Help I’ve found several items of one of 1776 missing vessel

[Eric Folberth]

I really want help to do this proper to insure this is for everyone I could care less bout money it’s history and everyone deserves this wreck to be brought to the surface tell me about some names and makers marks or crevasse that mean something to the fleet of 1776 or other wrecks never found the date on knife is 1775 it has something wrote on blade I believe it starts with the letter Aor o there’s double SS in it’s well I live in the BIG BEND of Florida and I hunt arrowheads and stumbled on this I’ve found a double barrel flint lock pistol 6 mother of pearl buttons the knife and a massive pile of silver thanks for your help

 

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[Darren in NC]

The best thing you can do is to delete this post, be quiet about it and use the best practices for conservation while recovering under the radar. Once you have provenance, you can take it to the next level as you see fit.

 

[Darren in NC]

Nice knife, btw.

 

[Dug]

Massive pile of silver what? Coins or bullion?

1776 fleet?

 

[xaos]

A wooden handle still on a knife from 1775/76? This is not the found condition, nor even close to it, correct?
All of these pieces, the steel, wood, and pins, buried together for that amount of time, really does not make sense. (ie The amount of corrosion on the blade vs the pins and wood.) No encrustation, so is one to assume this is freshwater find, not saltwater?

What leads you to believe this is a 1776 knife? Looking at the design, this seems to be fairly modern, the sawtooth back of the blade, not typical for that time period. Given the condition of the wood handle, and the patina on the blade, perhaps a 1976 knife? (especially with the bottle top opener in the blade)

There must be some missing information, or at least some punctuation in your text, so that I can figure out what you are trying to say.

 

[A2coins]

I would not post what I found Im not a shipwreck hunter only wish I was but still would not say anything.....

 

[A2coins]

Welcome to tnet Tommy

 

[PetesPockets55]

Welcome.
Is the double barrel flintlock pistol in one piece. How about an image for others here to help with a time period?

 

[Salvor6]

Looks like a modern day Buck folding knife. Does it still fold?

 

[catherine1]

Looks like it might be from the SS stainless steel fleet...................

 

[Boatlode]

It looks like a modern skinning knife.

 

[PetesPockets55]

A wooden handle still on a knife from 1775/76? This is not the found condition, nor even close to it, correct?
All of these pieces, the steel, wood, and pins, buried together for that amount of time, really does not make sense. (ie The amount of corrosion on the blade vs the pins and wood.) No encrustation, so is one to assume this is freshwater find, not saltwater?

What leads you to believe this is a 1776 knife? Looking at the design, this seems to be fairly modern, the sawtooth back of the blade, not typical for that time period. Given the condition of the wood handle, and the patina on the blade, perhaps a 1976 knife? (especially with the bottle top opener in the blade)

There must be some missing information, or at least some punctuation in your text, so that I can figure out what you are trying to say.

Really hard to tell from only two images and I don't know squat about knife shapes or modern or skinning styles. But they did say "stumbled upon". So I'm thinking possibly a cave since they hunt arrowheads and points. Cave diving is popular for finding native American points and such.

Just food for thought, because we probably won't hear from them anytime soon. I'm thinking he is following Darren's advice, even though it is too late to delete the thread, and staying mum.

 

[Bum Luck]

A wooden handle still on a knife from 1775/76? This is not the found condition, nor even close to it, correct?
All of these pieces, the steel, wood, and pins, buried together for that amount of time, really does not make sense. (ie The amount of corrosion on the blade vs the pins and wood.) No encrustation, so is one to assume this is freshwater find, not saltwater?

What leads you to believe this is a 1776 knife? Looking at the design, this seems to be fairly modern, the sawtooth back of the blade, not typical for that time period. Given the condition of the wood handle, and the patina on the blade, perhaps a 1976 knife? (especially with the bottle top opener in the blade)

There must be some missing information, or at least some punctuation in your text, so that I can figure out what you are trying to say.

Agree.

This is a modern "knife". these designs didn't come out until lately. Of especial note is the bottle opener, but also less noticeable is that the total design is quite modern. These knives are meant to sell, and really not to use.

 

[Red James Cash]

That's not a 18th century knife design.

 

[xaos]

Just food for thought, because we probably won't hear from them anytime soon. I'm thinking he is following Darren's advice, even though it is too late to delete the thread, and staying mum.

Yes, that must be it...

 

[bobinsd]

Civil War stash??