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dadmetal2000

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What can this be? I haven’t got a clue.
Measure is 5 cm in picture, roughly 2 inches.

The metal body is intact and has a lens in one end (going through I think) and it seems possibly broken in the tip..



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I feel like it is missing it's whole other half. (if you imagine it as a pen light or pointer)
 
A flashlight or laser pointer would usually be made of lightweight aluminum. This looks like a thick piece of brass or something similar.

I posted a photo of a nozzle yesterday, this looks like it is more akin to that.
 
John Madill said:
A flashlight or laser pointer would usually be made of lightweight aluminum. This looks like a thick piece of brass or something similar.

I posted a photo of a nozzle yesterday, this looks like it is more akin to that.
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Thanks!

Agree that it’s not like a laser pointer, but I thought maybe it was old (how old can a laser thing be?). What are you thinking about the glass (lens) inside? What kind of nozzle could it be?


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There used to be small screwdrivers that you could change the blade on - the brass handle screwed off - but don't know what the lens could be.
 
Looks like they were meant to nest inside each other, maybe the lens is a cap removed to get smaller screwdrivers out?
 

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Looks like they were meant to nest inside each other, maybe the lens is a cap removed to get smaller screwdrivers out?
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Thanks! The handle is very alike and is clearly to get a good grip so I think it is a good guess, only thing it is really small in diameter so I don’t think it could be anything inside.


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dadmetal2000 said:
Guess what I actually think you are right. The point is broken off and what i thought was glass might be plastic. Thanks a lot!!
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That's a fun find! If that is a dart barrel, then perhaps you're the first detectorist to post one here on FMDF; I certainly don't recall seeing one posted before. It looked so familiar to me, but I couldn't place it at first, though the light-pen sounded plausible. Congrats on the interesting recovery! And way to go, Jeff (and others), on the nice identification.
 
Princess said:
That's a fun find! If that is a dart barrel, then perhaps you're the first detectorist to post one here on FMDF; I certainly don't recall seeing one posted before. It looked so familiar to me, but I couldn't place it at first, though the light-pen sounded plausible. Congrats on the interesting recovery! And way to go, Jeff (and others), on the nice identification.
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Thanks [emoji4]
It was so obvious when it was finally cracked! I was so stuck in my mind that it was a lens or glass at one end.


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