Lucky 9

[Radar]

So what you're saying is..... is you're old

Kinda

[Radar]

That is greatness! Crazy that you still have that thing.

I been finding things I forgot I had. Even found my FFA jacket and I can still put it on. I cant zip it though

[HeliTremor]

Anything I had or did with my Dad was cooler than the stuff I can buy now...must have been the company.

[hogslayer78]

I grew up in the 60's and 70's coon hunting with my dad and his friend. They hunted hard and drove a big old Rambler station wagon with the dogs loaded in the back. I got paid to skin, scrape and hang the coon hides. My first "skinning money" was used to buy my own walking light and spotlight. Western Auto had a big 5 cell Ray O Vac sportsman light that I bought along with three battery extensions that screwed on the body. Gave me a total of 9 "D" batteries.I would buy bulbs by the case and go through them looking for the ones that gave the best spot without a dark center.

Dad used to call it Lucky 9, because of the 9 batteries it held and how bright it was. My walking light was a carbide lantern that hung off my hat with some wire. High tech

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You could have brought that to the crappie fest Radar and kept Pat in line with it......

[breadman]

i remember those well , mine was alot shorter though . i still have it somwhere tucked away.

[Radar]

You could have brought that to the crappie fest Radar and kept Pat in line with it......

I bring it this year in case he falls out of the boat again, it will give him something to hang on to when I fire up the big motor.

[hogslayer78]

I bring it this year in case he falls out of the boat again, it will give him something to hang on to when I fire up the big motor.

🤣🤣🤣....

On a side note, you need to come this year! We been missing you the last 2 years! 👍

[Radar]

🤣🤣🤣....

On a side note, you need to come this year! We been missing you the last 2 years! 👍

If it aint real far away, I be there.

[Smart]

I been finding things I forgot I had. Even found my FFA jacket and I can still put it on. I cant zip it though

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[BTLowry]

Dad has my great grandad's similar to that Jeff

Don't think it holds 9 batteries but it holds a bunch

[Chew]

Great memories right there. Flashlights were a big deal to coon hunters. My dad and grandpa went once or twice a week....52 weeks a year. I remember when my dad upgraded to the Nite Lite. Big old battery pack on the belt, helmet with a flashlight, and some other stuff with it. Cheap chinese LEDs are probably brighter than that expensive light that cost a weeks pay.