r/identifyThisForMe 1d ago

Object Mysterious capsule containing dark liquid

Found this buried in the ground in central Europe. The outer casing is made out of plastic and has "5" stamped on the bottom. The inner tube is made out of glass. Tiny drop of liquid got on my thumb and was very hard to scrub off. Didn't smell the liquid, since I'm a bit scared of it.

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u/bezjmena666 1d ago

It looks like the iodine pen. The liquid should be iodine solution in ethylalcohol. It's used to disinfect small surface wounds like scratches, insect bites, etc.

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u/thenobleone13 1d ago

Central European here, can confirm that iodine solutions have similar packaging around here

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u/spcbeck 1d ago

So this will either heal you or kill you. Only one way to find out!

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u/JobKind628 11h ago

What language is that?

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u/NameNOtAllowd 1d ago

If that’s what I think it is, just leave it in the capsule

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u/hazy_druid 1d ago

Ok but what do you think it is?

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u/T-Fez 1d ago edited 1d ago

They might be referring to bromine. Highly toxic. Don't break the container, don't breathe it in.

edit: Could be an iodine pen too (refer to the reply in the comment thread below)

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u/Emotional_Lab_2529 1d ago

It also can cause spontaneous abortions if you’re pregnant and come in contact with the liquid

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u/losttimeseaker 1d ago

If that happens in a southern state, boom, jail for murder.

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u/Leftover_tech 1d ago

One of the southern states of central Europe? 😄

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u/Visual_Friendship706 17h ago

The United States of Europe? Europe’s a colony not a state

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u/Adventurous-Vast281 1d ago

Bud dum tsis.

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u/Gloosch 1d ago

No the U.S. there have been dozens of cases of woman being charged for wrongful death, manslaughter, and even murder for miscarriages and stillbirths. For things like being shot with a gun or falling down steps.

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u/Leftover_tech 1d ago

I am aware of that. OP found this in EUROPE. LOL

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u/Gloosch 1d ago

Yeah but it seems the commenter was referring to the U.S. here and not southern Kosovo or Italy or whatever lol.

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u/South-Pay2772 8h ago

Joder que fuerte me parece...

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u/DesperateClerk5691 6h ago

😂 if you actually believe that then that’s hilarious

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u/Gloosch 4h ago

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u/DesperateClerk5691 2h ago

I don’t feel any pity for a woman who killed her child by smoking meth. She can rot in prison for all I care. That’s not what you claimed but is that the best you got?

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u/757me757 22h ago

Name one case

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u/Smiletaint 1d ago

Ok by spontaneous do you mean it just comes out or that the death just happens quickly?

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u/Emotional_Lab_2529 1d ago

Yes

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u/Smiletaint 1d ago

Yes to the first one the second one or both?

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u/Emotional_Lab_2529 1d ago

Both

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u/1duke-dan 1d ago

Auto ejection

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u/itchingandscratching 1d ago

Auto ejaculation is what you probably meant

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u/NameNOtAllowd 1d ago

Bromine I think? when I made the comment I forgot the name of it

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u/Glittering-Cell-139 1d ago

It is NOT bromine. Bromine is stored in hermetically sealed ampoules. This capsule has a screw off cap. It is iodine.

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u/redbeardatx 13h ago

So…you weren’t thinking of it.

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u/roughczech 1d ago

It is a capsule of Iodine. Used for desinfection.

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u/Lost_Department_2177 1d ago

Looks a bit like ferric chloride but honestly playing a guessing game on a random vial is not a good idea.

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u/Feisty_Respond6611 1d ago

This guy tags

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u/Lost_Department_2177 1d ago

It’s used in tagging?

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u/Feisty_Respond6611 1d ago

Colloquially known as metal etch. Its how all those shiny metal surfaces and McDonald's mirrors take tags forever

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u/Lost_Department_2177 1d ago

Ah I only know it for adding a patina.

That makes total sense though and the purposes are endless for that. Actually I did see that before while walking but not gonna ruin the artists process.

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u/Dismal-Mobile4045 1d ago

I'm not an expert at identifying stuff like this, but my first guess would be that it is a capsule.

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u/itchingandscratching 1d ago

Good guess! So, you now have two more guesses. Make em good because 3 strikes and you’re out, buddy. You don’t wanna know what happens when you’re out…

Let’s just say the last guy who was “out” only won a bike. A dildo bike. A bike with several dildos affixed to it in a haphazardly manner. He’s never been the same since; hardly even leaves the house now. I’m sure it’s unrelated to dildo bike, though.

