Codd bottle found in the English Channel it dates from the late eighteen hundreds R.A. Portsmouth (royal artillery) notice the marble in the neck so the bottle can be filled upside down. This was encrusted with about five inches of growth which took me a month to clean by hand along with several cycles through the dish washer. Also found were a Royal Artillery china plate and a cannon ball. The plate was traded for lobsters and the cannon ball was returned to the bottom.

Bulkhead door handle found on the USS Shurtz mid way on the port side lying next to several pieces of pipe. (actual size)

Spritzer bottle recovered in excellent condition still pressurized and full of water. Made in Czechoslovakia unsure about the age, but around early to mid 1900's. Found in a harbor next to several pieces of junk.

Before acid bath

After acid bath

Glass/brass prism. They were used to filter light below deck. No marks or signatures unknown origin.

restored photo coming soon

After polishing with steel wool

This was a coin bank made in the US in the early nineteen hundreds out of cast iron. This one was in very poor shape and good not be restored. It operated by placing a coin in the hand and pulling down on a small lever behind the left shoulder, then the hand would raise and deposit the coin in the mouth at the same time the tongue would protrude and the eyes rolled back and the coin was swallowed.

What an original is supposed to look like.