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Sam Stones04/04/2011 07:03:11
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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.
JasonB04/04/2011 07:28:12
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Remains of a reel of cable? though it looks a bit long.
John Olsen04/04/2011 07:40:42
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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 🇳🇴04/04/2011 08:11:49
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Could it be the remains of an old (wood) water pipe?
 
Thor
Peter Tucker04/04/2011 08:29:21
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Hi Sam,
 
I think Thor is correct.
Personally I think its junk (perhaps interesting junk).
 
Peter.
Tony Jeffree04/04/2011 09:21:52
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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 Farr04/04/2011 09:48:10
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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 Farr04/04/2011 10:21:03
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Hi again sam, maybe it was a tunnel under the road for small animals to get from one field to another.
 
Regards Nick.
_Paul_04/04/2011 16:19:05
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Snapped off telephone pole?
Sam Stones04/04/2011 23:28:28
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Second Clue - The wire is 5/16" (0.8mm) diameter steel.

Andrew Johnston04/04/2011 23:34:26
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Wot? I didn't know Australia had devalued it's millimetres! Is it part of Ms Gillard's 'moving forward' plan?
 
Andrew
Sam Stones05/04/2011 00:00:08
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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 Stones05/04/2011 00:03:03
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Cos it wouldn't be metric.
Steve Garnett05/04/2011 00:37:31
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It's a burned-out kangaroo snare.
Sam Stones05/04/2011 01:24:46
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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 Parsons05/04/2011 04:24:29
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Sam did you find this wherte the cross hangs in the sky?
Dick
Sam Stones05/04/2011 04:30:14
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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 Parsons05/04/2011 06:56:41
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I have a feeling that if it is in a land where you cannot see Polaris it may be a letter box. Dick
 
 
Sam Stones05/04/2011 09:07:10
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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

MichaelR05/04/2011 09:09:22
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Steam pipe or boiler lagging !!!
 
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