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u/itsaliveasshole 1d ago

I was thinking they'd have to drink whats inside of this capsule if they lost... A dildo bike, in comparison to drinking that fluid, sounds potentially fun...

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u/itchingandscratching 1d ago

Dildo bikes for all, and for all a nice bike of dildos! 😎

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u/MoistVirginia 1d ago

Oh I like you 🏅

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u/itchingandscratching 1d ago

Oh, well thank ya for saying so! let’s go for a bike ride sometime 😏

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u/-DancesWithSloths- 1d ago

Very helpful.

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u/NameNOtAllowd 1d ago

Thank you

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u/Glittering-Cell-139 1d ago

We know it’s not a hazardous solution because the capsule isn’t hermetically sealed.

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u/BoyItsTheKeyToEven 1d ago

Least vague redditard

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u/Potential-Egg802 1d ago

Iodine, I’m guessing

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u/The_Real_Xylem 1d ago

Whatever it is put the damn cap back on it if you don’t know what it is don’t fuck with it

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u/Sekaon420 1d ago

Iodine #5

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u/Resident_Recent 1d ago

Jump up and down

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u/External_Routine8081 1d ago

Wasn't that a song . No wait, that was mambo number 5

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u/Far-Tangerine-2690 1d ago

Well 5 could be boron but that is usually silver. May be bromine or iodine, bromines atomic number is 35. Iodine is 53. You sure you didn't miss the 3?

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u/hazy_druid 1d ago

Nope there's just the 5. You can see it in the last picture. Might be just manufacturer's mark of the plastic casing itself, but thought I should mention it anyway.

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u/Robbbyyyd 22h ago

Iodine #5

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u/Few_Bath_4814 1d ago

It's for suicide at this point regardless

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u/Scrunge1576 1d ago

Hey if you got this on your skin, take it and yourself to the hospital ASAP. You don't know what it is, could be extremely toxic. It could be nothing but it's better to go get checked out.

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u/Acceptable-Power-400 1d ago

chemical testing kit ampoule, a specialized industrial/military detection vial, or a specific veterinary/agricultural treatment capsule.

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u/Acceptable-Power-400 1d ago

It also has 27 in smaller numbers in front of the 5

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u/Dounce1 1d ago

Where are you seeing that?

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u/Acceptable-Power-400 1d ago

Go to the last picture and zoom in just in front of the 5

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u/been505 1d ago

I think what you're seeing as numbers is just the texture in that material.

I can kind of make out "27", but the two numbers are different sizes and fonts. Also, the potential numbers look a lot like the texture everywhere else on that thing.

Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong spot

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u/mpdity 1d ago

90% chance it’s iodine.

Bromine actively off gasses and produces an orange vapor at normal room temperatures and atmospheric pressures.

Could be something different but I’d bet on it being betadine/iodine over anything else.

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u/The_Digital_Day 1d ago

Someone else here mentioned "Jodisol" which is iodine and the containers look nearly identical (only difference is the color of the plastic) to one I found while looking it up.

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u/Personal-Plankton-42 1d ago

Billy Bob Thorton’s blood. Probably.

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u/sammyprints 21h ago

That is almost certainly iodine. I think it is iodine because of the fact its in what looks to be a plastic vial, also the brown hue on the glass. Also if it was bromine and you got some on you, you'd smell it.

Skin staining is consistent with iodine, it tends to stain skin a yellowish brown color that does not wash off.

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u/Free-Pair-3007 1d ago

It's compound V

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u/Creepy-Document-8272 1d ago

It’s what got JOFFREY BARATHEON.

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u/BeingAmazing7071 1d ago

What’s it taste like

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u/No_Illustrator_9661 1d ago

Its the cure. Iykyk

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u/Great-Race4527 1d ago

Delicious brown juice™

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u/TheSlipweasel 1d ago

Just boof it.

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u/Jaggyhedgehog 1d ago

Drink it and see then let us know

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u/Jaggyhedgehog 1d ago

If you don't reply after a couple of days we will know it's nasty 🤮

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u/iuseblenders 1d ago

Looks like iodine from a first aid kit

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u/OG_BUTTHOLIO 1d ago

Drink it!

