Colonial Cuff Link Engraved

[Bharpring]

Dug this cool engraved cuff link in Savannah, GA. There are letters engraved at the top. I think that it spells "A.SY.TAR"?

The engraved guy is holding up something?

Does anyone know what this cuff link could be?

 

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[smokeythecat]

That's a beauty!

 

[Bharpring]

That's a beauty!

I went back to the XP Deus HF Elliptical using 74kHz. It was about 7" deep. I have dug my best finds with this coil.

I'm wondering what the engraved letters could stand for?

 

[HAPPYCAMPER]

Cool,looks like hobo holding glass of champagne

 

[digging440yrs]

Very cool !

 

[Tony in SC]

Good find!! Anything on the back?

 

[cgdigger]

Cant help on the ID, but I love the find! Really cool. Congrats!

 

[Bharpring]

Good find!! Anything on the back?

No, nothing is on the back.

 

[creskol]

If you put "A. sy. tar" (complete with the quotes) in the search bar of a Google search, it generates quite a few hits. Trouble is, most of the hits are foreign, or you have to pay for a membership to view.

 

[jewelerguy]

at first glance a person might think it's a man holding a glass of wine, but given his simple clothing I feel it's probably a flower and the legend inscribed has something to with his offering a flower as a gesture of love

 

[Yak1366]

Very unique button, Cool Find!!!

 

[Bharpring]

I was thinking it might be something related to pine tar?

 

[Bharpring]

Actually I just got some information from a specialist and he thinks, "The man is dressed as sailor of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Sailors of the period were referred to as tars- jack tar. After studying the picture and showing it to several knowledgeable people of the period I believe it says A. JY. (jolly) Tar. He has a glass in his hand. That would make him jolly. :-)"

Very Cool!

 

[Bharpring]

Actually I just got some information from a specialist and he thinks, "The man is dressed as sailor of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Sailors of the period were referred to as tars- jack tar. After studying the picture and showing it to several knowledgeable people of the period I believe it says A. JY. (jolly) Tar. He has a glass in his hand. That would make him jolly. :-)"

Very Cool!

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[Bharpring]

Actually I just got some information from a specialist and he thinks, "The man is dressed as sailor of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Sailors of the period were referred to as tars- jack tar. After studying the picture and showing it to several knowledgeable people of the period I believe it says A. JY. (jolly) Tar. He has a glass in his hand. That would make him jolly. :-)"

Very Cool!

So I have more information. This is actually a Naval Cuff Link from 1760 to 1800. There is a good chance that it could be a British Naval Button of the Revolutionary War. Possibly when the British captured and occupied Savannah, 1778-1782.​

 

[cgdigger]

It's getting better and better. What's the source of the info?

 

[CRUSADER]

Actually I just got some information from a specialist and he thinks, "The man is dressed as sailor of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Sailors of the period were referred to as tars- jack tar. After studying the picture and showing it to several knowledgeable people of the period I believe it says A. JY. (jolly) Tar. He has a glass in his hand. That would make him jolly. :-)"

Very Cool!

Fits in perfect, as its a late 18th C form of linked-button.