viking artifact

[newfyviking]

newfy viking here
I found this old bronz spike at the beach. Can any any id this for me?

 

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[romeo-1]

I wouldn't think so...it is too "new" looking. Something iron and from the viking era would be heavily corroded.

 

[newfyviking]

sorry bout that its bronz and was 16 inches down.

 

[CRUSADER]

Welcome from the UK.

Where was it found?

I collect & study Anglo-Sanadinavian material & I think that it doesn't look typically Viking.

 

[wolfpaw518]

Looks the same as these. These [steel] spikes were found at a log cabin in Southern Minnesota that dates from the 1800s, they were forged long and square, cut to length and ground down on a couple of the sides to form a point. Basically big nails.

Now, I know that Viking artifact have been reportidly found in Minnesota (don't ask...it's a long story) but with all the immigration from Europe around that time, I think these were probably made here, by the immigrants, the same way they did it in the home country and with local materials.

As far as yours...Viking?Doubtful. Historic relic?Absolutely

I found 20 of these spikes, if your intrested and it doesn't cost to much I'll send you one. It would be interesting to compare them.

neil.

 

[newfyviking]

the spike i found is bronz, it was beside this peice of what looks like copper body armor. there is evidance of 1800's habitation so it could be as you say.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Looks to be a spike from an old ship. Probably 1700s or maybe earlier. I am no expert at all, I have only seen a few and a friend I detected with in the UK offered me one he found detecting under water off the coast of Rhode Island from a ship wreck. I stupidly did not accept it, still kicking myself in the butt for not taking it. HH, Mike

 

[Tricia]

If the woven material in your picture is a natural material, and of that age....it would have disintegrated in the normal erosion of a beach environment. Not sure but did the vikings use polyester?

Textiles are very fragile. If what you have is some kind of woven reed or other plant material from that period, the normal forces of a beach would still erode that.

Odds are you have found something from 19th century or later.

 

[newfyviking]

it came from behind the beach and the weaving is cedar. it was inside a rectangle made from mounds.

 

[Tricia]

What does the rest of it look like. To me, looks like a piece of old mat where the top surface - the weaving - has been ripped off and the bottom part is left.

Mounds of what? Dirt, clay, grass clippings and old banana peels?

Can you post a picture of the mounds in the rectangle formation?

 

[Harry_Morant]

Well it was found by a Newfy Viking so technically it is a viking artifact - local historical organisation or museum should be able to provide more info.

 

[hmmm]

the mounds are made from beach gravel. hard to get a good picture, to much bush.

 

[Montana Jim]

That's a damned interesting find... and with the armor(?) I am more intriqued...

No constructive input here... just "good luck" in your search.

 

[MEinWV]

Newfy, That one looks just like the spikes I have found at a shipyard along the Maine coast. They have a square, flattened head and date in the 1800's. I have several that are intact that were found in the tidal muck along the old ways that were still visible. I figure they were dropped by the builders.

.....................HH

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It looks similar to a broken piece of a brass/bronze spike (bottom) that I found ten feet deep on the treasure beaches from a 1715 shipwreck. Nice find.
Why is it not green?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

the mounds are made from beach gravel. hard to get a good picture, to much bush.

hmmm...are you newfyviking ?

Yea, whats up with that?

 

[hmmm]

OOPS
YUP
THERE IS DEFINATLY OVERLAPING HISTORY IN THIS SPOT.

 

[RUDY2003]

Looks like an old bronze spike.....

Keep safe...

 

[hmmm]

HMMM , copper sheathing , tell me more.  I found this copper peice, it was covering a 3 inch peice of steal that is jamed in a rock, on the beach.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

HMMM , copper sheathing , tell me more. I found this copper peice, it was covering a 3 inch peice of steal that is jamed in a rock, on the beach.

Maybe closer to the saltwater causes the green patina.
Copper sheathing did prove to work better than lead sheathing. It covered the underwater portion of wood to protect from wormholes. I believe the sheathing was put on with smaller nails though. What you found is a large spike that could have been used to hold together timbers on an earlier lead sheathed ship.