What is this relic?

[coinshooter]

Hi all,
I found this at an old road camp.
I thought it might be a pot holder or
possibly something to do with changing tires. Anyone able to identify this tool?

 

[coinshooter]

No takers?

 

[hotrod]

shovel? idk still cool

 

[A/CMan]

Maybe a Slicer on a pivoted arm?!

 

[Nevada Coyote]

Looks like the trigger of a trap. Notice the hole on one end and the flat piece in the middle.
Nevada Coyote

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Part of a fence post?

 

[coinshooter]

Could be, but this is more of a tool. It is on a flat piece of iron. The hole is intentional like it was used over and over and hung upwhen it was not being used. It sure does look like a fencepost piece, but I don't think that's it.

 

[BrutalBeck]

Looks like the trigger of a trap. Notice the hole on one end and the flat piece in the middle.
Nevada Coyote

I'm with Nevada Coyote on this one.

 

[sky355]

I agree its a Trigger for a old trap line Trap See this image.

 

[Gold Maven]

we need more pics, side, bottom...

 

[coinshooter]

Ok. The trap looks like a possibility, but I am still not convinced. I'll send more pics when I go to lunch. The center piece is not a round plate and this was used in a roadcamp where theywere building roads. Seems to me that the only thing they might be trapping would be a coyote, and it would be easier to just shoot it from a distance if this is what they wanted to do. This was found in the desert.

 

[coinshooter]

Well, after taking a few more shots, maybe you are right.

 

[vor]

This was found in the desert.

Then obviously it is an old Jesuit trail marker.

 

[Kentucky Kache]

From that view, it does look like an animal trap.

 

[JavaDetector]

Yep looks like a coyote or pig trap. The rest is probably nearby. The fence post pieces were most likely used to anchor them in the absence of a suitable tree.

 

[coinshooter]

Thanks Nevada coyote and others. I think now that the trap trip was the right answer.

 

[hvacker]

I was thinking you might have just one piece of a puzzle. Nevada might be right.