That's a pretty incredible find. Congratulations!

Banner nomination sent

 

[WHADIFIND]

Ya know, I wonder why more of these don't turn up?

 

[P@tch]

Congratulations TBD. An awesome find. It was a treat to get to hold that in my hands. Banner find all day long.

 

[d2]

No doubt a banner find...d2

 

[watercolor]

An awesome piece of SC history at its best. . . well done!!!!

 

[Darby]

Awesome save! In great shape too. I know how it feels to hold a piece of history like that in your hand, it's unreal! Super huge congrats and banner vote in!

 

[GaRebel1861]

One heck of a find! Banner vote.

 

[gheenoe78]

Good gravy. Banner all day long.

 

[Old Dude]

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.

 

[Gridwalker306]

HUGE find, congratulations! Banner vote on its way!

 

[streakert]

Amazing bit of History, i need to add that to my bucket list.

 

[ironhorse]

One of the best slave tags I've ever seen posted here!
There have been several posted around that have had a restoration done and this one even trumps them!
A truly unique find to the Charleston area and to this site too!
Well done!

 

[Enginefitter]

Man-O-Man-O-Man.

You hit that puppy out of the park!!!

Banner Brother

 

[digger460]

Awesome find! BBBBanner!!!

 

[digging440yrs]

Superb ! Amazing save

 

[trapperart]

Congrats great find

 

[jdsly]

One of the nicest ive seen i think......very cool and congrats. Id probably still be holding it