Weird Object Found in the Woods

[SKIP IN7RO]

Neighbor has 3 of these
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What are they?

Feeders of some sort

[Jonathan S.]

any valuable wood in that vicinity? is it on a steepish hillside?


if it is, it maybe illegal timber harvesting using makeshift skyline? [...]

Heavily treed for sure, but unsure on the value of the timber.
(I've worked on enough timber cases as an economist to know that I don't know how to value timber, as foresters pointed out to me the many defects on trees that looked nice & purty to me.)

Pitch is not steep enough to slide for avy danger but definitely steep enough for dragging trees downhill.
But far too visible from town to clearcut illegally.
Although pretty much everything in New England was clearcut at some point, especially before there were laws about that...

[plugboots]

Feeders of some sort

Makes sense.

[ex-powderbroker]

found at a belay at a ‘remote’ gunks cliff. wtf

[east or bust]

^didn’t try to pull it out? could it be a super old piton?.. doesn’t look like there is any hole though


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[ex-powderbroker]

I didn't pull it out. Definitely not a piton, I am thinking it was some kind of drill bit? it was about 2" wide maybe 18" long? guessing on that because it was in the ground.

[spanghew]

I didn't pull it out. Definitely not a piton, I am thinking it was some kind of drill bit? it was about 2" wide maybe 18" long? guessing on that because it was in the ground.

It’s an upside-down beat-to-shit star drive bit. Was there a dead guy nearby with a hammer in his hand?


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[old goat]

I found this "pistol" while I was out deer hunting and staring at my feet. Based on it's size and lack of an actual barrel I figure it was a kid's toy gun. The trigger moves but I'm stumped on what it did. There is a spring inside of the barrel but things are so locked up with rust that I'm not sure what it is accuated.

Anyone have any insight into where on the internet I could figure this out? I've looked at a couple hundred Google Images but haven't seen anything close to similar.

It shoots glycerin suppositories.

[billyk]

The barrel is covered in a plate so I think the only way this thing could kill Nazis is if you shot it out of a bigger gun.

I’m thinking maybe a cap pistol from the 1950’s or possibly earlier.

[DoWork]

I think you misunderstood the size and construction of this thing. Even without the rust I doubt it would hold together well enough to shoot a .22LR let alone nails or bolts.

Children's cap gun. The huge single ring sight and light gauge spring say "kid's toy" to me personally.

[DoWork]

found at a belay at a ‘remote’ gunks cliff. wtf

I'm reasonably sure that's a rock splitter. If you look around there will probably be some nearby evidence of old-school quarrying where they'd drill holes in a line and pound these in until the rock splits to break down ledge into marketable material. They also just smashed them into natural splits in the rock and broke it down that way too so this guy may have bitten off more than he could chew and just left that one behind.

[billyk]

Children's cap gun. The huge single ring sight and light gauge spring say "kid's toy" to me personally.

Yeah. Probably missing some parts, too, which explains why it is hard to see how it functions. It broke, and the kid tossed it away.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Yeah. Probably missing some parts, too, which explains why it is hard to see how it functions. It broke, and the kid tossed it away.

Kids cap gun. The ring isn’t a sight, looks like it’s there to hold a missing part.

Similar, but different one from the 50’s:

[ex-powderbroker]

I'm reasonably sure that's a rock splitter. If you look around there will probably be some nearby evidence of old-school quarrying where they'd drill holes in a line and pound these in until the rock splits to break down ledge into marketable material. They also just smashed them into natural splits in the rock and broke it down that way too so this guy may have bitten off more than he could chew and just left that one behind.

i did notice a few perfectly drilled holes in the rock pretty deep, i think you’re on to something. they must have been quarrying from this cliff before anyone cared about it.

[John_B]

Yeah. Probably missing some parts, too, which explains why it is hard to see how it functions. It broke, and the kid tossed it away.

It was 1k up a ridge with no trail on it. I figured Dad had a real gun looking for deer and kiddo had his cap gun which he forgot. Sooner or later I'll find a photo of the original.

[Core Shot]

It’s an upside-down beat-to-shit star drive bit. Was there a dead guy nearby with a hammer in his hand?


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Ötzi??

[spanghew]

Ötzi??

https://youtu.be/E0VsPyOwMrQ

[John_B]

Alright. In case anyone actually cares about my cap gun here is what I've found. Turns out it probably shot cork bits and was likely from the 20s.

Scroll halfway down for the picture.
https://www.nicholscapguns.com/others2.htm

[old goat]

I'm reasonably sure that's a rock splitter. If you look around there will probably be some nearby evidence of old-school quarrying where they'd drill holes in a line and pound these in until the rock splits to break down ledge into marketable material. They also just smashed them into natural splits in the rock and broke it down that way too so this guy may have bitten off more than he could chew and just left that one behind.

I've spit rock with feathers and wedges--they don't look anything like that and two inch diam. is awfully thick to be spitting rock with.

[billyk]

Alright. In case anyone actually cares about my cap gun here is what I've found. Turns out it probably shot cork bits and was likely from the 20s.

Scroll halfway down for the picture.
https://www.nicholscapguns.com/others2.htm

Ah, yeah, good find. Might even be collectible if it’s that old. I’d be careful about “restoring” it. Sometimes collectors prefer the rust.

[m2711c]

found at a belay at a ‘remote’ gunks cliff. wtf

looks like a large masonry/rock star drill bit…

[old goat]

looks like a large masonry/rock star drill bit…

Bingo

[Jonathan S.]

It shoots glycerin suppositories.

FTW!

[Danno]

This thread would be way more lively if it was in the Padded Room.

[Jonathan S.]

And for today's installment ... chairlift tower pads -- I think? -- found in an illicitly cut in-bounds glade (which I just happened to end up hiking through, not doing work or scouting), fairly far from the closest ski trail, which in turn is fairly from from the nearest lift.