Second slave tag and old coin in two days

[master mason]

For all the speculators who question my finds at this great site, have a look at the photographs. We spend only a couple hours and found these items as well as other miscellaneous items. Any thoughts on the coin, IE value, age, and so on. The Tag appears to be 18*(3?)(8?), any help would be appreciated. As i said in my last post, I am new to this and any constructive ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. Will try to post more this week if my wife lets me. By the way what does "banner", many of you are refering about and I have no idea what it is for.

 

[creeper71]

Master, Don't forget to post all bottles your finding,as most people do NOT realize a bottle can be worth Hundreds or even thousands of dollars... When I was at a bottle show back in march I seen bottles that was 10,s of thousands of dollars for each bottle... to help you out a lil keep any bottle that has color YELLOW ,COLBOT BLUE.RED,PINK,HONEY AMBER,DARK AMBER, GREEN,PUCE,PURPLE an AQUA OR TEAL.. The types of bottles you want to bring home (an from what your saying there will be alot) are Medicines all medicine bottles ( for example it will usually say DR.SMITH KINDEY CURE) Bitter bottles most with have the word BITTERS on them... any an all SOUTH CARONLINA DISPOSITORY BOTTLES that aren't broken to pieces...Any soda bottle that has the name embossed into the bottle... also any bottle that has Spring water embossed into the bottle... Also any fruit jar Mason jar especially if it is a odd color like Yellow or Amber ,COLBOLT BLUE.. even if any of the bottles you find has a crack in it but is whole bring it home. Post pictures on here an Myself or someone else can tell you what you have an if it's a good bottle or not... I would kill...lol To find a spot like yours... congrats on your finds so far!

 

[OutBack Duo]

I would love to be finding what you are finding!

 

[Mackaydon]

When posting coins for ID, it's helpful to others if you post both sides of the coin and, especially if a 'foreign coin', add to the pic another modern coin or a section of a ruler--for scale. Thanks.
Great finds!!
Don.....

 

[NHBandit]

Outstanding find although a reminder of this country's dark past , is there away to determine if tags that are found could be first generation slaves that were shipped over to this country as slavery was started a find that rare should be on the Banner ! Good hunt Dd60

A quick note on slave tags last year a local farmer let me MD his farm around the big barns he told me in the wooded area in the back property was 3 slave shacks when the farm had slaves a few hundred years ago ,he said be careful because they are ready to fall down do not go inside , i didn't find to much because i had a large coil but i do remember finding 2 tags copper with numbers on them very similar to yours i had no idea what they where ? please don't ask if i saved them always save everything you find

Deepdiger60, Don't worry..the tags you seen have a very good chance of NOT being slave tags..Charleston ,SC is the only place you can find Slave tags..

Slight correction... Charleston is the only place they were used. If a slave ran off they can be found anywhere the slave may have travelled and lost it.

 

[nova]

Wheres this site I would like to hunt it out for ya. This is what happened to me a few years back when I found a Holy grail spot.

 

[quarterroy]

explative explative explative Enjoy the finds, and thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[creeper71]

Outstanding find although a reminder of this country's dark past , is there away to determine if tags that are found could be first generation slaves that were shipped over to this country as slavery was started a find that rare should be on the Banner ! Good hunt Dd60

A quick note on slave tags last year a local farmer let me MD his farm around the big barns he told me in the wooded area in the back property was 3 slave shacks when the farm had slaves a few hundred years ago ,he said be careful because they are ready to fall down do not go inside , i didn't find to much because i had a large coil but i do remember finding 2 tags copper with numbers on them very similar to yours i had no idea what they where ? please don't ask if i saved them always save everything you find

Deepdiger60, Don't worry..the tags you seen have a very good chance of NOT being slave tags..Charleston ,SC is the only place you can find Slave tags..

Slight correction... Charleston is the only place they were used. If a slave ran off they can be found anywhere the slave may have travelled and lost it.

