🥇 BANNER Holy huge fur trade silver!

[mk4125]

I have been searching the dense Michigan woods for a number of years and rarely come across a piece of trade silver in such amazing condition. After a 2+ hour (uneventful) search this evening I finally hit something on the side of a washed out creek bank...possibly washed out during the spring thaw. The fur trade gods shine down upon thee!!

 

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[ColonialDude]

Awesome find man! That's a real beauty right there! Banner worthy if you ask me. Got my vote

 

[Relicific]

Man that’s an incredible Silver fur trade ear wheel.
Banner no doubt.
Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice find!

 

[Nick79]

Killer!!!! What did you clean it with? Looks great

 

[mk4125]

Killer!!!! What did you clean it with? Looks great

Qtip and water. The dirt and grime wiped right off. Then I used a soft polishing cloth to give the haze off.

 

[Aureus]

Yep, banner. Congratulations! A dream find.
No maker mark?

 

[Mudflap]

That's cool!

 

[Kray Gelder]

That is just way cool! Super find. Banner.

 

[Tnmountains]

Fantastic find. Like the decorative work on it. That is fur trade at its finest. Congrats!

 

[glenn37216]

Ok I have 2 sable and a mink. Now lemme have that silver ! lol. Congrats on the find and here's another vote for Banner.

 

[romeo-1]

Outstanding find...thats a banner find any day!

 

[ARC]

Super cool... well done... and a banner find IMO.

 

[Goldiver]

Wow what a great relic! It is in such nice shape too, congratulations!

 

[mk4125]

Yep, banner. Congratulations! A dream find.
No maker mark?

No Maker's Mark that I can find. There is a small mark where some idiot nicked it with the shovel when he was extracting from the ground...but I don't think that counts.

 

[glass half fool]

Great find Just think about how long it took to make something like that during that time period .And even more important ,how much the loss of it affected the person that lost it

 

[Hawks88]

That’s just an awesome find. Congratulations.

 

[P.ALLEN]

Fantastic!

 

[Plumbata]

Superb discovery, there is something about the Fur/Indian Trade artifacts that a few of the members here actively hunt for that really impresses me for some reason. It was such an interesting, vibrant and generally obscure facet of North American history, and the fact that the trade silver trinkets served as a cultural bridge and medium of exchange between the vastly different European and Native peoples imbues the artifacts with a great deal of historic and sociocultural potency, at least for me.

 

[EastCoastmetal]

Hmmm I learn something new everyday. Didn't know about these.

Great find!