brass acorn - SOLVED

[Steve001]

What was this object used for?
Thanks

 

[DigEmAll]

Re: brass acorn

Yeah... steading it.

According to the the other picture it needs a lot of steading.



Doc, you don't really think it was used for squirrel fishing do you? Have you ever in your lifetime heard of squirrel fishing season. And there are laws AGAINST baiting game animals. Not that a squirrel would fall for a brass acorn. Has anyone here ever heard of squirrel fishing season?

 

[jon43]

Re: brass acorn

Yeah... steading it.

According to the the other picture it needs a lot of steading.



Doc, you don't really think it was used for squirrel fishing do you? Have you ever in your lifetime heard of squirrel fishing season. And there are laws AGAINST baiting game animals. Not that a squirrel would fall for a brass acorn. Has anyone here ever heard of squirrel fishing season?

not me but i will start one this year if the varmints get into my garden

 

[DigEmAll]

Re: brass acorn

LOL

I already did.

Got no closer than you did!

99 cent, Made in Pakistan, Ninja thingie from the 70's

 

[diggummup]

Re: brass acorn

All I can offer is,it looks like brass plated copper(not solid brass).It does appear that the two spikes are not evenly spaced at 180 degrees apart.It looks more like about 120 degrees apart which would indicate a third spike that is either:a)hidden from view or b) broken off completely.The size appears to be true to a real acorn if thats what it even suppose to emulate.Finding out if the spikes are spring loaded or gravity driven as well as if they "lock" into the "out" position would be key to this ID.Unless this is known, it could be used for one of many things. Popular whatsit,need more info,unfortunately.I'm still searching..........

 

[dg39]

Re: brass acorn

Yeah... steading it.

According to the the other picture it needs a lot of steading.



Doc, you don't really think it was used for squirrel fishing do you? Have you ever in your lifetime heard of squirrel fishing season. And there are laws AGAINST baiting game animals. Not that a squirrel would fall for a brass acorn. Has anyone here ever heard of squirrel fishing season?

Watch it now! The opening of squirrel season down here in Louisiana is a State Holiday. Even the school kids get the day off..
Don't make lite of them tasty little critters, they make a good gumbo!!!!!

(thats stew or soup to you Yankees.)

 

[dg39]

Re: brass acorn

doc, we need to get together and patent that lure..It would sell like hotcakes to these frenchmen down here..
(inside joke to the rest of you reading) 8)

 

[Mona Lisa]

Re: brass acorn

I think it's something for domestic use....something for sewing or for in the home. I think that it's too decorative for fishing or for catching squirrels. IMHO

 

[jasonbo]

Re: brass acorn

Squirrel Fishing

OK to end it all I made one to try out to see if it was true following is the results

The Test Subject

Takes the bait.

After a couple failures you have to let them get into trying to crack the brass nut

Ahh see there now its in there so give it a little tug.

Wham play by play of the action

Taking home the spoils

All squirrels were eaten as a good gesture. Wouldn't want them to suffer now would we?


Special Thanks to
Nikolas Gloy and Yasuhiro Endo
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~yaz/en/squirrel_fishing.html

 

[dg39]

Re: brass acorn

Some one help me off the floor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it!!!!
Oh my sides hurt!!!!!!!!! jasonbo , you are as sick as we are.. We salute you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Re: brass acorn

Jason.....you're nuts!

 

[Michelle]

Re: brass acorn

Jason.....you're nuts!

haven't stopped laughing yet!

 

[dg39]

Re: brass acorn

Yea! Bump him to the head of the class! Brilliant!!! Them Harvard boys are something else, er, some of them...

 

[diggummup]

Re: brass acorn

Come on guys.We know this experiment was done with peanuts and no squirrels were harmed in the process and blah,blah,blah.Although if it is spring loaded,add a couple of barbs to the points and you boys could be on to something with the squirrel lure .Except it's illegal to bait 'em,any squirrel hunter knows that .I almost posted this for fun myself,cause it is too darn funny.Yes,squirrel is good if prepared properly.Back to the drawing board....

Sorry bout the earlier post if it offended anyone.....no harm intended......doc...my apologies. I am single tho'...could this be the reason??
NATF

Didn't offend me,I thought it was funny.Twisted but funny! .I doubt anyone under the age of 18 knows what you're talking about anyway.Nemo me impune lacessit(L.).

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

Very cool research Jason. 8) I used to fill my pockets with acorns before climbing into my treestand during hunting season. After sitting still and very quietly for a while, I would toss one or two on the ground, the deer being attracted to the sound. I never thought of tying a string to one of them!

Whatever happened to the church incense holder theory?

 

[jasonbo]

Re: brass acorn

The incense theory? No one how you could light the whatsit and keep it going. In the end common sense prevailed and the unequivocal function of our beautiful brass squirrel lure was proved. And everyone enjoyed New Orleans Squirrel gumbo with truffles after they finally stopped laughing.

Right Jack?
Right Doc.

That was squirrel in the Gumbo bulllargghh

 

[Michelle]

Re: brass acorn

CY, this one needs a breathalizer!!!!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

Do you think I can catch deer this way, Doc? I think you are serious! :P

 

[Michelle]

Re: brass acorn

Not sure if anyone else has caught onto this yet or not but Steve001 and diving doc are the same people...This has been a scam....anyway i dont feel the need to finish looking for this item...Check out the dates on the profiles and posts and doc also made a few comments that sort of gave it away also...remember how unresponsive steve001 was ...that's because diving doc was watching and laughing at us...anyway glad this one is done!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

Jason was catching squirrels that are used to being fed by people, in his 1997 tests, by using peanuts, which the squirrels love. Nothing has been proven that anyone could catch a squirrel with a piece of brass! :P Doc is running the joke into the ground. Its not funny anymore. What Jason did in 1997 with peanuts, was very funny.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: brass acorn

OK. But Doc. Fun is fun. enough already! You don't really believe that this brass object, without barbs, was really for catching squirrels, and came with instructions to rub on peanut oil!!!! You are either not an outdoorsman or have been drinking to much MD20-20. Sorry, Jack Daniels.