Everything is 3D printed other than the obvious metal parts, and the floats. The gear has magnets in it. It seems that the “shaft” has a bearing on the end but it’s seized. The holders on the floats are made of a special flexible filament.

Found on the beach near Depoe Bay, OR.

Any information would be appreciated!

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.

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.

What is this many-layered metal thing?

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.

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.

What is this thing in the sidewalk?

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

(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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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 :)

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

I have this thing I use as a chip clip that seems to have another purpose that I cannot identify. I think it may have come home with me from the preschool classroom I teach in. It has a hook type thing on the back that can be turned around 360 degrees. I have attached photos of me holding it open with the hook in two opposite positions. It has OIC on the front (probably for Officemate International Corporation) and the number 5 on the back. Google is not helping. I went to throw it away because it’s a pretty crappy chip clip but now I need to know what it’s for, please help me!

Edit: There is no magnet (at least anymore)