Solved...I have no clue - ?

TheRingFinder · Jun 8, 2015

Please give me your thoughts........

ARC · Jun 8, 2015

Its a catch of some sort...
Like a lock... but no keyhole. ? ? ?

Back-of-the-boat · Jun 8, 2015

Maybe like an old hand buzzer the joke thing

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TheRingFinder · Jun 8, 2015

Really wondering what the symbol is on the front, that might shed some light on what this thing is.

deepsecrets · Jun 9, 2015

brass retractable key fob? Satellite company logo?

tamrock · Jun 9, 2015

I think it was made at Area 51 U.S.A. with help from a special team of workers they transferred from Roswell, New Mexico

What's the back side of that 3 hole mounting plate look like?

Subterranean · Jun 9, 2015

I think you have what is left of an "Elite" brass measuring tape. The internals are missing but would have been spring wound around that center spool. Just a wild guess but the logo could be "interpreted" as Elite, which still makes tapes. Sub 8-)

mojjax · Jun 9, 2015

reminds me of a thermal cutoff switch for a dryer

cudamark · Jun 9, 2015

Looks like the cover has 4 mounting tabs. Are they the bend-over type or is there some other way it attaches? Is there more than the one opening that I can see at the bottom? Any evidence of attaching screws having been used on the three mounting holes? Anything on the back side?

sutphin · Jun 9, 2015

LOOKS LIKE A RUSSIAN DESIGN ON IT. VANZUTPHEN

TheRingFinder · Jun 9, 2015

Nothing on the back side - It was pressed together, I had to pry it open. it has a small slot on top and another on the side. Those were the 2 points that I started prying it open. I'm sure it's pre - 1950. Everything in this area has been from the late 1800's to approx. the 1940's.