What is it Barn Find?

[lzenglish]

I found this at a barn sale this weekend, and purchased it. The home owner did not know what it was, and just said it was hanging in their old barn when they purchased the home. It is made from wood and metal. The tubes are rolled and are hollow. There appears to be some solder on the seams of them as well. I looked it over and found no makers marks, but I believe it was factory made, as opposed to home made. My best guess is for raking up some type of fruit or vegetable's gowing in the ground, by not sure. Does it look famillar to anyone? Any thoughts or Ideas appreciated.

Thanks,

Wayne

[Papaw]

Maybe a peanut ( groundnuts for the Brits and Aussies) rake?

[ray]

I would think that is used for harvesting grain such as wheat. You would scoop the heads off, dump it then scoop again.

Ray

[Neals]

Could be a berry picker for blueberries or cranberries.

[rusty]

Yea, cranberry rake, they are all over the place in new england...

[lzenglish]

Thanks Guys! Armed with your answers and google, I see it is in fact a cranberry rake/scoop.

Wayne

[dimwittedmoose51]

Drill some holes in the back side of it and it would make a great golf ball drag line bucket for those pesky ponds that folks hit their errant shots into.  As a child, a friend and I took the newspaper baskets off the backs of our bikes and bought some clothesline rope and made this shade tree drag line bucket and we pulled like 300 golf balls off the bottom of the country club pond after dark one Saturday night in the summer.  Left a muddy mess and a nice trail, making it pretty easy to figure out who dunnit.  We got into a lot of trouble back in the early 60's.  The club pro  made us give all the balls back, as he hired a scuba diver even back then to retrieve the balls.

Regardless, a great find and prolly still serviceable unto this day....


DM&FS