Any ideas?

[Eldorado]

Anyone know what this is?

 

[Manpa]

It looks like the centre out of a wire twisting / twitching / wrapping plier like below.

 

[Nightjar]

Maybe an electrical device, going by the two screws at the end?
Spot welder???

 

[Eldorado]

Its not my find by the way.Just asking for a fellow detectorist.Its a real hard nut to crack.

 

[grubstake]

The right-hand end in the pic looks like a plunger. I'm no expert on wind instruments, but to me it kinda resembles some of the fittings on trumpets and the like. If the left-hand end held a flat, vibrating reed, is this what the internal parts of some sort of wind instrument look like?

 

[silver]

Asking for a friend lol

 

[Fishermandan]

I have seen one of these many many years ago and did my head in than trying to work out what its for, almost like its an aid for tying off something as the plunger pulls out to expose that hole near the flange.

so cant wait to find out what it is for :goldnugget:

 

[Manpa]

Eldorado, does the knurled knob on the right hand end of your picture come out with a spiral main shaft or is it solid, the same diameter as the outer shaft?

 

[Nightjar]

Eldorado,
More photos at different angles may help.
Particuarly what is hidden by your thumb.

 

[Eldorado]

Just to reiterate guys,this is not my find,just trying to get to the bottom of this mystery item for a fellow detectorist.

Eldorado, does the knurled knob on the right hand end of your picture come out with a spiral main shaft or is it solid, the same diameter as the outer shaft?

 

[Eldorado]

Eldorado,
More photos at different angles may help.
Particuarly what is hidden by your thumb.

Not my find Nightjar but here you go.

 

[grubstake]

Now it looks like a vintage roach clip! layful:

 

[Fishermandan]

early prototype braid line tying tool

DAIWA SOKKOU KNOT TYING TOOL

 

[Nightjar]

Still think it is an electrical device?
When the plunger is pressed in the two tangs would make contact?
Real mystery...

 

[Manpa]

Those extra images rule out a wire twitcher Id reckon.

 

[grubstake]

Still think it is an electrical device?
When the plunger is pressed in the two tangs would make contact?
Real mystery...

Perhaps a starter button from an old car?

 

[Dave79]

I've got a vague memory of something like that.... I think it might be something you stick into a hole to pull something out????!!!! Electrical wire????

 

[Nightjar]

Viewing latest photos on large PC screen.
What looks to be insulation under the two tabs.
This definitely appears to be an electrical device.
If it is not a spot welder?
How about a firing device for gelignite?