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Title: Some guesses about artifact identification
Post by: richie conroy on September 21, 2011, 12:06:55 PM
i know this is a change from original post, but u know the help wanted post

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Help/Artifact3.html
i think this is the end part of a strap that clips into

this
http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Help/Artifact4.html

an they are part of a binoculars case what has a lid u pull over an clip in, as my dad had a box years ago an they were similar to these http://doughboymilitary.com/uploads/177%20(83).jpg

also this http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Help/Artifact7.html
is similar to this
http://doughboymilitary.com/uploads/178%20(29).jpg
Title: Re: Some guesses about artifact identification
Post by: Ric Gillespie on September 21, 2011, 01:30:34 PM
Quote from: richie conroy on September 21, 2011, 12:06:55 PM
http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Help/Artifact3.html
i think this is the end part of a strap that clips into

this
http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Help/Artifact4.html


I don't see the similarity. The second artifact has been identified.  See The Knob That Wasn't (http://tighar.org/Publications/TTracks/2002Vol_18/knob.pdf)

Quote from: richie conroy on September 21, 2011, 12:06:55 PM
also this http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Help/Artifact7.html
is similar to this
http://doughboymilitary.com/uploads/178%20(29).jpg

I see the similarity - but the clips on the fire extinguisher rack end in pins that rotate.  The artifact was welded or soldered rigidly to something.
Title: Re: Some guesses about artifact identification
Post by: John M Kirk on May 23, 2012, 10:54:36 AM
Not sure if I should post here or not...

Artifact # 2-6-S-46 (loop)

S.W.A.G. -  This is a locking device that would have been used on wooden crates/boxes.  Usually, these boxes or crates were for ammunition.  The top of box would have wire around the perimeter, and the sides would have these loops (which start off straight up), then you place the top on the crate, the straight "loops" go through the wired perimeter top, and then they are bent over to lock/secure the top.

Just another guess.... good luck
Title: Re: Some guesses about artifact identification
Post by: John M Kirk on May 23, 2012, 11:11:15 AM
Attached is a military drawing of this type of wire loop.