1977

Large iron grappling hook, professionally conserved.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:550.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Large iron grappling hook, professionally conserved.
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Large iron grappling hook, professionally conserved. 12 lb, 25" tall and about 17" wide. Impressively intact 4-pronged hook with ring through eyelet at top, very solid and only lightly striated by corrosion, coated black (no rust), probably used by Spanish salvagers after the wreck, first we have seen from the 1715 Fleet. Found by Roy Volker. From: Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida