I found this metal detecting today. It's made of brass. Does anybody know what it is?
I found this metal detecting today. It's made of brass. Does anybody know what it is?
Joseph Johnson
Liam Moore
It's about 2' long
Christopher Collins
Adrian Collins
We're too not sure, but we're gonna need to tax you for it.
Jacob Cooper
Old measuring stick they were usually made of brass and used basically everywhere from tailors to carpenters had a few of them.
Jason Evans
Judging by the amount of tarnish it doesnt look very old, or it hasnt been in the elements very long at least.
Kayden Ortiz
Stick it in your ass.
Austin Myers
The markings aren't any standard measuring increment
Lucas Scott
Plus this thing weighs like 5 pounds
Jace Thompson
It's a surveyors stick.
Ryan Diaz
That's because it's a surveyor's stick, it's designed to be used in conjunction with a transit.
Adam Bennett
Excalibur
Samuel Perez
giant hit stick
Aiden Wood
And someone JUST LEFT it there?
Jacob Thompson
Its definitely in centimeters, take more pictures of the numbers
Eli Clark
So it would seem.
Tyler Smith
Maybe there's a dead surveyor nearby.
Nathan Torres
Andrew Smith
Jose Garcia
I was expecting something to be in the background. I am disappointed.
Logan Collins
The font stamped on the metal is the same gothic style font they used in the late 60s to early 80s when stamping metal. You dont see "2"s like that anymore.
Thomas Thomas
They usually used brass to measure fuel tanks or beer tanks . Can you tell us more about where you found it ? Even the country you’re in would help
Ethan Garcia
How do you know its brass? Score a small spot on it and post the pic. It doesnt look like red brass to me and depending on the type of brass it's made of I can approximate when it was made.
Wyatt Wright
Found it next to pond in the USA
Jack Butler
It’s an old clock pendulum
Jeremiah Jones
oh shit
Kevin Reed
Chase Wilson
I was looking for that, OP.
Gavin Torres
It looks like brass. It's not rusty. It's not magnetic and it's not aluminum because of the weight.
Easton Gonzalez
ruller
Xavier Wilson
So maybe something repurposed as a water level indicator . The spots on the side and it being flanged make it look like it’s supposed to be able to slide into something and be locked off at different spots
Nathaniel Gomez
*surveyor's ruler
Jack Bennett
fake?
Landon Foster
Yeah that's definitely brass. The more red the brass the higher the copper content. Red brass was used primarily from late 50s to late 80s but then copper prices went too high. I'm guessing it's a surveyor's tool from around then. That being said I would have expected much more tarnish if it was left out that long. Looks like no more than 5 to 10 years of tarnish. Maybe it was an older piece of equipment a modern surveyor was using then lost?
Asher Reed
Looks like some of the measurements were added afterwards or that some of the numbers stamped are newer ?
Oliver Sanchez
I can't believe no one has said this: it's a ruler of some sort
Aiden Nelson
This