Planting a tree....found this....thing

[cdickrun64]

 

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[Madmox]

I have no idea... can you tell what it’s made of? Was it once alive?

 

[Kray Gelder]

You picked it up? And brought it home? Your only hope is to take it out to the street, leave it, and hope someone else takes it far away. OMG. Wishing the best for you.

 

[smokeythecat]

Obviously alien.

 

[Plug N Play]

Pyrometric Cone

 

[cdickrun64]

Pyrometric Cone......rrrriiiggghhtt

 

[cdickrun64]

The tan part seems like hardened putty maybe....the claw part maybe hard plastic

 

[Plug N Play]

Pyrometric Cone......rrrriiiggghhtt

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Sometime in the past someone had a pottery kiln on this site.

 

[Kray Gelder]

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Sometime in the past someone had a pottery kiln on this site.

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Thank goodness, I thought it was a...

 

[cdickrun64]

Pyrometric Cone

Actually, I think you are correct. There used to be a kiln in our basement. Thank you!!

 

[Anduril]

I've never heard of that... so I'm going to "like" this reply anyway!
Nice ID.

 

[Madmox]

This place never ceases to amaze me....

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

It's a beer bottle cap typically used on glass bottles.
Still in production today.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

In most cases 'a picture is worth a thousand words'... but in this case, yours just raises more questions.
The secret to getting an I.D. on a find is to supply details with your post, otherwise all we can do is have a laugh at what we think it looks like.

Is it made of metal, plastic, bone, plaster or concrete... details cdick.

Dave

 

[Joe-Dirt]

My wife has 2 of those on either side of her head, but only when she’s mad ( which is most of the time)

 

[BLK HOLE]

Concur, it's a bottle cap, this example is used to seal a bottle of the nectar of the Gods As for the other thing.....

 

[DCMatt]

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Sometime in the past someone had a pottery kiln on this site.

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Huh. Learn something new every day. I never heard of a pyrometric cone...

 

[unclemac]

yes indeed, i have burned a lot of those in my kiln, that's a cone for sure.