🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Woven Iron/Steel

MojaveSteve

Greenie
Jan 2, 2023
18
49
I see this stuff everywhere all the time in can dumps and for the life of me I can not figure out what it could be. Flat, braid woven steel (or iron?) wire, much like an electrical ground strap (but I'm certain it isn't for that purpose.) It's often seen in loose circular coils roughly 20" to 24" in diameter with open ends (there are no closed circles of it).
Because I don't know what it is, I don't know if it might be a regional item, but if it helps, I'm in the Southwestern United States.
 

Attachments

  • 20230111_183736.jpg
    20230111_183736.jpg
    1.2 MB · Views: 222
  • 20230111_183906.jpg
    20230111_183906.jpg
    902.7 KB · Views: 90

pepperj

Gold Member
Feb 3, 2009
37,032
137,018
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Deus, Deus 2, Minelab 3030, E-Trac,
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
I see this stuff everywhere all the time in can dumps and for the life of me I can not figure out what it could be. Flat, braid woven steel (or iron?) wire, much like an electrical ground strap (but I'm certain it isn't for that purpose.) It's often seen in loose circular coils roughly 20" to 24" in diameter with open ends (there are no closed circles of it).
Because I don't know what it is, I don't know if it might be a regional item, but if it helps, I'm in the Southwestern United States.
Not quite understanding the size.
Are the coils all the same thickness and width (looks like 1")?
Or is the with of the item 20"-24" wide?
Not a grounding strap as it's steel, and not chain link/chicken wire fencing as was suggested.

Wonder if it's from mining operations used to screening material?
 

Upvote 0

dozer dan

Hero Member
Jan 14, 2008
901
598
PNW
Primary Interest:
Other
Engine to frame ground strap or a wire mesh puller used for pulling pipe and wire. It works like a Chinese finger puzzle. The harder you pull the tighter it gets.

I gotta ask, are you intentionally not including a picture of the other end to stump people?
 

Attachments

  • 529D0FB0-A404-40D4-A601-8042D762EBDE.jpeg
    529D0FB0-A404-40D4-A601-8042D762EBDE.jpeg
    192.9 KB · Views: 17
  • 49F7217D-481C-4ACF-BEB7-14EFC4EBD0FC.jpeg
    49F7217D-481C-4ACF-BEB7-14EFC4EBD0FC.jpeg
    22.5 KB · Views: 18
Last edited:
Upvote 1

creskol

Gold Member
Jan 14, 2007
13,617
22,657
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
5
Primary Interest:
Other
Engine to frame ground strap or a wire mesh puller used for pulling pipe and wire. It works like a Chinese finger puzzle. The harder you pull the tighter it gets.

I gotta ask, are you intentionally not including a picture of the other end to stump people?
It doesn't look like the weave is tight enough or flexible enough to be a grounding strap.
 

Last edited:
Upvote 0

dozer dan

Hero Member
Jan 14, 2008
901
598
PNW
Primary Interest:
Other
Engine ground straps, like the Painless Performance one you show in your post, are tinned braided copper - not steel.

The OP picture reminds me of steel corner mesh for lathing wall corners.
I run into that stuff every time I remodel a room in my house and the corner mesh always has large loops on the edges of the mesh. The mesh is also larger so the mud can penetrate it.
Braided steel, not tinned copper
FBF4D6C4-6CB5-4C5C-84BD-61A7EDB94392.jpeg
 

Last edited:
Upvote 2

nagant

Hero Member
Apr 21, 2017
765
932
iowa
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Golden micromax, compadre. ML EQ 800
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
i like the wire mesh puller too.
 

Upvote 0

ARC

Gold Member
Aug 19, 2014
37,156
130,945
Tarpon Springs
Detector(s) used
JW 8X-ML X2-VP 585
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Its for holding and pulling lines.... even pipe...
Also used in some permanent situations.
flexible-and-thimble-eye-cable-grips-double-eye.jpg
 

Upvote 0

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top