Early Atmar slave tag.

[cbxjon]

The Holy Grail of the SC lowcountry. The hand engraved number you can't see in the picture is #214.

 

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[pepperj]

Simply put Banner material! Congrats on the tag and full agreement on the Holy Grail find.

 

[jeff of pa]

what's the story ? your first post should say was this found By you ? a Friend ?
found on the Internet ? Found Today ?
last year ? purchased ?
Where.

what is
Atmar ?

 

[Ahab8]

INCREDIBLE find! To me these are some of the most important historical finds there are. It's a reminder of a dark time in our history but an amazing piece. Love to hear more about the circumstances of the find. The Banner find stories are my favorite part. I'll be waiting to vote

 

[park pirate]

What an awesome find...

 

[Darby]

Awesome find!!! Banner for sure. The thrill of finding something like that is priceless! Congrats

 

[Silverseeker]

Such a dreadful part of American history that can never be swept under the rug. Finding a piece of that history brings it back to life. Great find, and so rare I'm voting banner.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Banner. Tell us more about the circumstances... please?

GL&HH!

 

[Metal Illness]

Such a great piece of our history, evidence of how we have evolved as a nation. I will vote Banner if we get concise details of the "find"? What is the story behind this piece?

 

[testing123]

We need details!

 

[19cbb]

1800 Atmar Slave Tags: The first verified dated Slave Tag. All 1800 Tags are octagonal, with the occupation, date and engraved number, with "Atmar" silversmith stamp on the reverse. The occupations of "Mechanic" and "House Servant" are known to exist. Note that these do not have the word "Charleston" on the Tag, but are firmly attributed to Charleston by the Atmar stamp. All are rare.
Ralph Atmar Jr. was a Silversmith in Charleston, from 1793 to 1803. From 1797 to 1799 he was in partnership with James Monk: Atmar & Monk. In 1799 he advertised as a silversmith at No. 20 Broad Street. Born 1767, died after 1803, date and place unknown.

1800 Mechanic. #349. Recently sold by me.

1800 House Servant #88: Sold by the late John Ward.

1800 House Servant #170: Featured on the Antiques Roadshow.

Source: Slavery tokens, Slave Tags, Anti-Slavery items, more! Mail bid, fixed-price sales, buying.

 

[jdsly]

Unbelievable jon!!!!! Cant wait to see that one in person and about as early as u can get. Cant beat diggin when u come home with somethin like that

 

[jdsly]

Get the story out jon so i can vote banner man!!

 

[pepperj]

what's the story ? your first post should say was this found By you ? a Friend ?
found on the Internet ? Found Today ?
last year ? purchased ?
Where.

what is
Atmar ?

Here's the history on Atmar.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=T4...EwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Atmar slave tag&f=false

 

[cbxjon]

Hi Guys, I had bought a lot in Elloree SC. After clearing off thirty years of vines and brush, I looked it over with a $20 yard sale Bounty Hunter. The town is only 130 years old. Not a site I would choose to hunt. I found 3 out of time targets. Two flat buttons one pewter. The third was octagon shaped large coat button. rolled up. I threw them in the relic bucket. This was 4 or 5 years ago. A few days ago I dumped out the bucket intent on throwing out everything but the buttons and bullets. When I got to the octagon shaped button saw it had a hole in it. Hot water and needlenose. You know the rest...HH jon

 

[Ahab8]

Hi Guys, I had bought a lot in Elloree SC. After clearing off thirty years of vines and brush, I looked it over with a $20 yard sale Bounty Hunter. The town is only 130 years old. Not a site I would choose to hunt. I found 3 out of time targets. Two flat buttons one pewter. The third was octagon shaped large coat button. rolled up. I threw them in the relic bucket. This was 4 or 5 years ago. A few days ago I dumped out the bucket intent on throwing out everything but the buttons and bullets. When I got to the octagon shaped button saw it had a hole in it. Hot water and needlenose. You know the rest...HH jon

Wow that is crazy. Glad you didn't throw that baby away. Have you detected the property since?

 

[Pointman]

I'll vote banner simply because there just aren't many of those found and it points to a significant episode in our history. Congratulations.

 

[19cbb]

Banner vote sent!

 

[WolfmoonX]

Man, I miss South Carolina. (Born in Sumter) Awesome find!! You should get hold of a better detector and see what you find. Guarantee there is a lot more in that ground than you think.

 

[dirtlooter]

as history as it gets