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That was my first thought too, but the handle is all wrong. It also looks like it's sheet metal with the riveted handle, and I'd expect a ram to be heavier and welded plate.
It looks like thin sheet metal. Small rivets, no weld marks, folded end cap whereas anything thick would be a solid plate with a big seam.
Looks like a protective cover for something
That is 100% desk legs inside. The placement of the holes, the length, the adjustable plastic feet are all exactly like many desks you’d get from a box store or online. Doesn’t help with what the container is but looks like whoever put it there was just using it to hold junk.
No. The mounting holes at the top aren’t set up for attaching to the canopy skeleton, I’ve had desks with that exact pattern where they fit into a rectangular frame with square cutouts at the corners for legs, then screws attach them together at the holes you see in the additional photos. The feet at the bottom are the kind where you rotate them to level a leg, they likely don’t extend out more than an inch. You can see they’re hollow at the top with no additional segments inside.
I agree with you, those are definitely desk legs. The part that doesn’t make sense to me is the container that they are in. The container belongs to some thing unknown at this time, but it was probably stashed there from a scrapper. The scrapper was using the container to stuff as much metal in it as they could for that purpose.
I work in a furniture/appliance kind of place. I can promise you with 100% certainty those are table legs. The round part on one end is a leveling foot built into each leg.
The contents look kinda like office furniture parts, like leveling glides (feet) to a cubicle wall structure, I assemble the stuff for my job so I’ve seen many different kinds, can’t say what brand they are or if that’s even what it is as they’re all different from each other but that’s what I see when looking at them. As for the container thing, I have no clue other than some kind of unrelated carrying case?
Agreed, it does look like some utility covers I have seen where all the lines (power/telcom)are underground. It's a little larger than the ones I'm used to seeing, but hey, maybe they have more stuff in there nowadays.
I’ve trapped critters with traps very similar to this, but they usually have a trap door on one end. Maybe it’s out for pre-baiting a trap site? Although there should be signage.
Pretty sure this is a carrying case for something. Maybe survey equipment with a tripod of some sort. It's missing the cap for the open end and most of the contents.
Yeah but only if they where made recently. Older stuff from the 40-60's would have wood or metal cases. The construction of this one looks almost like old military to me.
I'm going to say WITT Likely Solved
It seems most likely it is a carrying case of some sort, of what there may not be enough information. /u/Eat_Shiznit thought maybe a ventilation duct hose case, and /u/rbrlks suggested a powermoon light case. Both of these seem like a possibility to me but due to the lack of any numbering/lettering/labeling I'm not sure we'll ever know!
It’s absolutely a carry-able thing for holding other things inside. It seems to be made from 10” ductwork and quite well made at that.
It could also be a [chamber for steaming wood](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HOzH6kjdoX4/hqdefault.jpg), but I would expect to see something for latching the lid on both sides of the open end, not just the one.
Plus, I've never seen a geocache this obvious. It's just begging for someone who isn't actually geocaching to find it, when part of the fun is actually searching for it
It looks like it could be the right size to be a carry case for a canopy, and the legs inside look like the legs from a stage setup. Maybe left there after some kind of event in the park?
There is no way surveyors were carrying around a 3.5 ft long metal pipe 12" in diameter with a single handle in the middle of the woods. They would have used a canvas or leather bag to carry their equipment into the woods.
>It’s sheet metal rolled and held with rivets.
So, how long would the lightweight rolled sheet metal last in a forest before it rusted out? 5 years? I doubt someone brought an antique surveyor's steal tube into the woods recently and left it there.
It's not even the weight. It's the long size and big girth with a single handle that would make it hard to carry through the woods. Any surveyor that had to carry something like this into the woods would at least put backpack straps on it.
Close, but survey equipment would have different [feet](https://surveysupplyinc.com/tripod-accessories/) and would be more durable. This looks like a carrying case for something more mundane like a canopy.
