✅ 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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[Goodyguy]

Not that I know what it is, but here is me 2 cents worth....
I haven't read all the posts on this item so this may have
already been suggested
It could an old golf stroke counter....
I carry a new version of it on my golf bag
Thanks and good luck
HH Ray

You know what Ray? I do not think that has ever been guessed. Thanks for the try

Here is some background info:

It was found in 1996 on an old homestead (circa 1950's) in a treed area by the river, in Soldotna, Alaska. It was about 2 inches deep.

It is all aluminum, weighs .4 oz, and measures 2 5/8 square.
It is not very durable for full time use.
Numbers are 1-15, with 15 at the stop.
It spins freely, with no detents between numbers.
No markings other than the numbers.
The back has two folded-over tabs, mounting maybe?
The teeth are the same thickness.
The only wear spot is where the tips of the teeth have worn slightly into the base.

GG~

 

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[relic lover]

I would just like to know is anyone has read this whole string ? It's a bit much don't you think? I have an idea! how about we all read it one more time?

 

[Dirt Fishin Dale]

The counter is how many years it will be popping up on t net.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

I sent pics of this mental illness causing object to a website about a hundred years ago, it seems like it anyway, lol... I finally found that website again and asked him if he had figured out what it is. Here's the response I got back...

Someone sent these same photos to me a few years ago, I posted them on
my site but no one knew what it was. Looks like a pretty good mystery
item.

Rob

Better luck next time, I hope...

DANGLANGLEY

 

[Daddio53]

I had (and still have since 1963) a toy safe called a Mosler Junior. It looks like a real safe and has a combination spinner lock. There are 3 inside wheels that look very similar to this thing. As you turned to each number in the combination, (L-R-L) a little armature would turn against that little tab sticking up and as you got each of the numbers in the combination it would line up the things that look like star points on this thing. When all three numbers were correct the door would open.
So that's my guess.
Daddio

 

[Goodyguy]

Still wondering what this thing is.

Maybe some of the new folks will know.




GG~

 

[rjw4law]

Maybe when attached to whatever, the numbers represent tension?

 

[savant365]

Ever since this thing first showed up I have always thought it was attached to a rain guage to keep track of how much rain fell after you empty it. Didn't the OP sell this thing on ebay a while back?

 

[olepossum]

it is a jorgensen butthimer manual melt down giger counter clicky thing device

 

[johnnyi]

The tabs on the back and bottom, and the two holes on the top might tell something. It looks like it might possibly have been designed to hang on wire mesh or a cage, where the top would hook on the wire and the bottom two tabs would go under the wire and hold it flat. It seems too unstable and easily turned accidently the way it is now. Maybe it originally had cardboard mounted between the wheel and the back which might have given it a little more friction and held the wheel in place (and which would have been held securely by those two top holes?

I think it was a counter too; either a child's game counter , in which case it would have been jazzed up with some cardboard, or else a counter having to do with livestock or poultry. In both cases 15 was the magic number, as it can never be set in that position. (you either won when you hit 15, gestation time was over after two weeks, etc.)

 

[Goodyguy]

Ever since this thing first showed up I have always thought it was attached to a rain guage to keep track of how much rain fell after you empty it. Didn't the OP sell this thing on ebay a while back?

He sold it .........And I was the crazy person who bought it.
I thought if I had it in person I could figure out what it was.


GG~

 

[Goodyguy]

The tabs on the back and bottom, and the two holes on the top might tell something. It looks like it might possibly have been designed to hang on wire mesh or a cage, where the top would hook on the wire and the bottom two tabs would go under the wire and hold it flat. It seems too unstable and easily turned accidently the way it is now. Maybe it originally had cardboard mounted between the wheel and the back which might have given it a little more friction and held the wheel in place (and which would have been held securely by those two top holes?

I think it was a counter too; either a child's game counter , in which case it would have been jazzed up with some cardboard, or else a counter having to do with livestock or poultry. In both cases 15 was the magic number, as it can never be set in that position. (you either won when you hit 15, gestation time was over after two weeks, etc.)

You would think from the look of it, that it had been produced in sufficient quantity that another one would have surfaced over the years, or at least someone who could positively identify it.


GG~

 

[mojjax]

OK , here's what we Should do .

On the Homepage to TreasureNet , this "counter thingy" can have its own WANTED POSTER with REWARD at bottom . Put it up by the Banner finds . Members would donate $2 $5 $6 to a reward fund .

In order to win - there Must be a Positive ID .

There could be alot of New Members signing up to help ID it !

 

[Goodyguy]

OK , here's what we Should do .

On the Homepage to TreasureNet , this "counter thingy" can have its own WANTED POSTER with REWARD at bottom . Put it up by the Banner finds . Members would donate $2 $5 $6 to a reward fund .

In order to win - there Must be a Positive ID .

There could be alot of New Members signing up to help ID it !

Good Idea!

Get Marc to go along and I would personally buy the person who could give it a positive ID a 1 year Charter Membership or equivalent cash.

GG~

 

[RPG]

OK , here's what we Should do .

On the Homepage to TreasureNet , this "counter thingy" can have its own WANTED POSTER with REWARD at bottom . Put it up by the Banner finds . Members would donate $2 $5 $6 to a reward fund .

In order to win - there Must be a Positive ID .

There could be alot of New Members signing up to help ID it !

This thing has nine pages of replies. Why put it beside the banner. It should be on the banner.

 

[Atrus]

[size=14pt]Aren't there 15 balls in billiards?​

[size=14pt]Perhaps an antique billiard scorekeeper?

 

[traderoftreasures]

once it gets to 15 it stops and you gotta start over.

 

[mojjax]

[size=14pt]Aren't there 15 balls in billiards?​

[size=14pt]Perhaps an antique billiard scorekeeper?

I believe that was mentioned , back on page .....6

No absolute evidence was ever given .

That's a nice picture of billiard balls though !

 

[JamesE]

I've offered 9 or 10 ideas, How 'bout if it's put in Eastern/Western Treasure to get wider yet exposure.
New guys, it sucks, but please wade through the whole post, just about everything but an ovulation counter for a sterile WWII cyborg has been suggested.

 

[traderoftreasures]

i know what it is...picture counter for old camera. i just haven't found a match, but i bet it all......YEs and the points are to advance the film. pay up well except goodyguy already said that.....