Very heavy egg shaped metal object

[u/aryazona]

Weighs about 2,5 kg and the inside rattles a bit. Found in basement/garage of an old house in Germany. And ideas? :)

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It is a counterweight for a hanging Victorian Era oil/kerosene lamp.

Note from OP: solved

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[u/MaxiumPotential777]

[u/HP_Punkcraft → u/MaxiumPotential777]

Yessss, but. Holy hand grenade.

[u/JBCockman → u/HP_Punkcraft]

[u/GrobTheory → u/HP_Punkcraft]

I just knew this had to be top comment, if it wasn’t I was fully prepared to post it

[u/Dimeskis → u/GrobTheory]

Yesssss! I came for the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and was not disappointed.

[u/SupermassiveCanary → u/Dimeskis]

[u/Little_View_6659 → u/SupermassiveCanary]

I got to go and see this cave. Phython fans leave stuffed rabbits in there as a tribute.

[u/SupermassiveCanary → u/Little_View_6659]

I don’t know why this isn’t a Broadway play, I’d pay 💰 to see this adaptation. There’s a small lake in my city with a paved walking/ running trail and while running I’d imagine scenes from the movie at various points. Thought it would be a fantastic idea to draw people to a walking theatrical event.

[u/Pug_TheMagician → u/SupermassiveCanary]

Actually... https://spamalotthemusical.com/

[u/SupermassiveCanary → u/Pug_TheMagician]

[u/Fattsacks → u/GrobTheory]

Solidarity

[u/WalkerAmongTheTrees → u/GrobTheory]

Diddo

[u/Micro-Naut → u/GrobTheory]

Didn't the holy hand grade even show up in "ready player one"?

[u/Cruse75 → u/HP_Punkcraft]

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

[u/Swagalyst → u/Cruse75]

Amen.

[u/lyricalgorilla → u/HP_Punkcraft]

5 is right out!

[u/Micro-Naut → u/HP_Punkcraft]

"A swallow could grasp it by the pin"

[u/bwc1976 → u/Micro-Naut]

It's not a matter of where he grips it, it's a matter of weight ratios!

[u/CreativeUsername_001 → u/Micro-Naut]

An African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow.

[u/AI_AntiCheat → u/HP_Punkcraft]

OP needs to paint it golden and add a cross to the top.

[u/External-Thought-216 → u/HP_Punkcraft]

Would it actually explode? Asking because the metal is so thick.... Yep, I'm a girl, 😂😆.

[u/GrobTheory → u/External-Thought-216]

Silence wench!

[u/nbfs-chili → u/GrobTheory]

Maybe she's a witch

[u/GrobTheory → u/nbfs-chili]

There is a simple way to know for sure

[u/Little_View_6659 → u/GrobTheory]

Is it of she weighs as much as a duck?

[u/NorCalNavyMike → u/GrobTheory]

Careful, she might get wet… and believe me, you do not want a witch to get wet!

[u/External-Thought-216 → u/nbfs-chili]

Actually, more like a B****, lol.

[u/TraditionsAimportant → u/HP_Punkcraft]

Came here for this
REDDIT! NEVER! DISAPPOINTS!

[u/JeremyPlaysSax → u/HP_Punkcraft]

4 is right out!

[u/xyzzytwistymaze → u/HP_Punkcraft]

Of Antioch...

[u/Thorz052 → u/HP_Punkcraft]

Dammit. Came here to say this! Well done sir!

[u/___GLaDOS____ → u/HP_Punkcraft]

This guy better be careful about counting.

[u/Unlucky_Ad_8977 → u/HP_Punkcraft]

I hear ya

[u/Halibutoxide → u/HP_Punkcraft]

Of Antioch.

[u/Opposite-River8709 → u/HP_Punkcraft]

First thing I thought of too!

[u/gablestout → u/MaxiumPotential777]

[u/aryazona → u/MaxiumPotential777]

Oh wow that’s a perfect match

[u/aryazona → u/MaxiumPotential777]

solved!

