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Grandpas Trap #6414816 12/31/18 08:53 PM 12/31/18 08:53 PM
Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 913 North Carolina DaYooper14 OP trapper
DaYooper14 OP trapper Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 913 North Carolina	Cleaning out grandpas garage before its sold. Only trap we found, never knew he even owned one. Cant figure why he wrapped one jaw in copper? Probably an eternal mystery. -- It seems all of Greece knows what is the right thing to do, but it is only the Spartans that do anything about it. --

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: DaYooper14] #6414819 12/31/18 08:57 PM 12/31/18 08:57 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 1,093 Hathaway Montana Cathouse Jim trapper
Cathouse Jim trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 1,093 Hathaway Montana	That is a very nice find. Didn't there use to be an old wise tail about using copper to preventing rust or corrosion? I have seen old traps with copper wire on the jaw also. I figured it was to ID it. "I've reached nearly fifty four years of age with my system." NTA Life member MTA Life member

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: DaYooper14] #6414820 12/31/18 08:58 PM 12/31/18 08:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 16,699 north Idaho W wissmiss trapper
wissmiss trapper W Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 16,699 north Idaho	An absolutely cool find. Would be fun to catch a muskrat with it and then hang it on the wall. Something to tell your kids and grandkids about. www.usedtraps.com Please check out my updated inventory of Native American books.

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: DaYooper14] #6415033 01/01/19 12:56 AM 01/01/19 12:56 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,414 Idaho Falls, Idaho F Furvor trapper
Furvor trapper F Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,414 Idaho Falls, Idaho	Quote Didn't there use to be an old wise tail about using copper to preventing rust or corrosion? That picture indicates it might work - chain & swivel are rusted more than the trap.

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: wissmiss] #6415035 01/01/19 12:58 AM 01/01/19 12:58 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH Catch22 trapper
Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Originally Posted by wissmiss An absolutely cool find. Would be fun to catch a muskrat with it and then hang it on the wall. Something to tell your kids and grandkids about. Absolutely I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: Catch22] #6415061 01/01/19 02:33 AM 01/01/19 02:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,223 Kansas Pawnee trapper
Pawnee trapper Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,223 Kansas	Originally Posted by Catch22 Originally Posted by wissmiss An absolutely cool find. Would be fun to catch a muskrat with it and then hang it on the wall. Something to tell your kids and grandkids about. Absolutely Yep. Go set it. Everything the left touches it destroys

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: DaYooper14] #6415067 01/01/19 03:15 AM 01/01/19 03:15 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,672 Ohio W Willy Firewood trapper
Willy Firewood trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,672 Ohio	Cleaning out Grandpa’s garage must be bittersweet. I hope you find more treasures and preserve many memories along the way. FRAC LIVES MATTER

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: DaYooper14] #6415075 01/01/19 03:56 AM 01/01/19 03:56 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,040 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,040 Minnesota	A cool find indeed! NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Grandpas Trap [Re: DaYooper14] #6415078 01/01/19 04:37 AM 01/01/19 04:37 AM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,500 Kenai AK K KenaiKid trapper
KenaiKid trapper K Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,500 Kenai AK	I would guess the copper is used as a non-corrosive spacer to keep the jaws from rusting together in storage. Just a guess though. Originally Posted by Dirt Originally Posted by Rat Masterson Boco couldn't catch a cold. But if he did, it would be Top Lot.

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