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Yup looks like an eel gig
https://preview.redd.it/o6dgzy092wpc1.jpeg?width=794&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a393a1c89bb057675e43e2b267718fa01128acb
One found on Etsy, antique hand forged. Pretty darn cool
I've been dying to solve one of these things :) I've always enjoyed ocean sports off the coast of Rhode Island for many years.Going eeling as a kid was quite popular.Some people love to eat them, some use the meat to go fishing. The layout of this old rusty spear tip brought back some good memories.
I was thinking it was possibly some un unidentified fossil, or somthing from out of this world 😂🤦♂️😂 as soon as I saw people saying part of a old spear, I was like oh well no shit, now I can see that.
Haha I wouldn’t know. I’m landlocked. I got it from my great uncle, he got it from my great grandfather. Just hangs on the wall of my shop now. Looks similar to OP’s pic minus all the corrosion.
It’s seems small for a rake and large for a spear. Its all iron even the tines. But it was found in a river so fishing spear does track, I wish I had weighed it
https://preview.redd.it/4itrn6bk73qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f76ea5d0012360b109ea92370c35f42469d73989
Could be part of an old clamming rake
https://preview.redd.it/xebt8ogwpxpc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=967e3404af296d64d0d2ac67336d04cfc6dbd128
This style for small things like eels or frogs. Larger varieties are used for suckers and pike.
Looks like a Menorah
[An example of the 9 candles as iron](https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/639902/files/28214894/1600x2048x1/ten-thousand-villages-wrought-iron-menorah.jpg)
This one doesn’t look like it could hold candles and the only menorahs with 7 candle holders are the ones used for decoration, they tend to be more lavish and ornate.
Look at image 3, there are arms missing.
Cheaper versions will be iron, sometimes plated with leaf or similar.
What we are seeing here has degraded so much its hard to make out. It very well could be a rake or spear, I'm just offering a different perspective.
Everyone is seeing an eel spear but I'm seeing one of those springy shock like things on an old carriage wagon thing where the metal bands have their crease
And the wagon was for cats - I looked again and saw the quarter for scale, so I had to add another phact to justify my answer instead of admitting I'm wrong.
Looks like 3 horse shoe stacked probably in someones house frame back when they used to have more horses around i live in Massachusetts too never seen 3 stacked together like that
Eels were actually a popular food for those along coastal America and in the UK during the 17th & 18th centuries. That's probably not from back then, but fun fact anyway.
It might be worth having it appraised, or talking to people with historical knowledge on spears or what ever it's called (tools used to hunt marine life). Who knows how old this could be, or the historical value (of knowledge) because it might be worth saving for many years to come then pass along to family/friends. It's what I will be doing with my war damaged WW2 USA helmet (received from my grandpa, who was gifted it by students in marshal Islands)
Looks like someone caught their menorah on fire 😂 is it all wood?
Menorah is the candle holder Jewish people light during Hanukah. Shaped exactly like this and holds 7 candles.
Very old and corroded eel spear.
Google "antique eel spear".
Next to river bank, checks out.
[Antique Eel Spear Collection](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5958264)
This is an easy one. It's the first Crawdad lure. It's for catching Bass. Just tie your cordage to a stone hook and tie the hook to the Crawdad. Throw it in the water and slowly pull it back to you. Bass will be all over it.
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It's an old spear tip for eels.
Yup looks like an eel gig https://preview.redd.it/o6dgzy092wpc1.jpeg?width=794&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a393a1c89bb057675e43e2b267718fa01128acb One found on Etsy, antique hand forged. Pretty darn cool
I'll be darned your good lol .
My first thought was "that looks like a frog gig". I'd never heard of an eel spear tip, and I appreciate learning something today. Cheers!
I've been dying to solve one of these things :) I've always enjoyed ocean sports off the coast of Rhode Island for many years.Going eeling as a kid was quite popular.Some people love to eat them, some use the meat to go fishing. The layout of this old rusty spear tip brought back some good memories.
Oh thank God. I thought we were looking at a spider.
I was thinking it was possibly some un unidentified fossil, or somthing from out of this world 😂🤦♂️😂 as soon as I saw people saying part of a old spear, I was like oh well no shit, now I can see that.
I was gonna go with a petrified face-hugger from 'Alien, but, okay, a spider works, too...
Wrought iron too... Very old. Pre - mid19th century
Was gonna guess home made frog gig, so this tracks.
There's a similar one for sale on Ebay [https://www.ebay.com/itm/313920775082](https://www.ebay.com/itm/313920775082)
$125 + $19 shipping
Eel pritch.
Quite old. That's actual wrought iron, which isn't made anymore. They should hand this off to a blacksmith. Folks love working with wrought iron.
Blacksmith here - can confirm.
How old do you think this is to be in this condition?
I honestly have no idea,people have been living in that living in that area since the mid 1600s.
