What the heck?

[FeralMermaid]

Been finding lots of junk in the yard lately, but this takes the cake. Weighs maybe 4-5lbs, approx. 7" wide. Anyone know what it's from? It's not really of value to me, I'm just curious why such strange things are in my yard. lol

 

[ecmo]

Some sort of cog/gear but have no idea what that fat boy was for.

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[jewelerguy]

two or three pics from different angles are always helpful, and even though you listed an approximate size, something in the shot of known size such as a coin or soda can is helpful as a size reference too. Welcome to the forum!

 

[FeralMermaid]

Good point. Here's some more.









It's full of dirt...didn't think to clear it out, but I can do that if it helps.

 

[mouseman60]

Looks to me like some kind of head off a small compressor

 

[The_Piratess]

Maybe part of an old fire hydrant?

 

[tamrock]

Looks to me like some kind of head off a small compressor

I'm with you mouseman, an end plate to a screw compressor.

 

[Tony in SC]

The two ports on top makes it look like the head from an old pump.

 

[sawmill man]

I believe you guys are on to it, you can see the inlet and outlet connections and i see whats left of the cooling fins. but that just looks like one to me. pump head i mean.

 

[Lamarx]

I understand your frustration. I live in a very rural area, before purchasing the home I live in now, I had rented a home prior to this house. I love to garden, so as my husband would prepare a section for me to garden in the yard, we discovered all kinds of stuff the previous person, or the owner, had buried. I thought I would lose my mind when we dug down and found all kinds of scrap metal including a complete washing machine!! They purposely buried these types of things to save them a trip to the dump. It was very disheartening.

 

[Tony in SC]

Growing up on a farm, I remember we had our on place to dump trash/scrap and what would not burn. There were no county dumps!!

I understand your frustration. I live in a very rural area, before purchasing the home I live in now, I had rented a home prior to this house. I love to garden, so as my husband would prepare a section for me to garden in the yard, we discovered all kinds of stuff the previous person, or the owner, had buried. I thought I would lose my mind when we dug down and found all kinds of scrap metal including a complete washing machine!! They purposely buried these types of things to save them a trip to the dump. It was very disheartening.

 

[DCMatt]

Possibly a vintage fuel oil filter top.

 

[4x4x4]

Detroit 2 stroke direct drive (gear style)fuel pump.(it's 2/3 larger than a 2-71 motor).

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I'm with DCMatt, oil or fuel filter

 

[sawmill man]

Well im changing my story,LOL i believe its the back part of the old style hydraulic pump.

 

[Silver Searcher]

It looks like a prop shaft coupling.

SS

 

[FFFPatriot]

Looks like one of the heads off of a Flux Capacitor. The we're installed on earlier model Deloreans. Later models were fitted with the Mr. Fusion trash fuel motor.