🥇 BANNER CHARLESTON SLAVE TAG!!!

[Darby]

Stopped by our new site yesterday afternoon for a quick hunt and man am I glad I did! Hit the plowed area first and didn't find anything so I moved into the thicker grass area where it's harder to get the coil down but hadn't been worked as hard. Found two flat buttons and then got a good high signal and thought maybe it might be my turn to find a coin. Disappointed to see it was just a piece of copper plate, I thought. Then I saw it had numbers on it. Still didn't realize what it was until my buddy handed it back to me and at a glance I see "servant"! Taking a closer look it hits me....I just found a slave tag!! It's bent but you can see Charleston at the top with a number, servant under that and below servant the date 1855 (855 is visible, cant see the 1). I'm so thankful and feel really blessed to dig this piece of history. Super excited too. Couldn't wait to get to the















office this morning to post. Thanks for looking!

 

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[Sleepy]

Incredible find. Congratulations.

 

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[dirtlooter]

it is probably earlier than you think, good or bad, it is still part of our history and an awesome find

 

[Vino]

Banner. .BANNER. .Banner. .
They deserve to be on top..
When ever someone finds on it should go straight up top..No questions ask..
Thats my opinion. .Great save..
George

 

[Auriemma]

Rare bit of history in your hands! Great find.

BANNER this puppy!

 

[Silver Searcher]

A rare piece of American history you have there Congrats on the new Banner picture.

SS

 

[whammy]

What an waesome find. Congratulations for saving a great piece of history. Banner vote here also.

 

[Darby]

Thanks everyone for your replies! I still cant believe I found one. This has been a great site and Im heading back this afternoon as soon as I can! Thanks again!

 

[JerV3]

That's a awesome peice of history. Id definetly get someone to straighten it all out

 

[jewelerguy]

great piece of history. congrats!

 

[catherine1]

Nice find!!

 

[park pirate]

An awesome find for sure... Banner find in my book...

 

[Lefty]

I had ancestors in Charleston that were tinsmiths and they made slave tags, if this link works:

Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865 - Harlan Greene,, Harry S. Hutchins, Jr., Brian E. Hutchins - Google Books

it shows that 3,834 slave tags were made in 1855. You got my BANNER vote.

 

[Togreenfeet]

Not only the history, but the fact you knew what it was is awesome. Cool digs my friend! Definitely a place in history....

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[diggummup]

My banner vote is in on this one. That would be the pinnacle piece in my collection.

 

[Pointman]

Really neat. It tells of some bad times in our history. I wonder if there is a way to trace the number to someone? My guess is that there isn't because slave names probably never really mattered.

 

[Bubba65]

CONGRATS on one AWESOME Slave Tag

 

[MichiganMan]

It's a piece of unforgettable history that is the elephant in the room. It cannot be compared with anything else [but itself]. That's an automatic banner in my opinion.

 

[jharboldt]

Banner all day!!! Nice find

 

[TheCoinKid]

Congrats. My Banner vote is cast.

 

[Evolution]

I'd love to find one of those. Just so much history behind a find like that. Congrats!