✅ SOLVED Guess what this encrusted item is before crust is removed... see who comes close...

[ARC]

Found this today at water line...
Guesses are welcomed by everyone to try and guess what it is before I break it out.
I will wait for some really good responses before I remove crust...

Here are the same hints that I know...
tis strong magnetic pull...
a small metallic circular lip is barely visible on raised side... about size of dime...
and weighs 38.8 grams.
was in an area that has swim area close to shore and boats do come in very close there.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[ARC]

OOOP just broke a chunk off...
can see inside now...
pictures on the way

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[ARC]

Ok... new guesses welcomed...

 

[Peachy]

It's a puppy!!! I know what that is.... what the heck is that? If I needed one I'd know what it is.

 

[fmfdoc]

I would have guessed an iron grommet from an old sail. Either that, or, possibly the nipple bolt from a signal canon or boarding gun.

 

[ARC]

Ok... new guesses welcomed...
View attachment 1124848View attachment 1124849View attachment 1124850

NEW PICS POSTED !!!
Guesses welcomed...
will take another chunk off tomorrow...

 

[villagenut]

Looks like a cutting wheel for a pipefitter's pipe or tubing cutter.

 

[old digger]

Okay, I'll give it another try, how about a cap to a axle hub?

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Just like a lot of threads this time of year it 100% certified cabin fever.

 

[ARC]

Just like a lot of threads this time of year it 100% certified cabin fever.

That's why I did it...
Not for me...
for you
Me... I was out getting a sunburn at 10 am digging this...
Amongst the 51 cents in clad...
21 pull tabs... 3 bottle caps... 6 nails and 2 screws... a cotter pin...
3 fish hooks... and 1 small weight..
hmmm think that is it.

OH... almost forgot... the foil... 3 pieces...
how could I have forgotten the foil...
heh..

NEW PICS POSTED OF CHUNK GONE ABOVE.

 

[bigfoot1]

pivot mount marine antenna

 

[huntsman53]

You happen to remember name of marina by chance ?

It was called "Garrison Bight Marina" back in those days as stated in my previous post and I believe it is still called that! I still remember the spot where the Rolex went plop because me and a friend tried to retrieve it with my' Dip Net that I used to catch Blue Craps and Shrimp with. The Dip Net had an old broom handle inside it's handle, then I used a 12+ foot aluminum pole (old TV Antenna Pole) to go over the broom handle for strength, stability and as an extension. Everything was held together with metal screws and clamps. All we could bring up off of the bottom were aluminum beer and soda cans, lots of muck and other debris. As far as I know, the Rolex is still there! If you are wanting to dive there to look for it, I doubt that they will let you because they would not let my friend dive for it back then.

Well, I just looked on Google Maps and everything is different than what it was in the early 1980's! If you could find someone who remembers where the refueling pumps were located back then and can pinpoint the spot, then the Rolex is or was on the bottom within a 8 foot length by 3 to 4 foot width along the refueling dock.


Frank

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

It was called "Garrison Bight Marina" back in those days as stated in my previous post and I believe it is still called that! I still remember the spot where the Rolex went plop because me and a friend tried to retrieve it with my' Dip Net that I used to catch Blue Craps and Shrimp with. The Dip Net had an old broom handle inside it's handle, then I used a 12+ foot aluminum pole (old TV Antenna Pole) to go over the broom handle for strength, stability and as an extension. Everything was held together with metal screws and clamps. All we could bring up off of the bottom were aluminum beer and soda cans, lots of muck and other debris. As far as I know, the Rolex is still there! If you are wanting to dive there to look for it, I doubt that they will let you because they would not let my friend dive for it back then.

Well, I just looked on Google Maps and everything is different than what it was in the early 1980's! If you could find someone who remembers where the refueling pumps were located back then and can pinpoint the spot, then the Rolex is or was on the bottom within a 8 foot length by 3 to 4 foot width along the refueling dock.


Frank

You can't swim?

