✅ SOLVED Test your skills on this one! Spent years trying to ID this.

[musclecar]

I found this in Alaska about 10 years ago, and have never been able to ID it. It is an aluminum piece, about 3 inches square. It has 15 teeth and is numbered 1-15. There is a stop preventing it from spinning freely. The back has two tabs that may have been used to mount it. ANY GUESSES?

Thanks,

MC

PS The quarter used for size was found yesterday! 1935S Yeah!

 

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[Montana Jim]

Keep it here... someday - God willing... someone will KNOW what it is... and not just what it is not.

This is an awesome whatsit MC...

 

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[geo4472]

maybe it adjusts drag,tension like on a fishinng reel

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

I submitted a pic of it to a show that supposedly thrives on identifying oddities. Hopefully they will be able to identify this thorn in my side, lol...

DANGLANGLEY

 

[ivan salis]

my vote is it stays -- one day some great person will find it out and be properly rewarded by of all of us who have seen the "beast" that refuses to be IDed and spent countless hours trying to kill it -- Ivan

 

[Old Dog]

Heck yes !
Keep it on here.

Just because it has become an albatross,
doesn't mean there isn't someone who will see and ID it.

Let er ride.

LOL
The more the merrier

OD

 

[ivan salis]

beowolf --- thats it ---- its the "monster"

 

[trikikiwi]

I submitted a pic of it to a show that supposedly thrives on identifying oddities. Hopefully they will be able to identify this thorn in my side, lol...

DANGLANGLEY

Was it this site ?

Very cool learning site ,but they don't have the answer

http://pzphotosan168-zx.blogspot.com/

Cheers, Mike

 

[Zephyr]

Okay, here's my take on the thing.

It's part of an automatic preset counter. Say you want to count out 9 items. You'd turn the numbered index dial to '9', then snap in the end of a control arm into that rounded slot. (Or maybe a gear-type wheel that fits into the slot opposite the arrow.) When the machinery advances the index dial 9 places, the upraised tab stops against the arrow, causing another mechanism to reverse the dial, which starts the cycle all over again, counting out another 9 items, etc.

Probably the only way to figure out exactly what it is is to do a patent search (maybe freepatentsonline, or something.)

 

[stoneseeker2003]

It's a sex timer!!!


14 minute limit,when it hits 15..you're done, even if you weren't!!

 

[SgtSki in MI]

AHA!!! EUREKA!!!!

I have just discovered that I have absolutely NO IDEA what this thing is!!!! Since there's no patent numbers or anything on it that I can see, then it's a part of something bigger. This thing drives me batty too.

But leave the thing on here........someone has to ID it sooner or later!!!

-SgtSki

 

[revelation28]

heres my guess maybe it went to a toy for a child??

 

[Diggerbarns]

I have a question.Are all the teeth the same size,and are all the curves the same size? I was wondering if its some sort of gage?

 

[texan connection]

I belive what you have is a internal part of a gas vapor meter

 

[LandStar]

I go with the golf stroke counter...It looks like it was meant to be finger turned, and with the stop on ity, the only other thing it could be would be some kind of indicator dial for something like volume control, ect.
The tabs look like they would hold to a canvas golf bag nicely.
Also, seeing nothing on the bottom of the thing, it did not control any other device...It WAS a simple 1-15 counter.
If I ever got 15 strokes on ANY golf hole, I would give up golf...lol
My final guess....GOLF STROKE COUNTER...
Perhaps geo was right...It does look a lot like the insides of an old Zebco fishing real...the drag wheel...

LandStar

 

[JamesE]

Roll it down a machine gun's ammo belt and stick in a tracer every 15th round, and/ or then the 5th and 10th.

 

[Canadian Cossack]

Add me to list of people that are tormented by this thing. I'm truly astonished that nobody has been able to ID it yet!

I think it was designed to be disposable because it is punched out of light material and dosn't look like it would take much abuse before it was bent or broken IMHO.

I can't recall if someone else mentioned this or not, but it looks like it might be something used to set equipment on a weather balloon or a similar type of disposable equipment... ?

Just another idea to add to the pile...

 

[frogwizard]

I am new here so I will take a stab at guessing. I will say it's part of an old parking meter. But I am sure someone already said that.

 

[Montana Jim]

I am new here so I will take a stab at guessing. I will say it's part of an old parking meter. But I am sure someone already said that.

Welcome to Treasure Net!!! I think it was very brave of you to jump in here and guess... especially on your first post!


Anyone here have parking meter experience?

 

[Canadian Cossack]

Anyone here have parking meter experience?

Remarkably, I do have some parking meter experience. Years ago, engineers in our firm helped develop a modern electronic parking meter like you would expect to see on the street today. (we designed the mechanics, another firm developed the electronics)

At the time I handled traditional mechanical meters that were common prior to the 1980's and I also got to play with modern electronic meters... I don't recall any parts like the one in question.

BUT there are many differnet designs and manufactuers of parking meters, plus some have accused me of having a failing memory... so I don't want to discount the idea totally... :-)

Frogwizard, wlcome to TNet! It is very good that you are jumping into the fray and putting for good ideas and comments. Welcome and I look forward to reading your posts. Cheeers! CC

 

[Angelo]

Could it be a counter to count down the days of Horse Quarantines (mares 15 days)

A counter to be attached to the stall.

Quarantine Fees

* $1,955 = Mares (15 days)
* $2,120 = Mares with foals (15 days)
* $4,950 = Stallions (30 days)

From what I understood in the article is that horses imported to the U.S.A. are required to be quarantined for the above required days.

Tony