tennessee river find

[capt_t]

any ideas?

 

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[vayank54]

looks like a rusted up jaw trap to me.

 

[RPG]

Knock some of that rust off. Looks like a steel trap to me.

 

[RPG]

looks like a rusted up jaw trap to me.

Yup. We were posting at the same time.

 

[bradyboy]

Yep
Trap
Brady

 

[capt_t]

i guess that when i posted this the trap part didnt go through,,,,nor the rest of it,,,was found on the tenessee river near an old indian village,,,,beaver trap? and I also heard that if you soak it in vinagar water that will help remove the rust and crap

 

[oldsledz]

I am not sure if you will have much left if you remove the rust and crap. It may be better left as is.

 

[DirtyMike]

My vote is for trap as well.

 

[kuger]

It is not large enough be a Beaver trap,and would have a spring on the other side as well.Probably Coon,muskrat etc

 

[silverswede]

Agree with Kuger, my guess would be that under all that rust would be a chainless, panless, top half of the springless, remains of a #1 1/2 Victor single longspring animal trap now not good for catching animals up to racoon size animals that frequent that particular river. Whew!

 

[Lucas]

Yep, that pretty much covers it. Definitely not old enough for "Indian Village" era.

 

[kuger]

Agree with Kuger, my guess would be that under all that rust would be a chainless, panless, top half of the springless, remains of a #1 1/2 Victor single longspring animal trap now not good for catching animals up to racoon size animals that frequent that particular river. Whew!

 

[GopherDaGold]

I'm trying to decide which is more disgusting. That ugly brownish very old dirty thing or the rusted hunk of metal above it.
Sorry, I couldn't resist,