Hinge?

[Garabaldi]

I dug this in the ocean. Do you think its a winshield hinge or something from a boat?

 

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[lostcauses]

May be a part of a contact for a coil, as in the old systems for automotive charging regulators..

 

[johnnyi]

Garibaldi, if you look carefulling at its base (the part with two rivets), that is gently curved so it had to have been fastened to a curved object. It also bends away from that object. All I can think of is that it is remotely possible that you found one of the brasses that a handle was attached to off a ships' latern, similar in some ways to the one in this scan. (the exception might be that while your handle would be wire loops over the pins, the one in the scan is drilled for the loop itself. The second scan is a rerpo with a different shaped device to hold the handle, but it shows the kind of handle that might have been attached to your's with pins rather than loops.http://images.google.com/imgres?img...s%27+lantern&ndsp=21&hl=en&sa=N&start=21&um=1

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ship+lantern&ndsp=21&hl=en&sa=N&start=21&um=1

 

[CRUSADER]

Roman Fibula

 

[Woodland Detectors]

John, I was going to suggest the candle theory myself.

 

[PBK]

Roman Fibula

Go dig up another stater!

 

[CRUSADER]

Roman Fibula

Go dig up another stater!

Give me a few years, I may....reality is, I may not

 

[johnnyi]

Garibaldi, I've been trying toi narrow down the type of ship lampo for you. This type of lamp here seems to fit, as it has both the flare and it atttches the handlke with pins rather than the handle being wired through holes. Basically I think this is what you found. (sorry the scan's so small) http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/paulmaddenantiques_2065_194204598

 

[Garabaldi]

Johnnyi,
Thank you for your research. You really don't have to spend all this much time on it.

 

[johnnyi]

"Thank you for your research. You really don't have to spend all this much time on it."

Hey man, anything to get me out of work! Actually it is fun figuring this stuff out