Farm implement of some sort.

[MisterHelix]

Easily the largest item I have found metal detecting on my farm, this item might be a hay baler?

I was amazed to find it, because I have practically stood on top of it for ten years without realizing it.

Anyway, pretty cool. I don’t think it will fit in my cabinet , though.

 

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[bailingwater]

Cycle bar mower.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Yes, it's a Cyclebar.

 

[worldtalker]

Years back there were a lot of three legged dogs on farms from those.

 

[Mud Hut]

It favors a sicle bar, but that isn't what it is.

 

[Mud Hut]

In the modern world, they call them ratchet rakes. In yesterday's world .. when I lived on the farm, we called it the poop buster. It is a type of harrow drag. Ours was very similar.

 

[ncsuwolf]

It favors a sicle bar, but that isn't what it is.

Not a sickle bar mower. My guess is those teeth were for adjustment. The handle allowed for changing settings/depths/angles. If you look the toothed part is attached yo a pipe which should be freely moving. I’m not sure what it is, but not that old. 75-100 yrs.

What is the concretion on the left side? Looks like a cross between concrete and oyster shells.

 

[MisterHelix]

Yeah, I didn’t want to argue, but I’m pretty familiar with sickle bar mowers, at least modern ones. I own and operate one for taking in hay.

While the teeth on this relic make you think “cutting implement”, the toothed bar does not reciprocate, it swings out on a hinge.

The toothed arm has a big D shaped handle on the free end.

The white stuff is a bit of concrete.

I’ll google ratchet rake and see what I can find.

 

[Mud Hut]

Yeah, I didn’t want to argue, but I’m pretty familiar with sickle bar mowers, at least modern ones. I own and operate one for taking in hay.

While the teeth on this relic make you think “cutting implement”, the toothed bar does not reciprocate, it swings out on a hinge.

The toothed arm has a big D shaped handle on the free end.

The white stuff is a bit of concrete.

I’ll google ratchet rake and see what I can find.

It would originally had a weight tray.

 

[Gare]

The one looks some what like a milking gate

 

[ncsuwolf]

The one looks some what like a milking gate

Interesting. Potentially a homemade head gate?

 

[Gare]

Could be . I think it just shows some resemblance

 

[Mud Hut]

It does, kinda sorta. but it isn't a headgate.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Could be . I think it just shows some resemblance

I’m going with a homemade first cousin to this…..missing the chute.

 

[beepbleep]

Interesting. Potentially a homemade head gate?

bingo

 

[Randy Combs]

cool find for sure

 

[bartholomewroberts]

We always called them a sickle bar mower back when I was a lad on the farm..

 

[MisterHelix]

I’m going with a homemade first cousin to this…..missing the chute.

A head gate. I see. Yeah, maybe so. That makes more sense. There were certainly cattle running here. I’ve found cowbells and brass cattle tags.