🔎 UNIDENTIFIED These are mysteries to me. The hexagon shaped piece is from a CA gold rush site and the other piece was in a nearby field. It is painted in army green

[SOG Fielder]

 

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[Blackfoot58]

The long thing with the knob and spring resembles a pneumatic stay damper, like for a door closing cylinder. I’m guessing the rod pulls out the end and the knob adjusts the return speed of the stroke by limiting the airflow.

 

[Gare]

I think BF is on the right track

 

[dozer dan]

Booby trap fuse

 

[Gare]

I change my vote I think Dozer Dan hit the nail on the head. GREAT JOB Dan !!!

 

[Gare]

 

[ToddsPoint]

Yikes! What was that thing doing out there? Was it on site military used?

 

[Gare]

Sog when i see your one picture I realize how DANGEROUS it can be metal detecting in your area and in ANY AREA for that fact 11 By the looks of the one picture it looks like it was in the dirt !!1 Maybe someone else activated it earlier in history

 

[Gare]

Yikes! What was that thing doing out there? Was it on site military used?

People in the GOLD fields DID ALL sorts of things !!!! There could be more like that and other types still out there 11

 

[tamrock]

Pretty cool find Sog. Certainly goes to show you just never know what lies below the ground until you dig it up. Excellent identification Dozer Dan.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Wow! Looks dangerous to attach the grenade. I’ve seen various boobytraps that used grenades, but nothing designed and sold solely for that purpose.

 

[Nathan W]

That’s awesome

 

[Mine Shaft]

Hi Blackfoot58 your first relic is from a very old hand drill 100 + year's old. That piece you found holds the Drill bit. Cool finds.

 

[pepperj]

Hi Blackfoot58 your first relic is from a very old hand drill 100 + year's old. That piece you found holds the Drill bit. Cool finds.

Great ID on the hand drill bot end.
@SOG Fielder was the finder and hasn't replied to any of the ID-now that they've been figured out.