Odd old (?) metal object

[Silvermarten]

Found this odd thing in my back yard while playing with my new detector .
It's heavy for it's size ( 4 inches ) , hollow , 2 slots in one side . Has some engraving on it . VERY hard to read , *may* say Reliall ? or possably Reliabb ?
Under that has the following :
SOL
STR
PAT 2144050

Any ideas

 

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[PBK]

The pat. # is for an electrical line splice patented in 1939:

http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid...&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

 

[Silvermarten]

Thankyou

I'm thrilled to have found it .
I'm very new to MD'ing . Have been learning with an old Whites coinmaster . Had such fun I upgraded to a used DFX . So this is my first DFX find and oldest find to date .

Thanks again for the help .

( now if only I can learn to post better photos _

 

[PBK]

It's great to have you with us, Silvermarten! I'll be watching for your future posts and finds.

All the best,
PBK

 

[Postalrevnant]

Welcome to the forum and the hobby Silvermarten. Interesting find. Even those finds we know are not really worth much if anything can sometimes be really cool. Especially in our quest to find out what exactly it is.

I will be looking forward to your future finds and all of those firsts awaiting you.

Postalrevnant

 

[knosko]

I have one of these but it has glass center. Same patent number. Is there any significance to the center being glass?

 

[NVNutcase]

Can't imagine one of these with glass. Look up Reliable splices and see if the one you have is similar.