Found While Diving in Venice, FL

[billlybob]

Found this while diving in Venice Florida (in the gulf). It was in near shore in ~20ft of water and lying on the bottom. What it is has been driving me crazy

 

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[Tricia]

valve of some kind?

 

[zztop357]

Shaft to some kind of sump pump?Looks like a brass bearing on it.
HH. zztop

 

[BioProfessor]

There's a leaky ship out there somewhere.

Daryl

 

[trikikiwi]

I'm not sure; maybe parts of a solenoid attached to a valve.
Mike

 

[NGE]

Looks like the business end of a sand dredge nozzle, you know, the kind that pumps sand back up on the beaches......NGE

 

[crazyjarhead]

Some kind of shaft. You can see where the woodruff key goes (used to be)

 

[bigfish31]

Tubing/pipe expander?

 

[thepoolguy]

can we see the left end of it...im pretty sure its not a valve and that there are some pieces missing on the center brass cinch coupling

 

[G.I.B.]

This is a very important piece of equipment.

Having been in the boating world for a number of years I fully understand the gravitational forces of salt water, which are tripled, in the direct vicinity of a boat.

Anything you are holding, particularly during emergency repairs or general maintenance, experiences an immediate increase of gravitational forces pulling the repair part from your grasp and into the ocean.

It's happened to me many times. I once dropped a very unique stainless steel screw from a height of 3 inches inside the cockpit. It bounced 17 times to finally go up and over rails as the forces of the salt water took over.

 

[relichunters]

Its a piece of the titanic!

 

[Old Fart in TN]

GIB your story is so true, it doesn't just happen in salt water. LOL

 

[Tricia]

This is a very important piece of equipment.

Having been in the boating world for a number of years I fully understand the gravitational forces of salt water, which are tripled, in the direct vicinity of a boat.

Anything you are holding, particularly during emergency repairs or general maintenance, experiences an immediate increase of gravitational forces pulling the repair part from your grasp and into the ocean.

It's happened to me many times. I once dropped a very unique stainless steel screw from a height of 3 inches inside the cockpit. It bounced 17 times to finally go up and over rails as the forces of the salt water took over.

Darn those sea sprites and their desire for shiny baubles to court the mermaids with.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The brass part looks like an armature from an electric motor minus the windings.