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30 May 2010, 00:34

Steve E.

Help with identification

Let's try this again, I found this object in the yard while using my metal detector. Does anyone have any idea what it might be. I have already heard from the jeering section about it being UFO crap or some other goofy junk. I am looking for an honest opinion. Thanks in advance to anyone offering their help.

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30 May 2010, 08:01

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I spent a lot of time around water heaters for several years and haven't seen that item in any, would you know what type or size of tank, commercial, residential etc, etc. Thanks for trying to answer for me.

billinthewild

You seriously think that?

Anyone else have a realistic opinion on what it might actually be.

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30 May 2010, 08:56

Steve E.

Honestly, what part of a mole trap would that be? I couldn't figure that one out.

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30 May 2010, 18:20

CRUSHER

all kidding aside are the left and right hang down things in the top picture threaded on the inside ? is the center cylinder hang down thing hollow like the center wire from a throttle or brake cable ran through it ? the red thing looks like a lever of some type maybe part of a lawn mower.

30 May 2010, 20:50

Steve E.

Thanks for your input Crusher,the 3 parts that hang down aren't threaded or hollow(they are solid). The red part can pivot approx. 45* and the dark part on the top of it looks to be a screw (whats left of one) with a spring on it. I went prospecting yesterday with my metal detector out on the north end of Ft. Ord and found the top part of a grenade that looks to have been exploded and also in the same area I found 2 unfired 50 cal. rounds with red tips.

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31 May 2010, 01:48

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quote:
Originally posted by Steve E.:
Idkier

billinthewild

You seriously think that?

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Maybe it was supposed to go to Japan....

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31 May 2010, 02:22

Grizzly Adams

Since this a military area, I'm going to suggest, possibly some kind of booby trap switch. The two fluted prongs look like they are meant to be embedded in something. Reminds me of my wife's new knees.

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31 May 2010, 07:25

Steve E.

Sounds good to me, it would be something if it really turned out to be something like that. Thanks.

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31 May 2010, 11:22

guncurtis2

As Grizzly pointed out, it darn sure looks like millitary stuff. It reminds me of a flash-bang switch or something from my USMC days. Being as you are in an army area (just up the road from me) i think that is the best guess. Pretty cool.

31 May 2010, 20:05

Steve E.

That sounds neat. I thought it was cool finding those 50 cal Incendiary rounds buried across the road from the old wood barracks. Makes you wonder if some GI was trying to hide some he had stolen. They were dated 1943. Don't know if it helps any but on the bottom of the item in the photo it has K 111 cast into it.

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01 June 2010, 20:47

MT Gianni

quote:
Originally posted by ldkier:
Water tank heater switch.

I think it is the lower thermostat not the upper.

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02 June 2010, 04:16

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MT Gianni

Just to give you the benefit of the doubt I checked with the local plumbing shops and every one of them said it was not part of any thermostat used in the heating business.

Hog Killer

Thanks, I thought orange was tracers, just goes to show what I thought I know. What color were the 50 cal. incendiary rounds? Thanks again for your input.

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02 June 2010, 09:06

Hog Killer

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What color were the 50 cal. incendiary rounds? Thanks again for your input.

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Blue tip

API are silver tip

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03 June 2010, 08:29

JTEX

The technical term for that is a "Doohickey", commonly known as a "thingamajig".

Anything else???

03 June 2010, 10:23

Steve E.

Yes that is funny but what is the actual name for this part or what it fits on? Thanks for the humor.

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04 June 2010, 09:34

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ted thorn

I know that but I'm trying to find out what the correct name of this item is and what it was used for or what it was a part of. But thanks for trying to help anyway.

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05 June 2010, 17:34

I think it must be a safety keeper,like a pin that keeps a fire extinquisher from going off till you pull the pin.
The red part,the lever,in the center it looks like it held a plunger or something.
The way the plastic is formed looks like the way electrical connections snap together.

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06 June 2010, 05:40

Steve E.

Thanks jb, that sounds like it could be feasible. Thanks again for your input.

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07 June 2010, 22:37

LRH270

From the way it pivots/hinges, I'd guess it was a manual (non-electrical) prototype for the clapper.

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08 June 2010, 09:56

Steve E.

LRH270

I believe that is a big NO, but if that if your best opinion then thanks for that big effort.

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08 June 2010, 18:44

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quote:
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From the way it pivots/hinges, I'd guess it was a manual (non-electrical) prototype for the clapper.

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09 June 2010, 20:31

shakari

I can't see it being any kind of a military trigger for anything like a mine etc because if it were, that red bit wouldn't be red, it'd be an earth colour or camo pattern.

It looks to me like part of the trigger for a fire extinguisher..... similar to the ones I used to take apart to use for a variety of reasons when I was kid.

12 June 2010, 18:40

Rockdoc

My first thought was a nonel connector, with prongs to push into the dirt.

But then again, FIIK.

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12 June 2010, 20:29

Big-Ed

I bet it is a something like the (worthless) popup button in some processed turkeys. It pops up when it reaches a certain internal temp.

The center post is possibly spring loaded and lifts red lever when it reaches a certain temp?

Maybe it was to warn someone if a part or device overheated? Might even be re-set by pushing the red lever down again?

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

12 June 2010, 23:35

Steve E.

Big Ed

Nothing to do with a turkey pop up. The center post is not spring loaded and the lever is not spring loaded to pop up.
It might have been some kind of part of a device that sensed heat or something. It looks like it fit in something that was rectangular judging from the tabs on it.
Thanks for your input.

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13 June 2010, 10:49

griz78

I think JB is on the right track. Looks like some sort of quick release. Maybe more than one were used on the same piece of equipment. Also looks like if any piece of it broke, the entire unit can be replaced.

What is under the red piece? Does it look like some kind of contact could be made from screw at the top, to the rivet beneath? I'm thinking of some sort of kill switch?

This may be a stretch, but what if it had multiple uses? Could it have been like a safety stop between two pieces of equipment?

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14 June 2010, 03:58

Steve E.

No contact with the rivet and the plastic. The plastic is flat on the bottom and the rivet is counter sunk. All of that is a better guess than mine. Thanks.

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