

We don’t know how they did in the past, but nowadays, you can look up anything on the internet and get an answer in a few seconds. But sometimes, it’s not as simple as we think, since there are things that are hard to identify. That’s why these users helped each other find the answers about the small (and not-so-small) treasures that fell into their hands.
Now I’ve Seen Everything found these strange objects and brought them together for you to see if you can guess what they are and their purpose.
Answer: “It’s an emergency alert button for an in-building nurse. The apartment building may have once been an assisted living facility.”
Answer: “I’m not sure, but it looks like it might be a seed pod.”
Answer: “It’s a pocket handwarmer... an old one too. I used to have a few for camping and fishing. Haven’t seen this style for a while. You light the rod in the middle. It is a coal; you close it up and pop it in your pocket. Blow in it to stoke it up.”
Answer: “Old TV antenna. The kind you could remotely rotate to get better reception.”
Answer: “This is an art installation in a Brazilian university. This thing should be a meteor.”
Answer: “They kind of look like anti-fog inserts for Go Pro waterproof housing.”
Answer: “Vintage olive grabber tongs.”
Answer: “It is part of a bracelet or belt. It would have had companions, joined by links on all four corners.”
Answer: “It’s a testing chip. It goes through the metal detectors to ensure they’re working. There’s a problem here, though.
You send X number of testers, you get X number back. If you get X-1 or some other number, you stop the line until you find your chip. The entire purpose of the test is to make sure that stuff like this — which is supposed to simulate a foreign object — does not get through.
There’s usually paperwork to document this. Write to the outfit and tell them what you found, and rest assured there will be havoc on the other end.”
Answer: “It’s most likely an old dry pine sap, it burns really well, a lot of people use it as a fire starter, but it’s toxic in closed areas, hence the warning.”
Answer: “Codium bursa is a green marine alga of medium size.”
Answer: “A plate bender... We use these to conform plates to rounded or uneven surfaces so the plate can be flush against bone.”
Answer: “I asked my grandpa, and he said it looks like a match holder thing for discreetly holding matches. So, what it would do is pin through a shirt (pin is very similar to an earring), and you’d have a strike-anywhere match; and whenever you needed a match, you’d have one. He said one side should slide in completely and hold it, then the other side will only stick in part ways, so it’s an extended match. And you can use a majority of the match because it doubles as a handle, so you don’t burn yourself.”
Answer: “It’s a miners’ changing room. The hooks and baskets lift their work clothes up and out of the way of the next shift.”
Answer: “They are thorn guard strips, meant to be mounted inside bicycle tires, between the inside of the tire casing and the innertube. In theory, they help prevent tube punctures, and they do an OK job of it.”
Answer: “It’s a hairpin or a clothespin/brooch. If it’s something 2,000 years old, you need to see a professional at a museum/institute of archaeology to get it evaluated AND then get it insured.”
Answer: “I am leaning toward a washbasin, which explains why it’s so shallow but wide and decorative.”
Answer: “It’s probably a razor blade sharpener.”
Answer: “It’s a glass tool.”
Answer: “The pub is called The Wild Rose.”
Have you ever found things whose purpose you didn’t know? Tell us in the comments!