1862 USS MONITER WATCH FOB

[vanoldschool]

Had a great time with Tom76 Yesterday. we hit an old house that was built around 1865, I dug this watch fob with a sub, I think it may be the USS Moniter from 1862 Ironclad days, but I am doing some more research to verify my guess, I have read in the past, that some fobs were made from the actual metal from the ship as souvenirs. I will post the rest of my finds later this week thanks for looking.

 

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[Roger Mn.]

The fob has two smoke stacks. Not a sub.

 

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[Dano Sverige]

If they were smoke stacks they wouldn't be curved at the top and facing the bow. It's a sub.
I started off thinking CSS Hunley, but it looks too advanced for that.Then i thought USS Plunger (1895), but the periscope and snorkel arrangement is different.
I think it may be slightly later,between the Plunger and WW1,and possibly a generic design,not a particular sub.

 

[daroofa]

I think it may be slightly later,between the Plunger and WW1,and possibly a generic design,not a particular sub.

I would agree on the age. The styling is very similar to The Narwal, a D-class sub introduced in 1909.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_D-1_(SS-17)

 

[history hunter]

That is awesome!!

 

[{Sentinel}]

No, that's not the Monitor. The Battle of the C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor happened literally in the bay right out off my backyard. I've done alot of historical research into that battle. The coning tower and periscope on your fob are a dead giveaway to it being an early 20th century/ WWI era sub. It's still a very cool watch fob

 

[ivan salis]

the two smaller forward facing bent tubes are the spotting and attack periscopes --the short fat rearward facing one is the exhust vent (smoke stack - if you will) for when they used the diesel engines on the surface / while recharging their batteries -- subs one great weak spot was they had to come to the surface every now and then to recharge their batteries ) -- underwater in attack mode submarines used banks of large electric "batteriies" for propulsion.

i think its a D class sub ( narwal type)-- pre WW1 / WW1 era * as the excellent photo above shows.

 

[dirt doctor]

Is a dat a U boat ?
No dat is not a my boat .

 

[vanoldschool]

Yep used his photo as a reference

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Excellent relic recovery! Looks to be in great shape.

 

[ScubaDetector]

A six year old thread brought back from the long lost pages of T-Net

 

[Evolution]

I'm sure he was just using that pic as a sample/example of the one he found. I google things sometimes related to detecting and see pictures of stuff I've posted under the sample images. Not uncommon. Nice fob (both to the OP and to treasurefiend).... edit. just saw how old this thread was... im sure this was all talked about earlier in the thread.. Lol

 

[Brian C.]

Nice find, it never seems to amaze me at what we can find.

 

[A2coins]

That is an amazing find I love that kind of stuff it would look great in a display case nice piece of history Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!

 

[against the wind]

I thought this post was going to go the wrong way.
Wow

 

[vanoldschool]

yep I used his picture my bad still don't know what the boat is