Mysterious....object?

[tuppertn]

Interesting find. I think a mine would be considerably larger. Looks a lot like a US GI's steel helmet, has the same metal colour.

That's what I thought. Looks like an old school "brain bucket"--a WWII era steel combat helmet. Not sure about the "horn" on top. German maybe? Or just an artifact of the growth?

Ever figure it out?

kendall

 

[agbiv]

Can rule out mine--not big enough by far. Helmet--maybe. Would have rusted to nothing relatively quickly though.

 

[blueface]

Is it symmetrical?

 

[Trelawney]

Pretty sure it is steel grey, it may have been blue once.
Next time I get out there I'll grab the measurements and do up a nice drawing.

Would it have paint left on it if it has been there long enough to be crudded into the reef?

 

[agbiv]

Did you ever figure what the object was/is?

 

[..Sam..]

Nope not yet. I might get back out there in summer with someone that knows a bit more about things like this. If I find out I'll let everyone know.

 

[Poida]

A lot of people have suggested hitting it with a hammer.

If you do, don't forget the video camera.

I am sure "You Tube" has a section "Hitting a Strange Object Underwater Fail"

 

[agbiv]

My knickname at a biannual shooting event is "Kaboom" and has to do with a catastrophic failure of a naval cannon being fired. No one seriously injured--except my pride but could have been...fatal. :naughty:blackeye Don't hit with a hammer and really--until you're sure what it is don't dig it out--many explosives deteriorate with time and exposure to salts and become very unstable. Also I don't want to see the red bubbly cloud on Youtube.

 

[Andrew the fish]

it is part of commercial fishing gear, sometimes glass often metallic. We recover a lot of those while fishing high seas, most prized ones are glass balls. Can't remember what are they used for but there was some explanation from my fellow skipper, I think it was part of driftnet, outlawed gear but was extensively used some 15-20 years ago. When I was fishing in late 90's early 2000's there were still a few free floating lost balls in the ocean, I would imagine some of those cracked and sunk. No mistery here

 

[_Aaron_]

I second the fishing equipment. Similar looking floats were often strewn about on the beaches around japan.

 

[agbiv]

Naaaah--I vote for alien egg.

 

[Andrew the fish]

So... Somt'n hatched then...

 

[agbiv]

Did it hatch? It could be waiting, lurking, hoping for a host on a new planet...ready to become the next world leader and prepare the way for an invasion.

 

[ReefTroll]

it is part of commercial fishing gear, sometimes glass often metallic. We recover a lot of those while fishing high seas, most prized ones are glass balls. Can't remember what are they used for but there was some explanation from my fellow skipper, I think it was part of driftnet, outlawed gear but was extensively used some 15-20 years ago. When I was fishing in late 90's early 2000's there were still a few free floating lost balls in the ocean, I would imagine some of those cracked and sunk. No mistery here

KILLJOY!!!!!rofl

 

[Poida]

If that was a glass ball.

Mr Glass must have been a big bloke.:hmm

 

[ReefTroll]

Did it hatch? It could be waiting, lurking, hoping for a host on a new planet...ready to become the next world leader and prepare the way for an invasion.

Next world leader? Lets be honest now, do you think there'd be anybody on Earth AGAINST this?? They couldn't do a worse job could they?? rofl

 

[agbiv]

Send them to Washington DC--if they're brain suckers they'll starve to death.