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BishopLynch

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• Jun 26, 2022

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Swimming in a CNY creek today and I pulled this from the bottom.
Has an arrow on one end, a star on the other and then what looks like 1836 or 1838 in the middle. Opposite side is just arrow and a star. Made of clay?

 

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stetam

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• Jun 26, 2022

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Some sort of insulator?

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cellrdwellr

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• Jun 26, 2022

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I was thinking it housed 4 prongs, and is part of a fluorescent light bulb. Not entirely sure though...

 

BishopLynch

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• Jun 26, 2022

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The arrow looks like it points to a notch.

 

EmuDetector

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• Jun 26, 2022

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Looks like a spacer under a vacuum tube like in an amplifier. They are set a certain way, so a directional arrow could make sense. But if the numbers are a date, it won't make sense.

 

teotwawki12

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• Jun 26, 2022

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EmuDetector said:

Looks like a spacer under a vacuum tube like in an amplifier. They are set a certain way, so a directional arrow could make sense. But if the numbers are a date, it won't make sense.

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Made me think of this old bulb I brought back from a dump because I found it interesting.... I have it sitting in a white porcelain light bulb base (also from the dump) in a cabinet in my basement. If that spacer fits, I might need to find one to complete the set!

Edit: I see mine has RCA on it so I suppose it’s a tube from an old radio. I am trying to find photos of the guts of these radios to see if I can find that ceramic piece….also, that new big head Washington quarter looks goofy!

 

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EmuDetector

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• Jun 27, 2022

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teotwawki12 said:

Made me think of this old bulb I brought back from a dump because I found it interesting.... I have it sitting in a white porcelain light bulb base (also from the dump) in a cabinet in my basement. If that spacer fits, I might need to find one to complete the set!

Edit: I see mine has RCA on it so I suppose it’s a tube from an old radio. I am trying to find photos of the guts of these radios to see if I can find that ceramic piece….also, that new big head Washington quarter looks goofy!

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Yup, that's an old vacuum tube! They will glow a little, but not like a light.