Big Rusty Chain !

[Metal Defector]

I know this is trash but wondering if anyone could venture a guess as to what this was used for and how old?

 

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[Digger RJ]

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I know this is trash but wondering if anyone could venture a guess as to what this was used for and how old?

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Blackfoot58]

I’d guess a butchering/skinning chain set. We used to have a ring with 2 chains coming off of it and a hook on each end chain. You could hang small game by the legs to remove the guts and skin. I also used one form taxidermy for years.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I’d guess a butchering/skinning chain set. We used to have a ring with 2 chains coming off of it and a hook on each end chain. You could hang small game by the legs to remove the guts and skin. I also used one form taxidermy for years.

Here is a picture of a 3-chain gambrel for taxidermy.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

It would help if we knew the location where you found it. Woods, farm, field, RR, urban, rural. Your chain looks like light weight log chains I find in the woods, minus the hooks or loops.

 

[pepperj]

I'm going to throw my hat into the ring.
From having done a few dismantling/scraping out of milking barns, these might be the chain(s) in question.
Missing are the 2 ends, and the picture of the rusty chain shows a broken link.

 

[Metal Defector]

It would help if we knew the location where you found it. Woods, farm, field, RR, urban, rural. Your chain looks like light weight log chains I find in the woods, minus the hooks or loops.

It was in a small tract of land here in west Chester Ohio. I believe it was farmed at one time...

 

[Metal Defector]

I'm going to throw my hat into the ring.
From having done a few dismantling/scraping out of milking barns, these might be the chain(s) in question.
Missing are the 2 ends, and the picture of the rusty chain shows a broken link.
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Very cool! Thanks for responding.

 

[Metal Defector]

Here is a picture of a 3-chain gambrel for taxidermy.

Wow that's interesting . I would never have that of that! Thanks for the response !