14+ Confusing Things People Found And Couldn't Identify On Their Own

In this case, X marks the spot of an anchor plate for a tie! A tie is a large metal rod sometimes added to older structures to keep the walls from bowing. Thankfully, it looks like this building doesn't need one!

Dropped from an aircraft is correct! This is an ADSID (Air Delivered Seismic Intrusion Detector), first used in Operation Igloo White during the Vietnam war. Totally safe to own as they don't contain explosives, and a very cool piece of military history!

What looks like a frightening type of fungus is...well, not that. It's a pom-pom hair tie that I'm sure some young girl is mourning the loss of.

My first thought was a fan, and look at me being all smart, I was right! The long handle goes down to the inside of your elbow, making it easier to fan yourself with!

This one wasn't definitively solved, but the most agreed-upon answer was a piece of a tool used to tension chains and connect them together, also known as a load choker.

Less of an object within itself and more of a piece, this was identified as once being part of a pump mechanism. Those disks help move water through pipes, often used in irrigation.

Often called soil nails, these are to help reinforce the wall to the earth behind it and keep any major shifts from happening.

Essentially a lighthouse backup system, this is a set of foghorns that only go off when the lighthouse isn't on or can't be seen for whatever reason.

A pretty sweet find, this is an old candy dispenser! Self-serve, too, since there's no coin mechanism.

While you're likely to find some creatures along the beach, sometimes you also stumble upon those creatures' eggs. This is a bundle of squid eggs!

Another mystery beach find, but this one looks a bit more unnerving. Or maybe that's just me, seeing as this is a fangtooth moray eel, and I hate eels.

While everyone did think these were a package of mystery seeds that could be dangerous or invasive if not disposed of properly, they actually turned out to be plastic plants for an aquarium. Crisis averted.

While a lot of people were frightened over the lack of a flag on the bar sticking out the back, there was an answer found. It's a trailer meant for carrying sails and paddles, long boat stuff.

Called a stenomask, that cup-looking object is actually a microphone. It's created to be soundproof, so those around it can't hear what's being said, and to eliminate background noise on the other end.

A feature not often seen, this appears to be a mediation labrynth They're meant to be walked through silently and alone so you can really think, or meditate, on a certain question or problem.

Many people answered with some form of temporary traffic recorder, which was then narrowed down to a radar recorder specifically, which tracks all the speeds of the cars that pass by.

Chimney was sort of close, it is a vent! One for the Old Croton Aqueducts, which used to carry water to New York City!

Just more of what it's made of! They're small class pieces made to reinforce the whole bulb structure.

Called a myopia frame, they're for those who need prescription lenses. They can fit this frame to the inside of the sunglasses, pop their prescriptions in, then use the sunnies without the blurriness!

This is a handy dandy no-contact tool! From pushing buttons to opening doors, these little things can do various tasks so you can avoid germs!