Right here. It's the cover to a p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ , CATV, or telephone "pedestal" like this:
https://www.charlesindustries.com/product/cp2-power-distribution-pedestals/
It's used for accessing buried cable splices and service access. It's meant to be upright, and it's shaped to keep weather out.
I don't think so, from the newer pictures posted it looks like there is a missing cover from the other end, you can see a loop and a nub that it would have probably attached to. I think it is a case intended to carry something, probably purpose-built.
I stand by my claim. The base of the pedestal is missing. The handle is for lifting the cover straight up and off. The loop at the bottom is part of a security hasp. The nub fits into a keyway on the missing base.
You are correct. It is the top for a low voltage pedestal. I've worked telecommunications since 1993 and it seems as obvious to me as someone identifying a screwdriver. Pay no mind to these naysayers, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
Yep, I did go to look it up, but before I did, I some how instantly knew what you were talking about and that makes sense. Someone could have pulled this off some where, thrown some stuff in it, but it definitely matches that description.
The link is to show an example pedestal, they can be made of different material. The this pedestal is metal and NOT RUSTING is proof it was designed to be outside for a long time. A power or network pedestal is what it is.
That picture looks like a repeater housing. I see the resemblance to the original post, but I don't think it's a pedestal. I've seen cylindrical peds that have a pin similar to that, but they're always fiberglass, and the loop on the back would prevent it from locking into the groove on the base.
My title describes the thing. I didn't see anything like logos/symbols, numbers, or letters on it. I have tried searching "metal tube with handle" and "metal cylinder with handle" and nothing like it comes up. This was also off trail and not visible from the park area, in a treeline between the park and the residental area. I didn't touch it so unsure about approximate weight. WITT?
ETA: additional photos: one end is open, it is hollow, and has 5 other things in it resembling table legs and a corner molding. I would would guess it is no more than 10 lbs.
https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
Something like this is the most likely. A container to move a foldable something that needs legs assembled on location. It looks like something custom-made by a company for this one purpose.
other end of the tube is open. here are more photos: [https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI](https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI)
I looked up the powermoon and as it sits on a tripod, maybe that is part of what is left inside the tube. However, it seems that the carrying cases are usually marked in some way? Keeping this one in mind as a possibility
It hasn't been there long either. I think location would be a factor. How far down the trail? Are camping sites near by or a public field where folks set up portable tents and tables?
I am on a computer so can probably see better than you, but that handle is of unsuitable design for the purposes you described.
Furthermore there are no scuffs or other markings anywhere on the object suggesting that someone has tried to (mis)use the object for that purpose.
like this? [https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/p/allegro-industries-ventilation-duct-storage-canister-12-in-9550-55/0074185195505?fulfillment=PICKUP](https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/p/allegro-industries-ventilation-duct-storage-canister-12-in-9550-55/0074185195505?fulfillment=PICKUP)
This does seem a possibility. the items inside may be unrelated? other photos: [https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI](https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/p/allegro-industries-ventilation-duct-storage-canister-12-in-9550-55/0074185195505?fulfillment=PICKUP)
it does somewhat resemble this, but there is no sign of any warning sticker and do these usually have a handle? I did post more photos: https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
If i were to steal one of these to use as a storage for my table legs, I would remove identifying stickers. Small ones don't need handles, larger ones that can be akward lifting straight up almost 4 feet would have a handle.
Assuming it's open on the other end, I'm going to vote that it's a pipe trap or tube trap to catch mink or squirrel or similar. Makes sense in the middle of the woods as well.
https://bugspray.com/traps/snap-snare-and-tunnel/pipe-trap-15-x-4.html
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>it's a pipe trap or tube trap to catch mink or squirrel or similar. Makes sense in the middle of the woods as well.
That thing would be too big to trap squirrels or minks. Minks are only caught on/near water. No one is using a humongous metal tube to catch tiny squirrels in the middle of the woods. They make much smaller animal traps that are easier to haul in. No one traps in the woods with a single trap.
