REV WAR SHIPBUILDERS TOOL WITH BROAD ARROW

[CanDiver]

Hello Everyone, What a day. I found a nice old tool and bone handled knife diving today. When I cleaned the tool not only did it have a makers mark but owners initials, broad arrow and date!! 17??. The sailors bone handle knife is near mint and I also found some kind of brass and copper cage? Possibly for measuring powder? The only problem is I dropped my booty bag on the way back to my Zodiac and it had 2 coins and 5 or 6 good buttons. I'll be going back for that!!

 

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[calisdad]

Very nice score! The tool I believe is called a slick. Knife is way cool and I have not a clue what the brass item is but curious.
Funny how you lost your ditty bag. I have a theory that found items are soon lost as that what happens to my tools.
thanks for sharing-

 

[ColonialDude]

Hello Everyone, What a day. I found a nice old tool and bone handled knife diving today. When I cleaned the tool not only did it have a makers mark but owners initials, broad arrow and date!! 17??. The sailors bone handle knife is near mint and I also found some kind of brass and copper cage? Possibly for measuring powder? The only problem is I dropped my booty bag on the way back to my Zodiac and it had 2 coins and 5 or 6 good buttons. I'll be going back for that!!

Looks like a good site. Too bad you didn't make any good finds.

 

[hamiddetecting]

Congratulation!! Well done.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice piece we also call it the 'Crows Foot' mark

 

[Just some Guy]

Sweet Find!!

Happy Hunting,

Dan

 

[CanDiver]

Looks like a good site. Too bad you didn't make any good finds.

Douche bag

 

[DanTheNewbie]

Douche bag

Haha

 

[Digs68]

Awesome finds!
I love the knife. Is it salvageable? Will it open or will you be able to get it open?
I found an old pocket knife once (Purina feeds from the 1970's I think). It came out of the ground fairly corroded, but as time went on, the handles shrunk until they were less than half-size and unreadable.
In my arrowhead collecting days, I learned that in order to preserve bone, teeth, etc, you had to keep them damp until you could get home & soak them in a solution of Elmer's glue & water for a day or two. It preserved them really well. I wonder if that works on the bone handles of knifes, etc as well?

 

[Digs68]

Awesome finds!
I love the knife. Is it salvageable? Will it open or will you be able to get it open?
I found an old pocket knife once (Purina feeds from the 1970's I think). It came out of the ground fairly corroded, but as time went on, the handles shrunk until they were less than half-size and unreadable.
In my arrowhead collecting days, I learned that in order to preserve bone, teeth, etc, you had to keep them damp until you could get home & soak them in a solution of Elmer's glue & water for a day or two. It preserved them really well. I wonder if that works on the bone handles of knifes, etc as well?

I lost a good canine tooth like that once. It was about 18" deep in the ground near a Native American campsite. I put it in my pocket & when I went to pull it out later, I had a handful of powder.

 

[CRUSADER]

I lost a good canine tooth like that once. It was about 18" deep in the ground near a Native American campsite. I put it in my pocket & when I went to pull it out later, I had a handful of powder.

yeap contact with air can be a *****

 

[CanDiver]

yeap contact with air can be a *****

Hi, I'll soak them in olive oil for 1 week, then dry them off and coat them with conservators wax. It works great. The knife will never open but its cool the way it is for display.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

You got some really nice goodies but you got to get that booty bag back there mate. Are you diving rivers or lakes?
ZDD

 

[Billinoregon]

Could the brass item be a sailmaker's hook? The slick might also be an iron for driving tarred oakum into the spaces between planks in a ship's hull to keep them watertight. Very nice finds indeed.

 

[Giant056]

Very cool find indeed

 

[romeo-1]

Wow...that cold water keeps those relics in amazing condition! Nicely done!

 

[CASPER-2]

Cool Relic

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool finds!