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Found this horseshoe what kind is it and how old...never seen one like this.
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Sorry, i have no idea..btu that is pretty dam cool looking
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Thanks iv never seen one like this b4 just u shaped so im lost lol...I found bunch of stuff...old iron...1887 and 1903 Indian head...old war medal from Spanish American war..big blade the one u use to cut tall grass with the long handle that u swing..and other stuff just this weekend going out again next weekend cant wait lol.
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Heres a pic of the end.
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My son (7) said turn it over, cause it's a heart and maybe the person loved his horse, or maybe they put the ends together so the luck wouldn't run out.
It's great being a dad.
Good luck and thanks for posting!
It's great being a dad.
Good luck and thanks for posting!
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Horses have a soft spot on the bottom back of their foot. The small arch at the bottom of the horseshoe protects this soft spot.
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Ahh just never seen that b4...know how old it is?
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it is also made for ice and snow.That is why it has the cleats
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Oic the house was on top of a hill..the road goes up the side of it.
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Does anyone know abt army medals?
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Almost like the one you found.They are for ice and snow...No idea on age but neat find.I would like to see someone get a ringer with that one LOL
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actually that is a "doctor",shoe or Correction shoe,as Sheperdess said it helps to protect the frog,its called a "Bar shoe",
The straight bar shoe is used on horse’s with sheared heels (one heel higher than the other), or when there is any other type of breakdown of the tissue between the heels. When there is a tissue breakdown, the bulbs of the heels move vertically causing the horse pain.
Its also a pulling shoe,which is used on horses that will be pulling.An ice cleat shoe has nipple like cleats.Bosn mate on here can further clarify
The straight bar shoe is used on horse’s with sheared heels (one heel higher than the other), or when there is any other type of breakdown of the tissue between the heels. When there is a tissue breakdown, the bulbs of the heels move vertically causing the horse pain.
Its also a pulling shoe,which is used on horses that will be pulling.An ice cleat shoe has nipple like cleats.Bosn mate on here can further clarify
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Kuger is right, it's a corrective shoe for a hind foot. The cleats on the rear aren't there for traction or ice, the horse was having
problems with the heels on that foot, so the shoer put those there to stand the animal up a bit more on it's toe, to make it easier
for the foot to break over at a walk. Again, something was wrong with the horse's heels at least on that foot, indicated by the extra
thickness of the heels on the shoe, but there is also the bar, so there is more wrong than just low heels. Bar shoes have two major purposes, one is if the foot is broken up badly and the farrier can't get enough good sound nails. Usually if that's the case, there will be clips drawn on the shoe, (a portion of the shoe heated red hot, and on the anvil, using the rounding hammer, metal is drawn up forming a clip, which is burned into the hoof wall) along with the bar across the back. The other major use of the bar is for contracted heels. The frog is located at the back of the bottom of the foot, and this will cause the heels to expand as pressure (weight) is put on the foot. For a number of reasons if the foot won't or can't expand, the horse goes lame, so to cure this, a bar is welded across the back of the shoe, then when nailed on causes constant pressure on the foot, spreading the heels, and getting the expansion feature to work again. Also horses that have foundered need lots of corrective shoeing, and is another important use of a bar shoe with raised heels, but I'm not into that much typing right now. As far as the age of the shoe, the easiest way would be to date it with other items that have been found in the same location. I was shoeing horses in the 60's and 70's, and used shoes just like that one. Now days there are lots of much more modern and from the looks of it, better things that the horseshoer is using for the same cures, but that's not to say that that style of shoe is not being used, even with the modern stuff that is available.
Showing the clips on a shoe is easier than trying to explain. Note he only got two nails on that side.
Here's a bar shoe that has been nailed on. The V shaped part of the foot pointing toward the toe is the Frog.
I don't know what's wrong with the foot, but he only got two nails on one side, so apparently the foot is broken up a bit. He has the bar far enough back that it doesn't look to me like he's trying to put extra pressure on the frog, it's more like he's trying to keep the shoe on the foot for 6 weeks to two months, to get some growth to the hoof wall. Hopes this helps.
problems with the heels on that foot, so the shoer put those there to stand the animal up a bit more on it's toe, to make it easier
for the foot to break over at a walk. Again, something was wrong with the horse's heels at least on that foot, indicated by the extra
thickness of the heels on the shoe, but there is also the bar, so there is more wrong than just low heels. Bar shoes have two major purposes, one is if the foot is broken up badly and the farrier can't get enough good sound nails. Usually if that's the case, there will be clips drawn on the shoe, (a portion of the shoe heated red hot, and on the anvil, using the rounding hammer, metal is drawn up forming a clip, which is burned into the hoof wall) along with the bar across the back. The other major use of the bar is for contracted heels. The frog is located at the back of the bottom of the foot, and this will cause the heels to expand as pressure (weight) is put on the foot. For a number of reasons if the foot won't or can't expand, the horse goes lame, so to cure this, a bar is welded across the back of the shoe, then when nailed on causes constant pressure on the foot, spreading the heels, and getting the expansion feature to work again. Also horses that have foundered need lots of corrective shoeing, and is another important use of a bar shoe with raised heels, but I'm not into that much typing right now. As far as the age of the shoe, the easiest way would be to date it with other items that have been found in the same location. I was shoeing horses in the 60's and 70's, and used shoes just like that one. Now days there are lots of much more modern and from the looks of it, better things that the horseshoer is using for the same cures, but that's not to say that that style of shoe is not being used, even with the modern stuff that is available.
Showing the clips on a shoe is easier than trying to explain. Note he only got two nails on that side.Here's a bar shoe that has been nailed on. The V shaped part of the foot pointing toward the toe is the Frog.I don't know what's wrong with the foot, but he only got two nails on one side, so apparently the foot is broken up a bit. He has the bar far enough back that it doesn't look to me like he's trying to put extra pressure on the frog, it's more like he's trying to keep the shoe on the foot for 6 weeks to two months, to get some growth to the hoof wall. Hopes this helps.
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