What Are These Things? (25 pics)

1

"Baoding balls. They’re for stress and concentration. You're supposed to put them both in the palm of your hand and rotate them around each other in a circle."

"Patches Of Sand Floating On Top Of Water Near Shoreline, Each Patch Around 4-10cm In Diameter"

2

"It's dry sand floating on the water tension, been picked up by the raising tide. Only happens when it's hot enough to dry the sand and absolutely flat calm."

"A Silver Spoon With "Top" Part?"

3

"Vintage Christofle Orfevre a Paris Silver Plated Medicine/Invalid Feeder Spoon."

"What Is This Object I Found On A Beach In Yorkshire That Has Holes In And Feels Like A Mix Between Stone And Plastic"

4

"A Victorian toothbrush. The handle is made of animal bone and the holes are where the bristles (normally pig or horse hair) would go. Bristle toothbrushes like this were invented in China in the 1400s, but contrary to all that seems good and sane in this world, most Europeans weren't all that into toothbrushes until the late 1700s/early 1800s. Source: am archaeologist."

"This Is About 3ft Talk Made Of Solid Wood. It Doesn't Weigh Much Though, Maybe 5 Or 10 Lbs. The Arm Hanging Down Swings And The Top Is Just A Handle. It Does Not Move"

5

"A boot puller, otherwise known as a boot jack. Heel in the u shaped groove, other foot on the back of that to stabilise it all, swingy bit on the top of the foot, hold the hand grips and lever the boot off the heel by lifting your booted leg up and out."

"Small Ceramic Bowl With Three Small Cones Like Things In The Middle"

6

"It is an Ikebana Vase. It is for Japanese style flower arrangements. The flowers go in the tubes and the rest is also filled with water, usually smooth stones, or maybe a small turtle or frog sculpture."

"What Is This Gold Rotating Thing? It’s About 5-7cm In Length And Has What Seems Like Drawings On Each Side?"

7

"A letter seal."

"Bought A House With This Glass Structure In The Backyard, No Idea What It's Supposed To Be"

8

"It’s to grow mushrooms. Called a fruiting house. It looks like there is even substrate there that you use in growing mushrooms."

"Yellowish Powder (?) On The Inside Of Swimming Suit"

9

"Large Metal Tube With Narrowed Front End, Transported With Police Escort, On An Extended Flatbed Trailer"

10

"A spindle that Boeing weaves the carbon fiber fuselage for the Dreamliner on."

"Cubby Inside Kitchen Of 1950’s Home"

11

"Telephone nook/niche."

"Found At Tide Pools - Green Nylon Pouch With Ziploc Bag Of Mystery Stuff"

12

"Congratulations you've found a bean bag!"

"Found In My Backyard. It Is Chalky And Will Rub Off If You Run Your Finger On It. Because Of My Dogs, Really Just Want To Make Sure It’s Not Some Kind Of Poison. Thanks!"

13

"The clay plug from the bottom of a fireworks tube."

"Slices Of Rubber Held Together By Metal Brackets, About 10 Pounds. It Hit My Windshield Going 80mph Down The Interstate. Luckily The Windshield Did Its Job And No One Was Injured!"

14

"A wheel chock."

"Small Fragrant Cubiod From Morocco, Bought Thinking It Was Soap"

15

"Moroccan solid resin perfume bar. It’s made of resin and wax."

"What Is This Pot With Tubes And A Suction System? Left In My Friends New Apartment From Old Tenants"

16

"A milking machine for goats and/or cows."

"What Are These Small Bowls With Holes In The Bottom? I Have No Idea What To Do With Them"

17

"Pots for succulents."

"I Dug This Up While On Holiday In Devon, UK. Only The Protruding Cylindrical Part Was Visible And It Was Found ~7m Up A Sand Dune. It Is Solid Metal (Most Likely Iron) And Roughly A Metre In Length. It Didn’t Seem Hollow And Was Unbelievably Heavy. Any Ideas?"

18

"With a trunnion on each side, it looks like a small cannon."

"Promo Item I Received For Free At A Christmas Fair. It Is The Size Of My Hand, The White Top Screws On And Off And The Red Bag Part Expands And Is Pretty Thick"

19

"A mini refillable hot/cold pack for headaches or injuries."

"What Are These Smaller Doors Inside Our Hotel Bathroom Door?"

20

"While many are saying “Dutch” door this is actually called “wicket”. A Dutch door has a separate top and bottom half that open together or independently. A wicket is a door (or two in this case) inside of a door. They are used mainly in psych wards as a way to get into a room that may be barricaded."

"What Is This Tube That This Coast Guard Guy Sticks His Gun Into While Loading It?"

21

"In the army we called it a "clearing station". If you were to have an unintentional discharge while clearing the weapon, that chamber would stop the bullet"

"Set Of 9 Wooden Balls. 4 Black, 4 Brown, And One Smaller Brown Ball. More Details In Comment"

22

"Bocce balls"

"Grid Of Large Metal Cubes On A Pole, Located In The Las Vegas Airport. Not Making Any Noise And No Lights, Maybe An Air Filter Or Something? Located About 8ft Off The Ground And Maybe 20ft Long"

23

"A decommissioned arrival/departure display."

"Pellets With A Powdery Substance Coating Them, Found On The Floor Of A Garage That Had Not Been Opened For A Few Months, Each Pellet A Bit Larger Than A Tater Tot"

24

"Wood stove pellets that got wet."

"Round Brown Things With Holes In Them Lining A Small Waterway In St. Pete, Fl"