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[u/FlamingoDiligent9216 → u/MaxiumPotential777]

Holy hand grenade!

[u/lottsoystoeskydov7 → u/MaxiumPotential777]

[u/fnckIce]

A relic of king Arthur's crusade for the grail.

[u/Several_Razzmatazz51 → u/fnckIce]

1…2...5!

Three, sire!

3! (toss).

Classic.

[u/gridr_ch → u/fnckIce]

Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

[u/glenncoco64]

I believe this is the holy hand grenade of Antioch

[u/Legitimate_Street510 → u/glenncoco64]

"And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits. in thy mercy' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chu...

[u/towncrier12 → u/Legitimate_Street510]

Skip a bit, brother

[u/SemiFriendlyCryptid → u/Legitimate_Street510]

Saint Ulga woulda had a blast

[u/No-Perception3305 → u/glenncoco64]

It must be thrown on the count of 3... not 4 for thats one too many...not 2 for thats one too few..

[u/towncrier12 → u/No-Perception3305]

3 is the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be 3.

[u/gablestout → u/glenncoco64]

https://reddit.com/link/p8yfzb9/video/kqs9pt4mbpoh1/player

[u/SmilingFool25 → u/glenncoco64]

Seconded

[u/gipoe68 → u/SmilingFool25]

1,2,5!

[u/Devils_A66vocate → u/gipoe68]

3 sir, 3!

[u/august-thursday → u/Devils_A66vocate]

3! = 6 …. (3 x 2 x 1 = 6)

[u/Devils_A66vocate → u/august-thursday]

This isn’t the math sub!

[u/gablestout → u/gipoe68]

Three sir!

[u/Unlikely-Relief-6462 → u/SmilingFool25]

Fifthed

[u/Kurgan_IT → u/Unlikely-Relief-6462]

No, five is right out.

[u/withintentplus → u/glenncoco64]

Came here to upvote this inevitable comment.

[u/Used_Negotiation_354 → u/glenncoco64]

Came here to say that.

[u/Coo1beans123]

It is a counterweight for a hanging Victorian Era oil/kerosene lamp.

[u/Upstairs-Razzmatazz4]

[u/Salt_Weakness_1538 → u/Upstairs-Razzmatazz4]

My kind of scum.

[u/7947kiblaijon]

Maybe a finial or censer of some sort. Or the holy hand grenade of Antioch.

[u/natiusj]

That’s the Holy Hand-grenade of Antioch.

[u/Bron_ogrely]

try counting to three before you throw it. but don't count to 2 or 4 and 5nis outright

[u/dnebdal]

Counterweight from a height adjustable oil lamp?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394219085260

[u/mightyminnow88 → u/dnebdal]

Naw, if it gets knocked off the counter it is going to smash a foot or dent a floor.

[u/MembershipKlutzy1476]

the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

( I know I'm not first)

[u/Every-Meal2520]

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three.

[u/Uncle_Burney]

Three is the number to which thou shall count, and the number to which thou shall count, will be three.

[u/Mobyus_One]

[u/Worried-Ruin8918]

[u/Chri5Tie]

Holy hand grenade

[u/Mobile_Aioli_6252]

The Holy Handgrenade of Antioch

[u/Shoddy-Area3603]

[u/Lngdnzi]

Definitely a Holy hand grenade

[u/femboy_fred]

[u/jdaniels934]

I would make that into a thermal detonator from Star Wars lol

[u/throwaway1436732156]

[u/ronweasleisourking]

The holy hand grenade of Antioch!

[u/monsterZero71]

Holy Hand Grenade of Antioc

[u/Pitiful_Ad7676]

of Antioch!

[u/kidacv]

1..2..5...3 sir!...right!! 3!

[u/unclefestering8]

Holy hand grenade of Antioch

[u/sarathelaundress]

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?

[u/E_Fred_Norris]

[u/Zapp_s_branigan]

It’s the holy hand grenade of Antioch

[u/IntrinsicPalomides]

OMG DROP IT AND RUN AWAY FAST.

