Guess what this is a photo of!

[pacanis]

If you're right, Renee, I'm going to be upset......
I guessed that a page or two back

 

[phinz]

Renee isn't right, so you can rest easy, Pacanis.

 

[pacanis]

Whew......

OK, I don't think this has been asked before, but what size is this thing; shot glass, cocktail glass, 23 oz mug? Give me something I can relate to Everything I've looked at is around eyepiece to lens body size with some resemblance, but no exact matches.... nor would I think any of the things I've looked at be used as a toy or made into a toy. And I've looked at quite a few science kits. Way, way too many
BTW, do you know someone on the web is selling gasoline super soakers? Complete with gas can and matches?

 

[sage™]

fish eye lens? stereo scope?

 

[phinz]

Nope and nope.

Remember... I rarely misspell words, and sometimes when they are misspelled thar is a reason...

 

[Renee Attili]

Is it a Gun sight?

 

[Buck]

A chromatograph.

 

[expatgirl]

Nope and nope.

Remember... I rarely misspell words, and sometimes when they are misspelled thar is a reason...

Sounds like whatever it might be has the "thar" or "there" or you want us to unscramble the misspelled words??

 

[pacanis]

Thar has come up a couple times now, but I would say it is more slang than misspelled... how else would you say "that thar over yonder"? Well, I wouldn't say that at all, but you know what I mean But I have singled out thar anyway for its repetition and also spin and scope and maybe broaden.....

Now, they haven't lead me anywhar,,,,
So a couple "WAGs" would be a simple monocular and/or a night vision scope, but those guesses don't hold true to the "if you know what it does, you know what it is" clue, as they aren't really broken apart that way. And the dang thing is a modern toy now. That one really has me stumped.

So............ that's where I'm at. No closer today than I was yesterday.

 

[phinz]

No closer today than I was yesterday.

Yes you are.

 

[Uncle Bob]

A monocular View Master of sorts...you look in it and see a picture!

 

[sage™]

tharmometer

 

[SizzlininIN]

Okay I'm going to take a stab at this.........I think it could be one of the 2.

A brass loupe magnifier
or
A brass magnifier used to view photos or documents up closely

 

[phinz]

Nope x 4.

Here are pictures of 4 other versions of this same item. They all do the same thing and are technically the same device.

 

[sage™]

binoculars?? but ones like sailors(pirates) use but I cant think of the name of them right now.

 

[pacanis]

Some kind of rangefinder?

That bullet looking ring is weird. This item must have been important enough to have it with you all the time... I guess.

 

[pacanis]

or maybe a spotting scope?

 

[Uncle Bob]

A Map/Chart reader?

 

[phinz]

It is none of these.

Silver bullets are very important to some people, kemosabe.

There. I've given a huge clue.

 

[Andy M.]

It's a Tonto brand vampire detector