[Misc] What is this thing?

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Using the great knowledge base that is NSC, does anyone know what this is?

Twice in the last few mornings a bird seems to have dropped one of these onto our patio but have no idea what it it or where it has come from.

All help gratefully received and, of course, the useless sarcastic responses that make NSC what it is

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

A bit of an old aerial?

 

[Nobby]

It's a dowsing rod

You have a spring under your house

Probably

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Probably should have mentioned that the strange metal thing it is about 6" long (or high)

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

 

[Is it PotG?]

It's good old kitchen roll.

 

[Nathan]

Victorian croquet hoop.

 

[Questions]

It’s a scruttock pling. You rarely see them nowadays.

 

[PTC Gull]

Two of these could define our season!
Getting my coat…….

 

[Reagulls]

Flock off!

 

[Eric the meek]

Is it a part of those spiky things that roofers attach to roofs and window sills to discourage birds/pigeons from perching or nesting on them?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Not sure, but you could certainly have someone's eye out if careless.

 

[Midget]

This thread is pointless without a banana

 

[Hudson Hawk]

How big is it? Looks like something to remove a car stereo bank in the day if you had 2.

 

[dolphins]

I believe it is a car part (bracket, possibly for turbos), but Google Images isn't finding an exact match.

 

[zeemeeuw]

It's a kitchen towel.

 

[Icy Gull]

It’s a Yurt tent peg

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Were they seabirds? Could be some kind of tuna

 

[SteveU]

It is bird spiking that has probably been laying in a gutter after degrading and falling off

 

[nobby.c.gull]

It’s a bottle top and flask detector. Mk 1 or Mk 2 series.