Monster Anchor anyone have any info o age?

[johnnyblaze]

Monster Anchor anyone have any info on age?

Hey what's up everyone a local has this anchor and we were trying to find the age..I hunt Colonial relics but know nothing about ships of that period..Looks old it is iron that was painted..Wondering if it could have a stamp?It's 10 feet tall and giant..

Thanks

~Blaze

 

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[MPH200]

It has a hole for the stock, probably metal & rusted away. Possible 1700-1800's. Some stockless anchors were used after 1820's.
Others will chime in with more info.

 

[SADS 669]

MPH, you're still ugly. ( enough info?)

 

[seekerGH]

Exemplary preservation work....nice to see these artifacts in context.

 

[MPH200]

MPH, you're still ugly. ( enough info?)

Thanks Kevin, coming from you it means a lot.

 

[Blak bart]

Metal stock of square design. Modern type shackle no ring. Early to mid 1800s.
Wild guess. Hopefully someone will narrow it down even better.to bad we cant see it with the intact stock.

 

[Blak bart]

Check out admiralty pattern, fishermans anchor. Probably iron removable stock. The shackle instead of a ring makes me think later 1800s. A removable iron stock would account for it being lost. Trotmans were usually hinged at flukes. If it were a fixed stock I believe you would see some evidence of it, not such a clean hole.like arcc says rodgers pattern is a strong candidate too. I think age is 1840-1860 age is very difficult to tell as they probably still make the fisherman or admiralty patterned anchors somewhere around the world. It was one of the most common anchors in the world. Wish I had one like that for yard ornament. My wife would kill me. Still looking lots of anchor info. out there.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Cool info fellas i know it came out of the North Atlantic..I heard stories of a 1715 Spanish fleet getting lost in the area but i didn't think it was that old.

~Blaze

 

[seekerGH]

This may help, English anchors of the day. The anchor is at an angle, not rounded. Page 112 gives some dimensions, and 114 has a drawing.

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/Jobling-MA1993.pdf

 

[Salvor6]

Thanks seeker. That's a great link. Anyone that reads TAMU's data will be an anchor expert.

 

[seekerGH]

Anyone that reads TAMU's data will be an anchor expert.

What are you trying to say?

 

[Salvor6]

I'm trying to say that TAMU has the best data. Can you understand that?

 

[Blak bart]

Thanks seeker. That's a great link. Anyone that reads TAMU's data will be an anchor expert.

Wow !!! Thats a lota anchor info. They probaly call him dr anchor now.

 

[seekerGH]

Apologies Salvor, I thought you were being facetious, again my apologies.

 

[johnnyblaze]

This may help, English anchors of the day. The anchor is at an angle, not rounded. Page 112 gives some dimensions, and 114 has a drawing.

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/Jobling-MA1993.pdf

Nice info so would you say this anchor is circa 1790?

~Blaze

 

[ARC]

Errr... my post was deleted.

Perhaps prematurely.

 

[bulletprobe]

hi guys this anchor is from 1888 and anchor of a spanish galleon from the looks of it and you can auction this anchor and its worth 1millionUSD

 

[seekerGH]

ummmmm. what?

 

[Salvor6]

I don't think a $1 million anchor would be sitting on the side of a building.

 

[Jolly Mon]

I don't think a $1 million anchor would be sitting on the side of a building.

Salvor, you have to remember, anchors from 1888 Spanish galleons are EXTREMELY rare....