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Treasure Finds => Find Values and Identification => Topic started by: Paul van Heerden on February 03, 2014, 11:41 AM

Title: A beach find - What is it
Post by: Paul van Heerden on February 03, 2014, 11:41 AM

I found this thing on the Uvongo beach over the weekend, but I have no clue what it is. It is hollow like a tube, has what looks like a copper band at the bottom, a brass body, then some other metal (aluminium?), and then finally a rubber top with a small spring around the rubber. The spring nearly looks like an O ring

Title: A beach find - What is it
Post by: Danny on February 03, 2014, 12:57 PM

(https://metaldetectingforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F02%2F03%2Frehy6uny.jpg&hash=cc0b82ec0cf8dcaad95e2d1148d9bce96459038f)That is a valve guid I add a pick for you there is a rubber with a spring that fit on top called valve stem seal  (https://metaldetectingforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F02%2F03%2Fu3yna2a2.jpg&hash=051b644ba9ad62dc245e284c5f024fab5fadffae)


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Title: Re: A beach find - What is it
Post by: Paul van Heerden on February 03, 2014, 02:07 PM

Thanks Pickers. I think that is exactly what I have

Title: Re: A beach find - What is it
Post by: TinCup on February 03, 2014, 09:54 PM

Cool find , some one overhauling there engine in the bush hahahahaha

Title: Re: A beach find - What is it
Post by: TinCup on February 03, 2014, 10:00 PM

I think someone used this as a sinker of sought s

Title: Re: A beach find - What is it
Post by: boerkieboer on February 04, 2014, 04:47 PM

 ;)

Title: Re: A beach find - What is it
Post by: Paul van Heerden on February 04, 2014, 06:23 PM

I thought it might be something real cool. Oh well...

Title: Re: A beach find - What is it
Post by: boerkieboer on February 07, 2014, 05:48 PM

If you go read up on it and what it is used for and all the ingeneering going into that little pecie it is real cool