Original, unused, J Duffus & Sons, mole traps

[earth-thrower 490]

Saw these listed, on a selling site, recently & managed to purchase them ! , got to be as 'rare as hens teeth' now, in this condition, surely ?

[foxdropper 17,092]

Absolute mint find mate and what a steal at those prices .

[earth-thrower 490]

7 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Absolute mint find mate and what a steal at those prices .

Thanks,...only thing is a paid alot more, than prices on the box !

[earth-thrower 490]

5 hours ago, earth-thrower said:

Thanks,...only thing is a paid alot more, than prices on the box !

Was only two traps, also.

[earth-thrower 490]

Far too tempting to get one in a mole run, for me, a will tell you ,...just hope I can resist !  (anybody know the value of these, boxed & unused ?,...I haven't a clue ?)

[Kalibrgun 927]

23 hours ago, earth-thrower said:

Far too tempting to get one in a mole run, for me, a will tell you ,...just hope I can resist !  (anybody know the value of these, boxed & unused ?,...I haven't a clue ?)

Tells you on the box 1.99

[earth-thrower 490]

3 hours ago, Kalibrgun said:

Tells you on the box 1.99

You could be, right ave been told on good authority they where £100 a pop, good few years ago,....but the person who informed me, didn't want to pay £20 for one now, currently,........its no problem,  they'll be catching moles before long, hopefully

[Kalibrgun 927]

Just now, earth-thrower said:

You could be, right ave been told on good authority they where £100 a pop, good few years ago,....but the person who informed me, didn't want to pay £20 for one now, currently,........its no problem,  they'll be catching moles before long, hopefully

I had 7 tins of old webley pellets all full tins sticker was 1.70 a man came and gave 140 for em they were scrap to me but he shot the older .22 cal springers that loved em. One man's rubbish and all that if you've not got a lot in em use em. I bought some old gin traps in a bundle off ebay couple year back for in the mandate on the walls. There's one that's tiny just big enough for a mouse. It's caught a few round the chicken feed drums 

[earth-thrower 490]

1 minute ago, Kalibrgun said:

I had 7 tins of old webley pellets all full tins sticker was 1.70 a man came and gave 140 for em they were scrap to me but he shot the older .22 cal springers that loved em. One man's rubbish and all that if you've not got a lot in em use em. I bought some old gin traps in a bundle off ebay couple year back for in the mandate on the walls. There's one that's tiny just big enough for a mouse. It's caught a few round the chicken feed drums 

Interesting stuff, mate.

[comanche 2,799]

The box in itself is a possibly a bit of social history . 

I don't know if Metalrax is still in business but l'm sure G Wilkinson still sells hardware under the the Progress name . The phone number dates it to the early  1990s or before ;l think . The decimal price is another clue to its age.  One price tag  has the name Homemakers on it : l wonder if they are still in business .                                                  And with an original price of £3.99 that wasn't a cheap trap!

You have to wonder what  ,if any , rights there were to the J Duffus name . The patent must've been long expired.

Perhaps Duffus jr was involved with one of the engineering companies under the Metalrax banner. 

Where's  OTC when he needed?