Just for fun: can you tell me what this is?

[perchjerker]

look real close at it

you are all missing something

 

[Defiant]

Only other thing I can think of is a FF/Graph box with place for Battery maybe for Ice Fishing .

 

[perchjerker]

hint time

I don't think anyone from about south of the Ohio border would have a clue as to what it is.

 

[perchjerker]

Only other thing I can think of is a FF/Graph box with place for Battery maybe for Ice Fishing .

good guess you deserve another hint.

How it is sitting in the boat now is how I would use it. Its important as to where its located in the boat

 

[RiverBottomOutdoors]

It's a weather box. If the box is wet, it's raining. If the box is white, it's snowing. If the box is gone, tornado.

 

[perchjerker]

was made in about 1955

 

[perchjerker]

ok I am going to make it easier

there is wire in it, but there is nothing electrical about it

 

[Defiant]

Compass / Navigation Box

 

[Ebug]

Ok, one more try....ballast box?

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[perchjerker]

when I get home in a little bit I will take a pic of it with the lid open

then you will really be confused lol

I also have another one that looks different but operates on the same principle

 

[perchjerker]

It's a weather box. If the box is wet, it's raining. If the box is white, it's snowing. If the box is gone, tornado.

well I guess you could use it that way but its not its intended use lol

 

[perchjerker]

Only other thing I can think of is a FF/Graph box with place for Battery maybe for Ice Fishing .

no its way too old for that

nice try

 

[perchjerker]

Compass / Navigation Box

good try

 

[perchjerker]

Ok, one more try....ballast box?

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no...sorry

 

[Defiant]

Chronometer/Sextant guess up your way Long/lat would be helpful

 

[perchjerker]

Chronometer/Sextant guess up your way Long/lat would be helpful

that's really good

but no

its used just the way you see it in the pic, with the lid closed. Its not a storage box that is holding a tool or something in it per se

 

[Ebug]

This is getting fun.
Gyroscope?

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[perchjerker]

This is getting fun.
Gyroscope?

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ha ha no

and its not a liquor cabinet either

 

[jethro]

look real close at it

you are all missing something

I can see the piece of wire or some wire-like material coming from a grommet that is obviously made for that purpose... but I have no idea what it's for. Is it a box made to hold a massive amount of copper wire for deep water trolling? I've used copper wire to troll, but spooled on a moocher reel. That is the only guess I have until you open it up.

 

[perchjerker]

look real close at it

you are all missing something

I can see the piece of wire or some wire-like material coming from a grommet that is obviously made for that purpose... but I have no idea what it's for. Is it a box made to hold a massive amount of copper wire for deep water trolling? I've used copper wire to troll, but spooled on a moocher reel. That is the only guess I have until you open it up.

Yes you got it!!

Actually its an antique handlining reel. Handlining is popular for walleye here on the Detroit River. Its a deep fast river
. You hook a 1-2 lb weight to the wire line, the spool is spring loaded to take the wire in and let it out.

Off the wire, between the snap and weight, there is what is called a "shank" this is another piece of wire about 3ft long with clevises every 6 in or so. You clip mono leaders to this and then use a shallow diving plug to slowly troll against the current bumping bottom as you go. I will get some pics of the inside of the box.