blacksambellamy
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any ideas how old?
fishing weights how old
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Bottom ones are castnet weights. Hard to date since you can still find that mold. I know they had them in the seventees because my nets had that style.
Top weight looks like a sounding weight... as to the cast or gill net weights they don't look super old...
blacksambellamy
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I thought sounding weights were big...this is about the size of a large sinker weight
They are but I took a guess as there was nothing to next to your weight for size comparison. the top weight looks older than the other weights.
blacksambellamy
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you might be right. Im doing research now and it looks just like them. Im finding out They did use small ones
gunsil
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Sounding weights were usually very large, several pounds at least. They also usually had a concave depression in the bottom to hold wax so the type of bottom (sand, rock, etc.) could be discerned. Your weight looks like a fishing weight. It would not be able to take a trip straight to the bottom on a string due to current or speed of vessel. A sounding lead had to be heavy enough to go straight down fast in a current and soundings were usually done with the vessel under way and the weight needed to be able to overcome the water drag on the cord in either condition.
