What the heck is this?

[Greeneman215]

Found this detecting an area near an old farm house. No idea what it is or what it was used for. Figured I'd ask the experts on T-Net. Thank you!

 

[Bruce R]

Part of a light fixture.

 

[nhbenz]

You didn't mention the size, but it looks like it might have been a lighting fixture with a pull chain where the little grommet thing on the side is
edit: it seems I was typing way too slow tonight

 

[Greeneman215]

Thank you all. I didn't see anywhere anything would attach to it besides the little grommet.

 

[Itsmine]

Could be a pot metal lamp base too. The grommet would be where a push button would be located. It kind of has an Art Nouveau look to it. Here's a link. Ignore the shade, but the lamp base is close to what I'm talkin about. https://www.google.com/search?q=art...TQXBk4Q_AUIBygC&dpr=0.9#imgrc=2yIjGfADw5DKqM:

 

[bradyboy]

the movie - close encounter of the third kind - comes to mind?
Brady

 

[DCMatt]

Part of a light fixture.

Pull chain canopy. Here is a modern version:

 

[DCMatt]

 

[Greeneman215]

It does look like those, but the top/tip of it is solid. There is no opening like in the pictures.
And the bottom looks like it was solid too, no real opening there to go over something.

 

[nhbenz]

So about the same size as those? You've still not mentioned.

 

[Dave N Japan]

Could it have come from anywhere near Roswell NM??

 

[DizzyDigger]

Looks more like the base of an oil lamp to me. Is there a
opening on it where oil could be poured in?

 

[digger460]

the movie - close encounter of the third kind - comes to mind?
Brady

That was my thought too

 

[Greeneman215]

It looks about the same size as the pictured items. It feels like it's made of a light metal, aluminum maybe.

 

[Mackaydon]

A model of a volcano along with other parasitic cones.
Don.

 

[smokeythecat]

Looks like the mountain from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".

 

[nhbenz]

A failed batch of Jiffy Pop?
vintage jiffy pop - Google Search