mouse trap?

[mtholen]

I found this in a civil war trench line in the woods

 

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[doublet2a]

Kinda what it looks like, But without the set rod..and of course the wood.
Tim

 

[nhbenz]

Yes, definitely. I've just read that that type of trap, still in use of course, was given a patent in 1894, so although it could be quite old, not quite a civil war mouse trap.
Funny, I went to three sites to confirm that date and none agreed. 1894,1895,1897.

 

[Gunrunner61]

if it looks like it and smells like it and acts like it it's gotta be one!.....................HH