This one's a head scratcher

[RelicMedic]

A friend of mine dug this today on an old shoreline. It's about the size of a half dollar. Two holes and what appears to be a trident. It's hard to see it in the picture, but there is an 'M' on the left of the trident shaft and a 'B' on the right. Nothing on the back. I was thinking saddle shield, but was hoping one of you will know. Thanks folks.

 

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[DigginNorthernVa]

Nice find. It's off a ships rigging block from the late 1800s or so. MB stands for Merriam Brothers. They were a shipping rigging and block making company in Boston.

 

[RelicMedic]

Holy crap that was fast!!!!! Thank you!

 

[DigginNorthernVa]

I still got the spelling wrong! Merriman Brothers!

 

[Kona Koma]

Don’t know but cool find.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool old relic, congrats!

 

[A2coins]

Excellent ID thats funny

 

[tomhighland]

Awesome find, very quick identification too. Seems we can always count on a fellow detectorist to solve our puzzles.

 

[Ahab8]

Nice find. It's off a ships rigging block from the late 1800s or so. MB stands for Merriam Brothers. They were a shipping rigging and block making company in Boston.

Wow that’s a great id! Well done

 

[DigginNorthernVa]

I know nothing about ship's block and tackle, but google does! I like the challenge of IDing stuff. Went to google image and typed in trident plus M and B and there it was!

 

[creskol]

Cool Find and Great ID!.. here are some fun things to look at: https://www.google.com/search?q=tri...r-PgAhXnqFkKHUyWCCAQ_AUIDigB&biw=1706&bih=830

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[RelicMedic]

I'm blown away that it was identified so quickly! I googled pretty much the same thing, but didnt come up with that lol. Its Instances like this that make Treasurenet the best forum to belong to!

 

[Hawks88]

Congrats on the find. Lots of smart people here that can just about ID anything.

 

[Inspector]

Very cool save, congratulations


EXCELLENT ID DNV, wtg

 

[Argentium]

This site is incredible ! The collective knowledge and experience across all members is deep and wide .

 

[Whyme]

Nice find! Congrats! Quick ID too!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on the old relic.