TREASURE AUCTION #5 by Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

Large lead sounding weight. 9 lb, 10" tall and 7" max diameter. Used to check depth, this tall lead weight is of typical shape, with hole ...

Lead sounding weight. 5 lb 4 oz, 7½" tall and 5½" max diameter. A typical, tall weight with large hole (for rope) at top and dep...

Lead split-shot (musketball). 53 grams, 7/8" diameter. In order to hit a bigger target, musketballs were sometimes molded in two halves with a ...

Lot of 3 lead musketballs and half of a split-shot. 69 grams total, each about 3/8" to ¾" in diameter. Three small, plain musketballs...

Bronze spike in wood section. 180 grams, 5½" x 4½" x 2". A complete bronze spike (square) driven into a thick piece of ship...

Cluster of bronze spike and nails. 150.5 grams, roughly 3½" x 1¾". Fascinating as-found clump with one bronze spike and at least...

Lot of 17 small, bronze tacks. 16.1 grams total, each 1" long. Tiny bronze tacks, fully intact and dark in color, 17 in all. Recovered from: Sp...

Lot of 5 curved steel needles. 3.2 to 4.1 grams and 5" each. As pictured on p. 155 of Galleon Alley by Bob "Frogfoot" Weller, these c...

Lot of 4 straight steel needles. 2.6 to 3.4 grams and 4" each. Remarkably well preserved for iron, these straight needles for either surgical o...

Single "lance"-type steel needle. 8.7 grams, 6¼" long. This long and remarkably intact needle with sharp points at both ends has...