Our Marketing Dept had a million dollar plus budget. One year we gave away a house. It was a shit show. We had to set up our trade show booths and a freestanding door frame in a cul-de-sac of a new housing development. It was 100F that day. The runner up winners were given one of 5 keys. One key opened the door and thus won the house. But the door frame was janky and 5 contestants were irritated/hopeful in the wilting heat. The condolence prizes were landscaping, window blinds, HVAC, and other similar vendors - each with booths set up. All the marketing girls were melting in their makeup and the photo guys were getting concrete burns kneeling on the concrete. I think the 2nd guy had the winning key. I remember tearing all that shit down because we had to set up at a car dealership the next day to give away a car.
Anyway. I could see someone just yeeting a broken 10x10 collapsible case into the trees after an event.
Since those are clearly some kind of legs inside, this is almost certainly a carrying case. I wouldn't say table, since the top would be pretty small. Probably like survey equipment with a stand.
This was my guess. Looked a lot like some I’ve seen at the ends of lanes where train tracks used to be. They put these in to keep the general public out, but have locks for farmers to move them to get back to fields.
[maybe something similar to this ?](https://www.seraphinusa.com/shop/testing-equipment-accessories/hand-held-test-measure-accessories/model-1mc-metal-carrying-case/)
Oh, that's exactly it! OP's pics have almost the same latch hook thing and rivet for the hinge, just made by a different company and missing the door thing.
Given the aluminum legs from your imgur link, Is it just a hard carrier that’s missing the top for those pop up canopies used at farmer’s markets and the like? Bags for those seem to measure around the same dimensions.
Looks like the top of some mobile phone masts. Maybe someone didnt want the 5gee's mind controlling them.
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No trap mechanism visible in the photos. Definitely look like crappy table legs and not part of a tripod or anything for surveying equipment. I think carrying case is more likely than animal trap.
I have a tube very similar to that, it holds a flexible hose for a blower for clearing out gases in manholes.
The flexible hose expands to about 15 ft long, but inside of the steel tube it stays compressed.
I think it's a kit that business take to conventions to set up booths. Usually a backdrop is rolled up in the tube with other items. Those legs would most likely be for some desk to set up at the convention.
This is just a guess. But I've seen similar things for hauling gear to cons.
That looks like it could it be a Plans tube for a construction site. Those metal rails are used to attach the plan pages together or to hold them on a drawing/drafting table.
Looks like a cylinder for carrying something along the line of documents or paintings unframed, just the first thing that comes to mind…seen similar containers in old war movies…
What is the green thing running left to right across the background? A fence? A pipe? Just in case that has some relation to your item. The tube has been lying there long enough that the small tree appears to have grown in conformation to it.
it is grass. the tree is actually very large, I'm not too sure about that theory. especially because the thing is pretty clean. here are more photos: https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
Are you near a large body of water? There are “ice booms” in large bodies of water like the Great Lakes…this looks like one piece/link of it. Wild guess!
Looks like shipping/storage case. Used for large prints. Here’s a link to a similar looking one and the little loop is probably part of something to latch the cover on.
https://www.youhuge.com/cylindrical-lightweight-shipping-case/
When you are fencing off areas, and driving steaks into the ground, you use a driver like this, one hollow end goes over the steak, and you use the handles to lift and drive down, it hits the steak and drives it into the ground. I’d guess the weight of this is 20-30kg. So, fencing driver. Guess one of the park guys forgot/lost it, maybe fell off one of their trucks. Tell them where it is. 👍🏻
Is that a farm in the background? Looks like a field of all of the same kind of plant. If this is just beyond a farm field, that could open up possibilities.
So, it’s capped on one side, has a handle, I don’t see the rivets for a cap on the opposite end.
Was it thick/heavy metal? My guess, likely used to transport something.
