🥇 BANNER Charleston 1850 SLAVE TAG !!!

[Ron (CA)]

Charleston 1850 SLAVE TAG !!! VIDEO ADDED

WOW-- This has been on my bucket list for a very long time. Just got back from my annual trip to Charleston SC and I'm still on cloud 9!!

Every year I head to the south with a few buddies and we hunt some plantations with high hopes of a great find. I have seen a couple other slave tags dug but was never the lucky one to pass the coil over it. Well, my time came and I was the one that was lucky enough to swing the coil over it.

This plantation was a mid 1700 plantation and we did locate the slave cabins or at least the few bricks that were left. The caretaker gave us a tour of the plantation and let us get to diggin. We dug several flat buttons and a few other period targets but the site had been hunted hard over the years. Finally a nice 80 on the Deus and I turned the plug and this just popped out lying face up as seen in the picture below. I almost passed out hahaha! WE had been digging several shotgun shells that were reading in the high 70s and low 80s so I was not expecting much and this totally got caught me off guard!! That feeling is the reason I metal detect! What a rush!!

A few pictures to show fresh from the ground, a little cleaning and then the final cleaning. The detecting gods were smiling on me that day!!

 

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Banner, Awesome find!!

 

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[romeo-1]

Wow...they don't get much better than that!!!

 

[mikefromIllinois]

From California to SC, it seems you make great finds where ever you detect. My vote is in. Congrats.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

A sure holy-grail bucket lister for all east coast and southern states CW hunters. A real piece of history (albeit sad). Congratz Ron ! Those have made the covers of past TH'ing magazines, and have always made banner here. So I'm voting banner too ! Good on you !

 

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[Stef45]

the holy grail of low country digging! Huge congrats! Its in pretty great shape all things considered. Talk to VMI about info on the tag he knows a ton about makers of the slave tags! Banner vote no doubt!

 

[GaRebel1861]

I'll be looking forward to seeing that make it's way across the top soon. Banner vote on it's way. Good luck!

 

[dr-quest]

Well is doesnt get much better then that !, super condition too wow wow , On my bucket list with almost no chance to get one, so thanks for sharing yours BBBBBBBBBanner

 

[Palmetto Pony]

Awesome find! Congrats!!

 

[UnderMiner]

Holy smokes!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Glad to see that lowcountry dirt producing the goods, even if it not for a local banner vote a huge congrats

 

[A2coins]

Banner Great job !! Good for you I'm sure you deserve it we all work hard looking for history!!!!!!

 

[Ron (CA)]

Glad to see that lowcountry dirt producing the goods, even if it not for a local banner vote a huge congrats

HAHAHA We had a few locals with us in the group. They just decided to share this time!! I am glad I could join you in the club!!

 

[jimzz977]

Nice bucket list find congrats, banner vote

 

[gunsil]

SUPERB!! My banner vote is in.

 

[metalev4]

Congrats, top of my bucket list. Banner find for sure.

 

[alabama11]

Outstanding work. What a remarkable find.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Congrats on your Banner find!.... its in great shape too....

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Big Congrats !


dawg

 

[Wildcat1750]

Congratulations on BANNER! It's evidence of a dark chapter in our history but history non the less.