✅ 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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[Justice70]

I wonder if this homesite is out in the wilderness or is it part of a community? Judging by the location and proximity to the river,could this be part of a prospectors tool? Sloop? The dial part of a scale that was used to weigh nuggetts by the gram? I think more research is needed about the home,area,age, who lived there and what they did for a living?Are they still alive,hell track him down and ask him.

 

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[CMDiamonddawg]

A device to cause headaches.... s to keep the drug stores open 24 hours

 

[Tnmountains]

Is this not the most famous unsolved "What is It" of all time on T-Net? I can't beleive you bought it? I have seen it so much I recognose it
This will be the biggest green check of all one day.
TnMtns

 

[intimer]

there's a post on the first page where the item is shown upright. as johnnyi mentioned in his post...could have been attached to a wire on the back loops and i believe set across a flat piece along the bottom where the two slots on one side and the increments on the other.
so now it's steady mounted.
why not a long stiff wire with curly twists at 90 degree to the stiff wire set on top of the square post thngs by the number 15.
this stiff wire could be attached to an activator on a wheel that pun one direction to 15 than release and eased back to 0.
the whole devise behind a something so only the arrow is shown in a window. the stiff wire would be across the thingy device and never appear in the window.
the rotating actuator would show the reading through the window.

this was my first time at using 'paint'. i sure it's absolutely wacky but i had fun messing around. i suppose everyone says "yeah, but what is this thing counting?" but anyway, heck 9 pages and ... this is what you get.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

there's a post on the first page where the item is shown upright. as johnnyi mentioned in his post...could have been attached to a wire on the back loops and i believe set across a flat piece along the bottom where the two slots on one side and the increments on the other.
so now it's steady mounted.
why not a long stiff wire with curly twists at 90 degree to the stiff wire set on top of the square post thngs by the number 15.
this stiff wire could be attached to an activator on a wheel that pun one direction to 15 than release and eased back to 0.
the whole devise behind a something so only the arrow is shown in a window. the stiff wire would be across the thingy device and never appear in the window.
the rotating actuator would show the reading through the window.

this was my first time at using 'paint'. i sure it's absolutely wacky but i had fun messing around. i suppose everyone says "yeah, but what is this thing counting?" but anyway, heck 9 pages and ... this is what you get.

You lost me at the stiff wire part.

 

[mavrick03]

wow i almost forgot about this thing

I started to think that maybe its part of a clock the reason why i thought this is because of the stop. If i had to guess this time around i would say it belongs to a clock with a 15 day event time strike mechanism.
i would of agreed with one of the posters earlier who called it a sprinkler timer but i could not even locate anything for a sprinkler timer.

It just makes more sense to me that it would be a 15 day strike mechanism



Mav

 

[intimer]

the stiff wire is the orange in the weird picture slop! it is attached to the part bent up at the #15 and the actuator device on right. the stiff wire could have a curly spring type attachment point at 90 degrees connecting the stiff wire to the square piece bent up at the #15. so it would carry or move the 'thingy' thing around.

there was a post that mentioned temperature indicator. so i thought maybe the actuator or motor that rotates the stiff wire would be set in motion by a heat or cold sensitive situation. i don't know the lingo. hope this all doesn't sound too stupid, redundant, boring or simple minded.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

the stiff wire is the orange in the weird picture slop! it is attached to the part bent up at the #15 and the actuator device on right. the stiff wire could have a curly spring type attachment point at 90 degrees connecting the stiff wire to the square piece bent up at the #15. so it would carry or move the 'thingy' thing around.

there was a post that mentioned temperature indicator. so i thought maybe the actuator or motor that rotates the stiff wire would be set in motion by a heat or cold sensitive situation. i don't know the lingo. hope this all doesn't sound too stupid, redundant, boring or simple minded.

I dont see how a stiff wire could attach to the part bent up at the #15. There are no signs of attachment to a wire. Thats the number one problem here. The hanger tabs could attach but the dial has no point of attachment.

