🔎 UNIDENTIFIED What is it?

[Dylan Wheeler]

I found it about 10 inches deep next to an old square head nail.

Any ideas? It was VDI 23 on Vanquish 440.

 

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[ticndig]

if the washer is lead it was for roofing

 

[villagenut]

Could be what they call a strake rivet and rove......used in boat building. The washer part is generally diamond shaped and usually all made of brass or copper..

 

[Dylan Wheeler]

Could be what they call a strake rivet and rove......used in boat building. The washer part is generally diamond shaped and usually all made of brass or copper..

The signal/VDI was similar to a Copper Penny, so that makes sense. It was next to a 4 inch rectangular nail with a square head.

 

[villagenut]

Here is a strake rivet and rove i dug from a boat site.not sure this is what you have though....

 

[Dylan Wheeler]

Bottom View

 

[ticndig]

VDI really means very little as thousands of items can ring up the same numbers. A pull tab could have the same VDI. as say a coin or a ring . Did you scratch the washer to see what it's made of?

 

[Dylan Wheeler]

Agreed. There were lots of false and broken signals here too. Pockets of shredded aluminum cans ranging from 6-12 inches deep. This nail and a dime were the only 2 good targets lol.

I haven’t tried scratching the washer yet

 

[ticndig]

the washer was your good signal , the rest is iron , look up rose head nail.

 

[villagenut]

A closer look at it shows that it dissent look like a washer, but rather it seems the old nail was driven through a solid disk. Could that be a coin?

 

[Dylan Wheeler]

I’ll find out when I clean it, 3 cent piece perhaps?