Silver Whatzits??

[Slabman]

Howdy fellow dirt fishermen,
I got out for a few hours this morning, before the sun here a mile up
started to cook my brain. I got into the yard of an old small house that
was built in 1886. I had really high hopes for this place, but I saw that
there was some dirt added to the front yard, and the back yard was
almost a solid layer of beer tops. Broke out the old Blue Max 600 coil,
and found some stuff in between the beer tops. Not much for old coins
but for a couple of wheats, and some clad. Found some marbles and a
glass bead.
Now for the whatzits. I have an idea of what they are, but I would like
to hear what you all have to say. They are made of solid silver and were
found with the 2 springs in the picture. All was found in about a 6" circle.
You can see where the springs were supposed to fit onto them, and I believe
they would hold some type of circular object. They weigh in at 2 grams apiece.
Let me know what you think.
HH Slabman

 

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[Merf]

Nice finds SM---WTG

 

[piggman1]

I have no idea what they are, but you have some pretty cool finds.

 

[Lucky boy]

Looks like my kind of day....2.5hrs in the park and 38cents clad

 

[desertfox]

Nice watch fob. I keep telling you all
I ain't no good at test so what is whatzits? HH and keep it swinging

Desertfox

 

[wildrider]

did you try putting the four together and the springs on the ends to hold them together? Maybe that would help id them.

 

[Ridley]

Don't know about the whatzits, but the Liberty Bell Fob is really cool!

Congratulations!



Ridley

 

[vision quest]

No ideas on the "whatzits" but the FOB is pretty nice...silver is nice no matter what shape it takes..

 

[Slabman]

OK guys & gals,
I'm not positive, but I think I've seen these things in old movie projectors.
Although, the ones that I've seen before, were quite a bit larger than these.
When I was a teenager, my dad bought an old movie projector from an old
drive in that went out of business. I thought he was nuts, until he took it apart,
and retrieved about 2 lbs of silver out of it. They looked like small ingots.
Now, with that being said, I just can't figure out what the application would
be for these things.

Slab

 

[txkickergirl]

could it be some kind of jewelry like a stretchy bracelet

Your finds look like mine from the weekend
minus the silver, the fob, the wheats, the marbles aww hell lets just name the stuff I found instead of what I did not...
Lets see that would be trash and some clad.

 

[Baldingboy]

Love the fob! Waaay coool.

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Hey Slabman,

Nice diggs. Some strange stuff.

I like the watch fob. Great picture. Very crisp close up. What model camera did you take it with. ( I ask this a lot, because I am looking for a new camera)

Thanks.

Ray S.

 

[Slabman]

Hey Ray,
I've got 2 older Sony DSC-S85's . They are only 4.1 MP, but still take
pretty nice pictures when you have correct lighting.
HH Slabman

 

[Nana40]

The fob find is my favorite too! Congrats!

Nana