Can U Ident this Object?

[ulflyer]

This is a topic on a motorscooter forum where some guy
came across this object in an attic. Looks military. Anyone
know what it is?

http://burgmanusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=30305

 

[rbernie]

Site requires registration.

 

[ronwill]

So that we won't all have to log onto the bergmanusa site, could you possibly copy and paste the picture? Thanks.

 

[DesertDawg]

You have to register and log in to take a look. I'm not into motor scooters, so.....!

 

[ulflyer]

Unident Obkect

Sorry guys, I don't know how to copy and paste. Tried what I could but nothing worked. Anyway, it sorta looks
like some sort of all metal shovel handle.

 

[GigaBuist]

Here's the pictures.

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

Looks like part of a segmented post

 

[Rachen]

It looks like some anti-tank device.

But it could be just a pipe segment.

The green powdercoat gives the thing a real World War II military look.

 

[cane]

Would help if we had some idea as to the scale of this. A picture with a ruler would help.

 

[dogmush]

scale would help, but it looks like part of a tent pole

 

[Dravur]

That there is

a WWII Russian Soldier Mine detecting kit.

 

[CYANIDEGENOCIDE]

its a framis rod, you can tell by the glomulator fitting at the end!

 

[Sindawe]

Looks like an axle or spindle for some form of machinery. Then end on the left looks like its been precision machined for accepting some other bit of metal.

 

[shdwfx]

It’s an acupuncture needle (for dinosaurs).

 

[OldLt]

It appears to be a tent pole used with a shelter half. Each soldier carried 1/2 of a tent in his kit. It consisted of a tarp and three segmented poles. Two soldiers would combine these pieces into one tent when needed.

N.K.

 

[EShell]

It does look a little like an old shelter-half tent pole, but, it looks to be all steel . . . could it be a pintle mount?

 

[kingpin008]

could it be a pintle mount?

Now now, there's no need for profanity.


Besides, it's clear to me that what we're looking at in this pic is much, much more ancient than any run-of-the-mill WWII object.

What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is Goliath's Toothpick.

 

[SDC]

That's 1/4th of a grid square.

 

[Bobarino]

i'm thinking a leg of a machine gun tri-pod?

Bobby

 

[qajaq59]

From the look of it that sure must have been one DIRTY attic.

 

[25 Pdr]

Looks like a tool for removing boy scouts from horses hooves.

 

[ColinthePilot]

I was thinking it looked like the perfect tool to scrape elephant poo off of tank treads.

 

[JR1]

That is one heck of a big firing pin. Looks like it came out of Paul Bunyon's AR-15.

 

[rcmodel]

Well, a few things it isn't.

It isn't a pintle mount for a MG.
The pintle pin is on the gun. The mount is a socket for it to fit in.

It isn't a shelter-half tent pole.
They are wood, with a rolled sheet metal pin on the end.

It could be a pole segment for a very large wall tent, but those used to be mostly wood as I recall.

rcmodel

 

[RyanM]

Maybe it's some kinda tamping iron?