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10-22-2021, 07:59 AM #1Gel-powered Tech bindings
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Weird Object Found in the Woods
And now it's time for the umpteenth installment of, identify this odd object found in the New England woods!
What could it be this time ... old stone foundation, chimney, or wall? (nah, we have far too many of those here to be of any interest) ... boundary marker? (ditto) ... barbed wire? (ditto) ... beer cans a seemingly impossibly far distance from any trails (ditto) ... Patriots folding stadium seat far away from any trail (still haven't figured out that one from a few years ago) ... lift towers, snowmaking hydrants, and night skiing light poles? (these are always somewhat disconcerting to find: https://www.newenglandskihistory.com...eylockglen.php) ... Gabby Petito van life murder copycat? (oh dear, that's no joke: https://vtdigger.org/2021/10/21/penn...der-defendant/) ... remote sensing device? (the convincing consensus here was something like a bird song monitoring project).
So yesterday I found a six-stranded metal cable looped into a tree, then diving into the ground. (Although perhaps the underground part was not the original design, and instead it just drooped down over time and eventually got buried.) My partner reported another cable attached to a nearby tree.
Very close to a 1930s-era CCC trail that featured many big ski races back in the day. But all that ended by about the 1950s.
And since this thread is worthless without pictures...
Attachment point at tree, with work gloves and sunglasses included in an attempt to show scale:
Cable going into the ground, with looper handles included in an attempt to show scale:
Strand that I brought back with me, although it unrivaled when I forgot to take it out my pants pocket before putting it in the clothes washer, whoops:
Thanks in advance for any replies, whether informative, entertaining, or some combination thereof!Mo' skimo here: NE Rando Race Series
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10-22-2021, 08:37 AM #2
No help identifying but here's another pic of cables in trees from the sawatch
Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
Cletus: Duly noted.
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10-22-2021, 11:32 AM #3
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10-22-2021, 08:01 PM #4
Possibly a timing wire, ran from start to finish line?
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10-23-2021, 12:18 AM #5Registered User
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Not new england but I've run across old wires from old pre radio forest service phone lines: https://foresthistory.org/wp-content...2/ChapterI.pdf
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10-23-2021, 01:46 AM #6
It’s det cord to blow an LZ.
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10-23-2021, 06:04 AM #7Registered User
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Looks like old aluminum electric wire to me. Probably the neutral, or maybe the insulator has already grown into the tree
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10-23-2021, 08:48 AM #8Gel-powered Tech bindings
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Mo' skimo here: NE Rando Race Series
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10-23-2021, 10:25 AM #9Registered User
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10-23-2021, 02:48 PM #10
Maybe it has something to do with sharks with lazerbeams. Did you notice windgusts in the area?
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10-24-2021, 08:21 AM #11
Obviously aliens
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11-02-2021, 06:42 PM #12Gel-powered Tech bindings
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this reminds me of my last honeymoon in Antigua where I met a cool local bro on the beach, he told me they call him " the wire man " cuz he makes sculptures out of wire
but he didn't have any cuz he can make more money selling dope, so of course i bought someLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-02-2021, 08:42 PM #15
Constipated bear.
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11-02-2021, 08:53 PM #16
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.
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11-02-2021, 09:31 PM #20
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11-02-2021, 09:35 PM #21
yep.....fp-45.
that little eyelet is where they attached the parachute.
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11-02-2021, 09:40 PM #22
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11-02-2021, 10:03 PM #23
Maybe a little flag popped up that said "BANG"?
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