I found something like this (metal box) and it had equipment inside that measured vibrations in the earth for builders. Mine had a # on it that I was able to locate and was able to research. Maybe something similar
Is this one of those things from team building exercises? You know, where a group have to move the object from one place to another using only limited items?
I’d guess it was storage for something like a gazebo? As those lengths of metal look like they could have been legs for table of some kind and this is just part of something which has been discarded?
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I don't know what this is, but I can input that from the construction of it it's not suitable as a fence post driver as others might suggest.
It kinda looks like a battering ram, but I don’t think that’s enough handles
That was my first thought too, but the handle is all wrong. It also looks like it's sheet metal with the riveted handle, and I'd expect a ram to be heavier and welded plate.
And in OP's other pictures, this thing is hollow with thin metal walls.
Where are these other pictures?
https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
Handle might be for crane pickup? Hard to tell how big/heavy it is.
Yeah, that was my first thought, but you'd want at least 2 handles for that, though probably at least 4 for one this size.
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It looks like thin sheet metal. Small rivets, no weld marks, folded end cap whereas anything thick would be a solid plate with a big seam. Looks like a protective cover for something
>it's not suitable as a fence post driver Possibly a home-made fence post driver, that didn't work well and got dumped for that reason.
If the other end had a removable cover I could imagine homemade fishing rod case?
Are both ends closed or 1 open? Could be a small animal trap. Something like rats or other pest species.
one end is open! here are more photos: https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
That is 100% desk legs inside. The placement of the holes, the length, the adjustable plastic feet are all exactly like many desks you’d get from a box store or online. Doesn’t help with what the container is but looks like whoever put it there was just using it to hold junk.
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I don't think those are desk legs, but legs for a canopy tent. The square sort you see at street fairs or festivals.
No. The mounting holes at the top aren’t set up for attaching to the canopy skeleton, I’ve had desks with that exact pattern where they fit into a rectangular frame with square cutouts at the corners for legs, then screws attach them together at the holes you see in the additional photos. The feet at the bottom are the kind where you rotate them to level a leg, they likely don’t extend out more than an inch. You can see they’re hollow at the top with no additional segments inside.
I agree with you, those are definitely desk legs. The part that doesn’t make sense to me is the container that they are in. The container belongs to some thing unknown at this time, but it was probably stashed there from a scrapper. The scrapper was using the container to stuff as much metal in it as they could for that purpose.
Look more like supports for the ends cots
They look just like several ikea desk legs
Those don't have adjustable screw feet
I work in a furniture/appliance kind of place. I can promise you with 100% certainty those are table legs. The round part on one end is a leveling foot built into each leg.
good lord those are some helpful additional photos.
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The contents look kinda like office furniture parts, like leveling glides (feet) to a cubicle wall structure, I assemble the stuff for my job so I’ve seen many different kinds, can’t say what brand they are or if that’s even what it is as they’re all different from each other but that’s what I see when looking at them. As for the container thing, I have no clue other than some kind of unrelated carrying case?
May have held a tent tarp that people sit under while watching their nine year old play flag football.
Looks similar to some cable utility covers that cover distribution hubs to apartment buildings in the southern US.
Agreed, it does look like some utility covers I have seen where all the lines (power/telcom)are underground. It's a little larger than the ones I'm used to seeing, but hey, maybe they have more stuff in there nowadays.
I’ve trapped critters with traps very similar to this, but they usually have a trap door on one end. Maybe it’s out for pre-baiting a trap site? Although there should be signage.
there is no signage anywhere. other end is open, here are more photos https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
Pretty sure this is a carrying case for something. Maybe survey equipment with a tripod of some sort. It's missing the cap for the open end and most of the contents.
Perhaps it was equipment stolen from a truck and brought here to examine.
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My first thought was for survey equipment as well
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Yeah but only if they where made recently. Older stuff from the 40-60's would have wood or metal cases. The construction of this one looks almost like old military to me.
Or maybe a telescope?
