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Found this recently.

It is copper or brass.
 

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Looks like a bent shipwreck spike. Nice. I found a few.
 

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From about the 1840s to early 1900s they used a lot of Muntz metal, a copper/zinc alloy.
 
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shipwreck spike mo :icon_thumleft:
 
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Im wondering if it was set into the stones of a fireplace to hang a kettle or cooking pot above the fire.
 
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