 

[bzbadger]

I think that is what one boater said back in the early 1980's when he pulled up to get fuel at the Garrison Bight Marina in Key West. He had laid his' very expensive Rolex Watch on the Gunwale for some unknown reason and when he pulled the gasoline hose onto the boat, it knocked the Rolex off and into the deep and slimy murk of the Marina and as far as I know, was never found.


Frank

Few years back in upper Maryland at a marina on the Chesapeake Bay a running back for the Baltimore Ravens was on a boat and a cute young lady from the boat next to him asked to see his super bowl ring and of course wisely he removed it and handed it over and " plopdamnt" occurred..she dropped the ring in 10" of water.
Our club was called and a member who lived closest responded but by then a lot of ppl had heard and the place was swarmed. Our guy was the one who came up with it, we were/ are very proud of him and the ravens player very appreciative.

 

[G.I.B.]

That looks like my wife's pill container from about 35 years ago. We spent a weekend at that beach and had a great time and....


Saaaaay, that would explain one of my kids.

 

[ARC]

When I was a kid particularly when I was scraping hulls...
the most requested things I would dive in after was pool furniture and dock chairs...
then was rings... a few tools etc... pagers was big... sheeeeeeeeeeesh I must have dove for 50 or more pagers over a few years.
one guy dropped his gun in...
few wallets and purses...
Almost all that stuff would end up in either while boarding or unboarding.
When I was scraping hulls I would surface and there would be someone standing there...
It got old after awhile... this interfered with my work quite a bit...
There were never enough drops to make it into a full time money making venture... but I tried ...heh
most people threw me a twenty... one guy gave me 100 once... few fifties here and there...
And a few "thank you's"... which were ok if I was just sitting around the marina...
but let me tell you...
Try it...
try diving dock water in search of a ring.
wallet and pager were easier by far.
And I was making great money in my youth scraping hulls.

OH PS>>> I do not know if many you are aware... but "things"... linger under docks...
Strange things... sometimes BIG things.

 

[Jason in Enid]

but let me tell you...
Try it...
try diving dock water in search of a ring.
wallet and pager were easier by far.

Oh, I know it! I have dove under marina docks for "underwater cleanup days" with my dive club. Most people would never believe how much crap is under the water. If we had a scale we could measure it in the tons, every single year. Tires, batteries, dock chairs, corrugated metal panels, and sooooo many bear bottles and pop cans! A detector is almost useless under a dock!

 

[BigWaveDave]

You know whats gonna happen...you'll get all the crust off, and you, and all of us will be like "what IS that anyways?"

 

[ARC]

You know whats gonna happen...you'll get all the crust off, and you, and all of us will be like "what IS that anyways?"

lol bwd...
then we have to guess AFTER it is free of crust as well... heh.

 

[Doubter in MD]

304 stainless is non magnetic,309 is,i think they add carbon to it sometimes to take heat better,i have know idea what you have found though

300 series S/S is generally not magnetic.
309 is not magnetic unless it is cold worked and even then it is only mildly magnetic.

400 series S/S has a higher carbon content and is very magnetic. 400 series S/S is used in a lot of products but is often used for knives because the higher carbon content allows it to hold a sharper edge longer.

EDIT: And I don't know what it is.

 

[ARC]

Actually... SS is measured by grades...
Me... I look at it to ways... low grade or high grade...
anyway...
Marine grade stainless, or SAE 316 stainless steel, is a molybdenum-alloyed steel and is the second most common austenite stainless steel (after grade 304). It is the preferred steel for use in marine environments because of its greater resistance to pitting corrosion than other grades of steel.
On cookware look for 18/8 or use a magnet.
The "grade" of stainless steel refers to its quality, durability and temperature resistance. The numbers (18/8, 18/10, etc.) are the composition of the stainless steel and refer to the amount of chromium and nickel (respectively) in the product.
When you see stainless steel labeled as 18/8 or 18/10 this is telling you how much chromium and nickel is in the steel. The first number indicates 18% chromium, and the second 8% or 10% nickel. The nickel is the key to forming austenite stainless steel. Both the 18/8 and 18/10 are therefore austenitic.
austenitic, or nickel-containing, non-magnetic stainless steel, is highly resistant to corrosion.