I can tell you that thru m,y research the ONLY places I have seen a slave tag being found was in an around Charleston ,SC..If anyone has dug one other then there please post where.. as for this "If a slave ran off they can be found anywhere the slave may have travelled and lost it. " I highly doubt slave ran off with there tags still attach an then left them on as they was running to freedom...

If one did have a tag on when they ran it came off as soon as they had the chance to remove it... so none made it up north... They would be in the south carolina area

 

[kuger]

Those are Banner finds.


There are people who have deteced many years never finding a slave tag!'

Did you know?

Oprah Winfrey is one the largest Slave tag collecters in the world?

No kidding?I did not know that,Lord knows she has the funds!!
O.K.,I am pretty sure you are going to the banner now!!!Way to go man!!!Now find the rest of that buckle!!!

 

[creeper71]

Those are Banner finds.


There are people who have deteced many years never finding a slave tag!'

Did you know?

Oprah Winfrey is one the largest Slave tag collecters in the world?

No kidding?I did not know that,Lord knows she has the funds!!
O.K.,I am pretty sure you are going to the banner now!!!Way to go man!!!Now find the rest of that buckle!!!

I seen about Oprah collecting slave tags somewhere, maybe history channel

 

[kuger]

Those are Banner finds.


There are people who have deteced many years never finding a slave tag!'

Did you know?

Oprah Winfrey is one the largest Slave tag collecters in the world?

No kidding?I did not know that,Lord knows she has the funds!!
O.K.,I am pretty sure you are going to the banner now!!!Way to go man!!!Now find the rest of that buckle!!!

I seen about Oprah collecting slave tags somewhere, maybe history channel

Well I will be darned!!

 

[Silver Surfer]

although a reminder of this country's dark past

Hell. we still have slave tags..... They are now called Social Security Cards... ;-)

Banner finds for sure..

 

[Hardrock]

Great finds for sure, the tag is awesome but could you get a better pic?
Banner for sure,congrats.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Looks like you stumbled over a historical gold mine . Some of us here , if we were in your shoes , would be setting up camp on that , river "BANK" $$!

 

[ES66]

I can tell you that thru m,y research the ONLY places I have seen a slave tag being found was in an around Charleston ,SC..If anyone has dug one other then there please post where.. as for this "If a slave ran off they can be found anywhere the slave may have travelled and lost it. " I highly doubt slave ran off with there tags still attach an then left them on as they was running to freedom...

I don't remember if it was on this forum or another, but I definitely remember someone finding one in Florida. It seems to me I've seen them found in other states, as well.

 

[leakypipes]

I have been at this much much much longer than you, three years. LOL I would be so excited to find any one of the items you have found. You may not have yet found any gold however you found he mine. Please, please heed what others have said and keep the location of your site confidential. Keep digging, i caqn't wait to see your next post. Tell your wife you owe it to the whole detecting world to post your finds for us. I mean, it is very rare a turn of events like this takes place. Thank you for posting and keep up the great work/ Bob

 

[Tank69]

that slave tag is a once in a lifetime find an you have hit it twice my friend your truely on a awsome hunting spot , go slow dig everything an take allot of pictures .

HH Tank

 

[hikeinmts]

If I get the sense of this post correctly, the hunters reading the posts are as excited/more excited then you, who made the
finds. That being said, you have jumped into a place th at many would give their ....... uh ......... eye teeth for. (I was going
to say something else, but this is a family-oriented site.) I do agree with the folks who said that you should be getting something in writing from your friend, as to who-gets-what. UNLESS he has shown absolutely no interest in what you are finding, and you aren't showing your finds to him/her....and he/she doesn't want to see them. You are making, not only some great finds, but some significant historical finds......and there could be more to come. Maybe doing a lot of checking on the historicity of the site you are hunting.....find out what was there 200 years ago. And, the person who said a visit to googleearth.com was right on. All can lead to more and bigger finds.
Keep posting. Noone doubting you.....we are all stunned.....and jealous......and more than happy for you.

 

[Swingit]

WoW Nice!!!

 

[vermonster]

Dang!!! Thats an amazing find.Congrats to you!

 

[skateandcreate]

def gotta spot going for you. hit it hard!