🥇 BANNER Find of a lifetime! Charleston Slave Tag

[newnan76]

Haven't been on in a while but figured this was worthy of a post! Got off work with the intention of digging some bottles but that didn't work out so I went to plan B. Went by a site I've found some decent relics and coins at. Wasn't going to detect this spot again and almost wrote it off but they had scraped a lil more dirt so decided to go ahead and beep a lil and see what comes up. Well not even 10 minutes in and my Deus rang a sweet sound. Dug about 1 inch and out popped this square piece of metal and didn't think much of it until I rubbed a lil dirt off and saw a bit of "Charleston" and "Servant" and "1818" at this point I was just in shock, which quickly turned to "OMG" I can't believe what I just found!!!!! An 1818 Charleston Servant Slave Tag. Life doesn't get much better

 

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[tony curnick]

Vote is in...man thats a cool find!

 

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[rock]

Nice save and great find

 

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[bill_wabo]

Congrats on the banner find! My vote is in, such a piece of history.

 

[KZinOKC]

Congratulations, very exciting to find something like this. I was just wondering if these slave tags can possibly be tracked by a genealogist to a current descendant??

 

[Dirtwisher]

If that could be accomplished, it could certainly be the highlight of a detecting career for those who love the personal side of the history we unearth.

 

[hogge]

Good for you guy! Hearty Congrats!!! The Hogge

 

[jerr-man]

WOW, what a find. Congratulations. Most of us will only dream about finding one of those. Thanks for sharing.

 

[BagLady]

I'm a day or two behind, but WOW!!! Amazing. Can't wait to see it when you do get it cleaned up.

 

[birdman]

Once in a lifetime find for sure. Incredible and valuable! !