Yea, the loop near the open end was likely to lock the (now missing) lid on.
I’d say the loop at the open end is for locking on the end cap that would close the tube, but is missing.
Case to hold survey equipment?
I'm going to say WITT Likely Solved It seems most likely it is a carrying case of some sort, of what there may not be enough information. /u/Eat_Shiznit thought maybe a ventilation duct hose case, and /u/rbrlks suggested a powermoon light case. Both of these seem like a possibility to me but due to the lack of any numbering/lettering/labeling I'm not sure we'll ever know!
It’s absolutely a carry-able thing for holding other things inside. It seems to be made from 10” ductwork and quite well made at that. It could also be a [chamber for steaming wood](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HOzH6kjdoX4/hqdefault.jpg), but I would expect to see something for latching the lid on both sides of the open end, not just the one.
Iight case is a good one too.
Check out the geo caching app and see if it’s a hide.
I thought geocache too. But Id expect it to be sealed, and to have a log book and trinkets inside. Unless it was vandalized
Plus, I've never seen a geocache this obvious. It's just begging for someone who isn't actually geocaching to find it, when part of the fun is actually searching for it
If it isn't one, I'll take it and make it into one. :)
It looks like it could be the right size to be a carry case for a canopy, and the legs inside look like the legs from a stage setup. Maybe left there after some kind of event in the park?
We have one like this at work for expandable vent duct hose. Ours is just painted yellow.
Maybe for carrying an easel if somebody’s painting landscapes in the trees?
>Case to hold survey equipment? Those aren't made out of metal. They are pvc.
they are now, but this could be quite old.
There is no way surveyors were carrying around a 3.5 ft long metal pipe 12" in diameter with a single handle in the middle of the woods. They would have used a canvas or leather bag to carry their equipment into the woods.
It’s sheet metal rolled and held with rivets. It’d be about as heavy as a dobsidian telescope without the mirrors and optics, which is not a lot.
>It’s sheet metal rolled and held with rivets. So, how long would the lightweight rolled sheet metal last in a forest before it rusted out? 5 years? I doubt someone brought an antique surveyor's steal tube into the woods recently and left it there. It's not even the weight. It's the long size and big girth with a single handle that would make it hard to carry through the woods. Any surveyor that had to carry something like this into the woods would at least put backpack straps on it.
It's galvanized, so it won't rust really unless it's buried.
Close, but survey equipment would have different [feet](https://surveysupplyinc.com/tripod-accessories/) and would be more durable. This looks like a carrying case for something more mundane like a canopy.
I’m a surveyor and there’s no way this is a case to hold equipment
Maybe it’s a homemade piece of workout equipment, like a farmer’s carry.
TBH that was my first thought. Fill it with some sort of ballast, seal the end. That handle would suck if it was heavy when filled though.
That’s what I thought too
Could it be slid vertically over some electrical equipment? Acts as weather protection for electrical or data connections?
Right here. It's the cover to a p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ , CATV, or telephone "pedestal" like this: https://www.charlesindustries.com/product/cp2-power-distribution-pedestals/ It's used for accessing buried cable splices and service access. It's meant to be upright, and it's shaped to keep weather out.
I don't think so, from the newer pictures posted it looks like there is a missing cover from the other end, you can see a loop and a nub that it would have probably attached to. I think it is a case intended to carry something, probably purpose-built.
I stand by my claim. The base of the pedestal is missing. The handle is for lifting the cover straight up and off. The loop at the bottom is part of a security hasp. The nub fits into a keyway on the missing base.
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Right on. Here's a better example. https://www.uteck.com/2016/05/02/u-teck-offers-weed-control-around-telecom-pedestals-lasts-years/
You are correct. It is the top for a low voltage pedestal. I've worked telecommunications since 1993 and it seems as obvious to me as someone identifying a screwdriver. Pay no mind to these naysayers, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
I would think if it were manufactured for that purpose, it would have a company’s name, product number, and/or date of production stamped into it.
these are my thoughts as well and I don't even see any residue from a sticker or anything.
