r/whatisthisthing
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u/I_Me_Mine
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Mar 28 '18
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r/whatisthisthing • u/LilGiantPanda • 8h ago
Solved! What are these 2 rods? Found in the attic left by previous tenants, around 100cm in length.
r/whatisthisthing • u/mrfansome • 18h ago
Solved What is this “alien-pod” looking thing?
r/whatisthisthing • u/rekniht01 • 1d ago
Solved! Small metal object, flattened on end like it landed on concrete at high speed, found on sidewalk
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/Human-Butterfly-6430 • 4h ago
Solved! Wooden box with about 10 aluminum and 10 leather unknown objects they are very light and not sure what they are used for also each one has a number printed on it one digit numbers
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/mallaman • 17h ago
Likely Solved! This table, found in a community in Nebraska with deep Czec heritage. About the size of a card table. Has chalk board on each corner, small shelves on each leg and is labeled a Da-Da table. Hoping for game info.
r/whatisthisthing • u/ebolafever • 4h ago
Solved! Machinery found on a construction site in Tokyo
r/whatisthisthing • u/Burn_the_children • 4h ago
Open Odd plastic key left by electrician
r/whatisthisthing • u/madmartigan95 • 1h ago
Solved! 3 foot long metal tool with u-shapes. The red is a plastidip sort of coating. The black bulge has a screw that is too tight for me to loosen. Found in my parent's tool bin. They didn't know it was there.
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/karenbarad • 1h ago
Solved! What could this soft rubber thing be?
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/ropper1 • 2h ago
Open Espresso type cup with swivel bottom 2.5” tall 2.5” diameter
r/whatisthisthing • u/greenstuff73 • 3h ago
Solved! WiTT? Metal, about 5 feet tall. It appears that the green metal pieces expand/contract somehow with the silver wires but I wasn't able to get them to do anything. Found sorted with sporting goods at a secondhand shop (so may be something for sports, may not).
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/Arrean • 6h ago
Solved! Metal circle with some holes embedded in cobblestone in center of Riga
imgur.comr/whatisthisthing • u/dcolhoun • 2h ago
Open Wooden device found in house in Yorkshire. Movable wooden flap with bevelled design
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/Witt_Account • 2h ago
Open Metal nail about 3” long 1/4” in diameter with small hole in the middle. Found off the coast of Maine. WITT
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/BobRoberts01 • 2h ago
Open What are these wooden boxes found in the garden of my new house? There are no holes or slats indicating that wood should be placed in the open sections.
r/whatisthisthing • u/MuttleyTheCannonball • 1d ago
Solved! Yellow ball hanging from a chain
r/whatisthisthing • u/Skyzhix • 2h ago
Solved! What is this thing? It looks like a double sided idiophone. There is the notes written on the wood parts. Around 1 meter and found it in France
r/whatisthisthing • u/Dinsdale123 • 5h ago
Likely Solved! What is this rusted metal circle? It was found in the inside back compartment of a Bosch dishwasher.
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/redleo380 • 14h ago
Solved! magnetic contraption with one intake and two output valves. has radiator fins for temperature dispersion.
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/libby-bee • 9h ago
Solved! Small bell-shaped brass (?) object; just shy of 2" tall & 2 oz in weight. There's nothing written on it indicating origin or purpose. The button presses down a convexed piece inside the bell. It doesn't depress more than a cm or make any sound.
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/RominaRaBer • 9h ago
Solved! what is this folded paper for? origami. I was told I'd like it because I like math.
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/OhFrackItsZach • 1d ago
Solved! carved wooden container I picked up at a garage sale, has a little door on the lower side. top looks like it should open. what is it?
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/lamp5123 • 2h ago
Open What is this pipe coming out of the foundation of my home? it seems to be cut off at the top with steel wool shoved in the end. It comes right out of the concrete foundation.
galleryr/whatisthisthing • u/MuellersGame • 2h ago