help with dating bronze/brass nails

[GatorBoy]

These were all recovered in the same small area as some other shipwreck items like olive jar rims and chards.
They were all in a hardened black crust that when squeezed broke cleanly off revealing the piece completely shiney and very "yellow"..they have since never showed any trace of green.




I would like to ask for opinions on the approximate age and if I should consider them associated with, the "doughnut"
I just buffed them off a bit.

 

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[Jolly Mon]

They look like a hand forged copper alloy of some sort, for sure.
Michael McCarthy's, Ship Fastenings, From Sewn Boat to Steamship, is pretty much the definitive reference, though I doubt you will be able to date them definitively.
Also, http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/shipwrecks/325339-towards-typology-spanish-colonial-nails.html

I would say there is a very good chance they date from the same period as your "doughnut".

 

[GatorBoy]

Thank you for that.
One is marked by the way..the doughnut ..

 

[surf]

Thank you for that.
One is marked by the way..the doughnut ..

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Greetings GB,

Nail dating, I know from borscht, but doughnuts. Love Doughnut No. 9, wasn't that by the Clovers, maybe Wayne Fontana...

Seriously, now, what flavor is that doughnut?

In other news: 'Love Potion No. 9' singer sues over Clovers' name | Deseret News

 

[GatorBoy]

Nice one..LOL.
It's just a slang term that stuck.
Its the top rim of one of these multi-purpose storage containers that were used by the Spanish.
(Botija)- "Olive jar"