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#4 Newhouse #5429447
02/22/16 07:22 PM 02/22/16 07:22 PM
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I cleaned it up a bit and got some better pics. Just wondering how old it may be and worth. I don't want to sell it just curious. Off anybody has any ideas I would appreciate it.






Only marks other than the pan are the 3 notches in the frame. I assume a trapper done that.

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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429451
02/22/16 07:24 PM 02/22/16 07:24 PM
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Notches.





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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429452
02/22/16 07:25 PM 02/22/16 07:25 PM
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Made by Animal Trap Company. So made some time after 1925. Might even be as new as the 1980s.

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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429474
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Thank you wissmiss. Is the swivel original?

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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429534
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Are you asking about the swivel that attaches the chain to the trap? If so, I would say yes it is original in my opinion.

Those notches on the bottom piece are not even worth mentioning, in my opinion. Not going to affect the value at all.

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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429565
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When did they stop using that type chain?

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool and his folly. Proverbs 17:12
Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429643
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It looks to me like there are 2, maybe 3 different types of chain on that trap.

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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429687
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All of the cain is the same.

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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429706
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I agree Wissmiss. some of it looks like 4 1/2 chain. rounded holes in the chain instead of coming to a point.
Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5429969
02/23/16 12:31 AM 02/23/16 12:31 AM
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Steve C 123 Thats a nice trap
Your trap most likely left the factory with a kinkless welded chain, somewhere along the line someone added to or changed that chain, thats a very nice drag you have there and it looks like a Mike Ayers dog knot stake if Iam not mistaken.

Dont sell your trap, it might be worth a fair buck one day. Ide like to see better pictures of that drag.
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I looked again at the chain and from trap to stake it is smaller than the chain from stake to drag.

Mink, I will get a better pic of the drag. Thanks for eveones replies. I don't really care if it is worth much I just like the looks of it.
Is there any other way to date the trap itself?

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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5430607
02/23/16 03:45 PM 02/23/16 03:45 PM
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The flat link chain suggests sometime before 1930 but the pan stamp is after that time.
40s 50s 60s take your pick
The frame and the rivet being pressed in shows older, 1930s

I dont know for sure about the stake but Iam guessing they where not on the market till the 50s or 60s
Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5430610
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Look your jaws over for US stamped in the side or on top
Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5430636
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Here is pics of the drag.





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Re: #4 Newhouse [Re: stevec123] #5431938
02/24/16 01:24 PM 02/24/16 01:24 PM
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I didnt find us on the jaws anywhere.

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