We found a set at UNC Chapel Hill during excavations on the historic campus
a couple years ago, but unfortunately they were in the plow zone. They have
been found in several late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century
military contexts, cited here:
http://www.rla.unc.edu/Publications/pdf/ResRep34.pdf   page 88

Best,
Mary Beth Fitts


Doctoral Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Carl Steen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Hi all, A while back I found a set of cufflinks with an engraved fox and
> the word "Tallio"  in a 19th c context at the Johnanes Kolb site, near
> Darlington, SC. I'm looking at the artifacts from this feature again and
> did a search for the word and image and came across a reference to Laura
> Galke finding one in a 1766-1772 context at Ferry Farm, which led to an
> article by Sara Cofield, where she adds an example from 1798. My example
> comes from a context that yielded cut sponge decorated whiteware (sorry
> George, CC ware), which according to George Miller post dates 1845. This
> was found in a root cellar, and is thought to be from a slave occupation.
> So mine may be a highly curated keepsake. Has anyone else found these, and
> if so, what is the date of your context? thanks, Carl
>
>
> Carl Steen
>