Don't know if these are nautical or not but saw them on a boat. They are metal and heavy for the size. Don't think they are lead, more like steel. Any ideas?
What is this?
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Looks like a Caltrop, whichever way it lands there's spikes up, if it's as big as it looks maybe for use against wheeled vehicles, troop trucks.
I had never heard of a caltrop so I looked it up. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop That is ONE menacing-looking weapon! Could it be a self- righting wheel chock? If so I would expect to see it on the trailer or in the tow vehicle instead of on the boat. But I really think it could be used as such. (Assuming it's not a landmine.)
It kinda looks to have something to do with a cannonball. A small holder, not unlike a brass monkey?
(A shot in the dark)..
(A shot in the dark)..
Ken may have it right as I can remember seeing a large version of these on a shoreline somewhere, presumably to keep boats from landing. (I have traveled all over the world in my 21 yrs in Navy & Army) Chief
If you look close you will see that the ends have what used to be a bearing surface on them (not a point so it can't be a caltrop) My bet is that this was the muffler bearing for the flux capacitor in a bigger boat.
Seriously it has 6 bearing surfaces at 90 degrees to each other so I'm really thinking it is some part of either a gyroscope for a BIG boat.
Seriously it has 6 bearing surfaces at 90 degrees to each other so I'm really thinking it is some part of either a gyroscope for a BIG boat.
Couldn't a caltrop have detachable points on it that remain in the tire, such as the stop-strip, used by law enforcement to halt a chase?
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