Shipwreck stuff. Any idea?

[Easy Money]

Beach coaming.... have found chunks of wood with holes drilled in them I have found huge pieces of coal I have also found copper bottom plating and Brass hand made nails handmade formed copper piping soldered with brass and other metal bits that are hard to identify. The stuff definitely looks old. Any idea how to date stuff like this found on a shipwreck based on construction techniques or materials? Fingers crossed it's in Spanish origin. Did those ships back in the 1700 carry coal for cooking? I even found a chunk of a spar that was at one point 15 or so inches in diameter and you can see where it was hand notched out and sister up to something with iron pins holding it together.

Could this be as old as the 1700's. And spanish origin? Fingers crossed.

 

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[creskol]

The only things I see that I can identify are 2 bare feet .. I have no idea on the rest. Good luck!

 

[Nick79]

A lot of coal is found on beaches...its from bonfires

 

[drumrun]

Google muntz metal.

 

[sandchip]

The only things I see that I can identify are 2 bare feet .. I have no idea on the rest. Good luck!

Crop time!

 

[ARC]

Can you please post more pictures... more the better... with sizes.

One of the spike with size OR size reference like a quarter beside it as well.

Slight cleaning MIGHT help... clean with hose.

The one piece seems familiar to me but cannot place it.

Also... a general location of where this was found is a plus. IE: state and coastal area.

 

[Easy Money]

Spike is approx 1" long. Brass material round head square shank nail to a point. Was in the copper plating. No stamps or identification marks for muntz metals. Coastal ne florida. North of st aug.
The copper was crumpled up like the ship ran aground. At speed.
Its old. Its a ship. And the right area for a missing 1715 find based on research.

 

[Easy Money]

A lot of coal is found on beaches...its from bonfires

Coal that looks like a giant rock. 15 inches long 12 inches wide. 5 or 6 inches thick was the biggest chunk. I cracked it in half. Def. Coal. Shiny black crystalline material structure.

 

[ARC]

Very possible a wreck... very possible Spanish.

Not as possible... is the 1715 Fleet part.

 

[ARC]

St. Augustine served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years... TONS of ships in this area... It was then capital of British East Florida in 1763 until it was ceded to Spain in 1783.

In other words... this could be part OR parts of a multitude of possible ships... from a wide timeline... from origin of various nationalities.

Ships were lost in this area by the hundreds over hundreds of years.

There is no way based on the current photos and info to positively deduce any of the above... at least... I cant.

Perhaps more beach "combing" is in order.

Keep us updated.

 

[Reanm8er]

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