The smaller rigging elements are also of great interest, because they sometimes reveal significant differences between the two wrecks. This is certainly the case with the bull's eyes and small toggles. Turned from single blocks of elm, as well as ash and beech, these two groups of objects testify to a clear morphological change between the two frigates that were built fifty years apart – one in the royal shipyards at Le Havre, and the other in a private yard in Granville. In the same way, shroud-cleats, which were apparently unknown aboard the Dauphine, appeared to be in common use on the Aimable Grenot.
Close observation of these simple-looking elements helps to understand the material context and the techniques employed by an every-changing navy. There is little doubt that the variations in shape of the smaller rigging elements from the two wrecks speak to the slow but inexorable standardization of equipment used on sailing vessels. The "prototypes" that this evolution produced were employed on a massive scale in the mid-18th century, and then remained more or less the same for decades afterwards.