✅ SOLVED Has anyone ever seen a bronze ship spike this shape?

[Kapidr]

I'm not sure this is a ship spike but it was found on a FL beach with an Excalibur and it is I believe bronze.

I'm looking to find out what it actually is and what approximate date it could be from. Three were found together within a few feet of each other.

I've seen bronze ship spikes/nails online but never one this shape.

The cleaned up spike is 184.9 grams

 

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[Icewing]

Looks similar to a lightning ground rod to me.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ground+rod&FORM=HDRSC2&PC=MOZB

 

[mick56]

Does a magnet stick? The second pic looks like a steel rod with a copper coating. If so, that would make it a ground rod.

 

[Kapidr]

Does a magnet stick? The second pic looks like a steel rod with a copper coating. If so, that would make it a ground rod.

A magnet does not stick to it at all. I just added the weight to the original post, the cleaned up spike is 184.9 grams

 

[unclemac]

those look more like soldering tools to me....maybe blacksmith related?

 

[bradyboy]

Yep
Looks like soldering tips to me
Brady

 

[ironhorse]

They are ships spikes. I've found several at old shipyards in my area.
The large spikes were part of the fasteners used on the structural skeleton of the ship.

The pieces you have are ends that broke off when the builders clinched the large spikes after putting them in place.

You found yours on the shore in Florida; I'm guessing it may have been a grounded ship from a hurricane that caused the sailors to repair on the fly and keep going.

 

[unclemac]

They are ships spikes. I've found several at old shipyards in my area.
The large spikes were part of the fasteners used on the structural skeleton of the ship.

The pieces you have are ends that broke off when the builders clinched the large spikes after putting them in place.

You found yours on the shore in Florida; I'm guessing it may have been a grounded ship from a hurricane that caused the sailors to repair on the fly and keep going.

that makes sense

 

[Kapidr]

They are ships spikes. I've found several at old shipyards in my area.
The large spikes were part of the fasteners used on the structural skeleton of the ship.

The pieces you have are ends that broke off when the builders clinched the large spikes after putting them in place.

You found yours on the shore in Florida; I'm guessing it may have been a grounded ship from a hurricane that caused the sailors to repair on the fly and keep going.

Do you happen to know around what year those were used?

 

[ironhorse]

Do you happen to know around what year those were used?

I'm thinking they were used over a large stretch of time; the ones I've recovered we're probably used between 1830s to about 1880

 

[Kapidr]

I'm thinking they were used over a large stretch of time; the ones I've recovered we're probably used between 1830s to about 1880

Sounds right I was thinking late 1700's early 1800's