Found an old trap in the woods...

[MountainFeral]

Any trapping historians here? I found a cool old trap in an old mining area near Salida, Colorado. From my hour of internet searching of S. Newhouse Oneida Community traps, I haven't found one with riveted teeth like this one.

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[huntsman22]

My only Newhouse has cast-tooth jaws. Great score, but I'm no help.....

Haven't seen that type of chain before, the ones I had were all kinkless. Might be kinda old, as mine were all postwar.

 

[Pony Soldier]

I think the newhouse with cast teeth was a 4 1/2 wolf trap. I used to see a lot of them in the 60s. Most newhouse have riveted jaws and unique chains.

The oneida had jaws that fit in holes. I've never seen one with riveted teeth.

 

[Truaxdw]

Might try posting it on trapperman.com if you really wanna dig deep. Or reach out to your state trapping association. That’s a really cool find.

 

[huntsman22]

I think the newhouse with cast teeth was a 4 1/2 wolf trap.

Mine is a #14. Same as a 4 1/2 but the jaws are offset.

 

[Soj51hopeful]

Cool find!

 

[Read1t48]

Nice! Let us know if you get more info

 

[pirogue]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MountainFeral]

Might try posting it on trapperman.com if you really wanna dig deep. Or reach out to your state trapping association. That’s a really cool find.

I've applied to join their forum and waiting to hear back from their admin. Apparently he has to screen everyone to keep the anti-trappers out. I sent a pic to Colorado Trappers Association as well.

From some more searching, I'm reasonably sure that it's an S. Newman Oneida Community No. 2 1/2 trap. What was throwing me off is the teeth- from what I can tell, none of those traps came with riveted teeth. I think that the trapper added them on himself. I'm going to clean it up a little more this afternoon and see how handmade the teeth look. (trying not to do too much cleaning on it because I don't want to start removing excess metal where it's pitted).

 

[Trapper330]

The 2 1/2 Newhouse has teeth. The 21 1/2 does not. Your trap with the figure 8 chain is old, hence the riveted teeth. They later were cast teeth. Cool trap!! The slits in the pan were for a breast plate which was just a humped up piece of metal inserted so a sliding otter would trigger the trap.
The 14 Newhouse is not the same as a 4 1/2. The 14 is a #4 sized trap with offset jaws and teeth used to trap beaver/otter mainly. The 4 1/2 is much larger and was intended for wolves.