Piece of a shipwreck

[EnvoyToTheMolePeople]

I found what I believe is a piece of a shipwreck at Sandy Hook, NJ. It's about 5 feet long, 8 in wide, and 2.5 in thick. It has 3 wood pegs and 5 brass (possibly muntz metal) nails. It seems to have a little bit of tar on the outside. Can anybody give me an approximate date. Personally, I think about 200 years. Feel free to move this thread to shipwrecks, if that would be a better place.

 

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[A2coins]

Interesting piece what does the nail or screw look like might help to age it

 

[A2coins]

Welcome also Tommy

 

[EnvoyToTheMolePeople]

This is a brass nail and a wooden peg.

 

[Raider19962]

The wooden peg is likely a "trunnel" (from "tree nail"), used in construction during the pre-20th century, especially in ships. Also, there is a known shipwreck at Sandy Hook called the D.H.Ingraham, which unfortunately was only carrying limes.

See Fox News story: https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-century-old-shipwreck-unearthed-on-jersey-shore

Interesting stuff.

 

[A2coins]

That's pretty cool good ID