r/whatisthisthing

No clue what they are, found them behind a house I just bought.

I know this is a long shot, but anyone have any idea what this might be? For a bit of context, I just moved into an apartment complex and they had just put in new carpet/repainted the walls etc. it was found on the carpet in the master bedroom. Could it be a piece of flooring maybe from under the carpet?

does anybody know what, if anything, this is for?

Was the odd one out, hiding in an old collection of double-pointed knitting needles. Both ends are VERY sharp even though they're a bit bent. Don't know what kind of metal but it's pretty strong, probably steel. Was this maybe used for sewing upholstery, heavy duty leather, rope splicing, something else specialized? Why two points?

Hi all,

Here is a small plaque I found cemented into a large rock in my backyard, ring there for scale. This was found in Westchester county, New York, my theories are road marker or surveyor marker. Been living here for 20 years and just found this after a storm took off the moss covering it.

What do you think it is?

There are two arrows on the face that could indicate it turns.

Metal detecting in Indiana. This spot about 8-12 inches from the base of a large tree, hit on the detector. All I have with me is a small hand spade, so I started digging and found this about 4 inches down. I can’t dig any further at this point, cause I can’t put my foot down in the hole to leverage the spade. If I grab the exposed part of this thing, it moves sliiightly but you can tell by the feel that it goes further down; I cannot pull it out with my hands.

The silver colored tip is metal, looks like aluminum?? To my untrained eye, anyway. I am not sure what the black part is made of, but it’s hard (not like rubber or anything).

Any ideas? I know it’s not much to go on, but I have to leave this site without digging it all the way up and it’s killing me to not know!! Maybe someone with a niche knowledge will recognize it.

While cleaning up dinner and putting dishes in the dishwasher, this metal ball with MEGA printed on both sides fell onto the floor with a ping noise. I have no idea where it could have come from or what it is!

Heavy steel handle, coarse screw tip, flat head on the other side. Any idea what it was used for?

Hi all,

Purports to have been found in Cornwall a number of years ago.

23kg-ish, 18-ish cm diameter, casting mark and sprue mark on the casting mark line.

Flattened spot to one side, with crushing consistent with some sort of impact.

Looks like a cannonball to me, but closer to 50lb than the 42lb that standardised cannonballs seem to have maxed out at.

What do I have here?

Has an electrical cable and a metal hook coming out of it. Sitting about 30cm below the ceiling height.

I found this randomly in my yard yesterday. Black plastic, around 10cm x 4cm x 3mm thick.
Two stainless steel threaded screws which seem to have some kind of loctite glue.
Has a clearly defined “DGS” logo on it.
Very clean considering it was found outside on grass.
Not at all a public accessible area which makes it super weird.
Any clues? I have none!

Edit: Solved!
This is the hinge-joint cover from my Alpine Stars MX knee guards. Must have popped off when riding. I certainly did not notice it was missing when I took the guard off, but would have seen it was gone when putting them back on.

Found on an attic. Measures 30*30cm. Height is 12cm. The circle is 18 cm in diameter and 8 in height. I was thinking a case for a hat, but it seems a bit low for that.

Haven’t had a dishwasher in many years so I’m a little lost on this one. Some of the holes are bigger than others. It doesn’t really go flat all the way.

We are renovating at house in an older neighborhood. We know that the kitchen was expanded in 1959. This reddish metal thing is in the wall next to the sink. It has shelves inside, but it opens all the way and the shelves lay down. Theories include bread box, paper towel holder and spice rack, but I can’t visualize it being used as any of them.