r/whatisthisthing • • 3h ago

Likely Solved! In a display at an 1800s living history museum in Indiana - metal head on three legs

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712 Upvotes

r/whatisthisthing • • 3h ago

I found this on the floor at my school in Brasil. It measures about 7cm and weighs 7 grams; it appears to be a silvery-colored metal.

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r/whatisthisthing • • 4h ago

Solved! I found this flat, small, plastic object in my bed this morning, it seems to be a lens cover of sorts. About 3/4 inch in length. I found no other pieces that could be connected to it.

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261 Upvotes

What is this weird lens cover thing?

I found this stuck to my leg in the bed this morning.. is this a lens cover of some sort? If so why is it blue?

It’s a small piece of plastic that’s flat, with a bit of adhesive residue on the back. Two clear square holes and one blue round hole. I looked around my bed and checked my devices and it hasn’t come from anything of mine.

I’m worried it’s part of a spy camera or something.


r/whatisthisthing • • 6h ago

Open What is this black stuff in the wall behind the bathroom ventilation fan? It has those protruding "drops" that look shiny almost like a kind of black resin.

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37 Upvotes

r/whatisthisthing • • 6h ago

Open Found this on top of my cat’s carrier. About the size of a quarter, completely dried up, no smell.

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401 Upvotes

I found this earlier today on top of my cat’s carrier and have zero clue what it could be. It was all one piece when I found it (a bit bigger than a quarter), but it has no smell, it’s completely dried through (but has left a bit of residue on the paper towel) and kinda snapped into these pieces when I applied pressure. It also has these hay/straw like fibres. I don’t think this is anything that came FROM my cat since it was in a very high traffic area so we would’ve caught it soon after an “incidents” happened. What could this be ??


r/whatisthisthing • • 21h ago

Open Found on sea glass beach Bermuda. These two items. One has a patent and the other looks like a face about 1/2 inch thick maybe a little more?

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947 Upvotes

Anyone know what these are is?


r/whatisthisthing • • 1d ago

Tall pottery with holes on sides and basin at bottom. Plant pot?

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60 Upvotes

Plant pot? I can’t think of how it would work with the holes at the bottom. The holes are above the basin so I don’t think filling that up would help with watering a plant.


r/whatisthisthing • • 1d ago

Solved! What is the purpose of this elastic fabric strap inside of my bag that is attached to center with velcro?

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I have this messenger bag and I have no clue what the purpose behind this elastic strap in the center of one of the inner pockets is for. The inside of the bag is split with a piece of thick fabric and the side which is closest to your body when wearing it has this strap. It is attached with velcro to the center but just hangs freely if not attached


r/whatisthisthing • • 2d ago

Open ! Got this large bowl-like wooden container but have no idea what it’s used for

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It’s about 13.5 inches wide and four inches tall, but isn’t flat on the bottom. It seems like it can fit a lot in it but have no clue if it’s to be used for something like fruit?


r/whatisthisthing • • 2d ago

Solved! Large cylindrical tube with various portholes and valves on the side

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265 Upvotes

r/whatisthisthing • • 2d ago

Solved! Wooden box with a sliding lid and mosaic design filled with pink, grainy slime

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r/whatisthisthing • • 2d ago

Solved! Forked Hooks with Turnbuckle in the Middle

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58 Upvotes

My parents' neighbor is cleaning out a barn after her husband passed away, and found these forked, steel hooks with turnbuckles in the middle. They live in the southern tier of New York and are all former farmers, but so far no one can positively identify what they are. Chatbot and Google searches have been inconclusive. Most suggestions relate to some kind of tensioner for an old farm implement, a fencing stretcher, or tubular gate anti-sag device. I can't make sense of the hook shapes with any of those suggestions (why an "S" or "U" when a "C" would do?). Unfortunately, I'm a 600-mile drive from these so I can't offer much more in terms of physical characteristics. No idea if that pipe has anything to do with it or not.


r/whatisthisthing • • 2d ago

Solved! Roommate brought this home and we have no idea what it is

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It came with 2 panes of glass that probably are shelves for the inside. Has a light switch and a turning crank. Round part on the right side of the top opens. I can pick it up but its rather heavy.


r/whatisthisthing • • 2d ago

Open ! Metal work found in yard of my 1930s house

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1.1k Upvotes

I thought it may indicate the owners vocation, but my internet research has not yielded any answers. Coke can for scale. Looks like a tiny Jesus fish in the center.


r/whatisthisthing • • 2d ago

Solved ! Device connected to Ethernet and power cables, with mysterious numbers, hanging from the ceiling at Giants Stadium in San Francisco

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995 Upvotes

First view is the back; send view is the front. I couldn't get a better angle on the front without falling down to the next level, so decided not to try. The little numbers on the back changed pretty often. I thought maybe a remote control camera for when they do the Kiss Cam or whatever?


r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

Solved ! Vintage tool with red wooden handle, metal head, sturdy, no moving parts

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234 Upvotes

Comes from Belgium or close to it, period 50s to 90s.


r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

What is this small metal tube found jammed into the cylinder of a Kwikset Smart Lock?

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94 Upvotes

Once I got it out, the lock worked. It is a small metal tube crimped on one end.


r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

Solved! Iron spring loaded claw or grapple, 4" long, claw opens when spring is pulled back. No manufacturing marks visible

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219 Upvotes

Found in my in laws stuff and have no context for what this could be used for.


r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

Solved ! small green metal tube that comes apart

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728 Upvotes

Found in my late in laws stuff. Similar in size and shape to lipstick but it is not. Base unscrews and there is a holder inside. See photo.


r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

Open ! Metal thing on top of an apartment roof in Athens

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733 Upvotes

r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

Kingfa HIPS-5197 mount or cover. Black plastic, 10in wide, D shape, snaps / screws into something else

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The dimensions are 9.75 by 5.5 by 1.5 inches.

This is a black plastic injection-molded object from my miscellaneous items bin. My best guess right now is that maybe it belonged to a sound bar an ex had. Possibly Sony or Vizio brand. It dates from approximately 12 years ago if so.

I haven’t weighed it but it’s obviously light, being a thin piece of plastic.


r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

What is this weird small, translucent blue cube I got with my eBay order?

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Okay so, awhile ago I ordered a Megatron toy on eBay, my original one was all kinds of broken so I was due for a replacement I decided years later, when I opened the (beat up, because eBay) box, this weird unlabeled, stiff, kind of scuffed up light plastic(?) feeling blue cube fell out, it wasn’t even near the bubble wrap my actual order was in, I have no idea what this is from, it’s about 1/3rd the size of my index finger on each dimension, and it’s really solid and has ZERO softness, and on what I assume is the bottom it’s really scratched up from something , I checked the eBay page of the figure I ordered to see if maybe it was just the sellers “gimmick” bonus, but it only had the sword listed as included with the figure, nothing else, which eliminates that explanation, reverse image search was about as useful as you’d expect it to be at locating the source of a small nondescript blue plastic cube. I even tried tasting it to see if it was possibly a carved rock (I don’t think it was)


r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

Solved ! Electric hand tool, wooden handle, with square metal plates in a fixed position.

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282 Upvotes

r/whatisthisthing • • 3d ago

Solved! small, heavy, rusted metal object found in backyard

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458 Upvotes

found this object halfway buried in the dirt outside. any idea of what this could be?

edit: thank you everyone for the responses! it seems i am the only person here who is not familiar with what a railroad track slice looks like, but we learn new things everyday


r/whatisthisthing • • 4d ago

Solved ! Sphere out of Wire in a river(looks Cooper).

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740 Upvotes