Can anybody date these plow points?

[SCDigginWithAK]

 

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Anywhere from early too mid 1800s would be my guess for the first one and i'm sure @ the end there where it broke off it made a arrow!! and the 2nd one I do not know if that was the mounting part of a plow point or not because there is nothing too compare it with size.

Now I will share with you alittle advice on when you dig iron artifacts like these and stuff I am trying too learn too and hopefully Kuger or BosonMate may be able too get an idea of where I am coming from or not... I do not know where you dug these but let's say you dug these up North past the mason dixie line! I would place these early 19th century because most mid 1800s iron products you dig up North were machine made and heavier during the middle 19th century and I can not tell if the first photo of yours was machine made or hand forged but it looks hand forged and so does the 2nd photo...If you dig down South most of the early iron you dig is all hand forged all the way into the CW period while the North had many many more machines and industrial strength too produce good iron and iron products!

So when you dig pieces like this always try and see if you can tell if it was machine made or hand forged you can mainly tell by the weight/very well design pattern and does not corrode as bad as hand forged. Once you start too notice the difference between machine made and hand forged it can help you in your research to ID a time frame.. There are more experts on here in hand forged stuff like BosonMate and Kuger than me that could help date iron artifacts mainly when it comes too horses but I try my best when I am digging too salvage good iron artifacts!! mostly made by machine while the hand forged iron just crumbles up and breaks and you are left with nothing but I myself am trying too understand different kind of irons used during the early 19th century and how too spot hand forged vs machine made because it really really can play a difference when you are doing a study of a area and figuring things out...

Pretty much just a rant but I dig and see old stuff like these almost daily and I can tell you even if it is just looks like a rusty piece of crap that rusty piece of crap can tell you 100 stories about the property you are about too hit like what kind of events were happening farming,old house,etc etc. Though most iron I dig is junk and i do not keep it but that iron junk can really help determine what time frame the area you are hunting is!

 

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[SCDigginWithAK]

Anywhere from early too mid 1800s would be my guess for the first one and i'm sure @ the end there where it broke off it made a arrow!! and the 2nd one I do not know if that was the mounting part of a plow point or not because there is nothing too compare it with size.

Now I will share with you alittle advice on when you dig iron artifacts like these and stuff I am trying too learn too and hopefully Kuger or BosonMate may be able too get an idea of where I am coming from or not... I do not know where you dug these but let's say you dug these up North past the mason dixie line! I would place these early 19th century because most mid 1800s iron products you dig up North were machine made and heavier during the middle 19th century and I can not tell if the first photo of yours was machine made or hand forged but it looks hand forged and so does the 2nd photo...If you dig down South most of the early iron you dig is all hand forged all the way into the CW period while the North had many many more machines and industrial strength too produce good iron and iron products!

So when you dig pieces like this always try and see if you can tell if it was machine made or hand forged you can mainly tell by the weight/very well design pattern and does not corrode as bad as hand forged. Once you start too notice the difference between machine made and hand forged it can help you in your research to ID a time frame.. There are more experts on here in hand forged stuff like BosonMate and Kuger than me that could help date iron artifacts mainly when it comes too horses but I try my best when I am digging too salvage good iron artifacts!! mostly made by machine while the hand forged iron just crumbles up and breaks and you are left with nothing but I myself am trying too understand different kind of irons used during the early 19th century and how too spot hand forged vs machine made because it really really can play a difference when you are doing a study of a area and figuring things out...

Pretty much just a rant but I dig and see old stuff like these almost daily and I can tell you even if it is just looks like a rusty piece of crap that rusty piece of crap can tell you 100 stories about the property you are about too hit like what kind of events were happening farming,old house,etc etc. Though most iron I dig is junk and i do not keep it but that iron junk can really help determine what time frame the area you are hunting is!

I live and dug these in South Carolina. The second one is as big as the first one. Thanks for the reply and help!

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

I live and dug these in South Carolina. The second one is as big as the first one. Thanks for the reply and help!

I forgot to mention these were dug on a plantation from before 1843! Thanks these may be from it!