What is it?

[Chagy]

Hello Gang,

My wife found this metal detecting in the beach......there is a wreck site close to shore.....could this be from the shipwreck?

thanks in advance,

Chagy......

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

Sure.

Some kind of reference for size might help. Whatever it is they wanted something well fastened to it!

 

[Chagy]

Sure.

Some kind of reference for size might help. Whatever it is they wanted something well fastened to it!

what you can see its about 4ft by 8 to 10 inches wide but I believe there are another few feets under the dune because I was not able to pick it up.... the part of the spikes sticking out are about 4 to 6 inches

 

[nhbenz]

Hi Chagy. Would pulling out one of the nails/spikes and studying the construction of that tell us something?

 

[TreasureTales]

What's the approximate age of the shipwreck? What type of ship?

 

[Chagy]

What's the approximate age of the shipwreck? What type of ship?

1660....aviso vessel....maybe a patache

 

[TreasureTales]

What's the approximate age of the shipwreck? What type of ship?

1660....aviso vessel....maybe a patache

OK, that helps. I'm not an expert on anything, OK, so take this as just a guess and not as fact. The bolts in the piece of timber don't look old enough or corroded enough to be from the 1660s. So the piece may be from a shipwreck, but not that one.

 

[Angelo]

Here's a nail from the mid 1700's

And some bronze Ship spikes from the 1600's on the green board,

Tony

 

[Wetgreenie]

She'd make a fyyynnne coat rack....

 

[aa battery]

fastened rope for sails

 

[packerbacker]

You have scolded her.....right?