🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Help with ID

[relicdigger3]

Hey guys, I was metal detecting one of the beaches on the treasure coast of Florida after Hurricane Nicole hit this week. The beach I was detecting has a known wreck and I was really excited since this was my first time detecting after a storm. Anyways, I found this piece of wood with a nail in it, among other things, and it looks like it could be really old. What do you guys think? Could it be part of the wreck, or a wreck?

 

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[villagenut]

I don't think you have anything g that old there.....the wood has definite water wear to it but the nail ,which is the key element does not have the age or composition to be associated with an OLD wreck. Keep lookin though, it's out there

 

[creskol]

Cool display piece regardless. I love little "what-knots" like that.

 

[pepperj]

I don't think you have anything g that old there.....the wood has definite water wear to it but the nail ,which is the key element does not have the age or composition to be associated with an OLD wreck. Keep lookin though, it's out there

I can see your points of observation.
Though looking at the "nail" (Disclaimer-I don't live/recover them from salt water) is the splits in the nail.
Granted of what I have gleamed in pics/posts/articles most nails/pins were copper/bronze to inhibit the salt corrosion.
The splits have me wondering though-is this an occurrence of steel/iron being exposed to salt-or is it a pin type of fastener that was driven into the wood?

 

[ARC]

I can see your points of observation.
Though looking at the "nail" (Disclaimer-I don't live/recover them from salt water) is the splits in the nail.
Granted of what I have gleamed in pics/posts/articles most nails/pins were copper/bronze to inhibit the salt corrosion.
The splits have me wondering though-is this an occurrence of steel/iron being exposed to salt-or is it a pin type of fastener that was driven into the wood?

Perhaps a rivet.... and ... I am not trying to imitate a frog. :P

 

[villagenut]

The splits you see in the fastener(nail) are just the effects of corrosion. Nails often have this characteristic as they start drying out.