What Are These Things For? (19 pics)
Coworker bought a really old Masonic mansion to convert into a haunted house. They found this in it. Any idea?
A: Jewel for the Jr Warden to wear.
They’ve been showing up on the beach by the hundreds for the last month!
A: Bio filter media.
This rack type drawer is mounted in a kitchen cabinet. This is as far as it pulls out and the bars do not rotate or come out.
A: This is to hang washcloths and gloves. My stepmother installs them under her sink, since they don’t come standard.
Floating home found tied to a fence on the beach in Southern California.
A: It's floating duck house or similar structure for local waterfowl. They give ducks a place to sleep safe from predators or to escape water predators (usually snapping turtles and such).
Found at antique store. Label said "key". Key to what?
A: It's a water meter key.
At the beach in Southern CA. Alive with claw things that moved in purple sheathes. Bubbly body. A feather stuck to it????? (Screenshot from video)
A: Looks like a cluster of goose barnacles with a random feather in there.
Does anyone know what this is? Is it military or just decorative.
A: 25 year membership pin awarded to a member of the Order of the Eastern Star (OES) a woman’s auxiliary group for female relatives of Freemasons.
Some weird Russian thing I found in my garage.
A: This is a Komsomol emblem. The front reads "ВЛКСМ" which stood for Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (All-Union Leninist Young Communist League).
Hanger like thing found buried on my land.
A: It's a Polaroid vintage auto sun visor frame. 1940s. There was a tinted plastic screen held in the curved frame.
A grey device with a cord on it.. I thought it was a game camera of some sort but I don't think it is. Found at a park.
A: Trail cameras are not always for hunters. they use them to check wildlife numbers and interactions too. It's most certainly a cam.
Wooden objects. Ball is roughly baseball sized. Found while cleaning out an old desk.
A: Darning ball, glove darner and darning mushroom.
Found during cellar renovation in Belgium. A sealed container mounted on the wall with a mysterious red liquid inside.
A: Carbon tet fire extinguisher. Liquid is likely to be very toxic. Should be removed and disposed of by a specialist.
So, I found this thing on google maps, it’s a very strange feature that I can’t find anything but conflicting info about online. Google maps says it’s a train but how??? Why?!!! Does anyone have any solid facts about what this is?
A: It is a block of ice thrown from the near by mountain in an avalanche.
Heavy, made of cast iron. It's from the 1970s, or older. Given to my dad by his mom- might be something she bought, or passed down from her own mother. They live in a majority Amish town in Ohio.
A: It looks like it may have been an egg timer originally.
Found on my ceiling in my apartment. WITT?
A: It's a laser that spins to keep your pets occupied.
There's definitely mercury inside... what's this?
A: It's an electrical switch often found in old thermostats. When the mercury slides to one side it connects the two metal contacts inside the tube.
A friends banjo passed down for generations. Any way to discover the maker?
A: Pretty sure it’s a circa 1910 C. Bruno & Sons model. Made in New York. A lot of those would have slight variations in hardware or decoration.
We noticed that the shower was getting white spots where the water comes out. We isolated it with a plastic bag, and after a week this white powder accumulated. Is it something added to treat the water?
A: Probably Limescale. Mineral buildup in hard water. Typically harmless, but that looks like a lot of that’s what it is.
There’s no markings anywhere (except for the clock like numbers.) and it fits in the palm of my hand. No idea what it is!
A: It's a pill box with a reminder clock on top. When you take your pill, you set it for the time you're supposed to take the next one.
