This is interesting... never dug anything like it (Solved by ME!)

[chukers]

this is unlike any find I have found before... its a plastic ball thing with a few METAL items rattling around in it... its about he size of a quarter... anyone seen anything like this? I wasn't going to break it open... but if I must... I forgot what it rang up as... I'll find out tomorrow... but it did ring up good enough for me to dig it in the first place!


chukers

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

this is unlike any find I have found before... its a plastic ball thing with a few METAL items rattling around in it... its about he size of a quarter... anyone seen anything like this? I wasn't going to break it open... but if I must... I forgot what it rang up as... I'll find out tomorrow... but it did ring up good enough for me to dig it in the first place!


chukers

looks like it unscrews around the middle

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

It looks like an old Christmas decoration. It would have been painted at one time.

 

[Lucas]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

Rattlesnake egg.

 

[traderoftreasures]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

whats sticking out of it? and how do you know it's metal inside and not just heavy lead paint?

 

[NHBandit]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

whats sticking out of it? and how do you know it's metal inside and not just heavy lead paint?

Those pesky Chinese... Making lead paint now that's so toxic you can pick up the lead content with a metal detector ? If it's plastic it's not terribly old. I say bust it open. What if you don't & it's full of gold nuggets ?

 

[chukers]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

well the thing poking out does have a half a hole in it so it did hang by a string or something...

 

[kyphote]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

looks like a bobber

 

[soupie]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

My vote is on the christmas decoration,It would make sense to weight down an outdoor version
But then again it could be a bobber
Crack that baby open
Soup

 

[cheese]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

Some bobbers has a tiny light in them so you could see them while fishing at night...that may be what you hear rattling inside.

 

[chukers]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

I figured it out! and when you see it... you all go ahhhhh...


Chukers

 

[savant365]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

tag

 

[DialM]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

I figured it out! and when you see it... you all go ahhhhh...


Chukers

I just want to figure out what "half a hole" looks like.

 

[chukers]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

I figured it out! and when you see it... you all go ahhhhh...


Chukers

I just want to figure out what "half a hole" looks like.

half a hole looks like half of the hole is missing....

 

[diggummup]

Re: This is interesting... never dug anything like it

I figured it out! and when you see it... you all go ahhhhh...


Chukers

So you gonna tell us or keep us all in suspense? eagerly awaiting.....

 

[chukers]

ok I broke it open... now its time for the "Ahhhh" moment!

Chukers


now we obviously know what the metal was...

 

[chukers]

now here is something odd... I put it in a glass of water... it floats... but the poles are backwards... I guess it was put in wrong... or it moved inside...


Chukers

 

[diggummup]

AHHHH! Cool! 8) Looks like it was in a fire or something.

 

[sniffer]

somebody probably dropped it when they figured it didn't work

 

[GopherDaGold]

Would that have been filled with mineral oil at one time? I agree that it looks charred so if it was oil filled and then burned, the oil might have boiled out which may have led to the poles being reversed.