Two Horseshoes found! Any shoe experts??

[KismetJoe]

Hi guys! I was hoping some of you are experienced in aging horseshoes/metal and could help me.

We found last year in two different spots of our horse farm 2 very old shoes. I mean, very old. The history of the property we have to do some research but it was probably part of a farm some 60 years ago, but ours was too rocky to farm out so all these years sat till us, some horse feet, and tires moving some top soil away. We had found right by the trailer shoe a potato digger that is probably about that old so I kinda assumed they were throwing junk around However in between trees on the other side of the 10 acres protected by trees where we drove out popped another. It's younger and less worn. I gasped at that one cause they don't make shoes fat anymore.. Unless for the Gaited types and stuff. (could they be?)

So please tell me something! How old? For what kind of horses? The fat one is about average size the other is huge.



Thanks all!!!

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Minelab PRO-FIND 35 Waterproof Pinpointer Metal Detector for Experts with Tone ID & Adjustable Sensitivity - Grab it through Amazon!

[BosnMate]

The left hand shoe is for a hind foot, and it has a trailer, the little curved out part at the heel. The horse was probably cow hocked, and the shoer was trying to turn his foot straight when it was placed on the ground, sort of like a rudder on a boat, the plan being the foot would then be more in line to break over the toe on the next step. The other shoe is for a front foot, and it does look like it's a little wide, or as you said, "fat." and I've never purchased a factory shoe that wide, although front shoes are usually wider that the hind ones, which offers a little more protection to the sole of the foot. You might be onto something on it coming off a gaited horse, because weighted shoes along with the foot being grown long helps achieve the high action they are looking for. As far as the age of the shoes, your guess is as good as anyone else.

 

[sutphin]

That's a really big shoeee,vanzutphen

 

[villagenut]

Not sure how right it is to say, but I believe the wider one is older based on this info from Hume's book. BosnMate is quite schooled in this trade of shoeing so if he says so, I'd believe it

 

[coinman123]

Cool horseshoes, I have not found any like that, 1700's?

 

[KismetJoe]

I am thinking the heavier shoe is late 1800's and the trailer shoe maybe late 1700's or in 18. Yes they are very cool. Ironic is on the horse farm we built on it. is there anything else I could learn out them? Any comparisons?