hunterisgreat
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- Oct 6, 2018
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Located on the bank situated on a bluff of a former rice and cotton plantation. The recent string of storms stripped some mud so went down and detected for an hour (I’m brand new to metal detecting btw). Found a bunch of stuff... nails, tacks, bullets, a cleat, pottery of some kind, a round shaped pulley or wheel (dunno yet exactly)
Here are two picture. The nails appear riveted and made of copper. They taper uniformly on one side and are either untapered on the other or rather taper from the head for the first 1/4-1/3 of the nail and seem uniform after. Heads and rivet end are more or less round. Slight rib on the underside of the heads.
The cleat is torpedo style, and the blunt end is slightly not rounded so assuming it’s handmade. It’s very dark in color but not at all pitted or very heavily corroded. Under the low power microscope I couldn’t see any markings or cast seams.
This is in salt water on a former rice and cotton plantation. Thinking this might be a coastal cargo/transport vessel? Thoughts?
Here are two picture. The nails appear riveted and made of copper. They taper uniformly on one side and are either untapered on the other or rather taper from the head for the first 1/4-1/3 of the nail and seem uniform after. Heads and rivet end are more or less round. Slight rib on the underside of the heads.
The cleat is torpedo style, and the blunt end is slightly not rounded so assuming it’s handmade. It’s very dark in color but not at all pitted or very heavily corroded. Under the low power microscope I couldn’t see any markings or cast seams.
This is in salt water on a former rice and cotton plantation. Thinking this might be a coastal cargo/transport vessel? Thoughts?
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