✅ SOLVED Liquid inside but what is it

[bayou6895]

Found in area where civil war items found. Sounds like liquid inside when shaken. Please help, what is it?

 

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[CoilyGirl]

Coconut?

 

[CoilyGirl]

The first item could be grape shot.

 

[bayou6895]

Yes, it's metal container of some kind. 1st pic is just a top view to show width, you just can't see the stem (top) in the picture

 

[CoilyGirl]

Ok,gotcha now. Hmmm...scratching my head.

 

[bayou6895]

All three pictures are of the same item, just different views

 

[Breezie]

It looks like a small oil can.


Breezie

 

[Hawkeye35]

Looks like an old style oiler missing the spout and handle. Like the one Dorothy used to oil the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. It may not have had a handle though because it's so small.

 

[Alchemy]

I think Breezie's right. Plus, the only way any "liquid" could be in there, it'd have to be oil,
and have it still be liquid, without rotting the can (have that can as it is now cause of the oil. Water or anything else, would have rotted through).
Plus, it has the look of an oil squirt can.
Cool find! lol...I love finding stuff that still has it's contents!

 

[Helix]

Poke a small hole in it and see what's inside.

 

[forgetaboudit]

An old oil can for fishing reels. https://www.google.com/search?q=fis...DYDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1525&bih=741&dpr=0.9

 

[forgetaboudit]

Looks more like these
Vintage Oiler Oil Can Lot | eBay

 

[taz42o]

Looks like a grease cup but i cant tell for sure.

2 Grease Cup Oil Hit Miss Gas Steam Tractor Fuel Engines Motor 1 2 inch NPT | eBay

 

[kevenandre]

I think it looks like a parafin oil can. But I would be careful opening it before an expert can tell you exactly what it is.

 

[fmfdoc]

Shape and size are consistanct with an ink well. I have never seena metalic one, though. IF it were part of an officer's wagon/mobile office, it could very well be made of metal to keep from breaking in the wagon......

 

[Lifes A Garden...Dig IT]

Coconut?

At 1 1/2". More like a petrified meatball . What are we thinking? A coconut is much bigger than 1 1/2" and food can't be detected anyways

 

[gldnbrew]

Looks like a grease cup but i cant tell for sure.

2 Grease Cup Oil Hit Miss Gas Steam Tractor Fuel Engines Motor 1 2 inch NPT | eBay

I concur with Taz. I think he has done it again.

 

[gldnbrew]

Looks like a grease cup but i cant tell for sure.

2 Grease Cup Oil Hit Miss Gas Steam Tractor Fuel Engines Motor 1 2 inch NPT | eBay

I concur with Taz. I think he has done it again.

 

[gunsil]

Breezie's close, Taz is correct.

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

Considering the Dare ruler it would be pretty ironic if it turned out to hold something that caused civil war soldier sickness ; )