Help identifying and dating possible shoe heel

[Duce]

Found this in South Central Michigan about 10" in the ground. I think it is a heel to a child's shoe? Appears to have be 3 layers with two rows of tiny brass nails plus bigger nails. Want to know if there is a way to date this and verify it is a heel?

 

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[coinman123]

Probably late 1800's to early 1900's, I find similar ones from trash piles from that time. Sometimes complete shoes, I don't normally keep them though, old leather shoes get kind of gross.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

The nails look square? Are heels still put on with square nails? If shoemakers switched to round nails that would help you date it, but I don't know much about shoe making. I'd agree with coinman judging by the look of it though