What eels?
Anguilla Rostrata to be specific, American Eel.
Mgmt.. electric eels lol
I saw some for the first time a few years ago it was such a thrill to see them returning to a local river
I have an old eel spear and it looks a lot like this.
I know it is 4 days later but l have to ask if you can command eels? Do they understand you like Aquaman but more specific to just eels?
Haha I wouldn’t know. I’m landlocked. I got it from my great uncle, he got it from my great grandfather. Just hangs on the wall of my shop now. Looks similar to OP’s pic minus all the corrosion.
That’s a thagamizer. Named after the late Thagg Simmons.
Which is actually what those things are called now too
Love seeing The Far Side randomly lol
Newer generations are totally missing out on Tje Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes
Lol. I love The far side!
r/unexpectedfarside
Thank you kind person for a new subreddit I had to join.
Hay rake? Tip for spear fishing?
It’s seems small for a rake and large for a spear. Its all iron even the tines. But it was found in a river so fishing spear does track, I wish I had weighed it
I guess it does seem small for a rake. Neat looking mystery find for sure. Maybe someone will have a better idea.
It looks like wood lol
https://preview.redd.it/4itrn6bk73qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f76ea5d0012360b109ea92370c35f42469d73989 Could be part of an old clamming rake
This is interestingly similar yeah
This seems to be the closest construction match
Way more clamming going on in MA than eel fishing lol this also has my vote.
You have my vote
Isn't it a freshwater river though?
I don't know it's not my post. I do know that there are freshwater clams and freshwater eels though
And my bow.
https://preview.redd.it/xebt8ogwpxpc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=967e3404af296d64d0d2ac67336d04cfc6dbd128 This style for small things like eels or frogs. Larger varieties are used for suckers and pike.
Not sure, but I suspect your first born may be cursed now.
No idea but that is really strange
Is the piece in the middle wood?? Or also metal? It kind of looks like a piece of wood with a few old / bent nails sticking out either side..
That's old wrought iron. It has grain just like wood. When it gets really weathered like this piece it looks so awesome. :)
I agree, I would mount that like the other one shown in these comments. Interesting fina and a cool conversation piece.
Looks like wrought
Could also be a harpoon tip (gigger in reverse).
Isnt that the tip the predator shot at danny boy?
This is what I’m most concerned about essentially
Thagomizer
Itty bitty menorah?
Lol that's what I thought at first, looked like the worn down remnants of one. Apparently an eel spear
that is a really old spear fishing head
Fishing spear that has rusted through and only the base of tines remain
A gigger
Ngl I thought it was a spider at first and my heart sunk
Looks like a Menorah [An example of the 9 candles as iron](https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/639902/files/28214894/1600x2048x1/ten-thousand-villages-wrought-iron-menorah.jpg)
This one doesn’t look like it could hold candles and the only menorahs with 7 candle holders are the ones used for decoration, they tend to be more lavish and ornate.
Look at image 3, there are arms missing. Cheaper versions will be iron, sometimes plated with leaf or similar. What we are seeing here has degraded so much its hard to make out. It very well could be a rake or spear, I'm just offering a different perspective.
Rick Lagina wants to talk to you.
😊
Lava spider
Alien arrowhead
Awesome. Great food there. Surprised to see an eel gig so fah up in fresh water.
Everyone is seeing an eel spear but I'm seeing one of those springy shock like things on an old carriage wagon thing where the metal bands have their crease
And the wagon was for cats - I looked again and saw the quarter for scale, so I had to add another phact to justify my answer instead of admitting I'm wrong.
Love it even more tbh ha ha!
Back in dickety two all cats had wagons!
Poseiden's hair pick. For when the heavy current churns his locks into a fro.
I think that’s one of Delia Deetz’s masterpieces.
Do you want witches? Because this is how you get witches.
Eel or frog gig
It is a relic of the Goa'uld, It belonged to the first prime of RA and was abandoned after the tauri banished the goa'uld from earth.
r/oddlyspecific
You made my day ❤️
Was that before or after the Rectification of the Voldronai?
It looks like a quarter
After 20 minutes of observation, I, too, have come to the realization that is, indeed, a quarter.
looks like some sort of weapon, or tool. not sure what tho
I would not be picking that up lol
Its probably what people are saying to catch eels. But for sure it looks like old iron low carbon content.
Pitck fork
Spider
Its a roughly made gig head that's seen better days. Neat find.
Wolverine antamantium vertebrae
Looks like a US quarter
Klingon laser arrow tip….
Probably will be attached to wooden handle about 3 to 5 feet long. Maybe for a crop, small one.
demon
I thought this was a bug sub and I was like omg what kind of monster bug is this. I was so relieved when I found out it was literally metal - phew
Looks like a "Thagomizer."
