Need help with ID, maybe pocket watch but not sure?

[JakePhelps]

I found this detecting in my neighbors field last summer, any ideas as to what it could be? I was thinking pocket watch but its kinda weird to be one...It has multiple layers and it opens and swings on a gear thingy.

 

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[rasrandy]

Maybe clock gears?
Interesting find though

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks like an electric timer, but I don't see any wires.

 

[JakePhelps]

oh forgot, its around the size of a half-dollar

 

[JakePhelps]

It used to have what looks like black paint/enamel on it.

 

[onamission]

Sure looks like an old fishing reel.. ...like an ABU GARCIA from the 40's or 50's.....I have one from the 60's and appears similar.

Tom

 

[JakePhelps]

Do you have a pic of yours or one similar? This is interesting cause i found an old fishing reel cover in the same dump

 

[PBK]

Not so sure about that ID, but if you think it might be a Garcia reel, as Onamission suggests, you can check it against a bunch of their schematics or exploded diagrams, available as PDF files at:

http://www.abugarcia.com//schematics/index.cfm

 

[hollowpointred]

ive fixed enough of my old fishing reels to id this as an old fishing reel.im 95% sure of it.

 

[onamission]

This one isn't mine however kinda like the one I was talking about....mine is in my storage as I live in Az. where there is no dang water hope this helps.
Tom

 

[Nana40]

The size of a half dollar?

Isn't that a bit small for a fishing reel?

 

[JakePhelps]

Thats for confirming what it is hollowpointred Know i know what to look for

Ill get a pic of what the cover thing i found looks like, i think it might go with this part.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I still think it's an old electrical timer. I will try to find one and take pic. I still don't have electric from Wilma, and my generator is finicky at best.

 

[onamission]

I believe the parts with several small holes act as brakes..... when the bait is cast out the brakes slow down the speed of the cast so that a backlash is less likely......
Tom

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I found an appliance timer motor and took a pic of it. I believe you have an older version of a timer motor.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Is it the North American equivelant of the Antikythera mechanism?

 

[stefen]

Looks like the combination locking mechanism for a old postal mail box...

 

[Gypsy Heart]

It looks like there are numbers on the front of it...a 1 and kind of looks like a 4 ,

 

[trk5capt]

JAKE, I Would Have Thought A Fly Fishing Reel, But The Size Is Not Right. trk5capt...

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Washer or refrigerator timer motor. Look at the little gear on the side. What would this exposed gear be doing on a fishing reel? Also the size.