Google images is no help. My first impulse is some kind of anchor but I can’t find a reference anywhere. It is a little under a foot long, and made of a single piece of heavy chromed steel. A hole passes down the center and there are two small holes in the “nose” end. No markings that I can locate. It is located in a booth in an antique mall the missus has a booth at. Looking forward to both positive ID and comedic alike

A lanyard jewel/ Bead
https://www.etsy.com/market/bomb_bead

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Originally posted by downtownv:
A lanyard jewel/ Bead
https://www.etsy.com/market/bomb_bead

A foot long ?

^^^

It is probably 10-15 pounds so I’m thinking not.

Ohhh, then a rope Bead... I didn't see the size of that baby!

Cast metal practice bomb, perhaps, later chromed for appearance.

https://industrialartifacts.ne...-metal-practice-bomb

Pretty sure we have a winner and in the usual SF record time.

I googled chrome practice bomb and this popped up. Interesting that it originally contained a special 10 gauge blank and due to mark a hit. It specs at 3 lbs so I must have grossly estimated the weight.

http://www.nebraskaaircrash.co...icebombs/anmk23.html

I’ve loaded countless practice bombs on military aircraft, and seeing images not showing where lug attaches, I just assumed it was an older model than I’ve ever dealt with. The images with the lug attaches only confirmed it.

In the two models I loaded, there is a capsule we loaded into the center along with a copper cap held on by a pin. When bomb strikes, the capsule strikes the copper cap, which acts as a firing pin. Then a white chemical smoke is released, which is used to show strike location. I wouldn’t doubt this practice bomb had a similar system.

Looks like something the e.r. doc might have removed from someone who
"Slipped in the shower"

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Originally posted by bendable:
Looks like something the e.r. doc might have removed from someone who
"Slipped in the shower"

"Million to one shot Doc, Million to one"

Yup, that’s a butt plug…buy with confidence.

Trawl or downrigger weight?

it looks like a WWI practice bomb.

I was sent to Duck NC to drive the then Dept of Transportation Secretary to a fire department where he caught a CG helo then to Miami when ValueJet 592 crashed in 96 in the Everglades and they had all kinds of yellow tape around the dept grounds. Guy said the place used to be a bombing range in WWI and WWII and there was UXO all over- but that most of the development in the late 80 and early 90s had rid them of most of it.

OP your item looks like some of those laying in the sand-someone said they were “marker bombs”

Next time I’m out at the antique mall, I plan to take a closer look at it, but I’m fairly certain it is a WW2 vintage MK-23 practice bomb that someone had chromed as artie suggested.