Nice, old fishing instrument , ( today )

[Notsu]

After cleaning on this picture now this item .
...& interesting is question,: how old is it ?

 

[weregolf]

Cool find

 

[sandchip]

I love it. Freaking beautiful. Don't know much about that kind of thing, but it looks handmade and old as hell. Any pics of what it looked like before cleaning?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer relic, congrats!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Cool find !

Looks like a very old "Gig" for spearing fish, eels, frogs, etc.

 

[CRUSADER]

19th C?

 

[RVRoamer76]

That is a nice find Notsu. Bet it was used quite a bit back in its day. Awesome! Congrats!

 

[bologna321]

Very cool I wouldn't be surprised at 1800's like crusader said

 

[kingskid1611]

Aquaman prototype. I do love it.

 

[gal]

Dimensions?

 

[Notsu]

Dimensions?

Dimensions are : 25 x 40 cm

 

[RustyGold]

It looks like a Bullfrog gig from the early 50’s.

 

[CRUSADER]

It looks like a Bullfrog gig from the early 50’s.

I had another look & although you can tell its all hand forged it does look somewhat like other garden tools from the 1940s.

 

[PetesPockets55]

Very neat and well made. It looks like it was lost before it was used very much judging by the crossbar still being straight. I would think it would have bent fairly easily where the center "tine" connects to the frame.
Speaking of the center "tine", it looks like it had a 90-degree bend to the end where it connected to the crossbar so it could be locked into place by pounding on it with a hammer.

Can you tell what type of metal it is made of? (The corrosion makes me think iron but knowing it would be used around water, the maker might have used brass?)

 

[CRUSADER]

Very neat and well made. It looks like it was lost before it was used very much judging by the crossbar still being straight. I would think it would have bent fairly easily where the center "tine" connects to the frame.
Speaking of the center "tine", it looks like it had a 90-degree bend to the end where it connected to the crossbar so it could be locked into place by pounding on it with a hammer.

Can you tell what type of metal it is made of? (The corrosion makes me think iron but knowing it would be used around water, the maker might have used brass?)

Looks iron/steel

 

[releventchair]

Nice 7 tine spear.
The region recovered in may have collectors that can I.D, it.
If not , there are collectors that know more common (common as in popular during varied eras).

The tang could be inlet into a handle. That stands out as fancy work. Many socketed spears just had a hole in the ferrule.

Good barbs on this example.
. Many "new" spears have bad ones. Short , and or cut from edge of tine and pried outward. Cheap method, but art meets science falls by the wayside...

The tines (except center ,another nice flare/example of the builders "touch") are set like some spike harrow teeth were.

 

[plymouthian12]

Hard to say my mom used one when she was a kid out eeling with her dad

 

[ARC]

Called a "gig"...AKA...Fish / Frog gig.
Cool find.

 

[ticndig]

looks old and hand forged for sure , not from walmart, I mean china.