✅ SOLVED Some sort of meat hook?

[Benyo4559]

Hi guys,

I dug this up earlier today near my grandmothers homestead, roughly 5 inches underground. It gave off an iron signal so I am taking an educated guess and saying that it is made of iron. Very rusty and the two prongs seem to be different lengths. The object is roughly 6 inches long from base to top, and about 4 inches wide. My grandmother told me that her great-grandfather was a butcher (the physical building was about 125 yards from the spot I found it ), so that's where I got the meat hook idea from. I mean it looks pretty old so I am not sure. Any ideas of what else it might be if it is indeed not a meat hook? Thanks!

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

Not sure if a meat hook would have been Iron.It could have been though.

 

[Plug N Play]

Check out "gambrel deer" on google.
I think you have a home made one of those.

Edit: just noticed this one is quite small, and not for deer

 

[diggummup]

Sure looks like an old meat hook to me.

 

[d2]

First thing I thought of was a trap drag but it could be a meat hook too ...d2

 

[diggummup]

Meant to post a link to the photo I posted earlier. https://www.etsy.com/listing/464148...ch_query=butcher meat hooks&ref=sr_gallery_23

 

[KeyaPaha]

I had the same thought at d2. Looks like a drag for an animal foot trap.

 

[Benyo4559]

Wow that's very interesting! Thanks for the quick responses. I am heading back out tonight to see if I can dig up another one in the general proximity.

 

[flinthunter]

I have to agree with a leg hold trap drag.