10 unknown and mysterious things that people have come across (11 photos)

It is impossible to know everything in the world! Therefore, when people come across strange things, without instructions and a packaging box, they have no idea what functionality they have. It is good that there are ubiquitous users, and in special communities they solve even the most difficult problems.





1. What is this metal bracket that is about 5 inches long that I found in the driveway



This is a brake spring from a 2005 Ford F-150 or Expedition.

2. A small metal device that was located next to a wood heater





This is an antique forged iron shovel for coal or ash. Probably late 18th - early 19th century.

3. A very strange heavy object made of brass or bronze



This is an old oven rack puller.

4. A green plastic thing with a mesh filter? It fits comfortably in your hand and weighs almost nothing. It was sent to me from China without any identifying marks



A filter housing and dust collector for a small grinder.

5. A brass object, about ten centimeters long



This is a vajra, which means "lightning" in Sanskrit. A ritual and mythological weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism, combining the properties of a sword, mace and spear. Symbolizing, among other things, the masculine principle, the vajra is often used in rituals in tandem with a special bell, a ghanta, which in such cases denotes the feminine principle.

6. Does anyone know what this is? Saw it in a friend's bathroom, has a power button, holds 200 ml of water and runs on 2 batteries



Portable travel bidet with electric mini spray. Charges via USB cable.

7. Retractable metal rod extending from a solid door frame. It slides out without springs, has a hexagonal shape at the end, but does not screw to anything



This is a pull-out clothes hanger.

8. What are the little finger-sized pockets on this leather jacket for?



A hunting jacket. The shoulder is padded for a shotgun butt, and the small pockets are for ammo.

9. A red metal pistol. When you pull the trigger, the spring mechanism inside is triggered, but nothing else happens. Found it in an old work cabinet



This is a spark gun for lighting a torch. When you pull the trigger, a roller with a notch on the end should rotate, which rubs against a flint located at the top.

10. Black plastic, no numbers or letters. The "clamp" part can only be open or closed. The measurements on the front seem useless.



A tool for hemming fabric on a dressmaking mannequin. If you add that the wire hook is attached to the stand or stand on which the mannequin stands, then the measurement determines the width of the hem, and the clamp holds the fabric to pin it at the desired length.