new finds at 18th century house site

[neu]

found these items a few minutes ago. i think im narrowing down the barn/pasture area's =] all i seem to be finding has to do with livestock.? pictured here (4 horse shoe halves, 1 unidentified piece of iron, cant pin point exactly what this buckle type item is,
and a stirrup.? ? if any one could tell me what these 2 unidentified things are i would really appreciate it.
thank you.

 

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[trgams]

the unidentified item (big flat piece of iron) looks like a lawnmower blade......dosn't look too old to me....the buckle looking thing, I'm not too certain of, but looks horse related, possibly part of a bridle? Good-Luck.

oops, the iron item is much too short to be a lawnmower blade, your guess is as good as mine!!! Good-Luck

 

[mavrick03]

i think the flat piece of iron could possibly be part of a door strap or just part of a metel starp used fror strapping wood and i belive the buckel is probly a newer buckle newer then the time period just well caroded could be part of a bridle could of been for maybe a canvas type bag

 

[neu]

thanks for the help guys

 

[Kent in AL]

I think the horseshoe halves are actually ox shoes. They have cloven hooves so their shoes look like horse shoes chopped in half.

Kent

 

[neu]

good point, didnt even think about that, thanks for the info.

 

[MDnoob]

Well, actually riding mowers usually have 3 blades, and some of them are pretty short. Hard to tell exactly how big the thing you found is.

 

[Lowbatts]

Good to see you're getting the big stuff out of the way. Now get back out there and get introduced to the billions of bits of barbed wire! Looks like a guide for a small tiller or a walking tractor next to that buckle. The buckle appears to be about 3 to 4 inches across so some strapping of one kind of or another more likely than clothing. Perhaps a horse strap of some kind.

 

[allyourbase]

the woodworker in me likes it for a plane iron.
ayb