indian village find

[pursuit]

Found last fall, circa 1780-1813 under British influence. Horse shoe nail clip or ball mold or?

 

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[duggap]

They look like the tool used for putting up fensing. It makes the circle that hold the wire together. Just a guess.

 

[pursuit]

I must ad that I found this in an artifact strewn area roughly 100x 100' all targets were positive.

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like a small pair of nippers (cutting pliers). The ends are probably rusted together. Tony

 

[Tnmountains]

My understanding is that they are a early style scissor type sprue cutter. They made them up thru the civil war. Later sprue cutters were incorporated into the mold. This style would seem to match your sites age.
Here is another one I have. I am sure they served many purposes as well being a pair of first type hand forged metal cutters..
Nice find I would try cleaning them.

 

[pursuit]

Wow thanks for your picture. I suspected they might have been for that purpose or similar but its good to find others who feel the same way! Im still open to others and their ideas. Once again thank you! I believe you nailed it.

 

[Tnmountains]

You are welcome. I found another set in an online book once and have been looking for it to post you a link. Will keep looking so you can have a positive I.D.

 

[jeff of pa]

I was going to say This


after seeing this


However dosn't look like the right Moving Parts

 

[oldcoon]

It's not very big so I am thinking it might be a sprue cutter for removal of that little tail of lead that remained when casting round musket balls. Of course I could be wrong and it might well be an early dental instrument for tooth pulling or even a mid evil torture device. Exactly how it would be used in this last instance I will leave up to the reader's imagination. Pleasant dreams, guys.

 

[RickyD]

Though I don't have a photo, I saw the same type and size tool in an 1800's blacksmith tool kit. It was a multi use tool for snipping, holding and bending smaller iron products. There was another one in the kit, but a larger size. And on another occation I watched a horse shoer using the same tool to snip off the ends of the shoeing nails petruding from the top of the horse's hoof. Most likely the same tool, seeings how back then horse shoeing and blacksmithing were usually done by the same person. So I think you may have been right on your first guess.