richs Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Hi All, Found this about 5 inches down in some nice greyish schist. Its about .400 by .15. Kind of looks like the end of a ball point pen but it is not hollow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondmn Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Richs It looks like a small bottle. Rub it and see if a genie comes out. Since it is small don't expect to much. :innocent0009: Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGTFDA Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Dowsing tool or a butt plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bedrock bob Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I was going to say an old plumb bob. They had a brass button on the bottom and the surveyors used them. They had little ones hanging from the transits and theodolites. It's smaller than the ones ive seen and they were usually brass, but the shape is right. I thought it was a pretty good guess until I scrolled down and saw SGTFDA's post. Now I believe that it is a buttplug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGTFDA Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Bob, how do you know what the butt plug looks like? :innocent0002: Now I've seen them in the squad room so I know what they look like. The young Officers use them in case someone pulls a gun on them and they crap themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richs Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Butt Plug? I guess I wont say how I cleaned it. :tisc-tisc: Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvchris Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'ts a tooth from a trencher. nvchris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Maybe an old firing pin :twocents: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I would have to agree with nvchris, SteveT :coffeetime: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richs Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 I'ts a tooth from a trencher. Are some of the teeth that small? I don't know. I never seen a trencher. This thing is less then a 1/2 of a inch in length and only .150 wide at the widest point. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawmill Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Looks like the tip part of a broad head hunting arrow, that smacked a rock and came out of the end of the point. or the tip from one of those fancy walking sticks that most of the hikers carry now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGTFDA Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Too small for a butt plug unless your a tight ass. I was going to say the blunt arrow head thing also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bedrock bob Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 It is not an archery point for sure. I know what a buttplug looks like because I work for several dozen elected and appointed ones...remember I work in New Mexico State Government. They are a lot bigger but their heads are all shaped just like the photo. I have done a few hundred miles of trenching and the buttons on the chain are similar, but they are bigger and super hard steel. These are only on a "rock chain" and they don't fasten with a knurled end like that. The knurling suggests that it is to be turned with a finger. A kids top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richs Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thanks for the input. I just thru it in the bucket of junk I've been finding. I am sure I'll be adding more to it this weekend. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jeff Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 bottle stop (topper) probably perfume or similar item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGTFDA Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Rich You started this so you can't put it in the junk bucket until we know what it is. Who knows, before it's over we may all want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micro Nugget Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 How much does it weigh? Magnetic attraction? Much trash around the vicinity? Any other clues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Rich...It's a collector's item...A Richard Geer felcher's memorial gerbil buttplug...They're on eBay for a couple grand in primo (shiney, slick, lubed) condition... ...I hope you didn't pop it in to your mouth to suck the dirt off...Even slightly rusted they're only worth $.39, including postage... :rofl2: :woohoo: ...Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richs Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 OK I fished the thingamajig out of the bucket. It weighs 1/2 of a gram. It is non-magnetic. This is slightly larger then the writing end of a ball point pen. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Geeze, it's obvious to me that what you have there is a darn witchamajig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawmill Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Rich Would that be a Bic or Papermate pen? :laught16: I still say it is the tip of an aluminum or brass broad head arrow body. Some of the old broad heads had soft metal bodies to hold the razors. A hard metal tip was inserted in the end to take the impact. You can see that it is bent and smashed on the end from impacting something like a rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richs Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 Thanks sawmill it was found in an area with lots of schist bedrock. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie From Ballarat Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 :hmmmmmm: Could it be a spike from the sole of an old shoe?? Im pretty sure its not a butt plug, certainly wouldn't fit any one I know. :rofl2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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