Junk or what?

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Perhaps OT, but does anyone have any ideas what it could be?

 

There are no prizes, I’m on a pension.

 

Sam

First Clue – It was laying at the roadside.

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

What do you think it is?

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Remains of a reel of cable? though it looks a bit long.

[John OlsenParticipant @johnolsen79199]

Could it be a winding from a pole transformer? Is the wire copper? Have you had any lightning strikes or power outages lately?

 

(If it is copper, you should have taken it home…)

 

regards

John

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

Could it be the remains of an old (wood) water pipe?

 

Thor

[Peter TuckerParticipant @petertucker86088]

Hi Sam,

 

I think Thor is correct.

Personally I think its junk (perhaps interesting junk).

 

Peter.

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

Posted by Sam Stones on 04/04/2011 07:03:11:

Perhaps OT, but does anyone have any ideas what it could be?

 

There are no prizes, I’m on a pension.

 

Sam

First Clue – It was laying at the roadside.

Looks to me like a rotten old fence post (strainer) with the remains of the fencing wire still attached – was it about the same diam as a telegraph pole?

 

Regards,

Tony

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Sam, yes I to think it may be an old wooden pipe/tube for something or other. It may have been built a bit like a barrel, but instead of steel bands, it has the wire wound round it from one end to the other and then it would have been covered with a bitumus impregnated felt type material to make it leak proof.

 

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 04/04/2011 09:49:02

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi again sam, maybe it was a tunnel under the road for small animals to get from one field to another.

 

Regards Nick.

[_Paul_Participant @_paul_]

Snapped off telephone pole?

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Second Clue – The wire is 5/16″ (0.8mm) diameter steel.

[Anonymous]

Wot? I didn’t know Australia had devalued it’s millimetres! Is it part of Ms Gillard’s ‘moving forward’ plan?

 

Andrew

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Andrew Johnston! Naughty boy!

 

5/16″ was meant to be my Third Clue.

 

Who knows which direction our current politicians are going. They appear to be clue-less.

 

Sam

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Cos it wouldn’t be metric.

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

It’s a burned-out kangaroo snare.

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Steve,

 

No, it’s got nothing to do with kangaroos or any other type of non-human animal.

 

Could this be another clue?

 

OK, here’s my next clue – I’m told that it could be more than 100 years old!

 

Sam

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

Sam did you find this wherte the cross hangs in the sky?

Dick

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

I went back this morning to take some more pictures, and some bu. . . .er (sorry, someone) had nicked it.

 

Anyway, here’s another picture I took yesterday, to provide you with a closer look.

Notice the rings pressed into the black stuff, and the join lines running along the length.

 

Tomorrow, I’ll post some more pictures. It will then be clear to all what a surprising bit of junk this really is.

 

Regards,

 

Sam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited By Sam Stones on 05/04/2011 04:31:09

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

I have a feeling that if it is in a land where you cannot see Polaris it may be a letter box. Dick

 

 

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Under the Southern Cross I Stand

A sprig of wattle in my hand,

A native of my native land,

Australia you little beauty

A good try Richard, but . . .

 

Best regards,

 

Sam

 

Edited By Sam Stones on 05/04/2011 09:07:55

[MichaelRParticipant @michaelr]

Steam pipe or boiler lagging !!!

 

Stick

[NJHParticipant @njh]

 

Hi Sam

How about a water / drainage pipe or maybe even a bucket – wood waterproofed by covering with a tarred material & bound in place with wire. We need more information – a sense of scale would be useful.

Whatever it is it’s not going to be of any use for that clock case ( it all seems to have gone quiet on that front ) and I suggest you leave it where it is!

 

Regards

 

Norman

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

Posted by Sam Stones on 05/04/2011 01:24:46:

 

No, it’s got nothing to do with kangaroos or any other type of non-human animal.

 

 

Okay, it’s a burned out People snare.

Perhaps I should give up with the jokes…

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

I thought it was something that had fallen of my car. But luckily it is in Os, so can’t be.

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

It looks very much as if they are barrels bunged into each other and then wire wound for some reason.

The clue is in the staves of the barrel which show up as the lines in the wood.

For what eason I have no idea yet!

 

Clive

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