✅ SOLVED I have no clue

[relic nut]

Hunted a farm feild this morning that is near a place that has produced lots of CW relics but I don't think this is related.
It's non-magnetic, ether brass or heavy copper. It's bent pretty bad and seems old. Any thoughts?

 

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[pa plateau hiker]

I have found a couple like that and was told they are stirrups.

 

[creskol]

are you sure it isn't zinc?

 

[relic nut]

are you sure it isn't zinc?

Not sure what it's made of. All I know is it's not magnetic

 

[OZARKS]

Bridle rosette

 

[relic nut]

Bridle rosette View attachment 1549315

I think it's too big for that, but I could be wrong. If it was straightened out it would be 5 or 6 inches across

 

[relic nut]

I think it's brass, because I tried to straighten it without harming it and it is really hard. Here are some more pictures.

 

[creskol]

I think it's brass, because I tried to straighten it without harming it and it is really hard. Here are some more pictures.View attachment 1549334View attachment 1549335

I am pretty certain it is zinc, and what you have is an old therapeutic equestrian zinc collar pad,invented by Dexter Curtis in 1870 who later patented it under the Zinc Collar Pad Company on May 14t, 1872 and renewed the patent again on Feb 8, 1881.

Here is a brief on the company history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_Collar_Pad_Company_Building
Her is a very interesting and educational article: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.curtis/2854/mb.ashx

 

[relic nut]

I am pretty certain it is zinc, and what you have is an old therapeutic equestrian zinc collar pad,invented by Dexter Curtis in 1870 who later patented it under the Zinc Collar Pad Company on May 14t, 1872 and renewed the patent again on Feb 8, 1881.

Here is a brief on the company history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_Collar_Pad_Company_Building
Her is a very interesting and educational article: https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.curtis/2854/mb.ashx

What a great ID! And a very interesting read. Thanks so much creskol. I'll mark this solved.
Thanks again!

 

[Terry Soloman]

creskol !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[creskol]

I have found a couple like that and was told they are stirrups.

... as Paul Harvey would have said, " now you know the rest of the story"

 

[Mud Hut]

Now that's what I call an incredible ID! Ain't this place fantastic? Well done. and by the way, I loved listening to Paul Harvey!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Great solve, creskol!!!

 

[cw0909]

creskol, great ID