Copper stake I found diving abaco bahamas

daveyboy$32 · Feb 13, 2013

Anyone ever seen one of these? Did I stumble upon something old or

I did some research on the Internet but couldn't find nothing old or new like it. It appears to be hand made ( I'm no expert ) but I know for sure it's copper. I heard about the newly discovered slave ship called the Peter Mowell in the abacos and thought maybe

? I would appropriate any info. Thanks btw I when they discovered the ship it was said they were finding copper nails which is why I mention this.

wheatfinder13 · Feb 13, 2013

Dunno sorry

Jason in Enid · Feb 13, 2013

Dunno either, but it's definitely interesting! I think you should get this thread moved to the shipwreck forum. You might have a better chance of an answer there.

Gunrunner61 · Feb 13, 2013

jmho But the nail doesnt look like it's hand made. I'm looking at the "round head and the spike end............jmo

TheCannonballGuy · Feb 13, 2013

Daveyboy$32 wrote:
> Anyone ever seen one of these? Did I stumble upon something old or

First, welcome to TreasureNet. Second, I've seen them and dug them in Seacoast sites. In all the centuries before iron/steel ships, a wooden ship's exterior hull was held together with copper/brass nails, spikes, and "pins," because those metals are far more resistant to saltwater (or freshwater) corrosion than iron nails/spikes. So yes, you almost certainly found something really old.

Yours, having a round head and round body, appears to be a pin rather than a spike.

I had to say "almost certainly" in the above statement because a few copper/brass nails, spikes, and "pins" are still being manufactured today, for the same old reason -- resistance to corrosion. But in view of the rarity of modern ones, and especially in view of the location you found yours at, it is probably more than a century old, and may be much older than that.