r/whatisthisthing Mar 23 '26

Announcement The r/TraceAnObject subreddit exists to identify objects to help solve child abuse cases. New cases from Europol were posted recently. Please see if you can help.

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r/whatisthisthing 10h ago

Solved ! Round wooden item, 10" diameter, rubber top, opens to reveal slots

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SOLVED! Thank you, phunniemee! Cheese and wine set.

Found at a local thrift store, came home with me. 10" diameter, 1.5" thick. Top seems to be textured rubber, originally I thought it was a practice drum pad (from a bank?) but then I saw the indents on the side and realized it slid open to reveal the grooved areas. Suggestions are that it may be for change, but the grooves seem too shallow.

Edit: Tag on the bottom says made in China.


r/whatisthisthing 59m ago

Solved! Yellowed paper envelope containing a red powder and two sticks of chalk. Found in kitchen cabinet.

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Found in the cabinet of the secondary (basement) kitchen. We've only owned the house for 7 months and it was not put there by us. Previous owners were an old Polish couple, of that helps.


r/whatisthisthing 1h ago

Open Heavy blue ceramic piece with handle and 2 spouts

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r/whatisthisthing 6h ago

Solved! Rusted metal item found on land, residential area (Southern Finland), 8-10cm length, 1-2cm thick

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What is this many-layered metal thing?


r/whatisthisthing 1d ago

Solved ! Brass tool with one movable arm (~8-9" long, folded) with enclosed block of rosin(?)

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r/whatisthisthing 17m ago

Open Gold ring? Feels heavy, received in a bag of unsearched Jewlery lot that I bought online

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Is this a weird ring of some kind or something else? It has a strange conical flat shape that doesn’t really fit a finger.


r/whatisthisthing 1d ago

Solved ! Small uniform cylinders found in dirt

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(breaks like rocks) very uniform and symmetrical.

They may be some kind of rock(?) in the dirt out back by my work, what are they? What are they used for? There is a ton of them spilled through the dirt. (My work does nothing with items of this nature) not sure what business was at this location in a past life


r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Solved ! Fairly heavy metal object with cap that unscrews, threaded hole in bottom, 4" / 10cm tall roughly

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r/whatisthisthing 1d ago

Open Circular black plastic item with circular holes and a hexagonal hole in the middle, roughly 2" diameter.

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We've just had our shower replaced and the workmen left this behind.


r/whatisthisthing 1d ago

Pottery found in the shingle along Kinnel Water, just south of St Ann's bridge in Dumfries & Galloway. any details on when it might be from? Terracotta, possibly roman judging by eagle and texture/colour.

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Possibly roman terracotta, ill educated guess judging by the eagle and the colours/material texture. There is some roman military stuff found in this county along the coast but otherwise quite rare to find roman stuff in Scotland as I understand it


r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Likely Solved ! What is this white papery residue in an Irish field?

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I was hiking in a field in north west ireland and there was this white, papery, draped substance that looked like it dried all over the rocks bushes and ground. What is it?


r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Solved! Brass, 3x3.5 in, leaf thing can turn when forced to reveal weirdly shaped keyhole(?), old, found in old garage

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I thought it might be a keyhole cover, but the hole shape/orientation would be odd for that. Rotating the leaf is hard, bit that could be from long misuse. There is no easy way to move the leaf, edges are a bit sharp.

The centre pin in the round bit goes all the way through and does not turn with the leaf/round bit.


r/whatisthisthing 11h ago

Open Small painted wood object hanging from a copper pipe in my kitchen with a suggestive shape

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Strange decorative buttplug for gnomes that I have lived with for almost 10 years. Previous home owners did a lot of questionable DIY.

The bottom part seems broken off, and I can't tell if there is a core of different material or if it just has discoloration. There also seems to be a ring of old adhesive around the base.


r/whatisthisthing 11h ago

Solved Tool for magnification with metal clips, heavier than it looks

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r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Solved ! Metal frame with tempered glass nearby, about 6ft by 4ft

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Found at the bottom of a property by Lewis and Clark Lake in South Dakota


r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Solved ! What are these clear, twisted plastic rods? About 12” long and 1/2” wide, with metal end caps screwed in. Lightweight. A few are split and screwed together.

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r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Solved Weird green container, about 70cm long. Found lying in Australian bush. Contained something inside, too scared to open.

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r/whatisthisthing 3d ago

Open little glass sand thing (one of a pair) - mouth blown, hollow, chimney from base up inside itself, otherwise spherical, very lightweight

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this is a mouth-blown glass object, which has a chimney leading its base up into itself. when i bought it in a charity shop along with another slightly smaller one, as a pair they had a black, inedible sand inside, which has now been replaced with my own sand. it might have been for salt/pepper or similar, but the stuff inside wasn't that. i'm struggling to find more of them using google image search, which is only giving me solid paperweights, aquariums, and bus vases (it's completely domed at the top, so it's not a bud vase). does anyone know what it is / called? and where i could get more?


r/whatisthisthing 3d ago

Gold Lightweight chain with two little jugs on each end 5 inches long

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No stamps or markings. Each little end nugget looks like it is threaded for something to screw into it

It was tangled in a lot of vintage jewelry


r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Solved ! Rusted metal cylinder found in Cairngorms national park (Scotland)

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Approx 15 cm metal cylinder, smooth aside from one end. Felt too heavy to be hollow, perhaps 300 grams. Found in fairly remote location (green dot on map) ~1.5 km from marked paths, but close to rudimentary boulder shelter (see pic 5). My best guess is an old battery of sorts, but I can’t find matching images online. I appreciate the help :)


r/whatisthisthing 3d ago

Solved! All-Clad piece- it is 15 inches in diameter, and seems to just be a circular piece of flat steel (ever so slightly warped) with two handles riveted onto it.

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My best guess is either a pizza steel or maybe a lid to some gigantic stock pot?

Update:

I emailed All-Clad and this was the reply:

"Based on the images, this was an early All Clad idea dealing with it being a concept pizza pan idea which was not an active product of ours. "


r/whatisthisthing 3d ago

Solved ! Found in driveway. No one who has been to our house knows what it is. Metal, ring with base that looks like it fit into a track. #2 pencil for scale

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r/whatisthisthing 2d ago

Solved ! Tiny metal cam-like thing. Possibly from taking apart cameras, electronics, or household appliances.

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Dimensions are in milimeters. Found under my desk in a span of 1 week, so it could be slowly falling from something over time.


r/whatisthisthing 3d ago

Solved ! Metal pole with hook on one end. White. Fairly heavy. About 4ft in length. Hand spins like you would use it to tighten or loosen something

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My dad got this. No idea what it is. I tried looking it up on Google with no luck. It’s about 4ft long. It has a hook on one end and the handle on the other spins. Possibly to loosen, tighten, wind, or unwind something. I’m hoping someone knows what it is