Bronze ship spike??? Help

[JC Florida]

I'm typically a beach hunter but I ran across this artifact over the weekend. My guess is a bronze ship spike or at least part of a bronze ship spike. I figure you folks who specialize is ship wrecks could confirm my guess.
Thanks

 

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[TRG]

I think it will be hard to say with certainty without more context exactly what the use was, but a good chance you are correct.

 

[stevemc]

Yes, most very likely to be from an old ship. Most old Spanish ships did not use bronze spikes, but they sometimes captured English or Dutch ships as a "prize". Which those often used bronze spikes. Also US ships usually used bronze spikes. Many US Civil war ships had bronze spikes.

 

[stevemc]

And yes, it is part of a bronze ships spike. They have a square head. Many sizes. Some are just a box square and some are tapered square. Then they have some crude ones that are fairly large that have no head, are wide and have cuts for barbs. British/ English used those.

 

[JC Florida]

Great info
Thanks

 

[PullTabSlayer]

Nice find!