On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:42:16 +0000, Tim Downie rearranged some electrons
to say:

I was walking on the beach when I found an odd lump of something with a
few wires dangling out of it and in the way that you do, I bashed it
with a rock to see what was inside. ;-)

Eventually I dug this out.
http://www.zen31010.zen.co.uk/images/mystery_object.jpg

It's about 6 x 4 cm and about 5mm thick. It's definitely NOT a
mechanical component and I think it's perhaps from the base of a radio
aerial, probably off a boat. I think originally there would have been a
conductor threaded through the "S".

Can anyone confirm this (just for curiosity's sake)?

Tim

It looks like a feng shei detector. I need one of those for my sauna.