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...

Small brass thimble piece. 2.4 grams, roughly ¾" x ½". A typical sailmaker's thimble with open top, a bit flattened and with...

Lead cloth seal with Dutch lion design. 7.4 grams, approx. 1½" x 1". A small and well-detailed seal in a more or less pomegranate sha...

Wire shot (2 lead musketballs with spring). 50 grams, about 1½" x ¾". In order to increase the chances of hitting a target, pair...

Gold eagle figurine, pre-Columbian design (Central American). 5.0 grams, about 1¼" x 1". Avian figurines like this one were first nam...

Natural emerald matrix. 69.9 grams, roughly 1½" x 2" x 1". This natural chunk of calcite rock contains two long crystals of emer...

Wooden cocoa frother. 75.5 grams, 7" tall and 2-1/8" in diameter. This remarkably intact wooden object was used in the 1700s to stir choco...

Heart-shaped pewter locket/reliquary. 21.8 grams, about 1¾" x 1". A very thick and solid pendant, now sealed shut but once used as a ...

Six-sided Chinese cylindrical die (bone), rare. 25.6 grams, 1¾" tall and 7/8" in diameter. A very curious and rare object (only one k...

Base of a Chinese Kangxi blue-on-white porcelain cup with Chinese characters. 14.0 grams, roughly 1½" in diameter. While only the round ba...

Small stoneware inkwell. 89.2 grams, about 2" tall and 1¾" in diameter. Perfectly cylindrical with flat bottom and narrow lip at top,...