Found in the floor of my basement, about 10 inches down. House was built in 1954.
Found in the floor of my basement, about 10 inches down. House was built in 1954.
No idea what this is or what the letters might be.
It's Latin.
It says "Don't dead open inside."
Was your house built on the site of a previous house?
it actually was a street prior to 1954
Okay. You said it was like ten inches down, so I'd guess it's probably not something related to your house, it's probably some bit of infrastructure from the old street. Which means we should be thinking in the realm of "outside municipal access covers", and not "something installed to make my house better".
Uhhh was it a bombed out one?
What are/were the names of the local water, electricity, gas companies?
Either that or a prototype slime monster trap...
Probably something like a sewer drain access point
You don't have a call before you dig phone line in your area?
I would have to yes.
Is that another cover lid with screws? The letters look like C U B E, though it could be a 6 and an 8 where I think it's C nd B
Not sure it helps, but I fiddled with the levels & stuff to try to make the lettering clearer. Didn’t have much success, but I do see something that could be ‘co’ to the right:
