[OT] What might this object be? [old thread]

[Katherine Noftz Nagel]

McLauchlan, Kevin wrote, in a thread about identifying an 
odd object in the road:
> I'd kill for a picture
> right now. :-)

His original description of the object is copied at the 
bottom of this message.

OK, I may be way offbase, here.  It isn't round, and from 
the photo I can't tell the color of the LED or the material 
the case is made of, but...could it be a fleet management 
tracker similar to this one:

<http://store01.prostores.com/protect8/catalog/GPStrackStickPRO.jpg>

I stumbled across this site looking for something else, but 
the stubbie antenna and the LED on the body reminded me of 
your question.

K@
Kat Nagel

---description ------
 > I realized it was a metal object with a steady red
 > LED, dropped in the slush in the other lane of the road -
 > snipped]
 > It was mostly the size and shape of an old-fashioned 
round > combination
 > padlock such as you'd use on a locker, but somebody had
 > cut the shackle,
 > leaving a stub on one side.
 >
 > It definitely wasn't a lock (though it looked like the
 > back of one).
 >
 > The body appeared to be metal.
 >
 > The "stub", at close inspection, was an antenna just like 
 > on my last cellphone.