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[-] klugerama@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago

Not glass, but hardened resin. Used to track littoral currents and drift. Has metal so it can be found later with a metal detector.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 15 points 4 months ago

A tracer pebble, interesting. But they seem to be rather made of the same pebble they are supposed to trace. https://southerncoastalgroup-scopac.org.uk/tracer-pebble-studies/

[-] GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Fascinating!

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Winner. 2 hours!

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

A highly secured USD $2.75

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

"Break glass in case of emergency."

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

An ancient baby spring preserved in amber

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Jeez I can't last longer than 10 minutes.

Either I'm spamming or "providing content"

Last one for a while.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

10 minutes!! I did it!

[-] GuyDudeman@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Can you give us a banana for scale?

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Y'all are too good. I made this one harder on purpose.

About 3 inches long. Fits in your palm.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

Wait. It's my wife's husband!

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 4 months ago

A water cooled amber. For obvious reasons.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Wild guess: Not glass at all, but actually a bar of glycerin soap with... something embedded inside it.

[-] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I like this answer, you can see it’s on a formica counter with the edge of a self rimming sink to the left.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I actually like this answer the best. Good guess based on image.

I was misleading. Not glass but resin.

[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I wonder if it's a kind of stir-bar, put it in a container and oscillate a magnetic field outside to move the contents around.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

It's a glass egg
...thing

[-] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 4 months ago

A scifi movie prop for a prehistoric alien artifact conserved in amber.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

A battery holder?

[-] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 months ago

hand warmer

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

~~What is the scale of this thing?~~

edit: had to find out what it was, so I will not make guesses. See someone else has discussed scale already.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

3 inches long

[-] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

What is the size? Looks like a can inside, if it’s large. If it’s small it looks like a threaded rod, or grub screw or something like that.

[-] nettle@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Lookd like its next to a sink, methinks soap

[-] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago
[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Definitely more of a suppository than a plug

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