✅ SOLVED Crusty iron

[CoilyGirl]

I know the piece on the left is a reins guide but any idea on the object on the right? Found within just a few feet of each other.

 

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[tamrock]

I think it's a small clevis hitch pin.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Thanks Tamrock. Now to Google clevis.

 

[Limitool]

I know the piece on the left is a reins guide but any idea on the object on the right? Found within just a few feet of each other.

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WHOA... whoa... w h o a.... What the hell are you doing digging up MY old iron parts? Have you and the Mister been back on my old dirt road? I do the digging on wagon, horse stuff and chain parts. PERIOD! I don't dig up your buckles.... well do I? Someday I'll dig a banner horseshoe to match your buckle.... That will show ya who's king of this area!!! Well I don't wanna be queen of this area...

You can keep my "should have been my finds". Next buckles I find I'm not putting them back anymore. Anyway.... nice looking iron (and I know my iron lady).

 

[CoilyGirl]

Bwahahaha I should have asked you first Brad! I also dug up an old rusty ax head,should I go put it back for ya?

 

[Limitool]

Bwahahaha I should have asked you first Brad! I also dug up an old rusty ax head,should I go put it back for ya?

Naw... I have a couple of my own ax heads also. I just kind of thought I had the rusty iron market cornered. You can keep'em....

 

[ARC]

Oarlock... from a dingy/row boat. ?

 

[Spats]

The item on the right may be part of a sword hanger.

 

[CoilyGirl]

The item on the right may be part of a sword hanger.

Those were primarily made of brass Spats but thanks for your input.

 

[Sarge38624]

I found the same type of item on my in laws ranch near a place I have found some civil war items. Would love to know what it is.

 

[Spats]

Here are a couple of what I believe to be sword hangers found in Civil War campsites. My guess is Confederate for the same reason that many Confederate items are made of cheaper metals than the Union equivalents. That's just my opinion. Your reins guide is a good example of an item that was made both in brass and iron. Although they were primarily made of brass, they were also made of iron (or vice versa). Is the stem portion of the piece on the right flat or round?

 

[CoilyGirl]

Here are a couple of what I believe to be sword hangers found in Civil War campsites. My guess is Confederate for the same reason that many Confederate items are made of cheaper metals than the Union equivalents. That's just my opinion. Your reins guide is a good example of an item that was made both in brass and iron. Although they were primarily made of brass, they were also made of iron (or vice versa). Is the stem portion of the piece on the right flat or round?

Spats the stem portion is round, not quite sure what you have there but they do resemble sword hangers. I wish we would get some more input to either confirm or rule out that. My item looks more like the previous picture you posted on the back of the trailer.

 

[ARC]

Ya know... It just occurred to me...
I know no "size" of this item.

 

[CoilyGirl]

I'm guessing the object on the right is about 3 inches long but I'm thinking its way too heavy to be a sword hanger and the shape just isn't right.

 

[Sarge38624]

I'm guessing the object on the right is about 3 inches long but I'm thinking its way too heavy to be a sword hanger and the shape just isn't right.

The one I found is also about three inches long. The stem is round. It is iron. I found it within 10 yards of 4 .69 caliber minie balls and a musket ball. The area I found it is also a farm that has been in operation since before the Civil War so I thought it might be a farm part. A friend of mine looked at it yesterday and he said he thought it might be a pin to a single tree, but I don't know.

 

[ARC]

I still say broken "oarlock"... and other piece in un-related to it.

:P

 

[Spats]

I would agree that the object on right is probably some kind of hitch pin with the end broken off. The object on left could be a reins guide and also could be an oarlock as AARC suggested. The area where these were found may help determine which is more likely. At this point I guess you are no closer to finding out the identity of the relic on the right but many items were made similarly. Hopefully someone will come along with a definite ID.

 

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