>         There are 3 leads on the bottom and the middle lead is
>  grounded to the case.
>

Screams "CRYSTAL" to me.. Stick it in a crystal oscillator circuit and
see what happens.

The metal cans on crystals really should be grounded, but many choose
not to do that.
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