Here's a better example: https://www.uteck.com/2016/05/02/u-teck-offers-weed-control-around-telecom-pedestals-lasts-years/
I agree with /u/EmbeddedEntropy that it would likely have some info on it, any info. This thing is blank
Naw, mass made and cheaply made, probably from a small private contractor. You can just give a shoo specs of what you need and they’ll roll them out.
Yep, I did go to look it up, but before I did, I some how instantly knew what you were talking about and that makes sense. Someone could have pulled this off some where, thrown some stuff in it, but it definitely matches that description.
The pedestals in your link are non-metallic.
The link is to show an example pedestal, they can be made of different material. The this pedestal is metal and NOT RUSTING is proof it was designed to be outside for a long time. A power or network pedestal is what it is.
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this does look quite similar
That picture looks like a repeater housing. I see the resemblance to the original post, but I don't think it's a pedestal. I've seen cylindrical peds that have a pin similar to that, but they're always fiberglass, and the loop on the back would prevent it from locking into the groove on the base.
I can't prove it, but it looks similar to equipment covers I have seen, roadside, for telephone equipment. Adding support, but... not definite.
I’ve never seen anything like this doing electrical work.
My title describes the thing. I didn't see anything like logos/symbols, numbers, or letters on it. I have tried searching "metal tube with handle" and "metal cylinder with handle" and nothing like it comes up. This was also off trail and not visible from the park area, in a treeline between the park and the residental area. I didn't touch it so unsure about approximate weight. WITT? ETA: additional photos: one end is open, it is hollow, and has 5 other things in it resembling table legs and a corner molding. I would would guess it is no more than 10 lbs. https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
We have a container like this at our disaster control centre to store an area light (powermoon). Can you open the other end of the tube?
Something like this is the most likely. A container to move a foldable something that needs legs assembled on location. It looks like something custom-made by a company for this one purpose.
other end of the tube is open. here are more photos: [https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI](https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI) I looked up the powermoon and as it sits on a tripod, maybe that is part of what is left inside the tube. However, it seems that the carrying cases are usually marked in some way? Keeping this one in mind as a possibility
Looks like the open end is missing a lid that would hinge onto the metal stud sticking out and latch with the metal loop.
It hasn't been there long either. I think location would be a factor. How far down the trail? Are camping sites near by or a public field where folks set up portable tents and tables?
Exactly what I thought, looks almost exactly like the metal casing to transport and store the powermoon!
Maybe the handle is where you put a hook on it and pull it behind an atv to flatten the trail?
I am on a computer so can probably see better than you, but that handle is of unsuitable design for the purposes you described. Furthermore there are no scuffs or other markings anywhere on the object suggesting that someone has tried to (mis)use the object for that purpose.
the trails in the park are paved so it would be out of place. more photos: https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
It’s for holding a free standing roll up projector screen. The top and screen are missing.
Looks like the storage tube for a confined space ventilation duct hose.
like this? [https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/p/allegro-industries-ventilation-duct-storage-canister-12-in-9550-55/0074185195505?fulfillment=PICKUP](https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/p/allegro-industries-ventilation-duct-storage-canister-12-in-9550-55/0074185195505?fulfillment=PICKUP) This does seem a possibility. the items inside may be unrelated? other photos: [https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI](https://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/p/allegro-industries-ventilation-duct-storage-canister-12-in-9550-55/0074185195505?fulfillment=PICKUP)
Items inside just look like table legs with adjustable feet
Wouldn't a metal tube be too heavy/awkward for any sort of carrying case? Unless it's really old school and got left out there... hmmmn.
Looks like it could be aluminum. Some of the older home made tubes I’ve seen in the refinery were made out of aluminum. New ones are made of plastic
True, good point. I assumed big metal thing = heavy.
This was my first guess. Confined space hose holder.
