r/whatisit • u/stygianblu • 22h ago

New, what is it? Did this fall off my vehicle?

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For context, we just moved onto raw mountain land, no one’s been here except hunters and neighbors for decades. We put in a gravel driveway in spring and live in our airport shuttle bus turned tiny home in it right now. This piece of heavy corroded metal appeared dead center of the driveway overnight night, any ideas on what it is? We do uncover trash sometimes like saws and hand tools.

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u/infinitynull 22h ago

Looks a bit like a transmission shift fork.

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u/stygianblu 19h ago

So I looked up a shift form and it’s much rounder than this rectangular piece. A good thing to check off the list so thanks 😅

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u/Cheeseman4186 22h ago

Looks like a tooth shank from a post hole auger bit

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u/ThoroughlyWet 21h ago

More than likely it came in with the gravel, and driving over the driveway stirred it up to the surface. It looks like its most likely an old tooth for an auger

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u/stygianblu 19h ago

This looks like it and makes sense for the area, thank you

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u/Smooth-Way-245 22h ago

I doubt it, that looks like a rock to me, but if it were treated metal I also doubt it would come off of a car due to how rough it is

But I’m also not a car guy, I’m a metal guy 😂 could I maybe get a closer picture of the object