[Pharmboy]

Quite a find...here's what some versions looked like:

[Tribune7]

ping

[Pharmboy]

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[Martins kid]

Amazing

[RDTF]

cool!

[Liberty Valance]

*Revolutionary War Ping*

[hedgetrimmer]

How very interesting!

[ApplegateRanch]

A caltrops for ships. Cool.

[JerseyHighlander]

This is the only pic I found on the net that shows the iron barb separate from the wood.

[Gondring]

I don’t see why they think it was part of the 1775 ones and not the ‘77-’78 ones. Location?

[rdl6989]

I’m glad it went to a museum.

[familyop]

"Bruns said the newly discovered relic was probably placed in the river in 1775, at a time when the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, under the direction of Benjamin Franklin, was overseeing the colony's defense."

...Benjamin Franklin, a combat engineer? That's pretty gay. ;-)

[Libertina]

GREAT story of Americans WINNING a war through smart tactics! No doubt the liberals would not have approved of employing the Chevaux de Frise! LOL

[Ditter]

Great find!

My husband found a metal point on his south Texas hunting lease. He checked it out and found out it was an ox goad. An iron point put on the end of a stick to poke the oxen that were pulling a wagon. No telling how old that thing is.

[samadams2000]

Thanks for the post. May we never forget.

[EarlyBird]

There's £2 million in gold coins sitting in 16 fathoms of water somewhere near Pot Rock at Hell's Gate that still remains to be recovered. The HMS Hussar sank there in 1779, and it was carrying the gold for the British army payroll. That would be quite a find too, especially since treasure hunters have been looking for it ever since it was lost!

[VOA]

The cheval-de-frise was in excellent condition, a rare historic find
after more than two centuries in the river.

Preserved by two centuries of run-off from urban areas that killed
bacteria, etc. that would have eaten it up?
Or made of some sort of long-surviving wood AND very hard wood?

(Just speculating as I presume this defensive weapon is not in
cold/abiotic water conditions!)

[the OlLine Rebel]

Cheval-de-frise! Why was I not shocked when seeing “Philadelphia”, “Delaware River”, “Rev object” all together? Especially couple with the word “log”?