Anyone know about this Coleman Lantern?

Anyone know about this? Is it modern?

 

I've seen these before. They were used for flounder gigging. There should be a date code stamped on the base plate.

 

I can't remember Coleman making anything like it... out of step here, I guess.

 

@Chad Campbell

@Reese Williams has one of these:

From this thread:

Time to go flounderin'!

Cheers

Tony

 

Thanks for the interesting information! Wow! A homemade reflector? Not sure if it was ingenious or dumb.

 

@Chad Campbell

The reflector doesn’t look that bad in Reese’s example.

Tony

 

Late to the party here. Not much to add to what Tony quoted except that a properly polished aluminum bowl makes a very efficient reflector. From what I can tell of your picture it is one of the commercially made one. I believe (without looking) that mine is also dated 77. I believe the maker was buying replacement founts from Coleman then made up the flounder lamps.

 

@Tony Press .. Sorry if this is diverting from the original posting, but I just noticed that in the link above you posted some pics from the Reference Library of an X410a ?

The hood it has doesn't look like any other Tilley hood that I have seen before? I have looked in the Gallery but can't see an example there either?

Apologies if this has been mentioned before.

Regards

@Chad Campbell .. Another good find!

 

@podbros

Are you talking about the illustration in this catalogue?

https://classicpressurelamps.com/threads/tilley-x410a.13616/

Tony

 

Hi Tony, yes that's it!

.. It caught my eye.. Have you seen one like it at all?

 

I’ve not seen that hood.

Cheers

Tony

 

I’ve seen a couple of these for sale. After looking it at again, I can see how it could be homemade.

I wonder if it could be used as a heater? Like a small radiant heater?

 

I would think a regular lantern would put out as much if not more heat than the flounder lamp. There isn't that much thermal mass to that aluminum pan compared to the globe and vent on a lantern. The exposed mantles are also a bit problematic. Maybe with a lamp globe to protect the mantles?

 

Perhaps wire mesh mantles could be made for it.

 

I own one of these. Got it to work. For years I have been wondering what I had purchased back then. Never saw another one of these. It's pretty bright, but as mentioned above those exposed mantles always worried me.

 

How would one make a wire mesh mantle?

 

@OshnDoc

Welcome.

A wire mesh mantle would glow red, and operate somewhat as a radiator, depending how well its air/gas ratios were. It could not operate as a light.

One option to stop insects wrecking the mantles is to put a mesh screen over the reflector. Alternatively, arrange, somehow, a mica cuff (globe) over the burner and mantles.


Cheers

Tony

 

Thanks Tony. I am more curious then actually want to convert that lantern. Its more a decorational piece at this time. I have other coleman and Petromax lanterns that are more useful. Your suggestions though are very useful.

 

These were aftermarket flounder fishing lamps. Not all that common but I have seen several.

Neil.