✅ SOLVED Coolest thing!!! Need an id! Weird silver!!

[smf399]

I found this near a 1800s dump. It looks like silver and it had letters and numbers in boxed around the whole thing. They seem to be going in order like 11 12 13 and keeps on going up to like 25. It also has fancy letters at the top row to. Any info would be great!

 

[surf]

Hey smf,

Puts me in mind of the top of a mechanical pencil. What are the letters at the top?

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[Breezie]

Hey smf,

Puts me in mind of the top of a mechanical pencil. What are the letters at the top?

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Agreed!

Breezie

 

[smf399]

Hey smf, Puts me in mind of the top of a mechanical pencil. What are the letters at the top? <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=899940"/>

I can make out two Ss and maybe a t or an f

 

[gerryk]

Is the inside threaded? I swear it looks like an old car door lock knob. The one you would pull up and push down. Not sure if any high end cars used silver but I doubt i. The numbers on there stump me.
I know its not what i think it is but I am posting it because that keeps coming back to me as something like that or as a knob for a pressure device.

 

[smf399]

Is the inside threaded? I swear it looks like an old car door lock knob. The one you would pull up and push down. Not sure if any high end cars used silver but I doubt i. The numbers on there stump me. I know its not what i think it is but I am posting it because that keeps coming back to me as something like that or as a knob for a pressure device.

It doesn't look to be threaded but it is so small it is very hard to look inside. From what I can see it is not threaded.

 

[TNGUNS]

Maybe a pipe tamper. Just a shot in the dark.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I have a air pressure gauge something close to that, the numbers are pressures on mine, maybe it is part of an old broken one. If I can find mine I will add pic.

 

[cw0909]

some kind of measure marks

 

[mangum]

It's the top off of a late Georgian (early 1800s) telescopic & perpetual calendar pencil & yes its silver. I knew it had something to do with a calendar by the numbers & letters (S,S Saturday Sunday) The very top was used as a wax seal. That is a fantastic find! Really neat! I've never seen one on here. I've added a few images below that are almost identical. You can mark this one as solved! HH!

 

[Silver Searcher]

What ever it is, it isn't silver. It's plated, you can see were it's flaking, the inner part of a pressure gauge would be my thought to.

SS

 

[mangum]

What ever it is, it isn't silver. It's plated, you can see were it's flaking, the inner part of a pressure gauge would be my thought to. SS

I just posted the correct ID above. Not plated, have you never seen silver with black tarnish? Definitely not a tire gauge...

 

[Silver Searcher]

I just posted the correct ID above. Not plated, have you never seen silver with black tarnish? Definitely not a tire gauge...

it is similar to the item you posted, but not exact....no I have never seen silver with black tarnish The item is clearly plated, why else would there be rust at the bottom.

SS

 

[mangum]

it is similar to the item you posted, but not exact....no I have never seen silver with black tarnish The item is clearly plated, why else would there be rust at the bottom. SS

I don't see rust I see dirt or tarnish. I have no doubt in my mind that this is what this item is.

 

[smf399]

it is similar to the item you posted, but not exact....no I have never seen silver with black tarnish The item is clearly plated, why else would there be rust at the bottom. SS

It definitely is silver. It is heavily tarnished on the top and the bottom is just a iron connector.

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

It's the top off of a late Georgian (early 1800s) telescopic & perpetual calendar pencil & yes its silver. I knew it had something to do with a calendar by the numbers & letters (S,S Saturday Sunday) The very top was used as a wax seal. That is a fantastic find! Really neat! I've never seen one on here. I've added a few images below that are almost identical. You can mark this one as solved! HH!

I think magnum has it. Great ID

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

Wahl

geeze...it has rust because it was in contact with something iron based...