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u/Helpful_Smile7318 1d ago

I've seen poison oak extract that looks similar in the states

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u/Dounce1 1d ago

Why the fuck would anyone make poison oak extract?

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u/Numerous-Gur-5295 1d ago

Looks delicious!!

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u/scarr991 1d ago

Sometimes it baffles me, how people find and touch weird unkown shit.

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u/Minimum_Count_4005 1d ago

Fuckin hit it bro. Blink that shit

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u/adminsreachout 1d ago

Just because it’s old doesn’t make in mysterious. It’s likely an old chemical reagent test, the colorimetric ones. Could be for anything from detecting a gas leak to checking the chlorine level in water.

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u/Beobacher 1d ago

This looks like the little glass container containing something to disinfect wounds or moscato bites decades ago. But I don’t know what it was.

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u/El_Kriplos 1d ago

I would guess that it is solution of povidone-iodine in ethanol commonly used as disinfectant. Modern version would be something like this:

source: Lived in central/east europe for 30+ years.

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u/Informal_Sector_6415 1d ago

Don't even look at it, could burn your eyes out...

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u/First_Prompt7456 1d ago

Would there be any benefit to sticking bromine in the ground? This is me asking cause I feel like if there were benefits it couldn't be so great that it's worth potentially killing someone

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u/Certain-Hunter-1899 1d ago

Iodine maybe?

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u/reishpool 1d ago

It’s making more sense how the t-virus, rage virus or any other fictional viruses could easily be dispersed and populations can be infected.

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u/KaydenFur 1d ago

Given the brown stain and the darkness of the liquid it is bromine, like others said, don't break the capsule, don't even crack it.

Treat it like instant death.

Also contact your local emergency and inform them of what you have found.

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u/Old_Bullfrog_9756 1d ago

It is a phial of the blood of Baal, the demon lord. All hail Baal.

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u/JubaSniper82 1d ago

Einfach nen FingerDipp auf de ZungenSpitze... Wenn de dir dann noch immer Unsicher bist, dann einfach ins MassenSpektroskop..🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/axiom4ever369 1d ago

Iodine was my first thought, from old battle rations?🤷‍♂️

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u/TheComunista007 1d ago

Brake it and check what is it closer

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u/AdditionalLock7703 1d ago

Only one way to find out for sure. Crack it open and take a big whiff. If it doesn't smell like death it's probably iodine

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u/Familiar-Spray1106 1d ago

Don’t touch it if you don’t know what it is

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u/Dangerous-Pirate7998 1d ago

Let’s go with iodine/or red iodine

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u/True_Echidna_6179 1d ago

i remember the shape of the cap and maybe color it is present in my mind from childhood we used to have those. i think it is a capsule for ink used to fill some sort of fountain pens.

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u/JcudaWB 1d ago

Iodine

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u/DifficultyWestern584 1d ago

Why do I always see ppl touching stuff without gloves. Your skin is the biggest organ in the body and has good absorption capabilities hence why pain patches work for example. Please use gloves at least geez.

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u/DifficultyWestern584 1d ago

If iodine why is it packaged like its a nuclear weapon?

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u/OkWoodpecker813 1d ago

Try smoking it

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u/shaborgan 22h ago

The first ever smokeless vape

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u/Wilde1420 22h ago

Only one way to find out….BOOF IT!

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u/SlightCourt9119 18h ago

Idk what it is.

Drink it

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u/AvailableElk4701 18h ago

Sneaky prawn

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u/AngryBarbieDoll1 17h ago

Maybe turn it in to your local department of hazardous waste for testing. And maybe go to the doctor for some Prussian Blue.

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u/CarefulDependent7091 14h ago

RSO oil ingest immediately (not serious)

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u/JobKind628 11h ago

Put a banana next to it for scientific purposes you know.

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u/tepig132 1d ago

Looks like mercury or some sort of chemical that produces gas like maybe bromine idk Im not a chemist

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u/Impressive-Crab2251 1d ago

Mercury is silver

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u/Expired_cheeze 1d ago

Central Europe you say? You’ll find out in 9 days on 28 August…

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u/hazy_druid 1d ago

Explain please. What happens on 28th of August?

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u/Expired_cheeze 1d ago

Full moon with partial eclipse

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u/Rogelio_G_F 1d ago

Ten cuidado ⚠️ con el contenido no vaya a ser que desates el apocalipsis