My 36th Hunt! Possible 50s spinning Top? You Decide

[olekyground]

My 36th Hunt! Possible 50's spinning Top? You Decide

I was digging and found this thing.. I dont know what it is. It appears to be a wooden spinning top and the bottom where the holes are is where it whistled as it spun? I dunno. thanks for looking!

 

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[allen]

Re: My 36th Hunt! Possible 50's spinning Top? You Decide

i have no clue to what it is..lol

 

[johnnyi]

Re: My 36th Hunt! Possible 50's spinning Top? You Decide

That's some strange looking wood. Arte you sure it isn't the kind of material old distributor caps were made of?

 

[Tank69]

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[CRUSADER]

Re: My 36th Hunt! Possible 50's spinning Top? You Decide

That's some strange looking wood. Arte you sure it isn't the kind of material old distributor caps were made of?

is that like a electricial insulator type thing, thats what I thought

 

[Monty]

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I dont know what it is but I know what it isn't. A top! M nty

 

[Okie Hillbillies]

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Hello , OkieHillbillie here the thing is an object to plug into the top of the distributor where the coil wire goes in to make stronger fire . It was sold in the 50 and 60's 90% sure.







Okiehillbillies.

 

[treasure collector 3000]

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No matter what it is, it's still an interesting find. I say keep digging!

 

[jpitt1970]

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ignition condenser from a car....they are fun to charge up,then holler @ your buddy to think fast while tossing it at him.....then laughing your butt off when he catches it @ it shocks the piss out of him

 

[999slvrfx]

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I think Okie has it right. It plugged into the top of the distributer where the coil wire
went then the coil wire plugged into it. It was to give a hotter spark to the engine
to make it run better and get better mileage. I'm not sure if it was ever proven to do so.

 

[spartacus53]

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When I first saw it I thought it may have been a draydel (sic), but there are too many sides to it.

 

[Bob S]

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OkieHillbillie is 100% correct. It was used to make the spark hotter on older cars and trucks.