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On 22 Jan 2012 at 12:33pm Dave wrote:

I found this outside my house and it's now beginning to irritate me. What the hell is it

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On 22 Jan 2012 at 12:51pm Southover Queen wrote:

Isn't it the bit that goes into a door onto which you fix a handle at either end and which allows you to open the door? Dunno what's it called...

On 22 Jan 2012 at 1:19pm Dave wrote:

I probably should have said its about 2 inches (
50mm) long

On 22 Jan 2012 at 3:08pm jrsussex wrote:

SQ's is right, I think?

On 22 Jan 2012 at 3:59pm bastian wrote:

no, to small..is that an albion shirt?
so two inches long and alluminium? so not a moving part as it would be worn away.It's not something you push into a key hole to get a print from?( endlessly suspicious mind)

On 22 Jan 2012 at 4:09pm Vampire Buffet Slayer wrote:

I'm certain it's as SQ said,it's just lost it's knob... a bit like this forum

On 22 Jan 2012 at 6:52pm Dave wrote:

It is too small to be a door thingy.
It's made of stainless steel and seems well worn, it has scratches up the sides so it looks like the square shaft goes into something
Here it is next to a two pence piece

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On 22 Jan 2012 at 7:19pm king cnut wrote:

Part of a garage door handle?

On 22 Jan 2012 at 7:35pm pop wrote:

dave get a life!!

On 22 Jan 2012 at 7:41pm Dave wrote:

I'm trying to get a life but fretting over this thing is getting in the way

On 22 Jan 2012 at 8:34pm SHS wrote:

It is certainly not part of a door handle. Given that it was found outside your door it could be from a bag - a handbag for example, where this part added strength to allow the bag to be used to carry nail extensions. Alternatively, given the trend for larger and larger earings, could this be a pin to go through a pierced ear? If so you may find pieces of ear outside your house too, if the local cat / fox / hedgehog hasn't already eaten them.

On 23 Jan 2012 at 8:18am DFL wrote:

'snot an aluminium rivet ?

On 23 Jan 2012 at 9:46am Cliffite wrote:

looks like a new rivet to me, like the ones you would find in old wooden doors holding the metal straps in place albeit silver coz it's aluminium rather than black iron of yore