steel box

[bighoss1975]

Does anyone have any idea what this might be? It is steel and is welded. It had a handle at one time on the top but it has been broken off. No hinges. It was found in a creek not far from a highway.

 

[ARC]

ehhhh looks like a file box...
Um... let me ask the obvious ...
Why have you not opened it?

 

[bighoss1975]

The little protruding part has a "slot" in it and this looks like it has been hit with a hammer and then cut with a torch. I have looked inside. It is empty. Whatever was in it was previously removed. Lol

 

[ARC]

Home made piggy bank that someone prolly stole... emptied... then threw box off bridge.

 

[DCMatt]

Not a storage box. Looks like cement on it. Maybe road or bridge repair/construction item?

DCMatt

 

[bradyboy]

Some kind float?
Brady

 

[SkaBa]

The remains of Jimmy Hoffa.

 

[rick67]

The remains of Jimmy Hoffa.

Nah he's under Giants Stadium.

 

[bradyboy]

IM sticking with some kind of a float, like your toilet tank float
Its a sealed tank of air !
A vessel that floats on the surface of liquid, attached to a on off shut off control device
What other purpose would you have for a sealed tank full of air?
imo
brady

 

[bighoss1975]

I think you may be right bb. Looking more closely the welds look very crude and homemade. Could be a float or some type of homemade piggy bank like someone stated earlier in this post. Thanks to all for the ideas!