Umm... no clue!

[granthansen]

I thought it was a piece of twisted metal, but it seems twisted by design as the to "loops" meet back-to-back. Any idea

 

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[Bryanhashemi]

looks like the top lining of an oil can or another type of can

 

[granthansen]

looks like the top lining of an oil can or another type of can

I was sort of thinking the same thing, but wasn't sure. Do you think it was bent in half and then pulled back, kind of like a tennis ball container? On those just the top peels back, not the rim it's attached to.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

looks like it just got pinched together there in the middle.

 

[CRUSADER]

This is part of an old fob watch case.

 

[granthansen]

This is part of an old fob watch case.

That's what I'm thinking but where it's connected isn't a hinge. It's rigid. Thoughts on that?

 

[CRUSADER]

That's what I'm thinking but where it's connected isn't a hinge. It's rigid. Thoughts on that?

Its part of the centre frame & not the hinged part that moved.