Fresh Water Wreck - 2nd Item

[DandyDon]

Just want to say thanks to everyone that helped with my first item and figured I give it a try with the second unknown item.

Found this item on the same wreck, it is made of brass, weighs about a pound, is 4.25 inches tall or long and is hollow.

 

[mech]

altho I really liked it..
I hearby withdraw my witches on broomsticks deterrent guess.

 

[privateer]

do you know the date of this wreck-if it had a steam engine-i have found items like this associated with low pressure steam engines-on the top of your item it looks as tho it is soldered or brazed together-and threads on bottom for securing ,just a thought.

 

[DandyDon]

Hi,

Yes, we believe that it might have been a steamer as we found quite a few firebricks associated with the wreck, but we could not find the boiler. We were thinking that it was recovered long ago or it just sank in the soft soil. Plan to dive it again and hope that the visibility is better in the spring than when we first found it as it was hard to see it clearly.

Don

 

[mojjax]

The handle of a coal shovel?

mojjax

 

[silverswede]

Good one, Mojjax!

 

[Montana Jim]

Very good mojjax! Hmmm... damn good chance!

 

[DandyDon]

Yes,

It could be part of the handle for the coal shovel. I will need to do some serious search and recover this spring and see if we can find the rest of it. Should be real interesting as I plan to buy a metal detector and continue with our survey of the site this spring.

Don