I found this piece in a farm field I was hunting last week. I have also included pic of some of other iron relics I found on the same site. Any help on an ID would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
Thanks,
Dave
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The first pic is an item off of the harness. The larger iron object is one half of an ox shoe. I always considered the ox shoe to be a good find.
Sword hanger?
We have all tried over and over to make those a sword hanger, but, alas, they are from a harness.
Thank you for the ID and all the great information on my find 'TheCannonballGuy'!It is the broken-off loop from the end of a "gag chain" from a horse's bridle. If you tell somebody those objects are horsegear and the person wants proof, print the image below so you can hand it to them. It's a page in the 1907 Pierson-&-Howe catalog's horsegear section. The photo was made and posted previously here in the What-Is-It forum by our fellow ID-helper Creskol, who owns a copy of that 1907 catalog.
Also notice the similar-looking "swivel" in the catalog, for horse bridles. The difference is that on a bridle swivel, the small loop is attached to the large loop by a stem, instead of being directly joined to the large loop.