Small Ornamental Shield on St. Augustine Beach

kickingit

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May 14, 2013
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Small Ornamental Shield on St. Augustine Beach
I found a dense iron oxide (mostly) encrusted object Tuesday, May 7th, 2013. It was at the extreme high tide mark, by a beach walkover in Saint Augustine, FL. It did have a smooth cream-colored soft deposit on one side. I knew metal was in there as I could see a metal plate.
I started chiseling away the much less dense outer oxides and eventually discovered what looks to be a very small (about 6 inches) ornamental shield with the letter Q (possibly G) on it. It is metal. It shines when first exposed. I think the other pieces were used to attach it to something perhaps a door or wall? About 1/3 is of the shield is missing. I think it is from a shipwreck.
 

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s1u2r3f4

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No idea, but were you where the renourished beach is? Could have come from way outside where they pumped from:dontknow:
 

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kickingit

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May 14, 2013
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Not renourished at all. Very old beach north of the St. Augustine jetties. Probably driven ashore by the high surf last week. Suspect a wreck near by.
 

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