Mat in MA
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- Joined
- Feb 8, 2008
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- Location
- Central Massachusetts
- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Silver µMax, DetectorPro Head Hunter Wader, White's MXT, Garrett GTA500, White's Bullseye II pin pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I Still Don't Know What These Are. ***SOLVED***
I've had many people on different forums make guesses from cookie cutters to beach chair parts for these little blue things. Many insist that they are cookie cutters, but I don't buy it, they're just too small. I've done extensive searching on the internet and still haven't found an answer to this puzzle.
They are not sand toys. Every bag of sand toys I've ever seen have toys made out of plastic. They also have more than one shape in the bag and each is usually a different color.
These have been found by detectorists from Maine to the Gulf Coast and only on salt water beaches. Everyone that has found one says that they are all THE SAME COLOR, SIZE and SHAPE. Some may be more rusted than others but they are all exactly the same. Where did they come from? What are they used for?
My thought is that they are something off of a boat or ship of some kind, possibly a fishing or lobster boat. I have spoken with lobster and fishing people and they don't know what they are either and they are not part of lobster traps.
[size=large]My thanks to WaterWalker and Jim W. for the solution to my puzzle. These things are also known as "Bottomless Boats". In reality they are part of a Sand Castle building set. These are used as doors and windows. Again, thanks guys for the solution and Happy Hunting!!![/size]
I've had many people on different forums make guesses from cookie cutters to beach chair parts for these little blue things. Many insist that they are cookie cutters, but I don't buy it, they're just too small. I've done extensive searching on the internet and still haven't found an answer to this puzzle.
They are not sand toys. Every bag of sand toys I've ever seen have toys made out of plastic. They also have more than one shape in the bag and each is usually a different color.
These have been found by detectorists from Maine to the Gulf Coast and only on salt water beaches. Everyone that has found one says that they are all THE SAME COLOR, SIZE and SHAPE. Some may be more rusted than others but they are all exactly the same. Where did they come from? What are they used for?
My thought is that they are something off of a boat or ship of some kind, possibly a fishing or lobster boat. I have spoken with lobster and fishing people and they don't know what they are either and they are not part of lobster traps.
[size=large]My thanks to WaterWalker and Jim W. for the solution to my puzzle. These things are also known as "Bottomless Boats". In reality they are part of a Sand Castle building set. These are used as doors and windows. Again, thanks guys for the solution and Happy Hunting!!![/size]