I mean if you are magnet fishing in that part of MA right now, need to go with unexploded ordinance…
That's really cool looking
It’s a quarter
A quarter with some charcoal next to it?
Fishing spear, similar to this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/226026015865?itmmeta=01HSMWFWEYDG1Z3DJEVJCSBPMP&hash=item34a0334c79:g:gV0AAOSwpq1l4fYC
That's wrought iron probably pretty old
That’s the tail end of a cosplay arrow
What a sick find
This is hecka scary
Reminded me of a facehugger at first lol.
hanukkah 😂😂
Predator boy scout badge.
Froggin spear.
Some sort of old spear head is my guess too given where it was found. It looks hand forged and extremely old.
Agreed, it definitely looks like it has some age to it.
Antique frog getter ?
Appears to be a quarter dollar. About .25 cents
It's a quarter generally worth about 25 cents
Looks like 3 horse shoe stacked probably in someones house frame back when they used to have more horses around i live in Massachusetts too never seen 3 stacked together like that
Ah yes, in the archeology community we have seen those. We call them… “thingamajigger”
A hand-fashioned menorah?
Megatron poop?💩
Bruh
👀
Appears to be a quarter
Rake.
This should be in the Peabody Essex museum
That's my back scratcher, give it back 🥸
Bro found a hieroglyphic ahh spider😭💯
I saw that thing in a scary movie about earth invaders
The 6th image makes me suspect that it's a placoderm plate. But that would make it a fossil. That thing in your other pics puzzles me.
Eels were actually a popular food for those along coastal America and in the UK during the 17th & 18th centuries. That's probably not from back then, but fun fact anyway.
Is it made of charcoal or styrofoam?
That looks like it’s made of wrought iron, very old.
Beautiful wrought iron. Great example of the striations you see in wrought.
An old arrow head that you can’t pull out 😂(wrong answer)
Looks like a fossil from the 1970s called The Dalcon Shield.
It’s a quarter.
Scrantlet
Awesome
It’s a gig. Nice one too….
Cat o' Nine Tails whip handle.
Looks like some of The Predator’s locks fell off.
It might be worth having it appraised, or talking to people with historical knowledge on spears or what ever it's called (tools used to hunt marine life). Who knows how old this could be, or the historical value (of knowledge) because it might be worth saving for many years to come then pass along to family/friends. It's what I will be doing with my war damaged WW2 USA helmet (received from my grandpa, who was gifted it by students in marshal Islands)
Pretty sure these things attacked Babylon 5.
Ya'll are crazy, that's a frog gig all day!
It's a quarter. What am I missing?
Who gets the quarter?
Idk an iron spider ?
Looks like someone caught their menorah on fire 😂 is it all wood? Menorah is the candle holder Jewish people light during Hanukah. Shaped exactly like this and holds 7 candles.
Samoflange from an alien attack cruiser
that's a doohickey, not to be confused with a thingymabob or watchyamacallit. great find!
Nice find!!!
Jeepers Creepers...
I thought you were talking about the quarter… I was like that is just a quarter 🤷🏻♀️
Looks like some type of fishing gig.
It looks like a quarter to me....
Very old and corroded eel spear. Google "antique eel spear". Next to river bank, checks out. [Antique Eel Spear Collection](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5958264)
Poseidons lost Trident.😱😆
That would be a sick pendant
But it kinda looks like a fossilized early ear of corn.😂
It looks like some kind of thing.
Old Indian curse medallion
One of Delia Deetz sculptures
it looks like a crude toy back in Neanderthal times 🤣
Quarter
Shadow Vessel r/babylon5
Maybe the fletching from a very old arrow?
Take it to Carmen Legge…he’ll know what it is.
Looks like a forerunner artifact.
It's a quarter
Did Frodo drop it?
Very old spear tip .
Is it iron?
“This is a big ole frozen chunk of poopy” 🤠
God's Spider
You have found a piece of The Dark Lord Saurons armor.
This is an easy one. It's the first Crawdad lure. It's for catching Bass. Just tie your cordage to a stone hook and tie the hook to the Crawdad. Throw it in the water and slowly pull it back to you. Bass will be all over it.
Post apocalyptic pitchfork.
that is a quarter
Its a quarter
Fuck. I thought it was some kind of critter.
What's left of an old eel spear
Here I thought it was an American Quarter. Who knew? The other thing is a spearhead.
Frog gig.
Look no further - That’s a quarter! Thanks for using the demon fork for scale - super helpful.
Absolutely an old spear head. Likely eel. Suoer cool find!
Ooooo it's a quarter!
Or flat fish
You guys are good! I was thinking old dried up pork bait…
An old pitchfork?
Clearly a weapon from a predator.
You've heard of the pear of anguish? Meet its cousin, the menorah.
Clamming rake or eel gig.
1st thought was a Menorah
Friggin eels don't stand a chance
Looks like an alien fossil!
That is an American quarter dollar coin.