I finally got in Lake Michigan water with the Pro this year! Great big blowout, lots of clad and sinkers, no pulltabs or fines at all...everything was a heavy...I hunted for 4 hrs...Found this very old duck call! I rinsed the sand out of it in the Lake and tried to see if it would work, but not a peep..
...must need a new reed?
Looks to be made out of some sort of soft material like baleen or possibly rhinocerous horn, possibly from the 1800's? I'll put it up on Ebay...probably get $50 I figure...[attachment 310387 Apr1-15-2.jpg]
I got home and laid my finds out on the counter and went to wash up, the Wife of course started going through them to look for gold or silver to steal, I heard her mutter a "What the Hell?" She took it and threw it in the garbage!
I said "hey! thats my duck call"! She said it wasnt a duck call...I said "what is it then?" She rolled her eyes, shook her head and said, "dont you know?" I threw my arms up quizzically and said, "well, if its not a duck call, it must be some sort of fancy antique cigarette holder from the roaring 20's?"
She paused for a second to consider the logic..and said, "By damn! You are right! "Its a cigarette holder, except its missing the filter!, and its not antique, in fact they sell them now!". "I will pick you up a box of new ones, next time I go to the store, they come with a nice cotton filter inside!, and a little string so you can loop it over a button on the front of your shirt or around your eye glasses ear piece so you can smoke hands free!!"
Then she asked me if I needed any mouthwash to freshen up my breath from smoking and all, said they have these cool squeeze bottles 'Summers Eve' brand, in the same aisle as the cigarette holders, that have a little bent straw already attached! She said she will also pick me up a box of dust face masks from the same aisle that I may like to wear on dusty days, no annoying rubber bands behind the ears, comfortable, they have an adhesive strip that you peel off and stick it right to your face! I cant wait to try them all out and will let you boys know how they all work...What will they think of next?
Mud
ps...you see that jetty way off in the distance in the iceburg photo? I parked @1/4 mile beyond that!
...must need a new reed? Looks to be made out of some sort of soft material like baleen or possibly rhinocerous horn, possibly from the 1800's? I'll put it up on Ebay...probably get $50 I figure...[attachment 310387 Apr1-15-2.jpg]
I got home and laid my finds out on the counter and went to wash up, the Wife of course started going through them to look for gold or silver to steal, I heard her mutter a "What the Hell?" She took it and threw it in the garbage!
I said "hey! thats my duck call"! She said it wasnt a duck call...I said "what is it then?" She rolled her eyes, shook her head and said, "dont you know?" I threw my arms up quizzically and said, "well, if its not a duck call, it must be some sort of fancy antique cigarette holder from the roaring 20's?"
She paused for a second to consider the logic..and said, "By damn! You are right! "Its a cigarette holder, except its missing the filter!, and its not antique, in fact they sell them now!". "I will pick you up a box of new ones, next time I go to the store, they come with a nice cotton filter inside!, and a little string so you can loop it over a button on the front of your shirt or around your eye glasses ear piece so you can smoke hands free!!"
Then she asked me if I needed any mouthwash to freshen up my breath from smoking and all, said they have these cool squeeze bottles 'Summers Eve' brand, in the same aisle as the cigarette holders, that have a little bent straw already attached! She said she will also pick me up a box of dust face masks from the same aisle that I may like to wear on dusty days, no annoying rubber bands behind the ears, comfortable, they have an adhesive strip that you peel off and stick it right to your face! I cant wait to try them all out and will let you boys know how they all work...What will they think of next?
Mud
ps...you see that jetty way off in the distance in the iceburg photo? I parked @1/4 mile beyond that!
Too funny! 
