a beach find-SOLVED

[vibes]

I'm thinking it's a light cover for a boat? I dunno. Found it on a Lake Michigan beach.

I'm posting from work and the itme is at home...but it's appprox. 2-3" and it's glass, not plastic

 

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[artyfacts]

Re: a beach find

I thought of a jewel for stained glass but noticed the identifying numbers on the edge of the lens. Lens to a lantern or boat. Red right return. Arty

 

[vhs07]

Re: a beach find

It's a red cap to an indicator light. Commonly seen on control panels. They make them both plain and jeweled.

 

[diggummup]

Re: a beach find

So what's that lettering on the underside of the rim? Lemme know when you get home.

 

[vibes]

Re: a beach find

I thought of a jewel for stained glass but noticed the identifying numbers on the edge of the lens. Lens to a lantern or boat. Red right return. Arty

Thanks I should incorporate this into a nautical themed mosaic
... but am not yet marking it as solved.

There's a lot of marks/etchings/writing around the entire edge of the piece. I have a jewelers loupe and STILL can't make it out.

 

[vhs07]

Re: a beach find

It's a red cap to an indicator light. Commonly seen on control panels. They make them both plain and jeweled.

http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/english-store/Pilot-lights-c-30_53/

 

[artyfacts]

Re: a beach find

Indicator lights are usually small. Unless your talking about giant machinery. Were the dimensions correct. 2 1/2 - 3 inches?

 

[celtex]

Re: a beach find

Boats running light lens cover?

 

[Monty]

Re: a beach find

Reflector for rearend of a boat, car or bicycle or some other wheeled vehicle. Monty

 

[Newt]

Re: a beach find

Looks like a lantern jewel to me. They were used on Railroad cabooses and they hung they for navigation purposes.

I dug one whole one and several broke one's in a railroad dump.
Here's mine:

 

[vibes]

Re: a beach find

Indicator lights are usually small. Unless your talking about giant machinery. Were the dimensions correct. 2 1/2 - 3 inches?

yep, correct dimensions

 

[kyphote]

Re: a beach find

vhs07 seems to have already nailed it. Why more discussion and not a green check?

http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/english-store/Pilot-lights-c-30_53/

 

[vibes]

Re: a beach find

vhs07 seems to have already nailed it. Why more discussion and not a green check?

http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/english-store/Pilot-lights-c-30_53/

What's it to you don't be a turd.

 

[kyphote]

Re: a beach find

vhs07 seems to have already nailed it. Why more discussion and not a green check?

http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/english-store/Pilot-lights-c-30_53/

What's it to you don't be a turd.

Just wondering why his identical picture hadn't been acknowledged. Didn't mean for my comment to come across turd-like at all, and my apologies if it offended you.

 

[Hill Billy]

Where's the green check mark if this one is solved?
Huh, tell me huh?
pfffft women

 

[artyfacts]

The picture of the control lenses supplied is not the same. If you look carefully its faceted on the outside and they are 22mm wide not even close to the 2 1/2 to 3 inches. The pictures are of a railroad lantern lens and a car lens. The railroad lantern lens is 3 1/2 inches.

 

[kyphote]

The picture of the control lenses supplied is not the same. If you look carefully its faceted on the outside and they are 22mm wide not even close to the 2 1/2 to 3 inches.

Hmmm, good point. This is sort of the insight I was fishing for when I asked the "why hasn't this been marked solved?" question that somehow made me a "turd".

 

[artyfacts]

Whats a turd?

 

[kyphote]

Whats a turd?

The gift my two year-old leaves me daily.

 

[artyfacts]

Re: a beach find

Looks like a lantern jewel to me. They were used on Railroad cabooses and they hung they for navigation purposes.

I dug one whole one and several broke one's in a railroad dump.
Here's mine:

Nice find Newt. Its a real sparkler, must look good in the light. Arty