Guerrero Iron Ring-Bolt (2019)

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The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
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Sketchfab
Polygon Count
115,257
Release Date
2020-05-07
License
CC BY 4.0
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Detail of an iron ring-bolt as it was found in 2019 on the shipwreck site 2-04/8MO02343 thought to be that of the 1827 pirate slave ship *Guerrero*. An iron ring is attached to what appears to be the broken shaft of a bolt. The shaft is narrowed, flattened, and folded-over to hold the ring in place.This piece is part of the larger deposit called Iron Objects Feature No.1, found along the east side of the site (see https://skfb.ly/6SBIN). Model created June, 2019. Scale = 10 centimeters.