✅ SOLVED hook found at civil war site

[kieser sousa/rip]

Hi all.I found this in the woods less than a mile from The old Salem Church in Fredricksburg VA years ago.I used to live in an old farmhouse there and would find relics quite often in the fields around the house....sadly the house was torn down and a subdivision now covers the area.

 

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[taz42o]

Gag chain for horse bit.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/282708-what-used.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/314736-need-id-item.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/29829-civil-war-sword-hanger.html

 

[Breezie]

Yeppers! Nice ID Taz and nice find Sousa! Breezie

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Somebody always eventually asks, so I'll answer in advance:
That type of horsebit gag-chain dates from the early 1900s or a little earlier, and is still being sold today. The photo posted by Taz was made by our fellow What-Is-It forum ID-helper Creskol, from his copy of the 1907 Pierson-&-Hough mailorder catalog, if I recall correctly from his long-ago post of it. None of that type of gag-chain have shown up in any civil war photos of people on horseback, neither soldiers nor civilians.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

I've hunted that area your in Kieser, your lucky to even find this.... Everyone and there grandma is hunted it out. Get it all before its gone!

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Awesome thanks y'all !

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

I've hunted that area your in Kieser, your lucky to even find this.... Everyone and there grandma is hunted it out. Get it all before its gone!

I found this back in the late 70's or the early 80's. I was living in an old farmhouse surrounded by cornfields at the time and found many coins and relics.I once found a US buckle lying right on top of the plowed field. It's now the subdivision called Governors green...or at least it was the last I knew.

 

[Millswamp]

Here is a complete one I dug in 2019 for future reference.

For future reference
Gag chain.

 

[firemanphob]

Nice ID Taz

 

[ticndig]

I hunted the back side of that farm ,the library sits in front of it . you missed a georgia button and 3 block I buttons. plus a boat load of bullets. glad you got some relics out of there. I really like the chain you found .
you're right that was many years ago. I hunted along RTE-3 for 30 years and can tell you there was a time I would dig way more relics than trash . do you remember billy marrs garage ? he just died this week . when they built the gym behind his shop I found 3 us buckles in the first 3 holes dug. oh those were the days when you went to the truck to empty your pouch half way thru the hunt.when they built governor's green people came in campers from far and wide to dig relics and stay all weekend . everyone found something.
it's still governor's green all that remain is the small pond and silo.

 

[ticndig]

whoops I'm rambling on a post that is a relic in it's own rite . well it did bring back the good ole days for just a moment.