Brass Shipwreck Nail?

[garren]

We headed for the Texas coast this past week thinking we would hunt during tropical storm Harvey...didn't know it was going to turn into a cat 4 hurricane. We hunted Thursday night before running back to Fort Worth. One of the beaches we hunted had been replenished in the last 3 years. Everything we found were recent drops. I came across a coin line of mostly quarters and dug this beefy brass spike among them. We hunted here 3 years ago and the beach was practically non existent. Its wider now than I've ever seen it.

I always assumed they pump sand onto the beach from out in gulf to replenish it. Could they have pumped this in from the gulf? Maybe dredged through a shipwreck? It looks old to me. Too old to have been dropped in the past three years with all of the quarters?

Anybody recognize this as older ship parts? Its about 2" long. The head is about the size of a nickel and fairly thin.

 

[creskol]

Don't know if it's from a shipwreck or not but I bet it dates to the early 1800's. Very nice recovery!

 

[Digg Mo]

That's awesome. Have you found any more info on the brass shipwreck spike?

 

[Ripcon]

I've found brass nails from wrecks before. Yours certainly looks like it could be from a ship wreck. They used brass nails and spikes because they didn't rust like the iron nails.

 

[Wampum]

I like it and would love to find one but I am 5 hours from ocean. A great name for this thread would have been "let's get down to brass tacks..."

 

[garren]

I like it and would love to find one but I am 5 hours from ocean. A great name for this thread would have been "let's get down to brass tacks..."

I feel your pain. Its 5 hours for us too...with Houston traffic between here and the beach.

That's awesome. Have you found any more info on the brass shipwreck spike?

Not yet. Ive got an email out to someone who specializes in shipwreck research and salvage...maybe he can shed some light on it.