✅ SOLVED I have 3 of these now, can't just call it junk anymore.

[VTSwinger]

I've pulled 3 of these all on seperate trips to a old farm site. Any ideas?

 

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[desertexplorer]

It’s planter wire or sometimes called check-row wire. Rolled in a large spool and mounted to the planter, the wire is attached to the end of the field as the planter follows the wire every time a knot or check (the part you found) is encountered the planter it drops a seed.

 

[creskol]

After looking at it a little closer and scaling off of the penny, I change my thoughts on them from a trip link from a corn planter to a lift link out of an old chain pump. The rings are rotated 90 degrees from each other and the bell is much wider than a corn planter trip link.

 

[creskol]

what is the diameter on these items?

 

[VTSwinger]

Thank you for that great explination!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

which is it?

 

[desertexplorer]

After looking at Vtswingers photo again creskol is correct! I should of looked closer at the link, size and the offset. I have one of these pumps too. I collect barbed wire and probably have 20 different types of check-wire and just never connected it with my water pump!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

At TN, we always figured these to be from water pumps. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/136825-i-found-watchamacallit-i-dont-know.html