This is interesting... never dug anything like it (Solved by ME!)

[chukers]

this is unlike any find I have found before... its a plastic ball thing with a few METAL items rattling around in it... its about he size of a quarter... anyone seen anything like this? I wasn't going to break it open... but if I must... I forgot what it rang up as... I'll find out tomorrow... but it did ring up good enough for me to dig it in the first place!


chukers

 

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[Lucas]

The letters and numbers are reversed too.

 

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[chukers]

The letters and numbers are reversed too.

Actually they look upside down... that would explain the poles being backwards... but it would only float one way...

Maybe it suppose to float upside down.

Chukers

 

[White Feather]

Depending on how it is mounted it would be reversed so it could be read through a reflection or from the opposite side. It's not uncommon for a compass to be read from the opposite side. To avoid confusion it would be reversed and the printing would have to be backwards. It's hard to have to look behind you at a compass and try to reverse the readings in your head. If the compass is reversed it will look correct if you have to turn and look at it behind or through a mirror. Look at yours in a mirror, or even as in some overhead configurations, above your head. I have one compass aboard my boat that is read from the back side because it is mounted on a bulkhead behind me. If you set in front it would look backwards. I'm facing west and read west but if the compass was in front it would read east. Looking into a mirror will reverse the images. Look at yours in a rear view mirror.

P.S. I believe the "half hole" would be for wires. It could contain a small bulb for night time visibility.

 

[DialM]

Really? Backwards? Upside-down? Come on! It doesn't point, it indicates heading. Imagine it mounted on top of a dashboard: Pointing North, you would see "N" and if you turned right, you would see "E."

 

[Got_4by4]

Not to ruffle any ones feathers, I will offer a "visual" explanation.
This first image shows a 'normal' compass mounted to a plastic base.
It is meant to be viewed from the top. The red needle inside the compass
itself always points to 'magnetic' North. Whereas, if you point the arrow
of the plastic base in the direction you are moving towards, then this
is your 'heading'. Having a clear base makes this one work well with
paper maps.

The second image is a 'Heading' compass. It is only meant to be viewed
from the side, whether it is mounted on the dashboard of your car or boat
or if it were mounted to the roof or ceiling.


So, the compass in question is definitely the 'later'.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Really? Backwards? Upside-down? Come on! It doesn't point, it indicates heading. Imagine it mounted on top of a dashboard: Pointing North, you would see "N" and if you turned right, you would see "E."

Correct and good explanation by Got4x4. You guys had me worried for awhile as I was reading down the page.

I had a plastic cheapo like this one. It was the same "heading" type and it always confused me. It had a clip to attach to a shirt pocket and I guess you are supposed to look down for heading if I remember correctly. . I never liked it. Thats probably what broke. Mine had a pointed cheap clip like that of a brooch.. Its out in the woods somewhere... waiting for the next MDer to find it...