ID help Please

[Goldstar1]

Any Ideas on what this is and a possible time frame it would have been used in ? It looks like part of some type of wagon or cart hitch to a Horse or Ox , it looks hand forged and I cant quite find a good ID for it , It is from an area with gold and silver mining history and could even go back to the early or mid 1800s which would be really old in this area. I am thinking of preserving it just for fun but want to get an idea what it is first. The quarter is just there for size reference. Thanks for any help.

 

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[Fourman110]

Jew's harp and a CCR is my first guess.

 

[jewelerguy]

Jew's harp and a CCR is my first guess.

size in relation to the quarter would take someone with a HUGE mouth for that

 

[creskol]

It is a hand forged wagon clevis, but I can't remember the proper name for it.

 

[WaterScoop]

I am siding with creskol I believe you have something similar to this possibly for an attachment
To a horse, or tractor

 

[Goldstar1]

Thanks for the input , any ideas on the age ?

Thanks for the pictures WaterScoop, the top one looks like a pretty similar type thing , That picture also just answered another "what is it" for me from another totally different area, iron piece on the top left , here is a picture

 

[bowwinkles]

Looks to be the end off a double tree which is the part that attached to the horse harness.