Submarine depth metre guage dugup??

[brataccas]

Hi this is the first ever time I have actually got rather excited about one of my finds, so it hasn't quite "sunk in" I was digging for more poison bottles all day and I get nothing but common boring bottles and as always I find something epic which I believe is a vintage submarine depth metre guage but this is just my wild guess. I hope it is lol I uploaded a pic from google that the dial looks the same, the end bit. Can anyone confirm that it is off a sub? I dug it up quite close to where I found lancaster and naval parts. Also any clue on how I could clean this up without damaging it?

[brataccas]

ok Ive tried to measure it and cleaned it up a little bit more:

[Danmark]

Definitely a pressure gauge - and the needle is the same shape - but the dial graduations would have told you but they are long gone.
Trouble is, it could have equally been off a boiler or air compressor...... you would never know now.

Dan

[davejb]

Judging by the size, ie very small, I doubt this is related to submarines, they were usually a great deal larger than this as they needed to be seen clearly by a number of personel in the control room

[brataccas]

Judging by the size, ie very small, I doubt this is related to submarines, they were usually a great deal larger than this as they needed to be seen clearly by a number of personel in the control room

I found another forum with someone has a similar piece with the exact same dial and people said its not from control room but probably from the torpedo room, would be pretty cool if it was from that

[brataccas]

dugup this same place as that pressure guage thing, anyone a clue what this heavy piece is? I was told its made from bitumen:

[wood]

No idea what it is, but bitumen??? Click on the link below.
Bitumen - A Smelly but Useful Material of Interest

[Adrian Stevenson]

Reminds me of a parafin heater or the like?

Cheers, Ade.

[drmessimer]

Brataccas: It's very unusual to find something like a submarine guage buried in the ground. In fact, I do't believe I have ever heard of that happening. Danmark is right, it's a presure guage of some sort, but probably not from a submarine. Exactly where did you find it? Is the location close to a naval facility that handled submarines at any time, and is the location relatively near the water? The location is important. Of course, if the location is a former public dump, anyone could have tossed it there in which case it can be any sort of pressure guage, even one off a submarine. Dwight

[hangarman]

I would agree with Ade, looks like a heater, and would guess its enamelled cast iron.
Hangarman