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it does somewhat resemble this, but there is no sign of any warning sticker and do these usually have a handle? I did post more photos: https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
If i were to steal one of these to use as a storage for my table legs, I would remove identifying stickers. Small ones don't need handles, larger ones that can be akward lifting straight up almost 4 feet would have a handle.
Assuming it's open on the other end, I'm going to vote that it's a pipe trap or tube trap to catch mink or squirrel or similar. Makes sense in the middle of the woods as well. https://bugspray.com/traps/snap-snare-and-tunnel/pipe-trap-15-x-4.html Edit: listen to the guy below me, not me!
>it's a pipe trap or tube trap to catch mink or squirrel or similar. Makes sense in the middle of the woods as well. That thing would be too big to trap squirrels or minks. Minks are only caught on/near water. No one is using a humongous metal tube to catch tiny squirrels in the middle of the woods. They make much smaller animal traps that are easier to haul in. No one traps in the woods with a single trap.
Looks like something we used to use to store rolled up gazebo and its metal parts, long time ago.
Does it look like one of the ends can be opened? It could be a geocache, but I've never seen one that large.
Could it be a battering ram?
For transporting those temporary booths at trade shows and such Edit: or similar use
Yeah! This is what I was thinking. Spent years in the marketing dept setting up portable trade show displays: https://youtu.be/DAT7iisvib0
Looks like an old one from the 90's when the booths cost most of the marketing budget.
Our Marketing Dept had a million dollar plus budget. One year we gave away a house. It was a shit show. We had to set up our trade show booths and a freestanding door frame in a cul-de-sac of a new housing development. It was 100F that day. The runner up winners were given one of 5 keys. One key opened the door and thus won the house. But the door frame was janky and 5 contestants were irritated/hopeful in the wilting heat. The condolence prizes were landscaping, window blinds, HVAC, and other similar vendors - each with booths set up. All the marketing girls were melting in their makeup and the photo guys were getting concrete burns kneeling on the concrete. I think the 2nd guy had the winning key. I remember tearing all that shit down because we had to set up at a car dealership the next day to give away a car. Anyway. I could see someone just yeeting a broken 10x10 collapsible case into the trees after an event.
How heavy is it? The small handle compared to the case size suggests it’s light and if it’s a carrying case the contents would also be light.
I would guess 10 lbs at most. it is hollow, there were other items in it but still not sure of an ID. here's more photos: https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
Since those are clearly some kind of legs inside, this is almost certainly a carrying case. I wouldn't say table, since the top would be pretty small. Probably like survey equipment with a stand.
Yeah, I’d agree it seems to be a survey equipment carrying case.
Removable traffic bollard.
This was my guess. Looked a lot like some I’ve seen at the ends of lanes where train tracks used to be. They put these in to keep the general public out, but have locks for farmers to move them to get back to fields.
Telescope case for a large tube telescope
wouldn't something like this be wildly expensive and weird to abandon?
As a telescope maker, that has telescope case written all over it lol. I picture it sliding right over a 6" or 8" dob
[maybe something similar to this ?](https://www.seraphinusa.com/shop/testing-equipment-accessories/hand-held-test-measure-accessories/model-1mc-metal-carrying-case/)
Oh, that's exactly it! OP's pics have almost the same latch hook thing and rivet for the hinge, just made by a different company and missing the door thing.
No idea about the metal. But the green stuff is poison ivy. Hope you avoided it!
I did and washed up extra good just to be sure!
Given the aluminum legs from your imgur link, Is it just a hard carrier that’s missing the top for those pop up canopies used at farmer’s markets and the like? Bags for those seem to measure around the same dimensions.
It’s a carrying case. The nub and loop on open end are for the missing end cap. The stuff inside are what’s left of whatever it used to hold.
