Back to the dump! bottles, 1924 license plate, mini horse shoes?

[Kevlardini]

Went back to my favorite dump today, and also brought along a friend. Found some cool stuff. Some highlights were this 1924 Mass license plate, some nice early 1900's colored bottles (and a coke bottle), and an old door handle. There was also this cast iron bracket piece that said on one side "73 Cornhill Boston", the other side was really roached, so i'm going to put it through electrolysis later. There were also these little horse shoe shaped pieces. Does anyone know what they are? Were they indeed for midget horses?

 

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[Kevlardini]

By the way, the door handle and old metal pieces I found are considered by some as "scrap metal". Would you keep them?

 

[villagenut]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....that's my problem, I'd like to keep all the old stuff I dig up.......problem number two....wifey doesn't quite see it that way

 

[Erik in NJ]

I would keep them. The Ohio piece (Chagrin Falls?) looks to me like a trivet. Any sign of Bigfoot lately or Basqueman's wife??

 

[texjim]

That is one cool license plate.

 

[Bass]

Cool finds. Hope you get more. Love that license plate too

 

[sutphin]

I THINK PONY SHOES AND THE LAST PICK I THOUGHT WAS A SWORD HILT.

 

[basque-man]

Those are some really nice saves!! Plate is in great shape.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

No doubt the "horse shoes" are heel plates for human boots.
I even had a pair of army dress boots with the exact same plates.

They still make and sell them, google images don't show an exact match to yours, but as I said I had an exact pair years ago.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=meta...ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIh7jj8szaxgIVx-KACh0UuACj

 

[UnderMiner]

Love those pretty glass bottles!

 

[Kevlardini]

I would keep them. The Ohio piece (Chagrin Falls?) looks to me like a trivet. Any sign of Bigfoot lately or Basqueman's wife??

Yes, the trivet does say Chagrin falls, after some research it looks like it was a tourist piece from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, back in the early 1900's. Sadly no bigfoot or wife, just the occasional toad and spider.

 

[Kevlardini]

No doubt the "horse shoes" are heel plates for human boots.
I even had a pair of army dress boots with the exact same plates.

They still make and sell them, google images don't show an exact match to yours, but as I said I had an exact pair years ago.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=meta...ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIh7jj8szaxgIVx-KACh0UuACj

Thanks for the ID. That actually makes perfect sense, because I kept digging up the remnants of old leather shoes.

 

[pl8man]

Sweet old plate !

 

[Kevlardini]

Finally put the bracket thing through electrolysis, and the other side says "Pat July (?) 1881". No just to find out how I can re purpose it...

 

[Garrett424]

Really nice bunch of finds.
I love hunting old dumps; especially when you come across great finds like yours.