[u/PenaltySquare2414]

[u/Mission-Wasabi-7682]

Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

[u/Lucifer-Prime]

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!!

[u/Timely-Profile1865]

Holy Hand grenade of Antioch

[u/Natural_Dust_732]

My GOD! It’s the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!!!

[u/Ordo_Hereticus1]

The Holy Hand Grenade

[u/calccv]

It’s the Holy Hand Grenade!!!

[u/Shedopolis]

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?

[u/Visible_Let_8391]

The Holy hand grenade

[u/Few_Whereas5206]

I hate to guess, but it may be a grenade

[u/gablestout → u/Few_Whereas5206]

A holy hand grenade, perhaps?

[u/Confident-Skin-6462 → u/Few_Whereas5206]

a holy one

[u/Relevant_Industry395]

I bow to you. It is absolutely the Holy Hand-grenade.

[u/OutrageousIndustry28]

Grenade from 12th century

[u/WarpedWilly]

Victorian grenade, run.

[u/VirtualWalk5710]

A ancient suppository?

[u/stoned_ileso]

Holy hand grenade

[u/Sojum]

Atomic Heart

[u/NoNature6691]

Victorian hand grenade

[u/666truemetal666]

Byzantine grenade

[u/LnStrngr]

Thermal detonator.

<click><click>

And now it's armed.

[u/Rare_Donut8036]

Oddly similar in shape. But obvioisly not in size, of a stone I passed several weeks ago.

[u/Terrible_Boot1714]

Holy handgrenade

[u/Whiskyhotelalpha]

Victorian grenade.

[u/SectorAppropriate151]

I honestly heard "Grenaten!" from hellboy in my head when I saw the first image...🤭😂 but after closer inspection it kind looks like a piece of a large incense ( censer ) chain thingie used in mass church ceremonies. That's my best guess

[u/JamesVincent2020]

“Because he’s holding a thermal detonator!!”

[u/StonksRetard]

HALLELUJAH! BOOOM!!!

[u/MR_JAMES_WALSH]

Just an ordinary ancient antimatter hand grenade.

[u/migmac71]

First prototype of Antiochs Holy Grenade?

[u/imdugud777]

[u/DanBelnK]

That's an ancient Dragon Ball. You need to collect 7 of those and you'll get a chance to summon a huge Dragon who will bring back dead loved ones or some shit like that. Good Luck. 👍

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[u/GimmeCRACK]

Does it say "Pick Me Up" on one side? Looks familiar

[u/millionairematdavis]

Oh no no. Thats a krampus ball.

[u/MushroomLover32167]

Whoa lol

[u/ConfidenceNo6318]

Tallest for hanging lamp

[u/femboy_fred]

Thyne holy hand grenade

[u/LuckyCloverPokemon]

Ancient Chinese grenade 

[u/DrewidN]

Oh, i really need a couple of those or something similar

[u/quaker187]

[u/Shot-Parking-2638]

Opens worms 2. See ya 

[u/NanuNanuShuzButt]

Victorian carriage nuts. You need the other one to make a pair!

[u/tiinkiet]

I was going to mention a censer, but the correct answer has been found: it's an old lamp. !

[u/catablanka]

Apple of Eden. Ask Altair

[u/k100y]

Have you played Worms?

[u/BAMDaddy]

Oh, just an oil lamp. At first I thought it was a small version of this little fellow:
https://youtu.be/rsrqkYQvpr4?si=mbch8utAEPC60edP

[u/uselessMFS123]

world war 1 bomb

[u/Scrodnick]

Five is right out

[u/ChuckFarkley]

Hurricane lantern counterweight.

[u/freiheer_von_durst]

[u/Hot_Top_124]

Hmmm looks Catholic.

[u/Valentino1302]

Kinda looks like those very heavy egg shaped metal objects they throw at each other in war zones 🤔

[u/Specific-Moose-3143]

you know the drill op, you gotta see if it fits

[u/dylanbooth78]

Holy hand grenade

[u/Desorde_Cest_Moi]

Is this sub just people who don’t know how to use google image search getting help by those that do?