Anchor Decoration (late 1700s - early 1800s?)

[Dust Eater]

Can someone please help identify this anchor piece?
Everything at the site I was searching dated from the late 1700s - early 1800s if that helps any.
The back is the same as the front. Some kind of navy badge? What is this off of

 

[A2coins]

Cool looking find!!!!

 

[DCMatt]

To me it looks like a faux buckle from a vintage bathing suit. 30's? 40's? 50's?

 

[Dust Eater]

To me it looks like a faux buckle from a vintage bathing suit. 30's? 40's? 50's?

Ehh I don't know. It was at a cellar hole deep in the woods. No ponds or lakes close by.
Found it about 10 feet away from a musket butt plate on the lip of the root cellar.

 

[DCMatt]

Any attachment points on the back?

 

[Dust Eater]

No, that's another weird thing.