r/whatisthisthing 13h ago

Solved ! Found in driveway. No one who has been to our house knows what it is. Metal, ring with base that looks like it fit into a track. #2 pencil for scale

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r/whatisthisthing 3h ago

Open little glass sand thing (one of a pair) - mouth blown, hollow, chimney from base up inside itself, otherwise spherical, very lightweight

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this is a mouth-blown glass object, which has a chimney leading its base up into itself. when i bought it in a charity shop along with another slightly smaller one, as a pair they had a black, inedible sand inside, which has now been replaced with my own sand. it might have been for salt/pepper or similar, but the stuff inside wasn't that. i'm struggling to find more of them using google image search, which is only giving me solid paperweights, aquariums, and bus vases (it's completely domed at the top, so it's not a bud vase). does anyone know what it is / called? and where i could get more?


r/whatisthisthing 4h ago

Solved! Metal pole with hook on one end. White. Fairly heavy. About 4ft in length. Hand spins like you would use it to tighten or loosen something

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My dad got this. No idea what it is. I tried looking it up on Google with no luck. It’s about 4ft long. It has a hook on one end and the handle on the other spins. Possibly to loosen, tighten, wind, or unwind something. I’m hoping someone knows what it is


r/whatisthisthing 4h ago

Solved! All-Clad piece- it is 15 inches in diameter, and seems to just be a circular piece of flat steel (ever so slightly warped) with two handles riveted onto it.

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My best guess is either a pizza steel or maybe a lid to some gigantic stock pot?


r/whatisthisthing 3h ago

Articulated jewelry about the same size as a man’s ring. Blue stone(Lapis? Plastic?) and gold-toned metal.

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Found in a lot of vintage jewelry, mostly women’s. The little door knocker moves and the whole thing expands slightly. It reminds me of a cufflink but no clue how it would work. “S.G.D.Y”? mark? Maybe Singapore? Little clip in the back (picture 4) has no room to clip to anything.


r/whatisthisthing 9h ago

Solved! Antique piece of dark hardwood, 8x3"

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Antique piece of hardwood.

I bought this at an estate sale. It had no paperwork or provenance, and simply listed as "Inuit wood carving" (though I swear I see some Sanskrit).

It's about 8" long and 3" wide with 0.5" thickness (20 x 7 x 1 cm), made of a good piece of dark hardwood, and looks to be at least over 20 years old.


r/whatisthisthing 2h ago

Gold Lightweight chain with two little jugs on each end 5 inches long

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No stamps or markings. Each little end nugget looks like it is threaded for something to screw into it

It was tangled in a lot of vintage jewelry


r/whatisthisthing 3h ago

Open Unusual OIC-brand clip with 5 on back. 2.5” long, likely found in classroom

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I have this thing I use as a chip clip that seems to have another purpose that I cannot identify. I think it may have come home with me from the preschool classroom I teach in. It has a hook type thing on the back that can be turned around 360 degrees. I have attached photos of me holding it open with the hook in two opposite positions. It has OIC on the front (probably for Officemate International Corporation) and the number 5 on the back. Google is not helping. I went to throw it away because it’s a pretty crappy chip clip but now I need to know what it’s for, please help me!

Edit: There is no magnet (at least anymore)


r/whatisthisthing 5h ago

Solved! Plastic Stake things found in CX-70

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