From the lake Michigan beach.

[Blacksheep]

Saved from a bon-fire many years back, i had thought it was part of an old wreck but who knows.

Bottom, end to end length, 49 inches
top, end to end length, 46 inches
Back, top to bottom length, 11 inches (approx 35 degree angle)
Tapers to about two inch at the front.
Approx 4-5 inches wide.

Nail dimensions are 9 inches long , 1/2 inch thick (sq)
There are several other square nails embedded in this but the heads are missing.

The large holes are approx. 2 inch across, appears to be white oak and even though its dried out, it still weighs in at a hefty 30 lbs.

Any ideas?

 

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[dex378]

From a piece of furniture? Maybe like the Adirondack style?

 

[cosmic]

Maybe a top part of a tiller..

 

[Blacksheep]

Hard to say exactly, i believe it to be a bit bulky for furniture and i have gone over this wreck carefully looking for a similar piece ( http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,181317.0.html ). I never found anything remotely similar on this ship.

It is possibly that it came from a sleigh used to haul ice from the harbor in the early 1900`s. This is just one
of several pieces i have found either washed up or saved from burning along the beach. Wish i could find info
online that showed early ship building components but have not had any real luck.

Appreciate the idea`s.

 

[NGE]

Rib from a pirate ship?

 

[Blacksheep]

Rib from a pirate ship?

That would be fantastic! I am not familiar with any pirating that may have gone on ,on lake Michigan.

Mostly lumber/textile/coal shipping as far as i know with many wrecks located on this side (west), any
noted wrecks on your side? I would love to read about them.

 

[nhbenz]

That would be pretty cool if it were from a ship wreck. Here's a site with information regarding shipwrecks on the east coast of Lake Michigan: http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/diving.htm

 

[Monty]

Looks a bit like an old style wooden fence post. The one with the holes for the cross fence planks to fit into the holes. MONTY

 

[cwdigger]

Looks like a picket post to me

 

[nhbenz]

Cut it out guys! I want this to a piece from a shipwreck!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

You may try posting in the shipwreck section. The large spikes would tell me that it is not from a fence, picket post or piece of lawn furniture. But i am not sure.

 

[Blacksheep]

Tried the shipwreck section for these but never got a response, it`s not uncommon for parts of old ships to wash up on our beach`s especially in October/November when the storms from the N.E. are at their strongest.

One diver has a huge rudder that washed up years ago, ribs,planking etc all seem to find their way to the shoreline, not to difficult to imagine since there are many that sunk off our shoreline.

Too bad more professional divers do not take the opportunity to dive great lakes wrecks, the cold water allows unbelievable preservation. They may not offer the prestige of pedigree or treasure but they do offer unsurpassed educational value as most are close to the same condition as the day they sunk, try to find that in ocean wrecks.

http://www.nordicdiver.com/vienna.htm
http://www.arcadiami.com/Exhibits/Minnehaha/Minnhaha.htm
http://www.maritimetrails.org/research_shipwrecks_photos.cfm?VESSELID=274


I`ll let you know if it turns out to be a fence post.

 

[NGE]

Ya just gotta keep your dream alive, imagination IS the Mother of invention! Go for the ship's ribs...... ...NGE

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Where on the lake did you find it ? My dad used to dive the wrecks around there, took us to the parks when I was a kid looking for stuff from the wrecks that washed on shore. Not sure if there still around started cleaning up and might have chucked it, but he had maps that were marked with where the ships were. Only wreck I can remember is the niagara, think I may have found a piece from it, or that's what my dad said.

 

[Blacksheep]

Where on the lake did you find it ? My dad used to dive the wrecks around there, took us to the parks when I was a kid looking for stuff from the wrecks that washed on shore. Not sure if there still around started cleaning up and might have chucked it, but he had maps that were marked with where the ships were. Only wreck I can remember is the niagara, think I may have found a piece from it, or that's what my dad said.

Sheboygan, I lived in a very unique part of the city for 10 years, a small area of homes right along the lake.
http://maps.google.com/maps?client=...TF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

(zoom out a bit) This area of beach has yielded many unique pieces over the years, here is a picture of a small patio at my old place.(i sold the property a few years ago). You can see the large beam i found washed up with similar large nails as my first pic in this post, this i suspected was a rib of a ship, the overall dimensions are the same except the length, which in this case is near 14 feet.

To bad the new owners, who requested i leave these pieces with the property, buried them in a hole when they built their new house, i would have loved to have had the large one back.

(Lake Michigan is behind the barricade on the left,upper side of the photo)