15 mysterious things that require identification (16 photos)

The world is full of various objects, and you need to be a real know-it-all to immediately understand what is intended for what. But it's good that in our time you can turn to numerous users for advice, who crack any complex problems like nuts. In this post you will see mysterious things.





1. After a small operation in the Dominican Republic, I was given a gauze bandage, and inside it was a strange capsule with a spring. What is it intended for?



This medical dressing is called Raytec and is a sponge used in surgery. This part is an RFID tag. It is used to find the sponge if it is left inside the patient as it can become soaked with blood and be very difficult to see. Usually at the end of the procedure a scan is done to make sure there are no sponges left inside.

2. My family received this item after a family friend died. He traveled all over the world for work and often bought local handicrafts





This is a set of seals or stamps. If the bottom of each little piece is smooth, you can carve your name into them. In Asia, they are used the same way we use signatures - to sign official documents and make legally binding contracts.

3. The cloth pad that hangs from a hotel doorknob. What is it used for?



This is to keep the door from closing. You put a loop on each side of the door handle, and the cushion keeps the door from closing so you can get your luggage in.

4. The rectangular block that looks like concrete in the back of my new dishwasher, wrapped in plastic



It serves as a counterweight to reduce the chance of the dishwasher tipping forward when you open the door and remove the rack. Many new washers and dryers even have huge concrete blocks inside, above the drum, and they are shaped to fit the drum as tightly as possible. They are mounted on springs and act as shock absorbers to keep the unit from shaking.

5. Something like a lounge chair with a hole in the seat that hides some kind of motor or device, and there is a cord that can be plugged into an outlet. The neighbors threw it out



Pelvic steam baths are a warming procedure, sometimes with herbs, including for the treatment of various inflammatory diseases of the female organs.

6. Bought at an estate sale, but no one knows what it was used for



This is a horse massager, also designed for training. It is mainly used for racehorses. The idea is that you are simultaneously accustoming the horse to the massage after training, and also training it with the clicking sound.

7. A small plastic object with a microchip inside



This is a microwave leak tester. You hold it to the edges of the microwave door and the little neon light inside lights up orange when it is exposed to microwave radiation.

8. Two metal bowls with a stand and brackets



This is a large oyster dish. It's where you serve oysters on ice, and the little bowl is where you get the cocktail sauce or whatever people put on the oysters. The clips are probably to hold it to some kind of stand, because it's a little wobbly because of its shape.

9. What's that bag with the white hearts on it? They're made of something that looks like chalk, but it's much harder than chalk.



These are unpainted air fresheners, and they can be used to scent your laundry. You put a little bit of scented oil on them, and the porous surface keeps the scent going for a while.

10. A wooden barrel tied to a tree. Looks like it's hollowed out from the inside with two holes and a plastic lid



This is a swarm trap for bees. Natural reproduction of a beehive occurs by the separation of one or more swarms in the spring. They are hung in a tree or under the eaves while the scouts search for a place to start a new hive. Once a suitable site is found, they move there to build.

11. Hand tool with a rotating cone activated by the thumb



A tool for removing stones from stone fruits.

12. A silver round hole in the wall with a door that opens outwards in a hotel



A garbage chute used by hotel staff.

13. A double spoon-shaped thing made of stainless steel



Doctors used spoons like these to measure out medicine. They were easier to carry in travel bags.

14. Got this as a gift but I don't know what it is. I thought it was a candle holder at first because of the spikes in the middle. Pretty light



This is a flower stand. The spiked thing inside is called a "frog" and is used in flower arrangements to hold the stems down and upright. This item is meant to hold a small flower arrangement in a corner on a shelf.

15. Silver Circle Found in a Jewelry Box at a Thrift Store



Antique Baby Rattle and Teething Ring.