Help needed to identify a beach find in Cumbria, UK

[Carol D]

I was on the beach at Silloth with grandchildren, and my grandson (9)
found a long heavy metal object.


He thinks it might be a very old nail off a sunken ship, and I agree.
(if so, it would be more precious to him than a hoard of coins!)

It's about 12 inches long, and very rusty.

We'd be very grateful for anyone's help.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[smokeythecat]

That's very reasonable. To keep it from literally disintegrating, you need to submerge it in water for about a week, change out the water every week for at least 6 weeks. You can use an aquarium hydrometer to test the old water for salt content. Keep soaking it until the hydrometer reads zero salt content. Then you can preserve it.

 

[Carol D]

Thanks so much for that information.
When it reads zero salt, will the rust have disappeared or will it look the same?
Also, how should we then preserve it?
Carol.

 

[against the wind]

Welcome to Tnet from NYC

 

[vpnavy]

1st - Welcome Aboard! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

2nd - I moved this request from Today's Finds! over to Our Discoveries > What Is It? for more exposure.