The tab at #15 could possibly engage something, now that I think about it. I thought it was a stop.

 

[deepseaclimber]

It has been a long time since I have visited here. My guess on this item is a measuring device. I would set the wheel back and mark it on paper and then push it till it stops make another mark and measure it. Does it equal 15 inches? If so could have been mounted on a handle and used to measure the lengh of something quickly and accurately. An example would be if you had a regulation on a fish that had to be greater than 15" to harvest. That is my guess. Good luck on your hunt to find out what this is.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I think it could be banner if its Ided.

 

[intimer]

I dont see how a stiff wire could attach to the part bent up at the #15. There are no signs of attachment to a wire. Thats the number one problem here. The hanger tabs could attach but the dial has no point of attachment.

The tab at #15 could possibly engage something, now that I think about it. I thought it was a stop.

i was thinking a spring attachment to that turned up piece at fifteen. (a tightly turn coil of thin wire similar to a sring))

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont see how a stiff wire could attach to the part bent up at the #15. There are no signs of attachment to a wire. Thats the number one problem here. The hanger tabs could attach but the dial has no point of attachment.

The tab at #15 could possibly engage something, now that I think about it. I thought it was a stop.

i was thinking a spring attachment to that turned up piece at fifteen. (a tightly turn coil of thin wire similar to a sring))

but how would it attach?

 

[intimer]

i know i've seen (in my time) a spring 'expanded then slipped over a flat bent up piece' like piece at #15. i remember because it was very difficult to get off. (pull on the spring it tightens).

then the other end of spring would fit in a slot on a flat rod or attach the same way. thus making a 90 degree connection point for flat or round rod to move the 'thingy' around in a circular path. if the 'dial' movement was controlled by a temperature coil spring that would expand and contract with temp. changes....or some other reason for the 'thingy' to rotate.

hope this explains my thinking on this.
and hope it might generate more than ("what is he talking about?)

 

[Goodyguy]

Is this not the most famous unsolved "What is It" of all time on T-Net? I can't beleive you bought it? I have seen it so much I recognose it
This will be the biggest green check of all one day.
TnMtns

Thanks TnMountains,

I thought sure I could have ID'ed it by now. I carry it around in a little velvet lined box and show it to everyone I come in contact with, and still no positive ID, or anyone who knows what it is, or what it goes to, or has ever seen one like it.

GG~

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The pointer actually never reaches 15. After 14, there is a stop tab and the game is over. But the problem is there are no indents to keep the dial on the selected number. If its a counter, it wouldnt stay on the numbers on its own. If its a dial, there is no way to attach it to electronics. Its an enigma.

 

[haybudden2]

I've read every post from the beginning, I've paid my dues.
I've lost sleep, and gone to sleep thinking about this thing.
We all want it ID'ed. The quality control counter is as good
as any, for the time being, But.......we all know deep down
inside in that dark little corner that holds our usless information
folder....... we all want to know..............WHAT IT REALLY IS.


Hay2

 

[mavrick03]

I am still going with 15 day clock movement part

this is a picture of an 8 day not exactly the same but very close






Mav

 

[trikikiwi]

The pointer actually never reaches 15. After 14, there is a stop tab and the game is over. But the problem is there are no indents to keep the dial on the selected number. If its a counter, it wouldnt stay on the numbers on its own. If its a dial, there is no way to attach it to electronics. Its an enigma.

Thanks BigCy for verifying what I have said in several other posts on this object.

Mike

 

[trikikiwi]

I continue to endorse, my offer of a bottle of fine New Zealand wine, to whomsoever shall solve the mystery.
Proof, accepted by consensus required.

Mike

 

[Goodyguy]

I am still going with 15 day clock movement part

this is a picture of an 8 day not exactly the same but very close

Mav

I like the way you think, but there is no way anything can attach to the points of the wheel as in your picture.

GG~