1715 fleet artifact?

[Martinm1]

Hey guys found this on the beach metal detecting today. It's cast iron and looks like some sort of lid. It was pretty deep in the wet sand. Could this be from one of the Spanish ships that sank in 1715

 

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[villagenut]

If it is cast iron, I would think it would be a big rusty concretion if it were in that environment for just 100 years...... so I will go with a no on this one.

 

[Martinm1]

It honestly was completely orange when I pulled it out, I took the pictures after I cleaned it, now I wish I hadn't cleaned it up a little

 

[CRUSADER]

Can't ID it, but 99% sure its not 1715 old.

 

[ARC]

Not from 1715... unless that is not iron... if not iron the possibility does exist... IMO

 

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[Martinm1]

Well it's definitely iron, maybe from a later shipwreck? Possibly 1800s?

 

[villagenut]

Just remember, depth in the sand does not Indicate age,especially if you are hunting a beach.

 

[PetesPockets55]

What does the other side look like? It resembles a lid to a pot.
It does look like cast iron and I don't know if any cast iron was recovered from the 1715 wrecks.

IMHO, something iron from that period wouldn't hold up this well, especially on the beach.

 

[Bioheat1969]

Remember, they also fill (replenish) those beaches with inland sand, so that literally could have come from anywhere.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Cast iron would not look like that after 300 years, it would be just a concretion if anything was left.