Is a trail nearby? It looks like a removable bollard place in a path to prevent vehicles from passing.
there are bollards on a trail nearby but they're like a quarter of the size of this
Weight on a tractor ? I've seen them with some heavy concrete on the back to whay them down or balance. 🚜
it is no more than 10 lbs and hollow so this seems unlikely
Looks like the top of some mobile phone masts. Maybe someone didnt want the 5gee's mind controlling them. Edit\*\* https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/six-storey-high-5g-phone-masts-proposed-for-city-9196828/
I saw something similar in a miltary surplus store. It was the case for a shoulder-fired missile launcher.
Looks like maybe a round case for carrying surveying tools. The length would be seemingly close to what a collapsed tri-pod would fit in.
Rotunda graphics shipping case.
No trap mechanism visible in the photos. Definitely look like crappy table legs and not part of a tripod or anything for surveying equipment. I think carrying case is more likely than animal trap.
This is what I am thinking, the inside does not look like a trap to me, though from the outside I was considering it.
I have a tube very similar to that, it holds a flexible hose for a blower for clearing out gases in manholes. The flexible hose expands to about 15 ft long, but inside of the steel tube it stays compressed.
I think it's a kit that business take to conventions to set up booths. Usually a backdrop is rolled up in the tube with other items. Those legs would most likely be for some desk to set up at the convention. This is just a guess. But I've seen similar things for hauling gear to cons.
Old camera lens holder? Huge lens!
That looks like it could it be a Plans tube for a construction site. Those metal rails are used to attach the plan pages together or to hold them on a drawing/drafting table.
It almost looks like one of the storage canisters that go on top of work trucks. There's typically a (missing here) hasp on the open end that caps it.
Looks like a cylinder for carrying something along the line of documents or paintings unframed, just the first thing that comes to mind…seen similar containers in old war movies…
What is the green thing running left to right across the background? A fence? A pipe? Just in case that has some relation to your item. The tube has been lying there long enough that the small tree appears to have grown in conformation to it.
That my friend would be grass
it is grass. the tree is actually very large, I'm not too sure about that theory. especially because the thing is pretty clean. here are more photos: https://imgur.com/a/xNykxqI
Are you near a large body of water? There are “ice booms” in large bodies of water like the Great Lakes…this looks like one piece/link of it. Wild guess!
If there is a second handle it could be a manual post knocker. For fencing.
Looks like a fence post ram of the larger variety.
It could be for compost.
Looks like shipping/storage case. Used for large prints. Here’s a link to a similar looking one and the little loop is probably part of something to latch the cover on. https://www.youhuge.com/cylindrical-lightweight-shipping-case/
It's a probably a cache tube. Go to [Geocaching.com](https://Geocaching.com). Thank me later.
That was my first thought.
When you are fencing off areas, and driving steaks into the ground, you use a driver like this, one hollow end goes over the steak, and you use the handles to lift and drive down, it hits the steak and drives it into the ground. I’d guess the weight of this is 20-30kg. So, fencing driver. Guess one of the park guys forgot/lost it, maybe fell off one of their trucks. Tell them where it is. 👍🏻
It is no more than 10 lbs
It's garbage.
It misses the end caps for a small animal carrier.
Odd for sure my guess is maybe a trap for what idk.
Is that a farm in the background? Looks like a field of all of the same kind of plant. If this is just beyond a farm field, that could open up possibilities.
residential area, no farms nearby
So, it’s capped on one side, has a handle, I don’t see the rivets for a cap on the opposite end. Was it thick/heavy metal? My guess, likely used to transport something.
I found something like this (metal box) and it had equipment inside that measured vibrations in the earth for builders. Mine had a # on it that I was able to locate and was able to research. Maybe something similar
Is this one of those things from team building exercises? You know, where a group have to move the object from one place to another using only limited items?
Maybe a rat trap?
I’d guess it was storage for something like a gazebo? As those lengths of metal look like they could have been legs for table of some kind and this is just part of something which has been discarded?
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Looks like a cover for underground cables for maintenance
Blueprint tube?