Hello everyone! I'm new here, driven partially by a need to know what this thing is I need to identify, and general curiosity. 
Firstly, let me explain a little. I work for a museum in Alberta, and in 1985, a man died, his will revealing that he'd donated eighty five items to this museum. Needless to say, with the museums staff of one harried woman, some things were forgotten.
One of them was only recorded as a "Whatzitt?" was placed in a wooden box, and forgotten in the artifact storage in this building until now. Naturally, I was curious as to what exactly it is.
I did a search for dowsing rods, because this thing, at one point in time had two black rods from the end which curved outwards slightly. One has since been broken off entirely, and the other has been broken as well, as the box in the pictures below shows it was once quite a bit longer.
The main material seems to be stainless steel, and the glass vial is filled with gold-ish flakes or chunks.
My best guess is a loaded dowsing rod, I found a similar picture on Google search, but I need a better confirmation. Does anyone else have ideas? If anyone has anything that show something similar to this, please! Link them here! I'll be forever grateful. And thanks in advance!
Edit! Oops! Sorry if I put this in the wrong place!
Firstly, let me explain a little. I work for a museum in Alberta, and in 1985, a man died, his will revealing that he'd donated eighty five items to this museum. Needless to say, with the museums staff of one harried woman, some things were forgotten.
One of them was only recorded as a "Whatzitt?" was placed in a wooden box, and forgotten in the artifact storage in this building until now. Naturally, I was curious as to what exactly it is.
I did a search for dowsing rods, because this thing, at one point in time had two black rods from the end which curved outwards slightly. One has since been broken off entirely, and the other has been broken as well, as the box in the pictures below shows it was once quite a bit longer.
The main material seems to be stainless steel, and the glass vial is filled with gold-ish flakes or chunks.
My best guess is a loaded dowsing rod, I found a similar picture on Google search, but I need a better confirmation. Does anyone else have ideas? If anyone has anything that show something similar to this, please! Link them here! I'll be forever grateful.
And thanks in advance!Edit! Oops! Sorry if I put this in the wrong place!
