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Submitted by bob on Sun, 2021-02-28 20:05
Hello all,
Along with the Japanese dog tag pictured below, I also dug up two more items. All found in the hills below Jardine's Lookout, Wong Nai Chong area. Can anyone enlighten me as to what they are/what they were used for. Thank you.
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Very mysterious! No idea what
Very mysterious! No idea what they could be, unfortunately.
Were they all found together, or are they three individual finds?
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Is the metal object with a chain solid or hollow? If hollow could be something used to snuff out a candle etc.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/945361584/brass-candle-snuffer-vintage?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=candle+snuffer+set&ref=sr_gallery-1-6&from_market_listing_grid_organic=1
The other object could be an orange peeler.
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All three items were found on Jardines lookout but not together,The spoon on a chain is curved at the flat end for scooping,Im thinking it was part of a condiment dispenser and was used for scattering salt on food.Was found just off the main road near Parkview along with buttons bullets and and a live mortar round from WW2! It's possible that it was discarded Japanese booty, or someone just lost it whilst having a picnic!
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The metal object on the chain is chrome plated brass, not hollow.The other object is flat on one side as if it slides under something,maybe a hair / lapelle pin ?. Cheers.
Bob
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From this one photo, I thought that it was bell-shaped. It would help to appreciate the real shape if you can photo it from a few angles.
Mystery Object 2
Purely a guess on my part but
Purely a guess on my part but think the two items are a letter opener and a coin. In connection with the latter, I have a 1939 1 ANNA indian coin bearing the head of George VI King emperor with twelve 'lumpy' sides measuring 20mm across. Have also got a few six and eight sided british colonial coins of that vintage.
Bob
Mystery object 2
Item on the left is definitely a hair accessory. I have a few of them which I sent off to be auctioned, but there was no interest, so probably not worth much.
Picture 3 Looks like a tongue cleaner and an old India coin
Don't know how accurate but seen one back in the day , also just look up Indian anna
Could also be a bone marrow scraper
If the object is Indian in origin then it could be the thing that used to scrape out marrow in a cooked bone broth
coin
I may have misunderstood, but I just assumed the coin at the side (a HK 20c) was placed there to give the actual item some scale and wasn't needing identification itself.
Mystery object
Looks like a hair stick to me. Try google 銀髮簪 images you can see something similar.
Coin
Maybe I misunderstood too Phil, clarity of item on the right not the best in the two photographs so I assumed it needed identification as well, two preceeding items had either a gridded background or ruler for scale. The 1 ANNA coin I have would be about the size of a HK 20c piece but it's 'silvery' in colour, my recollection of the 20c coin was that it was brassy brown in colour so I didn't make the connection.
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The long silver mystery object in the final two pictues may have been a letter opener as already suggested; however I wonder if it may have been used for pinning and holding the hair up? The coin could be an Indian Anna or from Hong kong - both had coins with frilly edges like that.
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Thanks to everyone for their input, Sorry for the confusion regarding the twenty cent coin,it was there for scale!. I believe object number 2 is a part of a hair clip and the other a tongue scraper. Thanks
bob
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The mystery object looks like a nail file?