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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  Come on somebody !   Give us another  What the Fuck is That ?   photo

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  Ratbob

  4 years ago

  Quoting Ratbob on 31 Mar 2020 02:01 AM

  While we're on the subject, what's this (not the fucking bottle)

  The gadget is very well made and seems to contain mercury which flows down into the shaft when upended.
  

  
  
  

  

  

  Quoting dicko on 31 Mar 2020 02:49 AM

  Looks like a mercury vapour lamp to me!!!Current passes through the vapour , turns it to a gas which then emits light.

  Interesting notion dicko, didn’t think of that but there’s no power input, it’s just a hollow handle. 

  I assume you’d need a fair bit of juice to vaporise Mercury?

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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  Can you take another pic from a different angle Rb?

  Are you saying its not got a power lead?

  
  

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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  After some careful consideration I shall have another stab in the dark.

  Its a compass 

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  Ratbob

  4 years ago

  Quoting beaglebasher on 31 Mar 2020 11:00 AM

  Can you take another pic from a different angle Rb?

  Are you saying its not got a power lead?

  
  

  No power input BB, the handle as you see it is smooth all round like a cigar tube, and doesn’t unscrew, no holes for wires etc.

  I’m thinking it’s not a compass as there’s nothing magnetic to it, it’s all alloy, stainless steel, glass rubber and the mercury. It’s weird but must have a use. It was picked up at a swap meet, buggered if I can work out what it’s for, seller had no idea either.

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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  Quoting Ratbob on 31 Mar 2020 02:01 AM

  While we're on the subject, what's this (not the fucking bottle)

  The gadget is very well made and seems to contain mercury which flows down into the shaft when upended.
  

  
  
  

  

  

  OK Ratrob  we dont know what that thing is.
  

  Are you gonna fukin tell us?

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  bloodog

  4 years ago

  I have to know what it is now 

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  tussuck

  4 years ago

  Quoting beaglebasher on 31 Mar 2020 08:37 AM

  
  
  

  

  Awesome Owls....  We have a family of them here in Belgrave.  You will see them sitting a tree branch even during the day, BLOODY hard to spot though.

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  Smokey61

  4 years ago

  Quoting Far Canal on 31 Mar 2020 08:29 AM

  Tawny frogmouth owl?
  

  It's a Tawny Frogmouth, not an Owl. Two completely different birds.

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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  Got another one. 
  
  

  

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  Ratbob

  4 years ago

  Quoting beaglebasher on 01 Apr 2020 02:11 AM

  Got another one. 
  
  

  

  I'm thinking passion fruit with a remembrance tattoo, the date his mate was picked!
  

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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  And another. 
  
  

  

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  Ratbob

  4 years ago

  Quoting Ratbob on 31 Mar 2020 02:01 AM

  While we're on the subject, what's this (not the fucking bottle)

  The gadget is very well made and seems to contain mercury which flows down into the shaft when upended.
  

  
  
  

  

  

  Quoting beaglebasher on 31 Mar 2020 12:14 PM

  OK Ratrob  we dont know what that thing is.
  

  Are you gonna fukin tell us?

  Sorry guys, I have no idea what it is, that's why I was asking.

  Hopefully someone will know.
  

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  Ratbob

  4 years ago

  Quoting beaglebasher on 01 Apr 2020 02:32 AM

  And another. 
  
  

  

  LOL you idiot.
  

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  Far Canal

  4 years ago

  How about this one? It is made from brass. Pictured next to a pen to give idea of its size.
  

  
  
  

  It opens up to a hollow tube with an angled mirror in one end.

  
  
  

  

  

  

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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  I reckon that might be some sort of prehistoric telescope. 

  The chain part of it would be to clip on to your belt. 

  Thats my theory and Im sticking to it. 

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  bloodog

  4 years ago

  FC Im going with its a fire starter cigarette lighter thing er me jig

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  steelo

  4 years ago

  Is it some sort of bore scope for looking into gun barrels. Let’s light in via the mirror

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  Far Canal

  4 years ago

  Quoting steelo on 01 Apr 2020 04:49 AM

  Is it some sort of bore scope for looking into gun barrels. Let’s light in via the mirror

  Well, that was too easy.

  Yes Steelo you guessed right, gold star for you.  It was issued with Lee Enfield 303's during the war as part of the cleaning kit. I think you put the device in where the bullets usually go in so that you can see down the bore to make sure it is clean.
  

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  beaglebasher

  4 years ago

  Must be a skinny fukin pen.

  The Lee Enfield  303 is  three hundred and three  thousandth  of an inch.

  If that gadget  is a borescope it might work  on a tank .

  I remember the  Lee Enfield  rifle  well. There was a small compartment  in the stock but I never saw one of those gadgets  in there..