my strangest find???

[Pedersen]

So up comes this round ball with an 82 signal on ATP, found out at about four inches. I rub the dirt off and it seems like I have an eye ball with a safety pin through it type of finial thing?!?!?!! It could be silver plate or possibly all silver but does have some sort of corrosion on a welded spot? Very heavy. Its got my whole family puzzled!

 

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[ARC]

That has got to be in the top ten strangest items I have seen on Tnet.

 

[Loco-Digger]

I'd be happy to dig that up! Very strange.... It might be the year of the eye.

I dug this one up a few weeks ago..

 

[ARC]

The only thing that comes to mind is...
Remember the "Garbage pale kids" or whatever hey were called...
They had a cast of characters like "bloodshot scott" and such...

Some weird thing like that.

 

[Broken knee]

Welcome to Tnet. To me it looks like part of a silver baby rattle,pacifier from the safety pin on the bottom, or the top how ever you were suppose to hold it? Neat find. HH
BK
To add to this it's 1849 or later the safety pin was invented in 1849 by Walter Hunt.

 

[PhillyMike68]

Me To...

 

[sutphin]

GOT YOU PUZZLED WHAT ABOUT ME,VANZUTPHEN

 

[tamrock]

Maybe the handle end of a carnival cane?

 

[Subterranean]

Safety pins were (maybe still are) the decoration of choice for "Punk Rockers." Could it have something to do with that? A punk rock hair pin, (chopstick looking thingy.) Hah, it is weird! Sub

 

[TheRingFinder]

It looks to be a Christmas tree ornament - The top is where you would put in the wire hanger like most bulbs.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

That one is high with the "Wierd" force a pegaro of 10 on the metered scale

 

[david680]

It looks like a representation of a oversize mammary, with a elongated nipple and a safety pin piercing. Very punk, or even emo.

 

[Pedersen]

Yes I have been thinking pierced nipple too but its just SO STRANGE I can't put my finger on it! Totally have a lot of people stumped!

 

[ARC]

Um...
Did a google search... using the term "metal pierced eyeball"...

All I can say is ... heh.

 

[CRUSADER]

The end of a Riding Crop.

 

[releventchair]

Looks like goth meets steampunk.
I'm leaning towards TheRingFinder's ornament idea.
The area for a ferrule with attachment to hang looks right.

 

[DCMatt]

Possibly broken off a Big Daddy Roth rat fink/hot rod art piece from the 60's? There are lots of bulging eyeballs in that art form... But I didn't see any with safety pins.

 

[DCMatt]

60's vintage license plate bolt?