underwater artifact unknown

[booty]

can anyone tell me what this item might be and a time period. It was found underwater with several 6" square nails and wood pieces among other things.

 

[capt dom]

It appears to be a bronze hinged cable railing clamp used
either to support a folding signal flag pole or lower cable railing
support. I will post a photo of our 1906 Stephens Raised Deck
motor launch that uses these. One photo is with the mast down
the other is with the mast up. The cable clamp is used on the bow
bronze eye.

 

[FISHEYE]

Capt Dom,

Thats a nice looking old wooden boat you have there.As with all old wooden boats they leak water,you see the water coming out the side of the boat in the bottom pic.

 

[Alexandre]

Capt Dom,

Thats a nice looking old wooden boat you have there.As with all old wooden boats they leak water,you see the water coming out the side of the boat in the bottom pic.

It seems more like a cooling exhaust, from the engine. Though, it's a pretty darn boat!

 

[capt dom]

This old girl is 103 years old!
She was taking on water like a sponge!
The black hose is an extra bilge pump! on the port side
is the side normal bilge pump.
She has a side exhaust on this side when the diesel is running.
She was never refit and is constructed of western white cedar
on steam bent oak frames.
Old Boats have been good to both my wife and myself over the years so we
decided it was time to give something back.
We are currently doing a complete reconstruction of the "Legend".
We first replaced the stem.
Next, we even dropped the keel out of her!
I will attach some photos if you all want to see a project.
Now people will figure out just how crazy about boating we actually are!

 

[booty]

thanks for the info capt dom...what about square nails, they predate 1860 from my understanding?

 

[capt dom]

Square nails - like the fitting you recovered were around and
used for a couple of hundred years. As we are disassembling the
"Legend" we have encountered a number of them. The reason the steam
bent frames became loose is the iron square nails had corroded away.
Here is another photo.

The first shows her with her keel dropped.

 

[Alexandre]

That is very cool, indeed. If I had more time (and $$) I would get into something like that. For now, I have to restrict myself to dive in wrecks, not restore them.

 

[capt dom]

There is a "dark side" to the shipwreck recovery business.
Many of us start out with the best of intentions....
only to find themselves - down the road - years later
embroiled in a pissing contest - rather than progressively working together.

Restoring this boat - helping to give it a place in history for another century
is a lot less costly than swimming up stream as it has been fighting
for the rights to be involved with the processes of genuine undersea exploration.

Here is a picture of her keel put back together.