r/whatisthisthing

Image 1 — Small off white cylindrical item with rounded button and AAA batteries.
Image 2 — Small off white cylindrical item with rounded button and AAA batteries.
Image 3 — Small off white cylindrical item with rounded button and AAA batteries.

Small off white cylindrical item with rounded button and AAA batteries.

Found in the back of new apartment closet last year when I moved in and I’ve just left it in a drawer for a year. the circular part in the middle is a button. Seems to be painted to match our walls. chapstick for scale

u/jarfieldbinks — 1 day ago

Small shiny round electronic device with one button that beeps when pressed

Title describes the thing. Found on my couch.

u/RileyS707 — 2 days ago

Tiny plastic, white sensors mounted to wall with thin wire inside apartment door

The 2 circular sensors are inside the apartment on the wall, above and off to either side of the front door. The rectangular thing is outside the apartment in the hallway above the door.

Circular sensors are probably less than an inch in diameter.

u/mchilds83 — 2 days ago

Looks like bolt cutters but is not

Found these in the back of a buddy's garage that past away. Looks like bolt cutters but has a strange jaw. Jaw is not broken and looks factory

u/Figger-It-Out — 2 days ago

Small, ceramic triangle shaped dish(?) with one higher side and divet at the opposing, lower point

u/daiwuff — 2 days ago

What was this used for in Egyptian times?

It's a 1mm thick, 3,9cm in diameter metal disk with a hole through it. Because of the hole, I assume it's a necklace.

I presume that I got it 2016 from my grandparents, while they got rid of some things. They do not or ever had, to my knowledge, a particular interest in Egyptian memorabilia or anything from another time period.

I'm able to see that some hieroglyphs are of the Egyptian language, but if most of the other smaller symbols or hieroglyphs are I don't know.

It would be cool if someone knows what this disk/depiction says + what the Egyptians would have presumably used it for...thank you all in advance :)

u/MarlenSophie — 2 days ago

Plastic, Gray, Rectangle, ~6–8 inches (longest side), Power: Possibly battery-operated (unconfirmed — no visible cord), Hangs from a tension rod via a twist tie threaded through a small hole, Other detail: A piece of cardboard. On neighbor's balcony.

The set up: tension bar , twisty-tie, and a piece of cardboard in front the object. I am guessing the cardboard either protects it from sun (AM sun only) or it is an attempt to hide it as you can't see the electronic object from the front or below? Because it's on my neighbor's balcony, these are the best photos I've been able to get. Neither friends, Google Lens, nor AI have been able to assist.

u/Cute_Cat_6684 — 2 days ago

Some sort of cast iron weight (30lbs), shiny metal upon scratching. Found in my garden under a bush Dorset uk.

Found this buried in a garden in Dorset, UK. It is solid cast iron (confirmed by a metallic scratch beneath the mud crust) and weighs exactly 30 lbs. It measures 3.5cm x 28cm x 20.5cm. It features interlocking grooves on the side profile, a stamped 'B', a stamped 'D', and the Roman numerals 'XXX' (matching the 30 lb weight). One end is cleanly snapped along a pre-molded scoring line. Looking to identify the foundry or original industrial/maritime use!

Thanks

*EDIT 1- might not be cast iron as it’s not magnetic. However Google is saying the dimensions don’t fit the weight. I guess it could be mixed with other things?

u/Last_Afternoon_3728 — 2 days ago

Small flat metal tool found in a cafe

We thought it was some multi function tool for the espresso machine or grinders but can't find anything on Google related to our machine brands...

u/wuddud — 2 days ago

Found these in the street. They're tiny (~50-70 mm) brushes, but what for? What do you attach them to? The white part is just a solid plastic cylinder.

u/satanicmuzzle — 3 days ago

Quarter sized, silicon, purple, stretchy with a netting/beaver tail, ring holder maybe? .75” x .75” and it has a groove in the ring area.

Quarter sized, silicon, purple, stretchy with a netting/beaver tail, ring holder maybe? .75” x .75” and it has a groove in the ring area.

u/Kathilliana — 3 days ago

An abstract-shaped pink and yellow stuffed object with embroidered details attached to a Barbie pillow

I have this Barbie pillow from the early 2000s, and I’ve never been able to figure out what the thing attached to it is supposed to represent. For the longest time I thought it was a microphone, but I’m not sure. The shape is abstract, with pink and yellow material, the same used for the flower and hair on the Barbie. The thing that throws me off is the little gray dots and pink spiral embroidered on the shape.

u/lavalamp123456789101 — 3 days ago

What is this device hanging above the doors at Target?

Target recently installed these over all of the doors going in or out of the store. Is it for tracking people or items?

u/FlappyTesties — 4 days ago

Approximately 4’ in diameter, 1-2” thick cast iron extremely heavy duty the bottom is open on the ground or I guess that would be the top as the markings are upside down, markings include serial number? And a letter B or number 8.

u/The_Beef_Baron_ — 3 days ago

Hard, yellow substance on old clothing

Hey guys, I was going through my closet and old clothes, and I found this on a cotton t-shirt that hasn’t been worn in multiple years. Any ideas? And any advice for getting rid of it? I was able to tear off the big piece, but a really thin part of it stuck to the shirt and is hard to get up.

u/a-random-sstgyt — 3 days ago
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Metallic container, very heavy, liquid inside, 10cm tall

Found in Italy, belonged to my grandfather. It's very heavy and I suspect it contains mercury so I didn't try to open the screw on top of it, probably made of lead. It has no brand or writings except the circular shape on the bottom

u/AjantisHW — 4 days ago

Metal shape on short post, found on floor several times over the years.

Not an earring (at least not for a human), as pole is too short, and none of us wears earrings to lose them; have found three just like this so far on my floor over the years. All metal. We do have girls and various 18" dolls, and do a bunch of crafts and miniatures kits, if relevant.

Edit: just noticed the threading on the top part, where it could screw into something - may help with identification?

u/dangandblast — 4 days ago

What are these things we found on our kitchen counter?

Small black and hard. Wife is worried they are mouse pellets, but I’m unconvinced.

u/brydude11 — 3 days ago

Thing with a turtle on the front and airheadweb.com on the back

What was this from or for?

u/Emomart — 3 days ago