Most recent water hunt.......

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Hit two beaches at Lake MI again and found some goodies. When water hunting you find many non-detected items. In this pic you will see some beach glass, some neat rocks, shell, on the left a brick worn down very small, and the 5 items in the middle are fossils.
[attachment 173556 DSC07616.JPG]

Here is an unusual older style pull tab. What's neat is it has two tabs. Didn't know there were error pull tabs. Might be quite rare!
[attachment 173558 DSC07619.JPG]

Rolled penny, holed nickel, and a new penny.
[attachment 173559 DSC07614.JPG]

Jewelry. The ring on the left had me excited as it hit like gold on my machine. It is sterling with fake stones. The next ring is also sterling with two fake stones, and something missing from the post in the middle. A nice sterling ear ring with a big CZ, and a mood bracelet.
[attachment 173560 DSC07617.JPG]

Close up of the rings.
[attachment 173561 DSC07611.JPG]

I also found a couple fishing lures, 40 clad coins, and an interesting piece of wood. It has several copper square nails in it, and you can see where another piece of wood is nailed on. All the nail tip are bent over to help keep them from coming out. I wonder if it came from an old ship wreck as lake MI has many of them.

[attachment 173563 DSC07621.JPG]

 

[RickIowa2009]

Cool looking rings! I hope you find more before the end of the season!

 

[steve in so la]

You sure do get a variety there in the lake. I like the silver ring, steve in so az

 

[seeker41]

awesome stuff mike!!!!!!!!!

 

[Minas man]

Nice finds Mike especially the boat planking with copper fasteners. I am trained shipwright in wooden boats and I think you have identified that artifact correctly. Copper boat nails were clenched (bent over) or have a round copper washer called a rove that fit over the nail for creating a fastener that is not easily pulled out to give great integrity to the hull. I know that there are many marine artifacts in the water waiting to be discovered. I had a friend that did some diving at the wharf of a ship yard and pulled up all kinds of copper and brass ship lanterns that were thrown over board when electrics came in to replace kerosene lights.

Don

 

[7centsworth]

Looks like a good hunt to me.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

look for a private message

 

[SeniorSeeker]

Hi Mike, One of the items found was a 'football shaped copper memento', which I believe to be from the Kent County Zoo or possible a zoo in your area. I have found many of them @ the KC Zoo and in neighborhood parks. Nice finds my friend.

SeniorSeeker * Minelab Safari * Garrett Pinpointer

 

[BARKER]

n/t

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

It was made in a machine at the beach. It says "I love Michigan" on it.

 

[Minas man]

Thanks for the extra pictures of the boat artifact. Looks like quarter sawn rib which gives extra strength and stability for such thin ribss and a sign of age as this type of milling was done for boat building and clapboard and can be seen on spruce tops of acoustic guitars today. Thickness of the plank says that it is a small boat under 14' unless it was a canoe. Copper nails have large heads and are square on the point and shank and clenched (bent over). The large head gives holding power, the square shank enables the fastener to pass through the wood with out splitting it as a round nail will split wood every time but the square acts like a chisel cutting the wood. The large piece of wood looks to be the rib and the small piece the planking as the heads of the nail wood be on the out side. The wear on the wood can give clues to species as some wood has hard and soft grain that will wear unevenly. Hope this helps Mike.
><>Don<><

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Any idea of age? Could this have been from a life boat that went down with a ship?

 

[Minas man]

I would guess the an age of about 50+ years at this point and as far as a lifeboat from a shipwreck, well you could research shipwrecks and try to get photos of the lost ships and their lifeboats. Life boats are usually a very heavy construction. Think of it as recreational use vs. commercial use. Your piece seems to be of lighter type boat. Lifeboats are heavy and spent most of there lives sitting on deck but when needed they suit there purpose large capacity heavy to avoid capsize.
Don

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

n/t