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Spotter of a different kind

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While we wait for 30-01-23 to finish, who would like to identify this picture?
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Looks like a carving of a character from Pirates of the Caribbean :lol:
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It's a really tiny image. I thought at first, it could be the Thompson Trophy, housed at the San Diego Air and Space Museum (at least it was when I visited). But looking closer it does not match.

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It looks like the handle of a WW2 bog pull.
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It's a corn cob skewer. The saw tooth configuration at the top is a dead giveaway

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George

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A wide array of wide misses :lol:
I'm surprised that nobody suggested a chess piece.
Answer tomorrow *-)
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I really hope that George's idea -
GHD wrote:
04 Feb 2023, 14:48
It looks like the handle of a WW2 bog pull.
and airboatr's idea -
airboatr wrote:
04 Feb 2023, 22:19
It's a corn cob skewer.
don't get mixed up :-O :-O :-O

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I was wondering if it was a type of holy relic. The carved finger bone of a saint or something like that.

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I thought it might be a chess piece, and searched for it yesterday without any luck.

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