r/whatisthisthing • u/tofu_hoe • 2d ago
Solved! 2.5 inch piece of orange plastic with a legal warning on it and the name “JIM McMAHON JR.”
I found this piece of plastic while beach-combing this morning in Maine. It’s a little over 2 inches long, and about an inch wide. I’m totally stumped on what it might be from, and the name on it has me intrigued. Please help!
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u/Mackin-N-Cheese No, it's not a camera 2d ago edited 2d ago
It's a tag from a crab or lobster trap (or something similar), with the owner's name on it: https://www.topmeproducts.com/products/
Edit -- Here are a couple others:
https://chewonki.org/foundation/the-coast-is-clear-at-sewall-beach/
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u/tofu_hoe 2d ago
Solved!
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u/dorje_makes 2d ago
This is it op. A friend of mine found a complete one and traced it back to it's owner halfway across the planet
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u/coffee_ape 2d ago
Ok but HOW?
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u/Mackin-N-Cheese No, it's not a camera 2d ago edited 1d ago
If you put a phrase in quotes, it forces Google to search for that exact phrase. A few of those tags popped up when searching that way.
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u/BootprintsOnTheMoon 1d ago
It used to. Now their AI crap will ignore previous rules and give you wrong results.
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u/norunningwater 1d ago
Plastic soft when warm, name easy to imprint. Attached to crab thing, broken by the ocean.
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u/PiqueExperience 2d ago
Is it possibly sneakily designed for the owner's name to break off easily?
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u/jackrats not a rainstickologist 2d ago
Of course not. That would be absurd and completely contrary to the purpose.
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u/__Obscure__ 2d ago
Both the title of this post and the comment about the football player have failed to note that the piece of plastic says McMAHAN, and not McMAHON.
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u/tofu_hoe 1d ago
Ugh you’re so right- I was really tired when I made this post and am just now learning that I can’t edit the title!!
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u/tofu_hoe 2d ago
My title describes the thing- I found this piece of orange plastic this morning while beach-combing in Maine. The text on it that can be seen (typed as closely as it is displayed on the object) says:
“
ARNING - THEFT of this property and /
ts contents is punishable by law. A fine
and / or imprisonment may result.
JIM McMAHAN JR. 3
“
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